The Conshohocken Recorder, January 9, 1923

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OF POLICE FORCE
Chamber of Commerce Adopts
Resolution Calling For More
Police and Efficient
Service
Choral Society Planning
An Entertainment
ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING
The recent, daring holdups has
caused the Chamber of Commerce to
take action in making an appeal to
town council for more police and
placing the department upon an effic-ient
basis. The protection of the
borough was discussed at the regular
mooting of the directors of the Cham-ber
last evening and resulted in the
following resolution being adopted:
"The Conshohocken Chamber of
Commerce learns with regret that on
Sunday evening. December 24th,
shortly before midnight on Fayette
street, two of our citizens were held
up and robbed. Also on Saturday
night, December 29th, about eleven
o'clock, the store of one of our lead-ing
citizens was entered, the clerk
assaulted and a considerable sum of
money taken.
"No doubt the acting parties in
these outrages knew well the condi-tions
in the borough and that the
police forco on duty at night was in
no way sufficient to afford the bor-ough
proper protection,.
"These holdups and other acts
against the peace of the community
have demonstrated conclusively that
the police force of the borough Is en-tirely
inadequate. Therefore, the Di-rectors
of tho Conshohocken Cham-ber
of Commerce recommend Brat,
that the police force be re-organized
and placed on a better basis and
more men engaged to protect the
lives of the citizens and the property
of the community. Second, the Di-rectors
recommend the necessity of
a motorcycle policeman being added
to.tho force In order to properly pa-trol
the territory of the borough."
Oranmental Lighting
The Chamber also took action on
ornamental lighting for tho business
section of Fayetto street and HOCro-tary
Mitchell read the following let-ter
on the subject:
Conshohocken Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Both EC. Mitchell, secretary.
Conshohocken, Pa.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 29th ulto. enclosing
map Is received and we note your re-marks
relutlve to planning the light-ing
from the bridge to Second
avenue as a start, and 1 think this Is
a very excellent idea although it will
roquire but a few units approximate-ly
twenty, but if you attempted to
put In too many at a start, it possi-bly
would not meet with success.
I am returning map with units lo-cated
as I would suggest which you
will note are twenty in number, six
to operate all night, and fourteen un-til
midnight. This properly Installed
would require a 2-clrcuit system, al-though
it could be udded to at any
time. I would recommend the use of
40 c. p. series Mazda "C" lamps with
a Form 9 Novaluk ornamental unit,
light alabaster rippled gibe und dome
refractor with Union Metal Mfg. Co.'s
pole No. 807 which 1 believe, will give
you a very beautiful unit and one
which you could also extend Into the
residential district If you so desired,
as this unit is properly contstructed
to place light on the street, and In
the shaded sections of your residen-tial
district, provided you keep your
trees trimmed up to approximately
15 feet above tho curb line, very
little of tho light would be wasted;
that is, in the upner hemisphere
lighting up tho trees, as with the
dome refractor equipment, the great-er
per cent, or almost all of the light
Is directed downward or on the side-walk
and street surface.
If there is anything further 1 can
do to assist you, kindly let me know
without hesitancy.
Yours truly,
E. L. NASH,
Lighting Expert.
President Thomas appointed tho
following committee to take this mat-ter
in charge: George Light, chair-man;
Arthur Plummer, Wills Raid-win,
C. A. Desimonc, Nicholas Tal-one,
William Katz. Harry Heywood
and Michael Kehoe.
Other Business.
The treasurer reported a balance
on hand after all bills paid. $434^3.
Communication from League of
Women Voters inviting members of
the Chamber of Commerce to attend
a mass meeting on January' 15th and
It was voted to attend.
Safety and Welfare Committee. Mr
I>aeey said ho had received com-plaints
from citizens regarding the
low rail on tho steps leading from
Fayette street to the platform on the
Pennsylanla Railroad. This was loft
to his Bureau to take up with the
railroad authorities.
Mr. Lacey reported also having
received many complaints of tho poor
•ervlco at the local telephone office
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The Choral Society will meet In
the Park House. Friday evening, at
8 o'clock, to rehearse a program
prepared by director Jolls with the
purpose of presenting it to the pub-lic
at an entertainment to be given
later In the season.
The program consists of a number
oi delightful .musical compositions.
The works are not long or difficult
but have been chosen for their har-mony
and melody.
It is the ambition of the society
to have all the local singers become
interested in tho society and en-courage
the study and enjoyment of
good music by all the people.
Y. Ml it. Bine
Testimonial Dinner Given in
Honor of Football Team
That Won County Cham-pionship.
Last evening tho Y. M. A. A. held a
testimonial banquet in honor of their
foot ball team, amateur champions of
Montgomery County for 1922.
^Ir. Mcl'adden. acting as toastmas-ter,
gave a Short address. Father
Lanshe then opened the banquet by
saying Grace. President Charles
MlilhOUJM made the opening address
and also unveiled a picture of the
team. Mr. O'Brien spoke of the won-derful
work of the team and the
coach George Wilon, praising his un-tiring
efforts In making the season a
success. He then toasted Father
Lanshe, commenting on his wonder-ful
work in aiding the Y. M. A. A. In
every possible manner. It was sug-gested
that three cheers be given for
Father l.anshe and George Wilson
and they were given with a will.
Mr. Lawrence, with the assistance
of Paul Carroll, entertained with
comic songs and antics. George Mc-
Qonlgal .sang a -solo accompanied by
Paul Carroll and John Coyle.
Mr. Thomas Reap, former Villa-nova
varsity football coach, gave an
interesting talk on the requisites of
'a successful foot bull player, com-paring
them with the requisites
necessary' In the game of life.
Father l.anshe was next called up-on
and he delivered tin address on
"Good Sportsmanship." He had the
undivided attention of everyone
present, so interesting was his brief,
but nevertheless direct address.
After .short speeches from each
one present and an c%l Irish song by
Benjamin Kelly, entitled "On the Old
Side Car" the bunquet came to a
close with the singing of the club
song.
Those present included: Father
Lanshe, Thomas Reap, John Hickey,
John Lynch, Leo Hickey, Vincent
Wilson, James iirennan, Angus Park-er,
Joseph McFadden, Francis
Blanche, John Anderson, I'aul Carroll
George McGonigle, Thomas liurke,
Qeorge Wilson, Edward A. O'Brien,
Thomas O'Neil, John Ulunche, James
Mellon, Gerald Kehoe, William Mur-phy,
James Blake, Faucis Make,
Alfred Dewees, Charles Millhouse,
John Harper, William Ford. Thomas
Mack, Robert Carrol, John Dund'on,
Arthur Guvin, Joseph Schank, Joseph
Jacquot, Edward O'Neil, John Coyle,
Bernard Kelly, Bernard Corrigan.
Thomas Keenan, Waiter Johnson and
John Keyser,
CLOTHING LOST IN FIRE
The fire department wa3 sum-moned
to the home of John Rich,
220 East Elm street shortly after
10 o'clock Sunday evening when
Are was discovered in tho middle
room on the first floor. Tho fam-ily
had retired for the night but
were awakened by clouds of dense
smoke In the led rooms. When the
firemen arrived the blaze was ex-tinguished
by means of a cliemleaj
stream. An Investigation showed
that the Are had started among a
quantity of Rich's clothing which
had been left on the head of tho
couch. The clothing was prac-tically
destroyed and the couch had
been set on fire and was being rap-idly
consumed when the firemen ar-rived.
Tho sidewall paper was also
badly scorched.
Practically all of Rich's clothing
was destroyed. The damage to the
house was trifling.
It is believed the fire was caused
by the man placing a lighted pipe
In his pocket.
WOMAN'S Club
Conshohocken Trust Co.
Organized; Gapital$125,000
Businessmen of Both Boroughs Join in Forming; New Institu-tion
to Be House in Fine Building to Be Erected At
Second Avenue and Fayette Street, To Be
Completed July 1.
FIRE CO. NOMINATIONS
Business men of both tho Con-shoheckens
have joined in organ-izing
a trust company and applica-tion
has been made to the secre-tary
of the Commonwealth for a
charter for the "Conshohocken Trust
Company" with a capital of $12.",-
000. The par of the stock will be
550 and $i> premium for each share
which win he devoted to the organ-isation
and other expenses so that
the company will begin business
With full capital. There will be
2600 shares of stock issued and all
have I D subscribed.
In the application filed in the of-fice
of the secretary of the Com-monwealth
the names of the sub-scribers
and the amount of stock
each has agreed to take are:
John Fearnside 65 shares
Jacob S. Moser 40
Wm. S. Campbell 20 "
George W. DeHaven .. 40
Anthony Talone 60
Edgar E. Woodward .. 40
Harry T. Woodland 60 "
Alva S: Mackenzie 35
Alexander Keyes 60 "
Nicholas Ta'one 300
DeLorme T. Fordyce ..80
Charles R. Frankenfleld 38
The above list does not Include
all the stockholders, only the sub-scribers
to the petition for the ap-plication
for a charter. Other busi-ness
men are interested and have
subscribed to the stock.
The company has purchased a lot
of ground at the south west corner
of Second avenue and Fayette strepf
and will erect a modern banking
building, witli a frontage of 4(1 feet
on Fayette street and extending to
a depth of 80 feet. The building
will ho of Conshohocken stone and
will be equipped with every facility
and convenience for the conduct of
a modern banking and trust business
': and for the conevenience of patrons.
iThe building is to be completed by
July 1.
The company expects to secure Its
■charter this month, as the applioa-
| tion has been made. Tho soliciting
for tho company are Messrs. Graham
and Lamon. 1830 Arch street, Phil-adelphia.
William S. Campbell, cashier of
the People's National bank. West
Conshohocken, has been made sec-retary
and'treasurer of the new
company to take charge of the busi-ness
during the organization.
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Officers Nominated by Washington
Fire Co.npany Saturday
Evening
At the regular meeting of the
Washington Kite Company held on
Saturday evening, nomination of
officers to be elected at the next
regular meeting was held. All ni
tin' present officers were nominated
«. . ~„ . „„ .„.. „ without opposition as follows: Pies-
MARGARET SITHENS DEAD i(!ent, John P. Herron; vice presl-dent,
Robert Blair: secretary. Bber
Albeit Thawley, Janitor at
Rubber Plant, Died of Heart
Failure as He Started
Work Yesterday
The organization of a trust com-pany
here has long been discussed
Alfred Thawley, residing with his
wife in apartments at No. 17 West
Elm street, was si izod with an
heart attack at the plant of the
Lee Tire & Rubber Com ['any yes-terday
morning and died before
medical aid could bo summoned.
Deceased was in the seventy-fourth
year of his age and lias re-sided
in tliis borough since he was
ton years old. When he first start-ed
to work he secured employment
in the local iron mills and for years
was employed by the J. Wood &
Brothers Company. Fifteen years
ago he entered the employ of the
Lee Tire & Rubber Company and
has been in their employ ever since,
as a janitor.
Deceased, while small of stature,
always enjoyed excellent health.
Of late he frequently complained of
shortness of breath but showed -no
I.ebb; assistant secretary. Walter
Pope: treasurer. George Shaw; trus-tee
for three years, William DeHav-en;
Chief engineer. Jesse Simple;
delegates to SIM" Firemen's Asso-ciation,
William Carr, alternate dele-gate,
George Huzzard.
1 The fire police report that they
have been donated fifty feet of rope
by II. C. Messinger's Sons and sev-enty-
five feet by Kehoe Brothers.
I
Y
First Year's Appropriation Be-low
What Was Figured Un-der
New Edmund's Act.
—To Investigate
OTHER BUSINESS
West
signs of a weak heart. Yesterday
and'this'is'the first time an organ' morning he left his home at the
ization has been formed. The ilis- UBUal hour, apparently in the best
trict has developed much trust busi- of health for his work. The wait-ress
that 18 of necessity done out ing was extremely difficult and he
of town. Both the Conshohockens was compelled to exert hlmsell to
and surrounding districts are devel- catch a trolley at the corner of
oping and a groat need has been Hector and Fayette streets. When
tound for a local Institution to he alighted from the trolley at the
handle the home business. The terminationot the line «' "ect°r , the extent ot- $I64.0G in their firsl
are unable to and Walnut streets, he lotte to tne _ ..__,__ .u
demands lor factory on an automobile truck,
loan's on real estate, as every asso- j After reaching the mill hettUlg hi ^
building associates
keep pace with the
The members of the Con-shohocken
School Board .are In a
financial quaniiry and steps will be
taken immediately to solve the
problem which is baffling them to
year's appropriation under the new
Edmunds Act According to the
ciation has had for several years
past more applications for loans
than could be cared (tor.
The regular meeting of the Wom-an's
Club will be held at the Park
House on Wednesday afternoon at
2.30.
Report of Legislative Committee,
Mrs. William White, chairman.
Mrs. Miles Day will be the speak-1
er of the afternoon.
Hostesses, Mrs. H. L. Downs, Mrs.
E. W. Harrison and Mrs. William
Cleaver
Doctors Summoned to
Horse to Aid Injured
Find Dead Body of Man
in Shed
Black
Man
SHOT THROUGH HEAD
One man was killed and another
seriously injured about midnight last
night at lilack Horse, when Marshall
Hlack, colored, was shot through tho
head with a 32-calibre bullet, and
Salvatore Sarabocco sustained a gash
on the head with a black jack.
A summons to Montgomery Hospi-tal.
NorrlStOWn, for the ambulance
resulted in locating the body of
Black in a. shed at the rear of 122
Diamond avenue, Hlack Horse, about
a half hour after the shooting. The
Investigation made by Lieutenant
Sam! of the Norrlstown police forco
resulted In the police making several
arrests and considerable information
which was turned over to the State
police to assist them in the capture
of the person responsible for Black's
death. The three nun arrested ore
being held us material witnesses.
Yesterday in a shed back of 122
Diamond avenue, which adjoins
Black's home at 124, the body of the
d'ead man was found with a bullet
wound in his head. The bullet had
entered one side of his head and
emerged from the other side. Ik-was
taken to tho hospital, where it
was announced ho hud been dead
fo some lime.
The police learned that a light had
taken place between half a dozen
colored men and other residents of
the village und that one of the par-ticipants
pulled a rcvlovcr and Rred
at Bluck. The victim fell at the
first shot. The man who fired the
shot at Bluck fired two shots through
a window at Black's home where bis
wife was seated. Both of these bul-lets
were located this morning.
The olllcer placed three men under
arrest, Charged with being material
ALLIANCE MEETING
The regular meeting of the Wom-an's
Catholic Alliance was held in
St. Matthew's Parish hall. Hector
and Harry streets, last evening, and
was attended by a large number of
the members. Included in the rou-tine
of business was the report of
the committee having charge of
the distribution of Christmas bas-kets
and the arrangement for the
Christmas dinner at St. Mary's Pol-ish
(frphanage in West Consho-hocken.
Miss Elizabeth Kelly was elected
chairman of the Social Service to
succeed Mrs. John A. Quinn, who
resigned.
The garments that have been
made for the orphans were brought
to the meeting last evening and
those having garments not yet
completed are requested to send
them to Mrs. John P. Quinn, 347
Spring Mill avenue, as soon as pos-sible.
Following the business session a
social was held and an enjoyable
time enjoyed. Mrs. Charles W
Jones delighted the audience by
her reading from Mark Twain.
Miss Isabella McCoy read a history
SI short^ bSh°.nnI wa7in dis~- j half the sabaries
MCSS Fellow-workmen worked
With him and assisted him to the
hospital connected with the plant
and the nurse was summoned. She
noticed the man was In a serious
condition and sent for medical aid
but before a physician arrived the )
man had expired.
Beside his wife he is survived by ,
two d, auguh.t_er.„s a„n„dJ o„„n„e sco^nn a.«s ffo„li" 1.rnent and ask for an expla„na.t.i.o,n,..
lows: Clara, wife of Henry Dun-fee,
of Delair. N. J.; Laura, wife of
James Ainscoe, of this borough, and
William Thawley, of Camden, N. .T.
The funeral will take place from
'.he residence of his son-in-law.
i lames Ainscoe. Fourth avenue and
Wood street, on Thursday after-
1 noon. Services will bfl conducted
at the house at 2 o'clock and the
Interment will be in the Gulf ceme-tery.
Margaret Jones Sithens.
Margaret, wife of Frank Sithens
and daughter of Llewellyn, and
IMana Jones, died yesterday morn-ing,
at her home, 509 Spring Mill
avenue, in her 43rd year.
Mrs. Sithens had been in ill health
for sometime and ten days ago was
stricken with pneumonia. For a
week, her condition was serious and
her death !was held before the schools closed
m
,the fourth class districts, the dis-trict
is entitled to $4800.00 annually
I but the checks received by Treas-
I urer Woodward in payment from
the State amounted to only $4635.94.
iThe members of the board feel they
are entitled to the full amount and
i Instructed the secretary to com-
Imunicato with the State Dopart-unation.
Edward Bickert, of Britt-Molr
avenue, appeared before the board
and asked if it would be possible to
have his 16-year-old son released
from school in order to look after
his household. The boy is old
enough to be released but he has
not passed the required grade in his
studies. Mrs. Bickert died in Nov-ember,
leaving nine children and
the boy in question is the oldest.
He said it was impossible for him to
procure a housekeeper and the only
way which his family can be held
together is to keep the son away
from school. The boy will have pas-sed
the grade in February and the
board will endeavor to Issue a pro-visional
certificate for thirty days.
Supervising principal T. J. Steltz
submitted his report In which lie
'stated the Christmas entertainment
M. J. Harvey Places Orders for
Building Materials.—Houses
To Be Built in East
Eighth Avenue
TO SELL FOR $3600
M. J. Harvev, lis West Eighth
avenue, who has been relieving the
' house shortage here during the past
year by erecting and selling mod-em,
moderate priced dwellings, will
continue building and has just let
I a contract for building materials.
' heating and plumbing and electrical
'equipment for twenty dwellings to
be erected in East Eighth avenue
below Wells street, on land which
he has purchased.
Mr. Harvey completed twenty-three
houses and has sold nearly all
of them. He finds there is still a
demand for comfortable, moderate
priced houses and decided to carry
on the new operation.
Work will begin with the opening
of spring and the houses win be
of two story, brick, containing five
rooms with electric lights, hot wat-er
heat and all the modern conven-iences.
There will be front and
roar patches and the houses will
sell tor $3600 each.
Two houses of the type he pro-poses
to erect in the spring, are
Hearing completion. They are lo-cated
in East Eighth avenue and
will be ready for inspection within
a few days.
Sometime ago Mr. Harvey pur-chased
large tracts of land in Maple
street. West Eleventh a.venue and in
East Eighth and Ninth avenues and
built dwellings with the double pur-pose
of aiding in meeting the house
shortage problem and to dispose of
his land. He has improved much
land that was looked upon as being
undesirable owing to the great
amount of Mling required. Mr.
Harvey was successful in getting
earth in large quantities and has
made great imjjroveraents in the
best residential sections.
through Sunday night
was expected. She apparently ral-
1 lied during the night and hopes were
entertained for her recovery. Yes-oi
the early Catholic schools and an " m01.nlngi she became weaker
i-nt.er.e,st,in.g s..t.o..r..y. uwrri-iltttteann b1My- MYtii's-.ss .. . *... .
Elizabeth Collins, and being exten-sively
published by one of the lead-ing
magazines, was read by Miss
Agnes O'Neill. The story was much
enjoyed by all who heard it.
and death came very suddenly. She
is survived by her husband and four
and was largely attended. He atten-ded
the sessions of the State Educa-tional
Association at Bethelem and
said that the work in his schools Is
being carried out along the plans
outlined in all first-class schools and
STATE POLICE RAID
LAFAYETTE HOME
Before Magistrate Clark at Nor-ristown,
yesterday afternoon. Frank
children: Frank, Charles. Mary that the cost per pupil is below that
Elizabeth and George, all of whom In most districts. He reported that
reside with their parents. She Is several of the teachers are in need
also survived by her parents and the of books for their grades and the
ffoolllloowwiinngg bbrrootthheerrss and a sister: proper committee was instructed to
James, (loorge and Llewellyn Jones,
Jr., and Gertrude, wife of Charles
Minnick, of this borough.
The funeral will take place from
her late homo on Thursday after-
Hilbert, of l^afayette, was held un- noon at „ 0.clock services will be
der $1000 ball for trial at court on con(lucted at the house and will be
the charge of violation of the liquor Ju charge 0r Rev. T. A. Armour, pas- | State Treasurer as the second half
provide them. The report included
that there are several leaks in the
loot of the school building but the
Building Committee had already or-dered
these repairs to be made.
The Treasurer reported the receipt
of a check for $2298.44 from the
laws. The home of Hilbert was
raided on Saturday afternoon by
State Policemen English and But^
ler and Constables Porter, McDer-mott
and Shearer. T wostills were
found in the place, one in operation.
A jug of liquor was also confiscated.
Elmer Schank, who was also ar-tor
of the Methodist church. The
Interment will be in the Gulf ceme-tery.
GAVE HIMSELF UP
John E. King, who several months
ago jumped his bail while awaiting
a further hearing before Magistrate
rested at tho same time, having been ciark at Norrlstown on the charge
caught leaving the Hllbert place 0f violation of the Woner Act, and
With a quart of liquor, was allowed whose bail was forfeited some time
his freedom and held in his own lager, gave himself up yesterday and
witnesses and having been at "''<*| recoKnizance to appear at court as a appeared at the office of the magis-■
cane during the tight. The tire Jos- witness against Hilbert.
eph Barrows, George Lee and Nick
Franceosku. They were taken to the
City Hall and locked up.
During the investigation Kami re-covered
a man's cap, a 32-calibre re-volver
cartridge thai had not been
discharged and two blackjacks, lie
also learned that Bulvatore Sarabocca
raftered a wound of the head inflict-ed
by a black jack.
At 10 o'clock this morning the re-volver
which is believed to have fig-ured
In tho shooting was turned i i
to Sarnl by a man employed at Icy
Rook, who slated that he found tho
weapon along the road on Ridge pike
below Black Horse while be was on
his way to work this morning.
Local Registrar White was notified
by the hospital authorities of Black's
death and he Immediately turned the
case over to Coroner Neville.
SURPRISED ON
George W. Jones, of West
enth avenue, was somewhat
prised on returning from an
ride on Sunday to find
at his home what looked like a fam-ily
reunion, and on inquiry was in-formed
it was his birthday, a fact
ho had entirely overlooked.
Mrs. Jones had prepared a fine
dinner for the occasion, which all
heartily enjoyed. We will not say
how old Mr. Tones is, but that he Is
a remarkably young looking man (
to have a son and daughter married | >
and to be twice a grandfather. He
has lived here all his life and is a
well known bricklayer.
Advertis^irTfHE RECORDER
trate for his hearing. The defend-ant
was discharged as there was
no evidence against him, because
the truck load of supposed barrels
of liquor captured by State Police
at the hotel at Trewigtown. proved
auto 4.0 be water,
assembled
BIRTHDAY
Elev-
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Local Industries are
Making Great Progress
In a series of articles, begin-ing
today, the RECORDER
will print In the issue of each
Tuesday, information of the
town's industries which will be
of Interest to every resident
and will give te outside world
authentic information of Con-shohocken
as an Industrial town
whose industries are in the first
tank.
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of the first year's appropriations.
There was a balance reported in
tho treasury of $5896.17. Orders
were granted in the amount of $151.-
53.
All members were present.
JONES HELD FOR COURT
ENTERTAINED IN HONOR OF
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Frank A. Case, manager or the
Riant Theatre, and his wife were
tendered aTeception at the homo o'
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ka>: .11-^
East Ninth avenue on Sunday el
ing. The occasion being the four-teenth
anniversary of their mar-riage.
The evening was enjoyabiy spent
In a diversion of amusements and
at a late hour a wedding supper was
served.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Stephens, Mrs. Donald Shed-dy,
Mr. and Mrs, Robert Dunder-villo,
of this borough; Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Hartman, of West Con-shohocken,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ferd-inand
Fortunate, of Philadelphia, in
addition to Mr. and Mrs. Case and
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kay.
As Mr. and Mrs. Fortunate were
returning to their home, the car in
which they were riding was stopped
on the Ridge pike at City Line in~
order to wipe the windshield, which
had become covered with rain and
sleet. While the machine was park-ed
along the pike another car com- -
ing in the same direction ran into
them with great force. Mr. Fortun-ate
escaped injury but his wife was
painfully injured and It Is feared
sin has suffered internal injuries.
BANK ELECTIONS
John Jones, colored, arrested In
Angel Alley last Thursday evening, j
by Ofilcer Redmond and suspected
of robbing the house of Rev. Walter
Wood, a colored preacher, and att-empting
to rob his next door neigh-bor
Mrs. Cecelia Pomlatlwcz, was gi-ven
a further hearing by Magistrate
Light and committed to the County
Jail in default of bail on the charge
of felonous entry and larceny. At
the hearing witnesses testified to
seeing Jones In the alley on the
previous evening, after he had testi-fied
at the first hearing he had wan-dered
into the alley while trying to
find his way to his camp at tho Alan
Wood Iron and Steele plant in this
borough and that he had never been
in the alley before.
Rev. Mr. Wood identified a quan-tity
of clothing which had been ta-ken
from his home and found in
Jones' camp at the iron mill.
Instruction In dancing, children and
adults Elizabeth Collins. 2nd ave. &
Forrest St. Phone 627 J.
10-31-tfn Advertisement
The local anks are holding their
annual election for directors today.
The First National bank re-elected
the old board, comprised of John
Pugh, Horace C. Jones, Richard H.
Bate, Richard G. Wood, Reese P.
Davis, John C. Tracy, George TV
Lukens, Harry B. Heywood and Jolin^
M. Taylor.
The People's . .ationai, West Con-shohocken,
re-elected the old board,
comprised of John Fearnside, Geo.
W. DeHaven, Edgar E. Woodward,
Jacob I. Moser. Anthony Talone,
DeLorme T. Fordyce, Charles B.
Frankenfleld, Alva S. Mackenzie,
Alexander Keys.
The directors will meet to elect
officers at the organization of the
boards.
LADIES' AUXILIARY ELECTION
The regular meeting of the Lad-ies'
Auxiliary of John F. DeHaven
Post, American Legion, was held in
the Park House last evening and a
lnrge number of the members were
present. In addition to the regular
routine, election of officers was hold
and resulted in the following per-sons
being chosen: President, Mrs.
Ruth Shade; vice president, Mrs.
Norman Green: financial secretary,
Mrs. Margaret Lobb; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Mae Cohee: treas-urer,
Mrs. Anna DeHaven; chaplain.
Miss Margaret DeHaven: 'trustees,
Mrs. Catharine Millhouse, Mrs. Mar-garet
Chell and Mrs. John Grennor.