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VOL. XXXVIII. OCEAJS1 CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, .MAY 9, 1918. NO. 6

Ocean City Sentinel R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor tr.ao Per Year, Strictly in A dr. nee. j ATTORKE1K-ST.I.AW. I j^ORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and i CPU NSELLOR-AT LAW. | LAW^OFFIGES Apgar & Boswell, A8BUKY MTttEKT LAW OFFICES Godfrey & Read atlantic city. n. j. pURMAN B. WILLIS — Attorney at Law ~\ 95J Asbury Avenue Ocean City, N. J. nKDIt'AL. DR. W. P. HAINES COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AYE. ' OCEAN CITV. N. J. orriCK HOU HH: { 1 te l°p*' m.' I a to a p. m.i ^ Pfaonea: Hell «6i-W: Interstate no- A Florence Brick Haines CON. 8TM AND W($5LCY AVE MECHANO-THENAPIST Stl Allen Corsai, M.D.S'H Il8 We .ley Avenue | Ocean City New Jersey j , t P^ERSCHEL PETTIT, "M. D. 807 WESLEY AVE. | OCEAN CITV, NEW JERSEY Qr. Wilson Y. Christian UentiHt •* 809 Central Avenue •okas city. ■. j. Bell Pbone, 152. booth Phones night Bell Hughts' Central Pharmacy »th and Wesley Ave. OcaenCitJr, N.J Pbone 246- W PbOM your order. Wa dallvar rree MARK LAKE Undertaker and Embalm er ■ COTfil ATBHOe •Phone IB OCEAN CITT, N.J. Time fir. Every Citizen to do His Part This is the time for every citizen to 'do his part — and buy all the third Liberty Loan Bonds ' be can afford. Remember that yon KememDer tnai you 11 1 r

lend yonr money to the p Government and receive liberal interest, as Third • Liberty Loan Bonds pay 4# per cent. - Ocean City < Title and Trust / Company OCEAN CITY. N. J. A C. L— LAKE ...URAL EST ATE AOENT . . COAL COAL TRY OURS FOR QUALITY c. n. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. IwRMA MdWe* AVMM

The best investment(y<>u can make is an improved property , in first-class condition 1 at a bargain figure. Only now and then can one of these be found. We have two such properties suitable for Private | Hoarding Cottages that will be greatly sacrificed in price. Splendid locations. For particulars address MASSEY $ EDWARDS OcEA*-ClTY, N. J. SIMMS5 RESTAURANT and DELICATESSEN 822 Boardwalk Will reopen for fbe Season Saturday, May 2Sth A World's Best Security for Patriotic Dollars The Third Liberty Loan The farms, forests and mines of our great country are pledged— its stores, factories and railroads— all industry — its and its homes; the entire resources of the world's richest nation arc behind the bonds of the Government's Liberty Loan. Buy them for cash or on installment — In the largest possible amount. They represent the best of security — upon which you can borrow at the Bank. Through this Institution you are invited to place your " subscription for the Third Liberty Loan. First National Bank Ocean City, N. J. NfcNfcNfcfcNfcNMfcMfch I . A Few ot Our Specialties Endicott-Johnson shoes for men. Buster Brown shoes for women and children. Walton shoes for boys and girls. Sweet Orr pants and overalls for mien. Black Cat hosiery and underwear. Cheney neckwear. Earl and Wilson collars. Pioneer suspenders. Pennsylvania sweaters. Knox hats. Goodyear keds, tennis shoes and oxfords. Faultless UUU. WAI^UII IVUUM — - , J

pajamas. Rockinchair undearwear. . *" , The above goods art absolutely the best in • the whole world. ' G. H. Steel man 831-833 Asbury Avenue OCEAN CITY v NEW JERSEY PHONE YOUR ORDER TWO PHONE* : SO 6. 220 FRED P. BELL For Things Gtfod to Eat SEVENTH STREET AND ASBUNY AVENUE Rel labia place to do your marketing. Meets, Groceries, Fruits FREE DELIVERY TO ALL PARTS OF OITY OHM ALL THK YKA* John Marts Lumber Co, Ninth Street and Haven Avenue • OCKAN CITY. N. 4. f — Hi"—*. Mifi-h-f. roribtieg P«P". "eh hN. Htito.lssh Welgfcta Try an Advertisement in the hmmtimml

LIBERTY LOAN HONOR FLAG I] IS WON BY OCEAN CITY -

Presentation Next Tuesday Evening— Dr. Gravatt the 1 Orator— $180,000 Raised. Ocean City, btviog gone con-i.ler-erty lAian subscription., won en li.moi | fisg, end Itiln emblem will lie |,re . Killed lo tlieclty lu the First M. K. j Hon next Tuesday evbulng. H. S. Mowrer. cbeltmeu of the locel cempelgn committee. The oretor of Ibe evening will be the 1 Kev. Dr. Holme. K. Graven, psstor of ' - (be Klrat M. K. Church. of ( amden, 1 one of Ibe most eloquent s|«eskere lu 1 Ibe New Jereey Conference. r The locel Boy Scoot Troop, memhere of Washington Camp. No. T6. P. O. S. of A., end olber organization. L will attend Ibe meellug lu e body. Ocean City 'a lolal nubecrlptlon to tbe ' third Liberty Loan will reach Ibe magnificent eum of $180,000. which le 0 $30,000 more then the town', quota. 1 At the final rally In the assembly jnlng. $5250 were subscribed within a 1 short time. The meeting was opened with the singing or "America" by-thc crowd, JCorporal Thomas S. Cosgrove.. of 11 Toledo, who was with General Per- 11 ahlng on tbe other side, who was to * address the meeting, was Introduced I by the chairman. H. S. Mowrcr. 1 Corporal Cosgrovc spoke briefly of bis exciting experiences, calling par- * tlcular attention, however, to the cruelly "of the Hun. Cosgrove, who Is a stalwart, • good looking young fellow, had a tad attack of pneumonia, which Is one of the reasons for his furlough. * He told of leaving this country with his command last June. He was one of the first of the American troops In t the.tren^lHS and was one of the first * ' "over the top". He had been Into the 11 third line of the German trenches. » The Speaker told of the terrible effects ti of the German's mustard gas. • i Cosgrove boars a scar across one of his chocks, where he had been scared 1 1 by a Hun bulleL , Tbe Corporal, at the conclusion of his talk, started the ball rolling by ex- ' claiming, "Now let's subscribe for j Liberty Bonds. Ill pay th^flrst week'* dues for the first five $50 bonds taken." , It wasn't a great while before these g . were obtained, and Cosgrove repeated .j his offer. The ten bonds were quickly . taken, and the Boy Scouts and others got the subscriptions to more than t $5,000 within a brief period. , meeting was adjourned afiMWie 1 Star Spangled Banner" had bcALphg. I SENIORS WINNERS I I OF TRACK MEET Class Had Total of 30 Points- ' Harvey Collisson Star j of 'the Events. Ocean City High School In tbe old baseball park Saturdsy-the first of ^ 80 points. Tbe "sophs" were second, the freshmen 11 points. Harvey Collisson, of thg seniors, was r tbe particular star of the meet, he be- t log Brat In elx of tbe evente. t _ High Jump- Won by Collisson; 2d. « Fergnson; 8d, Stevens'; both "sophs.." I !' Height, 6 feet 2 Inches. ( >' 76 yard dash— Won by Collisson; 2d, < Q Wallace, freshman; 8d, Stevens, soph. ' X Time, 6 14 seconds. s Running broad Jomp-Wonby Col- <

freshman.' Distance, feet 8 Inches. Shot-put — Won by Collisson; 2d, » Stevens; 8d, Ferguson; both of soph- * omore class. No distance Ukan, d Mile run-Won by Bom, jnnlor; 2d, H Ferguson, soph; 8d, Senior, freshman. 0 Tlma, 7 minutes. » 220-yaM dash- Won by Collisson; P r soph. Time! 25 seconds! I Pole vault— Won by 'Colllaeon; 2d, 1 ! Fergnson; Sd, Stevens. Height, 8 feet I ) 6 Inches. 880-yard run — Won by Boas; 2d, Wallace. Four-fifths mile relay — Won by 1 J union. - « These ralay teams comprised the fol- < lowing: " ' I Freshmen— Jefferson. Wallace, Holt J and Senior. Juniors— Coxe. Morris, < s Cunningham and Boas. cosmos iroo putsbarxk. Mr*. D. L. Place, of Pittsburgh, a _ summer resident bete, will be In town within a few days to open her cottage for tbe season. Mr. Plane, who is .■ treasurer-, of the Nixon Theater In Pittsburgh. wlU be here June 1. ts Mr*. M. Stewart, formerly of tbe Graham. has taken tbe Raleigh for

l( ira mathis dies out in oklahoma, Lived Here for Number of ' Years and Went West for Benefit of Health. 1 Mark Parcels, of Hie lloriou ( of I and ■ Trading Company, Allanllc City, of 1 the death of his nephew, Ira Met hie. of Hilarity, which occurred 10 Okie- c I is He conveyed the information I to Mrs. Granville H. Steelman. of this r 111- -Mer. Mrs. Andrew Sleelmsn. Ira's I mother, lelliug of the deslh of the I boy and -syiug I lint she had -tarted ? Irs Mallils, who* was about 36 years 1 old. had lived In Ocean City s num»f year, and had many friends a politics, and iwo or three years ago lie I a position in Trenton during Hit session* of the Legislature. I childhood. With his mother and I brother. Wallace, he went to Okla- t last fall for Ibe benefit of Ills a . He was said to have had a a definitely known. H Is thought by rels- c Hist be had uol been hedfakl long, a Funeral services will be held this 1 afternoon, at 2 o'ctogfc. at 16 North s Florida avenue. Atlantic City, N. J. B ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS ° f Will Uo to I'ttcmbars. J . Twenty-live or thirty members of the Young Men's Progressive League ' will go lo Petersburg tomorrow evenwhere some of tbe hoys will give 1 au entertainment In the Y. M.C. A. leul there for tbe amusement of (he soldier boys. The trip was arranged by Leroy Howe, sod Hie program will Include , selections by Frank Ssnlno's archesIra, W. H. Harris, Maurice Gaudy, It ( Liberty Loan Special Here. j The Keadlug Railroad Company's „ Liberty Loan special was here Tburs- I sfieruooii and subscriptions to the Liberty Loan were received several of Ibe company's employes, some of whom had previously ' taken bonds. On the train were IB- t vision Engineer J. W. Mayer and 1 W.Narr, chief clerk to the su- I perlotendeot'. 1

district meeting i of the p.o.s.of a. Strong Patriotic Addresses | Heard at Gathering of |i County Lodge Men. ! A well-attended district meeting of the P.O. S. of A. was held In the ■ 1 The Rev. George W. Yard, pastor of Hie First M. K. Church, of this city, The speakers Included District Presl- e dent A lieu T. Freldmanu.of Cape May 'I Court House; Paul Malzke. State representative; John B. Klrby, treasurer «■ of Ibe Ocean City camp; the Rev. Oar- * oerT. Hand, of riouth Seavllle; Stale o Chaplain Yard, of this city; Slate * M. Megargel, of Madison, II N. J : P. M. Scull, SLte trustee, and cl Hie Rev. Thomas N. Martin, of Cape tl Court House. »' District Presldeut Freldmann called a go "over the top" In the third Liberty ft One of the speakers called attention '4 lo the terrible crimes committed In 7 this war by (he Prussians. "Think of e. Northern F'rance and Ser- -4 bla," said be. 'Thluk of Captain Fy- ti atl and Kultb Caveli; of Ibe Lualtanla; " of (be innocent little children with c ihelr arms cut off; of tbe eballlng of h military hospitals; of tbe cruclfixloh h of Canadlen soldiers; of (lie daughters, n wives and,mother» who have been assaulted and murdered; of tba poison c gases sad liquid lire. My God, what g a record: if yon can look on that record and still withhold your support t 'Uncle Sam,1 you may as well lie h down somewhere and die, for yoa're n yellow all through."' Ii The Rev. Mr. HaDd pronounced tbe Ii Ii At the close of tbe meeting, refreab- t meule were provided. Taken Collage lor Season. ( William S. Graham, of Pbiladel- t pbla, a former councilman In thla r city, epent Saturday and Sunday here. c Graham, who has a por-lllon In t spend the eummer here, be and hie c sons-in-law having taken Ira 9 t snd Wesley avenue. Tbe aone-ln-law . ire Bradford Starr anl lea Leleer, of . ^1 1 Apanmenls HruleO. Dr. J.-B. Lake baa rented hla apart- . meuta to tbe following for tbe coming season: Corner of Sixth street and 1 Atlantic avenue lo Mlsa Sara Bales, of 1 623 Atlantic avanue, to . Mr. Scbanxe; 802 Sixth street to Mr*. < A. C. Oliver. a

FIRST K1NGF1SH OF SEASON LANDED, — — j 1 A. O. Denxel Makes Capture \ With Line Off Anglers' 1 Clnb Pier. *0 ( A. O. Denzel, well known Insurance , who, with bla family, has epent , tbe winter in this city, where be baa . a summer oottager, has (be dip , tlnctlon of catching the first klngfisb of the season. He landed It from tbe plerxif the Anglers' Clnb of Ocean , ou Sunday. It weighed about 21 ounces. He also caught two big < George W. Long, of Philadelphia, a fair-sized flounder olT Hie same pier. rair-aizea nouuuer on lue same pier. >

oert at Ibe club house during tbe day. \ Among these were George Under- t J. Wilson Bcotl, Joseph M t Dr. Richard Sooder, Sam- j ael Wright, 8. J. McCarthy, B. Strauss t and M. Rothschild, all of Pbiladel- { pbla. 1 Tbe secretary of the tlub, Walter I. j Raymond, says that the clnb now has < 100 members, with applications com- < In every day. Raymond Gilford has succeeded E. Boyd Maxwell as a fittff at tbe gas , company's office. George Donnelly, of Beimar, ha* Uken Charles Beoton^a place as foreman of the fittera. George Ewlng, of Philadelphia, has 'entered , company's service as a mechanic! and John Weetland has succeeded Samuel Cbatitu as engineer at the company's plant. 1 ' * ' 1 Waitresses-— Two refined girls, ex- . pertenced, wish positions aa waitresses In small hotel. Ready for work May ■ IS. Address Box 68. Wood boo roe. Pa. ■ adv, 1L Waitresses wanted, good ' working condlllous. excellent pay. Addrea# Sim ma' Delicatessen and Rastaurant, * Ocean CUy, N. J. adv..6«.tf. . i- All In One. Tbe great shoe, kid glove and fabric cleaner at Smith's Shoe Stole and Abbott's Pharmacy only. Jil adv., AS, 4L r

BOY SCOUTS' 00T $11,500 ] IN LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN

' Fonr of the Yoaths Entitled I to Special Emblems for Their 8plendid Work. | Members of tbe Boy Soont Troop deserve anstlnted praise for the work < ihey did lo tbe third Liberty Loan ■ campaign, oloaed Saturday nlgbt. Tbe ■ ' boys obtained subscriptions to tbe I amount of $11,550. - I Scouts Harvey S. Goir and Theodore Scoutmaster Henry W. Town- ' - send reports, are entitled to tbetr war I 1 service bar, they having won their < ' erly Loan campaign. 1 Scouts Marcus Blackman and James I 1 emblem. ' I ' Tbe records of tbe Boy Scouts In the 1 ' third campaign are herewith given: Scout Bonds Subs. Total . Harvey 8. God, 21 U f 6,100 00 ' Theo. Stevens, 17 17 1,400 00 - M. Blackman. 10 10 960 00 Blackman, 10 10 950 00 -

M. Stevens, Jr., ti 10 660 00 J L. K. Miller. 6 6 400 00 ° M. Sutton, Jr., 6 6 ' 800 Oft b Edwin Baron, 6 6 880 00 * E. Boswell, 4 4 800 00 POlzenmyer. 3 8 . 260 00 Totten, Jr., 8 " 8 160 00 ' Fitzgerald, 3 8 150 00 , Cbadwlck, -8 8 100 00 S Glbb, 2 2 100 00 Cecil Gilbert, £ >8 100 00 , A. J. Steelman, 2 2 100 00 I Charlee Cox, 2 T 100 00 ' Wm. Garret eon, 8 8 100 00 Reginald Smith, 1 1 60 00 j > Jack Senior, 1 .1 60 00 ■ W. Nlckeraon, 1 1 60 00 ' 104 91 *11,660 00 Low inlaw* Me. 1 Tbe many friends of Mott Sbafer e fend wife, of Camden, will laara with regret of the sadden death of tbair one-week-old eon, Clayton Brick Sbafer, 1- which occurred Friday morning. Tba » llnle one wee Ul only n Caw boon. I Mrs. Sbafer was 44 las Esther Brown, of thla ctty. i Applications for tba position of wx7 too of the First M. K. Church will be '• received by Howard S. Stamtoo, secretary . up to and including May 11. 1916. re niv., M, *. °*| WAKTXD Ownni^rtWMhMbhlI MwM be hi gwed mhMmk MMm1| 9

baptist church elects officers , Prepares for Drive to Liqni- ' date Debt of $12,300 Before Next Easter. The annual buaineas meeting of the , Flr-t llaptiri Church wa- held Wednesday evening. May 1. It wa- well Tbe reports from all branches j showed a remarkable year of work aud revealed that more hae been accomplished (ban was Judged possible | year prevloue. The pier meetings, , the new bnildlug. Hie successful flnan- 1 church building aud several good 1 additions lo Hie memher-hlp have all 1 In the past fiscal year. | The following officers were elected Hie ensuing year: | Trustees, Clayton Haines Itrlck snd ( A. Randolph Fogg, each for three ■ and Walter N. Bonz for an unexpired term of one year; treasurer, 1 R. Hmllh [retained) ; assistant , Mies Florence H. WJibelm; | secretary, A Randolph Fogg; ( organist, Mrs. Arthur "A". Shoe- . Clayton Halnee llrlck was placed In charge of ushers and authorized to organize an asbera' anion. the church adopted for the future tbe and apportionment plan for financing tbe chnrch. This system le vogue Id the city government and a very good one. A special set of hooka are being prepared for Tbe advisory board, consisting of J. P. Cadmati, Jr., A. R. Fogg and Haines Brick, working wltb tbe pastor, laid before the church and recommended launching upon a financial campaign for the liquidation of aa much of tbe $12,800 total Indebtedness at le possible by next Eaater. Three definite and distinctive drives bave prepared, eacb Id a different direction, which are calculated to bring excellent reanlta, despite present condlM embers of tba Ocean City Gnn Club held their first meeting lu a long while Wednesday evening of last week and decided lo continue the arWOOL FOR SOLDIERS' SOCKS 1 Cross Members Want All Who Can to Help in Knitting Work. Tb* Government I* anxious to secure at many woolen *ock* as possible aa quickly aa these can be knitted, , and tbe members of tbe Ocean City 1 Red Croat Branch are now bnelly engaged on this work. A quantity of free wool baa been . sent to tbe Bed Cross headquarters r ban, and tboae desiring to assist In r work of knitting socks for tbe Red . Cross may obtain tbe neoeoary wool from officials of tbe local braocb at 1 tbe rooms In city ball. , All who can do so art aaked to Join in tbe work promptly, at tbe need la 1 said to be argent. To Observe "■ether's Dev." 9 "Mother's Day" will be observed In j tbe Mat bod 1st Church nut Bunday. 0 Those mothers who have boys Id the

service are particularly Invited to tbe Bnoday morning worship. Tbe , topic for tbe moraine will be, "A Trt- , to Mother." Tbe evening sub- 1 Is, "A Vicious Queen Bee." < The Bellevae Hotel, Eighth street t and Ooean avenue, will be under 1 1 and will open for tbe eeaeon on Jane 1 1 871b. adv., 4-86, lOt. ' 1 LowT — 18- ft. bateau, painted battle- ! ' ship gray. Finder notify Cbas. Gae- 1 I kill. Thirty-fourth street Drawbridge, , Ocean Ctty. 16.00 reward, adv.4-18, 41 I For Bent.— Apartments, heated, . pertly furnished, or without furottm*. . See Thorn, nut to Poet Office. adv.10-26.tf. Try an advertisement In tbe Bbui-

FIRST HEARING GIVEN IN CAMP GROUND SUIT

Lawyer 4>r Property Owners Present In Their InterestsHearing Here Monday. I The^ commissioners In tbe camp held their fieri meeting at Cape May Court Houee Tuesday. various maps filed by the Ocean CUy at dlUereut time- by other companies - and Individuals, City Engineer William H. Colltason 1 proved that tbe map known aa "Z - Map," from which tbe petition baar- ' | wa. prepared by blm. ; One property owner from Pblladel- • pbla desired lo give hie testimony rs- > gardlng hln rights and Interests In tbe . camp ground plot. It developed that owned property on tbe Gardens 1 Company's tract and that neither bla rights or Interest*, nor tbose of bla lot, value. George H. Barrttt, who bae figured years as the "champion of tbe people" In camp gronnd mailers, was aiming tbose at the meeting. A Camden lawyer _ named LaDoo . before" the commissioners and said he represented a number of pern i pie Id Hie matter of securing tba Talus : of their rights. Among tba*e www - Karrltt, J. Edward Fagan, Dr. G. W. ■ Urqubart, E. R. Teubner, M. K. Hair, - J.O. Wilson, J. a Morris, Claranoe Bill, Mr. Fort, Jr., Martha Buwait, r 1 Mr. Paul and George Burton. - The commissioners will bold • mset- > here at. 10.30 o'clock next Monday George H. Barrttt, on Friday iaat, > in TrentoD, made applloatlon ksfcee I Justice Black for a writ of oarttorail la ' the camp ground condrmnaUon penCity Solicitor Boswell made otjjee- J t Hons to tbe sbort ootloe given! 4*1 M I was agreed to bave tbe earn ooese wp J before Justice Black, of tbe State 8a- - Tuesday, May 14. • AFTER "8KBBTBR8" * TTu 7 T*' TirTuTrr! ger made tbe following mootbly report to tbe mem here of tba Gape May Coqoty Extermination OoauaMMan, 1 wblch met her* a few days ago: : Arrangements bava been made wttk t the oolonel In charge of tba amy baa- - pi u I at (Jape May to do all daeklag - and cleaning on lbs Baat Capo May : tract. Boutb Cape May, Weal Cape May, Cape Island Creak, Haw Knglaad and Pond Croak meadows have all kaaa gone over and ditches thseaaghty cleaned. [ Daring' tbe wont nortbeasl Nana ' that Cape May baaavw uptaaMt. South Cape May and Paad One* meadows ware flooded wtUi kn MM * of tide water, wbteh oeae te fnaa IMe ocean aoa bey. This rosallad In aaaaa breading in than meadow* and made it n« misery 10 pat the esse haek on e from lb* ditches, ceased by tholMe. I, Tbe motor track we* neetved Mmy dsy tn firsts lass condMoo. Umm 1- were procured and tba track t* now la 0 On Friday will Mart wot* r* ditching on tba Fishing Ocn^maad^ d to compleU this work. 01 Arrangements have baMeaaa|lrt|< it to plaoe a tide gate tn Cape Iataad - Creek, at Broadway. Thla WlU tUMIn strueted of concrete, with theaa Maxends. Tbls work wlU be started aa soon aa the Ude waist baa lltllll « May. •- _ ■ Mist Lena Moray, chief operate*

tbe Bell Telephone Ooaapaay'a a*aa here, on Tbaraday raoMved froea Ue , Eacb operator lagiven $25 a year afle* yean of aarvloa, aad tbetaalta* tM t year la added ontU It reaches SlWa ' year. Tben»I00 a year to uuillaaad, 1 After ao employee baa been wttk the company a year, a bonus afRt weak I . ' Harry F. Stanton, real artaM opaew- ' tor, hat told tba property IM»WMMy avanna, owned by BUI well B.Srohh, ' to an onLof-town roan who to MM - i ,. sstsd In bceon Ctty. ^and whe «■

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