Ambler Gazette

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VOL.  XX111-NO.   36.
AMBLER,   PA.,  AUGUST  81,   1905.
ITE.
$1.25  A YEAR
BOTH SIDES
CLAIM GAME.
Ambler and Oreland Battle Furious-
~~" ly for Victory.
Ambler (lets Seven Kuoners Over the Plat.
Oreland Having Six— Hainer Pitches Wei.
tor Ambler—Both Teams  Make   KTVoia
/   —IScho of Jenkintown Game
Ambler and Oreland both claim
Saturday afternoon's contest at Ambler
although the score sheet shows Ambler
7 aud Oreland 6 runs, three Ambler
men having crossed the plate in the
ninth inning with no one out. Ore-
land's claim is based on the ground
rules agreed to previous tn the game
whereby it was deoided to allow one
base on an overthrow into tbe crowd
In the ninth inning with Trook and
"Rash" Hackett on second and first
base MoFetridge bnnted the ball.'
Freoker, the pitcher, threw wild to
Scott at third, and Trook and "Rash"
both scampered for home. Scott reoovered the ball and threw over
Catcher Oassidy's head into the crowd,
and MoFetridge came home with the
winning run.
.The Ambler management secured a
pitcher in the person of Hafner, of
North Wales, aad the boy did exceptionally well, allowing but eight hits
and not giving a base on balls. Hackett
was decidedly off ia bis throwing to
bases owing to a sore arm, and in the
eighth Inning played second ban,
Oampbell going to first and Hartman
resuming his old position behind the
bat. Ourtis made a beautiful running
oatch in left and Hartman on first
captuTbrtsm^ifficult foul with one hand,
after a hararfcEw   „
In the first inning Ourtis.got to first.
on an error and Trook rettehed first on
balls. "Rash" hit to pitcher and on
tbe overthrow 'to first Onrtis scored.
Harry Hackett and Oampbell then
went ont On easy chances. .
• Orelaud scored in tbe third tuning.
Friokcr struck out. Shaffer made the
first safe hit. Lynch flew out to oentre
field. W. Stout made a single and
Shaffer scored. D. Stout took first on
an error and Smith hit safely scoring
W. Stoat.   Scott waa an easy oat;
In tha fourth Oreland increased its
lead. Walde hit a single. Oassidy
struck ont. Fricker bad a life on an
error, whiob scored Walde, -who had
stolen second. Shaffer struok out.
Lynch reaohed first on an error. W.
Stout struck out and Fricker scored.
Ambler scored again in tha. fifth.
After Ellam had been pnt out, Hafner
got first on B. Stoat's error and Onrtis
made a safe hit. On Trooks' two  bag-
fer Hafner and Ourtis scored. "Rash"
laokett was ont, third to first, and
MoFetridge scored Trook with a two
bagger. Harry Hackett reachd first on
bails and Oampbell struck oat. with
tbe bases full.
In the same inning for Oreland O.
Stout made a two-bagger and scored
on Smith's single and the next three
men were easy outs. In the eighth Ore-
land was treated to some fast work.
Walde strnck out and Caseidy hod a
life on an error,but on the next bit to
Ellam he threw to "Rash" on second,
who _ then ..threw to first completing a
quick' double play. Ambler's ninth
inning has been told. As MoFetridge
crossed the plate the cheering crowd
swarmed over the field, and a oon*
tinuance of the game was   impossible.
AMBLER
J            OREIA
NT).
R   B   0
k
K                      R
H 0
A
K,
Curtis, 11    IS  1
fl
llSbaffei, 2b 1
1   0
4
1
Trook, 8b   2   8   1
0
1 j Lynch, ss   0
0   2
A
fl
Hackett, e 1  1  »
2
1 Stout, rl      1
3 4
0
0
M'Fe'ge. of 1,1   I
0
0 Stout, lb     1
1 13
0
1
H.Hac'ttrf 0   0   0
0
OSmith, If    0
2  0
0
0
Camp'l, 2b 0   0   2
a
0 Scott, tb     0
0   0
2
2
H't'jn, lb  0   0 11
0
0 Walde, cf    1
1   fl
n
0
Ellam, ss    0  0   1-
2
2|Oassidy, o   1
fl   5
fl
0
Hafoer, p   1   0 0
•
01 Fricker, p   1
1   1
4
Totals 7   7 27 11   SiTotals 6   8 26 18   6
No ooe out when winning run was scored.
Ambler. 1000800 0 8—7
Oreland, 0  0  2  2   10  0  1   0-6
The Ambler team'-will go to Doylestown this coming Satnrday, Sept. 2,
and tbe best rate that the management
has been able to secure will be 75 oents
for round trip. All those wishing to go
take the 1.44 p.m. train from Ambler,
the later train, 3.48, will also reach
Doylestown in time for tbe game. On
Labor day afternoon, Monday,Sept. 4,
Ambler A.O. will play North Wales at
Ambler.
In thia oonneotion an account of tbe
Ambler—-Jenkintown game, published
in the Jenkintown Times-Chronicle,is
of interest:
The Ambler team actually made
tilings lively for the home olnb. The
latter at first only toyed with the
visitors, allowing them fonr runs in
tbe first inning. After that they did
not seem able to pull themselves together right, and until the last inning
it looked like our crack team were
going to be beaten by a third-class
olub, the members of whioh wanted to
pull the book of rules on the umpire
every time he made an adverse decision.
It was evident that Pitcher Freeland
was not in his usnal condition, and
that Ambler's pitches, Oahill, was in
unusual good form. A big crowd came
down with the visitors and from a
financial point of view the affair was
a great success. We hope to see Ambler
in onr olass in the near future.
The ' decision of the fairest little
umpire wbo ever gasped,"Play ball,"
were questioned by the Amblerites,
and jra were sorry to see such a
"roasting" in this week's Gazette.
.Some of the decisions were very close,
Bat Lodge has wi eye like a basilisk,
"and we would bank on his squareness.
When the first platoon of Amblerites
returned borne we noticed the score
was ia tbeir favor and their consequent jubilation, and of course after
they bad told their friends in Ambler
just bow their team had wiped ap the
earth with Jenkintown it was a very
rude awakening to have tbe next train
unload people with long faces and a
different story. It was natural that
tbe poor umpire should be made the
soape-goat, and to say that nine Ambler men oonld defeat nine Jenkintown
men, but the 1Mb man was too muoh
for Ambler.
The Ambler Field olnb experienced
no difficulty Saturday in defeating
Gwnyedd A. O.by the soore of 18 to 5.
The game was praotically won in the
first inning, when Ambler scored six
runs. Oamburn pitched his usual steady
game,and at tile sixth inning with tha
soore 14 to 0 eased np and allowed
Gwynedd to hit him. The latter secured only 6 hits to Ambler's 18. Amy
and Hamilton eacb secured 3 hits.
Ambler F. C 0   0   1   4   1   2   2   2   X-18
Gwynertd A. C. 0   0   0_0  0   2   10  2—5
Quakertown 0   7   0  0   10  0   0   x-8
Jenkintown 2   10   10   0  0  0   0—4
Rox boro UK h Prof. 0 "0  0   0   18   0  0   0—4
llotboro.......................0   0   0   1 -0   0   0   0   0—1
0   9   0   4   0
10   0   0  0
0   2   0   0
12   0  0
Doylestown........... 0
Highland... 0
Lansdale A. A .10   0   0
Resol utes _ 0  0  0  0
North Wales 2  0  0
Loyal Liberties 0-  1   0
Lansdale A. C 1   0*2
TelfordA. A. 0  0   1
0  0   0   0
0   0   0   0
DC—16
0- 3
0   0—8
0   0—4
C   2   x—6
0   0
0   0
0  0
0—2
x—12
0- 0
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Lear te Face Third Irtal.
Active preparations are being made
by United States Distriot Attorney
Thompson and his assistants for trying
a long list of cases at the coming session af tbe district court, which begins
la Philadelphia nest month. Tbe first
important case will be that of Henry
Lear, ex-president of the Doylestown
National bank, who is accused of having wrongfully used money belonging
to tbe institution and wbioh caused
the closing of its doors. This will be
Lear's third trial, but Mr. Thompson
says tbat the case will be prosecuted
vigorously. It has not been customary
with the government to press cases
after the failure to secure a conviction
on second Mai, but with each trial
ia Lear's case it is said thai the
government has seenred additional
valuable information.
flump Helps Oop to Catch Autolnt.
James Holmes, of Holmesburg,
Thursday night paid a fine of $12.62
for Speeding hife auto along tbe Tork
road. Several times Policeman Steen
said, Holmes' big ear flew past him at
snob speed that be oonld not even
catch the nnmber of the tag. Early
this week Holmes' auto crossed a
" hump" near which the auto cop was
standing at snob a dip that the occupants of the car were almost thrown
from the maohine. Involuntarily the
driver slackened speed. It was only
for an instant,bnt long enough for the
officer to get the nnmber of the red tag.
Checking; Swift Antolsts.
Another section of Montgomery
oounty has joined in the warfare
against speeding autoinobilists. Weldon
village, in Abington township, is tin
new soene of operations.
The village is praotically built along
a level stretoh of the Willow Grove
pike, and in reoent weeks drivers of
cars have been so reckless tbat the
lives of women and ohildren were constantly endangered.
Ten days ago tbe crusade was instituted and sinoe that time 18antoists
have been apprehended by Oonstable
Thomas, either for speeding or tanning without lights. Hearings have
been conducted by Justice Fred H.
Luff, of Weldon, and in practically
every case a tine and oosts have been
imposed.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Love Laughed at Objecting Father.
Ostensibly leaving for a sojourn at
Atlantio Oity, Warren P. Geisinger,
of this borougb. and Miss Jane Ada
McGettigan, of near Conshohocken,
turned their trip, Thursday, into a
wedding jonrney, to tbe surprise of
their friends
The intelligence of their marriage
was conveyed in a brief telegram from
the seaside, after their arrival there
Thursday forenoon.
Geisinger, who is a popular young
laundryman, has t'er some time been
an ardent admirer of the pretty
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McGettigan, the former in charge ofthe
lands of Deputy Recorder of Deeds
George Keys, at Harmonville. The wooing of the good-looking laundryman
won the heart of the girl, who is a
cigarmaker at the Gresh factory, but,
owing to religions differences, is said
to bave found disfavor in the sight of
tbe stern father, who is a devout
Oatholio.
Pleading availing nothing, the two]
lovers deoided on a surprise.. Both
secured vacations and arranged a trip
to Atlantio Oity, without intimation
of their purpose at heart. Quietly,
Wednesday, a marriage license was
prooured at tbe office of the clerk of
the orphan's oourt,and the few friends
whioh thus became aware Thursday,
of a contemplated marriage were busy
trying tb 'discern tbe time and place
of the ceremony when they received
the intelligence that tite two had
slipped out of town at an early honr
Thursday morning, and now are enjoying their honeymoon at the seashore.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Geisinger, tbe
latter nee Miss Jane A. McGettigan,
were agreeably surprised to find, upon
their arrival at tbe McGettigan home,
near Harmonville, from Atlantio Oity,
Snnday evening, a gathering of relatives and friends to welcome them,
together with a bounteous repast, prepared as Mrs. McGettigan oan prepare
a feast.
The following were present: Mr.and
Mrs. John McGettigan, Mr. and Mrs.
Geisinger, parents of the groom, Mr.
and Mrs. William Geisinger, Miss Mae
McGettigan, Miss Nellie McGettigan,
Mr. James Murphy, Miss Lizzie Murphy, Miss Sallie Famous, Mrs. Beard,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Keys.
After partaking of the excellent menu
aad wishing tbe bride and groom much
happiness and long life, the guests departed to their respective homes, well
pleased with tiie quiet reception Mr.
and Mrs. McGettigan had given to
their daughter and newly found  son.
TO ABANDON
POWER H-ANTS.
Traction Company Will Build High
Tension Plant
Tom tt. Juhnaun Talks ot the Lehigh Trolley  Plena—#1,100,000   Appropriated   tor
Remodeling   end   Equipment  ef Lehigh
- Valley end l'niladelphla Line*.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, went to Allentown on Friday to
attend a meeting of the direotors of
the newly reorganized Lehigh Valley
Traction company. The directors made
further contracts for the remodeling
and equipment,which will cost a total
of $1,100,000. The old power houses
Will be abandoned on both tbe Lehigh
Valley and the Philadelphia trolley
lines and replaced by a oentral high-
tension plant to be bnilt at Allentown.-;
A promise was also made of much
cheaper electric light rates in that
oity.
Asked concerning his trolley interests in the neighborhood of Allentown.
Mayor Johnson said, "Personally, I
am out of bnlsness. Tbe only interest
I take ia business in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey is for the sake of the
estate of my dead brother, Albert L.
Johnson. When all details are straightened out the Allentown and the Philadelphia lines will be turned over to
Colonel Barry O. Trexler, wbo has
been eleoted president. The Trenton
property, that is, the New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Traction oompany, will
be in obarge of O. M. Bates, who was
secretary and treasurer of tbe old traction system. He will move from Allentown to Trenton.
"The Trenton property now has
lines extending from Trenton to
Princeton, Lambertville, Yardley and
Newtown, a total of 60 miles of track.
We intend to build 84 mites more of
track as soon as possible. Tbe first extension will be to Willow Giro ve, wbioh
is only 11 miles from our present terminus at Newtown. Our plans for the
other extensions are not sufficiently
advanced to make them public.
AMBLER TO     |
NORRISTOWN.
Revival of Plan to Build Trolley to
the County Seat.
Meeting Held In Bedroom,
At the usnal quarterly meeting ef
the managers of the Perkiomea "Valley
Fire Insurance oompany, bald at the
home of the secretary, A. D. Fetterolf,
Oollegeville, business of a routine
character was transacted. The secretary bad not sufficiently recovered
from the fracture of his leg to meet
tha managers in his-office on the .first
floor. Therefore the meeting was neld
in his bedroom.
Surveying ti|e Route tram Centre Sqoere
Towards Ambier—Oraui of Kxtenslon Filed In the Recorder's Ofllce—Rights nf Way
Seenred Several Tears Ago.
As announced in last week's
"Gazette," tha work of surveying
Skippaok turnpike from Centre Square
to Broad Axe and thence over the
Plymouth and Upper Dublin pike to
Ambier, is progressing with the announced purpose of erecting a trolley
road to be built by "the Montgomery
Traction oompany.
The latter corporation-is the outcome
•t the sheriff's sale and the reorganization of the Lansdale and Norristown Trolley company, whi°h bnilt
[and* operated -the-trolley line from Norristown through Oentre Square,Franklinville, West Point to Lansdale.
Several years ago the company essayed
to build from Franklinville to Friends'
Oorner and after spending thousands
of dollars in survey and construction
work was stopped within a quarter of
a mile ot the projected terminus at
Friends' Oorner because of the failure
to secure the right of way past the
Acuff estate. This piece of road has
never been operated and its thousands
of feet of copper feed wire '""> *»***n
gradually purloined by robbers,ana tne
elements and freshets bave rained tbe
track and construction work.
At tbe time this work was projected
tbe same company also filed a grant
of extension from Oentre Square to
Ambler,and rights of way were secured
from township supervisors and property owners. This work was carried on
from each end of the line Witb encouraging success until the late O.
Wm. Bergner blasted the hopes of tbe
builders by declining to consent to
release for the improvement. As he
owned both sides of the tnrnpike,over
whiob it was proposed to run the trolley,and his holdings were too extensive
tor the company to purchase, the project wae abandoned for tho time being
after it was seen that bo other route
could be secured to reach Ambler.
The releases of the other property
owners, however in many instances
are operative today, as there was no
time limit mentioned in the agreements of lease except la- only % few
instances,and it is thougtiM*"*"8e can be
renewe;! wh»n It Is seen "Viat' the trolley oompaorySotaally means business.
The   consent    of   the  supervisors  et
>BFhicpain,   Whitemarsh     and   Upper
TtmWim   ni
GLENSIDE ANO  AROUNO.
on a canoe-
Threatened by White Caps,    y
S, Gross Frey, a prpmi|*.nt'resident
of Trappe, is greatly exercised over tbe
receipt of a "white cap" letter. The
inscription in blood,beneath the cross-
bones and skull, demanded that he
plaoe $800 on the poroh of the village
soboolhouse under penalty of being
dragged from his bed and receiving
a coat of tar and feathers.
Gross wbo is reputed to be wealthy,
oould not divine wbo his enemies were
and instead of putting the gold on the
schoolhouse porch, be bad a detective
secreted nearby, but tbe whiteoapper
did Bat pot in an appearance.
Robbed ol Heirlooms.
An onyx parlor clock,a highly prized
heirloom, and a pair of valued  vases
have mysteriously disappeared from a
mantel in the home of   Mrs.   Mae  F
Wood, of Plymouth Meeting.
Tbat their disappearance Is due to
the oovetousness of some person,rather
tban to tbe operating of aa out-and-
out thief .seems to be borne oat by the
fact that a pair of gold eye-glasses,
lying on the mantel and a costly album nearby, were untouched,aud tnat
nothing else is missing. •
The act was committed under circumstances whiob indicate a familiarity of the premises and movements of
the family. Mrs. Wood left her home
the other evening! tor a abort time,
calling upon a friend. When she ■ and
the family returned, it was observed
that a rear door stood ajar, and then
the absence of the clock and vases was
noted.
Determined to reoover the articles
and to-bring the offendine person or
persons to justice, Mrs. Wood offers a
liberal reward for any information that
Will lead to the desired result.
Fine the Penalty for Anto Speeding.
At Justice Wood's session of automobile court Satnrday night, Paul L.
Fleer, of SOS North Thirty-fourth
street, Philadelphia, paid the usual
fine and costs of $13.62 for speeding
his auto along the York road. Ohief
Saddington has issued summonses to
two Philadelph ians to appear for
hearings. They are George H.
Frankenneld, of 1613 North Fifty-
fourth street, and Emery Riert, of
No. 1029 Sonth Oolorado street.
Bine Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harper Nice, Mr. and
Mrs. John Duffield-and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Shearer spent several days at
Atlantic Oity last week.
Annex tor Cheltenham (school.
.The sohool board has secured a
dwelling house for a new division, to
relieve the crowded condition of the
George K. Keller school, pf Cheltenham. A citizens' committee made
a strong plea to nave tbe board par-
chase a lot aad build a new school in
tbe eastern section of the town, tat
tbe board thought otherwise, aad
when the schools open next Monday a
new division will be opened on Ryers
avenue in a private house. This will
make six divisions In this publio
school.
Injunction Not Granted.
Jndge Weand bas handed down an
opinion in the matter of tbe Oentenial
Memorial association of Valley Forge
vs. the Valley Forge Park commission.
-This aotion - was on a bill in equity
in whioh the court is asked to restrain
the defendants from entering npon
the plaintiff's property, known as
Washington headquarters at Vi.lley
Forge.
Dnblin townships will be required,
and an ordinance will be necessary from
tbe Ambler borough council.
Just wbat the owners of the Bergner
estate think of the proposed trolley
road is not known. Mr. Zane
balds the mansion and 65 acres lying
south of tbe turnpike, while the Harper Nice farm bf 73 aores on the northern side of the pike is beld by tha E.
K. Swains estate. As it ia probable, each
traot is held for investment and ' sale
there should be no serious objection to
the proposed trolley improvement.
In tha last few years the attitude of
tha oounty courts towards trolley roads
bas changed favorably, tbe tendency
being to look upon their extension as
a popular and neoessary improvement
and to aid them with reasonable aotion
in all oases where possible. It is said
tbat theMonfgomery Traction oompany
has an alternate route down to Fort
Side inn. Stakes have been driven
up to this writing along most of this
route; The distance from Ambler to
Oentre Square is- abont five miles.
It Is obvions what a convenience such
a road would be to Ambler and vicinity, to Fort Washington Tillage and to
people abont Penliyn and Springhouse.
They would have easy and cheap transportation to the county seat and no
longer have to make the detour by way
of Lansdale, or Ohestnnt Hill. Tbe
village of Broad Axe and Blue Bell
would be similarly favored. Thus the
fare-from Ambler to Norristown would
be only 30 cents and perhaps but 15,
With transportation every hour of the
day. Experience shows that poorer
people, laborers, mechanics, etc., use
trolley conveniences more than the
wealthy. Au eleotrio road is a boon
to the working class.
It may be readily see that after the
main link is built, how profitable
extensions may be made in these directions. Tho first is one of abont 8%
miles from Broad Axe southwest to
Plymouth Meeting.
This wonld give an alternative ronte
to Philadelphia, either by -Ohestnut
Hill or Roxboro. It would make trolley connection all the way from Ambler to Conshohocken. Next, a link of
2% miles southeast would reach Fort
Side inn. This would prove a favorite
ronte citywards for . the people of
Oentre Square, Bine Bell and Broad
Axe, instead of going ronnd by Ambler. A third link ought to connect
Ambler with Willow Grove, five miles
east,wbioh would be an immense convenience in summer time, and also give
the people of Horsham, Moreland and
Upper Dublin, eheap and quick conveyance to the county seat.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Load ot Hey Fell on Htm.
As a result of being buried beneath a
load of bay, Jacob Reed, 45 years old,
a farmer of Doylestown, waa nearly
suffocated Wednesday. - At the Jewish
hospital, where he was taken after being rescued,difficulty was experienced
in restoring him to consciousness.
' Beed was bringing the hay to the
oity,along Old York road. When passing through Abington the horses attached to the wagon took fright and
ran away and the driver had trouble
in reining tbem in. Then he noticed
that the load of hay had shifted to one
side. It was while standing alongside
of the wagon, wondering bow he
wonld arrange the hay, that tbe load
toppled over and buried him.   Nearby
esidents dug him out.
Dr. Slifer has been away
ing trip.
An effort is being pnt forth to secure renewed subscriptions to pay for
the publio lighting. Tbe cost is now
$48 per month, and the membership of
the Protective and Improvement association appears unable to raise the
funds. From now on there is still
greater need for the street lights.
Jobn H. Godfrey is building a two-
story stone house for Mary Unruh on
the Jenkintown road. He is also planing a carload of Georgia pine, which
George D. Heist is furnishing Fred R.
Hills, for building a new stable at
Glenside. Mr. Godfrey has just added
to his machinery a new moulder, and
he now able to furnish any kind of
moulding. He has made an addition
|to his building to make room for the
new maohine.
Fate has laid ber ruthless hand
heavily upon the head of Mrs. J. b.
Peyton recently, as just three months
ago her father, Oeorge D. Heinig,
died at the age of 81, and Wednesday
she received a telegram announcing
{tiie death of her oldest brother the
previous Tuesday at his home in
Louisville, Ry., where he has been
engaged in manufacturing for tbe last
35 years and had acquired considerable
fame through several successful inventions. Mrs. Peyton's mother is now
almost 80, and it is feared that the
bereavement may hasten her demise.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Broad Axe.
Miss Myrtle Boyer, of Oentre Square,
has been the guest of Miss Elsie Swaincott.
Mrs. Henry Stout spent Snnday at
Red Bank, N. J.
Mr. Heiss and family have removed
to Massachusetts.
Miss Oberlee is the guest of Spots-
wood farm.
Miss Emmerline N. Jauncey has returned from her trip abroad.
A social time was held at the residenoe of W. -O. Swaincott last Thursday/ evening, A nnmber of young
frienda from the neighborhood were
present.
The president and secretary of tho
Montgomery Traction company, (the
new oompany wbioh bought out* the
Norristowu and Lansdale line), passed
through here from Ambler to Oentre
Square last Friday to view the new
route. Among other things contemplated isva switch between here and Blue
Bell, where cars will pass.
Samuel Bush with his steam thresher
has done some threshing for John S..
Sohspiber.
HIS TROUSERS
AMPUTATED.
Painiui Result of Ball Game Between
Carpet and Rug Hen.
Mr. Alexander Knigbt. Sr., Voted a Jovial
Host by St r a w brtfl ge A Clot hierlCinployes—
Bell Game Results la 4708 Stiff Joints —-
Postmortem Account of the frey.
The ball grounds on South Main
street, Ambler, were the scene of a
ten ihe struggle last Saturday afternoon when the carpet department' bf
Strawbridge and Clothier played their
annual game of bail with the rug department.
The boys, 00 strong,arrived in Ambler in the afternoon and were conveyed
to the ball grounds in a largo hay
wagon. The slaughter started about
3 p. m,, when the nine of tlie carpet
department,with sleeves rolled up and
determined faces, walked upon tbe
field. Rube (Waddell) Clymer, an old
Amblerite, pitohed for tbe carpet department, and his serpentine curves
and "spit balls" had the rug boys
guessing from the start. At the end
of nine installments of strenuous
work, the final inventory showed nine
runs to tha credit of the carpet department to five for the rugs. Of course
everyone played star ball, even the
runs being gracefully made. Tlie most
notable feature of the game was a
home run made by by Al. Bray (wbo
said be played left base for the oar-
pets). Bray knocked the ball clean ont
of the landscape-and ran tfie bases like
a fire engine three minutes late
Bell Boy ta Accused.   -
John Foster, of New York,
Lemuel Stites, in default Of $400 bail
wm Saturday sent to Norristown by
Justice of the Peace Yerkes to await
trial on larceny charges preferred by
employes of the Huntingdon Valley
Oountry club.
About Ang. 1, nnder tbe name of
Stites, the youth was employed as a
bellboy. Iu the weeks that followed
a nnmber of minor thefts of wearing
apparel were reported, the victims
being the servants,
A few days age the bellboy twas dismissed. On Thursday, it ia alleged,
Stites, or Foster, returned to the club
honse and entered tbe quarters of
the servants. Shortly after he departed,
Walker Flinn.a servant, fonnd that, all
of bis clothes, except thoae he was
wearing, were missing.
Ellen Wilson, an attache of tbe olub
honse, saw Stites walking towards tha
York road with a bundle under his
arm. A warrant was issued and Stites,
or Foster, was arrested on Friday at
Willow Grove, where be had seenred'
employment. At the hearing the
evidenoe was not suffic**_ent, and the
justice refused to hold him,
Satnrday Stites, or Foster, was rearrested. At the hearing the accused
youth said his name-was Jack Foster,
of New York. He declined to question
the witnesses or make any statement.
After the game the boys were enter*
tained by Mr. Alexander Knight, Sr.,
manager of the carpet department, at
his home on South Main street,
where the guests soon demonstrated
that tbey oould do other stunts
(especially in the eating line), besides
playing ball. Dnring the progress of
the kuicheon, Mr. Woodman, manager
of the rug iiepartnient.in a neat speech
thanked the hew* and hostess for the
delightful entertainment "and called
for three cheers^ as a token of appreciation. These were given with
suoh hearty good will as to leave no
doubt that the afternoon was being
enjoyed by everyone. Cheers were also
given for the firm of Strawbridge and
Clothier and its manager, when a
letter from the latter was lead by tbe
host. Tbe boys departed early in tbe
evening after many expressions of
appreciation of the day's outing.
Reports from the contestants Monday show tbat 4752 stiff joints-and
muscles were the results of the game.
Une player, it is reported,, was so
badly twisted and tied up that he had
lia|^l>tc4_i¥t birtfli-Bti^LAaiaj.tated. Among'
The guests were, W. J."Scuilw, IneriJJ
manufacturer, and bis nephew,"'whor»
came to Ambler in their large automobile.
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j....'ss Jack N&gla
..~.rl  .Jas Haslet*
P. O'Conner. ....:....cf. .'X_kU______i
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W. Morassl	
F. Klmxnerle.. ,
U. Aiexundyr.......
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Alburtua, Bub.-I
Dutch Yost..................if..
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Ed, Gooaw
BLihimaij, s. b.
E. Clymer.. p _J.: Ultoliatt
!>. McGinnla o vVm:-Tegiaa
Umpire. Detoo. Time of game, l. so.
Scorer, H. Knight
. Gave Wife 20 Cent* a Week.
Michael Oampbell'a interpretation of
frenzied finance consisted of giving
his wife $3,50 in the last three months.
Mrs. Oampbell found it impossible
to meet current expenses on an average
of 30 cents per week, so she went before Jutsice Wood, of Ogontz, and had
her husband arrested on a charge of
non-support. Oampbell did not make
a denial of the oharge, and in default
of bail was taken to Norristown, Tbe
Campbells live at McKinley.
Village ImprovementAsKoclation.
The Jeffersonville Improvement association, at a special meeting, held
at the hotel pavilion to consider matters pertaining to the advancement of
tlie village, scored some of the trolley
car motormen and auto drivers" for
alleged too jast running.
In view of the excessive rates, asked
for the introduction of electrio street
light, the consideration of the same
was temporarily abandoned. For a
|while a series ot strong kerosene
lamps will be nsed.
- A pleasing musioal and literary program was rendered after the business
meeting. '	
Seriously injured in Runaway.
Miss May Wright, of Skippack, may
be a cripple far life because of an injury sustained to her spine in a runaway accident near Bvansburg.
Miss Wright, Mrs. Brace, Mrs.
Smith, Oharles McOlure and Bruce
Smith formed a happy driving party.
When at Child's corner, and frightened at a oow in the road,tbe horse kicked himself loose from the carriage.
Before being liberated, however, the
horae upset the carriage and all the
occupants were tumbled ia .tite roadway. All were more or less injured,
and Miss Wright farad the worst.
MoOlure, wbo Whs driving, clung to
tea lines and was dragged aad badly
bruised, bnt succeeded in bringing
tha horse to a standstill.
Body Rode on Engine.
' An express train from Bethlehlem;
struok and kilted Samuel Small, aged-
85, at Rook Hill station Monday afternoon. %?8t__
Small was driving across the railroad
at the time, and bis body was thrown
on the front of the engine aad carried
some distance. The wagon was crushed
between the station platform and the
train and all tbe steps on one side of
the train were torn off. Tlie horse
escaped injury. This is the second
fatal accident the train crew lias
witnessed within a week and the third
in a month.
1 Wife Prevents Murder.
The bravery of a woman prevented a
murdei at Edge Hill about 2 o'clock
Sunday morning. As it is, Peter
Bafferty is in a serious oondition and
his alleged assailants. Edward Wood
and Patrick Bonner, both of Edge Hill,
are in jail charged with assault and
battery with intent to kill.
The settlement of a grudge of long
standing is said to have been responsible for the affair. According to the
polioe Wood and Bonner went to the
Bafferty home and broke down a door.
The orash aroused Bafferty, and accompanied by his wife and daughters,
he went downstairs. Here, it is
alleged, he was attacked by Wood,
who, using a bottle for a weapon,
struck Bafferty several times across
the head, felling him to the floor.
Then one of the assailants grabbed '
a I'in-hfork, which was lying on the
porch, and made a dash for Bafferty.
His wife ran between her fallen
husband and his frenzied assailant,
and with strength almost superhuman,
wrested the weapon away from the
man. Then she struck several furious
blows at Booner.
The screams of the daughters had in
the meantime aroused neighbors of the
Raffertys, and the assailants tnrned
and ran, after threatening to return
and shoot Bafferty. .
Sunday warrants were sworn ont
before Justice Wood, of Ogontz, and
Weed and Bonner were arrested by
Policemen Hamilton, Sands and Fenton.	
Oreland.
At a meeting of the congregation of
the Ohrist Evangelical Lutheran
ohuroh Sunday evening. Bev. J. B.
Deitterich,-of Flonrtown, was unanimously elected pastor provided his
resignation at Zion " Lutheran church
is accepted by that "congregation. Mr
Dietterioh will probably take full
charge early in October. He organised
tbe Oreland oharge .two years ago and
It now has 38 members witb congregations ranging from 80 to 80 and an
interesting aad growing Sunday school
of about 65 pupils.