" OCEAN CITY SENTINEL -> j j

VOL. XXXVI " . | COEAN CITY, N. J„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916. - NO. 37

^ ( , In the last issue of the Sentinel in this STOCC-. ii.lwrtisi-ii a o,tlaKC f„r ,,1... 1 on may hat,- n-j.i it - s. va ral surely did. and """ " h ' Win ' lici-iiiisf investigation proM-tl iii. ■•or Mi.iti-nicm- i-nm-ct as to its attracli.ms ,.n,i . h. aj.u^s. \\1W Wt- are bringing to your attention h. lo«. two bargains, equally as attract i \e as the cottage, iu their way. | Again opportunity -is knocking at your door. MASSEY & EDWARDS - I If a : Neat little Bungalow on the Bay ■ ever appealed to you. here is an opportunity to secure a beautifully unique location facing the Anchorage lagoon ol the \ a« ht Club, at a figure almost one-half at which these lots have always been held. . They have concrete sidewalks and curbs, fully graded and of fine depth from the street I to the water. From the \ acht Club piazzas one looks direct I v down upon these lots: and i irotu a Bungalow on one ol them the view would cover the Ocean. Inlet. Bay. Yacht Club I and grounds. If there is a -|K>tjii all Ocean City that should 1* comparatively free from t mosquitoes and hay fever condition*, tiiis is it. I We can build you a charming little- bungalow on one of these lots, with a Pergola running back to the water sedge, and deliver vou the deed, lor less than $2000 00, or sell « you the lot so you can do it. Write us Iqr photos ol-the grounds and further particulars. ' MASSEY & EDWARDS \ EighthTfRd Central Avenue 4 ' I =====~=—— l i I Wesley Avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth ' is one ol the most charming residence blocks in Ocean City. Every one knows this aad every person familiar with Ocean City will quickly admit it. J WELL .' We offer for sale a building lot in that block. 40 ft. frontage, running back J to the 15-ft. alleyway, for only $1400.00. When can you remember of snch a lot being , offered at sncli a price ? J A cottage on this lot. with its ocean view and attractive surroundings, will always be ' in first demand for rental purposes. After this lot is sold there will be many who will say _if I had only known of this I certainlywould haVe bought it. " Your judgtPCSLAMl* , you that this is a most unusual hat gain. Don t rn'ss it A photo of the ground will be j sent if you desire. MASSEY & EDWARDS Eighth and Central Avenue J

MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and CPU N_S EL EOR - AT LAW, A^£Z2VZSZ BBWUbisT *" ». Host Arose. aanasw c boswei-i LAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell, BOL'KHE BU1LUINU. aaai'RY AVENUE ui KIOHTH NTRKK1 _ OCCAM CITY . M. J. LAW OFFICES Godfrey, Giddiogs & Head BsmMMlDUdlBf ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. H. NEWELL HEULINQS Attorney at Law 80S Eighth Street Ocean City New Jersey ELWOOD C. WEEKS Ittamj nd ConMillor-il Ui Nl A-bury Avenue. Ocean City i ns "n t"*"1 u"b'd ai u cut lies Eiiniud Vitbont Drops *OplTJi*r,*wnr > A. W. ELY * tla Mine cm. a. J. Sauu HbCr* r*** Pi "" Ooor- "" — ■ Advertise in the SENTINEL

» t Watch This Spaee j —TILL XMAS -1 i " IT WILL INTEREST YOU . j ' THE \ Columbia Giapbonoia i is unquestionably the superior of i all Talking Machines and you are j foolish if thinking of purchasing one < until after you have heard one in my store. Get a new "Lazaro." Record of; . Greatest tenor for 200 years. , ° I TbennosGoitles and nm fits for Xmas Gifts Lakes Jewelry Store ■ ocean city, i. j. \ ' I '■ ' i

garbage contract award ! held up another week

; Lowest Bidder Has Failed to Comply With Commission- j ere' Conditions. I Ai ibe uetkly meeting uf the Clly , Commissioners. lbs mayor uld thai be baa received a Idler from Mr. Kraal, the loam bidder tor tba gsrbage contract, lu which ba baa failed to comply with tba conditions or the cummlaslonert. The mayor, therefore recommended that the award of the garbage contract be laid over for a we*. b On motion of Director Campbell, II 7 waa eo agreed. ■ The monthly reports of Building Iu ° apector William S. Jobnrau. wltb a ° check for 883 attached, and Electrical Inspector Klgglns, with a check for b were ordered received and UTed. * aud the money turned over 19 the city " Quit-claim deeds were granted W. K. fl Sweeten on lot 727. Ocean City Gardens. and Harrison N. Diesel on aoutb l' 20 feet of lots 822. 828, 824 and 825, Sec- " C. " City Solicitor A. C. Boswell nolltlad * Jobpaon, as cousuble of Ibe Secoud f' Ward, baa been approved and Hied. u The title of ordinance No. 83. wblcb tl provides for Issuing temporary loan notes lo pay for tbe proposed relui- P provemspl of Wesley svenoe, between 1 ■' Seventh eod Nlotb streets, was read b by CUy Clerk H A. Morris. On motion of Director Adams, tbe K ordinance was laid over for four weeks for further consideration. V Director Adams presented tbe fob ol lowing resolution, wblcb waa apBe It II Resolved, by Ibe Board ol Commie- ■■ aJoutrs of Ocean Oily, that Ocean Oily t* borrow from tbe First National Bank, U of Ocean. CUy, Naw Jersey, Ibe sum « of twelve thousand dollara (112 000), id anticipation of tbe collection (I of taxes for tbe ,yeer 1918. Ibis note T being given to renew e note due on T 8. 1916. end tbet tbe proper a officers be authorised aud lustrucied \ execute A note to secure said -urn. A comber .pf bill* were ordered paid. C. El I wood Carpenter baa completed £ arrangements fee tbe daooe for Casluo * Club members to be given el tbe Bell*- et vu*-8treiford Hotel. Philadelphia, beat di Saturday ..evening from 860 to 12 _ o'clock. Ao orchestra of selected mu- * alclans will pravMt tbe muelc. Tbe K subscription will be (150 for eacb « couple. Tbe affair Is plauped as s re- .V unlou of tbe club m.mbere. ei

PASSED AWAY AS HE WAS SLEEPING Frederick S. Pfitzeumycr's \ bong Sufferings Peacefully 1 Ended by Death. , Frederick 8. FHtzeumeyer. wbo had I beeu 111 from tuberculosis for two 1 I years. passed peacefully away In bis 1 Eighth street, early Monday Me ep pea red to be -lreplng when 1 wife looked at blui ebortly before < o'clock. Unable lo arouse hlm.sbe I summoned Dr. Allen Corson, wbo J quickly aaw I hat tbe vital epark bad c | Mr. PUixeomycr. who t*as born In I Philadelphia ou June 6 1872. came 10 1 Ocean Clly ten years ago and engaged | he continued elgbi year-. His health < failed two years ago. and since Ibeh, f to twelve weeks ago, be assisted In ■ store ol squire Frank H. Ware. a Before coming lo Oceao City,. Mr. c was engaged as a chemist f tin a big manufacturing plaut at AmPa. t grieved lo learn of bis dealb. ' t Ha leaves a wife aud iwo children. < PQieeumy er baa tbe sympathy of a u umber of friends. | Services were held at tba borne of £ tbe family lasl evening, conducted by Rev. Charles H. Hohuer, pastor of • First Preahylerlao Church. Tbe 4 was sent (bis moruiog by Undertaker Lake lo Ambler, where Inter- 1 meut will be tble afternoon. 1 A quartet saog ' Just As I Am" and ■ (bare was a pretty duel by Dr. J. ' Hugbea and Lewis K. Smith. I quartet comprised these gentle- * aud Mlaaes Louisa T. Corson aud Ada M. Ranck. ' ■» I Cards Winter House. I The usual weekly progresalve card ' party will be beld at tbe Ocean City Yacbi Club's Winter Home, Nlolb wbk Central arenoe, next Saturevening. There were nearly 40 c players last Saturday. Tbe high 1 scorers were C L. Breckley, Mrs. Otla ' Town-eud. Mies Louisa T. Corson. c K. A Porter. Oils M Townseud • and Parker Miller. I

SILENT WORKERS j LOSE TO SOLDIERS ' Military Clob Five Take Warm Game from Deaf ! Mates, 49 to 31. "The Silent Workers. ' of Hoboken. proved so attract lou at Ibe armory 1 ibe oppouents of tbe Ocean Clly Military Club's basket ball dve. There was oue of Ibe vlalllug teem lo tbose afflicted as ibis yuuna man, but ha abd bla companions did < most of tbslr "talking" by means of ; tbelr fingers. "The Silent Workers" put up a fast expeclallous of some w ho bad beard 1 or read of wbat Ibe team bad done 1 last week wlib tbe Wild wood (earn. 1 It would take more than an 1 ordinary Ave lo beat tbe game tbt I put up Saturday evening and I seDtbal. Hlldretb aud Henderson played -like a bouse on fire." while I Sallerlre sod fcfbarp gave a good 10- < in excellent form ou bla (booting 1 Ibe line Melxler, of tbe visitors, I and. much taller tbao Henderson. 1 amused the crowd by jumptog up and down Id frout of Hcudereoo, whom he I ae be did so. Saderlee, tbe youngest player 00 I tbe local learn, la abowtng marked 1 Improvement. When Hlldretb starts 1 dowD tbe floor It la a dangerous proposition to gel lo bis way. I Tbe score was lied al 14, aud tbt 1 Ural half ended lu favor of Ocean City lo 14. I Tben tbe locals let themselves out, and tbey scored a clean-cut victory, to 81. Line-up: I CLUB SILENT workers . 1 I Pelolo . / Forward j Melxler , Center Reinke "•••'• {"vr ; Field goals— Welseutbal, 9; Hender- ( QO, 8; Sallerlee, <; Hlldretb, 2; Pelolo, . Meule-, 8; Reloke, 7; Hansen, I; 2 Foul goale — Henderson 16; . 8. Johnson, referee. Mad K0J0 ratsle Trip. 1 Dr. .Allen Corson and .family, re- < cently back from a two waake' trip which took In Dale ears Water Gap, and Niagara Falls, bad sail delightful lima. Tble was Dr. Cor- j sou's flrst real yacadlou lo years, and t was thoroughly enjoyed by blm. 1

K. OF C. CLOB BOYS I HAD JOLLY THE Members Entertained Friends at a Barbecue in Summer 1 Quarters Here. Tbe members of tba. Kolghla of 1 Club. Blxtceutb street aud ibe Bayous, entertained a number of frttDde SuDdey with a pig barbecue It , being tba closing of lb* bonae for tbe aaaaoo of 1916. President William Flood. In a neat •peccb during tbe dinner. gave ao outline or Ibe growth of Ibe dab, and extolled tbe baa ui las of Ocean City, dr- 1 clarlng It to ba tba ideal spot on tba 1 Jersey coast for flablng, bathing, sail- " log. baallb-glrtoK oxooe and tbe beat •' of beveregsa— pure water. He said that a paraoo could get "close to na- ' tore" and Utat Ibis season marked tbe 1 seventh of tba teat sad moat enjoyable >• years of bla life lo Ocean City. a William Bufllngame made a witty > address, keeping tbe goe*t* contlnoally 1 laughing eblla ba told of tbe many mishaps of bla motor-boat rides, ard of bla nomaroua hut fruitless attempla at oulslda flablng and bla Paulas wllb bis arch enemy,, mal de mer. J Jobo Abbott,, nf Abe -Philadelphia <■ Record, also made a abort address, Wil*o° recllad some favorite aeI act lone from WbltUer and WW Rowlay, Jr., of,lbe Philadelphia Municipal Court, also spoke In a felicitous siraln. ' Among tboas present were Mr.apd Mrs. Fallon, Mr. and Mra.W. W. Row. lay, Jr., Mlaaaa Marie Dick tosoo, Mary Raligan. Gertrude Burllogam* and 1 Eva Rowley. Frank Rldgway.WIHIam Flood. William Burllogame, Jobo Abbot'. William DoooUpa, P. Brady, James Wilson, Wilbur Rowley, Francta I Douobue and J. Fitxpatrick and Mr 1 and Mrs. Tbomaa D. Hooper. 1 Takes 10 Hoapl-al. Word waa recalvad bar* early this I week that Mrs. Warren W. Brown, of 1 tble city, wbo bga.Mco.at Peqo'i , Grave tor some moolhvwaa Jakea to a boapltal •Philadelphia tor treatment a few day* ago Bbe baa Dot baau m tba teat of. health for quits awhile. _ Fon Balk. — Sevan -room dwelling wltb offiose on lint flo.>r. on Eigbib street, nam Ocean avenue. Ocean CUy.

V1LL HOLD BIG ' ' TEMPERANCE RALLY , ■ c Bakiness Men to Ad drets Meeting in Methodist Church ) Sanday, December xo. < Tb* National Woman's Christian Temperance Uulon will bold a rally ( the interests of lb# "JSallonal Con- ( sUluilonal Prohibition" In WasblngD- C., on d inday. December 10. j Aa all local unions lu tbe oatlon are requested to observe I bla occasion, | there will be a union teipperance rally ^ tbe Sunday reboot aMslona i at 4 o'clock Sunday, December 10. In ( tb* First M K. Church, wltb Mayor ( Champion presiding. Following la lb* program: - ( Opening bymo. Prayer, tba Rev. Marlloo M. Lewis. Flve-mluute addresses by iba follow- | lag, representing tba buslneaa men of Ocean Clly: Mayor t.'hampkra, B. 8. McAllister, R. W. Edwards. I Bluglug. JcOuvard, Christian Soldiara." Prayer, tba Qev. C. H. Bobner. Bansdlctloo, tba Bae. J. B. Kulp. Tbe public Is cordially Invited to attend. wrr. t. c. ufsi a*. Tb* mtmoers pf tbe Ocean City W. 1 C. T. D will meet Wedoeeday afterDecember IS. at 8 o'clock, at Mrs. Louis Jllller'i borne, 722 Aebory avaou*. Tba mot bars' meeting* have always proved to be so full of Interest 1 tbat all members and friends are nrged f to atteod Tbe leader will be Mra. 1 Joseph D. Norcom. > -s • t 921 Ceo Ira I ava., 11 rooms, floe con1 diliou. fully forntsbad. For terms and price consult My ageot er tb* uaderslgeed. Albert D. Oat, 5688 Pin* Bt., Km. adv., II. 16. 6 1. I . - For Exebsog*.— Deslrahle Pbiledel- > phis property tor Ocean City Id- ' CTSa.'SS'iXr'SS'.ri 1 io-i9.tr.

CITY'S SANITARY CONDITIONS I ALL THAT CAN BE DESIRBD

Health Officer Wants Mosqni- ' to-Breeding Lots Filled to Abate Naisance. In bla report to tbe City Commissioners at tbelr weekly meeting Toes- 1 day, Health Officer T. Lee Adams said: I "I am glad to report that the aanl- 1 condition of Ibe clly la all that 1 communicable nature la coooerned. ' "There have been reported during 1 tbe past montb seven biribe and nine I deaths. Of tbe ulna deaths, Ova were I from past 75 years to peat ninety-one yean of age. All were residents or \ Ocean City for more than one year. "1 would suggeet to your body tbat la tbe time to proceed to beve the tbat bav* been proven to be ' mosquito breeding areas filled op suf- 1 flcleotly to abate that oulsaoce. I ■ say tbat laat May lb* Brat* 1 Board of Health amended tbeHtate laws, giving local baallb departments Increased powers for abating nuisance* of tbat sort, and there la no reason ' why these cuudlilons cannot be ellmlDated " The report waa ordered received aud Tba you ug woman stenographers of this city, of whom there are quite a number, are plaunlngau organisation. They daalre, It Is said, to bave a half holiday on Saturdays from October udin March. Tbey feel tbat tble being ibe rather dull llme.of iba year lo tbe real es*aia buvluees tbelr employers - could readily give tbem Saturday aftrr- • ooone to sujoy as tbey sac lit. [ Owing to tbe advaored prices of all t material used lo making bread. I am I compelled to advance tbe price of my bread from 6 to 6 cents per loaf on and ' after December 4. 1916. Respectfully yours, adv. It. Wjt. F. Valet. Ocean City Scrap, Iron and Mstai 1 Co., rag*, rubtrr and paper aud Junk; • of all description bought; abop. 70# • Haven avenue, phone, 15S R: residence, corner Eleventh street and Blmpeon avaou*. pbooe. 1S8-B: Ocean City. If. J.; bast price* paid. Gie* u* a call. U Legal papare of all description*- inAabury avaca*. OeaM Cky, H.J. adv if

: YYED IN BOYYER OF : CHRYSANTHEMDMS ' Miss Bertha M. Campbell Becomes Bride of J. Edward ' Voss, Local Bauker. , Surrounded by a mass of pretty I floral decorations of chrysanthemum* f lo the parlor of tbe brlda's borne, J. Edward Voss. receiving leller of lbs I First Nations! Bank and son of tbe late r Jobn Voae, of tble city, and Mis* Ber. I tba M. Campbell, daughter of City 1 Commissioner William H. Campbell. . were married al S 30 o'clock ou lb* 1 afternoon of Thanksgiving Day by 1 Ibe Rev Joseph B. Kulp, paator of I tbe First M. E Church. Tbe ring . ceremony was used. 1 Tbe matron of honor «u Mrs. Wm. 1 H. Brlcker. Jr., of Pbiladelpbla, sister . of tbe bride. Dorothy I-abel Brlcker, of 1'hlta'del- [ pbla. and Elixabetb Allio. of Ocean , City, oleces of Ibe bride, were flower . girls. I Tbe best man was Richard Voar, 1 her of life groom . Tbe bride was attractively gowned 1 In dark blue paune-velvel and GforI getle crepe, and carried yellow cbrysTbe matron of honor wore Burgundy broadclolii, trimmed wltb oriental 1 silk, and Carried red cbrysaotbemnms. Only tba Immediate members of botb families attended tbe wedding. Mr. and Mra. Voss left on a Iwo , weeks' trip. When tbey return tbey will reside apartment* at Twalftb street and 1 Aabury aveuu* until lb* completion of ibelr cottage, which la now being r erected al 939 Central avenue. < Tbe youog pair endeavored, rather 1 successfully, too, to keep t be day and boor of tbelr marriage a secret, lu order to avoid tbt praokt of fritods. ; However, tbey did not altogether as- ' cap* from publicity, as a tow friend* : boarded tb* trelo al Fourteenth afreet aud - made matter* lotereetlug tor i few mile*. . Mr. and Mrs. Voae bav* tb* test - wuitas of a large circle of frieoda. Ladles' Awwlllarjr Has Is. I Tba Ladles' Auxiliary of Iba Flral . Baptist Cburcb bald a meeting ai tb* . bomt of tbelr pretldtot, Mra. Charles 1 Cad wallader, 189 West Upaal street, Monday afternoon.

QUICK WORK OF ' SENTINEL "AD" . Cottage on Wesley Promptly Sold After Last Week's Issue Was Scanned. In laat week's Issue of tba BKWTfVKL . appealed an advertisement In which : Maaaey A Edwards, real aetata opara- . offered for aala. at a bargain, tb* , handsome eoUage 927 Wee lay aveoa* 1 Within a tow hours after lb* 8mmreached tb* homes of subscriber*. - Ibe Arm received several Inquiries re- | gardlpg the house, and It was not long 1 before tb* collage waa sold. Tb* moral la obvtooa. Every bualoee* sbould advertise In I be Bextinel. F.iKhiy Tears Olri. Mra. Mary J. Piatt, a former rai1 deal uf I hie clly, eqd mother of Jobo eud Frank Plait, both wall known ' here, was 80 years old Friday. With 1 her family aba oaleoraleJ tb* occasion 1 at bar bomt at Llowood.

want permanent street i laid on atlantic avenue

Realty Company Writes Mayor —Must Get Consent of Majority of Property Owners. | Borne of the property owner* on At- ^ lautic avenue, above Ninth street, want a permanent Improved street to front of tbelr boldioga, ae abown by tbe following letter read at tb* meeting of tbe City Commlaelonera Tuesday: To tb* Board of Commissioners, Ocean y City— I property owners aloDg Atlantic evee nue from North Street to Ninth street * Ocean City. N, J., believing tbat e '• permanent Improved street sbould be y made from North street to Nlotb . I. at reel ou Allaotlc avenue; therefore, * We petition your honorable body to 7 make aueh permanent Improved >f -tree: of aapbait, or soma material ( equally aa good, and tb* com thereof 10 be assessed two-thlrda against tb* i. property aud one-third to be pud by if Ibe city. ,--W W* would elao suggest tbat the ■- property owner* be given Ave yean In n which to 'pay tor tb* Improvement, r to Ave equal Installments, an installment being payable each year, this ', provision to apply to such owaan aa daalre payment by Installment, d Respaetfally submitted, '■ Eureka RealTy Do , n Eureka apabwbt*. Fourth end Atlantic avenue. 7 F. W. MCKLLKK,' il Secretary. Tba mayor told tba other meaatere ■f of tbe board tbat h* had replied to Una letter, Informing lb* writer* thai K 0 will be naoeaaary to bav* a majority of tb* property owners along tbe ava. * no* between tbe atraeta designated lo d *ifn a petition before tb* derired orn dlnanca oanbe passed, g Oo motion ibe letter reed waa order ad received and filed. ■r ■ ■ ■ 1 CO. G HAS 64 MBN it Harry Hbarpbam enlisted la Coma pany G Friday night, making *4 man and leaving on|y rne ~eeeniy «• , Private Bay snood Adams was stemmed for the pealtleo of eutPOrml Monday night. Private Raymond Prim wm.ap- , pointed nrtieUW. Ha drew* lb* seme ■ pay ae a corporal. - — " 1. Tb* attendance at drill* In, |b*>*( tow weeks baa kpen pW8lPl.«M»l raw wen na* Pf*n Mwm.wr

makes 1 bad rills rr*. asare Mudlog a* w*U aa ptafltabla TkawkamvtWK ,'■**, tope. As annooneed In tb* .BSflflSM M tost week, union TbaaksglTtag „a**viess were bald In .Kb* Fim M- K. Cburcb Wedoeeday sveolag a8.HH f week. Tba Bav. J. B. Kn|p |l|llH IPrayer #** offered by the Atw. J. «. Lake,, .and a strong pwa naadflltoered by the Rev. Cbadm H. Bob#*r. I There waarxeeMonMMvtotohX.ddMr b comprising members of lh*fhet«*f 1- tb* cburcb**. ■e ■ » ■ . 1- All oyster sapper will hfinse N lb* social room* of Jbe FJret 81., B. t- Cburcb this svsnlng fr«m . «,.**,• g o'clock. It will be under lb* aaapNaa of tb* Uehem' (Jatoa aadtbe Quern Esther Circle, tor tbelr Joint kiaidl II Tickets, 85 oeota. I- Ou Dee. Mlh.. Asm aloe aatB toar, b license for IM7. W L. Ewtsg, Aflei't n for Motor Vohlde PepaifmesM of Hew Jersey. a*'..!***.

CHABGE OF illlISS Sins' Restaurant aid Belicitessei NOW AT :: GMuIt, Cirnr MHrlfi ; OPEN EISTE1 _ 8EATDB C1P1CITI. Ill ; HEADQUARTERS FOR CHRISTMAS j , ; M i Cbt8 Store to Meabquactcre for Acn'fl xttO Mot*' CMfltma* Otftr 1 f We arc showing a bigger and better line of goods auilable far 1 ,J Christmas Gifts than ever. Whether it's twenty-five ceata ( ' or twenty-five dollars you went to spend, era believe era am • please yoa. Y Anything laid away till Cbriatraaa. fCome jj in and look around. j \i NEWELL CORSON '.1 '• 819 Aabury Avenue Ocean cky. ". J. ' , • 1 "wi* J

T The Dental Offices of Ur. flmflee B. Rider, 809 Central Avenne, are Permanently Opm J