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CAPE MAY OOUNTYS HOME NEWSPAPER

Tour Drown In Waters of the Wet

Were Sviamia* at Ganort lalet &ani»y b View rf Idatire

Three Bodiee Recovered

Trma^ty CMt :orsofl'» tBl« f

Corsoa'i ?nl«t SbixSat when four phllidelptlani. all related, were drowned while ewlmmina In Cor-

« Inlet

The

are: Joeejh Buo-

bar.tn. ee, of IISI Bast berk* gtroM: Krank J Wal». t«. of iSOt Hope Street. Buchanan's eon-ln-Uw; P«U3t«eI A. Wood, 10, M ::19 Sooth Third Street, and hia sister. RUOt Wood, I*.- ' grandchildren Of Buehanan. All of the bodies hare been recovered. The bod lea of Buchanan and WaU were recovered soon after drawalna and the body of Samuel Wood waa found

30 o'clock Sunday nlchi The body of Both A. V

V. ood «

Coast Guard*. I tut float)na ’.i. on the high tide, *a* discovered at 7 A. M by

and Arthur Ashury At _____ were fiehinc froci Inlet bridge. They tried to recover the bodynbemeelve*. but all the boats In the vicinity were locked; they then noticed the Coast Guard* of Ocean City and the Ocean City notice. Several boar* later the guards recovered the body. Little , drown lags. They occurred when only a few bather* were scattered along the beach. Apparently no one saw the victims go down. They raw early aoppoeedlj beat the crowd Into the surf. 1 swam out some distance while Edward Wal*. father of Prank J.

Walt,

practically deserted shore. Wal* started to play with small children. Per a while he did not notlee hew hto relatives were faring la the he did look up swallowed or tacked into a depression where he had last seen them swimming He waa at flnt not alarmed, and thought they had come ashore but later not hading them, he called the life guard* who put out <n surf boats. The guard* In a abort Urn* found the bodies of Buchanan and Wal*. Efforts to resuscitate them were without

»-all.

Buchanan, the old*** member of the party, was a retired ms-

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Ocean City Bank Directors Demand Vice-President Resign

B1 ISLE CITT, CAPE SAT 0OTST7, ». I., F21DAY, HUT U Twi.

HUMBER THEBTY-SEVEM

lo«ri Hu Special Meeting Monday Bight When Demand Was Mad ▼!« President Bengn; Reaffirm Confidence in Cuhkr, Binun 8. Mowrer, Poll owing Indictaent

CertiSod Check. Without Sufficient Fund, to P»y Them

At a Medal meeUug of Board of Director* of the Flrvt National Bark. Ocean City, on Monday night, the resignation of Howard 8. Stalnton aa vice president of the inatltnUon. and a* a director waa unanimously demanded. The readotlon demanding thl* resignation eeU forth that H was adopted as “beat subserving the Internts of the Institution." The board asserted Us “complete confidence in the Integrity and loyalty of Hiram & Mowrer a* cashier."

Howard & Stalnton, rice president of the First National Bank, of Ocean City, who Is charged with obtaining certified checks from Hiram 8. Mowrer, cashier of the bank, without having sufficient funds In the bank at the time the checks were drawn, waa In Florida when a Federal Indictment was returned against him

last Thursday.

It is understood that cn Friday Mr*. Stalnton wired her husband, telling bln of the affsilr. and he replied stating he expected to be In Ocean City within a few taya. Mrs. Stain to u was unaware of he? husband's business operations and waa not Informed until she read an account Is the newspapers stating that he and Mr. Mowrer were Inolcled for a rioUtln of tbs Federal banking k.ws by OommlMdfmsr Albert MeOee lest Thursday, sad held under 17000 ball for appearance before U. 8. District Court, at Trenton, on

July 17.

could not see th* desirability of -hla. but Informally told the reporter what had happened.

I Issued several certified checks. At the time I thought nothing of it until the bank examiner called my attention to the tact the days that the checks were laroed the company had fund- insufficient to cover the amount*. He stated he waa going to can the Board of Director's attention to this, but I Informed the Board of Directors instead. "1 had thought the oversight d been forgotten inasmuch as the Board of Directors' attention had been called to It and the funds were deposited oy the maker of the checks, and such a thing would not occur again after haring my attention called to It."

Unfortunate, Says Stiles

President Stltes commented. “It Is an unfortunate Incident that caused much useless publicity and la greatly misunderstood. First 2 want to call attention that the bank did not Icee e penny. Mr. Mowrer die not noa could not be bencfittel by the transaction. The incident happened months ago.’' Saturday and Monday many of the patroau of the bank stopped .-t the cashier's office a»4 expressed confidence to Mr. Mowrer. Tte notoriety did not affect the benk. It reported the greatest week-end receipts of the season.

wssk and of Fourth

Daily Dozen Is Proving Very Popular

Two Hundred Join Claw on Openinf Day I Ait Saturday, and Many Are Keeping It Up

Manslaughter Charge Against Millville Man

Drills Daily on the Beach

newest style—which brings forth the beach pajamas. The fniH-ather is wearing them—or^ to be Tart half of them—th*

Trolley Hits Auto; Then Jumps Track

s ia Which Two Art Mart

Were Fidelity Company Choet* I According to the Indictment on to la the Federal Court. Trenton, the dteobs wsre drawn by the Fl-

He and * K * other h«* of his family wsr* Mending the summer at the Oosts Club. AH were fairly g ‘

Congr-asman Bacharach Addresses Kiwaniana

isae Baehsrach

- — . at the weekly luncheon of the Wildwood KJClub at the Hotel Fenwick, "“•d**. Xa introducing th# '-ongresamau, H. Foster Ooalla. referred to a reostit editorial that Appeared la the Saturday Evening

Poet u » reduction _

U la the duty of Congress to Un K e la-jiUon eo that bualasss bear It. said Mr. Bacharach. r r *dvo«tod th* removal of what

calls the

HnomobUoB automobile parts, J* w *lry. yachts, ete^ and also on

la the north section of Pea Isle City. Tnia section will be known as section B and Is to be feahtooed after the same plan aa Marvin Gardens, said to be the most beautiful subdivision In Margate.

- — The lota will all be restricted, aeii th**ta under | cording to Mr. LsGross president "Utaxea should be me- of the Prudential Development reduced, he said. a=4 C. ^ration, owners of the tract, at Ill.fiOO. not flfi,- “

dellty Realty Company, of Ocean City, and signed by Howard Stainton. as treasurer of the company. Stalnton la also secretary and Dr. Alien Corson Is president The total of the checks os which the indictment Is based is 111.760, and all were drawn by the Fidelity Bealty Company, signed bj Stalnton. The four checks were dated March 11. March J7. April 14. April 17 and were In the amounts of 646,000. 67.160, J25.-

000. 611.600. respectively.

The indlctmesv

at Mowrer and Stalnton. Seers of the bank, were aware there were Insufficient funds In the realty company's account to pay when Mcv-rer is alleged to

have certified them.

Mr. Mowrer was reluctant make any atatenent when interviewed by the TIMES representative, stating that it was aa unfortunate incident that brought

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publicity.

When pressed by the reporter that idle rumors and reports could be quickly laid to rest If he would

of July which waa aa exception. Ip n. . , Th# Fidelity Bealty Ccsnpany I kveiyone DHtneg the Other

which Is composed of Dr.

Ocraoa aud Howard 8. Stalnton have been extensive operator) In Florida real estate. They are alao owners of much real estate la Ocean City The ^uaaUou of the ability of the company to meet its obligations has never 1

doubted.

The Pedicel bank examiners have been directed to rigidly enforce every regulation regarding ommodation practice** which affair was termed.

Bank Is Solid One

In August. 1*64. the First National Bonk Increased its capital and tbs stock was placed i.t %tti, per share. The last sale of the ■toek waa at 6840 per share, an Increase in value of |116 per share In lass than one year. The aaeeta of th* institution on July SO, 1*34, were fS.410.66fi.*l ana at the close of business last night were 63.661.021.06, an Increase of 61.260,461.14 In one year. The business of the past few days exceeded any similar period of previous year*, and there are standing offer* of 6640 per share for atoek in block* of from one to fifty shares, with non* offered for

An Oewui City KUctrir Ballway trolley Jumped th* track. saockli.g the easing from a street

Dry Raid Results In General Scrap

The boardwalk stroller on Sea lale City's Boardwalk this week was very apt to see a lot of serious people kneeling, or rolling, or racing, or jumping on the beach with real abandon, and all in unison (more or leas) with an alert, attractive young lady who appeared to lead them. If the stroller had Inquired he would have been told that this was 8*e Isle City's Daily Dosen physical culture class, and what he saw happens every day. at 11 o'clock sharp, and that the young lady In the lead was Miss Myra Way. physical instructor of the Trenton Public Schools, and Instructor of the class here. More likely than not. he would don a b-thing suit (for every participant must wear one) and Join the class. He would he welcome to Join, for there te no red Upe to Joining, and no fee of any kind. • Simply go to the beach, at the appointed place and hour, and follow the leader.

Two Hundred Join

Federal Afmtia Get Bough Treatmeat in Wildwood on Monday

A dry raid staged by three Federal prohibition agents, from the Philadelphia headquarters, at the Bradley Hotel, Wildwood, on Monday uljdrt, resulted In a free-for-all fight. In which one of the raider* received a black eye. and Michael J. Sheehan, said to be an attache of the Proaecutor’* office. waa battered. The raiders were Reuben H. Creeger. W. C. Bsrcus and W. E.

edge of the Oaaan City Garage, a prohibition chief. John _ „ distance of about 60 test, and al ter ' 8 According to CreegHudaoa aedau lod Ite i — —. _ . . .

when the I

and

Will Lmy Out Section B of Sea Ule Gardena

Mr. Cox Injured in Auto

Order* hare bee* gives >'111 lam H. Colllason, Jr., i ear. of Ocean City, for ig out of the seeoad i

John W. Cox. manager of the Grove House. South SaavUle Camp Grounds, la la the Millville Hospital aa a result of an automobile acetdert that occurred early Wadlay morning near the Read _ Railroad crossing at South Dennis. Mr. Cox waa returning from n trip to Millville where he

Ninth Street at 11 o’clock Sunday

moraine

Two girts were el'xhtly Injured in the crash and treated by Dr. C. Eugene Darby, of Plymouth ten. Plymouth Place and Atlantic me. who happened t< ng at the time They paaeenger* in the automobile which was driven by DeMott Bingham, son of Will T. Bingwho own* the sedan. Ti e

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Ocean Atunoe. The trolley, driven bj Motorman Horry A. Young, of ■tenth Street, near Bay Avsaoe. *— *■ Ninth Street

Ocas*

Prior u> the war the cost

f °P«reUBg the

.. ———* wiimvq. avvot A) hrre billion, m closing he Mid A***® 1 * City has a van toendly feeling toward her kin

4 “ ft*** OqsUa presided, presl-

B i„.. —asaMseu* » •«*» Morris l

Odd Fallow* of B*roa De %!***«•* No. fit, celebrated j9l]r •• ** th ‘ . *>■ Hall i— 0 f 0 f-

"*'■ Th* following~of ♦.UaibgR^Vi

'ret I* ante to be the greal- • you win join In that invented by man. and rou open an account with .* Tnmt Company. Cape

To July 6 6160.006 worth of lota la division A bad been sold, aajd Mr. LaGroma. in *n interview

that day. and thlr-y are employed. All eon

call for the fill of the land to be completed by December 61. !•«. Th* company had Intended to 111 thta Miluf. but the dredge purchased for this purpose was —

large to bring up the * Materway. sad la still *^

in Cold Spring Harbor. Cape May. W. A. Bowen, of Philadelphia, •alee manager for the Prudenil Corporation. D. Clni.

of the Sea lale City PI

house, when he struck

Mr. Cox Buffer*

from a bunted knee-cap. broken rib and other minor Injuries. A wtte«M of the accident picked Mr. Cox op and tooS him to the Grove House. South BcavllU Camp, where he was trated by Dr. Eu-

gene Way.

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The car w^s badly damaged and the contents, among which was a eocple of crates of eggs and a crate of chickena. was destroyed.

Jteb Side With Wife

Ernest E. Shew, of Westmont. 1* In the county jail because be took an automobile without the consent of th* owner. Joseph F. ” -* Msrth

Fined For PeAilinf Hymen Pecker, bread deliverer

Young Shaw, who had been employed at a local drug store for

of Woodbine, was fined 110 costa by s Justice of the P*oc* at; May's Leading, lor peddling bread without th* naoasaary Ueeuse. Th*

said he wanted to

take hla bride to their Westmont i. and Mr. Heaney'* ear was at the time, so he took It.

. this being th* first time be

lodged In the Moo reel own jail. Constable disks brought Shaw bore. It WM thought that Shaw might know eonu'* * - two burglary cases that in Wildwood recently.

the street, breaking the curb casing of the street lamp and reaching to the edge of th#

Ocean City Gang*.

Robert B. Chew, trustee of th# Ocean City Electric Company said that Walter C. Odd and John F. McLaren, who witnessed the accident. told him that whan yc-ng Bingham raw that a crasL ><** inevitable, be become excited end

or. they entered the hotel at 6.30 P. M.. while the bartender waa In the back of the building, and ordered everyone out of the bar. and then flashed a search warrant on th* bartender when be returned. The bartender tried to destroy two jugs of alleged liquor. It was said, and Mfitflrr resisted his efforts and was able to pour the corner ts of one of the jugs in a

he class started last Saturday morning with 200 entrants, and the average for the week has been well over a hundred. As the class U progressing, .sore and more strenuous exercises are given, so Mia Way warns all whe plan to Join and have not yet done eo tu get In quick. The sooner yon join, says ah*, the lees use yon will hare for Sloan's liniment ihe day after, because the exercise* bring Into play muse lea that are seldom used, and therefore are apt to complain for a day or an bsoanae of the unlocked for atralfi put upon them "All my elase member*.” Mid Mtas Way. on Wednesday "felt a little stiff the day after, but this le all wearing off. sad they are now getting supple and are seemingly enjoying the exerctem very

bottle.

Meanwhile Sheehan entered the bar with three other men. and, according to Creeger. started to “mix it up” by throwing him. Creeger, over a chair, and the other men all Joined In the fracas. The noise attracted Stephen Salay, a Wildwood policeman, who Placed the Federal officers under arrest, but who later released 2ssa8r^*"~“ uu ~" •wWe&pw&risrsf nled by the Federal agent*, although given wide circulation in Wildwood.

Offlae of Woodbine School Looted

The office of the Superrising Principal of the Woodbine Schools was entered on Tueeday and conalderable dtonage was done. Examination papers and credential records war* scattered about the floor of the office. Red Ctom money, amounting to two or three dollars was stolen. Seats in an adjoining room were wrenched frero their places and broken. IJo arrests were made as yet In spite of efforts made to discover the Ir’-odors. The Board of Education has offered a reward of $25

In trrinv nut nr. (V,. onereo a reward or »Zb

The close will be moved, at the order of Mayor Sofroney. from Its present location In front of the Surf House, to a point neau Minerva Street, next Monday. The plan is to have the clam one week at the new location, and the next week at the other, so that the walk to and from the clam will be divided between up-town and down-town residents, esch Journeying a little farther on

alternate weeks.

Next Sunday a staff photographer of the TIMES will take a photo of the clam in action, which will he published next

Struck Victim With Auto at Ava- - Ion, Who Died Early Friday At Eoipit&l

Held Awaiting Grand Jury

Paul Maine. 60. of 224 Howard Street. Millville, ie held without ball for the Cape May County grand Jury on the charge of manslaughter following the death of Charles Dowling, of Philadelphia, In the Atlantic City HoepHal Fri-

day morning.

The charge waa lodged against the Millville man late Friday afternon and he was immediately taken before Justice of Peace Lather T. Garretson, at Court House, and. after a preliminary hearing, Maine was remanded to the county jail to await the action of the grand jury at the Sep-

tember term of court.

On July 3. Maine, In company with hie three children. Anna, John and David, was driving through Peennont In his touring car and they approached a street Intersection, a large truck Is $ald

to have borne down upon them. Swerving hla car to the aide, Maine, It la alleged, temporarily lost control and th* car leaped

over a curb into a lawn.

Three men, one of whom was Dowling, were standing directly In the path of the onruehlng auto. Two of the men leaped to safety but Dowling was struck down by the radiator. Pulling on all the brakes. Maine brought the car to a eudden stop and David, the youngest eon. was hurled from tne tonneau cf the car, but

not seriously Injured.

Dowling was picked up and Placed In a passing auto and nuked to * physician. His removal to the hospital waa Immediately •wdered when it was feared be

•teined fatal Injuries.

The accident waa reported to ‘be police and Maine was releae•d under heavy ball to await the lajartee to his rietim. At flret it wee believed that the Injured man would recover from hla Injuries, hut on Thur day *1) hopes we? abandoned when he had a sinking death^meM* r,y Friday morning, Maine was Immediately re-ar-•ted on the charge of man)lalighter and held by Justice Oar-

Noa

ja of the occupants of the

Maine car were seriously Injured

accident hut they were

badly shaken up by the sodden stop after the car had struck Dowling. Anna Maine suffered a few alight bruise*-about the body.

Kn. Hagan Heads Civic Club

Mr*. Jame* J. Hagan waa elected a* President of the Woman's Civic Club, of Sea lale CUy. at the annual meeting of that organisation last week. All the other officers were also re-elected, which Include Mr*. L J. Downey, es Vice-President; Mrs. Mary 8. Brooke, aa Secretory, and Mrs. Dr. Nock, os Treasurer The trustees re-elected are Mrs. C. Goller, Mra. John Danaett. Mr*. George Boeder. Mrs. Turner P. Grey and Miss Katherine

Quinn.

Spetdaten Fined

more gae. Chew said that th* fore* of th# sedan threw trolley off the trank*. WU1 T. Bingham stated that this waa due to the motorman throwing

trolley in reverse.

Chew aald that th* trolley waa more than halfway acram Ocean

red and pointed out that the for art part of the running board u split. DeMott Bingham it a student at th* Pennsylvania State College °* Optometry and U aa aaalsUnt to Dr. Ely. of Atlantic City Marios Hart la oaa of the injured girts.

Baby Parade

by a State trooper ouuide May's Landtag and taken to Jostle* where he waa fined.

• by thi

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Bara Burned By Lightnaf

A bolt of lightning struck th* barn on the Errtckeon farm, at the Head of the River, on Sunday afternoon The barn waa burned to the grouad.

you are not one of the depositor* of Security Trust Com my. Cepe May City, go to their banking rooms and see so in charge there end look place o« er end talk your buslneeover with such officer and we br lieve you will think enough of the year to open an aeoount with k —IT-adv.-lL

Th* Bee Isle City Babv Parade will be held thl* year or Wednesday. August 19. according to Mrs. Hattry Brooks, secretary of the Women’* Civic dub, under whose anapiaee this event Is beM annually The Sea tala parade has grown to laire proportion* during th# yaara it no* been con-toned, and early plana are being laid to make the 1626 parade the largert and beet ever held. Entry blank* may be had from Mrs II Brook., 11 Shell Rt.. or ~ a C*vte Club.

If

would i

only roll their tV a* well aa they do their "rV wouldn't thin

lajored By Ice Cutter

Thoms* Higgins, who conduct* • fish market on East Schellenger Avenue. Wildwood, suffered a badly cut foot, when the loe cutter he waa operating at the time, became dislodged from It* fastening. and fell, striking the heel of hla left foot. Bleeding profusely.

Hospital, afbere the wounds were treated. The accident happened noon on Tuesday.

Woodbine Council

A regular meeting of the Woodbin* Borough Connell wo* held Monday evening of last week at Borough Hall Bills amounting to about eight hundred dollars were paid. Due to the fact that th* Council la making a drive to beautify Woodbine, and give It a high standing In the county, a motion waa made by Councilman Sugamum to Investigate some of the poorer section* of the town and eee If they could cot be fixed in accordance with the mor.? beautiful home* In the center of Woodbine. A committee woe appointed by Mayor Greenatein to Investigate these places.

Speeding on the rood* of Cape May County is getting to be a more and more expensive pastime, as three, who were hailed by Trooper Etabop before Justice A. 8. Steelman. See Isle City, will testify. James McGoogac. of Atlantic City, was hitting forty-eight Sunday. on the shore road at Ocean View, sad paid 621.66 for bla fun. Anthonr Shelter, of Philadelphia. was nabbed by Bishop at Greenfield, hie speedometer registering 46. It cost him 618.86. Benjamin H. Luterman. a Philadelphia attorney, paid 825.86 tor "hitting her up" to 46 on the shore road near 8 wain ton. Mon.

day.

Goslin Lumber Company To Hold Demonstration

Architect*, builder: plasterers d i 10 ? 16 builder* ore i irtted by **}*-• 8 - Goslin Lumber Company of Wildwood, to attend a demonstration *nd discussion of the dlfferent methods followed by bullden throughout the country. In the application of plaster and '

Saturday afternoon,

at 2 o clock, on the site of what waa formerly Austin’s Coal Yard. Mr. H. H. E-dee, field renretntative of the National Steal ™ rtc Company, of Pittsburgh, will conduct the demonstration which features use of the famous P-214 Style National Steel Fabric ““ -• with wood lath.

JP. X X Bud u Wildwood The Pennsylvania Railroad Band win give a free concert at the rtaetno. Wildwood, Tuwday

evening.

MOOHLYN THEATRp 7A I Bright: Spot in |

Put Engine Back on Track

"Glv* the mrequlto credit— wbeoev-r be «em an opening he dig* la."

Wrecking train* from Camden and Atlantic City responded to a call from two-mlle beach Friday afternooa. Th# Pennsylvania Railroad has been making extenefoe Improvement* here for several months. The main track la laid to Cold Springs haitoor and aiding* and extension* are now being put down. An engine, pulling a work train jumped the track on one of the sidings and sank down In the mud All efforts to get It out with the machinery on the ground failed and the wrecking trains were summoned. The report wont out that a regular train had been wrecked. The main track waa not blocked and no one was Injured by the occurrence.

Ocean City*

Where the World'* Best Pie tures have their Premier

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Saturday. Monday A Tuesday. Aueust 1. S

picture of

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Curr. PriwlHa Bonner W story of The Pacemaker*

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