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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1917. 451 TO HAVE COAST DEFENSE CO. Expiration of Portchester's Option Opens Way to Entrance Into Command.

104 MEN READY TO JOIN. Names Have Been Forwarded to Colonel John: J. Byrne, Who, It Is Expected, Will Approve Them. putter in the Rockaway Ninth 1s to Coast have a Defense comCommand of the New York National Guard. This command, which lacked one company of being complete, had given Portchester, N.

an option on the privilege of raising that company. The option expired this week, and Portchester had not raised the company. Far Rockaway is the only applicant. The names of 104 men desirous of been forwarded to Colonel John J. Joining have been secured.

They have Byrne, in command of the Ninth, who will approve them, it is expected, and forward them to Adjutant General L. W. Stotesbury of the New York National Guard. As soon as the company receives his official sanction, Colonel Byrne will come to Far Rockaway with medical examiners to inspect the men. A meeting of the applicants will be held in the near future at either Mesonic or Imperial Hall, Far Rockaway.

The date will probably be Sunday, March 18. The campaign to raise the company was last December' by Andrew McTigue of Far Rockaway. Mr. McTigue is still in charge of the recruting and is being assisted by John J. McCarthy of Woodmere, and WilBrunner Jr.

of Rockaway Beach. 19,001 L. I. R. R.

COMMUTERS 2,761 Increase Last Month Over Previous February. During February 19.001 sixty-ride tickets on the Long Island Railroad were purchased. This is a new record for February, representing 2,761 more commuters than during the same month a year ago. In January of this year 2.677 more persons rode on commutation tickets to and from Long Island points than In January, 1916. The number of commutation tickets sold on the various branches and divisions of the Long Island Railroad in February, together with the increases over the same month of 1916, are shown: Increase.

North Bide 801 Montauk Division 636 Main Line 3,218 487 Rockaway Beach 1,163 291 Far Rockaway 2.018 191 Atlantic Division 1,053 Long Beach 323 103 130 Hempstead Branch 936 50 Oyster Bay 573 49 Wading River 433 80 Manhattan Beach 2 of the 153 commuting stations, there were in February, where 200 or more monthly tickets were sold, as follows: Jamaica, 901: Far Rockaway, 879; Rockville Centre, 864; Freeport, 850: Lynbrook, 669; Murray Hill, 669; Rockaway Beach, 619: Bayside, 537: Flushing, 530; Woodhaven Junction, 489; Corona, 461: Hempstead, 433: Elmhurst, 416: Forest Hills. 401: Hollis, 367; Floral Park, 348: Cedarhurst, 389; Brooklyn Manor, 321; Kow Gardens, 311; Garden City, 289: Morris Park, 285; Queens, 274: Whitestone, 266; Great Neck, 261: Port Washington, 260: Arverne, 242; Woodmere, 233; Baldwin, 233: Valley Stream, 224; Broadway, 222, and Amityville, 213. TALK ABOUT PORTO RICO. 8. W.

Eckman and Archdeacon Nichols Address Forest Hills Audience. The Women's Guild of the Church1n-the-Gardens, Forest Hills Gardens, social room of the church on Friday afternoon, March 9, took a verbal tour around Porto Rico under the convoy of W. Eckman, formerly A resident of. the island. Beautiful stereopticon views showed the various industries of the island.

The Rev. Archdeacon Nichols, vicar of St. Luke's Chapel, Forest Hills Gardens, and formerly rector in Porto Hayti, followed Mr. Eckman with a brief talk on Porto Rico of the present day. After the lecture and pictures tea was served, Mrs.

Forry Getz and Mrs. William V. Ortgies acting as hostesses. Mrs. Martha Allen of the National W.

C. T. U. gave the information that since the last meeting of the guild the District of Columbia, Idaho, Utah and Indiana have "gone dry," and Dr. Julia Wygant Perry reported that the guild had been enriched some $40 the apron sale of some weeks ago.

and $40 more by the sale of tickets for the concert held the first of the week at the home of Mrs. Austin Hanks. BOWLERS REACH HALF' WAY. St. Patrick's Team Has Won Every Game it Has Played.

Huntington, L. March 10--The first halt of the inter-organization bowling tournament held on the Knights of Columbus alleys has been completed, and the schedule for the second half has been prepared. Each of the eight teams has bowled eight games, with the team representing the St. Patrick's Athletic Association in the lead with perfect score. The standings of the teams are as follows: Won.

Lost. P.C. Loyal Order of 7 1 .875 Independent Order Odd Fellows 5 .625 Halesite Fire ca .625 Huntington Fire Department A .500 Knights of .250 Free and Accepted Masons. -1 .125 New York Telephone 20 .000 SENTENCED TO ELMIRA. Brooklyn Man Convicted of Stealing Silverware.

Rocco Dinnelll, 26 years old of 35 Havemeyer street, Brooklyn, was sentenced to Elmira by Judge Humphrey in the Queens County Supreme Court yesterday, upon his conviction on a charge of burglary. He was arrested by Patrolman Morgan of the Jamaica precinct, upon complaint of David Nusbaum of 75 Highland avenue, Jamica. Morgan stopped Dinnelli to examine a suspicious looking bag at Ray street and Hillside avenue, Jamaica on the evening of November 15, 1916. The bag contained a quantity of silverware. Dinnelll was put under arrest.

Nusbaum, whose place had been robbed a short time before the arrest, identified the silverware. TIDE TABLE FOR TOMORROW. (United States Coast and Geodetio Survey Standard Time.) High. Time. High.

H.M. Feet. H.M. Feet. Fast Rockaway 8:31 3.8 8:03 4.0 Fire Island 8:16 1.8 8:37 1.8 Shinnecock L.

Sta. 8:24 2 0' 8:44 2.4 Montauk Point 8:49 1.5 9:00 1.9 Orient Point 10:34 2.2 10:81 2,6 Greenport 10:39 1.9 11:19 P'ort Jefferson 0:03 6.0 12:19 Huntingion Harbor 11:39 To 11:53 8.1 Oyeter Bay 19:00 7.8 Mailett's Point Light. 11:10 5.4 11:35 Doesn't Four Want Cats to and Pay Taxes Kittens now when they increased the license on contains and a new many the articles which I handle, it is the last straw make me license cats," said John Geddes, a Flushing merchant. "I have four cats, and each one of them has kittens, so you can see it is a serious matter for. me.

Of course, I wouldn't deprive myself of "Screecher," my old cat, who went away for two years and then came back, and I feel the same toward her family. While the other three cats and their families are not quite SO dear to me they are more or less a part of my household, and I don't like to part with them when by coming across with a few dollars I can keep them. "I will have an inventory taken of the kittens, and then mind just how great a it will be." J. C. ROBBINS HEADS TICKET IN BABYLON Receives Republican Nomination for Supervisor at Town Convention.

ONLY ONE CONTEST APPEARS. Lindenhurst's Claim for Highway Superintendent Candidate Is Ignored. (Special to The Eagle.) Babylon, L. March 10--John Clinton Robbins of this village received the Republican nomination for visor at the town convention held here superlast night. Robbing went through a campaign two years ago and was defeated by votes by Supervisor Frederick Sheide, who will prob.

ably be the Democratic nominee this year. The convention was the quietest ever held in this town, only one contest being held -for the nomination for superintendent of highways. William S. Willmarth of Amityville won out for the highway nomination over George Dittman of Lindenhurst. Joseph P.

Warta, Dittman's sponsor, held that the Lindenhurst man deserved the nomination just as much as Robbing deserved the chance to try again for supervisor. Dittman made a better. run' than Robbins two years ago. Before voting, a recess was declared and in this interval the Babylon delegates had an opportunity to tell the Lindenhurst men that they were supporting the Amityville candidate for the reason that they will look to Amityville for support in the passage of the town hall proposition for Babylon. The first delegate approached by the Dittman boosters stated this to be his stand without hesitation, adding that Lindenhurst had taken a positive stand against the town hall project and Babylon therefore had nothing to lose in ignoring their candidate.

Ellis A. Taylor, town clerk for the past two years, was renominated without opposition. No one seemed anxlous to take the nomination for receiver of taxes, and as a subject on which the committee to fill vacancies may work, Clinton M. Woods was named. He was not at the convention and therefore could not decline.

Henry A. Edwards of North Babylon was named as candidate for justice of the peace to succeed Laclede Wilson, and Arthur R. Burns of Amityville was made the other candidate for justice. Tho other candidates are: Joseph P. Warta, Lindenhurst, assessor for four years; David C.

Ricketts, Babylon, assessor for two years; Charles Wilde, Lindenhurst, and George S. Pearsall, for overseers of the poor; Paul Kruger. Lindenhurst; Adam C. Molle, Amityville: Wisner Verity and George E. Miller, Babylon, for constables.

The representation of each election district in future town conventions will be based on the preceding gubernatorial vote, according to a resolution offered by Warta of Lindenhurst and passed by the convention last night. There will be one delegate for each fifty Republican votes or major portion thereof cast at such election, no district to be unrepresented. It was suggested. but not seriously, by an Amityville delegate that the representation be based on the vote for supervisor in the preceding town election. Had this suggestion been followed up, the habit of Lindenhurst Republicans of voting for their home nominees regardless of politics would be broken.

Sheide polled such a large Republican vote in his home village two years ago that Lindenhurst would have only one delegate to the Republican convention if the town election were made the basis of representation, WANT $15,000 FOR SIDEWALKS. Huntington Business Men Petition to Have Proposition Voted Upon. Huntington, L. March 10-A petition, signed by -nine business men of the town, was presented to the town board yesterday, asking for the submission before the voters at the coming election of a proposition for the appropriation of $15,000 for the purpose of constructing concrete sidewalks, the sum to be apportioned among the villages of the township, outside of the incorporated village of Northport. The petition received and filed until it can be decided what rights the board would have in the construction of sidewalks in this manner.

It was decided to present a proposition before the voters to raise $12,000 per year for the next two years for the contingent expenses and $1,500 each year for the next two years for the Board of Health. CARS CRASH IN SEA CLIFF. Sea Cliff, L. March 10-Conrad G. Zipperian had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday afternoon, when his light business automobile collided with a large touring car owned by H.

Ampolini, of Floral Park. L. I. The accident happened at the junction of Glen Cove and Sea Cliff avenues. Mr.

Zipperian was badly shaken up but escaped uninjured. His car was badly smashed, and the touring car was slightly damaged. DR. CADMAN TO LECTURE. Greenport March 10--Under the auspices of the Ladies Village Improvement.

Society, the Rev. Dr. S. Cadman will deliver a lecture at the First Baptist Church on Monday, March 12. His topic will be.

"My Experiences on the Mexican Border." The entire capacity of the church has been sold out. TROOPERS ARE COMING; HANG OUT YOUR FLAGS The First Cavalry is expected to arrive in Brooklyn Tuesday, March 13, or the day following. The troops will march from Manhattan Bridge (Flatbush avenue extension), to Flatbush avenue, to Lafayette avenue, to Bedford avenune, to the Armory. Do your share to welcome the Boys of the First Cavalry, by decorating your home and asking your neighbors to do the same INSPECTION PARTY HALTS ON HELL GATE BRIDGE FOR DEDICATORY EXERCISES This photograph was taken on the dedication. Among the sixty railroad directors of the Long Island Railroad.

WANTS HOME RULE IN TOWN ROAD WORK Huntington Board Objects to Putting $20,000 in the Reserve Fund. WON'T CHANGE AGREEMENT. State Department and County Super. intendent Nostrand Asked to Show Authority for Provision. (Special to The Eagle.) Huntington, L.

March 10'-That the State highway authorities are not going to be permitted to have their way in the manner in which the agreement for the expenditure of highway money in the Town of Huntington is made out, and, that County Superintendent of Highways Peter Nostrand will not have supervision over the expenditure of money raised for repairing and maintenance of permanent town roads, without first showing the Huntington authorities their authority according to law, was decided at a meeting of the Town Board held yesterday afternoon. Several months ago the Town Board, in conjunction with Town Superintendent of Highways Edward Smith, made out the agreement for the expenditures of money in the town. One of the items in the agreement was for $20,000 for the repair and maintenance of permanently improved town highways. The agreement was sent to Superintendent Nostrand, who in turn sent it to the highway authorities at Albany. This week the agreement was returned by Superintendent informed the town authorities that the State required that the 000.

be added in with the reserve fund. under the reserve fund The entire reserve fund is expended under the supervision of the county superintendent, and is paid out under his 0. K. The members of the local Town Board feel that the county superintendent has nothing to do with the expenditure of the money on town highways on one hand, and, secondly, that no part of the $20,000 appropriated can be considered as reserve until the end of the fiscal year, when the balance in the highway funds is placed in the reserve fund. The board members came out "fatfooted" against the proposition and passed a resolution that the board "refuse to alter our annual agreement for the expenditure of highway monies by placing the item of $20,000 for repairs and maintenance of the permanent roads built at town expense, in the reserve fund, until shown authority in the law for so doing." The agreement, unchanged, will be returned to Superintendent Nostrand.

REMOVED TO PORT WASHINGTON. (Special to The Eagle.) Albany, March 10-A certificate fled with the State Department sets forth that the location of principal office of the ChelSand and Gravel Company has changed from New York City to Port Wash. ington. Hell Gate Bridge, the great 1,000 foot span which crosses the men present were: Ralph Peters, president; J. A.

McCrea, general DIDN'T ASK FOR DAMAGES No Road Awards Made to eral Property Owners. (Special to The Eagle.) Peconic, L. March 10-Commis. sioners George W. Hildreth, Edward H.

Albertson and Arch Hallett have decided that the proposed road from the Inlet Mill road to the Duck Pond road, this village, is a necessity. This road will open up a new section near the Sound shore. Damages have been assessed as follows: William B. Codling, John W. Casilear, John J.

Drum, $150; James Mahoney, $50. No damages at all are given to a score or 80 of other people through whose property the road runs, because they didn't ask for any. The Southold Traveler, in an editorial, opposes the damages as fixed for Messrs. Casilear and Codling, claiming they are excessive. HARRY R.

FLEET DIES Wire From Galveston Tells of "Creosote's" Death. A telegram received in the city today from Galveston reported that Harry R. Fleet of Huntington, L. died in that city and had been buried there last night. The telegram came from the undertaking firm which took charge of the funeral, and sought information in regard to his relatives.

Henry R. Fleet has been well known on Long Island during the past five years for the column called "Along the Wood Blocks," which he wrote in the Long Islander over the name, "Creosote." He was born in New York City about fifty-five years ago was adopted by John Fleet and Mary Sammis of Huntington. He was educated in Huntington school and learned the printing trade at the Long Islander. He married Miss Ida Bonner of Northport when about 25. Mrs.

Fleet died in 1894. The couple had no children. Last October Mr. Fleet went to the Pacific coast for his health, and has since been in various cities of California, in El Paso and in. Galveston.

449 So far as known, he leaves no relatives. PASTOR LATHROP TO PREACH. The Rev. John H. Lathrop of Brooklyn will conduct the service in the Cooper Memorial Chapel of the Chapin Home, malca, this Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.

EAGLE'S PRICE UNCHANGED The wholesale price of The Brooklyn Daily and Sunday Eagle has not been increased. Any advance in price to the reader is unwarranted. "NO HARM DONE BY TEACHERS' DANCES" Local Board Gets Miss McQuirk's Answer to the Charges Mothers Made. CALL A PUBLIO HEARING. Opponents of Principal of P.

S. No. 59 to Be Asked to Repeat Their Criticisms on March 24. To consider the answer of Miss Mary E. McQuirk.

principal of Public School No. 59, to charges filed against her by fortythree mothers of pupils in that school, a public hearing will be held in Public School No. 97. Yarmouth street, Woodhaven, on Saturday afternoon, March 24. The forty-three mothers will be expected to make their allegations against Miss McQuirk in her presence, and she will have an opportunity to defend herself.

Statements will also be taken from some of sixtyfive mothers of pupils in School No. 59, who have sent a petition to the Local Board approving of Miss McQuirk's management, methods discipline and general conduct of her school. The date for the hearing was set by the local board of District No. 44 last night. It was stated that the Local School Board cannot try an accused principal.

It can merely hear, charges against the principal, and then, if the evidence warrants such action, present formal charges against him or her to the Board of Education. a Miss McQuirk's answer to the charges was considered by the board. She admitted that she permitted teachers to dance in the hallways during the noon recess, but denied that this was subversive of discipline, as charged. She also admitted that she had directed restless pupils to remain standing during assembly exercises, but this, she said, was "necessary All the other charges she denied. These charges alleged "gross misconduct and and included assertions that Miss McQuirk has refused transfers to other schools of some pupils, while granting them to others; that she has threatened not to pass some pupils when they were ready to graduate, and that she has permitted some teachers to conduct their classes "to suit themselves." It was declared at the meeting that, even though Miss McQuirk may have permitted teachers to dance, she is physically unable to do any dancing herself, as the result of an accident she sustained within in the past year.

It was also said that Miss McQuirk has been a teacher for forty years, and that this is the first time any complaint has ever been made against her. OPERATION UPON DR. Sea Cliff, L. March 9-Dr. Edwin C.

place, is convalescing at the Flower HogBraynard, A. well -known physician of a this pital, Manhattan, from an illness which necessitated his undergoing an operation few days ago. Political Paragraphs From Suffolk County Suffolk County sums already appropriated for general says, "and it behooves them to put road occasionally into the field a of nominees of una large sum for permanent exceptionable character for probity, ment-several towns and villages will sobriety and efficiency." It was added vote on appropriating other large that putting in "dead timber is a very sums at the March and April elections. poor way to pay party debts." Islip wants $500,000, for instance; Babylon, Patchogue village, Up to yesterday it was expected that $50,000, and so on. Village President C.

Elmer Smith of Southampton would heed the demand There doesn't seein to be any doubt of the Republicans and become their about a Tuthill being elected super- nominee for Supervisor, but yesterday visor of Southold Town. It Nat it was reported he had stated flatly isn't. Captain David W. will be. The that he would have to decline voters, always ready to promise, can honor, as he felt he owed his first duty safely promise this year to "vote for to the village, where he has been vilTuthill." lage president without pay for several years, successfully conducting the exThrough the combined activity of tensive affairs of that large and proJohn Stephani and Congressman Hicks gressive village.

With his refusal the the Government has rescinded its de- Republicans today were turning their termination to close the North Bell- attention to Benjamin G. Halsey of port postoffice, and Ralph T. Perri has Westhampton, who has already had been appointed postmaster to take the considerable experience in town afplace of Mrs. 'Louisa Kelly, resigned. fairs, and it was thought he might be the nominee.

Deputy County Clerk S. Lester Albertson, one of the most rabid Demo- A11 of the nominating conventions crats in the county, has to stand a for town officers must be held by next lot of good -natured kidding these Wednesday. days, because the Republicans have nominated his brother, Albert Albert- In Easthampton it is said that son, for overseer of the. poor in friends of Town Superintendent James Southold. "Let" sort of engineers E.

Gay have prevailed in their request things in the Democratic fold down that he again accept the nomination that way and he's wondering if he'd on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Gay better "go out and trim his own felt that he had served the town long brother" or indorse him on the Demo- enough and was ready to quit so he cratic ticket. could give more time to his private business, but it is now believed that The talk of having a commissioner he will run again. of jurors for Suffolk is being revived.

Some hold that such an official seems The Sayville News says of the Taxalmost absolutely necessary, and in payers' Association's support of four support of this it' is pointed out that supervisors and its opposition to four at every term of court there are found others, that the ability of the associaon the jury lists names of men long tion to obtain publicity is "about all since dead, deaf men, unnaturalized there is to that association." adding men, men who have moved out of the that Supervisor Westerbeke says he county, men who are past the age never toadied for support. The Sealimit, many exempt firemen, and oth- side Times says that association "has ers who are not eligible to serve. failed to impress the people of the county that it is a representative body, The Democratic convention will be and will have little weight in its a.p• held in Southampton today. It is proval of some of the supervisors and pected that Supervisor Redfield, Town disapproval of Clerk Early and Town Superintendent Downs will be renominated. Greenport taxpayers are to vote on a proposition in their village election The Huntington Long Islander, to pay the village president $1.000 a strongly Republican, does not see year.

Both Village President Grifting things through rosy glasses. "The and Village Trustee Young. DemoRepublicans of this town are not gO- I crats. have been renominated by both ing to have a this year," it parties. FIRST TRAIN CROSSES HELL GATE BRIDGE Officials of Pennsylvania and New Haven Lines Take Part in Dedication Exercises.

CONNECTING RAILROAD READY. The Six Miles of Elevated Road Will Soon Be Put in Use for Through Passenger Traffic. A Although Justice Jaycox says that proportional voting on the part of the county committee is legal, it is also understood that the committee can, if it wants to, adopt a rule providing that each committeeman can cast one vote representing all of the votes. in his district, whether the district be large or small. It is believed that the Democratic committee will adopt such a rule.

of the taxpayers association In spite of the announced amendments to county auditor law, the amendments passed both Houses Thursday, and the bill is expected to be signed by Governor Whitman. Southoid Town Republicans express themselves as delighted the nomination of Nat S. Tuthill of Mattituck for supervisor, and they are already predicting that he will get nearly all the votes in his home village. Mr. Tuthill says he was not a candidate, but he felt that if the people demanded that he make the run it was his duty to do so.

He also says that 'he will make an aggressive campaign for election. Most politicians believe that if the supervisors decide to take any further steps to make former Supervisor C. M. Rogers return to Suffolk County the $7.258.37 that was illegally paid. to him.

that nothing will be done until after the election in April, anyway. County Clerk Richardson says it pays to advertise. sooner had an article been published in The Eagle to the effect that he had volunteered to assist the Government in finding Jobs for the jobless and help for employers than he commenced to have applications from men who wanted farm help. The first prisoner from Fishers Island is now in the jail at Riverhead. And come to think of it, who ever heard of EL law suit from Fishers Island? The good roads fever seems to be catching, and it is prevalent in every town and quite virulent in some.

The I taxpayers are enthusiastically support- ing many propositions provide better roads. "In addition to the immense East River, at Astoria, directly after the manager; and several other officers and GROWN BROS. SALARIES FOR CONSTABLES Governor Signs McWhinney's Bill for Nassau. (Special to The Eagle.) Albany, March 10 -Governor Whitman bas signed the bill of Assembly. man Mc Whinney, providing that in a town or county of 200,000 inhabitants or less, adjoining New York City, the number of constables shall not exceed four, and that they shall receive an annual salary fixed by the Town Boarding not exceeding $1,500 each.

The law applies to Nassau County. 33 NEW CITIZENS ADMITTED. Ten Others Postponed in Queens County Court. Thirty-three applicants were admitted to citizenship by Justice Jaycox, in the Queens County Court, yesterday. Ten others were put over until date, because of the absence of witnesses.

The men had been previously examined in the Federal Court, 80 that none were rejected for lack of knowledge. of those admitted, Great Britain supplied Russia, Austria, Italy, 11; Turkey, Norway, and Germany, 4. FREEPORT ASKS NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM Council Advocates Appropriation of $10,000 for Installation of Improved Plan. TAXPAYERS TO VOTE ON SCHEME Denial Made That Wrong Calls Are Given to "Boom" 1 the New Idea. (Special to The Eagle.) Freeport, L.

March 10-The Freeport Fire Council, in advocating the passage of the appropriation for 000 to be submitted to the taxpayers at the village election, for the installation system, denies the "statement being" made that the mistakes this year in sending wrong alarms might be avoided but for the desire to 'boom' the fire alarm system." The Council adds in a pamphlet just issued, that the falsity of this statement might be seen from the following flgures: "In 1915 the Department was sent to wrong localities on 35 per cent. of its calls. In 1916 exactly one-third of the calls went wrong. In 1915 there were three occasions and in 1916 four when the whistle could not be blown at all on account of not being able to determine the location of the fire. There have been four calls in 1917, and for three of these the Department has been sent wrong.

"That some of the companies obtained the correct locations, and thus prevented these mistakes from being more serious should be credited, to a large extent, to the vigilance and interest of the telephone operators. We believe there is a popular demand that the proposition be no longer neglected, or we would not have offered it this year. It might be in order to state that it has the full approval of William R. Smith, the Village Engineer, who comes more in contact with existing conditions than any other man in the village, and has the indorsement also of the Village Board. "The objection is raised that even after the system is installed a majority of the calls will continue to come in by telephone," continues the Council.

"True; is a fact that whether the system is installed now or twenty years from now. the same will continue to be the case until our people begin to realize that instead of depending upon the human element they can be sure that by sending an alarm from a certain box the Department will respond there and not, perhaps, to some other section of the village." The Council contrasts the present system with the modern fire alarm system in other localities, and points out that the $10,000 bond issue can be met by five equal installments of $2,000 each. GREENPORT BUDGET IS $15,000. Greenport, L. J.

March 10-According to the budgt of Greenport village as prepared by the Board of Trustees to be submitted -to the voters, nearly $15,000 will be needed to run the different branches of management for the next year. One of the appropriations to be voted upon this year is $500 to be used for the purchase of a of land to be used for a dumping ground. O'KEEFE-FAHLBUSCH. Huntington, L. March 10-Otto Fahlbusch of this village and Mrs.

Frances O'Keefe, of Cold Spring Harbor were married Thursday afternoon at the parsonage of the Central Presbyterian Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Samuel H. Seem, pastor of that church. The witnesses were Harry Crook and Frank Sutter.

SCHOOLS BREAK EVEN. Amityville, L. March 10-Babylon High School's basketball team visited Amityville dst night and defeated the team ropresenting the local high achool by 33 to 22. The girls' team of the local high school school girls' five 20 to 14. evened matters by defeating the Babylop The New York Connecting Railroad--the Gate Bridge Routewas dedicated yesterday by Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in course of an inspection trip over the line by a party of public officials, engineers and, directors and officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York.

New Haven and Hartford Railroad, by which the Connecting Railroad and the Hell Gate Bridge were jointly constructed. The special train which conveyed the inspection party was the first train operated over the New York ConI necting Railroad. It left Pennsylvania Station and passed through the East River tubes to the Sunnyside then thompsodeland line of the New Yard, City. The party York Connecting Railroad to northern end of the Hell Gate Bridge, where a pause was made while the dedication ceremonies were performed. The train next proceeded to the junction with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Raflroad, in the Bronx, and then returned to the Pennsylvania Station.

At the dedication ceremonies 011 Hell Gate Bridge, A. JA County, vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, introduced Gustav Lindenthal, the designer of the Hell Gate Bridge, and Chief Engineer of the East River Bridge Division. Mr. Lindenthal formally turned the bridge and railroad over to Mr. Rea.

as president of the New York ConnectRailroad Company. In accepting the property from the hands of Mr. Lindenthal. Mr. Shea said that the Connecting Railroad Company was incorporated a quarter of a century ago, and its railroad and bridge have taken four years to construct.

It exemplifies great engineering skill in its design and construction, he said, and has cost over 000.000. He congratulated Mr. Lindenthal and the other engineers connected with the work. Speaking for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, E. G.

Buckland, vice president of that company, acknowledged acceptance of the New York Connecting Railroad for the purpose of operation. The New York Connecting Railroad consists of a link of four-track elevated line, about six mlies in length and built of concrete and steel. It joins the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad with the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad System, by way of the River tubes, the Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan and the Hudson River tubes. It makes possible through train service from all points in New England and the Eastern provinces of Canada to Philadelphia, Baltimor, Washington, Pittsburg, Chicago and other points in the Middle States, the West and the South.

It will shortly be placed in operation with the restoration, in both directions, of the "Federal Express," the through night train between. Washington and Boston. The New York Connecting Railroad, with its great Hell Gate Bridge single span, supported by a double arch of steel across the East River--is now practically a finished structure. WANT DENTAL CLINIC Mothers Club of Rockaway Beach Urges It for School. The establishment of a denta! clinic at Public School No.

44, Rockaway Beach, is the object for which the Mothers Club of that institution is now working. At present several dentists in the vicinity of the school have volunteered their services, but a lack of equipment in the school building makes it necessary for a nurse to escort the children in groups to the doctors' offices for examination. Mrs. William T. Montgomery, president of the Mothers Club, announced today that the organization would work for a dental chair at the school.

MISS BAILEY ENGAGED. Greenport, L. March 10-Mr. Mrs. Charles G.

Bailey of this announce the engagement of daughter, Gladys May, to Chester Conklin. son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Conklin of Patchogue.

QUEENS MARRIAGE LICENSES. Adolph R. Walter, 37. of 1333 E. 14th st, Brooklyn; Lillian A.

Luneburg, 20, of 56 Welgand place, Arverne. Pasquale Di Stasio, 24. of 5 Brooklyn av. Valley Stream: Congetta. Esposito, 18, of 20 W.

Catherino st. Jamalea. Nathaniel Werner. 20, of $23 Hoyt ar, L. I.

City; Mary Novak, 29, of VI Flushing AV, L. I. City. Antonio Vitiello, 25, of 45 Garside at, Newark, N. Grazia Valvana, 21, of 19 Moore et, Corona.

Walter A. Johnson. 37. of 15 Glendale place, Brooklyn: Grace A. Rogers, 36, of 19 Ferry st, Woodhaven.

Ralph S. Allen, 24. of 524 W. 184th st, tan; Margaret Ditmars, 18, of 1432 Letferts av. Richmond Hill.

Emil Hopke, 43, of 211 ed av. College Agnes Allemann, 41, of 34 2d AV, College Point. Francesco Letizia. 38, of Water st. Woodhaven; Margaret Stlo, 27.

of Water Woodhaven. William R. Van Stingerlandt. 35. of 421 W.

121st st, Manhattan: Violet J. Morrison, 23, of 168 av, L. I. City, August A Euskart. 34.

of 446 Grand View av. Ridgewood: Amella M. Muller, 23, of 1451 Metropolitan AV. Ridgewood. Thomas G.

Osborn. ot 74 Union av. Jamaica: Mary T. Campion, 21, of 74 Union AV. Jamaica.

Elliott B. Shepherd. of 20 Clark road, Brookline, Esther, H. Lemeris. 25, of 1441 Mariborough at.

Boston, Mass. Daniel Webater Bateman. 26. of 903 13th st, Washington, D. Grace P.

Kyle, 26, of 4807 Ridgewood av. Richmond ill. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Plans and specifications for alteration to the Suffolk County Court House may be obtained on or after March 16th. 1917. at the office of the architects, Tooker Marsh, 101 Park New York City.

The alterations will consist of removing old partitions and boliding new partitiona, stairwindows. in that' portion of the building now occupied by the County Treasurer and the District Attorney, will be received by the Supply' Committee of the Enard of Synervisors at the Court House, on Monday, March at twelve o'clock noon, The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any or all bida. (Signed) FREDERICK SHEIDE, Chairman. N. N.

TIFFANY. H. REDFIELD. Supply Committee of Suffolk County Board of Supervisors, CHICHESTER DIAMOND BRAND. PILLS Ladies! Chi-ebca-ter's Aak your Druggist for Mamond in Red and Golf metallic hores, ssaled with Blue Ribbon.

Take no other. Buy of your Druggist. Ask for BRAND for 25 years known as Best. Safest. Always Reliable SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM A Helps toilet to erndicate preparation of dandrat.

merit For Reetorins Color and Beauty to Gray or Paded and $1.00 at Druggista. and village their A. James.