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[news review of THE PAST WEEK pccrctary McAdoo Startles Cong r ess by Asking $5,030,0C0.000 More for War.

iTfifNSPCRT PROBLEM IS BIG

ping Board Qua-r«l Ended by I Change of Peraonnel—Ruaaia'a Mil-ita-y Cciiapae in Galicia Complete —French Repulae Tremendous German Attacks. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. ll.r t'tiitrd Slntea U havinj: Imr. ...-d u|«in It the tuapulluilr of the *liick It has einliarked. ami Is ’ - Mil lie to nullv that It must hr h: lltr-.ach to a victorious Bulsh • trndoaa cost in money, merry •i -ubtlcM, life. Th«* money end ‘ •.-» iTourhl sharply to the at- • •f rougrem last Tuesday. «iieo r the Tr.nsurj McAdiHi lu- : Hie Is umakers that S5.0tsi.<HS>.r.- than had lei-n eatimsted n...led, and nerslisl at coce. klm-h - "ill lie eS|teud>-d for ordnance. Mu.sit Intnmed the srcalr • the end of the flscnl year iNe • iiditures by the United States > to amount to fcSUSAl,000,000. hi'Urrs staggrml the memliers of !...iisest. and there »n» a hasty ' - together of the st-nate finance ■’tee to revise Ita report on the

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1 i -i-inatlon la tow one of the ||•'t^at^oo■B blggi-st problems — s-Ttatlun by both laud and sea. - • nally the latter. An Itumetiv • d vessels must be provided Try t.i Kuru|>e our troops and the -'ipplles they and the allied armhave, and efforts are Itelug l" rather together al! the avall- ; - .-veil Japan MBS a'k.il to many of her merchantmen. ! ir th. plan of buildlug a mou:i.. r.-hant marine of our own was .'•Med lin|>rtua lost v eek. As ‘-n predicted. ITeaUel.t Wilson ' le-llest to take a bond In the le-tnren (imenil Goethals and ..u In-nnian of the shipping •■! hr settled the matter by nr he resljr tlous of both, and J. It ..mte as well. He then 1 N. Hudey of Uhlmgo os =■ and Bainhridge UoM.v as • r of the iM'anl, aii-l Iwmr Ad- • iipps, i"Bg chief constnictor of . »» head of the emergency ■ r i- ratInn In place of GuethaN. «P|a»lntJwnts. only that of adversely criticised. Hur- ' a " eoergetlc business man and '-•■ii on the federal trade luHinl. - " •he elimination of G.mthals U "•’* l*y the inuumerahle adinirh.- great builder of the Pan'..ii, ;t that no one betAdmiral Capps could b«- !■• manage tho construction of | -rc-Ucy Beet, it |s uoderst.sai - many steel ships as iHMslble •i!'. ahlch was Gurlbai's |dou. • || the Meek the president »C- • re-lgnatlon of Vice Chair •—l-rv Brent of the abtplriuc

I ministration, though it doubtless will I It rem.-.ll«l with the willing assistI once «if the Amrrlenn railway execu- | lives. The demand for cars already Is ] tremendous, for the moving of materials and supplies for the army training ramps and for a dozen other purpose*, and It will be Increased Imuieiltniely ns tin- men of the National Guard and of the tmtloaal army begin moving to their allotted place*. Russia’s Collapse la Galicia. The collapse of Ilussla's offensive In Galicia, doe to Insubordination Instigated by German agents, developed Into a g<tii-ral retreat, and the retreat Into a virtual rout. Atwndonlng vast military stores and burning villages, the m'ltlnous Slavs flew everywhere lief ore the easy advau-e of the Teutons. except on the Koumanlnn front, where for the time at least, they stood Ann. Farther north, indeed all the way to file Baltic, the Russians gave ground. Premier Kerensky, armed with dletntorial power*, declared he would apply a policy of blood and iron to stop the mutiny and treason, and General Korn llolf ordered his loyal troop* to -hoot down any who iWcrted or refused to obey orders, but this was Ineffectual to retrieve the disaster. Slnnlslau. ilallrz and other Important cities were evacuated. >' d from the wooded I'urpathlan- to the region of Tamopot the coun’ry «u« full of long columns of fleeing Itusslnns on which the Teuton Behl guns playvd with merciless slcughter. One -lory from Pctrograd told how loyal liiMip* in KomilofTs army blevr to piens an entire mutinous division with Its own gun*. On the demand of thr military commando's at '.he front, the provisional governm-iit hat- again put in force rale Hal punishment for treason, w hich wa* abolished at thr time of the rrvolullowever. this second great Russian slump, serious though It It. Is not fatal. Kerensky and his colleague* are determined to rid their country of the German agents and their traitorous Russian aids. I^enlue. ti e chief of the latter. !» already under arrest, and It Is believed he will be cltbrr execuled ns an agent of the German general staff or st least Isolated as insanc Russians and Ihelr friend* still believe tbelr new republic will emerge triumphant from i he rliaotlr conditions that now bold It almost helpless. The "Guard of Ik-ath " the battalion of Russian women raised by Vera Rutehkareff. was in action on Tuesday for the tirat time, at Kn-vo. The worn en fought well, gaining the respect of the male soldier*. No Military Success for Germany. Germany bo* scored po real military success of moment for n long time The Galician affair 1* not a sue- | eras of arms, and though the kai«er decorated some of hi* commander* ; there. :bey gained no glory by the pur- | suit of mutinous aiel disorganized | tnu>|>*. Ruber should Wilhelm have bestowed Ids decorations ui«ni the s|de» who stirred up Ihe tn»ul»>r<llua

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lu the Uhainiiagne region the crown prince hurled his 1ht|*s against the French lines wllh the utmost reck lesMii-** all week loug. hut the only re- | aoit was treim-odous hwes for the ! Germans, for the pollus were ludotiilta ! Me and If now and thm tbolr line

j man people, who have an astnnlshllif , capacity for scif-deccptlon. evince no desire to throw these militarists out ti:.d save their empire from ultimata

j disaster.

Siam Joint Kaiser’s Foes. One by one the smaller nation* of the world are lining up with the enemies of the kaiser and despotic tnllltniism. Far-away Slam l» the latest addition to the list. German vessels lu Siamese ports were seized and German citizens were Interned. The In fluence of every country thm roine* In on the side of freedom and Justice will he felt. If not strongly now. at lea-t after the war U ended. The Teutonic economists well know this, and even now are holding a conference • •n isnt-war condition-, seemingly still hopeful that their armies can bring nlxiut the realisation of that dream of a "Mtttel Karoim" thm would be self-sustaining and *<-if-cuntalned and liia: would always tlnvnlen the I Tare of the rest of the world. The frustration of that hope |s tb- great ultimate aim of the alllr*. lie,.!-. ‘.-Illative* of the entente allies met In Paris on Wednesday for the purjioso of determining the course of their future policy In the Ralkana. which Premier Hihot who presided, said must he modlfli-d t-ecause Greece Is now ranged with the allies. The United States was not represented, the administration holding ilint this nation Is not yet directly Interested in Ralkan

matters.

Food Control Bill Delayed.

iTi-sidcnt Wilson's strenuous obb-c- 1 lion to the senate amendment to the i food control Mil creating a congres- ! •donal committee on expenditures for ' the war. and the determination of the 1 house to defeat the senate am- nd ’ meats, caused a delay In the linal pas- . sage of the measure. Tlie prohibition 1st* were honnd to have restored the “bone-dry" plan for which the house j

voted.

The entente allies held a eonferene.In Paris and adopted unanimously thldeclnrauou: "The allied powers, more closely united than ever for the defense of the people's rights, panleulariy In ihe Hal peninsula, arv re-oitea| not (o lav n arms uo:ll they Imve attalin-'l the end which In ihelr eyes dominates all others—to render Impossible a tvturn of the criminal aggression such as that whereof the central empireMur the re*pon»IMtlty." In areordancr with live recntumi-ml.i Don of General Pt-rahiug. the Americ-! army is to be reorganised in the Preach plan of cvinf-inuathm. Thi« will change a company from I.’si to V"*> men. o regiment from l.‘W> to 3.u«> nw-u. and a division front US.r**i to approximately IT.'MI men. The government '.s planning a si -- tern of war Insurance that will preclude the establishing of pension roils as i- result of this war. It Is proposed iliat every man in the anuy. navy and marine o-rps shall he entitled to Insurance ranging from to Slot**', paying a premium of J* a thousand, the Insurance being a-stirred by the government In lieu of pension*; lu a.) dltlon. Ihe fnmlllc- and oilier dr|K-nd-eot* wlil hr provided for by allotment-Ki-cruttibg wa* glv"n s big ls>.--I la»t week, partly b> the announcement that drafted men would

NKW YORK.—WTieat nominal . l orn-Spot Arm; N'j. 2 yellow, I2.S7 1 * c 1 f New York, to arrive. Oat Spot Arm; standard. M160 ^ butler —Unsettled. Creamery higher than extras. creamery extra.. <»; score). 3S; Arsts. 37S,© 36%. seconds. J€© 374 Kgg.- Irregular; fresh gathered extras. 3Ses»c; extra Anrts. 3«©S74; Arsts. 2S©35; seconds. 29632; Stale, Pean«ylvanta and nearby Western henni ry whites. Ane to fancy, 44©4S; State. Pennsylvania and nearby hennery browns. 40 ©42. Cheese—Firm: State, frewh. specials, 21 1 ,6 22: do. average run. 214. Pressed Poulary—I>ull: chickens. IS ©2i> fowls. 16325. Live iwultry ea-' : chickens. 23© 25: fowls. 2U. PHILADELPHIA — Wheat — There wer. no offering* on the spot and the market was entirely nominal. Quotations are omitted. Corn—Western No. 2 yellow. $2.30 asked; oo. No. 3 do, nominal: do. No. 4. do. nominal; do. No. 5. do. nominal. 0:i’e—No 2 white. 93©94c: standard white. 92093; No. 3 white. 91 ©92; No i white. 90©91. Butter -Solid-packed creamery, fey, ■pedals, 42c; extras. 41; extra Arsts, 40. firsts. 39: seconds. 38. nearby print*, fancy. 45; do. average extra, 43fi44: do. Aral*. 416 42: do. seconds. 3961": -pedal brands ol print* were Jobbing at D>eSl. Kegs — Nearby Amts. $10.80 per standard rase; nearby currenl rere p;-. 10.50 per case; do. seconds, 9« per ca-e; Western Arsts. 10.80 per ea-- do Arsts. lu.50 per eas* ; do. second-. M.'i per case; fancy selected, carefullv candled egg* were jobbing at 43©44 per dozen. • Ins-.-.-—Now York.full cream.fancy, Ui-w. 2;4c: specials, higher, do.cholce. new. 21 , -«©22; do. fair to good new. 21 © 214. Live Poultry—Fowls, as to size and quality. 22© 23c; roosters. IS© 17: Spring chicken*, not leghorns, plump, yellow-sklnnc-d. weighing 1402 lbs apiece. 2S©3<|. smaller sizes. 25©2t>: leghorns. 20©24: ducks. Peking. 19: do. Ii.dtan Runner. 17018: pigeons. 1 old. per jifcir. 25 6 28: do do. young, per pair. 20022 BALTIMORE — Wheat — Contract opened dull and lower: soft 2 red. I $2 16 nominal Trading Inactive, but I price* hsrdened on higher Chicago ad- I

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< urn—Sale* included 600 bu. No. 2 ] whi'e. domestic, in No. 2 elevator, 1 $* . .. 400 bu. No. 2 yellow, domestic. . No 2 elevator. $215: 50 bu. No. 2 znlxi-d. domestic. No. 2 elevator. $2.15. j car No 2 yellow, spot. *214. car No. j 1 mixed, (rack. Locust Point. $2.13. I Oats—Standard white. 52c: No. 3 white. 91. Rye —bag lot*, as to quality and condition. new. $2.0002.20. Hay—No 1 timothy. $19.506 20; No. 2 do. 18: No. 3 do. 14©16: light clover mixed. 170 17.50; No. 1 clover mixed. 16 SO: No. 2 do. 12.50 0 14 50: No. 1 clover. 16. No. 2 do. 126 13.50: No 3 do. 8010. Straw—No. 1 straight rye. $15-500 16: No. 2 do. 14.500 15; No. 1 tangled rye. l.’01S: No 2 do. 10.50011.50: No. 1 wheat. $08.50; No. 2 do. 7.500 S: No 1 oat. 10011; No 2 do. 9 09.50. Butter — Creamery , fancy. 40c: do, I choice. 38059: do. zood. 56037. do,, prints. 4"641; do. block*. 39©4<V la-! die*. 35: Maryland and Prana rolls. | 34: Ohio roil*. 83: West Virginia rolls. S3: store packed. S3; Md V*. ' and Pa. dairy prUn*. 34. Egr< -Maryland. Pennsylvania and 1 ->ea- flrst*. S2c; Western Arsts. 32: I West Virginia Arsts. 32; Southern I Arsts. 31 Live Poultry—Chicken*- Old hens. 4 lb -, and over. 22c: do. do. small to - medium. 21: do. do. White Leghorn*. 21: old roosters, 12015: spring 2 lbs. and over. 2*; do. 14 to 2 Ihe. 26 6 27; do. smaller, as to *lze. 24 025: do, I White Leghorn*. 24© 25 Duck* spring. | 3 lb- and over. 21022 Potatoes - Western Maryland and Pennsylvania choice per bu. $1 1»0 1.15; Eastern :7bore Maryland and Vlr- j ginia. do. 1 1001.1' new. native, dr. ; 1050145 Eastern Shore primes, brl. | ' 500 3 75: do. do. cull* and No 2*. | d« 1.50 6 2. Rappahannock primes standard brl. 3.2505.75; do. do. -la' brl 3.0003.25.

CA.FB dbd:OOTJXTT'ST

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLD-

ERS.

OFFICERS Dirnclor HENRY S. RUTHERFORD Viee-Direelor AUGUSTUS HILTON

Clerk

T. W. F0WKES Sea Izle City County Collector JOS. 1. SCULL Ocean City Solicitor JOSEPH DOUGLASS Cape May Court Home County Engineer LEAKING M. RICE Wildwood Road Supervisor DANIEL SCHELLENGER Erma Snpt. of Weigat* and Measure* DAVID W. R0DAN.. .Cape May City Steward of Almshouse LEWIS T. DOUGLASS Cape May Court House Superintendent of Soldiere' Burial* JOHN W’. REEVES.. .Cape May City Custodian of Court House LEWIS S. SMITH Cape May Court House Farm Demonstrator J. A Hi 11KH STACKHOUSE Cape May Court House County Physician Dr. John tv. Dongle**, Cape May C. H.

LIST OF MEMBERS Name. Address, District Represented Term Expires on January l*t of the Year Opposite Name. OCEAN CITY Address, Ocean City John P. Foa 1919 John E. Townsend... 1919 SEA ISLE CITY Address, Sea Isle City Theo. E. DeBow 1920 James F. Eustace 1920 WILDWOOD Address, Wildwood Augustus Hilton 1918 Charles W. Saul 1918 NORTH WILDWOOD Addrrzt North Wildwood. John W. Young 1920 Floyd Hewett 1921) CAPE MAY CITY Address, Cape May City John T. Bennett 1919 Henry S. Rutherford 1918 UPPER TOWNSHIP Address, Tuckahoe Hope W. Gandy 1919 DENNIS TOWNSHIP Address, (Peermont) Avalon Levi Wentzell 1911 MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Address. Cape May Court House Stillwell II. Townsend 1920 LOWER TOWNSHIP Address, Rio Grande Jos. P. MacKissic 1918

COUNTY BOARD OF TAXATION O. I Blackwell Wildwood «. J Tyler...Caps May Court Housa Samuel K'.dredge Cape May City COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS John H. Straitor Palcrr o Levi Dickenson Em* Chas. Shields Cipe May Walter Rutherford Cold Spring JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF THR COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

Cities

Cape May City—James J. Doak Rueben Ludlam Ocean City—Jerome S. Rush Frank H. Ware Arthur D. Barrowa,Police Justice Sea Isle City—Alfred S. Steelman , Edward C. Stevens WiMwood—Girard Livezey H. C. Schlichting P. C. Ingersoll J. Charles Fach M. L. Branin George L. Shaw Borougha North Wildwood—A. M. Ely Stone Harbor—S. E. Herbert George J. Rumtnel West Cape May—David Hughes Woodbine—J. S. Levin Morris Levin Townships Dennis—A. £. Holmes, DennisvOle Thoma* J. Durrell, Bellepla.n Middie—L. T. Garret-on, Cape May Court Home Luther M. Swain. Swainton Ixiwcr—Frank Eidredge. Cold Spring Upper—James Shoemaker. Tuckaho#

The regular meeting* of the Board are held on the First and Third Tuesday of each month at the Court House, Cape May Court House, at I0J0 A. M. STANDING COnMITTEES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR

1917.

ALMSHOUSE—Fox. Bennett. Gandy, S. H. Townsend, Wentxall. BRIDGES—Wentzell. Bennett, Fox, Eustace, Gandy. MacKissic, Saul PUBLIC BUILDINGS — Bennett. Wentzell, J. E. Townsend. B1LI-S—Eustace. Hilton, DeBov AUDITING—S. H. Townsend. Gandy, DeBow. FINANCE—Saul. Eustace. S. H. Townsend. LUNACY—Gandy. Fox. Bennett. UGHTIXG—Hilton. MacKissic. J. E. Townsend. ROADS—Rutherford. Bennett. DeBow, Eustace, Fox. Gandy, Hilton. MicKitsic, J. E. Townsend. S. Ii. Townsend. WestxelL DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS-S. H. Townsend. BURYING SOLDIERS AND SAILORS—John W. Reeve*. BOARD OF SCHOOL ESTIMATEVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS—Saul. Bennett.

ASSESSORS OF CITIES,BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY Cities Cape May City J. Allen Wales Ocean City Dr. H. T. Foulds Sea Isle City Wm. J. Fcx Wildwood Lynn H. Boyer Borougha Avalon R. W. Kosenbawas Cape May Point Norman Riger North Wildwood Robert Bright South Cape May.. .Albert J. Rudolph Stone Harbor Hugh MrMurtrie West Cape May Harry S. Fisher Wildwood Great William E. Zeller Woodbine Israel Eisenberg Townahipa Dennis Rolla Hewitt, Ocean View Middle ...V. N. Erricson. Dias Creek Lower Cha.-. C. Bohm, Cold Spring Upper George Hoff, Tuckahoe

TAX COLLECTORS FOR CITIES. BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY. Cities Cape May City.. ,W. J. Fenderson, Jr. Ocean City E. W. Burleigh Sea Isle City Lewis Steinmeyer ! Wildwood Robert J. Kay Avalon Walter A. Smith Cape May Point J. T. Hu© North Wildwood P. L. Peterson South Cape May.C. Marshall Rudolph Stone Harbor Clarence O. Letxkua West Cape May Harry T. Ludlam Wildwood Crest H. W. Lars Woodbine Dr. Joaeph Jaffa Townships Dennis H. M. Carroll, DcnnisviUe Middle. WUlets Corson, Cape May C.H. Lower... .Scott Seymore. Cold Spring

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COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS Addrvaa: Cape May Court House

Supreme Court Justice

HON. CHARLES C. BLACK

Circuit Court Judge

HON. HOWARD CARROW

Common Pleas Judge

HON. HENRY H. ELDREDGE Cierk of Courts and County Clerk A. CARLTON HILDRETH Deputy Cierk of Courts and County

STERLING W. COLE. ROBERT S? MILLER

;l» 1- RICE r of the Pleas

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OP CITIES. BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHU'S OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY.

Cities.

Cape May City A. G. Bennett Ocean City T. I«e Adams Sea Isle City Arndt Gordon Wildwood N. A. Cohen Boroughs. Avalon K. Needham Cape May Point Peter Krupp North Wildwood ....Thomas Corson South Cape MayStone Harbor. .Marie I- VanThuyaa West Cape May Wm. H. Smith Wildwood Crest — Wocdbine ... R. H. Reiner Townships. j DsanLi .. Gi-:. S- Robinson, Denmsvilla Middle D. D. Burch Lower Jerry H. Wooison Upper Wm. S. Kid. edge. Pvl-r.i-ur*

CITY. BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP CLERKS OF THE COl M l

OF CAPE MAY

Borough* K. W. Rosrn: jir.t H. H. :

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Middle...A. T. D. !4,.v-:.. Piss Creek Lower.Charles C. Kec '.W.Cape May Ubner.Jwtse T. Youne.Kee.'eV* Fomt Upper... Alfred H. Sapp. Petersburg