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o. I Biackwe'i Wildwood c ' 3 T y '* r - • M»jr Court Housa Samuel FJdredjra Cape May City COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

whit*-,, nue to fancy, 42644; State. Pennvlvania and nearby hennery

•af. 4« 6 4:

Cheeae—State freah apeciale. 22\C 3. <l<i. averace run. 22 Vi C 32 V

I>rea>aed Poultry—^hlckena, 18C2t LEANING M RICE ’

>*!*, 1&62S; turkey*, 1SQS2.

Lire Poultry — Chickenr. JSe27; |

foali-. 22; turtteya. 16. DANIEL SCHELLENGER Erma

Supt. of Weiffhta and Meaaurra

County Collector JOS. I. SCULL Ocean City

Solicitor

JOSEPH DOUGLASS Cape May Court House

County Engineer

Wildwood

Cha*. Shield* Cape May Walter Rutherford Cold Spring JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF THB COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

1 lY -mlnent gocerament official* ,;t WaAIngtoo taking physical trnlnlng under the direction of Walter Camp 1 H< w A ‘t?. ^l 1 . 1 b# w > n| PP^. ,r| « h Hritlah tyiw of l•.■ll.H■t end ahra|ir»'l-|>rouf body

' -Fung Kuc Chang, the Cldneae

( Battery of 7»4 centlmHer French gun* In the Chani|«gne region, ; rceldent who lead the repnbllcan forcr-a that euii>r<-»*«'d the Mnio liu reetor

NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK

America's Great National Army Is Drafted, 1^74.000 Men Being Called. HALF THAT NUMBER NEEDED

w *' Preparation Progreaaea Deapite Many Rcwt and Schemea to Hamper Government — Chancellor Michaelia S'dei With the Junkera—Crown Prince

Beaten at Verdun.

By EDWARD W. PICKARD. America •« n B r lottery, to defer mine H • in. n who stiall make up the Xu5"" i -'iTny. «b« held In Wakhlnginn H Friday. July 3ti. Tlie Whole pro ilet lned hy Proroet Marnhal

r- i,. ra! Crowder and hla aids, waa cal ! make the draft alnoluteiy k r nr.J t» give ti... young nillllonnlr !' 1 • . v,, ung laborer equal churn-"* F • r ''' 'A>**lr country, provided they r : ‘ -icalh end rnenlally fit. All r "f the nearly ten uilllitm I. -i'* were drawn, the element of 1 . •letennlnlng the •rder in which P - n in* called lief ore the ekam A - anh in the 4.SS7 exaiuinlu: r - - Ka<-h local board baa been * -1 of the number of men It roust t - i.. make up It* quota of the r r-u ner-dr-d on the first call. I i - told to mil atX> per c«-nt ‘ '(Uotn for examination, to pro ■ vempthuu. la the order de-

in-m.-d by the draft.

'ti senators and represenia- >• l*een iiMking strong pro- • the iHipulatlon eatlmutes > ’he r'euaus bureau for the pur-

• nuiulng the quotaa for the I eiallat* I he South, it la avH-rted. ha* i-j,,. f or I' lavor.d. The war depart I n|ll| - arlm'tted that the quoins for i ,

••re fixed In disregard of ; ,^ 0M . pnMJerwnn aitlr r ,ln,,, l "“’ Mor* Trouble for Russia. ® M * nd Ro ** iB Waahmgton. | ll(|ula K ,„ wnr ,l vlcto

to steel. Iron, dwl aud oil enst*. In bc- | their jieBce resolution at the first opeonlanre with tile “fair profits" order (squally, and it »••* a»*.-rte.l the of IT.-Sldent Wilson and may W run .—nre would g.t the votes of 31

pM-ti-d in six month*. Francis J. Henry deputies.

U In charge of the legal end of It. It Is l ard to gue»« what will come Hampering Our Government ..yt „f Oi-nnany s mesa of Internal As the l uiteii State* swiftly np- trouble. f..r. over hen- at least. It Isn't proaches more active psrUcl|.atlcm in known Ju*t what was put into It ierumn agents and sjiles I met or Mhhaells Is something of an

quantity, though there Is a

and their friends in tin- country b ••ome more hold and enterprising in tlielr effort* to hani|>er tb*- govt-ni-nient. Tln-se efTorts range all the way from ridiculous stories of American soldiers dying like files from dlo-nsc (n Kcro|M-. designed to discourage enlisting; (dot* t„ prevent the harvesting of <-r-.il* in the West hy doctoring court piaster with tetanus liarllll; burutng of elevators and warehouse* and explosion* In factories; killing of live Mock; fomenting of st Ike* and riots, up thmugh atteiupt* to Involve the eountry In Intenuitbqial trouble* with friendly nallons. te delllienite Mocking -d much needed Irglslniloti by Unit.*! Ktntes *enalors whose constituent* number large numU-r* of tiennanAmericans. The hy|.h<-natp<l term Ir UMd »llll Imh-jiusc tlo- people allu.b-tl to lhein*elte* seem unwilling to have It discarded. Their |.reaa and the urlion* and word* of many of them make

thla clear.

An Instance of th» way In which legislati.ui I* cd wa* Mip|itle«l l**t week. The aviation bill appropriating f*f40.<N>U.UU. |«|ss,h| |.y the lious- and admittedly of prime lm|M>rti>iiee. came up In llo- *• nale. tin- govrniliu-ut and all lls eX|»-rt advisers In the mailer of ivlalion urging tlmt It lie made law s-fore the week dosed. But Hard ] rick of tleorgia and Owen of Okla- I uiuia |.r«q«»*ed atneudtnents that made •erri.ln a long ildutte. and I.n Foll.-tte >t Wise.ms and (ironun .rf North Ihitota aided in the blocking process In . >rd.-r to uiake uttack* on the draft

«tr.mg suspicion that he will be found to l>e In entire accord with Too Bin'b’nburg and l-udendorff and that th'Mu- military l.-aders will continue to Iwt the real dictators of the empire's course so far as wwr and [.wire are concerned. The situation I* com piloted by the swift growth ..f the Sodalist* in nutul.ers and Intlucner since I be drafting of Harden into Hie government service and the s-uppresidna of his |n|H-r. and by the opimsltion l“ , H<y adopted by Herr Erxberser, the renter leader, win. bowevir. I* not followed by many of his faction. Not to lie out of fashion. Crvat Britain had a cabinet slinkeup of its own last week. Kir lelward Carson joined the war cabinet without portfolio and Ids place ns first lord of the admiralty was taken by Kir Erie Campbell Ceddes. I If. Christopher Addison was put In charge of rrcoestroctioo. and Id* (sirtfidlo a* inlnDter of munitions was given to Winston Spencer ChurchIll. IMwiii Montagu wa» made secretary for India. < If three ii|>|M.|ntmema lluit of Montagu was the mn*t hccefitahle to the gvin-ral public, and that of Churchill causeil the most adverse crltlrisrii. John Itill.m tried vainly to

stir up a row In (mrliament la-cause | Foreign Mlutsl.-r Balfour will not dls- I

ml** Baron llardlngr. und.-r wcr<-iary.

who vrus one of iImhu- held responsible {

for the flrsl M.-«..|s.tnmlu campaign. Crown Prince Back Where He Began. All up and down the west front there wn* violent fighting during the

*«• these men u.-.-k, Tn-nrhe* wen- taken and r»s ynl to their iakrn hut there was little rent clmiige d action f..l- . ,.f (Hisitlon except in the Verdun res often I* a* | gjon. There the crown prince made

desperate attack* on the French that

and the so- j w<-iv driven «>IT with g-vat cvuit of life

Certmin*. who finally fell back

same line* they

rupied h,-f»re the dll'

« liegnn more than a year ago. [ienewnl activity *>n the Ronuanl ml lodb-at-l tluit the llouuianl

o offerings on the spot and the

wa* entirely nominal.

—Cariota for local trade, as to 3. Was tern. No. 2 yellow. $2.10 do. No. 3 yellow. $2.0902.09Ai; • 4 yellow. $2,086 2.08 A*;

ellow, $2.0762.07A4.

No 2 white. 84684Vic; stand. Ite. 836 *3H: No 3 whl'e. 826 62S N» 4 white. 816 S1H

Iluiter - Solid-packed creamery, far., i. specials. 41tic: extras. 39V4© 40M extra firsts. 88 V4; firsts. 38, sec-

ond- :(7. nearby prints, fancy. 43: do. ; Dr. John h>. Dongh

average extra. 41©42; do. first*, 39© 1 4-. dn second*. 37Vi@38: special j bra-.d- of prints were jobbing at 46 1

64?

Eggs — Nearby. firsts. $10.80 •tsnd.rj case: nearby curreat

Cape May City—4amM J. Doak . Rueben Ludlam Ocean City—Jsrotne S. Rush Frank H. Ware ^Tthur D. Barrows. Police Justin Isle City—Alfred S. Steelman Edward C. Stevens Wildwood—Girard Livetey H. C. Schlichting B. C. I Hirers oil J. Charles Fach M. L. Branin George L. Shaw

Boroughs

North Wildwood—A. M. Ely Stone Harbor—S. E. Herbert George J. Rummel West Cape May—David Hughes Woodbine—J. S. Levin Morris Levin

Townships

Damns—A. E. Holmes, Dennisvilie Thomas J. Durrell. Belleplain

Middle—L. T. Garretson. Cape May Court House

per Kama. Address. Dutrict Represented i; uth ' r ^- Sw*». Svrainton

Steward of Almsfeouae LEWIS T. DOUGLASS

Capa May Court House *• Superintendent of Soldiers' Burials JOHN W. REEVES.. .Cape May City

Custodian of Court House

LEWIS S. SMITH

Cape May Court House

Farm Demonstrator

J. ARCHER STACKHOUSE Cape May Court House

County Physician Cape May C. H.

UST OF MEMBERS

January —

!I» ’.0 per case. Western | the Yedr Opposite Name, first*. Il.ik" per case; do. firsts. $10 50 I OCEAN CITY !*•' fancy, selected, carefullv . . _ Address, Ocean City

**““ ** JSto i To’U.„;d

SEA ISLE CITY

Address, Sea Isle City Theo. E. DeBow James F. Eustace

r doten.

Fh-"**- New York, full cream. I ttcj. new, 23V*, special*, higher; do. n<-w. 23. do. (air to good.

new. .„Vi623. ; WILDWOOD I ‘| ,r r * ad I Address, Wildwood qualitv 21*021c evceptlonsl lot* high Augustus Hilton roosters, 166IT: *pring chicken*. Charles W. Saul

1919 ASSESSORS OF CITIES.BOROUGHS 19iy AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY .1W0 j atin 1920 S* 1 '* U * r CK* J - Allen Wale* , Ocean City Dr. H. T. Fould* Sja Isle City Wm. J. Fox Wildwood Lynn H. Boyer

NORTH WILDWOOD Address North Wildwood.

John W. Youag !M0

Floyd Hewett

leghorn*, plump, yellow-skinned, weighing 1*462 pound* apiece. 286 82; emaller site*. 25626: leghorn*. 22pducka. Peking. 19; do. Indian runner. 17618: pigeons, old. per pair, 256-'’ do do. young, per pair, 2v622. BAl.TIMORE -- Wheat — Contract opened steady, but quiet. Soft No. !

wheat, old. $2.15 nominal.

■ra- >ale* of a small lot of yellow wharf at $2 per bu . a w-aall lot bite corn, delivered, sold at $2 per bu. One smalt lot of yellow at Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Station sold at $2 per bu. Car lot* of

N" * >ellow .-ora on spot, for domestic Stillwell'h! ToVnsend 1920 delivery, are quotable at $26 2 01 per i LOW ER TOW NSHIP fco'hel. 1 Address, Rio Grand* Oats — Standard white. 82Vt683: Jos. P. MacKusic 1918 No 3 whit. , *26S2H. |

Bag lot*, a* to quality and

Boroughs

R. W. Rotenbawns Norman Rigor

CAPE MAY CITY

Address, Cap* May City John T. Bennett Henry S. Rutherford

UPPER TOWNSHIP Address, Tuekahoe

Hope W. Gandy

DENNIS TOWNSHIP

Address, (Peermont) Avalon

Levi Wentxei! 191$

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP

Address, Cap* May Court House

Avalon Cape May Point

North Wildwood Robert Bright ..192o South Cape May...Albert J. Rudolph j Stone Harbor Hugh MrMurtri* West Cape May Harry S. Fisher ! Wildwood Crest William E. Zeller Woodbine Israel Eisenberg

Townships

mio Dennis Rolla Hewitt, Ocean View Middle ...V. N. Erricso:i, Dias Creek Lower... .Chas. C. Bohm, Cold Spring

George Hoff. Tuckaho*

Upper..

TAX COLLECTORS FOR CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOW NSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY.

it being personally <li*l mmlry. but the course owed hy them and «t!ie effectual 11* If they were.

inife*«l»*nal (•acifi*!* ami me *o- j n-.-r,-ore singing smaller the*,- day*. I |„ (),

tner mv-t with Hltle lympaihy .ubstautlaUy th

'l-irt. and the SociaU*! party

Citie*

The regular meetings of the Board Cape May City... W. J. Fer.derson, Jt - a-M •*- s-~. tv--* To-, ocean City. E. W. Burleigh

are held o

day of each month at the Court House. Sea Isle City!!!.’.‘.’.Lewis Su-mmeyer

ouse. at 10-30 A. M. Wildwood Robert J. Kay

n the First and Tfctrd Tucs- , h month at th Cape May Court House, STANDINO COMMITTEES

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR

1917.

-ork of pn-paratUui l»

rrii-d ,«n at Wskhincton |i> tlx- : ■ xjierts In buaineaut and tech-

•ilio ar. Billing the govern-

: rii.-n i* no doubt that nl! will J t right eventually. Mcnn-b-re are many annovlng di* d di*ngre —cm*, perhaps un-

Thr row Im tween Chair

nmu and tii-uernl tiocthal* a* "(Idliig of n mi-ri-htint mariu--1 tin- point where the IntervetiI'reddent wtlaoa seemed 11 ecTbe manner in which eon- • la lng let for the government (be |-ration of the advisory *» <it the coUDill iff national bave been Severely criticised

Kenyon and other* and be••ouitulueotneu often are

' •■I In great tMaiuea* concern* ’• being called on to furt<i»b sup (be government, they are ac- '' f Mx-klug Ihrtr own pniMifli. ' 'wm** aui h chargi-* are muni“bjoat. While (be aenator* Were v m. ti„-ir intonnloablr dlscu* *' ’be f«-**il bill, a vluletii nttuik de on Mr Hoover by Keuatol "b* 1 said Hoover had been gam l!| ;,H "1 and Cltdhlug a* chalrmau ' '“'•rioaB eiuntnlaaion for relief •Puni. The *«irt iSenlal* of a^oMiair* and friruiia tealiy

m.i;, evsaary.

b-d control MU. a* finally ar- "■ the senate, contained the ’ kturndmeat* eilniiuaUfig "peratlon iff the mi-a.ure rot-

roe* with two *et-

haci* last week, though both it 1» to ■ In- h.-|H*l an- only tini|«*niry In the effort to clieek the gtvut drive of tlo- j Kiav* In Halli-ln. the Teuton* ni*loii ill' largo tv-*-rfoneroeiil* drunu from j the French and llullnn front*, nud tlnwe lorn- coui|ieUi*d Ihe Ku**inti» to evacuate the Itupurtaot town Of Kalu-E. which laid bin-u the Geruiau army hesuhiiiartei* and the capture of whlcii hy them Un i threatened Lemberg. The lighting In ltd* region was fierce all the week, and no the whole the l<u**ian* did not have much the

worst of It.

It Is Intermtlng to learn that British armored motor detailuuents and B--lgian tri«*p* are (aking ixirt In the Runkian offetodve In tiallcia. and an*

ready t

- the 1

■ annuuuivd. 1*

|ir»|,nrtlnn« In the In full mutrol tiier

The

j ilittuB. new. $2.10© 2 SO bu Hay—No. 1 timothy. $l».5062u:

I 2 do. $1S; No 3 do. $14616: light | : clover. $17617 Se; No. 1 dq^ do. $17: No. 2 do. do. $1* 5061440: Ni

clover. $16: No. 2 do. $12613.50.

S ilo. $ , »©lii

Straw- N 1 Mtalght rye. $15!

Verdun,’« No .-do do. $14.50 6 15: Vo 1 ALMSHOUSE—Fox. Bennett. Gandy, tangled do. $12013:. No 2 do. do S. H. Towns«nd. WentrslL

$104061150; No. 1 wheat. No. 2 do. $7JV068; No 1 o

U; No 2 do. $969.50. PUBUC BUILDINGS — Bcnn.tt,

Egg* Man land. Pennn Uanla ami I Wentxell, J. E. Townsend. Township* nearby ::: W. -t.m. 32 West VI1 BILI-S—Eustace. Hilton, DeBow Dennis H. M. Carroll, Dcnuitvill*

1 awgtpg- a »•e-w. a52£Z3%$S

Boroughs

Avalon Walter A. SmiU Cape May Point.. J. T. Hull North Wildwood P. I- Peterson South Cape May .C. Marshall Rudolph Ston* Harbor Clarence O. Lctxku* West Cape May Harry T. Ludlam H. W. La re Dr. Joseph Jaff*

Sran-II

■ountr' ,-*

Live Poul 1

lid : :n* a

Inlng c

work.

Iioitie the proviidonal government wa* attacked hy Petrograd rioter* le-l by agitator* of the BoMdilkl and Maxlinull*t faction* who detuandi-d the removal of the "cn|iltali»t" iuinl*ter«. Most of the trwop* in the capital were loyal and mhui *u|.|ve**ed the new ■revolution.'' though several person* weir killnl and many reminded. At tin- satin- time three or four ibewtM-r* of the cabinet resigned and the premier. Prince LvofT. aroioani-e<l tluit a* woo a* the ill ••►Tiler* are ended wtei» will Ih- takiHi for the formation of a coalition rablm-t. The council* of the w01 kmen and •oldier* and of the |n-as- I

llidlnlid an- 111.-1i.i11c strenuous ol tinu to the American etnlmrxo. a* Inevitable, hut It Isn't Ukrly In them any good. Our government the fail* and figures that justify course and those ni-utrnl* pmh must eea*e to send sun-lli-* to Oer-

tnany.

The report of the British rdmiruity •mi sulunarine netlvitie* allowed l'»tle change from that of the previous week, hut Ihe iM-uiilf of England do ' not si-etn satisfied nilh the way In ! which ihe U-lKuit problem is being j handled. They hope for different re- j suit* under Hr Eric Hedile*. the new | «ir*t lord of ihe admiralty. Several big j liners arriving at American |Hirt* te- j ported lulling hern attackeil by sub- I marines, in some cum-s as much a* u j thousand miles from the Irish rmi«t. Kevi-nil American naval officer* of | high tank heve Ixen urging I'lvsident I Wilson to direct the United State* ; navy to start a vigorous offensive j against Certoany by attacking her »iih- j marine Imsea in ever, way possible. They admit it would Ik* a gamble a* to result. I-Ut believe Ihe chan-v l*

north taking.

General l'rr*hlug'» exi<dltlou»ry force is now comfortahly •wtaMislosi in It* Intensive training rmp luck

llickm*—Old h-ns. 1 DeBow.

■V. r r.’c old l:.-n- small | FINANCE—Saul. Eustace. 2i022; do. do. white l^-g- Townsend.

H.

2 lb* and <>

old n

•osier*. 12(113 . *p! 30. do. 1*462 lb*. 28

0* . '129: do. smaller, a* to *Ur 25627. I> ! Old IVkir.*. 1*6Hie. do puddle. 166 17: do. muscovy. 16617, do. stuaii. -.

I over. 22633-

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF CITIES. BOROUGHS AND TOWN. E. I SHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF

l CAPE MAY.

Live Slock

heal,. $]« nott 15.40; j >. pig*. $1125614 25 ' beef rattle. $8 4l'6 j

$M ■ f 11 5l

LUNACY'—Gandy. Fox. Bennett. LIGHTING—HUtoa. MacKIssic. J

Townsend.

ROADS—Rutherford. Bennett. De- |

Bow. Eus’ace, Fox. Gandy. HR- GiUea.

ton. MacKtssic. J. E. Townsend, Cape May City A. G. Bennett S. H. Towngend. Wentzell. Ocean City T. Lee Adam* DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS—S. H. 1 St * Isle City Arndt G-rdoa Townsend. ! Wildwood V A. Cohen

BURYING SOLDIERS AND SAIL- |

ORS-John W. Reeve> j Borough*.

BOARD OF SCHOOL ESTIMATE— £ valo ri • - K N.-edhatn VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS—Saul. Gapo Maj Point Peter Krunn

Bennett. North Wildwood

j South Cape Mav— Stone Harbor. .Mari<

COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS | Address: Cape May Court House W'oodbine

..Thomas Corson

K. II. Reiner

KANSAS (TTY. Hug* fj 15.50: heavy. $15 30© li and butcher*', $15©15 5ii; © 15.2C. Pig*. $1240014.

ude*

and :i!l ot and fuel. ■

The

■ I* r. -t tltat tl

Michaelia With t

Supreme Court Justice HON. CHARLES C. BLACK Circuit Court Judg* HON. HOWARD CARR0W Common Plaas Judge HON. HENRY H. ELDREDGE Clerk of Court* and County Clerk A. CARLTON HILDRETH Deputy Clerk of Courts and County

Clerk

STERLING W. COLE.

Sheriff

ROBERT S. MILLER Deputy Sheriff MEAD TOMLIN

Middle j lower Upper

.Geo. S. Robinson. Dennisvilln D. D. Butch Jerry H. Woodson .Wm. S. E'Jredge. Petersburg

CITY. BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP CLERKS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

(Ylle*

Cape Mxy City.... -William Porter

Ocean Ci

Sea Isle City ;wtidw'K-j ...

Harry A. Morria Ir' ing Fitch -James K. Whiu-ael]

Boroughk

Avalon K W. Ki-aenl<awm .pe Mav Point H. H. Bueaa va. North Wildwood.. i-rerge A. Redding South Cape May . .Eivin B. M.srtia - K Stone Harbor Uo K. McCtavea ichool* and West Capo May Then. \Y Rrrvae •od Creat..Harry I* N:,-kcr»oa

5.i(* H*hi Yu:k. 1 $11 5061475;

Township*

Dennis. .0*man M (•eary. Ib-nnUvCT* Middle...A T. D. Howrl . Hi :» Creek Lower Charlea C. Reeles.W.Cape May

cai P Rtl f C tipper J *0*0 T. Y •urig.Uee«iev s Puial OrtUX. Olka. Upper -Alfred H. Sapp. Pctersbur©

>RINT