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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 1925 Three Cents per Copy
Vol. 19 No. 23
.. Moore Wins In Closest Gubernatorial
Race In History; Leeds Is Defeated
Whitney Carries 19 Out of 21 Counties But Is Beaten By Large '
Majority. Richards Wins From Samuel P. Leeds After Close
Fight in County for Senate Office. County Library
Project Carries With Big Majority
- ■ One of the most heated Gu
bernatorial campaigns ever stag
ed in New Jersey ended early
this morning when final count of
- the .'ballots throughout the state
• .showed that Arthur Whitney,
Republican candidate for Gover
nor, although winning the ma
•iV jority in 19s counties, had been
:■ defeated for the office by A.
, ” Harry Moore, Democratic nomi
ASSEMBLYMAN JOSEPH ALTMAN
who, with Assemblyman Anthony Sira
cusa, was re-elected in yesterday's
election
;jr'/ nee. Whitney failed in Hudson
and Essex counties. The latter
: j'- of these evened up the margin
held by Whitney and the votes
of Hudson county sent Moore
;<■' into the office at Trenton by a
' majority of close to 30,000.
The counties which Whitney
carried follows: Atlantic by
?»*•" 4000, Bergen by. 15,000; Bur*
. lington, 5000; Camden, 10,000;
Cape May, 2000; Cumberland,
I 4000; Gloucester, 6000; Hunter
don, 500; Mercer, 500; .Middle
..•# ’ sex, 500; Monmouth, 3000; Mor
.&7. ris, 5500; Ocean, 2500; Passaic,
2500; Salem, 3000; Somerset,
3000; Sussex, 500; Union, 5500;
Warren, 500; totaling about 72,
-4 000.
Moore is given Essex by 1000
and Hudson by 100,000 which
gives him a majority of about
29,000.
* Early this morning Republican
State Chairman Stokes was
3| claiming the election of Senator
f. % Whitney by 20,000 asserting
that Hudson county had given a
majority for Moore considerably
less than had been anticipated by
v the Democrats. Around 3 A. M.
however, Senator Whitney con
ceded the election to Moore.
Whitney showed surprising
strength in view of the antici
pated majority which political
observers had been predicting
for Moore. Estimates of a
Democratic victory ranging from
100,000 to 160,000 were freely
made by observers.
Although the Republicans lost
Deliveries »t any time desired daily
and this insures Ventnor householder!
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the governorship they will con
trol the next legislature in both
branches and on joint ballots and
will re-elect Newton A. K. Bug
bee as State Comptroller for 3 ,
years. The Republicans elected j
six state senators and the Demo-!
crats 1. Therefore, the Seriate
will stand Republicans, 18;
Democrats, 3. The House of j
Assembly will probably line up
49 Republicans; 11 Democrats.;
This means that the Republicans
will organize both branches^ of
the law making body at the com-,
mg session.
Although Mr. Whitney ran
better than anticipated, consid
ering of the normally Republican j
counties, the failure of Essex,'
which has been a G. O. P. strong
hold in many past campaigns, to
give him a majority of larger
proportion served to drag him
down to defeat. Republican
leaders in the Whitney camp had
been predicting 30,000 majority
for their man in Essex. Had this
been realized he might have
emerged a victor. Other nor
mally Republican counties like
Atlantic, Mercer and Passaic
failed the G. O.. P. nominee and
these slumps served to keep
down his total in the state.
^ Leeds Defeated
In Atlantic County the fight
of Samuel P. Leeds against Em
erson L. Richards for the State
Senate berth showed that the
local hotel man has-a great many
friends throughout the county.
(Continued on Page 28)
Legion To Honor
Two Dead Buddies
James Harvey Post No. 144 to
Attend Services at Ventnor
Community Church Sunday
to Pay Homage to Heroes.
To Observe Armistice
Day With Exercises
As a prelude to the annual ob
servance of Armistice Day mem
bers of James Harvey Post, No.
144, American Legion, headed by
Commander Samuel J. Shuttle
worth will attend divine services
at the Ventnor City Community
Church next Sunday morning.
The services will take on the
nature of a memorial to two
Ventnor boys who served the
colors and have answered the last
roll call.
Tribute will be paid to the
memory of James Harvey, who
died while in service, and for
whom thev local post was named,
and also Bertron Bew, whose
death two years ago was attrib
uted to wounds sustained in
action.
Rev. Walter Bruggeman,
j pastor of the church and chaplain
I of the Legion Post, will conduct
the service, being assisted by
members of the Legion in the
memorial exercises.
Exercises of an appropriate
nature .will be conducted next
Wednesday on the seventh anni
versary of the signing of the
armstic which ended hostilities in
France. The Post will award
medals to two pupils of the Vent
nor schools who gained distinc
tion for patriotic effort.
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WIN IN WARM POLITICAL BATTLE
were the winners in one of the
A. Harry Moore (above), Democratic
candidate for Governor, and Emerson
L. Richards (left), candidate for State
Senator from Atlantic County, who
political battles ever staged in the state
Clymer and Haines Win
Ventnor Council Fight
Hickman Easily Defeats Demo
cratic Rival 'for Councilman*
at-Large in Ventnor
Election
Ventnor voters took election
day quietly. A good number of
votes were cast but there was
little excitement and few stirring
incidents marking the day.
Whitney carried the guberna
' torial rac'e here by a majority
of 454 votes. His total was 988
against A. Harry Moore’s 534.
In the fight for the State Sen
ate berth Samuel P. Leeds won
out with a majority of 388 over
Emerson L. Richards. Leeds
polled 853 ballots; Richards 465
and Warke 182.
[ Some little interest was given
the local office race in Ventnor.
For Councilman-at-large Freder
ick Hickman had an easy task in
defeating his Democratic rival
Slack with a majority of 847
, votes.
James G. Scull was jpe-elected
tax collector by a large major
ity.
In the First Ward for the
office of Councilman Wilmer K.
Clymer drew 461 votes against
his opponent, H. Casey, with a
total of 113. <
In the Second Ward the coun- j
cilmanic berth went to Taylor
Haines- with a 'majority of 368
votes.
Cape May County
Had Close Contes^
One of the bitterest pre-elec
tion fights ever known in the
I southern end of the State came
I to a close on Tuesday with the
Republican forces carrying
through the laurels as in past
years. Whitney was given a ma
jority in Cape May County with
a vote of: Whitney, 5535;
Moore, 3370.
Probably the warmest contest
in the county .was. that between
Captain Alfred R. Smith, Demo
crat, of Ocean City, and Deputy
Sheriff James T. Hoffman for the
berth of sheriff. Hoffman won
out with a moderate margin of
votes.
Mayor Joseph G. Champion, of
Ocean City, was re-elected to the
i office of Freeholder over R. How
ard Thorn, Democratic candi
date.
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Local Contests On
. Mainland Tickets
Eugene Swilkey Re-Elected
Mayor at Northfield. Brown
Un-Oppoted for Linwood*
Mayoralty
In the local Northfield elec
tions, Mayor Eugene Swilkey
was re-elected with 379 votes
over 310 for Walter Yates; Vic
tor Keller was made Councilman
at-large with 344 votes to War
ren- Ryan’s 383; Harold Will
iams received 521 votes for tax
assessor; J. Harry Turner was
made first ward councilman with
2-78 votes and in the second ward
council James English received
175 and J. Morton 199.
Clarence Dixon was chosen
freeholder in the second ward by
201, to George Banning's 173.
George Kreutz for tax assessor
in the first ward drew 284 votes. I
Northfield went 42.7 for Whit- j
ney against 253 for Moore for j
Governor; 362 for Leeds, 286 for j
Warke and 177 for Richards for;
State Senator; 333 for Hedges, j
259 for Altman, 262 for Mallen
and 250 for Siracusa for Assem
blyman.
Brown Linwood Mayor
In Linwood, Charles Brown,
unopposed Republican candidate
for mayor, polled 327 votes
David Whitecar polled 82 votes
for Borough Council, Lewis
Steelman, 100 votes; Mercer
Wilson, 257 votes, and Cunning
ham, 243 votes. Manville Rob
inson was elected as Tax Col
lector with 306 votes. For As
sessor, George Smith, Repub
lican, received 178 votes and
Richard Somers, Democrat, took
158. For Justice, Jacob A. Nag
lee, Sr., received 81 votes and
Ariand Doughty, 32 votes.
Linwood gave Whitney a total
of 523 votes over Moore’s 66.
Ventnor Police Sergeant
Returns From Vacation
Charles Cole, desk clerk at the
Ventnor Police Department, is
expected to return to duty today
after two weeks’ vacation. Mr.
Cole, who is a retired petty officer
of the United States Navy, spent
part of his vacation in New York
where he renewed acquaintances
with former “buddies” of the
naval service.
VENTNOR'S MOST POPULAR PLAC1
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Press Bought i
For New
Ventnor News Successor Will
Have Most Modern Type of
Machinery Possible to Secure
The first and most important
of the mechanical steps neces
sary to the production of Atlan
tic City’s new daily paper, which
is to be the successor to the
“Ventnor -News” during the
early Spring months, occurred
last week with the purchase of
the big press for the progressive
new paper. -
A Goss straight-line machine
will be used for this purpose, al
lowing of the most rapid flow of
papers through the cylinders on
a continuous one floor level. The
capacity of the press will be more
than ample for the needs of At
lantic City at the present time,
providing news promptly and ef
ficiently to the reading public at
the hours at which it is most in
demand. This big press however
is capable of expansion by the
addition of units as the new pub
lication grows with'-the rapidly
increasing population of the At
lantic City district.
Delivery of the press has been
guaranteed to meet the comple
tion date of the new plant at
Absecon Boulevard and North
Carolina avenue and construc
tion of the mammoth machine
has already been started by the
Goss Press Company of Chicago.
Plans. for the plant building
will be offered to contracting
firms for bids within the coming
week.
May Condemn Land
For Sewer System
Refusal of Owner to Sell Shelter
Iilknil Site May Result in Court
Actions for Securing Use of
Property for Ventnor and
Margate Disposal Plant
Refusal of one of many own
ers of Shelter Island to accept
the price fixed by the joint com
mittee of Ventnor and Margate
may result in condemnation pro
ceedings being instituted to se
cure land required by the two
municipalities for the installation
of a modern sewage disposal
system. j
Shelter Island lies north of the
two cities and, while it is a part1
of Egg Harbor Township, is in j
close proximity to the municipal
lines.
For several months represen
tatives of the two cities have
been in almost weekly confer
ence and agreement was reached !
touching ultimate construction of j
a disposal plant designed to meet i
the maximum needs of both
cities.
In order that the plant might
present the least possible objec
tion to residents the plan to build
on Shelter Island was conceived
and steps were taken to acquire
it by purchase. It was then
learned that title interest was
vested in various heirs of a num
ber of old county families. With
few exceptions, those holding
title readily agreed to sell at a
nominal figure.
It is understood that one of
the heirs has refused to accept
the price offered and is insistent
that the land has great potential
value. In the hope that a settle
ment may be reached the matter
has been permitted to lay
dormant for the past two weeks.
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Everything Ready '
For ‘Know-City-Day’ ||
Friday to Be Half Holiday in
Resort. City Offices, Local
Post-Office and Many Busi
ness Houses to Be Closed.
Expect 2000 Autos at
Starting Point at
12.45
The success of “Know-Your
City Day” on Friday of this
week is now assured. “Nothing
can prevent this being the great
I- est historical
ncr-in- 4 I event in the
msrory oi tne
?ity,” said
W m . S .
Emley, chair
man of the
Jay to a
V E n T n o R
News report
ar yesterday.
“Ever yone
is co-operat
'ng generous
ly with us in
)ur plans and
there can be ,
nothing hap
Wm. S. Emley Pen nOW tO
prevent the plans being carried ■>
out to the letter.”
Friday will be a half-holiday
throughout the city. Post offices,
schools, public offices, will all
observe the day and many finan
cial institutions and business
houses will close their business
places and send their employees
in large busses to join in the long?
procession of cars.
On Friday morning Freihofer’s
and other bakeries will insert
reminders of the day in the wrap
ping of the bread which they
leave at the doors of residents
throughout the^city.
Seven hundred automobiles I
liave already been pledged to
join in the parade which forms at
12.45 at New Hampshire and At
lantic avenues. It is expected
that double this number will be
promised and in line when the
day rolls around. It will require
nearly 2,000 cars to carry the
10,000 people expected to make
the trip on that day, and all
automobile owners are urged to,
bring their cars and friends to
the starting point on Friday
afternoon.
Those who do not have auto
mobiles but who are anxious to
make the trip can board the
free trolleys which will be run
from Longport and from
Savannah avenue. These will
bring them to the meeting place
where they will be placed in
automobiles by the committee.
There are four points which
Mr. Emley wished impressed on
readers of the Ventnor News
in regards to the day. These
were:
1. The entire trip will be ab
solutely free.
2. Auto owners should, if
possible, bring their own car.
3. Free trolleys for those
not owning autos.
(Continued on Pago 2)
BIG GAS TRUCK
CLIMBS BRIDGE
Wet streets and a rain covered '■?
wind-shield resulted in a “circus
stunt** performed on Monday night
at the Albany avenue bridge by a
big gas truck of the Gulf Gasoline
Company.
Approaching the bridge from the
Atlantic City side the big auto
headed straight for the sloping iron
girders which separate the traffic
section ot the bridge from the foot
walks. ^ Before the truck came to
a stop it had climbed the 45 degree
angle of the iron girder, balancing
atop the ironwork with its front
wheels hanging from each side.
In this position the truck stood,
like a dog sitting up on its haunches
begging, until workmen managed to ;i;
get it back on terra-firma. No one
was injured although the old Albany
avenue bridge suffered a few more
* dents and bumps.
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