Stone Harbor Gazette

VOL. I— NO. 46 STONE HAREOK. N. J., SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1916 TWO CENTS

Stone Harbor Gazette Issued Weekly BY THE CITIZENS LEAGUE OF STONE HARBOR Stone Harbor, N. J. gg&ggpgy ia WHAT AILS IT? "Your town seems awful dead. Had a scourge of any kind?" asked the "No," answered tl»o citizen. "No smallpox or yellow fever V" "No." "No iioods or famine?" "No." "Well, wliat nils your town this promoters have ciKeied' the political A rule of thr,ec— Honest salesmen satisfied csutoiuers, prosperous employers. The new somr. entitled "THE ELECTRIC 71." Can be sang to the tun- of "It lie Wearing of the Green." The Electric Car is costing, - From the Court House to the shore: It's coming !"':e groat fortunes— That's how the Graces roar. ' Tbey toil us it's a dandy. And it's growing every day: But i('_ it tiocsi: t stop crowing . It's like the •.•"0!t improvements On paper, hold and strong; Bat as you do not get them There must be something v. rong. Some day we all will realize What caused the awful storm: What kept the car from coming, And why things went so very wrong. WISE AND OTHERWISE —"Why can't I come to see you tomorrow night?" "Don't blame me." said the beautiful girl. "Our cook has the use o? the parlor under the new domestic relations law." - 1 oulsvtlle Courier Journal. —A man, all out of breath, recently rushed Into the basement and said to a clerk: "A nickel mousetrap, please, and let me have it quickly, as I want to catch a train." — Selling Sense. — Bill — "He'll have a lot o f business after this European war is over." Jill— "Why, what's his business?" Bill — "He's a map-maker." — Yonkers Statesman. —No labor union has ever been organized tbat could regulate the wages of sin. — New York Times. —Madge — "Have you really found that absence makes the heart grow fonder?" Marjorie — "Indeed I have! Since Charlie went away I've learned to love Jack ever so much more." — Lipplncott's Maga- — He stood, and measured the earth; be beheld and drove asnnder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow; his ways are everlasting. — Habakkuk ill, 0. — "The man I marry must have common senSe," she said haughtily. "He won't," replied he bitterly. — Denver Clar- — Men learn more as they grow older, but It is of less Importance. — Chicago —After thinking over the matter carefully we have reached the conclusion that the lightweight champion of the United States Is our family grocer.— New Orleans States. —Boston has decided that a woman ceases to be young at 30. But with all due respect to the omniscience of the Hub, It depends on the womau. Some women are younger at 40 than others at 25.— Kansas City Journal. —Some men would rather go bare- ■ foot while waiting for a dead man's shoes than get >ut and earn sufficient money to buy a new pair.- Cincinnati Star. IN AND ABOUT THE CITY —The family skeleton is never as dead as it sounds. —The henpecked man does all his crowing away from home. —Castles in tile nil- are frequently constructed of gold bricks. —Some people consider it bad luck to break a looking glass or crack a —The fellow who thinks a harking dog never bites sometimes barks up the wrong tree. —Even the minister hesitates about asking the sdl f-ninde man if lie worships liis creator. —You never can tell. A man may have the reputation of being u back number, and still get to the front. - Notoriety demonstrates that the people who attract the most attention are not always the most attractive.

~ PERSONALS Automobile racing was the word ( over Decoration. With the coming of the bulkhead and jetties, this shall pass, and then Stone Harbor's greatest asset is gone. The storekeepers hailed Decoration as a savior. Ready cash was everywhere given, which seems so rare in Stone Harbor. The Volunteer Fire Company Band - had a big day on tiie 30th. In the ' morning it' played at the dedication of i the 8choolhouse; in the afternoon at the ball game, and at night at Trox- ' ei s. The band has become one of Stone Harbor's prides. Mr. John H. Irvln spent a few days in town, enjoying a uiueii-needed rest from business duties. The N. E. storm lias been raging since Tuesday night. The approach at Eighty-third street lias been but slightly damaged. Messages are being received at the Bililmaier wireless station, installed by Leon Seliuck. But secrecy is the watchword with them. Mr. and Mrs. John Kinzele and family entertained a number of friends ever Decoration Day. The dedication of the new schooliiot.se took place on Decoration Day. It is a pity all of Europe doesn't spell Stone Harbor and all the Rulers Risky. There would surely be peace and no war for land possessions. On June 10th the Union Church will give a bazaar and ice cream festival to increase the building fund of the new church. Mr. and Mrs. Troxel have kindly offered their pavilion for the evening. Informers are always guilty— guilty of telling unpleasant truths. Recipe for perpetual ignorance: Read the daily newspaper and the Stone1 Harbor Hefnfd faithfully and believe all you read. Politicians: See Graftheimc-r. Time alone is a revenler. It requires a good deal of diplomacy to enable a man to back down with dignity after going too far. No matter how bad a man's credit is, he can always borrow trouble. There's a difference between being full of hot air and being esteemed. A well-trained memory is one that is handy to forget with. The Company have well-trained memories. You never can tell. Many a man witli a sharp tongue is given to blunt speech. Every cloud has a silver lining, but don't build your castles in the air of gold bricks. An elastic conscience is always willing to stretch a point. Castles in the air are frequently con-, strncted of gold bricks. Yon never can tell. .Many a man is carried away by enthusiasm that doesn't leave him even carfare to get FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS The thin blue line grows thinner. But It remains as forcible a reminder as ever of what can he done In a state of unproparadness when the emergency arises.— New York World. If It Is true that typhus has nlready been conquered in Servla. it is a remarkable triumph for modern sanitation. Yet Howard, the jail reformer, had the right idea. After visiting a prison he used to bathe and change his clothing, and this was much more to the point than the smelling salts he carried; It is not known that body vermin are responsible for tbe spread of the disease.— Springfield Republican. It begins to look ns if we might eventually have to hand It to Joseplms I)anfor being big enough to cbnnge Ills uilnd about the navy.- Manchester Union. Turkey announces that she will not declare war on Italy. Poor Turkey, 8h. j will or she won't according to what her | German master tells her.— Providence ' Journal. I I Secretary Bryan could recite most feel- | Ingly tbe lines of Hamlet, "The time Is ■ of joint; oli, cursed spite, that ever 1 was bom to set It right."— Kansas City Star.

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LITEST NEWS FROM NATIONAL CAPITftL PRESIDENT TO DEMAND PEACE IN ANARCHYRIDDEN MEXICO. Note Hinting Intervention Has Been Prepared — Calls For Relief Funds — Will Not Permit i Starving of Civilians. President Wilson has decided to serve notice on all the warring factions in Mexico that conditions in that country have become intolerable and that unless they, themselves, . compose the situation soon, some other means may have to be employed ' to accomplish the result. The first intimation of the President's determination to take this step came Friday in his appeal issued as head of the American Red Cross, setting forth that "due to several years of internal disturbances, the unfortunate people of many parts of Mexico have been reduced to the verge of starvation," and urging contributions to relief funds. Later the White House gave out the following: "When the President's appeal for aid for the Mexicans was issued, it was also stated at the executive offices that a statement from the President on the present situation in Mexico might be expected within the next few days." This statement has been prepared and will he issued after the cabinet meeting next Tuesday and then communicated to the leaders of all the Mexican factions. Officials of the White House and State Department declined tc say what the President's statement contained, but denied that recognition of any faction was now contemplated. It was .stated authoritatively that while friends of Carranza here had been pressing for recognition, the Washington Government had not been imprescd with the ability of any of the contending eaders. Marine Corps Captain Dismissed Washington, D. C. — President Wilson approved a courtnartial sentence of dismissal from the Marine Corps for intoxication and -misconduct of Captain John H. A Day. The officer, whose last duty was with the recruiting station at Cincinnati, was born in Belgium and appointed to the Marine Corps from New Jersey in 1899.

TRADE ENVOYS SOUGHT. Pan-American Delegates Arrange Visits. Washington, D. C. — Another step toward the improvement of business and financial relations between the Americans was taken at the pan-American financial conference Friday, when delegates from the southern republics unanimously approved a resolution calling upon the business and comercial interests of the United States-to unite within the next six months in naming a delegation to visit -all the South and Central American countries. Members of this delegation, the resolution proposed, shall he the guests of the various nations and be received by the Governments, by chambers of commerce and industrial organizations. Diplomatic representatives of the southern republics accredited to the United States will be asked to aid in formulating arrangements for the trip. WAIVES FRAUD HEARING Wilmingtonian to go Before Federal Court for Trial. Pittsburgh. — Thomas S. Downey, who was brought here from Wilmington, Del., in connection with alleged frauds practiced by the United States Steel Railway Tie Company, of which he was vice-president, waived a hearing before the United States Commissioner here and was held for Court in $3000 bail. It is alleged that Downey, R. E. L. Maxey and Dorothy M. Cherrington organized a loan company and defrauded customers through the mails. HAS AWAKENED AMERICA Frenchman Believes War Has Increased Respect for Country. Paris, - r j' • — "What the Americans think of us," is the title of a long and appreciative article by Deputy Maurice Barres, a member of the French Academy, published in a morning paper. He points out iliat America, by the great European crisis, has been brought to a deeper understanding of the greatness of France. "We have gained in the United States," says M. Barres, "a great moral victory— a victory solid and as-s-red and permanent in its effects. Even in that Calilornia, so far away and so young, where all are busied with a great exposition, we have convinced SHAFT IN AUTO CRACKS RIBS Woman Victim of Horse's Plunge Also Hurt Internally. Shauiokin, Pa., June ..—When a frightened horse driven uy Miss Laura Rebborn plunged into an automobile, Mrs. Frederick Harpel was caught by a shaft and suffered three broken ribs and internal hurts. Mrs. John Scotko aud Mrs, John Robel suffered lacerations and bruises when an auto speeder era: bed into their wagon and they were th ?wn out.

AMERICAN J>RIZE CLAIMS British Ruling Aids Recovery of Seized Shipments. : London, June '..—Efforts ure being made to settle the case of the American ship Ogeechee, which was seized when homeward bound from Bremen with a general cargo. The Judge Procurator of the Prize Court has informed American Consul General Robert P. Skinner, that if tbe American claimants of various parts of the cargo will present papers, proving tlmtVther actually owned tiie goods before March 8, the British Government will not compel these owners to take legal action to recover their property, but will release the goods without further proceedings. Mr. Skinner, therefore, urges that claimants forward quickly to him all possible tangible evidence of their ownership of the portions of the cargo consigned to them. The Swedish steamer Sydland, from New York May 1 for Gothenberg, is Btill discharging portions of its cargo destined for the Prize Court. The Government has not seized the ship, as no decision has yet been reached regarding the action to be taken in respect of the vessels of which the Sydland is one, which were taken over by Albert Jansen, who has been accused of carrying on an illegal trade in copper. The oil tanker London is at St. Barrow unloading a portion of its cargo purchased by the Government. Its sister ship, the tanker Vulcan, is still detained at Kirkwall while the Government is considering the purchase of its cargo SOLDIERS' FAMILIES COSTLY Germany Had Paid Out $7,000,000 for Them a Month Ago. Berlin, " '.'.—The amount paid out by the city of Berlin for the support of families of soldiers has reached a sum exceeding $7,000,000 at the end of April. The number of families assisted hud inereased from 62,980 in August to 115,000 in April. SHIPPING ACTIVITY IN MAY Best Month Since War Started. Heavy Grain Exports. More vessels nrrived and cleared at this port during May than in any month since the outbreak of the European war, according to the report of the statistician of the Commissioners of Navigation, which was read at the meeting of tbat body yesterday. The arrivals numbered 510 vessels, of which 130 were from foreign ports, and the sailings were 500, 131 of which were bound to foreign ports. Exports continue to increase, especially cereals and coal. Great quantities of grain are beiug shipped to EuI rope for the armies of the Allies and liuee cargoes of coal are consigned to Italy. Arrivals and sailings last month were only slightly less than those of May. 1014. —"You are going away tor the sumawirV" "Of course," replied Mr. Bligglns; "Unit Is to say, my family will go away. I ll stay here." "Bui the climate won't he comfortable." "I "'on't care anything about the climate. All I want Is rest and quiet."— Washington Star. ' -O month when they who love must love and wed.-IIelen Hunt Jackson. ; —"Mamma, did you sny the baby came , from Heaven?" "Yes. why?" "1 don t think he came; I think l--was fired. How ' . could the angels sing ' puttln' up I that holler all the tlme?"-Houaton Post

HE SEEMS RATHER INCONSISTENT Why does Mayor H. L. Risley in one sentence condemn those who "hamper" the Mayor and Council by expressing opinions as to what opght to be done now, by and for the country, and then, in the next, formulate an earnest desire that everybody who disagrees with his selfish policies should be grabbed by the neck and kicked off the Island. That, too, is an expression of oinion — a giving of advice — and, while there isn't a single good reason why Mr. Risley should not exercise the right of every free American citizen and let other folks know what he thinks of things, both in general and particular, there is a certain inconsistency in scolding his neighbors for utilizing the same freedom. Mayor Risley, in explicit terms, has declared his desire to control Stone Harbor, if not as president of the promoting company, then as Mayor of the Borough, and his intention to heed the sentiment of the taxpayers extends only so far as it will redound to the interest of his developing corporation. As a matter of fact, the Mayor wouldn't find the grabbing at all good, even if he had the power to run off the Island those citizens who dare openly to oppose its policies. Nobody in Stone Harbor, so far as other ears than his can hear, is yearning for strife and discord or even demanding it, but the taxpayers do want a Mayor and Council to serve the interests of the community as a whole.

DEMONSTRATED "Here's where I show my class," said the Mayor, as he demonstrated the bulkhead roblem on the blackboard.

BRITISH CUT DOWN TURKS Sultan's Losses 2000, English Only 300, in Fierce Fighting. London, r Uu— Heavy fighting on Gallipoli peninsula, resulting in tbe rout of the attacking Turkish forces, is announced in an official statement given out here today. The casualties of the Turks are said to have amounted to at least 2000. The British losses are given as 300. Tiie statement says: "On the 28th of May we detected engineers of the enemy working under one of our posts. We exploded a coun-ter-mine, which was very successful. On the same evening the Turks effected a lodgment in these vacant trenches. Our troops counter-attacked with the bayonet and recaptured the firing line trenches. The Turks in the support trenches surrendered. "Whilst this was going on heavy columns of the enemy advanced to make good the temporary local success. Being visible in the bright moonlight to our gunners, they were able to bring a cross-lire at accurate and known lunges, the consequence being that the Turkish advance became demoralized. Their second line bombclirowers flung missiles into their first line, completing the rout." WHY MR. BIRD SINGS And Also Why His Song Now and Then Becomes a Croak. It Is generally assumed tbat a bird sings because be Is happy, but science goes deeper for an explanation of tbe why and wherefore of tbe bird's song. Nature's optimistic joy in constructive progress is expressed in tbe singing of tbe male birds wbo charm tbelr mates to further tbelr wooing, and continue after eggs are laid to encourage tbe fulfilment of hatching. Tbe song stops when the little birds t ome out of tbe shell. Tbe Dlghtlngaie, for weeks during tbe period of nest-build-ing and hatching, charms his mate and human ears near blm with the beautiful music of bis love song. But as soon as tbe little nightingales come front the eggs tbe song changes to a sort of guttural croak, implying anxiety and sense of responsibility. If the nest and contents were destroyed the nightingale would at once resume bis beautiful song to inspire his mate to help biin build anotber nest and start all over again the loving work of being fruitful aud multiplying. CAFE PARFAIT -It Is delicious. —It is easily made. -It is served in glasses. —Then whip a full pint of good cream. —A quart of coffee ice cream is re—At serving time add the cream quite dry, mix quickly and serve. —This Is very good and easily fixed up unless the lee cream is homemade.

COUNTRY CLUB CLOSES 'The Stone Harbor Country Club close-1 its doors to its members, due, it is said, to the lack of funds to keep it open. The right cause, perhaps, is the suit against the Stone Harbor Terminal Company, of which the Three Graces are officers and directors. No gravel is being taken from the pits, either, and now the closing of the club seems to point to more than just the fact that the club isn't a paying proposition. This is the passing of Reese's pet, and now we wonder what the uext hobby will be.? An ocean pier, perhaps. Court House, 9; Stone Harbor, 7. On Decoration Day the Stone Harlor baseball team was defeated by Court House, 9 to 7. In many stages there was a weird exhibition of hall, and one bad decision by the umpire cost Stone Harbor the game. Nevertheless the boys did well considering their first appearance, and in the future watch them The suits were loud. Nuf said! On April 9th there appeared in the Cape May County Gazette among the Stone Harbor news the following: "The new electric locomotive for the Terminal R. R. was grown in the Baldwin shops, and may be looked for to dandy." Have you seen anything of it? Two months have passed since and still this locomotive has not materialized. In speaking to one of the officials about it, lie remarked, "Maybe 1920. This is some more of the company's dreams." THINK RUMANIA IS SLOW Italian Press and People Surprised Neighbor Keeps Out of War. Rome. June — The Rome papers and people are absorbed in the question of the possible entrance of Bulgaria and Rumania into the war. There was a firm conviction among the people generally that Italy had only to declare war against Austria to bring in Rumania, but a week has passed and Rumania shows no disposition, apparently, to depart from her neutrality. II is explained here in certain authoritative circles that Rumania is still negotiating with Great Britain, France and Russia for recognition of her claims. Late advices are to the effect that Russia, especially, is not inclined to give way to what she considers rather exaggerated demands, particularly in view of the fact that Italy is now at war, and this has already relieved the German and Austrian pressure, chiefly in Galicia.

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