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discover to \ m gray S0IT ^PERSISTENT RUMORS DECLARE THAT THE IDENTITY OF THE "MAN IN GOLF STOCKINGS" AND GRAY SUIT, WHO RANG i FALSE ALARMS, HAS BEEN 1 LEARNED, According to numerous reports, some coming from autboritive sources the villian who aroused the Fire Department and a few score of townspeople some days ago by turning in false alarms, has been discovered. Working from the gray suit and golf stocking clue, and other important information proceeding from various sources, the nets of justice rator of the outrage, until the vperpetrator of the outrage, until they are ready to close about him. At the night of the fire, directly after the Star Villa alarm was rung, 'tills, man was ceen to dodge around ' the corner of Ocean street and Beach avenues. If his identity is really 1 known, why hasn't he been arrested? ■ Because the police are working very ■ cautiously, completing their case be- : for making the arrest. Great disappointment will prevail if the suspect is not arrested with : his accomplices, next week.

hotel plans improvements i MANAGEMENT OF CONGRESS 1 HALL LOOKING FORWARD TO ' THE INTRODUCTION OF MANY 1 NEW FEATURES NEXT SEASON ' I After the confusion, work, and wor- < ry of rehabilitation is oyer, and the 1 hotel is operating smoothly, with a season's success behind it, the mana- ] gem en t of the Congress Hall antici- ; pates the introduction of several ( features which will place it, with few 1 exceptions, above any hotel on the Atlantic Coast in point of appearance, i equiment and comfort. ] One of the plans is to construct 1 auto paths from the corners of the j grounds, leading to the hotel, so as < to afford motorists a means of ingress t directly to the front porch of the hotel. It is planned also to construct a series of beautiful sunken gardens. Bathhouses, three or four hundred in number, together with fresh and seawater swinjmmg pools will be constructed on the adjoining property it is reported, and will be connected with the hotel. The formal opening of the Congress 1 Hall held last Saturday evening, was a 1 highly - successful affair. The floor 1 of the ball room was comfortably ' filled with guests and couples present at the invitation of Mr. Wood. ESCAPED THE JINX Well, a* went to press yesterday, . in spite e# Friday 18th. GREAT EXCITEMENT < A large sixed rumpus was stirred j up when Atlantic City detectives, , brought here by delusory information j imported by a local alueth, actually , seised a questionable baby from a — " -Windsor avenue boarding house ana t had it photographed, believing it to , be the Coyghlin baby. , The exritment was quieted when the , camera exposed essential differences < between the suspect and the missing , baby.

buy markers forgraves S BRONZE METAU3 THAT WILL ! DITINGUISH THE GRAVES OF • -a 480 WAR VETERANS WHO ARE 1 BURIED, IN THIS COUNTY ARE i TO BE PURCHASED. SONS OF VETERANS ACTIVE — ^1 i At a recent meeting of- the Sons ■ of Veterans of Cape May, it was de- - cided to raise 8500.00 to purchase i bronze metallic markers for the graves of all soldier and sailors, who 1 lie buried in the cemeteries of Cape - May County; the veterans of the difi ferent wars to have separate distin- : gujshing mark^. There lies buried in Cape May i County 480 men who offered their all that you and I might live in peace and security. Each year Poet No. 40 G. , A. R. of Gape May on Memorial Day ; have planted flags and flowers in teni der remembrance to their departed comrades, but after a hard winter of storms and gales the flags disappear and the flowers have withered so that : it is utterly impossible to distinguish a soldier's grave from any other. To decorate on Memorial Day, the i remaining veterans have to depend upon the memory of the caretakers ; , of the cemeteries and their own to wee that the flags are properly placed, but as the ranks of the veterans of the Civil War are gradually thinning and their age makes them unable to continue the grand work that they started; therefore it is your duty and my duty -to see that it doei not stop and that the graves of all who bore arms in their country's defense are properly marked with a metallic marker that will withstand the onslaught and ravages of time, wind, and storm. Contributions are solicited from all. wait until you are asked, but do your bit and hand your mite to any- : one of the committee mentioned be- 1 low. It takes $1.00 to buy a marker for ' grave, but there are over 480 graves - who appreciates and reveres ' the service that these men have done ' for you and your country, let this be your slogan — "Buy a marker for a 1 soldier's grave." A. C. LYLE, Chairman ( \ CHARLES A. SWAIN WM. H. SMITH LEONARD SANDGRAN ! H. WALKER HAND DOING FINE WORK \ William Moore, tennis profess ianol, < equipped a repair shop for ten- < nis racquets, and is delivering satis- | work to a large number of 1 customers. SURPRISE PARTY , Capt. Geo. Wilcox of the U. S. S. Kankahee now located in CTncinatt^ planned a pleasant surprise in honor of his wife's birthday. Since he could not be present to celebrate the occasion, he sent a check to Mr. Mecray, requesting him to buy for Mrs. Wilcox who .is making her home at the Columbia untir she will be able to join Mr. Wilcox. Exquisite roses were purchased and birthday cake was baked by the clever pastry cook. Wherefore Mrs. Wilcox and son Robert had * pleasant surpise party and also made many of their friends happy distributing the roses at their various tables. :

AMERICANS! AWAKE! Sappart the Veterans of Foreign War a, who Carried Oar Flag to Foreign Sella awl Broegkt it Back Uninsalt ed. in Their Farce Comedy. "Mrs. Temple'# Telegram" 2 NIGtfTS OF MIRTH FRIDAY and SATURDAY AUGUST 27 and 28 ATTW OLD CASWO, Mtotoa tad Bmk Ammm t tMMUko

to lengthen seas0nby build-! 1 ing large golf course

! SAY CONTEMPLATED CONSTRUCTOIN OF EIGHTEEN i HOLE COURSE IN EAST CAPE 1 MAY WOULD EXTEND SEASON i | TO SEVEN MONTHS— PLANS t 3 ARE SHAPING UP. t e ; MAY BE Si EAR HOTEL CAPE MAY 1 ; c > ~ z : Faint rumors concerning the con- - tempi a ted construction of an eight- • een hole golf course strengthened v and took such definite shape last ^ r week that many are confiidently ' I predicting that such a plan will be I put into execution in the near future, . and go so far as to say that work ' will begin this fall, the ground to g - be broken right after Labor Day. 1 Many sites have been mentioned ^ ' in discussing the matter, but that re- J ■ ported the most often and the most ; favorably is the large track of land i directly back of Hotel Cape May. a This is spacious enough to afford the o i construction of the largest course on 1 I the Atlantic Coast. 0

When asked what the effect of this | would have on Cape May, Chas. A. Wood, lessee of the Congress Hall reported as having said, "I think that the proposed course would attract more- people to Cape May than ever, and that it would undoubtedly the season from its present short span to as much as seven months." Plans if financing the deal are under coasideratiaa of those back- ■ the fioject, hot have not as yet : divulged. Golf enthusiasts are excitedly dis- , cn wring the proposed links from all < angles, especially its technical con- < st ruction. At is said that the course ; will be be made hard enough so that experts will have to extend 1 themselves to secure many pars. j It has been learned from reliable J authority that Mr. Nelson Z. Graves, of Philadelphia will back the scheme. The cost will be approximately $90, ' it is estimated. 1

plan sale of wooden ships REESE P. RISLEY, FORMERLY ACTIVE IN THE CAPE MAY COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND ONE OF THS FOUNDERS OF ISEA ISLE CITY SUGGESTS SOVIET AS PURCHASER. A suggestion that the Soviet government would be the probable purchaser of the fleet of wooden cargo carriers wh:ch the United States government is trying to dispose of is made by Reese P. Risley who will lay his plan before the V- S. Shipping at Washington. Mr. Risley is export manager of a machine company at Leighton, Pa., a concern which makes printing presses Mr. Risley and Emerso'n J. Jen-

nings, president of the firm, are inter- < ested in the Russian situation because of a contract which they re- < • cently landed with the Soviet govern- i ) ment for 1000 flat presses at S4000 i each. j Mr. Risley believes that a peace 1 ^ will be consummated between Poland 1 1 and Russian within a few weeks and I * that shortly after tfae Allies will re- i ® ceive the Soviet government back in- I ^ td the "family of nations." At that ' time Mr. Risley expects that a vast I janount^ff grain which has been ac- ( cumulating in various parts of Russia I - will be- released for warld trade. r "Our large fleet of wooden ships," 1 s said Mr. Risley, "which is af present 1 t riding at anchor on Long Island \ f Sound, costing from $2000 to $3000 1 s a month for every ah*] would be ideal i X for short hauls on the Black or Baltic r seas, or out of the. port of Vtadivos- e i tok. _ ' i Mr. Risley will he remembered 1 3 here as being piaranent ia Cape May j - County affairs. s 3 I ^ '

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"Dream Home" Real HAVE a home decorated as yon like, a porch all your own, a yard for the children to piny in, and nobody to dictate to yon. You can have all that, save money, and it wont cost modi more than what you've been ^mrTing the time far rent. We have pictures, plana sad artfclea on cottagea, bungaken* hnmre, banaa, igHlmusw rmij sort of bofldhn Whether you are jjlenaiaj a new Uilfcting or wkh to fijwean repair*, it eriRny yon to com hi and tell tons. J H COOMBS LUMBER COMPANY ' W1LDWOOD, N.J. SXAMAtstzstcBserjaii J- At J

-{plan to ! handle rush service will be prepared to meet with labor day Demands. ;.l - — 1 1 Plans to handle the expected rush . of Philadelphians to the seashore on . Labor Day, Monday, September 6, , have-6een completed by the Philadel- , phi* and Reading Railway. The ser- . vice arranged for will be similiar to t that offered on July 2, 8, 4, and 5, when all records of travel over the Reading seashore lines were broken. : The height of the seashore travel over the Labor Day week-end is expected to occur when the throngs which will visit the shore return to their homes on Monday night, September 6. To take care of this tr«vel the Reading has arranged to operate trains from Atlantic City to Camden as fast as t^k space and s*fety will permit In addition to the regular scheduled trains six specials have • added out of Atlantic City at 5.30 P . M., 6.30 P. M., 7.00 P. M., 8.30 P. M., and 10.00 P. M. Pr*ctically all of the regular trains and six specials will be operated in sections, thus providing service from Atlantic City to Camden every 10 or 15 minutes. A late excursion train leaving Ocean City, WSldwood and Cape May 1 at 9.15 will be operated on Monday night, September 6, to bring visitors ■ from South Jersey points to their ' homes in Philadelphia. The regular i train leaving Ocean City for at 6. 47 in the morning 1 will not run on Monday, September 6, i but will be operated on Tuesday, 1 September 7 to provide train facilities « for those who care to stay at Ocean City during the night of Monday, 6. i One other special train which has • put into service recently by the is expected to be popular a with the crowds who intend to spend Day at the shore. It is a solid Pullman train which leaves Chestnut street, Philadelphia at 5.00 o'clock every Friday night. Another recent addition to the Reading's service from the shore proved very popular. In order to satisfy the desire of a number of Philadelphians who are living at the shore to reach the city earlier in the morning, earlier than is possible by the 6.30 express, the Reading has added to its schedule every Monday morning an early tram leaving At- 1 lantic City for Philadelphia at 6.20. t It is expected that the rush to and " from the 6hore on Labor Day will be t greater than that of July 4. Not only r the Reading expect to carry from c shore as many holiday visitors as •it carried on July 4, but a number of c people who have been spending the e summer at the various New Jersey s resorts will bring their vacations to 1; S 'wwiw win vim* uicir w i

a close on Labor Day and return to the city for the wintev. schools rise in value PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY JUMP FROM VALUE OF $236,175 TO $611,566 IN DECADE. According to the abstract of rat- ' ables issued by the County Board of • Taxation the estimated value of < the School property in Cape May , County has riron to an amount in 1920, two and six tenths times as much as in 1910, as follows: — i 1910 $ 236,175.00 1 1911 245,070.00 I 1912 276,520.00 I 1913 300,450.00 I 1914 347,610.00 1915 400,000.00 1916 413,875.00 1917 487,305.00 1918 556,670.00 I 1919 611,560.00 I 1920 611,560.00 > BOY ScduT BKNZF1T J If yw haven't already sseni mi ymr ,

PERSONAL [ MENTION I INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF GAFR MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. i — — i Miss Alice Matthews, a librarian la , the Carnegie library at Washington . D. C. is stopping at the Columbia . Hotel. » - . Miss Dorothy C. Hogue, Miss Rom ; M. Hogue and Mrs. Jas. T. Shilling. . Lord of Wilmington, Del, axe sojoom- > ing at Cape May and are registered • at the Columbia HoteL , i Miss Helen and Margaret Harmer of Germantown, Pa. are popular I visitors at this resort i Miss Helena Way with her friend; ! Miss Ellen Focht of Washington, D. ■ C h*ve registered at the Columbia , HoteL Dr. John W. Marcy from Merchant- , viJle is at the Cf.'utnbia. Miss Re to A: Momber*. anJ Elanor . Mtmbert of Pei arson, N. .T. are visiti ing Cape May for the first time and are so delighted with the resort that they have extended their stay for a period. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. EttTnger will : return to their home in Philadelphia after spending a delightful fortnight at the Columbia HoteL A. C. Studer, a prominent newsman and publisher, is stopping at the Congress Hall for the balance of the season. Mr. Studer is the owner of the Montolair "Times." Mrs. D. C. Donoghue, of Germantown will spend the season at her New Jersey avenue cottage. theatre to bejrebuilt ENTIRE INTERIOR OF THE "PALACE" WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED AND FINISHED IN STUCCO— WILL HAVE NEW STAGE, CEILING AND HEATING PLANT— CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED. J. P. Cox, proprietor of Cox's announced yesterday that the contract for the rebuilding of the "Palace" had been awarded to Leonard H. Davis, who has already commenced work on it, with an early opening in view. The interior of the house will be completely rebuilt, and perfected in detal, and no expense will be spared to make the theatre thoroughly modern in every respect. iy muutra in every resjwei.

The stage will be enlarged, and will, when completed, afford facilities for any sort of a performance. An elliptic ceiling will be built and the latest system of modern concealed lighting will be installed. Special attention will be paid to the new heating system, which will be the veffibest available, and will be ready toTtoombat the most severe weather. Mr. Cox has also arranged for a new and far more comfortable seating arrangement The Palace is associated with the Hunt Theatres of Philadelphia and This organization controls about fourteen playhouses. Attractions' of the highest order, both in the silent and legitimate drama have been booked it is said. Mr. Leonard Davis, the contractor charge who opened the Congress Hall in the face of tremendous di- / fficulties has assured the management that the theatre will be ready in the part of September. MOTOR SHOP OPENS Melross Denny, who has been engaged in the automobile repair busifor soon time, has opsaad a modem repair shop ia tha FrwMir Building oa What Perry Street, mi is cateriag te a amahar o i aata drivers who are partieeMr ahae* tha bMbs of waik deae m their meBi. yiehBB wtthd^ | i * i Hi * ' -