r FOUR . OCEAN CITY SENTINEL THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1923

Ocean City Sentinel OCEAN CITY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. BoiM »rn<lln*. tH- T«« tutmry Avenue n«n Oijr. S. J T.WpXone 11S-J P. 1. Q' ASS Kd.ior LEWIS L. BARRETT. Gnaeral Bwnm Himrr IX.. rSaTnmT b? one", »dheo2 1™°*' * " Job work promptly dow by experienced hnnJs. THURSDAY. MARCH 15, 1923 "SHOOT AS YOl' SHOUT"

a In the above phrase, the late Themlore Roosevelt of immortal memory, summarized the calihre of man, he considered the i.ieal eitilen and patriot. The ideal patriot is he who shoot as he shouts. Visitors from other cities, who have from time to time been privi- . ledge.) to attend some of our banquets, and heanl us sing until the welkin echoed. "Come boost this town of ours," have returned home ■Iceply impressed with our civic pride and patriotic zeal. We wonder however if our enthusiasm for our city, would always stand the test implied in Mr. Roosevelt's counsel. Do we always shoot as we shout ? Are we as ready to shoot as we are to shout 7^ It is one thin* to shout: quite another to shoot. Shouting involves merely a nominal expenditure of physical energy, which the Creator replenishes without cost. Shooting in tails some personal sacrifice. It touches the pocket. The coming week the citizens and friends of Ocean City, will he afforded a splendid opportunity to shoot as they shout. Our news columns contain a full report of the itinner held last Wednesday, at the BeJIevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, when the second financial campaign in connection with the Hotel Ftamlers was launched, mid scenes of great enthusiasm and civic fervor. The din- 1 oer was a revelation. We cannot dispel the conviction, that if it had

been possible for the entire population of Ocean City to have been present, the full amount required would have been subscribed that evening. Eight hundred ami ninety-three persons, subscribed for stock in , our first great community enterprise, during the first campaign. The number should have been at least a thousand more. The thousand | should in all reason be easily secured in this second campaign. Practically all who subscribed towards the $100,000 raised at the dinner Wednesday evening, were ladies ami gentlemen who had suhscribed heavily during the first drive. Quite a number who had in the , first instance pledged themselves to *5,000 worth of stock, doublet their obligations. One gentlemen signified his intention, of increasing , his first purchase of stock to the value of *10,000. by fiifty per cent. . Now setting aside for a moment alll sentiment, what does this 1 signify. Among them was not a single multi-millionaire, who could

afford to gamble *10,000 on a dubious scheme, merely for the excitement. caring not a snap of finger and thomh, whether he receives any return for his investment or not. To the contrary they are all without an exception level-headed business men. By the exercise of their •Bsclipined business instincts, they made the thousands they have invested. And be it remembered they have INVESTED J heir money in j the hotel project, not DONATED it. Prood as they are of Ocean City, and prepared as they are to make j all reasonable sacrifices to further the progress of the city, most re- ' apectfully we say it. there is not a man or woman among them who ' could afford to invest the savings and earnings of the best years of, their lives, unless profoundly convinced, the investment will prove I highly profitable. , : V As a matter of fact these men hare invested their money in the ; 1 Ocean Front Hotel Project, because after applying the business ability ' and knowledge, which enabled them in the first place to make the * money, to a careful consideration of the project, they have come to 1 the conclusion they could find no safer or better investment.

We stress this point because we have found some persons laboring under the delusion, that the appeal for subscriptions is mode 011 sentiment alone, as though they were tjeing solicited for a free will offering towards the hateL Sentiment of course does enter into the proposition. There is infinite satisfaction and pleasure in the knowl- 1 edge that while materially benefitting ourselves, by investing in this community enterprise, we are also benefitting the city and performing a civic duty and obligation. At the aforementioned dinner in the Bellevue-Stratford, one of the speakers, Mr. Walter J. Butby. of Atlantic City, expresvd some surprise, that any person should even question the ultimate success of a first-class hotel, not only In Ocean City, but in fact in any resort on this section of the New Jersey coast line. Mr. Buzhy, it might he explained in passing, is a hotel proprietor who has made a huge success in business, ami knows the business, in all its ramifications The more we have pandered over Mr. Busby's words, the more Strongly are we impressed I thy the force of their logie. The New Jersey coast line fax a distance of fifty miles has no superior in America. The olimate is equable at all seasons. Velvety leaches, abundant facilities for boating and fishing.

The resorts scattered over these fifty miles, are precisely the kind of recreation centres, for which at least fifty millions of people are seeking. The official organ of the Indiana Hotel Proprietors' Association, offers it as a conservative estimate, that of the 110 million-, comprising the population of America, there are 50 million who take an annual vacation, lasting from one to four months. The New Jersey resorts have this vast constituency from which to draw an ample clientele. All that is necessary therefore is to provide proper inducements, in the form of recreational facilities and fitting accomodation. For years past Ocean City has catered with marked success t.. one class of patrons, the cottage and the mi-ld'le class hotel habitue. With all due difference to this class of patrons however, most desirable uthey are, they are not the class who have ma<le Atlantic City the pla> ground of the world, not the elans who have elevated any resort, to the prestiage of a first-class city. Ocean CHy has now arrived at the stage in its history, when it must hare a wealthier class of patronage, or forever aliomlon the hope of ever becoming more than a third class resort, and a community of cottagers. On the other hand we believe nature has endowed the island, with aH the possibilities ami dormant qualities of one of the greatest resorts on the continent. All we have lacked in accommodation, environed by the artistic refinement, the luxury and the comforts, which the wealthy are accustomed to, and for which they are ready to pay. and moreover without which, they will not be induced to come here. Patdons are ready and waiting; our business is to furnish them with the hotel accommodation they desire. Approximately *350.000 ■are was needed to complete the Hotel Flanders, according to the 01-

iginal plans, of which *100,000 was subscribed around the dinner table. The hotel i* not yd under roof, notwithstanding, there is not a propetty owner, however small in Ocean City, who has not profited very largely in enhanced values from the project. If nothing nobler prompts the act, we should in common decency support the efiterpri-c which lias brought us so much gain. AMERICAS GREATEST PERIL Many years ago. that distinguished Kurdish statesman. William Ewart Gladstone, said: "The American constitution, so far as I can see. the most won-Wrful work eve r struck off at a given time, by the l.rain ami purpose of man." Notwithstanding, if we ran uecept the testimony of America greatest living statesman and jurist, there is no country in the world, with possibly the exception of Russia, where the constitution and laws of the land are held in less respect, and obedience, than here in Am-' i---. ---i-viitv-. man wre 111 .-xru-

i- A fearful indictment this, calling for immediate and concerted action. America Is unquestionably facing Unlay the crisis of history, i- Splendid opportunities came recently to Dr. Milton George Buck, c to empha.-ize this peril. Within the space of three weeks, consecur • U'vely. three societies t -curing each an enviable record for patriotic ' service and civic acheivement. attended the church in a body. t Addressing the Patriotic Order Sons of America. Dr. Buck gave utterance to a timely warning, the burden of which message inspire-. . this article. , In one of his memorable speeches. Abraham Lincoln of immortal I .. memory said: "Let every .American, every lover of liberty, swear by ( the bluoii of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular f the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by othei - . let every man remember that to violate the laws, is to trample on - ( the blood of his father, anil to tear the charter of his own ami his ' children's liberty. i "let reverence of the Laws he breathed hy every American mother [ U. be 1 lisping bale, that prattles on her lap; let it he taught in school-. - seminaries and in colleges, let it become the political religion of the i,

How far have we observed that counsel? The American Bar As-s-eiation at its annual meeting for 1922. unanimously ailopled a committee's report, based on extensive investigations into existing eondi1 lions in the United States. The following are afew extracts deserving serious thought. "The 1 criminal situation in the United States, so far as crimes of vilence are ' concerned, is worse than that in any other civilized country. Here ■ there is less respect for law." "Particularly since 1*90 there ha* been, ami continues, a widening. • -ieepning tide of lawlessness in this country." Ex-Justice John W. G off, who is also ex-recoriier of New York, 1 'stated lie fore the committee: "In the history of this country we have ' ever before been confronted with anything like the crimnal condi- ; . ; tions we have today."

.I Ir. support of this lieclaration. statistics prove that this country ■ 1- ; leads the civilized world in the number of crimes of violence com- a y mitted. In the seven years ranging from 1912 to 1918, there were 1- 59,377 murders committed in the United States, or 9,505 more than I r the number of American soldiers killed in the World War. - j In 1920, there were 352 murders in Chicago, an increase of l2l s 1 per cent. In 191 . Los Angeles had ten more murders than Isimlon. 3 ; which has twenty times its population. '' . ; New York City had six times as many homicides in 1916 as Lon- 0 . .Ion. The murder roll of America for ten years amounts to 85,000. ,[ The American Bar Report further states, that crimes against pro- 1 (•; petty is also on the increase. Within the last ten years, burglaries y increased 1.200 per cent. Burgtarly insurance losses have increased 543 per «ent.. within the last fire years. WiUiam J. Bums, V | the distinguished detective, made the statement recently that thlfft -from railroads, express companies, steamships, and piers, aggregate,! *106.000.000 annually. Forgeries amounted to *50.000.000. The total losses by theft in 192! are estimated at *302,799,000. One automobile nut of every thirty registered in New York, was -

Stolen in 1920. one in every twenty-two in Chicago, and one in every n thirty-one in Detroit ami Cleveland. U Six years before the war began. Chief Justice Taft in an aihlress L e If fort the Civic Forum in New York City, sounded the warning: "The ■ .. administration of crimnal law in this country is a disgrace to our I s civilization. The prevalence of crime and fraud, which here is greatly ' 2 r i i" "( that In European countries, I* due largely to the failure K : °f the law. and its administration to bring ciimnals to justice. There I f can be no doubt this will continue unless the crimnal laws are enforced | . - with mo»* certainty, more uniform! , and more severity than they are § r;""W .... I t Chief Justice Taft's warning seemingly fell upon unlistening ears, I for conditions have been growing each year worse. Not a moment too soon has the cry arisen, "Back to the May- || flower compact." On board the historic vessel, the founderers of this If nation vowed allegiance and obedience to the constitution ami the laws, II which should be in time passed. This, ami this only, can save this ■ land of ours from the fote of other and ol.ler nations, whose names _ aie merely symbols of history. ^ —

THE NEW ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY ,1 • Frequently has the comment been heanl. what a vast amount of r real amateur musical talent there is in Ocean City, vegitating for the lack of the necessary stimulus and opportunity, to cultivation and ileu velopment. Recently in the course of a general conversation in musical mat,1 "r ,he company named in our hearing, about twenty-five persons in Ocean City, who ate very creditable performers upon some ^ musical instrument. Some of the most famous symphony orchestras „ ti,e "'"fid. began theircareer with a very much smaller nucleus. With so much promising material availahJe, why is it that the city has been all these years without some kind of an orchestra or choral society? It tannot 1# said the city lacks in love for music; ■<e bay no reason to believe jt would not patronize good music. Is it ainther instance of social caste precluding the growth of that spirit of ro-operatiou. sociability and friendship, ami mutual appreciation. necessary to the formation of a first class musical organization. ( Mu"ic unquestionably the most democratic of all arts. In Italy, where villages perform the operas of Verdi, Donnizetti.TUtd Maseagni, ' th village magistrate sits by the si,ie of the village scavinger in chorus „i orchestra. However widely separated they may he in public life, they aie equals and friends in the opera. In Wales, where once, h yearly, villages of five hundred inhabitants, perform one of the classic - oratorios, the squire consorts on terms of equality with his gardiner - at rehersal. h One of the company present upon the occasion above mentioned,' ■ stated that Ocean City has lacked for the need of a competent director of orchestral music. This may I * true, albeit there I* Atlantic City 1 with a dozen directors not far distant. ) It remains to 1-e seen however, if this has l-een the real cause of - failure in the past. An Orchestral Society ha* been formed with a

r. trained and competent director. Prof. Robinson is by no means a spec- >- tirular figure He iloe» not parade .my idio,ynern«iftf does ret wear y -car let vests, or hi- hair long. NVvetth. ' ■ - i.>- may i-e le— aide u <- musician and skillful a« a director. e An orchestra in the city would add dignity and prestiage. Upon ■ limes it will, inevitably prove big educative value, in elevating the musical taste of the coming generation, and counter-arting the peroi- ' mm.- effect of the utterly inartistic musical ballad, which is the popular vogue. It is to l-e hoped that the twenty-five and more named, , who are capable instrumentalist- will co-operate in this new' enterprise, i * *_2 I . 1

CITY OF Ol 'KAN C ITY. V J. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CONTRACT No. 737 E Sealed bids or proposals will be received by the Board of Commis--r . -i -ners of the City of Ocean City, is N. J.. at the offices of said Com- 1 0 ■ u is-iuners in the City Hull. Ocean 1 i . City. N. J., March 19th. 1923. at > . the hour of 3.00 P. M., for the! 3 . construction, erection and- com c pletion of a recreation center lo- j Irated between Bay and Haven IS •I'.enues, and hounded hy Fifth and t I Sixth streets in the city of Ocean id City. N. J.. as described in the I I plan* ami specifications. f All bids 'must be made on the c forms provided, cover all items ii contained therein and l« accom- Jputtied by cash or check certified p by a New Jersey hank or Trust a Company in the sum of *250.00 10 payable to the City Treasurer ofjti Ocean City. N. J.. without condi- f; tioti. A certificate from a satis- tl factory Surety Company, cover!,, the demamis of the specifics- s|

. tions. and must lie attached to the '-biding sheet. . The successful bidder will be re- , quired to furnish, within ten days from date of the award a satisfactory surety or Guaranty Comf pany Bond in the sum of the full • amount of the award., conditioned ( for the faithful performance of the contract, payment of all bills and wages, and will also lie re- ' quired to save the City of Ocean City. N. J., harmless from all ac- , tions at law or otherwise, and by • . virtue of the employers Jiabilitv act of the state of New Jersey or any other act pertaining to the employees or laborers, by' giving a Surety Company Bond or InsurThe entire work will be completed on or before June 1st, 1923. 1 The Board of Commissioners rethe right to ' reject any or 1 all bids or to waive unv informa-

Plans and specifications can lie ' obtained from the City Clerk by depositing *10.00. 1 Feb. 26. 1923. EVERTON A. CORSON. Director of Public Works. H. COI.LISSONJr.. City Engineer. HARRY A. MORRIS. City Clerk, adv. 1-1. 3t t

CITY OF OCEAN CITY. N. J. 1 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CONTRACT No. 737-B c Sealed bids or proposals will lie ' | received by the Board of Commis- ' ! sinners of Ocean City. N. J., at the ' j offices of the said Commissioners ' ! in the City Hall. Ocean City, N. J., j March 26th, 1923. at the hour of j 3.00 P. M.. for the building and i construction of a frame building, j located between 5th Street and 6th ' f Street, east of Atlantic Avenue, in \ City of Ocean City, N. J.. as ' j described in he specifications. 1 | All bids must tie made on the s provided, cover all items tontained therein anil be accompanby cash or check certified by a ' Jersey Bank or Trust Comin the sum of $250.00, payable to the Cit> Treasurer of Ocean City, N. J..ywithout condition. A certificate from a satisSurety Company, covering " demands the specifications. . must he attached to the bidding N 1 The successful bidder will ° 1- ,11*11. I IT SUCCCSS1UI Ollllier Will

e !«• required ly furnish within ten, ( 10) days from the date of the >- award, a satisfactory Surety or - Guaranty Company Boml. in the 1- sum of the full amount of the 1- award, conditioned for the faithful || performance of the contract, payi| ment of all hills and wages, and f will also lie required to save the s City of Ocean City, N. J.. harm- - less from all actions-at-law. or 11 otherwise, and by virtue of the Em- - ployees liability Act of the Stale y of New Jersey, or any other act >■ pertaining to the employees or r laborers, by giving Surety Com- •- pany Bond or Insurance. ■ The entire work will lie com- ■ pleteil by the 15th day of June. 1923. The Board of Commissioners | reserve the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any infor- \ mality in any hid. Plans and specifications can lie obtained from the City Clerk by ( depositing $10.00. . Dated March 5. 1923. Everton A. Corson, Director of Public Works. Win. H. Collison, Jr.. " City Engineer. Harry A. Morris. City Clerk. ^ —Adv. 1-8, St. h / ADVERTISE IN THE SENTINEL

•AN ORDINANCE to create a! Board of r.unmissionein to be kii-wn a- the Boprd of C«n»< - xi" ei-' G-veruing Athletics. j TIIK BOARD OF COMMIS- j SI ONERS OF THE CITY OF 1 OCEAN CITY DO OBTAIN : , Section I. Tinit there Irereby createil a Board of Commissioners, to be known as the "Hoard of C.m missioners Governing Athletics," ■ which hoard shall consist of seven . members and appointed by the . by the Mayor and confirmed !■;. '.he of Commi •sinners of this Section 2. That .-.aid Is-anl of commissioner - -liall hold office for year from the date of their appointment, and shall !<• subject to removal with or without cause, at any time, hy the Board of Commissioners of this City. Section 3. The poweis. diecommissioners governing athletics, shall lie to regulate, govern anil supervise all games, sport.-, pastimes and athletic events to l-e held land in this City, to i-e known as the "Athletic Field." and to supervise and regulate said field ami the buildings thereon. That the land to be known u> said "Athletic Field" shall lie such as shall be designated by the Boaid -if Commissioners of this City. Section t. The Board -f Commissioners Governing Athletics, shall make rules and regulations as* to said Athletic Field, but tlie same t . lo- approved by tW of Commissioners of this City. . Section 5. That any vacancy

during the term of any of the members of the Board of Commis- r sioners Governing Athletic-, such a [ vacancy shall i-e filled by the n Mayor and confirmed hv tiie I! -ai of Commissioners of this City. " Section 6. This' ordinance -hall 0 ^ take effect at the e- piration of u--, JOSEPH G. CHAMPION. K A. CORSON. ' NOTICE. The aim ve ordinance was passed [ third ami final reading March HARRY A. MORRIS. City Clerk. lane Term I .nan 1 If one', a ten spot in his pay That he will kindly loan us. We'll (iav it hack the very day The soldiers get their Imnuv.

CITY OK OCEAN CITY, # j NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CONTRACT No. 73:. Sealed bids or proposal- . :. received by the Board qf F • i- ners of Ocean City, N. J.. a< .. offices of said Commi im y tin- City Hall, Ocean City, x; j _ Man 26, 1923, at the hmii ..f P. M.. lot, the building „f frame Pavilions locute.1 in Ccatrji S«, lb Ocean City. N. j . ^ e lie. ■ 1 ii-Pti in the specification* ,. All bids must be ma.le o„ p, js form- provided, cover al! ftp,, , Contained therein and be accss lf panled by cash or check cettifip- '•> New Jersey Bank or Tros 1 'omotiny. in the su mof S250.0C 0 I " aide the City Treasurer g ;1 • a-.-an City. N'. J.. without coai. A certificate from a sjij, u-tory Surety Company .covtij^ s i'h- demands of the specifics 1 o i, . lie attached to the hiddj^ .heet. The suecesgful hi.|.ler*r ,1 l-o ie<|uired to furnish, within ,. days from the date of the awanl. , ,1 satisfactory Surety or Guakj 1, Company Bond in the sum of „ full amount of the award, no, ,1 tioned for the faithful perforata*, e of the contract, payment of all fca, c>d,I wages and will aljio lie rtqia,. . ; e-! to save the City of Ocean Ch:. . ; N. .1 h:- unless from ni lurtionrg. law. or oiherwLse. atul by virtue 4 . the employers liability act oft* ..• State of Now Jersey or any afi*- »* »cl pertaining to employee or hie ore..-, by giving a Surety Corn put, i Po .d ur Insurance. The entire work to lie coniplrt* bv the 15th of June. 1923. by

Till- Board of Commi rimm reserve the right to reject anje all bid* or to waive any infer, mailt- in any bid. Pi.,-... ami specification- cm ir , hi ained from the City Clerk bj depositing $10.00. f Dated March 5. 1923. Director of Public WorkAm. H. Coilisoii. Jr., City Engineer. Harry A. Morris. City Clerk. —Adv. I S. It Matthew Savage REAL ESTATE 805 Third Street OCEAN CITY, N. J.

fpis|P UROWIXl; TIKIETHER 91 The facilities- an.l service of the First National Bank are 1 HI growing together — ami every day becoming more useful J Your Checking Account is Invited. I First National Bank H| OCEAN CITY.N. J.

WHEN YOl' OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT with the Ocean City Title ti Trust Co.. you open Ihe way to systematic financial management — assuring safety, .economy and convenience in the transmission of funds. j SG Inteml Paid on Time lb-posits OCEAN CITY TITLE & TRUST CO. Orean City, N. J.

Ewing T. Corson REALTOR ■7 a -7 ASBUWV AVE OCEAN CITY. N.J, All business transacted through this office is In accordance with the following slogan "This office does and maintains strictly a broken* and is in no way interested in personal speculation." Kemltr A sale completed on the above principal profits both .Seller and Bayn. Write for listings and maks your headquarters with Clayton Haines Brick REALTOR 411 EIGHTH ST. OCEAN CITY N. J.

L MONKY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE j No waiting for two weeks t.« know if ; mi can get it; we can III 6 I once. Bargains in Bay and Ocean front properties. Choice cottage* f* I sale. Also lots for investment and foi improvement— the choiie •! 1 Ocean City. Apply to ( J. M. CHESTER * CO, Ocean City, ILJ- : GENERAL HAULING Sand Qravel Top Soil WM. HAYES, 233 Asbury Ave. ■ A S^e Burner Kee™^ the Whole Dinner Hot | ^saoohuop ewmuir eaaSSuSSSt enclosed ^ tomf°rt height prevent* ton wddi* r " ret?lnine stooptng. 8 P with comfort. Across Comnaee , j j ui ~ rtsr-si City Gas Light Co. 839 ASBURY AVENUE