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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
NOTICE TO LIMIT CREDITORS


Estate Of Floyd Hewitt, deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Harry S.
Douglass, Surrogate of the County of Cape
May, made on the 18th day of August,
A. D. 1921, on the application of the sub
scriber, Administrative of said deceased,
notice is hereby given to the creditors OF
said deceased to exhibit to the subscriber
under oath or affirmation their claims and
ceased within six months from the 18th
day of August, A. D.. 1921, or they will
be forever barred of any action against
the subscriber.
Dated August 10Th. A. D. 1921.
PAULINE V. HEWITT,
Administrative.
LEAP, SHARPLESS & WAY, Proctors.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
For Jail Birds

What is the ~favorite recreation of
convicts?"
. 81 don't know, but skipping the rope,
I hear, is a popular pastime among
men condemned to hang."-Wayside
Tales.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
NOTICE TO LIMIT CREDITORS


Estate OF Helen Ash0m, Deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Harry S. Doug
lass. Surrogate of the County of Cape May,
made on the ninth day of September, A. d.
1921, on the application of the subscriber,
Executrix of said deceased, notice is
hereby given to the creditors of said de-
ceased to exhibit to the subscriber under
oath or affirmation their claims and de-
mands against the estate Of said deceased
within six months from the ninth day OF
September, A. D. 1921, or they will be for
scriber. 4
Dated September 9th, A. D. 1921.
FLORENCE MARTHA ASHOFF,
Executrix.
LEAP, SHARPLESS & WAY,
Proctors.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
The Xxi Kat Club

Doctor: "Your wife seems a bit run
down."
Subbubs: Eyes. Since we moved out
here every woman in the place has had
a crack at her."-Wayside Tales.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
A Raise.

Two drummers in conversation:
"Jack Rose handed in his resigna-
ton as a bluff to make the firm raise
his salary?"
"Did they raise It,"
"Yes. but another man Is drawing
ir.''-Boston Transcript.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP

c..aroant of the ownership and manage
~ the Five Mile Beach Journal, pub,
m Iished weekly at wildwood, n. ], REQUIRED
hv the ACT of August "a, 1912. Editor anq
owner. Jed Dubois, Wildwood n. D.
(Signed) JED DUBOIS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me TINS
zeth naS u Jonathan Hand.
5saaD Notary Public.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21

,
The Story of
Our States
BY JONATHAN BRACE
XXIII.-MAINE
CD 2 E e. !: {. !: !: !: !: ]: !: : "
N " in the
NIRsM8 an haze Of an
M%XENA tiquity the old
sEEga Sill Icelandic sa-
NMERIAsl1W gas record a
&&xNe| voyage In
~ 1000 by Left.
son of Eric the Red, who sailed
from Greenland to Labrador and
down the coast of Maine. The
next probable voyage to this
coast was by John Cabot in 1897
and later by his son Sebastian.
1t was, however, Capt John
Smith, the, leading spirit of the
settlement at Jamestown, who
sailed as far north as the Penob-
scot and first drew a rough chart
of 1t.
In the grant by James I to
the Plymouth Colony Maine was
included In their territory. OPP
position to the Plymouth Colony
arose among the kings courtiers
and Sir Ferdinand Gorges and
Captain Mason succeeded in OBJ
tanning for themselves rights to
the country between the Merri-
mac and Kennebec rivers. This
they divided, GOrges taking the
northern section. Meanwhile
Gorges had sent over a small coll
ony to the mouth of the Kenne-
bee, but this settlement was soon
abandoned. The first permanent
settlement was made In 1925 at
what Is now York. Massachu-
sets objected to Gorges' claim
and finally annexed all the terri
tory up to Casco Bay and called
this northern section the District
of Maine. Maine was dissatisfied
with the rule of the mother state
and by 1920 succeeded in being
admitted to the Union as the
twenty-third state.
Maine was the first state to
adopt prohibition. In the begin
ming Maine was strongly Demo
cratic. 1t was largely for this
reason that she objected to be-
ing ruled by Massachusetts
which was Federalist. Since
1856, however, Maine has been
decidedly Republican. 1t has six
electoral votes for president.
The name Maine was SO desig-
mated In the charter of 1889 In
which Charles I granted this
land to Gorges. 1t had already
been commonly used by the sail
ors as distinguishing the main
land from the many islands
along the shore. The nickname
for the state is the Pine Tree
State. Its area is 5000 square
miles, which is practically as
large as the combined area of
the other five New England
States.
70 by Mcclure Newspaper syndfcate.)
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
Allies Decree Martial Law
In Upper Silesia Districts

BERLIN. May 5.-Continued dis
orders fomented by Polish malcon-
tents in the Upper Silesian districts
are reported in Berlin. The Inter
allied Commission has issued q mar
tial law decree at Kattowitz, Piess.
Rybnik. and other cities.
II is reported that armed Polish
bands marched into Beuthen ana
Kattowitz. storminE the newspaper
buildings and public Offices. only 20
be driven out again by French
troops. supported by tanks. Three
hundred rifles were seized by the
allied troops. and no casualties
were recorded.
At rarnowitE the insurgents
marched in during the night and
shot up the town. French cavalry
drove them out. killing two and
wounding several more.
The German cabinet today decid-
ed not to send regular troops to
Upper Silesia- The special plebis-
cite troops win be depended on 20
crush the-insurgents.
The members of the cabinet
Thursday night passed a resolution
giving the Dnited States a vote of
thanks for its EFFORTS toward peace.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
England Alarmed BY Polish
Inroads in Upper Silesia

LONDON. May 5.-Polish inrOads
in Upper Silesia are increasing. and
the situation is rapidly becoming
alarming.
The foreign office mas officially
learned that the Polish insurgents
have invaded East oppeln and Gross
Strelitz. Operations OF these forces"
were premeditated; as shown by the
fact that the Poles are well armed
with rifles and machine guns, and
are uniformed.
It was stated today that the most
drastic measures will be taken by
the allies as soon as detailed in
formation can be obtained.
Reports from Berlin characterize
the situation as critical. with the
Poles holding all territory as far
as the Korfanty line. II is esti~
mated that $1,000 armed irregulars
are in this action" -
Kattowitz is short OF foodstuhs'
the Poles requisitioning great guam
titles of supplies. Transport serv-
ice is demoraliZed. Desultory fight
ing is taking place in scattered To-
calities and several bridges have
been blown UP.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
BALL THREATENS
LAW TO COMPEL
TOLLEY MERGER
Says Unless Companies
Act Soon They May
Be Sorry.

If the traction companies of this
city do not work out some basis up
on which they can merge Congress
will pass some act that will make
them extremely sorry that they did
not consolidate" declared Senator
Ball at meeting of the Cathedral
Heights Citizens Association held
last night in St. Alban's parish Hall.
while Congress may not have the
power to make a merger. methods of
taxation can be brought into play
that will almost force it," the Sem
ator said. "A proper merger will
not only increase the efficiency of
the car service but will reduce tine
car fare to six cents and possibly
five"
Senator Ball also referred to the
school building program. Ever;
school in Washington should have a
playground" he said. The physi-
cal development of a child is just as
important as the mental. IL not more
so. for without health study is i'm
possible"
A survey of all the schools in
Washington has been planned by
Senator Ball. He plans to have Sem
ators Phipps and Capper accompany
him on the survey.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
OPEN SHOP FAILS,
ASSERTS COMPERS
Executive Council of Ameri.
can Federation of Labor
Meets at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, May Samuel
Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. asserted
here tonight that the open shop
movement throughout the country
has fallen fiat"
Gompers came here from Wash
ington with Frank Morrison. sec
retary, his wife and a staff of clerks
to attend the last regular session
OF the executive council Of the fed
Grafton before the national conven-
tion in Denver in June. Simul-
taneously the executive council Of
the department of labor of the fed
Grafton met in another hotel.
The matters to be discussed at
the sessions include the following:
Railroad labor matters and ef-
forts of railroad workers to obtain
national boards of wage adjust
ments; retail prices and their relaz
tion to wages; unemployment; the
44-hour week for printers; the open
shop question and organizing the
steel workers.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
Edison Claims
College Minds
A re Atrophied
Wizard Conducts Mental
Tests of Applicants
For Work.

WEST ORANGE. n. J.. May
5.-Personally applying scien-
tifc mental tests to his en-
ployes and applicants for jobs,
Thomas A. Edison. the electri-
cal wizard, has been amazed by
the Ignorance of college grad
yates. .who don't seem to know
anything" ..
THE results of the tests are
surprisingly disappointinE." MIR.
Edison said today. Take this
paper. The man went through
college. but I had to rate him
NYZ, the lowest possible mark.
The connection between his
sense and his mind In atrophied.
.You take n man of - or so
and n he In Intelligent he can
do anything. when I engage n
worker I keep n watch on him.
They usually start low. but II
ability In shown the rise In
rapid.
Edison's system consists OF
submittinE a questionnaire to
each worker. So far he has e1-
amined about 900 of the replies.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
Brands Retail
Meat Dealers
a s Profteers
LiDe Stock Exchange
President Flags Them
At Capitol Hearing.

The National Live Stock Ex-
change declared war yesterday
on the retail meat dealers.
Everett c. Brown, of Chicago,
president of the Exchange, an
penrinE before the House Apri-
cultsre Committee I'm Opposition
to packer Iegislntion, character
iLed the meat retailers as athe
greatest pronteers this country
has ever Known He urged the
committee TO desist from trying
to regulate the packers and TO
concentrate fits efforts on break
ing up the prsnteering by the
retail denIer.
Mr. Brown Furnished the COM
Wy which he made recently Of
retail prices In Chicago. These
prices were .without rhyme or
reason he declared. They often
showed n jump of 100 per cent
from the wholesaler to the con-
sumer.
81 read nothing I'm the leRis-
Iation that I'm any way tries
10 control what every body In
this room knows to be the
greatest pronteers-not only
during the war. btu during the
present time-that this country
has ever known,- said MIR.
Brown.
- There IL no more tustines-
ton for the price asked by
many retailers Of meat than
their would he for an auto
cratic form Of government I'm
America he asserted
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
Slayer of Dentist Begins
Fight for His Property

CHICAGO. May 5.-Mrs. Lillian
Rowland, widow of DIR. Thomas ].
Rowland, who was shot in their
apartments Sunday night, was in
court twice today, once for the dis
missal Of a murder charge lodged
against her and again to start a
fight for the dentists estate. She
was freed on a self-defense plea.
Mrs. Rowland's petition charged
Dr.: I. N. willetts, a friend of DR..
Rowland, and william Rowland, of
Girard. Ohio. her brother-in-law,
came to her and said that to obtain
funds to take her husbands body
to his former home in the East, It
would be necessary to sign some
papers they handed her.
The paper she signed. Mrs. Row
land said, shelater learned was an
application for the appointment of
DR.. Willetts as administrator. She
asked TO have the appointment
vacated and herseN named adminis-
tratrix.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
w. J. BRYAN JOINS
o.. LAW FIRM HERE

william Jennings Bryan, former
Secretary of State and three times
candidate for President. has. become
associate counsel in international
matters of the law firm Of Douglas,
obear & Douglas, here. The firm
has. excessive international connect
ions, to which Mr.. Bryan will de-
vote his professional activities.
1t Is reported that Mr.. Bryan will
retain his residence at Tampa un-
til he has become a qualified cit
izen of Florida, after which it is
said he will become a candidate for
United States Senator to succeed
Senator Park Trammel.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
Combined Forces Suffer
Is Killed, $50 Wounded,
In Battling Rebels.
OFFER OF GERMAN
HELP is DECLINED
COmmander-In-Chief Ap-
peals to Italy for
'Reinforcements.
By GEORGE sKInEs

BERLIN. May 5.-AccordIng 10 the
latest figures seventy-fve league Of
nations troops have been killed ana
$50 wounded during clashes with
Poles in the Upper Snesis upris-
ing. The heaviest fighting occurred
near Ratibor, where the Italian.
were forced TO ask an armistioe IN
order to withdraw into the town
AT night the Italians attempte5 q
sortie across the river, leaving xitb
their artillery. but they were ar
lacked by an overwhelming fore.
ana were forced to retire.
Ihe Poles captured the Italian
artillery and advanced nearer Rsti-
Dor. The Italians. having received
relnforcements, took a stand and
drove the Poles of.
Inc Italian casualties in IN.
Pless. Rygnik and Ratibor districts
totals two officers and thirty-fye
men killed and forty-nine men
wounded
Appeals for Relief.
Gen. Martino. the acting com
mander-in-chief. has urgently an
pealed TO the Italian embassy ~,
relief. Germany offered to send no.
lice. which aid Italy refused 70 ac-
cept
Col. CockerelI. the British chief .,
Beuthen. has demanded reinforce
ments and said il they were no,
forthcoming. he would give up N.
city.
German official circles hear tb.
M hor1anty' the Polish pIebescite
commissioner. after declaring him
sen dictator. has established head
quarters at Eichenau. near Kat
towit, and has sent the inter-.IIIs.d
piebescite commission an ultima
tum demanding martial Iau =. =
caIed, the inter-aIlied troops re-
main neutral, ana that the German
press be suppressed.
The plebescite commission Is -
ported to have issued procIsmatiops
asking former German soldiers 10
enlist in the commissions militia
bringing with them their available
arms. The commissioners saw
1000 men are needed.
siIesia Coal FAId. Men.eed-
The greatest danger faces the en-
tire Silesian coal field. The miners
are striking and for four DAYS the
mines have not been pumped and
II is feared they will be flooded
As all trains have been stopped on
account Of dynamited bridges. the
district will he up against a food
shortage IL the situation Is not
cleared by Saturday.
The Poles this afternoon captured
the towns Of HindenburS. Ereuz-
burg and Lublinitz. They issued
series Of new postage stamps in the
name of the new republic.
II was rumored here tonight that
the British were sending reinforce
ments from Cologne. II has been
confirmed that the plebescite com
mission is enlistinE 5000 Silesians
to fight the Poles.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
"A SIX Socialist
Aid to Rebuild
Berlin Cabinet
Would Form Coalition
Backing Ebert for
I-Year Term.

Special Cable TO The washinrton Her.
and Chicago rribune.)
BERLIN, May 5.-It 10 UNDER
stood In parliamentary circles
that President Ebert. following
the cabinets resignation, has
asked the majority Socialists to
form q cabinet. This they re-
fused TO do.
The Peoples party In nesoti-
ating with the Socialists for nd
herence to . new coalition,
promising to support Ebert for
n seven-year term In the presi-
dental chair.
Gustave stresemann, chairman
and speaker of the Peoples
party. n director of the German
American Industrial League, is
n hiEhIy-favored candidate for
the chaneeIlorship OF the coming
government.
"AlthouEh America has again
refused TO act rs arbiter or
mediator Herr Stresemann said
today. eve hope In the near fu-
ture to have meetinEs In which
the United States will pnrtici-
pate. Not that we expect the
United States TO support Ger
many. hut we have confidence In
the Judgment and objective Of
President Harding.
sAmcrica was the decisive
factor In the world war, but
psychoioEicnlly she was not so
near the war as the French and
the English, who have experi-
eneed the greatest dimculties in
trying TO come to sensible agree
ments. Should the Franch oc-
cupy the Ruhr Basin we would
regret Il Immensely"
Copyright, 1917
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06

Shipping companies which are
signing contracts with seamen on
the basis of the old wage scale
will be dealt with severely, accord
ing to Admiral Benson. chairman
of the Shipping Board.
Reports have been received, Ben
son said. that several companies
operating Shipping Board vessels
have ignored his order for a Is per
cent wage cut and signed, agree
ments at the higher level.
This will not be tolerated" Ben
son said. We are investigating
the reports and if necessary will
take the ships away from the Of
Tending companies"
Negotiating "ProEress.-
Negotiations looking to a settle
ment of the marine strike con-
tinued here yesterday between Sec
retary of Labor Davis and repre-
sentatives of the marine engineers,
who are reported to be the most
insistent in refusing the wage cut.
From an apparently hopeless situ-
alton a. conference held late last
night between Secretary Of Labor
Davis, Admiral Benson, and repre-
sentatives of the marine engineers
brought the shipping strike to a
point where settlement seems not
only possible but probable today.
Denying that the government
would seek to prevent wage cuts
being made throughout the country,
Mr.. Hoover said:
The government is not going to
tell anybody what wages to pay or
tell a man what wages he must
accept"
Opposed to Movement.
Secretary Hoover said he was op-
posed to any movement seeking to
place the Shipping Board under the
Department of Commerce.
Declaring that the Shipping Board
would not alter its attitude and was
successfully operating its boats
despite the strike. Admiral Benson
said more ships had been allocated
to service yesterday than on any
day in the past three months. Fifty
ships have hailed from American
ports this week. in the face of the
strike, Benson said. .
Serious trouble was reported from
Charleston, S. C, where armed strik-
ers. according to Benson, went
aboard a ship, drove away the sea-
men hired to supplant the strikers
and chased. them out Of town.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
POLISH DICTATOR SEXES
SILESIA, DEFYMG ALLIES;
LEAGUE ARMY REPULSED
Peril of France
Viewed as Grave
By Lloyd George

Special Cable 10 The washinftou Heral
and Chicago Tribune.)
LONDON, May s-Prtme Min
lister Lloyd George I'm the house
Of commons today made . state
meut as TO the swork ahIe-
terms agreed on by the supreme
council and I'm concIusion ssidT
There In no use being i'm
patient with France he said.
"England has the sea and Italy
the Alps for protection. but
France is a living memory TO
two invasions Of Germany and
of devastations of her fsirest
provincek-
Lloyd George spoke for more
than two hours TO an enthusias-
tie house, which cheered the
points he made and plainly evf-
denced its delight that nm end
10 bargaining with Germany
was I'm sight.
tcopyright, ls1l.)
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
PARLEYS OF ALLIES
END WITH SENDING
OF CURT DEMANDS
England and Italy Hope
Berlin Will Yield. France
Wants Refusal.
By A. 4. JOHNSON,
ny ~. Il. SonNcoNs
Especial Cable TO Washington Herald and
United EevS.)

Especial Cable 70 Wakhington Herald and
United EevS.)
LONDON. May 5.-The conference
of Allied Premiers. described in
Commons by Lloyd George as the
most momentous meeting since the
Grating of the Versailles Treaty."
has come to an official end with the
despatch TO Berlin Of a final repair
ations demand.
Germany now has a period Of six
days in which to resolve whether to
accept the prescribed formula or re-
ject Il. and invite occupation Of her
vital Industrial centers.
British officials. relaxing after
their arduous labors. will not pre-
dict the outcome They are hoping.
and the hope is shared bysthe Italian
delegates, that Berlin will accept, or
at least find a government willing
to accept France, on the other
hand. urging the framing Of terms
so strong that they would meet IN
mediate rejection. is hoping and
rrayinE that Berlin's answer will be
no
The Important Points.
Close scrutiny of the oficial "opy
Of the reparations demands. as IN
terpreted by an economic expert, re-
veal three important points in the
document:
THE annuities will be variable,
equivalent to 2s per cent of Ger
many's total exports, "or alterna-
lively an equivalent amount reached
by any other index Of German pros
perity." II is pointed out that this
alternative leaves an important
loophole.
2-It is oficially stated that the
total of the first fve snnuities can.
and probably will. be less instead
Of greater than under the Paris
terms.
3-The real rock upon which the
London conference OF February
broke down disappears with the
elimination of the large fixed an
nuities Of the Paris and Boulogne
conferences for the later years Of
payment.
Can Accept New TERMS
It is pointed out that the Germans
themselves accepted the Paris pro-
posals, but that Simons vetoed the
acceptance. and thus burned his
bridges behind him. The new gov
ernment. however, will not be COM
mitted by past actions. and can
legitimately accept the new terms.
The moderating influence of For
eign Minister Sforza. of Italy, lie
manifested in the rejection of
Frances proposed German, debt
commission" which would have had
all-inclusive powers, and the sub
stitution of a subcommittee of the
rsparations commission which is
specifically forbidden to interfere
with the German administration Of
her financial affairs.
The oficial list of Germany's de-
faults on the Versailles treaty cites
the following allied grievances:
First-Germany has paid only "a
per cent of the sums demanded be-
fore May 1.
Second-The allied coal demands
have not been fulnlled Under the
CONTINUED on PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-06
Extra Days Pay. EUery
2 Weeks, Neip Ford Plan

DETROIT, Mich. May 5.--Begin-
ming May 16, employees of the Ford
motor car company will be paid an
average of about one, days pay ex-
ira every two weeks, II was learned
today. The bi-monthly bonus plan
decided en- several days ago will 20
into effect then.
The men will be paid accordiaS 10
the length of service and rate cf
present pay. Last years bonus
amouted tc ss,ooo.0oo and II is un-
derstood the 1921 payments viii be
Asout IL naUAs