The Ambler Gazette 19030730

              1 the ambler gazette vol xxi no 81 ambler pa july 3o s1.25 a ykak splurged at glenside alleged swindlers found to be liv ing like nabobs lftwftllm hmiuni'rlii'lil arri'itiml on i : i ¦ 1 1 1 inlllln tniln ( luiru-iil u'llh having hmta • ir.n,(io out i,f diiprk whn wnre emily dtfrniidril lawrence sninnierlielil whn has as mnriy fllrtffil n the doc 08 veybroe bus names whs arrested in n i;<wlin rail way train from the hethlrheni division bh it reached philadelphia thurtday morning the three detect i vet wlin made the arrest informing their correctly at tired prisoner that hie new vnik police yearned to bave ilim visit that city iind stand rial for grand larceny sommerfleld nr frederick herbert hs be introduced himself to detectives tate worn and cannon who prrchtfid him in the train if he it the mnn the police believe him lo he iirs an inter national repatatlon as a swindler a bout a month age lie and another exquisite charles or chappie moran were arrested in philadelphia for attempting to victimize a j'road street laundry proprietor both however were re leased although summerlield owing to the press of social engagements was un ablo to appear at the bearing after the bearing suminerlield and moran retired to the exclusive home suburb cilenside with them were two line looking women one of whom parsed as the wife of snnunertield they occu pied a beautiful house and when the weather whs tine sumrnerfield and the woman would stir up the dust through the picturesque and fashionable place with their automobile or else the wheels of their victoria behind a pair of well groomed horses would f»rind the telford road peverl times the party was been at willow irove having driven over in one of their collection of vehicles on these occasions i<ummerrield in ms white flannels and spotless and expen sive panama gave the appearance of a wellto-.-io business man or a stock broker who was playing the market short he had parted with ins mous tache and had the confident air of a man of affairs they found life pleasant at glenside and courted seclusion while no one knew who they were the face thev showed to the world was that of suc cess and their neighbors felt no con cern when they saw the newcomers liv ing like nabobs no attempt was made to become too intimate with their neighbors because although it is bad form neighbors will lie curious and cnriositv is no more in pummerrield'e line than it was to blue beard's liking summerrield's latest arrest is the re sult of an investigation into a huge swindle in which stock of the horse hhoe mining company figured it ¦ alleged tlmt the horseshoe company is ms mythical as well as the good luck a horseshoe is supposed to bring when nailed over n doorwav that there is something in a name however seems to be born out by the statement of the police that summer field moran and their fellow conspira tors obtained about 150,000 for promot ing and disposing of horseshoe stock in addition to the money three of the principals got long terms in the new york orison just after the release in philadelphia of the faultlessly attired surumei field an chappie moran who is just as elegant the new york police telegraph ed to have them held it was too late thev had disappeared ever since the detectives have been trying to locate them finally they learned that sum merfleld had shaved his moustache and that he had been seen at willow grove by careful and unremitting inquiry the man was at last traced to glenside they found be had selected a swell cot tage and that he was nearly the finest thing in he aristocratic suburb al though the detective knew he was there they had difficulty in landing him thursday just an they weie about to abandon hope they saw their man get en a train southward bound ihey hop ped on the train and entering the ear in which their prey had taken a seat waited patiently until it had crossed the line dividing montgomery and philadelphia counties then the detectives placed him un der arrest he kept calm and confident told them they had made a mistake that he was frederick herbert of 217 west thirty-second street new york city they persisted and took him to city hall before magistrate kochersper er the prisoner asked the magistrate to postpone the heaving until the afternoon in order that he might con sult his attorney but the request wag refused detective cannon testified that the accused was lawrence summerfield who was wanted in new york city for grand larceny and asked that he be committed to await requisition paperb the request was granted the story is that in currying out the wining stock swindle one of the con spirators posed as au invalid who was anxious to sell his holdings of horse shoe stock tin man who had the in tended victim in hand introduced the latter to the sick man who was found in bed in a hotel room band aged and apparently very ill he was lively enough however to spring out of bed ami gut away as soon as ttie gang motived the dupe's money the detectives my the gang put up $:>(), 000 to effect thu relaue of one of the men who wa arrested in europe — the national howihoari associa tion will hold their annul plcnioal wil low iiove park on saturday aug i all their shop will be aloud on thjri day — kiiwdnd wood ward i uad '¦•¦> yaatii an employe oi the american foundry company ls.oid8.le fell from a scaffold in the shop friday evening und leceiv ed fatal injuries about l'ie head ai body lie wai lanl to • philadelphia hoapitui and i in i precarious di tion obituary i:\l.\l .\. mokkis mm kniinn a motrit whci ri'si led nl foil washington with h«r dnnuiifn m susan morris for » ndmbe of vi'iir natmd quietly suvhv mi s.tlnnlnv niirbl after an illness of seveni months first being ifflloted with la-grippe which culmim:ili'il ill piieuinciiiiii end irik n long brrd useful life she he ing in her 78th year before moving to port washington the decenwd redden in a iiaint old house on the property of lob mather above atnbleri sim whs especially noted for her kindness of heart and const til cheerfninetn if life iheddlng grinilght wherever the went ami lighting up the lives of all with whom she name in contact her most laitlng and ielf lacriflolng life work was performed in connection with her membership with the mount i'lensant baptist church or iginally she was a member of the first baptist clmich norriitown bavng been baptlxed by rev samael aaron she transferred her membership to the mount pleasant church ian 31 18/58 while rev thomas ('. trotter was pus tor previous to into this church hud a hard struggle for existence the house being closed for months at a time the limiteil resources of the chinch being insufficient to maintain a continuous service then it was that mrs morris with utter disregard for her personal comfort or convenience served gratui tuoosly prompted by the ardent love she bore the cause as sexton in which capacity she regarded it a pleasure to do the work she also served as collector of finance for a number of years the pres ent sharon building at ambler atnnds as a monument to the christian forti tude and fidelity of this nohle christian woman and of her work of love back in the io's and id's especially worthy of emulation is the life of such an one the funeral services will he held from her late home at fort washington this thursday morning at 9 services at mount pleasant baptist church ainb ler.aml interment at mt pleasant ceme tery james ooou james iood one of the life-long resi dents of new britain died at uie home of his son-in-law ueoige w oerbart early on sunday morning it is believed that mr good was stiicken with paraly sis on thursday morning while taking the cows to pasture as he was found lying in the field unconscious about 8 o'clock by norman haldenmn he was removed to the home of mr fierhart with whom he has been making his home for several years and medical assistance rendered at once but it was of no avail as his condition remained unchanged until the time of his death the deceased was about i years of age and is survived by a widow one daugh ter mrs gerhart and rh older brother thomas good one of the oldest residents of new britain three 1 mix mi in weidmun mrs burns charles ami marlou weidemun of philadelphia were visit ing mr and mrs nelson b keyser on friday mia keyser spent tuesday in philadelphia » among the guests nt the ino are mr and mrs aplw harry folker has returned 1mm hli visit to point breeze flush nugant and mother of chalfont sjieut sunday at c bronun'r mr and mrs william meyers and mies l sein er of oluey also mr quhirt of new york spent sunday at dilthey's mr and mrs john o'donell and daughter of blue bell mrs mccurran of manyunk and mr desert of ardmore spent thursday at b brogan't dr reading of hatboro while standing at simmers on sunday evening had hib horses to take fright and run away striking a tree at the anderson farm injuring one horse and demol ishing the buggy rev e e valentine will be present at the chapel this friday evening and conduct prayer meeting all are invited j.c clemens of uataeld is the new secretary and treasurer of the lansdale trust company succeeding james m . slifer of lansdale another blacksmith shop has been opened in luusdalf by samuel ashtoo late of colmar it is not far from that of thomas hillwick who once plied the anvil at ambler the mechuoicb nave piled up bricks and ham mered away till they nave erected 12 houses on one street this season or on columbia avenue more are to follow lunsdule is growing apace this year on wednesday of the present week the luther an sunday school went to chalfont park the controversy over the future site of the postottice is not yet settled it is likely to be de cided by the report of a government officer sent here to view the ground the west ward people have nothing to lose but the east warders are apprehensive that in future they may have to cross the railroad to get their mail this is ofteu an unpleasant trip the game of ball here on saturday was again with the north wales team a perfect day brought out a good attendance lansdale suc ceeded in maintaining its lead by a score of 11 to 8 cook was pitcher for north wales and pros ser for lansdale a lecture was given on tuesday evening in the evangelical church by rev w b btoddard sec retary of thu national christian association ft had the rather strange title of a comparison of the masonic and christian religious some religious sects are very much opposed to secret societies the reading railroad would not reduce its fare to chalfont park at the solicitations of the sun day schools here so 26 cents for the round trip will have to be paid there will not so many go aa though it bad been reduced to 15 cents the picnic is ou thursday august 6 quite a number ol people from this place went on tuesday to the annual reformed church pic nic held at menlo park thfswasnot a sunday school occasion but a gathering of thu reformed people from several counties news has been received from timothy t kirk who is on his journey to the philippines he had gotten as far as the hawaian islands ou he way from san francisco he expected to reacb ca vite varly in august miss helen shaw the 14-year-old daughter of the noted methodist layman samuel shaw is spuudiug two wi'eks visiting relative in the city of kingston ontario injured man in koail a dazed and injured man was found late lust thursday night at the corner of the aluihhouse rouil tmd willow lirove turnpike lie m led to thealmshousc by one of the lumatea who took him before steward e m bunting the man was injured on the left shoulder and side of tho hemi the injuries apparently having been re oalvad in a full from a trolley eur lleseenieil to i>e luserldg oomiderably ufl iaw confuted uns tvwi o the iteward'i questions uihuiuhii it was learued that he lived fa ohio and im<l baan in i'lilludeliihiu xne itraugei nl i"1 • t i » nut know where be wan mn ln>w tie ot to the ufcns oouad baton ho wii.s put to be'l the mail who is ulxmt 7oye»muf ut;i , gave thertiward his purm and a seal of north i'unihua tobacco bam in which tie had 912 lu note the uurta contained u ullver ilullar ii till othm papen aud several culuiiibus hailwuy uiupuuy the receipts guve the clue to hi ideiiliiication ujarvus cox au inmate of the military house leiy couutyi ohio u portion ol the luatttutluu popularly known at ton l>u)um boldti n bom toe itrgeit uue ol tue tiud ui tha inittu si 1500 in rail way crash ii fo tbfl nolorod p'tink's none injured in an accident lansdalc pbllftdttlphla c'.iiiii.i ioiiim nriiriil whin tinglne tni'ii turtle iii lnnndnle yard l*len all i'pnet aiiii umh m<inifi i cimmcci ttivraby i'n miiipiisiiii mint there miglit bo such a thing rhu funny rnilrond wreck the doylestnwn branch if the rending railrnml fnrnipbe<l history with one nt i iiiiscliili i i in i-ilay nfterrionn a train of i conches louden couplers with philadelphia folk bound inr a holiday in park ohalfont left tbe reading ter mlnal nt 2 o'clock in the aflarnoon it wns a merry party ns might be sup posed kveryborlv was slowed mvnv somewhere in those cats from aunt chine to the smhllesi mi in of si pirk nnniny iningirmble tim bnskpts like the hopes nf the purtv were large mid bulging picking its wav through the l.niisdale vards nt it pretty brisk pare hie loromo tive inadvertently thrust its nose into an open switch and with n claniri irons pitting deliverance turned turtle dis playing its wnndeiftil under works the temlei slipped its hold on tho first coach and the entire train passed along stopped finally of its own accord event wheel prail l th i nptnnt nf danger the engiue'r i'meell and his lir^ni'ii davenpuit jumped they were not hurt neither indeed was anybody besides that helped to make it a funny wief'k when the locomotive struck the bal last there w;is n terrific jolt all tbe way down the coach line heads hump ed conversation suffered and gaiters got into the pies there was a panic sure enough and yet onlookers declared not r face blanched the excursionists seemed tilled with one idta to get out and join the locomotive the windows of the coaches were tnn small perhaps they bar not been designated as rush exits besides the avordupoifl average of tbe cavalcade was high the doors wouldn't do the ground seemed near from the window one of the last pilgrims to progress from tl>is slough of despond was a clap per little negro who may be identified nt any time by comparing his gray crash trousers with a bit of cloth i«=if't hanging on a v-shaped section of win dow glass flub 1 knowed it!'1 he cried i knowed it i knowed dat train was tioodooed des run youh eye down dat string ob cahe niggah an yon counts 13 you does huh wreckers consumed several hours in clearing the wreck there were io00 people on tbe excursion three other specials being required when the pic nickels did get to the park they made up for lost time by doing the stunts in rapid succession the 50th anniversary montgomery council no 18 ameri can mechanics of lansdaie ^ pin pi i l <¦ llvrni ii id in mtnmirv til lovtmt - morning afternoon iiml l'ivt>niii|f mpl»iift - iii*ioi'i ni aildreti other fcrttiiriib oi an tnttmtlns rro ernui • the 50th anniveisniy of montgomery mine i no is of the american me cs was held in munlc hall lani last saturday the exercises were oondnnted in connection with tbe smni atinnal ooovntion of theconnoll nf nil hi sniit hphstern countlei of penrnyl viiniii there were tlirpn sessions morn inn afternoon and evening the liist two were not upon to the public bat there was ti law number or delegates present representing the various conn oils df a do/en counties including philadelphia tn the evening tliere wn itvery interesting semlon to which the public was invited after the flinging nf america by the iiiulienee rev t h kvnns of the method 1 8l c.imrch oiiereil tbn invocation followed by h clninis by tbe choir of the same church i'he instrninent-.il music of the evening was a piano solo by gertrude anders and a violin solo bv miss miriam spiers one of the main features nf the even ing was the historical address of john server the national secretary he is a line lookinii nan of 18 vears and re sides in philadelphia he told that be had been born within half a mile of lnnsdale the son of inhn server sr who owned a farm in montgomery township this farm waa sold in 8os befora there was any i.nnsdsle in 1 youth he had gone gunning through the marshy woodland covering the sit1 of the present station and many build ings of the present town this forest then belonged to philip jenkins when a boy of 14 he was at montgomery square on the night when montgomery council was organized julv 14 1853 more than half a century ago theie were 22 members of whom only one survives this was septimus davis of owynedd square the latter was pres ent at this meeting the liiinies of the others were charles tov william h conrad benjamin oerlaven george kile william allehaugh david rees daniel allebaiigb archibald iianes jesse s corlers george mitchell sam uel craft daniel craft klias keisen knoch h stewart silas gordon john hoti'man john allebangh lames hed rick william l knflpp jacob bosler and jacob strine of these william h conard became a baptist clergyman of renown and has relatives in ambler knoch h stewart was the father-in law of count v su pen intern lent r f horl'eeker william l kniipp was a soil ire and a school teacher , this council met at montgomery review of am o e eouree o m pilation by mr w morris ellis and will shortly appear in these columns mr elite has been busily engaged on this work for the past two weeks and reports the most gratifying succeee indicating that our business men are possessed of tbat activity prokressiveneis and public spirit which is bound to push our borough to the front and which reflects most creditably the energy and prosperous condition of the men represent ing our commercial interests montgomery county alumni reunion the eighth annual meeting of tbe montgomery county alumni association was held at sanatosa park friday and was attended b public school graduates from all part of ihe county officers were elected as follows prfeeident h w stahl necker norrietowd vice presidents b f loper cheltenham g d heist jr cheltenham secre tary miss evelyn bechtel.schwenksvllle trtasur er,r l johnson lower providence at the liter ary exercises in the afternoon an address « as de livered by ex-assemblyman grant r mcglath ery of norristown wanted to butt fngine little jacob sturm who lives with'his parents on huvisville road near willow grove is eight years old and was playing with several young sters jacob boasted that he could stand closer to the railroad track while a train passed than the rest as the locomotive hove in sight the other youngsters shrank back but jacob stood un flinchingly on the end of the railroad tie the engineer whistled bnt jacob only lowered his head aud did not move off he did not duck quite far enough and something hit him he rolled out of tbe way and the other terrified children saw that his head was bleeding they rushed off home and told their parents br haunum of hatboro was summoned post haste and he found that jacob had only sustain ed a bad scalp wound which he plastered to gether i'kisii.i mill mr and mrs arthur markley ol philadelphia spent suuday with mr and mrs john markley of tins place mr and mrs morris meconahey and mrs kuth a madden of new jersey were the guests of mr and mrs reuben finley ou sunday william taylur and miss florence summers of philadelphia spent sunday with miss emma gordon mrs lewis smith and family mrs william ford and annie stackhouse of wbitemarsh were the guests of mr aud mrs j c weiss on sunday communion will be observed in prospoctyille ihadelpnia spent several days last week with miss emma gordon miss maude andtraou was the guest • l miss laura meredith on 8unday alpbeus reading is visiting in our neighbor conard stong of chester county is spending several days with ueorge stong of this place the ladies uld will meet at the home of mrs m lukeus ou tuesday evening i'll l'l!l iiiiim most of the hay has been homed our farmers are pleased to tiuu it much superior to lust sea sou's crop both in nuallty and quantity maiut brothers threshed out the crop of grain nu tin kurlow farm last week rodger smith has harvested 15 acres nf grass and five acres of rye on the william inruli furia uttymin station this was in addition to i'll own liurrest he also hurvesteil lo acres nf tfiuss at kuge hill on the daniel unruh farm ju»es shields eoutloum to make improvements to his jiiituttown property the house an*t ¦'»• bit were recently calsuuiined uml the wood ik of thu htiuse puiuti'il siimuul k tibbeu is huulini kihki loads of m'tf etftbles to market his futilillower is very ior for this ¦ i'liii'ii mis oaorge b bhartei and dauybtei jennl have been inakiuif an extended vult willi relfr tivesih blair county the methodut sunday tobool will plootc iu willow urove park tuesday auj n a variety wiclal will be given by the peoplt of jtiih'tkiwn m e elmiili oi evening rail and a lull i ! 1 1 >.- oi up-u ' uiay be expected tlieic will m e church sunday morui miss jennie tomliuson ruing . of ph ¦ the 111 sill ' ck in a i tr umi'iv mildly <> i»u liullimu ol cltkw pl«l l then came the railroad and the grrowth of laosdale the council home vfas brought there where it has since re mained in 188ti montgomery council had but 29 members now it has 122 with a large sum in its treasury a humorous recitation was given by florence wood in the negro dialect the stolen watermelon a special fea ture of the evening was the duet sung ella hunsberger and florence wood who sang the old scotch ballad ye hanks and braes of bonnie doon with telling effect a l davis of philadelphia figured in a recitation not wanted then came the singing of several comic songs by vv wind of philadelphia.an old gentleman one of these songs was fifty years ago this was so well done that the audience lonjred for more the address was deliv ered by a d sabolt of philadelphia who said that be was born nefir the stony creek in western whitpain he spoke of the order of american me chanics generally its initials of 0 u a m had sometimes been humor ously interpreted out till after mid night " the order was founded in philadelphia july 8 s4n and now its membership is scattered from maine to california it receives as members any white male citizen over 18 years ol age who has been born in the united states new members are eligible fron this age up to 55 the weekly dues are 15 cents the life insurance depart ment ib connected with the order to belong to that an initiation fee of 1.50 to 5 is charged according to age when a death occurs an assessment is levied ranging from si to 1.50 the benefit accrueing is the payment of 1000 upon the dtath of each member among the later features of toe even ing were the recitations of brother wil kinson the lost hat and inn gardy'a goat it wbh after 10 o'clock when this most enjoyable occasion end ed by the choius tinging of the metho dist choir visited i'm homestead mrs margaret hallmvell braud of chulfont who is past 86 years of age aud whose birth place is chester county has had the pleasure of visiting her childhood home after a lapse of about :!;> years she waa accompanied by her son-in-law allen g moyer and daughter n<jllle of liuiiborcj thev inud the trip by train ami trolley to coatmllle where her grandson hev purdy b moyar uu.l wife took the party by car riage a distunce of 10 miles to laiiduiiliurk uud return mrs hrand is ureumrkui'lc woman for one of her akri ii fuuud iii'urly all her relations ii ceuea the uld homestead which in her child hood bad awes now lias uut 105 acre aud in owned by tbomai ii slercer who married the daughter of curuellui uallowell agra mrs brand un.biaud iwrnomben very uis tiuctly the scene of her childhood among them are uu old will in tlie cellar an om oaken bucket mul n wlndlau in tin itltol remembers havlns two dolli winch lbs buried in the gardso tueit of the bouse tbiuklng th turned out luto the world she would have an ueed ul dolu luotlwr tlicil wheu she ww but 1 months old and her falbul six year luui she i'uiih to montgomery county to live with an unole bpeu oer bhoemuker aud dually married john krauu iad moved to bucks uounty near line j^exiiik too i i braud i njoyi d uei trip p«i ) uim'ii aid ri'tarned home with l*u fatigue thun the youugei and family ar th at the centra glenside and around kline vanwiflhh ho i hint , n new ilfli very wh«oii rbv w it wiiy.ru i pantor ol oil rnel l'i iivii'rinii chnrcli pfenrhsd for hie lust tins on simdiiv ni'iiri1 leaving for ikwh i'iiiv mi where lir ui'ii his fmniiv will h|i(mnl the month of angniu mi inhn kcllev of ilillsiiln v i iviilitmitf ttinneh to have her lost i k ketbook tlmt oontalned bonl 20 re turned lo her it w«s fonnd on chnrch road bv jeremiah elliott a clerk kline s'linwinklt s fun1 edge mill miss llllle vnnw inkle drdghter ol klini vanwinkle t tpendiokj threi weeks in bethlehem n ii one of tin inii-t beautiful wwna in nil thn rnonii tn i n region tbe ynnwinkli store dor ins tbe absence of vlisa llllie is ir oiarge of mi sellla elliott north wiim miss edith wnlil and mi=s ida l.ich enraann were the guilts of mis kill ierhiirt over sunday aiipii fleck or philadelphia i bpendioit a few weekh with oeorg juhrihon conard itohmon hiienth of george b hotel oodnoiltnan clayton hunslcker hn ri-ntcrl the fiirninhed cottage ailjoinin the country scat of representativ kcator for th bummer mr iliinsirkc when a buy rr^iilori with ' i ih mrenta i main and west montgnincrv avenue alfreil i'arker who years ajio was th well-known foreman for the late jarlg hiiniliiirirer in the montgometv wei works anil who ownn coiihiiterabk1 pro pertv lias returned from the east where be hafl heen in hiihincsk for him aolf lit will take a position with the acorn milln frank anderman cierk in the l*'otiill street national bank and in brother will of the continental hotel pbiladel phia have just returned from a week outinn in nova pcotia john ford who owns » lot on tin outskirts of the town will shortly erec a new house for himself david vanhotn ha.s sold his home on vv'ost montgomery avenue to mr bodine of west point for 1,150 architect william briinner is drawinu plans and specifications for the now north wales power house two fakirs with a patent medicini as a hait and a earollne lamp am a comedian as an attraction roped in : number of easy victims one ni<*ht las week tin the streets and then hurriedh left town on the last night train fr,llo\ve by a mob sf injiin1 " they promisei to come back next evening but the air of north wales is not congenial to theii well-beiiii the sons of america did not a very large delegation to valley f oi on saturday last william yeakle has resigned aa clerk in dehonpt's provision store and ac cepted a clerkship in the first nationa bank he will enter the latter in a fev weeks our junior ball tossers had an easy victory with their visitors on saturday but imr lemrue<*niore were defeated at lnnsflale biit ' wv one run how«vei mrs georgh wnrr^n fell from a car at tenkintown one day last week and was severely injured but is slowly recover ing at lier home on east lontgomery avenue 	 broad aze mr and mrs chandler and family of oswego n y are visiting john townsend jr miss maud amey has been spending her vaca tion here and will return to norristown at the close gustave therm has left the employ of a knapper and located in trenton n j elmer gouak of prospectvllle has been visit ing in the village samuel styer of linienwold terrace ambler having bought the grass on the kllendale pro perty has removed the same narcihuu picnic time is at hand plymouth evangelical suuday school went to chestnut hill park thlb wednesday co!d point baptist goes to willow grove wednesday of next week they will go by trolley leaving plymouth meeting about 8.30 or 9 a m plymouth school board will banquet the mem bers of the plymouth alumui league at j cleav er's this thursday evening wire thieves again visited narclesa la*t friilay night and succeeded in getting away with a large lot of wire it wouid seem that a watch man for that section was almost a necessity ii is a lonesome piece of road and not traveled much at night geor(?e sands of told point has recently taken to himself a wife in the person of a young lady from germantown mahlon son of samuel suuds who wus recent iy iniured liy a harruw attached to a runaway horse died sunday morning from tetanus the funeral took place this wednesday at cold point footpadl seut to lull two men both rejoicing iu several aliases were held in 000 buil eacb by j b yerkes jr justice of the peace at willow drove on hnday for the alleged hold-up aud robbery of q m har vester a car conductor on the willow grove line three weeks ago they ure harry kaymoud alias kid altos jimmy watts alias george wilson and john jordan alias israel wliissel alias stingy they were taken to norristown jail after the hearing harvester again identitie'l the mi'ii as the two who boarded his car at 12.13 o'clock one moruiiik three weeks ago while the car was moving swift ly northward at spring avenue there were no imsseneers and the motorman had the front cur talus drawn so that he could not ee what was going on the conductor testified that ray mond thelargerofthetwomen thrubt a pistol into his face and ordered him to throw up his hands he obeyed and the nther fellow went vi i csh i j g a m ivil * wi aft nv ~ ¦«' «¦ * — — w w j men are said to have bail police records maple gleu misse eiuma and mary mumi nl philadelphia spent sunday at howard mu,""'s , , . , mr walter u almmere ol philadelphia who eameto his home bere lick us week is imuli uuwea emma and rachi-i kehrer of i'lill n.l.i nt sunday with tueli later mrs lliomus m°.ttttiuiemni rust and children wiiih tad corrine of germantown ¦¦ -- ¦! ii u.aui.'l i iiin man's on surwuy muiea may aud ethel hull also of germautown have been uptuallg soin time ut thr uuue place , , . i janet tampmun la thl wtiekeujpvlaa a little vmutlun from hei uuties in i'lilladclphiii u.i.-lifl mniiu mrs howard mann miss btrtbb mann anil williau u i \ •' ll^l relutiyes tuvvii ouo ilny la>»t vvock maytrutt ol ' h'i fj»eu mndlna a few day with tici i.ucle joiieph u ij initt mr uh.l ui tullj i '" ¦'" "'' place v ure buiulaj m itor there p m u-ice conard unit chil'lreu albert and ou ttauday \ auu'l i ul ilo 	 mi ¦ ¦ '¦ i1 a ,. a i.»u ink rium uiat lu to mi maylrou'ij moudaj a coming borough fort washington is pushing ahead and preparing itself pl«nt of the north pbiiii onn compaftjt t w..ii i i.ii.t vinv ii.ii.ini arriving cp per dublin wntnr compnn.v \\ iii i m i'lpl's i hiler iii ktll'ots simvi , all b timt foil wash log ton la rapidly forging ahead ii splendidly proved by its industry at ths prcfinl time ihe plain of the north ivnn oflfl com i'iy inis been cornniencwiicnd jnit bb ioi thn crnahed atone and uni tte i by l y davis who h«a the contract work will be poihed a.himd lnenn as was tmtt'il in our last llblie the plant lian been laid out and mccbvstlonfl for the walls liavb betn made th building will be 50 feet long and the nari in which the piil'inc yt'iierntor mul boilei will be located in 38jj feet wide while the room for the exbaoeter and parifler is js,1 feet wi'le one luryc bolder with i capacity of o,000 uallon has been laiii out while the plans call for an additional holder with a capacity of 100,000 ftallons 0 m byreiie who has the contract for the com tract i on nf the plant is on the nitp shaping the work and i ready to proceed just 88 rapidly hs the ar rival of material will warrant the frame office ami storeroom erected on tlie plot is piled inside with a carload of cement 150 barrels which with crushed stone from the hetrman quar ries will form tbe walls of the building mr byrena eay ikj lists no difficulty in securing men ami his onlv fear ia thai tbe structural iron and steel work will delay the completion of the plant he hns dog a well of 12 feet on the prem ises and half of its depth is water in this woll ii suction put p hns been placed to furnish wat^r to the concrete mixing box which is also constructed the machinery has been in process of con struction for weeks and should not de lay a commencement of the enterprise just as soon as the building is complet ed as mr byreds will erect i tie concrete foundations for the engine boilers etc a boiler and stack for use iu the construction is already on the ground and if necessary could be pressed into service water 8kbvick the upper dublin water company on monday completed a survey of i-'ort washington with a view of running mains and supplying the re*klents witu water tlie company will obtain its sup ply from the lakes reservoirs and springs on uniienwold farm from the same sources as the ambler spring water company takes its supply for ambler borough the mains wuich will very probably be oi-rht inches in diame ter will belaid down the sprinahouse and chestnut hill turnpike and pro bably enter fort washington proper by way of montgomery avenue to tbe heights the house of mrs stelwaren waa found to possess the greatest alti tiide and the pressure of the supply is said to be sufficient to place water iu he third story of that property it is anticipated that active work of digging for the mains will shortly be commen ced 	 ' the perkasie bank has declared a semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent baseball matters the ambler a o ball team went down to defeat on saturday at ouaker own by the score of 10 to ti.ouakertown jumped longton in the first innidg or five hits one of which wab for two 3ases he also irave a base on balls and in error gave quukertown six runs in he first inning the ambler boys play ed a great up-hill game but the lead that quakertown secured was too big for hem to overcome great fielding on the pait of c kobineon and sailor and the infield work of ellem warwick and foster were the features of the game the poor decisions of the umpire also helped quakertown to win this _,. ne his ruling at third basa and the home plate were always against ambler next saturday the ambler boys will play the bachelor field club of philadelphia on the south main street grounds ciatne called at ij.30 the ambler a c defeated the hersb a a on friday evening last by tho score of 1 to 3 robinson pitched u good bull for the a c f allowing but two bits and striking out 14 men on thursday evening of this week the locals will play the colored giants of a inliler on the south main htreet grounds game called at fi 15 the officers and members of the amb er athletic i!as«ball club wish to thank their many friends for the assistance at the festival last thursday evening about s:>r were cleared by the club wou lost per c . n 87 *> mhier 	 o 3 ij5 on h wales 	 '-' c 260 the ambler juniors defeuled the ambler a o in a well played name on tuesday evening orlppan pitched magnificent ball for the junior c iiichanaii made two sensational witches n left field kor the ambler team tbu ilaying of warwick and c kobinsou a worthy of mention the bnjtl wok wing 11 to ii in l.iii.t l'leaiiit»l view ireland detested plmmot view uereou satui ¦ luy in i , me-alded i 	 test faddy i juii kuuuiok t 	 i well scattered ami wltli ffeut support on would have a 	 ' he vlbitlug team be aot only pkebt i line b»ll jut hit ho tali dying tour ii snstwa iro wan • t'ftiineuf tlio m^|lie 0kk1 ni '¦' ' '\ b ii i v i „ ., i f mhu'i '. itiv p » ' * * v * 	 ',..,¦ i iwn.b 0 l 1 o 1 ii i 1 iii lull if -' ! » • » •> 1 0 •„,,,•,;,.,- 1 i i 0 0|t mill rjjj i i ¦ 	 1 1 hi h iu vii i o o u j i o u-o