The Ambler Gazette 19290822

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL.   LE-XO. 30
AMBLKR.   PA..   AUGUST   22,   1020
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School Beady for Fall Term—Harmon¬ ville    Firemen    Hold    Reg'.ilar    Dem- ' onstrations—    Bible   Class    Outing—I Mrs.  Kirk Critically III. ,
Elmer    Gladfelter,      who    for      many | ypars bus been assistant uBeiiiat   I'ly¬ mouth   .Meetins   station   of   the   Tenn- eylvania     raiiroad,   has     for     several I ¦woeks   been   very   ill   ut   his   home   in , Elizabethtown,  Pa.  .Mr.  Gladfelter  had been  in  ill    healtii  tur u  long    time. | Several weeks ago lie sc <-ured  leave oif absence   to    recuperate   and    lie     has , since   iKconio   very   ill. |
School in Whitemarsh and i'lymouth townships   are   being   made   ready   for the opening of  the fall tei-m.  .Monday, Septeniboa- a, youngsters will be trjuop- ' inff back to their desks. Beginners will be   enrolled   on   the  morning     of   the opening day.  All  teachers must return j a week early to attend Institute which Spens  in  Xorri.sown  Tuesday  afernuon, September   3.   In   Whlteniarsh   town- '- ehlp the new annex lo the Siiring  .MiU eichool   is   Ijelng   furnished   to   prepare for   the       inllux      oC    childrCTi     from i Miquon   whei-o   that      school   building waa   condemned.   At   Uarren   Hill   an¬ other   teniporai-y   building   transported from   the   Spring   .Mill   school   lot   has! been   erected   Ix'hind   llie   main   build¬ ing. Schools in I'lymouth lownsbip are> riady   for   the   opening   day,
Mra.   II.   C,  Hovendon and  daughter,' Misa  Martha Hovendon,    of  I'lymouth Meeting,   si>ent  a  few   days lasl week in  Atlantic City. !
Mrs.   William   J.    I'unston,   Conslio¬ hocken   pike,   Ilariiionville,       who       is spending several months in Kui ope as ; the guest of her parents, Mr. and  .Mrs.! William   Anderson,   of   Calvin,   Ireland, i will,return iMiday.
Mr.   and   -Mrs.   .lames   I'.       Morgan,, Harmonville,   enKrtained   the   former's, sister,  Mrs,  Harry   l.intner,  of  Colum- bus, Ohio.
Milton      .Marple,   Plymouth     Cenirf, lias   left   on   anotiier   enjoyable     trip. . He   expects      lo   sjiend   llio     fall   and ' winter   months   in   California   aJid   in inlKrcstlng   spots   in   tlie   west. j
Airs. Alan Kirk is reported to boj crttically ili at her home in Ply- ' moulh .Meeting, from the effects of a | paralytic stroke.
Mr. and Mrs. litlmund Brack, alter returning last week trom a splendid 2 weeks' lour into Canada, siient tlie week-end at  the  seashore. '
Mr. and .Mrs. Ward Schultz, of ,De- , troit, who have lnen spending some' time with ilia latlers parents, Mr. and. Mrs. W. D, Hall, of Xarcissa, started' by motor on their return to Michigan, j James M. McKeown, Cold Point, took his children on an oujoyable out¬ ing to .\tlanlie Cily iast Thursday. i ttev. and Mrs. Juhn Thomas ofi Chester, were guesis at dinner Sun- I day of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hai't, of Cold Point. I Mrs. X-ouis Killmer and daughters,] Alma and Vera, of I'lymoulh .Meeting,! bave returned after spending several ! <i;0's in Allaiilic Cily. I Mr. and Mrs. John Draper and -. sons have relurn<d lo their homo in I Mahoney Cily after spending seveaal | days with Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel I Murray,  Plymoutli  Jleetingr. |
Mr and Jlrs. H. Oscar Young, Ply¬ mouth Meeting, called on Mr. and Mrs
WHITPAIN
J. B. Long has purcliased .;ioiiih; .-idjoining iiis prope.-ty Jolin   MeiA ister.
Ijuroihy Hogeland has returned • home after sijCii'Ung .some time at | Camp Shawnee. ]
.Mrs.    i;dna   i-'rifk   and'  Jane   Lath-[ i  luuy.  ot   Wi. st  Philadelphia,   Is  spend-| ing  some  time  witli  J.   Harold   Hoover} j  lilld  family. I
1      TiiP        .Sewing   Circle   of ,   I'oeiim's ehureli   will   be   held   a   peaeli   festival i this   W^.lncRday   afternoun   and   eveii-
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I       -Alia  i;.   Iloi^ver  spent  a   week   in  tlie
Poeonop. 1 Hoeliiu's Sunday HmIiohI is lieiii'-;' re- 1 modele. The Illrary is removed to' the galiei-y, and the vae.;int place ar¬ ranged foi- kindei-g.-u ten eepartinent. Til Jimb'i- classes ai'e enclosed in n sei>ai.'ite  ruom.
Quite a number in this vieiii.lty eii- jiA-ed   the   .'lU-year   club   picnic.
Leon Bernhard and family, in cimi- )--.iny Willi i.-l:'livib, motored to At¬ lantic City.
Cuiiaid Sho maker is reeovering lrom a s] ell of sieknes.-s.
Itutli Xa.sh, of Flourtown. was a week-end guesl witli relatives at Blue l:lill.
Vieior l'l-. te exp(»!s to move his <a,ndy i-stabiis^iinent from Phiiadi)!- |.Ilia back lo  Pile  Ueil.
Mr. Doan is havln« a slieep-iicii built.
Anna Rosslter is speii'Jing li r va- tatlon in Quebec and nearly points in Canada.
CIESE STUDENT   INSURANCE TALK ES
New
Ambler'
UPPER DUBLIN AND
CR. CHANG   PICTURES CHINA   EX¬ PLOITED   BY   NATION'S
COMPULSORY   CASUALTY    INSUR¬ ANCE   DEMOUNCED
Right
Ambler   Men   Must     Defend Drive Autos .•Vmbler   motorisls    have    been lo  apliear   before   State   Keg-
Two notilied
istrar uf .Motor Vehicles Benjamin O. Kynon, at Harri.'^jui-g, to t stifly why Ihoir ot eratini,' privileges should not be takiT* from Ihein. Dominiek Cat¬ erisano. of West Amljler, who has been arrest d on two occasions for operating an automobile while under the Intliienre of Ikpior, but wliosa ttvo casesi have not been heard in court, and W.'iiter Weldon, charged with reekii-ss driving, are thr- mo¬ torists whu have been, summoned to appear  at   Harrlsburg.
eldest Civilization Is Mixture of Cen¬ ti ries Today — Ex|:luited at ^^e^•cy of Nations—Needs Induslr iaiizat ,on —Club Establishes New Classifica¬ tion.
.V real loin li ot iiitornationul amity was giVi n the iiij mljeis oi Cue local notary Club at their last weekly lunolieon. hheiinan H. M, Chang, M. A., a Cliiiieise sludent at tl.e Univer¬ sity of l'<)nsyivaiiia, had apix.i.red as a guesl and guesi-siieaker on the oee.asion.
Ill   tliis   iiilrodiK lion   of   .Mr.   Chang, Tiiomas   i'oulici.'.   cliairman  of   llie   In¬ ternational   .Service   cominiliee   of   the cluh,     r'eviiiiled   that   the truest     is   at ine.senl a student at th.- International! house,     Cnivei-;aty     of    Pennsylvania,! where he Is working for his doctoi-atei of philosophy. In ills eai-li'*- *-liolaatic I lar^.er,      Mr.    tJliang   had      compl'ted | throe years of study at the L'niversity j of   Peking,   graduated   with   the   A.   B.I from   George      AVasliington   uiiiversity I aud Willi th M. .\. iruiii the ("niv 1-slty ' of  Wiscunsiii. j
.\.rter   ackiiowledgiiiK   the    j i-ivilege; that       fame,  to  liim  in  addressing    fx Rotary     Club,   whose   purposj   i.s     to promote      h-. tter   f Ilow.ship   in    busi¬ ness   an.l   interiiallor.al   relations,   Mr. I Chang     spoke   feelingly   of   his     own' China.  He called attention to tli«i fact j that   Cliina   has   had   life   longer   thaJi i any   other  country   in   th     wo.-ld-5.000'' yoars-and  rejiresents a distinct  eivlli- j station.   She   iian   become   a   center   of! I foi-eiirn   triide  and   iiviiientaily   a  field I , of   ex))loitation,       lier   va.st   lei-wrtrces' I milking   lini-   the   object, of   the  latter. I He   dated   the   trouldo  on   this  .score I to the opium war of 1S4C, since \vhlch time   C^hina   has   become   an   int. rna- I tional  sub-culony.  In  thi.s  pusitlon  his mother      euinvtry    is    worse      situatod than   any  other  coiinti"y.   fcr  whereas tlie   ordinary   colcmy   is  the   obje<t   ofj
LaMott Resigns from Suburban League:
DaMott,  winners  of the  first  liaU' of i
the  season's  race  In  liie    l-hiladelphia!
Suburban    League     circuit,      formally !
handed  their resignation  to tbe league |
oltii-ials   at   .a   si>eeial   meetin.i',   Mon- j
day   night,   in  the  Glenslde  Bank   and i
Trust   company  building.  As  a  reason I ,,     „, .   ,    , .
_ i ¦.; ¦lion.   Mr.  Cluing cited  the status of
tlie   Chimse   -Kastern   railroad,   ,at>out
C.   F,     Vieiie,   Aetna   ins.irance     Man Ttlls of  P.-actical   Experer.ce of  Pro¬ tective    Measures—Kiwanis    Consid- i ers  Support of  Memorial. i
¦¦*'oiiil.ul:-^oi-y    easuiill>-    iiit-uianee    is, nui   the   mcst   logical     Insuiance   leg¬ islation," contended C. F Viell , a re- \ pi esentative   of   .V< Ilia   Life   Insuiance' company,  lo  members  of llie  Kiwanis Chill of Ambler. "Tiie most formidable and » iisibje  act  to  fov^jjn   Iirotection in ca>es      of accidents  Is a  move    to place   llnancial    l-e^^lonsl'.)ility,    which i some  stales loday are   working  out toj a siici-essfui end.
.Mr. \tielle. .Hi oke l.efore Kiwanis Tu sd.ay ev'ening- ul the dinner meet- | iiiu-- ..,r the club at Fort Side Ini\ With I. K. H. tfjinseil, Amhler in: u;ance, agent, he was a gue.s", of Piesident J. .v. .Arbuckle, who leciired him to s|eiik iiartiruliirly upon t:ils sibjict lu  tiiu  members  as.'.-emliled. i
Compulsory   Insuran 'e   as   iJesi-iibed liv   Mr.   Vielle,   apparently   does   pro- i teet   tbe     victim   in   casei  of   criminal, action  on   the  pait   of anotiier.   But  a| falacy in this is tliei fact tliat it teivds to n.nke a tiriv r less careful  because i nu   responslbilily   ean upon him.
The co!Ti)iuI:>:ory part r>f insuranci st'f-m.s to give a (-areless driver more protection In ease of accident of which he m.iy be for th<- most lart r. t/i»^nHib]e. ;Fii5-the:-mn>-. it ajiplien only to Vesldents of that state in which it is enforced, and only upon state highways. State control of rates and . memlums, loo, is an off nse lo the insurance <-<i-mp.any rafier than a practical i>rot<f tion to theh burden. t
"A finarrinl lersronslblllty act," Mr. Veille said, -'applies to everybody and prole< ts anyone fiom the c;ueless law breaker. The. parties to an acci¬ dent are broi:Kht before .a judge,  wiio
Sound   Equipment  for Theat.-e
It   will   undoubledly   be  of  great  In¬ terest       to   patron '    uf   T!i<j    Ambler j
Theatre,  to   leai'ij  that contracts  hav
been     .signed   for «tbe   insUUlatlon   of | AVestern  Eleetrle  sound  eiiulpnient,  at I
an   outlay  oC  ov-r  .$15,000. I
Knglneers   liave   been  turveying  tlie'
theatre  thq  past  week and  state  that it   is   ideally   e<iuipped   Ijiotii   from   the ! stiindijolnt     of     acoustio       proiKH'ties!
aiiKl   iiistiillationi   refjuh-'ments.    West- I — _	
ern   Kleetric   apparatus   is   tho     finest. Fire  Protection   Heralded  for eijuipment      since   its   incopiioii    and |
money  can   buy.   .Many   wondorful   Im .
l.rovemonta   have   been   made   in   the
-Ambler Th; atre  patrons can  look for- [
ward   to   natural,   distinct,   and   clear!
I'ei-eiilion |ln  the   vV-ry   near  fulure.       j
MISCELLANEOUS    ITEMS    OF    IN¬ TEREST
cable'^runi.
Horsham —New Catholic  Chapel  Will   Open- Aid    Society    Enjoys    Outing—Hors- 1     ham   Road  Improvement Startcdi !     llorsli.'un liremen meet this week to j UlsciLsa     with     tiiose      in     autliority aniong      lho    Horsiiam      I'lieiula      the the location  of  tho  proposed  dam for I lire   iMolecllon.       Tlio   liremen      have I been   granted,    unotlicially,   p-.n-mlsslon
telling  of I to   erect   a   dam   across   the   crcclc   on Detwell'.'r , tlio I'liends'  ileellngiin
EUREKA
Letters    fullowed   by   a were   rec^ViV'd   from  China,
tiie illiie.s.s ot .Mrs. Kdna ijetweii'.r , tno jaieiuis Jleetlnghouso propci-ty to I-:iilniaii wlio was stricken wilh in- ] repUiee the pond bcsiile tlie flro house, laiitiie iKii-alysis, wliicli h-,s affected i which wag previously abandoned be-^ her limbs. , cause   of   unsanitary   conditions.   Tho
.Ml-, and .Mr.s,. liu.-s. 1 d.^-nle have i now location, not far from tlio fonner r.turn,ed and tlu-ir home in Akron, | pond, is eipially .as central and will (Jliio. \ afford  as gooil,   if  not  belter,  facility
.•\. iiiinilier from li<i-e attei.de-,1 the for the water supply. The Ilorsham enjoyabl ¦ ll'llt.-xl'air i-Iub picnk oni l''iien(l« have coupei-ii ted with the flre- Tliursday  on   the   Strassburgv-r  estate,   nieii  in  this  nieasuro  and  tlie  project.
-Mr.    and  .Mrs.  Howard    .\.  Clymer, ; .Vlr. and Mr.s. William Koliler were en- i tertaine-id by Mr. and  .Mrs.  A. A. Na.sih over  tile   wc»k-''nd, kit  their  cabin   at PiCks Poivl in  tlie  Poconos. 1
Mr.  and  Mrs.   A. .\.    Xasl. spent    a week     at  tlie  cabin.       Mr.  and     Mrs.' George   Cornell   and , Abrali.anv  Clymeir wei^ visitors during  the  we. k. '
Tliose who visited tho KureJ<a i-*Kt principally I Cabin, at Pecks i'ond over the w eks 1 end were Mr. and .Mrs. Williani IC iiy and daugiitcii', Virginia, Mr. and Mrs I. L. -MacNair and family, .Mr. find Mra. Henry McKinstry .and family. In; Herbert McKinstry and family, ofl Kennett .S'lUai e, and .Miss Mai gue; i'.e I P^riy. I
M(.-Jl      .-Vdiiline    Swartzjamler      ami | Miss   Anna   Cornell   arrj   attending   a ca.nip  in. .Muntgomery  euuiiiy. j
Mrs.   Ueorge   Cornell   and   daughter i
financial; Marianna are spi-ndlng a wiek at the;
3        i shore. ',
.Miss Florence ItolKirts. of Oakmont, | was .a week-end gu. st of Jare Kon- , ler. I
.Mr.   .ind    Mr.s.    Howaivl   -A.   Clymei
it  is f.xiM'cted,  will soon be  started.
Uegular routine of business -was pursued by the members of the Ilors¬ ham .school bu.nrd. convened last Thursday evening at the home ot Mr.s. Siimh Watson. Tho npeningr of sdiools, it was .announced, will be Monday, i-^^-ptember tt. The faci-lty staff lias been lilled and the .sama Janitors will resume their dutle.'3. llooms in the Prospeclville schooi reiiainted and minor le- been   dune   in   tiiu   s.-veral
havo be+.-n IKilrs iiave buildings.
.VI r.   ami Hal timore, Sumlay to
.Mrs.    Uohei-i      Wuod.     ot niuton-^d   lo    Horsham     on visit   ihe litter's sister, .Mr.s. George  l-lieus,  and  family.
Tiioia-iK     .Mii.-iicll.     1,1    VA'ay-liington, 1>.   C,     is  a   g^ > .-i   I.f      Ibjisiiam  thii
mtertiiine'l   some   friends   un   Mond.iv expiuitatloiV at  th" hands  of "a.  single 1 sits as an arbitor and 'decides the re-i evening     in   honor   uf   their   son,   Au-
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nation.    Chiii.-i.  is at number of nations. As   an   eN.'impIe   of
the m-'ircy    of a
thi.v.-   sub-coloni-
for  this  action   the  representative  ex plained  that  because  of  the continued illness of Manager Howard AVliite, tlie team   must   be   abandoned    in   league play.
This was a severe blow to the league. As winner (Xf U'e first half and ruiiner-tip in the second half, IxiMott bid strongly for pennant lionora In tho post-season play-off. The representatives of the teams of the league were left in a (luandry as to the proper jirocedure. To take mo-lhed- team into the league and give It the standin.g and honor and the privilege of the i>ost season games , was considered as an injustice to the ' ether loams in tlie league. i
ami wus to dtH^laco the second-iilace! I The outcome of much discussion j and was to declare tho second-place | I leanis in both the /list and socond j ; half as winners. Tlie prpivilege ofj j |il;iying pi ost seaso-iv g.amrt-i, theretore. i I Eoes to llatboro and Glenside, Halboro I j was runner-up in the flrst half. The! I secoml lialf chainiiipiins are also Hat¬ boro,    but,    discarding     this    standing
wbich   til, re  is so  much  in  the  public j prPK.S   today.   Previous   to   th«  present ( controversy.     in   1!)24,   ai..    agreement concerning   this   ritilroad   wa.i  enMWd into       by   the   Soviet   p  pullic       aiid' ChiiYT, aecording to which the railroad was   to   be   jointlv   controller!   by   the two   countries.        Put    there   can-ie    ,a silspii-ion   to   the   Cliinese   govemmeTrt [that       ,Sovl-t   Hiissia   was   usinir     the R.--f)rond   for   proiwiganlila   purTosps,   r. suspicion   th.-it     w.-is  '-onlii-me.l   by   t'.ie ni-asure   of   documents   at   the   .,'.oviet eonsuUite      in   Harbin. Thereup<m.
Chin.a .seized the railroad and dis¬ missed th^ .Soviet Bussian manage¬ ment, oto. And herein lies Cil-'^ contru- ver.^v today: The Chinese trovernment nsk.H that the status i|uo be r-stcr.-d Willi a, cliaiign of Russian maria,c-»- nient.
!*o much for the quesiion of e.N- puit.-alcm in Cliliva. As to home life in tliat coiitr,v, .Mr. Chang picture-.l it ro bo ,a mixture of the twenti:th and nfteonth   century   civilizations.    AVbile
John Harner in  Flourlown on K"n'\"5'-1 and 'with' the   withdrawal   of   I>aMott j O" one hand one linds there railro.ads.
Mrs.   -A.   J.   I'hipps   entertained   Fri day ovening  by  liolding  a  lawn   parly I at her  home  In   Plymouth  Meeting  as a   benellt     for   the   AVashington     Me- Inorial Guild.  One feature ot the altair I was the  telling    of fortunes  by     M'rs. | I'hipps'   daugliter,   .Mrs.   J.   M.   Lyons. ! Open   air   moving    iiictures   also   fea- i turod   the   event.     Mrs.   I'hipps,     who | was     hostess,   -was   assisted      by   liea- eistcrs,  the  .Misses  Hagy  of  Plymouth , Meeting,   in  entertainiiig. j
Tho home  of  Mrs.  Ch.arles  Shuman, ; iC't Center Square road, Plymouth town- i ship,   was   the   scene   last   evening   ot i a,  successful  card-party  held   for  the I  ....   ....
benefit of  tlie  Cold  Puint Gi-ange,  No. ] clinetl 606. Mrs.  .Shuman  was assisted in  en¬ tertaining by Mrs. Hcni-j- Tupley. There werc  flvo tables  at  cards.
R. B. Coder, North Ijiino and Con- »hohock.fn pike, will comiilete in a few weeks the erection of a large ad¬ dition to his service station at tiiat location. Coder also has installed sev¬ eral new gasoline pumps at his place of business.
Menibers  ot  the      Harmanvillo    fire
froon second place, Glenslde, next leam in line, will receive; the socond- lialt championsliiii.
The oMiicials anaiiged that games, postponed on .Augusts S, be played on the ujicn ilali\ this !-!atiirday.
SPRINGHCUSE
Considerable interest has be(>n at- tr f ited. by Paul Kempi) and hi3 jiioRorized   iiush-mobile.     Somo     tlime
ago I'aul built a 4-wheel veliiico, which ho and his chums used to push u.roiind   tlio   neighborhood,   fiinco   tlien
be  iias  btcome  (|iiile  iii<ii-h.anicaly in-
:ind   lho     result   is   that     his
companions   no     longer    push  for    a
motorcycle  motor   Installed    furnishes
the locoii olion. .\ Chevrolet gear shift and Ford stearlng apparalus are features of ills mechanical genius and abilty.
Painters .-ire al work this week on both the .Springhouse and I'enllyn school.s. . A. Scholz and Son are doing     the     Springliouse building
steamships, ayeroplane.t. He on the other hand It has Irs mam power, :ts ccrolies. its rriniitivo buat.«. etc. It ar- pearod to Mr. (lii.anK. as .a student of economics, that the rrobleni tf China today Is one of industi lalization. Evn the C'Timinunist leader, Lenin, rec-oir- nized this need.
P.ut even hefore the problem of in¬ dustrialization, ''om\s thnt presented by the political question of the coun¬ try, arising from tlie f.act xJiat China Is under the yoke of foreign influence. By reason of this influ-nee tbere is tlie extremely difficult Is? e of ex¬ traterritoriality, b.v which right a citizen of a. foreign country. chai-^:..d with .a Clime in China, is not sulject to thi jurisdiction of the Cbin"-e courts, but to the authority of thive persons  wlio  rer resent his  onv-n  co,:i.-
spunsibility. Tiie offenidi. r is then :¦<?'- ipjired either to produce an insurance' ¦^eeurity or the bond in invment of the. cost attiending the accid<int. Failure ¦ lo comply m-rans loss of license to, drive and senlenpei to appear in court j trial. Such poliiiy does not terminate upon a liability. .
In   tills   manner   with   the   respon- ! sibility  rert-cling  ur>on   tlie  dinner  ofl .a I-ar Ihe  obligation  of the  insured   isj IO  be  more careful  to protect his own welfare .and   financial   interest." '
So interesting and intelU-g. nt wasi Mr. A'ielle's t.allt that the membwsj voted hirn a rising vote of fippre(ia-| tiun  for his favor  in addressing them. ¦
In a. business session the club voted | to pxtend to Re\'. J.  M. Kwing a leave of   at senco   during   his   v.acation,   due to   his   inacces.sabillty   to   any   nearby! club  while away. !
Kdward FoMlke, cliairman of the commute e on sale of booths for tlie i coming Ambler Businoiss Show in j November, reported that -34 of the 37 j liooths have been sold. The buslne«.ii; show will again be held in tli^ Fluck : garagi* building on Poplar street, ] avhich .aire.ady promises to be far In I adv.ance of the sr''endid eshlbition ofj the   Ambler   m-rchnnts   last  year. '
The board of directors considered ¦ .a contribution to the fund for the splendid memorl;il, proposed by the American I. gion to bo erected in Ambler. Decision wns rnade to in- ' ve.stigate th'o funds needed and to goveiTi their .amount of the donation accordingly. i
J .K. Hanry. member of th .' Kotary j Club of Jenkintown. was introduced | as a visitor.
uis.iiaiii week. I .Servii-es will b.- conducted fur the i the first tbiie tliis Sunday morning. ; The oiM-ning service will be held at , 7 o'clock. The Holy Ghost Fathers ot I the- Gennaiitiiwii iiiuiiasti'iy will as- , sume charp-e.
I      The   pastors   sermons   (;n   Siiiubiy  in Oi-ace      Union   church     of      Horsham I   W'iro   wuiidi-i-tiil   e.vaiin les  in  the   flled I of   Christian   work.   Mr.   Iflramo,     who brev's  birthday. : -supplids tliat  pulpit,  had  as his niorn-
Clymer reuP|ioi|. was held at tlie' ''«" «'rni<Mi topic "Tlie l-'ield", in which bome uf Mrs. Klla Swartley, oif Chal- , '" ^1*^1"^';' H'O scope „f Christianity, font on .Saturday, a very pnjoyable 1 £f"'.«',r«'"'"«- subject, "A thorn In the dav w.a.s spent, with a hirge numbei i '/''"V' "'"" ">¦ I'-^Posit'on on sin. At- In'attenrlance the dlnnr-r was s.r- t^""'^"";'^ "t ''^"nda.v school leaped to 9S ved in the ba.senient of the Metnudi.st J^" „^""''"'-^ im ii«lnig a irjinber o£ church.
.Jane   Kohler   is   spending   th '   wel:'   ,   ''''™   mi.-:.-* d   the  delighUul   picnic   ot
with   her  .sister,   Mrs.   Jospph   Hartzel | ^"O   Sunday   school     of   Grace     Union
In  Piiiladelphia I <^'i"''ch  last  Wednesday.  It  was one of
.Afi«<     Kdward   Ferris,   jnother   -anti i ^^o largest outings  of  the  school.  Tho
md  David,   are   spend- | weathor   was       splendid   and     young
' and   old   alike-,   took   iiarl   in   outdoor
1 r>a»ttinie.   Swimming   boating   and   the
paik   amusements   were   also   enjoyed
suns,   Kdward
ing a wa. k at the shore.
-All', .and   Mrs.   .T.   L.   Hoover  spent   :, duy    recently        with    Mr.    and      Jlrs j .Arthur Markley.  of I'pper  D:i.rby. |
Rev.  AA'ialter Be.atti,. and  family aiV i spending   p.art   of Jliis   vacatiuri at  lii.-. niotheii's  nt   Chestnut  lllll. |
Mrs.     AVlIliaiT.      .Swartzlander     anl daughter.   Cath.arlne,   were   ralh-rs   atj honii- of Mr.  and  Mrs. George rorneil on .Saturday.
Mrs. Hanna AlacX'air has been spunding of few d.ays at the home of -Alr.M. Howard Feck, 'X'oblo 'V^lsta," Jenkintown.
throughout the day. Contests were held and many prizes awarded.
.Miss Florence AVynne has returned to her heme in Horsham, from the hospital after recovering fiont a» ojieration   for  appendicitis.
LeRoy   Forker,. Taconv.   spi ill   .Sun¬ day   with   his   parents,   Mr.   and   .AIj-.'J. Frank  l<'orker,  of    Horsliani. Mrs.   G*org-o  Fillman   and   grandson, Albert,   of   Hallowell,   left   on   Tuesday to   spend   some   lime   in   t'ape   May. AVarren   I.ewis  of   Warringion,    and
Miss   Dorothy  Clymer   bas   r tumeiljMlss   Clar.a   Schaeffer,   of   Tioga,   wera from her trip to Boston. i Suests of Harry Kutherfordand familjr
.Sunday.
Afrs.  Klias  .S llers and  ciiild'en  and   of   >IaJlowelll  'on
-Aliss Klizabp|th Kohler. were Satur,- Cay-. g-uji-sts of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hoover,
Inn
at tU.-
OBITUAR'Y
MRS. EA''A ICNEKCPIT Stricken suddenly ill with a heart attack at 3 Saturday aftemoon, Mj-s. EVa Knecht, age 84 years, widow ot Cscar Kneclit, Avell known musician, died at her homo, .SiJrIng Will avenue and Asii street, Conshohocken,    at 8,1-5
and  G.   Hoilobush,     of  I.a^nsdalo    tho company  under the direction of Chief I Penllyn building
^iwln^''?;!!,'?,'.? 'n''''"'"^ '''^'¦''"'¦%-"''':      JH-.-   and   Mrs!   VanArtsdalen     have fighting through a series  of  practical
demonstrations held each Tuesday night. How a two stream hose can bo used to battle a blaze in tho Plymouth Consolidated school and a largo barn cn tho adjoining fai-ni of AA'llllan-i J. Funston Avas demonstrated. Fh-o hun¬ dred feet of now fabric hose recent¬ ly purchased by tho firemen proved i, ,, , t i satisfactory in the test. A fire liy<lrant!c,„„„ t, ^ in front of tlic school supplied the wat    "-"-O""^' i -t
and Mrs. A'anArtsdalen motored hero from ilassacliusetts and are A'isiting Avllh tho latter's brother,   Georgo  Smith,   and   family.
Abram Booz and family, spent Sun¬ day with his son, Amos Duoz and Avifo in Nortii AVales.
Mr.   and   Mrs.   J.      AV.   Stelnbrlght
havo returned after a pleasant motor
AVinona    and  Standing
try in China. _   „
p. m.
The .salvation of Chi-.a, then. ,nr- j Appai'ently in excellent health, Mrs. curding to Air. Cliang. lies first in Its j Knecht was resting in an upstairs sit- emancipalion from foreign canD ol', ting room Avhcn strickt-^i. Her cries and second in its InKlustriallzation        i summoned her daughter    Mlss Bertha
.Afr. Changs addrfHs Av.ns highly ;;-j Kneclit, predated by lho memb     ; of tho ciu
Liquor Found in Blue Moon AA'hilo returning from a iaid Bite Moijn Inn, Croydon, where al¬ leged liquor and beer and several slot machines weae s iziii, a State troiier and <a Doylestown policeman arrested the drivers of two trucks i.nd a man who w.a.«i driving a small car ti-ailing the tnick^ recently. Fox-ly halt baiT.is of allegt^d beer were teized.
At   the   inn,   -which   was   i-aid.d   for the  second  timo  in   thirty  day."i.   the bartender,    "U'llliam    Richards,    AA'ar¬ wlck  St.     near Fairmount  ave city, Avas arrested.
The three arr sted !i-ter are T. Maguire, Jr, Mutter st, Huntingdon;   James   McGarvey
this
]-"raii,k near Ken¬
sington ave., near Torresdale John Garvey, .«ame address.
\vc., an'.l
er.
olTured   lier and   AA'elsh
In celebration of his birthday a.n- nlA-ersarj', Manson B Karr, son of Mr. and Mrs. llari-y B. Karr, of Consho¬ hocken piko HariuonA'ille, was tendered an enjoyable surpHse parly ,-jt his homo Salurday eveuiiig. i'.rturnhig from a trip to Pliiladolphia, the cele¬ brant found 32 guests from Harmon¬ vllle, Cold Point, Media. Ixigan, Olney and .Atlantic City gathered to greet him. -Afrs. Lavinia Celdelman and hor daugliter. Mlss ICatliiyn IJeldelman, of Atlantic   City  tho   latter   tlie   financco  ^ , ,  _
of Mr.  Kan- Avcro guests at the Knn-, "°'" Carnival to Pay for  New  Equip residence during tlie Avcck.
Troubles   and   caies   wero
.Schools in lyjwer Gwynedd Avill ; ivopen for the fall term on Mon- | day, September 9. N'cw scholars will | be enrolled at each building on the ' morning  of  tho  opening  day. |
Grace and Albert Cllftoni iuio visit- j irij;  tin ir   brollier  ill   Xew   A'ork  City. .Alr^-.  Fannie  Clifton  ha; ,  home   On   l^ethehem   plice I I uad for fialP. I      ATr.   and   Airs.   AA'illiam   Clifton   at
It was ,a singular treat personally to li.-ive met and heard tho gifted Speak¬ er. And for this treat the Rotariai .s Avoro lieholden to Thom.a Fculke an.l tho memb-rs of his commi.tee cn In- ti-rii.ational service.
Afr. Kdwln IL Riehtcr, jrucst c-: President Dager, graced thei occasion and thorouglily enjoyed  tha address.
It was with regret that tbe Ho- tarians hoard of tho illncrs of a. fel¬ low member. Grant K. Ritter. A leavi^ of absence was voted him because of his illness. Also, thei classlficotlon of fino arts, musical and instnimOT.t :'. was i.Mi.-i.-iIly up i,i-il il-.riing i'. luncheun.
Bom     in     Germany,     Mrs.   Knecht came to this country when 16, remov- | Ing later to Conshohocken, where she has  lived  for  over  EO  years. |
Sho   is   suin'lved   by   two   sons   and '
LOC.AL 4;AMPAIG.\'   UNTU-:itAVAA' Interest centers on fight for Tax Col¬ lector
The pprelitical .skimislie.'J in the local political csimkvxign ond/^U. ilajBt Monday, on Avhich day drawings were made for places on the ticket for the
tAvo  daughters,  AA'illiam   Schensley,  ofi Septemlx-r priman.' election. This was
District  Firemen   Meet  at   Harmonville
Tho Harinuiivillo fire company en¬ lertained tlie Fourth Dlsti-ict cif the Muntgomery County Firemen's associa
tend.d tho 30-year-elub picnic at X'or- j tiun tills AVednesday in tlie fire house.
iiiandy  furm  Uu^t  Thursday.
forgotten
Saturday, Avhen tlio niembers .and families of tho Cold Point Grange lield their annu.al picnic. The event took place on the grounds at the home of Jonathan Caley, of .Straus ruad, Ply¬ mouth Aleeting'. The live iiig chase wlilch was .a feature of the picnic was Avon by Hurst Topley and Gene Richard.s. The Avinncrs were presented with their catch as .a prl2c. Thcro Avere 70 in .attemlance. A baseball game and pitching (itioits, Ihree-Icggcd rac¬ ing and peanut scramble were en¬ joyed by tho members present. The event Avas brought to a climax v.ith thp serving of a picnic supper,
(continuPd on page 8)
ment, .-The AVillow Grovo A'olunteer fir..-cum¬ pany will hold its annual carnival on Thursday, Friday and Saturday even¬ ings, September 12, 13 and 14, it Avill bo held at A'ork nnd Kaston roads .at the Park entrance. The money realized from tills affair will be used to pay off on   the  iire  house  and   tho  o luiiniient.
j Chief Sanniel M. Glass, of Spaing Mill, j chairman of i he district, will preside. I Haianonville, Spring Jlill, Eai-rtn Hill, ! Wissahickon of Ambler, Oitland I Wyndmoor, Fort AA'ashingLen, and I Flourtown   cumpriso   tho   di.?trict
Hi.irt at Harmonville Tiiomas Coyne, ef UO AA'est l-:igiilli aventie, Consliohocken received a very Ii.alnful injury Avhile nt Avork on the Iiouso ho is construcling for Christop¬ her Benz on the i'onshohocken pike.
A sharp-pointed weed entered Coi'iie's eyeball, causing .a severe lacer.ation us he bent over to pick up a tool lying on tho ground.
North Penn  League Meeting Thursday j
.V     s|<>ilal    ineeting   <.f   C:,e     iiortii Penn   Lea.gue   will   be   held   at   Flour-! town Thursday niglit In Iron out tome | of     the   dillleuUies   that   have     .-ula.-ii j during till'  iKist   few  week?.
Cne   of   the   factors   lo   be   dLsciiepedl will   concern   Hatfleid.   IIatfi.?:d   fail, d to |>l;.ce a team on the field .it Ambler) SaturdLiy,  but     it  i;i  doubtful   il"    they will drol* out of the league. |
The  regular  m eting  w.-^s   silicdulcdj for  Aiiguvt    s,   but  only  tlueo  Icojiis!
; Philadelphia, and Albert I-^Jiecht, of ! Falls of Schuylkfil, both former mem- ' j bers of Sousa's Eand and AA'ell known ' I In musical circles; Elizabeth, wife of! •'oscph Small, and TJerthn, Avho resided ] ] wltli her motiier.
I    Her funeral    was held    AA'ednesday .morning at P, with solemn  high mass i of requiem at  Pt. Matthews church at, 10.   Inten-iient   was   mnde   at   St.   Mat-i thew's new cr.metery. '
JOHN K.  THOM.AS Jobn   K.   Tiiomas,   70,   Ir.ixd   of     the ' i firm   of  John   K.   Tiiomas   <t   Co.,   to- j biacco  dealers,     died    this    afternoon i j afl:ernoon  after  a  year's  llln. ss.       He ; I served as  a  Councilman  from  ISSS  to j 3S»4.
In the days uf the old Xorristown j Di-ivlng Club .Air. Thomas was the j owner of AVeijno, one of tho fastest I trotters in the county. AVhen a j-outh j ho leariV.-d lho trade of blacksmlthlng j and made a ppraetice of shoeing race 1 hoiises.
i He was a niembtr of Cliai'ity Lodge Thonias, and a sl.ster, Mrs. Sarah .lano  l>;-i-kheiiii<-r.  uf Plilladeli iila.
He was a memla»i'r ot Chailty Lodge No. 190. F. A. AI.; Xon-istown Lodge, Na. 714, B. P. O. K. Funeral services will 1 o held from the residence of his .son. Ralph 1-:. Thunias, Ilig-hland aVe¬ nue AA'est X'orriton, oil Tlivrsday, August 22. at 2 p. ni., D. S. T. Inter¬ ment Afonrtgomery cemetTry.
tho last d:iy for candidates to AVith- diaw their petiilonc and that all as- spu-ants for local offices Avill continue a, interesting month of political cam- paigiiiiig,   seems  assurcid.
Tho ncqulcsenco ot Dr. James .Shelly to run fov the ofTice cf biir.g»"i'.^ has been well r ceivt-d. Ho shouH bring lo the olfiice a weallh ot exper¬ ience, as well a.ij a knowledge of lo<i;il affairs, whi(-ih should prov j invalu;ible. ' Vr. Shelly's itntry into public lifo was ; hailed  by    the sAipporoers    of Luther i
\ Air. and -Airs Phillip Maloney and I two children of Chicago, have been I vi.siling with Howard Hubbard, Jr., I and family in Hallowell. ! Guosts of Air. and Afrs. ('hui-leg Rutherford, uf ilallnwell, during the week-end wire .Ali.ss .Anna l.ejrer itnd Mrs. Alary Gotwal.s, of Wavno Junction. .
Miss Nellie Dwyer, Hallowell, spent Tui sday  In  fJceon City.
Operations on tho relucatiun and peniuinent improvemont uf the Hors¬ ham road through Horsham and a» far as Prosi>ectville began last Avee'K. Through the lower stretch tho roa<l will be sume what straightened into a long curA-e. This has necessitate! several cuts an.l the forco of work¬ men are nuw at work cutting away the high em),ankment into tho pro- I perty of Aliss Susanna AValton. A [.corner of the Tyson properly has been shopped off in ilie advance of this improvoment. I Thomas Marshall, rcsient of tlws K. G-. l'l home, Davis Grove, enter¬ tained relatives from Chester on Sun¬ day.
IXivid Hartranft. resident of the K. O. E.home, spent la.it we< k in Atlan¬ tic  City.
Mr. and Mr.^. AVilliain A'each resi¬ dents of tho K. O. B home, left "to. spend several Aveeks AvIth relath-es in New .h rsey and ]>elav,-ar \ This Thursday. Mr. A'each obsei-vcs his OStfc birthday anniversary which be will spend at tho home of hi.? grandson^ •"ames Claton, in Mercliantville, N. J.
Tho   Christian   Endeavor   .society  ct Grace Union Cliurch held their month- l^y   sei-vico   al   1 iucks   i:oiinty   jail     oin ^unday afteinoon. Air.   Howard  p'ramo i siiuko   on   ".Sulvatlon,"    and    AA'm.    K I Helmbold  sang a  solo.  The  Book.s     of ' ^ tho  Gospel   ot   St.   Mark   were   distri¬ buted   to  the,   inmates.
Fretz. candidate for tax collector, with f of~'^'^^V Uni^^' ^K^ wm"b| delight, as it is generally acceded the held .^^ g „.^.,^^^.,. .Vt uie hrn,,. ' "^ two  candid.ates  como  form    thi  .s.amo I a^mi  Mrs.  Lluyd  Frau'--r
groul\^ of  men    intereste<l     In   publir- affairs.
The announcemi nt of Mr. Fretz tiiat It was his pAJrpose to maintain an office In the central bu.sincKs sedion. op<ti as other lulilic ofllpes through¬ out the year, lias lA-en AA'ely- favorably received. Comment h.as been made | that it is a step in tho right direction
of Mr. Horsham.
will   meet
IHit  forth  an   appe.ai-ance,   thus   Bi.a.k-   gyniTuasliim  through  popular sun.TOi-lp- ing .a special  ineeting  n ccf-'^ti'y. 'fwin.
—^Xewtown is Beeklng to r'mn 'tion.
liave
'AVa h.ave hieard so much about pro gress ill the borough. aJ>out the iie- i essity of sidewalks in all .sections, .about more adequate lighting facilities and about tiie possll.ility of .tcAvei-^ in ih'i nc-ar future; surely the collection of fimiis for some or all of thcsei pur¬ poses .sboud be lianded in the s-ame up-to-datKj manner," is the remark of onc jirorerty OAvner.
Tho   Sunday   school   board nftf-r   tho   prayer   meeting.
On Tuesday morning tlio Ladic.-j of tho Aid soclu'ty loft llursham In IToAvard Connards bus to spend tho d.ay at Ocean City Avhero they held their rogular meeting at the cottage of Mr.s. Tyson. 3.1 enjoved the trip Petitions Iiav.- been liled bv the dif-
—Hatfield Volunteer firo company Avill receive $94.06 tiirougii tho two per cent tax on foreign insui-ttnc*^ ¦written the paat 'yea.r.
fercnt candidates fur townsliip ollices. On the Rrpublican ticket, tliorc .iro three aspirants i'ur Tax Collector; namely Benjamin 1.. Kly, Theodor.) Dubree and Howaid .Alien, Airs. Eunice Kelly, Avho is serviiii; as collector since tho de.ath of h' r husband last winter, has filed hc-r petition on the Dem- jocrat ticket. Oiliers on tlio Republican ' tickot aiv Justice of the Peace, Josoph Ccjand; Assessor, Arthur Jan-clt- school director, Mathias Landt ami supoi-ALsor, iroward H. Comlv.
(Continued on Pngi,'. ,S)