Cape May County Times, 16 November 1917 IIIF issue link — Page 2

ATI’S SIHIPUIS Inew Jerset BEATS RKOROSi state Bres

Rscal Tear Was Begun With Cash on Hand Nearly *3.000000. BUL61SS COFFERS. CuSi U th« Actu«l B«l«nc« Intng AfUr D*ductln B Con tractunI Obttgatli but Kav* Net ft

tltDN blsu Treewnrer WUUarn 1'. Begd of LctTZmS notified GotEd«* of daUlla of wbnt l* T**nT Incident 1c Use

and His Gmemmeit Overthrown by Maximalists

Led by Lenine.

n order Indodlnc to tbr

• Of mlUtarj opet*ttoo« nil terr'torr r. wtt end ee« of the Po end Mlnrlo rt»erm. eo he may eooalder the poeelbUltj of cnrryln* Ida retreat mtsefa farther than the Plaen. Whether thU wm be neeeaaary erldently depend* on the speed with which Freace. Greet Britain and Am eric* can *et ran* and aupptle* to the Italian front Ctsaa and .upplle* eepedally are called foe by the Italian*. The rider/ of the German In Italy

threaten!nr the radical* Trith a 1 tary dlctatomhlp nnlee* they drop their claim that oo# of their cm ‘ •botsld be appointed eiee chancellor. The rdcfdktag majority, with which Use count eolemaly announced the other day be would now work In harmony. U In dancer of breaking op. with the result of a onion of the national liberal* and the eonaermtirta. Such a coalition would hare i bare majority end would be esbjected to coeatac tack by the Sodallata. The proaped of a political trace. It 1* admitted. U

fiacal year. im-m?. Urn with all .HabQiUaa to b. applied be expiring year deducted from the fund* aralable to meet current otUgations. the elate will etart the new' fiscal year with between lx£00.«M ana W.0W.000 on the right aide of

la the past the state** balance* at the cloalng of Bseel year, bare

The practice he* been to report balances ranging from a few hundred

Pft0*GERMANS RULE IN RUSSIA

already hare hinted that they will attack that city from the air. and

thaee balance# to be largely wiped oat the Aral day of the aew ftaeal year by nppi; ing them to conUscta and other

ifcUgatlcna-

Tht balance Usl* year U actual. Tba nab 1* In the *ute

Edward 1. Crirt. aa attire worker, la the rank* o: young Democrat* of Wcodbory. ha. been appointed en Inspector of the rerenae doperuneut at la tdo load of amall pMotrs waa ikan to Camp Dtx. At Wrighlatown. by a delegation of women from the riaUoaal Surgical Dreaalag committee. Park place. Newark. A half hour ter they had all been claimed by tM appredatlre eoldlera. wl from an direction, tor-ard the T C. A. for the gift* George A. Ororer, fifty-two yeare old. who waa rwelected for hi* alxUt consecnUre term aa a member of the dtr council of Baal Orange. N hi* home there. He bad 1 a rvM estate and Inaarance agent East Orange for many year*. Mr. Ororer was formerly out* anpcrrlaoj; for New Jeruty. He waa member of the Beat Change lodge . Elks and the Hollywood Republican Two theater., each with e resting capacity of *.000. which win be nppliad with first class show* hy New, York booking agent., will be boat at Camp Dlx. Wright*town. John H. Scott, Republican coanty clerk elect, win take the oath of ©«ce Saturday, Norember 17. and aaautnr; Us dutiea at the court honae In New, ark the following Monday. The law provide, that he a hall take e«c* 10. day* alter electIot day. bo* the tenth day thl* year fall* on Sun* »y. Norem-

ber IS.

A foreet fire of unknown origin lai* warte a large area of the fidOO acre Atlantic county game preserve, at EetelvlUt, and waa Unsay beaten out by a party rf aporumen who were

■y COWAMD Vf. PICKARD.

served to bring about a rwlft union of all tactions la Italy, and tbe govern-

Ity of tbe mtnatioo. 1* tb* enemy will fall to accon-pliah tbetr •unitary object as they bare tbelr political object. Th- Italian armle* are

lag separate partlamenta. will be renewed prortalonAlly for two year*. Tbe alliance, origtoallr signed la 1«T. be subject to renewal ten yeera. Japan and America Agree. Viscount lahli's mlerion to the Unit

Sii, th« pr f mere of tn

Maxi mall ata Ud by Nikolai Lenloe.

caned. Chaos exlatt there and a long ceotlooed reign of anarchy la the proe-

The only hopeful feature of the

ably the fortre#* of Kronstadt, but (hey here all RasaU to reckon with, and especially the Cossacks, who hare no sympathy with the plan to make a eaperat* peace with the central powers. hL Bakhmctrif feria sure that (be majority of the Russians who followed Kerraaky are with the proritdonal gorerament heart and soul, understand that RuaaU e freedom can be aaenred only by tbe defeat of Germany by the alllea. and will fight to the end. The spirit prevailing In Petrograd. be •aearts. U not represeoutire of tbe Russian apirit aa a whole. Loyal Women Fight th« Rebels O! ell the armed force* lo and about (be capital It appear* that the woman'* battalion alone remained loyal tc tbe government. It waa stationed at the winter palace and when that building was attacked by the crulacr Aurora and the gun* of tbe fortresa of t Peter and SL Paul, it fought aa rely aa poa^hle until overwhelmed end compelled to aerreodcr. The balds lasted four hour* and waa apectncular. Tbe rebel* brought up armored cars to aid In orerc.vmlng the leeUtance of the heroic women. There was no chance to call other loyal troop* U Petrogred. for the leader* of the Workmen's end eoldlera' delegate* had •atled the poet* and telegraphs. The rebel congr-ee was convened Wedneaday night, the officer* elected Including Lenloe and Leon Trotxky. Beveral proclamation, were Issued, one of them Hating tb# program of the new authority to be: -nm—The offer of an Immediate democratic peace. “Kecond—The Immediate handing ever of Urge proprietorial lands to

the pesaant*.

“Third—Tbe tran«ul»*lon of alt authority to the counril of aoldlera' and workmen'* delegate*. ••Fourth—Tbe honest c©n»oratloo of a constitutional aaarmbly." It I* believed In London that Kef© sky will re establish the provtalooal 1 government In Moscow and that tb* Soviet will not he strong enough to held out long against him. For the present, however, tb# pro-German# bare the Upper hand. Italian* Revest to th« Livens* Jtg had bee-U -•xpx-cted. CuBUt C*fiorue did not attempt to make a long Stand on lb# TagUamrato river line agalr.at the oowncpiug Au«trT,G«rarmle*. but fell hart Ian week to the IJTMiaa. iwejxi to eighteen atilt* west. The enemy f-Jlcwed rioee ty. and the prospect wea that the Hallos* would speedily tie farced berk lo

cheerful, and the rear guards are fighting valiantly to retard tbe ad-

vene* of the Teuton.

As In Russia, femneriy. eo In Italy, the farther the invaders penetrate, the more dangerous become* their own Position. They are storing away from their bases of supply, and mnst rebuild tbe lines of eoenmualeatioo destroyed by the Italian* In thdr retreat. Oedema. on tbe other hand, gain* tb* protection of rieere larger titan the Tagllamcnto, of many canal* and of numerous railroads that are ab»* to furnish all tbe trwnaportattor hi* con-

tracted front uewd*.

British Gain Paaochendael# Rldga. Kir Douglas Halga periodical drive , Flanders, which la becoming a tuglar weekly feature, accomplished

Japan la guaranteed her price for more active pertidpetion In the war. The

rwcugeiee Japan's special InlervaU U China and to permit the shipment to Japan of the supplies of Iron and uteri that she need*. In return. Japan win furnish a great amount of tonnage foe transport peepeee*. wtU get Into action her warship*, numbering about a hundred and already mobilised, and probably will aend an army to Europe. Italy U asking that Japanese troops be called over tc help repel the Invading

alien the Canadian* succeeded In taking the village of the ridge of the dominate* the roue try to the aatt. Tb* drive waa made tinder most advene condition*, the ghmnd bring flood,-d by torrential rain*, but the British barrage fire wa* perfect and tbe Infantry followed It ac rioariy that the Gerumns In tbrir coo Crete dugeuta end jril boxes were stormed before they had time to get Into action. Thl* advance brought BeuSers under tb* gun* of the British, and tbrir aviator# also began bombing that town with deadly effect. Following up the retiring crown prince's army north of the Alanr. the French reached the south bank of tbe Allrite, but The Germans maintained the!, line on tb* other aide of that si ream by heavy and continuous artillery fire. Elsewhere on tbe French front all enemy attack* wi

fully repulsed.

General AUenby reported that bis ..oops In Palestine a (It* nc»d beyond Beerubebe with splendid dash and endurance and that on Wednesday be

captured Gaaa from tbe Turk*

American Patrol Boat Torpedoed. Tbe German U-boat* found oi American victim In the patrol boat Alredo which was torpedoed and sunk In British waters, going down In four minute* after bring struck. Unit.

John T. Melvin an.*. 20 men v

Tbe Alcedo waa formerly tbe private yacht of G. W. Child* Drexri of Philadelphia. She carried a crew of seven

- fiS men. Tbe American

merchant **eamahlp Uoche*ter also waa destroyed by a torpedo, at leeet four men toeing tbrir live*. An American freighter arriving al an Atlantic port reported that her gun erew sank a German aubmeraltile that attempted to torpedo her In the Mediterranean. In general, the U-boat* bad a poor week, tbe British admiralty ng®rt showing that only right British *•• aria of more then l-fitiO tuna had been sunk, and four araaller vaaaeU. Thl* la the amalleat number of victim* for any week alurv unrestrlcted submaritM-

warfare began

Vea Hertllng May Not Last.

Count von Hertllng Isn't likely to be German chancellor fur very long.

be ylriil*

The actual fra* cash In t treasury now U approGmately »i.*00.ooe in excess of th* free caab there

! Since IHJ the state's strong went through many fluctnationa. that year there was a balance of |L<77,(11. In WU the Democrat* came l»fc> power ana al (he doe* of that

and In the 1 olio wing year the free baJsnee wan entirely wiped out and a deficit of $1(0.464 existed. Th* Republicans got control ot the legMlstnre la 1(1* and w. and xp their firm fiacal year with a free balance of $U2r «$, which waa Inemaaed Mat year to 91.fiM.M3. There la also a aew point for

f lias

, bring eetabtlsked. Oa-

Tboogb Japan’s apeclal Interests In China are to be recognised becane* of contiguity, both nationr agree to maintain th# open door and th* territorial sovereignty of China. Socialists Lee* In Elections. Emperor William met s Double defeet In tbe United State* last Tuesday, when In Chicago and New Tort tbe Socialists were thoroughly whipped at Supporting the Socialist for Jodgc* In Chicago and and other city officials In New York, were all the force* of proGermanlam. pedfldam and disloyalty, and though they cast a dlagracefcDy large vote, the defeat administered te (hem waa derisive. Three elections were looked upon, and rightly. a» e tret of th* loyalty of the two largest ritlee In th? country. Moat -if the Socialist candid-.!** were openly anti-war men and some of them lo their pre-election utterance* came dangerously near the treason mark. Hence the victory of loyalty and potrictiam la cauae for genuine rejoic-

ing.

John F. Hytan. Tammany Democrat, waa elected mayor of New York and tbe etat# gave a large majority In favor of woman suffrage. In Ohio, bow-

ever, the romen lost

House Heed* U. E War Mlaelen. Upon tbrir arrival In a British port the administration announced tb# name* of the members of the American war commission sent to Uke part In (be great conference of tbe alllea In Part*. Col. E. M. Honae 1* th* chairman and apokeaman Tor th* praeldeot oo guestioo* concerning the general conduct of tbe war. Th* other members ere Admiral W. ft R*n«m, chief of navel operations; Gen. Taaker H. Hllaa. chief of auff: Oaear T. Crcaby. aariitant aerreUry of the treasury; Vance C. McCormick, chairman of tb# war trade board: Bslnbridg* Colby, member of th# shipping board; Dr. Alonso E. Taylor representative of Food Administrator Hoover; Thoms* N. Pertln*. member of the priority board, end Gordon Auchlncloaa. chief secretary uf tb# rommlaalon. fUcreUry Lansing Issued a statement that make# it clear that tb* allies realise that many of tbrir rewrara bavi- town due to lack of team work, and that one of tne thief alma tbr conference will be to bring about unity of action. For IU part, the United Xtatra •##** to del ermine Juat bow Ha man power and material re•■•urce# ran !■* need to greatest adran-

d-feat (he

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Pmldvat T.lis <thy t Teuton Peace Cum! Be Agreed te

ADDRESS TO A F. OF L

T.fc CMMlai « etrtf. An* Hnmt

T.—President WII.ob aal and eloquent appeal In thin city for the fun support of 6© gaalsed labor for the Oorernmtnt In Us conduct of the war. Speaking before the thirty-ravanth annual coo vestion al th* American Federation of Labor, he declared the war could not he won noise* all factions united in common cense. Blsklag tbrir differ The President paid warm tribute lo emus! Oqmpera. praalden: of the American Federation of Labor, and virtually called upon Federation ;o give him united support- He de no meed pedfiett and critics Hr ap

Dtecuaalng Germany, th# President declared flatly that Gormany had started the war and that he was wffilag te await the verdict of history or

New testrusneoteliLae for better ro operation between labor and capital was osa statamaat by tb# President which was of prim# interest to tb# delegates to the convention Th* Prastdent alluded to th* prte eat -war “as the last decisive laaca between the old principle* of power and th# new principle* of freedom' “1 beUova." ha said, “that the spirit of freedom can gat Into th* beam of

To be aided to the r-cefpt* this department already

about »7M.We artll tbortly be added as the tax to tbe stair fron tbe estate of Oliver H. Payne, tbe Standard Oil magnet* Another IT00,©40 is In sight for lb«! new year from a number of emailer estate* In tbe tax collected lor tbe las*, year la IMO.fiOO from tbe estate of

Ferdinand W. Roebllng. Br. Governor's lr# Aroused. *

In a letter to Provost Marshal Gen oral Crowder, at Washington. Governor Edge denounce* tbe “obstinacy or Inability of well paid contractors” for delay tn the completion of qusrtera at Camp Dlx Wrightatown. and at th* earn* time protested strongly the con tinned delay in eendtog to the-camp tbe balance cf New Jersey'* quota un-

der the aelective draft.

Governor Edge contends that tb* delay Is seriously affecting several thousand Jerai-ymen, many of whom gave up tbrir poaitlona weeka ago In anticipation of being almost Immediately •eat to Camp Dlx. These men. it is con tended, are now forced to as unremu c era tire Idleness, m-.dc neeeaaary by tbe unoerulnly aa to when tbe gov eminent will want them. ‘ r hla. It la

pointed out. la an iatustlcr

end In aome loatancea to tuelr fautillsa

and may effect their moral*.

Attention la also < ailed to tbe flood of letters of protest .Jelly reaching the office of Acting Adjutant General Oli-

ver north Jereeymea of th* Thro# drad and Twelfth Infantry ts the camp division football championship aerie* 31 to 0 Th* Union council board of tax*, oo aunts common council to bring Bout tba collection of taxe* on $4,000,000 personal estate of the Ambrose K. Ely. Mr. Ely was a reeldent of Uvtngsum. In Ka*«x ccrmty. One of the executors of th* estate ts George Vasderpoel of Summit The Union county tax board has advised council that lb* eetnt* U taxable In the municipality tn which an executor

of Ho-

boken ha* been appointed eaapUfB In the United Bute* army and baa left for Boston, where be will remain pending hi* assignment. While the firemen of Dslawanna. Clifton and Nutley stood by helpless because of the lack of water the home of the Vountekah Country club. In t la wanna, near Passaic, was burned. Twenty children at only thirty-four year* of age to the wonderful record of Mrs. Mariett Coetanxo of Trenton, who has Just given birth to th* twentieth child. Tbe Infant to healthy and mother and child are doing well. Nine of the 30 children are living. Tbe dead children include three seta of twin*. That tom*loci will be not lees than 936 and probably 930 a ton at the canneries next year was the concensus of opinion at tbe annual meeting of the Burlington County Tomato Growera' association at 'ha court hops# In Mount Hclly. Mora lh*^ 100 growers

there aa It can find in any othrr hearts. But the epirit of freedom do« net suit th* rlana of tb* Pan-Germasa Power cannot be used with eooerstratod force against fra* people if It It used bv free people. “You know," he continued, “bow

of th* Central Powers that it to inert anxious for peace than the chi*-' Central Power, and you know that it means that tbe people of that Central Power know (hat If lb# war endr as it stand* they will tn offset thee selves be vaaeato of Germany, not withstanding that, their populatioai are compounded of nil the peopir of that part of tb* world, and not with standing th* fact that they do no: wish in their pride and proper spirit of nationality to be absorbed and

Referring In another part of bti speech to Russia, the President «*M“May 1 not say It to amazing to me that any group of people abould br eo Ul-lnfonned as to euppoe*. »' some group# In Ruala apparestl) nr poee. that any reform* planned la the Interest of the people can Uva ln the presen. e of a German* powerful enough to undermine or overthrow them by Intrigue or fore* Any body of free men that compounds with the German Government compound, for

Seven boys, all about ten years old. are held In the Second district police station. Trentoii, cnarged with having started a fir* In Chari** Elsck's barn "Juat to see tbe crowd gather.” A horse perished In tbe brt end much damage waa done to the barn. Tb* fire occurred October 28 Tbe boys are Edmund and Herman Lania, James Sactelle. Joseph Russo. Tony Gervsso. John Malio and Carl Ash. Tbe youny men ot the Turner*!!!# M. E. church will serve tbelr annual gam* dinner on November 17 at the parsonage, the proceed* for th* new electric lighting plant. Tbe yo3#i

HEN WRECKS AUTOMOBILE File# Through Windshield, Injuma Oc cupant Asd Car It OHeh#d. New York.—In a cartons accident In Mountainville. Orange county, a torg* hen which flew through tbe wlaahlrlf of an automobO* operated by J w Pink, of Central Valley, wrecked it* car asd Injured tbe two occupant* Aa tbe car approached the ben orr up from the road In trying to eac*!* and atruck tbe glass ahl#ld. Broken glass showered ow Fink, w^o *** driving, lacerating bl* face, neck *» hand* and causing him lo lor# cont^ of tiie car, which waa ditched. * * McClellan waa cut and ahakao UF Tbe hen. ahorn of a few feather*. wU found nader the seat.

kyaon. here, from dratted men. and 1 men will gun tor quail and rabbit.- for

the governor explain* that In a way he j the meal.

frets personally responalble to Uke a ; The cooperation of former Gov. strong stand la tbelr behalf. j James K. Fielder, federal food admln“1 feel 11 to Imperative that the prop I Utrator for New Jersey, has been aaker autboriUe* Uke the proper action *d bf former Judge Huston Dixon, to Insure either e withdrawal of the 5 chairman ot the Trenton commit!**, contract from the hands of the pres J in the Investigation of charges UM rnt contractors. If they are unable to ' the American Stores company, arhlfj complete the aam#. or to Uke auen I took over many chat: gro- rrifle, fc** necessary action a* wl'i relieve th# been boarding sugar Levy Amy V 3 - altnation and provide accommodation* refused two pound# of sugar at SB*- of for the men drafted Into the aervlce th* company a atorea after month* ago." Governor Edge states In ne»»^« t islm to have seen 10 barrel* bis letter delivered at tb* ators. ” | A bird bona* 40 feet long f, being Jersey'* New Unit* Get O. K. * tain *t clan*bora by Peter I> c teroon Governor Edge has Ix-en notified by who will undertake the j tbe war department that New Jersey i canaries on s large scale may proceed to supply one regiment j T he Egg Harbor dtr roanrll ^ coart wtillery o! the National Guard i , or a ntw nr* nouee. U nMr aw), with th.. regulation uniform*, and the ow Tb# fire depa,' . *, h „ money will be remitted later by tbe 0 .,, rro4 molDr drive “.'f“ ^ federal .overament. For alt months A , r^nee! , “ p l

ior u...r— — i — . . „„ tbs governor baa been attempting to asi,,. '•overnor inage „f tb. radicals. tb*-j intend !« Intro | Mr. la using laid eapcrtsl empba federal recognition No* that the Ccn * f * 1 Ollkyaon. ducw a rradutiou of l.'k of confrieinv | the fart that >hr conference to a war ' arnt b .. . BlborU ^ l0 , UBl . E (FDartOlwffl orjum „ w-m aa the raUhsUg reemven- cmf-rnKw and form* for tbs men. It la expected that ^ «« WU<I “ 0 °foo Kovembcw 2L Tb» cuum to , mlni.tr.tlou to »*« Wto^BRMrly ^ tvo co9 ^ m wW mborVr * M M. E cunrrt tojo have fallen under eomp'-tr control of pecev. and U making all preparation. ' rmJlaM (&d ,. k . c lBlo the nm. ” *1 hy etoctrtdty Irom IU own tiw mllturiata and Junker* and U now J for * long conflict. * Isnl

OHIO REMAINS WET.

OPicial Retuma From All Count'**

Beau Prohibition By 1.72*Cincinnati. O—With every

Is OhP’ haring reported oRriall) to the Secretary of Bute and _

mslning two by county *•*'

oacisi'-

uwxuius -X . which have not yet been report'* tbe Secretary of SUU. prohlbi:.".

Ohio ha* been defeated by * tM^

of 1.733 on the face *! «»>* Th# toul vot# aunda For Uon. 623.430; against problbltt<'» M

HAWAII MOURNE QUEEN LtU Royal Funeral Sundiy Ne*' ?•' L ‘' Of Native MenertbeHonolulu.—Tbe laUvl Ferrito' In mounting over the flee'-L 0 Queen Lllluokalanl. !*•! of Ih' “ monarch* Tbe body will 1»» r ' , t In tbe KawaUhao Church until mora< Sunday to tb* throne , the palace, where the fBn*r» tsk» piece. All tbe traditionfuneral ob##rvane«» are to b# rv- 1