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StA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY OOUMTY, H. J., FRIDAY, MAY 8, IMS.

BCMBEB TWENTY-SIX

Bids Opened i For New Jail Building Strnctnre Will Co«t |75,000 a jlorc; FrtelioWer* Wm Meet Special to Award Contract *

a Wed-

J Jail Now Overcrowded

That the proposed new Jell building and eg ul pm ant for Cepe Mir County rfould coot upwards 0 r I7E.000 wa» made known when bids were reoelred for the work at the meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholder* on Wedneod,r Seperate bids were received for the building, equipment. *—* | i. s . plumbing and electrical ud over an honr was coo. in opening and reading the A special meeting of the l~~ - Till be held next Thu rad ay. May H, to receive the report of the County Coupeel, architects and Director of Fuollc Bulldlnga of the tabulation of tre bid*, and Uie contract will at that time, no

doubt, be awarded. The bide and blddi

wsdur were aa followa: Building Oorntratitm Wm. Bond f47,0E0.00 John M. Yardlty St.MS.OO G. W. Shaener ft Son gl,111.11 English Con*. Co. tt.S99.00 Plumbing and drainage Harry Knecht tt.S10.00 Wm. H Kentner 7,401.00 L R. H. Johnson Co. 8,417.00 Ichaa A. Leopold 0.44E.O0 * Deckman Co. 7,tS8.00 Heating and Ycntflathig R. H. Johnson Co. 15,144.00 J H. Chadwick Co. 4,405.56 Harry Knecht 6447.0« Deckman Co. 0411.00 Frank Nelson Co. 4,904.00 Baldwin Vent Co. 4.5*9.00

Electrical Werk

Cbaa. Wright $1,710.14 Enterprise Electric Oo. t,100.00 Buang Electric Co. 2.p7$40

Jail Eoi

Van Dorn iron Work* $41414.90 Pauley Jail Bldg Co. St46S.0O Fries and Son $7400.00 Several of the bids did not form o the requirements of the advertiicment for bonding company be runiahlng of a bond, bat af|er a onferenee with the Coouty Y>-a»el. it was agreed to allow these bid* to be read. Mori of them, it *o happened, were high bidden, and out of the running

anyhow.

County Audit Cor’pletad

A communication from Welgner. Rockey Company, county ouiiton. anted that the 1014 audit •as now completed, but that there was a balance of $7S47 in the Tuctihoe National Bank In ibe name of Joeeph I. Scull, fonn*r County Treasurer (deceased), ■hich should be transferred to tbe present Treasurer. This was

ordered done by a resolution.

A request from the Borough of •’‘one Harbor to have lights placat the west end of Hootch Bonin and the Mall Channel bridges ■" referred to the Director of

Bridges.

Charles DufOeld. a mem be pb* stone Harbor Council, (Continued on Pag* Five)

The election In Sea isle City next Tuesday, May It. promises to be one of the mo- - quiet ever •“ild here few City Commissioners. Mayor Irving Fitch 1* not s camidate for re-election, but Commissioners Hiram C. Love and Maurice M. Bofroney will have their names on the ballot. The other candidates are John L. Maher, present City Clerk, and J. P. Delaney, Hr., former City fVl-n m a «-

M 0 orlyn theatre

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t OCEANOTY F ‘r»t Showing sf First Natioeal

Friday ford In WAKINQ UP TH« TOWN

FROIS HOLLYWOOD ^ Hldssst Screen Cor hrnasUan of (be Y#«

M on day . • W. Orttmks Wwsms '»N-T LIFg WONOkRFUL "‘th Carol Dsspjistsr in !

FtbEW OF THE PURPLE Irom

and Saturday SCHOOL FOR WIVES Wiih Ooawar Tsarto

Little Interest In Local Ejection Cmpuji Uck, Mttema, Ehm in Bo

Apparently little Interest to being taken In the elecUon. and none of the usual bitterness that attends local elections has been manifest in the campaigns of tae four candidates. Polls will be open from six in the morning until seven In the evening, i-andard time, or from ■even to eight, daylight time. The County Boerd will sit in Sea Isle City today (Friday) to add nan to the list of registered voter*.

58 Have Received Movie Tickets Sh to Hie Map Mma Eidda TUi Wed Fifty-eight Cape May County residents have each received two tickets, without a cent of cost to them, for either the Moorlyn Theatre. Ocean City, or Hunt's Casino. Wildwood, during tbs TIMES hidden n iher would be larger, but quite a few folks tailed to notify us of finding their names and no tickets are mailed unices the hears from you If your name U

hidden.

Anywhere from Mx to nine names an hidden in this week's tome. Your name may be among them, ft trip through Classified ftdlaad will tell you. Start now. Ori the weekly habit. Read U> saving -ipportunities. Use them when you have anything to sell. Lari week seven passes were concealed in the C. A'a Tickets were Bulled to the following: Miss Anns M. Scull. Cepe May Court House. James M Chambers, Goshen. Those who did not noUfy us of finding their names and. therefore. rw -ived so tickets are: Harry H. Lake. Itt Asbury Lve.. Ocean City. Mrs. Fred Carmany. 151 E. Andrew* A vs.. Wildwood. Mr*. Joseph Mason. Belieplaln. Dare Ctaacagllal. Woodbine. Thelma Nlckei son. South Den-

Sidelights of Trip to Boost Cape May County Resorts i Made on Caravan Member* By Cities Visited and People Met; Hew Jersey Must Push Fight For More Hard-Surfaced Roads To Keep Up With

Bank Robbers Trial WiU Be Held May 13 Jury Panel Drawn On Wednesday ith Every Precaution Taken To Prevent Postponement

Prisoners Loee Optimism The trial of the Tuckahoe Bank robbers, who shot and killed Edwin L. Tomlin, director of the bank, is scheduled to be held next Wednesday at Cou.t House. Justice Luther Campbe)' and Judge Henry L. Eldredge wUl preside at tba trial The trial was originally scheduled for April 14. but w*e postponed when former Stake Senator Lewis T. Stereos protested e^alnat a legal technlcal'ty. Attorney Sterene and hie eon, George M. Stevens, 01 Camden, will plead for the accused. Proaacf’tcr William H. Campbell took all precautions to prevent a repetition of the postpone-

ient.

Attorney Stevens held a conference with the prisoner* last Monday afternoon. He refuaed to divulge any contemplated plana for their defenee. The p.'eoners, Jemee Pettit. Walter Laird and Gus Anderaoo. have lost some of their optimism. One of the youthful bandits declared that the date of the trial (May IS) 1* a bad omen. The crime we* committed on Friday. March It. Tne bandit* shot Tomlin after they held up Edward L. Rice, the (Continued on Page Fire) Putting money away “ ,ely J* insurance against adrersity. No one ebould be without this protection. Deposit your. I': '*• **?[*- ty Trust Company. Cape ^ay Oty. „ 4 b. »t..

Cape May County Boosters at Start of Trip

Many Entries For Motorcycle Run Vinton To Sea Isle Will Probably Exceed 2,000 The plans for the motorcycle meet to be staged In Sea Isle City on June tl by the Allied Motorcycle Association, wer discussed at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Monday night in the City Hall. The meet of last year, with the motorcycle pageant. Is to be repeated. but additional clubs arc entering eo that the number of visitor* will exceed two thousand Accommodations at the local hotels will be taxed to capacity, and it is suggested that any private family that can accommodate ope or more motorists for the night of June 21, register with C. W. Travis. Boardwalk. Sea Isle City, the name of the family, the location of the house and the number that can be accommodated. The motorcycle acce aorta trades organisation will join with the Allied Association in the meet here on June 21.

Reeding from left to right, the “Straw Hat Brigade" includes: bottom Row—O. V. King. William A. Haffert. Mayor Irving Fitch. Ward Beam; top row—Jonathan Hand. Euge te Seng, (felt hat). BUI Austin. Larry gemon (felt hat). John Beecher, John Smith. Frank Edson (felt hat). Doctor Leedom (no hat). William Chadwick. Samuel Schellenger. Jerre Chnxbers. Mayor Geo. «e L. Markland. Bill Riche. Elmer Hewitt. Mayor Joseph O. Champion. William Bennett, Mayor Gilbert S. Smith. Ralph Stevens. George Boeder and George Neptune Others in the picture were at Tuckaboe to see the Booster* on their way. Those who started with felt hats discarded them at Wllm'ngtofl, and the party one hundred per cent strong Inaugurated the straw hat season In Wilmington.

Survey Made of Fields For Future Activities

The county booster tour through Delaware. Maryland and Pennsylvania proved a greater success than th» originators expected. The caravan ended Us tour at Easton last Saturday morning. The purpose ot the tour, in addition to attracUng attention to the reeorts of Cape May County, was to make a survey of the cities visited, to study the condicions, learn what cities would be the most fertile field for future advertising and investigate the condlUons of the highway? leading to Cape May

County.

That South Jersey highways cannot compare with the highways of neighboring States was emphasised. Gravel and dirt roads tn t jeee States are apparently a thing jf the past From Wilmington to Eaeton. the first and last stop of the cars van. the motorists traveled on hard surfaced roads. This does not Just Include State nigh ways, but in several InsUnces back roads that are not frequently used were traversed by the caravan. ' Practically ail motorists coming from Lancaster and points south come to Cape May County by way of Wilmington and Pennsgrove. The cor.-lition of the road* from Pennsgrove to Cape May County, especially from Millville, was the cause of much uniarorable comment from motorists that usually summer In Cape May County. Cape May City apparently U the Mecca of the tourlsu from Baltimore and cltlw In Maryland and the South. Ocean City was very tavor.uly kn"wn in cMeo of the Cumbcrl.. id Talley. Wildwood is better known in Lancaster. Harrisburg. Lebanon. Reading and Allsntown. Last year the Wildwood Board ot Trade aent out a number of representatives In a decorated motor car. This party left a very good impression In tbs

towns that they visited.

The caravan was moat graciously received by Vhe city officials and the various civic organisation* of the cltlea vlsl ed Svery opportunity was afioi ded to the members of tbs caravan to promote

their project. ^

The newspaper* devoted many columns of publicity to the trip and th, attention of thousand* of persons was directed to Cape Me/

County.

Sideliffets on the Booster Trip It was learned in Harrisburg that Stone Harbor had lured one ut a* former eminent citUen*. Postmaster O. F. Feree. of Stone Harbor, was formerly a member of Harrisburg’s City Council.

United States per capita. Frederick lias In the center of a rich farming country. The Jinx seamed to pursue Doc Leedom, on the trip. On Tuesdsy the entire rear of his new Studebaker sedan was smashed when the car skidded into c tree. No one was injured. On Tuesday, at Reading, the glass in s door shattered when he slammed the door shut The same evening he noticed that he had lost s diamond from his

ring.

Everybody In Cape May County who Is acquainted with Doc Leedom knows that be never went* s ncad piece. On the tour he wor* s Cape May County Booster ribbon around bis bead. At the PennHarris Hotel. Hantsburg, a demure check girl sympathetically offered to give him an aspirin tablet for his headache. Doc gruffly Informed her that fc* wor* the ribbon to keep his hair up. Gaxlng at his scanty loaka. thr miss murmured somr thing about a shoestring would answer for that pur-

pose.

For reft Rich, of North Wild wood, jocularly called Frank Edson. of Stone Harbor, ‘‘Colonel House." Frank King, the Wildwood real estate mar, evidently took Rich seriously, as he used half of bis supply of films In snap(Continued on Pag* t) STRAND

The

bigger

me president of the Hagersvn Board of Trade stated. “If want to determine who is th# i in this valley Just look at the building*. If the house Is than the barn the woman , me boas, but if the barn Is blger than the house, the man rule* la household." It was about a

fty-flfty split.

Frederick. Md.. according to the tedcrlck Chamber of Commerce, i the second rlcbevt city In the

THE PARAM0UHT THEATRE

ef Ocean City. N. A

Saturday

■Ig Comedy Attraction Constance ‘falmadse In HER NIOHT OF ROMANCE

Capo May Ooeaty -

trip through Delaware. Maryland and Pcnntotvania. Views of Penn Hall Campus and

Paramount Present* THE DRESSMAKER FROM

PARIS

With Leatrieo Joy, Emeet Torrence and 1« Internal lonal Beauty Model*

IDLE TONGUES With Doha Kenyon. Percy

Friday Special Attraction Zaae Orvy'a THE THL NOERINQ HERO With Jack Holt. Lou Wioon. Noah Beery. Raymond Hatton • oust Picture

Sea Isle’s New Street Lights On June 1 Ornamental Fixtures and Increased Candle Power Will Make Landis Are White Way

Boardwalk Contract Let

Sea laic City's new ornamental street lights will be on for the first of June, according to City Superintendent Theodore E. CeBow. who reported this at the meeting of the City Commlmloner* on Tuesday. At the previous meeting the Commissioners threatened to cancel the contracts lor the lights and cross arms unless they were delivered st once, and Mr. DeBow stated Tuesday that the bllia of lading for all the equipment were now in his possession, and the equipment was expected any day. All the poles on the ocean side of Landis Avenue will be removed. and the lights will be placed on the new poles on the west side of the avenue. Work on removing the wires of the Keystone Telephone Company to Pleasure Avenue, from Landis Avenue, will soon be completed. The contract for the building of the new boardwalk st the south of the present boardwalk, and for the stretch at Townsend^ Inlet, was awarded to C«orge T rtenecker. Beasley’* Point, at his bid price of 4247 per foot. Other bidders were Harry B. Muller. 8m Isle City. $2.01; A. D. Colli. Ocean City. $$.60 Ml*. E. L. Halieran and Mr*. Leo McGiaughlln. a committee of the Parent-Teacher*' Association, attended the meeting and asked for a donation toward ths Memorial day cere monies, which request was granted. Earl M. Waddlngton call'd attention to the dangerous condition ar. joining his lumber yard, caused b; dry grass and asked to have tblc burned off. which reqt vas referred to the Mayor for

tlon.

The question of the elec'ric sign . the bead of the Sea Isle turnpike was thoroughly discussed, and It **• reported that permission was now given to the City to erect the sign. The matter was referred to Director Sofroney to get specifications and prices, eo th* contract for building th* sign could be let at the next meeting of th* Board. This s'gn is to be twenty-one feet high, and Is to be lighted with elghteea Inch letters at night.

Leaving and arrival time of the busses from Wildwood to Mill vtlle are: A. M.—Lv. 5.46; ar. 746. Lv. $40; ar. 10.06. Lv. 10.10; ar. 11.65. P. M.—Lv. 1.10; ar. 2.65. Lv. 6.10; ar. 4.56. Lv. 4.10: ar. 0.65. Leaving and arrival time of isees from Millville to Wildwood will be: A. M.—Lv. 7.46; 0.30. Lv. 10.16; ar. 12.00. P. M. •Lv. 1.46; ar. 3.30. Lv. 6.10; ar. 7.60. Lv. 7.46; ar. 9.30. Lv. 10.46; ar. 12.30. All busses will leave Cape May n minutes before Wildwood leaving time and reach Cape May ten minutes after Wildwood ar-

riving time.

The line will run from Wildwood to Ooaben to DenniavlUe to Leesburg to Millville.

Get the Habit

"I read your catchy little Classified advertisement In the TIMES and It attracted me to your shop." said a DenniavlUe lady to Mrs. G. M. Dare, who conducts a millinery shop In the Colonial Hotel building. Wildwood, tfc* other day. Mrs. Dare Is running a Classified Ad ‘.n the TIMES every week, at a coat of only twanty-flve cent* an insertion. Claalfled Ad* are little fellow*." but con*l*tent users of hem find they're re*ult getter.. No matfir what your bualneee may be It will pay you to get the Clas-

sified Ad habit.

New Bus Line Starts May 14

Coaches Will Be the Last Word in

Motor Construction

The Shore Service Company'i bus line, between Wildwood, Cape May and MlUville. wlU start operation Saturday. May 14. after a delay of over a month, caused by failure of the manufacturers to complete and deliver busses on schedule time. Six round tripe

will be made dally.

The bums* will, the company announces, be as attractive and comfortable as the finest pleasure car* this country produces and will all be Mack de luxe coaches, equipped with the most modern safety devices, including Westinghouse air shock absorbers, rubber shock insulators, easy rid. a* springs, luxurious leather upholstery and pneumatic Urea They are low slung with extra wheel base and are only one step from the ground. Perfect riding fort and vision are assured. It la

Man's Ann Tom Off When Caught in Windlass Edward Thompson, of Burk Avenue and Paik Boulevard. WUd'ood. was fatally Injured last Monday when his arm was caught In a windlass at Two Mile Beach. Tbompaon was employed by Ober ft Woolaon, contractors, of Wildwood. He was directing the placing of piling. With one hand he as guiding the cable to the windlass when he became entangled. He was tossed around the windthree times and his arm wa* torn from the socket. In endeavoring to extract himself his other arm became entangled and crushDisplaying great vitality. Thompson started to walk down the railroad track to Wildwood. The lower part of TbomiMon’* right arm was bald oa by a shred. Captain Hans Thompson, foreman of the Bader Construction Company, who was working naarby. nputated it with bis pen knife Tbompaon waa taken to Mace's Hospital and hi* left arm was amputated. He died the following

day.

He is survived by a widow and several grown step-children The burial took place at Pleaaantville today.

■'The Transgressor." a superphoto play, from the Art Association of Philadelphia, wl’l be presented at Braca's Theatre, May 22. at 6.30 o'clock, daylight aavlng time, under the auspices of St Joseph's Church.

The history of eveiy fortune begin* with the first dollar saved Start yours by opening a saving* account In the Security Trust Company. Cape May City. —26-lt-edv

Hany Mason, Bad Criminal, Pays Penally Die* ia Cooper Hospital, Camden, of Wound Received When He

Shot By Chief Van Meter Harry Mason. 30. died early Wednesday morning In Cooper . Hospital. Camden, from a gunshot - wound he received when he resisted Chief of Police Van Meter. * of Gloucester. Thus ended the ca- - reer of one of the most desperate i criminals that ever Infested Cape May County. Hts body was taken in charge by his mother and burled from Ocean City today. Mason was born in Delaware. When a small lad his parents moved to South Jersey. He began his criminal ca-eer when about 14 . years of agt. He served a sentence in Rahway. Later he waa committed to State's prison charged with larceny. After serving his sentence ia Trenton. Mason made his headquarters along ths bay front at Ocean City. Numerous robberies that occurred In the vicinity were charged to him. Though Mason confined his criminal efforts to petty thievery, his reput* Ron as desperate character was well known to tpe Ocean City police. On one r cession when the Ocean City police were pressing him. Mason sent a miss age to on* of the offtcers stating that he was going "bump Lint off.” A motor stolen from th* offices of John Mart* Lumber Company waa traced to Mason. When the Ocean City police attempted to capture him on this occasion he escaped ecroas th* marsh meadows near Somers Point and made way

in a canoe.

He waa located in n aback on Two MU* Beach on August ». of lest year, by Chief Cobb. Accompanied by Sergeant Lynn Forcum, Chief Cobb surprised Mason in the shack. Mason apparently surrer dered. While gathering tow * clothes from a cot. Mason rodder • ly reached under a pillow on ' a j cot, grabbed a gun and den;- .ded the officers to throw up their hands. Instead of doing so Chief . Cobb, who is a very powerful man, rushed at Mason. Mason shot aim above the heart. Sergeant Forcum leaped upon Mason, disarmed him and beat. - him into submission With the asslstauce of a few bathers Forcum conducted the prisoner to the Jail in the Wildwood City Hall. Chief Cobb was ’-ashed to the Atlantic City Hospital, and recovered from

bis Injuries.

The prisoner was brought to the county Jail when the rising sentiment against him was ex-

Mason was confined in the 'murder cell.” which was thought to be the strongest In the JaiO. On Sunday. August 17, he made bln escape. Mason placed the steel cot oh which he slept across the cell, with the top of the cot facing the. (Continued on Page $)

Dine at Hotel Ballard. Eighth Street and Central Avenue, Ocean City. 21 Good Meals (anytime) $10.00. —1-lyr.

MATINEE DAILY I:M Waak ef May 10

Sim day. May 10— THE SWAN it'll b~Adotpba Maojou.*Ricardo Owl** aad Franc!* Howard

Monday. May 11— Bargain Day 10c A 10c THE AIR MAIL With Donate* Kalrbaaka. Jr. and BUUe Love

Tveaday. May IS— VaudavllH Day SOc A 40c PRAIRIE WIFE With Herbert Rawtlnaoo and Dorothy Devoe Four Acta Saiact Vaudeville

Wad. A Thura. May 1S-1+-The Big Feature Days Viola Dana and Theodore Robert* Id FORTY WINKS

FHoay. May IS— THE DRESSMAKER FROM PARIS With Inatrwa j.-r and Hameat