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VOU XJOSr-NO. 3 15 OF PAST WEEK

ATLANTIC COAST NEWS SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., FRIDAY. JANUARY 4, 1918

AND OLEANtNIC OF «ft«ONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE OF IHTTREET A*OUT YOU KNOW OATHERED * THE CIROUrr OF THE CITY.

l TtKton prer the week ' nor for the New Year.

ft meet of Her caret Miller, f home a! her parent*. Mr. and

l Mary J. Sr a, of Atlantic C1C. t the caert of her d*n«hter. Mr*.

r and Mr*. T. Smith spent heir home to New York . retsmto* to Sea late City on

NARROW ESCAPE FROM FREEZING IN POND. Contractor Jefleir* treake Through lee of MIN Pond end la Reecoed

Sy Companions.

Only the prompt action of Chms. H. C loot toy and Harold Swum sared the life of Contractor Georie B. Jeffery* of Sea Isle City. <* Monday afternoon, when he broke throaah thr thin Ice on MU Creek, with the thermometer borE shoot the aero mark. Berra, accompanied by Clouting, gone to the Creek, which la located about a mile tram Sea Isle City, tor eela. and thoogbt the Ice thick en-

WOMAN WED as a mu SPT ARREST OF MARIE VAN CAMP AS GERMAN SPY LAID TO ATTEMPT OF DONALD R. McCORMACK TO CLEAR HIMSELF. AND IMPLICATE MRS. H. a/vOIGHT.

X and Mis* Carrie, of Elmer, . Annie K. Stick is a ei-Her at [ Lutheran Parsons**, when e to reside until the reatfaer moderate* l Prank Wood has assumed the i an^ responsi bill ties of car'll* I Lutheran Chapel and Reading

employed by the for that work.

T. Gllliaon la 1 tdelphi* about erer t out the financial plans » of the proposed new E for the local Luther-

tated Into the icy water, whidb at that point is about twelve feet deep. Clouting rushed to bis eld with an eel hook end was to danger himself of breaking through the cranking Ice. when Harold Saturn, who was out with Theodore *. DeBow. attracted by Jefferys* cries, rushed to hi* eld. Between thro, Clouting and Sutton managed to get Jeflerys out of the water, but not until he had become ahnoat

In an ex-

TJrged on by his companions. Jeflerys walked the distance to Sea Isle City pa briskly as his condition would permit, and It is only that walk that prevented him from freeiing to death. Hie do the* were a solid frosen mass when he finally reached home. He t» no bad ejects from his icy

Plots and counter plot* that may eventually Involve the entire police of Atlantic City, are developing from the an set of Donald R McCormick on charge* preferred by Mr*. A. Voight. of Sea Ule City and Pitts-

to the complex case

1* to the arrnet to Atlantic City last Thursday, of Marie Van Camp, com-

IMD AGAIN FREEHOLDER HEAD LAST MINUTE SURPRISE WHEN ERNEST LLOYD IS ELECTED SOUCriDR OF THE BOARD; SCULL RE-NAMED COLLECTOR.

The Cape May County Board of Prcebgtdera. at their organisation tK-vtin* at noon on Tuesday, re-elect-ed Henry Rutherford, as Director of the Board. An effort was made to hate Augustus HUton stand for the Directorship, but his refusal made election of Rutherford unopposed, and

- A last minute surprise i

panlon of Mrs Voight. on charge* of in ^ election of Ernest Lloyd, of

resisting an officer aad being s Oerspy. After spending thirty boon, ■din* to her statement, in the Atlantic City Jail, without food and rlth- ‘ “ ‘ ** * uteate with anyone. Mrs. Van Camp was finally given a hearing aad bdd to tSOS ball for

Gape May City, as Solicitor, s poet held for years by Attorney Joseph Dougjsas. Douglass had. previous to the meeting, presented an ultimatum hi* salary must be raised from flW>0 to flSOO. or he would not accept

The salary was

I Christmas vacation of the local

prolonged by

t cf a large water supply * the school without na-

a will sot be

d Mrs G. K W. Coxson hao a e-onion over the holidays m. EarL-and hie bride, of I Mrs. L D. Coxson. of came down to heir break

r of friends of Dr. Clarence

to Pranoe with the

COMMISSIONERS STRUGGLE WITH BUDGET PROBLEM.

The City Commissioners struggled with the problem of adopting the ISIS

er the new Pierson Act. operative this year, which make*

radical changes to the budget system.

meeting to arrange for the

budget was bald to the City Hall on Monday, lasting both morning and sf-

d finally s budget was

agreed upon, which was adopted at

; an Wednesday. It is

practically the **m» as last year, and I* admitted by the Commtssionerr to

w to meet the uncertain ex sewer operation for the year.

Solicitor Eugene Cole was at Monday's meeting, but could not shed much light on the new law. having been too busy with County matters to carefully study

the action of the Grand Jury. Word*' rtlM)<L ba , wm no, elected

Attorney Lloyd, in a neat speech of Voight in Seu Isle City of her companion's difficulty, and Prosecutor Cole, of Cape May County, Mrs. Voight s attorney. went to Atlantic City to defend

Mrs. Van Camp.

It was alleged by the Atlantic City police that Mrs. Van Camp was Intoxicated at the time of her arreet. and that she resisted the effort of acting Detective Richard Black, of the Atlantic City polio force to arrest her. and

during a scuffle his thumb with her

The rord* w. n December Jrd. arriving here » 15 th.

sot published two wieks

appear to the advertising columns of either this or next week's Issue The sewer plant operation was also

This story Mrs. Van Camp, who is well'educated, end is a magaxlne writer of son ts absolutely false. The truth of the matter la. according to her story, that lured to Atlantic City from Sea Isle City, whsr* she was with Mrs. Voight.

u

later ares broached by Black, who said that Chief of Police Miller to see her at the City Hall, le no effort to racist him. to taking her ana Black caught on a pin that was bolding her cufls, and eevarely pricked the finger. This infuriated him. and he became abusive. Landing at the City Hall, she was at toe placed to a cell, and kept there without food, and wit bout being git

•TATE COMMEND* WORK OF PROF. STACKHOUSE In Agricultural Bulletin Outlines Work Done In Cape May County. The following report of work done In Cape May County by Farm Demonstrator J. Archer Stackhouse, sppearr to the New Jersey State Agricultural Bulletin of November, covering year

ending October Slst:

• Oeovge B. Thrasher resigned April ). and was followed May 1 by J. Archer Stackhouse as county superin-

tendent of

December 22. 11X8. a Joint meeting of the Cape May County Board of Agri culture and the advisory committee of the offlee of farm demonstration was complete the consolidation of the county board and farm demonstratlon advisory committee. A constitution and by-laws was adopted providing for the reorganisation of the county board of agriculture on the community plan, and the following of-

Joseph Camp,

president; Howard Hoffman, vice-pres-ident; R. Schellinger, secretary; Taylor, treasurer. Since that date 12 community center* have been approv-

3 Cents a Copy, $1.50 a Year

COLD SNAP HOLDS COAST IN ICY GRIP

OLD RESIDENTS CLAIM WEATHER

COLDEST SINCE 1SS0; SEVEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO REACHED ON MONDAY; COAL SHORTAGE

HITS COUNTY SEAT.

Nineteen Seventeen apparently was determined to leave Its mark before passing, the two days of the old year —Sunday and Monday—being the coldest recorded on the Coast to nine years, according to the weather bureau st Cape May. Old residents say. however, that the days were the coldest In theii experience since 1880. when there was s stretch of similar weather. The thermometer hovered around the aero mark, and the rays of old King Sol on Sunday did not serve to send the mercury much above that point. The highest temperature recorded was .4 degrees sbo.e xero. and seven degrees below xero was the lowest mark, reached at seven o'clock Monday morning. On Tuesday at-

pledged his unswerving

support and loyalty to the legal interests Of the County, and stated that be would work hand to hand with the

Benattv and Assemblyman

County to secure such State legislation as the County may require. The

appointment is for three years.

Joseph Scull was re-elected County Collector, and had his salary raised from 81200 to 81800 per year. The •alary of Frank W. FOwke*. aa Clerk

the Board, was Increased from 8800

to 81800. The Increase to salaries will eliminate all "extras", such as automobile and clerk hire, which all the

had previously charged

tor. nuking the “Increase*' an actual to tLu net revenue, especially to the Clerk’s office, where the bulk of tb«* County business Is transacted.

Rlcs Also Re-Elected.

Although the term of the County Engineer, L. M. Rice, was not popularly supposed to end until March, he :e-elected unanimously to serve aooffier three year term. The engineer's office has paid nearly 814.000 a year to fees for the past three yean, and 'a probably the most desirable berth in the County. flpHBP Following the organization meeting, s subscription dinner was given at the Royal Inn. Wildwood, to which the

ed by the county board and common-1 ternoon the temperature moderated

e bests of Walter Sharp keep up

1 cost of livto* to one

r day for the past six days. mu to keep the

' Wall. Superintendent of the i company, retuniad os Wad r recuperating to PhOadei

1 Buck to having a bur* Um*. A plumber, when pipe* r and and corner of the town p on Fonda; night, and prompt Monday mornto* when i applied, he was kept con t the Jump trying to keep i In different parts of the u bring flooded, and trying to J-waier ■ t itself

tog brought out that the State Board of Health le actively on the trail of tor not treating , the through the plant. The Slate law provide* that all sewInto a stream of water must be rendered free from germ* as s protection to shell fish, aad a safeguard against disease. This has never been done, and the Solicitor's advice was that the Commlsslo should lose no sleep over the matter, but make preparation* as quickly a* possible to put to the necessary septic tanks.

an opportunity of seeing any one. for, Umyorr of the various resort*, and the thirty hour* before being given a hear ; chairmen of the Township Committog. when she learned that lb* charge' ,<*>» were Invlied. President Clayton under which she waa held was ooe of Heines Brick, of the Cape May County being a German spy. j Chamber of ''ommerve. Ex-Congress-During her confinement, she alleges, i j Thompson Baker, of Wildwood, attornays for McCormack, and McCor ^ f onner Director of the Board, mack himself, paused by her cell and : ch** H clouting, of Sea Isle City, leered at her. She contend* that the tj,, of the Board, through

charge la a frame-up, to which the Atlantic City police are involved, design ed to separate her from Mrs. Voight That the latter contention la not without foundation U shown by the fact that an hour after Mrs. Van Camp'* arrest, before the news had

ity committees bare been formed In

each.

''The work done to hog cholera prevention shows the vatoe of such an organization. Due to the tact that several of the best veterinarian* been called to the front It became necessary for the county sup eat of farm demonstration steps to control bog cholera to the county. This being the case, a member of each community committee was successfully taught bow bogs by the single-method treatment prevent cholera. This has aroused a local responsibility and has gone fa. to teaching the value of Inoculation. Since May L 1817, 270 animal* have been treated; of these ten had the d!» ease before treatment, and only seven of the entire number died. This year less than one hundred dollar*' worth of animals died, compared with three thousand doDars 1 worth last year. “Projects carried on have been orchard management, work with vegetables. soybean variety testa, cover crops keeping. The bee-keeping project has created a great deal of Interest to the county. One cooperator baa purchased 82S0 worth stock. Several at the cooperators have cleared 86.00 on a hive, which la about 60 per cent, on the Investment, and one man sold 816 00 worth of honey from one hive. In connection with this work a bee-keeping club, with 10 bees started. Plans hare been made for an Inspection trip of apiaries to the county.

Disposing of your property by la one thing; the selection of a suitable executor is quit* another, yet both become e very simple matter when you Invoke ths aid of the Security Trust Company, of Cap* May City. N. J. to admtoieter your eetnU

Mr. Baker, presented Mr. Clouting

with a handsome watch-chain

charm, as a token of their esteem for bis competent and Impartial manner to directing the affairs of the Board for the nine years be was in office. Mr. CJcutlng went out of the Board last year, when Mr. Rutherford was elect-

ed to fill the Directorship. Cut Down Appropriations.

Th* Mil

are not th-wed

» Year was ushered to with i

a without much cere y bell to ring was that; Church, where a watch j rise Marled at 18 80. > d midnight The wfatxtl* r light plant was eileot. i ' the younger eletneni b*

Mther to the army ur work

, made things rathe* qv I Eighteen however, cam* cheerful, and with M

DISTINCTIVE PrintiruL

C Printing that will attrad attention and put your advertising m a class by itself— prin ting thaicon tains originality in conception and excellence in its execution — this quality of originality and individuality charaderizesall the printed work we turn out.

• days of ths old yuas,

known. McCormack called up Mra Voight at Sea Isle City, and told her bar friend waa to trouble, and

ad better come over to her Mrs. Voight. however, ex

parted a frame-up. and instead of going | Thursday, when the budget for IBIS herself, sent over Proaaeutcr Col*. j ww* adopt<-d It provides for a The Plot Thickens. trtel of 8760.000. which Is approximate The contention that McCormack was j | y ggooo leu than the final approprisdireetiy connected with the arrest of j,ton last year. The Mosquito ExtcrMra. Van Camp becomes all lb* more ruination appropriation waa left the logics] from s newspaper statomeni tame a* laat year. 810.000. published In connection with the Van | Th , sp^in Advertising approprisCamp hearing, to the Atlantic City | tioT1 of lut ypar has been entirely el-

lay hmt Although the , itsloated This amounted to 85000. of

affair between Mrs. Voight and Me about 82500 waa used for adConnack was not mentioned st the vmlslnr the County to the various hearing, and neither of the parilea newspaper, and farm Journal* of the

the article frequently a[u ] t he balance used chiefly as

bring* in McCormack's name, and to , h e various National conclusion says: Guard and other mllltao organizations

“It was also learned at the cloee of tb| . Coun „-

the hearing that the prosecution 8lr „., i, Khtln g has been entirely brought by Mrs Voight against Me ^ ou( 4 .nectUig a saving of several Cortnack has fallen flat, aa the result j one thousand of a btw. .ag on the charge* to Sen laic ^ j,,, cupped off the approCity McCormack. It is said, proved fur courts, and ISOOO edd.-d to the satisfaction of the court thal b<- ^ the brWjtr . rruUn , over last year, a a* not. a* alleged, married at th- makinE lbe tuta] yM.000. amt h. —! VofcM. U.. | Tb . ,„ roprta | 0 „ u .i (Contlnoed on page 5) was 8tCn.n5t50. practically the • —— as this year, but approximately 8*<>00 The form* of the Cap* May County was add'd during the year. Under the Times close promptly esch week on new las this year. It will be lrnpo».l Wednesday afternoon, at foot o'clock hie to make any additions to the ap No new* or advertising copy can be prop! latIons after they arc one

accepted after that time for Inaortlor ed. without a puWlr hearing being Ip in the current week's issue This role held and Ihe propoeed increase being | will be strictly sdberod to. and adv*> advertised for st least two seeks. ir. the County, and taxpayers ha Users and corraopondenu .re earnest The original appropriation ordinance right, under the new law. to obj ly requests J to got their copy to early. | will be advnrtUod to every newspaper! any of Urn appropriation.

somewhat, reaching fourteen degrees: Tuesday night, however. It tried to rival that of Sunday and Monday nights, and almost succeeded, the temperature being eight degrees Wednesday morning at seven o'clock. lev was piled along the beach-front five and six feet high by the breakers, which froze romlng in. leaving layer layer of Ice behind them. Aa fai out to the ocean as the eye could the water was covered with Ice. making the action of the ice-laden breakers Mow and sluggish, despite the brisk wind that blew both days. The wind died down on Monday night, and Tuesday was perfect calm. This served to relieve the suffering of many, who managed to keep warm as long ss the biting winds did not enter every corner and crevice to combat the waimth of the red-hut stoves. While countless pipes were frozen and broken, imd mr ay minor accident* occurred, netting of a serious nature waa reported, and there were no fires or explosions Many sta\ d up all night on Sunday kt«plng the fires going In sn effort te prevent water pipe*

from freezing

No Coal at Court Houss.

On Wednesday morning the last pound of coal to Cape May Court Housi* was gone, aad with a car consigned to W. J. Tyler, the Court House dialer, stall'd at a Tuckahoe siding, there was no relief until Friday mornhg. when the car arrived. Fortunately, most of ihe families in the vicinity

waa appointed a of County seat were supplied with ober at the committee on arrange-' wood, so suffered no actual dlacumita for the county fair, and devoted - for L beyond that suffered generally

considerable time In making this of

value to the farmers of the county."

COAL SCARCITY SHUTS DOWN LIGHT PLANT.

The Vulcan Electric Light plant, at Cape May Court House, supplying Court House. Stone Harbor aad Avalon. was forced to close down on Monday, having run out of coal, and un-

able to get a new supply.

The County sent and the resorts of Seven Mile Bemh experienced "lightless" nights as a consequence, while Reese P. Rlsley, President of the Company, was making a mad scramble to get fuel. An appeal waa made Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield, but there waa no relief until Tburs

day night.

FREIGHT SERVICE CUT TO CAPE MAY COUNTY

A new war rule, effective on January 2nd. on the Pennsylvania lines, provides for a freight train only three days s week Into Cape May County.

Instead of dally as heretofore

Ou Monday*. Wednesdays and Fridays points on the Ocean City-Stone Harbor branch are served and on the remaining days the freight is carried

to Wildwood -Cape May brunch

All the fire wood at the old Continental belongs to the Lutheran Church. Any who wish, may take a load away. If they will deliver an equal amount of

wood to the Church.

Let us do your prln'tor we prtn' BSrtklne rhel rsn be printed, and do

during the severely cold weather. On Wednesday a strong east wind blew, and the looknd-for snow storm It suowet steadily all day. the w ind driving the snow In true blizzard

fashion

Contrary «o geneial expectations, there war no »et-up on TliorsdsT, the thermo meter registering K degree* avotre Thursday morning and 2 degrees below xero on Friday morning. All the Inlets to Ok- County were frozen over practically solid, except to small spots. Ducks and sea gulls by the thousands could be Bern percbthe frozen canals and basins, without means of otitaining food. Some excellent hags of duck were made by gUBBiro who braved the rigors of the severe weather. SLATED FOR ANNAPOLIS. Loren, son of Ralph Goff, of (Kean City. Dow in quarantine at Camp Me(TelUm. Ala, where he went with CO. G. N. J.. 3rd Srgt.. has been notified of bis transfer (with A! Smith, of Cape May). to the Mount'd Signal Corps of Engineers, says the Court House GaxetU- Somethin- ago be *u<--ewsfully pass'd the mental tests for both Annapolis and West Point, but ■a* turn'd down bm-ause of so tin»«Ufe eye trouble. That disability having hern "itrerted. young Goff Is now etp<-<-una to be railed to Weal Point for !!«■ March ■ •aras. l> r--n la a grand-on of the lat,- John F. Goff, of Eldora. and hi- tool her, prior to her marriage. N!> kerson. of 8

IooE ovw your tupply of prtntod aM emery now. Pont wait until it to OH son# before ordering a new sup-

‘ tor MV*