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VOLUME XVII NO. 19
ARDMORE PA., FEBRUARY 2, 1907
LOCAL NEWS OF THE |FIRE FOLLOWS
WEEK CONDENSED
Notes of Geueral Interest
Gathered Here and There
Around Town.
Saves Mr. Phillips’
Home. .
BRIEF PERSONAL, MENTION
FIREMEN
Lives of great men all remind us
How important it it must be
Just to have a good press ageut
Wri owe Brom.
The bursting of
kitchen stove about 1
St, Valentine's Day just two
weel.s off.
Wweshingion's Birthday next.
STOVE EXPLOSION
Prompt Action of Firemen
USE" AUTOCARS
JAMES K. CLARKE
SAVES WIFE’S LIFE
Weil-known Woman in Motor
Boat Collision at Palm
Beach,
HELD BY MACHINERY
In a collision between two fast mo-
tor-boats at Palm Beach, Fla., on Wed-
day, irs James K. Clarke hed a
harrow escape from being drowned,
saved by the wonderful
| and was only by
presence of mind and bravery of her
besband
The
ten-mite race, events of the
day r.
Mre. Taggart, of Wyoming ave- ue spo cei lay. and we Clarke were in
nue, cutertaed ct card ‘on Thurs-| scattered in all di their bo: ats hs a Me Kare int
through the kitchen door into dining] ine, owned by J. Middleby, Jr., of Bos-
dey evening i fu ouor of Mrs. HT. room and parlor. The carpets in all three | ton, was being ari wen by her builder,
Roberts, nis took fire aud a pair of draperie | George Gingras, of Rockledge, Fla.
Miss Jessie “McClinuck gave al hetween the di room and parlor] Other boats in the group were the
ot srions fire,
musicale on Monday evening. jazed
A rally of the Ladies’ Aid Society,
entertain-
weer pa
the house, rushed in ta tte ‘Gown the
ans, Word,
by
ising | of Philadelphia, Me Clarl
y Wolf,
“Possum, owned by Hugh Willoughby,
s father;
the Gray ed by iL
ecient occurred just after the
th t
LETTER FROM | TENDERFOOT
Making About Lew on Ki ping Snow
m Sidewalks.
Bator of a
Being a res “Ot Ardimore but a
short timé ii seem slightly pi
Sumaptaus for me to question the lee
0 ering the place, In spite of being
a “tesleinot T have Decome stasied
to the lc in a short
in close “ont wn
town I bec:
Desi get
the people n the t
subscribes « of The Chronicle and feo
time read the érdinances
whiel 4 hve “seen published therein by
the Board of Township Commissioners.
which
Of these. there
was partictarly
wa:
to and from tininess, a wate aly wa:
interested in its provision:
follow
DLN,
To Compel eos N Sccupants and
Owners to Keep. the Sidewalks
Front. of There Bronte Clear
from Snow and Tee.
s, which were | /
Y.M.CA, CORNERSTONE
TO BE LAID TO-MORROW
*{Mr, Clarkson Clothier Will
Have Charge of the
Services,
THE PUBLIC 18
IS INVITED
As the new building is far enoug!
along in the course of construction,
parsices will accompany
the comer-stone at the
Christian
Sunday aiternoon at
‘The services will be i
en's
Baling next
four feck
eK the president he k
y organization, Mr. Clarkson Ciothien
s] Rev. C. Simpson, pas the
. E. Church, il make the
dedication tunes. Mr.
ham, of Narberth, and Dr. William H.
Miler, of Brym Mawr, will participate
a granite
15 by 20 inches with the dat
the laying “1 ved on the face
ane corner-stone is Docks
20 by
¢ John Whiteman “ons, ne ee chased and beautify
improved by Mr. Charles S. Howell ext seen aa along, churels Roa
the Hofiman Property to to Vister & or dge of the
tale copse on the point between n Church I sottgomery
venue. ‘This little piece of woodland was we en ny ol Mr. Loui
Wi ister, but, during the lifetime of the younger John Ww hitenan, ity was
sed by him as a sort 0 storage qed for old jumb other
tuations to such an extent that Mr. W: ister buen eared ‘hat
“Whiteman had everything, covet ed with the lot a deed.”
The ¢ two John Whitemans, father nd son. ‘oleae Senior,
owned and Secupied the old m1 the portion of the epee
rest to the Hoffman place, occupied, etantl within a few years, by
iss laughter, Miss Hannah, who effected the sale of the erty to
Powell, but died before the transaction was entirely ¢ Consume
e
mate:
‘The old man is named in the original deed as “John Whiteman,
rtwright,” ing a cart and wagon builder, hav wing) his shop
annexed to ie “nouce
on the northeast side, where, curly and late,
he both
father and son could be found at when turning the hubs, shaving
the spokes and sawing the isos ‘al iy hand, constituted a not unim-
Portant part of the trad wheelwrig)
Both father and sor ere, crcl ‘esha as well as good
citizens, the pounger mae be wing ¢ time, one of the most popular
men in’ mship, a
® aatnton which aa not, however, attach to
the old eat eman on acco! of his too freel cly-ex, xpressed belief in
!) transmigration or metempsy' rchosis, seh tended to bar
wi the
the old man
a
from intimate assoe iation 20)
7 <conneation with an was ulso sent to Mr.|oughby, Mea of New The Boag hip: Commis- The Dresident “ the Porno will ing. @ very well-read m m Pi —- he J of intl
will be held in the lect tips, who employed ab tie Avtocar] | Lying Os inthe lake was the sopers of “Tower Molon "Ranh fe ‘i vo in the guide of gence ‘heyo mid the avera he one his belief with arguments he
roonot St, Paul's Lutheran Chureb | 82 J Claw a i Stone a story “of the Toeal Asso ved to be “reutae, ‘and used illustrafions which fhe ‘felt should
: eu of the trouble at Mr. Philips ose, Section 1. It shall be the duty of of the present members, I. He claime
on Tuesday eveni:.g, February 2; at aye the keptical. He claimed tb be able to designate the
1 © road tenants or occupants of buildings} a rst officers of the Asso- 1 al bi i i
Bu'clock, An off-ring will be re- Sasha oF pecuants of buling : ; particular animal, bied or reptile to which the soul-of leparted
ceived at the doors RRS gn # paved siewalicon vt jose who are] friends or acquaintances had been assigned and was animatings and
13 also to be able to point out the viciows Neves ctory cow, wild bull
Mr, and Mrs. J. F. Byer, who snistersunt fretting apparue, found abutting thereon, to or cross dog to which had descended the souls of those of either sex
have been visiting their parents, | I less tian five such si ks to be kept clear tof of ¢/for whom in life he had not the sincerest adn ‘ation. He frequently
sire nana 8, | were on the se tearing a big ‘er | snow and ice in front of their respec- ot | said (partientary to children) oN ever str i vo ee
Me and Mon, Efinghat B. Mortis ine, eat tds a will, [side and staving in her own nose. e premises: and ‘ a rson whose] o and pose some by doing s0 ing yout eran FE mare you night
returned on Thursday to their home | Chief Ryan was among oa “fest to eet Mrs. Clarke had seen. the rash c ay it is to with the peo ica | was fixed and uinchang ante Si he hie belief th th eh in bis Creator
in Allegheny City. the extinguishers to werk, and by the|ing, and had stepped bac ions of this ordinance shall permit or oe oa ds sit into and possessed the lower animals, when Page from th soul went
Miss Steitler, of Philadelptia, |tim® fire company arrived there so she brushed against ‘he machinery suler snow to remain upon the "vide w corner, but ai a and on in its line of ok te ease i rom the body by
x ts MbaGelphaa, | ity of the Bruiser, and her skirt became| walk more than ten working hours nv i t in*from the eastern) annihilated, was just as fixed weable ce wat ecame finally
has accepted the position of soprano fi he , j s fixed and unchangeable as was that of Pytha-
zy wave in slentangled. She tried eusuccessfully tofafler the snow bas ceased to fal, ig the Lancas- whom, equently quoted in his arguments. In this bel
in the choir of St. Paul's Chu’ itor Shout the actual tear herself loose. In a few moments| shall perm langerons To uawel vr Pik Me Clothier will superintend |the old man was entirely alone in his houscheldy neth hie is petit
ry svat he flames was sual. the vise hea sled with water tip to|to remain on the sidewallsuncovered and the contractor, Mr. | any of his children were ever pe by hing ate nee his wife nor
He mid-year examinations at) "just gs theexcitement wasatite eight, | Mrs, Clarke's neck. by aes or sowdont, he shall be sub Joseph Dyson, will be um hand to at. ee ben gare the contrary they did eeemthi ee eet Tespect for
the Mab School are over, a condi-| Fire Insurance Agent “McCurdy arrived, | ‘There she sat, pinned fast and wait liect to 2 penalty of five dollars, to beliend to the actual work. The public i | him from promulgating. hi *toetes in whieh Possible to prevent
tion that is not regretted by the | and, almost before the smoke had cleared |ing for the motor collected athe manner. povided bs] cordity invited to attend these ser-| nsuccessfl, fi fe dine paltce a anche however, they were
pupils, to say the lea away, he was at to make father’s boat and ter ‘tater’ boa : law. vice: ied, more then fas fee in his belie itt a fipe aid a and in it he
the necessary repairs, am dinless thin|iymned back to offer ; Approved by the Board December —_ i rig cnpet Not be inferred that the
Me. HL B, Schrether is om a busie| ee ae aintrent mechanics had the Fees eee dna that shes ct to Fe 5 egg” te Board Decembe DEATH OF EDWARD MULLEN. belief ithe old man constituted him either a scorer or trifler wit
ness trip to Rochester, N. Y. work fr The Bruiser was bound to sinky and)" ALGERNON B, ROBERTS, ath, as the final result of consump, bute at the come time eeecnings. He was a careful Bible student,
The precocious schoolboys have} This eajustment of insurance Ione isa {0 all appearances Mrs. Clarke wa President. ten came about ri o'clock Saturday night | 1,0 h “
atveady found nickname for the reorder, even wi Me eCard, bound £0 sink vith it. Attest: , 0 Mr, Edward of Simpson road,
new road known as School lane, | ¥lioa afine record} ‘The predicament was o GC, ANDERSON, wees Matien wt been Ae a .
it "Psion alley” oe amily wee agi com one, but she was the ¢ member retar ing from the diseas his re: a E :
‘They call it “Prison alley. able in te ir eory home and ull traces of fof the party. Everybody was shouting] This document “anpeired in i pected at es on ‘i "aca es always ‘clear. een bat ety i a he bo pratt oe his liste refo oh pot
The recent fallsof snow have not|the damage by smoke and water Svrave| and offering all sorts of suggestions the ‘Chronicle in the js ste of Diese “Me Mullen who eas but often sought Suniusenent rather than instruction from hin © too
entirely spoiled the skating at the been obliterated,chanks to Mr.McCurdy’s | that coulda’ possi have | be en not any| 22d, and snows ha’ Sehte theton ™ are man, T ger John, who w: rom
Haverford College dam promptness. service have gone and the Caictot the Board was appointed to the Lowe ct rat
s ° when Ther husband drew a oaeath ree of Com s has been ignored in| force 8 19°4. Me served fos soon
. . a , fh ve years and was alwa: ideres her, small shop
Rev. and Mrs, F.W.Staley visited and dived down wner the water i the every respec ; ded for in| e=eeet cer. During hie tenn he| at hi jome, where he carried on the business for a time, but
‘i Salle & oat. he “ten h it” provided for in . 2 aah time,
friends at Falls of Schuylkill on} NOTES FROM THE CHURCHES = |> Ae tnacked away at the skirt etl the ordinance has bee 1. lengthene — fendered ud service on the| gradually retired from the calling in order to devote all his time to his
Tuesday. —+ he had come up for breath, and then, {days, with no apparent effort by prop-| occasion of a burglary on St. Paul? duties as cl i" table, to which office he w continuously elected for
h . : cing Leger or any
Mr. Clarence Wannop, of Bryn St. Paul’s Lutheran Charoh. after inflating his Jungs, Bed erty owners to comply with the Jaw)Ted: | Whil Fee eee ehich ae a eta and ils, accompanying office of Tax Col ollector,
S| Ps 7 f And apt ine Tt to b and certainly no effort has been made} “vet a bullet ‘wow in the cheek. For} which was an appointive position, in which he served for almost. ai
Mawr, ishome from a three months! | The hotherhood of Autrew and Pilip/ayain. “Tt egan to. be ainly as in erro cont the Font eqs gt of tine
im wt St. Paul's| whether he. could get the sie a
stay in Washington, D.C.
ch irc to-morrow, with their meeting | away before the Bruiser sank, the
The section of Ardmore known |at 9.30. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Staley, little boat 9 was wabbling carningly
as Vinegar Hill has beena favorite we Preach the morning Symes Sane On econd dive he sacceede in
i i seheol P.M: Chris cut le aki aays
sledding resort during the past ow 7? a followed by the ine an
week, event in ‘ent ‘The annual congrege— the
tional f this chureb will be beld | plan, thotine also vent; bat
Mr. William MacReynol¢s and
next Weiln ch
ng oi
day evening in the chur
This esting istor the election
family have removed from their| \ontor,
former residence at Cricket and of officers for the ensuing year,
Spring avenues to the corner of|Aneider, two dencons and two. stec
Cricket avenue and Sckocl lane. are to. chosen, Reports from the
treasurer and the presidents of the differ
ht societies will be read, git
To-night,the freshman class of
pet
he Prt yea Interesting and grat sit)
rep ‘pated, as the church has
ttm sesensu year,
Ciestnut Street Opera House,
A euchre and dance will be given
next Tuesday evening in'T A
M. E, Church.
B.
for the beaefit of
Interesting, se
vices were held in the
ns
Hall, Rosemont, M. E, churel lust Sunday. At the morn=
S:. Denis! Church, Ths 1. C.B.U.|iny serum Pastor Simpson preached
Society will also give a euchre and| from the text, “Hast thou entered into
the tresoures of the snow?" Tu theever
hi the he Se
Record of Lifes” At this sevvie
boyd, an ‘ene, rendered w fine
solo. w morning's service will
be the equa serve, om which M
dance in the same hall on Thursday
vening.
The “Ardmore Fling,” a club
which is composed of many of the
f our town,
o Simp: eon will preach a short sermon of
gave avery successfill dance last prepar The the evening
Saturday evening in Merion Title) sermon will be "The Expansive Power of
Hall the Gospel. The services
will be as follows: ‘Sund:
9.30% prewching and Lord's Sane 10.45:
Owing to the disbanding of the Bini ara Rov hea
1g
Chester High School basket ball
° Sohne by the eve sermon,
team, the Lower Merion High|2. he uM
School team was unable to play the |
game scheduled with Chester for «First Baptist Chore,
be with Centra next ‘Fritey after he song service ba in i capt
oon, cic last Sunday
ended and was a great ot ‘on
Heiday a Junior Christian Eden
Society organized. Mi Timer
_havenrons CRICKET SQUAD. — | Bourne, of the senior organization, w was
day.
commence with the Brutherhond wel
te rection of (Coich Grorge |i at 9.39, followed
tt, well-known Proteson. morshipcomcted b
Philips | Lord’s Supper will fo!
aching. Seay oh der ‘Ser
t
Miewane Lowry ai
we fst fron last year's team, eich tivd | Pre
collegiate ch with |
enya The men
team that are back in
Cann el
Som lust year
cotiege are Captain Gen Fan, A,
rs oe TG. Brown, Eawands ard (of Clirstiay Endeavor,” precedes
Clem evening service at 7.45.
to spend a part of the winter in
Mrs. |i
her crew had no difficulty in geting |en
off. .
band’s cottage, where she changed her
clothes In a few minutes she was out
ain, as though nothing had hap-
ers. James K. Clarke is well known
along the main line, and her beautiful
¢ has been the scene of many so-
car vesterng. Before her marriage
to Clarke, ago,
was Miss Katherine B. Wioughbs, the
youngest daughter ‘Mrs.
Hugh Willoughby, of us “Chest
sect
been the custom of Mr. and
Mrs. Carte, ever since their marriage,
lor-
da and. this year es | tet for the
South about two
"The news that Mrs. Gurke “had bare-
ly escaped. death came as a shock to
her many friends in Ardmore and
along te main line, who were rejoiced
to learn that she was not seriausy in-
Bowling
ALL-. gee
Mt
Totals vee TRE
OM
‘Totals cee
irs. Clarke was brought to her hus-| am
he | xet the snow off the sidew:
{| MeLure
to enfori
ier the ‘publishing of the ordin-
luff to scare the people
“he Board ot Bow mship Com-
s been derelict in its en-
ance
or eke
in towns half the size
lore and enjoyed the conveni-
ence of wood sidewalks which in winter
1 kep pew and
fr sanpised | to find in “Videawate
town Tike this, tht Suh shack woods
ideas prevail, Tt relets on the people
ofa place “Then Te © sech evident careless-
ness exists, ae where laws are made
and not enfor
s hope that “old Sol" will come
vo aid thse whose duty
the law tin some way
cE
alks.
us hope that “old Sol” wilt]
missioners in the wor
side vals free from snow and ice.
irs very tru
A. “WALKER.
ARDMORE BOWLERS WIN
Junior Team of Ardmore wi 3 from
Havertord Sch
By wing two out of three feom the
Haverford School team of bowlers,
z team, consisting of
"Weimer, Mackey-
won their first
re
and Smi ith,
on the focal alleys. Bartlet
ww was particularly “remarkable.
game, was the high scorer for the vis
© Juniors easily won the
Fleming ......
fro
y tee
t the ne of its
c] ing some entertain:
Commission decorated him with a medal
Since leaving 8 fe pol ice force BM
Mullen was: vely in
business, havi ing me sane ‘e vegan
attacks of the dist
Thursday i in St. Denis! Center ny.
ESCAPED LUNATIC
Officor Reienner apiares the Man
+ neicnnen oT the Tocal_potice
force ‘ae au arrest
o
ze
aeF
Le
2
ion, pro
insane Pole by the name of Frank War.
he man escaped sen sass
con Asylu
Town, and had beew haunti
t Merton for two or three days. He
gave the officer no trouble and went
juietly to a cell in the Ardmore lockup
pending his removal to Norristown,
BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS BUSY
Gonaiaotes fon YM.
Number Twenty.
esting called for the
ts on Wednesday ever:
ilered for a sscbeiuie
mbe:
ae
T1907, At the meeting u
Fields was chosen temporary Stic
to him were e submited the mans of
tieenty possible candidates. A eonmite
tee on aroun ad a committee on fat
fie! mi
a
baseball eld.
Charles Cassel, Mr. Robert Wins
to fo and Mr. Jay Whiteman, on the
fFundscanpmitte, have the task of
ment to raise money
necessary to purchase suits and
tient, There ie plenty of good materi
inthe Young Men’s Christian Association
aud it looks now asif they are facing good
rospects.
HENRY KAUFFMAN DEAD,
me fiends of Mr, Heury Kauffman
”
the tl
ds
while a g0
a typical constable, being possibly as well known to the
commana the Cour offic
alone, but
e
x it -doers o1 he consequences
f hii ds of treating them, and, while he passed through many
attles with all sorts and ki bad characters, he was none the less
a terra ‘0 them, for i s the exceptional case vhen he was defeated
bated it making an «he invariably got is man, oF two or
three of then if required, Net it somncbo
Je did not always escape injury
hhimselfin these encounters being
more than ‘ae seriously injured in the performance of his uty. He
was crippled several times, sh repeatedly, had his bones broken
and his clothing tor i ite the fava at West Mana-"
and again into the
and otherwise: mal-
ted in wa bailiwt ik in “rad a elsewhere, but he
seldom failed in Y executing is warr: always loaded down
with his official e equipment, consist oi x “tuplicates, revelver, black-
jack, handcuffs and t piece of r ou
sed with more re
5
ties
e ‘The hiding place was at on ds
recov d the trio convicted and punished. Whit ternan wae ade
vis ‘oss, of the
this occasion by Judge lontgomery “County
Court that there was such, a thing as too great zeal, even in conferring
rd degree on a thie
He in charge of the Posse when Mand was kifled at Bryn
Mawr, the story of which has! bee us Teter, in which
e his fearlessness cost him and. ts “teputies a term in prison and,
fficie was, nee quite the same
's| were _apotated. ‘The field committee— od and ef t officer the eafter, he
Messrs, Kaldenbacher, Fleming and | Whiteman Bs pefore the unfortunate ce! court, in- sen
Metfensessey-—is to maice asrangemeuts, | tencing him misdemeanor, conned tn ‘for duty well
# Possible with the Board of Managers | performed, ‘wat “omic hith for its eA. has een
- Ardmore Athletic Association for| Said, his neighbors paid him and his donee Noe ‘Toss urred
while ser}
next
Sof tim
‘ving their sentences, and oters of th he ownstip, ot the
suceeding election, re- elected hin umani
Collector, he gath many. thous
the taxpayers of Lower Merion, ‘snd throu
tovstianess e Jost many thousan su
je that, whether by appointment by the ni
ahastion y the people, he was continuously retained as Colle
to almost the time of his ales in
Tm politi
ands of dollars from -
igh his iindness of heart and -
lector up
nch Democrat, but was never a leader,
being | ive named on bath tickets for the office of constable, for,
en account of his long service and seal popularity, it was a diffe ‘ult °°
setae a on against hi et
matter Tt to nee
setive inember of both the Masonid and
Totals
Somers
Totals so...
ked tohear
thine he had ied very seventy Toning
the night, ired the previotis
had
1 evening | in tie wea ent and spirits,
and, appearing at the breakfast table
‘sa a mnentber of his family attempt.
nse nim, and fonnd thet he was
fade “The tantly has the sympathy of
the conimutiity, of which ihe’ deceused
was a most respected meiuber.
For Odd
Fellows’ Trauiges in the villa lage and a contributor to all thd teligious
organizations, but nota member o}
Tie ie m July 17, 1900, in the oa hoitse above referred to, sur=
‘o_danghters, Elizabeth and
brothers, we
village residents. All of hi
ly,
vi wie Bat about four years
Henrietta, marr nd Ha
neither they nor ‘thels “aries are now
ground has been sold the death, quite recently, of his sister Hannah,
«ast owner of her father's property, previously referred to, ended
Ane generation: another daughter, sles Robert Ferguson, having. been
{avowed in MUI Creek several years