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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Mendels Reported
Safe In South
Write North, Saying They
Suffered No Great Loss
From Hurricane.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mendel,
residents of the Shore road. who
recently left for Palm Beach, Flor
ida, where they will pass the Win
ter months, state that they did not
suffer any great loss as result of
the hurricane that swept the Flor
ida coast.
They have received many inquir-
les as to their welfare since their
arrival in the South. Many of their
friends here feared for their safety.
AS the reconstruction work in
the South gets under way, it ap-
pears that local residents who have
property there were fortunate in
escaping without and very great
damage being done to person ar
property.
Letters have been received from
practically all the local folks who
resided in the storm zone. and all
are safe.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
JUNIOR MECHANICS,
TAKE NOTICE

The men who do not attend the
meeting next Wednesday night,
Sept 29th. of Excelsior Council, No.
23l, will surely miss something. as
there is something Of importance
that interests every member and
We are trying to get every member
out at this particular meeting.
We hope every member that sees
this notice will tell every member
lie meets on the street and ask him
especially to come out that night.
Entertainments of rare and M
usual character will be afforded and
a royal good time is promised TO
every one who comes out. Nothing
of this sort of amusement has ever
been attempted before. and the new
Entertainment Committee is spar
ing no pains TO make. this royal
treat to every member
BOYS COME OUT" Adyt.*
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Hungry, Boy Robs,
Is Given Freedom
Owner of Store Entered Re-
fuses to Press Charges.
Money Returned.

A youth who robbed bees.
was hungry and without funds was
released last night following his
capture BY Chief of Police Bellyille
Naylor He had taken $206 from
the Shur Drug Company, located at
the corner of Main street and the
Turnpike, which sum he returned
to gain his freedom. His name
was withheld by local police
The drug store was broken into
early Monday morning. Chief Nay
Tor and Officer George Baldwin
had succeeded in capturing the
youth before noon. He told police
that he stole because he was hun
cry.
The owner of the store refused
to push the charges when the mon
cy was returned, and the young
man was released.
Chief Naylor said he was certain
the boy had nothing to do with a
series OF other robbefies which
have been occurring here the past
few months. He failed to answer
any description of the men who
have been seen in their attempts 10
enter places on the Mainland.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Clark Helps SYRACUSE.

Willis Clark helped Syracuse
University win its first game of the
1926 football season over Hobart,
at the Archbold Stadium, Syracuse,
Saturday afternoon, when he re-
turned punt to the 35 yard line
the first quarter, and from that
point was one of the backs to push
the ball nearer the goal line, whore
it was taken over by Gotch Carr.
The Orange won, $50.
Bordie Painter local boy who is
also member of the squad, was
not put in the game Saturday
Painter is fighting for place in
the Orange backfeld.
Clark was taken out early in the
second half when Coach Pete Reg
nolds put in a second team in the
place of his big varsity eleven
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Yarn Told By Point Cripple
A Hoax, Detectives Learn
Wo0bert Reveals Real Cause of Home Burning-Cgarette
Set Place Fire, He tells Prosecutors
Men During Griing.

A tale of hooded men, suspi-
cious fire and mysterious beating
with intent to kill, was found to be
nothing but story manufactured
for the occasion when County De
tective Frank May. of the Prosecu-
tors staff, obtained a confession
which revealed the real cause of
the burning of a house owned by
Harry Woolbert, a crippled reeluse
of Somers Point, recently.
Woolbert was found ON the mead
ows at Patcong creek. on the out
skirts of Somers Point, where he
lived, four days after his home
there had been burned. He told
Point police that masked men had
robbed his house, set it afre and
attempted to thrust him into the
burning building, according to the
police.
He then said that the men tossed
him into a machine and took him
to the meadows, where he had re-
manned four days. He was found
by Point fishermen. When found
he was badly burned about the face
and body, and covered with mos
quito and insect bites.
Yesterday Detective May learned
from the crippled man that the
story was made up after he had
left his burning home panic-strick-
en- when the blaze started. He
said, according to the detective,
that the fire was caused by a flame
used 10 light a cigarette.
Mayor George Coll, Point police,
members of the Prosecutors staff,
and resort police were suspicious
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
POULTRYMEN COMING.
State Association Will Visit Ocean
and Atlantic Counties.

Ocean and Atlantic counties will
receive a visit from the State poul-
try association, in the middle Of
October. The association will tour
the vicinity Of Toms River, Oct0 her
II and Is. The Vineland area will
be visited on Wednesday and stop
at the Egg Laying Contest will be
made In all there are seventeen
poultry farms included in the tom
each Of which has some useful fea-
ture TO offer.
On Wednesday evening. the tom
will proceed 10 Atlantic City. where
programme has been arranged for
the Thursday and Friday sessions
Of the convention. This programme
includes talks by speakers of inter.
national repute. The annual ban.
quet of the association will be held
Thursday evening.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
LEVEL NORTH TRACT
Building Razed-Shade Trees Re
moved by Workmen.


Workmen are gradually clearing
the old North site, ON Main street,
near the Shore Fast Line tracks.
The tract will be leveled and di-
vided into lots upon which stores
will be erected.
The house has been RACED and
the large trees which made the old
residence so attractive, are being
cut. The ground where the house
stood is higher than adjoining
tracts, and it will be levcled in the
near future. as plans for building
are further developed.
With the house and huge shade
trees gone, that section of Main
street seems unfamiliar to the old
resident who has grown accustom-
ed to having his view blocked by
the building and shrubbery With
the new stores completed. thar
side of the street between the two
tracks will be a solid line of bus
mess houses.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
BENNETT A SPEAKER.
Gives Talk to High School on A. G.
Football Squad.

Spencer M. Bennett, for num-
her of years an official in the
sports played by teams represent
ing the high school, gave talk 10
members of The Maroon football
team. and members of the Pleasant
Vile A. c. squad last night in the
high school building.
New rules that have been adopt
ed this year for first time were
explained to the boys. Mr.. Bennett
also answered number of ques-
lions put by various members Of
The two squads. A large number
attended the meeting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Few Contribute
To Florida Fund
Red Cross Officials Report
Residents of Mainland
Respond Slowly.
Declare Need Is Urgent

Despite The appeal made Tor
funds to be used for relief and re-
habilitation work in Florida, suffer
ing after the terrific hurricane
which struck its east coast and the
Miami section recently, but three
contributions have been reeeiY Il
by the PleasantYille Branch Of the
American Red Cross al its office.
81 E. Washington avenue, it was
reported late yesterday.
The appeal was made to the Am
erican people after Henry NJ. Bah-
er, national director Of disaster -
lief for the American Red Cross, ar
rived in Florida to take charge Of
relief work in the stricken section
a few days ago. II was signed by
an executive committee headed BY
Frank b. Shuts, publisher Of the
Miami Herald
The local chapter of the Red
Cross has appealed to both local
and Mainland residents fer frpGs,
which will be sent to National
Headquarters Of the American Red
Cross, and from there to Florida.
Mrs. L. G. Shreve heads the local
chapter, and made the request ior
the funds.
Sterling Council, at a meeting
last week, contributed $25 10 the
cause Mrs, Mae Irelan Donaldson
and Miss Mary L. Kelley We're he
others who have contributed up 10
date.
Red Cross officials here hope for
more donations this week.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Democrats Meet
To Plan Campaign
Will Hold Sessions Each Fri
day Evening in Red
Mems Hall.
Have Ticket In Field

Plans to conduct vigorous Carl
paign with an ultimate object the
election of the entire Democratic
ticket will be made Friday night,
when the Democratic Organization
Of this city meets in Red Mems
Hall, newly renovated, OH Wash
ington avenue A recent session
was well attended, with local can
didateS, and prominent Democrats
here, attending and making speech
es.
All Democrats, both men and wo-
men, have been invited to attend
the meeting Friday Plans have
been completed to have meetings
Friday night Of each week, he SEES
sions to be open to all Of that
branch of political faith in the city.
Matters of great Importance will be
With the heat Of the recent pfi-
mary. when the Republicans had a
battle royal in naming their ticket,
little attention was paid to the
Democrats. However, complete
ticket, headed by Ted Merrick, rlln-
ming for Mayor against Charles +.
Jackson. present executive, viii
fight the Republican ticket here in
Meanwhile, a numb Der of meetings
to work up enthusiasm for The elec
ton will be held.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Hiqh Drills for Clayton.

Scrimmage will feature dis
weeks practice for the high school
football team, which opens its 1926
schedule with Clayton high school
at the Floral avenue ball park, Sat
urday afternoon. Coach Shaffer
will work in an effort to select his
best possible starting lineup for the
game.
A record crowd is expected to
turn out for the first contest. Clay
ton is said to have powerful elev-
en-, and will give high school plenty
Of opposition during the forty min
ute fracas.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Stroetman Dies
After Long Fight
Battles Death for Six Months
in Resort Hospital
Following Fall.
Funeral Services Today

After fighting Death that threat
ened following Il fall from a pole
last April, Harry lie Stroetman, q,
Is w. Park avenue, died in the At
lantic City hospital, Friday night.
Following the fall, young Stroetman
suffered from broken spine, which
was the immediate cause Of his
death.
The young man was working FOR
the electric light company here as
Il lineman. Repairing line on II
pole last April is, he fell, sustain
ing injuries which later proved Ia
tai.
lie was at once taken TO the At
iantic city hospital by fellow WORK
men. where he underwent an ope-
ration. For five months he remain
ed, practically in one position, in
the hospital.
A brother, William Stroetman,
line foreman for the company, was
working on the same line the day
Of The accident,
Funeral services win be held this
afternoon at O'Clock at the Adams
K Cunningham funeral home, $50
s. Main street. Interment will be
made at Egg Harbor City. Rela-
tives and friends have been invited
TO attend the services.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Boy Scouts To
Meet Here Tonight
Dinner and Interesting Pro-
gram in Guild Hall at st.
Marks Church.
Pleasantville A Winner

The Scout Leaders of District
., Atlantic Council Boy Scouts of
America, of which this community
is part, will hold their first an
nual leaders, meeting in the Guild
Hall of st. Marks Church tonight.
The meeting will open with a din
ner at $50 p NJ. A very interest
ing program has been arranged.
The address of welcome will be
by Randolph A. Fogg. chairman of
the District.
There will be presentation of
certificate to Troop / of Pleasant
vile for winning district champ
ionship rally held last June. made
by Emile Shappell. Deputy Com
missioner.
Scout Leaders Training School.
bp George J. Myers.
An address by Rev. Walter
Bruggeman, pastor of Community
Church, Nentnor.
The purpose of the meeting is
to stimulate more interest in scout
ing in this district The members
of the District Council, Court of
Honor, Scoutmasters and Assist
ant Scoutmasters are invited to
attend.
A training school for scout lead
ers is to be inaugurated Tuesday
evening, October 5, in the Guild
hall of st. Marks Church, Pleas
antville.
The regular session of the Court
Of Honor for this district will be
held Thursday evening, September
80 in the First Presbyterian
Church, 9TH and Wesley avenues,
Ocean City, at s O'Clock. Here the
boys will be gwen an opportunity
to advance to higher degrees in
scout work. The members of the
Court of Honor are: Walter J.
Roberts, Absecon. chairman; Fl. S.
Mowrer, Ocean City: Rev Walter
C. Bishop, Linwood;. Robert Belle
vile, Pleasantville; Rev. Norman
V. Sargent, Ocean City; Paul M.
Spieekef, Ocean City,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
cIsERsoN is CANDIDATE.

Due to an error in the County
Clerks Office the rIame of Ira
Giberson, nominated by the Dem
ocrats to run for Council in the
First Ward. Absecon, was left out
of the list of nominees for the
November election printed in this
paper Friday. MI. Giberson is
eligible for election in that ward.
He is opposed by Crawford NJ.
Townsend, who was nominated by
the Republicans.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Aceys Lose To Olympics At
Floral Aue. Park, Score13-O
Lack of Weight and Experience Costs Local Club the Game
High School Now Drilling for Game
With Clayton High.

The squad has been ecut down to
fifteen players.
The team consists of the follow
ing: Stier Mullin, Daily, Parker,
Austin, Hiker, Somers, Hess, Hnd-
son, Sykes, Watson, otter, Tuner,
Bradley, Green.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Bears Want Games.

The Pleasantville Bears want
games with any junior eleven aver
aging 1876 pounds. The Bears have
moulded together a first class eleg-
en-. and expect to have one of the
strongest teams on the mainland.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28

of the story told by Woolbert. They
made thorough investigation of
the case, which ended yesterday,
as they srilled the man at the At
lantic City Hospital before his dis
charge from that institution. Dur
Ing the grilling the man confessed.
He was later discharged from the
hospital and went to the home of
an uncle in Atlantic City. Police
say they will not press charges
against the cripple.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
New Cab Signals
and Train Control
Will Be Installed by the Penn
Sylvania Between Cam
den and the Shore.
Will Apply Air Brakes
Train Will Be Stopped Auto
matically if 1t Passed Adj
verse Signal-Duplicated
in Cab.


The main line of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad from Camden to At
lantic City will share in the all
roads s8,000,000 program for the
extension of cab signals and train
control. The expenditures already
being made represent the greatest
investment and most extensive i'll
stallation in signal protection ever
undertaken on the Pennsylvania
Railroad or any other railroad at
one time.
A new device has been designed
which consists of electrically oper-
ated mechanism by which the indi-
cation given by the "wayside" sig
nals-that is the signals displayed
on masts at the side of the lac.,
or on overhead signal bridges-is
duplicated in miniature within the
engine cab, keeping the indications
continuously before the engineman
and fireman.
In addition to the engineman and
fireman having continuously before
Them signals in the cab, each Tess
favorable" indication by these sig
nails is Immediately called to their
attention by an audible warning
whistle which is connected with the
signals. There are two sets of sig.
nails in the cabs, one on the enain-
GERS side and the other on the fire
mans side. Thus, each will receive
an Identical separate warming
. A train control system involving
these cab signals, is known as
stop and forestaller" device. II is
so arranged that as train passes
a signal showing any indication ex-
cept clear" the air brakes will he
automatically applied unless the en-
e.Gipeesa lsno wlAd sgas thes-siegiassl.
as repeated in the cab by working
the "forestaller" controlled by
small lever in the cab This action
''forestalls" the automatic operation
of the air brakes, but of course
will not be taken unless the engin-
eer has observed the signal and is
therefore informed as 10 the track
conditions ahead, permitting him
to bring his train under control.
The electrical system adopted in
the installation between Harrisburg
and Baltimore is limited to three
indications in the cab. These are
clear" approach" and "slow."
The new plan which has been work
ed out, and which is known techni-
cally as the 'coder system per
mits four indications, namely,
clear" approach "approachre-
stricting" and stop" The "ap-
proach-restricting' signal is used 10
show conditions three blocks ahead
for which way. side signals are pro-
vided on various portions OF the
railroad. Four signals permit a
more complete and satisfactory rep
etition in the cab of the "wayside'
signals than is possible with only
three Indications.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
SHOE REPAIRING.

For sometime we have held the
Award of Merit made for skilled
service in repairing shoes. Experts
Of the United Shoe Repairing Ma
chinery Co. made repeated tests IN
our shop and were we'll satisfied
that we were entitled to have and
display the official sign of expert
shoe repairmen. This sign. the
signal of the Award of Merit, re-
mains with us just as long as we
do orr work in the best possible
manner Our shoe repairing must
meet the high standard required.
1t is on this basis that We soiicit
your shoe repairing.
Pleasantville Electric Shoe Re-
nair Co.. As North Main St, z. n.
Fazio, proprietor. AdS''
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
Man Murdered
After Card Game
Argument Started Over Deal
ing of Pack-Ended in
Fatal Shooting.
Police Get Confession
Negro Declared Lack of AM
munitiOn Was All That Pre-
vented More Than One Be.
ing Killed.

Swift Jersey Justice will punish
James Macdonald, so, colored, OF
Col Mckinley avenue, who has con-
fessed to the murder of John Adj
miral. about 35, also colored, Of
fremont avenue, following a card
game which ended early yesterday
morning in a tragic fashion with
Admiral the victim of shot gun
load.
Macdonald, local police tate,
will face Prosecutor Louis Repetto
tomorrow at Mays Landing, where
he will be indicted by the next term
of the Grand Jury. He will know
his fate i'll a very brief time, ac-
cording to officers.
Macdonald was arrested Sunday
morning by Chief of Police Belle
Vile NaylOr in a boarding house,
Wesley and Somerset avenues. He
was, unknown to that family, in
bed room, the covers up over his
head
He declared that lack of ammuni-
ton was all that saved other men
who We're playing in the game
from a similar fate as that he gave
Admiral.
According to the story pieced To-
gether by police, Admiral. MacDon-
aid, with Clarence Smith, Jack Hill
and Samuel Walker, all colored.
We're playing cards for small stakes.
During the game Walker called Adj
miral for the way he dealt cards,
and Macdonald sided with Walker,
his partner in the game. Then.
Macdonald, in a confession made
to Chief Frank Harold, of the
prosecutors staff, claims that Adj
miral struck him in the face, drew
Il knife, and threatened him. Walk.
er and Smith pulled Admiral off,
and Macdonald left the house, lie
said.
Il went to Happy Berry's and
borrowed gun Macdonald said.
I u
dog that had bitten me. waited
by the corner until they came out.
of the house. and when Admiral
started for me, told him to stop
or | would shoot. He kept coming,
so fred"
The shooting occurred directly
underneath the bedroom window Of
Mrs. Admiral. 1t was not until her
husband lay screaming in the street
that she was awakened
Macdonald made his escape, and
hid the shotgun in the woods hear
the Shore Fast Line tracks. He
then went to his boarding house,
where he was found by Chief of
Police Naylor. In the confession
he stated that he borrowed the gun
for the purpose of shooting Admiral
but said that he merely wanted 10
injure him, and not to kill him.
Admiral was taken to the Allan
tic City hospital after Officers
Charles Lippincott and Jack Nc
Chez had responded to an alarm
turned in to the local headquarters.
They found Admiral writhing in
pain in the street at fremont and
Mckinley avenues. He was taken
TO the resort in the police ambu
lance. Before police, he gasped
the name of his assailant He died
in the hospital
Chief of Police Naylor caused
the arrest of the material Witness
es, including Smith, Hill and Walk
er. The latter had left before the
other two descended from the
house where the card game was
played. From them he learned
where Macdonald was boarding,
and went there at once, where he
located the man in his bed. Later
they We're held under $1,000 bail
each.
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
MACHINE TURNS OVER.
Skids on Wet Paving - Crashes
Into Cemetery Fence.

A machine driven and owned by
Stephen Kingston, of Richlan1,
5kidded and turned over at the
crossing Of the New road and
Washington avenue al an early
hour this morning. As it turned
over it crashed into the fence at
that point
No one was injured. ii was re
ported 70 Officer George W. Said
win. No arrests We're made.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-28
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE OF
TAX SALE

The final date for payment Of
taxes has been postponed until Oct.
7, 1926, at IL o'clock noon. All
taxes left unpaid at that time will
be listed and published in The
Pleasantyille Press on Friday, Oct.
g. WEBSTER PRICE,
Adv.s Collector of Taxes.