Stone Harbor Gazette

VOL. I— NO. 43 STONE HARBOR, N. J., SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1915 TWO CENTS

Steae Harbor Gazette IstzmA Weekly BY THE CITIZENS LEAGUE OF STONE HARBOR Stone Harbor, N. J. SPECIAL LETTER TO THE STONE HARBOR GAZETTE A Typical Stone Harbor Election. The election held on Monday. May 10th, to decide on the Bond Issue for a boardwalk terminated in the usual manner. A large majority of the bonafide property owners became so disgusted with the dominating influence of the "Risley machine" and their policy that they refused to exercise their right of franchise, fully realizing the impossibility of outnumbering the laboring vote cast by the S. J. R. Co. While the vote cast showed a large majority in favor of the Bond Issue, it did not express the sentiments of the taxpayers who are largely opposed to the S. .T. R. Co. unloading their obligations on the people as a result of their control of the borough, which was one of the primarv objects of the Risle.vs incorporating the Borough of Stone Harbor, who now seek the fruits of their labors through unjust taxation. The citizens fully realizing the impassibility of a fair election will seek redress through the court and have every assurance of a successful contest and proving the election illegal, the particulars of which will appear in ing to explain why he. as president of the S. d. R. Co.. should not keep faith with the investors of Stone Harbor, hut he has so far failed to controvert standing and no doubt realizes the less said about lliem the better it will he. The latest report said to originate witli "His Honor" is that the contemplated boardwalk is to lie built along the land side of the beachfront lots, or over the ten-foot right of way, dedi- ... oatexLas a public highway. The Beachfront bonds specifically show that the boardwalk is to be built by the S. J. R. Co., along the ocean side of the beachfront lots. The seven wonders of the world today are: The telephone, Hie steel skyscraper, The automobile, The aeroplane, The cash register, Electric light, ' Trolley car. The seven wonders of Stone Harbor today are: The Mayor, The Stone Harbor trolley system. Runs only in the summer time and at night. The Stone Hrtrbor train service. Consult the time table. Sixty trains daily (nit). The Stone Harbor sewer system. Look for the cesspools. The Stone Harbor water system. Look at the water supply. The electric light system. The graveled streets. Compare them with Avalon streets, then wonder.

NO HOPE OF MORE SAVED Belief in Lusitania Survivors Yet to Be Found, Given Up. London, May — "The only problem now is to identify the nameless dead." Thus Superintendent Dodd, of the Cunard Company, dashed any lingering hope that there might he further survivors of the Lusitania. So far as can be ascertained about 80(1 persons escaped when the Lusitania took her fatal plunge after being .itruck by German torpedoes, but of these 45 have since died from exposure or from injuries. The death roll as estimated totals up well to 1500. Lord Mersey is to conduct an inquiry into the sinking of the vessel, and until that begins official opinion as to how the Lusitania came to be caught and why so many lives were lost wi'l remain a secret. The general unofficial opinion is that several German submarines were assigned to the task of attacking the Cunard Liner and that they maneuvered her into a position where she could not escape.

CAPE MAY PHOSEGUTOR INDICTED AS A GRAFTER, ACCUSATIONS PILE UP Jefferson Charged With Embezzlement, Larceny and Malfeasance in Office COLLECTED LIQUOR FINE Also Gathered Cash Bail; Money Not Accounted For; Detective Also Arrested (From the North American.) Cape May Court House, N. .T., May 13. The Cape May County Grand Jury charged by Supreme Justice Black to investigate the charges of graft against Matthew Jefferson, prosecutor of the pleas of Cape May County, today presented twenty-five indictments against Jefferson, ten for obtaining money under false pretenses, nine for larceny, live for embezzlement and one for malfeasance in office. The indictments set forth that Jefferson visited hotels and saloons, having a personal knowledge of the violation of the law, and permitted violations to continue, and that he collected fines and costs which were not turned in to the county funds until after the investigation was started. Through the affadavits of Louis Bishop, of Anglesea; Frederick W. Roth, of Gape May, and Harvey Cramer, of Wild wood, Harry Cheesman, n detective employed by Jefferson. was also indicted in nineteen different bills. Ten were for obtaining money under false pretenses and nine for larceny. ( 'barges against both Jefferson and Cheesman for falsely obtaining monej which they collected as fines and costs, classifying it as "cash bail," caine from the operators of slot machines, some of whom never had a hearing. In other cases, it was charged, bail was fixed by a justice and collected by the prosecutor and Cheesman and applied to personal uses. Cases cited were those of John Wolf, Thomas A. J. Porter, of Tuckalioe; Nathan Rafferts and Israel Rafferts, of Wildwood, $41.60 each; from Frank H. Crammer, of Wildwood, and Max Lerner, of Woodbine, $42.00 each, Cliarlds I.'. Hurff, of Wildwood. $48; Francis S. Janson, of Stone Harbor, $50; John James, $45. From Henry Coombs, justice of Wildwood, it is alleged, Jefferson collected $100, which had been deposited as cash hail by Frank Grenso, who was charged with assault and battery. Two indictments each were presented against Lewis F. Williams, Edward Tiee and Eugene Springer, of Wildwood, for keeping slot machines and maintaining disorderly houses. Jefferson was held under $1500 bail. Cheesman was held nnder $800 bail and Springer, Tiee and Williams under $500 each. DOW IN ILLICIT RESORT MAY CAUSE TWO DEATHS Would-Be Peacemaker and Unoffending Girl Wounded as Shooting Follows Fight Over Woman. Vineland, N. J., May 9.— Two men near death and two other persons wounded as the result of a row over a woman in an alleged speak-easy in this "dry" town stirred the residents to indignation today. The wounded are; Frederick Dutton, member of a prominent family, with two bullet wounds of the stomach; Isaac Ammel, fracture of the skull; Andrew Cimini, bullet wound of the hand; Jennie Spanni. 15 years old, pistol wound of the hip. Cimiui had attempted to act the part of a peacemaker and the girl was an inoffensive spectator. : The bloodshed occurred at the home of Dominie Sucini, alleged by the police to have been an unlicensed resort lor the bibulous, early this morning.

There had been bad blood between Dutton and William Roundy, involving a woman and a motorcycle. Prosecutor of the Pleas Miller is making every effort to get at the facts, hut is handicapped by the condition of Ammel, who is unconscious. Roundy, who is locked up as the alleged shooter of Dutton, says he was acting in selfdefense. I t is said that when the row between the two men was renewed friends held Dutton, who made a lunge at Roundy. The latter, it is declared, ran into the yard and the shooting began at onee. Three shots were fixed through the netting door, two taking effect on Dut1 ton and one bullet striking the hand of story to the prosecutor is that Ammel, who ran into the yard also, fired three . shots, but the story is not believed by the authorities. Roundy declares that ' lie took the revolver from Ammel and ' during the struggle was forced to hit 1 him on the head to make him stop . '• shooting, i During the tussle in the yard two " | more shots were fired, one making a ^ flesh wound in the hip of Jennie Spnn- , ni, who had been asleep upstairs and ' was attracted to the yard by the cries and the shooting. The "woman in the a I case" was asleep upstairs and is now I under medical care for acute hysteria.

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THE BOOSTER CLUB An organization formed to adhere strictly to the dictates of the Mayor and Council of Stone Harbor. Their . officers are all members. "Boost Stone _ Harbor" is its slogan, and an admirable one "if it boosts Stone Harbor for Stone Harbor's interest" and not for the interest of the S. J. R. Co. On May 8th this club held a meeting, to hear speakers in favor of the | boardwalk bond issue. Large yellow posters with the names of Governor Fielder, Elmer Geran, Senator Baker < and Mayor Risley, acclaimed the af- • But. alas, 11. S. Risley « as the oh'.T" scheduled speaker! Why? Hon. Gov. •' Fielder did not even know of the affair; had not even received an invitation. Remembering the statements on the ' boardwalk, set forth at Trenton, it was wondered at that he should consent to ^ speak. t And Elmer Geran, when news came from Trenton of the fallacy of the Governor speaking, suddenly left Stone Harbor; went up like smoke, so to speak. Why? Senator Baker was not present either! Why? A jolly time they had at the meeting. "Booze," the second slogan of the "Boosters Club," was much in evidence, as usual. At eleven-thirty o'clock a passerby noticed only four men, under the influence of liquor. These were outside; the condition inside was unknown. The band was also lacking, as were the fire works. These latter, though, were made up in "liquified spirits." All in all, the affair, as characterized by one present, was "hot air." A clipping taken and herein repro1 duced from the "Record" of May 9th. 1 should he read by you. It came directly from Trenton officials; REWARD I ! ! i $10.00 Reward will be paid for any i evidence leading to the arrest and coni viction of the party or parties who de- • libevntely tacked up two "Booster Posters" on the property of Mr. Boorse, at • the corner of Third avenue and Thirtyt Address Post Office Box 206, ;. Stone Harbor.

FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS Tf it Is true, as Frank Walsh claims, that Rockefeller Is trying to destroy him, Mr. Rockefeller is going to unnecessary trouble. Walsh Is attending to that little job himself.— Kansas City Journal. However It may be abroad, the activities of the German' torpedolsts will retime on war-mnnitLon orders for the allies— New York World. Congressman Gardner may easily prove that Secretary Daniels is not an ideal head of a navy, hut can he show reason for the silence that endured so many years while his responsibility was Just what it Is now and conditions were practically the same?— Florida Times-Union. Even a more astute Secretary of State than Mr. Brvan would have found the present world situation somewhat puzzling. — Chicago News. The Japanese appear to feel toward China about the way Germany feels toward the rest of the earth. — Lowell (Mass.) Courier-Citizen.

PERSONALS As usual, Mrs. R. P. Risley, with her were very much in evidence on Election day (May lOtli), as on all pre- ' vious elections. Just think what suffrage would mean to her in Stone Harbor. On May 21st class day will he celein the new schoolhouse. On May 28th commencement exercises will be jield, with four girls to be graduated. -•>11 Sftxy 31 sL.ded.iea 'ion of 'he tu»v_ school housft. Stone Harbor now has all night telephone service. On May 22d there will he a chicken potpio supper for the benefit of the elrarch. We hope everyone will be present. Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary met May 7th and decided to give an entertainment for the benefit of the band. Dr. and Mrs. Morton have opened their cottage. Four of Billy Sunday's trailers will conduct services next Sunday (May 16th) at the church. Dr. Hannington and son were at Stone Harbor. Sorry to know Dr. Harrington had a stroke. We all hope he will soon recover. Mrs. Garris (mother of Happy Jack) and Mrs. Krause visited Happy last week. Mr. Krebs is visiting in Philadelphia. Mr. Reiter and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Kunzle, Mr. Ernest Ross and family, Mr. Clarence Krouse and a friend from New York were all Sunday John Garris is catching a few fish every night. A fish, known as all mouth, was found back on Mr. John lrviu's property with three flounders anil other fish in its month or poneli. Mr. Coley Corson, Sheriff, Carlton Hililretli and Morris Itichardson were asked to attend the Booster Club rally to boost the boardwalk. None of these gentlemen live at Stone Harbor nor are property holders there. There is another rumor of a new hotel at Eighty-fourth street and the Channel. Do you remember the hotel rumor eleven years ago at Eighty-sev-enth and First avenue, and another at Ninety-sixth and Beach Front ahout'six years ago. when the S. J. R. Co. were booming Ninety-sixth street section? , This hotel was to he known as the , Hotel of the - our Seasons, to be built ! by the S. J. Ii. Co. on O. P. M. Do , you recall the big noise of the big hotel . about three years ago. to be built by the S. J. R. Co. on 101st street and Beach Front when they were selling lots in this section? As a blind, they had a • concrete foundation started, but that is , as far as it went. No doubt there will soon be a hotel boom at Eleventh street, as that section is the next to boost. 1 Fortitude is that quality of mind j which does not care what happens, so long as it does not happen to us.

STONE HARBOR'S UPSET Indignant Citizens Learn Governor's Name Used Without Authority. Trenton, May 8.— II was an angry delegation of citizens of Stone Harbor that appeared in Governor Fielder's office today to inquire of the Executive if it were true that he had consented to the use of his name and to be one of the speakers at the mass-meeting to be held in the resort tonight to urge the borough government to issue $33,000 bonds for the construction of a boardwalk. Of course, the Governor was not present, as he left today for San Franeisto speak at the meeting, nor had lie authorized the use of his name. In fact, it has been known since the early part of the legislative session that the Governor would leave today for the West, so it would be impossible for him to speak anywhere tonight. The delegation was headed by Oscar Horton and William Sjuck, president of the Board of Trade. They produced a large poster announcing the mass-meet-ing and giving the list of speakers. Heading the list, in large type, is the name of Governor Fielder. Another was Congressman J. Thompson Baker. The delegation said they had ascertained that Mr. Baker was not to speak. The town is divided over the bond issue. Some of the citizens claim that the land company, which owns so much of the property, had agreed to build the boardwalk and for this reason they are opposing the issue. The special election is to be held Monday.

VANDERBILT DIED A HERO Unable to Swim, He Gave Life Belt to a Young Woman. London, May J.— Thomas Slidell. of New York, who was interviewed in London today, said lie saw Alfred G. Vanderbilt on the deck of the Lusitania as the vessel was going down. Mr. Vanderbilt, who could not swim, was equipped with a life belt, but he gallantly took it off, Mr. Slidell said, and placed it around the body of a young woman. Then he went off to seek another life licit. The Ship sank a few seconds later. Mr. Slidell said that he and Herbert Stone, of New York, were sitting in the smoking room by themselves when the first torpedo struck the ship. Both men intuitively knew what had happened and they simultaneously uttered the word "torpedo." Together they left the room and went on deck, which already had acutely tilted. Mr. Stone made for the upper side of the deck, , while Mr. Slidell moved downward. This was the lust that Mr. Slidell saw of Mr. Stone. Subsequently he asked a number of survivors, hut could not find any one who had seen Mr. Stone thereafter. ' It is quality that makes a man great. ' and not knowledge. • Dignity is a mask some people wear I to hide their ignorance. , The profit without honor is the , amount you overcharge your customers. Everybody knows enough to lie lionj est, but some haven't quite got the A conservative is a man who is too j cowardly to fight and too fat to rum. ) Soeial honors from a booby prize for inefficiency.

STONE HARBOR ELECTION The results of the election for the boardwalk would appear to those unknowing the circumstances to be an overwhelming expression of desire for the boardwalk. True, every one wants it, but' NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE BOROUGH. The S. J. R. Co.'s own statements in the State House at Trenton that they had $33,000 laid aside for the erection of a boardwalk whenever the people want it,- should be enough evidence in itself that it is up to them to live up to their statement. The vote for the boardwalk bond issue is not an expression of the majority of taxpayers, but of those employed by the S. J. R. Co. It was again noticed, just as in other elections, that the company suddenly found work for everybody about two weeks before election time. If surmises and past acts are correct, then these same workmen will keep their positions about a few days after election. It has always been thus. Needless to say, the election was carried on "ILLEGALLY !" Two ballots were on hand — one for the boardwalk, the other against it, and the voter, in most cases, was ASKED WHICH HE WANTED! Thus, someone working for the company, even though he was not in favor of the boardwalk bond issue, was forced to take the ballot in its favor in order to "KEEP IN" with the company and be SURE of a position the next election. If the legal, one ballot should have been present, a different story would have been told in the returns. Too, very many people DID NOT VOTE, because of having to ask for one of the respective ballots. A second "ILLEGAL" feature of the election was the members of the Election Board. They were: — Leo McCraven Clarence Fisher William Smith Adolph Mountney The first two hold municipal offices in the borough, and so "ILLEGALLY" HELD THEIR PLACES ON THE BOARD. Any fair-minded person knows that in an election, if the matter to be voted upon is not of especial interest for any one party or parties, NOTHING IS CARRIED ON ILLEGALLY. Why, then, were there two ballots? Because the S. J. R. Co., men who put honor and fairness behind them, knew that in this way men who were in their employ had to vote for the boardwalk irrespective of their own dictates. Should any of these men have asked for a ballot against the boardwalk bond issue, then the same phrase— "WE WILL GET HIM FOR THAT"— would have been used, as in other elections. This company, but chiefly the "Three Graces," has become so low that any means possible is resorted to to carry an election. "PARASITES?" That word is too good to apply to them. Still, a ji'a'rasTte belongs to the lowest type of' animal. HcneuL .-i-temi- — to live upon. And these parasites or leeches are sucking the vitality from the borough coffer, and when they have gotten all possible, "THEY'LL LEAVE TO FIND A BETTER AND MORE NUTRITIOUS HOST."

BRINGS REPORT ON MEXICO Personal Envoy Finds Wilson Wholly Occupied With Lusitania Problem. Washington, D. C., May J— Duval . West, former United States District At- ! toniey at San Antonio, Tex., who has I been in Mexico for three months as the . personal representative of President I Wilson interviewing the principal leaders and generals, returned today to report in person the results of his investigation.

Mr. West found Government officials so thoroughly absorbed in the situation produced by the Lusitania disaster that he decided to wait until tomorrow before arranging for conferences. When lie arrived at his hotel here he found a letter from an intimate friend. Dr. F. S. Pearson, written the day before the Lusitania sailed. Fearsoc was one of those lost in the disaster. It is not believed the President will he able to discuss Mexican affairs for several days— until he lias shaped tin; policy of the Government in the EuroMr. West. lias made no telegraphic or mail reports since he started, keeping the State Department informed merely of his movements. He interviewed Generals Villa and Angeles first, and met then went to Vera Cniz and talked with General Ourranza ami his Cabinet. Later he visited General Zapata and observed the situation in Mexico City.

LOSE 30^000 WAR SHELLS Customers of Westinghouse Company Had Them Aboard. Pittsburgh. May v.— Twenty thousand shells, made by the Westinghouse iilectric A Manufacturing Company, and consigned to Europe, were on the Lusitania. according to an authentic report. The shells, ranging iu size from three to three and one-quarter inches in diameter, and from 14 to 10 inches in length, were part of an order being filled at the Westinghouse plant for England. The shells were shipped from the Westinghouse plant April 28, and were valued at approximately $100,000. The loss will fall on the country ordering them, the company's responsibility ending when the goods were delivered to the European agent. MOB HANGS A PHYSICIAN Taken From Jail Where He Was Placed After Wife's Murder. Norman, Okla., May 1.— Dr. B. E. Ward, a well-known physician, was taken from the county jail here by 12 masked men tliis morning, and his body was found suspended from a tree, two miles from town, a few hours later. Dr. Ward was arrested at his home, in Nohie, eight miles from here, after his wife was found dead, with a surgeon's knife penetrating her heart. Persons living near the Ward home When several persons bad gathered outside of the Ward borne. Mrs. Ward told them to leave. When she continued to scream the front door was forced and her body was found lying on the floor in the hallway. She bad been slabbed twice through the heart, and the knife was left sticking in -.lie breast. Ward was -10. his wife 30 years of age.

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