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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happeninsfs ot Local interest to Our Readers.
Hickorytown Man and Team Struck by Trolley at Barren Hill—Marble Hall School Coal Low—Storm Blocks Traffic — Red Cross Activities — Events at Harmonville. A daughter was born Tuesday of last
¦week to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mose¬ ley at Harmonville.
Mrs. George Osburn, of Philadelphia,
visited   Mrs.   Charles   B.   l-'rederick   at
Hickorytown last week.
Mr.s.   Millie   Hiltner,   of   Carr's. lane,
Harmonville, who has been on the sick
li.st,  is  now  much  improved.
George  Kirk,   who  is  in  the  United
States  navy,  has  been  spending  some
time at his Cold Point home on leave. Mrs. George .Vlarkel, of Corsons, was
removed   to a Phiiadelphiii  hospilal  on j f„ftu„e
AMBLER BOYS GO OVER THE TOP,
Camp Meade Troops Charge for the Motion Pictures,
Sergeant Roy A. Smith, of Company K, 314th Infantry, Writes of the Thrills and of the Amusing Exper¬ iences—Smoke Bombs, Mines, Gas Masks, Etc.—The Wounded. Koy A. .Smith, of Amblor, who i3,ser-
geant  in   Company  K,   311th  infantry.
WATER RATES KNOCKED OUT.
Upper Dublin Water Co, Loses Be¬ fore State Commission,
Ruling As Handed Down Declares That Proper and Legal Notice of Increase     of
WHITPAIN AND l. GWYNEDD,
Who's Who and What's What in the Two Townshipa.
Sylve.sler  Duffleld  hauled   his   wheat to l.ansdale on Saturday.
I'crcy l^il,ch ha» purchased the pigs
Rates   by    the   Water | of Mr. Lapetina. of Blue Bell.
Company   Was   Not  Given—Abstract I     William  Donnelly  and   family  spenl
of Decision. j Sunday witli .Samuel Fi.sher and family
, ,. ' ¦ .    ,        t,,. . : '^'^ iilue Hell.
The   public   service   cemnussion   ha=       p.,^„  j^,^^i,,^. j Pittsburgh,  spent
handed down a decision in the case of   g^,^,,^     ^,^..^^^^  his  cousin.  Kmma  Wal- , the   Ambler    Highlands    Improvement; ] jj,„   .:   ,„        ,, ,, writes   as   follows   concerning   a   most , ^..^..j^^i,,,,   ,.«.  the   irpper  l-ublin   Wa-.   , i:,.,iti,.,   I'hipi.s ' who   is   boarding   in inleresting  event    in  the  camp    drill,   ter company,   winch decision  is lavDi-i ''   ¦
w-liich  served    to  take  th.'    monotony out of the routine :
ITncie  Sammv  has  been   keeping  us on   the  Job   for  fair.     We're   receiving ; our hardening process now, and maybe - it   isn't   some   stunt.     We   do   all   our |
physical exercises out in the cold with   ne.v   Franklin   Wright   represented   the over  cotits   or  blouses  on.    There  are! water company.
NEW RATES
FOR GAS CO.
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Planned  to  Become  Effective  on Miscellaneous   Items of Interest^to Feb. 20, I Manj^Readers.
-„„..„, cuiirox      i-xjD     '•     -M"-  J"lin  Harrar.  of Horsham, haa Contains Schedule of Rates  Listed  Be-^p,,^ Kjff, ,-i„g- from rheumatism.
low—Other Changes Include Prepay-       Jabelwadi  farm,  near  Ilallowell, has
ment   Meters,  Short  Term   or  Tem-   been  hauling corn  lo  Iho Philadeiphia
nr'T>.^,'7'"" ®'^'°"^' ^"¦'t'"" . ""waltf;- V. Allen, of Hallowell, ex- lhe Philadelphia .Suburban Gas iV; , p^^^^g j^ receive the new body for his Lleciric   company   has   liled   wdth   the   motor truck this week.
public service commission for its Jen- kinto-.vii ilivisi'in (.ienkinluwn. Hock ledge, ilatijorii, .\nii.lt-r. North ¦ Wale? Lansdale.  iluKield.  .Snudertoii,   Telford
Edward .Simmers, of Maple Glen, while culling wood with an axe was painfully cut below the right knee when  the axe slipped.
of   Amliler.   wus   the   attorney   for   lb'-' impi-cAenient  assoi-iation,   while  Attor-
has   been   sirbstitutinr   in   the   Ambier i •'''^.''  "'"' fi'^"«c net  per month, and  an   Tue.sdav morning underwent an opera- acimoi lis  tJacher ! eubTc"feet in   '¦'"   '^'••'   '"-'•'¦. f^*^''   ^'l" ' , tion   at   St.   Luke's   hospital.   I'hiladel-
times   when  a  stove   would   sell   for  a i
Saturday   and an operation.
Miss Elizabeth H. Marple, of Hick¬ orytown, lias been spending a week with Mr. and .Mrs. Addison Nitterauer, near PotlsUown.
The annual meeting of ilie Hickory¬ town mission will be lield on Feb. 4, wben among other business four trus¬ tees are  to be elected.
The Plymouth branch of the Red Cross held an all-day nieeting at A. F. Wernle's, upper Plymouth, on Tuesday, and tht» members worked busily all day.
John J. Albright, the blacksmith at Harmonville, who has been very ill with a relapse following a sickness, is somewhat improved, and was able, on Sunday, to sit up a while in his bed.
Mrs. Charles B. Frederick returned home to Hickorytown on Wednesday of last week, after having spent a very enjoyable stay with her daughter, Mrs. William Funk, at New Brunswick, N. J.
Haby brothers shipped, Saturday evening, from Plymouth Meeting sta¬ tion, Trenton Cut-off, baled hay, .horses antl pigs from Cold Point to their new place of business near Har¬ risburg.
Wallace 13. Danehower, principal of the Plymouth township schools, who has been critically ill at Phooni.wille hospital with spinsll meningitis, has been reported as having been .some¬ what better.
Eck  Carson,    J.  Edwin  Ewnig    and i
The   report     of   the     commissioner, whicii   was   handed   down   on   Januar.v
. in iiai-t is as follows :- , , , ,1     "The   Upper Dublin  Water  company
the   trenches   through    snow   about   a   mp^i   ^   ^^w   tariff   elfective   July   1st,
on   .Monday   underwent:       f^„   Thursday   last   we   hiked   out  to;
foot deep for a battle we were to light for the movies. The trenches were full of snow und everything was sloppy. We had to climb over the tup .througli 1 a nice liig drift, and away across "no man's land." The spot chosen for tht> battle had a nice bunch of prickly burrs growing close by. These, I sup¬ pose, were wire entiinglements. Our sipiads deployed in regular skirmish ioi-matiun and whenever the director would call "casually" some one would take a "header" as though dropped by a Ijullet. Some of the poor fellows took their little siiill in puddles and had to slay Daere unlil the battle was over. It was a lot of fun, though, and sure was interesting. We liad all sorts of powder explosions for mines, smoke bombs for gus, and blank cartridges galore. Some of the fellows wore ateel helmets as are used on the other side, also gas masks, etc. Some inspiring sight !
Stotesbury's Coal Seized at Ambler. About 5,0 families in Ambier and vicinity, who a week ago were almost without coal and worrying because there appeared to be no hope of ob¬ taining fresh supplies, are warm to- d.a.v, ."ays the Evenin.g Ledger of last .Saturday, because William Warner l-Iarper, district fuel administrator un¬ der H. 1!. Tyhon, federal fuel admin- I istrator  for  Montgomeiy   county,   seiz-
„ .-,,.., ,.. .       . ed a carload of coal that had been in-
George Corbett, of Hictor.ytown, ¦^pent n^,,^,^,^ ^^ ,^^^^ ^^^ Chestnut Hill ho
lyi7. increasing the rates for service. The complaint was liled September '20. 1917, and refers to the excessive in- crea.se in the rates. .At the hearing the complaint was amerided so as to raise the i|ueslioii whether the notice of the iiH-reuKed rates was given in conformity with the act of July 2G, l!)i;<. The respondent agreed to pro¬ ceed under the coniplaint as amended. The preliminarv iiuestion. therefore is whether the increase rates were pro¬ perly posted nnd published so as to become effective July 1. 1!U7. If the respondent did not comply with the act of assembly in posting and pub¬ lishing then the increased tariff did not become effective.
"The !tet of im.l. requires the tariff to be po.sted and published in the of¬ lice or station oi the public service company open to the public where payments .are made by consumers, u.sers or patrons, in such a manner, form and place in such offlce or sta¬ tion as to lie readily accessible, and said tariffs and schedules may be con¬ veniently inspected by the public. On the notices as given liy the respondent posted in the otlice at -Ambler and that at the otlice on the farm of Dr. R. V. Mattison there is no statement that the new tariff is an increase in tha rates. In fact the new- rates could not be learned b.v the notice us posted in the otlice at Ambler where the bills ary paid without lit'tiii.g up tbe lirst sheet,, ami there is notliing at all to indicatei tliat these rates aro an>'' ditferiit from' thos ¦ iireviouslv in force. It was sup¬ posed   that   the  posting  of  a   new   rate
in  the  oflices  and   stations  of  the  ser-   ('..    where   h
evening in Boehm's Reformed church. Blue liell, because of the inclement weather.
.Mr. and Mrs. Victor Prete, of Blue Bell, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jeliu Laiietina in New York city for two weeks.
Ile\-. and Mrs. Josepii Yost, of Blue Bell, were enterlained at dinner at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. John Preston on Friday   last.
Harry Walton and wife are moving this week from the HalloweU farm, near Penllyn, lo R. 1!. Strassberger'a at   I'ranklinville.
*'. H. Danehower, of near Cenire Square, M'as brought home from Char¬ ity liospital on .Saturda.v. He is still under the care of a trained nurse.
.Mrs. Marietta Hoover, Ada Hoover and .Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Booz, of Blue liell, spent Wednesday at the. home of .A. A, "Nash and family, of Eu¬ reka.
.lohn Mitchell, of Gwynedd,. is near¬ ing the completion of his new house. The painters have flnished. and on Monday the hard wood floors were scraped.
Uev. Joseph Yost expects to finish the term as teacher of the Whilpain higli school owing to tho resignation of Prof. Russel Hunter, who has taken a imsition in New York.
'i'lie  anniversary of the  Sewing Cir¬ cle,     of   lioeiim's     churc.i.     Blue   BeU, wliicli   was  lo  have  been  lield  on  .Sat- j unlay   evening,   was   postponed   on   ac- I count  of  the  scarcity  (if fuel.
111-. Joseph Leidy, of Penllyn, is now, Iniated   in  Camp  Sevier,   Greenville    .S
.Next L'li.OOO   "   "   ..1.00           At    liabvlon    school    on    .Mondav    Iho
All over      +».0"0   "   "  ..    aO     .storm s..riou.sh- interfered  with  tlie at-
Uther changes contained in the new' tendance.       Miss     Aleredith.     teaclier, tariff include : i however,     braved     the   elements    anct
fiepayment meters—A monthly ser-, reaciKd  t!ie  school. vi<:e charge of :;."ic shall be paid in ad- |     .Alvah   Williams,  of  Horsham,  who 1» ditioii   t,,  payments  for  gas  Consumed . at   ilie   ollicers'    training   camp,    near at .$l..-{0 per l.yaO cubic feet net. i ¦Wa.'biiigloii,  l> C. has b.-eii on the aicki-
V .Short term or temporary service for , list aul .Mrs Williums has gone down terms  less  than  one  year—a  payment | to \isit him.
of $1 in advance for each setting and | Williain Whiteside received' a car- removal of meter shall be made in ad- i load of manure at the Welsh rnad sid- dition to the scheduled rales fur gas i ing and was engaged during and aftei* consumed. jthe storm in huiiliug same to his farm.
Seasonal Service—A new rate ia es- | He employed  three horses attached to tablished   for   contracts   for   the   eight j the hay wagon.
months' season between September the I Earl C. Henry removed Saturday' lirst and .May the lirst. in which a ser-i from the Hallowell estate property of cive charge and minimum of $6 is to i Joseph flitner. near the A. Dieter be paid, which shall include ij",000 cubic ' shop, to the -JO-acre farm of Horaco feet of gas. and all over .'> 000 feet <to i Leppert, on the.county line, which pro¬ be charged at the rale of 70c net per , pertv he will farm. 1.000 cubic feet. I     Miss    Florence    White.:ilde.    daughter
 ¦  ! of Mr.  and  .Mrs.  William Whiteside,  of
Black   Hand  Charge   in   Conshohocken. ; Ilallowell, who has recovered from her
As   the   result    of  an     investigation   i"ness at the West Chester State Nor- made   by   postal   authorities   following j ¦'"'*' school, and has resumed her stud- the  receipt of a  black  hand  letter   bv   "'•"*  '^^  '"''  institution. Rev.  A.  Kulawy,  rector of  St.   Mary's '"  Jlonda.v  afternoon  at  the  Negh-
church, Conshohocken, Peter Konior- ' -lunny church were interred the re- owski, of that borough, was arrested : mains of Dr. William McBride, of Thursday on the charge. He was ar- i "arts\ille. who had reached his 92d raigned for a hearing before U y. i vear. He made his home with his Commissioner   Long     in   Philadelphia.'''^"^'''*'''' Mrs. Eddowes, who is known.
^,      , . ^     .     ,, ,      .   I .. ..«v-., .... ..w.*v .....  V.  omejvice   comiiany   showing   what   changes   tlie   department   of   sras   defensn    liein.--
Sunday   evening   at   Amber   and   at-   „f   ,,,j^^^^„   ,^,   stotesbury.   now   under   "ere   being   made   would   be   sufflcient. I a meniber of the 105^h enginee.^ '
tended   the     very   enjo.vable     birthday   ^.on„truction. '-^f  '••'"'•"«^-   "   is   the   duty  of  the   con. ,     Mr.    and    Mrs.   -William    Sailer     Mr
party    tendered   Mrs.   James    IJ.   Long       Twn, carloads of the precious anthra- K^^"l,';;;„".';j'';,^''''\ '''  l^''^« ''^^^^^^^^ J"'-'^-   Walter   Hand.   Mr.   and'  Mr.s.
*"¦   '"'"-"i'"^"'    "'¦"" "   •-*   '^   |H.-!ii-rv   Hoover an.l  .Miss  Florence  Sail- were ¦ ei-,    of    Penllyn.    were    entertained    on
held at the home of Jefturaon Clair on Parlt avenue. ....^.Many families in Harpiunville were "otiU^dt coal 'on jionuay and with the storm raging things looked very ser¬ ious, as some had been without fires over Sundny. itowever, several leads of wood were .secured for the homes and delivered as early in the afternoon a.s possible.
,    „,,   . v..        ,   i   I I'P  sufflcienlly   observing,   but  no  mat
cue—about   CO   tons—were   shipped   to I ter   how   careful   the   consumers Chestnut Hill, by the Georgo A. Fuller: i„ this case the notice as iiosted
and  held  under  $.">000  bail  for  court.
Ftev. .\. Kulawy, the recipient of tli(> letters, saiil that after threatening to beat him. Komorowski sent a letter demaudiii''- X.Mio be placed beneath a stone near the St. Mary's church on "'p penalt.\- of death if the sum was is   medical   director'  of | ""'  lorthci.ming.
"Son of Lucifer and servant ot the kaiser, your hours are counted." was the grim message in Ihe^ir^*- u.ti..,. Rev. Mr. Kulawy reiK offlce authorities. The arrest was mn
in the Hallowell section.
J. W. Freas. of the TTorsham sfore- and C. W. Willard. of the Hallowell store, were obliged to close the seUing end of their businesses at noon on Monday but woro compelled to remain open.because of lia\-ing the postofflces m their stores. .Xash's hotel, at Hal¬ loweU.  was closed all day.
Horsham roads were badlv drifted in places as a result of the storm and on Tuesday Road .Master Haggert.v and     Arthur   Fell,   with   four     strong-
rses  attached    to  the  road   scraper engaged  in  Ineaking open  roada
th" al¬
and   demanded   half   llie   eoal   for benefit   of   the   families   that   were most without fuel. _ The   coal   was     willingly   given,     so   tht; new- rate  was an increa.se over tlu
At   Geoigo   Cor.sons   residence,   Cold :vvbile   Mr.   Har-ier   did   .sei;;e   the  coal, : "Id  and   did   not  coniplv   with   the  le- Point,   the   house   was   without    water! tbe   tei in  dots  not   imply  that  he   met''lUirements of the a<-t  of July  2lj,  l!Mi.
ed the bills, about or after July 1. 1:m7,'on  the Gwvnedd  pike   and his car iJe"'- ¦iiid   then  oiil.\-  bv  ;,   comii;irison  of    ' ...      -
It is  said  the  trouble   between  pa
comiiarison  of  ill-, eame fast in the dep kuow near the ('    'shers and  priest  beLraii   w-hen  the  rec     daughter Ev 11-w and old lulls.   .\s the notices giN.ui   C. t^Milbaiigli  residence.    It was aban-' *"''   "heniy    denounced   a   social     clul,   "ave   return
ed tor a lline to
Mr.   .and   Mrs.   O.   H. daughter Evelyn, of Roselle
li.\- the resiioiidi-iu did nol indicate lliat   doned  ther.. lor the nighl. but w-as res-i''"'"I"-'-'-''''!   "f  mem
oyi:'A   by   the   snow   sh<ivelers   the   ne.xr
rs  of  his   chui-(;i.
day.
service for several days as the ser vice mains were frozen. Workmen were employed for .several days in re¬ lief work, and night worl; was also resorted to in an effort to remedy cim- ditions.
•   On   Monday   the   Wliitemarsh   town¬ ship schools that had coal were allow-
we   are   of   the
Is
opinion   that   the   m , Tlie   i-oiu iisting of this  notie   Work   lu   France."   i'u   Amlder   lioroicli conmiNs'ione;-"'''"'""'     ''""''   Alcoru, . hall,   and   the   Colony   club ' oV  Amhiei .uiimissionei ^in.ler  the  auspices  of  which  this  hn-
.'""""¦"'*''   '«   ""'   •"¦'''¦'¦   "1   ll>t'   com-    lure  is given   extends  -111  invit itioi    to Tbe   Fuller     company   is     using   the i niissioners :     This  matter  being befo:.;   all   inteiested   "^ '"'  '"V't-'t"'"  t" rest of the coal, ah iut  ilO  tons, for the   '^'"^   public     servic   commissioners     "t'•      From purpose for wliich it was originally in- ' ^''^    commonwealth     of    Pennsylva
any   resistance.     -"l'lie\-   williuglv   gave
it   up,"  .said   Mr.   llai-i.er,  "when  1  loM   ;',"-'?'\ *""""t   lJ>J   enforced. ,, ,,        ..... . ...   plumt  as   to  th •
them   the  situation   was  serious  and   il
w-as ¦ absolutely    necessary   that    it   be
given   up."
Red   Cross   Notes. Wednesday evening. January-^otli. is      During   the   montii   of  Januarv   bs,-. ' Ul ' date of J.  Henry  .Scattergood's  il-   gauze  and   '215  muslin   dressings   were lustraled    lecture   ou     "Reconstruction   made  in   the   siirgual   diessings   rooms
and   .Mrs.   Codfrey   i-^     '      -nan  of  tai.i
in  thi 4  work  to attend. 3a   to   10   men  have  been   busy
WT-l.o I...:..      ..,.;	
department. In the sewing room mana.ged by Mrs. lOckfeldt. the follow-' ing article-^ were made and sent t > heaniuarters  in   Pbil.-idelphia
d _ , N. J., ed to tlieir lioifT' aftei- spending two weeks with ber iiarents Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Weiister of Plorsham.
Miss Sara Hellyer. of Philadelphia visited Marguerite Webster, at Hors¬ ham, over the week-end.
John .Seiple. of Horsham, is about a.gain after a  very  serious  illness.
Miss Margarets Willard.  of Hallow-ell has been ill  with tonsilitis. A   change   has     been   made     in   the
.iania-;.   2a   pairs   oneratiiie-   lei!-"-i'nV''-'ri   ^'¦^jf''* ""' '"''¦^''""SPmeuts at  the  Hallo- nightingale.s';  20  liol   water  itntle cov-   r:!lL,:!*'i'J."'V   .,> t-'-eafter   the   morning
well   station.
freight car is
the afternoon  car is  the  Hatboro car
those   running  north i ^hc  .\mblei-  branch   ..„   ,,
ue  blocked, and  the  .Skip- ; the   headcpiarters  of  the  S.  J^.  Pen
Goods shipped in the afl
ve   Ul
barn   at
has received  from   l°nT ""is^the'"' ""'"'" '""" ""''' "''"¦"¦
the   lattei
,. , '-      - limn,    ,.?„!r,a   o,f , '       ^''""•''•^¦'^¦•'¦.'¦'^ I''l"'uiiig   Whitpain  township  roads,  un-   '"Khtingale.s,   20   hot   water  boVtle  cov-   i'"!','¦!""'"".-      'lerearter   tbe   morning
ed  to open,  but the heavy snow  storm i tended,  and   there  is  no  delay  in   con-   ''"..;"'" "'   and    answer   on    hie,   der  Road   .Ma.sters James    !..rnliard   of   f>s.  40  pairs  bed  .socks  and  ''0  knit ed   ff^'e'V.'^a'" '«  t"e  Doylestown car, and
almost nullilied the order.    The Marble  struction     of    the     multi-millionaire's ¦;*'','  ^"^'ul '',"'''  '"^"'''l ""''  «"--| the  upper  end,  and   Harrv  Ziegler   "n wash cloths """^ '   "'"  "'"""-" -- '-  "-¦   •-¦"
Hall  schobl   was   clo.sed   because   of  a  house despite the coal shortage. ' tigation  of th\^ nv!'ffm-.'?,^ ^^^     inv.-^-| the lower end.    Not only the east and
lack of fuel, and it is .said  that but 12       Repre.sentatives   of   the   Fuller   com-   v'dt-ed^aving^ieen'hkd,"^^^^^^ and'souUi-\re''
pupils were present at the Barren Hill   pany   explained   that   the   conslruclion mi.sslon   having    on   the   .i=,io     1,0,.,, f   ,;"!:,. ^.'.',',."  '",'   '""V'^": """  "te  .^kip school. , -
Rev. Williain Smith, of Philadelphia, will preach next Sunday evening at Hickorytown Union mission. The prayer meeting service, this Wednes¬ day evening, was held at the horae of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph James, at Hick¬ orytown. At the nieeting, held at the Eckened bungalow on tho previous Wednesday evening 20 persons bravetl the severe weather and the long walk back  from   the   trolley.
On. I-'riday evening Milton R. Marple,
pany   explained   that   the   conslruclion   mission   haviiig    on   the   date     hereof   pack   pike     has   a^ b^V    c os^ in I-Impi;^ « 12^^  u^-i^  of goods  to"!?:   P>«^^ '« ^^^ted no damage from fi^:;! ot   the   mansion   has   reached   such   a 1 made and died ot record a report cou-   places. cioseu   '"'i i,^,.;,  .„;,....,,,'..-."^''J'/'f-''^''''''  'V  '^' , » An embargo is enforce
stage that heating is necessary  if the i  ,""il''«- ii-; hndings and fact and  coa-       Adam Pleck, of Springhouse  one dav '''oom.s.    'This   shows     wh^t   a ' l-i'i-iT-ft I """'  ""  ^-ve-'ything but  foodstuffs,
work   is   to   bo   continued.     Plastering| ; 1.; ' ^^ ^'-^^^^^^^^^ nf''',  '"""'¦^  '^-".^^   "T'-   '-   '"h ' iol,"sled"bonveyed   amount of vvork Amiiler Is coiUrib it n^	
and  interior fini.shing is going on, and 1 {1,^,!^'^'^ . '^'"""''^'l     '""'   '"-^fe     a   part   60  baskets of beets to  the Dock Stre-:   to the Red Cross cause. >'-o Juun... ^^^   ^^^^   .^   ^^^^
the  contractors   hold   that  it  is   neces-       xv,,.- 't,.  „.it     r..„„......   o.,    ,.,,0    ,.   ..   '"a'''^.ct,   Philadelphia.     This   is  an   un-        '»   .lanuary   2t    new-   menibers    were!     The   recent     f.,„^,.,..,o„,.j„„    c...     „..
the  contractors  hold   that  it  is  neces sary either  to  keep     the  house   warm or to abandon work until warm weath¬ er sets in. ,. ,^	
Such work is sometimes done in the ^'.^ed in its tariff siipplemnt Issued jl;
winter time in ordinary houses and even in more expensive ones without heating, but, according to building ex;- perts, this is always a dangerous prac-
ereof :
Now-, to wit, January 22, lULS, it is ordered : That the t'pper Dublin AN'.i- ler com|iaii.\- cease and desist fmni charging and collecting the rates s|h-
ty
17. 1917, effctl\-e July 1st. 1917, whicii tariff is hereby declared to be void aud of no effect, and that the charges of said company be assessed under liie tarilf in effect prior to the filing of igned.  Public
Of Hiekorytown, furnished his big sled , ^'''^' ^'"ee a. drop in temperature might ] said suiiplement. .Sig with comfortable seats and Warm ¦ 'ei'der the work worthless and all, ^''fe Comniission of tl\i robes   and   conveyed   the   tnnnhjra   ,,c   ^^ ould have to bo done over again.    In: of Penns.vhaiiia
market, Philadelphia. This is an un usual occurence within recent years inasmuch as in but few winters has it been possible t,, make the trip on a bob sled into the heart of Philadel¬ phia.
conveyed the teach#rs of Plymouth township public schools to Centre Point, where they were most delightfully entertained by Miss Blanche Schultz, who is also one of the Plymouth township faculty. The ride and entertainment were most enjoy¬ able.
Last Saturday morning as Milton R. Marple, of Hickorytown, was return¬ ing after disposing of a load of pota¬ toes In Roxborough his sled was struck from the rear by a trolley car while descending a hill on the Ridgel pik^ .south of Barren HUl. The sled was damaged and the pole broken The horses broke loose and started to run away, but Mr. Marple, although shaken up and bruised, pluckily held to the lines and succeeded, after some diffl¬ culty, in checking them, l.'ortunately II -Ither .Mr. Marplo nor the horses were seriously injnrod and they were able to proceed to "Buttonwood farm" Hick¬ orytown.
Membership in the Golden Rule club of the lllckor.x-town mlssLon, is stead¬ ily growing, and the good influences of the movement are expanding. Mr. I wing was recently in receipt of a letter from Timothy p. Shanahan, for¬ merly of Philadelphia, one of the iirst boys to join the movement. The lad has now grown to manhood and Is in Mai-s;. ¦hu-setts preparing himself foi- goxeruraent service in the wireless branch. A second lad, Clarence Plat- tel, iof Philadelphia, has recently ad¬ dressed Mr. Carson from Camp Han¬ cock, Ga. He is a member of Co. K 110th Infantry, and states that, so far as possible, he ia striving to Interest some of the boys in the uplift move- nr nt of tlio club. Tlo sent for somo of tho club pin.s, and a similar request for pins has also como from several mem¬ bers of the club who are now in Ur¬ sinus college,  Collegeville.
such   an   event   the   Interior   (inishinfi costs just about  tw-ice  the  price.
Arthur .A. l-'retz, of Blue Bell, has purchased a New Holland gasoline en¬ gine from M. C. Dettera .t Son, of Am¬ bler, and also a circular saw. The machinery has been idaced in the Fretz ^ r. . ,   ' iy'°"f1« and  with Horace Philips, also of
,e Commonwealth , Blue Bell, a very active business in the c- ..       ,    . .       , ' •''ale  of cord and  stov
Since  the  decision  has  been  handed | conducted
w-oo'l  is  bein.g
eni-nii„,i   1.    -,1 "   ."''.^V   menibers   were'     The   recent     entertainment   for     th
IK ss Me tint Vi "^"V''*' '"''""•'''• ¦'¦' " ' ''^"'"" °* ^^^ '=°'0''e'l l^ovs in carap, imtl      tliat there Is a person left  in , given by the colored residents of Am-:
Amber who IS not a   member '.'    If .so,   bier and  vicinitv.  was a  splendid  suc-
",u-u-UM-s"71'! 1l';rr'"  Red Cmss head-   cess.    The  committee  reported   having^
-^le lei's'nflVie "?; '^X^"}"1' '"' "^ Dr. 1 cleared if4r,.!t,'!. dther donations, which 'r .• ?."^ ' '" ""^ Knight building. ' were thankfullv received, as reportert rhe    to lowing    letter   and    $2    have ; are :      Tlie   Zion    liami.st   church    $15-
been received from a little boy who -A. I'. M. V. church $2; James Thomp: •s surely doing his bit:    "To the Am-   -'on,   $5,   and   R.   c.   Ri.berts    $¦> ^
bier branch of the Red Cro.ss—Here is   monev   was   used ¦   '-
twd   dollars   to   '
Norristown  Register Closes Out.
AVhen the Penn Trust company, Norristown, as receiver for the Daily Register Publishing company, sold at public auction, Saturday afternoon, all the good will of the Dally Register, together with the entire machinery of the printing and publishing establish¬ ment of the company, that newspaper plant passed out of existence.
Tlie Daily Register had been pub¬ lished in .Voristown by the Kneule famil.v for more than ;!.5 years. The late Albrecht Kneule, tho veteran edi¬ tor, wlm died about two years ago, es¬ tablished the newspaper as a daily when he purchased the Weekly Regis¬ ter and Free Press in 1880. He and Ills son, Edwin, successfully operated tho publication until 1897, when it passed into the hands of the corpor¬ ation, known as the Dally Register" Publishing company, with Albrecht Kneule, however, still holding the con¬ trolling interest. He retired from ac¬ tive business about five years ago, when his son, Albert K., took over the mangemeiit. Tho latter had been edi¬ tor and general manger since that time. Early in December the publi¬ cation failed, and the trust company llled a bill in equity wlt^i the court asking for .a receivership. Saturday's sale was the result of this proceeding.   I
down it has been learned that the con ' sumers of the Ambler Sjiring Water company will also have the comniis- sioners pass upon their complaint, which is similar to that of the Ambler Highlands   Improvement   association.
Drafted  Men to Leave on Feb. 6.
Drafted men who wiil be called to make UJ) shortages of districts tril.u- tary to Camps Les and Meade will, in all nioi.abili \- begin to move on l-'eb¬ ruary 6. but the remainder neede.l to make up the quota under the lirst call will not start before February l.'i ac¬ cording to present indications. ' The men to make up shortages will replace those rejected at camps after phy.-ical examinations and to make up dellcien- cies under previous "iiotas. About 10 or 12 per cent, still are due to the iwo camps under the tirst call.
Rulings have lieen announced ihat men of draft age. married since May IS and given classincations, will have tlieir cases automatically appealed to llie district boards and that all men who have received the "greeii .nd" or card to be in readine.ss to .go. are entitled to (|uestionnaires
Lower Gw-ynedd township roads have been pivtt.\- badly drifted as a ^®'^t''t of Monda.x-'s snow storm. otrange*to say the hiabu.-ivs running nortb and .south compleiel east and master, g Monday 1 vigor.
T<>iends' and the road from Just's t„ tlie Welsh ro.ad were opened. On iiie.sday he opened the Gwynedd and the West Point jiikes fm- the county, "apid progress has been made in res¬ elling the tow-nshiii from the blizzard conditions.
The ,      „   ,_ '"   buying   kits   for
each of tho colored boys in camp Thi kit contained toilet articles, one pnii- of woolen gloves and two pairs of socks. All the mney received has gone for   the   purpose   mentioned   and   wa>«
g
are.   in   jilaces,     as
I-  (illed  as the roads running
west.     Wm.   G.   Just.-   road
gathered  a  force of I,S  men on
and   attacked   Ih,.   drifts   with
liefore   night   the   I'lvans',   the
OBITUARY.
, --    uiy   a   comfort   kit.     I
had a little show to raise some mone\- toi- lhe Red Cross. 1 had a ma.gic lan . tern and three Jokes, and a recitation ' .lames   W.   Cooke.   Jr.     SiiniiH.l   Garre
mnn^?"V'''".' 'aken from bis Christmas used by the committee with Tli'e very ^.iv»,i' ,? ''"•'' " '"' •¦'"'' ¦*'-•"' "a-^- 'e- "'e--^' intentions. The committee con- ,>,.„t  '• P'"o<'eeds   of  an   entertain- i sisted of the following :     John H   Bur
ment given by Ellwood and Margaret rell, Henry Thompson. Joshua Thomn" Gollre.x- Perhaps more of our boys : «"n, Jr.. David Smith v. Jostph Ash" .111 g rls c.-in do as well. In the pic- : «'n. .Sylvester .lohnson.' Andrew Dooe ,.."f' "''''"''" "f 'ast .Sunday's l.Vd- 'V- Joshua Thomp.son Mis Viow Mve v.'?v '"^/VV"''' "^ '"^"•'^^' --^I'lgail Vare. 1 iatchlor. Mrs. Lulu Smith, Mrs. Emilv THs^ mi"-• ;'''"S'".t^'- "f Senator Vare. ' bailey. Mrs. Marv Thompson Mrs Ihis little girl reoeixed $S0 for knitting   Rachel Mahoney. Mrs. Rose Tliompso»
(Continue* on Pa^e J)'.
Offers Services to Government. Prof. E. Johnson Bonter, principal of the Spring Mill schools, has offer¬ ed his aid to the draft board of tho Second district, sitting at Jenkintown, in response to President Wilson's ap¬ peal to tho school teachera of the coun¬ try to help In the classflication of the questionnaires. Mr. Bonter's offer wa-j the Jlrst received in hla district.
Ellwood  Hoot  Is President.
At   a   meeting,   held   Tuesday   ev.m- iiig  at   Lansdale,     ISllwood   Hoot,     of West  Point,   was   elected   presldeir;  of the association of Justices of tho 11, ace and notary publics in this district.    J. A. Rosenberger. of Lansdalo, wa.-3 fl-et- ed secretary.    .\ resolution w-as uilipt- ed  to  make  all  charges   in   accordaiioo I with tho feo bill of 1909 passed b-   fhe I legislature.     Another   meeting   wi Iheld  at   l.ansdale on Feb. 14.
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—The .\bingtoii Township Hom School as.sociation has planned a nam¬ ber of meetings to be held in the inter. est of    a  closer relationship    between patrons of the schools and tho otlicials and has elected these ofiicers:    I'    ¦;; dent. -A. N. Baggs:  vice president     ' M. Bodine and Professor James J ley;  secretary, Mrs, S. H. Niblocl treasurer,  Mrs.  IT.  A,  ICrips.
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MRS. MARY D. HORROCKS. Mrs. Mary D. Horrocks, wife of Wil¬ liam Horrocks, died on Jan. IS in her 64th year, at the home of her son, John W, Horrocks, in Lansdale. The funer¬ al took place Tuesday, Jan. 22, Rev. M. E. Hare ofliciating. Burial was in ¦West Laurel Hill» cemelr-rv. Philadel¬ phia.
WALL.ACE L. DANNEl H iWER. Wallace tj. Dannehower, of Jeffer¬ sonville, for about four years princi¬ pal of Plymouth townshii) high school, died on Tuesday at Plioenixville hos¬ pital of corebro spinal meningitis, aged 2,S years. He was ill but a short time. Mr. Dannehower was the son of George an.l the late Luretta Danne¬ hower. of Y'erkes. and i.s .survived by his wife Alice and threo sisters, Mary, Helen and Cora, all residing at home. Funeral arrangements had not been made up to time of going to press, other than that the service will bs held in Trinitv f.utberaii church. Col¬ legeville.
a sweater and y,ave  the money to the .Ambler branch of the  Re.l Cross.        ' n,,"'-\   ":'¦'¦''      ^''e    proceeds      of      last Thur.sda.vs   lunch     at   the   Red   Cro.ss
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b, il ^1 ^'"'' ^hii'-sday's Umcli will lie 111 charge of Jirs. Stillwagon who lir.imises a very .good luiu-h at rea aide  Jirices.
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—Thieves entered Ely Tlz's garage '?* Telford and stole an automobile, 'he freight st.aiion of the P. fi- R. -wa.-. ¦roken into th* .same night, as was Iso Alderfer's garage, but little of alue  was taken from these places.
Samuel Anders Dies in France, Samuel IC. Anders, 27 DeKalb street, Norrlatown, late of the I'nited States army banking department, died of scarlet fever in Franco on January 22. lie was the son of George K. An¬ ders, treasurer of Montgomery countv. wh.i committed suicide three weeks ago, because, his family say, he fear¬ ed that his son -would never return from the war. The young man, -who had been an assistant bank examiner was assigned to the banking depart¬ ment in France because ot his know¬ ledge of financial matters
His mother tried to comfort the father by pointing that the young man would not have to endure trench dutv but Mr. Anders had „ premonition that e-j'il would befall his son. .and two days alter th-e youn^ man sailed for Franco, Mr. .Vnders cut hia throat In the b.ath room of his home, and died 3C hours later in the N'orristown hosnital
and   Mrs.   Rebecca   Johnson.
Auto Stolen Out of Garage. Harry T. Bilger, .if Centre Square proprietor of th,. Colonial garage oil l^iTtJl'''^^'':''' ^•'"¦'•i^tow'li. ifotH°ea the police Friday morning that a six" cvhn.ler Ro,, touring car had be^n .stolen curing the night. The car had been taken from a garage in the ret,- of the iiouse. Mr. Bilger was not aware that the theft had been com¬ mitted until about 7.30 o'cl,;ck Frfday niorning. He ^vent to the garage to get the car an.l found tliat it was miss-
The   license   nuniber   is   121,004   and the ongine number is 1442.
Elkins Oil Stock  Holdings.
C llenry Stinson, specially appointed by the orphans- courl to audit the ac¬ count of the exculors of tho estato of William L. Elkins. wilh siiecial refer¬ ence to holdings in Soutli Fonn Oil company, of California, and tho Stand¬ ard Oil compan.v, it is f.iiiiid that 028'.'.
—Announcement has been made of tho -engagement of Miss Frieda Krie¬ bel, daughter of Dr. O. .S. Kriebel principal of Perkiomen sc': -.1 Penns¬ burg', to \BTael .w--ij,, of I now with th •¦,,-¦.., Camp Gree-
"ly. Pa,, rm V
shares aro distri ants.    The value
Gas  increas
Tho CoUcgevlIlf ating in Collogevl. public  servico  coi . eft'ectivo   on   Marc tariff  increasing "Isolito  Gas"  from 1000 cubic feet:  tht b'elng subjec;   o,  "¦
I lo tho life ten- I'e than .<100,00O.
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-ompayii, oper.. liled with the in,  to  become lots,   a  new- lit  rates    for to   $1.20   per in each case ' cent, discount ' I'vs  fr.'.n   datl.
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