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OiPE MAY OOOTT* TIMES. SEA ISLE CITY.

HEW POWERS FOR UTILITY BOARD

Takina Over of Railroads by a ear «r «r. «ch Ynm iv«n 1 y | ilmirv IJitz, of th* Ala ran r Hotel. «n<l

Government Presents Un-looked-for Problems.

I Harry

Olfxon H. Phillip*. «‘f

Trrntoii by <\)jnmlrai< l *« , r <>i Moi TehMrs Dill for ronnlni! nn autoBio-

bile on thr Boardwalk. Atluntlc City.

about a week nro. Tl.l*

CftNT CHANCE TRAIN CREWS.; imi. m

1 ««c*. hs thry w«r finrrl lor inr

natnc oil tiMr by th* Atlantic CUjr P«»Jcrxuj Coir.mlaalon Aloe Seeka Leo 1 * 1 *- u^. Court Jmlcr.

tioa Better Controlling Grade-Croaa- Xot JO „ u u!one by BUtoInoblll*t•

SMLIlEMffi fO OF if iFFICEB

Looted Bank. Killed Four and | Committed Suicide.

ing Removal a — Reclamation Swamp Worth Half Billion.

of other river frvnt t

t who have

been drlrlnp on the froien Hclatrare

Kome of the more dartny of Delanet* -Trenton 1 and Blveralde have opened a apeediTenxon. llM . Kanrocaa river almve the

Beeauac of the taking over of the ■n.r Ire U «ld to be

IS Inrhea thick, and «*tne thrillln*

railromls by the government, the State Public Utility Comtnlaalon. In la annnal report, recommends additional legislation by the coming legislature In regard to the board s power. In making announcement of the go ventio«ii control of roads. President U'll-

ran stated that excejit

race* have been run.

A dozen men nround Villlmnstown

liave provided themselve- with 1"*'” woo<l rawing outfits, and are working In rartr mini., n... lndn«tiT '■ growing, and apparently there Js iden

ty of work for years to comet

John U North. - 11

d^or'of raDroads should otherwls- j

orde the mads would remain sub-1 Tt" „ jn(1 f^ured that he Ject to statutes of the various stale*. | do*en W( ek while The cou.uiisalon ^ .m^t of hen, from ««.!

therefore, that unless In specific coses. [ th* . . «.... the^rallroad director sl.ould direct the would have cost him opetaOon of trains In New Jersey with | large quantities of sweet P 1

fewer men than the full crew act calls j • »•. *:i~w**ier county fanners

for, the statute which prevents a rail-1 road from reducing the aise of a train crew wphout the commission's pemiis slot, will remain effective. Remedial legislation Is regarded aa Imperative

under the circumstances.

The definite recommendation I* also made in the report that a law be enacted by which the Supreme Court. Instead of being compelled a* at present to set wholly cslde an order of the ooard If It disapproves of some port thereof, may set the order aside In part and may direct the board to rebear the matter upon which appeal Is taken to the Supreme Court when. In the Judgment of the court, such bear-

ing U desirtble.

In the report the commission refer* to the cases Involving the proposed elimination of grade crossing* In a numlwr of nmnSripolitle*. for which plans liave been prepared and upon which hearing* Imre l-een held, ami states that under normal conditions consideration of the records In these proceedings would Involve only the qm-stions whether the conditions are suet, as to warrant Issuance of order* requiring the rUmlnatlon of the crow Ing*. and. If so. what plan* should he adopted and bow mora time should lie allowed to do the work. Condition* are regarded a* much changed by the •ear and the operation of the railroad* by theffederal government. The hcord state* that In the nharnce of apretfic Instructions from the govern merit with respect to its action In or •dering grade croaslnr* eliminated. It will conform to suet, general policy governing Improvement* "f this nature a* may be adopted by tbe direc-

tor of railroads.

TRAGEDY AT CAMP FUNSTON

i,nil by Gloucester county faniwr* e reported to have been frozen by the extreme cold weather when small beater* In barn# and cellars proved

unavailing.

The odd weather has caused thot.sands of dollar* damage to churches In South Jersey through freezing and bursting water pipe*, and aervlcea U many Instances have been dispensed

with.

Many Ice mouse* about Puulnmro are i-inf tiled with nine-inch Ice. cut front Mantoa creek. Old residents say the Ice Is the thlckeal they have ever *v*n

there.

Havtd Lamar, known “Tbe Wolf of Wall Street." «bo ha* Just‘finished a year * sentence hi tbe A tlauta prison for teprrseiitlng himself to be A. Mitchell Palmer ..nd trying to nmk<capital out of tbe deception. I* to Ikbrought north to the Mercer County jienltentlary to sene another year for assisting Franz von Ulntdcn In Ills pro-tieruiau activities. Harry Hazleton and Abrahr.ni ‘Sow I dy were sentenced to fou. month* n: I Trenton for selling liquor to soldier* and sailors. Eight Inch *cc is being harvested In

Shiloh.

A business men * csaodatlna l* living formed In Egg Harbor City, the objert to be to boost the city. The vital statistic* of Woodbury for December are eight births, three marriage* nnd seven deaths. Tbe Cape May County Board of Frvboldtrs organized, with Henry Hctherford director. Joseph 1- Scull waa re-elected conmy collector, at a salary of fl.SOO. an Increase of $Okl.

j poatp-

Fcrtune* In Marshland.

By tbe expenditure of about T7~4) U» at l«:*t WOOUOOOjOtf) can l>e oihled to the stale's Bs*e*sablc- property by the reelamatlnn of salt marsh lands, aemrdlng to tbe ret*irt of the defeirt-rr.-nt of ean*ervatloii and development, which recommend* the outlay. Un-

der present conditions these lands are j Jersey, nnd It hr

now mosquito bro-ding arras, but with j tbe elimination of the pe*t this now wvribb-sB property could !*• mode very

valuable.

The report say- that up to th!* time the nior*lte» In K-*eX. Ib-rgen. Union. Mlddb-w-v and Monmouth routine. I rrw

liave b»-**i *■> near completely dratnei! ' Game Warden Avis of W

that the original urea of mosquito j looking af!

most negligible fractnm I'r draining i>>e marwtie* in Allatittr coantle. 1. well j-i .t C-wi-- May coonlj I •.« made i ginning In C'utnlo-rlsnd m

Made HI* Way Into Tho Ca«k. Forood L na Of Tha Mon To Tie Tho Hands Of The Other* And Then Attacked All With An A*. Camp Funston. Kaaa.—IdcutlSca Job r Captain Lowls R- Whls’.er b> Hearaey Wornall. the sole survivor of hr* men who were attacked by an Army captain bent on robbery of the ramp bank as the man who had rerpotrated the crime, and Captain Whl*-Icr-r subsequent death by suicide bara convinced Army authorities her- that is search for the slayer Is end-d. Captain WhUler killed hlmscif by firing two bull-t* from aa army rifle into his head. His death cam< nfter Wo moll had recovered conrclrv- ness at the base hospital and told the qurs.loning army officers the Gory ef the tragedy In which the Captain had killed, with an axe. four men. lacludtng C. Fuller Winters, 'iceiresldent of the Federal Reserve Bonk, of Kansas City, an Intimate friend of the Captain. Then an c -der waa Issued that all captains at the cantonment report at headquarter; to have their finger printa taken It was then that the shots from Cap-ala Whlsler’s office were heard. A note was found with the body. It was written to a woman wi.jse name the authorities have refuse- to

divulge. It eaid:

“I have been thinking of committies suicide for a long time, bu I have never had a good reason. Yesterday I went out and made m; f«1I

a reason."

The room In which Captain Wr.l*-

ler's body was found was smea ed with blcodcpoU. Two blood-sos-ed towel* were found In the rocm rnd

the table was spotted with ItArmy officials declined to «sy

whether any of the money which :he robber Is supposed to have obtairH was found in Captain Whirler** ro m.

Wornall told the autbor.Ues that :.o

murderer was an army captain wh -e face he recognized and who, he s: d, was a close friend of Winter*. b< d

of the Army Bank.

Worn all. In describing the trage y eald a man came to the door of ‘ t tank about 1:20 o'clock and rap: d Insistently He was admitted. »:4 covering the five men with his r»volver. forced Wornall to tie the hsr

of the four men, WornaH't hands,

reeded to loot the bank safe and ha> reached the door when Winter sa!

"Ton recognize hire V’oraail an.wered tha:

11 PISSES USE

By 2xtct Vote Heeded to Adopt Resolution. |

274 FOR AMB 135 AGAIK'SI

10 EflEE ALIENS M01IER HOSPIttl Fi! THE DRIFT SUP TDRPEDOEO Action Made Possible Through Germans Forget Their Pledge Release of Swiss. , to King Alfonso.

Must Now Hun Th* fionate —Woman Count On Prei .e- . Inflcance Tn Ovarcomt

Waabingtoa.—Woman scOrag* Federal constitutional asnend^.' ) won in th* House with exactly ft* ' required number of aSUmstlte vottv While member* In their *e»tt oaf throngs In the gaHerie* waited v,'i eager irtereat the House adopted, b? a vote of 274 to 124. a resolctior r--> rldlng for sobmlsaloa to tbe rt^'.« of the so-called 8«xan B. Anthoar sraend-nent for —-—onai enfnm

meat of women.

But for the promise of Speak* Clark lo cast Iris rot* from the c for the resolution If It was needed, the change of e single vote to th* opposition would havn mean: defezt Republican Leader 'Mann, who c from a Baltimore bonpltal where bt

TO FREE ALL WHO DESIRE ALL WOUNDED ARE SAVED

Congress convened, and Bepresesutiva Stans, of Tennessee. Joat out of i sick bed nnd hardly able to walk te bis sest. brought the votes which m

tied the lame.

Citizen. Or Subject. Of Other Coon- ; Dritish Ship Of Mercy Atttcked And The Howe hardly had adjourned b-

Sunk Whlls Dlsplaylno All The Lights And Markings Required By The Hague Convention.

tries. Regardless Of Whether They Have r faken Out First Paper*, | Will Not Be Held In Service. |

CitU-u or .»«.«= ! BrT.tol. EntU»l-Th. bmlUJ

of»lwtb,r tt.r 1.™ r^r-o “ ‘o” b-ron-miaUtht on Stum wr. lor Aa.rliao KUuo < .oO ^ “ “J"'-

■hip. freod from lUbll.tr lo to

afllurr .-Kkr. U. tb. Ubiwd Suit* no ■"«- iirl Frld.r

U tb.r =bb~! tbroorb tb.lr blplo tb-r, couM b. oc po.UbinB ot Kib

her* mar.ee* mistaking her Identity

u,, : SbU-r, « SHU.rlbbt Tb. torp.ao nurtb tb. .«r.l wltb

nuuM bb b.™.b,.bt -lib tb. But. * UtTM, .rub ua -*■ -

DrptnTafDi wbmbr StTU. .lr.ul.r tbu tb.ro u, «b .but. o! .ubu Julirfi ud lb uirr Ibrt.btu ..tul- bbb Tbnb "l

r.ulbs lb tb. Arb.rttu An., , tlbilbt St tuS-riM,. bbi •

mall be discharged if thev derire. of soldiers suffering from malaria.

Sk-_ proof of their SwUa ciUzetuhlp.! The Ughu on the htwj»!tal

Similar arrangemenU may be made I»W out by the force of the explosion by other neutral representatives and »od the wouaded and^ ^ th- War Department bat signified Its 'rope about 1= the dark for the.r dotb-

srUUngness to cooperate In .-curing , Ing- Many of taom

the quick discharge of drafted alien, i •«» their quest snd bad to lezve the satl'led to release ship without clothing. WhUe in the in the case of Switzerland, a treaty ! boats and on rafu they had UttleOt dated 1U0 was the governing point . 00 protection from the piercing ec la the State Department decision, si- > • r la‘ 1 - ., . though the treaty come. In conflict All the pstleaU. the »hir srtsff and with the draft Uw so far as first 1 the member, of the crew, with th* ex-

after which he t:i paper declarant* are conr.TUed. Re cepUon of three Lascars, who were The man then pn earding Holland the principle is that | UUtt by the explosion, were safely

Frank W. Fowkea was re-elected I

rlerk. at a *nlary of 41 V». cn Increcae ; lo Wornall: of 4*s>. EnieM 1-loyd was elected so , don't yotT"

llritor. j be did

iBieznark lost UWO hamper* I The murderer turned to Winter;

of sweet potatoc* ud K*' buel-els ol I and raid:

whit petntoe* when ids barn burned | "Ton know me. do your" mysteriously at Norma. i "I sure do, yon black scoundrel.'

Extreme redd weather has seriously wa* Winters reply

interfe -Y with |iuhllc sales In south j Wornall says at this point tbe mar

» t-eeu uecesaary to I hesitated, and than suddenly teape.l tb>-m. 1 at them, swinging his hand ax. H*

rrejulre 41TOJI77JW to con- j * truth tlie helple** tnrn down, one b» u. the business of Oornn City during | one Wornall was the lest struct

ol rwlsrodt,. Abi.ri.uu Ur HolUbd I '™b lb. bb.u .bi rbti. bbt b.lb, ..bjm .. .urir. is lb. Tb., bsb bblbl, UT1 lb. wblcb Dstcb Anb,. ™ >■" • r ' a * hr:l | steamer suddenly plunged forward end

disappeared. The rescued men were two hours adrift before they were

picked up.

The announcement follows: Ills Majesty's hospital ship flews

COLO POLICEMAN SAVES BaNK.

fore tbe suffrage champion* begu their fight for favorable action on ft* Smote side of the Capitol Recent polls there hare Indicated that ft* necessary two-thirds vote could not he mustered, but encouraged by tb* House victory sad counting 02 th* influence of Pre*!dent Wilson, who came to their support, the suffrsgltu hope to bring the Senate Into line v as to hire tho amendment befor Ft ale legislature* daring tbe eotnlaz year. They fee! sure at leait of forcing a vote in the Senate before th*

present session ends.

Advocate* of the aaendmer.t hid been rupretnelr confident of the resul’ In the House after Prexldent Wilma adrlred th* members who called upor him to support ic They were so cos fldcct that the close vote ws* receiv'd with amsreramt and some of ftr c ponenta were almost as much ta:

prised.

When the first esa wss pnkbfd unofficial count* put the rest doubt and before the Speaker cocM make an snnouncwnrn*. there wr* demand for a recapitulation. T-ee the cstce of each member snd ft' way he was recorded wns read Announcement of the vote '*>' j greeted with wild applause and chert Ing. Women In the galleries IHersfir fell upon each other's necks. HmIst sn* embracing, and shouting “Glory. Glory, Hallelujah f

Had Gone In Te Get Warm When

Bend it Enter*.

Chicago.—Patrolman Martin Flynn ’ was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol

Th* resolution as adopted fell -Joint resolution proposing > amendment to tha Constitution of th* I nlted Buies estendlag th* rtxt: =• uflrag* to women. Henolved by th*

had Wd plodding through snow- Channel at about midnight os Jaau i Pwl4U House, etc., two-third- «f drifts tor hours notify ing householders «rr 4. on her way home from GlbraP j cosmrrtng 'therelc.

to help dig th* city out. and because tar.

tlie coming yrar. nccording to tl»e npproprlatiou ordlnanrr, nhlch paw.! [ two rradinga by the city commission- j rr * . '• urv I*

IgUi*thr~-

1t I

ol »

ird <

■f left j

quail, but lias to take ’.-jn_ walk* i*<-l. -lay lo do It. Til* state toinmla bi.>ii will relmburac fanner* for foo*l

given gum*.

Ari’n.r U. Bolte (1 Atlantic Oty w*« rlrc .-l city ullcltor by Egg Harixir l-oli . • lex collector nnd H«ary W

tiongli lit •Vi'’ qatto extennlimt ■niqtroprintl.m 1* nmrranl dcclare.1 proj'ortiooatc ati tbe belief of the - vlrt labor ran t adrantsgc in the

tk-n.

There l« little any dw

■ hurt

Junior clu.|*orgsulzed nt

tlty I

ties lu section- "f nqout soy*. Tlie opinion t* • tj Ibat "II in peyinr 'i u » nfi '>

too ml.

Tlie re-port nl*n d»«-u*«r* tin tlon ■« «•* whet he: tl.r d.vr

lartncr* Of the *»«••

lection. Tbe department - -Iberc l« not re-wt In New J.t tne bunting. c*peet»ll' <•! rabbit*, forestry *»"I f«rr.ilng Public Markets Conference Fub'Jc markets •‘•'c pror— - mlur during the t««t year I the coat of tiving. Nearly now malntalu public wars*iletn e of the suemws of the from the fact that non* of iiwn dtacobli&Dcd after being •

I wring agriculturni 1

meeting *-f state offlcials and food | company i>re-.u*; r> f-T the dtacuaelog of the | pal ovurr* 1^. of providing city public ! Walter t •uarkets where coc*utn«* may buy fll , rold-d o

rert from producers

love*, which will Iw a h amt KngUsb Relief Com Til* gloves are- used for india—>f «-.«it* for the aoi

hr srams are taken nsmrt

►ea.ii into one solid pleci

lint Bap I

be recovered co:i>clousneos manzend to untie his hands mad his way into the open sir, where h* was discovered by a **atry. Carl Ohrl'oa.* fathr. Ksnsz* Ot- . contractor, who tr bulldlug a Be. hank bull ding at the camp weal t the bank about the tlice the mt: derr were committed He found t! door locked and called cut to Winter The murderer must hare answered t! Winter* for he told Ohriren to returr When Oheison Insisted that the mater wa* Important hr says a voice r plied 'T’leave go away, 171 come th*- bank and talk with yon in Jar' few minute*.” Oheison said he lb<

loft.

Jurt how much monev the rob!.oMalned was not announced. JOf.'Efi SURVIVORS CAPTIVE. John F. Murphy And Albert De Mel' Prisoners In Germany. Wasblr.rton.—Two men from destroyer Jacob Jor.e-. aubmartn. i l»*«-ember €. now are r.e_'d prisor.i In German'Through the Fed Cro.-a tb* na' ha* li-snied thst one |* Alh* ,1 • ■ I fJollo. seaman, and tbe other Jo!.: | Franc!r Murjihy, cook De Mello'a ad*lr«**a ti> 121 Hatha* : •tre-et. New Bedford, Mas- Murt’ , whose name wa> given previoual; . “Marfeelived at 65 Hal! avenu*

of th!i th* Sootbwrst Trust and Savlags Bank, with 1*4.000 handy In an open vault, wat not robbed. Flynn, chilled to the bene entered the bank to get warm. Ha had scarcely seated blmae:; when a yvuthful bandit with a idetol in tat . hand, entered with the <-ci2.mand “Hands

up!"

Flynn opened fire and was hlmwlf sfco' tn ‘.be leg. The robber fled and •soaped with two companions who await'd him In a limoustce. COMPULSORY CONSERVATION.

the wounded were safely

transferred to patrol vessels There were only three casualties among the crew, three Lascar* being mlrrlng “She was displaying ah' the lights snd markings required by The Hague Convention, t-'.be wa* not and had not been within th* ao-rst'.cd barred gone, a* delimited la the ati-lament loaned by the German Government on Janu-

ary 13, MIT."

th# foUoiring article be propose: tbs legislature* of the osveral rut-* as an amendment to the C*n»Utot> ~ of the UnUad Slate*. Which, when t*:> Bed by threw-fourtbs of *ald h * ' Uire» shall he valid na pari "f Con* tit ntica—aamsly: ••Section. 1. The right of ritlrrt' of the Halted State# to vote aha!! a* be denied or abridged by th* Ut.iH ststca or by any state on nccoust u

sea.

“Sec. 2. Coogret* shall haw V 0 * 0 by appropriate legislation, lo •a-'*'

Restaurants M;y Bs Forced To Whes‘-

leas And Meatiest Days.

Washington.—Legiriation to extend ,

fn.rtber the prerent po»*r> to enforce 00 ^ rr •^4*

the conservation of food wa* conrld rred at a lengthy ccnferenc* between Senator rosneiene. RepreMBtatlve l>*vrr snd Food Admin! itrator Hoover. Atno&z the i- object* dlaruaoed wa*

loglelotion to comMl public oatio housas to observe -wheat!*** and 1 semloartiT

acatlear days Measure* to comp*! couservation of food to meet the requirement* of the Food AdirlDirtrailoB also are under cor. tide ration.

rardlff. Wale*—Mo-* of the sur-

vivors of tbe Iteara were landed at

Rwansns Many of tin lu were w ithout the provisions of this article " clothing of any kind. Tlie sounded I Of th* total membership of 425 were removed Immediately to a hos- j were 41» members who voted Tb

pltsl line-up follows:

Th* torpedo which sank the R.-wa ! For tb* resolution. Democra:; dSreetSy through th* Rsd Cross ! Republican*. 16S: mlscellknec’

total. 274

Against the terol-Jtlon. Der

“SUNK BY A MINE." !(*: RepubllcMU. S3: Pregre:

' total. 124 German Explanation T# British

1«

Hospital Ship Disaster. J Aritterdam Tha Wolff Bureau, the

WOULD KEEP FLANO-C2

Gereian agency. In a com- • Von Tlrptti Says That Anneaet f-

munlratlon ragzrdlng th* stoking of !

*!on bill.

RET NEW FLYING RECORDS.

■cducl'ig

atarted. r • will be •

It c

• Students In Texas Remain SKI Hour*.

aviation echool'

WASHINGTON.

An omnlbca privati providing for 200 ra*<

th* Pen'ioBa ( ummittee a* c pecial! deserving, was paxxed by th* Hour* During the tirxt 00 dayr the country will face Its aortt |>eriod of ditrcr

►ion In th* coal prob’em.

Socretary of War Baker'* ;*r*l* •eacy In defending the arts of all off! ciala rnneerued In preparinx the American Army for It* task In Franca, led to sharp claohea before th* Sen •te Military Affair* Committee The sugar investigation wat sound up in the Senate Manufacturers' <‘um-

fnttti

Belgium Is Nat Ess.

the IlrlUsh hoapttal ship R,-*a. say* . . . . - the German autboritle* cannot yet Londou—A dispatch 4® ^ gl'. a anal rtatement aa t!^ rub N "** ^ A ** Urd *« “ J '* ^ . marine which might hare been eon- T,r P ,u - , ” n ? r . ' ,.ni-i u .11:1.. ... n. xaw» « a*""' . cation adds 1 advocate of Germany's sawsc-c- •

"Nevertheiei

competent quarters

1 fsre. declared thst while th* G- ra

—J regard it as impoatible that the ship n:u * t k#rp tb * . [oirted by ahould tsv* been torpedoed by a anb- n "* UoB ^ 10 Ger ®, S J, WMj|jjta"»>r:n. Accordingly th# only ponalJ * gg

b M'y .; ft.at she **• *uni t, 5 * it j Be ~

not w#c»»*ary and thst a aotattl 1 ’: thl* problem could be found

NAVY OIL BILL IN.

I In gcra«y fiti.

Provides For Taking Over Naval Oil Land Reaarvas In California. Washington-A biil prepared by tb* Navy Department »o authorize the Gorertmieiit to take posartaion either by eontra.1. Isaac ar otherwise, upon the Issuance of un esecutlr# o^or.

toetlmocy of several New * i; ^ l**d *#t aside as nava'. reserve*

York broketi, who believed the rer«*t *■ f '*litornl* or Wyoming, was introfamine la th* Eaal wa* due to Gov 1 duced •» K< nator Swanson, of tho

•..'tL^arix! niarferrr.r* ; Naval ('osrmtttoe

UNITS OUTGO FOR CHARlT' Not More Than SB0O000 A Me’ May Go Abroad. Washington.—The State Deport^' and the War Trad# Board »* Tr ' - limit money eent out of the cov* for charity to IM0.WO a month will affect moneys intended for I tin*, for the Armen Ians and all sltF’ purpose* for which orgnal*** 1 • B - are *eat abroad They require * * ernment war license.