OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

. VOL. XXXVII, OCEAN CITY, N.-J, THURSDAY, .MARCH 29, I!)I7 ' NO. X

A Remarkable List A HOTEL — Completely furnished, 92 bedrooms, electric elevator, hot water heat, always successful, hue patronage. Could not lx? reproduced today under S65.oc6.oo $40,000.00 LARCiE COTTAGE — Representing nearly 20 rooms, 011 -a fine corner, attractive appearance, fine construction, suitable for Select Boarding Cottage, or large family. ~ Could not be reproy'duccd today under $15,000.00 $6,800.00 .^""BUNGALO W-COTT AGE — Ruing constructed on Wesley Avenue f below Eleventh. Street, fiiicrdwjQgition, X rooms, bath, laundry / __ and garage, will sell at cost when finished $4,000.00 ^ OCEAN AVENUE LOT — Facing Ocean, neat Twelfth Street, J classiest location in the resort — cheap at $2, 500.00 our \X price $2,000.00 WATER FRONT LOT — Near Yacht Club: prettiest location and surroundings on the coast, worth $1,000.00; our price . . $650.00 WESLEY AVENUE LOT— Near Twelfth Street, 35 feet frontage. Can you find one like it at our price? $1,350.00 TWO SPECIAL 'LOCATIONS— One on Fifth Street; the other y * on Wesley Avenue near Fourth Street. Our price for each — V only v ...... ... .. $500.00 \ MASSEY & EDWARDS.

Ocean City Sentinel PnbUsbsd Wsskly at OCCAN CI TV. N. J. . — br— R. CURTIS ROBINSON Edits* and Proprietor ■1.00 Per Y5ar, Strictly in Advance. ArreMinu>T.i.«*. J^ORGAN HAND, attorney and COUNSELLOR-AT LAW, K^rHMOoun Hoaalaloair. Kotarr Public. uri bay. ioi kt noi1i. a. j. (OppoWto Public Bulldinir.1 |^°WAOFFICES" Apgar 81 Boswell, hodbhk building. ahbuhy a v en u k u h th stkkk1 LAW OFFICES GedfR},- Giddings h Read Koom« IIS. «1« end 517 Bart let l Buiidini :: ATt-ANTtC CITY. N. J. Ejes Eumiied Without Drops »u»r»oticd.t^ikor"lbr«"|,»" Oprieal »or« compete aa can be found Is any city. Jg£?ng euarmd^u*d.^j*rl^^rab^ A. W. ELY ■eee iiiuti. nr«u atu1yic city," b. j. Bbora Pari LID. Pasass Hour. 1 Precise People Will appreciate the 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 COMPANY ■""" '■ ft"*" Mountain let occam city m j. h. Bnrkhardt 4 ce. PLUMBING AND HEATING iii uhit ATUU •rtn cm i la incut I Hoi Water, steam end Vajnr Hesuaf COAL You need Coal. Yon need Service. You get both from C. H. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Twelfth aed West Avewev Watch art Jewelry Repairtnt Mayer's I JOT AfteaUc Are., Atlantic City MM Ml ybab ;

|'!l HARVEY Y. LAKE j REAL ESTATE [ 838 Asbury Avenue f Ocean City New Jersey I . Don't Value Youlrself Too Low 1 In buying I.ifc Insurance manv men make the mistake of insuring their liven for a small amount hecauso they fear the payment of the L Your life has a definite value measured in dollars and cetils. measured by your income, your prosjiects. the responsibilities of your family. i I.et the Life Insurance man help yon determine yonr value. i • Don't be afraid to insure your life for what it is worth. By leaking Account w»u will not only soon accumulate tile first full year's prcr miutn. liilt you -will lie able fo easily meet subsequent premiums as Theotv. Townsend JTETZ 952 Asbury Avenue ance Company Rark Place Lot j I * FOR SALE For Only $875.00 ' j This lot is full size, 40 x 100, and has a 15 feet street in rear. Joseph I. Scull - 757 Asbury Avenue Ocean City New Jcraey CHARLES C. READ WALTER E. ALLEN Charles L Read & Co. ! Hardware and House-Furnishing Goods 839 Asbury Avenue Ocean City, New Jersey i PAINTS CUTLERY -j ■ the universal car For Personal Driving A MONG the two million Ford owners you wjj] fin(j tlie most prominent families and influential business men. They ' . prefer the Ford as .their Personal Car because its dependable. , Why Not Yor? ' TOURING CAR $360. F. 0. a. 0CTR0TT % I Eastern Motor Company I

SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST PROPOSED GARAGE

Expresses Opinion That City Has Police Power to Cover Snch Cases. Tlie eir<irtn of the Ninth Street I in provetnent Company to e-l«bli-h » public garage at the corner of Niulli atieet and Ocean avenue have been de Court In an handed down a few day. ago. This decision. which bears direct ly It la .aid. control the suit of Mr- An-! der«oii Bourgeois iu the Court of Chan- 1 merit Company and al.B the .nit In the Court of. Chancery by Uje^cMy , again. t the Moth Street Improve- j applied to Ju.rice Kall.h, of the S-u | preme Court of New Jer-ey. f..r a writ! of certiorari, and the writ way granted by him. The writ called for thy removing lo the Supreme Court of the building or. dlnauce of Ocean City and also the' It will be recalled bythoae Interested that the city Introduced evideuce .bowing how garagea depreciate the value of property; how the opening, were oil the aldewalk. and how the * that oil and gasoline would be on lite | pavement, and that the liuardwalk | wa. located 011 the southeasterly .Ide I of Asbury avenue, which place the I visitor, and restd rota used a. » prorne- | uade and that In reaching the Boardt walk It would be uecc.ary to pa.. [ these garage.. E The real points of law Involved deI 1*11(1 ed on whether the city had, un- [ meut act, .ufltrleut (tollce power to c regulate the location and buildlug of a , Information ha. been ncelved Dial > It wa. au unanimous oplulon of the , three Supreme Court Justices before The 0(^^111 of the court, which was delivered by Justice Mioturu, fol lows: The case presents the following slate of fact*, as coutaiued In the sttpu^r Hon of couuaet: Ocean City Is a clly Itav lug less than twelve thousand population and la opcrating under an act approved March 24. 1897, entitled, "Au act relating to and providing for the government of cities In this State containing a population of less than twelve thousand In- ' SOMERS' POINT GETS CITY'S HELP — : — e -

Local People Sign Petitions " Against Licensing Saloons [ Across the Bay. At Sunday morning's service In the First M. e' Church a petition was , slgued by tbe voters of the cotigregaHon praying that lioense be withheld . ' from tbe Homers' Point liquor dealers. Before tbe petition was presented for signers, Pastor Kulp explained that one of the reasons for asking license Is that u Is claimed thai verv many customers at tbe drinking placeat Homers' Point come from Ocean City and that liceuse Is desirable for " ' their accommodation as part of the g . traveling public. Dr. Kulp further eald tbat he hoped ° voters would algn tbe petition lu order lo .how that Ocean City can get along 0 well without aucb liquid accommodation. . Tbe petition read at follows: ( "To the president and members of Common Council of Homers' Polo!: ' "Tbe undersigued, residents and taxpayers of Ocean City, do hereby f remonstrate with your bocorable body ( . against the graotlug of any liceuse lo sell Intoxicating liquors at retail In tbe 1 city of Homers' Point, because our municipality has refused auch licenses and Is opposed lo any such license; ^ and we feel tbat much <tf tbe burden of evil which cornea from Intemperance In tbe use of liquors will be cast upon our people If your honorable body grants auch llceuses wltbtu your municipality because of the ready accessibility between your muulclpMHy mud our own." It te raid tbat the applications will come before Homers' Point Council next Saturday evening. Offloe equipment consisting of desks, awlvel cbalrs, straight bsck chairs, filing cabinets. aafe, typewriter, sectional ***"' h n Healings, adv., s 29 tf. Ocean City, n.J. Member of tbe Orchestra deslree two I furnished rooms for light bousekeep log or amall apartment, near music pav.lt too, from June 16 to Oct. I. Bute terras and apply to John A Fischer. BIN. 67tbt*. PbUa adv.lt. Fob Haul— Fornlsbad desirable 5rnom cottage and tat, cheap Apply to 6t» Asbury aveooa. Adv.. 1-16. ft. Fob BALA.— Ford touring ear. Jesse Coos, 806 Mooriyp Tarraoa. adv. It.

f WASHINGTON CAMP ; HAS CELEBRATION t, Pleasing Entertainment to a Commemorate Lodge's Fifteenth Anniversary. I I The entertainment marking the! fifteenth anniversary «f the organize- I „ ! Friday evening drew a large audience, j y rum prising Hie member- and their ° Mr.- Jo-ephine Taylor! lu co-lume e> «»ve a humorous recllall.iu that kept , the crowd -tulllng, and she wa. apf F'suded with vigor at 11. conclusion A well played piano solo by Ml . 1 I.aura Town-end wa. applauded, and r the Rev. Jo»eph It. Kulp. pastor of e the First 61. E Church, wa. inlro- . dured. e Dr. Kulp said that being In Ihl. ; hall on such au occasion took him t to the clly by the member, of the e lodge. He said that he saw by - tlie program that the lodge believes lu • taking the minl-ler- In to share their s pleasures. He humorously slated tbat 1 Afler telling a funny story of a col1 ored porter 011 a wrecked railroad train. Dr. Kulp said that as he looks around 1 the hall and sees Hie natloual colors, - he I. reminded 1 list I lit- organization I. an American organization, and. I citizens. The lodge ha. presented r eaeh church of Ocean City with a beautiful .Ilk Hsg. and the churches 1 Highly prize the flag. Sometime* the flag may be prized loB highly and kept lu such state that II may be pree served. The flag I. not simply to be ' kept. It Is to be put out so that every- , Uuiefot patriots, and not for substlI No matter how tine's feeling- may 3 be. II must be admitted that the Uer. f man- are makltig a wonderful record - for resourcefulness. Cut oft from the • world '* supplies, they heve made .ub

SOLDIERS BEAT : ATLANTIC Y.M.C. A. Game Was Hotly Contested and Score Was Tied Several Times. ' I defeat ed'The tir iV'telm ,7. he" Triune i Lut as an example id ba.ket hall the! j .itum-le wouldn't he entitled to a very r ; The visiting delegation did tint prove : j to he good loser-Mo say the lea-t. ended with tlrean City leading. IS In half by Hreckley. Weiseuthal, .Seller 11 lee and Henderson Roy Jeffrie*. who " aulistlluted for Sharp, held his man lo the mat 1'ro.ser, for the visitors ' made a line shot in tin- half Weiseuthal F. "T" "ii > Hreckley. F. I la 21 Heuderisin, (I. 11 11 U Jell tie-. «t. 0 0 0 i a i« si d ATLANTIC CITV Slilnli, F. " "0 . "T "0 " Marshall, F. I 0 2 1 l'ro.H:r, C. 2 IS 22 e Wilson, U. 0 0 0 A Angelu.fi. 0 0 0 = 3 18 24 V The M.-P. team of this city, and the 1 Intermediates "of the At laullc City Y. r M C. A. played between halves, and > the visitors won, 3S to 82 The teamof tbe "Intermediate." included . high school stars and others among the u best players In Atlantic City, accordug in those familiar with Atlantic I- City's basket hall crowd. Tbe score , was lied several time, during the X game, and the boys played hard. , Ferguson put up a whirlwind game , for the local, and good worn wa* done by the others. Krebs. Carmack and • Bradley led for the visitors. ; jsr* : p.,,..-, ' Wallace ' Center Kreb* :ss?r u—' isssa1 e Field goals— Ferguson. . 67 ^twlt. 2; . Wallace. 2; Price. 2; Bradley, 4; Carl mack, 8; Krebs. -4: Freeman, I. Fotiguals— Price, to; Bradley, 12. Referee, '' Roy Johnson. j. wilt ni.tnt.utr nin. r. Next Sunday being Palm Sunday, . palm will he Idessed bv the Rev. t'hos. F. Blake, the rector, before the 10 e o'clock ma-s In St Augustine's Church. 1 and distributed to the members of tbe congregation.

i |1 ALLEN SCDLL HAS \ SOME BIG WORK „ d Hove and Extensively * Improve Cottage ot John H. McClatchy. | Allen Scull, builder, of tbt* city, baa m received a coutract from John h. mc- , Clatcby, oue of Philadelphia's promt- , ueul builders, lo move bis Central t avenue cottage to tbe ocean side of street and Wesley avenue. , make extensive additions to the cot- ( lage, build a two-car garage. 200 feel e of bulkhead and a leant* court. , Tbe Improvements will cost $4000. , Mr. Scull has received from Thomas m. Scott, of Philadelphia, tbe contract ( , erect a twelve-loom cottage and on the Garden, tract, on tbe ( north side of Atlantic boulevard, ea»i f of Beach -road. The cottage will be , [ 80 feet wide, by 23 feet deep, with ( front and side porches aud a side bal- ' cony. , The cottage Is to be completed June ( ' i. snd will cost $8000. ' In addition to these, Mr. Scull ha* * received (be contract for exteoslve al Fatrtoo, n. j., for Joraph Shoemaker * of the Cumherland Ulase Manufacturing Company, of Bridgeton. 1 Tbe same builder has just completed the addition to lbe oltlce of the cum- ^ herland Ulaes Manufacturing Co.. of Bridgetoo, and also the addition to the jj More Jonas Glass Manufacturing Co., of tbe same place. ft-room cottage, all eouventences; "• central location, 1x86 Asbury ave., '• Ooeau Otty. n. j. Apply 836 Wesley j avenue. Sale price. (2800. Rent price. { (200. adv 3 -2». |t. i Fob Salk or Rent -First-class tee cream parlor and caudy store. 042 o i Boardwalk . Ocean City, n. j. Address p w. Shaffer Smith. 1. Hayday apis, lc Atlantic City, n. j. Adv., 8-22, tf. J.® Wanted —One or two share* of Ocean City First National Bank-Mock, stale price. Add res. p. o x-ock Box 286. Ooran City. n. j. adv. tf Fob Sale.— Ctger ease Id first -class condition. and two small Natlooal cash •ae registers Frank E. Darby, 761 Asbury aveooa. Adv., 8 16, U.

ORCHESTRA AUXILIARY TO 1 GIVE MUSICAL APRIL 27

| Elaborate Plans Completed for Entertainment at a Philadelphia Hotel. The Orchestra Auxiliary has completed lis plans for tbe musical and to be given on Friday evening, April 27, In the ball room of the Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia. The program Is lu the bands of Mrs Robert b. Vollum Mrs. William e. Hexamer. of isis5 Wallace street, Philadelphls, has charge of tbe distribution of tbe boxes in the ball room. Tbe tickets '.unreserved) for the floor of the room cau be procured from any member of tbe auxiliary, or from Miss Mary m. Bsrr, of Philadelphia, secre of the auxiliary. Mrs Floyd c. Slinui*. 633 Wesley aveuue, this city, acttug as (be auxiliary representative lu Ocean Clly, aud tickets may be secured from her or at Slinm.' restaurant, 822 Boardwalk . a meeting of tbe Orchestra Auxiliary meellug of

to be held a week before tbe tnu-lcal aud dauce. lu tbe Junior Room of tbe lev ue-St ratford , to complete the 1 plan, for tbe summer. New members are belug added to tbe auxiliary every day, showing wltb- ' out doubt the keen interest Hie ladles have taken lu tbe musical development of Oceau City. At the last meellug of the Hotel Proprietors' Assoctatlou of Oceau City at the home of Mrs. f, w Mitcbuer. 2221 Green street. Philadelphia, the subject of the uew music pier was discussed. The eutire matter was carefully cm- ' Sidered, aud, at Ibe end of tbeeveuiog. i lie association expressed a desire to go on record as being heartily lu sympathy with tbe work of the Orchestra Auxiliary. Heven passenger automobile. Apply ' John Bramell. 748 Asbury avenue. * i Ocean Clly. n. j. adv., 8y22. St. Legal papers of all descriptions, la's -ludiug wills, are carefully drawu by 12 r. Curtis Roblusou at bis oltlce. 744 >» Asbury aveuue. Ocran City, n.J adv. FOR SALE" RsSsS '* 42 inches wide by 7 feet high. Best condition. Very cheap. il Also ™ Revolving Book Case, quartered tJ oak. to hold 125 to 150 hooka, at a bargain. Address Sentinel office.

d 1 MANY ATTEND : "SUFFRAGE TEA" , '■ | . 1 , Encouraging Addresses Made \ * by State Organizer and 1 Other Visitors. e The members or tbe Ocean City , I Branch of the Woman's Suffrage , , League were elated at the large atI, tendance at the "Suffrage Tea" given t n at the home of Mrs. K. W. Gaudy, t -. Monday eveulng. There were 67 per- ■ 1, son. present. Including a number of 1 . The opening aild re— was made by i Mr*. Granville H. Bleelman, presl- 1 dent, who Introduced Mrs E. L. 1 Lewis, of Hillsdale, N. J. Stale or- ■ gatiizer. Mrs. Lewis made a stirring 1 II e.tlug stallslical address was made ■ 5 by Mrs. John H. Carroll, wife of the | «upervi-lng principal of Hie Sea Isle 7 _ public schools. | 1 The captalus of the teams tbat are , to lake the local suffrage census— Mrs. | Oandy aud Mrs. J. S Rush— were In- a !, Iroduced, aud Mrs. Oandy s|>oke. < 2 Talks were given by Postmaster B. I " Frank Smllh. Samuel Cuheu and Geo. 1 W. Woodslde. _ Mrs Charles B. Wiuter- gave a recl!4 latlon, "The family Drum Corpa;" is Orauvllle H. Sleelmau aud wife sang I a duel, accompauled by Mrs i'ouls ' d Miller on the rlauo, and Mrs. Wood- < u- side raug "dull rage America." t 11 Mrs. Sleelmau read a notice. for the e enrollment of New Jersey Suffragists ' for war relief work. Fledges for this 1 c duly will be asked. « ® A number of new names were added ' . to the local branch's roll of tnemb gff ~ , i e Mr*. George Heller, of New York, . d aud Mrs. M. Popbam, of Klmira, were , among the out-of-lown people present. t Several youug women, wearing the 1 colors of the league, served refresh- t g meDls aud sold fancy- novelties, t m Punch aud cake were provided, n The meellug next Mouday afternoon I 1 will be held at Hie borne of Mrs. H. ■ !: Frank Smllh. r' I i — i Died Waddeoly. , Joseph M. Parker, aged 77 years, of | Philadelphia, died suddenly lu South c Oceau Clly while on a visit here Sua- < -, day. The cause of Oeatb was apo- ' '• plexy, accord lug to tbe certlflcate la- , sued by CoroDerS. M. Hoff.uau. Uu" t 'j dertaker Mark Lake sent tbe body to I Philadelphia. ^ invitations out | J FOR wedding; i 3 A R. Fogg and Miss Kain ' Will be Married at Marl- , ton April n. ' IiiviialloDs are out for tbe weddlug j of Albert Raudolpb Fogg, eon of Al- '' bert Fogg aud wife, of this city, snd Mis a Elqauore S. Kaln, daughter of Joseph E. Kalu.'nf Marlton, N. J., ! which Is to occur at 6 o'clock Wed- '' nesday eveulug, April 11, In the Flret '• Baptist Church at Msrlloo. 1- Following tbe ceremoDy, there will ie be a reception at tbe home of tbe bride ® Tb-youog people will be At borne y after Juue 28 at 714 Nlulh street. »* Mr. Fogg has been lu business here g. for several yrara. Mlsr Kato Is la- . structor of maslc In tbe Ocean City public school*, wblcb position abe '• will soon relmqutsb. ^ Go to Guy's, Tenth and Bay, for stnctly fresh eggs aod poultry dressed to order Adv., 1-11, 8 moa. y

. i NO ACTION TAKEN BY CITY ON UNIFORM BUILDING LINE

Officials Had Protests Against Widening of Asbnry Avenue —Matter Misunderstood. Because of the flood of proleeta, ordiproviding for a uniform bonding line on Asbury avenue and tbe widenlug of Asbnry avenue were not - Introduced at the weekly meeting of lite Clly Commlastonera. Afler the meeting had been called to • order. City Clerk Morrla read tb* notice- of Intention bearing on tbt* matter. Calling Director Campbell to tbe chair. Mayor Champion took tbe floor and said that before there were any arguments from. the people present, aud In order that these arguments might not be too strenuoua, be desired to inform tbe audience that there are already enough letters of protest to put the matter lo sleep, and tbe Commlastonera feel thai there are a sufficient number of protests to keep them from taking action. The whole affair seems to have been 1 misunderstood, the notice not having 1 been worded just at was Intended. ' That tbe project was mlsuudarstood by many of (be property owners la ' shown by their letter*. Many of them property owner* favor tb* plan exactly aa do tbe Clly Commissioners, yet tbey have protested. ' Aiong tbla Mayor Cbamploo read tbe followletler from R. H. Thorn: "Tolbe Hoo. Mayor and Commissioners of Ocean City— "Geutlemen:— Aa tb* owner of ods feet on Aebory avenoe, I 1 wish to enter my protest against tb* widening of eald avenue at tb* present time for tbe followlog reasons: "In tba first place, tbe avenne becurb# Is now much wider than many streets In large dttea, wbere there te many times the traffic there fa . 00 it, besides a trolley Una, and to my . mind there te plenty of room for many year* to come. Tbeo U seems to me tbat to tear np tbe permanaot lasprovementa tbat were mad* Id 1B0S and latar at a groat exponas, nmntog many thousand* of Hollars, woold be a waste tbat tbla city cannot afford ' id suffer at thle time or tor qotta a number of years to 00m*. "1 have oever bran opposed to poblie permanent improvement* 'aod am □ot now, aod am witling to gtva four feet or my enure front to tb* eMy far Its use as a part of tbe sidewalk, pro. vlded tbey will establish • bolldlng 17 feet from tb* present curb lias, 86j fact from tbe center of tb* roadway. Then, some Uma In tb* futora, tf It la thought wis* aod ooeomary, to take three feet of Use sidewalk end pot tba roadway, thereby luiaaoelog tt to 46 feat In width, at tba earn* Um* passing an ordinance requiring all electric and telegraph wires 10 be placed under ground and ramewa all poles from tbe aveooa, of whatever kind, aod use tbe earn* kind of electric lamps for lighting tbat am now In un 00 Ninth street aad a part of tbe Boardwalk." In tb* flrst place, mid Mayor ChamI pton, tbe city did not Intend to wldon Aebory avenue at this time, aad, aa for the suggestions lo tb* olbor portion of tbe letter, tbat is what tba eMy bad 1 intended doing. Tb* Mayor staled tbat tb* eMy boo been asked to eetabilab a uniform bolldlng line on Aebory avail, aad tbe officiate were proceeding to do tbla , along tbe legal llnm laid down by City [ Solicitor Boswell. It la nothing mora to tb* ORy ComI mis* loners personally wbotbor tbla r line la established than it I* lo any citizen, and tbey do not desire to try ' to force on tbe people something tbey - do not wont. 1 Several of thorn at tb* mootlag dlfo earned plans to bring about a uniform I building lino, which all appear lo s want. Among tba apookor* were 8. B. Swan. William M. Taylor, B. Howard s Thorn and William Bridgwwatae, bM notblog definite was reached. 1 Mayor Cbomploa raid tbat than fo - 00 question of tb* Mod af establishing r a uniform bolldlng low, and tb* CMy r Commissioners wen pioomdlng according to lagal advice. Now, tho Mayor slated, be did 001 Imagine tbla mauar will be brought op again nor less a majority of tba lotcnatod propI erty owners present petition* to tba . board.

CMHEE OF 0B8ESS Sins' Restiorut aid Delicitessen NOW AT v 822 Burdiilk, Cimr Hnrln Ttrnn OPEN EiSTEB SEiTDS CiFXCITT. til Spring Opening We bold oar Spring Opening this week — Friday and Saturday. YOU ARE INVITED TO COME and enjoy seeing tbe New Spring Merchandise jwat received from tbe best maker*. No oWjgwiaa fo bay. NEWELL CORSON 819 Aabtny Atsenwa i OCEAN CITY MKW JSMSY vij i ■