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Vol. XXV, No. 4, Whole No. 1958. BELMAR, N. J., FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. Single Copy Three Cents

Work on Inlet is Finished for Present

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TENSION DRIVEN

Vo Attempt W ill Be Made to Concrete

Cap Until Spring When it Can be

Done to Better Advantage.

All the piles available for the ex­tension of the south jetty at Shark River inlet have been set and all that remains to be done is the capping. It has been determined unwise to at­tempt to mould the concrete cap un­til spring because concrete cannot be handled to advantage in freezing •weather and too much time would be wasted waiting for suitable good

days.This is the work as originally

planned, and the boroughs of Bel­mar and Avon financed the building of the last 240 feet of the north wall and the borough of Belmar paid for the completion of about 200 feet of the south jetty. This was done after the available funds appropriated by the state had become exhausted. Paul T. Zizinia acted as agent for the boroughs, overseeing the work without remuneration. So well did he handle the task that the work will be completed within his original es­timate of ten cents a lineal foot for completed wall.

At this time there is nothing to re­port on the progress being made with regard a settlement with the receiv­ers for the Bay Dredging company and the state. It is hoped and ex­pected that the state may be able to purchase at a satisfactory price the plant of the dredging company, there­by eliminating the question of rent and releasing the funds at present tied up. If this is done a considera­ble sum will be released to be used in extending die jetties seaward.

Mr. Zizinia feels cosfident that the Legislature will make an additional appropriation of $25,000 to extend the jetties further into the ocean as is necessary to form a suitable Inlet. Now that active work has been sus­pended until spring, Mr. Zizinia in­tends to “camp out” at Trenton until the new appropriation is made.

STOCKHOLM CONCERT COMPANY

Will Appear in Public School Audi'

torium Next Thursday Night.

The Stockholm Concert company will appear in the Public School au­ditorium next Thursday evening un­der the auspices of the Entertainment committee of the Belmar Board of Trade.

There is every reason to believe that this entertainment will be of a high order, judging by the very fav­orable press notices the company has received. The company gives a var- ried musical program, consisting of solos, readings, trios and quartettes. A very interesting feature is the per­formers appearing in Provincial Swedish costumes, which are abso­lutely genuine, and the novel and highly delightful program they offer of Swedish folk music and ensemble singing.

The company consists of four mem­bers, Madame Hausch, the Misses Gurli and Ingeborg Hausch and Miss Grace Keesler.

Madame Hausch is a ’cellist. She is a native of Stockholm, Sweden, and comes from a family of musicians, a few of whom have become distin­guished artists. She is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music of Stockholm and a thorough musician in every way.

Gurli Hausch is a violinist. She was born in Stockholm and from in­fancy was surrounded by a musical environment. She has studied under noted artists and is regarded among the most promising of the younger American violinists.

Ingeborg Hausch is pronounced one of the most proficient lady flutists in America and her stage presence al­ways receives favorable notice. She is also a reader of ability.

Grace Keesler is a pianist who, as a soloist, has attained an enviable reputation. She is gifted with a so­prano voice of fine quality and her singing is always enthusiastically re­ceived.

FOR BETTER SERVICE.

MRS. BURGESSER ENTERTAINS

Mrs. A. D. Burgesser of West Lake avenue gave a breakfast card party.

It was very largely attended by out-of-town guests. The guests were:

Mrs. George W. Swain, Mrs. Paul T. Zizinia, Mrs. William Pierson, Mrs. I. Cass, Mrs. J. W. Hassler, Mrs. Al­bert Mayer, Mrs. Whitney Thatcher, Mrs. Albert Ackerman, Mrs. William Ripley Cobb, Ms. Henry D. Scud­der, Mrs. DeWitt Ramsey, Mrs. John Penna, Mrs. William Richardson, Mrs. Roland Hopper, Mrs. C. Pattison, Mrs. Henry Herbermann, Mrs. Au­gustus Schuck, Mrs. Ledyard Avery, Mrs. John C. Watson, Mrs. Phillip Heller, Mrs, Fred C. Tag, Mrs. Frank Kain, Mrs. Howard Kain, Mrs. Ed­ward D. McCabe, Mrs. Samuel E. Hunter, Mrs. E. V. Hopwood, Mrs. Morrison Colyer, Mrs. George N. Ka- nenbley, Mrs. Abram Rothschild, Mrs. Frank Rosenthal, Mrs. Leon Mathey, Mrs. William Siemon, Mrs. Benjamin Farrier, Mrs. George D. Boschen, Mrs. J. A. Schwartz, Mrs. Alvin Harper, Mrs. J. K. Osborn, Mrs. B. Straus, Miss Louise Scudder, Miss Bessie Osborn, Mrs. Leslie D. Bur­gesser.

THE NEW HALF DOLLAR

Have you seen the new half dol­lar? These new pieces made; their ap­pearance in Belmar last week. The new coin which is being put out by the government is suggestive of the dimes put in circulation last year.

The figure of Liberty and a rising sun are on one side of the piece. The words “Liberty,” in large letters over the figure, “In God we trust,” and the date numerals also appear on the head of the coin. The obverse side contains an American eagle, perched on a mountain craig. The initials of the coin’s designer are beneath the bird. This side contains the words: “United States of America, Half Dol­lar” and “E pluribus Unum.” Opin­ions probably vary as to the beauty of the coin. Personally, the writer does not think it as handsome as the old type which has been coined for *o many years.

In view of improving the service on all delivery routes Postmaster C. B. Honce makes the following state­ment:

“If the patrons of the free delivery service of the Belmar post office, those being served by city carriers as well as those served by the rural routes, will place letter boxes in con­venient places, it will not only help to improve the service for themselves but will make it a lot easier for the carriers. Each wait for the door to be opened, be the wait ever so short, makes a long time in the aggregate when spread over the entire route covered.

“The Post Office department de­sires to make the service as satisfac­tory as possible, and is anxious to have proper receptacles for the mail placed at each house served.

“The necessity for such action is urged upon the patrons of the Belmar office who have not already complied with the requirements of the depart­ment.”

BASKETBALL OF THE WEEK

Games Played and to be Played in

Belmar.

The Independents defeated the Girls’ club Saturday in a basketball game on the Tenth Avenue Theatre courts. The score was 22 to 8. Both teams did good work but the Inde­pendents were more accurate in their shooting and played a better defen­sive game. Norma Cooper at for­ward led in shooting, scoring seven baskets from the field. Score:

Independents.G. F. Pts.

Norma Cooper, f.. 7 0 14 Hazel Howland, f.. 1 0 2Julia Strong, c___ 3 0 6Anna Tafsunsky, g. 0 0 0 Marie'Strudwick,g. 0 0 0

NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS

Belmar People Were Distinctly Dis­

appointed With Entertainment Giv­

en by Bland-Hipple Orchestral

Company.

Girls’

Jeanette Housel... Mrs. Harry Lyon. Alma Hoppock... Helen Conover... Carrie Williams ..

11Club.

G.12100

0

F.00000

22

Pts.24200

4 0 8Referee—Harry Lyon.Belmar Grammar school boys de­

feated the Neptune boys, 58 to 15, in the second game of a series. The visitors worked hard to land a vic­tory but were oijtclassed by the home boys who were the more ac­curate in shooting and put up the best defense. Score:Neptune. Belmar.Schlosbach, f. Mayer, f.Wilson, f. Robinson, f.Mulford, c. Isola, c.Hommell, g. Quicker, g.Hall, g. Giunco, g.

Field goals: Robinson, 15; Giun­co, 8; Isola, 3; Mayer, 2; Schlosbach, 2; Hommell, 2; Wilson, 1. Fouls: Wilson, 4; Robinson, 2; Schlosbach, 1.

To-night the Big Five will play the crack Oakwoods of Long Branch in the first game of a series on the Tenth avenue hall court. The vis­itors have been playing good ball this season and will come to Belmar with their strongest lineup.

In the preliminary game the Girls’ club will play the Independents of Belmar, who defeated them last Sat­urday. This game will start at 8 o’clock.

The lineup of the big game will be: Oakwoods. Big Five.B. Woolley, f. Lyon, f.E. West, f. Knox, f.Jordon, c. Matthews, c.R. Woolley, g. Vola, g.Errickson, g. Bernocco, g.

DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL EVENT

Many Attend Card Party and Dance

Given by Belmar Girls’ Club.

The Bland-Hipple Orchestral com­pany appeared in Belmar last week Thursday night as the second num­ber in the People’s Popular Enter­tainment course, and the entertain­ment given was a disappointment to the crowd which well filled the Pub­lic School auditorium. It can be said to the credit of the people who attended that they were quiet and listened attentively to the music but that they were distinctively disap­pointed was manifested by the stint­ed applause. That Belmar people do appreciate fine music was clearly shown by the enthusiastic way in which each number rendered by the Imperial Russian quartette, recently appearing here, was received.

The Bland-Hipple company gave a good orchestral concert—that is all. In the program each musician was given an opportunity to display his individual artistic ability and this in each case was just about on par with that of musicians to be found to-day in almost every town. The xylo­phone solo, which had been adver­tised as a feature, was very ordinary compared with what it is possible for a real artist to do with the instru­ment.

Many who attended the concert are inclined to believe the personnel of the company was not as advertised. This would seem to be borne out by the pictures of the company furnish­ed by the lyceum bureau. Whether or not substitutions were made sure­ly the personality of the musicians did not appeal to the people any more than did their renditions.

The entertainment committee has at least a right to feel that the com­pany was not up to the recommenda­tions of the Scorer Lyceum bureau and the entertainment was not worth what it cost. Even though the re­maining ones may be up to the rec­ommendation of the bureau, and they probably will be, it would be well for the committee to consider some other bureau next year before making a contract for a series of entertain­ments.

MAYOR POOLE’S ANNUAL REPORTStatement of Finances Given and Progress in the Different

Departments During Year is Told Of.Belmar, N. J., Jan. 22,1917.

Fellow Citizens and Taxpayers;In accordance with my past custom I presume it is expected that I give

a short resume of the work of the past year, however I will not tire you with a long message confining myself to the things which seem to me of the greater importance.

In spite of the additional unexpected and unforseen demands we com­plete the year with but $126.05 spent over our appropriations. Our local collections were greatly in excess of our estimate and this saved us from a large deficit, this was foreseen by the Finance Committee and appropria­tions were adjusted as the year progressed.

The following is a statement of the amounts appropriated in the budget and the amounts actually spent during the year.

Department AppropriatedHighway .................................................................... $10,000.00PoliceLights ..............................Fire Department...............Salaries .............................Discount ............................Bonds and Interest...........Sinking Fund....................Parks and Public GroundsBoard of Health................Poor Account....................Garbage

2.400.00 6,000.00 6,000.002.100.002.500.00

13,255.004.833.00 1,000.00 1,000.00

300.001.200.00

Miscellaneous including F St. appropriation......... 18,412.00

Spent$10,724.86

2,662.965,604.346,625.201,866.722,498.32

13,233.664.833.00 1,774.92 3,927.25

332.151.340.00

17,279.63

Add local receipts in excess of estimate.Total.. $69,000.00

3,576.96

$72,576.96 $72,703.01

I consider this an exceptional showing when in spite of the increased demands we also showed a reduction in the tax rate of $1.20 per thousand.

During the year we have paid off in bonds, sinking fund and notes

as follows:

On Improvement Bonds.................... ............................................. $ 3,000.00Sinking Fund Gen. Dept. Sinking Fund Water Dept.On School Bonds...............Note Boardwalk ext.........Note Fire Purposes...........

Our Christmas Club closes Feb. 1, 1917. If you have delayed joining— now is tlie opportunity. You will have coal bills and taxes to meet next Christmas. First National Bank, Bel­mar. adv

DEATH OF ESTEEMED WOMAN

Mrs. Mary J. Townsend died Satur­day at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Abram Reichey, 621 Ninth ave­nue, aged 72 years.

She came to Belmar eighteen years ago as a seamstress with the family of F. R. Lefferts with whom she was connected for forty-five years, hav­ing lived with Mrs. Lefferts’ grand­mother, Mrs. Morris, in New York for fifteen years and with Fannie War­ring, Mrs. Lefferts’ mother, for ten years.

Mrs Townsend was much esteemed by her friends. She was of a cheer­ful disposition and during her late illness which confined her to the house for three months she bore her suffering with great fortitude.

She was a devout and fai’hful mem­ber of St. Rose’s parish and the fun­eral was from that church Monday with high mass of requiem. The body was taken to Newtown, L. I., for burial in Calvary cemetery. Under­taker Theodore H. Bennett was in charge.

Our Christmas Club closes Feb. 1, 1917. If you have delayed joining— now is the opportunity. You will have coal bills and taxes to meet next Christmas. First National Bank, Bel­mar. adv

One of the largest attended social events of the season was at the Inlet Terrace club house Monday evening, when the Belmar Girls’ club held a dance and card party.

All the popular dances were en­joyed and there were several lucky number dances. Howland’s Tango band furnished music.

In cards pivot auction bridge and progressive five hundred were play­ed. Dr. William A. Newbold won first prize at bridge. The other bridge winners were Frank Pierce and Miss M. Estelle Moore. Marion Van Note of Point Pleasant captured the first prize at five hundred. The other winners were: Miss Ethel Hance, Mrs. Robert G. Poole, Mrs. John Murphy, Miss Adelaide Miller, Arthur Housel and Miss Myrtie King.

Mrs. Richard Wines was chairman of the committee.

The affair was a decided success both socially and financially and the club extends sincere thanks to their friends for their patronage and to those who donated prizes.

The Girls’ club was organized about a year ago by Miss Mary Louise Scudder, who is its president. At that time there were few members but it rapidly grew and now has a large membership. The object of the club is to encourage practical educa­tion. Several classes have been formed and it is hoped another sea­son the courses will be increased.

BELMAR CARD CLUB

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Wanted—To buy a cottage in Bel mar. New Jersey. Price must not exceed $,>.000 cash. Address M. Mc­Kee, ADartment 22. 448 Riverside Drive, New York City. adv

Beginning January 15, the Idle Hour Theatre, Belmar, will play Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights only. A big show each night. All seats 10c. adv

The Advertiser office is equipped to do your job printing promptly.

The Belmar Card club was enter­tained last week Thursday evening by Miss Emma Van Note at her home, 607 Fifth avenue. At the close of play the winners of prizes were an­nounced. They were Mrs. William H. Hurley, Mrs. R. G. Poole, Miss Airend Height, Doanld Sterner and Oliver Brown.

Following cards dancing was en­joyed and refreshments served.

Besides the prize winners those nresent were: Mrs. Oliver Brown of Farmingdale, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sanborn, Asbury Park; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace G. Hooper, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. William II. Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. Don­ald Sterner, Mayor R. G. Poole and Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Rene Van Note of Belmar; the Misses Dorothy and Beatrice Carpenter and Marguerite Ballard of Ocean Grove; Valetta Bur­nett, Airenda Height of Spring Lake; Meredith and Marjorie Hulick, Allen- hurst; Ethel Hance, Margaret Acker­man and Emma and Evla Van Note of Belmar; James Kelsey, Ralph Pearce, Edward Hope, Alexander and Thomas Morford of Red Bank; San­ford Flint and Leon Patterson of Spring Lake.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Under this head each week will be listed all new advertisements print­ed in the issue. The list will include the advertisements of our regular ad­vertisers which have changed since the previous issue:

Atlantic Coast Electric Light Co. Coast Gas Company Correct Hatcher Company New York Telephone Company. Steinbach Company

Our Christmas Club closes Feb. 1, 1917. If you have delayed joining— now is the opportunity. You will have coal bills and taxes to meet next Christmas. First National Bank, Bel­mar. adv

4.833.002.400.00 2,000.00 1,000.00

400.00

$13,633.00

We have reduced the outstanding notes during the current year from $29,000 to $22,000 in addition to the above.

Highways.

We have made some progress during the year in the way of graveling some of the streets in the Belmar Park tract with gravel taken from F street We had hoped to complete the paving of F street before the winter set in, but delays, owing to the inability of the low bidder to furnish a bond and of the assignees of the contract to get delivery of material, leave us in our present predicament on the Main street. We are however consoled by the fact that June will see the completion of the work on our portion of the street and I most sincerely hope that of the area occupied by the Atlantic Coast Railway company. The people have borne most patiently with the inconvenience and your Council is gratified in believing you see the matter in the true spirit W7e thought best to have it torn up during the winter so as to give the excavations time to settle and to get an earlier start in the spring.

The net figure for the contract, after deducting that portion charge­able to the property owners for the integral curb was about $27,000.00. Of this amount about two thousand dollars has been paid and the State con­tributes $10,000 leaving the sum of about $15,000 to be provided for by the borough. This looks to me like getting an improved street at a compara­tively small cost. From the appearance of the completed work and the favorable comments of the engineers, the borough is fortunate in having Messrs. Gardner and Van Cleve as the contractors on the work.

The Sinking Fund Commission has agreed to take up to $15,000 of the above amount at 4 per cent, interest. This amount to be paid back in yearly installments, thus distributing the expense over five or six years.

Board of Health.

This has been an active year for the Board of Health but our friends were equal to the occasion and I wish to take this opportunity of thanking the members, both from a Municipal and personal standpoint for the hearty co-operation w'hich the various members displayed when the In­fantile Paralysis emergency arose. In the preparation of the plans and the actual completion of the emergency hospital within 24 hours, you see what can be accomplished by team work. I especially desire to thank the Con­tractors, Messrs. Conklin and Sutts, Mr. W. E. Hefter the plumber and the Coast Gas Company and all who unselfishly devoted their energies in preparing the building for the reception of cases within the time mentioned above. The expense of this account amounted to nearly $3,000 but con­sidering the fact that we had no panic, that practically no people left Belmar because of the scare and the few cases which developed here we may consider ourselves fortunate. Dr. Fred V. Thompson our Board of Health Physician deserves the thanks of the town for his unselfish labors

at this critical period.

The Building Line Matter.

During the year decision was rendered in favor of the Borough against Abraham Levinsohn in the case of infraction of the building line on Tenth avenue. I consider this a blessing to all of our people. The beauty of this Borough is in its wide open streets and avenues and I hope this will be an example to any others who may have in mind this imposition upon their neighbors and friends.

The case has been appealed and although it will take time I feel certain of the outcome, believing in the justice of our contentions.

Inlet Improvement Work.

During the year the Borough has contributed $2,000 toward the com­pletion of the work at the inlet. In my opinion the work there is a success and we owe our thanks to Mr. Paul T. Zizinia who has contributed his services in overseeing the expenditure of this money. We hope this year will see the actual finish of the work there and the completion of the con­crete draw bridge at B street connecting with our neighboring borough. One improvement leads to another it is noted and I feel that the amount ex­pended by us for the inlet improvement will be returned many fold.

Lake Front Improvement

During the year we have completed the concrete bulkhead at the lower end of the Lake and practically completed grading the grounds there. It is planned to place a cement walk six foot wide around this bulkhead con­necting the two avenues during the coming year.

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PAGE TWO THE COAST ADVERTISER, BELMAR, N. J. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.

PREFECT HOOTED FOR BOY’S ERROR

Lad Hoisted Italian Flag at Half Staff When Francis

Joseph Died.

MISTAKE CAUSED A RIOTAll Sovereigns Looked Alike to the

Governor's Little Servant;Got “In Bad."

Rome.—Strangely enough, there was a city in Italy where a flag was hoisted half staff on the prefect’s residence as a sign of mourning for the death of Emperor Francis Joseph. This city was Ascoli Piceno in the Marches, where the prefect, or governor, is one of the mcfct intelligent and patriotic officials in Italy, one who advocated Italy’s war against Austria from the very beginning and sent his two sons to the front, where one of them was killed.

Obviously the prefect had no reason to regret the death of Italy’s heredi­tary enemy, Francis Joseph, and yet his palace was the only building in Italy where a flag was hoisted half staff. The prefect risked losing his post, too, and it took him some time to justify himself and explain the mis­take. Because, of course, it was all a mistake, and this is how it happened:

Early one morning a telegram reached the prefect from Rome with the news of the emperor of Austria’s death. The telegram was given to the prefect’s servant, or office boy, to file, and as office boys all the world over are generally very smart this particu­lar office boy when he read the tele­gram came to the conclusion that it was his duty to put out the flag in sign of mourning.

Sovereigns Are Sovereigns.

It is true that we are at war with Austria, he explained to a fellow serv­ant, but sovereigns are always sov­ereigns—in fact, they are each other’s cousins—and when they die official mourning is indispensable. The fellow servant was not convinced and warned the smarter one to be careful. He suggested that before putting out the flag he had better ask the prefect. So the office boy knocked at the prefect’s door and asked:

“Must we put the flag out at half staff for the emperor’s death, sir?”

The prefect was busy at his desk, but when he heard the question he turned around and sternly ’ooked at his office boy, ironically saying:

“Do you think that it is necessary to ask such a question?”

“All right, sir. Please excuse me for (troubling you, sir,” said the office boy, and he rushed out and told his friend: '“You see I was right. The prefect said that it was not necessary to ask |fiuch a question.” And within a few minutes the flag was out half staff and fa crowd collected outside hooting and ijeering at the prefect, whom they 'called “a dirty Austrian.”

Naturally the flag was taken away, ithe prefect was furious, the smart of­fice boy was kicked out and the govern­ment had to issue official statements .explaining how the mistake occurred.

Cardinal as Censor.

Aiftither incident in connection witli Francis Joseph’s death occurred in Bome, and in a way it is equally amus­ing. The editor of the Osservatore Romano, the official organ of the Holy See, was instructed by the cardinal secretary of state, Cardinal Gasparri, to •write an article regretting in mild terms the death of the Catholic em­peror. He was warned to be careful about the censor, and accordingly wrote the article emphasizing the de­ceased’s religious faith and his attach­ment to the Holy See. Then he sub­mitted the article to the censor, who passed it for publication.

Owing to the Vatican’s neutrality of bourse it was only natural that the offi­cial organ of the Holy See should ex­press regret at the death of a Cath­olic sovereign. The censor explained this to the editor, who was encouraged to ask whether there would be any ob­jection if the paper came out with a black border, as was the custom on the •leath of a Catholic sovereign. The censor said there would be no objec­tion, as he had nothing to do with the makeup of the paper, but only with what was printed in it, and he added: “You can have as wide a border as you please.”

The editor rushed to the cardinal secretary of state with the proof sheets and Informed him that the censor had toot only passed the article but the black border as well. To his surprise Cardinal Gasparri insisted that the black border should be removed.

“We have to regret the emperor’s ’death,” he said, “but we are not bound to go to mourning for him as he was b o bitterly hated in Italy that i f the paper came out with a black border the people are bound to wreck your ‘■office.”

The editor naturally obeyed and the Osservatore Romano was not in mourn­ing for Francis Joseph. Everybody, of Icourse, assumed that the black bor­der had been censored by the censor, ibut the editor made the mistake to ex­plain that it was Cardinal Gasparri, who censored it, with the result that the cardinal’s popularity increased considerably, while in all probability Austria will protest that the Holy (See’s neutrality Is not complete.

‘SHIVAREE” IS DYING HARD

That Enormity of Crude Social Con­ditions Is Still Practired in

Some Placed

That enormity of crude social condi­tions, the charivari, or, to follow the popular pronunciation, “shivaree,” seems to die hard in the dominion. Some weeks ago a number of young men o£a district near Woodstock, in Ontario, entered the home of a recent­ly married couple, bound both hand and foot, and carried them to the barn on a wheelbarrow. There they re­moved the clothes of the husband and smeared his body with oil and chaff. They had no excuse to offer in court except that they were “shivareeing” the young man and his wife. Small fines were imposed on them, which ac­tion suggests that at least a little progress toward a higher civilization is being made in the neck of the woods of which they are denizens. Beside such conduct as that described, the in­anities so often practiced at weddings are insignificant, yet they should be consistently discouraged. Guests at these ceremonies ought to keep their pleasantries from marring the happi­ness of the bride and groom and their families; especially, of course, should they refrain from practicing such friv­olities as place the victims in peril of positive bodily harm.

FORCED TO OWN UPMR. PEASLEE TELLS OF DOWN­

FALL OF STUBBORN MAN.

TOO MANY BACHELOR SEALS

Reserve Increasing at Rate of 4,000 Unnecessary Bull Seals Every

Year.

A complete count of the pups born to the fur seals of the Pribiloff islands has been made each season since 1912, the year after pelagic sealing was sus­pended by international treaty. The count for 1915 shows a total of 103,- 527 pups, which means 103,527 moth­ers. This shows that the herd is being restored to normal growth.

But Prof. George Archibald Clark of Stanford university, California, points out in an article in Science that there has also been an abnormal increase in the number of young males, what he calls the “reserve” increasing at about 4,000 unnecessary bull seals every year. Of these there are about 27,000 now. The danger lies in their attacks upon the massed rookery portions as they desire to set up harems of their own. This keeps the breeding grounds in a continual state of battle, result­ing in injury to many mother seals and the trampling of the pups.

It also means that when the fishery is resumed the grounds will be over­run by hordes of savage fighting bulls.

He Baggedabigone.A few days ago four firemen from

No. 11, East Washington street, Indian­apolis, went to Columbus, and then motored west of there, to hunt. They gave their names as Kossmeyer, Feh- renbach, Kudy and Slater. Rudy’s fa­ther lives west of Columbus, and they were going to hunt on his land. The party had just arrived when Slater started to scout around the barnyard. Suddenly he came back at a gallop, much as if he were, going to a third alarm fire. He was sounding his si­ren, and all the tenants of the barn- lot got out of the way.

“Gimme a gun, quick!” he command­ed. “I just saw the biggest rabbit I ever saw in my life.” He grabbed the gun, hurried away, and in a moment or two the others heard a report. Here came Slater, lugging an unusually large animal of some sort.

“Gosh a’mighty!” exclaimed Rudy’s father, “if he ain’t shot my Belgian hare, that I wouldn’t have taken $100 for!”

And it is said that Slater did not en­joy a bit of his outing after that.—In­dianapolis News.

Girls Play Hockey.The fair sex has taken up the game

of hockey in earnest in New York and a girls’ league has been formed in the metropolis. A call was sent out not long ago to those who wished to play the game and 300 responded.

Hockey has long been recognized as one of the most dangerous of the strenuous sports and only the hardiest of men care to take the risks in­volved. There is always the danger of having your cheek laid open by a slash from a hockey stick or your teeth removed by a swift flying puck or shins barked, not to mention the thousand and one different kinds of falls that are always imminent, when a sheet of slippery ice is your only support.

But the girls do not seem to mind the dangers involved. Those making up the different teams in the league have become quite proficient in the game and many exciting matches are played by them. Now they are ready to meet the best of the girl teams of Canada, where they have been play­ing tlje game for a long time.

Of Course Jonas Might Have Thoughtthe Window Was Open, but It Is

Certain That the Shoe Came Through It.

“That Jonas Ebbitt,” observed Caleb Peaslee as he leaned upon his hoe and addressed Obed Gunney, “is the stub- bornest man in Dilmouth. I wouldn’t be s’prised if he was the stubbornest one in Maine.”

Mr. Gunney nodded his head in con­firmation. “Ebbitt is sot,” he conceded mildly, “but what fetched him into your mind right at this minute?”

“Oh, I jest got to thinkin’,” Mr. Peas­lee replied. “Last night Jone had a chance to show how ‘sot’ he could be, and I happened to be there when he done it.”

“Jest what shape did his sotness take?” Mr. Gunney wanted to know; and Caleb chuckled.

“He’d come down to the post office by way of the beach road,” he began, “and he’d got gravel into both of his shoes. ’Stead of takin’ off one shoe and dumpin’ the gravel out of that and then puttin’ it back on again, he took ’em both off. I ’ d’know why. I pre­sume likely he done it to be different.

“When he went to put ’em on again he took up the left shoe fust and tried to put It onto his right foot. Mebbe he’d have shifted it to the other foot if Lem Piper’d kep’ his mouth shut; but Lem ain’t gifted that "way.

“ ‘That’s the wrong shoe you’re tryln’ to put on that foot, Ebbitt,’ Lem says, and Jone’s mouth came together like a trap.

“ ‘I guess I know full’s much ’bout my shoes and feet as you do, Lem Piper,’ he snapped out, ‘and ’less it makes some gret diff’rence to you, I ’m goin’ to pqt these shoes on to suit my­self !’ So Lem, knowing that talkin’ wouldn’t change him, jest watched him, and so did the rest of us.

“Well, by workin’ and twistin’ he managed to get the left shoe onto his right foot, and then he started on the other one, and by the time he’d got that one on I don’t b’lieve a day’s work would have tired him more. His fore­head was all of a sweat, and they must have hurt him like time, but he never showed a sign of changing ’em.

“He sot there a spell, to make it ap­pear that he hadn’t been doin’ anything out of the common, and then he said he’d got to be gittin’ ’long home.

“My way laid along with his, so I J started with him. I wanted to get j home, of course, and besides that I j wanted to see how he’d make out to | cripple home with them shoes on the wrong feet. He didn’t act very tickled to have me along, and only grunted when I told him I ’d bear him company.

“I mistrust that if I hadn’t been with him them shoes w-ould have come off "bout as soon as he got round the fust turn; but with me there he couldn’t shift ’em without givin’ in that he was wrong, and I guess he’d ruther lose a foot than do that.

“If a half a mile ever seemed long to any man, that piece of road between the post office and Ebbltt’s place must have seemed long to him. It must have ’bout killed him to walk it, but he tried not to make any sign of it. Once or twice he’d step on a stone that’d roll, or on an oneven place in the road, and it’d fairly fetch a groan out of him; but he tried to turn it off that he was kind of singin’ or hummin’ onder his breath.

“We fin’ly fetched up at his place, and Jone didn’t waste any time in sayin’ good night to me. He jest hob­bled up that path to his door, walkin’ on the sides of his feet and groanin’ every time he sot foot on a hubble. He fairly fell into the door, and for what took place afterwards—well, I dessay Jonas thought the winder was open.”

“ ‘Winder was open’?” repeated Mr. Gunney, wonderingly, and Caleb nod­ded.

“I hadn’t taken more’n a dozen steps,” he explained, “when I heard the sound of glass breakin’, and some­thing struck within ten feet of me in the road. I took pains to go and pick it up, and it was a shoe—’bout such a shoe as I’d seen Jonas put on to wear home.

“And from the way it come out through the winder there so spiteful,” Mr. Peaslee concluded dryly, “I thought that Jonas had sort of give in for once that he was wrong.”—Youth’s Com­panion.

TURN FROM SAVAGE TO SAINT

Wonderful Transformation of Fiji Islanders, Which Are Soon to Be

Visited by Roosevelt.

When Colonel Roosevelt pays his an­nounced visit to the Fiji islands in February he will find the natives much different from what they were only a comparatively short time ago. Today the Fiji Islanders are model citizens; once they were the most abhorrent creatures known to civilization.

In his work, “How Christ Conquered Fiji,” Rev. D. L. Leonard tells us something of the Fijians of a genera­tion or two ago. He says:

“Physically and intellectually they rank among the foremost in the South seas, but before Christianity wrought its astounding miracles of transforma­tion they had no equals for brutality, licentiousness and utter disregard for human life. The world over their name was a synonym for all that is atro­cious, inhuman and demoniacal. It was a part of their religion to be as cruel as possible toward their enemies and to slay them with nameless and horrible torture was a positive de­light.

“They had a habit of massacring all shipwrecked sailors or other strange visitors to their shores. Few Fijians died a natural death or lived to old age, for the feeble and the aged vvere esteemed worse than useless mem­bers of society and by artificial means were hastened to their graves. In­fanticide was so common that two- thirds of the children perished at the hands of their parents.

“When a chief built a house and holes were dug for the posts a man was flung into each one to be buried alive. When a war canoe was launched living men were used for human roll­ers, and their bruised and torn bodies were afterward roasted and eaten. Hu­man flesh was eaten by preference, as well as from hatred of their enemies slain in battle. In one district the en­tire population was kept to be de­voured by their more powerful neigh­bors. A chief would send to a neigh­bor or ally a roasted victim carefully wrapped and escorted by a procession. After one war the victory was cele­brated by cooking 100 human bodies for a feast. One chief set up a stone to commemorate each time he had played the cannibal, and 872 of these tokens were counted by a missionary.

P.ut the Fijians have since passed under the mild yoke of Christianity and the savage in them has yielded to the subduing influences of the Gospel of mercy and peace.

Shameless.Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood said In a

preparedness argument at a dinner In New York:

“The man who opposes preparedness expects his brother to do his fighting for him. This man is as shameless as the chap who said:

‘“ Well, I ’m going to get married next week.’

“ ‘What will you live on—love?’ asked a candid friend.

“ ‘No,’ was the reply. ‘We’ll live on love’s father.’ ”—Washington Star.

Dogs for the Blind.Large numbers of dogs are being

trained in Germany to lead men who have been blinded in the war.—Euro­pean edition of the-New Seffcfiersi^.

Hard Water Good for Rheumatics.That hard water—meaning a water

that contains two hundred parts in the million or more of lime—is better than soft or distilled water for drinking purposes is asserted In the New York Medical Journal by Dr. Frank Leslie Rector of New York. It never con­tains enough lime to do harm, but the little it does contain is highly bene­ficial to persons with a tendency to rheumatism, gout or hardening of the arteries.

To get such a dose of lime as a doc­tor would prescribe one would have to drink six gallons of hard water in 24 hours. A common glassful of such water contains about three-fourths of a grain of lime.

It is an error to suppose, as many do, that hard water causes rheuma­tism, gout, kidney diseases and arteriosclerosis, for these are the very troubles that are cured by the waters of such places as Klssingen, Nauheim and Saratoga, the benefit of which is in their alkaline content, and this is principally lime.

Thieves' Insurance Plan.A thieves’ mutual aid society has

sprung up in London. Its aim Is to pay police court fines inflicted on thieves. Offenders are insured against fines, paying toward the support of the society as they would in a life In­surance proposition.

It is said that both honest and dis­honest men have clubbed together to make a livelihood from the business done by the society. They appoint an official called “the banker,” who col­lects the money, and it is his duty to attend the court and pay the fines.

In one case a youth caught stealing had in his possession a card showing subscriptions to the amount of £2 for use in paying fines of friends found guilty of theft

Germany Exports Copper.Ironmongers in Holland are contin­

uing to receive copper utensils export­ed from Germany. People in Holland are much astonished that so great a quantity of copper is still being ex- portea from Germany.—London Globe.

Make Brightness in Winter.If you will notice the shrubs that

have attractive twigs through the win­ter, you will put on your list for plant­ing some of the following: Red or river birch, which has flaky, reddish brown bark arid grows naturally in clumps or colonies; Siberian dogwood, the brightest of the red stemmed dog­woods ; yellow dogwood, the stems bright yellow; staghorn sumac, which has hairy twigs bearing stiff clusters of fuzzy red berries; small native roses, which should be planted in masses for the red stems and cut down every three or four years; the black raspberry, and the willows.

American Foods in Russia.Russian workingmen who are build­

ing the railroad from Petrograd to Kola, the Arctic port on the White sea, are living largely on American dried vegetables. They are being ex­ported to England and to South America. Practically the entire prod­ucts of the three plants, which are in New York, California and New Jersey, are at present being exported for use under conditions which make the most of their special virtues of being easily transported and of being able to re­sist decay indefinitely.

The New Dimes.The following description is given

by the treasury department: The de­sign of the dime, owing to the small­ness of the coin, has been held quite simple. The obverse shows a head of Liberty with a winged cap. The head is firm and simple in form, the profile forceful. The reverse shows a de­sign of the bundle of rods, with a bat­tle ax, known as “fasces,” and sym­bolic of the nation’s strength. Sur­rounding the fasces is a full-foliaged branch of olive, symbolic of peace.

Well Worth While.A cut of half a cent a day in one

Item of naval expenses amounted to a saving of $800,000 in two years. This is a very creditable example of econ­omy and it shows how the littles count—Buffalo Times.

A dvertiser’s BusinessGuide Reliable Business Houses ar-

ranged Alphabetically for your

convenience. We recommend

this Guide of Trades People for

general use.

A. & H. Auto CompanyHeadquarters for

Automobile Supplies and Accessories

of all kinds

At Reduced Rates

Tel. 499 1004 F StreetBelmar, N. J.

Phone Asbury 1214-J

Charles BeermannPRIME MEATS AND POULTRY

Butter and Eggs Open all the year.

Market, Sylvania Ave., near Main St.

AVON, N. J.

Belmar Auto CompanyMaxwell Vim Koehler

Jeffrey

New and Second-Hand Automobiles

Machine Shop

804 F Street, Belmar, N. J.

Bon Ton Meat MarketHARRY YAFFE

Choice Beef, Lamb, Veal, Mutton and Poultry, Butter, Eggs, etc.

Extra Specials on Saturday.

16th Avenue and F Street, Belmar. Telephone 504-J

Central MarketHERMAN P. LAZARUS, Proprietor.

City Dressed Beef, Lamb, Veal and Pork. Fresh dressed poultry a specialty. Phone 527 J.

905 F Street. Belmar, N. J.

Coal and WoodW. NEWMAN & SONS

Hay and Feed, Lime, Cement and

Plaster. Sewer Pipe and Flue

Linings. Yard and office, 13th

Ave. and Railroad, Belmar, N. J.

G. H. CookP IA N O T U N E R

Pianos for Sale

Victrolas

Store, 611 Bangs Ave., Asbury Park.

Telephone 2174-J

Telephone 569.

Dillon's Express

Agent American Express Co.

Office R. R. Depot Belmar, N. J.

Phone 592-W

Giunco & CasagrandeDealers in Fruits r id Vegetables,

Confectionery, 'oft Drinks, Cigars and Tobacco.

915 F Street Belmar, N. J.

Hudson, Overland and Driscoe Cars

O. H. NEWMAN, Agent

708 F Street, Belmar, N. J.

Telephone 513

T. S. LokersonCabinet Work in all Branches.

Second Hand Furniture Bought and

Mattress Maker, UpholstererJOSEPH C. STEELMAN

Broken Furniture Repaired. Cush­ions of all kinds. Box springs. Mattresses renovated by our new electrical process and practically as good as new.

800 % F STREET BELMAR, N. J.

U AUTO DINE AT

Naylor’s RestaurantYes, Everything is Strictly Home

Cooked and Clean

Fish Dinners and Clam Chowder.

Furnished Rooms

803 F Street, Belmar, N. J.

Shoe RepairingTONY GUALEMI

Shoe Repairing, Shoes made to or­

der. Open all the year. Satis­

faction guaranteed. Cor. F St.

and 11th Ave., Belmar.

F i n e J e w e l r yYou are invited to inspect

my fine and extensive line of watches, diamonds, jewelry, silverwear, cut glass, optica! goods, etc. - v

I Make a Specialty of

REPAIRINGW ork guaranteed. Your pat­

ronage solicited.

L. J. LEADER912 F Street, Belmar, N. J.

Next door to A. & P. Tea Store

Ladies’ and Gents’

l TAILOR

I KING BUILDING t

| N O . 8 0 3 V2 F S T R E E T |

| BELMAR, N. J. |

Sold.

1010 F Street Belmir, N. J.

34 Years in Monmouth County

J. H. SEXTON, Funeral DirectorUNDERTAKER & EMBALMER

606 F Street, BELMAR 159 Main St., ASBURY PARK Tel. 21 A. P., Residence 397 Telephone or T legraph or­

ders receive personal attention

Visitors to Asbury, try

Paul’s Restaurant & LunGn RoomOPEN ALL THE YEAR

Home Cooking at Reasonable Prices

Cor. Main and Lake Ave.

Open all Night. ASBURY PARK

New Jersey CentralTRAINS LEAVE BELMAR

All rail for New York. Newark and Elizabeth via all rail 6.00, ‘6.43, *7.50, 8.36, 10.43 a.m., 2.08, 3.48, 6.49, s8.50 p.m.

Sundays—8.15 a.m., 4.02, 6.32, 8.22 p.m.

*New York only. sSaturday only.

PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM

A toilet preparation of merit. Helps to eradicate dandruff. F o r R estorin g Color and

B e a u ty to G ray o r Faded Hair.60c. and >1.00 a t Druggist*___

Commercial printing of class at Advertiser office. Let us quote you prices.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. THE COAST ADVERTISER, BELMAR, N. J. PAGE THREE

MAYOR POOLE’S ANNUAL REPORT(Continued from page 1)

Fire Department.

Hats off to the Fire Department for the excellent work during the year. The fine work in saving the adjoining properties during the Neptune House fire is deserving of all the praise we can give them. This is the most serious fire Belmar has contended with for a long time. I am in favor of motoriz­ing the Fire apparatuses at a reasonable cost and by a plan extending over two or three years, this will distribute the burden of expense, in the same manner as the extension of the Board walk and the improvement of the Hook and Ladder House.

I know that the Companies will work in harmony with Council on this matter and will be as reasonable as is necessary in their demands. Later on a meeting will be held for this purpose.

The work returned by the Fire teams during the year was as follows:

Truck team ..................................................... .............. 1679 Hours $839.50Union team ..................................................... .............. 1694 HoursGood W ill team ............................................................. 1889 Hours 944.50

SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, ETC. | Shark Nets at Gordon’s pa-Summary of receipts and disburse- j v il io n .............................

ments of the borough of Belmar Long Branch Band for the fiscal year ending Dec. 30,1916. Abram Borton, CollectorBorton,and Treasurer.Receipts as Per Monthly Reports.

Bal. on hand Jan. 1,1916. .$ 454.331916 taxes.......................... 77,021.081915 taxes.......................... 26,019.521914 taxes.......................... 10,373.25Taxes prior to 1914........... 321.69Interest and costs............. 2,331.37Notes discounted............... 40,000.00Licenses ............................ 1,288.00Wm. E. Harris (on burial) 3.50M. A. Quicker (tel. calls).. 1.00Geo. Tallman (rent)......... 150.00Bay Herbert pay’t on lots. 700.00 Old sewer assessment on

lot 617............................. 12.43Sewer permits.................. 210.00Opening streets................. 24.00Schenck (on poor orders). 6.00

f.wans sold(20 swans sold) 500.00 847.00 from Fire department (for944.50 moving pictures)........... ........2.50

Public Libary.

The annual report appeared in issue of January 12th of the Coast Ad­vertiser. The Commission is to be congratulated on their work. We are proud of the “Free Public Library.”

In addition to thanking the various members of Council for their gen­erous attention to the Borough duties during the year, I feel that we have lost a most valuable Councilman by the retirement of Mr. Wm. B. Bamford. We cannot afford to lose men of this calibre, I probably notice this more than any one else as his advice and suggestions on the various Borough mat­ters from day to day have greatly assisted me in formulating plans. My personal appreciation of his help I know is augmented by that of the other members of Council.

In closing I trust that during the coming year, there may continue the same cordial relations between the various departments of the Borough government as have heretofore existed, this team work is excellent and the people as a whole must be the ones benefitted thereby.

We invite your counsel on Borough matters and hope that our efforts may receive your approbation.

Sincerely yours,

R. G. POOLE, Mayor.

moving pictures)..From Wall Township (for

fire service)..................S Michelson (for gravel).R. B. Bennett (old lumber)Wm. F. Gordon (rent of

bathing grounds) ......... 1,250.00F. Newman (for fines)--ilonmouth Co. (for sprink­

ling roads)....................R. O. Pearce (100 yds. fill) Transferred from old bond

account ..........................I evy Bros, (lay’g sidewalkReceived for filling...........Board of health................Franchise t a x ..................T. J. Murphy’s license.. . .

25.0012.501.00

25.00

200.0015.00

25.0032.0085.00

123.132.405.15

149.38

$163,766.83

Abram Borton, collector (Stamps, envelopes, etc.)

C. O. H udnut....................Peter R. Loller..................Garrabrandt and ConoverW. S. Rose ........................C. B. Honce........................Life Saving Device Co.......Guarantee Painting Co___Monmouth Title Co...........C. D. Reese........................

424.22100.00

88.06128.0517.003.005.00

13.202.70

41.00 1.50

11.09

W. K. Potter.............U. S. Decorating Co...W. Haskins Co...........Lewis Lumber Co.......Soney and Sage.........H. J. and C. R. Stines.Paul C. Taylor...........Belmar Supply Co. . . . Wm. Lokerson...........

9.0015.00 10.66 35.776.00

10.12 24.842.75

50.00

Balance Dec. 30, 1916..$163,481.93

284.90

$163,766.83

GENERAL RECAPITULATION.Abram Borton, Collector and Treasurer, in Account with the Borough of

Belmar, N. J., Jan. 1, 1916, to Dec. 30, 1916.General Account.

Cr.

Monthly Report of Borough of Belmar, N. J.

ABRAM BORTON. Collector.

Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of Borough of Belmar, N. J.

DECEMBER, 1916.

RECEIPTS. Am’t bro’t for’d$ 78,541.501916 taxes 1915 taxes1914 taxes.......Years prior to

1914 taxes.. . . Ipt. and cost... Proc’ds of notesLicense ...........S. J. Straus (4

swans) .......Franchise tax.. T. J. Murphy’s

License .......Wm. F. Gordon

(Bal. on rent) Wall Fishery

(filling) --Geo. Tallman’s

rent .............

59,040.42121.4382.00

60.5047.12

22,000.0050.00

100.002,405.00

149.38

625.00

75.00

15.00-$163,312.50

DISBURSEMENTS. (By Departments.)

Highways.(Appropriation $10,000)

Am’t bro’t for’d$ 10,158.93 J. H. Emlen. . . . 22.50 N. Y. & L. B.B.R. .67H. E. Rogers. . . 54.00 Henry Schenpf. 2.00li. Haberstick.. 9.00Samuel Hulse.. 32.00 Alfred Taylor.. 37.50 Alonzo Haley.. 44.25 Virginia Ackis. 4.50Sylvanus Stahl. 9.25F. G. Hulse .... 15.00 A. L. N ew nan.. 9.00 Tony Rom a.... 18.25 Noah Hankins.. 28.00 John O. Herbert 2.25 John M. Reed.. 10.00 Roy Reynolds.. 2.25John Gleason.. 100.00 A. Borton, Col-

l’ct’r (tickets) 132.00 N. Y. Tel. Co... 2.95Heyniger Bros.. 30.56

} -------- $ 10,724.86Police.

(Appropriation $2,400)Am’t bro’t for’d$ 2,477.21 Elmer Hopkins. 60.00 Geo. Bearmore. 61.25 Wm. K. Burger. 60.00 Robert Estelle-.. 4.50

-T 2,662.96Lights.

(Appropriation $6,000) Am’t bro’t for’d$ 4,238.72 Coast Gas Co.(Oct. and Nov.) 636.00 Atlantic Coast

Electric Light Co. (Sept. Oct.Nov.) ........... 729.62

Fire.(Appropriation $6 ,0 0 0 )

Am’t bro’t for’d$ 5,332.23H. E. Rogers... 5.00Woodhouse Co. 13.26P. R. Loller___ 17.00S. Tallman....... 60.00Geo. Tallman.. 60.00G. J. Lehman. . . 60.00Seaside Ph’m’cy 7.00Shore Hdw. Co. 14.41N. Y. & L. B.R.R. 3.24M. Rathim....... 157.50John Rowe. . . . 33.75W. H. Cooper.. 10.00Wm. Heyniger. 3.00L. Oehme, Jr ... 83.25Geo. G. T itus.. 210.11N. Y. Tel. Co... .45Wm. Bergen. . . 6.00 Guarantee Paint

.ing Co............ 21.00Firemen’s Pay

Roll, 1916 . . . 528.00

-$ 5,604.34

Salaries.(Appropriation $2,1 0 0 )

Am’t bro’t for’d$ 1,683.38Abram Borton . C. O. Hudnut... F. A. Newman. H. R. Cooper...

50.0050.00 8.34

75.00

Notes Paid. Am’t bro’t for’d$ 18,000.00 Notes P a id -- 30,000.00

$ 1,866.72

-$ 48,000.00Sinking Fund.

(Appropriation $4,833.00) Sinking Fund

Com............... $ 4,833.00^ . -------- $ 4,833.00Parks and Public Grounds.

(Appropriation $1,000.00)Am’t bro’t for’d$ 1,671.11 Wm. E. Hefter 12.86 floah Hankins.. 35.00 Geo. G. T itus... 55.95

-------- $ 1,774.92Board of Health.

(Appropriation $1,000.00)Am’t bro’t for’d$ 3,830.84 Lewis Lumber Co. (Hospital) . jGuaranteePaint-

ing Co. (Hos­pital) ...........

C. O. Hudnut...B. M. Bennett..W. H. Sanborn

(Hospital) .. 2.75Shore Hdw. Co, 1.55

Robert Kasden. 2.00W. A. Bobinson 31.27

-$ 3,927.25

Disbursements as per Monthly Re­ports.

Highway department....... $ 10,724.86Police department............. 2,662.96Lighting department......... 5,604.34Fire department............... 6,625.20Salaries department......... 1,866.72Notes paid (including

boardwalk $1000)......... 48,000.00Discounts departments . . . 2,498.32Bonds and interest........... 13,233.66Sinking fu n d .................... 4,833.00Parks ................................ 1,774.92Board of health............... 3,927.25Poor account.................... 332.15Board of education......... 13,680.00Stale sch’i and county tax 30,098.92

Dr.(To Bal. on hand Jan. 1, ’16.$ 454.33Uncollected sidewalk acct. 1,073.90Uncollected Sewer acc’t... 175.78 Uncollected old sidewalk

account ......................... 65.00Delinquents:—1893—Duplicate ............... 25.531891—Duplicate ............... 69.171895—Duplicate 35.951896—Duplicate 33.501807—Duplicate ............... 38.501898—Duplicate 189.541899—Duplicate 143.401900—Duplicate 226.361901—Duplicate 124.841902—Duplicate .. 64.26903—Duplicate ............... 108.56

1901—Duplicate ............... 135.001905—Duplicate 173.001906—Duplicate 198.971907—Duplicate 337.241908—Duplicate 565.251909—Duplicate 410.661910—Duplicate 468.001911—Duplicate 683.961912—Duplicate ............ 947.501913—Duplicate 594.091914—Duplicate ....... 11,071.881915—Duplicate 27,582.851915—added in 1916......... 23.341916—Duplicate 107,246.88

By vouchers paid monthly reports

per..$163,481.93

GarbageMiscellaneous.

American Surety Co..........New York Telephone Co..

1,340.00

92.50 43.85

Library Commission....... 1,320.00

3.10

18.004.40

33.34

Poor.(Appropriation

Am’t bro’t for’d$ Wm. Lokerson

(Mrs. Foster’s Funeral) . . . .

Seaside Ph’m’cy .T. Lewis & Son Wm. Lokerson.

$300.00)289.29

8.302.257.76

24.55

PrintingJos. McDermott (Co. Cl’k)J. E. Foster(Levins’n case)Board of trade..............."Pay roll for Inlet Terrace

sewer ..............................Sewers .............................Boardwalk........................Laying sidewalks.............Sinking fu n d ....................Street extension...............Swans ...............................W. Mann Co. (cash books)H. H. Snedekir (Levinsohn

case) .............................Transfer to Water account

for Hydrant service andsprinkling .................... 3,000.00

Gardner and Van Cleve (F St. Improvement esti­mate No. 1)....................

refund on overpayment ontaxes .............................

Clyde Potts, engineer (FSt.'Improvement).........

Princeton University Press Appropriation for Shark

River Inlet Bulkhead... 2,000.00

669.8649.96

500.00400.00

392.33455.88377.04541.40528.00

1.185.00 102.9559.48

1.500.00

1,298.96

121.96

600.(1041.50

Dist.Board of Education.

School lax 13,680.00

332.15

State School and C. F. McDonald

(Co. Coll’ct’r)$ 30,098.92

13,680.00County Tax.

-$ 30,098.92Garbage

(Appropriation $1,200.00) ■ Am’t bro’t for’d$ 1,265.00 Wm. Kearney .. 75.00

------ $ 1,340.00Miscellaneous.

(Appropriation $15,412)Water Dept trans. .$3,000.00 Street Extensions.. 2,000.00Library Com......... 1,320.00Board of Trade___ 400.00Telephone ............. 50.00Printing ................. 400.00Note Truck House. 400.00 Note Boardwalk . . . 1,000.00 Interest on Above.. 60.00Legal Fees................ 1,500.00Laying Sidewalks.. 250.00 Boardwalk Repairs. 300.00 Sewer Extensions.. 500.00Surveying ............. 50.00Contingent............. 4,182.00

-$ 6,625.20Discount.

(Appropriation $2,500)Am’t bro’t for’d$ 1.212.16 Int. on notes... 1,286.16

-------- $ 2,498.32Bonds and Interest.

(Appropriation $13,255)Am’t bro’t for’d$ 11,800.00 Coupons Pa id ., 1,433.66

---------$ 13,233.66

Am’t bro’t for’d$ J. C. McDermott Paul T. Zizinia

(Agent) .......Clyde Potts (En­

gineer F St. Impr’v’m ’t) .

Gardner & Van- Cleve (F. St.)

C. O. Hudnut.... Isaac Cole (Re­fund on taxes)

CoastAdvertiser Transfer to Wa­

ter Account). II. H. Snedekir (Levinson case) Tony Roma.. . . Library Com. .. W. A. Robinson A. Borton, Col.

(Stamps, en­velopes, etc.).

Wm. Lokerson(Salary) --

N. Y. Telephone Wm. Mann Co..

$15,412.00

8,668.2721.06

1,000.00

300.00

1,298.9685.39

95.7625.00

3,000.00

1,500.0021.50

110.0011.50

29.71

50.003.00

59.48

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Miscellaneous receipts Interest and costs. Notes discounted .licenses

5,913.162,331.37

40,000.001,288.00

Remitted 1913 Duplicate.. 36.30Remitted 1914 Duplicate.. 49.88Remitted 1915 Duplicate.. 84.00Remitted 1916 Duplicate.. 794.88Uncollected sidewalk acct. 1,041.90Uncollected sewer acc’t . . . 163.35 Uncollected old sidewalk

account .......................... 65.00Delinquents:—1893—Duplicate 25.531894—Duplicate 69.171895—Duplicate 35.951896—Duplicate 33.501897—Duplicate 38.501898—Duplicate 189.541899—Duplicate 143.401900—Duplicate 226.301901—Duplicate .............. 124.841902—Duplicate 64.261903—Duplicate 108.561904—Duplicate 135.001905—Duplicate 173.001906—Duplicate 198.971907—Duplicate 337.241908—Duplicate 565.251909—Duplicate 410.661910—Duplicate 468.001911—Duplicate 683.961912—Duplicate 887.001913—Duplicate 296.601914—Duplicate 648.751915—Duplicate 1,502.671916—Duplicate 29,430.92Balance on hand Jan. 1,

1917 ............................... 284.90

LEGAL NOTICE

$202,799.77_________ $202,799.77

1916 SINKING FUND PEPORT.Belmar, N. J., January 2, 1917.

To The Honorable Mayor and Council of the Borough of Belmar, N. J. Gentlemen:

I beg to hand you herewith the annual report of the receipts and dis­bursements of Sinking Fund monies for the fiscal year ending Dec, 30, 1916.

Very truly yours,GEORGE N. KANENBLEY, Treasurer.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSION OF THE BOROUGH OF BELMAR, N. J.

for the year 1916George N. Kanenbley, Treasurer in account with the Sinking Fund Commis­

sion of the Borough of Belmar.Dr.To Balance on hand Jan. 3,1916........................................ $15,261.97

SHERIFF’S SALE.—By virtue of a writ of fi. fa. to me directed, issued

of the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, will be exposed to sale at public vendue, on TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEB­RUARY, 1917, between the hours of 12 o’clock and 5 o’clock (at 1 o’clock) in the afternoon of said day, at the Court House, Freehold, in the town­ship of Freehold, county of Mon­mouth, New Jersey.

All that tract or parcel of land and premises, hereinafter particularly de­scribed, situate, lying and being in the Township of Wall, in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jer­sey. Beginning at a stone in the easterlv side of road leading from Shark River to the road leading to the Sea, being also the southwest corner of George W. Rogers land, and running from thence southerly long said road nine chains and twen­ty-one links to a corner where said road intersects with road leading to the Sea; thence an easterly course along said last named road to Ed­ward Allgor’s land, eight chains and fifty-nine links; thence northerly along said Edward Allgor’s land, nine chains and twenty-one links to the land of the aforesaid George W. Rog­ers; thence with his line westerly eight chains and fifty-nine links to the first named road and place of be­ginning.

Being the Homestead tract or par­cel of land of Benjamin Rogers, de­ceased, containing seven acres, more or less. And that said premises be sold in the following order:

First the plot 200x300 feet, con­veyed to Winslow Birdsall by deed dated August 14, 1914:

Second, the plot 25x100 feet, con­veyed to George E. Morse, by deed dated February 3, 1911:

Third, the plot 25x100 feet, con­veyed to Lillian M. Denham, by deed dated January 18, 1911;

Fourth, the plot 360x574 86-100 feet, con\eyed to Franklin J. Wood, by deed dated January 30, 1911;

Fifth, the balance of the said prem­ises.

Seized as the property of Halsey J. Lisk, et als., taken in execution at the suit of Calvin A. Rogers, and to be sold byCORNELIUS B. BARKALOW, Sheriff

Durand, Ivins & Carton, Sol’rs. Dated January 16, 1917. $15.64

.March 14 Interest on Sewer Ext. Bonds. March 14 Interest on Fire purposes C. of Ind. April 20 To interest on Fire Engine Bonds.

200.0040.00

112.50April 20 To Jinking Fund Water Dept............................... 2,400.00.............. . ^ ~ ---- ' 80.00

200.07 48.66

200.00112.50 408.0080.00 6.66

\pril 20 To interest Board Walk notes.July 1 To interest on account to date...............................July 1 To interest on Borough Note $4000.........................July 1 To interest on Sewer Ext. Bonds............................Oct. 1 To interest on Fire Engine Bonds..........................Oct. 1 To Certificate No. 1 Fire purposes paid and inter’st Dec. 20 To interest on Boardwalk notes to Oct. 20,1916..Dec. 20 To interest on one B’rdwalk note to Dec. 20 paid Dec. 20 To Note No. 1 Boardwalk ext................................. 1,000.00

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4,000.00 115.33 32.00

218.55Dec. 20 To Sinking Fund General Dept............................. 4,833.00

Dec. 20 To Note of Borough of Belmar pa id .,Dec. 20 To Interest Borough of Belmar paid.................Dec. 20 To Interest on Fire C. of Ind. to Aug. 24, 1916. Dec. 20 To Interest on Account to date.

Cr.By amount paid for rent safe deposit Box........................$ 3.00By amount paid for one Borough of Belmar note............. 4,000.00By amount paid for safe deposit box............................... 3.00By balance on hand Jan. 2, 1917........................................ 25,343.24

-$29,349.21

-$29,349.24

List of Securities Held by the Sinking Fund Commission of the Borough ofof Belmar, New Jersey.

Certificate showing cancellation of six bonds of the borough ofBelmar ............................................................................. '. .par. .$6,000.00

Five Fire Engine bonds of the borough of Belmar.................. p a r .. 4,500.00Eight Sewer Extension bonds of the borough of Belmar......... p a r .. 8,000.00Three Board Walk Extension notes of the borough of Belmar......... 3,000.00Four Certificates of Indebtedness of the borough of Belmar, fire

purposes .......................................................................................... 1,600.00Respectfully submitted,

GEORGE N. KANENBLEY, Treasurer.

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STATEMENT OF BOND ISSUES, BOROUGH OF BELMAR, DECEMBER 30,1916.

Description Dated-Due Int. DueImprovement bonds, Serial 1896-1926 Jan.-July 1 Jetty bonds, “ 1898-1928 Jan.-July 1

Rate Payable Balance5 per ct. $3,000 annually until January, 1917, then $4,000 annually......... $ 40,0005 per ct. $2,000 payable Jan. 1, 1924; $2,000 payable each Jan. 1 after.. 10,000

SINKING FUND BONDS

Funding boryds “ 1905-1935 April-Oct. 1 5 per cent.Beach improvement bonds 1905-1935 May 15 Nov. 15 5 per cent.Fire engine bonds 1907-1937Fund S. T. & M. B. bonds 1911-1941 Beach improvement bonds 1911-1941 Sewer F St., 8 th Ave. bonds 1911-1941 Sewer extension bonds 1913-1943

Water extension Water funding Water extension

Board of education

Serial 1907-1937 “ 1912-1943 “ 1913-1943

Jan.-July 1 Feb.-Aug. 1 June-Dee. 1 June-Dee. 1 Jan.-July 1

Jan.-July 1 March-Sept. Jan.-July 1

5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent.

3 per cent. S. F. 3 per cent. S. F. 3 per cent, S. F. 3 per cent. S. F. 3 per cent. S. F. 3 per cent. S. F. 3 per cent. S. F.

Annually to S. F.$1,050

750135990450378

1,080

WATER DEPARTMENT ISSUES

5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent.

3 per cent. S. F. 3 per cent. S. F. 3 per cent. S. F.

$4,833

6001,140

660

$7,233

1909-1942 Sept.-Mar. 1

SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUES.

41/2 per cent, payable $1,000 Sept. 1,1914; $2,000 payable each Sept. after

The total bonded indebtedness of the borough Dec. 30,1916, is $337,100, or about 9 per cent of the valuation. The net bonded indebtedness of the borough is $160,370, or about 4.3 per cent of the assessed valuation.

$ 29,00025.000 4,500

33.00015.000 12,60036.000

$205,100

$ 20,00038.00022.000

$285,100

52,000

$337,100

Total Amt. Paid to S. F.

$12,6009,000

8105,9402,2501,5903,240

$35,730

$ 3,600 3,420 1,980

$44,730

OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS

Boardwalk extension notes:

No. 2 note due Dec. 20,1917—$1,000 No. 3 note due Dec. 20,1918— 1,000 No, 4 note due Dec. 20,1919— 1,000

Certificates for fire purposes:No. 2, due 1917—$ No. 3, due 1918— Nd. 4, due 1919— No. 5, due 1920—

400400400400

$3,000

-$ 16,279.63

Total Expenditures to Jan. 1, ’17 $163,481.93

ABRAM BORTON,Collector and Treasurer.

GEO. W. VAN NOTE,Chairman Finance Com.

R. G. POOLE,Mayor.

The following are the notes outstanding as of Dec. 31, 1916 for the gen­eral account: j

One note Due Dec. 20,1917—$10,000 One note Due Dec. 20,1917— 10,000 One note Due Dec. 20,1917— 2,000

----- $22,000

To pay this we have cash on hand and delinquenttaxes amounting to................................................$38,352.78

$1,600

ABRAM BORTON, COLLECTOR AND TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH BEACH IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.

Dr.Balance on hand, Jan. 1,1916......................................................... $1,771.57Interest June 30............................................................................... 26.56Interest December 30...................................................................... 26.97

Balance on hand January 1, 1917.......................................... $1,825.10ABRAM BORTON,

Collector and Treasurer. GEORGE W. VAN NOTE,

Chairman Finance Committee. R. G. POOLE,

Mayor.

PAGE FOUR THE COAST ADVERTISER, BELMAR, N. J. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.

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sparrow in the fight for nesting sites. It is the sparrow which has placed the cliff and barn swallows on the verge of extermination. The spar­rows wait until the swallows have built their mud domiciles and then take possession of them for their own nests and as they are almost continu­ous breeders throughout the summer they hold the nests and the swallows get little chance to rear their broods.

The fight against the sparrow isFebruary 25, 1908, at the post office j^ecoming quite general and will sure- at Belmar, N. J., under the Act ofCongress of March 3, 1879.

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WAR ON ENGLISH SPARROWS

ly do something toward bringing back native birds to our doors, but there is a right and wrong way to carry on this fight and San Diego has the right idea. It should be left to persons who are familiar with birds and will not mistake other species for the European house sparrow.

Another foreign bird which has been brought into this country and is now becoming pretty generally dif­fused is the starling. Time will tell whether the importation of this spe­cies has been a mistake. This is, however, a fact. Any bird which is hardy enough to thrive and multiply hundreds of miles from its natural habitat is very apt to prove detri­mental to native species.

DON’T NARROW YOUR LIFE.

ORIGIN OF WELL-KNOWN SONGS(Special Advertiser feature)

MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

The sun shines bright in my old Kentucky home,’Tis summer, the darkies are gay;

The corn-top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom,While the birds make music all the day;

The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,All merry, all happy and bright,

By'n-by hard times comes a knocking at the door,Then my old Kentucky home, good night!

They hunt no more for the possum and the coon,On the meadow, the hill and the shore;

They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,On the bench by the old cabin door;

The day goes by like a shadow o’er the heart,With sorrow where all was delight;

The time has come when the darkies have to part,Then my old Kentucky home, good night!

The head must bow and the back will have to bend,Wherever the darky may go;

A few more days and the trouble all will end,In the fields where the sugar canes grow;

A few more days for to tote the weary load,No matter, ’twill never be light;

A few more days till we totter on the road,Then my old Kentucky home, good night!

“The Old Kentucky Home” is one of the best compositions of Stephen C. Foster. It is said to have been suggested to him on his hearing on old negro speak with love and longing for his old home in Kentucky. Several of Mr. Foster’s best songs were composed on pieces of brown wrapping paper in the back room of a little grocery store in New York.

Nearly every paper one picks up to-day has something to say about reSg bird protection and there is a good deal said about killing off the so- called English sparrow. In fact, war is being made on that parasitic spe­cies in many sections. The city of San Diego, Cal., is taking steps to rid itself of that bird. On April 5, 1916, the city council passed an ordinance appropriating $125 for the purpose of providing ways and means for the extermination of English sparrows in the city of San Diego. The job of destroying the pests inside the city limits was given to one man. During the first month he handed over to the police department 323 dead sparrows.For these he received five cents apiece. Later, when the sparrows became more difficult to obtain, he was awarded ten cents apiece. From last reports the sparrows were well under control.

It is never too late to begin to cor­rect an evil, but war on the Euro­pean house sparrow should have be­gun twenty years ago. Ornitholo­gists knew much longer ago than that of its destructive habits and of its detrimental effect to native birds, but just as soon as one of these men ven­tured to advocate the destruction of

I the sparrow the opera-glass “bird ' students,” who knew little or noth­

ing of the real habits of birds, would rush their sentiments into print and set up a great hue and cry against killing “the pretty little birds.” Only five years ago, when the writer was a member of the Massachusetts Com­mittee for the Protection of Birds, he refused to sign the annual report be­cause a recommendation of his to make war on the sparrow was so changed and distorted when it came back to him for his signature that it had lost its intent and purpose. Even then there was a law in Massachu­setts forbidding one under penalty of fine from harboring the sparrow. Massachusetts is now among the states which is making war on the bird. The Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agricul­ture is recommending that a fight be made against the sparrow.

In the opinion of the writer, the greatest harm done by the sparrow is its effect upon our native birds and the damage already done can never be overcome. The bird is pugna­cious, persistent and in its fight has driven many beloved species from our lawns and streets. The recom­mendations one sees so frequently in print on how to attract birds to our lawns and farms is all useless talk unless the sparrow is driven away for the bluebird, the martin, the swallows, the wren and others can never hold their own against the

Not long ago we heard a woman say: “I ’m getting so I just hate to meet strangers. I would rather walk around a block a dozen times than meet some one whom I would have to talk with for half an hour. I like my family and friends but I do not want any outsiders about.”

She was not much past the thirty mark but she was acquiring an ear­mark of age, and that is unwise for any one and particularly the woman in business.

The matter of making new friends and acquaintances has two sides, and it is a subject not to be dismissed lightly.

No one can afford to give all her time to her friends and to flutter it away on casual acquaintances is de­plorable. Time is the gold that is given us freely.

On the other hand, it is unwise to shut oneself away entirely from mak- ng new acquaintances, to live so con­tented with one’s present circle of friends that no message from other worlds can reach you.

The woman wrho does this is going to narrow her life. Whether she is the mother of a family, a business woman or a young girl just facing the world, she will shut out interests that may mean help, inspiration, happi-

Every life is a little world, and you do not know what message may come to you from the stranger you welcome to your gates.

One grows or stagnates. Stagna­tion is not good for any one. To be in touch with the progress of the world one must keep in touch with the life that makes it progress, and every man and woman plays some part in this.

One may not make a friend of the casual acquaintance. One may not have time for all who cross one’s path, but to deliberately shut out ev­ery one is unwise.

If there is the least inclination to do this the tendency is apt to grow on one until it becomes a fixed habit. It may come in the beginning from inertia, from morbidness. Whatever the cause, if you find you are facing in that direction pause awhile and see if you want the narrow, isolated, few interests in life to which it will surely lead you.

The fuller the life with human kindly interests the happier. Few have such resources within them­selves that all the riches of this won­derful life are theirs in their own experience.

THE ADVERTISER CALENDAR.

January 26—Sun rises at 7.20, sets a I 5.5. Length of day, 9h., 45m. First quarter on Jan. 29. Venus is a morn­ing star. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are evening stars.

Tide Table for Coming Week.*High Water Low Water. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.

Fri. 26— 9.40 10.15 3.35 4.03Sat. 27— 10.30 11.07 4.29 4.52Sun. 28— 11.21 524 5.42Mon. 29— 12.00 12.16 6.21 6.34Tues. 30— 12.54 1.14 7.22 7.00Wed. 31— 1.53 2.16 8.24 8.29Thurs. 1__ 2.51 3.18 9.26 9.28

T h is table is furnished The Ad­vertiser by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

The Week in History.January 26—First settlement i.i

Australia, 1788. When the ship “En deavorer” reached England from the great island continent, the enthusias­tic descriptions given by the explor­ers aroused so much interest that when the independence of the Amer­ican states had been achieved, there was stimulated a desire on the part of England to undertake what Bacon called “the heroic work'of coloniza­tion” of the great virgin continent in the southern seas. A bill passed par hament authorizing the transporta­tion of offenders across the seas and Botany bay was selected as suitable site for the penal settlement. Cap­tain Arthur Phillips was appointed as the commander of the expedition and first governor. The flotilla which set sail had on board 564 male convicts, 92 female prisoners and 168 marines,

which with officers, mechanics and others amounted to 1,017 souls. It will always be a matter of regret that the colonization of Australia should have originated in convictism but many of the offenders a century ago were transported for trifling breach es of law which no one would now include in the category of offences, much less of crimes.

PUBLICITY AND THE SLUMS

It is sickening to have the moving pictures exploit the lives of the vicious under pretense of uplifting morals and almost equally as disgust­ing to have magazines uses as themes the political rottenness of cities and to lay bare in all its foulness the de­generate life of the slums. In either case it is wrong to thrust these things before the young and innocent.

Nothing new or startling can be said about the slums to stir up revo­lution and reform. It is well known to respectable dwellers in cities and conditions remain the same genera­tion after generation, although the personnel changes as strange types of humanity drift in from all quar­ters of the globe. Noble men and women are striking at the root of the evil, and the wisdom of picturing and printing the details of crime is ques tionable. The curiosity of the weak- minded about low life is already key­ed to the point of frenzy and of dan­ger.

CASTORIAFor Infants and Children

In Use For Over 30 YearsAlways bears

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January 27—Burr’s conspiracy. Aaron Burr planned an enterprise for conquering Texas, which was then a part of Mexico and belonged to Spain. He hoped to draw some of the Western states to join him, and sc to set up an independent nation in the Southwest, with New Orleans for its capital, he, of course to be its chief ruler. Burr’s guilt could not be proved, and he was permitted to go free. He lived to be a very old man and died at last in obscurity and poverty in New York.

January 28—James G. Blaine died, 1893.

January born, 1843.

29—William McKinley

January 30—Gen. N. P. Banks born, 1816.

January 31—Juarez, Mexico, seized, 1912.

February 1—Great fire in Quebec, 1854.

The Future of the Automobile Industry

OVERPRODUCTION NOT PROBA BLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS

One-Half of the 3,000,000 Automobiles in Use To-day Are Used for Bus­iness Purposes.

So much has been written relative to the development of the motor car industry and so many prophesies have been ventured without proper consideration of vital and controlling factors, that a clear and simple anal­ysis of the subject may serve to dis­sipate much of the unfounded con­jecture.

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The automobile market is divided into two broad fields. First the rural class, which includes all per­sons engaged in farming and others in various businesses who live in towns of less than five hundred pop­ulation. Second, the urban class, which comprises all people in any but farming pursuits, who live in towns of five hundred or more pop­ulation.

In the rural or farming yiarket, there are 6,500,000 families. One million of these now own motor cars and one and one-half millions are poor, illiterate, or negroes, who for the purpose of this study may be ex­cluded from the prospective buying class. There remin, then, 4,000,000 farm families who are possible auto­mobile buyers.

In the urban class, covered by 11,- 000 towns and cities of more than five hundred population, there are about 5,000,000 home owners of which number only 2,000,000 now own cars. Accordingly, there re­main 3,000,000 prospective buyers in this class, or a total actual unsold market, in both rural and urban classes, of 7,000,000 possible automo­bile buyers.

The accepted average life of an automobile is about five years in the hands of the original owners; and as the man who once owns a car will not thereafter be without one, we must include the re-order market which in the Calendar year of 1917 will be about 600,000, this being twenty per cent, of the 3,000,000 now in use.

For the year 1917, therefore, the automobile business will face a mar­ket of about 7,600,000 possible buy­ers. Not more than 1,600,000 cars will be built in the coming year, leav­ing a possible excess market of 6,000,- 000 buyers at the beginning of 1918.

An important and noteworthy fact it vouched for by the Editorial De­partment of “Automobile Topics,” a well-known trade authority, which has been making a careful analysis of the comparative nature of automo­bile service. They state that of the 3,000,000 motor cars of all kinds in service in the United States to-day, they can conservatively say from their investigation that over one-half of the mileage of the 3,000,000 cars is used for business purposes. Lit­erally, this means that of the 3,000,- 000 automobiles running in this coun­try to-day one-half, or 1,500,000, are used for business purposes. This leaves only one and a half million in use for pleasure or social transporta­tion purposes.

In considering the 1,500 000 auto­mobiles in use to-day, which may legitimately be classed as “pleasure cars,” an important fact should be borne in mind, namely: the so-call- ed pleasure car of to-day has a dis­tinct economic use, it being only reasonable to deduce that the time and money spent in motoring for pleasure or social intercourse almost invariably takes the place of some other form of expenditure of less ac­tual economic value.

If production increases at the aver­age rate maintained for the past five years—which is unlikely, due to greater manufacturing problems and to inability of the selling and dis­tributive branches to keep pace with greater augmented manufacturing volume—the point of saturation will not be reached for five, six or even seven years. And some of the lead­ers in the industry predict that it will be a matter of ten or twelve years.

All signs point to a continued de­velopment for several years to come —for just how long it is difficult to say, but as in many other new fields, limitations and curtailment of expan­sion, arbitrarily predicted, are mere­ly evidence of a shortened vision or unfamiliarity with all of the facts.

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If you have a house or bun= galow to furnish it will pay you to see us as we just bought a large stock of cottage and bun= galow furniture.

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these goods, or drop us a card and we will have our represenative call and see you and explain to you just how we do this.

IRON BEDS AT ALMOSTFACTORY PRICES

Owing to the fact that we bought our stock some time before the advance in price we can surely quote you some very interesting prices.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.I

THE COAST ADVERTISER, BELMAR, N. J. PAGE FIVE

Bug an Electilc Flat IronBefore February 1st

AND SAVE MONEY

The manufacturers of Electric Irons have, on account of con= tinued increase in cost of raw materials, been forced to ad= vance the retail price to $4.50. New price effective February 1st. We are not assured that there will be no further advance.

We anticipated the market and bought a quantity of West- inghouse Irons which we can sell at $ 3 .S O while they last. Send your order in to=day and save money===50c down and several months to pay. Iron guaranteed forever.

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Announcement has just been made By W. C. Hope, general passenger agent of the New Jersey Central, that the 1917 season of the Sandy Hook route steamers would open on May 14th with a one-steamer schedule. On May 27th the regular spring schedule with two steamers in com­mission, will take effect, and on June 29th the full summer schedule with three steamers in service will become effective. From September 5th to September 29th the fall schedule will be in force with two steamers run­ning and on September 30th the win­ter schedule, withdrawing all the boats, will go into operation.

The Sea Bright-Atlantic Highlands expresses will run as usual before the steamers are placed in service and for a month after their discon­

tinuance, that is from April 30th to May 12th and from October 1st to 31st inclusive.

A DISAPPOINTMENT.

Monmouth County Has Been Disap­

pointment to Anti-Saloon League.

The annual report of the work of the Anti-Saloon league of New Jer­sey has been issued and its superin­tendent, James K. Shields, states that the people of the state have stood back of the league during the year in greater numbers and with more en­thusiasm and better support than in any previous year. Monmouth coun­ty has been a great disappointment to the league and the superintendent has this to say of the county:

“A year ago the Republican party had bravely championed in the pri­

maries the issue of Local Option, and the two Local Option candidates were overwhelmingly nominated; but the over-confidence of the party and a flood of liquor money in the last few days before election brought about the defeat of their candidates, and the consequent discouragement the party. This year the party man­agers would not allow their nomi­nees to champion the cause as a part of their platform. Two Local Option Republican candidates, however, Mr. Ray and Mr. Lewis, entered the field in opposition to the party candi­dates, Mr. Lewis receiving 2,079 votes, lacking about five hundred votes of nomination. As the cam­paign for the regular election warm­ed up the Republicans saw them­selves facing defeat without the Lo­cal Option issue, as the liquor sup­port was going solidly to the Demo­cratic Assembly candidates, but it was too late to adopt our issue then, and in spite of the fact that the Re­publican candidates for President, United States Senator, Governor and Freeholders carried the county, the Republican candidates for the Legis­lature were defeated. Had the coun­ty had a Local Option League, sim­ilar to Middlesex County, their choice would doubtless have been nominat­ed and elected.”

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St. Rose’s Catholic Church.

St. Rose’s Catholic.—Seventh av- eune and E street. Rev. Wm. J. Mc­Connell, pastor Masses: Sunday morning at 8 and 10 o’clock. Mass­es on First Friday at 6 and 7.30 o’clock. Masses on week days at 7.30. Benediction on Sunday at 3 p.m. Benediction on First Friday at 7.30 p.m. Confession, eves of Holy Days, First Friday and Satur day, 4 to 5.30 and 7.30 to 8.30 p.m.

First Methodist Church.At the Methodist churcn, «ev. W.

E. Ledden, pastor; the order of ser­vices Sunday will be Morning wor­ship at 10.30, Sunday school at 2.30, Epworth league meeting at 6.45 and evening service at 7.30. The pastor will preach both morning and even­ing.

Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church.Rev. F. S. Berggren’s Sunday morn­

ing topic will be “A Law Influencing God.” Services at 10.45 and 7-30. Prayer and praise Wednesday even­ing.

First Presbyterian ChurchRev. Charles Everett, D.D., pastor.

Order of Sunday services: Morn­ing worship at 10.45, Sunday school at 2.30, meeting of Christian Endeav­or society at 6.45, evening service at 7.30 o’clock.

First Baptist Church.At the First Baptist church, Ninth

avenue between C and D streets. Sunday, Rev. P. T. Morris will con­duct both the morning and evening services. Morning worship begins at 11 o’clock, Sunday school at 2.30 p.m. and night service at 8 o’clock. Young people’s meeting will be held Friday night, commencing at 8 o’clock. Cottage prayer meetings will be held each Friday night dur­ing the winter at the homes of mem­bers.

Union Baptist Church.At the Union Baptist church,

Sixteenth avenue and F street, Sun­day, Rev. G. W. Warnton will conduct both the morning and even­ing services. Morning worship begins at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 2.30, song service from 7 to 8 and preach­ing at 8 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock.

Aron M. P. ChurchSunday morning worship at 10.45.

Preaching by the pastor, Rev. C. R. Blades. Sabbath School at 9.45 a.m. Evening service at 7.30. Mid-week service, Wednesday evening at 7.30 p.m.

First Baptist.—Sylvan and Fifth avenues. Rev. S. J. Arthur will sup­ply the pulpit until a regular pastor is engaged.

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Comforter reprove world—John 16:14. In flaming fire in Europe, greatest most wicked devilish wars in history of world, three years, cost two hundred billion to murder, kill, starve, destroy, fifty million men, women, children, homes, families, churches, businesses, ships, food, farms, towns, cities. Five nations facing starvation; Germany, Austria, England, France, Russia, Italy, and if America sends more food to Europe many will starve to death in Amer­ica. Three great curses—wars, fam­ines, pestilence on earth. Christ re­end; kingdom of God in Christ is in Holy Ghost, Comforter, Angels. Heavens do rule over all worlds pow­er and authority over all devils— Luke 9. Greater than armies, navies, popes, kings, rulers in wars. End in

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bottomless pit.—Revelation 19 and 20.

Power.After Holy Ghost come upon you,

uttermost part of earth—Acts 1. No power but of God in Christ. Power unto everlasting salvation of all en­emies, devils after resurrection pow­er in Jesus Christ, all power in hea­ven and in earth and in me, all be­lieving in Jesus Christ, all power over all ilesh over whole world that I may know Him, his power of his resurrection and life eternal. Power of endless life, everlasting in eter­nity—Isaiah 57:15 Amen. Our God, eternal king Jesus my life, overcome world for me. Destroyed sins, sick­ness, took our infirmities, destroyed devils, death, hell to be cast unto lake of fire, brimstone, second death Conqueror overcame all enemies. Je­sus Christ made peace, by his blood, life on cross 1882 years ago for whole world. Alleluia glory. Amen. To eternal king, Jesus, our God in all earth. Let king of glory come in and rule your life. Jesus’ life mani­fested in our mortal flesh of his flesh, blood of his blood, life of world. God is a spirit, life, health, power, love, rest, peace, salvation. He that dwell- eth in love dwelleth in God, eternal. Perfect love cast out fear. Peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your heart, mind in Christ Je­sus. Blessed with all spiritual bless­ing in heavenly places in Christ. Grace, mercy, spirit of truth, power, Holy Ghost. Commandments unto uttermost part of earth—Acts 1. Prayer, world wide revivals in Jesus Christ, Saviour of world. Came not to call righteous but sinners to re­pentance over whole world. Fifth Avenue Baptist church, New York, February 29, 1916. Dr. Mr. Heller: Address of Class morning you were present. I take pleasure in sending it to you. Hope you will remember our work in prayer frequently, and drop in whenever it is possible to visit us. Cordially yours, Rev. E. Herbert Dutton, Young People’s So­ciety leader to Bishop L. B. Heller, Belmar, N. J. Destroyed.—And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people (Acts 3:23). In 1839 Sultan of Turkey decreed that not a repre­sentative of the Christian religion should remain in the empire. Learn­ing of this, Dr. William Goodell, an American missionary to Turkey, came home to his friend and col­league, Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, the first president of Robert College, Constan­tinople, with the said news. “It is all over with us; we have to leave. The American consul and the British ambassador say it is no use to meet this violence and vindictive monarch with antagonism.” To this Dr. Ham­lin replied: “The Sultan of the uni­verse, can, in answer to prayer, change the decree of the Sultan of Turkey.” They gave themselves to prayer. Next day Sultan died, and the decree was never executed. Sev­en hundred million Christians in church of Christ, son of living God over whole world 1917. O earth re­turn unto great shepherd, blood ever­lasting covenant, in everlasting king­dom, government no ends, in great high priest, bishop of your souls; be subject to higher powers in Christ made higher than heavens do rule all worlds in eternity, endless life in Christ in God. No death 18 years America World Camp Meeting. Bel­mar, New Jersey, 1917 on Atlantic ocean coast. Auto jitney road 135 miles face grove of trees. Room for25.000 people. Camp Meeting. Sab­bath church sermon Jan. 21, 1917 by Bishop L. B. Heller, president, found­er. Peace in Christ over world. Seventeen hundred million people. Amen. Holy Ghost power preaching8.000 souls saved by two sermons of Peter in Acts 2 and 4.

World peace President Wilson's address world outlining and nation’s equality of nations, freedom America has a great president. Souls be sub­ject nnto higher powers. No power but of God. Romans 13. Have good conscience toward God by resurrec­tion of Jesus Christ unto Heaven right hand of God; angels, authori­ties and powers being made subject unto Him—1 Saint Peter 3. God in Christs Life. Christ and rest over world. Peace in victory of truth faith over world, overcoming in tri­umph, more than conqueror in Christ Jesus overcome world in blood, life of son of God. Eternal, everlasting, endless life, power, peace in eternity. Higher than heavens nde. Word was God in> Christ made flesh, blood, life of world. God is king of all earth, eternal, invisible, only wise God, in Christ, eternal spirit in his everlasting kingdom. Government no end; kingdom of God in Chrst is in you, hope of eternal glory. Let in king by comforter, power, Holy Ghost. Come in you, over whole world. Kingdom not word, but power over all power of enemies, devils. Disarmament over world. Kingdom of God is righteousness joy. Peace in Holy Ghost.

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WAR AIRPLANE i NOW FLIES 140

MILES AN HOURfrench and German Speeders Go

Much Faster Than Amer­ican Machines.

THEY BATTLE 25,000 FEETUPJFllght Lieutenant Faulkner Gives In­

teresting Account of Fights Be­tween Hostile Bird Fleets in

the War Zone Along West­ern Front.

New York.—The swift German Fokker, less than a year ago king of the air on the western front, is now (obsolete.

This was the news brought here by Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Faulkner, of the British army, recently injured in an airplane when shot down near Ypres.

In the desperate competition to build the most efficient hawk of the air, the Germans themselves have un­doubtedly improved over the Fokker type', but a new allied airplane has just arrived on the front which ex­ceeds by far anything the world has pver seen, according to the lieuten- Rnt’s story.

“The new machine, the name of which may not be mentioned, makes 138 miles an hour,” he said. “It is a great surprise and is only arriving on the front now.: “The most wonderful feature is its ability to climb. It can- ascend straight up, without banking, and has reached 15,000 feet in seven and a half minutes.

“This makes it the ideal machine for Zeppelin work, it can get height quickly enough to catch the dirigible.

“Our new machine is the greatest ■fighting machine in the world and will guarantee that we maintain the su­premacy in the air.”

Lieutenant Faulkner received his preliminary training as an aviator in the Wright school at Dayton, Ohio. He said the machines used in the TJnited States were way behind those possessed by the belligerent nations.

“Our battleplanes weigh two and a half tons,” he said, “and are driven toy two Rolls-Royce motors of 250- horse power each. They have twin propellers, and can make more than 100 miles an hour. Other big ’planes have 300-liorse power motors driving one propeller.

Smaller Machines Faster.“The smaller machines, which car­

ry only a pilot, are much faster. The Sop with ‘pup’ makes 138 miles an hour; the Nieuport ‘bullet’ 135 miles; the Spat 140 miles, but all these are surpassed by the new wonder.

“At the front our work is divided Into four classes. The first is the reconnoissance, during which we sometimes fly from 100 to 150 miles back of the German trenches. This Work is done by regularly organized squadrons, in which the most impor­tant machine is the one carrying the ^camera. The reconnoissance unit is composed of five battleplanes and ten ior twelve Nieuport scouts or Sopwith ‘pups,’ little fast machines, carrying only one pilot and a machine gun. The little machines are the destroy­ers or guards, for the big battleplanes. The big machines each carry at least two men and two guns.

“When in flying and working for­mation, the reconnoissance squadron is arranged in this way: The cam­era battleplane flies at about 5,500 leet, with a fighting battleplane on ei­ther side, flying at about 6,000. To the rear, directly behind each of the fighting battleplanes, are two more battleplanes, flying at 7,000 feet. These five machines fly 100 to 110 miles an hour. The little destroyers with their faster speed fly all about them, always ready to attack an en­emy squadron. ‘

“If the little fellows happen to be off on a bit of their own and the bat­tleplane squadron sees enemy ma­chines the pilots fire their alarm pis­tols and call the destroyers, who drive off the enemy, unless he is in much superior force, and then there is a fight.

“Flying at six or seven thousand feet, the observation machines are al­ways being “archied,” which means they are being shot at by every sort of gun, even those firing five-pound shells. Hits by antiaircraft guns are one of the natural risks and we used to bank back and forth, or zig-zag through the air, so as to throw the gunners off. That does not always work, as I found out when a shell carried away one of my ailerons and

landed in a smash that sent me to ?the hospital.

Fokkers Very Speedy.“While doing this reconnoissance

, \rork it' is always necessary to look tMt for Fokkers. You’ll see five or ft* black spots up twenty to twenty- live thousand feet and when they get over you they’ll suddenly nose-dive and drop. These Fokkers drive by at a tremendous speed, firing as they go, and then they scuttle for safety, i “The second important use for air­planes is artillery observation work. First Lieutenant Vernon Castle was doing this when I last saw him in the late fall, and had been mentioned in dispatches for his excellent work. Be- jfore going up, the pilot arranges his

signals with his battery. He uses wireless.

“Observation pilots also watch ev­ery movement behind the enemy’s lines. It has been arranged that if they see a large or important move­ment, such as the march of an army division or a large section of trans­port, they can give a certain signal which will call for help from every gun in that section.

“A third use to which we put our machines is night flying, which is mostly bomb work. The Germans, for some reason or other, do not fly at night. Our bombers travel in squad­rons of 50 to 100. They start out in the dead of night and fly very low. not more than 300 feet up. It is prac­tically impossible to hit them and there are few casualties among our men. This night bombing was forced on us by the fact that the Germans move their troops and stores at night.

“The last important work done at the front is the patrolling. This is done by two machines acting togeth­er and flying at five or six thousand feet. High above them, soaring and watching, at about 20,000 feet, are some of the little, fast fighting ma­chines. These we know as ‘strafers,’ and it is their object to drop onto any German machine that tries to cross over our lines. This patrol work, like all the other regular fly­ing, is done without regard to weath­er. Pilots have gone up in a 70-mile wind, in snow, sleet and rain.

“Phosphorous bomb raids are very popular methods with us for getting rid of the ‘sausage’ balloons the Ger­mans use for observation. We used to wait for dark days for this work. Then we’d swoop down on the ‘sau­sages,’ which were usually tied at be­tween 5,000 and 6,000 feet. As we’d drive over them we’d pull the lever and let a shower of bombs drop. If it was hit the ‘sausage’ would burst into flames and then you’d see a lot of Germans drop out of its observa­tion car in their parachutes.”

MAD MONK OF RUSSIA

GAVE FINDER HER SAPPHIRE

Chambermaid in New York Hotel Re­warded by Mrs. D. H. De Sorphia

of Oklahoma.

Mrs. D. H. De Sorphia, wife of a wealthy oil man of Oklahoma City, who was stopping at the Waldorf-As­toria hotel, lost a valuable sapphire from a string of sapphires which adorned her mesh bag. She was very much upset about it and went to a jeweler’s and ordered another to take its place. She found a stone that was even more beautiful than the one she lost and left the bag so the stone could be set in it.

She returned to her room from a shopping tour the next day and had with her the mesh bag with the new stone in it. Emily Cox, chambermaid on the floor, met her as she entered the door.

“I have just found this,” the cham­bermaid said. “Is it yours?”

The maid held out the missing sap­phire. Mrs. De Sorphia took the sap­phire and compared it with the new one.

“I think the new one more beauti­ful,” she said, “and as a reward for your honesty you may keep the one you found, or perhaps you had better dispose of it and start a nest egg with the proceeds.”

The maid found the stone under the bed when she swept there.—New York Herald.

FROWNS ON USE OF PIPE

Horse Drops Dead.A team of horses owned by George

Taylor of Chapel Hill ran away last week. One of the horses was caught after it had gone a short distance but the other horse kept running until it dropped dead from exhaustion, sev­eral miles from where it had started to run.

property recently. It is believed the money was some that had been lost by soldiers who took part in the bat­tle of Monmouth.

Johnson Seeks Nomination.Formal announcement of the candi­

dacy of Grandin V. Johnson High­lands borough tax collector, for the Democratic nomination for sheriff at the September primaries was made at the October grand juror dinner at Clayton’s, Sea Girt, Friday afternoon By Daniel T. Hendrickson, of Port Monmouth, one of the jurors.

Rode Bicycle to California.William Abeles returned to his

home in Red Bank last week after a bicycle trip with two other young men to California. He has letters from many of the biggest men in the country and reports a great trip with varied and interesting experiences. He has had many jobs, from shovel­ing coal to aviation work and has been away four years.

one of the members of the household had accidentally left open.

Old Coins Unearthed.Oliver Macintosh, superintendent

of the Williston estate on the Rum- son road, found a penny dated 1775 a few days ago. William Rodney of Seabright found a penny dated 1724 while playing on the Octagon hote’

Family Nearly Asphyxiated.Mrs. Michael McVey, her sons..

I Thomas and Joseph, and William Mc- j Loughlin of Leonardo, were nearly j asphyxiated by gas one night recent­ly. Mr. McLoughlin, who boards at the McVey home, awoke during the night and detected the smell of gas. He aroused the McVey family, who were nearly overcome by the gas. The gas escaped from a gas jet which

State of Ohio, City of Toledo,Lucas County, ss.Frank J. Cheney makes oath that

he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL’S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to be­fore me and subscribed in my pres­ence, this 6th day of December, A.D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON

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How Wellington Tried to Stamp Out Use of the Weed He

Detested.

Sir Thomas Fraser’s timely sugges­tion for regulating the issue of tobac­co to our troops in the field brings to mind the drastic action of the duke of Wellington, when, as commander in chief, he desired to stop not only the abuse but the use of the weed he de­tested. The following general order was issued:

“The commander in chief has been informed that the practice of smoking, by the use of pipes, cigars and cheroots, has become prevalent among the officers of the army, which is not only in itself a species of intoxication I occasioned by the fumes of tobacco, but undoubtedly occasions drinking and tippling by those who acquire the habit; and he entreats the officers commanding regiments to prevent smoking in the messrooms of their sev­eral regiments, and in the adjoining apartments, and to discourage the practice among the officers of junior rank in their regiments.”

It was not, if I remember aright, un­til after 1870 that the senior officer of the Queen’s Guard at St. James was absolved from the duty of signing a report to the effect that no smoking had taken place in the messroom and anteroom during his tour of duty.— Letter to London Times.

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Sergius Michailow Trufanoff, better known as “Illiodor, the Mad Monk of Russia,” was up to the beginning of the war a chaplain of the imperial court at Petrograd. He was an inti­mate of Gregory Rasputin, the Sibe­rian peasant priest and court confessor whose death was recently announced. ]

Here is how the “mad monk” got his name, according to his own version:

“Perhaps I may recall the fact that when people want to kill a dog and need an excuse to do it they spread the report that the dog is mad. Well, in Russia they wanted to kill me, or do away with me in some other fash­ion and so they told the people I was mad—crazy, perhaps is a better word. So they called me “Illiodor, the crazy monk.”

Gangway Launching for Boats.The hazardous method of lowering

lifeboats into rough water alongside ships in disasters has inspired, many inventors to perfect life-saving appa­ratus that would be really safe.

Among the scores of such inventions that have been submitted to the patent office is a long net gangway which pro­jects from the side of the vessel i^pon the surface of the water, being sup­ported at the lower end by large air tanks. The poles which support the gangway are hinged to the ship’s side, and when not in use are carried in long pockets below the rail of the first open deck.

The chief advantage of this gang­way-life saver is that the lifeboats never approach near enough to the ship’s side to be crushed by waves. The boat is held close to the gangway by means of gaff hooks.

HOW TO DRESS FOR SKATING

European Champions Give Some Ad­vice to Devotees of This

Winter Sport.

New York.—Neither women nor men dress properly for skating.

“New York women do not know how to dress for skating,” says Mrs. Emmy Bergfeldt, Swedish champion. “They forget about outline and sil­houette.

“Some women wear corsets too long and too stiff to permit a free hip move­ment.

“Skirts should be two and three- quarters of a yard around and reach just above the curve of the calf.”

“The average man skater is more concerned with keeping on his feet than with his appearance,” says Bror Meyer, winner of European champion­ships.

“But the costume should be correct­ly cut, tight at the knees and with the knickerbockers only slightly curved at the hips,” he advises.

In Constantinople.Constantinople, even in war time, is

“the epicure’s most golden cornucopia,” in the view of a contributor to Harp­er’s Monthly.

No sweets in Europe can compare with the Turkish, he says. As for pud­dings, “mahelibi, a firm, white pudding said to be made of the pulverized white meat of fowl delectably sweet­ened, gets a curious hold on the stranger.”

“Ous koumri” is described as “sure­ly one of the finest fish in the world.” One gets the impression, however, that most Turkish dishes contain too much sugar to prove agreeable to the aver­age western palate.

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Gas Kills Dogs.St. Paul, Minn.—Guillaume and Pie­

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Children Were Not Sent to Schooi.Mis. Annie Bonifacio of Red Bank

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. THE COAST ADVERTISER, BELMAR, N. J. PAGE SEVEN

TO BUILD SHIPS AT COST PRICE

Bethlehem Steel W ill Make Ot­ter to Uncle 3am.

BIDS ON 16 INCH KAYY SHELLSNo Chance For Profit In Them Under

Present Tests, Grace Says— Possible

Explanation of the Prices Made by an

English Firm Which Bids Under All

American Manufacturers.

Speaking recently before the Terra­pin Club of Philadelphia, Eugene G. Grace, President of the Bethlehem Steel Company, said In part:

In a peculiar sense Bethlehem Steel 6erves the American people.

For example, though we have been able to obtain in Europe almost any price, we have adhered, in our charges to the United States Government, to the basis of prices established before the war began.

We agreed—if the Government would abandon its plans for a Federal plant— to make armor for our Navy at any prv:e the Oovemmeni itself might con- tider fair.

Our ordnance plants are at the dis­posal of the nation at a fair operating cost, plus a small margin, thus saving the Government investment and de­preciation.

One of the special needs of the ne-7 navy is sixteen-inch guns—guns sixty feet long and capable of hurtling a 2000 pound shell with such power and accuracy as to hit a 50 foot square tar­get fifteen miles away.

We have undertaken voluntarily to construct, at a cost of $4,500,000, a plant fitted to build sixteen-inch guns.

Under no conceivable circumstances can orders which we may receive for this plant pay even a fair return on the investment.

Considerable comment has been made upon the fact that a British manufac­turer recently bid less than American manufacturers for sixteen and four­teen-inch shells for the navy.

I am unable to state the basis upon which the English bid was made. It should be remembered, however, that this bid was for a specific shell, sam­ples of which are being sent over for test—a test not yet made.

Two years ago we took an order for 2400 fourteen-inch armor-piercing shells at a contract price of $708,000, to be delivered within a certain time or we bad to pay'a large penalty.

The only specifications for making these shells are that they shall be of a certain size and must pierce armor-plate at a certain velocity on im­pact. It Is impossible to foretell the exact conditions of the tests.

We bad made large quantities of shells in the past which had been accepted. But in placing this particular order the Department altered the angle at which the tested shells must pierce armor- plate. The result, however, has been absolute inability on our part to pro­duce in any quantity, shells which will meet these novel tests. In fact, we know of no process of projectile-mak­ing through which it is possible to pro- fluce in quantities shells which will conform to the requirements.

The result is that up to now on that contract of $768,000, we have put into actual operating expense $447,881.. and have been penalized for non-delivery $495.744., a total of $943,625.. with no receipts whatever.

Such was the experience in the light of which we were called upon recent­ly to bid for sixteen-inch shells.

We bid on these shells at approxi­mately the same rate per pound as that of a fourteen-inch shell contract of one year ago upon which the Gov­ernment awarded contracts.

We have not the slightest idea what profit there will be in the making of these shells.. We do not know that there will be any. There is no certain­ty that it would be possible for us to deliver a shell to meet the test.

For officers in the Navy to assume that any bid made under such condi­tions is “exorbitant" is utterly unfair.

We hid pn the new battle-cruisers sums which Navy department experts, after examination of our books, found would yield a profit of less than ten per cent. We agreed to assume risks for increased costs of materials and la­bor, that made it possible that these contracts might yield no profit what­ever.

The costs run beyond the amount ap­propriated by Congress on the basis of the cost estimates made a year ago.

And because shipbuilders could not alter the inexorable cost facts and re­duce bids to early estimates of the Navy Department, the prices are called “exorbitant.”

It would be a real advantage to be relieved of this naval construction. The profit from it cannot possibly amount to much, and the responsibility is enor­mous.

We have determined to make this offer to the American Government.

“If you will build two of the battle- cruisers in Government navy yards, we will build the other two at the as­certained cost of building the ships in the Government yards, without addi­tional expense or commissions of any kind. We will also contract to have our ships ready for service ahead of the Government ships.”

HE LET THE BULLET STAY.

How Garibaldi’s Leg Was Saved and His Health Restored.

Half a century ago it was the belief of most surgeons that bullets lodged in any part of the body should be probed for and “extracted at all hazards.” The modern surgeon, who is able to lo­cate bullets with mathematical accu­racy with the X-ray, often allows the bullet to remain where it has lodged unless there is some very special rea­son for digging it out. And results prove the wisdom of the modern sur­geon’s attitude.

It is an interesting bit of history that a famous Russian surgeon advocated and practiced the conservative method of letting impacted bullets alone more than fifty years ago and by this method undoubtedly saved the life of the Ital­ian patriot Garibaldi. . The great sol­dier, wounded in the right leg and cap­tured at the battle of Aspramonte, was placed under the care of several Euro­pean surgeons, who tried unsuccessful­ly to remove the bullet.

At that time the Russian surgeon Pi- rogoff was stopping in Heidelberg, and the Russian students at that university raised the sum of 1,000 francs to in­duce the surgeon to examine Garibaldi. Pirogoff refused the fee, but he visited the patriot, examined his wound and, contrary to the opinions of all the other surgeons, advised letting t!io~'liullet alone. He suggested removal to a dry climate with plenty oi' fresh air and sunshine. The soldier took his advice, moved into a dry climate and recov­ered.—Exchange.

CLARA LEFT HIM $500,000

NAMES IN JAPAN.

The Only Lasting Title a Man Gets Comes When He Dies.

The Japanese have many quaint cus­toms handed down from generation to generation. One of the strangest is that of their naming ceremony. When one month old a Japanese child gets its first name with ceremonial. Trumpets are blown, and the child is borne in great state to the family temple, and behind the procession march the house­hold servants carrying the infant’s wordrobe. The servant in the rear of the procession bears a huge box, in which is the priest’s fee, together with three slips of paper, on which three names are written. On reaching the temple the names are thrown into the air, and the first that touches the ground is the one which the child re­ceives.

When three years old the child is again named, accompanied by elaborate religious rites. At the age of fifteen his education is supposed to be fin­ished, and as he then enters manhocd (according to J apanese law) he is again named.

When he takes to business he re­ceives his “business” name, by which he is known in the commercial world, and upon every upward step in life he receives a new name. If his master happens to have the same name he must at once change it, as it detracts from his superior’s dignity. At his marriage his name is altered again, and his last and only permanent one is that given him after death, which Is written on his tomb.—London Answers.

Janozt Rigo, gypsy violinist, was once the husband of the late Princess Ciiimay, who before her marriage to the Belgian nobleman was Clara Ward of Detroit. Her father left her many millions when he died. Rigo met the princess when she and the late king of Belgium with members of his staff were dining in a restaurant in Paris. Rigo played and after the performance kissed her hand. A few days later they eloped, dressed as gypsies. For 11 years the princess showered him with presents. Today he possesses caskets of jewels worth many thousands of dollars given him by her. The gypsy talks of nothing now but Clara Ward and her generosity to him, of her gifts and their romance. He declares she left him $500,000. He is now play­ing in a New York restaurant, and de­clares that when the war is over he will claim his fortune. The coat he is wearing in the picture was presented to him by the late King Leopold of Belgium.

THE PROPHET ELOPES AGAIN

The Furtive Look.Here is something worth while for

bachelors to consider.A Boston woman says she can detect

a bachelor as far as she can see him. She always knows a bachelor by his furtive look. The furtive look, she ex­plains, is something akin to that of a hunted animal, always on the watch for snares and pitfalls. Of course this may apply only to Boston bachelors, but it would be well for all other sin­gle unfortunates to take a good look at themselves in the mirror and find that telltale look. If they do there is m easy way to efface it.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

j Famous “Goosebone" Weather Man, Nearly Seventy, Decides to Wed

Third Time.

Cape Girardeau, Mo.—Col. Matt Morrison, known all over the state of Missouri as the “goosebone weather prophet,” is married. The prophet, according to his own statement, is “sixty some odd” years old, and Mrs. Amelia Green of Seventy-Six, Mo., is “around thirty-eight.” The couple eloped.

“We just hustled out without any­body finding it out,” said the prophet, “and went up to Ste. Genevieve, where we got the license and then got spliced. Then we went to a regular hotel, with steam heat, mind you, and it sizzled like the good old summer time.

“No, this isn’t the first time I got married, but I have had my eye on this girl for about ten years. My first wife died, you know, and It cost me around about $1,000 to get away from the second. The third time’s always a charm and we’ll be just like two turtle doves.”

Why a Horse Rolls.Horses are fond of rolling on the

ground, and no animal more thorough­ly shakes itself than they do. After a roll they give themselves a shake or two to remove anything adhering to the coat. The habit is of much service to horses living in open plains. On being turned loose at the end of a journey an Arab horse rolls in the sand, which acts as blotting paper, ab­sorbing exudations from the body. A shake removes the sand, and the coat soon dries. Cavalrymen in hot climates sometimes put sand on their horses as the simplest and quickest way of drying them.

TORTURE IN TRIALS.

WOULD SERVE FOR FATHER

Son of a Banker Convicted of Murder in Texas Would Go to

Prison.

Waco, Tex.—A son’s devotion to his father was witnessed here recently when Roscoe Watson, a member of the Texas National Guard, told Judge R. I. Munroe that he would like to assume the penalty assessed against his father, T. R. Watson, who was guilty of the mufder of John S. Patterson, state commissioner of banking and Insur­ance, and sentenced to 09 years in state prison.

The jury took the case at night at six o’clock, and the verdict was re­turned next morning at 10:35.

Watson, it was charged, shot Pat­terson at Teague on August 28, after Patterson had closed the Farmers and Merchants’ State bank at that place, of which Watson was president. Pat­terson died at Waco on August 23.

No Longer a Child.“Is mamma’s sweet little boy ready

to have his bath now?”“Oh, maw, put the soft pedal on that

stuff, will you? When a fellow's six years old it’s time to take him out of the kindergarten class. I ’ll take my splash when I ’ve had my smoke.”— Pittsburgh Times.

Necessary Things.One of our rear admirals is quoted

as saying, “The battleship can go to any part of the world if coal is pro­vided.”

“This does away with the old sup­position that water was also neces­sary,” interposed a bystander.

Silence Is Safety.After forty years o’ married life I've

made up me mind it don’t matter how often a mau an’ his wife disagrees as long as he don’t let her know it.—Har­per's Bazar.

Golf Versus Motoring.The difference between learning golf

and motoring Is that in golf at first you hit nothing, but in motoring every­thing.—Exchange.

BREAKS A RIB SNEEZING

Mrs. Arthur Heiser Carelessly Twisted Her Body to Avoid Fail, Then

Felt Pain.

Mount Carmel, Pa.—A sneeze, a twist of the body—result, a broken rib, according to the experience of Mrs. Arthur Heiser, thirty-five, of Shamokin Dam.

She was emerging from a depart­ment store when she sneezed violent­ly, and in an effort to save herself from falling off the steps of the store, twisted her body. She saved herself from falling, but was immediately bothered with a severe pain which sent her scurrying to the doctor. There she discovered she had fractured a rib.

Baby Led Her to Break Speed Law.New York. — Her three-year-old

daughter, sitting beside her in the au­tomobile, so engrossed her attention that she did not see she was breaking the speed limit. This was Mrs. Cath­erine Bailey’s explanation to the traffic court here, but she was fined $25.

This Barbarous System Was Used In Europe For Centuries.

The use of torture in order to elicit information from persons accused of crime, barbarous as it is, was little practiced before mediaeval times. Un­der Greek and Roman law torture was only allowed upon slaves, though in the latter days of the empire it was em­ployed against free citizens if they had been accused of treason to the emperor.

It seems to have become part of the law in Europe about the thirteenth cen­tury. From the fourteenth century downward torture was a part of thy legal system of most European conn tries. The Italian municipalities used it to a very large extent. In Germany elaborate apparatus existed for its in­fliction in the dungeons' of the feudal castles and in the town halls of the cities.

It was used in the prisons of Ger­many when the philanthropist Howard visited them in 1770. In France it was part of the law until abolished by the revolution, and in Scotland it was used until the reign of Queen Anne. The use of torture seems never to have been wholly sanctioned by the law of Eng­land, although it was used frequently by order of the king in the Tudor pe­riod. The royal council claimed the power of directing torture warrants against state prisoners in the tower, and under James I. and Charles I. tor­ture was resorted to in state 1 rials.— Chicago Herald.

AN OVERWORKED WORD.

This Writer Suggests That “Very” Be Given a Long Rest.

There is a word that once possessed a vigor and a power that is altogether lost, “Verily, verily”—“in truth, in truth.” Now it is “very,” and, though it still means “in truth,” it has become so weakened by usage that it conveys no force whatever.

You meet men on the street and say, “It is a very fine day.” W’hat do you mean? Probaby you mean, “How do you do?” What you have said is sim­ply a salutation. But if you should say to me, “It is a fine day,” you prob­ably mean it is a fine day. That little word “very” has been so weakened, so frayed at the edges, that it harms rather than helps its companions.

So, gentle reader, I would say to you if I had arbitrary power over your speech, “This week I will allow you only two ‘veries,’ ” and, though for a time such restraint may make you self conscious, yet it will force you to grope about for musty treasures in the store­house of your memory and furbish up old ioctives and adverbs, even drive you now and again to a careful ap­praisal of your best slang, and when this temporary self consciousness shall pass not only your vigor of speech, but your exactitude and clarity of thought will be the better for it. That is a gain that will be worth all the sacrifice.— Burges Johnson in Century.

Children Cry for Fletcher’s

The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been ia use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of

.* and has been made under his per- sonal supervision since its infancy* Allow no one to deceive you in this.

All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.

W h a t is C A S T O R I ACastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has i>een in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, "Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.

G E N U IN E CASTORIA ALWAYS?Bears the Signature of

Do You Like Horehound?Your grandfather did in the bygone

days, when he was a little boy and his father did not mind how much he had, for it was considered “good for his sys­tem.”

In Egypt the plant was called “bull’s blood” and “eye of a star” and was one of those many plants that in those days were eaten to protect the person from poison.

Horehound, horseradish, coriander, lettuce and nettle are the five bitter herbs ordered to be eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover, and the first has had long service, as you can guess, for it Is the seed of Horus—hore­hound—which the Egyptian priests ded­icated to the god of that name, though nobody knows how it came to get the ending “hound.”—Exchange.

Fealty of Partners.A member of the New York supreme

court, reproving a New York firm of architects for canceling an agreement, says, “Authorities unanimously agree that there is scarcely any relation in life which calls for more absolute good faith than the relation of partners.” Also, “A purer and more elevated morality is demanded of partners than the common morality of the trade.” The meaning is that an individual who transacts business for himself may look out solely for himself, while a partner must never consider his own advantage apart from that of his asso­ciates.—Exchange.

Versatile.“Do you know,” she simpered, “you

are the first real actor I ever met. It must be extremely interesting to act the parts created by the master dram­atists like Shakespeare and”—

“Now you’re talkin’, kid,” he broke in. “I just eat that Shakespeare stuff alive. Why, I played in Shakespeare’s ‘East Lynne’ for two whole seasons, and part of the time I played a horn in the orchestra.”—New York World.

Firth of Forth Bridge.The bridge across the Firth of Forth

in Scotland is a cantilever bridge erect­ed 1883-90. The two main spans are each 1,710 feet long. The total length of the bridge is 8,295 feet; the towers are 343 feet high; the bridge contains51,000 tons of steel and cost about $13,000,000.

Delicately Eliminated.“How did you get Mrs. Bounce out of

your bridge club? Did you ask her to resign?”

“No, we didn’t like to do that, but we all resigned except Mrs. Bounce, and then we all got together and formed a new club.”—New York Times.

In Use For Over 30 Y e a rsThe Kind You Have Always Bought

THE C ENTAUR COM F»ANV, NEW VORK CJTY,

We cannot control the evil tongues ofothers, but a good life enables us to iespise them.—Cato.

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1 BELMAR’S FAMOUS ART SHOP IQ8 Is now located in Newark, N. J ., where you will find a completeq line of merchandise not to be had in other stores. Good Sbep-X herd Fingering Yarn, Cut Steel and Shot Beads, Frcnch Angorag Wool, Novelty Braid, Linens, etc. Call or write.

k EM M A . LOXJISE A R T SH O P| 584 B R O A D S T R E E T , N E W A R K , N. J .

.HOME SHOP Opposite Central Ave. Mail orders prompt-Belmar, N. J. Telephone 7^74 Market ly attended to.

1 R E S T S H O E C O .Men’s and W om en’s H igh Grade

^ Shoes in all the latest shades and ^ novelties.

2 627 Cookman Ave., Asbury Parkr l G E O R G E P E A R C E , M a n a g e r

Open Day and Night Telephone 577

THEODORE H. BENNETT

Undertaker & Licensed EmbalmerAdaline A. Bennett and Louise T. Bennett

Assistant Embalmers

Office, 904 F Street Belmar, N. J.

BORTON BROS.Grocers T H E V E R Y B E S T I N Staple and Fancy Groceries

ALL KINDS OF TABLE DELICACIES CARRIED IN STOCK

Strictly Fresh Eggs and Butter - - PROMPT Deli voy Servlcc

Ninth Avenue & F Street, b e l m a r , n . j .

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Corner F Street, 9th Avenue, Belmar, N. J.

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TOWN GOSSIP AND LATE HAPPENINGSHappenings Here and There and Things Worth While Picked Up by Advertiser Reporters and Sent in by Our Many Friends

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Mrs. Percy L. Brown of Thir­teenth avenue is ill with pneumonia.

Miss Lulu Newman of Walling av­enue is visiting friends in Red Bank.

Mrs. L. Avery of Second avenue tntertained the Monday Afternoon

Bridge club.

"Vernon Shibla, salesman in W. H. Hurley’s clothing store, is having a two weeks’ vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. Jere Bearmore of Montclair visited Mr. Bearmore’s par­ents, 1304 H street, over the week­end.

Belmar Woman’s club will hold its regular meeting in the lecture room of the Public Library building next Friday afternoon.

Conklin and Sutts have been awarded the contract for a large boarding house to be built by Timo­thy Hurley at Spring Lake.

Mrs. Alice Haberstick of 1311 F street and her daughter, Mrs. D. D. Williams of 601 Twelfth avenue, are visiting relatives in Trenton.

The eighteenth annual chicken pot­pie supper of the stewards of Lake Como M. P. church will be served Wednesday evening, February 14.

Mrs. George Gibbs of Curtis avenue is ill with grip.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Zizinia en­tertained the Wednesday Evening Card club.

Miss Flossie Armes of F street, re­turned Sunday night from a week’s visit in Lakewood.

Theodore H. Bennett, undertaker, will move his business to 710 Ninth avenue February 1.

Mrs. Emma Hausotte is ill with the grip at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Strudwick, 504 Seventh avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. George McKelvey and son, George, Jr., of New York, have been guests of Mrs. Nellie B. Hurley of H street for a few days.

Charles J. Copping of Patterson visited his sister, Mrs. Helen P. Dud­ley of 611 Sixth avenue, over the week-end. Mrs. Dudley returned to Paterson with him.

At just 7 o’clock while the wedding march was softly played the nuptial party accompanied by A. Lyall Sal­mons and Elizabeth Salmons of Avon together with the clergyman march­ed into the parlor. The ceremony was performed with the bride and groom standing beneath an arch of white and pink with hanging bells and a background of flowers and leaves. The bride wore a beautiful garment of white and bore carna­tions. The ring ceremony was used. Guests were immediate relatives as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Abner Shibla, Mr. and Mrs. John Throckmorton, Mrs. Arthur Hurley, Mrs. Cassie Hur­ley, Mr. and Mrs. Lyall Salmons, Mrs. Daisy Throckmorton, Anenomia and Melvin Shibla. Refreshments were served, and a few moments were spent listening to delightful and cheery songs by some of the guests.

DIES IN HOSPITAL

Miss Margaret Williams, who is employed as a stenographer in the law offices of Stapleton and Shendon, New York, spent Sunday with her parents, at 721 Eighth avenue.

H. J. and C. R. Stines are erecting a six-room bungalow on the River road, West Belmar, for Rudolph j Wolff who will occupy it as a sum­mer residence.

C. H. D. Culver of Ocean Grove, an insurance collector, fell at Seventh avenue Wednesday night when he alighted from an electric car and was consderably bruised.

Mrs. George W. Leonard of Buena Vista Hotel, entertained a house par­ty over the week-end, the guests be­ing Chester Howard, Miss Edna How­ard and Mr. and Mrs. James Suther­land, all from Rahway.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Viemeister of Stapleton, Staten Island, were in Bel­mar Tuesday. Mr. Viemeister is owner of the Overlook house on Shark river which he conducts as a summer hotel.

Miss Mabel Berggren, who has been a guest of her uncle, Rev. F. S. Berg- ren, returned to Syracuse, N. Y., on Wednesday. Mrs. F. S. Berggren ac­companied her for a mid-winter visit.

The Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church held a thimble party at the home of Mrs. Frank Hur­ley, 505 Sixth avenue, Tuesday after­noon.

Mrs. M. J. Kirkham, who was re­cently very ill at her daughter’s home in Ninth avenue, has so completely recovered that she went to her other daughter’s home in Jersey City

Wednesday.

The will of Mrs. Annie E. Mount of Wall township, filed for probate last week was made October 27, 1915. She bequeaths her estate to her chil­dren, Elwood I. Mount, Mrs. Annie Smith and Mrs. Mary E. Rankin.

Evangelist George Pearce of As­bury Park was the speaker last even­ing at the revival services in the Methodist church. These meetings which have been in progress in this church the past week will be con­tinued for another week.

Mayor Robert G. Poole is to be tendered a testimonial dinner to­night at Naylor’s restaurant. Mayor Poole, who recently resigned as cash­ier of the First National Bank of Belmar to become cashier of the new Merchants Bank of Asbury Park, will assume that position next Thursday.

Miss Myrtle Conklin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Conklin, Jr., re­cently underwent quite a delicate operation at the Presbyterian hospi­tal, New York. Reports are all to the effect that she is recovering as rapidly as can be expected.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome W. Newman of Walling avenue, West Belmar, en­tertained about fifty friends Satur­day evening. The party was in hon­or of Mrs. Newman’s brother, Harold Conklin of Newark who was passing the week-end at the Newman home. There was dancing and at a late hour refreshments were served.

William F. Devereaux died Monday at the Long Branch hospital from a complication of diseases. He has been a sufferer with asthma for many years. He was 46 years old, a son of the late Sara and William Devereaux, a former postmaster here. Surviving him are three brothers, Elwood, James and Michael of Brook­lyn and two half sisters, Mrs. Isa­belle Wolcott of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Ruth Jackson of Avon, with whom he made his home. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in the Avon M. P. church. Rev. C. R. Blades was in charge. Burial was made in Hamilton cemetery.

The "Hero Face"A Presbyterian minister in Newcas­

tle, England, has been making a care­ful study of the photos of the men who have won the Victoria Cross, the Mili­tary Medal and other decorations for valor. His conclusions are very inter­esting. He finds that the bull-necked, aggressive type of face has hardly ever been represented. Almost invariably the heroes had the features of men of kindly and benevolent aspect

John Bull Meets Sweet Potato.There has Just arrived from the

Azores a consignment of sweet pota­toes. This article is not, strictly speaking, a vegetable, although called a potato, as it is generally used by Spaniards and Portuguese as a sweet Baked in an oven, and then split open and eaten without any addlton, it is delicious, having a flavor closely al­lied to that of a chestnut.—London Globe.

THE PEOPLE’SOPULARBELMAR

ENTERTAINMENT COURSE

Don’t Forget Thursday, Feb. 1W HEN

The Stockholm Concert Co.WILL APPEAR IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

Doors Open at 7.30. Entertainment Begins at 8.16

S ing le A d m is s io n . . . . 30 C en ts

CORRECT Coal burning HOVER(Patented Nov. 14, 1®1S.) 1 1

Costs Less to Buy— Less to Run

41 IN C HC A N O PY Y o u can pay more—b u t c an ’t

ge t more. C apac ity 50 to 1,500

chicks. Self-feeding a nd regu- J U L f * * la t in g . G as and spark t igh t.

5 2 Portab le a nd everlasting; Coal

on ly once in twenty-four hours.

Costs b u t 5c. a day to run .

Don*t ta k e an im itation .Thin is the only BIG value.

Write fo r circu lar. CORRECT HATCHER CO., Leesville, Carroll Co., O. Rk York City Branch, 3t BsrclaySt.

AVON BRIEFS.

Mrs. Mary E. Pearce of Main street is recovering from pneumonia.

William E. Bastedo of Main street is out again after having an attack of the grip.

Female Help Wanted.

Women wanted to crochet Bootees, Sacques and other knit goods at home. Address Wm. H. Horstmann Company, Philadelphia. adv

Bits of News From Avon-by-tbe-Sea

EVENTS OF WEEK IN CHARMING BOROUGH

Matters' of Interest to Those Who are Acquainted With Avon Peo­

ple.

Excavation is being made for a two-story frame building Nicholas Paternoster is to build on F street opposite the school house. He will use the ground floor for a store and the family will occupy living appart- ments on the second floor.

Miss Helen Siegel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Siegel, was married at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Strauss, South Broad street, Newark. Mr. and Mrs. Siegel are old-time cottage residents and Miss Siegel grew up in Belmar. Her many friends will be glad to welcome her back as Mrs. Milton Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Simp­son are visiting Florida and will re­side in New York upon their return.

Mrs. C. J. Stines and Miss Lona Buhler of Twelfth avenue visited in Newark Monday and on Tuesday at­tended a lecture given by Mrs. Frank Pattison at Hotel McAlpin, New York, as delegates from Belmar Woman’s club.

The Adam Happle property at 110 Tenth avenue was leased Tuesday through the real estate agency of Dildine and Kienle to a member of the firm of Druex and Company, bankers, of Philadelphia, who will occupy it the coming summer.

LODGE NEWS

Activities Among the Fraternal

Societies of Belmar.

Ammonoosuc tribe of Red Men had a class initiation at the regular meet­ing Wednesday night. Twelve can­didates received the degree.

DEATH OF FORMER MAYOR

Mrs. F. W, Decker of Mt. Vernon, visited her mother, Mrs. T. R. Taylor, for this week.

Miss Irene Harrison is enjoying a five weeks’ vacation. She is a mil­liner in Steinbach’s.

Miss Edna Lefferts is visiting in Newark. She is employed in the toy department at Steinbach’s.

Joseph Smith and family have moved from Main street to a bunga­low just west of the railroad.

Bernice and Horace May are spending several days with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Stanton, while their parents are away.

Word has been received in Avon of the death, on Friday, of Thomas D. Tompkins, a former mayor of Avon, at his New York home, of pneu­monia, after an illness of two weeks. He was forty years old. He had been a summer resident of Avon for 15 years, owning a handsome resi­dence at Lincoln and First avenues. He is survived by a mother, Mrs. E l­len Tompkins, and three sisters, Lucy and Helen and Mrs. Catherine Clad­

ding, all of New York.

Charles D. Snyder and James H. King are in Florida for a month’s

stay.

The choir of the Baptist church held rehearsal this week at the home of Miss Nellie Hendricks, Bradley Beach.

Council met Monday evening. It was voted that all checks received from the bidders on the bulkheads, except that of the lowest bidder, be returned.

Fred Hurley and family are now occupying the apartment over Good­rich’s awning shop. Formerly they lived in apartments over Love’s real estate office.

The Bamford building is being fitted up for early occupancy by ths A. and P. tea store and F, H. Fried­man will move his meat market to the store vacated by that company. J. Manutti will move his fruit and vegetable business to the rooms now nsed by Mr. Friedman.

Mrs. Rettie Robinson of Belmar, district deputy president and staff, installed the officers of Joseph L. Lamb lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, Manasquan, Monday night.

At the regular meeting of United lodge, I. O. O. F., Tuesday night one application for membership was ac­cepted. A committee, consisting of Charles S. Goff, Samuel R. Taylor and Clarence R. Stines, was appoint­ed to arrange a series of entertain­ments for the winter.

A delegation from the Freehold Board of Education came to Belmar Tuesday and inspected the public school building. The school build­ing at Freehold is to be re-modeled and the object of the committee in looking over the Belmar building wa; to get ideas for their own. The gen­tlemen all expressed the opinion that our school building was a fine one.

MARRIED ’NEATH BELLS

Manasquan Man Gets Bride in Bel-

A pretty wedding took place at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and

! Mrs. Abner Shibla, in Sixteenth ave­nue, Thursday evening, January 25, the contracting parties being Miss Anna Shibla and Mr. Taylor Throck­morton of Manasquan. Rev. F. S. Berggren of the Twelfth Avenue Bap-

j tist church performed the ceremony.

Mrs. Fred Stiles has returned to her home after a two weeks’ stay in Upper Montclair.

Mayor John Thomson and Col­lector Leroy Sofield attended the funeral of Thomas D. Tompkins in New York Sunday. The deceased had been a summer resident and a former mayor of Avon.

Mrs. Caroline Stanton died Wednesday morning at 7.35 o’clock. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Broome and three sons, Joseph, H. Everett and G. Cleveland Stanton, all of Avon, also several brothers in Belmar, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Brahm of Como and Mrs. Henry Ben­nett of Belmar.

It was very dark Sunday night and Rev. S. J. Arthur of Asbury Park, who is supplying the pulpit of the Baptist church, asked the conductor on the trolley to let him off at the nearest point to the church. When the conductor stopped the car it was not far from the Shark river bridge and Mr. Arthur walked several blocks through rain and mud. Evidently this conductor does not know the location of churches.

The Friday Evening Embroidery club and Pinochle auxiliary met at the home of the Misses Harrison. No meeting was held last Friday as was planned.

Rev. C. R. Blades and family are occupying Mrs. Fuller’s bungalow, Garfield avenue, while their new bungalow is being completed. Stan­ley Spayd has the building of their new house.

Caroll MacDonald and Frances Westervelt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Westervelt, of Ocean Grove, were married last week. Mr. MacDonald is a resident of Avon, coming here recently from Lake­wood.

You can get Breyer’s Tee Cream all winter at Conover’s, 902 F St.APB

Allen’s Foot-Ease for the Troops.Many war zone hospitals have or­

dered Allen’s Foot-Ease, the antisep­tic powder to shake into the shoes and sprinkle in the foot-bath, for use among the troops, because it gives rest and comfort to tired, aching, swollen, tender feet and makes walk­ing easy. At druggists everywhere, 25c. adv

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WINTER SPORTSWe are learning to live out-of-doors,

no matter what the weather and so we must have apparel that fits the weath­er. And winter sports must have the proper apparel too. I t is here that you will find your wants always anticipated far ahead. While this apparel was designated and made for sport wear, many find the garments quite as ser­viceable for other purposes. I t is true that the various sports will have new pleasures from the comfort achieved through these garments.

In the Women’s Wear Salop you will find automobile and sport coats, suits and separate skirts. The Blouse shop offers waists for every occasion and the Sweater Shop has a most complete se­lection of sweaters in various styles and shades. Also sport footwear, hos­iery, hats, gloves and neckwear, tams, scarfs and skating sets.

In the SportingGoodsShop are skates and skating shoes, hockey sticks, snow shoes and Thermos kits to take with you when you go skating or tramping.

THE CONTRACT DEPARTMENTThe Contract Department is prov­

ing of inestimable worth to ever so many patrons. It is no longer nec­essary to secure a separate estimate from the various homefurnishing de­partments. Just call the Contract Department and Mr. Peterson will combine all of your wants on one estimate.

No matter if it is a cottage, hotel, office building or a single room you are contemplating furnishing the Contract Department can give you much infoimation that will saveyou time and money. It has nothing to give but service.

CLOTHING SALE FOR MENNotwithstanding the tremendous

advance in the price of clothing we are holding our annual Clothing Sale as usual. It offers only the highest grade of clothing from America’s foremost makers—Kirk- schbaub.Kuppenheimer and Society Brand. Every suit and overcoat is from reo-ular stock and in the sea­son’s latest style, fabric and pat­tern.

This event offers very fine sav­ings and men will do well to invest generously.

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Resolutions of Condolence.

At a meeting of Union Fire com­pany No. 1 the following resolutions were adopted:

Whereas, It has pleased the Great Ruler of the Universe to call to his eternal reward our fellow fireman, John G. Burroughs, who departed this life Sunday, January 14, 1917, and

Whereas, The members of this com. pany desire to place upon record an expression of their appreciation and esteem, therefore be it

Resolved, That by the death of our fellow fireman this company has lost a good and faithful member which we deeply regret. While we feel and mourn our loss, we tender our sincere sympathy to the family of our deceased comrade upon whom falls the greatest sorrow and sad­ness. Further be it

Besolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this com­pany.

' V. J. HAUSOTTEW. H. COOPER JESSE SHIBLEY

Committee.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

Following is the list of letters re­maining uncalled for at the Belmar post-office:

William Buchannon Mrs. Jack Conover Mrs. D. J. Jeidell Mrs. Edward Matthews F. G. MottMrs. G. W. R. Stedman Miss Freda Wernexa Miss Carolyn Wyckoff

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