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b NBIC ALBRBT R. HAND, President. A. L. EWING, Adv. Manager. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $140 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE This paper is entered at the post» Bffice as secend-clase postal matter. @TAR & WAVE PUBLISHING Co. ECHO OF WOODSTONE In Sir Walter Scott‘s novel of "Woodstock" . a Puritan denounces Shakespeare. He bangs the volume to show his disgust. In his better judgment the gambler, the drunkard, the Wbertine . were all encouraged . by Shakespeare‘s . comedies, . and | his speech is a good sample of eloquent fanaticism. After he has said his say an old servant observes, "So it was Will Shakespeare who did it ayy. Who was ‘sponsible for what lads and Jassies did afore he was born?" . We mre not quoting literally, but giving the general sense. Of late President Wilson has been shocked at the wickedness of the Republican Senators who failed to ap prove his perce treaty. On. their shoulders he blamed the high prices. Had it not been for their delay in assenting to every one of his pet phrases the cost of living would have been lowered. This is Wilsonian. | Juliu observes that men readily believe wh — they wish to believe, and the President can believe anvthing until he believes the direct opposite. But are the Republican Senators responsible for all the high prices between the Underwood Tarriff‘s passage in 1913 and the discussions . of the | present Who is responsible for the high prices before the treaty wes born? pmmmet,nccrmtemed THE TREATY IS DEAD AND THE CONSTITUTION LIVES N. Y. HERALD President Wilson‘s self determined covenant has been beaten, and beaten for time and eternity, for reasons that are plain and sufficient. Briefly stated publics prosperity and greatness. Secondly, because the arrogant, obbermmind pride of opinion which attempt~ dividual will for representative determination; to erect an autocracy in the false name of democracy; to establish a virtual dictatorship in a republic which hates the word. . These have been the overshadowing fesues during the long contest. We are bound to say that the defeat of autocratic | government equals, if it does not surpass in importance to the | future of the country, the defeat of | the project of entanglement. And im | comparison with these two supreme | results of the victory achieved by the | patriots of both parties in the United | Bater Senate all other considerations | become for the moment negligible It has been the privilege as it the duty of the The Sun to help with all its heart and elbow power to propel into consciousness . of the nation | the real significance of that which the | interwoven peace treaty and League covenant proposed. It has been gratifying in the extreme to observe, during more months | than we care to count, the gradual opening of eyes, | bas onan neer Ll meaning, the constantly strengthening ‘resolution to resist. We have now no fear of a resumption in any dangerous form at a future time by any parlimentary process whatever of the unauccesiful enterprise. If the attempt | fr made an enlightened. people: wi know how to din i -New York Sun, "I1, 20/19, ----an #4-_.-_-_._ | ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED | | sTMr. Geo W. Boy has announced the | agement of ber daughter Elizabeth | Noyes Boyd to Paul DeHuff Reed of +

PUBLIG VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST TEACHERS bet FL CII oT +42 000.0 41) MMK C alliin 0 Ea quate Salary" Campaign Perfected, Functioning and at Work. Dr. J. I. Hopkins of Jersey City, chairman of the School and Teacher | Campaign‘s Executive Committee, an- | nounced that the state organization of | the teachers had been completed and that committees are at work in every part of the state preparing schedules of teachers‘ salaries for the different districts. Roused by the importance of the school and teacher movement and the serious condition confronting the pubMe school system, prominent iaymen from all parts of the state have volunteered to serve ob a specin| state committee which will resist the teach« ers in getting adequate aalatien. Following the plan outlined by the Ezecutive Committee, teachers in all of the county and city districts are organizing committees, each consiating of a chairman and three to five members representing both men and women teachers of the elementary grades and high school grades, to serve on transportation, publicity, speakers, distribution, Information and schedule committees. According to reports received. at state besdquartera, teachere‘ organtzations In various citfes where: campaigns for adequate salaries were planned have joined forces with the state organization and will work with the latter in making up schedules which will provide uniform salary. fncreases based on population. It is the desire to have approximately the sume salary schedule for all cities of the same approzimnte size so as to avoid Inter-eity. competition, Following are the members of the os e u men of the other committees of the School and Teacher Campaign organ trations : Dr. 3. J. Hopkins, chairman, Jersey City; Charles B, Boyer, Atiantle City; Miss Mary E. McKinney, Montclair; W. J. Bickett, Bernardavilio; Ide G. Bargeant, Paterson; S. B. Howe, New: ark; Miss Ete: Donohay, Freehold; Miss Clare E. Romer, Newark; Mist Lucy V. Lambert. Hoboken ; Mixs Mary E. Lawlor, Paterson; Austin H. Updyke, Jersey Clty: Miss Elizabeth B. rge Schart, lerresnrals ; Mse Taitie ¥. Clop. per, Casnden ; 4. Giennie, Newark; Tiss Dorothy Fi Come Jersey City; Wiktiam Lewin, secretary, Newark. tomn t chairmen of the other committees are: Publications, Dr. Henry Buyder, Jersey City; Auditing, Frank A. Tibbetts, Jersey City; Printing, 8. H. alchror Ecuatation Wayland R. Stearas, New: ADEQUATE SALARIES FOR TEACHERS URGED Dr. Hibben Sees Menace to Education in Low Wages Paid "Guardians of Our Children." Dr. John Grier Hibben, President of Princeton University, has enlisted on the side of the 18,000 New Jersey | teachers who, through an educational ubi int oodpariafiantaini Sidi ieandk dia Ing wage for their work, In a letter to the Executive Commie of the School and Teacher Campaign Dr. Hib ben says : *There is no more important task confronting us as a nation in the new world upon which we are entering than that of education.. ‘The vigor and sanity of the coming generation depend upon the kind of training we are able to give the youth of today who are to become the leaders of men tomorrow. The great menace today to education, and therefore to the in tegrity of our political and social life, | is the fact that our teachers In schools and colleges alike are so poorly paid | that the profeasion itself is losing from time to time men and women who would naturally devote their lives to uch work. ‘To pay our teachers a Hv: ) ing wage and to relieve them of the . dally anxieties which fret and fray the nerves is the first and most urgent duty of our commonweslth, "We musi remember that the tsachers of our state are the guardians of our sons and dnughters, For a signi cant period in the history of our chil dren we trinster our authority rnd to a certain extent our Influence to other hands, the hands of strangers." Btrange Epponmntl The Armucsninn® of the southern most province of Chile use a crit shell &e a barometer. | In dry, fiir weather ft ix white, but when rain in pproaching red spots appear on 1‘, nd. when excessive moisture is prot t In the atmosphere it becomes rod

MUSCLE SHOALS NATION‘S BULWARK Big $60,000,000 Nitrate Plant a Defense for Future Generations. INSURES NATIONAL DEFENSE Assurance of Abundant American Explosives a Reason Why Germany Quilt CASLL Cub) Duss One of the chief fortresses of Amer: fea‘s new inllitary defense aystem which developed ont of the World War is the Ammontum Nitrate Plant mt Muscle Shoals, Alnbama, on the Tennessee River, over three hundred miles from the sercount, cxpable of turning out 300 tons of high explosives a day, It mesures to the United Statea for all time an abundance of ammunltion without which an army is a helpless encumbrance and it has made this unlimited: supply of explosives available without resort to raw ma terial from outside of the country. ‘The essentist Ingredient of all modern miltary explosives to oltric acids Before the World War, America was entirely dependent upon Chile for the supply of nltrate of sodg, the only chemical from which nitric acld can be made. In cuse this country became involved in war with any nation that could control the sea our foe would bave us at her merey, for she could cut off our essential means of striking back. Other — nations, . however, . were equally dependent upon the Chilean nitrate supply. | Germany was pur | chasing one-third of it. She had erpected to hold the sea with her sub marines but failed. But a process for extracting nitrogen from the a‘ bad been obtifted by Germany some years before from Italian chemists. ‘This process had been successful in producing a high grade nitrogenous fertilizer from which io turn could be extracted ammonium nitrate. Gen many, therefore, fell to manufacturing | ammonium nitrate from the air co a | large scale. nmeitomiadhas Adiinodhacchad In 1907 an American company, head. Inghouse Church Kerr Company, which put up the plant buildings, the perma nent city and utilities; the J. G. White and the United States was secure for lenlionedindbanmdbe anced o tion When the arrangement was finally made for building ghe big alr nitrate plant, work was begun on a power dam at the same point, ‘This work ts being conducted directly by the United States Engineering Corps. it will not be completed, however, for two or three more years, It was necessary, therefore, in order to Insure immediate operation when the nitrate plant was completed to construct a $10,000 900 steam power plant, oue of the largest steam plants for the production of continuous electric power in the world. It is pointed out that even had the water-power plant been completed dur Ing the war it would have been neces: mary also to have constructed a steam plant to insure the nitrate plant work Ing at full capacity mt all times dur Ing the year. Pant Worth All It Cost. Now, this entire job cost the Government $00,000,000. It was put through at a time when the prices of materiaia and labor were at thelr summit. | It was built at record speed, and speed costs money. ‘The question naturally arises, then, as to whether Uncle Sam got his money‘s worth. Terte made after the plant was to operation showed that ammontum nftrate of standard speeffications could be produced at this plant at a cost of Jean than one-llf the standard fixed price patd by the Government for am montut» nitrate produced by the older methods, | This cost in only about one. fourth to oue Nth the cost of other high . explosives of equal | strength, I I | | | Compared with the older process. for | making ammontim Wirate, the sive Ings mate by this plant would have pald for the entine [Jan in about one and ane-in!f years of operation. chief vatue «f the Muscle Shouls plant, however, will be as a defenas to coming gsterations. | | [

PAY SCHOOL TEACHERS The crisis in the public «chool si tuation stressed by Governor Runyon in a published statement a few. day ago has called forth . a lotter from John H. Allen, President of the Ever lusting Valve Co., and Vice President of the Manufacturers and Merchunt‘s Taxation League, to the Governor ray ing that because the Federal Income and business taxes on top of the lo teachers and other public purposes Hix letter follows: Your call of alarm at the peri threatening the public school systen is timely and should be appreciated by every citizen of the State, "Funds to pay touchers‘ salaries anc other public expenses | are, as you know, | raised | lergely . by | taxing the industries of the state, and as you further know, and every member of the Legislature knows, there is a limit b yond which industry cannot be tax and survive, and that limit has beet the Federal Income and business taxe The taxation of industry has agi and again destroyed industry: and i is this limit that forms the impasse able barrier between the Boards o Education and more funds. "There was a bill in the last Legis lature bifiatail if passed would hav [a dollar of tax on . the industrics of | the State, — It was this bill which caus {ed the appointment of the State Com mission which it is hoped will recom» (mend at least an approuch towards real tax ceform to the Legislature. New Jersey legislators have yet to learn from the successful experiences n many other places for years past that school and other public funds may be incruased through increasing {the rate of tax on land value without { increasing the tax of industry. "If the New Jersey Legislature awakens to this fact and acts upon it at the next session it will still be sey en years behind Pennsylvania leginlature, ad a great many years behind the legisiatures of Australia and New | Zealand. * Land value taxation will reduce texes on factories, farms and homes, and by drawing into the public treaenormous land value which has community itself has made by increase of 0 quot prmosk . enurre Aime Population, will raise all the meeded funds for increased salaries for teach ers and other public purposes without any tax on industry or commodities. wow--antam~--_.-. STUCK IN HARBOR | The Pilot Boat, . Henry Edmunds | which takes pilots from here, to and [from the Breakwater pulled in the harbor on Tuesday night as usual and dropped anchor for the night. In the morning when they attempted to lift the anchor the . lifting motor which they pull the anchor with refused to work. «----ee@_._._ WANT ADVERTISEMENTS SAVE A LOT OP STEPS. y do the initial invertignti and d tag back something tangible Tor the advertiser to operate on. Let the mi and Wave save your valuable me. — Phone Keystone 90. n---aneae--_.._._ CE. "3 Se» advertisement on page 8 this fasue. Keystone-631-M Heated Rooms C 1 ) E American and European Plan, Open All Year, Perry and South Lafayette Streets Cape May, N. 3, MRS. C. D. HARRISON, Prop. | Sups Ano bups Cirumein Lsuror? Suds. takes . the sadness out r clothes and put the gladness back into them. — He charges a fair price for his! work and gets it back to your house | when promised. . You can call us to | f itention in an instnat over the telephone. | Why not? LOOK ror sUDS AND DUDS COLUM UNDBYT PTE Wiptabie (ol ‘Tugs Thap, N. J

AVH P pPcheo r tpe | IN CAPE MAY COUNTY By Rev. Paul Sturtevant Howe, Ph. D. Genealogical Articles by the Rector of the Church of the Advent The third of the name of Thomas Lerming became distinguished in the life of Philadelphia about the time of the Revolution, | He was born at Cape May, 20 August 1748, Old Style, died at Philadelphia during an epidemic 29 October, 1797 married 19 August, 1779, Rebecca Fisher, who was horn 3% October, 1767, and died Septemebr, 1833 He was the son of Thomas Leaming and Elizabeth Leaming, and the grandson of the first Thomas Lerming, who was born at South Hamptorn, Long Island, 9, July 1674, and died at Cape May, 31 December, 1723, His wife was Hannah Whilldin, fourth in descent from John Howland the Pilgrim, | She was born at Yarmouth, Memmachusetts, or rather in the Colony of New Plymouth, as it was then called, in 1683 and after the death of her husband, Thomas Leaning, married second Phillip Syng of Philadelphia, and died in 1728, The writer bas had interviews with members of the families nt Philadelphia who are descendants of the third Thomas Leaming, and to some it was interesting news that the nucestor who attained distinction at Philadelphia during the Revolution was a descendant of the Pilgrims. | Thomas Leaming first and Hannah Whilldin his wife. (danghter of the first Joseph Whilldin), had the following chidren: (1) Esther Leaming, born 3 July, 1702 married Willism Eldredge. Who William Eldredge was, and the names of his chidren, if any, has not been made known by any | writer upon the subject of the genenlogy of the curly families of the County, nor do the records seein ts help us in determining that interesting question, ving, born 10 September, 1704. married Samuel Eldredge, and is the ancestor of the Eldredges: whowe family history given in Rev. Dr. Hughex‘ Divine Covenant Fulfilled in Plous House ho ‘. (3) JANE LEAMING, born 15 October, 1796, married William Doubleday. Here the records do not help us, and as far as any written wccount gives information, the line seems to come to an end. (4) Phebe Leaming, born 4 November, 1708, married John Garlick, and no further record of her history is found. (5) Priscilia Leaming, born 15 June, 1710, married first as the Diary of Aaron Leamiing the second states, John Stites, and had Mur. garet Stites, born 1740, married Jonathan Leaming son of Aston second, and died 22 October, 1746 leaving a daughter, Priscilla Leaming who married Humphery Stites. John Stites died in 1748, his will prov ed on 1 August of that year directing ‘"wife Prissila to have use of lands-until my daughter Margrit will be 20," After the death of her first husband, Priscilla Leaming (first) married Jacob Hughes, and from this point the family history is given by Rev. Dr. Hughes. Priscilla is buried in Cold Spring, the date of her death being 21 September, 1758. (6) Christopher Leaming, born 18 April, 1712, married Deborah Hand, and had Spicer, Jacob, Christopher, Humphery Allison, Deborsh | Hannah and Esther Leaming. (7) Thomas Leaming the third, who is first mentioned eca ticle, and Lydia Leaming, who married first Jeremish Eldredge whom Dr. Hughes supposed to be his preat grand-father, although he died without issue. — After her first husband ‘s death, 28 April, 1795 Leaming married second, 15 May, 1797, Anthony Van Mannerick, end died 5 July 1798, The children of Thomas Leaming third and Rebecea Fisher his wife were: (1) Thomas Fisher Leaming, born at Cape May, 14 July, 1786, died 23 June, 1839, (2) Jereminh Fisher Lenming married Rebocea Waln, and had Robert ‘Waln Leaming, born at Philadelphia, 12 November, 1824, died at Philadelphia, 9 November, 1884, married | dulin Scott, born at Philadelphin, 21 March 1828, and had Rebecea Waln Leaming born March, 1850, married William W Montgomery ; Mary Emlen Leaming, married Richard Francis Wood, and had Julia Leaning Wood, married Francis Gurney Oki; Charles Stewart Wood ; Richard Francis Wood; Robert Leaming Wood; Emien Wood, and Edward Fitz d Wood; dulin Leming, the third child of Robert Wain and Julia Scott Leaming, married hols Lennig; Thomas Leaming, born 29 May. ae mae tt Leaming had two other children, Princis and Rebecca Leaning. (3(The third child of Thomas and Rebecea Fisher Leaming was Eliza Lenming, who married Jamen Somers Smith, and have descendants living in Philadelphin at the present time. Pricilla Lenming, born 9 October, 1764, daughter of Jonathan and * Margaret Stites Lenming, who married 2 Pobranry, 1806, Phillip Creme Eliza Stites, who married Jereminh Cresse; Hannah Stites, married Anton Leaming; Mary Stites, who married. first Eli ‘Townsend, and cond Humphery Stites. | From these last five marriages a large mumber of descendants must be living in Cape May County at the present ime. | Full information from descendants of these fnniifies in requested. Dr. Howe regrets that at times it in not possible: to. answer promptly the many leffers addressed. to him in connection with this interesting investigation,

MRS. ALLEN mosh Misc Allen Bush ined 16 years died 50 hor homie on Thunalay: evening ifter a Inger atncss . The funeral Sill bec held. from her. lite residenien ® Momliay afternoon. | Mrs. Bush was fx Mac Alexunder and a resident Cape May since Childhood.

ORDPi NEW Frith ® NGINE The Commissioners orderea a new j $10,000 — fire: engine, which will bet added to the Fire Depurtment. . This | will put the City in a class by itreff for fire equ‘ctmeni | But it is Oceam vity, N J . ab