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1 Mlaw-I. u. am tawwiag Uat it LAW OF NATIOKS 5

[ANY PHYSICAL 0EFECT!VES

krdcil radni*ac*,“ tuu* lb* r»- . • Ib oor hoc; of necewltr v* f bwo ahoekotf hr U»* ht«i> »-ris* rt tfroft rt>cUou oa ae«t of phyaieal dl^billtr. Am mwb*for» w» noc4 aow to oGRwrre and future svaerattoas SmoJUi and phjfLeaJ vlpor of oor F'lirtbtnDorc. U is the duty lUUonaaiihiv to look bryoud our pr**8i*K needs U. the peoMtrucUoa at tfce elan* of war. We cannot afford to disrethe pmtecttre kstaUtm larwnta already offered to workr kecneet ►titer* In Rurope." It ta aaMrted by the ert^a Iready on record {„ health tr.snrineludias the State FMeratton Labor, the New Jersey Woman Br**e Assoc tsuon and the New Health Offkwn' AaeocirOon. la of the oplni x roe ffreat both of fettering economte ■as da* to althaeas and of sUmur prerutUre action. “Tc achler* ends.” the report aays. “such a ire. adapted tc New Jersey's •houid be baaed upon th* folt fundameoU! principles: ttetlas 1 ' that am Is at actual ooet should with sanapesient be nttllsed tu r further derelopmetH a a com- ! health Lnauranct ayetem. order that the greater effectlre- ■ and economy of a unireraol «y»-

* sad health taatmetion In order > wort say be both curative Krevealiva to isialalar the 1 tUstres* atloadima elckEMa > sr*tw» should provide a rash ■£ temporary lacaparlty work 4» bhooM alao provide ear. * the eppetal mods of working

Formal dedication of the ••Haro aeck* the hoidien- club start jd by the New Jersey Federation of Womens Oubv at Wrlghtetown. took place. Ar the annual meeting of the Funday School Board ot the Pint Baptist Church ol Burlington the election tor oftcen was held. Dr. E. R- MuUord, who has served as suporin ten lest durtag the past eev«ral yean, eem a comnxmtcallon to the board roquosUng the withdrawal of his name for the office, a< departure of local physicians for Uw frost and the recent sodden death cf Doctor Speer has leeeeaed their that h« would be oMlgnd to retire. Former Justice of the Peace Wilbur Speece. who was coptteted last week of grabbing illegal fees from auuuno bJUst* arrested oa ftimsy chargee, was by Judge Shinn at May't - one to tnree years at bard

ittetod with him. Coansa for Speece at once filed notice of ap peal from the convicUoo and sentence and be was admitted to rMOO bail. Satisfied that rumors and charges of neglect oT patleau at the llunldpal Hospital. Trenton, and danger frons proximity of oae class oi patients u another acre utlrely without founds Jiau, the City itomraisalon at Its In

amu us the Department of with competent medical dl“ctioa and la cloat eo-operatlor. with ' rsutlag public agaacto* In order

tremcif Important problem of elck-

•ttm previmtioo.C «' T ' Klog In Jersey.

The Bureau o* BlsUetiu of the wale Dspartamat of Agrteulture pubU* it* final eetimatr on New I lr ^ 7 crepe tot th* year 1917. showJM: that corn leads all other product* ■ T »ml mil)ion dollar*. Upon the 1 of the price me of December 1 the value of the com crop will be 1 (lC.»«.Mg. The reprrt shooed that - *7.(10# acres were planted la corn. , ‘Let It ti.raged if, bushels to the sad the total production was 1 bttrtela. Th* price as of ‘■"ember 1 was ll.fi# the bushel. T’otatom casae aexl to cora. with a total value ot #11.111 *00 A total a! *7,76# scree wire planted to ao- <*•. that yielded 106 bushels per * Th* yield totaled IMIt.OOO -*-fe. sad toe aeeraae price was 10 per bushel. May wmde a cloer ’6. with a total Tala* of Ill.SH.frree #t#.P00 serve and an averM* VieM of 1.6 tone the acre, selling

‘o average of »S1 th* ton. ' • E stead Treater Lines

-‘to* Bmnufaeturer* In Hamilton * Q *hip. Just over the city bound ' **bv. have begun a movement (o v * the township annexed to th* t It sucoeesful to thie they Intend hmve the liaee eo adjusted tha’ *t 15 1 their plants will com* w'.tbln city XImite. The plants bav» **• enormously to lh* post year

aad the owners tots tha} they

‘A to have th* protection of 1 “IJ feu pod police forces and -< tbs usuesr. tight and water ac-

tion net only esooereUng officials and workers at the colony mentioned is •be stories, but criticised s' its U belittle their work. Horace T. Cook of the L -ene* rtOe road, rice preeldeot ot the Cook Unoleum Company, enlisted in Um Aviation Corps of th* United Statei army and left Trenton for Ban Anto nio. Tex., where he will begin hb course ot training. James Bcrncca. who murdmed hli wife and three neighbors, died in tbi Mnirtlle HcepluJ of wounds racelvec to s battle with a posse. William H. Moore ot Trenton, whi admitted furnishing liquors to eol filers, was sentenced to etx month* to the Meroer county Jail by Judge Da Tit to the Called Sub Dlstrtel Coart. Moore procured whisky and buer for two soiulen to their room to a Trenton hotel. Governor Edge, to a proclamation leaned at Trenton, seeks the enlistment ot pupils of the public echoed', as purchaser* ot thrift stamps and war sa'ing certificates. He has at) aside Friday. December X). aa “School Thrift Day - and bopeu the proclamation will be read to every school ol

tha state.

After a conference of city official* and coal dealer* at Paterson Mayot Raddllfe announceJ that a municipal coal yard, whurn the poor may buy fuel in bushel Iota or smaller quantities at approximately half th* present price, wousd be opened. Th* eltj win sell the coni at 4# cents a tushel In fulfillment of aasurancee gives to the State Grange at tla meeting in Atlantic City Governor Edge hat written to Secrutary Baker renewing his suggestion that men selected toi the National army be given an opportunity to wort on farms while they are waiting to be seat to campeDr Alto* B. Comtek, who wm foi mors than n quarter of a century a Presbyterian medical missionary to India and personal physicUn to native rulers In that country, died ai Orange She was seretity-th.ee yean old She had been a contributor tr leal Journals Doctor Oondick _ born at Morristown. X. J. North Wildwood council la planning to dredge the channel of Here ford Inlet, which has been filling rap Idly, making It difficult for vessels U eater the port of Angle***. Dynamite ban been need without aatlateclory results. Field Secretary Jc*n D. Rockefeller Jr. of the T. M C. A- reported ai Camp Dlx. Wrights town, for duty- Hi went to work at the build tog to the artillery unit. Nat Will*, the comedian, was as phvxlsted to his garage at Cnlontowr while getting bis cur ready to take • friend for a drive. He was overcome bv fumes a* be ranched the closet door in an effort to get to the epee sir. Mr Will* was forty-four yean old and was born to Washington. Fear has been expressed to Oceer City lh*« the schools may have U doer because ot a shortage of coal. Christmas boxes hare started or their wsy to the Weetmont boys ir the aervicr. The weight w*i 8m pounds aad postage eoe*. about $2. Mayor Whitaker and Director of Public 8af*‘y Bennett of MUlvfne Is sued an ordv directing the police tc stop turkey raffling, punch board* W*

Tb* MlH'IDe City tided to can * referendum electici npeo the question of the city aequlr tor the rranehleee und plant of the people* - Water Company at |1S6.#M Mr*. Mary B. Trout of Centra Orovt has brought suit under th* Work nt-u'* compensation net against th* Whltell Tatum Company for Uw death of her husband. John Trout who. suddenly stricken 1U at th* glass plant a few months ago. died twforc a physician could roach him Mrs. Trout claim* that he was asphyxiated to a ga. producing bouse. Enow drove fanuvt* from their field* and further delayed the briaied busk '^tiraai q use title* of sand and grave are being shipped from MewnUoo U ttrualtfc* pies’* and for oooftoi* work

Use of Civilians as Hostages and for Screens Part of

Devilish System.

HRST MADE USE OF IN 1870 At That Time It Was Condemned by tb* Civilised World, but the German Military Leader* Have

Never Abandoned IL

AmpU proof U^Tlir mar* rf tL German armies through Belgium was marked by massacres and mirffwi almost beyond belief is given in a document mode public by tke

committee on public information, hvm trhich the (oUoteiny is faien; jfbe-ehot if there to the least disorder.

nod knowing thst

au publlrtcd widely in the newspapers. It Is dUBcult to with patience such word* as u German army (to which I of j c ioetode the navy) IB today the i rat Institute for moral oducstiuu

"Shf Gmnno soldiers alone are Ossroughly dlscf;illned. arvj have never so touch os hurt a hair ot n stngie lo-

t bufiton beto#.“-

Of woman aad cbOd.V-J*rof. O. Rortbc In Deutsche Redra to Fchwerar ZefL "German Speeches to Difficult

Days.”

Host*pee’ LIvuS Menq by Thread.

OFFTCITAT, JDXjEhSCTOItir

OA.FE 2&j±rs: comrT'z'

Aatety of our troops and the tranqullItj of the population of HeitnA the

as hostages o/.tbe commander of the

The ^ ^ ^ _ northern Franc* were a ’part of th# German tystns of frtchtfulnra*. Anether fireture of thU kystert was th* use at tavtlians as hostage* and for

screen*.

In discussing th* use cf hostages tb* German War Book (Krtegsbraach la Landkrtege) says: “A new application of 'boetag* right* was practiced by the German staff to the war of 1*70. when It compelled leading rittoros fram French towns and vitiage* to accompany train* and locomotives to order to protect the ran way communications which were threatened by the people Sine* th* lives of peaceable Inhabitants were, without any fault on their part, there-.

On the taher hand. If the town remiOns perfectly calm and quiet these Bedtogce and Inhabitant* win be placed under th* protection of the

' army.

GENERAL COMMANDING. 12th September. 1914."

writer outside Germany has stigmattord this measure as contrary to the law of cations and as unjustified toward* the Inhabitants of the country. 1 Clung to Frightfulness. Although their deeds to the FranooPrusaton war had been universally condemned, ns they themselves ad: ted. the leader* did not Intetod abandon such a useful measure frtghtfnines*. In L’lnterprete MIUtalre the forms were provided for such act* to the next war. Both In Belgii

etantlv used hostages. Th* evidence Is contained In the nroctomstiou* of the governing authorities and also to the diaries of the German soldier*, few examples from these will illustrate the systen A specimen ol the arbitrariness and cruelty is furnished by the prvetomaHon of Major Dleckmann, from which th* following sections are presented "After 0 a. m. oa th* 7th September. I will permit the Hecsey. GrtvegnM. a to be Inhabited by the Bred to them formerly. not forbidden to fre

SHes by

“In order to be sure that the abore ■entioned penult win not be abu^d. the burgomasters of Bcyue-Hwway and of Grtverne* must Immediately pre

e posted the name* of 81 hostages and a statement that others had also been seised as hostages. The Uvea of these men v-ependeJ In 'ekllty th# interpretation which th* Germilitary authorities mlfcht give to th* elastic phrase, "the least disorder,"

Hugh Gibson, to a Journal from our Legsttoc to Belgium, page 184. explains what was likely to happen: Another thing Is. that on 1 entering a town, they hold the burgomaster, the precursor du rot. and other authoriHee as hostage* to insure rood behavior by the population. Of course, the hoodlum class would like nothing better than to see their natural enemies, tha defenders of tow and -order. Ignominious! y shot and they do not restrain themselves a bit on account of the hostages.” Diary cf Bombardier WeteeL "Aug. 8th. First fight and act lira

shot the mayor and shot one man down from the chimney pot. and then we agoL set fire to the village. “Oil the 18th August Letalle (I) captured 10 men with three priests because they have shot down from the church tower. They were brought (he village of Ste. Matte. “Oct. 5th. We were to quarter the evening at WUlekacnn. Lieutenant ftadfels was quartered to the mavor'a bouse and there had two prisoner* (tied together) on a abort whip, ai case rfnythtag happened they were to be killed. "Oct Zlth. We had do fight, but w* caught about 20 men and ahot them. (From the dairy of Bombardier Wetzel, Second Mounted Battery. First Kurhessian Field Artillery. Regiment No

lU"

wtl! be held *a hostages for 24 bmira each st Fort Fteron. September fl 1914. for the first thus (th* Period of detention shall be) from fl p. m. until September 7 at midday. The life cf these hostage* depends oa the population of the aboremrn-

“Durtng the night it to severely forbidden to show auy lumJoous signal* BIcycles are permitted only between 7 s. ra. end 5 p. m. (German time). “From the list which to submitted to me 1 Khali designate protnineat persons who shall be beatege* from tiooo of on* day until the following midday. If tbe sobstitute la not there In due

er 24 hew* nt the fort. After these ft hour* the hostage will incur the penalty of dcc'h. If the rabrtttut* tolls to appear. “Prieet*. burgomarter*. and the other members of the council are to be taken flru as hostages. “1 Insist that aU drill*n« who move about In my district . . rtow their respect to the German officer* by taking off their bats. o. lifting their hands to their bead* to mllltsr, selutr. In case ■* doubt, dler must be aal does not do this must expert ihe German tnPl.ory to make tbetnatlve* respected bv every means.” This Is an Invltatiao to s service to memory ef 60 men one perish, of whom oil but two were Wiled by th* Germans to the massacre of Aug-ust 5 and 0. 1914. Th* dosing sentruce* are: “Gentle Been of Mary, be my refuge. “Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. "fit. Joseph, patron of Belgian, prey for ns. "Si. Hardriln. patron of the parish, pray for us. “Salnle Borbo. pot rones# of kindly death, prey for us.”

j t relent on many occasions to secure I rirlUant. both men and women, who ; con'd be forced to march or stan frost of tbe mope, eo that the country- ' men at the civilians would be com- ‘ prllfd find to WI1 their own people U I they retasted the Germans. Th , usage Is Illustrated in the following: j Latter ef Lieutenant Eberietn. “October 7. 1914. “But we a nested three other dvO- ! inn*, end then 1 had a brilliant I i W* gave them chairs, and w* then ordered them to go and alt out In the : middle of the afreet. On their part, pitiful entrant!«; on ours, a few blows from the butt end of the rifle. UttH i by little one becomes terribly callous i nt this burines*. At last they • | all seated outside In the street. I do ) oot know what anguished prayers they may have said but 7 noticed that thelt hands were convulrirely clasped liM I whole time. 1 pitied these fellows, but ; tb* method was immediately effective, I “The flank fire from the houses i quickly diminished, so that-we t , able to occupy the opposite house and thus to dominate tbe principal street Every living beiug who showed himself j in the Street was ahot. The artillery on Its rid# hod done good work all this time, and when, toward seven o'clock , In tbe evening, the brigade advanced to tb* assault to relieve us I was to j a position to report that Saint Die had been cleared of tbe enemy. I learned that tbe reglmest of reoenr which entered Saint 1 Die further to the north had tried the tame experiment. The (our civilians u bom they had compelled in tLe same nay to sit out to the street were Willed by French bullets. I myself aaw ; them lying to tbe middle of the street ! near tbe hospital. “A. EBERLEIX. “First Lieutenant." Letter published on the 7th October. 1914. in the Vorabecdblatt of th* Munchaer Neoeste Nachrirhten.

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLD-

OFFICERS Director HENRY S. RUTHERFORD Vice-Direct or AUGUSTUS HILTON Clerk F. W. FOWKES Sea Isle City County Collector JOS. L SCULL Ocean City Solicitor JOSEPH DOUGLASS Capa May Court House Coaly Engineer LEA MING M. RICE Wildwood

COUNTY BOARD OF TAXATION

O. L Blackwell WHdwood W. J. Tyler.. .Cape May Court House Samuel Eldredgc Cape May City COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS John H. Stratton Palermo I^vi Dickenson Erma Chaa. Shields Cap* May Walter Rutherford Cold Spr&ff

DANIEL SCHELLENGER Erma Soph of Weights and Measures DAVID W. ROD AN.. .Cape May City Steward ot Alatabsose LEWIS T. DOUGLASS Cap* May Court House Superintendent of SoWtere’ Burials JOHN W. REEVES.. .Cap* May City Custodian of Oort House

LEWIS E. SMITH

Cap* Mag Court Hesse

Farm Demonstrator

J. ARCHER STACKHOUSE Can* May Court House

County Physician

Dr. John b. Dooglaas, Cap* Uay O. H.

LIST OF MEMBERS Mama, Address, District Represented Term Expires on January l»t of tha Year Opposite Name. OCEAN CITY Address. Ocean City John P. Fox 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 Address North Wildwood: John W. Young 1990 Floyd Hewett CAPE MAY CITY Address. Cap* May City John T. Bennett 1919 Henry S. Rutherford. .1918 UPPER TOWNSHIP , Address. Tnckahoe Hope W. Gandy 1919 DENNIS TOWNSHIP Address, (Peemoot) Avalon Levi WeatxeU 19U MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Address, Cap* May Court Houa Stillwell H. Townsend LOWER TOWNSHIP Address, Rio Grands Joa. P. MacKissk 1918

Th# regular meetings ot the Board are held on the First aad Thud Tuesday ot each mouth at th* Ceert House, Cape May Caort House, at 192# A- M. STANDING COrtMITTEES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 1917. ALMSHOUSE—Fox. Bennett. Gandy, S. H. Townsend, WentxolL BRIDGES—Wentxell, Bennett. Fox. Eustace, Gandy. MacKissie, Saul PUBLIC BUILDINGS — Bennett. Wentxell. J. E. Townsend. BILI£—Eustace, Hilton. DcTW. AUDITING—S. H. Townsend. Gandy, DeBow. FINANCE—Saul, Eustace. 8- £■ Townsend. LUNACY—Candy. Fox. BonnetL LIGHTING—Hilton, MacJCiirie, J. E.

De-

WsntxeU. DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS—S. H. Townsend. BURYING SOLDIERS AND SAILORS—John W. Reeves. BOARD OF SCHOOL ESTIMATE— VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS—Saul,

“Tril you bow It was. If you wont to k-ow." frankly replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus, Ark. to an Inquirer. “I met up with this yur drummer In the Bight Flore Wore. We argted politic* and one thing and another for a span and then 1 apologised to U»ro and me fit XuthV special)- peculiar about It We Jus* went over and un tn. round and round, and then—’ “Bet why did yen tpolc^ise to him before tbe fight? -AW. I alwoyt like ’c do tb* «qunrv

tiling by a feller Tv* licked. Only about an hour was left before ) had to start for home, and 1 didn't know Just how long it was going to take lick him. So. neciierly. I first and >uid that part of II out of ;lf way and «*iu!d pot my mind to th* fighting.”—Judge.

Experts at tbr Wiaeonain stats agrl cultural experiment station have built a machine for tbe abetautrty uniform planting that U necessary for th* de- ' ekjptueot of blgb-grad# grata r#eA

COURT AND COUNTY OFFICER* Address: Cape May Court House Supreme Court Jaitic# HON. CHARLES C. BLACK Circuit Court Judge HON. HOWARD CARBOW Common Pitas Judge HON. HENRY H. ELDREDGE Clerk of Courts and County Clerk A. CARLTON HILDRETH Deputy Clerk of Court* and County Clerk _ STERLING W. COLE.

Deputy Sheriff MEAD TOMLIN

Prosecutor at tha Pleas EUGENE C. COLE County Superintendent of School* and gooretary of Vocational Schools AARON W. HAND

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF T COUNTY OF CAFE MAT QUm Capo May City—James J. Doak

Ocean City—Jerome S. Rush Frank H. Ware Arthur D. Barrows. Police Just Sea Isle City—Alfred S. Steelman Edward C. Stevens Wildwood—Girard Livezey H. C. Schliehting B. C. Ingeraoll J. Charles Fach M. L. Bran in Georg* L. Shaw

George J. Rumcnel

West Capo May—David Hughs;

Woodbine—J. S. Levin

Morris Levin

Township*

Dennis—A. E. Holme*, Dennisvflle Thomas J. DurreU, Bells plain Middle—L. T. Garreteon, Cape May Court House Luther M. Swam, Swain ton Lower—Frank Eldredgc, Cold Spring Upper—Jaaoes Shoemaker. T * *

ASSESSORS OF CITIES. BO ROUGH* AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAT Citiea Capo May City J. Allen Wake Ocean City Dr. H- T. FouMs Saa Isle City. Wm. J. Fox Wildwood Lynn H. Boyer Boroughs Avalon R. W. Rosenbaum Cape May Point Norman Niger North Wildwood Robert Bright South Cap* May.. .Albert J. Rudolph Stone Harbor Hugh McMurtria West Cape May Harry S- Fisher Wildwood Crest WOHsm E. Cute Woodbine Israel Eiscnbor# Townships Dennir Rolls Hewitt, Ocean Viour Middle ...V. N. Erricaon. Dims Creek Lower Chaa. C. Bohm, Cold Spring Upper Georg* Hoff. Tuekahoo

TAX COLLECTORS FOR CnTEB, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAT. CJties Cape May City... W. J. Fer.dsrson, Jr. Ocean Cite £. W. Burleigh Sea Isle City Lewis Stammerer Wildwood Robert J. Kay A rah* B ° r " B “walter /-Smith Cape May Point J. T. Huff North Wildwood P. U Paterae* Sooth Cap# May.C. Marshall Rudolph Stone Harbor Clarence O. Letxku* West Cane May Harry Y Lndtom Wildwood Crest H. W. Ur# Woodbine Dr. Joseph Jaffa * Township* Dennis H. M. Carroll, DennisviQ# Middle. WilleU Corson, Cap# May OH. Lower Scott Seymore, Cold Spring

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY. atieu. Cape May City A. G. Bennett Ocean City T. Loo Adamo Sea 1x1* City Arndt Gordon Wildwood N. A Cohan Avalon K. Needham Cap* May Point Peter Kruy# North Wildwood Thomas Cora#* South Cap* May— , Stone Harbor. .Man* L. VanThuyn# West Cape May Wm. H. Smith Wildwood Crust— „ _ Woodbine H. H. Rota** Tewnekdpe. Dennis . .Geo. S. RefciariU, Dennisvifls Kiddie D. D. Burch Lower Jerry H- Woelsou Upper . Wm. S- Ekradge. Petersburg

CITY. BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP CLERKS OP THE COUNTY OP CAPE MAT

CiUes

Cape May City

Ocean Cite Harry A. Sea isle City Ir Wildwood James K-

-rv A. Morris .Irving FlUh E WhiteMH

>RINT

I Avalon E- * _ | Cape May Point..... H. I North Wildwood.. George A. B South Cap* May.... .Elnn B Martta i Stoo# Harbor Leo F. McCrave* West Cap# May.. Thao. W. Beeves 1 W. Id wood Crest. .Harry L Nlekemau I Woodbine L. C. Abramaeu Township*

KDiasC Lower Charles C Beeves.W.CsM Mag Ueoer jses# T. Youeu.lira.lev 7 * Paint Upper... .Alfred H. Sapp. P -1 —*

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