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PARKING OPPED BY ORDINANCE BILL WiHCH (ris passED sBo. anita b PROHLIBUTS ort: INGTON PERKY To REGULATE PRIVAT — the the City C i last Tuesday morning. . ts ndinunces | regutding jitney. rem ere: submitted. by the Ci citor. and. both: passed ue The first. ordinee was for the purpose of repealing other legislation in regards to j ond set forth the new dinance . conhe complete ed in another part of Solicitor tend. the ordito the Commissioners, . who passed it to the second reading. This means that it wil} come up next Tuesday for final consideration, and if passed then will become a municipal ordinance is clearly written, composed of eleven sections. ions 1 and 4 regard licenses, their issuance, where they are to be displuged their size, etc. . Section 2 is very important. This sets forth a schedule of fares, for one, two, and more person for distances of vary ing length. It also regulates the fare blocks. etc. — It also regulates the fare per hour for a seven-passenger car. It is provided that these rates may be doubled between the hours of 1 and 5 p. m Section 3 deals mainly with the rules and regulationt of fitney driving. It was also provided that any amount of baggage in excess of a sultcase was to be charged for as a pas senger Sections 5 and 6 provide for the fees to be paid for the licenses, | See‘tion 7 provides that no licenses shall be issued for parts of a year, but that PUI prana shall expire on May 1st, 1919. NO MORE parking Section 8 provides that no Jitneys may park on Washington Street, between Perry and Franklin streets; unthey are connected with a regum each block. and no more than This is a regulation that will be welcome to private automobile drivers, and in fact to traffic in general, See tion 9 of the ordinance provides for suitable fines in the case of any one breaking regulations set forth in Seetion 3. Imprisonment in the county prison for a term of thirty days also one of the punishments provided for infraction of the rules. Section 10 also «ogards fines and punishments, while Section 11 repeals ordinances inconsistent to th‘s ordinance, and provides that it shall take effect immediately Thi ordinance seems . to — cover nearly every June 17. It will no doubt be s actory to the jitney men, as an informal conference was held on the afternoon of June 8 to make arrangements which would be congenial to both ps i ards to parking however, leg» islation is also needed on private cars. iles or wagons other than J under. no. consideration allowed to park on Washington Street in the busin length . of >- that king time should be limitted to If hour, or a similar time. this additional law, traffic will never be clear around the cond district. ~we«SCREEN YOUR HOUSE Fly time has arrived. . Are your windows properly screened | against these disease breeding pest? We are effering a large assortment of galvanized, black and . copper screen wire at moderate prices. We are also displaying an elaborate line of garden hose, lawn mowers and garden tools of the best makes. CHAS. A. SWAIN, 805-807 Jackson Street, Cape May, N. J.

SUMMER STATION MAY BE USED [EEsoLCTION SENT By IORT. HES To RhGJORAt " OP RAILROADN UTMDZATION — op STREET [BTaATION 7 MBit, A resolution wi nereased. cor ity for the coming ackson Street Station able for whiter, owing to a ore contral lo r. the Grant Street Station whould tbe used. It not only makes a more ing entrance into Cape May, but favorable visitors arriving here. City officials have agreed to do all possible to accomplish this desirable change. CITY LIFTS POWDER BAN RESTRICTIONS ON EXPLOSIVES PX Go 5 oi LO c dit o HP ECI BELL ELECTED NEW CITY EXGINEER; | OTHER | APPOINT: MENTS MADE. At a regular mecting of the City Commissioners last Tuesday, commu | [nications were presented from dealers in fireworks in this City requesting definite information regarding . their {rights to sell such material this year. During the war, an order was issued restricting, or prohibiting the use of all explosives. . This was . accomplished in Cape May by an order of ex-Mayor Stevens. Luther Garretson, the Director of Explosives for this district, was communicated with, and he stated that the governmental ban was lifted. With the lifting of the government. ban, the city order was automatically rescinded, so fireworks may be freely sold and used this year. APPOINTMENTS MADE Charles York was elected Building Inspector by a unanimous vote, with no salary attached, except fees. Harry Bell was elected City Engineer at a salary of $800, For Bell, Melvin and Wentzell; for Miller, Sheppard. Gilbert C. Hughes was re-clected Superintendent of the Convention Hull until the first of November, His salary is to remain the same as last year., Horace Corson was elected Special Police Officer for the Convention Hall. The Collector, Assessor, and Englneer presented no reports. Director of Streets reported progress, and also that the Corgie Street sewer was found satisfactory on inspection. Meeting was adjourned at 12 oclock. -_--e# ___ PIANOS TUNED W. R. Robinson, piano tuner and regulator, will be in Cape May the Week. of- June Orders may. be left with REUBEN B REEVES, 210 [the General Hospital No. 11 he |from a window of the pluce years of ago, und a of Sylvania. Ohio. His body has been [shipped. home A theory to the Affect that the un] fortunate mun committed: suicide is |thought to be improbable. | f «_-_-sse--. FOR RENT-Furnished second story oom, central. Apply P-594, Star & Wave office. | porte — Dr. Clarence S. Eldredge, Ocullst, of Philadelphia, is at Cape May fer the season. . Those in need of glassen‘ or having trouble with their »; gonsult him Evenings or Sature a corner Broadway. fd khird Avenue. West Cape May, 5.24 if.

[4 (el)) 1:4 (8 1 MJ TO COME HERE RUMOR AFLOAT SAYS Raa GIANT ENTRY IN TRANS. ATLANTIC FLIGHT, WILL FLY HERE FROM ENGLAND can daarmct mat England‘s o Trams AGunie ind at Cap etintendent Orr, xlt and Power Co it to he prepared to remove t an instar ts notice, all of th companDuring. its] Yanl will deperd on Ac ording to the Tut st reports, this rrtry will be the 1 constructed. — This machine is some-| what over 600 ieet in length, is drive a & powerful engines, and has two i cabins which serve as living quarters! for its crew. | It is said that Cape May is the only Air station whose equipment and fac [alities would warrant the landing: of the giant craft. Authori here have no definite information on the proposed flight, and will not commit themselves on its probability. — Wherever the lan is made, however, the flight will doubtedly start very soon. — The R- wo.] which is capable of a maximum spe of rio miles per hour, has been in readiness for sometime. | dt is said that it will make a direct trip. In the event that the machine does land here, it will secure to Cape May a great dea! of enviable publicity and establish its ceputation as one of the foremost Naval stations in this coun> try. ICE CREAM PARLOR OPENS Kokes‘ Ice Cream Parlor on Wash»; ington street, has opened for the pon mer season, and is prepared to cater | to its trade in the usual pleasing fash~ jon. .- Mang — improvements — have been — added to the parlor, which, makes it more than ever a delightful , place to stop on a warm afternoon} or evening i Kokes own delicious Ice Cream is served. exclusively

streets in morning present n very untidy and displeasing appearance owing to the practice of a great many merchants in sweeping all the rubbish from their sidewalks into the streets at the hour of the closing: of their shops, This occasions the pre ence of a great deal of waste paper, pieces of wood, and a miscellaneous array of trash, which causes an un healthful condition, and looks, to say. the least, very careless. This would: possess a stranger of a very indifferent opinion of the resort. To obviate these. difficulties, the City Commissioners recently voted to instruct the Chief of Police to notify | every merchant in Cape May that rub.. bish must be removed from the sidein some manner other than proving the appc rance of the town. -- mea DR. — ARMSTRONG — KILLED was killed in an automehile nce while on. his: way. home to join his wife and daughter Dr. Asmistrung enfisted with the Red Cross in Chicago at the outbreak / of the war and was to he released! from that. service. When he reached | Parl The only information is aj og ich . win delivered . to cablegram . which WiT" p | Mrs. Armstrong on Wednesday which! stated that the. Doctor| bad. met his/ death on May: 31+, D#. Armstrong was. a promincht physician of Chi rved. in the Medical Deago. and f : cage a e Red Cross nearly two tment of th : ___as«=--_: mer yplli-Delivered the day it r aduced Phone. Keystone 156-3 | (1. phillip Ir

LOCAL TROOP LLC J (68 ‘199 > > BG ane! AMD CERI BI VNON — IN -- ConNE WITH NATIONAL TION, POW-WOW OX BEACH MSA UAS A MAYOR INSTALLED As MEMBER Urier the dircetion of Chairman Willizm Porter of the local committor, Scoutmaster Alan DeP. Ewing, and the troop committee. A. W. Hand, E. I. Brunyrte and 8. F. Eldredge, the National Boy Scouts Week was started here on Monday. | Announce» ments were made in each of the churches on Sunday requesting attendance on the verious features of the week. On Monday evening THE CAMP HIRE as given to all scouts. candidates for metnbership and visiting scouts. A fine lunch was supplied by the ladies committee consisting of Mrs. V. M Marcy, Mrs. A. R. Hand, Mrs. S Eldredge, Mrs. A. Rott, Mrs. Bennett and Miss Swain, and the boys had a delightfiil evening. Needless to say, the attendance was large, closely. approaching 100 per cent, if not reaching 160 per cent. On Tuesday evening THE COMMUNITY MEETING occurred in the high echool building, d was well attended. The program a most interesting, opening with ie singing of "America" and salute the flag, Miss Elsie Homan sang ith her usual grace and excellence an pplause. The big event of the evening ten occurred in the installation of the Mayor, Hon, F. J. Melvin, as scout. He took the scout outh, ading thus joined up with the boys and e made a most earnest and eloquent ddress, urging support of the great boys‘ organization and promised to observe the terms of his oath and the cout law and to be a good scout. This was followed by the presenta ion to A. W. Hand, for a number of | years chairman of the troop commit , of a beautiful plaque containng the emblem of a first-class scout, or which Mr. Hand expressed his ap-

preciation and thanks me well as his total surprise at being thus pleasantly ! {remembered, but reminded the auIdience that the success achieved by! ‘the scouts redounded more to the ‘credit of the scoutmasters, notably to | !the untiring present incumbent, Scout»! master Ewing, who had been tireless! in his efforts for the upbuilding of the local organization, . Mr. then took up the discussion of the sub- | lect assigned to him: "What the Boy ‘Scouts have done," explaining , the | ‘meaning of the scout movement as a | .preliminary, and reciting. the scout | (law. He then told in detail of the ac» | itivity of the focal organization im | iieaaionnen alee ‘great war and read the scout record | for the United States, in both cases | ‘showing that the United States go-| ernment had culled for the aid of the | scouts in many important matters and | ‘had obtained wonderful support. | He! on "decorated" scouts. wi ith emblems ] sale of Liberty Bonis and War Savi ing | Stamps. doin Mymis: received. a medal and | har for ti n quota of ! borgls, for hoth the third and fourth | { redge. received a medal for the sile of large numbers of War Snving Stamps, and another for | the sale of 1 iberty Bonds, . Gregory ! Ogden was not present but was an-! nounced as entitled to the War Sav» | ings Stamp medal f Medals for the sile of Liberty Ronds of the fourth issue were presented to Oxcur Springer, Edwin Cum» mings, Harry Lemmon, and Charles wain. Mrs. Landis stave a great deal of! pleasure to the audience by singing al solo which was promptly encored, und | the asdionce was favered with another Mri William . Porter, elaimian, then spoke of the purpose | of the mesting ghd the drive nation« ally in motion for 1000000 sssoriate / 1

14 J it EU ula NO IN STIMG I" ONAL PARA GRAPIIS Of : COMING AXD M {ing here to, James F. Arnold, of Washington |D. C, was a guest at the Windsor | Hotel. Horace E. Smith, of Philadelphia, was a recent visitor here. M. P. Ward, of Wilmington, Mi 1"; j Windsor for C rge H. Boyd, Miss Eliza- ; ho yd, and lihow deH. Reed, wer wife, of Media, . are stay ing at the Columbia, premratory to opening a cottage on New George P, Ziegler, of Baltimore, is ‘a guest at Cape May. | eorge Woodward, Jr., of PhiladelC. A. Curley, of Philadelphis, is a guest at‘the Elward Hotel Pr. H. H. Riddle and wife have registered at the Windsor for the summer Mrs. G. B. Murphy, and Mrs. C. Loe e a Ceca ing at Cape May for an indefinite c. Franklin H. Bates, of Philadelphia, is a guest at the Elward. Mre. Samuel Woodward is stopping at this resort. The Misses: Dorothy Joline, Helen K. Kakikman, and Eleanore R. Lind say, together with Mrs. A. C. Becker, are staying at the Elward, Mre Edward Reinert, of Brooklyn, was a week-end visitor here. Daniel Reed, of Lakewood, is stay» ing at Cape May for some time. R. H. Van is stopping at the Columbin. Mr. Van Tine is here on business. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Willson are guests at Cape May, C. O. Margerum is staying here for a short time. Robert Ferguron, of Clearfield, is ht guest at the Hotel Columbia. M. C.Atlen, Charles Butler, and R. | B. Leahr, all of Philadelphia, were

bifadhocathine Frank Tucker, of were | week-end guests: of their mother, Mrs, Rebecca B. Corson, on West Perry Street. Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Johnson and daughter Evelyn, together with Mrs. H. ttinger, were weekend visit« ors liere. Mr. and Mrs: Thomas W, Millet, spent . Sunday | with . Mrs: Miflet‘s parents, (Mn and Mrs. Robert C Hughes Wilbur C. DeTurk was a recent visitor to. Philadelphia. members — peri solicited the ‘signatures d istind City: Soli resting and illu» minating address on "Boys." of the evening sung very. acceptably a number of y evening was distinguished c attendance on the movies of the shole scout troop and an appeal to he. audience. for mrsociate members sin ext nding the or evening was the out meeting plight and Saturd levoted to a hike and sketching of the routes taken. =----mese--_-_-. CANDIDATE POR ASSEMBLY Etunding . upon my record of two years of faithful and conscientioun ervice in the State Arsembly and mon. the request of — my | friends hroughout the County, I hereby anounce myself a candi fection, and earnestly solicit the wort of the Republican party at the tember primaries. This | advertisement | ordered . and mid for by Mark Lake, Occan City, 687-0-14-8t.

TO HONOR |E W TM : 13:10] 33 PATRIOTIC — CITIZENS — wilt FEAST RETURNED HEROKS OF CAPE MAY, Wast CAPE I MAY, CAPE MAY POINT AND LOWER TOWNSHIP | Public Reception at City Pier Poblic: spirited. alters of Cape I Muy City, West Cage: May, Cape May j Point and Lower Township have un [ited in the desire to express their apE preciation of the seavice rendered by [the soldiess of their respective dis« triets, and wiil cooperate in one big "Welcome Home" celebration, Invitatin® have heen extended to all returned soldiers to assemble in uniform at the City Hail, Cape May City, from whence they will march to the Colonmal Hotel for dinner, . At the close of the dinner, there will be a public reception tendered at the Municipal Pict, which will be follow» ed by an entertainment composed of professional talent, At least three hundred returned he- | rocs, a good many of which served | with the 114th Regiment, are expected to be present.at the celebration. Thursday, June 19th at 6 o‘clock is the day and hour when the citizens and the public of Cape May, West Cape May, Clpe May Point and Lower Township will be given the opportunity of publicly welcoming Home all their enlisted boys of the recent war. That means whether the boys saw Overseas service or simply Camp preparation, The latter were simply unfortunate in not having the honor to serve abroad, but had the opportunity been given they would have acquitted themselvei as nobly and herofeally as did their comrades who saw InpnaBeaiinad The boys will assemble in uniform, at City Hall, commer of Franklin and Washington streets, at 6 pm The route of prrade will be down Washington Street to Perry; out Perry to Jackson; to Washington Street; to Ocean Street and thence to the Colomint Hotel where the boys will be [ edemrts® Relatives, friends and the public are earnestly requested to be present along the route of parade and show their appreciation of the nervices rendered by the boys. No res tions will be put on enthusinsm. . Go the limit.

c a onvontion Hall at £30 in the evening to personally greet the boys and enfoy the entertainment The committee in charge urge . the entire city to be appropriately decorated and especially the buildings along the line of parade. Spare no pains in | this. respect. — Show your colors, your appreciation, patriotism and enthusl« arm in. every. way. possible, | Make the event a real one and long to be bas 1 | Sealed Rids will be received . and opened at the City Hall, Cape . May City, N. J. on June 24, 1919 at 11:00 a. m. to furnish 1,200 tons of Bituminous Con to conform to the followi ing analywie virio Moisture Volntile Matter . Fixed Carbon Ash id Sulphur __. 1 B. T. b. d — H. lor (hak v. [F. 0. H. in the Hin at The | Wi \Works, Cape May City, N. To be delivered ® vars per month [from date of contract | The right in reserved to nject any lor all Bids [_ Mail Proposals to Wim. Porter, City [Clerk, marked "Bid for Cont." | By order of F. J. MELVIN W. R. SHEPPARD GEORGE P. WH May 27, 1919 MILMNEI Cad Haute: for all ~a oe assortment of sport hats a of colors tink a Non. Children‘ « & hats at interentin | Lovie T. tou : i gC AN Cape Fuk [Out Tucsdaye.