ATLANTIC COAST NEWS

VOL XJCXII.—NO. 38

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1917

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■ Abort Folta You Know.

vr't-raA t«Mt Uot Piemri c Mr*. Tbomn I Mr* Dr KeOflr i H IM wood. ' Mr* Tbeodoro Scholl * tuner or * n* n« chi the local Red CMmo.

MU* CathaMM RMichMty and Mis

Mr*. F.

Kjan. well a rial tor he. miking he/ home la BalUmors, Md. Mr. and Mra. John Cobw&t. Ol Philadelphia. _ ' on reglatered at the Betiero* Htnd r a two woohs* oCay. Mra. J. Snow and aona. Ixxua. and Walter, with tlwlr wive* and famllle*. ere until October, staytnc at their rummer home. ■ Iiabella Tcrrana and daneb’er. M!t* Torrana. of New York City, are registered at the Surf Houae for a

Earl Grogan motored Iron Atlantic nty on Sunday to en>oy the week-end Ik rt at the goeaU of Gua Crooackor,

the BeUeroe Hotel.

The Sea lalo City Ocean Her will hr told at ShorUTc Mala on Monday klurnoon. Soptombc? 17th, on .ompUiat of Mra. Btchrer. who holda a heavy mortgage again**, the property. Moffett waa a vjaitor at the of hU aiater. Ml** M. L Mof IrtL or*r Labor Day. Mr. Moffett ’jj ju*t '•-turned from a trl ' ,o China. hMUt and the Phlllyp>«ea. Mu* Dorothy Parker, daughter of

3 Cents a Copy, $1.50 a Year

ROUNDED U° PRISONERS WHO ESCAPED PROM JAIL Brorett Stellmac and Arthur Tayloi, “•*«>. •'ho oocaped from the Cape M4r County )«a Marty Mondky morn " been round w! up and are frty behind (be bare again. Tay- * caught in Tnckahce, after -an all nlgdt chaaa, early Ttmedity morntog, and SteUman waa ferreted out of hto hiding place la the orerhead troeUe of the Baadlyg Railroad at the

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Pluuntidb EntesN » Ste For South lorsey konral School, «t Tuesday's

Conyentian

The Third Annual Cofivratiah of the Cape May County Chamber of

WM held In the Settee; At Boa lato Cky. on TueaB*r, am from erery port Of tt<e i eent ProaMNnt Samuel P. 1

of the Atlantic City Chao.lmr of GHBmorea, togethor with John & Waa'— Pieaaantrflle merchant. Thomaa W< too. of Pleaagmrme. and Rev. ~

of Atlantic CHy, were .

reaented the claim* of PleaaaqtriUe for the new State Normal Scboql. with the raoult that the following rep-

naa Wool r. Dr. Vt preeeql.

and turned evar to the police of Cape

May, mTX wW» - robbery He war -g to pwwn aw;

worth of J»wj** of Mra. David Sc-rtL wtf. of former TMlonor. whme borne U to A«-

CMy. The Cape

tbowaand dolRr* o from the bAe

□ to be IpI In Sooth

CADILLAC'BREAKS RECORD IN MOOSE AUTO RACKS. The apetd record'for the Sea lale City beach waa broken on Monday. In th<- Mooae Auto Race*, by a Block drmonatratnr 1*18 Seven-Paasengar Cadillac touring car. owned by Percy L Neel. PreaMent of the Automobile Sale. Corporation. Philadelphia, and a summer cottager here. In a race with three other can. the Cadillac nudv a apeed of acveuty-three mile*, which it equivalent to about 81 mile* i solid ground. The auto racea scheduled for Saturday. the Moose Patriotic Day. were postponed until Monday on account of the con tin aed abower* on Saturday, which upset the entire program of the

day

Pour can ware entered In Monday’* ce: E. C. Steven*’ Packard. Clarice Mazurle*’ Had eon. Percy Neels’ Cadillac and another Hudson Superalx. The Ural race waa disputed, and alnce It lay between Stevens and Neel, the two can run over th>; thrfe-mUe cotine again. Neel's car being the ea*y victor. The nee for small can was i run. only one car being entered, sack nee waa won by Joseph Coll.

ub Kii BIM « MID Petitioned by Residents, Board Will Extend Third Ave. To Issue $22,000

Paving Bonds

AVALON.

FISHERMAN BADLY HURT IN FALL FROM WINDOW

. . «f the i•any. of Sea lale CHy. was badly lajur - m a fall from

bawd a rat. Hla lac* was badly lacantad aad the aide af kt: ja* waa lorn away. EsaminaXIaa by Dr. Boot! nvaalad internal tnjurtas also. to the Atlantic CHy Hospital, where be was taken to an antamebtle. Word from Holmes clhctalc. this weak la that ha to nr«nartag nicety, and while Jltll to a aerloca ec tb*»«ibt to be well oat at

At »od Mn. J. W. Parker, well known OPEN qqAT VICTOR IN lo-dealg cut lagers, wa* recently I ^ married to Edward Decker, of Phlla-J YACHT CLUB EVBNTS.

d'-lphta.

'V.lium L. Hurtey, of Phltodriphla.1

.. and well knoe-n Locally, waa a eUHo. over Labor day the suost of hla daughter, Bn Jotepk Malian, at her summer

home hen.

M'* John Conway and Mn. Andrew Smopo •ntertatoed at cards Monday It thr Bellevue Hotel. The glints tn-rM-d Mlm. Dorothy Evana. Mn. Amanda .->toke*. Mlaa Helen Shea. Mn. < ba» Seider, Mn Marie CoU. Mlaa linth Hayee and Mlaa Harriet The late season finds the fishing n rood from the Ocean «c- Record catches for the season «re; '"•-d oc Tuesday, when Mr. Kanin Uaded a three pout • weak fish. Mr Richard Jacobs okrd a dve pound rock fish Mr. Bren Uadod thirty-five king fish. ' vfry L Neel and wife returned to Udeiphia thU week, after spending ••nUre summer ot their Bca--dwalk -m- Mr. Neel had not °r *e»rrai years, but enjoyed hla visit ir ao well that he will eonUnoo ‘'“mm* down off end on until the tote

•firnon. Profeaaor Jeffer“M rrelgsed from hla profeoaor* “b »> Hie I’nlveralty and la awaiting •u to France, be having We* one u ‘* Aral forty to he picked out for . M - C. A work among our " *“

Tha Labor Day water spotta of the Sea lals Yacht and Motor Club drew a Mg crowd and the events of the after noon pamaf off very accceaufully. The feature race waa between tha epen boat Selma II. owned by Mr. g'raobmUler. and the hydroplane 8. V., owned by Victor Simon. The race waa boat for. boat, with no time allowancea. over a course of ats mtlea. The Selma pro7ed

n minutea. as Aptost the 8. V. a U ^ Uty ^ C amp. of

the Pomona Grange

• John T. Gtlltsoa la abfrnt from i uiliesmn fareoaage and from her ■ toed place at the church eer-

Ml.. Mtldr G Uliana’a niece, ano a at Itryn Mawr College, “trleken wUh appendicitis '“Hla* 111 Boetoo Mlaa Jacob* 111 h privala boeyltal with Mra. luok.u* after her. and a rajdd

mlaut-s and SI aeconda.

a BeaaL Ryan, daughter of MicbRyan, wall known local cottager. gave nn exhibition In aquAplanlng. and aant a few thrills over the crowd hy bar feats Ska also ga e an exhibition in diving, and demonstrated the lout swimming strokes, flnlanlng by

swimming with

ed. t Winners at the varloua other evesU err: Junior iwimmlng race. Earner Shill; ..-lor swimming. Robert Kbel tog; tub rune. Junior, Elmer Shill, tab race, aeaior. Robert EbeHng; baUtog it. William Rose and Jamee Ha The three mUe open boat race ron by Mr. l-hlppcr’a 'Kudin..” anJ tl># au mile race by Selma 1L A tilting contest between Jamee Hain and Mr Roeamaaler started out ell enough, but waa declared off on _xw«at of the breakage of tba tUtlag rode, after two attempts.

"WHEREAS, Information reaebafi this Chamber that bat two or throe towns originally aspiring for the as Id school have any chance ol seesriai the same, none of these being MR} rlUe. and "WHEREAS, of the towns remaining under consideration, for the location of said School. Pleastatvllle. 1« Atlantic County, would best Serve tha Interests of the Cape May County > said school, and it a moat tdenl location for the same for tb* many reason* already sabmHted ta the Stole Board of Education, and baa raed by some of the cttle* to Cape May County as :

’.T IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that

a Chamber heartily endorse Plea*satvtile as tha 'ldael location for tha said school. It batog to erery way fitted for inch location, and hereby urges those is authority to place the

•aid ach-jol at rioasantTMe ” The Chamber had previously gone

on twcord as favoring Millville for tha school, hot H developed at the meeting that Millville was oat of the nmatog. and was not betog considered by the State Board of Education, the lo-

ot the school lying hvtweeo

President Clay me Halnee Brick, of Ocean City, who has guided the devtlatoe of the Chamber eo aucceaafuILv duitog the three years of iu existence waa re-elected for the 1817-18 term, despite hla expressed deelr* to be relieved from further service William A. Haffert waa reelected Secretary, aa **• Ell Townaend. Treasurer Vice-President* elected weir: Hon Joseph O. Champion. Ocean City: F W Speak man. Stratbmere; Hon. R W. Cronecker. 'Sea lale CHy: Hon Gilbert 8. Smith. A-aloa; Hon. & F.

Herbert. Stone Harbor;

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Newcomb, of Bridgeton. Darla Newcomb and Julius motored to Peennont on Monday and rpent, some time with Mlaa Mahan, after which they motored to Atlantic

City.

Mr. Samuel Shuttle worth, of Prankford. sad Mr. V. J. B. Boaby. of Philadelphia. spent the week-end at the Luray. Mr. and Mrs. R. Lewis returned to their home In Philadelphia, after spending some time at the Lurgj. Mr. W. J. Ruane. Mlaa Loretta Ruane. Miss E Riley. Mlaa Bertha Wilson. and Mr. Taylor Branson are occupying the C. K. Johnson cottage. Mr. J. Keller and family, of Princeton Harbor, .returned to their Germantown home on •Wednesday. Mr. Ralph Stiles motored from Cape May on Thursday to rtait friends in Peennont. Mr F. P. Canfield and his aiatei Ruth spent Tuesday to Ocean City. A tire on Mr. l-ockyear’* automobile exploded while being repaired and Mr Lorkyear waa badly cat about tba head and face. He was attended by Doctors Brtcker. Bowen and Weto traube. Mlaa Clara Wentxell returned to

dctlea at Has Jennie BivUford. of Philadelphia. spent the • Mr. and Mrs returned to their Philadelphia home on Tuesday, after spending ■aa at ike Loray. The Staton* returned to their Philadelphla home on Friday, after epending tlw season In PeermcnL The Basaar which waa held to the M. E. Church waa ve . and a neat sum wqa added to the Church treasury. . Mrs. Shaw Mahan returned to bar Peennont home, after spending her vacation in Atlantic City. Mr. Charles FHblan returned to hi* Philadelphia home after spending the weak with hi* aunt. Mn. E. W. Pluck-

ar.

Senator Datv and Mrs Daix are tertatolng Mlaa Sarah Street and her brother. San-nrl. of Philadelphia Mr. and Mra. Jamaa Perrin gave a house party for the week-end. Mr. and Mra. James A. Willard. Jr. Mr. and Mra. Char lea J Wllktooon. Mr and Mra. G. V. C. SUlea. Mr. and

The Cape May Coanty Board of Free-

holders held their regular meeting at Cape May Court Houae. on Tuesday,

massed a resolution to baser objec-

to the taking over of Third Avenue. In Avalon, from list street, northeast to Cornell Harbor, thence to 7th street, and northweat on 7th street to the Mato Channel, at Learning, to be built and maintained by the County. A petition was presented to the Board, signed by about fifty residents of Avalon. requesting that this action be taken. The hearing will be held at the next meeting of the Board, at Court House, on 'Tuesday. September 18th. at

eleven o'clock to the morning.

Bonds for $22,000 w ed. to provide the nt*

finance the re-aurfaemg of the Main seashore Road, from the Ocean City road at Marmora, for two mtlea south. Contract lor this work waa let to E. A. Coruon, the lowest bidder, at a pro-

Freeholder Theodore DeBow. of Sea Isle City stated that the Board of Freeholders had learned of a b*«rlnc to be held on Route 16. of the Edge Road law and that the Board favored the building of Route 14 first. Th« former enters the Count} at Erm and the Utter at Marshall’* Carne:

sear the Bea Isle City Urn pika 1 , uu was explained by Freehoidsr John Fox Mni Ceorin , w Elliott and George of Oce*n City it - the h-Jldtoa <• w EUletr. Jr, returned to PhlladeiRoute 14 first would - «w... e toxpa>- gpendlng alx weeka at Peer-

era of the county many thousand dol- {

lara for resurfacing the Mato Sr* v<iu Marlon Lassen has been spendshore road, aa Route 14 pncvldaa for . ume with her atoter. Mrr the pevtag o. this road by the Btot- F E Langenhelm In Peennont She from MarahalPa Coroaw to Cape Ma> ^ u tQ on «; , t u CHy I’pon motion of J M. K- HU; spend n few days to Phlla d. rib, of TApe May. It ^waa dacidrd W nh Mrs. Frank Jones. cHer

Disposing of y*ur property by WUI m* thing; the aNectlo:. of a saitoe •xecot^r la quit* anothar. And yet both become a very atotpto when you invoke tha aid of the Bo curtly Trust Company, of Capa May City. N. J, to

DISTINCTIVE Printiiwi

H Prin*'Tg that will attract attention and put your advertising in a class by itadl— printing thatamtaina originality in conception and excelfence in its execution ■—thi» quality of originality and dMdoahtychaxaAerizrs all the printed work we turn out.

x'teae waa Oiled

that lh»' Chamber would attend Hibearing to a body and urge the build Ing af Route 14 at ooc*. The Iwartn^ srill be at Cape May Court Houae on

September nth

The rfternoon aeaaion was not for ally urcanlsed on account of tav al^ of several of the Lower Countdelegate* Tboee who attended th. afternoon aeealon were aervvd dton. at the Bellevue Hotel, aa gueato of the Sea lale CHy Buatooaa Men’s A'

Bax baracb. who .wa*

to have bees, preeent. wu caltod to WeahtokUMr to the afternoon, an- 1 I wired bla regret* ^ „ ' The next meeting wlb be b«ifi »' I Avalon, on the Invitation of Mayor 'Smith, m Tuesday evening. October |*th. TEACHERS' RETIREMENT

FUND MEETING

The Cap* May County meeting of the Trocbera’ Retirement Fuad for the purpose of electing two (J) delegate b, the Annual Trenton Convuotton. wtll b* held at 10 S«t o clock A M oi. Saturday. Hepierober 16. 1*17. at tb. • county Supertatendent'a Office. Cai- !

May court Hcuae

| All members of the Fund employ. Is> the County and all Fund annuitant'

entitled to be prvwen

la

L VanTbuyne entertained

bou*e partv of twenty-four over the week-end. Included In the party were E. VanTbuyne and family, of Phila-

delphia

KILLED BY TRAIN . AT NEWFIELD CROSSING John King, of South SeavUle, met death by a P. R. IL Uectrtc train at a crossing ta Newfleld. last Saturday. Mr. King waa r I siting a daughter at Newfleld, and was crossing the tracks hen struck. Mr. King was well known to the upper portion of Cape May Coanty. and was frequently employed to Sea lale City. He waa a painter.

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH. Rev. John T. GlUlaon, Pastor. •’Lutheran Week" was a successful chapter to the history of the local Lutheran church, and advanced the general Interests of t all along the line. Renewed activity U to evidence on the preparations for the new Church Building. Bricks are being cleaned and stocked up. ready for hauling to the Church lot and preparation* are being made to move the chapel from Ha Landis Avenue frontage, to a frontage on Italia Street ThU U part of the building program as voted on air at the last Congrega-

nttag.

subscription* were received

at lest Sunday evening’i. serv.ee of

Church for the liquidation of of the old building account.

One-fourtb of the needed amount 1* subscribed, and the congregation are boay securing the last six hundred dollar* needed. As soon aa this la fully accomplUbed. work will be oom-

U, coat *67,000. of wbldh the Hate will m*nc+4 on the new structure. 1X600 from tha motor vehicle , fun A The Board plana to pave the A special it.erest waa token by loKeaahore Road down to Marshall's Cor-It* 1 church-goer*, in the evening aefner from which point the balance will vlc *» »t Meaaiah Lutheran Church on be 'paved by the State, from the pro- ‘f 0 ™ *4* ■P£»| •Uaotmcceeds of the I16.000 Edge Hoad Law 1 ** Mlaa Lotto MrgtoU Picard Mag money, aa provided to Root* 14, from' ■ 0,0 »- ODe ol "hlch wua. "The Tuck&boe to Cape May City. L*>nl la Mindful of HU Own.” It la Bonds for *8,000 were atoe ordered to 1*“* that ssUrtlDM from

to,,, u,. buiuM

to Stone Harbor, from lllth Street to 117th Street and Second Avenue. The balance of the meeting waa token up mostly with routine mnliers. among which wsa a discussion as to whetbe. or not the County ahould pay for dinners of Ha oactols who are ont County bustoeoa- Some of the Board thought the oil is ahould Ise paid, and others thought not. but when a bill came Ir. for dinners of the County Detective*, approved by the County Prosecutor and Judge, the matter was aeitled by per Ing all dinner btlU. none

of which

OCEAN VlBW ITEMS. Oliver Gamble and family, of West mont. spent the week-end with Mra. L/dU Watkins Mr. Edward Hall, of Germantown, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs

Chapel, and Miss Liard's work waa greatly enjoyed,

quest Miss Picard sang a third num-

ber. "Holy. Holy. Holy.”

retm-

•OROUGH OF WOOOMNE.

;wpti Joffi-. Collector ol g district of the Bor. _ . pursuant to authority v . the statutes In sue' - provided, will on MONDAY, the Sth Day of Octahor, 1*17, at TWO o-iiock —

Inriudma Inlerrot and costs

Tie sahl land, las i.uute e-*-i real astats

Subscribe for the Cape May CAini«

Ttmsa. like irar y**r.

SEPTEMBER TIDE TABLE.

2.48 1.47 4.89 5-22 &d7 6 44 7.84 7.69 8.88

12.12 1.18 MX 3.18

10.80 10.41 1184 12.00 1.10 1.28

6.23 6 20 7.04

A.M.

6-66 6.64 7.67 900

• 9.69 10.60 1148 12.06 12.43

in 146 2.28 2.68 829 4.02 4 48 646 6.47 605 917

10 88. 1181 11 is 1246

P M 6.42 7.44 8.46 9.45 10. SS

Rev. 8. W. Toy. of Cape May City, preached to th Sunday evening. ' Rev. William Moore ta entertaining hla parents from Newport. Mrs. Walter Taylor and daughter. Lila, and M-aa Mattie Taylor, of Tnck shoe, accompanied by Mra. William De Vaul and Mra. Orllfith Gandy, picnicked i* Wildwood. Wednesday. Misses trees Eckersley and Knoda Downam spent Sunday at Townaend’ InlsL Harry Kauffman, of Atlantic CHy. spent a day of tkla week with his torn

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’ Mra. Lydia Howell and children spent a day of last week at MlUvlUe son and Luriet. Eddy Sunday with Rev Blackman ana family at Auburn. N. J. Mrs Matilda De Vaul entertained her a taler. Mra. Souder, and husband, of Malaga. Katurdav. Joseph Lloyd was airtick by an automobile with undtouned lights Sunday : l - oWouin evening, while on bla way to church, HomcteU but was not seriously injured Clara De Vaul spent the week with relatives in Atlantic CHy. Mr. and Mra William De Vcut attended the Baptist services at the Hippodrome at Ocean CHy. Sunday evening Mra Elisabeth Sutton la entertaining her brother. James Townaend. and wife, of CollefttvIUe. P* Arthur Sutton la employ 4 to Wrighutown. N. J. Mlaa Martha Godfrey spent several dtya with her cwualn. Mra Heudmon. at Ocean City. Mra. Frank Shaw entertained her sister-in law. Mra. Ida Van Glldtr. and daughter Esther, at dinner Sunday. Mtnford Beam, with hie wife and parents, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mra B.’a father. Stephen Parson*. Peter Hand, of Court Houw. visited bla aiater. Mra. Austin !>e Vaul. Thurs-

day.

William Lucas and family, of Cape May. and Frank Powell of Camden. ! several day* with Mr* Frank

FKLI. AT PCUIJC ^ALi^aJI ^tha^wU.

I lor the ahortMt term for which .. oi pr’MNM will bur Ike aama, wlo re no i-eraun will Md for a and pay .the taa H*o ttissoaa.

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THfr.U.ftSg'-ntSfSSg’JB IM KUkKJ) AND KDTKKN. and •uatact • tlx e»>«w*«i O' aay unpaM iMa aweaed agautal the aarue ;<rlor to 1916:— I .,| Hiork. Sec. asm. AVirobera. Max IS.J0 * 1> IIX.H AUxnbera. Stal . - Alrxnle-ra. Max . Aleaenbera. Max .

M. lelil- if

Axelftal. M

1840

IW'shaw.

1.401 Mra Rama Shan with Mies Vera * IS and Horry Ksnffman. Jr . spent Moo•63 <tay at Sea lale * _ Tbe Grammar arhool epened here 350 Tureday with Mlaa Myra Way aa tea-

4 08 chrr

4 52 Miss Cornelia Bckeralay spent Mon dav with bn brother at Townaend'*

1 Intel

5-89 j ‘

6.47

l jjt Mall* arrive and depart at the Sea , 0U J lale city poat oOce a* followi 10 67 I'BPART- 7 and 9.45 n. m..

7 p. ra

4 20 and

1.061

Above t'deo are fur lb* Ocean front. For back waters add fifty mtouUB.

a m. $48. 6 and 6.30 p. m. i‘Mce open# at 8.89 a

2SXT ' ove slatr~ pmivrtS'Oate abara of