The Conshohocken Recorder, May 11, 1920

              ®f)c Consholjochen Hecorfter.
Number 5322 PUBLISHED 1CVERY
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1920. SUBSCRIPTION PRICHJ
$1.60 A YEAR
PRICE TWO CENT?
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Assailant Laid in Wait f:r
'Paddy' Sandone and Slash-ed
Him With a Knife
WORKMAN MADE CAPTURE
MISS ELSIE NAGLE A BRIDE
Mis; Elsie, daughter of Mr. anil
Mi.-. Bernard, u Weal Hector street,
became the bride of Mr, Lester
Charles Haakins al a qulel wedding
aolemnlsed . o'clock laal evening in
the rectory of 8L Matthew's church.
R< i JOSM ph Smith, asistant rector of
the church, officiated.
The brldi was attended by her sla-ter.
Miss Caroline Nagle, and the
groom was attended bj Mr. William
Long, HI thia borough
The bride win. a pretty ROWn Of.
d;n k blu< ii taolt tte and a picture hat
in match. She wore a corsage bou
quel o! bride's roai -.
The bridesmaid
mmAPPEAL
People Show Practical Appre-ciation
of Work of the Fire-men
for Better Protection
ADD NEW EQUIPMENT
William M:iiic .1. No. I Ouk street,
held under $16 all to answer^ '",! "'"»'•-'»"<' wore a gown
the ,I,..:L .i i ,i °| Rreen figured georgette and a white
deaulj <..■ pnns and with huviiiK l1"'1""' hat. She won a bouquel of
Committed HI aggravated assault und Plnh BWeel leas.
battery upon "Paddy" Sandone. Aiiei i he n remony
Handone was attacked shortly be-fore
l o'clock yestcrduj afternoon in
Washington street as he was about to
enter the North mill of the Schuylkill
Iri.n Works, whore lie is ■ mployed,
and his assailant, without the least
Warning, drew a knife from bis pocket
iiind slashed Sandone In the I. ft
cheek, severing the cheek from the
ear |0 near the mouth. The attack
[was i i.i witnessed by any one al-though
several p rsnns
icn in conversation.
^ After the attack, Mn'i an along
|1he railroad towards Spring Mill.
fjnlm Adams, an employe at the
Man! saw the man running and had
Heard of the attack, lie •• . i ehi.se
ll.tii soon : aw that lie was nol fli el
PP.I.imh to overtake the Italian. Adams
jan in i 081 the. i ii llii.ii.I to Klin I I
Ai search of an automobile. The .!'■-
livery truck ...f T. .1. McGnith w:.s
■Standing Idle in front ..I" Mil'oaths
lotflce. Adams asked for the use nf
tin oar and with I In- driver Walter
Phlpps, made a iiiilck run to Spring
Mill slali.m. They saw Mattea hurry-
Inir along the railroad. Adams pre-pared
I., meet him but could find no
Weapon other than a ci ■ paddle.
Seizing this, lie udvanced to meet
M.iiiiu iiml accosting him naked him
why he was running. Matteo replied
that il was ic of his business.
Adams, who is a powcrul man, grabb-ed
the Italian by the coat collar and
told him that he was going to lake
1 ■ iin back. The Italian submitted t•»
arrest and ns he was being taken to
the waiting automobile, Phlpps I.rush
i.l against his side and noticed that
something heavy was In the the man's
pocket, lie told Adams and they
hed M:il leu ami br mghl forth
an automatic magazine revolver.
Matteo was brought Laid; to Ihe
mill and was delivered over to polico-lan
William Heald.
Si .:.!..in- was to «,. In work on the
I*. M. shift .mil Maiieo evidently
<new ihis as i.,. was noticed standing
tli- street mar the mill most of the
.iflernoon. When Sandone appeared,
Matteo approached him and tin
.i reception was
in id for tho Immediate Families of
the couple ul the home of the brlde'a
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Hasklns will reside al
1217 South Broad street, Philadelphia.
kiil.r. I h,y will lake a honey moon
nip to California to visii th< parents
oi i he groom.
Mr. Kasklns la in the employ of a
saw the two steamship company In Philadelphia.
KOCH—W0ODROW
Miss Harrietts ic. Bernard, daughter
of Mrs, Aaron Woodrow, of Berwyn.
and Mr. William t'. Ko h. of Consho-hocken
were mariied*oaturday, May
8th. b) Rev. Jay Dlckerson, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church of
Weal Chester, Pa.
Their attendants were Miss Helen
i: Koch, and Win .1. Francis Koch,
brother and sister ..f the groom.
Mrs, Koch is :. Registered Nurse,
having gradual ,ii in.i/i the Chester
County Hospital, class 1919. Mr.
Km !i is Hi. son Of Mr. ami Mis. Ho-ward
iv Koch of Fayette Btreet,
After tho wedding a reception was
given for the Immediate families of
the bride and groom at the Mansion
lu.iis.. West Chester, Pa.
Thai the public appreciates what
[ the Washington Fire Company is do-ing
to give the town the best possible
protect inn against lire is shown in Ihe
liberal response of the puntic 10 <>II>
firemen's appeals for funds for the
purchase of new apparatus. This
week tin list of collect ions is BO long
that the Recorder cannot prim the
lull list today and will print the bal-ance
of this week's contributions on
Friday.
The members have been very liber-al
in their contributions and Hie man-ufacturers
have given very practical
aid for town protection against lire
and recognise that, tin company is In-stalling
the moat modern apparatus.
The citizens are making their" do-nations
very freely, in many instances
tin- committee on collections have
been Invited to call to receive con-tributions.
At a meeting of the company on
Saturday evening, a committee was
Instructed to purchase a life net to lie
carried on the apparatus at all times.
The company win also purchase "shut-off"
no/./.els. This is Important equlpr
ni<nt and their use will'mean a big
savings from loss at Ores, especially
where water is used inside buildings.
List of contributions;
Teachers for Schools
Will Depend on Loan Vote
The ITppor Morion School Hoard
will not complete Its plans with re-gard
to teachers for the next term
until the next regular meeting, of
which time it will be known just what
the altitude of the voters relative to
Ihe proposed $100,1100 bond issue the
proceeds Ol which are lo be applied
towards tho construction of a ton-two
solldated School building in the lower
of ihe township and tile
modernising of the district's instil u-
Bgnged in conversation. A hoy In section
lie nidi saw the linn talking lint did
ot see the attack. When the boy
.-am noticed the men, he saw Mat-] tion of learning,
■■■ Oeelng and Sandone was stand-! [n ,i,P even| ,„ tne voters' reject-ig
in ihe street with l.loo.l i.oiirli.e. ... ....
om a great wound In his face. The "m tne Proposition there Will be some
ounded man was taken Into the mill difficulty in securing competent teacu-ios|,
iiiii and a physician sowed tho, era lor Hie scattered rural BChOOlS
[wound.
Yesterdav. neither of the nun
[would ;;i»i any cause for the attack,
iMattio -iii.1 In- would tell why lie cut
Sandone later on. This morning,
Sandone when asked for a reason for
f; the attack said that his married bro-ther
died of the Influenza during the
1918 epidemic and a month after his
death, his widow married Matteo,
Bandone said thut he objected to the
marriage so shortly after his l.rother's
death, and tins tie
ami the overcrowded Swedeland build-ing,
as well as the ill-tilted chapol
which is being used as a school.
[here are 100 many opportunities in
well appointed Places at good salaries
tor teachers of ability 10 apend their
time in out-of-the-way spots where all
sni is of disavantages prevail.
It may not be known generally, but
angered the widow „„.,.,. „ ,„„, „,,,,„,.„.„„, as ., ,.usu||
that a short time iigo Matteo and his •■'' conditions al times ill one of Iho
brothrr attacked him and fought schools that is to ligure in the consoli-
WMatteoWas more , imimiea. i v..' *"« * >" "'"• >«»« been leading
this morning and said that he attack- """ the rod iu one hand and a trusty
ed "i'addy" lo get satisfaction. He weapon In the other hand so to speak
fnX™?™^^,* 'v::; rhe iauerw*.forjMtajI1 1IS(. m ,,,..
payment of the lenn, he could neither lensc ol the children, and. of course,
any of the money or satisfaction lierself, as she, before and after school
i l any kind and yesterday he decided
Ii make another attempt to Becure his
Members.
cliff Campbell
Win. Lawler .../
('has. Minnig
S. R. Nixon ,
Wm. ii. Murray
Win. Cleaver
(has. Orner
r F McCoy
Harry Smith
Geo. N. Highley
Frank M array
Hen. Wood
Win. Hex
John 11. Bailey
itobt. Ramsey
Miii Labold
ICd. Evans
Nick. Talone
.Sam. Knight
John It. Smith
Hiram Frees
(!o8SlG Toble
Howard Fogarty
Ed. O'Neil
Iienj. ttistinc
Leo. Redmond ,....
('has. Hague ,
Ed Slrlcklei
John Hailey
Cash
Wm. Owing
Wm. Dale. Jr
las. Bosnian
Sam Dale
Tom B&yletts
Jerry Adams
.las. Trail
ii. o, White, Br
Horace Met/or
('has. lienipp
Ueo. Stemple, Norristown ...
Jus. Carberry
if nil. Dalby
David Di.nn
.1. ('lifton Young . .
C. Hill
P. Wiininer
B. Oraui l
w. i. Kindregan ..
.1. J. McFarland ..
II. Waldron
Ceo. Pitman, Jr. ..
A. c. Potter
.' lex. Young
Sam. Young
S. I., (arler
Dominie I Jera/o . . .
Wm. ( . Klrkpatrlck
ESdw. Nagels
B. r. Qilbert
I d. I II. i,don
John id dmond
Wi.i. Ilaltner
v. Borland
David Jones
Jas. Farihingham .
Dennis Hurt, Jr. . . .
Chris Delaney
Sarah Waison
.Mich. Hosco .
Mrs. M. A. Moser . .
Pi te Moore
Mrs. C. Kenna
Ueorge Sowers
Ed. Berry
Russell Redfern ..
Jos. Zimmerman ..
Mrs. Mary Wickert
Andrew Kenna ....
E. O. Famous
Mrs. I'nruh
Alvin 0. Kulp
Tony Williams ....
Chas', Devettis ..:.
Max McCue
John Baumgard .,
Domlnls in Hallo ..
Mrs. (ieo. Pope
Tims. j. Gaynor ..
Leo. Brown
Mrs. Harry liergey
Mrs. (ieo. While ...
Horace Wiln.er . . .
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OFFICERS ELECTEDFOR
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Matthias Vercoe Chosen Pres-ident.—
Planning an All Day
Celebration with a Parade
DEATHS
NO ATHLETIC EVENTS
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Stone) iiml Hi.' argument led to the
Mack.
Matteo Secured
grUj In- til. .I ill Ih
"crwnlnnl court.
bondsman.
June term
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LIGHTS FOR THE PARK
The Park Commission, at a meeting
held on Saturday afternoon, decided
i<> have twelve iron poles erected,
holding thirteen lights. Bach light
will be of 250 candle power. There
hours attended 10 her work or travel-ed
l lie lonely roadway. The best paid
Balarj will nol bring thai same teach-er
back to that building,
..Noi so long ago a correspondent
■••eni in an account of an experience
ono of the teachers had with Hie par-ent
of a scholar. The story was one
that would have aroused the indigna-tion
of the people of ihe community.
Yet thai young woman, in her love
for the family and In pity for ihe
humiliation for the scholar and the
mother, kepi her counsel in that she
Total '. $233.00
Manufacturers and Citizens
will b. two lights al the front en-trance
of Hie I'nrk House, and the , lliul proved herself master of the situ-
Othe.s will !>•• placed at Intervals . at ion despite Ihe fact thai there was
around Ihe walks. Mr. Cooper agreed
to have Ihesi pol( s built at actual
coal of material and labor. This will
be a saving lo Ihe park of about $150.
Finding I ha I there would be no Hag
to fly on the Fourth, in the Park, Mrs
Hi urge N. Highley presented a large
flag lo tin Park, and the Alan Wood
"" others about. A situation of this
chnraotor would not have arisen In a
Consolidated building where there
are a number Of teachers and where
there Is an executive head at ail
limes.
The dililculties of travel, this past
Company agreed to build an iron pole, I "inter, especially, have had a most
' discouraging effect upon the teachers
in that the work of the school was
disrupted,
In view of Ihe circumstances,
'In.'dors are asking to have
MIIns assist in a solution of
problems pn seated,
from which it could be down.
The historical bell from the Watei
Mill will be placed on a small plat-form
at the gable end of the stable
fronting the house. This will be In a
position for i ho opening of the park.
COLUMBUS CITIZENS CLUB
The Columbus Citizens Clul.
the
Ihe
the
FIRE IN DWELLING
\ slight fire occur
Alan Wood Iron A.- Sleel Co
John Wood Mtg. Co
Merlon Worsted Mills .....
Lee Tire & Rubber Co. . ..
II. C. Jones Co
Wm. T. Hate & Son
Ford *;■ K( ndlg
Quaker Oil Products Corp.
Process on corp
William A. Cooper
M iss Julia Stemple
John Leonard
Mrs. Minnie Harrison ....
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Win. .1. Carroll
Norristown Town Council .
L. O. O. M. Ixidge No. 2s;:
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T. Ii. Lynch
Mrs. Annie Albright
J. Kellers
Ralph llallman
John K. Bower
Mrs. Win. Roberts ..
E, N. Rodenbangh ..
tleo. Robinson ...
W. B. (Mi, en
Steese
Mrs. H. Thompson ..
Isaac Shepherd, Jr. .
Cm. McQettigan
Jas. Wood. Sr
Sam. I. Wood
D. J. Webster
D. Sinclair
Mrs. Jacob Moser ...
Mrs. Geo. W. Keys .
John Robinson
Sam. McCord
Jacob Moser
Prank Staley
Ed. Dempsey
Ed. Forward
Owen ODonne.il
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John Kelly ......
W. K. Smith i
C. Caroselfi
W. S. Beckhart
Independent Order of
Golden Sceptre
Mis. Martha Amos, Nornsiowu
Wm. J. Robinson
Mrs. Anna Fox ..'.'.'.
Kaiph McCombs ...'.'..'
Mrs. Harry McCombs
Abraham l.ee
Harry Harris 777.
C. J. Montgomery
Mrs. K. Famous" 777
Ed. Ilartnian
Alex. Sanlillo .\
Thos. Iliggins .777'."
Howard Smilli
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Frank Kane '
Marie Thomas ...',' "
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4,i.- . ..II,,,,,.„-* . MIS-.I-OS t no. a iiev* - ' .A .s ii- it |,,'e ,„.,- .....I ,,.,„ . . .
y organized dub with the object of afte.■■,..„„ ff the "dwelflns'* ^Wash*
tavnu all tin Italian residents here ington street, occupied by an Italian
fcoome citizens held n meeting in family ami owned by Daniel Hoev
Moore's hall. Maple street. The club Both fire companies responed to an
lad intend..I presenting a petition to alarm and the Washington emmnnv
l.wn council at tomorrow's meeting quickly extinguished ihe blase with
V have council declare the seat of • chemical stream and No 2 comnanv VI" •.", ''„'"'"
LDUIS Kelly, councilma nrom the Firel was not required to KO In serviceiNn S' 'y Wort* '
Mtnl vacant owing t.. las Inaltend- Information could bo secured from ■l";i,'u'1 Mtonl ....
Mnce i.i the meetings. This matter the occupants of t1/ house is io the A- ('ion
iasheen ilef-rre.1. The .'nil, will oaua* .,i the fire. The damage was Jas. Nevins
Citizens
Edward W. Harrison
Mrs. ('has. la kens
Conhho. Lodge K. of P
Arthur Pluninier Meat. Mai kit
R. G. Wood. .Ir
Mrs. M. A. Nugent
Miss M. Ii. Dec
Dr. R. B. Elzey
Mrs. Wm. M. Hall
Edwin J. Rafferty :;...
F. B. Jacobus
J. Harvey Griffith
Francis McDermott
Geo. Meyers
J. N. Pedrick
i legree Poeohontas
JOS, W. Smith
Isaac i ii iiia':
Wnshita Tribe No. 03
I. O. R. M
Washington Camp
P. O. S. of A
Howard Koch
Mrs. Philip Ford
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meet again on next Sunday afternoon
lo discuss local problems of Inleresl
to the in.ml.,as anil citizens.
..BICYCLE REPAIRING and
DRItS at KEHOES. 217 Hector
«et.—Adv.
Heartless
SUN ' 8no—' attended cooking
■ before We were married.
Ho—What did you do
bridge?
•school
HI the latest Victor—popular Songs
Dance Records—86 cents at
•HENS - VI >
DR. ROBERT ELZEY, Dentist,
310 F.v.tt* 8tr»»t.
Caslmivo Tralglini
; N. Kotowskl
Edward O'Neil ....
M. j. O'Brien
Mrs. John Smith .,
there—piay M. A. Connelly .. .
John Dodsworth . .
Howard Bates
WinHeld Lobb ....
W A, Gray
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WILL OF THE LATE
HENRY W. HALLOWELL
Divided Estate of $156,000 Between
Son and Daughter
Henry W. Hallowell, former county
treasurer; ex president of Jenkintowii
National Hank; prominent in Repub-lican
circles of Montgomery; and one
Ol the best known men of the lower
end of the county, being a resident
ol Hethayres, in Lower Moreland
township, left an estate ol $150 000
according lo the statement made' in
the probate of his will at Norristown.
Hie value of his personality is $1.'!C-
000 and of his real estate $20,000
Mr. Hallowell gives to his SOn
Israel R. Hallowell, his farm of 70
acres, free of incumberances, in More-land;
and to his daughter, Mrs. Jane
I- H. Harvey. $13,000 In cash.
To the trustees of Abington Friends
Meeting he bequeathed $150, the in-come
therefrom to be used for u.e
care of cemetery grave and lot.
Po his grandson, Henry W H Har
vi.v is given his gold watch and chain
Hie remainder of his estate is di-vided
equally between his son and
bis daughter, who are named as
('cutors. His wm was executed
the atn of last January.
The general committee in charge
of tin arrangements for the celebra-tion
of the Fourth of July met in the
borough ball sundav afternoon and
organized by electing Matthias Y.r
en.-, president; George P. Giles, sec-retary
and Richard II. Bate. Sr..
treasurer. The committee desired lo
n. Let John Pugh president who
served last year but Mr. Pugh de-clined
to serve again.
The meeting was largely attended.
17 organizations being represented
and n letter was received from the
Plymouth Fire Company slating the
company would gladly participate in
Ihe celebration.
The committee made tentative
plans for the celebration of the Fourth
which plans may be changed at future
meetings. It is proposed to open
the day with a Hag raising at the bor-ough
hall, after which there will be a
parade lo include every organization
and the Children of all the schools in
town. It is proposed lo hold Ihe
patriotic meeting in the Mary II.
Wood park, if the park can be got
ready for opening to the public by
that lime and the commission is using
every effort lo make the Funrth of
July Ihe opening date.
The afternoon program will be
changed from former years. The
committee decided not to hold the
usual athletic events but have a band
concert during the afternoon. The
sporting events have been very popu-lar
in former years, attracting large
numbers of people, and a change may
be made in this part of the program.
A fireworks display and band con-cert
will be given in the evening.
In the discussion of the parade Mrs.
A. Conrad Jones, representing the
Woman's Club said il is very desira-ble
that Ihe school chil(lten be In-vited
to participate as it would arouse
greater interest among the people.
The secretary was instructed to issue
invitnitons to the public schools and
St. Matthew's and St. Mary's paroch-ial
schools.
In naming committees, it was de-cided
to name the chairman and to
Law him select the balance of the
committee. K. K. Williams was ap-pointed
chairman of the committee to
secure speakers and have charge of
the patriotic meeting. The other
chairmen will be named later.
FRAME HOUSE BURNED DOWN
ex-
011
f opening of y. M. A. A. Dance, .„,
' "l:-y. May 14th .„ the WASHIEB
Music by Oonleys Orchestra.. v.iV
DR. WEINTRAUB-DR. MEYERS
Dentists—75 Fayetta St
"Mice Il< urs—8 A. M. lo
The large frame house of Daniel
Erb, on the Skippack pike, near Blue
Bell hotel, was totally destroyed by
tire about noon on Sunday. The fire
started in a defective Hue which be-came
overheated while Ida Shingle, a
maid, was cooking dinner for the Erb
liinilly.
The blaze was discovered by Mrs.
John Bauer a neighbor, when she
went into the yard to feed her cnlck
ens. She rushed lo the Erb home,
while her daughter, Margaret Bauer,
ran In Centre Square and rang ine
bell at Ihe lire-house. Shortly after
Mrs. Bauer discovered Ihe lire a pass-ing
aulomobile saw Hanies shooting
from the second floor of the Erb house
and broke in the front door aner ne
received no answers lo his knocks.
The Centre Se.uare Are company
sent out a general alarm to the tiro
companies of Montgomery county, and
ten organizations rushed upparatus
and nan lo Blue Bell. A well at the
home of Charles Haley was soon
pumped dry and several hundred feet
of hose were laid to a dam on the
properly of Ross Rile, but the huge
pumping engine of Hie Washington
company. Of Ambler, soon exhausted
this source of water supply.
Seeing thai water was not available
lo save the Erb home the Bremen
turned their attention to preventing
the flames from spreading lo Hie sta-ble
on the property and the adjoining
homes of l.evi S. Slingluff and Jolir.
Bauer, IJotli of these houses are
frame.
Frank Pouter. Francis Hammer-tchmidt,
Charles McQInnia and Walter
Rieker, of the Fuirniount company, of
l-msilale. had narrow escapes when a
brick chimney fell. They were work-ing
with a chemical stream directly
under the chimney and heeded the
shouts of onlookers in the nick of
time. Tlie mass of bricks and mortar
fell on the exact spot in which they
were working.
Nearly all the furniture was saved
Irom the house. The Are companies
which answered the alarm Incltiuer
Centre Square, Ambler, North Wales,
l.ansdale. Port Washington. Abington,
lOdge Hill, Plymouth. Glenside und
Conshohocken No. 2.
A DRUNK
Officers Heald anil Ruth arrested
John Coboloski, of West Conshohoek
en. yesterday afternoon for being
. drunk and disorderly. John was
° " M. dally, j found lying on a door slip in Spring
Mill avenue near Poplar street. He
was given a hearing before iu« bur-gees
this morning and released upon
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BABV COACHES RETIRED at KB-HOJflS,
217 HectoE street-Ad*.
Sarah Jane, widow of John Davi.s.
died on Saturday :v the home of her
niece Mrs. Wlnneld Griffith, -22 Past
Hector street, aged 18 years. Mrs.
Davies had been ill for the past seven
weeks and death was due to diseases
due to advanced years.
Por the past tWO years she has re-
Bided here making her hoin. with her
niece.
Funeral services will be held at 1.20
o'clock tomorrow afternoon al ll.e
residence ol Winlit Id Grillilh, 322 Kust
ilector street, The interment will be
at LeVeringtoll eeineli ry. Itoxhoriiugh.
Harry Bell
The funeral ol Harry Hell was he!'.
Irom his late residence 214 Past
Sevtnth avenue, yesterday afternoon
and the services were conducted by
Rev. A. J. Davies, of Ihe Pirsl Baptist
church._ The interineiii was al Kivci-
Bide cemetery.
Mr. Hell has been ill since last
December but was able to be about
the house and to take short walks.
On April 26, he disappeared from his
home and was found the following
Friday a patient in the Philadelphia
General hospital, lie died there on
Friday of lasi we. k.
Mr. Hell WnS the son of the lale
Washington A. and Amanda (nee Hos-ier)
Bell and was 40 years of age. He
was educated in the local public
schools and after leaving school was
employed in local industries and lor
many years, he was employed at the
Schuylkill Iron Works. He was a
nlembi r Of Washila Tribe of Red Men
and of the Schuylkill Iron Works Re-lief
Association. He is survived by
his widow, who before her marriage
Was Miss Laura Canlner; lour daugh-ters,
Myrtle, Ellen. Margaret and
Loralne; three brothers, Leonard Hell,
of Ihis borough; Washington A. Bell
Jr., of Narcissa and Walter Hell, Nor-risiown.
and one Bister, Mrs. Btlle
R.inkin, Pittsburgh.
William H. Noblit.
William H. Noblit, brother of council-man
l'.lwood Noblit. died early yester-day
morning at Montgomery hospital,
Norristown.
Mr. Noblit boarded al Ihe home of
George Meyers, Tenth avenue and
Pay. tte Btreet, and on May 1 lie was
taken ill. He visited a physician who
saw that he was seriously ill and
took him to his home in an automo-bile.
During the night, Mr. Noblit's
condition became worse anil next
morning In was removed to the hos-pital.
His condition gradual,.> av
came worse until death ensued. Death
was due to paralysis.
Mr. Noblit was very well known
here and in Plymouth township. He
married Miss Hannah Mat/., of Ply-mouth,
who died si veral yearn «,««,
Mr. Noblit is survived by a daugh-ter,
Mrs. Harry Gilbert, of Bridgeport,
Conn., and two brothers: Howard and
Elwood, ol this borough.
Funeral services will be held on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Chapel of undertaker Arthur Bailey,
Haws avenue and Marshall street,
Norristown. The interment will be
private at Cold Point cemetery.
KEYSTONE HOTEL
X
NAGLE GETS JURY'S VIRDICT
A Jury In civil court decided by Its
verdict thai Elwood W. Jones, of No.
54 Brown street, Norristown. is not
entitled to recover in his sun against
Christian Nagle, of Conshohocken. for
damages to his automobile. The
jury's verdict was for defendant, who
was represented by Attorney J.
Aubrey Anderson, while Maxwell
Straw-bridge was counsel for plaintiff.
Jones claimed that Nagle. by reck
less driving, crashed into the left side
of his automobile near pleas' Corner,
on Ihe road leading from Cold Point
to Broad Axe, between 10 and 11
o'clock on the night of August 31,
1918., He and four other passengeis
in his car, testified that his auto had
slopped when it was struck.
Nagle and a number of witnesses
called by defendant, declartd thai 11
was Jones who was running fast and
that in swinging a curve on a wet
road the rear ot his machine skidded
against Hie rear of Jones' car.
The case was tried before Judge
Miller.
Another Auto Case^
The last case put on trial was that
in which Rosario Mbrella *i Son was
sued by John Fazio and Ignay.io Milito
lo recover damages for alleged auto
accident in Bridgeport.
The jury readied its verdict shortly
after 8 P. M. Friday. or abou't
lour minutes alter retiring to Ihe jury
room. The twelve men found for
Plaintiff for the full amount of his
claim, with interest or about $186,
A witness named Morella was lined
$5 by Judge Swartz for using profan-ity
while on the witness stand.
The Fazio case was settled.
Owner of Opera House Buys
Prominent Corner and Will
Build a Theatre
DEAL WAS LONG PENDING
A real estate deal ol great interest
to ^e ■ ntlre town and one that will
mark an extenalve town Improvement
was elosed late Friday allernoon
when C. A. Deslmone a local realtor,
purchased tor Ham C. Swalbe, owner
0| the "Pera house, the Keyslolle ho!. I
property, Fire! avenue and Fayetts
;ir. ei. of Harry Williams.
The deal has been pending for many
months. The sale was made at pri-vate
terms.
The properly is located on one of
the most prominent corners In tho
business section <>i town. It has a
frontage of 66 feet on Fayette Btreet
and a depth Of I-'I leet on First ave-nue.
The present buildings, which
Include a one and two story frame
building on the corner and the three
-lory, .tone hotel building adjoining
and a two story store building adjoin-ing
the hotel. On the First avenue
front there is a stable and a small
dwelling.
Mr. Swalbe will clear the ground
and erect a modern theatre building
ih. icon.
Mr. Swalbe has long contemplated
the purchase ol Ihe property and he-gun
negotiations last fall. Time and
again the negotiations ceased and it
was believed the deal would not go
through. On Thursday night, the
negotiations were resumed and as Mr.
Swalbe was leaving on a business trip
to Texas on Saturday, the deal con-cluded
Friday evening.
Mr. Swalbe would not announce his
plans as to the improvements of the
property until his return from the
Southwest other than to say that he
would build a modern theatre that
will be a credit to ihe town.
Last year, Mr. Swalbe purchased
the S brick dwellings iu Forrest
si reel In the rear of. I he opera house.
as he had planned to remodel the
theatre and place it on Ihe ground
floor. He had plans prepared but
(Ound ih" building would not be so
satisfactory as a new building and he
then began negotiations for the pur-chase
of the hotel property.
NEEDLEWORK GUILD
AT ATLANTIC CITY
THIEVES MADE SMALL HAUL
Thieves entered the home of David
Matz. Spring Mill avenue and Apple
street at 10 o'clock Sunday night and
stole $1.15 which they found in a
room on the first floor. The thieves
wire frightened away by members of
Ihe family. Officer Ruth was sum-moned
tO the house and made an in-vestigation
but was unable io Becure
any clues.
Men's Straw
Hats
$3, $3.50, $4 &. $5
Genuine Panamas
Highest Grade
$7.50 and $10.00
Frey & Forker
142 W. Main St., . Norri§tow.o
The annual meeting of the Needli -
work Guild of America was held
Thursday, May 6th, in the Presby-terian
church at Atlantic City.
The Conshohocken Branch was rep-resented
by the honorary president
Mrs. Charles Lukens; president, Mrs.
George X. Highley and three dele-gates
Mrs. Wm. F. Myers, Mrs.
Walter II. t'orson and Miss Emily
Corson.
The large aduiloiiiim of the church
was Idled with women from many
different states; one delegate coming
from California to atlend the meeting.
Mrs. Truman II. Newberry in her
Charmingly gracious way presided.
Mrs. John Wood Stiwarl, who found
ed ihe Guild In America thirty live
years ago was present and gave a
wonderfully interesting talk on the
war relief work that has been done
by the guild. Mrs. George Pales
Baker, Chairman and treasurer read
reports of the extension work.
Mrs. Philip N. .Moore, president of
the National Council of Women of the
United States, described how the
guild was affiliated with the Council,
the Red Cross, the Federal Women s
clubs ami other organisations.
In the evening the Atlantic City
Branch gave a reception al the Chal-lonte
to the visiting officers and mem-bers.
Dr. Kate W. Barrett, vice president
of the National Council of Women
made a line a.l.ir.ss after which re-lr
« slimelils were served to si veral
hundred ladii s.
MRS. FRANK MILLER DEAD
Mrs. Ellie Herron Miller, wife of ihe
iiit. Prank Miller, died at her home
in Philadelphia on Thursday. She is
survived by several children, and two
brothers, Robert and Charles.'who re-side
here.
Funeral services wire held from
her late home and interment was
made in Barren Hill cemetery -on
Mondav allernoon.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. l.evi Staley enlerh^i-
Sd about thirty of their friends Friday
evening at the old home, 149 West
Third avenue, previous to their re-1
liioval to their newly purchased home,
216 Bast Fifth avenue. A deliglitiui
evening was spent in dancing the old
fashioned dances to Ihe music of an
acoordinn.
Mrs. James Inglis entertained at
dinner Sunday evening, nt her homo
75 Fayette street, in honor of Mr. and
Mis. Mil lard Sayles, of 151 North
I'inieih street. Covers were laid
for fourteen. The floral decorations
were white carnutions and red roses.
Mrs. Sayles before her marriage on
April 23rd was Miss Nellie Groman of.
8440 Nicholas street, Philadelphia,
DR. WEINTRAUB—DR. MEYERS
Dentists—75 Fayette St
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