CAPE MAY STAR AND WAVE Saturday, April 12, 1919

CAPE MAY STAR ANDWAV! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE This paper is entered at the post sifice as second-class postal matter. @TAR & WAVE PUBLISHING CO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Are the people of this rountry a ware of the fact that the Constitution of the United States imposes upon th president when he is inmugurated cer tain specific duties, which are epito mized in the outh of office he is com pelled to take? This outh of office is brief and easily comprehended. It is as follows: "1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. and will. to the best of my ability, serve, protect and defend Constitution of the United States Are they aware that the purposes fer which the Constitution was formed are expressed in its preamble, as folas "We, the people of . the | United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tramquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posteri do ordain and establish this Const tution of the United States of Ameri ca." Not a line to indicate that when a man becomes president he becomes divine and infallible, not a line to point out that the United States must Ampoverish its own people in order to spread their substance over all the world and dictate to all the people of the world ms to how they shall be: Rave and as to how they shall govern themselves. — Not a line to indicate Ahat we shall become internationalists and sacrifice our . independence " because of "voices in the air." Not a line to indicate that our boys shall be compelled to be soldiers in order that they may keep in order any of the diserderly people of Europe whom Eu epe has becn unable to control since the times of Caesar. An attempt to samload any of these weird things upem this country would have been beReved impossible three years ago, but fto-day we are threatened with all of them and in danger of losing our independence as a nation. THEY DO NOT COME TRUE "The big argument used by the detmojevatic party | in. the Lipraigmizien campaign of1912 was that the fry was to be reBeved of the "high gest of living." Everything was to

wn d persniby He was w jeullid and did price come down? Not a little bit.. The ther trusts as it is to-day. The presidential campaign of 1916 was won on the ples that "He Ke _ Us Out of War." A little over a mouth after the inauguration, we went futo war, utterly without preparation incidentally, and if we are not very €areful, we shall be bound up with a Jeague of mations which will keep us perpetually at war. Not long ago the affaira of Europe were "no concern of ours" wecording to Wilson, Now he wants, apparently to make the affairs not only af Europe but of Asia and Africa our "concern," while the affairs of our own country do not seem to be "concerning" him or any member of his administration. This is but a small portion"of the record, but it proves that no . man should expect any of the present promises or principles to come true, bnommmms.a a ommend WHY CONGRESS REFUSED Congress refused to make continued appropriations for an extravagant em« ployment bureau conducted as the present bureau has been operated, in the interests of . union . labor . organizations, so it is announced that the force will be reduced to a "mere skeleton." If the administration had conducted the bureau in the interests of all the people, whether unionized or not, the attitude of Congress might have been diferent. . . There is no place iw American government for class legislation or administration. . All men should look alike to the ernment regardless of race, religion, social standing or fraternal affiliations. HANKS FORTE Henry Ford‘s announcement that he will put out a new and cheaper sutomobile prompts the comment that the people of Michigan are wiser than the President. What & pity it would be to spoil a good auto man to make a poor Senator.

HOW TO ERADICATE BOLSHEVIS at noms The Republicican Publicity Asorintion, through its President. Hon, Jon athan Bourne, Jr.. tory gave out the following statement from its Wash ington 4 eadquarte ciety against what they conceive th be the oppression of those occupying the [higher plane. . It ix the attempt of the ete a r am ‘get, discouraging taxation, and enforeed military service, under which t have been struggling in Europe for years, and to give themselves the pri.veleges they have seen enjoyed by the various strata of society above them. The French Revolution was but the outbreak of Bolshevism, brought about by the excesses of the French court of the times. The French Commune of a later dute was another popular protest against the conditions which the common people were foreed to live in the Second Empire, "The ground bas been prepared for years for the outbreak of Bolshevisim in Russia. | Autocrutic rulers, crushing taxation, no attempt to alleviate the condition of the working. class-all contributed to a state of social unrest which needed but a spark to start a geperal uprising among the masses. The war furnished the pretext. Conscription of the men to fight for a cause they knew nothing of; horrible »laughter of soldiers, untrained. fre‘quently unarmed and utterly incapable of competing with the German: war machine; and taxation, increased even further by war‘s demands, furnished fertile field for the German: propa‘ganda cunningly. designed to encournre es volt against existing conditions. | Once they had tasted power and realized ‘that no government could exist with~ out their support the people were quick to take:control, turn out their {former rulers, and set up a system of their own. Progess from that state of affairs to the present chaos in Russin has been but a natural evolution. "In Hungary the people likewise have felt the oppression of unreasonjng monarchies. Their situation has been similar to that of the Russians although perhaps less severe. With them, too, the war has furnished the ‘flame to kindle the smouldering revolt of the lower classes. The same may be said of Germany, although in that ;country another government succeeded } ‘that of the kmirer so quickly that it. ‘was able, by stern repressive measures j to-keep down the fires of Dolsheviem, ‘at least‘for the time being. I "But what of o Frey H C4 Led Tolsheviii ‘in the United States, of hundreds of | ‘mgenties they have established among | our people, and that our mails are | being flooded with their propaganda. Largely in the proportion ‘that our Institutions ‘oppress the American people, as the governmental systems

jof the Old World bear upon its peoples {will the dangerous seed take | root {among us and flourish, It cannat succeed among a contented, . well-fed {busy population. It will become im{ptantea and grow where discontent ‘is the rule, where decent food is be{yond the reach of the poor, and where unemployment exists to any extent. i ,"To prevent Bolshevism in America {we must resort to introspection. . If jany of those conditions are present at lany Les then danger threatens at that p The causes for discontent (Wiewer t, from governmental autocraley or otherwise, must be ascertained {and eradicated; it is imperative that ithe price of food be brought down to the lowest possible level; and employ‘ment found for every able bodied man. When that is done (and a speedy con ;summation of the world peace, with a [resumption . of normal international pratamebt will contribute . more [those ends than anything else) then ‘we can rest serene in the confidence that we are safe from the destructive influences of Bolshevism." «_«meewtk here‘s such a thing as being too wis id a Chief of police the other day. . "Indeed that is how we catch oo era and it gives them ay my. — They remind me of the new clerk in the seeil-store. Someone just for a joke asked for some sweet-potato seeds, . The: clerk unted through the seeds but could ind no aweet-potato seeds and finally ‘appealed to the boss." | The latter explained thit he was ‘being kidded and cautioned him about not emg smart s Alecks put anything over on RESCE3 ‘days later a lady entered the [store and asked for some bird seed "Aw, go on" grinned the clek. "you ean‘t kid me. Birds is hatched from exg»." Eman Aa commun AND No BETTER There is one assurance the President ean give the country with. the ‘utmost confidence-his league to pres vent future wars will work. just ay \ well as his "Kept us. out . of win" |«cheme. | It will serve a partisan poli[tical purpose, and nothing els.

A NATIONAL "OWS YouR HOME" CAMPAIGN, (By James H. Collins) When a family moves into a home of its own und beguns pring. tnereform. that yoimmedia into the thrifty cls,. So the West k wing hola of thrift habit by encour wong. the building and. purchase homes by industrious people. and M ‘cumpmign organized in Poriland. Oregon, is ukely to be broudened out un a mational boas. A tne bungalow has been built in downtown Portland and serves as head quarte in the "own your . home" movement, .. Une public spirited citi he use of a vacant lot in o Business: district, and architects Jumber — dealers. | furniture . dealers, [avignon painters, together with ln: bor unizations, co-operated in furnishimg materials and skill for erect[ing the bungalow. It was ready for [use New Year‘s eve, and at a guthering more than one hundred. persons i pledges, making the New Year resolution to own their homes . this year. Then a wedding « was | arranged Business men donated $1006 worth of merchandise for ‘presents, and a soldier and his bride, both born in Port lund, were publicly married at the "own. your home" . bungalow. . The ing wis filled with people and a lurge overflow audience stood in a roped-off spuce outside. . The minister delivered a sermon on the "own your home" iden after the ceremony Then the movement was solidly o ganized with eighteen@comniittees. of business men to attend to every detail of home building and finance. The idea of owning onc‘s home is to be constantly ‘kept before Portland people by advertising through newspapers. street cars, posters, pay envelopes, talks, theatres, and by sermon speakers, meetings, prize contests and other methods. |» Seattle also has a home building movements which grew out of the housing .. problem developed in thay city by war work, . According . to American‘ lumberman, Seattle has set itself the task of building five thoux« and homes this year, and the building movement aime at solving the financial difficulties connected with such a program. | Business men and | propeity owner are pledging . themselves. to build one or more houses for sale on the installment plan, not as a profit making enterprise, but a civic duty. The city has no second mortgage comvany lending reasonable sums to people financing the ownership of a home. So a corporation was formed for that purpose with $200,000 capital. estate records were nearched and a list made up showing the name of every property owner holding five or more vacant lots within the city limits and these property owners were canvassed to secure home building-pledges. with the result that 3,650 houses were an sured for this year. In Texas a home-owned law has been passed, providing for the use of the state‘s credit by citizens who are heads of families and wish to provide inostne, with omen Unie this law mortgages and other igations . incurred for home-building are free from taxes, Several Texas cities have raised houre-building funds to promote home owning. This Texas law seek to aid. not only city dwellers, but to | reduce the number of tenant farmers ick Reema and aid in land settlement. f ams-ad f ‘Nowadays the start of the family | "own-your-own-home" fund, can be | maite with as small a sum as 25 cent, :

t tem mil {Stamp, Sixteen Thrift Stanipa Phu (> Mapliee cents can be ex eeange ith Ea he a Stamp worth five dol t the end of five years. . The Wa {Government and drawing more (Rou faines Stamps guaranteed som compo < (te ase, are the ideal. Linvertment fo [the "home fund." he fund im earning interest as [kes as the: first War Saving Stampa in purchased, Pu continues to earn in [years. It in piec tt bs and a fol e consta Nore man ings. bnvranton a acommmmend Theodore Recsevelt. (Dead! From the Sierras‘ snowy peaks To the wintry woods of Maine, Ten thousand wires from sea to:sea f Relayed the sad refrain. (By wireless and through. ocean‘s "The Strong Man of America, I J | The news of sorrow spread I Our Roosevelt, is dead. When over Oyster Bay Full was the life that gently: passed (The cloud& of morning turned to wings Of gold against the gray Green are the laurels that we bind Around his quiet brow And bitter is the grief we feel, For who will lead us now? In homes of rick and poor alike His pictures face is shrined For he was tri to every rat And kin to all mankind. As statesman, author, soldier brave. And patriot to the end. We mouen for him, and more than all We mowrn him as a friend. pon Columbia‘s starry height. Three great immortals stand Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, At Liberty‘s right hand. Their glory ix a beacon to The footsteps of the free Their names a splendor in the skies For all eternity. buuns, A a -ontermund Typewriter Supplies at Btar and Wave Stationery Department. . Key bj

CAPE MAY, hoy‘s EXPERIENCE RAXSPORT SERVICE "Albert a Little, Jr., sea of tr. and Mrs. John C Little, of Cane May, N. writes home of mminy interesting persences which he has hud. whil in the service. His first thrilling experience | was when the ship "Henderson" on which ‘he suiled for Europe bumed and he (with many of his comrades lost all [fis possessions. On his arrival somewhere in France he was detailed to the . paymaxter‘s {quarters. Since then he has performed the duties of censor and hax driven a xix ten truck for many: months, One interesting experience of which he tells is of a trip taken in a blind ling snow storm from Lille to Dun kirk, by way of Ypres, France. . Five inches of snow lay on the ground and the road was very rough and rugged. He left Lille at 10:30 in the morning arriving at his destination at 7:30 in the evening, He, no doubt, can tell of many strange and awful sights experienced while in the vicinity of these: towns. On another trip he drove seventyfive miles in a blinding snow storm over rough slippery reads to | Lille. He passed through "No Man‘s Land" on the Flanders front, having the experience of being snow bound many times before reaching his destinati >. On another trip he was compelled to stay in Lille over night. where ac‘commodations being meagre, he was billeted in an attic along with a number of Belgian, negro and | English troops, | Their beds consisted of two blankets only. with the thermometer registering eighteen degrees. His experiences in France have heen such that they will always live vividly in his memory and in the memory of those to whom he write | From France, he was transfer red to Eastleigh, England, when he was rated Electrician, Class 1, On one of his| leaves he visited an English camp, where he met an officer of the Imperial troops who presented ium with a very fine leather jacket, It too will / be one of the memories of his wonder-| ful experience. | In his last letter he expected so ro-| ceive a fifteen day furlough. "is intention is to reurn to France and hunt up some of the other Cape Mav boys. ) Albert — Smith, | Frank | Shields and | others who are still in the nervice of the good old U, 8, A. by way of Seotlund. . From England he in hoping to sail on one of the German ships taken by our government to carry troops to the Unijed States. These ships are to be . manaed | hy American sailors and Mr. Little ha« been musigned to daty on one of them as First Class Electricinn. His many Cape May friends. we feel sure will be glad to know, he is expecting to be released from mervice by the summer mo

No less exciting were wome of the experiences of the younger son of Mr. and Mrx. Little-Georgée on one oc jeasion, while off the coast af Lough |Swilly, Ireland, and when the boat to which he had been detailed for duty ‘wax rapidly filling with water a sub. imarine was sighted. It was George‘s privilege, as Chief Gunner, to have the thrilling experience of quickly put{ting. the U-boat out ‘of commission leven though he knew that his owr {ship was in a precarious condition. | George has been released from the nated and has accepted a very fin wosition with a Philadelphia firm. We feel sure that the many friend(of La ar Cs ‘ { their successes and hardships dor | ng their first nervice. | In a recent letter dated March 14, and written from France, Mr. Little ‘has there interesting items to tell:- | "Just a few hurried lines, arrived jut Bourboune this A. M. after travel {ing since Tuesday, March 11th, at & {P. M. We left South Huzpton on the merican Steamer "Award" arriving at "Boulonge.". France at 11 A, M. | Wednesday. left there at 11946 . ay. {riving at Paris at 6:15, leaving again lat 9 P. M., traveling all | night, we came in at this city at 10:50 A, m,. (Mati over to Army: Headguarters {and inquired for Corporal A. Smith, ["Wait a minute," said the Licutenant und he called up & party On the phone, [and in less than six minutes in walked [Albert Smith and believe me he was [some surnrised, but we were glad to fate vach other, I took some pictures Cn erta aa HI day.. There are three of us travelni uround . together, . looking . for friends and relatives. . In Paris, we had quite an interesting trip, covering sights we misaed before | Expect to be there again on the 16th. We are kept busy. n w had any sleep vince Wednesdi ss 1 about way and would take 100. long, but theup | \ p we ifo Tuad ‘we are looking i ih aa im joing the m ming » time enjoying: adm hn Wid Ao t 8 0 Tome. ard then 4 on thy you more. | be a big time in |

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FARM GossIP The plum bloxsoms are nearing th state of full bloom, it will be well for you to prepare for spraying them The next spat will be the fajratés fall spray. Consult your spre "M!" 3. W. Coombe, of Cosheay wil try cuts and ree leia as an Feri green crop to be plowed and planted to lute potatos. "it will be intemely interesting for the farmers to follow the results of this scheme, especially as he has an adjoining field of oats and Canada Repel ities with which to nake a comparin The upple orchards in the upper brs of Cape May County are fait becoming too much advanced for the delayed dormant pray. | There are xeveral, however, in the southern part of the Ferman where the delayed dor mant can be used effectively, In many parts of the county rye and ich is showing up splendidly. — In a few cases, however, the vetch has a reddish color. This does not mean that it is dead, It is showing the effect. of peor inoculation. . When in this state it will grow bot not as s y ax that which hus the nodules ona s the soll was made aweet through liming before the vetah was sown the stand of vetch is better and more nodules are found, It would ap[amt that lime aids in getting the noculation to "take." E. M. Grifith, of Erma, and John tabb tt, of Dias Creek, are great befevers in pastures for hogs, Mr. Hub he had excellent | results Inst | year. nid ruobwedsdhatraleritd in his hop-lot. It in now time to think of saving grain for the summer, by sowing outs, npring veich, clover and oue field peas. t. Q. Howell, of Swainton, a breed er of "0. 1. Ca" abreast tem on beat it Send for working drawing of ‘the IR Tecan, (s e, Se Fariey, of the Experiment tation inform us that the supply of Liberty Peaches has been exhausted. The potato market looks better than it fas for some time foes if you faly

IT E stated that cation of the correct tim (minimum 600 bushels) — hundred pounds week m * quotations | have n ranging from $1.40 to $£.00 per ushel, =~ Muny of the best orchardiste are plowing their orchards now. . W es. J. A. STACKHOUSE County Agent e ere e a diseasesstart with a cold. Don‘t trifle with it. At the first shiver or sneeze, take NOTICE OF SETTLEME Notice is hereby given that the neounts of the subseri ax AdminixVance, deceased. wlited and stated by the Sr ~ td reported far settlement to f be Orphins‘ Court of the County o: "ape May on +; nue for the allownneo of Comminfors und counsel fe h . LEWIS 7 VENs, idi Administintor

LICK-SPITTLERS This country is getting tired of opportunists who are ready to chunge {from one side . of a question . to the lother according to the way the breese of public sentiment seems to be blow» ing. | Men with both courage and convictions are in demand. Our iden of the waste of mun-power in a great big, burly, comic opera pirate lookin‘ fellow standing ail day bexide a couple o‘ pecks of chestnuts roastin‘ on a plug hat full o‘ charcoal hls > NOTICE OF ELECTION Notice is hereby — given R Mated Pr be held T Taba 13. 1919 between the hours of A. M and 4 1. M Tor the purpose of selecting THREE COMMISSION[ERS for the City of Cape May, NJ. to serve for four years commencing Stations in the usual places — eetion | District, WM. POI Dated April 10, 1919 moamo or cxosme rarxzxotorms County of Cape May, Mew gersey »uaitc worics Heated propumainc far the construction [or one mite of — tituminogs nee Mounce d lane and Piepiftationt with be received and opened at a reular menting of the Hound, to ho t eld. In thie, Oourt ape May Court Houne, N duy, May stin Thidl M 72 Vive nx. and‘ a a to m wnmileation han 1. gives, Wild® y a Tevoult ar Tive Doilets, will be refunded If the veeifientions. nrv- returned in reaulre dud wubely com «n bond for ti full aniount 9° Min Cumenct. ntld each Indder murt freien sine be bd surely eonpy stating TC whl Forninh ghe, desired bund if the biddep in mtccesn-

Tha Hoard reserves the right to reor wit bids. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS County of Cape May New Jersey ~ puBLIC Nor Sealed proposals for the construc« tion of a cement concrete bridge over [Lower Cedar, Swamp Croek on . the Tuckahoe Read, north of Petersburg, in Upper Township, | in uccordance with plan und specifications will be received and opened at a regular meet ing of the Board to be held in the Court House, Cape May Court House, N. J., on Tuesday, April 15th, 1919 at 12 ‘clock noon. Plans and specifications can be oh~ tained upon application to L. M. Rice, County Engineer, Wildwood, N. J.. enclosing a deposit of Ten dollars, which sum will be refunded if the plans and ipecifications are returned in good condition or accompany a bid. Euch bid must be nccompanied by a deposit in cash or certified check made payable to C. W. Raul. County Collector, equal to 10 per cent of the amount of the bid as evidence of good faith on part of the contractor. The succesful bidder will be required to furnish a surety company bond satixfactory to the Roard. in the m of the full amount of his bid to insure a full and faithful compliance with all the conditions and terms cf the contract; and each bid must he nce companied a certificate . from . a surety company duly anthorized to do oe cotects the authorized officials. of said company, satisfactory to the BHonrd . of Chosen Freeholders, stating that . it will furnish said bidder with a bond to the nmotnt of the bid if awarded to him. The Hoard reserves the right to ree Jeet uny or all bids. ly: direction of the Hoard F. w. FOWKEs, Clerk April 2, 1919 250 445 2 ®