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FAGIS ABOUT HOTEL AT BEAMS POINT Henry Clay Refutes Charge of Dishon- , esty in Connection with Its Con- | struct ion. (Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Thursday j morning, November 4, 1915.) During the recent campaign former j Director George D. Porter, in a speech i made in the latter part of the campaign, j read a Burns' detective report, in which j forzyer Director of Public Safety Henry I Clay was said to have purchased an old I hotel at Beasley's Point, New Jersey, 1 and remodeled it.Sand that all the ma- [ terial used was stolen from buildings! condemned in order to extend Spring j Street; that he had stolen lumber from; houses torn down on Filbert Street, <p- ' posite Broad Street Station, which were | torn down for the new boulevard ; that | he used employee of the city of Phila- j ■ dephia, paid by the city, to perform the j ■work of rebuilding this hotel, and that the electric Wiring and many other things were done by Chief McLaughlin and other employes from the Electrical Bureau; and that even the copper gutter* and drain leaders purchased for the Ninth District station house, then in the course of construction, were sent to j • Beasley's Point for bis hotel, and tin < gutters were substituted for the Ninth 1 District Station House; and that a large amount of flooring intended for i the fire house on Erie Avenue, was shipped to Beasley's Point, and the en- i tfre furnishings and carpets in the hotel i were charged to the city. i Director Clay, who is in ill health and < seriously disturbed by this report, has I laid befdre the editor of the Public ' Ledger %ie contract of the 29th of Noveber, 1910, with Allen Scull, of Ocean < City, Cape May County, N. J., covering i the building and remodeling of the hotel i at Beasley's Point, also an American 1 Bonding Company bond given by Scull i for the faithful performance of his con- i tract, together with the vouchers and < checks showing all his payments to Mr. i Scull for the work done. He also pro- t duccd for the editor of the Public Ledger r an affidavit from Mr. Scull that he did the work, and that there were no .employees of the city or any material t from the city used in or about the re- f modeling of the hotel; and other evi- r denee showing that the electric wiring n was. done by Daniel Krause of Ocean CSty, N. J. * Vouchers, receipts and cheeks were pro- r duccd for ail these items; also affidavit c

of persons working on the job that no material from the city, nor work people ' f from among the city employes, were ! j used "or employed -in or about this ; | property. ■ From these papers, it is apparent that ' i- j the report of the Burns dectective agen- ! i cy should not have been used in the , | campaign. ~ The Public Ledger holds no j j brief for Mr. Clay but having seen and , - examined these vouchers and papers, it ' is convinced that in the instance of the | Beasley's Point hotel construction there i r 1 is nothing to reflect on the honor or in- I ijtegrity of the former Director. JlThe North American, Philadelphia, Thursday, November 11, 1915.) I . BURKS DETECTIVES j CHARGE OF GRAFT BY !j CLAY CALLED FALSE i : . 1 Congressman. Graham Says Documents > I Disprove Tale. . ! NO CITY MATERIAL (| f IN JERSEY HOTEL. A report of Burns detectives made , public by George D. Porter during his mayoral ity campaign, which charged that city employes and city- material had been used in the construction of former Director Henry Cray's hotel at Beasley's Point, N. J., was branded as • absolutely false last night by CongressGeorge S. Graham. The Burnt detective report reflected not only on Clay, but also on J. F. McLaughlin, who was chief of the electrical bureau under Clay and one of 'he real hustlers of the Reyburn administration He ^as charged by the detectives with having done the electric wiring in Clay's hotel with city 1 employes at the city's expense. In refutation of this charge, Graham calls attention to the factdhat there is j not an electric light in Clay's hotel which is entirely lighted by an acetygas generator. The only wiring the hotel is for call bells. This wir- 3 ing was repaired and improved by two i city employes, who were paid by Clay ■ personally, and whose pay for the : time was deducted from the city pay- 1 roll. | Graham Denounces Charges ~ ' "The charges made by the Bums de- : ■ tectivA in this case are absolutely 1 false," said Attorney' Graham last ' night. "AH the recoAls of how Mr. Clay's hotel was built are available, to I gether with the affidavits of five men, 1 who actually were employed in re- i modeling the old hotel building purehated by Mr. Clay. The charge is t

made by t be Burma people that t be hotel was reconstructed with material taken from the city. The final is that the hotel was remodeled uader contract, and all the bflls of the contract and all the bills ef the contractor, Mr. Scull, of Ocean City, are available for verification, together with the cancelled checks of Mr. Clay, issued in payment for the material and labor. "The charge is made that a copper drain was taken from a police station to Mr. Clay's hotel and a -tin drain wai substituted in the police station. There is not a copper drain on the whole hotel. "The charge is made that the electric wiring was done by city employee at | the cost of the city. That, too is em- = tirely false. The hotel is open for in- ! spection, and anybody will- find that | there is not a single electric light in | the buildilig. It is lighted with acey- | telene gas. The only wiring in the boN ' tel is for call bells, j "On a visit to Mr. Clay, Chief McLaughlin suggested some changes ' in = that wiring. Two men were sent down ' from the electrical bureau to carry out 0 those changes. Mr. day personally paid e those two men for their work and also * i gave them their traveling expenses. And '* j the records in r-itv hall will ehow that I tvo days' pay were deducted from the * j city payroll for those two men while i they were doing Mr. Clay's private e work. , , 0 Contractor Got Material. ^ "The charge -is made that material 4 | was taken from the houses demolished e ' in connection with the extension of e j Spring street, which should be Spring ' I Garden street, east of Sixth. The records show that this work was done by contract, and that all the material ' recovered from the demolished houses became the property of the contractor. The only thing from those houses which ever reached Mr. Clay's hotel property are two small windows in a n chicken coop. "The charge is made that the cement work was done by city employee at ' the cost of the city. I have the affidavits of the two men who did the cement work in the Clay hotel" property, and they swear that they never * were employed by the city of Philadelphia, and nobody who was employed by ! the city of Philadelphia ever worked * with them on the hotel property. The city administration was duped by the Burns detectives in this report. ^ "If the city officials had made auy attempt- to investigate the charges for ' themselves, they could readily have discovered their falsity."' ' "The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia, Thursday, November 11, 1915). CLAY GRAFT CBaIGE NOV BRANDED FALSE Congressman Graham Refutes Burns Detectives' Findings, in Beasley's Point Case. CITY'S MONEY NOT USED Charges that former Director of Safety Henry Clay had used city material and city employes for ' work on his hotel at Beasley's Point, N. J., at the city's expense, contained ' :n a report submitted by Burns detectives and made public through George 1 Porter, independent candidate for ' * Mayor, during the recent campaign, are 1 denied by Congressman George S. The detectives' report not only re- 1 fleeted on Clay, but on J. F. Mcchief of the Electrical Bureau under Clay. Then follows tb^ statement verba- ' tim of Mr. Graham as hereinbefore set 1

he forth in "The N«rth American" article «] In accordance with agreement dated at September 9, 1»H>, Back and Bushy, of a- Ocean Oty, N. J, raised the Main ct Hotel Building at Beaaley*. :- Point, [r. Cape May County, N. J., "four feet or six inches higher" than the then existd- ing foundations and moved "it back sixy- teen feet." They were paid therefor as was shown by receipted bill dated Oca tuber 26, 1910. i- State of Pennsylvania, , . re CSty and Oounty of Philadelphia- j M' o- Allen Scull, of Ocean City, Cape May Oounty, New Jersey, being duly ic sworn according to law, deposes and it says, I have been a resident of said a- Ocean City for the past thirty-four a- years. For more than twenty years last it past my business has been that of a ,n I contractor and builder. By agreement j-- 1 i.ated the 29th day of November, A. a- j !>.. 1910, between Henry Clay -and j Savilla E. Clay, his wife, of PbiladelS- ; pbia, Pa., and myself, (Allen Scull), of in i cean City, Cape May County, New n 'Jersey, which said agreement is duly it I filed of record in the clerk's office of said id Cape May County at Cape May Court 0 House, I contracted to and did make d alterations and additions to hotel build.t 'tg at Beasley's Phint, New Jersey, in lC compliance with the aforesaid agree- , ,e ment and the specifications and plane , e thereto attached, which were made part of said agreement That I agreed , to and did furnish all the materials of , j whatsoever kind and did install and do , d all the work included in said specifics - ,f tions and plans thereto attached. That, ; g as required, I furnished a satisfactory ( e ecurity the Bond of the American Bond e ing Oompanv of Baltimore, home office , J Baltimore, Md., in the sum of $4,386, , s 'or the faithful performance of the eon- | r. tract and specifications. That in the j 1 execution thereof I furnished and was ] -1 paid for and receipted to SaviUa E. Clay , a for all the lumber mill work, tin work, , painting and carpenter's labor, and , t plastering. I have read the article in t the Philadelphia Evening Ledger, bear- , . ing date October 30, 1915, page 2 and j c column. 2, and the "old hotel a Beas- , ley 'a Point N. J.," (Beasley's Point, N? , r J)- referred to in said article is the , . same building to which I as contractor , y and builder made the alterations and add ditions and furnished the materials and e labor set forth in this affidavit That , e none of the materials used in (the alterations and additions to and the recony struction of the said hotel building at r Beasley's Point in accordance with said , e agreement, specifications and plans , herein above referred to, was taken , from buildings condemned in order to „ extepd Spring street, Philadelphia, or , from houses torn down on Filbert i street, opposite Broad Street Station, ' Philadelphia, which had been torn ( down for the new boulevard. That no j E employes of the city of Philadelphia paid by the city performed the work, or < ■ any part thereof, of rebuilding the said hotel. That in accordance with ' my > agreement, galvanised iron gutters and \ galvanized conductor pipes were fur- j. nished and put in place for said Yibte) c That no "copper gutters and drain ? ( leaders purchased for the Ninth Dis- k | trict station house then in course of j r construction" were used on said hotel. ^ , That all the flooring used in the reI construction and rebuilding of said ho- , tel was furnished and paid for by me b . in accordance with my agreement. That t - all materials used in the alterations t and additions to and reconstruction and a rebuilding of said hotel building, I paid p for. No materials were supplied, obtained or purchased from the city of „ Philadelphia, nor through or from any „ employe or official of said city of Phil- c adelphia. That I paid for all work and p done and performed in the alter- gj ations and additions and reconstruction and rebuilding of said hotel. ALLEN SCULL Sworn and subscribed to before me thi^Aird day of November, A. D., )915. AUGUSTINE C. METZINGER, Notary Public. (j Commission expires Jan. 15, 181". ^ 607 Betz Building, Philadelphia, Pa. V(

State of New Jersey, i County of Cape May. f Daniel S. Sampson, of the City of, Ocean. City, County of Cape May, and State of' New Jersey, being duly sworn i according to law, upon his oath says; j That he is a resident of the City of Ocean CSty, New Jersey, and has been' a resident of the said place Tqr the past j twenty-five years and for said time, In ' Ocean City, I have been engaged in-i the sheet metal business; that I am j well acquainted with the building j erected at Beasley's Point (Beesley's Point), Cape May County, Nsw Jersey, being the old hotel building purchased by Henry Clay. The contractor in re- , building the old hotel was Allen Scull, 3 of Ocean CSty, New Jersey, and I, as i sub-contractor of said Allen Scull, fur- i nished work, labor and materials for 3 the metal work, which consisted in all < the tin roof, galvanized iron gutters, 3 galvanized conductor pipM. All th- . above materials was furnished by roe ] And I purchased the same from my 3 •upply house.' All the «o*t of these 1 materials and the labor in putting i same on the said old hoisl was paid i st

* for by said JAllan ScuU; the contxartor. d and by reference .o my ledger book,' S page 1#$, the date of the payment was ■ January 11, 1811. I worked on the aid old hotel propt erty and there were not any Phihzdel- - pbia men, laborers, or contractors doing - any of the work for which I sub-con-B tracted to do for Allen Scull. I have read the articles in the Philadelphia Evening Ledger, bearing date Oct. -30th, 1915, page 2, column 2, and the building referred to in this srtiele L the same building for which I fure nished the materials and the labor set ' forth in this affidavit. 1 I also know the sub-contractor, who i did the electrical wiring and his name r is Daniel Krauss, and he resides in t Ocean- CSty, N. J. 1 DANIEL S. SAMPSON. 1 . Sworn and subscribed before me this • 30th day of October, 1915. 1 ANNA MEEHAN, Notary Public of N. J. ' State of New Jersey, > County of Cape May- ) M' 1 Daniel Krauss, of Hp- City of Ocean 1 City, County of Cape May and State ; of New Jersey, being duly sworn according to law, upon his oath says:. 1 That be is a resident of the City of Ocean (Sty and has resided in said ' Ocean City for twenty years last past. My business is electrical contractor | and I have been in this business for several years and was in the business 1 at the time the od hotel was rebuilt at Beasley's Point (Beesley's Point), Cape 1 County, New Jersey, by Henry Clay. The contractor who rebuilt the hotel 1 Allen Scull and 1 did the wiring 1 for the bell system. All this work was paid for. All the materials used in the bell system in said old 1 were purchased by me from my supply house. There was no other wiring done in the said old hotel by me or by any other person. I have read the article appearing in the P-biladelphU^ Evening Ledger, bear- ' date, Oct., 30th 1915, page 2, column 2, and the building referred to ' in said article is tbe same building in which I did the wiring, as set forth in this affidavit DANIEL KRAUSS. Sworn and subscribed - to before me ' this 30th day of October, 1915. ANNA MEEHAN, Notary Public of N. J. Daniel "Krause was paid as shown by . cancelled checks and receipted bills dated, respectively, June 15, 1911, Feb1, 1912. As shown by canceled check and receipted bill dated July 31, 1011,-1. I). j distributor, "J. B. Colt Company's Acetylene Gas Apparatus," 421 ' Chestnut street, Philadelphia, was fiaid ( "one No. 200 Mod. N. Generator." . We, Nicholas S. Foster and Elnathan , have been and are now residents of Beasley's Point, Cape May County, j Jersey, for upwards of twenty years. That we were employed and to do the work of laying the ' cement sidewalks on the road and hay side of the Beasley's Point Hotel (now known as tbe Great Egg Harbor Inn), Clay being the reputed owner. That we have been paid in full for our sen-ices in connection with said worjt J the same being done, according to our a best recollection, in the early months of the yea* T911. That we were not at t the time, nor had we bwn before, or at _< time since, employee of the city of •: To our knowledge no per- p son worked on said cement sidewalk who was an employe of the city of Phil- C adelphia. Joseph H. dark and_ William o Sapp, both residents of Beasley's Point, N. J.„ also worked on' said cement October 30, 1915. g, NICHOLAS S. FOSTER, ELNATHAN SAPP. Witness: i

FREDK. F. BAINBRIDGE, ] I, William C. Sapp, age 24 years, re- ] at Beasley's Point, Cape May ( N. J., for the past twenty have, since I was sixteen years 1 old, been working from time to time on the property of Savilla E. day, at Beasley's Point, for Henry day. That ' work on said sidewalk and have been 1 1 by reason thereof I have a personal t i . knowledge of the conditions existing i on said property before, during and | since the year 1911. There was stored j ir# the bam on said property for a long , ; period of time prior to the early jm&ntbs of the year 1911 a large quan- 1 * -*t ity of cement,, the balance of a carload . lot whi^h had been used in building a , j cement walk alpng the. water -front west of the Main Seashore Road. That \ it was from the said balance that the ; " eement was taken and used with ' gravel obtained from a property on the i Main Seashore Road in building and constructing the cement sidewalk on j ' the road front and bay side of the J Point Hotel (|known as the £ Great Egg Harbor Inn). That, with « Foster, Elnathan Sapp, and * Joseph H. Clark, I helped to do the j, paid in full for my services thereon. • my knowledge no person employed t the city of Philadelphia worked on ^ ■aid sidewalk. 1 was not at the time a nor before, or at- any time sinee, an

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Adv. R10 GRANDE ' (Received too late for last week) Chas. Crease has an automobile, j' J- S. Crosse and wife of Wildwood, arc spending a few days at his son's, Chaa. Aesae. Mra. l^-aJc Grove ia visiting friends at Eldora. ^ Mra. A. R. Shinn of Cape May, apent Tuesday with Mra. Geo. Thorson. I' Miriam Morton and family of Cape | May, spent the week-end with Smith Endicott and wife. ^ Miss Jahanna MacNamee was shopping at Cape May Tuesday. Mrs. George Thorson was at Wildwood Monday. I Joshua Harris and wife motored to Iona Tuesday where he is gunning. Miss Olive Harris who has been spending some time at Cape May with her aunt, is home again. Gaude Morton and wife were Sunday guests of John Morton and wife. Sirs. J. Frank Corson, who has been ' quite ill for several weeks of , typhoid ' fever in St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia, is slowly improving, and expects to be home about December first. Mrs. Emily Brogan of Philadelphia, is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harold Han.d Mrs. Learning E. Hand is entertaining friends from Vineland. Miss Ada Hand is the owner of a Ford Roadster. Quite a number of our school children went to Cape May Court House Saturday where they had vegetables, sewing, canning, baking, etc., in the exhibit, apd they took several of the prizes. • Wilbur Berris moved his family here from Green. Geek Mrs. Anna Cresse was at Wildwood J. Fred MacKissic of Salem attended his father's sale here last Thursday. C. R. Pisher of Camden, is spending a few days with his fathcre here. COLD SPRING Mr. S. R- Wilson, of Pennsgrove, N. spent ^over Sunday with hfs family at Cold Spring. On Tuesday evening, November 22, the Lower Township Sunday hchool Association will ' hold its annual meeting in Tabernacle M. E. Giurch at 7:30 m. ' On Monday evening, Nov. 22, the Spring Grange will elect its offifor the ensuing year. A pot luck -.uppir will be served, to the members. Gorski's winter samples for men's suits are worthy of your inspection. • VANZANT VILLA ARRIVALS. Philadelphia— Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mr. and Mrs. W. Shaw, Mrs. Daniel Stevens. Mrs. R. J. Creswell. Mrs Stevens, R. Creswell,

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