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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22. 1925 THREE CENTS FEB COPY Vol 18
No. 47
Cole and CrandaQ
in Militant Roles
The Part Shore Men Played in
Wilson9* Nomination Vividly
Re-Told by William Allen
White *
The militant part played by At
lantic County Democrats, par
ticularly former Judge Clarence
L. Cole and John J. Crandall, aged
lawyer, in the nomination of
Woodrow Wilson for Governor in
1910, is entertainingly described
by William Allen White in his
Biography of Woodrow Wilson,
now running serially in The
Ventnor News and other news
papers throughout the country?
In his description of the con
vention that placed in nomination
the man who was to play so vital
a role in the history of the nation,
Mr. White tells vividly of John J.
Crandall’s violent opposition to
Wilson, and of how the pic
turesque old lawyer broke his cane
over the head of a delegate who
attempted to silence him. It is re
called in this portion of the
biography that Mr. Cole was an
ardent supporter of. Mr. Wilson,
as was also J. Thompson Baker of
Wildwood, who was carried
through with the Wilson landslide
/ later to Congress as Representa
tive from the Second New Jersey
District. >
“The reformers in the Demo
cratic Party in New Jersey in
the summer of 1910 were against
Woodrow Wilson,” writes Mr.
White. “They had the same opin
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' Richard McAllister, Jr.,
,and Miss Tilyoo to Wed
Brilliant Ceremony, with Biihop
Officiating, Is Scheduled in
Brooklyn on May 20
One of the outstanding wed
dings of the season, possessing ele
* ments, of unusual interest in the
* social circles of New York and At
lantic City, is that scheduled for
May 20 at St. Francis Xavier
Church in Brooklyn, when Miss
Eileen Tilyou of that city will be
come the hride of Richard Mc
Allister, Jr., of this city. Rt. Rev.
Bishop Thomas Molloy of the
Brooklyn Diocese will officiate,
and among the wedding guests
will be scores of residents of At
lantic City and Ventnor.
Miss Tilyou is the daughter of
the late George C. Tilyou, owner
v—■ of Steeplechase Park at Coney
Island and the Steeplechase Pier
at Pennsylvania avenue and the
* Boardwalk. She resides with her
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Tilyou, at
37 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn.
Mr. McAllister is the son of the
president of the Richard McAl
lister Coal Company and is in
charge of the business of that
firm in Philadelphia and Camden.
Immediately following the cere
mony the couple will leave for an
extended tour of Europe.
Miss Tilyou has but recently re
turned from a lengthy visit
abroad. She is a poted eques
trienne and golf player. Her sis
ter, Miss Marie Tilyou, will be
maid of honor at the wedding, and
the bridesmaids will be Miss Jos
ephine McAllister, sister of the
groom; Miss Emma Heckler, Miss
Mae McCarthy and Mrs. George
B. Tilyou, Jr., all of Brooklyn.
Mrs. Tilyou, Sr., has been at the
shore for some time and is a guest
at the Hotel Traymore.
| Democrats Are Alarmed Over Reports
: of Nugent Deal With Edge Lieutenant
Fear That Former State Boss, Who Aspires to be Mayor of Newark,
Will Knife A. Harry Moore in Return for Support of
Republicans in Newark Battle on May 12
U. S. SENATOR WALTER E. EDGE
Honors Are Showered
On Almerin Marston
Glowing Tribute Paid Former
Mayor at Testimonial Dinner
Given by Ex-Service Men
As fine a tribute as was ever
paid a citizen this side of the
grave was that accorded to Al
merin Marston at the Hotel
Chelsea last Wednesday evening,
when he was gue^t of honor at
a dinner given by ex-service men
affiliated with the James Harvey
(Post, American Legion, of Vent
nor.^ It was because of his
achievements in behalf of the ex
service men while mayor of
Ventnor that Mr. Marston had
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Beach Comfort Station
Project Is Abandoned
Will be Installed Instead at Ca
sino, if New Plans of Council
Prevail
Because of the strenuous op
position displayed by a large ele
ment among Ventnor taxpayers
to the construction of comfort sta
tions on the two bathing beaches,
it is considered very probable that
this enterprise will be abandoned,
and the comfort stations included
instead in the plans for enlarging
and improving the Ventnor
Casino.
Two sets of plans for the pro
posed improvement of the Casino
will be considered at the confer
ence session scheduled for the first
Monday in May. These plans
have been drawn by V. B. Smith
and Seward-Dobbins. Mr. Dob
bins was the architect engaged in
the erection of the pier. It is be
lieved by members of Council that
approximately 50 per cent of the
residents of Ventnor is opposed
to the project for erecting com
fort stations at the bathing
beaches, and so strong is the op
position expressed that it has
been deemed advisable to abandon
the project.
North Jersey political wise
acres, including dubious Republi
cans and gleeful Democrats, were
all agog only recently over re
ports tbat U. S. Senator Walter
E. Edge, of Ventnor, had raised
up former Attorney General
Thomas F. McCran as the po
tential Republican nominee for
Goverhor for no other reason
than to knock him down when
election day rolled around in
November.
' But now it is the Republicans
who are gleeful and the Demo
crats dubious. James R. Nugent,
former Democratic boss and arch
foe of Woodrow Wilson, aspires
to recapture his leadership and
as the first step in this direction
he has announced his candidacy
for City Commissioner of New
ark. In his ambition to re-enter
the political arena he is receiv
ing,-it is reported on very good
authority, the support of Jesse
Salmon, Essex County Republi
can chairman and one of Sena
I tor Edge’s chief lieutenants in
North .Tprspv.
Nugent is slated for mayor of
Newark, say the reports, if he
succeeds in winning out at the
election scheduled for May 12.
Should Salmon and his Republi
can followers land Nugent in this
fight, the theory is that he would
throw his strength to the Repub
lican cause in November, and in
that event the chances of
A. Harry Moore, who is thus far
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Joint Sewage Disposal
Plant to Cost $150,000
Ventnor and Margate Rulers
Reach Decision on System to
be Used by Both. Cities
At a joint session of the Mar
gate City Commissioners and
Ventnor Council Monday evening
an agreement was reached where
by a sewage disposal plant, to cost
approximately $150,000, will be
constructed by the two munici
palities. City Engineer Right
mire and Special Engineer War
ner I. Risley were present at the
conference, and plans prepared by
Mr. Risley were tentatively
adopted.
The sewage disposal plant will
be equipped with the most modern
of appliances and is designed to
answer the purpose for which it is
intended for many years to come.
The plans are so drawn that the
two cities may, any time it is con
sidered advisable, erect also an
incineration plant similar to that
now in use by Atlantic City.
Mr. Risley planned the present
sewage disposal system in Vent
nor which has won the approval
of the State health authorities
after an exhaustive investigation.
Ventnor and Margate taxpayers
will pay their proportionate share
of the $150,000 estimated as the
amount required to erect the plant
and place it in working order. The
project will be financed by Com
mission bonds.
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-Marine 7900-Adv.
LITTLE BOCK INN—Catering—After
the Theatre Suppers—Nep. 1250—
15218 Atlantic Avenue"— —. Adv.
Tax Bills Are Mailed to
Yeotoor Realty Owners
Approximately 90 per cent, of
the tax bills had been sent out
up to last night by Tax Collector
James G. Scull, of Ventnor, and
the remainder will be mailed
from his office before the office
closes today. Payments have
already begun, more than $2,000
having been received from tax
payers, and this will preclude the
possibility of being compelled to
borrow money for the next two
months, thereby saving for the
city at least $1,500, the amount
paid out in interest last year be
cause of the delay in issuing the
tax bills. The work this year is
fully two months ahead of last
year, and two weeks farther ad
vanced than ever before in the
history of the city. Tax Collec
tor Scull requests that taxpayers
who have not as yet received
their bills, _ communicate with
him, as their failure to receive
them indicates that there is some
doubt as to the accuracy of the
addresses accredited to them in
the tax collector's office.
Opposition Shown to
Clymer and Haines
Fight Against Second Ward Can
didate Abandoned, But Rumors
Persist in First Ward
Wilmer K. Clymer might be
opposed at the primaries for
nomination as Councilman in the
First Ward, if credence is to be
placed on reports circulated in
certain political sections of Vent
nor. There is a great deal of
secrecy surrounding both the
rumored battle to be staged
against Mr. Clymer and the
identity of those who are said to
be behind it. W. Shaeffer
Smith’s name has been mentioned
as a possible opponent of Mr.
Clymer.
It develops, also, that Taylor
Haines was not without opposi
tion when his name was proposed
as councilmanic candidate from
the Second Ward. N. Freeman
Parker was said to have been bit
terly opposed to him because of
the fight waged against the free
holder by Mr. Haines when last
Parker entered the political lists.
But the Second Ward Republican
Organization proved to be almost
a unit in favor of Mr. Haines and
Mr. Parker, in the face of that
situation, is said to have seen the
error of his ways. Late reports
are to the effect that he will line
up with other members of the
Second Ward Republican Organi
zation behind Mr. Haines.
Ventnor News Program
Heard at Points Afar
James Brothers’ Prizes Awarded
Residents of Newfoundland, o
Quebec, Michigan and Florida
Of the scores of letters and
telegrams received from the
countless thousands of radio fans
listening in on the Ventnor News
Night program broadcast March
24 from Station WPG, those re
ceived from the most distant
points indicate that the program
was heard as far west as Michi
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Deliveries at any time desired daily
and this insures Ventnor householders
the best service for all kinds of sea
foods, if orders are given to the
CHELSEA FISH MARKET. 2707 At
lantic Avenue. Phones. Bell—Marine
2180 and 2181.—Adv.
DR. REEDS CUSHION SOLE SHOES
Schellenberg’s, 1208 Atlantic Ave.-AOr
All Hostility to Hickman’s Candidacy
Disappears After Leaders’ Conference
Former Opponents Won Orer When Assured That Disturbing
Element in Ventnor Politics Is Not, As Claimed,
Sponsor for Candidate
As the result of recent con
ferences attended by prominent
citizens of Ventnor, all differ
ences of opinion regarding the
candidacy of Major Frederick
Hickman for Councilman - at
Large to succeed Joseph R. Bart
lett have been ironed out, and
there is every indication that Mr.
Hickman will be unopposed at
the primaries listed for June 16,
In making this announcement
yesterday a spokesman for the
conferees stressed the point that
there never had existed any op
position personally to Major
Hickman, and warmly praised
major xiicKman s many excellent
qualifications for public ofiice.
From this same source was issued
the statement that Ventnorites
generally regretted the pitting of
Major Hickman against David H.
Moore as councilmanic candidate
in the Pfirst Ward last year. It
is now conceded that a mistake
was made in creating a situation
by which either of those candi
dates must have suffered a de
feat when both were so well
qualified in every way for the
ofiice to which they aspired.
There was opposition, however,
to a certain clique which at
tempted to grab the credit for
bringing Major Hickman out as
a candidate this year for Coun
cilman-at-Large, but once it was
ascertained through a series of
conferences that this clique and
its noisy leader had in reality
played second fiddle in all the
preliminaries, any hostility that
might have been felt towards
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Mayor Adams Extends
Parking Restrictions
Area Along Ventnor Avenue Now
Includes Space Between Frank
fort and Little Rock Avenues
Parking restrictions hereto
fore enforced only in the Vent
nor avenue business section be
tween Frankfort and Little Rock
avenues have been extended by
executive order of Mayor Adams
to the area along Ventnor avenue
between Portland and New
Haven avenues.
“It has been found expedient
to limit parking of automobiles
in the lower section,” Mayor
Adams stated yesterday, “and
orders have been issued to the
police department to install the
necessary signs and enforce the
fifteen-minute parking rule.”
Asked if any of the avenues
in the Second Ward had been
designated as one-way streets,
Mayor Adams stated that thus
far it had not been found neces
sary to take such action.
As the result of increased
traffic following congestion at the
entrance to the Pleasantville
boulevard at Albany avenue, the
number of automobiles passing
through Ventnor enroute to the
Somers Point trans-meadow road
presents a problem which the
authorities hope to meet with
proper regulation in order to pre
clude possible delays within the
limits of Ventnor City.
YELLOW CAB Company. Mar. 6000.
Quick, Safe Service—Adv.
VENTNOIt TRUST COMPANY J
4% on Time Deposits
Safe Deposit Boxes
-Adv.
MAJOR FREDERICK HICKMAN
Marble Championship
Scheduled for Shore
More Than a Half Hundred Boys
From All Parts- of Country
Will Compete on Strand
in June
More than fifty-five marble
champions from all parts of the
United States will invade the re
sort the first week in June to
decide the country’s best comie
expert on the strand. At the
present time, elimination tour
neys are being conducted prior
to the national contests at the
shore.
The national tournament will -
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Margate Is Coping With
Increased Auto Traffic
Authorities Solve Problem
Caused by Diversion of Motors
to Somers Point Boulevard
Diversion of automobile traffic
to the Somers Point boulevard on
Easter Sunday consequent to the
congestion at the Albany avenue
entrance to the Pleasantville
boulevard gave the Margate police
considerable trouble until a plan
was evolved by Chief of Police
Miller which eventually afforded
relief.
As a result of the experience in
directing traffic in such a manner
as to overcome possible danger at
two sharp turns, Mayor Risley
and Chief Miller, after a survey
and conference, decided upon a
method which, it is hoped, will
prove safe and yet expeditious.
The plan is to direct all out
going traffic down the new Vent
nor avenue driveway to the Long
port bridge, and with the co-opera
tion of the Longport authorities
cause all inbound travel to make
use of Pacific avenue to Washing
ton avenue where the traffic will
be diverted to Atlantic avenue.
While the regulation will not
be in drastic form necessitating
undue inconvenience to those who
might have occasion to use a route
other than that outlined for gen
eral travel, the driving public will
be asked to co-operate wherever
possible in order that all might
profit by the accepted plan.