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Soeder Heads Sea Isle Hotel Corporation Lift of Officers Elected on Monday—Origins! Stockholder* Made Director* Favor Landis Avenue Site

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W. Collins Thomas Hr mtny yaar* Farm Damana*ratal of Capa May Cooaty. iwar aa tfta TIMES* ataff. •

SEA BIX CITY. CAFE MAY CTOYT ». J, FRIDAY. JAMDARY 21. 1927.

Sheriff Hoffman Turns Down $1,500 Bribe To Release 100 Cases Alcohol

Offer Made By Man On Way To Atlanta Penitentiary; Objection of Freeholder Goofting To Paying Bill For Guarding Booze Bring* Out Sensational Statement

Thr n«« Bra Irlc CUy Holtl ergaaiaad u ianily-ownr<! tai In R-a Ulr Cltr. b b> Gwyr Sorter, mired : City reardmi. who was alaclrt it a maetlBjc ot th< la tb* City Hall on Mew day night. Ua.M GWUt waa mretrt aa Am t ka ymridant. and Earl M Waddincton waa -Sma.! amrnd IVrortr Hon.«l wretary aad Edward B Arnett, praaidral H IhT rim National Bank, waa rimed »•* original atoek-:y-four In nuabrr. ware rlrctrt aa dlreetora. !hua el fettlnt I hr t>.-r^aB«B« hotel Of ganlsatlon. Thr direetora are: Sari M WaddlasUM. Harry Haw kin*. Oorgr Sorter. Henry B Burn*. George Neptune. Wen .tail John C. Hodum. Wayne Don-rh. George . H. A C install line SldMw Peier Grraght). William Gat*Harry Ort«*, John Kane. Edward b. yetU Da fid Seller. William J. William A. HaCert. All director* were named by la a committee iberriptloaa for propaart new besj. Geller. Bnmr eh..*. Hatter t. Arnett. Hawk and Bun.i a ctr.imliice on loco

Uon.

Farer Ludit Arrene e'er The much **•> rt auretion of territory, -woul«j ,b * locaiion of Ihe hotel aim-,.

Prosecutor WiU Be Asked Why He Failed To Act

Selective Bills

■ “ w **• “ Before Court

Commissioner

Convention Hall Started

For Wildwood First Steps Taken Monday. Mayor Culver Announced;,

Finished By May 30

To Be Modem in All Ways i

bill* which fa* had

i approval, Henry Y*

Jccted to paying The bill* which ir were for us .... issuer. #147. and tb* other for ($00 for per*lee* lemdsrsA by a watchman wfc' guartM hundred and thirty caaea eohol atnrrt at inder the Shcrlf. When the bUU bolder Clouting aaid he d

why the

guarding llguoi Mr GEdeo a*krd that Hoffman te *umnioned to

the btlla.

Mr. Hc^mar. aald be weald eaplaia the bttto and hi* action la regard to them, d.-ctaring • he would read from a port which he bad pi declared that the nan* ney George R. Grriaa tinned in the report. Mr. Grriaa war Betted with the that the panic* Int

Another Chapter in Cape May County Rum Raids.

Campbell on Stand

Taken To Supreme Court

Monday morning at.rtrt the Brat lag> cd the big Job for Ihe erection of WlWtwou-s» new im.BOO convention halt, under ron tract of (Buie J. Scully g Son*, to he eoaolete<t on or ■brut Decoration Day The information was taaued by Mayor . Culver. In City Hall, and war ' balled aa welcome news for tht areaon ahead. The structure will cover nbout ZOO feat frontage on the na**erl>

side of t Young to

tending a depth of 3*1 feet uti the beach aide, and under cerfair, provision* contained la the per building* can be a the construction program rev real load pier at any

fared bribes of Urge amount* to allow the alcohol to be stolen, but he re tuned. It wan at this that he told the Freeholders that hr had been offered

#1500 bribe.

rontinulag he said If the atrhman waa removed, tb* alcohol would be stolen. Coaelud- ■!■■■ Sheriff heatedly declared: "Anyone who wants to relieve me of the respond bl* of protecting the alcohol from unscrupulous hands, for goodnew

wake, take the Job.

Following la Hh*rlff Hoffman'

overmld efforts to impugn ~ itor WH at a brer Carroll, of GoarsMee DMectlvr Bureau lie City. Ir as eff<nt paytneot of bills total#1*4461 by Che Cbosee KreeboCdem. The writ waa given further on Wednesday by Court. In Trentoh, but

Campbell ed the to get e Hence which aa#u be saw the they ware re~ai»nMr. Campbell ***1 he ap the tulb and Judge Borlgff Cufuhertan-I Cohoty pr*-

lamlnaklon. in noWeecotfa queetaon. I replied, that he told Carrol 1 to go out and gv< evidence and be rwaaonable with hie hill Wageo*' prop.—.! t„ show that u»a T*mw» liter went beyond the bounds of authMity aad abused h l» discretion In hiring detective*. H* **d Carroll'a aervirre were pvaHloa chi the taxpayer* of Cepe May County.

evidence Twa)

Big Parade Saturday

Delay means loager. better parade, with more floats, cam. ■tv.. In Unr. Wlldwou.1 Hiring Band will appear la full readume. Wildwood Chy Baud and Wildwood High Srbool Bard will march, it being the latter baud'* Initial eppeaimnre Over on* thousand dollar* worth of prite* vrill be thrown out 4o apoclator*. la ahope of

Aarade start* at 1:30 o'clock from Wildwood Crag Borough Hall, proceeding north or P* rlffc Avenue to Tweety-Mxtb *rsflfl to Contral Aven>te. to T« cmty-fourlh Street to l^an--yUanis to March Wildwood City Hall, where it wM disband. Pa-ad* will again be «o*tpoued to following Baturdoy If w-wther I* atomy.

acl flea •Ion.

only receive

^explanation la "Aa requeete

full.

by you. 1 hereby;

asr a written explanation of e bill aa present-id for servtcee 'he watchman for protecting quantity of alcohol at tied by f on January 31. 193C. and *•.:« In my custody, i. .twitheta tiding the fact that 1 have made frequent request* that the Pruaecutor of the county take the necessary action to have the alcohol legally disposed of. "The fact* in sequence. Parting with a written report to the Prosecutor ui.drr date of February fl. 1I3C. a e aa follow*:

,.,jL st Week of Missing

Letter Contest

In Two Weeks Prize Winner Will Be Announced "or this, the tern week of the Miming Deg tar Coo I as/, we bare road* the word forin d by the miming letter* very easy. It la so <«*y that our contest fam will probably he dtagnmUrt. becauar they like the hard bmln-twlaters. •ad a wort ao may as this one M wwm to mttbffy ifc^u at all. But weSI •** how «aay they And It. LM we**', rhtwtre ti kot win

were: V. B.

We City

Tool Tori

•Cape May Court House. N. J : "'Dear Mr. January 31. 1*36. at t o’clock A. M.. received an acouymou* lelephone oall. there waa a boat ashore at the Betblr

hero proving grounds. belie: j -Some of our (*a*

known a* IUgbee's Beach, aboui j were

one mile north of Cap* May Po

light house, cm the bayahoir. hr j var “f loft lieved to be a turn boat. 1 called; H waa ta ti (Centmert aa aae« t«*i I W. E. Ho*,

PCT THE DOIAABB you do ue. with| sard la b-curtly Trust Compai >g the Cla»- j Cape May City, where they ■

Pergpectivc of Wildwood Convention Hall

Langley.

Mias Ruth Hawkins. »- The mawing word * waa -Saponify." U •apy v*rt of word, be-

merr* and Navigation of tb. Slade of New Jersey at a conference with the City Con.nii» skonen. and prulmgera of the prv>Jeci in City Hail. Thai noon. On re- oaunenf tain re'Mlou# of the made and i hy the board for t the permit. This include additional piling to take oare of Zi maximum weight, aad II feet alleyway, Instead of a 10 , aa MihtnHted. To further provide agaitiM Are hatard* a ( Inch and 4 Inch pipe Hum wtD give adequate water pumpoge to the main fatilldlngs on the pier The front building will contain eight store** -four on ehhrr

appoaranoc. The *upec-

■tnMure la entirely of aUal with

C celling* vhroughout aad voiiata will be rea

from etlher aide of the f building on It foot approach re.

Redding Given $1.01 Verdict In Damage Suit Case Growing Out of Politico Fails To Create Sensation Expected

n Are Aloe.

Cine without a are e Charlea Nlehacaon. preartaal of the Ope May County Firemen* oalb-d upon by the presidvnt to givr hi* views and adv'oa. Mr. Ntck«rw>n reowimaaffad a triple oonaUnation .-gine. amtafter studying TuckaA he fbought that tha triple rrenhtnation would fulAfl

the «

he waa

Peterson Must Pay Coats

leading to and fre

th-

BoardwaMt. The whUb of the arcade is 35 feet entered through an arched doorway. The auditorium will aeat ap mately 4.000 Tb* voty newest In decoraoiaff and .Metrical device* for lighting will be employed In the finishing touches upon the structure. There will be an adequate Mare with a!) the modern day paraphernalia uwl la aa

theatre.

Freeholders Boost Co. Clerk’s Salary

Pav d. K. of

Bill oi

O.mpbell ifcg Of the

At the regular me. Board of Fretdtolden.

day. »2.0»0 was appropriated fl the Cape May County Mosquito Exterminal loo Coaanlmion.

Freeholder Millei

Mayor George

North Wilde ood. was awarded #1.01 damages and Frlei U Peteraon directed to pay the oust. uf trial aa a result of a Jury** vertlet oa Tueoday at Oape

May Court Hotter.

The verdict •Xoajwala* Bedding from all ctatgm oootalaed In 4h affIda vita aandr by Fred Header: on and June* Matthew*, nod which w.vre publtshed at the inatanee of >Yt«r U. Peteraon. Ttw case, which was tried before Judge Henry Burt W-re lasted a day attd a half. Redding ■urt for #15.000 damages, claiming lit* character bad been defamod. Mark Bauy. attorney for Mayor Bedding. In his opening oddrrea to the Jury. Mated that In the June primary election of 1915. Mr. Redding was a candidate for the ttorul nation for Mayor of North Wildwood. Redding bring Sheriff at the time. Mr. Sony stated that the abai actor of his client had been deli < •n limit Ion with the ; of a garbage disposal by North Wildwood during 1V24 and 1935. He said that Mr. Redding had been accused of accepting a bribe in affidavits made hy two men. Fit' Henderson and James Matthew*, both of Whitrafcoro. and u-tatoh were pubMahed at Ihe Inotanee of Peter L. Peterson in a Wildwood newspaper. Mr. Sot-y aald Mr. Peteraon refused to rot root the which Mr. Redding

publication and by bol ling

Mr. Sony read the

article in full,

by Matthews and The defendant* admitted the afft davit*. In '•mcludtng Attorney Boony ■•.••hired (ha* the plantlIT

. which was stgnod

Mr Champion Mated that he had re-wived rr.noui requreKs for lights to approaches to bridge*,

in the county. He reld he!* ,,u, ' , t ”' n, l** affldarit* thought "alien: policemen" would 1 *’*~ rr ,aAm> aad *wo cootrer-

] uckahoe Fire Co. Will Have Fine Engine Gtizcna Decide To Buy Triple Combination Apparatus Costing $6500 Meeting Booster Affair

Tuekahor. “The Oat-waff u» Cope Mar County.' will have ttJMrtnctlon of bevlng the firm fuHy equipped rural fire cot-ipsny In Cape May Countff. At a <»*risl mretlnc or tb* newlyongaatied fire company and ritixeBB Mm Thursday night, at

li ■ oe a trip! regain.-. wh* .a will

(rt agalnM lb aoay that .vista In the fast gnrrrli.g tone. Morris Krtnahy. preMdent of (be fire company, upenrt the telling uf It* |i

He n

use of chemioals in fight ag Miside fire* and *<*» ef the ne of water. He daeiared tlmt t*»

Tuckabo* !* atirroundrt by water, he theugbt It wcutd be a mistake to porcJiao* a chemical en-

gine.

Continuing. Mr. Brown deotar-

dorefiant too

raw. "We have eleetridtjr and we feel that within the next five yean, there will be a great change in town." be enUcaHy declared. "Think of tb-. future.” be urged, •had make

a matter of

pride. W* wish to become pare ihe Cape May County ffVen * AaMrclaUon and we want bare equipment that we w4U be proud of and not wanetumg o make excuse* for later.” aald dr. Brown. He recommended a ripl* corn'hnation riigtne. In vmclualoo t* reminded the senmhlace of bow good fire equip-

would effect

aa Paa* twe*

power to bare necessary

lights li

to the

William FrusectMor and former

rd smue time ago by Bmniri

Vickery.

Of Atlantic City, for . derrt. and which w. by the board, w-re *

former ! — . . -i. :s_ - ... County.! Vaudeville every Thar State Senator Dew t, • Saturday. Hunt'* Caalt dr i wood.—Adr

the ateoagnapt. The salary rt County Clerk #2400 a your c FrrehoH.r H*

r—dullon byj

..l^L •; WOMAK FODHD OH CAFE MAY BEACH IDEMTIFtlD j ^

•Hie body of the woman framd' In

Ml the •lat.v. eiu was JusUfl-! He. -rhey be., no agpHeaUw.; • Rrtdinc. but to the governing I udy.” he -aid. "The fart that’ Ir. Redding was eleotrt by aa j rerwhehning majority M*ow*| hat «h- people thought." Mr j Lrert ooirtitread. -1 repeal there!

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