ATLANTIC COAST NEWS

VOL. XXXll.—NO. 3

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., FRIDAY. JANUARY S, 1917

3 Cents a Copy, 51-50 a Year

GI1Y NEWS NOTES OF PAST WEEK

Notes and Gleanings of Personal Character; Little Items About Folks You Know.

AGAIN NO MUSIC IN CUT APPBOPfilATIONS

S. P. LEEDS TALKS TO COUNTY CHAMBER

Total Greater Than Last Year Despite This; Other City Business

Hold Big Meeting at Sea Isle Cily on Tuesday; County Topics Discussed

Lota or cotta*** for ud* build on term* to ou t: ~«Br conrouuiBK tiUe-lmw « opocUlfar. Chorieo t Londio. Jr, oon of U* Poondor. £028 Chtatent Stroot. PW1*ddpUo. BeQ ‘phono. Locnot 5597.

SwdcoU in tbe locol Khool reoomrd tUir Kndiea on TaMdoy. oiler on enjoyoble vacation of too doyo.

UiMUorgoret Miller, dongbter ol Mr. ond Mro. GO* Mikfcr, epent tbe hoUdoyo in Pliillipobarn, K. J., nitb reloUree.

Ilia* Morcorct Derer, occoroponied by Mr. Williun Feeney, or Plitlodelpblo. •pent Uie New Yew bolidoyo «db oant, Mro. George Jeffreyo-

Gay Laongo boo retame*! to luo otadiee in Pbilodelpblo, ofter rpending llrf' holidovo with liio UUier, Micboe - I-n ongo. Tbe booorbold of Mr. ond Mro. KdDever, of Poria otreet, wo* gladdened on Wednesday, December f7th, witb Uie arrival of a ten-pound boby boy.

Mr. and Mra. Chorlee Wbmm fc lon «U1 celebrate the tneniy-fifUi annivrroary of their wedding on Hatardov, Janaary ISih. Friends and rele*i*ia from near and for will joarncT to beo Isle f r Uie

Mr*. Anna Baaeb ond two doaghten. the Minsea Anno ond France*, ore epemling some time m Pliilodelpbio, boring cl nerd their hotel here.

Wayne M. StruUiero returned to lole City last week after being away since November, wiUi hU Umt, equally divided between Ptiillipabarg. It. J., and Avon-by-tbe-Sea.

Mra. Michael Itaiongo arrived borne Monday night from the German Hospital, Philadelphia, where site baa bean confined for Uie past Uireo weeks, recu pirating tram an oparaUun. Lawrence Sharp, who is employed it one of Um- Nee Kngland Mtatae, open! Uie bulidayo with bit patents, Mr. ond Mra. K. B. Sliorp.

Mr*. Lewis BUinmeyer, jr., tecompo niad bqbertwoocoa,Ednard and I^alo, woo o Pliilodelpbio vlaitor Uie fora part of Ibio week, taking in Uie Mummeit'

parade on New Year's day.

There ia aUll a limited oapply of 1917 Cale-nlar* in be b-d at Uie Tm*o effleo lor llur asking. II you cannot come roc real!, aaud a child, bat do not forget tbot no calendar* wilt hr given ' children under rirteeu unlca* -i mpocied

by a note from a parent.

A great nea aerial otory, "The Dorrdevil," by ouo of Auierica'a moot pupalor covehoU, Maria Tbompaun Dovieea, etartrd on page six last week. If you mused the Orat inotalbuent, don't fail to begin Uii* woode-fai etary of daring, bainor and bran interoal with ibis iaour.

Tbe bouget ordinance lor tbe year of 1917 was paaeed on first reading at tl*e meeting of the City CommiaaioDcra Wednesday, prdviding for a total of 1,000. This does not inelode 95.000 for maaic and 91,000 lor opecial adverUaing aa did tbe budget of 934.310 last If masic and advertising ia pro Tided it will mean, according to Director of Finance Foakea, a further Increase in tbe local tax rale of ten cents. The ordinance ia published in another col-

li ms in Uila iaanr.

Director Dtatney reported progreaa on tbe endlaaa sewer repair*, bat gave the welcome information that about ten more dove wort will hove the new *ew-

rber* it would hove

been if Harvey Bennett bad carried oct hi* contract for the aewrr conon On request of the Mayor, fire engineer J. P. Delaney, Jr., and inspector Georg* Whittington ware at the meeting, and answered to the iavreUgaUoa of Uie for the failure of the City's motor fire engine falling to start when needed to go to tbe Avalon dr* on Bondmy night. It developed that there were weak ter ire and that tbe siring was faulty. wets ordered corrected at once, and tbe engineei was ineuseted to make daily tesla of the engine to ee* Ui*t it was ia Ruining order. Mr.Whitwaa instructed L> recommend to ihnkasioiiera shot will be noe to put the machine in perfect order. ComniMouer Delaney stated that a taxpayer and a City CommMoner lie wanted to oak of Uw City Solicitor that U>r Board of Kdacstioii be held up ia the payment cf the contractor for finishing the Upper floor of the school. Tbe Job, be tasted, was rotten, and said imnaeif called him into the building to abos what a rotten it was. The Commiaaionera thought Uiey had no jurisdiction in Um bat urged that os a ciuaen taxpayer Mr. Delaney go the limit in bis inveeUgaUon

of Uie matter.

Tbe Treasurer's monthly report i read and adopted. It is published

Uiia issue on page eight.

Tbe Director of highway* was Instructed to build lao aewrr (Inoli boxes, each at Garrison and Italia street*,

tOMtch. These will be

used to force water into tbe aawar lines

lot cleaning parposoo.

A resolution for Uie renewal of a nuts of 94,800 due Tuesday, at Uie tuckohoe National Bank, was adopted.

one each to cost n

Business Administration For Woodbine Borough

Mistra. Alton C. O'l-ougliHu and Frank A. haflerty, of Vlllauova, Pa.,

sainmtr home of tbe Franciscan novitiate* on the boardsalk. WUila here they war* the gueata of Mr. and Mra. G.

Mornhiuweg.

The meeting chamber of the -Woodbin* Borough Hall was decorated with fresh cut flowers sent from near and far in honor of the New Mayor, M. 1.. Bayard, who took his oath of office at noon on Monday, when the Borough Council met to flnuh the previous year's bqsinea* and reorganh for 1917. In response to an address

visitors lata week, inspecting the by the retiring Mayor, Joseph Robin-

owilr, Mr. Bayard made an address In which he outlined briefly the plans of what he terms "Woodbine's huai

ness administration.*

L C. Abramson, who was appointed

| to fill the unexpired term of Clerk Johnston, will be continued in that

office. Other Borough olficerr a Councilroen: J. Levin. J. Uetison,

Kosenfeld, W. B. Yudisky L. Shapiro, M Waldman and R. H. Reiner. Israel Isenberg is Tax Assessor and Dr-

Joaeph Jaffa is Tax Collector.

ILL TAKE $241,908 TO RUN COUNTY

Appropriations Made Up, But More Must Be Added. Freeholders Met Tuesday

Dr- R. C. Scott was a brief visitor last wrek lo attend Uie St. John's Fete, South Soarille, spending the night here ns lb** guest of Mr. and Mra. (I. Mori Mnweg. Dr. and Mrs. Koou are wall satisfled wiUi Trenlosi, wtore they have been lor eoine time non, anJ tbe word 1 i« that they will return to their house

F I are pearly in Apnl.

* ..^.‘^."^“rr^tijAssemblyniam Slide i.«.. i». ■ |s Slowly Recovering peofeosorship in a pioiuineut Nea hug ’

y ocessiuit-1 Aasemblyjjian-cleot Coraville

j will be t

os time aiil pertuii. Mr Actbooar | Stiile, who hat been oenoui il the principal epaakers at the | tvphoid fever, at tbe Tucks s Fete of Uie Cannon Ludga id Tucks hue, fvr the |>ad four ti Sooth Seavilte, lost seek, •lowly rervvering, th»urh i tl>e guest f-i Uie night uf l*i tirely out at dangei. Hi* < w. Wat, at hi* fi«nnuvtUe week ago »u- tint run.h im

on page A)

The Cape May County Chamber of Commerce held its meeting, adjourned from December 19th, last Tuesday evening in the school auditorium, with delegate* ‘from oil the resorts, with the exception of Stone Harbor, pres-

ent.

The meeting convened promptly at eight o'clock, and President Claytor Haines Brick first introduced Mayot R. M. Atwater, of Sea Isle City, who welcomed the delegates in a very appropriate speech. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. The resignation of George Puttergill, as Secretary, was read, and hpon motion, duly carried, was accepted. Upon motion, unanimously carried, William A. Haffert, of Sea Isle City, as elected to fill the vacancy. Masquitocs Discussed. A communication from the Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission was read, asking that the Chamber go on record as favoring an appropriation of $15,000 for extermin■ork during the year of 1917. Upon moUon of J. M. E. Hildreth, of Cap* May, the letter was ordered

ceived and filed.

In the reports of Committee*, J. M. E. Hildreth, chairman of the Mosquito committee, staled that mosquitoes in the lower part otf the County had practically been eliminated as a direct result of the wort done in 191G. ~ continued that the advertising which Cape May County received by reason of this work was worth more in actual money than the entire $10,000 appropriation made by the Board, of Freeholders last year. In reply to a question asked by Mr. Hildreth, Freeholder James F. Eustace stated that the B.iard had not made an appropriation for this work, as yet, for 1917, and neither had it provided the $5000 asked for County advertising. Hon. Jos. G. Champion, Mayor of Ocean City, asked whether or not tbe State was to have made an appropri ation for mosquito wort last year, end Mr. Hildreth, in reply, stated that a small appropriation had been made in the way of the service of an expert paid by the State to supervise the wort, but that the $1C,000 which the Mosquito Commission expected had not materialited. There •as every likelihood this year, however, that n substantial sum would to appropriated by the State, to supplement an appropriation by the County, if one made. Senator Stevens, when called upon, also stated that there was a very good chance of getting State

money this year.

Hon. Philip P. Baker. Mayor of Wildwood Crest, given the floor, stated that to thought H wise if the Board of Freeholders would consider carefully before deciding not to make an appropriation thia year. “If Cape May County in the space of comparatively few -yt«rs could raise its assessed valuation from three million dollars to thirty-seven million, in spite of the mosquitoes, what could not Indone if the mosquitoes wese elimiu

ed?" to asked.

After some further discussion resolution was offered by J. M. E. Hildreth. asking the Board of Freeholders for a $10,000 appropriation this year. The resolution wa* carried. President Brick next introduced Mr. S. P. Leeds, President of the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, who gave a most interesting and educational talk on good roads, with their comparative cost* and wearing qualities. At the conclusion of his able address a vote of thanks wa* extended him for

addressing the meeting. County Advertising.

Edward B. Arnett, chairman of the adverti-'ing committee, asked that the resolution which requested an appropriation of $5000 from the FYeeholdert for advertising the county in magaxine*. newspaper* and booklets,

"“'T' I adopted by the Chamber last June, to '-.-k-. “ I L- ^ad. The resolution having ong-

en in ally emanated from Wildwood. Mr.

dition a j was asked to explain the in-

, ov . u nt of the advertising, and he replied that < *?* May County's agricultural •ibilities were unequalled anywhere

“ | in the United Stata* The sotl of

rht* county, to stated, «*» vastly *u

Continued *" «lahta Papa

NEW LEGISLATURE MEETS ON TUESDAY

MYSTERIOUS ARE BURNS AVALON ROE

Many New Faces in Both Houses This Year; Is One Hundred and Forty-first Session

Tbe appropriation! for tbe rear of 1017 os made up at tbe nireUng of tto board of Freeholders ou Tureday, will total 9541,90R.M). This doee not provide the 910.00U for moaqaitu rxterminatioo work, tto 95,000 for apectal advertising, tto 95,000 for farm demonstration, Uw93,500 for vocational school work, and Uie 91,000 to be contributed under a tentative agreement to Uie county fair association. Money will also have to to sided to tbe hospital appropnaUon. Tli* full list of appropriations, with Uir amounts of each, will to published next

week.

With tto necessary increase in the 1917 budget, the nmount will total 9590,000, meaning an iurn-ooe of ten cents per hundred dollars valuation in Uie county tax rate, over tto sixty cents for 1910. .Ibis increase of ten cents is based on a normal increase of ralablM of 9730,00p for this year. The totil budget adopted last year eas 9501,310. to which oome 930,000 were added daring tto year. The form of tbe bond for Uie 9134,000 Corson's Inlet bridge issue mu approved, and tbe clerk Instructed to advertise for bids tor the sale ol the bonds, to to opened at a meeting of Uie Board on Tuesday, February 8th, at eleven a. m. aan. MacKisair, Bennett and RnUierlord were appointed a committee to serare the right of way on the rood knows as tbs New England rood from Enos Tomlin's Corner to Uie Delaware Bay, is Lower township, and to have tbe engineer prepare a sarvey. Petition signed by 140 taxpayer* questing that tbe Farm Demonstrator to condoned for tto year !9i7 was read and filed. Though no action was taken il ia understood that Um- appropri Lion will be mode.

More than one-third of tbe next State Senate and over half of the incoming House of Aosemblv, which bodies will form the one hundred and forty-first Legislature of New Jersey, which begin* its life on next Tneedey, January 9, will to composed of new faces, tto personnel of tbe twenty-one Sent will be Ionnd nine occupying seats as new members. Of the sixty Aseen men comprising tto lower lawmaking branch there will to found ttality-two members who ware not in tbe Honor loot ee avion. Of the nine new Stale, Senators eight will to Republicans and tto other a Democrat. Tbe exception is Cornebur A. MrGlennon, wbo will eoms down from Hudson. While thirty-two m tore-elect of tto House were not in body lost winter, three of them are ’ old members—Assemblymen Borden. Dolan and Sieger, all Hudson Democrats, wbo served daring tbe 1915 season, bat wbo 1 sited of renomination in tbe ensuing Hudson primary maalatroni Eight oat of tbs thirty-two new face* in the Amembly will ooenpy place* on tbe Democratic aide, making U« oUier twenty-four new members Repablioans On Joint ballot and in both Satiate and Ilonoe the Republican preponderance will be very large. Tto Joint ballot majority will to S7. In Lb* Senate there will to fifteen adherents of the ti. O. P. and six exponents of Democracv. Republicans will control Uie H< with forty.(oor members so Uie Democrat*’ sixteen. The respwcUre Republican majorities in socb branch wi nine and twenty-eight, eafbcteaUy large to enable the dominant party to do anything it desire*, even with a split in

Rutherford Elected Director

Henry S. Rutherford, one of the oldest members of the Board of Freeholders, was elected Director of tto Board on second ballot by a rote eight to three, at the organisation meeting on Monday. Freeholder Augustus Hilton, of Wildwood, was unanimously elected Vice-Director. The contest for Director was between Rutherford and Hilton, and the first toll it the vote stood five to six. Freeholder Stilwvll Townsend, of Cape May Court House, being absent on account of illness. A* it takes a majority of tha full Board to elect, a second ballot eras necessary, Rutherford came out victor. The vote sras then changed, by mutual consent, to a unanimous one. A resolution tendered to Chas. II. Clouting, of Sea Isle City, the retiring Director,rwas unanimously adopt ed, and signed by all of the members of the Board. The resolution follow* Whereas, this is the last meeting that we shall have the pleasure of the vereices of our esteemed friend, Mr. <’has. Clouting as a member of the Board, therefore. B* It Resolved, that we hereby ex press to him our sincere regrets at the eeparation. considering. a« we do. the valuable services rendered by him not only to the Board hut to the County at large, n" 11 - Be it Further Resolved, that we *: tend to him our boat wishes for long and prosperous life. * (Signed! H. S. RUTHERFORD. JOHN F. BENNETT. IJ-VI WENTZELI. JAMES P. EUSTACE.

C. W. SAUL, J. P. FOX.

HOPE W. GANDY. AUGUSTUS HILTON. J P. MAC KISSIC. JOHN E. TOWNSEND.

Got Start In Assembly

Tbe promotion plan for New

Only Licensed Hotel of Resort Is Total Loss From Early New Year Blaze; Its Origin a Puzzle

The Princeton Inn, a well-known

hotel of Avalon, waa totally destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The building fcced the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at tbe corner of tbe Avalon turnpike, and was tto only licensed hotel in Avalon. Flame* were first seen bursting from tbe basement windows in tbe eonthweet corner of the building by Ralph Peterson, of Avalon, shortly bofore midnight, and two hocra later tto

hotel waa a mao* of smoldering ruin*. Tbe volunteer fire companies of both Avalon and Peermont quickly n

i au alarm, bat fnwmft the fire ping

*botel either fro ten or

jaat in front of the'

broken, so that it could not to used. Another fiearby plug wma triad, but it was found that is pumping piling a

abort time before, the

fire ping made it impassible for tto firemen to open it. With these aeth was folly half an boor before a of water was on, and by this tima sf hope of saving tto hotel building wst>

givsn up and attention w as tarned to* tto barn, which was 'just becoming Ig-

nited, and surrounding dwellings.

Origin of Firs a Mystery

Tbe origin of tbe fire is a complete mystery. The hotel had been unoccupied, care for the barroom, 1100* tbe end of the summer Mason and no fires of any kind were in the building. Tha barroom sfsa I tested hy oil stoves, and three were carefully pnt out, according to Uie barkeeper, Frank Dnndre, before to left for Philadelphia on tbe four o'clock train on Sunday afternoon to epend tbe New Year holiday. Tto fire evidently started at« point considerably distant from Uie barroom, which is located on tb* north side of tto bnilding.

Tto hotel and its contents

V

tally destroyed, entailing a loes of

, u . „ ... „ u,,, ‘$16,000. fully covered by jasnranee. U«. f.. ol U» B.OU.™ -” r - I Th. prop*rty owmJ |, r to. Tookl»H,»_te.ol N.tioo.1 lUnk. Tuckihoo, .hloh -o,W,. n«o.l,. kiclmrd. ‘•‘“Wl Lok i. o-r Iron, th. orW »™, C. nf Rl.h- I Ul * Ci 't- “ ■"* -WlthUa*.

Had License Troubles.

of Ocean. WiUi the *scepli<>n of Richards, all ware member* of Uie A seem hit last winter. Of tto older members ol tto upper branch, at least foor o tbe is iron their spur* in Uie Hooee before becoming occupants of Senatorial seat-. They are Stevens, ol Cape May; McCran, ol Passaic; Smalley, of Somerset, and

Pierce, of Union, all Republican*. Two of tb* Ssnatore-elect are to eerie

for one year each, tbe nnexpired terms of their pred*cea*ora. Kates, from Camden, take* the place made v: cant by the elevation of William T. Read l>at wiuler to to Stole Treasurer, and Osborne, ol Easex, fill* out Uie year Colonel Anstu. Colgate would have served bod he not resigned eton to •nlered tto Republi-

can primary lists for Governor. Companion* On Opposite Sides

r

When the first parliamentary fight of a political nature open* in the next Houro companions of boyhood day* will be found on tbe opposing tides ae leader* of their re* pec ti vs parties. A. Dayton Oiiphant, ol Mercer, will to tto ti. O. P. whip and Elmer H. tieran, of Moomoath, ■esoon's spokesman for tb* Democratic minority, will again to found in that rote, tieran Uvea at MaUwan and a few year* ago iHipbant, as a youngster. was sent thare for bis summer van. Tb* boy* became very friendly and that relationship continues. There will, therefore, to more than ordinary interest in Uie next Assembly when they cross swords in political ssirmtehing and

Princeton Inn has beer, in the limelight for the past three yearn, owing to the opposition of Avalon citixena to the granting of a liquor license to the hostelry. Application was first made, and owing to tto remonstrant* and lack of proof of the need of a license, it was refused. The license of the old Learning Hotel, since destroyed by storm, was then bought and another legal battle ensued when application eras made to the courts for a transfer. Judge Eldredge, aitting in the case, granted the transfer, and the hotel was opened to the sale of liquor. The following year, 1915, when application was again made a remonstrance was filed by Avalonitas, and JudgeEldredge granted the license

saying that enough of the Cou^L

thi/ti-

Tbt Cape May County Times' on sale ejeb Friday at the following

t Je

Offic- el publication. 104 W scy avenue. Sea late City. Louis Braes. Ocean avenue. Sea Iste

City.

r, Landis and West

ler.cy/svenues. Se* Iste City.

Sea jdc I’hmramcy, raerf avenues. Se* Let Us Oo Yet

V

Yeur Printing.

time had ^>een taken up with t cense, and that be would entertain no further remonstrance unless for violation of the law. In 1916 the license was again granted, this time without

opposition.

It is understood that tbe hotel had never been a paying proposition. Its destruction ends, for a time at least, Avalon's liquor problem, and tto town

is now dry.

Otiphanl will to one of tbe youngest iru ever picked for tb* exacting position of leader in tb* House. Wton Ibe Legislature opens to will be 99 years Gerau gained prominence during 1911 asesion as tbe sponsor lor tb. election law which bear* bis name.

Sixty miles of tto fine thread woven from tbe UU-r of a species of Italian wute weighs only two and a half

Th# average person wastes tote of itm* telling other people thing* they do net car* to hear

RECENT DEATHS

Sea Iste City.—Mrs. FlmmeUne wl Schwartz, aged 73. died at her Philadelphia home on Sunday, December « 54th. and was hurled from the parlors _ of Oliver H. Bair on Thursday afternoon. December 2Klh. Reverend W. L. Rutherford, o' Philadelphia, offleiat- <

ing. ,

Mrs. Schwarts was a regular sum-

mer visitor, and owned a cottage near tto Continental Hotel property. Sea Isle City. The deceased is survived

by one daughter. Miss Emma

Schwmrlx. and was a charter men.'-er

at the local Lutheran Chrrch.

r tha Capa May Coun-

A great new aerial *lory,*"Tto Daredevil,'' by on* «d America's moat popular novelists, Mona Thompson Dsviaa*, started ou page six loot week. II you missed tto brat inetalluieut. do-'l fail to I begin thia wonderful otory of daring, i humor and bean iotcreat with Hits issue.