CAPE MAY COUNT? TIKES. BEA ISLE CTTY. H. i

snsflfflfflai nEElYMSFltA •toer of Two Oflyiers Says «c VU Stay m Prison When Oa»y One of Them Can 6a

"SiLEiffi" BOB FOR

Fnck H. Strwnn &t WoodbBT. vbo '.a* I'f^oiu' tntvrpstpd In tbr AilooCT*irr County Hteortol SoeiM). bPirnn a dnvr for C.OM) for I hr ors»nksa-

, ranncra with »cobotia« In tbr rietoUBERTY WAS HOLIDAY GIFT !ty of mMturx arr dancing In Clw ovrr tbr |>ro»t>r« of harlnt; no Kv to

, ; buy next annmi'r. when thr prter Will

Ooort Arc OpanaE to 1C1 of SEO O fendrra Who Aak far Official

“aky hlttL ! Tbr South Jewry Farmer* Evriatyre ha* purt-haaed property alooc tbr C«otrnl railroad In BrMsrtoo and will I looted lalrly erect a laire pradoee xhl|tplns nation. Becauae of the war condition* tlie annnal dinner of the Helm* family, usually held at Bridgeport on New Tear’s Day. has been postponed until

Jane.

The Ritter Corsenrtac Company has taken over a larsr property at Rrtd*rtoo. Incrraainj: its ratmins planl. and will at once jKirk baked beans, a new

Industry for aouth Jeraey.

Ua mi fa cl urine concews of Brld*rtoo hove distriltmed ainouif their imployees In esceas of $100BUO In bonus

money durine the holidays.

Fanners’ Institutes will be held at Beeaburx and OedarrlBe, Cumberland county, on Janaary 8 and 10 rewpec-

tlvely.

Hack rates have cone up from 10 to IS cents at Pitman becauae of (be hlfih

cost of oats.

Membership of the Ocean City Red Cross was Increased by 23 during the

drive.

Ninety-seven per cent of the Inbablt-

Brothcrly love has lu place, even among Inmates of the state prison. This was shown by the plea made to the Beard of Pardons by Perry V reeland of Passaic county, twenty-four years old. who was sentenced in 1».’S to serve from 5 to 15 Tears for larceny and robbery. Albert V roe land, twenty-one years old, brother of Parry. was sentenced in March. 1S12. to serve from • to 62 year* for the same offenses as his elder brother. B Albert and Perry made application clemency, but only Parry, the eider,

appanod before the hoard.

He was salted by one of the member* whether, If only asm parole could be granted, it should go to him or to his youage.- brother. Without an instant's hesitation Perry started an •truest vnd fervent plea for his young or brother. He arid that when Albert was a mere child their mother had died, and be accepted completely the responsibility (or the downfall of the

yoocfer boy. Ha said that with no * I ‘ , * of 8onrtl Orange own war savings

motlier to guide him there was prac- "*~

tlcally no coarse loft tor Um hot to follow in the In Infolded foouteps of his elder brothei. The board accepted the plea of Perry and granted a parole for Albert He will be released

before Christmas.

This was one of 161 applications of inmates of the prison acted upon favorably. and the Christmas gifts to thoea teen will be liberty. Tte board considered altogether WO cases. Of the lota] number of paroles the mini-

mom terms of 68 have ex

about to expire. 31 had 1. ,an one year to aerre. 1« leas than two years: *2 between two and live yetra and the

others more than live years Among the paroles grar’.ed was

to Herbert Grlgg. one of a quartet of youthful murderer* convicted of killing an elderly farmer of Cumberland county. He was serving a 30 year

sentence.

The board restored citizenship to Harry Brithler of Trenton, who was released on parole Are year* ago after having served sentence for the murder of Wealey Tail Chief, a Sioux Indian. While there was a trolley strike In Trenton some yearn ago Brfehler and the Indian became Involved in a quarrel and the Indian was killed. Among tboee paroled were four murderers from Essex county—Antonio Dennsto. serving 20 years; John Lukaaxenlezluax. •erring 30 yean; Harry Parlal. serving 30 years, and Giuseppe Zappulo. serving 20 yean. The paroles granted to prisoners

were as follows:

Atlantic county — Carroll Dean,

atrocious aaaault and battery; James Field*, grand larceny; Frank Jones atrocious aaaault and battery; Harold Lewi*, breaking and entering; Frank Norman, grand larceny; Thomas Quinlan, unlawful conversion; Clarence Taylor, receiving stolen gooda; Ernest Washington, aaaault and battery. George Williams, atrocious assault and battery: Wallet Wisher, petit larceny; Edward Wilbur, rape.

Burlington county — George Hu-

land. burglary; William Jackson, burglar); George Poularn. obtaining

money undvr false pretense*. Camden county — Marlon Ash-

bridge, aiding prisoner to esrape; Ell Briggs, obtaining money under falac pr*tense*; George A. Butler, carnal abuse; Michael I»* l.uct. assault, intent to kill, and rapv-; Recco Dolge 1 atrocious aaaault and batter). Rob' i ert C Forman, aasaull and batter; Intent to kill; Howard Gardner, i breaking and entering with Intent to <-Ual; William Jackson, asrault and

Engaged In T. M. C. A. war work In France. John L. Mott, son of John It. Mott of Montclair, head of the Interim tlonn I Y. M. C. A., has been instructed t« return to this country ami fill out hla draft questionnaire. He was granted passports when he agreed to return^ Sam Del K. Seidenlx-rg. a coal dealer, of Newark has been convicted of having "short weighted" n customer 107 pounds on a half ton purrlinse of coal. The coal was delivered at the home of Mrs. France* Manser on an order for

Michael A Higgins went to sleep ... Treuton with a cigarette in his mouth. His funeral wna held Saturday Ing. The cigarette fell among the bed clothing while dlggln* Was usleep, mid die smoke smothered him to death. The family of John H. McGee, with irboui Higgins lived, heard groans and found him ancnnsCous. When a doctor arrived Higgins was dead. Kabort A. Gram.:—. .V-merly vice prealdt-ni of the Mutua’. . Ife Insurance Company and aecretair of the Metropolitan Ufe In> urance oo■.•tinny, died of heart falion ai his country cr tate. Morris Plains. Mr. Grai.nlss was born in Brooklyn aeventy-aeven years ago. He retired In 1007. Montclair* Town Commission voted to refuse all applications for liquor licenses The prraent licenses expire on January 81. 1918. mid the action of the commission will compel eight saloons and three wholesale places to go out of business, making the town absolutely dry. Dogs rust the township of I^tudls and the borough of Vineland nearly W00 tbc past year. The largest Ion wu* In chickens killed. Rabid dogs coat In the neighborhood of 82uu for serum and dog wardens. The government started extensive activities in Dover and the vicinity. It has given out contract* for additional buildings and other improvement* at I Kith 1’iratlnny Arsenal and the l.okr lien mark naval station. Imth of which are only four mile* from Do ver. It la estimate.! that it will require from four to (Ire years to comIdete tlie wort that lias been contract-

ed for.

rally for prohibitionists of Camd«i. Gloucester and Ksletu counties will feature the annual liniiquet of the foe* of booze January 1.'. ai Woodbury. The »|--ak.-r will be Mlsa Margaret Wlatinger «.f Illinois. Deuj’ng themselves It.c usual Christ-

PRCSENTS THAT WILL ENABLE MEN IN CAMP* TO SEE HIGH GRADE PRODUCTIONS PLANS OF THEATRICAL MEM

Developi of tho Science •» War—Publt* Lands to Be Opened tor Ciiltivitiou la 1*1A Washington.—The sale of "stnllcsgebooks. to be presented to men at anuy> camps ind cantonments. D being arranged by a subcommittee of the war department conunlsaloo on training camp activities. Ai each of the 1C National army cantonments a (boater has been erected which seats 3400 am. Marc Klsw, of Klaw A Erlanger. a member of tbc commissioa. has arranged for four companies of the brightest theatrical start to play

i the “Here i

—ell big *uccrs*re last year In New York. He has also planned to hare four companies of the highest-grade vaudeville perjannrrs play at (hear theater*. At National Guard camps large Chautauqua tents, with orating capacity of from 1.509 to 2400. have been put tiff, sod first-class vaudeville is being pro-

seated.

The expense of operating this dr- 1 ndt of d4 theater* i* met by adtn.i*don chargee which run from 10 to 23

cents.

-Smlleage" books contain 20 or 100 6-e*m coupons, which may be purchased by anyone for $1 or *5. respectively. and erat to a soldier friend at the camp The coupons will be exchanged at the box office for admission tickets. Sending a man a "*mUeage” book U equivalent to giving him paaaea to from 10 to 30 performances at various kind*.

A base hospital. sereeaT already In operation overseas, of the people and materfcl to ratablbh and operate a Bodpltal *g outside cept the provision of usually means a deserted hotel. «B empty village, a group of hut* Or a number of large and small tents. The personnel of one hospital which Is folly organized and waiting ta ha sent to France Inrlade* 24 physician* and surgeon*, neoriv all of whoa ora bow no active doty at cantonment* nr hospitals in preparation for their forme work. The nurse* number 63. all

having

There ox* and bookksepet*. Of (be 158 enlisted men. 83 are orderlies or male nonra, and the remaining 88 ore clerk*, bookke»prr*. mechanics, and akUVd laborer*. The bsae hospital is a little world In I'scif and must have cook*, botchera. takers, carpenters, engineers, etc. The equipment for this one unit coot * iio.ooa Secretary of War Newton D. Baker urge* men in scientific institutions to continue their training.

raand more and more scientifically trained men." said he. "and I bop* those who are In charge of arteotlftr Inunctions will Iniprras upon the young mea the Important* of continuing their studies, except to the ext cut that they are necessarily Interrupted by a mandatory caH under the provision* of tho aaleettve draft aerrice

ta#."

Every effort will be made to use each student's spedtl training in connection with specialized occupation* In the army, to afford technical students liable to call as great on opportunity through the National army ns If they

had enlisted.

In Porto Rico, which formerly !mpurted thousands at dollars’ worth of brans annually from the mWaland. this product 1* now being exported. Part of the war-emergency work of the department of agriculture ha* been to assist the territories to become leas dependent upon the mainland of this country for their supply of food. The Alaska stations have greatly Increased the area* sown to grain and are able to meet Increased demands for seed grain. The Guam station Is distributing lorge quantities of seeds and plants ■for cultivation by the natives, and Hawaii 1ms materially Increased lu production of food crop*.

Included In the recent annual report of Secretary Franklin K. Lone u the

following:

’’When the bureau of mines was created by congress five years ago It was hordly to have been Imagined that the methods used for the asvigg of Bfe In the cool mines of the United Sintes would became of vital use In the pro>>lem of saving Uvra and dtstraj tag lives In u world war; yet this to Just what

ha* happen til.

“The soldier’s kit. which was rc simple a thing In other ware, has had te be Increased by a gas mask not unlike Gw helmet of a deep-sea diver, with a box of chemicals adapted for offsetting the -tfect* of the various kinds of gn»

tta enemy Is known to use.

"When we came Into Che war we found ourselves prepared with the

knowledge, the machinery, and the men

to promptly meet the need of gas An and meat products for tn, nmaks In great quanUty and of a au- * rnl - r "t* 1 Mv 3' are obtained only from perior type. Thus the men who bad Inspected establishments and bear the oera on this work of meeting the gnae* government stamp ’Inspeded and compounded In nature's laboratory " ,,rn P means that every

Whi'e the demand for leather for many uara has taxed the productive capacity of the country, the amount used In ordnance equipment for soldier* la alngutarly email. The equipment furnished an Infantryman by the ordnance bnrean (which dnra not Indude the uniform equipment from the quartermaster's department) contains

only 10“ ounces.

The largest use „f leather In this •qulpmeni Is In tbc gun sling, which contain* 7 ounces; In the oiler and ti>on£ **■* ara 14 ounces; bayonet ■eakbard. a? ounce; pack carrier. 1

—u,.. , .. , ’ '»-• Trinity M.

battery. Intent to kill; William Jack- 1 “ ® U,M,V * cl>oo) Hillrilie. voted lo

robbsry; Hurry J. Johnson. ** lX,rr »i«lHbi> fund

„ _. __ 'f flTi

breaking, enuring, larceny and re- f,,r Armenian and

celvln*; Leo Kohler, forgery; Joseph A '*> r,a “ diildren wnr sufft-tvra

Moore, atrucicus anaault and battery. Tl1 * State Cbarltie* Aid and Prison Kim O’L^e. I.rt-aklag. entering and Bofona Association, submitting ft* unlarceny. Paaquaie Pelluchla. *t/o- nu »l report to Governor Edge, strong clous aasaull tmd battery. Harry 8ur- >> "PPo»«» groat ezpenditn:ea upon Ding, grand larceny. Beulah Up- 'highly ornamental and extravagantly church, grand larceny. Anthony Vol- Planned" building* in aUle and conn enllne. aasaull and battery with in i , J’ ndmlnlatration* for 'be housing of lent to kill: Ix-roy Fteirbcr. aaaault P«M»c dependents There are rocomand battery on ..ffleer. John Green, mrodatlon* covering a wide field for robbery ; Kranct-wo Romano, robbery; *b# Improvement of existing <ondliiooa

Harry Bcbobey. uaaault and battery. 0* Ibe institutions

Intent to kill; John Tomkins, wntrr- Audubor > scarlet fever epidemic

Ing and larceny. Wesley Webb. rape, ha* been reduced lo sis cases.

Gnpr May county Jacob lUrry. The Salem county almshouse (arm

ba* raised nearly two tons of pork

this year

Tha: romance U by no means confined to tbe youi.g war exi-mpllfied at Atlantic City when Nicholas Grtnor.

ity-fivc, of Mlllrillr and Mrs

urn . U, n five year-old son of Ed- Hannah F Drow n, aged .ereni)-three, jrd Fowler, who sustained a broken " f K«atli Florid- avenue. Ailantic •p when a ha in door fell , a( j nij - *PP»ed for a marriage 11. ease t Wliat „ known «s the Ms, halt Mr * «2pr»-*ed decliejly hor- -- pt^l ..O.ldle; on AcldenS ' ^ ‘ ' U1 " V, '“ intimatl*. j tti-r |i„ i. .. .... . . 5 ct that b«-r pending marrUge would tw b.,,1 ^ " f . . ,h l c on .he permanent order ! — b„wT,",' 1 »■ -

*tep In the process of preparing the mrat ha* been under tbe constant aupervlvion of trained Insjwclur*. At the eampa all products are reinspected and labors lor; analyses made to show that the food* have not been mads Injurious

by tempering.

Throughout the country there are •- 800 Inspector* engsg.-d | D tbu work. A censor'* label on an envelope does trot Imply that the writer or the adarawwer I* under auaplrlnn. but that Its examination is thought ntwe-rary in safeguarding the government's InterUnder authority of the tradlng-wlth-ttK-.-ceiuy net ernaorahlf. of InlerniiUonal mall bus te-en establlslied hy the Postmaster gerw-rnl. The work will be - N ,. w Twk „ lp

Rico, nnd .«her place*

breaking, entering and larceny; Rob

ert Turner, larceny and arson Quote* Broken Leg at WOO.

The Board of Education of Glass

boro has been asked to pay $too (or “ rr4

of Ed

were found to have a reserve of know I «lge a* lo what gaara will kill and what will choke and what will burn and what will hasten disease, whirl. In e war of cumulative frightfalnc. would make tbc United fttates modest ly distinguished If It wished to *o

ahlne. As one of tbe group said:

“ •We chemists in Amerira have nev er turned our minds to the destruction of human life. Our work ha* Ix-en constructive—tbe chemistry of the soil of cement, of printer's Ink. of the by products from |>etrolrnni nnd tar. of 10.0WI things which will make for a longer, a happier life for mac. But If the u.->rld Is to be turned upside down and Instead of staying den Hi and disease and making new thine* that man ran use for hi* own eRiiol.lement tve

are ucored to push forward the work "“"dueled

of the destruction of man and nil his K “ , "' work* we mu becnair rival* oi lh.- , wh,r v '< umv be necessary,

wvirst In such enterprise.* | ——

“TlU* 1* not the time to jirrsenT tl.r Fonns of regulation* neeeaaary to thing, done nnd the things doing by rw '’ r " P^PW marketing and han these men of the necroinr.uilr srtenrr. < * ,lnc ' f animal and poultry feed nr* bul When tbe day comes for casting ur, BO '* h " , ng prepared by the food nd-

-— 1 mir.lsfration.

A* In the ense of Industries dealing

In s sple f.w.v for human ronsumpilca Handrada of thousnnd* of arros of .r’'™ 1 , " , ‘‘‘ ,rTl ' ,|on f"ed* will tak*

lands in the United Btate* hitherto SroT” ^•*'**•*■ Infots

untllled. may be |dneed under eultlva ^

don during 1918. i / 00 ‘ S n <l“>liil*tratlon to detect

An Inquiry by tbe deportment of th. : w' .t '’ xrr “ lTr pranu. and to

Interior sImiws that approximately OKI- 2,^ ... ’V''' 1 tmnuat ••'4 location

000 nrres on various reclamntluo pro- 1 * rP ” 1 * ,n t, '' roun,r 7-

Jerts end cu urra of Indian lands nl 1 e.

most as large ore auaeeptlble of cuitl Ihroughom the country vatlon. #rr scarcl^d m secure all co|-

1 0r *' , w11 '' ,rr *>“lral training now Dancing I* one form of amuse..,, c »I" ~ rr, ”‘ for ^ formation of an art

w... ,..».n-7 ou " Vre

the men of the army and navy. It t.

Stays Tikes ta Pool Ml Equip. Deot lo Country

O S. omtERSHIP FORECAST

Rm«« Dm. Wm* IM U. T. < Of! CawwRlaa To Pool raoilMat.

were takaa by Dlroctor Genera! MeAdoo ic the appointment of a temporary staff and the tanolnt of Mr

Oral fan

pooling at nil txnJie. common utilisation of terminals, rolling stock and other fadUUaa. hauling of freight by

Special the clearing of York and Oh la of terminals and other traffic ties, and Alfred H. Smith, president of the New York Central, temporary apodal vise transportation tn tbe trank line territory east of th# MtoxWijip! and north of the Ohio River*, whvre congestion to greatest. Walker D. Hines, of New York, a railroad lawyer and for many years a special student of government <*>- oration, was appointe3 assistant director general, pending the formstlca of a permanent ataff. Th* Interstate Commerce Commission was drafted for an Immediate Investigation by Its Inspectors of general freight conditions on Eastern Rank lines. While the director general wu eon ferrtng with a number of beads. Interstate Commerce Goner* and members of Congrews swd planning immediate action to remedy fault* of transportation, it become known tbet the demands of the four brotherhoods for a 40 per crnL wage Increase had been dented by tbe rail, roads and that consequently the labor men Imd decided to postpone for probably 60 day* tbe prezentatin of their case to the government. 11 ,tou * h '- probable that Pros! dent Wilson would take up the labor i It us: Ion in hi* add ret to Congress this week.

Wtw Be Rigidly Ch**,.

head of a family whose Income

000 or over must pay the tax. March L W1B. he most file W with the collector of Interna! In the district in which he lit* fcta principal place of boston T;»e man who think* to tnx ta making a aerioos em

will be in every

evade a

WATERWAYS IMPORTANT. Congressman Moore Urges President To T-ka Them Ovar. Philadelphia. — Coagreaaman J. Ha-op ton Moore, president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association. forwarded to Secretary MrAdoo. dlroctor general of railroad* un-. der the Prorldei’t's recent proclamation. a letter calling his attenUon to the importance of taking over existing canals and Inland waterway* for the relief of the railroads and to facilitate commerce and the movement of war

•l-some pleasure for the tro.»,«. Istrui.

Thire are iwm approximately Ki.Uin speaker* to tbe -four minute mm' the nation wide organization ..f volunteer NjM-nkrr* who assist the govern im-ut in Hie work of national <i. f.-t,..

ilnporin •r uudloiK

•jgew » to me

vital

When mm called under the eeleo

Uve-aerrice law rrarb the rantonmenta , h - .

•• w5IIb£ ’

th'lr rbolros of army service. Infun- , ' try I* mi»t often preferred, artillery r™* engineer division, are third In popularity, and quai:. rmastcra

work fourth.

The

and while

tatrol of the : •creral weak*.

al

by the ill man Water

Retell dealer* of Insecticide, or rmpi from lh. UcaMiug ragu> 9 rovi-ring trade m white -rwtoc srw-r.lr Insc-tl.ldes, Th - only I antes rwjuirct! to obtain lu.-nsc.

wholesalers end Jolhrr,.

commlHee on eiasslfiratlans of per- '■ * na '- «»<irt, has ,h, matter In cli*rg.-, prove that only “ w cent of the men altcmpf to secure now harardous posit long

•LOW IN EXECUTIONS. President Wilson Want* Chance T# Review Sentences. Washington.—President WCron ha* prohibited the execution of an- more American soldier*-except m General i ersblure force* abroad—before tha *• ’vtencea of the courts-marttal have been rr.lawed tn Washington. Heretofore this ha» not been necessarv | B »sr time, but th* President haa made the rule that It may be mad* doubh sure that no to'u*lice is done, QUAKE WRECKS GUATEMALA. Nearly Eighty Per Cent. Of City Dcmollahed And Eighty Live# Lost. Washington.—Eighty per cent of Guatemala City was demolished by esrlhquakos which becsn Decefnher 2$ and conUnued two day*, the gut# Department wna advised in a wireless dispatch from tb~ Ameriarta charge there. Forty deail^ t.we been oO ctally reported and thowsands were

bx* b~u evuh-

llshM and good order prevailed ITALIAN CITY BOMBED.

Thirteen Person. Killed And Sixty In-

Jured In Padua

Rome. — Thirteen persons «... killed and-GO other* injured when the open city of Padua. In Nonh.rr Italy was bombarded by enemy . tU |^ the war ofae# onnuunced Trevir. ^. OCl '‘‘'I r —t*Unu>eo were’

T'k*' xrt troaauror la populated a erf ton

' right bomb* were

not damage.]

tom certain deduction* provided f £ tbe act. The tew define* i profit, gain, v

reyniaaa. or ] write, cool Uad. etc, are taxable, fdermat Rote I* 2 Par Ceak The normal rate of tax te 2 per n on net Incomes above the s exsmiptioo*. which te $2,000 to the a of a married person or head of s By and $1,000 in the rate of s Mtp penen A married person or besi *1 a family ta allowed an additions cl rmptior. of $200 for each depfnlu child If under eighteen years of q or I capabte of eetf-aupport t defective. The taxpayer la c to be the Lead of a family . actually supporting ono . sons closely connected v If'hi* such petson ta bam

Debts ascertained nd charged off wit paid except i **■!

mm act will be 1 revenue officers vrh< count) in the Unite January 2 and Mart

Officer* te Visit I Notice of their air tty will be given lu tbe preea. banka end will be supplied with copies of which may

Th« bureau of in seeking to Improwa t Jeet lo the tax the fi eee this >4Bciol tn llmtn of the duty la fbrir return* wttl

tbe

tbe taxpayer, tied te seek

Tbe penally ft

dropped, we;

MORE NURtCB WANTED Washington -Ka'imat,, . , v of IMOVOO men

Son n

fa

ta a

than f.n nor more addition f/> per v» of the tax due. Fo or fraudulent retun n fine not to exceed reeding one year'* troth. In thedlsi-n-tlM! In nddlilon too per

evaded.

As to the f

Tlie number at tart Income taxes haw no by the government < certain they will fori tage of the fi.OUO.OOi) who never, before lun

The arerage f book* but If he

who will be neat to al __ be dlfltru!! fur Mm to ascertain amount of Ids net Income. The farmer U making eat hi* ra may deduct depreciation In Ibe v of property and usehlnrry need In roudor-t of Ids farm, and l«m bv storm or other casual not corerod by tosui actually Incurred In may lie dedurted, but Ing expense. Frodue farm and traded for g cppsrrl. air., la counted aa living pcttdlture* and rannot ‘

V

U'bea you na, observes an edacs4 tor. w.Vtber to con meeting, use abort v ther,- ai* mere than tbrre are of loog^ one#, and t»ke the most direct rood j to your meaning. Your n

Ceak Makes Good Start. see you hare a new rook." T. trbt." “Is ahe experteoewdr “1 l*» *" fflie etarttd the fl.-wt day mlng lai» and then Baking fur the