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• AMBLER :;iiii|jii!:^w; ¦¦••.»Mtiit»i..;i VOL. XXXV.-NO. 32 AMBLER. PA.. AUGUST 16, 1917 S1.75 A YEAR COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH. Happenins:s of Local Interest to Our Readers. THE UMPIRE IS BLAMED. Germantown State Oiled Pines" to Remain Open Until Sep. 18—Bathers at Potts' Quarriss—Har¬ monville and Hickorytown Events. ¦ Miss Elizabeth Market, ol Harmon¬ ville, is visiting in Manayunk this week. 1 ..J I..illle Bernice Maxwell, of Harmon¬ ville, jB recovering after a week's 111- Jenkintown Defeats Ambler ty tbe Score of 6 to 3. PIUe—"The i ¦ BAD ROW AT NEGRO PICNIC. Edge Hill Negroes Beat Up Constable Thompson, of Ambler. enkin-town Has Game Well In Hand Thompson Had Previously Broken Up Before Ambler Starts—The Sixth I a Crao Game and When He Tried 'Was Our Best Inning—Other Letgue Games—Race Nearing End. Bad umpiring- helped to defeat the a Crap Game ar to Separate a Quarrelling Man and Woman he Was Attacked. Jusliua O, Thomps'.n, of j\:ii 'l'i', WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD. John liiiider's term e.Npires this fal! on the J.ii-.-y-ei G'.vyncd.l township boa'.d of road ,^:iipervi.-;ui-s. Levi .«lin;;lufl', of Elue Eell, raise.l a bean in his gaiden that measure'l •')0 inches in lenntli. I The Jlrs. Alter new house, alons the Who's Who and What's What in the u"!""''^""'" '""*"' ""r." °^ sprinK- hdusr, 1,..? Hearing- completion. Two Townships. Lower Gv.'ynedd men are receivlns^ 'I'jmmis.sion.-i in the regular army. mpi-cvements at Blue Bell Hotel— Tiie--e men have served in th'i national Horsham Men Successful Fishermert—1 EIrcksmith Shc-j Reopened at Pen- K"^"'''-"' ""d have also rc-ently .-.im- Firemen Will Parade at Willow llyn-Agent Tomlinson on a Trip- !;|^'5f;;/^-„---%\-,p; Grove-Jar rettown Residents Sign.. Si.i.-~'-.eyio//n Pike Repairs—Penllyn of Lower fiwynedd's road .supf'i-vis.n-s i '"9 fo'' Electric Current—Dresher I'.c'.is. lias been commlssioneil a major, and ' Items. Alliert .Smith, '' " HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN. Miscellaneous Items of Interest to .Many Readers. Ambler team last Saturday at Jenkin- constable, is recoveriiiB from lus ijiJi"^;- ,]-Aiu Mitchell's new house, at Gwy- ^"'^'t '''"™'"?; '""'? "^ ^'" .''- •''mith, ut | Augustus Lentz, of Jarrettown, i3 ''town in a Montgomery county league i e* lei-'-iv-d last Tlunsday, at Zeiber s ,,,,,,,,|^ ^^^ being weather boarded. ijuynedd Valley, has r'.'ceived his com" lepairing the local township school. ¦ Lgame. With the aid of tb,' umpire, park, n-^ar .North Wale.-^. he was set | i loi-aee W. and Cyrin.^a Phipps spent ""*^'S'"" as a captain. | >i,.. a,„| ^,ly^_ Charle.s .McCormicIc, I who Is accused of giving iivAuy 'aw upon', while jieiforming his official dU-ig,,(y^j^.|y ^^.^^j Sunday in Philadelphia.. | Wm. G. Just, ..'ontractor, has com- ot Ijie.-her, spenl Thui-day in Phila- ness, 1, V, V, ' ' ¦deci&iciis, Jenkintown Svon bythe score, ties, by a gang ot Kdge Hiil negr.o |ju,,iel iJuclijey, of .^kiii-ia.'k pike. ,P'eted the street work in .North Wales, delphia. Miss 'Wood, of Roxborough. has been ^^f g ,g .^ Quite a l.-'.rge cr.".vd of the Iroughs and beaten over the head by alj^^j, p ,|,^|, i,,^ j^, ^.^^.^^ ^^^^^1 j.^^g g^eet ;He is now working on or getting ready '¦ .Mr.s. Wainuei Kerbaugh, of Horsham, the ruling of the -.in/piro un one or ; ThJ.np-'on is a veteran of the ripail- two occasions almost caused a riot. jsli-American war and was one of thd In one Inning he called a strike on troop of negro soldieis that gave the guest of Mr.s. Isaac bbeppaid, at |Ambler fans went with the team, and .jjia.-kjack. ilarmonville. .1 • - - Harry Kaudenbu^li, of Cynwyd, spent Sunday in Haimonville wJtli William Karr, ^ ^ _ , ¦ , , , !.;„»¦ I—'- ••• " ^- '-¦"- ..."..«..-- „ ..... luiieti^c *•¦ *^-^ .,..«-o- tip ban Reba Amber.s, of conshohocken, Jast ,^p^igj^j, ^.^^ robt-ery. This so peeved hill He has been an elflcient cqt^ Friday afternoon. jOie Held .iudge that ho ordered Richie'stable of th^ Thltd, ward of 'AmWfr Frank Steiner, of Maple Hill avenue, ifrom th« game. Manager Kgolf was fo,. .several years, .''t Plymouth Meeting, is still conhned to ^jgoing 'to take his players off the I with many othef^'ft-oin Ambler, lets" his bome by Uteiess. _ _ .'fleld, but the -officials of the Jenkin- Thursday, he went <>!*¦ the combined iRlchie, the local catcher, who swung hLs gallant support tci Colonel Roosevelt's Mfs. Samuel Fwher, J'l-., and -wpa j bat in a manner that indi.'ate.l that the , brigade in its charge "''" ''¦""^ uph ;Jt's JiJftn C. McConnell, of tiie week-end in corn. Ito start rejiairs for the .''unty on th" spent Tuesilay with her sisier in Jen- \Valter H. Adams, uf Penllyn, spent following bridges : Areola, over th° kintown. Satunlay visiting his mother In Cam- Perkiomen, Branch creek. Green Lane ,Mi. and .Mis. E. den, N. J. over the Perkiomen. Mr. Just, uhile Jarrettown, .spent liarry Hart, of Penllyn, has been ''eP'iiring the bridge near Rose Valley, ftea'ling. siilistitiiting as agent at Fort Wash- Ambler, hauled some of the stone t-j i J. .M. .Megargee, of Hallowell, and. ington station. I*''^ '"'" "''*"" th* Penllyn turnpike, an.l Alfred Tyson, of Horsham, have been George W. S'hlater, north of Broad °" this he expects to erect several threshing. Axe, is having the outside of his resi- ''ouses if he is ahle to linish up his | Ilarry Uoiigherty, of Uresher, haa dence lathed and plasterd. ! "T"''' ^^'"'"^ li'-loie winter .sets in. <in the Lapetina farm, Blue Bell, thej Miss Mildred Heaton, of Norrtetovyn, Uown team, who act/^d fairly from ; picnic'of ' lo'cal roioieS" Sunday schools lpo,^.{tops gYp'^jVi^^^ ^"nJ'J, "^s"Je™^ {l',V, has been visiting the family ol <^naries i,gtart to finish, prevaile.l upon the um- jto Zieber's park. Am'.'ng the picniCK- |,yie|^ ^vill not be half a crop. J** Sulabach, Haranonvllle. !plre tc reverse his decision, which he ers was a delegation from Edge HIU Lewis Hagy, of Cold Point, le^t on j,jj_ ^^^ j^g game proceeded. and It is said that Thompson earned Jenkintown was the lirst to score. ftheJr enmity when he broke up a crap In th* second Evans walked Bouldner |game they were enjoying. Later when and iie stole second, scorinjr on T. L man and a woman were having a O'Neiirs sln«le. Another came over in heated argument, Thumpson- endeavor the third *or Jenkintown, Morgan's three bagger and -an error 'being re¬ sponsible. An error, Brack'ey's single and Cavls' hit produced the two runs Monday to join his brothers 4it Rohr- .erstown, near Lancaster. Mrs. Binkley and daughter, of Wis¬ .sahickon, have been guests of Mrs. Joseph Market at Harmonville. Chai-les Canfleld and family have re¬ turned to Harmenville after having ¦Spent sever.al weeks in Jeffersonville. ed to restore peace and Qui^t, but ho was set upon by the roughs, overpow¬ ered and his blackjack taken from him. Drawing his revolver to def ead liini- ' and he was h-jf,^' I' Mrs. OHver Re>ed and children, of j for Jenkintown in the fifth se.ssion. self the'weapon snapped • Harmonville, have been guests this luiijpire K-eenon te'i^dly assisted in se- l-wacked over the head. .» •week of Mr. Reefl's mother at Trappe. jcuirlng tbe next two tallies, by calling I a hurry call to Ambler brought St«P Mrs. Cbarles Campbell and daiigh- fair Cavis' long drive, which was foul I'Traopers Heisej- and Eiler, of the St#t ,ter Grace, of Wyndmoor, hav-e been Ky several feet. This hit was goodi police, who made a rapid run in auto*- - guests of Mrs. M. Hiltner at Harmon-j for a hoime run iind it .'»c<w-ed Brockey. jimobiles to the West Point park and ' ¦'Virle. . i.!-*Aliwho haid single«.l previous to Cavi.s'Urrested Harrv Homes, 29; Albert ;; Albert Hlltn:er, of Harmonville, re- j^^t^ j Homes 25, a brother, and Mary Tol- '¦^atteA, this .Wednesday, to the pny- i Ambler failed to get a run over un- Uon '25, all ot Edge Hill, and lodged Blcal BSamihIiig board at Willow tu the tlfth inning. In this session!them in the lockup at .North Wales. Grove. tj .i v. '***¥* pOavies opene/5 with a single and l=3|They were later given a hearing befoie Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Kodeoaugn, i.gtole second, ooming home a moment | Justice Kirkpatrick and in default of of Hickorytown, visited Mr. and Mrs. jg^^j, .^^^ Wcdock's one-base blow. I $800 bail were taken to jail to aw-ait William Houclt, of Limerick, on »at-|Ambler went ai'ter Morgan hard in the [trial. They are charged with aggra- jsixth period. Strain iwened with a ivated assault and battery with Intent single; Marfan sacrificed, and then to kill. Richie hit for three bases. Kvans kept Thompson was pretty badly cut up the good -work and drove his bat¬ tery mate in -with a sdbd single. Tliis was all for cnr fellows. The scoie : urday. The parsonage committee will hold a lawn social on the Plymouth U. E. church lawn on Saturday fcvening, Aug. -S5, ^ "* > Miss Marie Allbright, of Harmon¬ ville, has been spending a few days ¦with her aunt, Mrs. Hickey, in Con¬ naughttown. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Klllmev and daughters, Misses Grace and Vera, of Plymouth Meeting, spent Monday in Atlarrtlc City. Miss Esther Buekman has returned to Cold Point after having siw-nt some time with her aunt and uncle at Bridgeton, ..>:'. J. Henry Curson, of Avondale, spent Snnday with Walter H. Coraon, Dr. P. H. I'oiKDn and th:^ family of George ith. ,^ irmou A. G. Vothers, of Wm. Penn inn, and party will witness the grand circuit races at Belmont park next week. I'rank and Dorothy Adams, of Pen¬ llyn, spent last week in Camden, N. J., with their mother, Mrs. May Adams. Girl Says She Was ;.ured by Soldier. Two men of the Third Regiment, Matlonal guard, station at White¬ marsh, near Fort AVashington, are ac¬ cused by a 15-year-old girl, who wa^ arrested Sunday of having lured hoi- to Philadelphia. The girl tol'l the de rented and oc.upied li. J. Kirk's house, 'south of Jarreltown. I Mrs. Matilda Downs sp':iBt Thurs-i day with her daughler, Mrs. c>. H, Lindsay, of Germantown. ! Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, of Wash¬ ington, D. C, is visiting her sister, .Vlrs. Harvey D. Thompson. i Mrs. Farien, of Philadeliihia, is tectives that two guardsmen gave her spending some weeks with -Mrs. Eliza¬ beth Webster, of Horsham. Howar.l .McC.jiinell, who is employed C. C. Coolbaugh, of Gwynedd, who ithe money to go to Philadelphia and is spending the summei- in Ocean City |that one of them promised to take her with his family is reported to be quite [to Elkton, where they would be mar- ill I "6^1- I .... , , , ,., .. .. .MAa Hennen, whose home is al I The Penllyn blacksniith shop, af ei U,.^,,^ -^vashingtoii, is the girl whos-. having heen closed for some "weeks '^.^^^^^^^ ,^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ .shattered., has been reopened by John Monaco, of gj^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^^^^ j^j^ custody in com-, i Ambler. !pany with another girl In a bote] nea- Itev. Mr. Pershing and Dr. Jamison, ,Twenty-third and Chestnut street--, ; of Pittsburgh, are spending the sum- , Philadelphia, after word was sent to ' mer at .Sycamore farm, Penllyr, the the detective bureau by the police ati residence ot E. J. Pershing. iFort Washington, that she was a run- , Oscar M. Parsons, former storekeep- ,away. ' er at Penllyn, has a jiosition in thft I She was registered at the hotel as Midvale Steel work.s. The postofhce "Barbara Mayer." With her at the, is still retained in the former store. itime was Winifred Mayes, 22, also ol i .,,„.,,. and il^crt Washington. Hoth girls .said V'^^'t,'"^'' in Philadelphia, spent last week in Honeybrook and Jarreltown. Charles IJ. Taylor, formerly of Jar¬ rettown, is reported to have purchas¬ ed a proiierty in Jenkintown. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Gouak, of Horsham, spent Sunday wi^h Mr. Gouak's motlier at Prosiiectville. Leroy Forker, of Philadelphia, spent the week-end with hi.s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Forker, of Horsham. Misses May, Liessie and Dorothy Lightkep, of Jarrettown, have been spending a week in Ocean City. Mrs. Matilda Downs visited her Mrs. G-2urge Thomas, and raNKlNTOWM r h o a Baekey, cf2 2 0 0 Bieaw'er. 3bO « 0 3 Cavja. If 12 3 1 VanSant, cO til 2 Goiild'r, 2b 1 14 4 McJlell, 88 0 1 3 8 McKeon, IbO « 5 2 T.O'NeiI,rfO 110 Morgan, p. 2 ¦£ 0 2 AMBLER e r h 0 Davis, If 1 2 rRobinson. cfO 0 0 0 0 Wodr'k 3b 0 2 2 £ 0 Riec. 3b 0 0 12 0 ."itrnin, 98 12 2 2 1 Martin, lb 0 2 ¦? 0 0 Garrit, rf 8 110 0 Ritaiiie, c 119 1 0 Eva.is. p 0 2 0? about the head and fai-e, and his wounds were treated by Dr. Siife?, of North Wales, lo whose offic-j Ixp iwas taken. S - - uther negroes received slight cure " ''and bruises, and it is thought thaj Whitpain tov.nship road supervisors are r-'pairing the road from Sandy Hill school h'use past Triple Springs farm. A large ciuantity of stone i:- being placed thereon. .Mrs. William Scott and daughter, of Gerniantown, spent the we"k-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Adams. Master bounds. Ti-W)iier Shavet arrived^ lat-'|-\Valter Adams returned wilh them and Totals ,. 6 -S 27 17 1 Tttals.. 3 12 24 12 3Jtho nark and ke Jenkintown - 0 110 2 0-20 x—6 ' ¦ f „ Anibler 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 o-3 ^^ ^"'"^' ^""^ '^' q! nothing but the timely arrival of th^ 0 stale troop°is to. quell the riot pre* 2 vented a disturbance the limits of ^i\vhii-h prohai/ly would h.ive known no o'er and with Con.stable Aaron Kush-.jis -.^pending some time, more and Officer George 'Moss went to'' :plained that the soldiers gav ,$100 with which to go to Philadelphia, i Th" Mayes girl was released, as there was no complaint against her, but Alda was sent back to her paren's. "The names of the .guardsmen -were not given out by the police, hut it was in¬ timated that if it were shown that th girl's story is true a serious charge will be made against the one whn ipromised to marry the Hannen giil L. W. Uiddle, Morris road and Blue I The case will be reported by the po ¦ "AVillow Grove faileii to show up at Bsthayre-S'.-am Saturday and the game. ,^o th-.! la-ter by the siscrii got another of the leaders itono;; had th ' cy Siroughou OU'. any emergency. ?i!i "'".'!'", I"„.'-'l?.„.?^;^I^.-iB?ll pike- has' drained out his dam ,™„. "¦¦ and is preparing to place a concrete Th ' m^A, and prepared for lice to ment. the commander ot the regi. I wall inside of the Stone wall. I pond will also be cleaned oul. The crops on the Wm. .S. Hallowell all loiik well and pi-omisc a good yield. Henry 'Walton Paroled Prisoner Freed; Given ?26.40. The lirst of the grouB of prisoners . .,-,,, iin the countv jail who were parol-:d '""'^^.''y ''' ^7':\", hv the .'ourt for th-. purpo.se ot work- Promise a good .\ iel ing oB'the term at tlie ilm.shouse was '^ superintendent, and g-meral appear returned to .i"il Thursday by Stewaj-'l i.;artnmn aii'l giv^j/Kgafmagmim^iiai ¦tnihni^'ttAyirig.Mx.pbmKKmKKKKKfK^ji*^ ¦ Tistown miuo and had "S*tf"i«BleBced at Penniijpipi nearing completion. him. i.^es of the property are a credit to be heM on Aug. 25 at the home of Mr. afrd Mrs. John Sujiplee, on Flour¬ town road ne-ir Col'J J'oint. Miss Mary C. Hiltner, of Consho¬ hocken, spent the week-end wilh Miss Mary C. Cunningham, of Maple HIU avenue, Plymouth Meeting. Walter Lightkep, of Xorristov.Mi, and Eugene Lightkep, ul Hickorytown, spent .Monday Hshing at Anglesea and hf.rdt, Norrtetown, char.ged with nun- returnel with.* good Ci. tch. support. The action w-.as brought by Mr. iind Mrs. Eu.^en.^ Lightkep and his wife, who is a residenl of Consho- daughter Elizebeth, of Hickoiv;town, htcken. i?he contended that he lial STA?.-DING OlT CLUBS. W, L. P.C. W. L. Glen.-ide... 16 2 .832 A-nblcr.... 8 ft JenLint .wn,13 4 .705 Willow Gr. E U liell.ayres.. 8 '.1 ,.|7I Ft.Wash'ion 2 1! Conshohocken Man Arraigned. Geurge W. l-^'.tmun. uf Manayiiill^. ¦WAS arraigned before Riagislrate Len- afler conviction on a charge of larceii . Before goins to the county jail tc 1'^ P'G- ' ormally released the man was tak'- i -,^ to the ofRoe of the counfy contrull' .IW '^li"?re Deputy Williani Irvin cong:a- itulated him on having served his tim - I and exiendoil the hope thai he wciM hereafter be a la-.v alijdhig citizen. .A' the same time Mr. Irvin gave the mn i ian order on county treasurer for .'i!2''..li .his earning-s ai CO cents per .lay d\-:- :ing the period of his parole. ; I'lius. fur the Iirst time in m;i,i railroad Just north of ("amp- ipaiiying this run "Know Your County." The annual Farm bureau "kn >. your county" automubile lour, will b held .ju Thursday, -\iigust 23rd, a i promises tu be a bi,i; event fo;- thi-, IntereRted in knowing mor> ab.mt ;li agriculture of Muntgu^nery cuuiil.N , ,„ .tiBiiirjwiiwttiaTinijigBitiini^iftiiiji wijiwumwutiwii slgnifleo fh6ir Intentioris of accom- Tuesday with "Mr. an Sunday- school was held Wednesday at Willow Grove park, and all had a good time. Miss Elizabeth Kalback, of Dresher, has been spending a week with hep aunt in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Miss Florence Mct.'ormick, who is employed in Ambler, is spending a; week's vacation with her parents In Dl esher. Mr. an..l Mrs. William C. West, ot. Germantown, spent Sunday with the. former's sister, Mrs. Susan Crocket, In, Horsham, Mr. and Mrs. William Doyle, o£ Horsham, spent Salurday eveiilng- with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Koons, of Willow Grove. Marion , iJchaffer, of Hatboro, Is spending several days with he:- grand¬ parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Zeitler, Sr., of Horham. .VMS. Wal 'faces th .bell's .greenhouses. It will be oi-cupieu will be througli th.? central and south hy the farmer, Harry Evans, when eastern part of the county, with i completed.- number of stops on Horsham and Ab ; The Sumneytown pike is being re- 'J'^}';'^ ?„T'!l, ,Y.'^''^'?...?i"-f .--"'["^ ¦"'^ ''^ -surfai'&d and oiled from Springhov spent'Sunday with'Jlr. ;and Mrs Wal- done little cr Clothing for the supp-..- !f,^:H.,''%,''„/,'T'"T'?;uJf.'''- *'!!- ''"""'y, ter Lightkep, of Norriitown. .of their four children during ihe pasi i:\',V}..-'="'j"''"'"t. .^"'"1^ '" his pocket Mr. au'l Mrs. Charles G"rsing(-r, uf .several months. An agreement v.-a Ardmore, were the guests uf Mr. and eftected. whereby Ettman entered int. Mrs. Myers Ho!!, of Maple Hill avenue, , a bond to pay -$8 a week f.ir the sup Plymoutli Meeting, on Sr.nday. j'Port of the chiUren. Mrs. George Sheller, of Cold Point has been enterlblning her father and Two Persons Die in Burned Barn. . mother, Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, of Two men were burii'?d tu .lealh, an.l 'Elmwood, South PhiladelFhia. |a fire loss in cK'.^ess of .$rn''Oo resulted Rev. Dr. G. W. Tupper, of Cold Iwhen the stable pr.iperlies owned bv Point, on Sunday evening, preached atii.:dward Ganley, f intraetor, of LaMott, the union .servicef^ lield on the lawn ofjjn the Ol.l York road section, wer- the Consht'huckeu ipresbyterlan church. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maxwell, cf Hickorytown, and Mr. and Mrs. Hor¬ ace Moyer, of NorriBtown, motored to Mt. Joy on Sunday, a trip of about 175 miles. Mrs. Irvin Taylor and two inter-, esting children, of Philadelphia, have been spendlna- several days at "The Willows," (Md Point, with i-Ir. an.l Mrs. Jacob Hs.rt. Mrs. C. W. Lewis and Mrs. J. M. Berkhlmer, of Harmonville, visited Miss Mary R. Green in Charity hos¬ pital, Norrislown, who is eonvatescenl after an operation. The Endeavor society, of the Ply destroyed Sunday morning. Th« bodies of -ihe two men, both employes of (janle.v, were found in the ruins after the rire. They were : George Smiley, aged about 40, of La¬ Mott; John Lang, aged about 35, of LaMott. The Ganley properties are located oa Sycamore avenue, immediately north of City Line. The tire was disoivercil at 3.30, an.l companies were called into service from LaMott, Cheltenham, Glenside, Ashbourne, McKlnley and Jenkintown, seven eomiianies at on.- time b.ung in service to prevent thr spread ,;t the fire and others nearby. sultiii.!-: frum his .iwn labor to eniil' jhhii to live for several weeks comfui' lably and look around for work. .Sti, Imore valuable to the man than th.' .money, is the fact that the rommiini' that iiniirisonoU him has permiti. ,him to ac.lliil-.- Hie habit of work n-i learning money. j The s'-'nlenc.'s of the other men pai oled to work on the county farm vii all expire this month, September i-October. northward, and the men are opposit ' the R. K. Kibblehouse property. Dur¬ ing the progress of the v.-.irk the roa.l Is shut off. . In .Sunday lh-; hedge along the Acuff estate and near Cassell's hay house, t.iok tire, and the Norlh Wal.'s Flre company was summoned. Th.- blaze -was extin.guished without lus.-. Th'» origin i= a mystery. Clifford Wou'l, who purchased land finest and must successful in t'l county. The tour will start promptly at :i a. m. at Centr.' Point, wher- tlr^ autos are expected' t.i collect and m,-ik- slops in the following order : At tli The trip this year g^n ;„ Horsham. Willard and Harold Lightkep an.l Alfred Caldwell, of Jarretljwn, spent last veek camping- at Lumberville, along the Delaware. Jlr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Mr. and .Mrs. Rhinehart, of Philadelphia, sp -nt Sunday witii Mr. and Mrs. George Zeitler in Horsham. Mr. and .Mis. l-;dwai-.l Black, Mr. and farms ot Milton O. Landis and l;ran'--:Mrs. Edward Gaun and Mr. McDade. Landis, near Centre Point; Fi-'^a-. of Logan, spent Sundav with Mr. ancl Slyer, near Washington Square; W il- Mrs. James Ram.-^ey at Hor.sham ham Whiteside and Jonathan Stack-, a partv in u l-.u-d tourin h.iuse, " ' ---¦' -"-- ¦¦''-"-- car stoj?- near Hor.sham: and the Folly :ped at th-j Ho\-sham st.ire Oh Tue.sday. 1,-1 rms, near .\bmgton. ._. . ,.,aj. The :4bjects of interest at th -*... lulls sti7,is will he the var- difference be- toured from Steubenville-,. were em-, ute from New a I) 'Killed on Way to Answer Draft Call. Preston Stetler, 25 years old, Boyertown, .died a half hour aftei- hi motorcycle turned three somersanii at Clayton, near Penns'burg, Thurs.l i afternoon, and Charles Orendlinger, . years old, of Boyer tow-n, was serirn ly injured. The two men were on n.' i way to 'Wilkes-Barre, w-here Stei.'- was scheduled to be ex-amined bel..-. the draft beard. .According to John T.isenbigler, ;-. ¦ eye witness of the accident, the iii' ' to Ganley's home I were driving at a fast rate, and wh • ¦ Several times th-i^'f't.'er, who was operating the c:. ^near Wm. Penn inn on which to, ere.^t't^^.^^n sprayed and unsprayed potatoes a dwelling, has decided to postpou ¦ corn variely fost, plank frame barn t-onstructlon work during the high soy beans, good farm management, prices, but has started work on a new dairy cows and fine Percheron horse-- .Iriveway into the plot. . | Every .ine is expected to take his (¦in- Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Horace ;Own lunch, and th" tour is planned Phipps, of Blue Bell, entertained the .to reach tho fnrm of Jonathan Stack- iollowing friends ; Walter Lalferty ihouse for the lunch hour. Mr. .Stack- 3nA friend, of Willow- Grove; Edward jhouse's farm is one of the most pro- Fesmlre and wife, Williani l-'esmire .ductlve In the coimty, and some tim" and wife, of Lans.lale. and Miss B Mla, I will be spent in observing- his 50 acre; Cardell, uf .Springhouse. of potatoes, or.'hards, and vegetabl The old toll house at Blue Bell, the jcv-ips. At this place C H. Hadley, th.- lasn one In that locality, is being torn extension entum.ilugist of the Pennsyl away jireparatory lo removing same i to its new location on au adjoinin.g ': farm. II has already been moved back j .iff the turnpike, whicii is now count.v i™'''"- Thi.. They ha.l :Oiiio, and York. Albert Meehan, of Germantown, who is asso.-ialed with his father in thei jnui-sery business al Dresher, -was i '\vedded last vveek and is now away on his honeymoon. ! .Vliss I'.dith Lewis, wh.i is a student ,nur.';e at the Methodist hospilal, Phil- jadelphia, has been spending her va-: .oatitm with her parents, Mr. and Mra, jW. D. Lewis, at Jarrettown. I Harold- Com].v, of California, son otf' J. I. Cumly. of Horsham, and the lat; I'Mary P. Coml.N-, arrived in Horsham joii Tuesda.v, having started east at once on learning of the death uf his proptrly. vania State college, w-lll demonstrat.:" th" use of carbon bisulphide on wheat InioThei stored in a granary to kill the grain John'Hnvro,- „.i, . j, 1, . , Hai rai, who raised and niar- he ,hc'^^^^ "^°"* •"'•"^'OOO celerv oe ine< years, haw been undoubtedly mouth TJ. E. church, held Its regular JGar.ley homo was scorched, but tiremen i'^^w that he could not round tho sh:.. monthly meeting Tuesday evening at saved the property. icurve, thoy suddenly appll-^d the brak- the liome of Mlss Katharine Rode-I Smiley an'l Lang ociipied sl»epliig-l^'id the car sent them hurling into tl baugh, Harmonville. quarters on an upper floor of the air Mrs. Gilbert, of Conshohocken, is i stable propertr. When the firemen ar- spending some time with her grand- j rived tho interior was a mass uf daughter, Mrs. Canfleld, in Harmon- flames. It was not luiown that the ville. Mrs. Gilbert is an old-time rnen were in tlie stable when the lire resident of the village. broke oul, but because they wore not j rested'at Perkasie, Mrs. Bosler and sister Ambler Man Charged With Theft. Fred. Kulp, 17 years of ,age, wii shys IVs home is at Ambler, was ar Thursday, by D Williain, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs, William Lancaster, .if Morris road, re- •urned home Sunday frum Pittsburgh, vhere ho has been stationed with ¦tlier arm.v mon for four months, r'urtough ends this Wednesday. CLASS A. His I'Jack Horner, G. Maust.. The ;Paul i", C. Stackhous R. Bickhart and family, Mrs. |.seen during the flre an inv.-stigation teetive J. E. Stevenson chw'ged wi¬ and baby and Mrs. J. -Thim; was started as .soon as the ruins wore entering the house , n tlie fa%f of O n Mrs. Swartz and d.aughter,'sufficiently cool'Hl and shortly after ard John.son, of No th "Wa^es spent_Wednesday_ of_Jjist week with ;daylight their chaired bodies wero jstealing the .¦Savings of John O^Xei'l |farm hand, amounting to $5o' I'l^ youth outfitted himself from head t Mrs. Jacob Hart, at Cold Point. found Next, Sunday there w-ill be regular services at the Plymouth TJ. E. church at 10,30 a, m. and 7.30 p. m. Note chr>n.g.' of latter service from 8. Pray¬ er meeting, We.lnesday evening. A copious coating of road oil has been spread by thn state on the Ger- manto'.vn piko from Barren Hill i Cow Damaged Corn. S. H. Jloyer. of Norristown, reported .to the police that he held in his posae.s- Ision a cow, whicii ho thinks is the pro¬ iperty of Edwin Carr, of Centre S.iuaro. _____^ ^ ^^^__ The hovine Is being h"ld, awaiting through'Pl.vmouth and Hlcko"rytow-n"*to idcntltication and settlement for the the read Jusl north of Charles John- '^''^'"aa''' it is allege.I to have caused son's realdence. |to Moyer's corn fleld. Harrv JIcNolte, of Plymouth Meet- | ^h..- cow broke down several fences, ing -.vho has been laid up for several h^^^'^ Moyer and ruined much corn be- =ek.-!, following an accident to his K""'^ ''"' '"¦^¦'' a'lvised of Its presence, limbs is still unable to walk without P'^" ^<'"t <¦"'¦ Policeman Taylor, whn ro¬ the aid of a crutch. His left ankle Is i^'*'^'' nearby and got after the milk till in its plaster cast : producer. Jlore corn -n-as ruined in Miss Katharine Rodebaugh, Grace and Waldo Ollard, Jlisses Nettle and Reba Ambers, Jlrs. James Frith and Earl and Katharine Frith, of Hicltory- tow-n, spent Saturday afternoon at Elmwood park, Norristown. After having been connected with the John Wanamaker store, Philadel¬ phia, for about 14 years, Vickers Tar¬ button, of Harmorrville, has resigned nnd is now employed at the Lee rubber plant. Mr. Tarbutton was one of tha oldest and most reliable employes in the delivery service of the 'Wanamaker store. k (Continued on Fag* 8.)' the chase, hut the cow was captur 'd and put under lock and key. Diver Is Injured. There Is a slight improvement in the condition of Clyde Moser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Moser, of Consho¬ hocken, who has been suffering with concussion of the brain as a result of .living from a peak at Potts' ciuarry. Whitemarsh to-wnship. —Abington township has been sued by C. Harvey Reiter and Marguerite his -wife. .A statement of the proceed¬ ings has not been fil»d. Attorney H Fox, is counsel of the Reiterp. foot and then went to Perkasie .,, stayed at the IJnlon hotel. In his po'k et, when .searched at the police statio" were 76 cents. There wero also < number of pictures of Perkasie "ii- which the youn.g dofendant had p.ii to have taken. In most of the pi. tures, he Is Ihe central figure To Detective Stevenson, Ku'lp Is sai.' to have admitted taking the monc' at the Johnson farm, and also to ste-i'- Ing some money at the home of Fi-'<.,"l Bottomly, on Third street, Perkasie At hearing before JIagistrate kii'-v- Patrick, of North Wale.s. Kuin wa ^ committed to jail in default of $-ii i cn charges of larceny and feloniou- entry. Jlajor Kln,a-, !>. 1-'. Worthiiiirlon. Ray, Thonan Joe, Cannon Prince J Time, 2.25. 2.2.;. CLASS B Chum, A. B. Wilgus voung man looks well and likes the ife. A fine crop of alfalfa has been cut llis year on Windridge farm, H. K. leyner, superintendent, and the .ro-wth was cut agaiii thisi week. This I ia.v is very nutritious and its price 'f $1 per lon proves its worth for cat Io and poultry. -A. new . ..as lately ben erecied on H. C. Tomlinson, agent at Penllyn ¦tation, with his son and daughter, spent several days last week near Williamsport in Lycoming county. He leports that a very h.oavy -storm in taat S"ctlon Wednesday night dani- 'ged 1 lilroa.ls and intlictod great loss. .Mr. Tomlinson goes inlo that section .very fall hunting deer. ! -A guard of soldiers—six men and a ;Bobby K, H. W. Kelly!, irporal—reache.l Gwynedd Valley on iBgtsy Ethen, D. Dyer. ! ! .-unday, and have been guarding the Royal, B. Bates ',', fi lio„v ;'^"'"K and was successful in on Saturday a large crowd viewed 'amung the largest lish of the season the intersting races .m the Nash track. ? ''ac« hass measuring ir,U iivh-s: Hallowell, which resulted as follows : ;'« 'ength. On Tuesday morning at 5.10 a wreck Do\!e'r °'' -^^^ Trenton. Cut-olt at friin C. V ','"'-'¦• '^^'^" '-•» east-bound train crashed into the rear end uf a freight. It is claimed a dense fo^ rendered vision difficult. An ,.ngine" five car.s and a cabin were thrown ofC .the track. .No one was hurt. I Candidates for township offices ara 2 ah-ea.ly appearing in Horsham, and j already petitions are filed b.^- the fol- 1 3 !, , „ ^^ ^^,,^_ Henry H, A. Leatherman _ . , . ^ ., ¦"'water' tank Fern. R. Kephardt s 1 .'o"ing to be pla.>ed on tho nomin.-it'io'u the farm "^^ ''• ^-' Bates i , papers: RepubUcan partv—Charles Ellly Bear 5 - '¦'*¦"'-' „ _ Time, 2.31, 2.27%. CLASS C. Fray Jr.. S. Hagertv .s Wilkes, H. S. Nash 1 Geo. Harrison, D. F. Worthington 2 Emma, Chimes Time 2.37n, 2.33%. FREE-FOR-ALL. Rooster. C. Danehower 1 mnel and the water tower along the I Heading tracks. The men who ara 'vom troop jr. Forty-seventh regiment, 'lire quartered on the Fritz Hartman .-fixte property. The men guard In siuads of two, eight hours to each '^'luad. I J. C. Hinkle, who has purchased the iP't'?**,'^?"'^'', °^ ,'^^'^"*:^°™®'"y county, : I lue Bell hotel property, has a large if "rce of mechanics renovating the his- |t' ric old inn. Jlr. Hinkle has been in jthe business for many years and town, sustained a fractured leg at the '''imes from prominent Ohio people, steel plant -fit Tvj' Rock, when he wasi'' '' father ha-ving been associated with Dannehower is Now a Sergeant. Wm. F. Dannehow-er, Jr., of Norri town, has been made a sergeant in : ambulance corps now operating Franco with the American forces. Sustained Fractured Leg. Charles St. Clair, residing in Norris caught between an electric crane and freight car. He was removed to Chai¬ ity hospital for treatment. great I Mayor Tom Iy. Johnson in his three-cent-fnre flght and was several 'times mentioned as a presidential pos¬ sibility. Stackhous, judge; Enos D. Watson .tax collector; Howard Comlv. super¬ visor. Democratic party—Jeremiah 2,Ivelly, judge; Williani JT. Dag-"r tax 1 , collector; John Serrill, supervisor; 3 Albert Tyson, school director; Charles 4,8. Gouak, in.spector; O. H. S. JIaurer justice of the peace. ^auici,, Lt"^ German woman m Horsham on 1; Monday gave rise to many suspicions, 3 and the residents of the village were 2 determined that if she appeared on 4|Tuesday the authorities would be ap- - pealed to. Although evidently advanc- '!'J w-.r'''*'''^-''''® hoarded a hay wagon ,at Willow Grove whilo tho vehicle was <s,vt.-arf/ ¦ "^°**°". and sai.l she desired work common iHorsham while the svagon wa.^ mov,- Nobodv else has filed a"petltlon'for iv'Jfi'tin^'!, ''^®,'''"*"^i" several farms. judgeship nommatior^^l^bot i^fll^i^e? '^^'^c^tE^^''^^^ Every-,some time at the Horsham .store ancl appeared ke"ii of vision, quick in hei- physical movements and alert. There I was some suspicion that "she" w-as a —iTom reports made by farmers, man, but ns the individual disappeared Bucks county -will have one of the nothing further w.-is done, largest crops of potatoes grown In I — Tlmo 2,20, 2.23%, Judge Swartz Unopposed. President Judge Aaron S. ill have no opposition for 1 consecutive election to the the wanted the offlce in his place. _ bo.ly evidently desires him to continu on the bench recent years. (continued on paga 9>-
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VOL. XXXV.-NO. 32
AMBLER. PA.. AUGUST 16, 1917
S1.75 A YEAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenins:s of Local Interest to Our Readers.
THE UMPIRE IS BLAMED.
Germantown
State Oiled
Pines" to Remain Open Until Sep. 18—Bathers at Potts' Quarriss—Har¬ monville and Hickorytown Events. ¦
Miss Elizabeth Market, ol Harmon¬ ville, is visiting in Manayunk this week. 1 ..J
I..illle Bernice Maxwell, of Harmon¬ ville, jB recovering after a week's 111-
Jenkintown Defeats Ambler ty tbe Score of 6 to 3.
PIUe—"The i ¦
BAD ROW AT NEGRO PICNIC.
Edge Hill Negroes Beat Up Constable Thompson, of Ambler.
enkin-town Has Game Well In Hand Thompson Had Previously Broken Up Before Ambler Starts—The Sixth I a Crao Game and When He Tried
'Was Our Best Inning—Other Letgue Games—Race Nearing End.
Bad umpiring- helped to defeat the
a Crap Game ar
to Separate a Quarrelling Man and
Woman he Was Attacked.
Jusliua O, Thomps'.n, of j\:ii 'l'i',
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
John liiiider's term e.Npires this fal! on the J.ii-.-y-ei G'.vyncd.l township boa'.d of road ,^:iipervi.-;ui-s.
Levi .«lin;;lufl', of Elue Eell, raise.l a bean in his gaiden that measure'l •')0 inches in lenntli. I The Jlrs. Alter new house, alons the
Who's Who and What's What in the u"!""''^""'" '""*"' ""r." °^ sprinK-
hdusr, 1,..? Hearing- completion. Two Townships. Lower Gv.'ynedd men are receivlns^
'I'jmmis.sion.-i in the regular army.
mpi-cvements at Blue Bell Hotel— Tiie--e men have served in th'i national Horsham Men Successful Fishermert—1 EIrcksmith Shc-j Reopened at Pen- K"^"'''-"' ""d have also rc-ently .-.im- Firemen Will Parade at Willow llyn-Agent Tomlinson on a Trip- !;|^'5f;;/^-„---%\-,p; Grove-Jar rettown Residents Sign..
Si.i.-~'-.eyio//n Pike Repairs—Penllyn of Lower fiwynedd's road .supf'i-vis.n-s i '"9 fo'' Electric Current—Dresher I'.c'.is. lias been commlssioneil a major, and ' Items.
Alliert .Smith, '' "
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous Items of Interest to .Many Readers.
Ambler team last Saturday at Jenkin- constable, is recoveriiiB from lus ijiJi"^;- ,]-Aiu Mitchell's new house, at Gwy- ^"'^'t '''"™'"?; '""'? "^ ^'" .''- •''mith, ut | Augustus Lentz, of Jarrettown, i3 ''town in a Montgomery county league i e* lei-'-iv-d last Tlunsday, at Zeiber s ,,,,,,,,|^ ^^^ being weather boarded. ijuynedd Valley, has r'.'ceived his com" lepairing the local township school.
¦ Lgame. With the aid of tb,' umpire, park, n-^ar .North Wale.-^. he was set | i loi-aee W. and Cyrin.^a Phipps spent ""*^'S'"" as a captain. | >i,.. a,„| ^,ly^_ Charle.s .McCormicIc,
I who Is accused of giving iivAuy 'aw upon', while jieiforming his official dU-ig,,(y^j^.|y ^^.^^j Sunday in Philadelphia.. | Wm. G. Just, ..'ontractor, has com- ot Ijie.-her, spenl Thui-day in Phila- ness, 1, V, V, ' ' ¦deci&iciis, Jenkintown Svon bythe score, ties, by a gang ot Kdge Hiil negr.o |ju,,iel iJuclijey, of .^kiii-ia.'k pike. ,P'eted the street work in .North Wales, delphia.
Miss 'Wood, of Roxborough. has been ^^f g ,g .^ Quite a l.-'.rge cr.".vd of the Iroughs and beaten over the head by alj^^j, p ,|,^|, i,,^ j^, ^.^^.^^ ^^^^^1 j.^^g g^eet ;He is now working on or getting ready '¦ .Mr.s. Wainuei Kerbaugh, of Horsham,
the ruling of the -.in/piro un one or ; ThJ.np-'on is a veteran of the ripail- two occasions almost caused a riot. jsli-American war and was one of thd In one Inning he called a strike on troop of negro soldieis that gave
the guest of Mr.s. Isaac bbeppaid, at |Ambler fans went with the team, and .jjia.-kjack. ilarmonville. .1 • - -
Harry Kaudenbu^li, of Cynwyd, spent Sunday in Haimonville wJtli William Karr, ^ ^ _
, ¦ , , , !.;„»¦ I—'- ••• " ^- '-¦"- ..."..«..-- „ ..... luiieti^c *•¦ *^-^ .,..«-o- tip ban
Reba Amber.s, of conshohocken, Jast ,^p^igj^j, ^.^^ robt-ery. This so peeved hill He has been an elflcient cqt^ Friday afternoon. jOie Held .iudge that ho ordered Richie'stable of th^ Thltd, ward of 'AmWfr
Frank Steiner, of Maple Hill avenue, ifrom th« game. Manager Kgolf was fo,. .several years, .''t Plymouth Meeting, is still conhned to ^jgoing 'to take his players off the I with many othef^'ft-oin Ambler, lets" his bome by Uteiess. _ _ .'fleld, but the -officials of the Jenkin- Thursday, he went <>!*¦ the combined
iRlchie, the local catcher, who swung hLs gallant support tci Colonel Roosevelt's Mfs. Samuel Fwher, J'l-., and -wpa j bat in a manner that indi.'ate.l that the , brigade in its charge "''" ''¦""^
uph
;Jt's
JiJftn
C. McConnell, of tiie week-end in
corn. Ito start rejiairs for the .''unty on th" spent Tuesilay with her sisier in Jen-
\Valter H. Adams, uf Penllyn, spent following bridges : Areola, over th° kintown. Satunlay visiting his mother In Cam- Perkiomen, Branch creek. Green Lane ,Mi. and .Mis. E. den, N. J. over the Perkiomen. Mr. Just, uhile Jarrettown, .spent
liarry Hart, of Penllyn, has been ''eP'iiring the bridge near Rose Valley, ftea'ling. siilistitiiting as agent at Fort Wash- Ambler, hauled some of the stone t-j i J. .M. .Megargee, of Hallowell, and. ington station. I*''^ '"'" "''*"" th* Penllyn turnpike, an.l Alfred Tyson, of Horsham, have been
George W. S'hlater, north of Broad °" this he expects to erect several threshing. Axe, is having the outside of his resi- ''ouses if he is ahle to linish up his | Ilarry Uoiigherty, of Uresher, haa dence lathed and plasterd. ! "T"''' ^^'"'"^ li'-loie winter .sets in.
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