OCEAN ,CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXI.

OOEAtf CIT.Y, N. J„ THUKSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911.

NO. 22

Ocean City Sentinel

OCEAIN^GITV. IM. J t, CURTIS ROBINSON EJitor and Proprietor $i oo Per Year, Strictly in Advance, CirV. DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICIAI.S

MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW, sitor.Mutw Mill Ki.miner ta Cheacar;, ran Ckiurt I'oramlaUonm. Notary Pabllc. rK MAk t ot KT HOI HK, N. J. iOpposite labile Uulhllnol, JONATHAN HAND, 7 OotiriHollor-at-1 w , Hollcltor, turner In > 'bencry.'NoUry Public. CAPK MAY COURT HOUHK, N. J.

LAW OFFICES*. Apu^ar & Boswell,

Tc hutchinson m .) THERE IS WORK HERE • v HAND WON T RUN HALF INTEREST IN PIER T FOR THE COUNTY COURT FOR ASSEMBLE BOUGHT •'BY CAPITALISTS

L AW OFFlc E s Godfrey & Godfrey, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAMES M. E. HILDRETH

CIIUKCtl SBRVICbS. P

Otis M. Townsend

J N. GR1SC0M, M,. D. KIOMTH KT. AND WRHLKV AVK. tllflre * ,ou r" ( [U^^Humtey. * Al Keubru H. Cunmu'm Menipra. Mufidaya. iifs Alien Corson,

Dh- W. P. HAINES COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE OCtAfTAITV.'N; J. QR. CHARLES B. RIDER »• l>ontiHt«« 809 Central Avenue tM.ua city. a. j. J}R. CHASr W McCURDY

Testimony Shows That There Have Been Peculiar Acts By Former Officials. That Uieie h«y been unirlal llMitm.tj III Ocean flty In .the part no one 111 with any degree of reaaoo attviupt > deny In the face of teatlmoDy given before founcll'a InveaUgatlng < nut. ddrlantuai'tjr evhlent that-tmie thing vefy clone to perjury ha* been

immttted.

That a number pf vrter. In ocean City approve of .urh t«nillllon« l» .how n by their actionh and lalh. Not only do tliey approve, but they ap-

plaud. ,

CONCERT WAS

U

‘hrla.

every vlaltor here

of the'pier, not to a'peak

lof hla w ide ai-i|iialntance throngh

Little Ones Make a Hit, and j cape May

Mrs. Conly Receives Hand-

t (hi.

|tet'tlli

of af-

I that l»

nod el cllyV

The work of the hivertigatlng , lulllee ha. been opanly aileered at, the member, of the committee mall, ibject nil.repreneutcd.

k for the ct

! Private Business Interests J Are Taking Up AH of BUYS HOME HERE

C. S. Hand Continues as President; J. Ra£endrick t 0

GREAT SUCCESS..

His Time. wmblymali *

ml. >

ON FIRST VISIT

(Jceau '

some Present.

1‘erhap. the blggeat feature of the veiling wa* the.Hinging of little .Ml»« ealiuetle Darby, .'lyearxuld. Shcang All Alone." The audience a|>|«vlaird her etlorta'to aueh an^ extent lial .he wa» re|>ealetlly

ml forced to glvt

wllh

Kairtclaliy lanl. ('only

THE I’F-TO-DATE Tonsokiai. Parlor

824 Aabury Avenue

our Barbers NO WAITING

. flMUtncrp dlcaraacc Sale .

"f l,.uhr.' imd Children'w liats, *12. $8. *6, *3, *5. *2.50, *2, *1 full line of straw braida at half price

J. H. Hildreth's

S2rt A.bury Ave., Ocean Hly, 2f. J.

AtlanlU'.X’Uv Theatres

” I -

AlVU ^1 III M ill

i.)jfter: VjwiUylaMi^TbMiiom^

‘ Bellevue Bath Houses ' I )lrrrl!y oppo.lla Ibeort popular J^*b-

Hot 5ea Water Baths

" j^ADDOCK’S PHARMACY KIghth Street and Anbury Avenue ’ “wipRICE 7BC^

A LI. TM1H WKHK '

atsla. Tlinrwdns nntl Hwiurduy

1 A. H.'WOODS preseuB

jui^Wn KLTIIHCiE

In the Biggest era. Known in Yeats

THM

FASCINATING WIDOW Eve., jsc. }«*, 75c. »i, fi.50. t‘ Mats., jsc. 5«. 75c. >i.oo, >1.50 MJ'-XT WI'KSi JIAriAM SHERRY

There flty.

Either some forme have been robber, or 1 perjurera, according to Properly owner.'pro .hould take prompt m

NEW BUILDINGS

- Brownlee collage, at the corner of Seventh street and Aabury avenue, III be moved to a slle on l entral aveue. near Eighth rtreet. and couvertI Into an apartment houae. W. Waahlngton'a store and dwalliug, Aabury avenue, will also be ioved to auoOier site. Both of tbeae buildluga were erected 1 the early history of this city. It ia reported that m<Nlern bulldiuga wlUJieconrtructed onjlhe .He. now occupied by the«! properties. Soardwalk Ordinance rawned. The ordinance providing for Ihe exunion of the Boardwalk from rieventeeuth Street to Twenty-third atreet as panned On thldf reading by Couniat a special ineetSiig Friday evening, he walk Is to be Meet wide. Mayor re»e took the ordinance home for mnlderatlon.

wan the hit of

nald by many that It wan alone wo the price of admUalon. The singing of the children wa. [ ticularly line In the chorun of " Tinker Tinker," led by Minn Baker. The recltatkm, "The Pudding " Ml«a Adelaide ('only, wa* euthu. tlcally applauded by the audience. The entertainment wan made pedally plea.aut by Ihe prenentatl by H. W, Edward., of a bompie dlached lo.which wan a II containing a heautlful hriKn h the chllareu taking part

prec'atlon of h

hard work with them and of her •pleudld friendship lownrd them. At the clone-of the eutertafiimi the Howe family-wan Introduced

Wm. Campbell, who wan a hen three warn, was buried In Philatlelp few days since. He was one of nt survivor, of tbe Indian mutiny,

two medals

given by t

I'rlmi

CHURCH SOCIETIES.

SECRET SOCIETIES. TT^randnmfFiwrtbTluiriMuY •»

I t may be just barely possible that some other fellow may sell it a little cheaper, but abetter quality—“IMPOSSIBLE. We have it ami we have it good. Give us your order for the Sunday poultry. We dress them. .

Boyle’s Dependable Market 8. W. Cor. Twelfth St and Asbury Ave. Everything in Meats, Groceries and Vegetables

Council Hears •« Mrclloe Al tbe npedal meeting of Council Friday evening, City Clerk It. Uarralmui ofllcially Informed Ihe member., an required by law, of the renull of the recent election on the ouertlu adopting or rejecting cummlnrinn of government.

VYILL BUILD VACHT CLUB HOUSE HERE

Victor J. Hnmbrecht is Said to be Having Plans Prepared. It la stated that Victor J. Huuubrecht. of Philadelphia, la arranging lo have plana prepared for a laige yacht dub house In the uortb end of this resort. Mr. Humbrechtbas large holding, of land In the upper aectlou of Ihl. city, and hla thought lu planning for tbe dub houae la to take care of Ihnae who have bought laud and located there and who may be Interealed In lotor boats and yachta. Many of thorn who now spend immer seasons In their homes In that section, gud others who eoutemplate building up-town, are ardent lovers boating, and tbe location la Ideal.

ItooTlI’w"

Tu\X u J

, MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE. o,f,"“K" r niTn° £.“ k «d oimm Kp^P^-' '“J ..Is, Alao lot* for Investment and for lnipn.vam«Kit—the choice of j. M. CHESTER & CO., Ocean City, N. J.

rti-Mlsila Council, I

X. Ad.m. Willard W. AOa CUIS. E. UIMS t BRD.

ROWE L- l_ ’ S

,. Thie Rellatsle Store mens fubnishinos Attractive line of New l)r«* Fabrics, ^ics-a ml Childrens Suits, Shirt Waists. Wrappers, Hosiery, Belts. Combs. Barrettes. Neckwear, etc.; Mens Laps, Underwear,. Shirts, Collars. Belts, Ties, etc. YOU WILL PROFIT BY TRADING HERE

POWELL'S

; . Q21 ASBURY AVENUE pCEAN CiTY, N. i.

Interesting to Investors

or those .ho wish a desirable location lor a Sea Side Hone 1-or sale in Section G, Ocean City, in vranit); ol State Koad and I'ennsylyania and Reading Railroad Stanon. and Thirty-

lourtli street, Lots Nos. and 787 Wertey ave -ocean front, end 788 Ceiilral avenue-trolley.

Aabunr a and 880,

11 the

l.'lvll War. He wa* a native of .Scotland. A iririer. Mm. Isabel Alexa

reside* lu Ihl* city.

(.'apt. Kobert II. Tlnamau, of Philadelphia, who** collage here la at JtUn Aabury avenue, baa a new motor I the Kilty Wink. It’a a beauly. friend, aay. Capt. Tlnaman I. a it ber of the Ocean City Motor Boat Club.

■•urchaavd Cw4l»*e reeveJohn T. Brown, of Philadelphia, ha

purebaaed a collage on Ocean avenut between Fourth and Fifth alreeit

recently built by Allen Scull. The I H"lghiandt.

wle waa made by Maaaey & Kdwarda. | Bed Bank aud Freeliold.

inatloii

> hi.

.« Eugene Dowd, of Germantown, Secures Fine Cottage

Near the Boardwalk.

rved t>

III lake up all I be lm|HM.IIilr f

AGED MAN KILLED

John. K. Jrn-licr. sgeil Ttk yca'rs, ol Wert Phlladelptila, «a» almo.t lhatantly killed by falMng. It la'.uppored, from au-Oceau City excuralou tear Camden Thuraday eveirmg. ageil man had .pent Tliuiralay 1 la aoua In Ihla city, where alao fe I. on a vl.IL He waa out hi a ig the day, and, befotejeav-

mr, cninplalneil uf ad. rtfyipoaed to hi

iuaed by the rockluR-aUhe t Hla family here were .Informed of tlieifatallly Thuraday in who hail read of It In a morning

paper.

The family, through » Dually located the body at taker O'Hrleu’a place lu Caiudi

lug for

ANOTHER APARTMENT

. J. M. Cheater A Co. have mid a’lot on the (llrard Iteallly Co.'a tract to Mra. Ij. Kdllh Hartniau, of Pen nay I van la. The linn wl plana drawn for her for a two-door Hal

to be erected on the lot.

T'hla la Mra. Hartmau'a aecond In Ocean City. Khe waa here fm Drat time eight or trine year. ago.

To Take Auto Trip.

. K. V. Cbraon and wife an Coraou and wife will leave here l.abo Day In the Drat-named gentleman’ auto for a trip up the .State. They wli goaa far north aa Atlantic Highland

and will vlalt a.number of tbcdtlea

011 Ibclr trlp. They will begone a fe* daya.. They will go from here ti

Tom'a Itlvar, to Lakewood, to Atlautlc

Hoad.

I E. A.

; J. RgdCendric be ll^^Rircr. •ul ChrNiRwland,

with

led thal

romptly tieT«'il'l l‘uy »

ittage liere. He lookesl at n nuiuber ’ houae. in dlllerenl acctlon. of the ly aud Dually, Thuraday, he pur-m-ial the large (hid prettily arranged aw cottage of AlOert Fogg, on Ninth reel, a abortilirtance fnim tlie KoattlHeretofore Mr. Dowd aud family ave - been - .pending’ the rummer taaoua In Atlantic City, but “Oene” tya of that remrt, "never again!'’ ANOTHER BIG CROWD

unlay and Hunday were perhap*

the biggert day. Oceaii City ha. had Mil* searpu lu |Hilul of- number ol The Boardwalk and rtraud were owded on Kunday. There were two young |>eople Who experienced eo-

lation In the aurf aud Hi

brought In safely,

lug aerlou.

urea of tbe day. ia probable thal, weather dltlonajavorable, there »III be An crowd here next Saturday and Hunday, for the Labor Day holldaya,

but the an

And, of the

•ler Company, haa Juat

completed- arraugemeuta which a*•urea the Immediate Adoption of tbe preaenl building plana, -which have beeu 011 view on the pier .front during Ihe pre-cut waaou.' A amall ayndlcate of capltallata long^ lutereated lu Ocean •City haa pnrehaaed A half hitereat In the pier and the atock of the company aud will at once co-operate In carrying the.plan, to completion. Among Ihoae lulereatrd are John B. Kendrick, who will act aa Ireaaurer of the eorIHirathm aiid devote a good deal of hla time to ila future direction from a

nanclal atand|iolut.

Mr. Kendrick ia conalderablv Intarerted In central real ratal, here aud ctm.latent friend of Ocean City for twenly-Dve yean part. Hla ieaa .tauding and atrong connect Iona In Phllsdel phla a] ton id prove vain - to the pier corporation and Inrar* careful handling of Ita Dnancea, ai drlct ndelltf lo the Interart of thoae who may Invert In tbe accarttlee of the Cbria. Hand Pier Corporation.

-Ill certainly |

b .urf aud they were r. but there wa. noU»l ihl. line to myfrthe

Ira. Henry Qgrlach dealrea to thank friend, wlwi tendereil tlielr palhy aud aiwlrtance at the tin he death of her hu.baud, whlc urred recently.

r,„

and rottagera lo know that a racrepler, embracing a beautiful iter of modern dealgn and coortrurtlon will be added by next aaason 1 the attracthina of tbla resort. Cbria. H. Hand, long and favorably uowu on tbla coast, continues aa' president and general manager d tbe Ocean Pier Company and can iow guarantee to Ocean City an amusement pier which ahall compare _ favorably wjtb any along the coart. If. indeed. It does not excel generally In architectural grace and symmetry. Present plaua contemplate the starting of tflbnew structure In tbe early part of October, so that It will be In full readiness for ihe Barter season of 1912. The Ocean Pier will have a frontage of 180 feet on Ihe Boardwalk and the theater will have a abating capacity of 2,000. Tbe pretnlaaa will te rteatn-b ated so that tbe bert class of winter visitors will be attracted. President Hand baa demonstrated during the present season that a blgb-clai-s recreation pier and theater Is demanded lu Ocean CH/, and eufllelent bueipess le guaranteed to amply repay Investing In tbe enterprise.

THREE CATBOATS STRUCK BAR AND WERE CAPSIZED

WILL BOILD FINE COTTAGE UP TOWN,

BACK FROlf THE WEST

lllrar. Corson Did Mot Ca

tor CsIHornla.

F.lmer Corson, brother ol I m, of tbe Button and Conou Company, who left hla farm at Beealey'a Point last fall and went to California, Is .rturnlng to this sect lor, accompanied by hie family. He dM not like California. He waa connected wllh plumbing houae In Do* Angela*. Mr. (toreon and family left Doe Angeles Wednesday. 'They will atop In Buffalo, where Mra. Corson has relatives, for abont ten days, and will reach here Srptember 15. Mr. Coraou -anage Ezekiel V-. Coraou'* far lurt iliatauca from this city. opewert Flrae Accoont. There waa considerably rivalry In the mailer of opening the Drat account In ihe Ocean City Title and Trust Co ’a building. Supervisor of Hlgh.1 Warren W. Brown beat Ihe others and opened tbe Drat new ae-

count

Racers of the Yacht Club Met with Serious Accident Off

Fourth Street.

There was great excitement on tl each front Kunday afternoon when three catboats of the Ocean City Yacht

, _ . Club struck on the bar off Fourth D. A. Henderson, of Camden, Tlie lK ,„ B w#n , undet BnyS Two Lots from hawser. Close together, and when they Oords-na Cn struck they capsized. . The sea Gardens LO. ! running high and the boats we D. A. Henderanu, a Camden stock-1 Imminent danger of being sma.hcd to broker, haa purchased-two lots on the j bits. bay front, with riparian rights, from I The boats were the kllauue, owi (be Ocean City Oardena Company. | by C. W. Maalaud; the Elf, owned by It Is ll»e Intention of Mr. Henderson | Hear Commodore Mamuel 1 build for bis own use a .handsome and the Erma, owned by Dr. Utorg* cottage on tbla met of land. W. Urquhart. They look part lu tbe Mr. Heuderaon Is much impressed j races at Cape May Qjc Baturday and with tbe beauty of Uielbcatlou. He la were being lowed backiby the-motor Interested In motor boating. ■ boat Tocaam to the Ocean (?Ity Yacht With William R. Maaaey, of this | Club, of which they were fiart of the city, hla business partner, Mr. Hen- fleet, wlien the accident occurred.

Kamuel Bcburch. takes 'this method of returning her sincere thanks to the many friends whotendered their sympathy and lielp at Ihe lime oPthe death ol her huaband v Khe es|>erlally desires to thank the members of the Masonic laplgeaud loja Connell. SELECTED* HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Prof. O. W. Rcichly is an Honor Man of Bncknell

College.

CHANGE OF ATTITUDE

People around town Friday morn lag were mkl how former Cownellman Headley last night, with easy grace aud hi his customary cool rtyls, wiped the face of the earth Councit’a Investigating Committee. >re are some citizen* and tagpayers here who would like to know why Mr. 'Headley’s attitude haa changed since June 25 tart.

In-a dispatch In •

lewapaper of June 28, be la quoted ■

■peaking as follows;

"I shall ask to be heard by thibom MtrrcK. I win. umtav that ®

MUCH SHALL HOT I

Kuperhitetideut of Schools James M Hlevens has selected Prof.- O. W Keichly to be principal of the Ocean l

City High Behool, subject to thp ap- ^ - - proval of the Board of Education. have been made by him, when be BProf. Itelchly, who has been here (najly la called before tbe commlUee and accepted the position, baa berti ta j Mr. Headley queatlooa tbe power of otiarge of the science department of CUB the committee and attempts to balk

deraon lias had holdings In that sectlou

I the r

rt forec

The Fourth- atreet life-saving

tinder Capt. J. Mackey Corson, went to the aaststauce of tb* boats. Two of tbe crew released tbe Klt^bue from tbe others. It was dlfltcull to do much

wllh Ihe boats In the heavy

tbeElfaud Erma soon went adrift, ; Later they were washed on the beach j a few squares below where they had

the accident. was pulled out

York High School for the las year*. He Is a graduateof theCeutral Pennsylvania College aud an honor man of Kitcknell College of the clase

of 1901.

Mr. Itelchly will have aa hla branches In the local school physics, chemialry and mathematics. Tieroiues thoroughly well recommended as an Instructor, aud is said lo have beeu very popular with hla clasaes at York, Pa. 80 YEARS OLD

^ANOTHER BAY VILLA Mra. J. I.. Web#*** OI»e« Contra*

Mrs. Jaue L. Webster, of Merchantvilla, N. J., baa awarded .lo tmla M

Townsend tbe contract for a handsome K||BUIle . b., Sll., S» . —MSI t. » ~1 M tb- , a boat house and garage. leaking badly Them buildings will be localed along r * . tbe bay front, below Fourteenth street, »hane

lot with fifty feet frontaga, re- * ceutiy purchased from II. K. Mtanton. The build Inga have been harmoniously designed and will combine to make' one of the bandsomert pro pert tea along

the bay front.

Tbto la Mrs. Webster's Orel Ocean City and she to sodellghted that will make IhVher summer home

permanently.

irtty to own your OCEAN CITY.

Paraltere, Carpet., lUttlei aad Sefflag

J'.TJSSSW.sr Central Avenue

_ Also a few meadow Iota.

^ SSSfyssS wr."— “

ARTHUR D, BARROWS, Quaralan^

Ocean City, N. J.

The members of tbs crews of all Ihe

were on board the Tocsam

racers struck the bar.

Think It

HARRY BRADLEY,

Real Estate Operator, Ninth and Ai bury avenue, next to Are house wh will show you tbe vary hart way and aomv of the greatart —- — *~

found- here 00 tbe

Pbobi connecOon.

■a»r creeee ■w*e | *-•*■- Mayor Cream has purchassd all on the bay front from the Omen City Gardena Co. Thrm of the lota are located on the compeoy’i tracts facing the bey, aud the other thjpd-fiuw the lagoon.

1 MAie.CUeap.

Filth stress and Asbury

, _ _ _ d front. 7# fret devp; oulto be let to alley, will veil on easy ‘

ninarr lor Mtea acbartOrr. Mra. il illlam C. Young, of Tltlrteeuth St reel and Central avenue, gave a dinner on Thursday evening lu honor of M Isa Margaret Hchttenler, of Phllad-lphia. Among the guerta were Miss Elizabeth Hoaelle, Mra. John Itemuey. Miss' Gertrude Roselle, Mi Moulgrr aud Mim Nellie W. Hmlth. It

For Bala Or rtaol.

Will reut from 18tb of Beptembei - — —••••- furnished

Mrs. Mary Huuben, a sum dent of,this resort, celebrate.1 tbe eiglitleth anniversary of her birth with grand dinner ai tier beautiful cottge at Thirteenth street and Asbury avenue. Thursday. 1 Mra. Houben was born !o Westphalia. Gerinany, August 21, 188!. She knew the late Henry Gerlach from the I time when they were children-. In j 1854 Mrs. Houben came to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. Khe has lived at 85811 North Eleventh street for many years. She has been summer resident of this city for the' asi ai years, It being through Mr. Gerlach that she settled In Ocean

City-

Many of Iter relatives gathered here to congratulate Mrs. Houben on her eightieth birthday anulversary and everyone enjoyed a splendid time. 1 Mrs. Houben- received many IlnegiftA “ Mrs. Iloubtu is remarkably active for one of her years, slid sbe retain* all her faculties. Khe has many warm friends aud admirers In this city.

the members lu Ibeir we He consults legal 1

whether the ec

question bia acta. Hi aeeurm aaoptnlou from an Atlantic CUy’jodga, who tells him that legally be dom not have appear b^bra the eommirtee. If Mr. Headley were elueera In' hla claims that he courts Inquiry, why does he not appear before the committee and freely answer the queaOona

mbmitted;

In the lulervlew referred to be describes, as stated, the work of the Investigating committee as a “plal." As an Injured party, to It not reman able tg suppose that ha would take the Drat opportunity preeenU up this plot aud be eagar tore<

{be sworn

1*1 of November, prettily furnished t-uiiagca 887-847 Fourth street, Ocean

Re sure and go to H. IL Kmith A Hous for anything In the' line of Wkll Paper. You w ill not only be treated right, hut you will get a square deal, Fob Kalb.—Two lota, 25x105 fe

Laurel No ttMH. Kec. A., Wesley avenue. Pri