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I FBTY-NIN t .'EAR CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914 THREE CfiNTS A 69PY

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L. M. CRESSE KILLS SELF, PLACED REVOLVER IN Ai VICE IN HIS GARAGE AT,' OCEAN CITY AND PULLED STRING e ATTACHED TO" TRIGGER— HAD BEEN ILL* TWO MONTHS. 'mi\m — * •' j From Tuesday'* Daily SUr and Wave. Lewis M. Cresse, former Mayor t of Ocean City, and a former State i Senator fitom this county, com- * mitted suicide Monday morning in i his garage at Ocean City by shoot- c ing himself through the heart. > It is said that the automobile in c which he was riding several t months ago struck a boy, who was < permanently injured as a result, t This, together with ill health, it i it thought caused him to commit ' self-destruction. 1 Mf. Cresse was president of the > First National Bank of Ocean « City, and was one of the best • known residents of the resort. 4 I

I He left his home at Eighth street and Wesley avenue, early j Monday morning, and just before s 9 o'clock engaged a hackman at Eighth street and Central avenue j V drive him to his garage, in West | avenue, lielow Tliirteentli street. "'Call for me about a quarter i after 9," he ordered and entered the garage. c, When the hackinan returned a • woman told him she had heard a j shot. Mr. Cresse was found stretched full length on the floor. To explode the revolver he had i placed the weapon in a vice and attached a" string to the trigger, j -This string he plaeed around a puHey. The string was still tight- i ly clutched in his hand when tlie'x body was found. j t Mr. Cresse was regarded one of s the wealthiest men in Ocean City, j; In addition to the bank presidency he was identified with several s other business enterprises among' them a paper mill at Pleasant j; Mills, N. J.. of which he was also president. He was also an of- u fieial of the Presbyterian church, i He had two residences in Ocean p City, one at Eighth and Wesley ' y avenue and the other' at Sixth jj, street and the Bay. Both homes, k were among the most attractive r ""r €1IA1UAA£ IUC 1UU51 ill iraciivc I

at tlie resort. He was mayor of the town for , | six years, relinquishing tliaK office ' % when the commission form of gov- j I ernment was adopted in 1911. ] % Prior to his election as mayor for ; 1 the lrst term he served three years ] \ as State Senator. 1 He is survived by his widow. 1 AUCTION BRIDGE PARTY I Mrs. Carles Brook and Mrs. M. J. c B*>ehme, of Baltimore, were hostesses , atl an auction bridge party in the Laf- t amette Hotel, Wednesday afternoon, < Twre were eleven tables, around which ] sat 1 part ici pan ts from Chicago, St Louis, | Buftalo, New Orleans. Wilmington, Del., ( Philadelphia and Pottstown, Pa., as well j at other cititt__^ , OAPE MAY'S HORSE SHOW ' Mr. pwyer has procured the services 1 of Mr. | E. Penn Smith, judge of the horse sfhow, and Mr. St. George Bond at clerk* of the ring. Mr. Bond is noted a* secretary of • the Bryn Jliawr and Devon Hfcrse Show. Ha says arrange- I menU will be made with the railroad o company for a special ear for the trans- I po nation of horses to Cape May. p

BRICK CHURCH 200 YEARS OLD APPROPRIATE SERVICES WIEL BE HELD SUNDAY IN COLD SPRING SANCTUARY— JOHN WANAKAKER | TO BE CHIEF SPEAKER IN MORNING. .. .. Friday's Dally Star and Wave interest in the 200th Anniversary of the Old Brick church. Cold Spring, is daily increasing. The morning service will begin promptly at 10X8, so that it is necessary that those from Cape May desiring to attend be at ths corner of and Perry street? at 8X0 o'clock. The afternoon service will begin promptly at three o'clock and coaches will leave the same corner at two o'clock. Transportation will be provided for all those who leave their at the office of the Star and Wave. A free luncheon will be Berved |n the Grange Hall to all those who attend. A cordial inviUtion -Co both services and to the luncheon it extended to all the friends of the Old Brick. The program follows: PROGRAM Morning Session Organ Voluntary— "With Grateful Hearts" Lennan Mrs. Albert Matthews Anthem — "O Come Let l7s Sing" Danka Choir Doxology — Congregation Standing Invocation Pastor Hymn — No. 188 — "AH Hail the Power of .linns' N^me" Welcome Paster Responsive Reading — Twenty-third Psalm. Selection No. 0 Gloria Patri : Solo - -Selecti-d Mr. Austin Hughes j Poem— '"Old Brick Church." especially commemorative of 200th Anniversary of the church, composed by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt. — ''Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown" Address Hon. John Wanamaker Solo- -"A Dream of Paradise" Gray Mist "Mabel Richardson ( 'lias. H. Edmunds, Esq. Hymn— No. 425— "Blest Be .the Tie That Binds" Benediction Afternoon Session — 'When Two Ifunderd Years Have Rolled' Address — "Looking Backward" Rev. J. L. Landis Pastor from 1880 to 1880 Hymn— No." 304— ' "The Church's One Foundation" — "Reminiscences" — Composed by Mrs. Daniel E. Stevens Selected , Misses Elsie Smith. Adele P. Edmunds ' | Address Rev. James R. Johnson I i jSolo — Selected Mr. Austin Hughes I 1 Offering jSolo— "Rest" Sheldon I Mrs. William H. Thompson j Hymn — No. 681 j"God be with You Till We Meet Again" I j Benediction < j Committee on arrangements — N. I -Perry Edmunds, Chairman: Henry H. I jEldredge, Treasurer: Rev. Cbas. H. | Jones. Pastor; L. E. Hughes. John W. i Heerea._Robert E, Hand, William L, i . 1 umraings.

j Indies Auxiliary— Mr*. William Nelson. Chairman; Mrs. Robert E. Hand, ! Mrs. Charles P. Eldredgc, • William McKean. Jdrs. Hebzy H. ■ Mrs. Williag? L. Cummthgs, ' Courtland V. Resves. Mrs. William I F. Smith. Mrs. Edwiii Cummings. " <>T FOR SALE House and Sixteen Building Lots House with nine rooms recently renovated and improved, 616 Broadway i at a sacrifice as owner has no further ' for his home. Also 16 buUding lota Sixth and Seventh avenues and in measurement from regular size to quarter acre lots, all on feet wide streets, at a reduction of prices from $50 to $150 on each lot, and on easy terms, for sixty days only. Apply to me personally on the premises or to any of the agents. J. L. STRAW RIDES PICNICS Large comfortable wagon for hire day night. For rats* apply U D. W. « Perry Street. Keystow

MISS F0CER » IS MARRIED S RISING YOUNG CHICAGO PHYSI3 CLAN WINS CAPE MAY BRIDE— 2 CEREMONY PERFORMED AT HOME ON WEST PERRY STREET -HONEYMOON IN MAINE. e Frdto Wednesday's Daily Star and Wave 4 Dr. Edward Kent Armstrong, of 8 Chicago, III., and Miss Carrie H,. Focer, 8 of 233 Periy street, were united in mar4 riage Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at T the house, by the Rev. Dr. W. Dwyre f McCurdv, pastor of the First Baptist " church. Only a few friends and relatives were present. The ring ceremony 4 was used. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and 8 Mrs. Daniel Focer, and after having r been graduated from the Cape May J High School in the daa, of 1911, she * entered Ursinus College, Cbll^evllle, 9 but before completing her course, quit 1 to take a course on the piano at the Coombs Conservatory of Musk on * South Broad street, Philadelphia. Dr. Armstrong is a rising physician of Chicago, and is on the staff of one of the hospitals in that city. Dr. Armstrong and Mrs. Armstrong were taken in the hutomobile of Wil- 1 1 liam Tyler, of Cape May Court House, 1 to Philadelphia, where they will spend a short time, after which they will go ' to New York from which city they will go by boat via Long Island Sound to Fall River. Then they will go by ' , rail »o| Maine for a visit of a fortnight. On their way to Chicago, they v r«at Niagara Falls and other points. ' ; o BAZAAR AND LAWN FETE 1 A bazaar and lawn fete wiU be held for the benefit o* the new Church of ' Our Ladv, Stur of the Sea, Cape May, ; ^ at the rear of the church, Washington , s aud Ocean streets, August 19, 20 and 21, , 1914. Many fancy and valuable articles., > will be sold, others wiU be awarded to i the patrons whom fortune favors. Refreshments. games aud a variety of amusements every evening. Thursday evening, at 8.15, there wiU ; be a delightful entertainment on the , lawn by Cape May and visiting talent. Admission" on that evening, 25 cents. Other evenings only 10 cents. The ba- . zaar will be open Thursday and Friday afternoons 'or the children. Keep the , dates of the bazaar in mind; it lasts only three evenings. , . e- 0 -:*r I ACTIVITY IN THE HARBOR R. G . Isnn. of the Hotel Cape May, ' and a party of young friends fished Wednesday in the harbor from the ' Melviua. which was in charge of Cap- ( i tain Clarence Schellinger. They report 1 i j having caught about twenty-five fine ' ' fi*b' la ' Misses Anna Latimer. Mamie Latimer, i Smith. Ethel Hoffman. Clare f 5«'oyes. Emma Gardner. Bertha Gardner, { Mrs. Annie Fenner. Miss Marave and I ' Georgia Hart, and Mr. William Hutton. 4 composed a party which spent Tuesday afternoon in the Clover, fishing in the . SMOKER AT YACHT CLUB ^ Robert Grier. cairmiian of the Entertainment committee of the Corinthian

I" Yacht Club, has issued invitations to a !•> Club smoker to be held at 8 o'clock on :> August 15. There will be refreshments • and an old-fashioned black minstrel !• show by the Logan Minstrel troupe and 0 'yther attractions. A RARE BUSINESS OPENING. Well located property on Perry Street with full oeean view. Lot 46x145, on : " which is erected a two atory frame f! building containing five bowling alleys, r two pin setting machines, pins, balls, 8 benches, chairs, cash register, safe, pool tables and all appurtenances. The alleys are considered the best in 9 South Jersey. Upper and lower floors, Urge enough for other business. Pren»- •' iaes in good condition. Price low. Iit- ' tie cash required. GILBERT C. HUGHES, Realty 214 Ocean Street BRIDGE PARTY An informal bridge party was held Wednesday afternoon at the Colonial participated in by the following: Mrs. - Voorhecs. Mrs. Murtheh, Mrs. Seymore, . Miss Fitch, Miss Henrietta Fitch, Miss Taylor, Miss Keller, MUs Philpes, Miss BuckwaRer.

TWO YOUTHFUL I WYS HEROES PHILADELPHIA BOY SCOUTS RESCUE TWO GIRLS FROM DROWN- : ING AT CAPE MAY POINT— ONE r P*5SU8CITATED BY PHYSICIAN ON THE BEACH. *u , From Wednesday's Daily Star and Wave f Stephen Baker and William Blundin, aged 13 and 12 years, respectively, of Seventeenth street and Snyder avenue, t Philadelphia, proved themselves heroes e Monday afternoon, when they rescued 1 t Mist Ethel Knowlan, aged 24 years and her younger siser Mildred, 14, while in . bathing at Cape May Point. The two young girls, who are guests : I at the Seaside Home were with a crowd ' of bathers disporting themselves in r the surf, when the younger girl got be ' , yond her depth and screamed for help. ' Ethel managed to get to her sister's ' ^ tide, but was unable to render assis- , tanee because of the breakers. Baker 1 i anil Blundin, who also were in bathing, 1 unit to the rescue. Baker, who was ' ( unable to swim in some way brought , the older girl ashore in an hysterical ' condition, while Blundin, a swimmer, ' , was successful in carrying the younger ' girl in an unconscious condition to the ' shore, where she was resuscitated by * I Dr. Samuel Mazor, the resident physit cian of the Seaside Home. t The youthful boys, who are members " I of Troop No. 77, Boy Scouts, of Phila- ' . delpbia, ( eserve considerable credit for I their heroic deed, because, it is stated, had it not been for their assistance, ^ girls would have been drowni-d. ^ NO TYPHOID FEVER IN CAPE MAY COUNTY ' 1 The reports of communicable diseases | - for the month of June show an increase ; i iu eases of typhoid fev»r, diphtheria, ( • scarlet fever and malaria fever. There j I. w.;re fewer cases of tuberculosis, chick- i • aud smallpox reported than in ; ■ 1913. f Cape May, Middlesex and Sussex were | tlie only counties in which no typhoid | I fever was reported. Ocean and Salem ^ ' did not report auy diphtheria and Salem ' no Scarlet fever. | ' There were 2826 deaths in the State m < - June. 465 being among infants under 1 ( year of age, 203 over 1 year and under 5, < • and 845 of persona 60 years old and over. ■ ! Tlie Bureau of Creamery and Dairy In- ! , spectioii^visited 663 dairies, creameries, i , milk depots and ice cream factories. 1 1 Eight dairymen were ordered to handle it their milk in better form, 12 permits I \ J were granted to creamey operators to t ; pasteurize their supplies. The proprietors ( of two ice cream factories, one in JerCity and the other in Perth Amboy, I * prohibited from manufacturing icejj «. , [l o jt VVc do cleaning and pressing. White I ' flannel trousers and ladies suits a | specialty. Why don't vou go to Charles ' f the reliable tailor. Get your, suit made, also ladies suits, dresses and | coats. !4 CHARLES SCHERER Decatur Street, near Washington. '

.PERSONAL i MENTION - INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS 0, THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND I RESIDENTS DURING THE PAST WEEK. William H. Albright. John Rachor, Jr, Joseph K. Coombs and Baxter [ Barnes, of Woodbury^ have gone on an automobile trip of a Week along the [ Atlantic Coast. Theif first stop^ was j at Cape May and returning home'they , will make their last stop at Red Bank. , Mips Mabel Duffield, of-Ofirter street, , Woodbury, and Mils Ethel Wjlaon, of t ( Su-edeaboro, have arrived n Chpe May], [ to spend tjie remainder of the north. , , Dr. and 'Mrs. ' Edward Ames Robinson, ( , of Upsal street and German tofo avenue, German town, who intended spend- , , ing a month at Buek Hill Falls, Pooono Mountains, were unable to leave town . last week, a, tkey expreted, so can- J Ml ad their order for rooms and In- , | stead lift for Cape May. , Mrs. Walter Ancker and daughter, of j ! Paradise, Catonsville, bare gone to . Cape May to spend several weeks. Doctor and Mrs. Alfred T. Gundry, of j , At hoi, Catonsville, have returned from J , motor trip to Cape May, where they ( stopped at the Lafayette. John D. Johnson, Jr., and family, of Mt. Holly, who have been here for | several weeks, have reopened the John- f . son cottage at Seaside Park. j Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lehman, of ■ this place, motored to Leesburg on j and visited the former's sister, T. Carl Taylor. Mrs. George Lehman and son Charles, of Cape May, visited the former's daughter, Mrs. T. Carl Taylor, Leesburg. ( Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loney Wight, of ^ who are leaving for : May on Friday, where they will remain . i during August, will give a buffet sup- £ of twenty covers tomorrow evening s at their country place in the Green j Spring Valley. Dancing will follow. Doctor and Mrs. Leonard K. Hirah- . ! berg and family have returned to Bal- ( tiraore from Wildwood, Cape May and Atlantic City. The Cape May Yacht Club is. pre- j paring for one of the best regattas { of the season under the direction of . the S. J. Y. R. A. Commodore Swoyer will have bis Jay Dee Ess entered , | against the Eagle Kid. Chelsea and the k A. "F. B., owned by Louis Burk. In ad-. , dition to this trio, the Tech, Jr., of the 1 Wilmington Yacht and Automobile , J Club, owned by Coleman T. duPont, will be entered. Entries close tomorwith the Regatta Committee at ! Cape May. (jj* t Calvin Shoops, of Cincinnati. Ohio, I and his brother A. L. Sboop. of Alex- | andria. Va. are guests at the Columbia i Hotel The latter Mr. Shoop is a v 'baritone soloist of extraordinary abil- ' j ity and w ill spend next Sunday where j he will sing at one of the prominent churches j Mr and Mrs. W. Morgan Shu-tor. of j Washington, D. O.. are guests at the j (Continued on page five.)

Cape May County Fair, September 9, 10, and 11 ' at "

COURT HOUSE WEDNESDAY. Sept. 9th will be school day when valuable prizes will be I given for the many exhibits from the school room. Parents come some time and see the work of your children. THURSDAY will be Horse Show day. Mr. M. J. Dver. of Cape Mav. will have charge. FRIDAY— Politicians' Day. Come and shake the band of your choice. Sale of privileges Wednesday Aug ust 19. 3 p.m.. on grounds fiOTICE TO THE DEMOCRATS OF CAPE MAY OOUNTY: This is to notify you that my petition has been filed for the nomination as County Clerk. If you should feel disposed to again place the same confidence in me as heretofore, kindly go to the Primaries September 22, 1914 and so declare. Should you confer the nomination upon me, every fair, honest and honorable means will be used to secure election. Data, Cape May City, N. J., July 27, 1814. Wm. Porter. This ad. is paid fan by WULsaa Porter.

WELL KNOWN I DOCTOR DEAD • W. R. WALES DIES IN ATLANTIC OTT AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS— 1 GRADUATt OF JEFFERSON MEDICAL SCHOOL AND WAS CORONER'S PHYSICIAN. , From Wednesday's Daily Star an4 War Westley R. Wales, one of the most 1 widely-known physicians of dap* May ' county," died T uesday evenit^ at 11 1 o clock in Atlantic City, after St brief illness. Dr. Wale, was boru in thin city on : October 21, 1889, a no. of Tbnmas R. and Martha C. Wales. Under , the parental roof young Walts spent the dnyi of his boyhood acquiring his fftlimi- ' nary" education in the common schools. In 1886 he was graduated from gie local high school and then tittered Blairstown Academy, where he was graduated two jwazs later. Determining to devote his time 'and energies to the practice of medicine, be , then matriculated in the Jefferson Medical Colcompleting the course In 189 L. well equipped for. his chosen profession, he opened an office at Mays whete be remained eight years enjoying a large practice. _ During that time he served as Coronet's physician for Atlantic county for three years. Some time l^ter Dr. Wales returned Cape May and purchased the drug store, then on the northeast corner of and ' Washington street,' where now located the Merchant's National Bank. He succeeded Dr. Kennedy from whom the business was purchased, in the drug business and for a number off year8 enjoyed a liberal patronage. At that time Dr. Wales was one of the leading citizens of Cape May and a representative of social civic societies. He was also past master of Lodge, Free and Acoepted Order of hlasont, at May's Landing. Be also served as junior and senior warden oflodge; -For a -half • dozen years ho was a member of Company H, Sixth of New Jersey .National Guards, and in hig political affiliations was a Republican since attaining hja majority. His marriage to Miss Orilla Edmunds was celebrated April 14, 1891 and to the union was born one daughter, Mi*, Martha T. Wales. {» addition to one daughter are th* 'ollowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Sallie Van Gilder. Goshen; Edward W. Wales, Philadelphia; Miss Jennie 8. of the Victoria, and J. Allen Wales, Washington street. ' Funeral Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Victoria, conducted by the -Rev. Dr. S. S. Aikman, interment in ti e Ci'd Cemetery.. « » - i r| Nominating petition, extra large sizs, with affidavits attached. 10 cents each, at the Star and Wave Stationery Dept* CAPE^MAY POPULAR WITH FASHIONABLE BALTIMOREANS Cape May. seems to be one of the most popular of the fashionable resorts with Baltimoreans, particularly the younger element of society. At the dancing contest given recently at the Marine Casino the first prize, a silver -cup awarded for the best Hanging

during the evening, was won by Miss Anne M. Steele, daughter of Mr. and |(> Mrs. Tagart Steele, and Mr. William P. ie Chunn, Jr. ' *'■ _Miss Steele, who is the house guest 11 of Miss Alva Sargent, of Philadelphia, at the cottage of her parents on New 1 York avenue, and Mr. Chunn were also the winner, of the prize at the contest _ given the preceding week. _ A number of girls and men in the younger*' set from Baltimore also attended the dance, including Miss Ella Vaughn Patterson, who is spending the summer and fall with Mr. and Mra. Gordon P. Paine; Miay Gwendolyn G. Scott, Miss Mildred L. C. White, Miaa Phoebe Randolph. Mis? Nancy Offutt, Mi-? Rebecca Pile Nicholson. Miss Dorothea Randolph. Miss Virginia Ambler. Miss Mary E. Iglehart, Misa | Margaret Vernon Emory, Mr. George M. Gillet, Jr., Mr. O. Parker MeComas, Mr. • Ev»lyn A. Harrison. Mr. Alexander Payson Knapp. Jr.. Mr. Frederick Roy, Mr. ToiSnsend Scott. Jr.. Mr. Jack DDtler and Mr. John Glenn White. — Baltimore Nominating petition, extra large size, -with affidavits attached. —IP cents each, at the Star and Wave Stationery Dept.