OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

YOL. XXXVI. OQEAN CITY, N. J„ THURSDAY, FKItllUAKY 22, h)]7. NO. 48

A Charming Little Bay Villa / for sale on tin- water front near the Ocean City Yacht Club, con- / sibtinjj of 4 rooms and bath, snappy architecture, piazza full width I . on both fronts, pergola leading ftohi cottage to water's edge, couI . crete walk and curbs, fine depth to the lot; an ideal little outing f /• home by the sea. where you can take your meals at the Yacht , Club if desired, only $1700.00. There are hundreds of small 1 I families' or organizations of young meu to whom this would es- / pecially ap]K-al if they knew of it. . V MASSEY & EDWARDS, ; (, Eighth and CentrS^A'je. , ■ * Also a Bungalow-Cottage J Twelfth Street, in which the ground, 40 x 105 feet, is estimated at . a lower price than any other Wesley Avenue lot of that ,size in that general. location, and the cottage at actual cost. It will con- * tain living room, dining room, kitchen, 6 bedrooms, bath, storage room, laundry, garage for 2 cars, Heater room, basement lavatory; « bath rOom finished in white enajnel, walls -of living and dining rooms panelled, piazzps- full width . front and rear, everything up- 1 to date. Price, $4175.00. J, MASSEY & EDWARDS. • " 1 *• , ■

Ocean City Sentinel CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor • 1.00 Per Year. Strictly in Advance. ! J^ORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COU NSELLOR AT LAW, ^cam'iu« retiBT eeoewa, ■- J. 1 (Oppoelte Public Bulldi**.) j^°WAOFFICES " "°* ""] Apgar & Boswell, \ NoTiu i« CBaacaav. ) BOUBMC BUILUlNa. _ i AHBUBV j LAW OFFICES ] Godfrey, Giddings & Read j Koomi »I6. lie and alt Bart tell Building :: 4 ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. . j JJLWOOD G. WEEKS Attorney ud Counsellor-it Liv Boilcllor and Mralsr iu Cbanwr J«t Anbury Avenue, Ocean t'lty U&A UoaranUe Tru« Building. Allaullcl llr Byes Eiunined Vitbout Drops Newest up-to'-dalr mryi'Kl, ^K*o*r*rtloD len^* "bur -"A. w. ELY ATLABTIC CITY. I. J. Precise People Will appreciate tb'e punctual service which adds to the delight of dining here. THE Harris Restaurant MORGAN HAND, Jr. Engineer and Surveyor OCEAN CITY. N. J. ITUHTIC ICE COiPlIT '■ >»"<■■ Mountain Ice OCEAN CITY N 4. Baaa BenAbardl WarrroWH. Knrkbardt 4 ('«. PLUMBING AND HEATING *4* amtbi irnti BUI cm ^ »*» JUBIt COAL Yon need Coal Yon need Service. Yon get both from C. It SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Twelfth ami West Ai uniiu

HUPM0B1LE FORD HUDSON ^ ' the universal car gj * The following new prices are now in effect: 1 Chum. $325.00 Sedan. 5615.00 Runabout, 345.00 Couprlrl, 505.00 ' / Touring Car, 360.00 Town Car, 595.00 Eastern Motor Company Aibury Ave. and Ninik St., Ocean Giy, N. J. J DODGE CHANDLER i ritrmrtTrTtmnm^iiiianntimu«iitanrnrTTMTwaimmniiiTmt»ffa . [HARVEY Y. LAKE i REAL ESTATE e - - I 838 Asbury Avenue ! : Ocean City New Jersey j ' -■ l'- ^ »• . I If tlie United States Goes to XV nr Price* Will Advance ' Bay Now at the FIFTH ANNl'AI. PENNY SOCIAL i and Have Money First Presbyterian Church ^ Tuesday Evening, February 27, 1917 . i - Only $300.00 Gash Required to purchase a comfortable seven-room and bath brick dwell- 1 J ing with hot water heat, laundry with stationary trays and , every convenience; in first-class condition. Price, $1650.00, 1 on terms to suit. ' Josepli I. Scull 757 Anbury- Avenue Ocean City New Jersey < I - automobile surrums bell fhone | LOUIS W. MILLER aqent for OVERLAND AND WlLLYS-KNIQHT AUTOMOBILES t AND TRUCKS OCCAM city. new jehtey -qaaage ado Showroom. Ninth St. aho Occam Ave. I ■ ~ === CHARLES C. READ WALTER E. ALLEN Charles C. Read & Co. • Hardware and House-Furnishing Goods 839 Asbury Avenue Ocean City, New Jersey l PAINTS CUTLERY PLUMBINO An you eating «.hra ratafaetion m to prion, workmanship and bum— ooortraj? If !. oot. it will pay you to gin k > trial. I — U — airamlonally good pandteua to tub* eun of your rap— wort of whiok I — ksa.paoalty. I iava no rap— Mn — ibligba— or clancal tore to maintain OrvamaatnaL * Both phonM C. H. BACON *07 BisfttH St

BUSINESS MEN AROUSED ( BY PROPOSED NEW LAW

Write to Representatives in Legislature to Oppose Singer's Assembly Bill. Assembly Hill No. 76. recoil I ly Inlr»durrd In tli\Stale lrfgi-lulure liv I Mr. Singer, "of IHid-on County. ha. iMUKd the Indignation of reel e-lulr builder", conveyancers— In fuel. The hill I- mod dra.nc If ll *hould become a law. no pet*mi except a lawyear. would be permuted to draw, j write or prepare 'or any other perm.ii »ny contract, Iea*e. conveyance, will, i elc . uuder penally of a ml*deiueaii<>r . "An Act for the Punishment of lie II enacted, etc. tnrney-at-laworcounaelnr-at-law nfthl. J pTepare or cause to be w ritten or pre j of conveyance, bond, mortgage, bill of j and whereby any real or personal j 1 property or any Internal therein orii thereon l« aougtit to be created or I transferred. or any will or codicil; nor ahall auy peraou. Ilrm or corporation hold lilmaelf or llaelf out aa drawing, wrlnng or preparlug or caualng or procuring the aame to be doue for any other peraon or person*. either with or i without tompenaatloii therefor. • Any peraon. firm or corporation i act ahall be guilty of a mlademesnor. Thla act ahall take effect 'yHAD GREAT TIME B. J Cook, of the B. J Cook Clock Company, Philadelphia, and an a~live member of the Ocean City Kiehtng Club, with a cottage ou A.bury ave- j near Twelfth atreet, wma given a "freedom" party a t hla borne, 1584"' " drouth Fifteenth atreet. Philadelphia, a few ulghta ago. The party comprised 18 member" of the fl.hlug club, and each one had a very enjoyable time. Preeldeut R H. Stew art wan unable i lo be preaeut, owlug. It l« reported, to | \ the ecarclty of gaaollne at Woodbury. | Going lo Egg Harbor. The Ocean City Military Club's Ave ; will go to Egg Harbor City to play (be I team of that place Saturday evening. March 10 The locala will have a ; mid-week game here that week. It I* probable I hat .there w ill be a game at the armory March 10 between the Met bod tat and Presbylerlau boys.

' ALL READY FOR ; PLATTER SUPPER Pleasing Entertainment Ar- i ( ranged by the Yoang Men's ' Progressive League. Member* oft be Young Men'* l'n - t I ! of I lie league in I lie Halm Building . * I lie HI Monday evening . The -upper, which w il Nerved by , ! W H. Harris, will .larl al » ..'clock , f A | lea-iug program lia- been ar- . jaddreue* by I be itav. M. M. LewV* on J r I " VVa-binglon;" I be Bev J. B. Kulp' | lion ■ I.iiicoIii." and llir Itev. tk. H. , f "Wil-on:" l»r J I'hnrnlet . i : Hughe* on -Tlie Stale;" Mayor Jo. | I ti i liamplon on The City." and H , > Is. Mowrer on - The League " rl There will be -election* by H. H , r Lake", quartet; vocal *olu by (irau- , I vllle H . Steelman; vocal nolo by H H , , Lake; monologue by Boy Adam*, of r Pleaaatilville; piano nolo by Anhur , Hee*. of Tuckaboe, who will be I he , r accompanl*t. and duet* by Harrl-ou , Doughty and DomluicUerbaanlo. uiau- , i dolln and guitar. • It I* thought that there will be about I . 100 men pre-eul. ' FLAG FOR CHURCH i The member* of Waehlugton Camp, I No 75. P. O. S. of A , will alteud aer- < : vice* in I he Flr*t Bapllat Church al ' . ' 7 S0 o'clock next Sunday evetilng. . -Ilk flag or the Culled Slate* lu lb* i j church. The pre*entatlon will be I made bv Judge E C. Waddlngton, of . Salem Slate vice prcaldent of theorder ' Tbe paatur, the Kev. M M. Lewi*. I f wilPfgyacb a -pecial patriullc aeriuou J ' appropriate lo theae tryiug time*. . r j Evepyone will be welcome. " ! morning will be al 10.80 o'clocfb Hi- ' j ble cla^a, 2JI0 o'clock: e Rrcoirrlni Irom Accident. | pi (Jeorge Campbell, of tblaclly, ana ' able lo be oul Saturday for Hie flr*I ' lime lu nearly th-ee week*. While at ■ „ work in tbe warehouse of tbe electric ' I light .company, of which he baa e charge, a big roll of wire fell agaluat bi* nghl leg. bursting a blood veaael.

! SOLDIERS TRIM BRIDGETON A. A. '! Locals Had An Easy Time and Played Well Sharp Held DeMaris. the Bridge!.. i, A A came down au.l played the "Iceaii C.ly Military flub * llr Man*, who a few week- agb. pracSalurday evening, being particularly , Sharp clung lo lie Marl* like a leech •lippery visitor, md In* playing wa- a lie Mart* Marled the ball rolling for , Bridget ou4>y -coring "two point, after i a good ruu. Breckley followed win, , ' Brecklev, Willi a foul goal, au.l Wei- ' later Moe -cored another by a good throw from oil the side. , lie Mail, -cored a foul goal and Shep- , pard made a Held goal, but Oceau City i advanced ou Held goal* by Welxeinbal . l*led by Sharp aud Breckley. i Moe kept up the good work with an- i other two polu t*. aud Breckley -cored with au a*al*t from CapL Henderson. , Satterlee aud Welaeiitlial worked tbe i combination for auotber Held goal. | Both Breckley aud DeMarl* u-uallv t the ba-ket for their foul goal | al in I sue*. ' ' OC°*" UU" I leading, 28 to 16*" * Ce*° Early -lu the necoud tialf. Breckley rnl—ed a foul goal throw, but a* It dropped he passed the ball to Saitercontinued by making a Held goal each, aud Sallerlee Inward tile close "Cured another by batting the Stafford made a line -hot from dowu 1 the floor. Llue-up: F. "n" '"o" Is i F. 4 16 24 , Sallerlee. C. 8 0 6 , Henderson, U. . 0 0 0 Sharp. O. * 0 0 0 ' 18 16 52 F. °°*s" "iT" "|8 I Sheppard, F. 1 0 2 1 Keeo, C. . 4 0 8 , Maler, U. 0 0 0 Slaflord, O. 1.0 2 9 18 81 Referee. Roy Johnson |

COAST GUARD ( STATION CLOSED Building At Thirty -fourth " Street Abolished and Men i J Are Transferred. | United State* Navy Department, the j fulled State* Coaat Uuard Service at j tbe Thirty-fourth atreet station, tbl. city, wa* abolished a few daya ago. Ooe of tbe crew, Albert Adam* who was No. 1 man al thla atallou. transferred to 'tbe 110*1100 at tbe end of thla city, but was glveu charge of the house and apparatus for e (.'apt. Frank Shaw, formerly of Sea 4 Iale City, who has beeu keeper of II a I Thirty-fourth atreet atatlon alnce tie retirement of Capt. A U. Town-end. a < few monlbs ago. baa been sent to ( South Brlgaotlne, and tbe men of tbe elation have been located lo varlo u* 1 atatlon* alang the coast lo IhD aectlnu. 1 There ha* been a llfe-aaviog atatlon t at Thirty-fourth street for about 45 • year*. ' Tbe abolition la In |lne with ibe recently adopted policy of the Navy De- < , par tmeut to do away with all middle ■ atatlon men along tbe coast. Tbe middle atatlon men. It la aald. - rarely ( have much to do In the way of aavlng i vessel*. Ibe dangeroua place* being at I Ibe inlet*. Ocean City baa a atallou ' There waa a jolly time at tbe Ave hundred progressive card party lo tbe quartern of tbe Youug Men's Progressive League Thursday evening. Ttiuae 1 winning tropble* were: Women's.flrat, 1 Mr*. Charles B. Winter: second, Mr*. ' Parker Miller. Men's, Aral. Randolph | Fogg; second . Earl Nlcke son. Tbe 1 consolation trophies were taken by 1 Mr*. C. H. Baron and H. C. Bcbiotxe Ealartux Hsnri naaooa. Herman Fraud* Stein and bride. , who waa Mlaa Marie C. Mack, of 1 Philadelphia are speudlog their , t honeymoon along tbe Paclflc foa-t. . Tbay will be "atJnome" after April 1 at 842 East Mouot*Alry avauue. Pblla delpbia. Mr. and Mrs. Slain art both well known summer residents of - It Ocean City. " ■ ■ a ■ d Legal papers of .all descriptions. In--ludlug wills, are carefully drawn by _ R. UklUa RoMoaon at bna oBca. 744 Aatmry avmnra, Ocean (Xy. N. J adv.

. : £-; 1, STRING ORCHESTRA ! FOR THIS DANCE Additional ltosic Sbonld ' Draw Large Crowd to the , Armory Thii Evening. 1 Over at Company O'e armory tbl* | , evening there will be a special dance j ( lu celebrallou of Waablnglon's Hlnb- ( day, and Ibe building will be approprlalely decorated for Ibe occasion. ( There will be several lucky uuuiber 1 of Ibe lover* of dancing l« expected The member* of the Ladle*' Auxll- . of the Ocean City Military Club. ; , uuder whose auspices the dance* at tlie armory are glveu, have secured a , string orchestra of four or Ave piece* tonight's deuce. Mlas Bockelmann will leech the ■ dance class a* usual, aud Ibe special. ■ affair wljl start about 9 o'clock. The weather coodttlous last Ttiurs- > day evening Interfered somewhat with | ; ibe atleudaace^bgt Ibe crowd pre-eul i had an uuusually jolly time. There 1 were some new people arnuug the at- ; teudauls, including Miss Smith, of Aliauttc City! , Mr* A. P. Miluer has reupeued tbe Wyoming for Ibe spring aud summer , and she will be glad lo welcome friends and patrons to This wellknow bouse, wbicb Is thoroughly , bested aud bome-llke. Mr*. Miluer . spent a portion oftbewlnisr lu Phil- ; , adelpbla. Claytou and other towus In New Jersey. "V« OlCle folks' Concert." "Ye Ladles' Aoxlllary" members - are busy rehearsing for ' YeOideFulks' ' Concert." to be given Easter Monday ' evaulug lu "Ye First Presbyterian - Meellu' House " • "Ye mualck" will I be of "Ye Olden Time," and all Iboaa taking part will ba lu cost u ma of tba • aeveutaenth century. f T PerSalserBeaL 9 room oottags. all eouveoleocea; - central location. 1186 Asbury avenue, r Ocean City. N.J. Aoply 886 Wesley 4 avenue. Sals price, IJ50 1. Rent price, . 1200. kdv. *-!.«.

CHESTER MADE MEMBER OF COUNTY TAX BOARD

| Ocean City, As Largest Tax- ' ing District in Cape May, Recognised by Edge. I (Joveruor Edge has appointed Jas. this city, a member of tlie Cape May I Cupiity Board of Taxation to surpred < W. J. Tyler, of Cape May Court 1 j House, whose term bar expired. The 1 j position pay* a salary of $1000 a ye .r. I : Practically all Interest* here were ' united ou Mr. Chester, It I. stated. ' ' and (iovernqr Edge bad 110 braltatlou lu making the appointment. Mr. Chester ba* been In the real ^ c mnly for a quarter of a century, aud " Ocean City, as tbe largest taxing years, sougbt.a place uu the county tax ' I noard, as It deserves, and MM'bfs- " ter'a selection meet* with general apj proval. 'j There were two or three other can- ' | did ate. for the office from the differI them being A H Bapp aud Cbarlea e| "PENNY SOCIAL" ennrrb Tacsdsr Evi alas. Everytblug I* lo readlueas for tbe e "Panny Social" In tbe First Preabyt terlan Church Tuesday evening, and, I. In spile of llie bard wluler the Ocean I. City people have been experiencing, y the members of the committee of the t Cbrlatlao Endeavor Society received u ' w bicb tbey are very thankful. So wauy aruclea have beeu received ; that oaouot be aold for one cent, there ' wll 1 be special tables arranged fortbetn. • whele fancy aud useful artlclea of >' every ualnre may be bad. y Don 'l forget the date. February 27, o aud don't fall to ba ou hand. II ■ a ■ .. Corner 38tb aud coroer 32nd and Wesley avenue. Also lot 2Mb and Wesley avenue each 50x120 feat. Make offer Addreee Fred. A St-imle, '2745 W Oxford (Meet, Philadelphia. Pa. »; adv. 18. 44 y Uu to JUUY'k, Tenth and Bay, for I, rirrcCf frrab eggs aod pooHry drasesd

! IRWIN HOLT IS A PROUD YOUTH 1— , 1 . Passes Examination as Wire- ( less Telegrapher Had an 1 Average of 87. I rw In Holt, aged twelve year., son ( of Frederick^Holl. of 705 Fifth street, . tbl* city, successfully passed the extelegraph operator at League l*laud I He had au average of *7. Au aver- t ' age of 70 Is required ' The boy ha- beeu working at wire- I year, and lias up-to-date apparatus t installed iii ill. home, the aerial rig- | 1 being ruu from Ibe bouse to tbe t cottage of S. S. Weuxell, of PblladelI r wiii I- a pupil lu Hie Eighth grade t •if the public school, and Is a blight I 1 boy. 1 -Several of III* youthful companions | are wireless telegraphers aud through | watching them he became lulerested in Ibe work, aud he takea much plea- f »ure lu beariug the liews that comes | through the air frommiauy sections of 1 the country aud out from the -em. , Hi* brother, Arthur, aged 9 years, ( aud a pupil of the llfth grade, la also c ' w lreies. operator, aud -la as adept as c according lo bis mother. She look both boya wtlli her lo League 1 I -laud Saturday, but decided not to | liermlt Arlbur to undergo lbs examl- , nation because of his extreme yootb. Irwlu was a member of the vested choir of . Holy Trinity Episcopal 1 'burcb for several years. | — , TO BUILD BULKHEAD , tk Troai Have Contract I ■ran Ike Vacbl Club. | • lie Ocean City Yacht Club, has given Swan A Trout the contract to build a ' i new bulkhead for tbe club It will be I of creoaoted luuibrr. Above the city 1 j grade there will be constructed an , overshed 2j feet high, so that tbe 1 ■ water will r.iu luto the bay. Iu addition to ibe bulkhead In frout 1 of [he yacht club, tbe bulkhead will 1 rxieud over ibe strip of land recently 1 , glveu the club by Victor J. Hum- '. aud also over tbe landeof Mia. > L. M. Cre.»e aud Robert W. Scott. 1 ' The bulkhead will extend a distance ! of 800 feeL I The work la to be slatted as soon aa 1 the requited lumber la obtained. THIS CITY SHOWN : IN THE "MOYIES" ; . Pictures Exhibited in Phila- , delphia Theaters — Private View ot Revised Films. The revised moving picture Alms of r Ocean City were seul to Mayor Cham* r plon Tuesday by James H. Simpson, I of Philadelphia, lu charge of E War- , rent Smith, and a private view wae : glveu city official! and a number of . friends lu tine afternoon. The view* were prouuuoced good by , Iho-e lu tbe theater, and tbe opinion 1 was ex pressed tbat tbey will prove an excellent advertisement for tbls resort I The pictures have beeu shown, Mr. c Smith said lu the Chestnut Street 1 Theater, on Cheatuut atreet, between . Tbtrty-tblrd aud Tblrty-fo'nrtb streets, "West Philadelphia, and will be rxhlbr ited there again They will also be I shown lo different sections of Pbllac delphia. Its suburbs aud throughout K Pennsylvania

PROSECUTOR COLE WON'T , HAVE IMPORTED DETECTIVES

Tells Chief Scull He Expect* Resident Police to Do Their Duty. Shortly after the recent appointment of Eugene C. Cole, of Seavllle. to ■ lieofllceof prosecutor of Cape May 1 'ouuty. Chief of Police Scull, of thla city, sent blm a letter of congratulaand enclosed a picture of Mr. Cole, taken some years ago, which waa printed, a few daya after Mr. Cole's selection, in a Philadelphia newspaper. Chief Scull haa received the following reply: My Dear Chief: — I have your kind note congratulating me on appolotuieul as "county prosecutor." I'm uot sure whether It la congratuor prayerful sympathy. I moat need. You know that "he who puttelb off his armor Is more bleaeed than who putletb It on." according to : Scripture. H»wbe!i. Sammy, my dear chief, you may be sure there Is no man - to whom I can more confldently tarn : aid aud comfort In criminal maithan yourself. I have done so > before, aod I sball expect to do *0 ' While on '.hie subject,, let me eay I fully Intend to call on all realdant of1 lo do tbelr fall duty In eoforstbe criminal law. I sball to advise them, aud, when I am folly In charge, sball hardly keep a force of 1 detectives from elsewhere on tba 1 county pay-roll all the Uma. Tbe picture looks like Aaeembly- ' Cole many moons agone, hot 1 hardly like be la now— gray ballad ' aud wrlukled. Tbaoks again. Youra truly, K. C.COUL 1 Prosecutor Cole, a few daya ago, seot a letter to tbe SKimXH. la wblcb he ootlmee bis policies in tbe cooduot of his office. As In bis letter to Chief 8call,prf*ye 1 doee not favorably regard tbe eat* ployment of outside detectives ea SB . aid to tbe enforcement of tbe law. He daclarea that municipal sSmn L wben notlfled of tba exMenea or eL , leged existence of any. plana wbere , there le a violation of tbe Crimea Ml, | the officer so notlfled most take promp* aod effective measures against aoeb ' Dotations. His failure to do eo will l a misdemeanor. Tba present proaI ecbtor will Invoke this drastic statute , should conditions require tt. Blot machine gambling will not be tolerated, nor will other forms of gam bllng. Mr. Cola aoaods a strong note of warning against rteklma driving of automobiles. Prosecution to tba limit of tM law will ba Mr. Cole's policy In any cam of political corruption brought lo hla special attention. Ha Intimates tbat some people, rather new In Unle county bave lately been patting this evil peaolloe into operation. As tbe agent of every person In tba county. Prosecutor Cole will enforce tbe requirements of tbe criminal law, ' aod elncaraly aaks tba support and co-operation uf every one in thefolflliment of tbat sacred obligation. f chore It Paad Grows. Much Interest Is being taken In tba • building fund of tbe First Baptist w Church. A good response has base 1 received from. folks eoneeralng buwe- ' papers and magasiom. and ttebeotn box lo tbe vestibule received vary goad b ' attention Huodey. Mr. Jaaologs, la > bis afternoon remarks, made known > bis Intention of taking one of tbe memorial wlodowt lo the proposed new church aa soon at It b sen mm a 1 necessity. It looks very moeb as If 3 tbe oeceaslty would arrive sooner than 8 many anticipated. ' WANlfc) -One or two ebaree of Oceau City Find National Bank etock, it state price. Address P. O. Lock Box 286, Ocean City. N. J. adv. tf.

, timi of jiiiiss Sims' Bestnt anil Delicatessen ■ NOW AT ' 822 08* Cmdip MsirlTi Ttmci ° OPE* EASIER SEAIDIS CAPACIfl, 111 d. We Are Prepared for the Spring Drive ,j That Spring Suit should be Taylor-made. Taylar-nmde clothes, without question, are the very best in town Croat tba i, standpoint of Style, Quality, Value We also desire to call your attention to our new Bam at d "Emery" Shirts. The newest in stripes aad abate an al d your disposal. We aim to pirate . I S NEWELL CORSON £ 819 Asbury Avaam, te* CM* * 4 .