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New-York tribune., 1919-12-22
Pal1ner Coal
Plan Refused
By Operators
Continued from page 1

''ai commission they expect to have a
representative meeting in Washington
only few of them are here at present
out others have been summoned and are
expected IN few days. In advance of
tnis conference it is not known what
actloh VIII be taken, but it was under
STOOD to-day that objections may be
.ound to the proposal of the President
'hat tnere be an arbitration Of the
question of hours if that is likely to
orlng about the six-hour day and the
nve-day week originally demanded by
the miners. The operators are said to
lee' that President Wilson himself in
an early communicat to the miners
declared these demands to be more than
could be granted al present. with indus
trial conditions such as they are. They
rely also upon the fact that the interna-
.'ohal iapor conference approved for
ty-eight-hour week
They do not wish the commission tn
be one which can fix wages and prices
on coal, and arc standing by the IA
per cent advance in wages proposed by
DR.. Garfield, under which the miners
are now working
Senator Townsend, of Michigan. a
member of the Senate committee in
vestigating coal, said tonight:
II know nothing ofothe members of
the commission save Mr. White. who
was. l believe, regarded as quite influ-
entail in some Administration circles
by DR.. Garfield when he was with the
fuel administration.
81 think the operators are telling the
truth when they say they knew nothing
of the present agreement. All they
knew was the agreement announced by
DR.. Garfield. l don't think it was a
square deal. There was compromise,
and | now can see lots of trouble ahead
for both the miners and the operators
Of course, every one is in favor of a
permanent commission to settle dis
putes in the coal Industry, but to have
a commission appointed the majority
Of which is against the public is not
q proper way to settle the matter"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-22
Puts ''Jazz in Boycott''
Makes Bonfire of Japanese Silk,
as Shantung Protest

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-ouone
ohung' a Chinese merchant, made a
bonfire tonight in the main street in
Chinatown of Japanse silks, ebony fur
nlture and other merchandise valued at
$1,000 which he had just received from
the Custom House. He did this, he
said. as a protest against Japanese
occupation of Shantung and in an effort
to extend the Chinese boycott of Jap-
anese goods to America. "A stunt to
put jazz in the boycott" he said.
Several thousand Chinese who wit
messed the fire were addressed by two
students, who called on their country
men to take determined stand against
what they termed encroachment ON
Chinese rights. vi
New-York tribune., 1919-12-22

not effect a permanent solution of the
difficulty, Thomas H. Watkins, chair
man of the Central Pennsylvania BIZ
luminous Coal Operators Association
declared in statement here Inst
night, in which he protested against
the limitation of the commission to
three men.
Mr.. Watkins said his association
takes the position that "public trih.
unal" consisting of the "ninc ablest
men available, five representing the
public, two the operators and two tho
miners" Is the only competent COM
mission to handle the difficulty.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-22
Coal Board Is Declared
Not n s'PubLic TribunnL'

The commission appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson to settle the bituminous
coal strike is not "either in puppo Sc
or effect a public tribunal" and can
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
False RuTnOrS

1 wish to correct an impression
among the people of Wildwood that
my boy is a thief. My boy, whose
name is George d. Harris, was arrested
GU the charge Of breaking in the Penn
sy news stand at Holly Beach. He
had nothing to do with the robbery
and has been released. The report that
he has picked women's pockets is not
true. The Wildwood police have no
evidence that he has done anything
wrong. The boy who committed the
robbery is Frederick Martin, who came
here from Philadelphia, and be is now
in Court House jail. l warn people
that if they do not stop spreading false
reports about my boy that they will be
prosecuted. MRS. SAMUEL HARRIS.
Oak aud Holly Beach
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
Solicitor Hand Wins Case
tor City of Wildwood

At the September 9Th meeting of the
City Com missioners Solicitor Hand re-
ported that the city had won its appeal
from the assessment laid against its
property by the assessor of the City Of
North Wildwood for $50, 900. This
property was assessed as real estate only
and constituted real estate and person
al property Of the water department Of
this city situated in the City of North
Wild wood, consisting of land, ma
chinery, fire plugs and appurtenances.
Solicitor Hand contended that the land
was assessed illegally and should be
reduced to the true value of the land to
wit $500, and the County Boardof Tax
alton so decided. J. FithianTatem rep
resented North Wild wood. Last year
this same property was assessed at $500
for real estate and $38, 900 for PERSONAL
ty. Solicitor Hand carried that assess
ment 10 the State Board of Taxation
aud won for the city, the State Board
cancelling the ASSESSMENT OF $38. 900 on
personality and allowing $500 on real es-
tate to stand. The law of this State be-
ing that a municipality owned water
plant is exempt from taxation, except
ing the value of the land only, without
anyimprovements thereon. The above
decision saved several hundred dollars
of taxes to the city.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
West Wildwood Cottage
Destroyed by Fire

A mysterious fire destroyed a house
on the West Wildwo God tract at Maple
avenue and Sunset lake at two o'clock
Saturday morning, September 9th.
The building was a mass OF flames
almost before the alarm was given, and
it was not necessary to play the hose
upon it, as there were no nearby build
lngs In danger. The building was To-
Gated just across the bridge and backed
up to the edge of the lake. 1t was
used by the Ham development com-
pany as an Office, and was said to be
unfinished except for a desk, chairs,
etc.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
Reasons Why the Boardwalk
Should be Moved

IA petition signed by owners of
several hundred lots, asking commiss-
toner's to move walk in order they may
build and otherwise use their property.
2-Eighteen solid blocks between
Ocean & Beach Avenues not taxed at
all and the lots bet Boardwalk &
Ocean Avenue not taxed at all, plus
those taxed nominalIy brought to an
edual taxation would pay interest
charges sin liking fund charges and leave
a balance for lighting.
3-Lsbor and material to make pres
ent walk safe would cost thousands
of dollars that would come out of gen.
eral taxation of 1920 and raise tax.
4-Present Boardwalk is rotten and
unsafe aud two blocks away from the
ocean.
5-Whoever heard of q seashore
boardwalk in the center of a city.
6-Moving the boardwalk bringing
in great valuable territory gives us q
greater borrowing capacity.
Lot wner pay for streets.
8-Beautifies the city aud establishes
permanent building line.
9-Putting money on present walk ia
like putting a new harness on a dead
horse.
10-If a referendum vote should be
taken and the moving of same lost &C.
cording to law, it could not be done for
three years, then to keep "a me in re-
pair for that time the tax rate would
be brutal.
11-Who is the opposition to moving
the walk and why do they oppose such
a public improvement? Ask yourself.
Z. s. CULVER.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
Correction

Will you kindly correct statement
in regard to the Miller barn in last
weeks JOURNAL. 1 did not say that
the barn W as stuffed with paper. L
said hat all our places had wagon
loads of dry waste aud papers, due to
the city not making any collection for
over one month and that this barn be-
ing used as a garage, men putting cars
away at night with lighted cigars
Pine avenue In danger OF just
such a fire as we all experienced with
the Poplars.
MRS. G. d. WOODWARD.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26

q
Miss Kathryn Baker died at Saranac
Lake, New York, last Monday. Her
parents, MI. and Mrs. ]. Thompson
Baker, were there when the end came.
The deceased volunteered for Red Cross
service in the early stages of tho war,
before this country became involved.
She was engaged in this work in
France for about two or three years,
returning to her Wildwood home last
spring. She received medals from the
French government for distinguished
service as a nurse. -
Miss Carey's School of Music is
open for the Fall and Winter terms at
10S Sweet Briar Road, Wildwood
Crest. st
District Superintendent Alfred Wagg,
of Brldgeton, was in Wildwood last
Saturday and Sunday. Saturday eve
ming he presided at the quarterly con-
ference of the First M. E. church and
preached Sunday morning. AT the
morning service the congregation was
favored with a solo by Allan Kanouse.
one of a group of Camden singers.
Next Sunday MI. and Mrs. Hunter,
evangelists, will be present.
AT the annual meeting of the w. c.
I. U. two weeks ago Mrs. Surran was
president; corresponding Sec
Mrs. Alice Pagan; recording
secretary, Mrs. Maxwell; treasurer,
Mrs. Inglee. The county convention
will be held at Cape May on Thursday,
October 2.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26

DR.. Theodore Foote has located at the
Crest permanently and it is reported
that he has sold his home and practice
at Vinelaud. He is having a heating
system put in his home at the corner
OF Heather road and Pacific
f. Ziegler and family LETT their Crest
summer home on Wednesday for the
city, completing their eleventh season
here.
Thompson Baker Crane, IA years old
Was on Thursday September 18th
operated on for appendicitis in a New
York hospital. The young man was
on his way back to school at Kent,
Conn. and Wa expected to reach the
school on the sixteenth. According to
"a recent message received from Mrs.
Crane he isdoiDg nicely aud on the
road to recovery.
The Brooklyn-Hart Apartments is
being repainted inside aud out, and
many other Improvements is to be
made in this popular building. The
owners report that MI. Dare has Sc
cured tenants for every apartment for
the winter, and also rented the entire
building for season OF 1920. This indi-
Gates Wildwood's popularity and pro-
gress.
n. cd NTrs KipO hovo rnturno0
from their vacation and the doctor will
preach at both services on Sunday In
the Presbyterian church. In the morn
ing he will preach by request on the
"Second coming of Christ" At night
he will use the stereopticon, showing
some fine Oriental views.
DR.. Kelchner says it was hardly fair
to him for the fire chief to state at the
meeting of the Commissioners that
access could not be had to the Emer-
gency hospital on the morning OF the
Poplars fire. Al that very time, the
Doctor says, he was caring for two
victims of the fire, q man and vile.
The woman fell unconscious on the
pavement and the Doctor helped carry
her into his hospital. This, he said,
happened before the fire whistle alarm.
General Manager E. G. Slaughter, Of
the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short
Line railroad, left last Sunday for a
visit to his fathers old home at Gull
pepper, Va. His father and two of his
brothers accompanied him, going by
auto from Philadelphia. The father,
now eighty some years of age, is a
graduate of a Baltimore medical col
lege, and he kept his drug store at
Wildwood open as usual this summer.
About a half century ago DR.. j. NJ.
Slaughter came north and settled in
Cape May county, and for many years
was the faithful family doctor Of Rio
Grande and vicinity.
The cottage on east Spicer avenue,
just back of the Wild wood department
store, has been sold by Chas. w. Rue
ter to Joseph Empol. The cottage is a
commodious one.
The Mechanics and Laborers' Build
ing and Loan association of Cape May
Court House has cold the Stanley Kali
bach property at the corner of Magno-
liza avenue and the railroad to Harry
G. Phillippi, the station agent, who
will soon mov there.
Mary A. Bridges, owner of the cor
ner property at Leaning and Pacific
avenues, visited relatives in Wildwood
last Sunday. Miss Bridges has had a
responsible position for thirteen years
chief clerk in the Fridenberg loan
office on Eleventh street, near Market,
Philadelphia.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
Wildwood Commissioners Weaken
on 100000 Boardwalk Expendi-
ture Upon Being Shown Nearness
of City's Bonding Limit
ADVOCATES A $4,000 WALK

their rights. Every man, woman and
child in Wildwood favor a new board
walk. just as soon as we are financially
able to undertake the project, and when
beach conditions will warrant the move.
There are, however, so many other pres
sing needs to be taken care of first
so many other demands for our money
that we cannot safely entertain the
board walk proposition before next
year. No sober-minded citizen would
risk the dire results that might ensue
in order to cater to a diseased or manu-
featured sentiment to boost, for politi-
cal reasons, the new board walk at all
hazards. 1t was mentioned at yester-
days session that at Young avenue the
proposed walk would be 240 feet out in
the ocean. We presume this is meant
to be the case at high tide. Pedestrians
would hardly feel safe on a promenade
SO far out in the water as that. "Safe-
ty first" is a good motto for a munici-
pality to observe, as well as for a prl-
vate citizen to follow. Suppose a big
storm-tide occurred this winter, what
would happen to the board walk in that
location? This pointed motto is prom
inently displayed in the commission
ers' chamber at city hall; but until yes
terday its warning advice was not
needed.
All conservative citizens now breathe
freezer to know that the 100000 buga-
boo is temporarily disposed of. An
effort may be made by the Mayor at q
future meeting of the commissioners to
have the ordinance re-introduced in an
emasculated form. He would now be
satisfied with a $4,000 boardwalk, as
he gave out yesterday; but it is not
probable that the people of Wildwood
will stand for any half way business.
They will reason that If we can't do
it right it is better to ''let good enough
alone' and wait a year or two before
undertaking this gigantic task. In the
meantime we can start the necessary
preliminary work that must be done
before the changing of the board walk
can be made a success. We don't
want to ''get the cart before the horse,''
as the hasty present promoters were
trying to do. During the discussion
yesterday the Mayor exclaimed in an
excited, screeching lone that the peo-
pie Shouldn't mix slop with board
walk" but they insisted that the Stop
question and the street-fooding ques-
ton be gotten out of the way before
they were ready to talk boardwalk.
On this point a sharp colloquy occur
red between the Mayor and George
Hanna, of the Maidstone apartments,
east Glenwood avenue. Mr.. Hanna
was indignant because these %nuisances
were viewed 30 lightly by the present
Mayor, when in reality measures Of
relief from stencil and flooding demand
fret consideration. After Mr.. Hanua's
very positive statement as to what he
thought of the inefficiency Of our pres
emit municipal administration, the
Mayor subsidized and acknowledged
that something should have been done.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
Public ounceme

Douglass Ice Cream Parlor on the
boardwalk will reopen tonight and re-
main open for the Big might Fair
and all of next week. Douglass own
u~nrivalled make OF ice cream will be
served as usual. adv
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26
Home and Investment

l offer for sale q double cottage at an
attractive price. 1t may not be what
you want, but it is an investment and
a home too. L will show it any day
by appointment. VIM. H. BRIGHT.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26

Building Association funds to loan
on first mortgage in amounts to suit.
Robert ]. Kay secretary, Wildwood,
IN. J.-adv.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26

The Board of Trade will nominate
officers next Thursday night.
Judge Clarence Cole, an Atlantic City
lawyer, was in Wild wood Wednesday
on business.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26

For your fall hat call and zee Miss
in the JOURNAL building. Open
evenings until $50; Saturdays 10. 1t
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-09-26

Lawyer Jonathan Hand will within
a few days open an office at Oak and
Pacific avenues, under Seacrest hotel,
for the general practice of the law. N
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
General No, 504,

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the City Coun-
ell of Rock Island. ILL.,, having or
dered the paving of Eighteenth ave
nue. from East line of Twenty
seventh street to the east line of
Thirtieth street, the ordinance for
the same being on file IL the Office
of the city clerk of said city, and
having applied to the county court
of Rock Island county, Ill. for an
assessment of the cost of said i'm
provement. according to benefits.
said assessment being payable in
eight 81 inStallments, each bear
ing interes at the rate OF per cent
per annum, and an assessment
therefore having been made and
returned to said court. the hearing
thereon will be held on the 4th day
of October. A. D.. 1919. at the hour
Of 8 O'Clock a. M, or as soon there
after as the business OF the court
will permit
All persons desiring, may file OBJ
jections in said court, before said
day, and may appear on the hear
ing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island Illinois.
september is. A D., 1919
CLARENCE ISAACSON.
Of1cer appointed to make the as
sessment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

There rolled into the city late
yesterday a motor truck which at
tracted wide attention because 81
its remarkable history.
This truck is one of the oldest in
existence today, and its chief point
OF interest for the motorist is that
it is one of the first trucks ever
equipped with big pneumatic truck
tires.
The truck started at Detroit,
went to Chicago, then to Peoria
and into Rock Island. From here
it will go to Milwaukee, st. Paul,
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and
finishes its tour at Cincinnati
These truck pneumatics promise
to revolutionize motor truck trans
portation, so when the United
States Tire company began an in
quiry OF a few months ago into the
history of the development of this
type of tire they found not only
that they were the first company
that ever manufactured these big
tires and had gone farthest in per
fecting them, but also that every
one of the three trucks which were
has got possessionOf these trucks
tires ever made was still in exist
ence and doing full service.
The United States Tire company
has got possession of these thucks
and they are now touring the
country to give motor truck own
ers visible proof that motor trucks
that run on pneumatic tires live a
long time. The truck which visited
this city yesterday was one OF
these three and its antiquated lines
attracted immediate. attention.
B. ]. Lemon of the United States
Tire company, who accompanied
the truck, in discussing the tour
said:
Every truck owner knows that
a truck which has given steady
service since 1911 has something
remarkable about it. The average
life of truck does not extend over
any such period and there are few
trucks which were in operation in
1911 which did not find their way
TO the scrap heap long ago.
But every one OF the three
trucks which was put on cur big
pneumatic tires in 1911 is still in
active duty. This means just one
thing that pneumatic tires adj
many years to the life of trucks.
These three trucks have not been
babied along with the idea OF say
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
JUNIOR CLASS
<0F AUCUSTANA
ELECTS STAFF
IhOice of ROckety.I Editors Prom
ises Fine Publication for
Coming Spring.

The junior class OF Augustans
college, which publishes the Rock
ety-I every year. has just appoint
ed its stan Of editors The Rock
ety-I the college annual, will be
issued next May. The following
members o. the junior class are
scheduled to bring out a good vol
upe next spring
Editor-in-Chief- Roy Peel
Assistant editors - George An
selm. Elizabeth Nelson
Business manager - Inar Carl
son
Assistant business managers
Elvfng Nelson. Karl Swanburg,
Paul Reinertsen. Carl Sodergren.
Calendar editors-Gertrude Carl
son and Carl Fryxell
Athletics-Ralph Bengston and
Carl Peterson.
2Photographs-Carl Rylander.
q Glass editors-Carl Ekblad and
Myrtle Johnson.
Organizations - Elizabeth Ohm
sted and Mildred Blomgren.
Are-Earl Martinson.
Joke editors-Ruth Larson and
Epoch Anselm.
The students union recently
adopted a resolution to patronize
only the merchants Of the twin
cities who advertise in the Observ-
er and Rockety-I. The Observer is
the monthly organ of the student
activities and as a result of the
subscription campaign which has
been conducted practically every
student enrolled at the college has
subscribed to the paper.
Explains Honor System.
The honor system was thorough
~ explained to the student body
yesterday morning at the regular
weekly meeting Several of the
Wkudents spoke on the subject, and
DA l. NJ Anderson. who is acting
president in the absence of Dr.
Andreen. concluded the program
by presenting 20 the students the
practical value Of the honor sys-
tenn to the individual student.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

ing them for display purposes.
They have been doing rugged serv-
ice year after year at the plant CT
the Canadian Consolidated Rubber
company, Kitchener. Ontario, and
it was only by accident that we
learned they were still in exist
ence
The motor truck is going to
bring about almost as many revo-
lutionary changes in farm life as
did the passenger automobile, and
the biggest step forward in truck
evolution was the development CT
the pneumatic cord truck tire by
the United States Tire company.
The pneumatic tire has so many
advantages for lightweight AMI
medium weight trucks that | hard
ly know where to begin enumera--
ing them. OF course, they prolOhg
the life of the truck and cut re
pair bills. They travel on air and
save jar and vibration, and the
cargoes they carry do not suffer
breakage. They save easily one
third on gasoline and oil.
zone OF the biggest savings IS
that made possible by greater
speed. A truck on pneumatics can
roll along like a passenger car, and
one truck can cover twice the dis
lance of a truck on solids. This
means that one truck can do the
work of two. which ought to con
vince anyone that they are the
tires of the future. Another inter
eSting feature is that trucks
mounted on pneumatics are not
hard on roads"
The truck is a Reliance No
truck of this type has been made
for several years. 1t has made the
Journey from Kitchener. Ontario.
to this city under its own power,
coming by way of Detroit and Chi
cago and will spend several months
in touring the middle west. For
such an aged specimen. it is doing
remarkably well and rolls along
mile after mile without difficulty.
Another one of the original three
trucks equipped with big pneu-
mates is now touring The east.
The old truck is accompanied bv
q modern White truck equipped
with every modern appliance. II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

this way local motorists were af-
forded an opportunity to see at a
glance the big step forward made
in truck construction.
Mr.. Lemon, who during the wa
was a captain in the transportation
division, quarteFmaster corps, was
in charge of motor transportation
and tests of automotive vehicles and
accessories at headquarters, south
ern department. San Antonio,
Texas. \ staff of tire experts and
sales representatives are making
the trip. These men talked tires
with a number of prominent truck
manufacturers dealers and owners
in the city and gave demonstrations
of the ease with which the big
pneumatic truck tires can be
changed and inflated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

The first co-educatiOnal college
in the east was Cornell, which, in
1882 decided to admit women as
students on the same footing as
men