Ocean City Sentinel, 26 July 1917 IIIF issue link — Page 1

•— OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXVII. OCEAN CITY, N. J„ THURSDAY, J FLY 2(1 1M7. NO. 18

For Sale at a Great Sacrifice Building of 24 rooms and 2 haihs, pu \Ye>U-y' avenue, near Ninth street, suitable for Priiate Hoarding Cottage. Lot is \tort-li . . . $2,000.00 improvements cannot be duplicated for .... S.ooo.oo f 10,000.00 Our price only $5750.00. "* MASSEY & EDWARDS . - • • , v ' 1 PARK THEATRE ROIKUWAI.K AT I'AHK PLACE THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL MUSIC OH THE PHOTOPLAYER ORGAN Saturday, July 21, THE ONE DAY ONLY E Robert Warwick in "THE ARGYLE CASE" NEXT WEEK Jules Verne's "20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA" AFTERNOONS EVENINGS

Ocean City Sentinel OCIAN C I TV, N. a. — Byit. CURTIS ROBINSON m Editor end Proprietor •r.oo PeP Year, Strictly in Advance. MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COU NSELLOR-AT LAW, t'AK HOI HE, 1. J. t Opposite Public Hulldlacsl W. Holt aT-uak. aiiiiut c. houvkll JL^AW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell, ANBURY AVKKl'K 2nd kVuHTH KTKKKT OCKAN CITV. N. J. LAW OFFICES Godfrey, Giddings 4 Read Ban'wi'minUlnf "'i:*':' ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. Precise People Will appreciate the punctual service which adds to the delight of dining here. THE — Harris Restaurant Miller Brothers Announce that they have ~ ^ reopened their c IceCream Parlor For the Season MARK LAKE Undertaker and Embalmer ATLANTIC ICE C0NPANT ,.»l" i. h,,, Mountain let , Oho*. 1S1« A|bury .OCCAM CITY M J. — r: —-'i L I H. Bnrkhardt 4 Cs. PLCMBIKti AM> HEATING All ASM«T AVOH Kill CITT . J"S« 4 Hoi H—Uu* COAL You need Coal. Yon need Service. You get both from C. M. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Twelfth aa<_Me»« Avenue Watch and Jewelry Repairinf Mayer's Boardwalk. Ocean City . 1MI7 Atlantic Ave.. Atlantic City Advertise in the SENTINEL

"ALWAYS WORTH WHILE " "THE PRIDE OF OCEAN CITT" Hippodrome ON THE BOAHDWALK AT NINTH STREET ' Presenting at all times super.de luxe VAUDEVILLE MY-T-FINE Photo Plays Now Playing^ THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JULY 26, 27, 28 The .Popular Comedy Stars Marie and Billy Hart lij. their Clever Comedy Oddity "THE CIRCUS GIRL" and other Superb Acts In conjuction with the Gigantic Photo- Play Spectacle me Garden of Allah With HELEN WARE and a Notable Cast Don !t Miss Seeing This Epoch -Making Motion Picture Triumph Matinees Daily— 3 P. M. Evenings Continuous— 7.30 till 1 1 Popular Prices Prevail at Both Performances CHAS. C. READ / . WALTER E. ALLEN CHAS. C. .READ & CO. REFRIGERATORS An inspection of our line will convince you • that the Quality is there. We have the famous Polar King. Leonard's Grand Rapids, and Challenge Chests. Blue Flame .Oil Stoves a specialty at the Modern Hardware Store. - Chas. C. Read & Co. 839 Asbury Phone as 437-W FREE DELIVERY

REAL ESTATE INSURANCE Glavton Haines Brick A11 Eiehth St. Ocean City, N. J. ! n m ^ Tin Roofs H | are the Cheapest, and Safe sheet ' mrial gtxvls Wc do not confine, ventilators. chimney top*.- furnace^flues. make it in first-class Kyle at a low-clan /L.ir^ Heaters Repaired, Stoves Repaired t — _ r iJ All Kinds of Roofing SMITH'S

THRONG BIDS GOD SPEED I TO BOYS OF COMPANY G

Inspiring Scenes at "Farewell Night" to Soldiers Before ] They Leave for Camp. There were few among the crowd— I ; numbering between 'Juno and :UK*i men, women and children— gathered In and around the city', mu.ic pavilion j Tuesday evening thai ever before saw. ' or will ever see, such an Inspiring, and 1 at IITe same time pathetic, spectacle as | w as presented in this large building on j tills occasion— the "farewoll ulgtH" for | . i the boys of Company G, summoned t ' by President Wilson to the service of |»' fall of German autocracy. The building was charged with patriotism, aud wheu the nrtu of Com- * paiiy U. led by Capl. Vance I.. Ealy, 1 aud headed by tbegallanl old veterans -! of the Civil War. carrying twp tattered - and battle-scarred dags of the country. ' eutered the structure, the pavUlou ' fairly shook with the ihunderous sp- > plause. „ J It wits a scene that never will be f<rr- > gotten by those who wltuessed It, aud J many times In the years to come. \ whether the hoys of Company G be \ In Ocean City or !u the trenches lu . Kurope. there will come vividly before | their eyes a picture of the eveuts of their farewell night. , The crowd was stirred to wild en , thuslasm, too, when Chaplain Joliu . Handley . of the Second Keglmeut. aud a well-known member of the New ( Jersey Conference, called on the veteraus, holding their battle-stalued dags aloft, to give three cheers for •■Old Glory," and then the crowd vociferously jolued la the cheering •It was a time to make oue's blood ' move quickly aud lift' heart action re- 1 spoud as rarely before. Were- the ' Kaiser whltm hearing dlstauce he would promptly change bis views 1 concerning Americans. * i •The members of Company G were J given a dinner at the Ocean City [ Yacht Club by some of tbe business . and. while the arrival of the boys was awaited, the orcbeelry. led by. John K. Wltzemanu, played several selections. After the soldiers entered tbe pavlllon, tbey walked up tbe middle aisle, which was lined by tbe Ked I rose workers, dressed In tbe gsrb o« Ked Cross nurses. These ladle- and the members of tbe women's commit- ' ,tjre look seats on each side of the centre ' aisle The soldiers sat on the right aud * left, and the centre seats were tilled by relatives aud frleuds of Company U boys. The Bev. M. M. Lewis, pastor of tbe First Kaptlst Church, who presided, . called on the Rev. Joseph B. Kulp. ^

I FIRST NINETEEN ! IN LOCAL DRAFT . of This Number Arc ' Married and Several Are Heads of Families. j v Mm.c n Standard 783 7 i J T Hughes Coo K. Alien «.* "*> n lard Mc.Nuit ' 73# Ti * James M Hertzler 6ib 8# j1 Cape May Coun.Cs quota was IS?.. ™ Ue-ususe ol the various military or ' G, Third Inlanirv. in Ocean City, and I similar bodies ol men in other cities * -the count) was credited Willi 1. J volunteered for service, leaking f only nineteen to be taken from the j •Of the nineteen here named. IJr. J. I Thornley Hughes, ol Hughes' Central J| harmacy. is married and has a child. James M. Hertzler. of Haddock's d Pharmacy. Is married, and Or. M. B. ' Stannard. a dentist, also Is married. £ and has a family. i HAD PLEASANT TIME " nr. and Mra. T.n. Fart, Jr. [ Several frleuds of Mr and Mis. , Thomas R. Fort ftdlve In work at the 1 ' First M. K. Church of Germ.ulaWb >f spent Wednesday of last week very , pleasantly at the cottage of Mr. Fort r Oceau avenue, this city. J The party comprised Mrs. Homer ' Addams, Mrs. W. F. Ballluger, Mrs Herbert ClUTe. Mrs. H I ward Pennock. t Mis. Mabel Hyrau, Jessie Gilmnre. • Belle Ho r be r. Flora Hauua, I.aura J K. H. Marshall and Kdlili v i

lH. D. MOORE TO PRESENT TABLET Exercises Soon to be Held in Presbyterian Church. chairman ami orary member.) Mayor Champion, presiding' A Id -ally repre-eutalion of the member i other honorary memtier. City Coin- |«» William U Campbell. | Mayor Champion, .fier expressing that the meeting wa- ready for the Comrade Frazler. adjutant. Mated meeting held In the First Presbyterian Church. Comrade (Hcory l>. Moore, commander of the association. I had decided In present to the PresbyI ablet Willi President Lincoln's imuioital Gettysburg Address. Comrade further slated that this tablet It I- Mr. Moore's wish to have the presentation made lu a suitable to altehd hi I ha details of the cereA -resolution embodying the foregoing and naming Sunday eventug. August lu. or Sunday evening. August 2ii, nod requesting Mayor Champion to endeavor to secure Governor Edge as tbe orator for tbe oecasiimi, was pas-ed unanimously. Governor Kdge will select oue of. the tw-o dales, if he consents to be present. Dae uutlcfe of th* pre-eula-tbe mayor the services of the veterans III hl's judgment be'rapa'ble. It was voted to have a banquet, the day for which was tentatively llxed for the 'Thursday evening afier. the presentation of Hie tablet. The details are lefl with a couinilhee of three, of which the officer of the day. Major Thomas, is chaiiman. be to name the other two. ^Adjurauf Frazler is exI burbles of "the Fllst""". Church the use of their commodious Mayort'hamploii aud Commlmlnner and Usmocralic clubs. ' respectively, said that the veterans , would be welcome No meet lu the rooms for social purposes al any time the rooms are uot lu use t>.v llie clubs This offer w as gratefully accepted by ■ lie association members. After tbe transaction of the regular some very pleasant proceedlu the nalure of a camp-fire folIt -may be said lu this coifuecllon that the proposed banquet ill have also some of the features of camp-tire.

BIG CROWD AT I GLOB SMOKER Good Show' Given for Entertainment of Yachtsmen in I City for Regatta. Tbe Ocean City Yacbt Club'a .smoker and reception for visiting yacblsmeu at tbe club bouse Fridsy eveulug was largely atteDded. and „ Hie buys enjoyed the vaudeville provided by tbe entertainment committee, of which Rear Commodore James W. Fernley Is chairman. Past Commodore Charles J . Cur rati was master of ceremonies. *1 - Tbe program was aa follows: * , Selection, by orctieatra, the crowd 11 singing under tbe leadership of Dan- 11 lei McUarrlgan, of Philadelphia: ae fl lections, cabaret girl, Miss Sara Myers: humorous bits. J. J. Hughes; musical " selections. Variety Duo; novelty en- P tertaluer. Miss DuBots; singing and '' dancing girl, Miss May Roberts; eiug^ " Ing comedian, Heuj. Franklin; alng- ^ Ing and dancing girl, Miss May Rob- " ert-;Jack Irwin Trio. Mis* DuBols made a prouounced " hit when aba released bereelf from a P ■trait-Jacket In which the w as firmly " "Charley" Curran was tbe referee In ^ a comedy boxing matcli aud proved ' tbat be Is still very mucb "In tbe *- y Following tbe show, an excelleut u lunch .w as provided for tbe club mem- a tiers and vlaltora.

Cdrbialrd Aaalveraarr. Mrs. Clarence B. Kugler, of Pblla- a delpbla, celebrated ber birthday anniversary with » party of lolled guests at tbe summer borne of Assembly- t > man James Franklin, In tbls city, i . Friday. Those present Included for- -i mer Assemblyman and Mrs. William { Walab, Mis. Catherine Lett!. M)sa t Bessie Mason, Michael McHugb aud I William Walsb, Jr. Jolia accislo m Coilscer. I Jobn C. McClaln. brolber of I.teut teuant Governor McClaln, of Peun.yl- 1 1 s van la. Is occupying, with bis family. . a cottage al tba corner of fit. Cbariei place and Corinthian avenue. This s u Mr. McClaln's first season lo Ocean 1 City. He rented tbrough tbe agency 1 a of H. F. Stanton. j Hllltlile.Caaiecn. .Crystal Camp Flic Olrla wHI go Into camp at Ocean city on July 30 a Tbe MllivUia Boy Scoot, are camping ' bera- Ttsq^ will epessd ton dajte at

UNFURLED | AT NEW PAVILION; "Old Glory" Presented by President H. Walter Berroth to Recreation Pier. Tbere was quite a big time In South Oceen City Saturday afternoon, when fitg, 8x10 feet, .presented by FreslH Walter Berroth. was raised at South Oceau City recreation and flsblug pier. The flag was unfurled by Mis. Dorothy O. Berroth, daughter of the president. A buucb of small flagfell from II as the large flag was flung the breeze. - — The paviliuu will be finished this, week, aud tbe directors and stockholders will meet lu It Saturday eveuiug, Allen Scull, tbe contractor, expects to have the pier llulthed early August. Through tbe -generosity .of U. A. VauHart, a stockholder lu the Oceau Recreation and Flsblug Pier two lots south of tbe pier have been acquired,. and 'these will be utilized as a play-ground for the cblldrcn.

FINE SINGING ( Bcb ^ d i 1 'First to. E. Church. v Tbe apeclal music al the Metbodiat a Church by the Stale Summer School , Chorus last Sunday evening was de- , -lighlfully rendered uuder the direction or Miss Zlsgen, supervisor of music In , i tbe Ocean City State Summer School , aud also In tbaTreutou\public schools, j , The aoprauu solo by Miss Yearivk , wat of fiecullar merit, both In Its [j words aud spirit, aud In her render- . j Ing of lb j | HlrsB Mrrlman a Mrnirnhnt. ' Hiram Sleelman. furmerly of this . { city and a graduate of tbe local high i I school. Is first lieuteuaol of tbe military organization recently formed In Atlantic City by Director Frank Sooy, - of that resort, and which la now at ' San Girt. Lieu tenant Stoelmsu ha. l( Mao practicing liaw lo Atlautlc City ' lor several years. 1

POST OFFICE ] OPENED FOR BUSINESS

~ | Sub-Station Will be a Great 1 | Convenience to Merchants and Visitors. I I The sub-station of the Ocean City I ; post office was opened In the east end i I of the music pevllloh on tbe Hoard- I I walk Tue-day morning by Pnsimaster ■ ' | B. Frank Hmllb. City Hollcltor An- J drew C. Boswell, representing the j municipality, was with Postmaster , Smith, as was Miss Margaret Parker, I '■ of llie local office force. Miss Parker 1 was transferred lo the sub-station for a , '• few days until Miss loua Adams, who •' will he lu charge, becomes familiar I 1 with the duties of llie posltlon 1 In addition lo her work In the sub- . r' station, M!.s Adams is In charge of the , * city's publicity bureau hi the music I * pavlllou. K The sub-statlou will probably be open , from # a iii. until S p. m., wltb Ibe ex- ; " ' ceptlon of au hour at uoou aud lu the < - latoafternoon In order that Miss Adams '* may go to her home for meals. Tbe new office will be a great conI' veuleoce to tbe Boardwalk busluesa men, as well, as tq tbe thousands of >- visitors who dally are ou the ocean " KNITTING SWEATERS

Hrancti ol Man L»|sc Formed A large chapter of tbe Navy KnitLeague has beea orgaaixed by the Auxlllsry of tbe Ocean City Yacbt Club, wltK Mrs. D. H. Paris, j wife of Commodore Paris, as presiMrs Walter D. Kooaall, secreand Mrs. Charles J. Curran, The object of this new branch, of activity In Ibis city for tbe government service Is to furutsb tbe men who enlist lo ibe navy witb sweaters, -wristbauds, etc . made of gray navy The members are uow busily cu- ■ gaged lu tbclr work. A handsome brass plalc, giving tba i name and location of Holy Triolty - Protestant Episcopal Church, and i hours of service, the lettering balog In , | relief, bss been placed on tba Boardt walk at Eleventh street. It was tbe ■ ; generous gift of A. P. Hmllb. of Phllr sdslpbia and Is much appreciated by tbe church members. . r r i k I T

3 i HISTORIC FLAGS ; SEEN IN PARADE , .. Veterans' Association Carries Emblems of Conntry That , k Were in Fierce Battles. " [ IM.II of .1.. -an City, met al Stirlvor'alj ■ a v ill, in and marched 'in a body to], i Hi.- Municipal Pier Tuesday evening. 1 io bid the members of Company G. of | e I 'c an Cliy. it" soldier's farewell and . I Godspeed. They carried at their head | i wo bat lie-scarred flags of the Twen- | 1 ty-ihird Pennsylvania R-giment. Velc Uiiteer Infant ry. ■ These flags were presented to that « '• regiment when it volunteered forjl • tbriH- months in April. 1861. in re-ll " sponso to President Lincoln's call for « " 75.000 thri-.- months' volunteers, and 1 " when, nt the expiration of their term. 1 e I he regiment rea-niisted on the field I /or three years' the (lags went with ' • llie regiment and were carried proud- ' ' greater or less*" importance, among i e them Yorktown. Fair Oaks. Chantllly. < i, Antietam. Fredericksburg. Chancel- . lorsville. the Wilderness. Petersburg, the Seven Days' lUllle. and never once did those Hags ever "dip their 1 • .stars." I The Twenty-third Regiment was . ' raised by Col. David B. Burney, of • Philadelphia — one of the bravest sol- • dlers of the Civil War — who rose " rapidly in promotion, and when Gen- " eral Daniel E. Sickels, commanding < " the Third Corps at Gettysburg, was shot, losing a leg at the hip. General Burney took command of the corps. The flags came into possession of ' .. Comrades John F. Glenn (who sub- i sequently became colonel of t)ie regl- ] , ment). James J. Bolestridge, Jatnes , j Brown. Frank Donohoe. Joseph Corne wall, W. G. Rutherford and Robert . Boyd, ot the Twenty-third Regiment ' if all members and comrades of Col. I r Wm. L. Curry Post", No:"18, Depart- < e ment of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of • the Republic, only three of whom are living. Comrades Bolestridge, Cornwall and Donohoe. a.id thc flags have 1 II long been held By the Post "as a sa- I " c'red legacy. - | One of the flags is so badly shat- | ' teced by shot and shell that It cannot now be unfurled without falling all to pieces. It Is the parting wish of the Civil War Veterans' Association of Ocean , City that their grandsons of Com- .. pany G. National Guard of New Jersey now leaving home and friends. t that their war flags shall, like these |. flags of fifty-six years ago. "never , I- trail the dust In battle," but may re- . r- turn to Ocean City, there to remain t it for years and years yet to come as if one of the most highly prixed raemen- • toes of a world-wide war. * - . ■ . I 1

MALE VOICES • NEEDED BY CHORUS — ' Rehearsals Being Held Week- J ly for Concerts to be Given c in Angnst. ' Mors voices, aud especially male, t desired for tbe Orchestra Chorus t mixed volcee. The cborue will t meet for rehearsal lu the Flret Freetiytenan Church at 7.15 o'clock on Thursday evening of next week. It Is plan ued to have tbe big festival roucert iu tbe music pavUlou tbe lat- J ter part of August. | Some of Philadelphia's beet known amateur vocalists are members of Ibe ^ A Isrge number of men In Pbiladel- 1 plila wbo arc unable to be here for re- J hearsals are practicing tbe uumbera 1 to be suug at the coucert, and tbey will be ou band lo rehearse wltb tbe ' others ou one or two occasions before : the eutertaiumeut le given. I Those among tbe vlsitore wbo can I slug are asked to become members of c the chorus, which Is directed by Jobn I K. Wltzemat-n. of tbe Pblladelpbta I i I

SUNDAY CANDY SALES WILL ' r NOT BE PERMITTED HERE

Prominent Boardwalk Business Man Doesn't 'Heed Warning and is Arrested. . Charged wltb telling candy aod cream oo two recent Sundays, William F. Shrlver. a Boardwalk tiusluess men, was taken before Folic* Justice Barrowe shortly befora 6 . o'clock Tuesday evening for a bearing. The accused requested Justice Barrowe to postpone tbe bearing until last 'I evening, and Ibe request was granted, ' the defendant being held In hie own ' recognizance. ) The warrants were sworn ont by ' Pul Icemen G.£. Seamen aud H. T. I Johnson, and the proeecotlon was 1 based on violations of the law for suppressing vice and Immorality. Accordlug \fi the police, Bbrlver waa notified Saturday night not to aotl > candy on Sunday, but It wat claimed - { that, uol withstanding this, ba kept . his candy kitchen wide open last Sunday end did a, land-office bueloeae In I the sale of sweets, a force of clerks bolug almost constantly oo tbe move. I According to rumor, tbere are aov- , eral local clllzene aud summer vlaltora back of ibis movement, and tbey will I spare neither time nor money to pot ; a slop to tbe sale of candles on Son- . days. Mayor Champion le determined to ; continue during bis official admlnle- - along the lines tbat have booo followed on Sundays for some Unto MUST GO TO JAIL ! Conn or Appeals Decides Against 1 Former Prosecutor Matthew Jaffa*r of Cape May County, most serve a sentence of one to three yean In tbe - Jersey State Prison, for malfea1 sauce In office. The New jersaj t Court of Errors aud Appeala, In an I opinion by Chief Justice Gumnaara, . upbeld tba Cap* May Conoty official's - conviction and aontenoa. ' f Jefferson was found gallty of pto- | lectlbg gamblers. He waa accused of . taking ball Rom oertaln prisoners, - aud falllug to account for tba money. Ills ckse bae bean pending In tba ' courts for mora than aigbtoaa mouths. I TROUT CHOSEN i :• At Company O'a election for n aoor ood lieutenant to succeed Than. V. ' resign ad. bald al the arm- " ory Friday avanlog, "Top" Sergeant . John E. Trout was elected to fill tba position. Ha It of tba firm of Bwaa A Tmnt . hnlldara.

Cbarlee Brecklcy Is likely to BU tbe position made vacant by tba promotion of Sergeant Troot. ■oaaw nracktr LUtteMg. Fergus McOuaker discovered last Friday tbat bit summer home, on tbe Gardens tract, bad bean attack by llgbtolog during tba baavy ateem of Saturday nlgbt waak. Tba bolt made a bola In tba root Mr. aod Mrs. McCuekar wan In Atlantic City tbat evening. Whan tbay return ad tbay found tbat tbay eouM not on tbalr electric Hgbto. Assistant Prosecutor W. E. Brown, of AllanUc County, aud hHfatbar-lu-law, Ira Sharp, of Vlnelaod, both members of tba Ocaan City PWiIng are baring an exciting compaction lu fitbcaichlog. Dp to lato reports Prosecutor Brown waa tat tba lead. Finest fasr MwedlagMrs. Taylor, of Vaotnor. waa fined 110 and costs by Police J net Ice BarMonday morning. Bba waa ' charged by Motorcycle Polleamaa Sack wltb axoaadlog tba auto speed i limit lo tbla city. She paid Jtba Baa

r Change of Address SIMMS' 1 Delicatessen and Restaurant Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace ' NOW OPEN . i IDB- COLLARS B. V. p. DNDBRWBAB Newell Corson 819 Asbury Ave. 26-28 High Street • Ocean City Millville, N. J. 1 ALWAYS RELIABLE >- DOUGLAS SHOBS XMBBY BUB