Chester Times (Newspaper) - July 2, 1926, Chester, Pennsylvania NET PAID FOR MAY 15464 TWO JUDGES TAKE OATH OF OFFICE IN MEDIA COURT W Roger Fronefield Senior Post John Broomall Associate n M of Bar and Other Personages Attend For ma Ceremony John M Broomall 3rd of Media was inducted into office as associate judge of the Delaware Count Courts and Judge W Roger Fronc field who has been acting presiding judge since the death of Judgo Johnson was sworn in as preside judge before a host of county Court House attaches am friends ot tho two jurists afternoon Tlic ceremonies took place in Cour Koom No 1 at 3 oclock Some timi before that hour the court voon had become well filled with friends oC tho two jurists by the time the formalities were begun with Sen ator Albert Button Judge commission the room was tilled to capacity The bench arid several desks in tbo front of the court room were filler with huge bouquets of beautiful flowers These stood in giant bas kets ornately decorated with ribbon and many smaller containers After Court Crier bad opened the brief session Sen ator road Judge Frone commission Chief Deputy Andrew J then administered tho oath of Senator then read commission and Judge read tho oath of office to Ills associate to which Judge Broom all who is a member of tho Society of 1 C Taylor acting president of tho County Bur Associa tion announced that George 15 Dar lington dean of the county Bar and president of that organ would with the permission of the court deliver a brief address As tho oldest member of this Bar said Mr Darlington my memory goes back many years to my first business experience bore when we had 110 judges appointed from this county to our county bench The inon who sat hero came here from elsewhere appointees of tho Governor t when John M Broom our first judge was appointed and then Judge Clayton followed by Johnson It soon became ap parent to Johnson that the county courts work was too much for one minto handle and William Broomall was appointed associate judge You two gentlemen have been appointed by tbo Governor And all these men just as yourselves It was only after bad shown that they were fitted to sit on tho bench that they were re turned here by the people You are both of ago and you liave all the of manhood There is therefore no reason why you should not bo abl to serve hero with distinction You are here on probation so to speak and in more than a year you will havo to come before people There it will bo proven whether or not you have been faith ful to this trust Both of you are ideally fitted for tins profession you are in the law and I have 110 hesitancy in saying that I fool sure you will be when in 1027 tbo issue is left to the people of this great county Mr Darlington then extended his sincere congratulations on behalf of tlie I Jar Association and himself per sonally The court room resounded applause from the hundreds within as bo bis address Mr Taylor then introduced How ard M 1 former law partner of who spoke on of the younger members of the FAIREST OF THE COEDS CHESTER PA FRIDAY JULY 2 1926 FIUL With AH Bert of the Day KEYSTONE FORGE Concern Is Solvent Bu Step Is Taken to Con serve Assets During Mr Juu he course of his address paid a high to the Continued on Last Page CELEBRATES HER V temporary receiver up yesterday by President Judg V of the Pleas Court of this county for th Drop Forge Works Dela varo arid Centra avenues upon th of one of its stockholders The purpose of the a stated in the is to conserve th assets of the corporation and to per mit its continued operation pending It appears that th is solvent but lacks ash to meet claims of certain Dressing creditors who threaten to btam judgments and levy executions upon the property Judge appointed C F Philadelphia who some pf tlie largest creditors the company and who is also in in the company as its socre His hond is ii of 25000 Tho in equity in this pro eeding which was by Thomas oE as attorney or the stockholders sets out tha be company has ample assets i to neet its but that sue Assets would be wasted and dimin if the creditors were permittee o issue separate tso sots out that a s pending which it is believed wil tho anil e nil it it to resume operations Tho was appointed for thirty ays only anil will be permitted to tho plant during this interval rider order the court Tlic order of Judge Fronefield also enjoined any creditors of the com pany from filing or proceeding with any actions at law against it Dro Karse is one or tlie oldest concerns upon the river front owning valuable property t and where it is engaged in tho manufac ture of drop forgings Its believed to be Mrs Margaret T a resi dent of Chester for nearly a cen tury and well known bee iut who M Tr Mitl Ashler Mrs Horace G Kurtz of Reading is celebrating her one hundred ami frst birthday today Mrs Gartside is the widow of rolin who xor many years was engaged in the Cotton and woolen manufacturing business nt Fifth and Penn street Chester Tho old home was located at Fifth street ami Concord a Mrs has two children liv a ton Benjamin of Hester and a daughter Mrs Horace whom shc lives in haK li m in Phil in one In snd ono in Now York state uo in r and innon Irv od friends NOEL TO TIV W N J C n der Harrison Mary To o for At Nor his Is to piy a week expenses there unl 111 ho recovers his sanity when ho is to bo remanded for trial under the terms of tlie order Among tho documents offerer wis no by Doctors Christian C md F Down alien ists at tho trial which quoted Norl as savin I think the satisfaction that ilie public pot reading About the murder I committed f c the OFS cf I think my orime made roiy for the I to pet mar nod on 0 on t to commit murder to get IU RIDLEY PARK BOY ENTERS WEST POINT Thomas Mifflin son nt former Postmaster L Mifflin of West avenue Ridley Park Cen to tbo United Military Academy at Point by Congressman Thomas S Butler He entered the ves The young mnn was appointed first alternate last year and passed all examinations but at that time tiie candidate was admitted This year was made principal candidate and passed nil examina tions mental and physical Born and raised in Kid ley Parl young Mifflin graduated from Joy Park High school and at the nge of seventeen entered a prepara tory school in Washington D C passing from there to tho University of Pennsylvania Coming from a family famous in history he is named for General ot Revolutionary a signer of tho Constitution of tno United States from Pennsylvania Governor of Pennsylvania from until 1730 j SWIMMING POOL OPEN TOMORROW Many Improvements Made to Big Pool Since Last Season With many additional improve ments for the safety pleasure uid convenience its patrons the Ches Tenth and Barclay LEAGUE WROTE VOLSTEAD ACT WHEELER SAYS Head of Dry Forces Tells Probers How They Ira press Congress Accounts of Contributions Laid Bare by Senate Auditors WAS July T h e AntiSaloon wrote virtually all of tha Volstead Act H Wheeler of the told tho Senate Primary ing committee today In answer to questions bv Chair man Hoed tins legislative agent of the league told tho methods em ployed to Imprest Congress with tho necessity of enacting the Amendment corelated law The league said mends men Some en Wheeler for appointment lo dry but denied ft appointees senators aro host Mo and iv ho xaid seii ter streets one ot the largest public swimming pools in this section of the state will be opened tomorrow Sat Tbo pool which was erected here lasa year under the direction of 1 Evans president of the national Swimming Pool Corporation of Delaware is under manage ment J A a former newspaper man of Massachusetts who has hart a wide experience in tlic management of some ot the largest pools in tho country Mr stated this morning that the patrons of tho renovated pool will be amazed at the many improve ments since last year Private dress ing rooms for men and women have been built showers have bcca in stalled a modern checking system tor clothes and valuables will be put Continued an Page Two ALTSHULER IS BURNP AIDING BOY LATTER DIES Leaping from bis cnr and wrap ping his coit around the body of Hobinson 7 year old of In an the flames of tho boys clothing Charles 307 Uost Seventh street Chester who was passing through Wilmington in his car yesterday afternoon when bo saw be hoys clothes aflame was badly about tho hands coat which was burned to a crisp were saved by a boy was standing nearby who boy would inon would bo ineffective Wheeler Give us thy names of those ators said Well York Jorsey and Senator worth to make mont at all bis coat ami walked up and down as lie examined h color Your organization hu said in with appointment of doesnt it Now thats tho Clod truth on your oath isnt ItV Ue interfere where they try to put over crooked men on us Ami you interfere to got your own mon appointed dont tly to Ket 1C ind bad men from being ap pointed Wheeler said no money was spout in tho Pennsylvania primary because the organization could not agree on a candidate llo said tho league had money In the Oregon Minne sota and Wisconsin primaries The history of the AntiSaloon League wis submitted to tbo yon ato primary investigating commute today by its special wlu inspected the leagues books a Ohio official secretary o the offered accounts allowing expenditures and receipts o tlic dry organization since its tlon contributors of more than TWENTYEIGHT PAGES THE CHESTER TIMES WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED ON INDEPENDENCE DAY MONDAY JULY 5 SCOTT MAY KNOW HIS FATE TODAY CHESTERS BELL OFF TO SESQUI Mayor Turner and Party Accompanies Libert y Makes Address f by a police and Samuel Turner and a of municipal und representa tive Chesters Liberty was conveyed this morning to tin ir in Phil adelphia Tho nlil bell which for move than a century has its solemn notes to the people ut this from tho on coun house on Market traveled ti xj of Jovo on a lly decorated truck to deliver the his toric bell tu the exposition grounds completed lust by Mayor upon his return city at tho opening of iver wore Turner tlie the ji m L nor that befits both Its Its sacred In our yearly and documents showing expenditures were made The d ments will be mad public as as tlic committee ii them am they aro expected to shed much Ugh much Ugh on national yna even activities the league Chairman need figures to bea Intends to use the out s the League Is dominated by a small group of men lie wants to clear up In addition tho contradictory evidence ing City Magistrate X OConnor of Philadelphi n relation lo alleged Vare organiza tion attempts to buv bis Then bo will take up a matter which ho will hot to newspapermen and ad journ bis here for tho pres Tbo committee took no steps last Continued on Page Two AMERICAN WOMEN WIN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Hng July K both of California today won the womans doubles Championship in tho tennis litre J ho by Leo Stilling of Wili Mrs T A and CoV of 03 Cl succeeded in ng the burning clothes from tho leys body and ho was rushed to the St Francis Hospital Wilmington where he died last night as the re sult of the burns The boy was the ion of Mr and Mrs John Robinson of Adams street on His clothes were ignited troma can ot burning gasoline which wis started from a blow torch his father vas in repairing a car in the garage of tho Aluminum Sates Tho boys father also was Air in describing tho stated today that the plight the youngster was the most pa botic Tho littlo follow was ablaze from cad to foot said Mr ind o ran right Into my arms I hur tools off my coat and wrapped t about bis body but it was some ime before I succeeded in the flames The child showed an iron nerve fo hover onco o had boon taken to the hospital o tbo physicians if van ted to know his name ami where parents lived When he arrived home Mr Alt luler learned that his son Sydney ad boon treated at the Chester lios ital for Injuries sustained when a lummy elevator struck him on the caa He was injured at n Market store The boy in being held r observation HENRY T FULTON Henry T Fulton who diod at H oclock this morning at the residence of his daughter Mis f o stokes at Eighth and Madison streets will lo buried from the homo of his son Henry T Fulton Jr o Mowry street at two oclock next Tuesday after noon Rov Holmes pas tor of tho Madison Street Methodist church will perform tho str vices l Fulton who was seventy years j of ngo was a foreman at tho Trainer Spinning Mills for thirty years and later an employe at tbc Old Lincoln Mills ITIs death followed an illness of four weeks and was tho result of heart disease He is survived by his wife Laura Fulton one daughter and five sons Two sons who live In Detroit will bo present nt the fu with the rest of tho family Tho will bo interred In the Croft cemetery Friends are Invited to call at tho residence of Henry Fulton Tr Monday evening PONZI THREATS SUICIDE IN WIRE TO GOVERNOR CHESTER HOSPITAL BULLETIN admitted the Hospital yesterday and this Mabel M5 street surgical stroet surgical Winner Jolinson surgical Sydney Khuler 307 West Seventh snr Adam Haywood street Marcus Hook surgical Mrs Lva HP Tenth Up land medical Mrs Mattle Wilson 1010 Flower olas Mason 23 surgical Mrs 217 street surgical Mrs Sarah Lincoff Kast Mrs Margaret roh nors in Walnut street Marcus Hook Mrs Stato Media Those Smith Washington 3 I Washington D C Henry Aiin Nicholson street Taylor Mr Oxer Wost Third street Mrs Catherine 10 West stroot Those in the accident loom of the institution woro Harry lrors man Sll street tation of index and fingers John Witton Crum burns of palm and index and little lingers Anderson lOfi gunshot wound of left thigh a detail escort this priceless dolphia said tbo Mayor In i n int our Arrived at grounds the boll was as an exhibit by Mrs Martha Choster Mayor 1 tbo presentation ad l In tlic mayors parly which left fly Hall promptly at J oclock woro Dr 9 I Siay M J Humor H ind Allen it of tho and Clubs as well ts from and in Cheater also ac companied tbo Traveling In cans with tho bell on a true the party was preceded by of mounted Tho column moved out avenue over the and to thecity lino of Phila delphia Hero tho caravan was met ly a detachment ot mounted police from Philadelphia a number of city members of tho committee Tho party Immediately to the grounds where Mayor Turner pre sented Iho bell as an exhibit oC American to be housed in tho Pennsylvania for the duration of tho exhibition Mayor Turner in presenting Ibe ToeH said Upon all occasions tion has boon railed upon to our liberties and lo maintain the civilization which we enjoy tills oM bell has called tho citizens of historic Chester io arms Most of the re In all tho wars has been done In the Old Court built In 1721 Historically Chester is oldest in being by Iho Sweden in nnd granted to William Penn in ins nnd tho municipality constituted 1 corporate town in tho A monument marks Knot whore Penn landed In known lit the present time us Front nnd Pom streets Tho House Penn lived In Upland Is still standing nnd used as one of the landmarks of Bell Honored by Its selection among the National landmarks to bo shown in tho Pennsylvania at Iho exhibition tho old Jury to Get Case Charged With On Girl of Mai cii Mildred Scott of Hoolt K bl will know sometime thu of was mid when four in Media this attorneys i thu jury which wro h charge easu wont to the Jury at rll i today Tills IH the trial of Scotl fo thla during present term ho was tried anil II jury Scott is alleged lo have Miss McCarthy on night o March at a lonely U posed to bo along the Concord rond Miss tool tho stand ves and In u clear yt voice old her story sh could not thu o I followed hut ac cording to story ly be come aroused from a stale of stupor as slu approached hor bouu nUer getting out of tho which she ii along Flower am tln day Miss had been equally us e of Scott as her a nt 11 Sho said sho 1 was th man said cotl it testifying refer rug to the mooting of himself am ho girl I tho bureau Clt heater on tho day ho wa arrested That night she was positive but who sbc Iho next day she Kali i the man of Mln McCarthy who 01 ami face helped to i jc Scott MI thit ho had the outs who ho fell from a scaffold In t lower a Iho Purr Oil plant Mtr part Continued on Pago Two on two CARNIVAL nights of Upland and S MAN WHO TOOK POISON DIES N THE HOSPITAL 35 years old ind Iho father children who reported to havo swallowed n riled iiO last night in Hof He resided at 115 Franklin street was found in by his about oclock yesterday on the lack porch of his homo Ho akon to Hospital 10 was although be did not to It v According to bii ranio homo from work lato lay ind complained to her not vrIl liwis not dns The wholo family and early the next bis wife went to brcak ast she found him poisoned Samuel his eleven year old boy aid this morning that during tbo arly his father wis to have Ink en the poison he amo into tho room his Iron lay inl thorn No other than bis was riven bv lits ai tho of bin act His throe ror years old Ai red years old and Tony four oars old Tho funeral will bo from He residence tomorrow wil bo for him at iho t Anthony of Ulo In of thin n Taylor called Kra attendant ut the ol plant who testltled thut ScoLt hat told him wore sustained Ii an accident treated tho injuries Attorney in cross Scolt had tho latter ex Kit his bands which sun beu sours of tho cutH to the members o bo Jury These Miss AloCar iny contends aro where aho eun her In her Scott again followed hla action on tho night of the attack and called alibi llo said i p in after thn iin Miss Hays she i oC tho lyne Ii was in a garage at Hook looking tor a Oseni filler ho to tho garage nnd saw Wilson who was not around on tho occasion of first visit From the ga rage said ho went to Tomh tbo mills hero ho met his brother and from there left at 730 nnd wont home A1 Scolt testified that her bus Mrs r us band got Into nt 7 ami after dinner Bnt around lhc for the I p in boo rl 1 Miss HI brought to bin 22 an id thorough bo ODic I and who UKO In Din homo at tho Captain of Police flo IH to m investigation of the HI ind of Scott nt the n fli f Atlantic Dining Company on March SO WEEK Acting on com in from various parts of ho city the Depart ment of parks and public property or iho city announces that the or sprinklers hat aro unu about tho city for tho of the will bQ placed n position next week Tho showers lint boon installed yot this year to tho cool aro fifteen in tho lot ini those will ho placed in of Jho lo the children of var communities be Jihun down lt the of the ail school lorrn BOSTON July Charles Ponzi financial wizard wired Governor ruller today from Texas threatening to commit suicide if bo wore not permitted to leave the coun A MncDonlll to tbo governor sud Ponzi no was being persecuted and thought tho governor should exercise leniency in his behalf is wanted hero for imposition or a prison ns and and throe gone to Texas papers Break Delays Times Edition Wilmington Journal Gives Aid sen notorious stato have with extradition BANK HOLDUP NETS t H July today held up the Pank of U N Y twelve nnd in an with in cash it cast ot c and new the mechanical department of the Chester Times was to go to pros yesterday with the Postscript edition a m the mahine which is in molding iho forms of tho pagos io foro they aro made ready for tho press wore nt onco but it was seen that tbo broak could not bo repaired for nearly two hour that In Issuing the Postscript edition In the meantime woro made by tho of Times with tbo publishers of the to send six of the Times page forms to Journals plant and have the molds made there The hoavy page tho solid toad typo landed on to an automobile truck hy rimes employes and started for WII Adv Arriving at tho Evening Journals at Fourdi and the Times men found tho Journal husy out their own Tbo Journal tho courtesy ot Iho of tnU newspaper hnd boon to the men possible aid and work mi tho Journal was until tbo Chester Times pages were on the Journals molding Tbe six molds woro back to Chester and twelve full pagos or two casts of each In tho recordbreaking of thirteen minutes Usually about or nvo minutes to make a cant of ono mold Through the courtesy nnd ro of tbo management nt the thr Timrs to give Us readers tho Finn nt tlu timrs yesterday Tlie break Ui thj machine In Times repaired early yesterday afternoon LEGION EXECUTIVES VOTE ONBAND EXPENSE An executive Alfred Xo jno was hold ut street last night with John S Kynon The to pay the for a band of music to accompany thorn nn trip Perry Point Mil on Sunday July The numbers and friends making will loive tho at n m Tho also dismissed iml tho plans for ttc building th post is DR CONDITIONS CRITICAL The condition of i O Chester surgeon who operated on for append cilia last Monday u Hospital was as very serious A relapse wis suffered yesterday by Dr ho apparently begun to uto from the operation Yesterday morning bin condition was reported as improved he took a turn for thu worse about noon Physicians uro itill hoping for hia recovery Jr Herbert L Northrop noted Philadelphia who Opor alod on UB and found tin abscess at the patients far Into the It is Dr J P Van on Bluff nt who Is passim Ms vacation in Maine was telegraphed for last night it slated STORE IS REMODELED Enlarged Market Structure On Street Presents Attractive Appearance Tlie formal opening of remodeled Five to One will take place tomorrow at 0 A M extensive making It tho largest its khul In County Thu enlarged will foot ot Helling 000 feet ot stock room Mnn natures havo boon added to euro of Iho public A soda fountain and for the convenience o shoppers from outside of Chester I County and vicinity Tho for store owners sny because has visualized the growth of will thus keep pace with thu In creasing The enlarge was for tho of ho growing ot patrons Iho opening here March bavo Brown from one establishment Ii 14 yenry nKt founded by A If and Joseph to 2L stores lit Ii Camden Buffalo and Chicago Tho has Improved Ibe frontof tho local store In HO Unit U witb tht and granite ot tho bunk build ing next door There are ilx on Market ami four on Th a ao foot front on and Is 100 feet deep on street of the Cheater stor la John F He will be ted by Edward Snyder and A JI manager Is la charge operations Ham of tlic will bo on bund opening to entertain In tho music department The store has a a tomorrow uro on page o PRICE TWO CI POLICE SEIZING Two Boys and Woman Taken to Hospital After Being Wounded Many Small Taken Violation of to Them Three persons a woman mid were wounded bv thots night and this asi the r of explosions They were all ti cited nt the Ches tor Hospital Thu Walto II Bauett 11 old 322 street sustained their wounds while handling to pistols made to shoot cal bullets and a result of tho accidents it is ox peeled that wholesale e Chief mce Issued an order that ill SUCh bo and the toiK of them attested Persons these imall are aro a so liable to there ff m to that it is unlawful within the oily limits o pistols sold In ill oC and d MAN HELD IN ALASKA MAY BE MURDER SUSPECT Takon in custody by tho Ics at Nome a man wio hcx bis mime as John of Chester Is wanted or murder bu Kuys Isaac rohuson was fa got In touch sergeant of Cusgrove and City According to tho local police n Iohn for ho killing of Stevo a Pole god 21 who was killed Junday June 1010 dinIng ii at thn ot John of 714 Kmt Hired tragedy a lay of Is said to resulted over a woman Police Investigation of the bowed Hint mot fate acting as a Shap hu and ono of tho other vero grappling with each other and wan thrown to the ho other man wirt about Uj ilin with n chair when topped in rind parted thorn Jumped to bis foot drew v knife and In fatal wounds Jt mis ook for Iho rian and had been EXCHANGE CLUB HEARS CONVENTION REPORT A spontaneous greeting o Walter f Craig as Chesters next mayor given at meeting ot tho Kx Club yesterday at tbo Chester lub Mr Craig reported upon the tato convention of the Pennsylvania Clubs held last week program oj a of short ning up a of in Chester for this fall and Next weeks mooting will bo nnnn ono with J Stin Thomas president of iho A filli Clubs of anla ns tho principal Tho lub R planning r picnic for the int er part ot this month Tho bo was taken ti the by lis purchased tho small bullets n A nar Third and hud several of the small lead bullets ills possession when bo himself the gun near his borne Chief mid sule of to uis an and to ho of and immediately on C lo on and all such and found In storest and tho to appear nt police court 101 L licit lug Tho second lw old Stan 1233 Second was brought to tho n tho of one of was hand It 1 ho lad the that he waK using only blanks Police Immediately to confiscate the and at noon eral liun dred had been to police station Mrs Marel 300 street is a patient in tbo Chester itil a bullet ound in her as the of a tho nho Ar could bo found nho tht ire The woman was standing the doorway of borne tJ a friend ilie felt a uild Sho Taj Joi of who was visiting at the home tt aid In Burgess woiks in nearby store took Mis to the hospital ULI condition is tot the lime the was shot there were several ot hi torpedos and Hie crackers Several youths who weie denied having seen a gun or ih REFUSES TO HALT SALE Judge of the United States District Com t infused to the site ot thai Sachs ty at In to be conducted to morning by In hfs nt Tha court was by the a bankruptcy to allow him to iell the property to pay the UN owner This Mas by Uic nrm A1 aukin and the Judge was told I hit i better price could bo obtained at he sheriffs sale HORSES RUN AWAY A team of harnessed to wagon dashed from the Mar cel street wharf about 4 oclock afternoon and plunged into of parked flic thrown by the un it with which struck 1 car belonging to Thomas in executive of Iho Scott Paper Company and tho fenders running Boards nnd wheels of tho vero damaged Two other wore damaged Cooper was the driver of the Topics of Times II Shoemaker says tho best train the American youth foe to let them get married war Oldtime fiddling is on ihs adlo and oldtime around an afternoon lilce we had In Philadelphia i titt river found a passenger dead ho poor man looked at the meter Tim Gallagher chirps that if nowadays you smash front fenders and if you drive your baclc ones will be bent The Weather GEN FRANK G SWEENEY UNDERGOES OPERATION General transferred Hospital nt mann Hospital in operation pei C IJi O who from tbi frozer r to Wid a inn tor by William C at in this morn Ing fionrril was in Cro for Iii jnr 7 to June liio hlj condition w od WASHINGTON July Weather forecast for Pennsylvania Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday prob ably light showers little change in temperature Gentle shifting winds TODAYS rises 536 CALENDAR Commandments were Bet be couldnt road v And down In Wilmington locked a butcher iu tho ice box thats one way to keep cool durinc excitement A Media this sayk tho worst feature of bigamist is you have two fun rises a m Sets K32 p m Big ne water Sir a m nnd p m j They can Low water 307 a m and p m it wasnt 1 Hourly Temperature night 1 a m a m m i m 70 ao news from Paris this caught a noted hotel the proprietor According to do liquor selling is the sixth In dustry In America ing must be tho first five a man on street took poison a blocki away hu could have noma pretty good stuff
