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A 10 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1911.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBTJS RALLY. CONNECTICUT AT NAVY YARD. SUPERVISORS DEFER SUFFOLK'S DIG FjUR QUEENS TAX DEPARTMENT Queens Borough and Long Island CHIEF HA TICK GETS BADGE. Evidence for and Against Enlargement of Rockvllle Cen-' tre Burial Place Heard. I MATTER PENDING FOR A YEAR Nine Hundred Names to Petition Favoring Action 1,0 SO Attached to That in Opposition.

(Special to The Eagle.) Mineola, L. September 19 Many res--ldents of Rockvllle Centre were In attendance at the meeting of the Board ot QimBFolanm vaotaritv In nfnfaat thfl granting of a permit to Augustus D. Kl- sey to have about eight acres and a half' of land set aBlde for cemetery purposes. Frederick G. Hooley, who represented Mr.

Kelsey, presented a petition, signed by about 900 persons, in favor of granting this right to Kelsey, and Henry P. for the opposition, has1, a petition with 1.050 signers. The City of New York' was represented by Assistant Corporation Counsel John B. Shanahan, Vho opposed the granting of the permH- About a year agq a similar petition, was. presented to the Board of Supervisors, but injunction proceedings were brought against Mr.

Kelsey on the ground tlbat certain legal formalities had not been compiled with In that the notice of Intention to make application to th supervisors was not advertised In the papers in the county having the largest circulation. The Supreme Court granted a temporary Injunction, but the point made yesterday was that the question decided by the Supreme Court was on the proper advertising of the matter. Counsel Hooley had complied with all the requirements of law at this time, and appeared yesterday to press his petition for the The argument made by the corporation counsel was that inasmuch as the proposed cemetery is situated on the Mer rick road, In Rockvllle Centre, In a mostl. populous district, It would be of Ines-V tin. able damage to allow a cemetery this district.

The main contention was that this land was located wUhin a half mile of the shed of the city and there might be danger of polluting the water. The counsel argued that the supervisors should wait until the Supreme Court had heard the matter of granting a permanent Injunction on the merits of the case. Counsel for Mr. Kelsey urged that it was within the province of the board to pass on the matter, as it was a question for the board to determine, and that the action of the Supreme Court would simply-determine as to whether the first petition had been properly advertised. There 1 snow a cemetery on the Merrick road In Rockvllle Centre, surrounding the Methodist Episcopal Church, but it' is crowded, and the land owned by Kelsey adjoins that cemetery.

What the action of the supervisors will be Is problematical, as the board Informed counsel that it would take the matter under advisement and render a decision later. QUEENS MARRIAGE LICENSES. For tha twentv-fnnr knur. yesterday the following marriage licenses' were Issued by Deputy City Clerk FTenz of Queens:" Timothy O'Btlen, 21,: lm Jamalea avenue: foa' ia icrn i itiv mmiui'm- avenue, woodhaven. Adolph Heubach, 30, 12' North Fiske winnem, Margaret E.

(Jrossmsnn, 81, 12 North Flske avenue, Wlnneld. Harrell 23, Bumpter street, Brook-' lyn, Minnie Mathes, Bleecker street, Rldgewood. Nicholas Mcculloch, 43, 100 Flushing street, I.ong Island City, Catherine Lynch, 3, 114 BurrnwM nvAnua. Tvtnfiai.i Albert Silk. S1-, 54 Wardell street, Txtng.

Island owa awio, oi, it) nemsen street, L.ong Island -l IV. Robert Ferris, 78 Woodbine street, Brooklyn, jooo ureene avenue, Kldce-wood. Frre.lerlck S.haden. 26, John street, Christ ana Juana-ol. it.

as Sixth avenue. Ixm i ressei, ii, uu tjummer- neld street. Kvprsnqn Wllltarn Schlldknecht, 26, 1493 Rockaway av- uaraner, su, si Hammond place, Elmhurst. Anton Sinklavlcius, 21, 92 Greenpoint avenue. Johanna Salewicl, 92 Ureenuoim avenue, Brooklyn.

Thomas Prey, 2S, 108 Third street. Long Island at, avenue. Long island City. BODLEYS VISIT SAYVILLE. Their Presence Recalls a Romance of a Decade or Two Ago.

(Special to The Eagle.) Sayville, L. September 19-Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Bodley, whose romantic marriage a decade or more ago, at Great.

River, will hA rpmllari moria QUEENS REpCjUS In Letter Urges Richmond Hill Club to Continue Fight for Decency and Good Citizenship. COULDN.T BE AT ANNIVERSARY Sherman and Prendergast Also Sent Regrets-Affair a Great Success Despite Notables' Absence. Bauer's Hall, at Richmond Hill, gaily festooned and flag-bedecked, was the scene last night of the tenth anniversary dinner of the Richmond Hill Republic-. Club. It was a brilliant gathering, at which there were present not only members of the club, but prominent Republicans from all sections of Queens Borough, from Brooklyn and from Manhattan Fully four hundred enjoyed t(i') excellent menu that had been pro-rared, and the after-dinner speeches as well Some disappointment was felt because of the absence of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Vice Presfdent James S.

Sherman, Controller William A. Prendergast and others that It had been confidently expected would be present. meir re rend bv Toastmaster H. Ho mer Moore, Republican County Chairman of Queens. Roosevelt Urges Bepublicans to Good Citizens.

From Colonel Roosevelt's editorial sanctum at The Outlook came a leU-T worded as follows: "Gentlemen-1 wish It were possible for me to accept your very cordial lnvlr tation. Unfortunately It Is out of tho question for me to accept another Invitation of any kind or sort at present. All 1 can do is to express my earnest good wishes for the success of your dinner and of your club. "We should all of us do everything in our power to promote the welfare of the Republican party by making and keepiug that party the servant of the whole people in the struggle for decency and good cltlienship. Sincerely yours.

"THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Controller Prendergast, Vice President Sherman and Job E. Hedges were among others who sent their regrets. Among the speakers present who spoke for the most part la congratulatory vein, were former State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff, Justice Isaac Franklin Russell, Congressman William L.

Calder, Deputy Controller' D. Mathewson, F. J. H. Kracke, Naval Officer of the Port of New York; Commissioner James A.

Llvlngston and former 'Assemblyman Theodore P. Wilsnack, first president of the Richmond Hill then Queens Republican Club. Calder Says Brooklyn Will Be City's Imperial Borough. After felicitating the club upon the attainment of Its tenth birthday and expressing his best wishes and those of the Republicans of his district tor Its continued success, Congressman Calder spoke about the respective growths of the different, boroughs of the City of New York. Brooklyn, he declared, will be, within the next- ten years, the Imperial borough.

In point of population. Within the next thirty years he predicted that Queens would have a population of at least 4,000,000, and those who will be alive fifty years hence, he said, will see Queens the imperial borough. Congressman Calder urged the Republicans of Queens to set aside all differences and unite to wrest from the Democrats the control of tholr borough. The speaker congratulated the Repub-1 'cans of Richmond H111 rpon be. fact that In the reapportionment of the Congressional Districts they will be In a Brooklyn district.

Under the new apportionment all that part of the Fourth Ward of the Borough of Queens lying vest of Van Wyck avenue to the Brooklyn city line becomes a part of one of Brooklyn's Congressional Districts. Chief Justice Russell, who followed Congressman Calder, spoke In particularly happy vein. War, he said, will eventually be abolished, and the law and justice will prevail. "Woodruff Spoke Very Briefly. Colonel Woodruff, who officiated at the laying of the cornerstone of the Richmond Hill Republican Club, spoke briefly.

He referred to bis numerous duties In connection with the aviation meet and declared he came from his office to the dinner, leaving his work so he might 'Bpend at least a little time with his old friends at Richmond Hill. Former Assemblyman Theodore P. Wilsnack spoke of the days when the Richmond Hill Republican Club was organised and gave a brief sketch of its growth since then. The officers of the club are William H. Wade, president: Harry P.

Wisely and H. Edward Cooper, vice presidents; Walter T. Edgerton, recording secretary; Flank H. Woodruff, financial secretary; Skldmore Pettlt, treasurer, and William J. McGahle, sergpant-at-arms.

The chairman of the anniversary committee was H. Homer Moore, and the reception committee was headed by Francis V. Egerton. BIG SEWERS FOR CORONA. Proceedings Begun by Local Boards for $156,150 Worth of Outlet Mains The Queens local boards at their last meeting Initiated plans for the following sewers In Queens: Irving' avenue, Rtdgetvooil, from Halsiy street Hi Moffat street; estimated cost $11.

l.urting street, from Klfly-flrst street, "'or-nna. fo Corona avenue: I'crona avenue, from l.urting street to Alstyne avenue; Alstyne avenue, from I'orona avenue to Junction avenue; Junction avenue, from Alstyne avenue to Hunt street: Hunt street, from Junction avenue to Van Dine street; Van Nest street, from Hunt street to Hanta street: llama street, front Van Vest to Van Dine avenue; estimate, cost Sir6. This a continuation of the main trunk sewer of i'orona weetlon to call for about ouo acres of the town of Xewtnun. It is also propose'1 to lay mains in Fosiiick avenue, from Central avenue to Myrtle avenue. to cost and in Hunter's Point even'je.

Long Islatel City, from tlreenpolnt avenue to Van Pelt street; in Van I'ell street, from Hunter's Voint avenue to Anable. ami fn 'ireenpolnt avenue, from Hunter's l'oint avenue to Anable avenue; cost $17,410. Uther proposed sewers are: St. Kelix avenue, from Cypress to charlotte. Riiigewoo.i, Center street, from Seneca avenue to feet north of Wyckoff.

J2.260 Hoyt avenue, Island City." from Hulst street to Madden, Sunstvk'k street, from Wilbur avenue to Vayntar, van Alst avenue, from I'ayntar to Beebe. Hancock street, from Webster to corner north of l'terce. Washington, and Pierce, from Hapcock to Boulevard, all in Lons: Island city; Wykoff aveaiue, Rldgewood, from Hal-rey street to -Manhattan Heach Division of the I. R. R.

Onderdonk avenue, from Trout-roan street to Stockholm. MR. HODENPYL TO TELL Big Gathering Planned for October 12, at Westbury. Seotember 19 Grand Knight Charles B. Van Nostrand of the Knights of Columbus here has appointed the following committee to arrange for the Westbury, Oyster Bay, Port Wash-, i i nt ihtt order iiuu tun neuJiiBtDiiv at Westbury, on October 12: Bernard Kelly, Joseph H.

Warner, Herman Maurer, William E. Kelly and William O'Shea. CLIONIANS ELECT. The CHonian Literary Society of White-stone has elected the following tor the ensuing year: President, W. W.

Reid; vice president, Achilles Von Den Driessche; secretary, Martin Krudop; treasurer. Miss Edith Barnes; librarian, J. P. Hansen; historian, C. A.

Pritchard. The society Is planning an attractive series of debates and lectures for the coming fall and winter. TOWN VOTES TO APPEAL Oyster Bay Will Go to Higher Court in East Beach Case. (Special to The Eagle.) Oyster Bay, L. September 19 With but one member of the organization against the action, the town board yesterday voted to appeal the East Beach case, which was decided against the town recently by Justice Jaycoz In the Supreme Court.

The motion further Instructed Supervisor James H. Cocks to secure counsel to carry the appeal to the Appellate Division, which will be done as quickly aa possible. In talking with an Eagle reporter last evening, Supervisor Cocks said that the action of the board in deciding to appeal the case was the only natural result, and that the people of thetown demanded it. Supervisor Cocks stated that he firmly believes that the town will win the case, for previous cases In which the town lost it was held that the town had not been In possession ot the property in dispute. In this case, however.the town has had possession of East Beach for years, and the contention advanced In the recent decision made no mention of legal possession, but only that the Indian deeds take preference over the others.

This theory is rejected by both the town board and its counsel, who claim the town's deeds take precedence over the one given by the Indians. The piece of land in litigation contains anout fifty acres and connects East Island, J. P. Morgan, estate at Glen Cove, with the mainland. The land has been In the town's possession beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant, being used for bathing, by the townspeople.

Leonard Jacob, who claimed to own the property, was defeated In an ejectment suit brought against the town, the Appellate Division sustaining the municipality. Since that time the town has maintained custodians on the improved It. A further Improvement was planned last spring by Supervisor Cocks, who be lieved that a big pavilion for the towns people, under the town direction, would be an admirable Improvement to the property, and public sentiment favored this Idea. About three years ago J. Plerpont Mor gan, purchased East Island from the Leonard Jacobs eatate and secured the Jacobs' Interests In East Beach.

It Is said that Mr. Morgan Is associated with the Jacobs In their suit against the town. LONG ISLAND OBITUARY; Patrick McCabe. Rlverhead, L. September 19 The funeral of Patrick McCabe, who died last Friday night, aged 75 years, was conducted yesterday morning from St.

John's Church by the Rev. Father Reilly. Mr. McCabe was born in Ireland 76 years ago, but had lived in Aquebogue and Rlverhead for the past half century. He Is survived by his widow and seven children, John J.

Edward, William, Charles and Frank McCabe; Mrs. Mary Walsh and Miss Lucy McCabe. Joseph Backus. Rlverhead, L. September 19 News reached here yesterday of the death at Saranac Lake of Joseph Backus of.

this place, an expert electrician, and who was formerly superintendent of the Balling Hollow and Roanoke Telephone Company. While working In the northern part of the State Mr. Backus was strick en with typhoid fever and scarlet fever, too, causing his death last Saturday night, at the age of 33 years. He was well liked in Rlverhead. Mr.

Backus' wife died a few months ago In Jamaica, and his child, Forest, aged 7, has since baen living with Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Lane in Rlverhead. Mr.

BackUB was a native of Russell, N. Y. His only living relative, so far as known, is Lawyer Chilton Backus of Brooklyn, a cousin. It Is expected that Mr. Backus' body will be brought here today -for interment.

Owen J. Kavanagh. Funeral services were held this morn ing at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, In Astoria, for Owen J. Kavanagh, one of the well-known police officers of the Borough of Queens, who died at his home, 221 Grand avenue, on Saturday. Mr.

Kavanagh was born in Dublin, Ire land, and came to this country when 4 years old. His family lived for some time in East Eleventh street, Manhattan, but moved to Long Island City, where his father opened a stone yard at Blissvllle, on a spot now occupied by the gateway to old Calvary Cemetery. When he was 16 years old the Civil War broke out, and young Kavanagh enlisted as a drummer boy In Company of the Seventy- seventh New. York Volunteers. He saw service throughout the war and had an honorable record.

In 1872, upon the organization of the Long Island City police force, he was appointed a patrolman by Mayor Ditmers. Ha was captain of police at Rockaway Beach during the term of office ot the late Sheriff Mitchell. He later became a member of the Long Island city police force and was In that position at the time of consolidation and became a member of the New York city police, with the other policemen of Long Island City. For a time he served as a detective at headquarters and then was transferred to the License Bureau. Later he was made a probation officer in the Long Island City police court, and when the new law affecting police courts went Into effect he became warrant officer at the same court.

He was a member of Rawlins Post, G. A. Astoria Aerie of Eagles, and the Veteran Firemen's Association of Long Island City. GARBAGE PLANT Other Important Improvements Are Suggested for Westhampton Beach. Westhampton Beach, L.

Septenjber 19 The Business Men's Association of this place has recommended the Installa tion of an incinerating -plant for the disposal of garbage, and has appointed a committee to confer with committees of the Quantuck Village Improvement Association and the Quantuck Association to estimate the cost oi and maintenance, and the desirability of the innovation. The association has also planned to re quest Southampton town to map and lo cate tne graoe oi me main street in Westhampton Beach so that modern concrete sidewalks may be laid. The matter of exterminating mosquitoes will be taken up and the canals and meadows In this vicinity drained and cleaned. BIG FENCING ORDER PLACED. Hempstead, L.

September 19 foot high wire fence has been ordered for Inclosing Greenfield Cemetery, south ot this Tlllag. Being Repaired Prior to Sailing for West Indies. The battleship Connecticut arrived at tho Navy Yard at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. She will receive a fresh coat of paint and various minor repairs, before she starts, about tho middle of next month, on a two months winter cruise In tbo West Indies. She arrived from Newport, L.

and before that she had taken In general target practice on the Southern battle ground off the Capes. The North Dakota and the Michigan are expected for similar repairs In a few days. Tho entire fleet, consisting of sixteen battleships, will make the Southern cruise this fall. TWO KINDS OF, GRAVEL LAID Freeport Taxpayers Will in Due Time Decide Which Is the Better. Freeport, lr.

September 19 Nineteen carloads of Hudson River gravel, supplied the John R. Fleming Company of 41 Park Row, Manhattan, to be used on Freeport roads, were laid on Brooklyn avenue, between 'Main and Grove streets, and on other roadways, yesterday. The entire avenue, north of the Long Island Railroad tracks was coated with the gravel. It was laid on to a depth of 6 inches at the crown declining to two inches at the wings. This Is the gravel over which the Village Board of Trustees was divided ever since an appropriation ot JB0.000 was made for the permanent care of the roads here, last spring.

As told In The Eagle, the matter Is one In which the whole village is Interested, and taxpayers showed their In. terest by making Individual Inspections of the gravel as laid. Two ten-ton crushers were sent over the gravel all day, but It has yet to pack tighter before the taxpayers will pass satisfactorily on its quality. The prevalent feeling among the taxpayers Is to give the gravel time to pack and It may be found excellent for road use. It Is regarded as too soon to Judge of Its merits and to give a hasty opinion, It was generally admitted, is prejudicial.

In Pine street several loads of other material were laid next to gravel supplied by the Henry Steers, for which material most of the $50,000 appropriation has been expended. After the new layer of gravel has had a chance to harden, a close inspection will follow and an analytical study of the qualities of the two road materials made. PIONEERS AT DINNER Old Residents of Rockaway Meet and Recall Days Now Long Past. Thirty-one citizens of Rockaway Beach, constituting tho Pioneers, sat down to their annual banquet, which was held in Arion Hall, Rockaway Beach, last night. This party was composed of citizens who had resided at the Beach for twenty-five years or more, and who were at leaBt twenty-one years old when they went to live there.

When the association was formed there was a membership of thirty-three, but during the last year two, Charles A. Dashby, one of the organizers ot the Pioneers, and Valentine Seaman, died. The association met last Tuesday evening and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Charles Crabbe; secretary, Albert Meisel; treas urer, A. C. Bedell; historian, Louis Wol- lenweber.

The Pioneers sat down shortly after 8 clock, and for the next hour or so par took of tho various courses which were Berved, after which cigars were lighted and then President Charles Crabbe, act- lug as toastmaster, made a short address and called upon the various members to relate some of their early experiences at the Beach, and the reminiscences told were Indeed very Interesting and de scribed wholly different conditions from those of the present popular and hustling resort. The dining hall was tastefully decorated with American flags and bunting, and each one of the diners was presented with a suitable souvenir. It was a late hour when the Pioneers departed, to meet again next September. Among those who sat down to the feast, and the year In which they went to live at the Beach, were: M. P.

Holland, 1S5S; L.uke Eldert, lssn; Harry Fulling-, 18H9; John Jamleson, 1874; Emanuel Arnold, 1874; Richard Simpson. 1S75; John J. 'uricy. 1KT6; John Harry. 1876; Jacob Kohn, lfi7; George Burchell, 1876; Henry richoncke, 1S77; Alfred C.

Hedell. 1877; Albert Melsel, 1877; Mt-njuntln Ityder, 1877; David J. Fello, 1878; William Henne. 1878: Louis A. VCollenweber, 179; tlporge 1,.

T.ambert. 1879: Frank Sheppard, John K. Murray, 1879; T.oftus P. Murray. 18n; Theodore Kruse, 1S80: Martin Meyer, l.Sol; tleorgo Bennett, 1882: ohn B.

Summerfield, 1 svl' John K. Vail. 18S3; William K. Melssner. 1SSS; John .1.

Kellv, 18S4; August Wiedemann, 1SS4; John J. Hanley, 1S84; Charles Crabbe, 1885 TOWN UNDER QUARANTINE No Dogs Can Leave Oyster Bay Except With Sheriff DeMott's Permission. Oyster Bay, L. September 19 At the regular meeting of the town board hero, yesterday, that body was confronted with an unusual matter, when the clerk read an order signed by the chief veterinarian of the Bureau of Agriculture, notifying the board that a quarantine would be enforced by the sheriff of Nassau County on ail dogs In the township and that none of the animals will be permitted to leave the town except by special permission of tho sheriff, and then only when the owner had furnished satisfactory proof that the dog or dogs that he wished to take out of the town are free from rabies, have never been exposed to the disease and have never- been bitten by another dog afflicted with rabies. The order states that as far as possible every precaution Is to be taken to keep dogs from coming Into the town while the quarantine is on.

As soon as the board has grasped the full purport of the order it immediately passed a resolution to submit a protest to the Bureau of Agriculture. it In which objections were set forth: against the enforcement of the quarantine, the board alleging in the protest cases of rabies were confine to. only a very small section of Oyster Bay-: township that of Bayville and that rabies had not been reported In months from villages In the southern section of the township. It Is understood here that the bureau was prompted to take this stringent measure owing to- frequent complaints received froB residents of Oyster Bay to the effept that rabies wore spreading In the-villaes of Oyster Bay ano; that very little, it anything; was being done to check its increase. The complaints began to poilr Into the bureau last spring, when several cases, of the rabies broke out among the dogs of the Bayville section, nt which time some of tile residents there thought that insufficient' protection was being given to humans and became fearful that the dogs would attack the people on the streets, although no such cases were reported to the authorities.

Sheriff Dc Mott said today that the quarantine would be put into effect Immediately and that he Is to await orders from the Bttr-au of Agriculture before he raiS'3 the A BUSY PLACE JUST 123,000 Bills Await Correction Before Mailing to Taxpayers of Borough. PROBABLY GO OUT ON MONDAY Property Owners Have Month of Oc tober in Which to Make Payment Without Penalty. With 123,000 bills piled up before them. the clerks in the office of William A. Beadle, Receiver of Taxes for Queens, are working under pressure In an effort to get the bills corrected and ready for the taxpayers of the borough, who will have to begin to pay their taxes on Monday, October 2.

The bills were written by experts sent from Manhattan in about two weeks. Now they have to be compared with the assessment rolls and verified, go that there can be no mistake when the prop erty owners come to pay. This comparison and correction Is being made by six teams of clerks of three persons each. The comparisons are made with the books of the Department of Taxes and Assessments, and with tax rolls made by the department. Mr.

Beadle says that he expects the comparisons to be completed by Friday of this week and then the bills will be ready to be passed out not later than next Monday. 'We are having considerable trouble with taxpayers who sent In requisitions for bills within the past two or three weeks, and who, not receiving them, are Bending letters to us demanding to know why their bills have not been received, said Receiver Beadle. "The reason for his is that as we received the requisi tions by mall they were filed, and we are holding them until the bills are ready. We do not have sn appropriation for postage stamps to send replies acknowledging tho receipt of the requisi tion, and so we cannot send them. But I desire to sav to every person who has sent in a requisition that within a week they will receive their bills.

Business With Department Should Be Done by Mail. We are nleased to see the Increasing number of persons who are transacting the business with this department by continued Mr. Beadle. "That Is he nroDer way to do It to save me prop erty owners time and annoyance. In pav ing taxes all that 1b necessary is to a check or a postofflce money order.

The check need not be certified unless the sender desires an Immediate return of his receipt. All uncertified checks received in the office are held until we hear from the bank on them, and this tnkea nhnut five days. If the check Is all right, the receipt Is promptly mailed. Only one thing must be remembered by taxpayers who write to this office, that In every case where a reply 1b expected a stamped envelope must be sent for the reply. Otherwise It will not be sent." The taxes become due and payable on Monday, October 2, this year, and 'he property owners will have the entire month of October to pay without having a penalty attached.

WOMAN SHOT IN THE EYE Wound Inflicted by Tiny Boy Playing With a Presumably Empty Revolver. Hempstead, L. September 19 Yester day morning, while Mrs. Charles Bohnet of South Franklin street was attending a sick neighbor, Mrs. Bertha Abrams of Grove street, she was accidentally shot in the eye by the flve-year-old son of the latter.

The boy was playing about the room with an old revolver, supposed to be broken. In a joking way he said to Mrs. Bohnet, "I'll shoot you," and, holding up the weapon, pulled the trigger and shot Mrs. Bohnet In the eye. It Is leared by the attending physician that she will lose the sight of the eye.

She Is suffering great pain. It Is somewhat of a coincidence that Mrs. Bohnet should be living In the house, on South Franklin street, In which a man named Brown committed suicide by shoot- about one year ago. BRENTWOOD WANTS ITS SHARE Of Money Expended for Snow Removal and Road Improvement. Brentwood, L.

September 19 With a view to securing more expeditious removal of the snow from Brentwood's highways this winter and to secure a more liberal amount of money for the purpose of Improving roads in this district, a committee has been appointed by a meeting of citizens to call upon the town board of lsllp. It Is stated that only $15 wan expended In removing snow last winter, and the people here want to take time by the forelock and secure a more liberal appropriation for this winter. It Is desired to widen the old Telegraph road aud another road leading Into the village, and to make other repairs and Improvements to the roads. Although Brentwood has about one-tenth of the roads lot the town of lsllp, only one-thirtieth of the money appropriated for work upon the highways in the town was devoted to work upon these roads, it Is claimed. About has been spent yearly upon the roads of the district heretofore, and it is hoped that about $4,000 can bo devoted to this work this year.

The committee lucludes Dr. W. II. Ross, St. Leger Palmer, Charles L.

Cook and William Cary. CHURCH 40 YEARS OLD. Rockvllle Centre, L. September 19 The fortieth anniversary of the founding of the First Presbyterian Church of Christian Hook will be observed Thursday, October 12. It has been planned to I juuae tne centui anon hu ota nome aay.

as many present aim iurmer resiaents OI Oceanslde community will be present on that day to participate In the festivities. The church organization was established 1871, by the Rev. Marcus Burr, and services have been conducted here since that year. NASSAU CONVENTION CALLED. Mineola, September 19 A meeting of the Republican County Committee was held in Bremen's Hall here, yesterday afternoon.

October 6 was set as the day for convention at which time a candidate will be nominated for assembly, and del egates chosen to the convention which will be held In Brooklyn on October 6, at which time three candidates will be nominated for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court. The assembly convention will be held at Welduiann's Hall, at Mineola. THIS POSTAL BANK. A Rockvllle Centre, L. September 19 The Rockvllle Centre Branch of the U.

S. Postal Bank, which was. opened for business on Monday, September 11, reports unexpectedly heavy deposits. Assistant Postmaster William P. Lister is lit charge of the bank.

Mrs. Jennie Buhlman of this village had the distinction of being the first depositor, while Charles Tocllc soon followed her. Mrs. Marie M. Ross was next and Miss Bella Mints was the fourth de OPENS AT IERHFJD Fine Autumn Weather for First Day of Fifty-ninth Annual Exhibit.

DISPLAY IN ALL LINES GOOD. Sporting Events, as Usual, a Leading Feature Soma Splendid Cattle Are Shown. (Special to The Eagle.) Rlverhead, L. September 19 All roads In SufTolk County lead to the fair grounds here today. The 1911 fair, under the auspices of the Suffolk County Agricultural Society, which is the fifty-ninth annual, opened up strong this morning.

The weather Is perfect, the exhibits are larger than and tho sports are highly attractive; the combination is such that the optimistic officers are already prophesying the greatest fair ever held. From President Henry S. Brush of Huntington down the officials havo worked very hard, and If the fair Isn't the big success they predict it won't be their fault. The fair this year has a lot of entirely new features. Many of the old ones have been retained but have been Improved and modernised.

Wealthy Brook-lynlteB summering on Long Island have this year taken a deeper Interest In the fair and have entered articles for competition along with the just ordinary farmers. Fine Cattle a Feature of the Show. Some of the shows In the exhibition classes are unusual. Take cattle, for in stance. Here one finds the 110,000 herd (five) of Guernseys entered by T.

M. Turner's Never-Never-Land Farm, Shelter Island. They are competing directly with the herd of Mine Host Corwln of the Long Island House, Rlverhead, who paid Into the thousands for a bull to head his herd a year or two ago. Howard Gould of Castlegould, Port Washington, has a splendid herd of shorthorn cows, calves, and a bull, competing directly with E. H.

Stevens of West-ltampton and G. E. Aldrich of Mattituck. J. Victor Wilson of Brooklyn and James-port has a beautiful herd of Jerseys competing with Michael H.

Howard of Mattituck and J. A. Hulse of Wading River and Howard E. Hulse of Calverton. In the poultry hall, E.

R. Reynolds of Brooklyn and Westhampton Beach, had over 300 entries, Including Just ordinary varieties of fowl and some fancy specimens. He Is the largest exhibitor In that class. The poultry exhibit has about 2,000 entries In it. Floral hall is beautiful place.

E. Stanley Brown of East Moriches has ovei 600 varieties of dahlias; Elihu S. Mill-jr of Wading River, the veteran florist, has a gorgeous display of thousands of blooms of gladiolas, including many varieties; E. V. Howell of Peconlc, wno has a field containing over 2,000 dahlia plants, has brought about 200 different kinds to the fair; E.

Weir, of James-port and Brooklyn has a wonderful display of asters, carnations and the like. These are augmented by hundreds and hundreds of displays made by many different people. Besides cattle and poultry, Messrs. Gould, Turner, Wilson and Reynolds have entries In many different classes from pigs down to articles of household use for decoration or something good to eat. Woman to Compete in the Horse Department.

In the horse department It Is timely to note that there's going to be wonderfully sharp competition in the classes devoted to women's turnouts and high steppers between Miss Claire A. Knapp, a summer resident of Bellport and Mrs. Ethel Dana. Eleven women will compete for silver mugs and blue ribbons in the women's turnout class, prominent being the two named above. In the class for team high steppers the Knapp entry Is Reciprocity and Prosperity and the Shep-ard entry is Shepard and Dana.

The owners will drive in both classes, It is understood. The automobile show Is unusual. It contains thirty separate cars. Some of them have been entered by Brooklyn dealers. This show is in a pretty spot on the big campus, housed in a tent about 100 feet long.

A novelty this year will be an exhibit of honest and dishonest weights and measures. These will be shown In a tent, and the exhibit will be In charge of County Sealer Horace Lane, assisted by R. M. Blumenthal of the State Department. There's one set of cans marked "short on account of dents," and the dents are pretty big ones, too; yet the dealer was still using them when overhauled by the sealer.

"Condemned, weak spring, Is marked on a lot of scales that were being used when confiscated. "This measure is 25 years old and was short when it was built," Is the mark on a wooden pack measure. "This stone was used In a store to weigh tea," Is another weight variety recovered from a Suffolk County shop. How One Sealer Cheated by Means of Dirty Measures. There's a collection of seven-quart and two-quart tin measures confiscated from a paint dealer's that are so gummed in with dirt that they didn't begin to hold the required amount the owner never cleaned them, and the purchaser received short measure thereby.

There's a big collection of weights with holes bored In the bottom of them to make them light. There's a scale with some big nuts, a piece of lead pipe, some washers, and other articles placed under the scoop to make It drop quickly when a pound of sugar was placed therein. In fact, the exhibit of stuff collected by Mr. Lane within a year In Suffolk County is so largo and complete that It really gives one an awful shock to think what might have been happening to his pocketbook for a century past. Today there was In the trotting and pacing classes on the track, one of the fastest In the country, a 3:00 trot with a dozen entries and a 3:00 pace, nine entries, each for a purse of $200.

Because of the quality of the horses competition was taken. Tomorrow's sporting will be more elaborate; likewise on the following days up to and including Friday. The baseball tomorrow will be between Hempstead and Ltndenhurst. and will be "some game, too," say those who know of the caliber of the teams that are coming. Beside this sport there'll be a horseshow and three big races, Including a 2:22 pace for J400, a 2:25 trot for $400, and a 2:18 pace for $400.

TRIED TO WRECK TROLLEY CAR Big Stump Put on Track on Furga-' tory Hill, Blue Point. Patchogue, L. September 19 An attempt was made to wreck a car of the local electric line near Blue Point late Sunday night, and but for the qclkk action of Motorman Van Nostrand there might have been serious consequences. The car was coming down Purgatory Hill, just outside of Blue Point, whan the motorman noticed something on the track. He clanged his bell and then put on brakes, but not before the object was struck.

The passengers received quite a Jar and when the car stopped all ran out. The obstruction was a big stump evidently placed upon the track by mischievous boys. Other than the smashing ot the tender ot the car no damage was done. BEGIN GRIDIRON WORK. TKa Aof rnntKll rtrnnttfta nf tha TTlnar)- Ing High School team took place yester- aay afternoon In the lngleslde grounds.

Captain Spencer Ely had twenty men out. lie. George Lawrence, an old University of -Pennsylvania player, will coach the bo? tltis year. Men of 35th Battalion Remember His Twentieth Anniversary. Chief Louis T.

Hauck, who commnt.ds the Thirty-fifth Battalion, was gratcf.il-ly surprised yesterday when the members of that battalion gathered In his office Engine Company 111, on Clymer street, and presented to him a handsome diamond-studded twenty-year service badge. Tne battalion Includes Engine Companks Xos. Ill, 116 and 121, as well as Hook and Ladder Company No. 54. The presentation was made by Acting Chief James T.

Gatons, v. ho Is In charge of Engine Company No. 121. The budge is of gold, weighs 24 pennyweights, and Is oval shaped. In the tenter Is the number 20.

Both of the; figures are diamond studded. The badge is worth several hundred dollars and it is one of the prettiest and most expensive that any chief has received In a long MUST BE READY BY SEPT. 23 Builders of Experimental Pavement on Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, Told to Hurry. Public Works Commissioner Walter H. Bunn of Queens has given an order to the contractors who are laying the strips of experimental roadway on Hill side avenue, in Jamaica, that all work must be completed and the road open for travel by September 23, the date of the Aero Club meet in Nassau County.

The order was given as the result of a communication received from President Timothy L. Woodruff of the Aero Club, who stated that on this occasion there would be thousands of automobiles coming to Queens County and that Hillside avenue Is In the direct line to the park where the meet will be held. If the roadway Is not In proper condition it will cause much annoyance and delay, and perhaps accidents. Commissioner Bunn directed Engineer John H. Weinberger to make an Inspection of the work, and be will report today.

The order of Commissioner Bunn has resulted In some heated remonstrances from firms which are laying the experimental strips. Not more than half the nine different kinds of roadway have been laid, although the remainder have been completed for weekB. If the remainder are completed by the of this month some rush work will havu to be done. The experimental Btrlps are being put down for the purpose of making a test to determine what kind of macadam will best Btand the wear and tear of the heavy automobile traffic In Queens. The tests are to be extended throughout one entire year and observations are to be made daily.

The tests are of more than local Importance, for they are being made un.lcr specifications drawn by engineers connected with the United States, New York State, the city and borough governments, ami the results of the demonstration will be published for the benefit of municipalities and roadmakers all over the country. $1 5,509.78 COLLECTED. $16,040.30 Bemains to Be Paid to Bockville Centre Collector. Rockvllle Centre, L. September ID It was reported by Tax Collector William H.

Grim, at the session of the village trustees last night, that $15,509.78 had been collected thus far this year, and that $16,040.30 la at present outstanding. Plans have been completed lor the low ering and grading of Maple street. An engineer will be engaged to take charge of the preliminaries, and work will be begun when he makes a report or his findings. Fire Chief Roesoh appeared Detore tne trustees and made a request that sufficient money be appropriated for the repairing of Alert Fire House. The chief also asked for and was granted permission to take a part of the Are apparatus to Farmlngdale on the occasion of the Soulhern New York Firemen's Convention in October.

While the chief had the floor he asked the legal status governing standees in local motion picture houses. He was advised as to the law and directed to see that it was properly enforced. Following a series of complaints about stagnant pools In the vicinity of Park avenue the trustees ordered last night that catchbaslns be Installed through the avenue without delay. HAD MARVELOUS ESCAPE. Sixty-Foot Fall Did Not Seriously Injure Alloway.

Arthur Alloway, 25 years old, of Greenwood and Atlantic avenues, Richmond Hill, had an almost miraculous escape from death at the Stelnwajr piano factory, In Ditruars avenue, Long Island City, yesterday afternoon. He was repairing a water tank on the top of the factory, over sixty feet from the ground. While at work at its top Alloway stepped back and fell. In making the descent he turned two complete somer saults and finally landed on his stomach in a pile of sand on the ground. The force of the Impact was such that he was buried several feet in the sand.

Ills brother, George Alloway, and another workman, Komoe Marcantla, ran to him. expecting to find him dead. He was unconscious, but still breathing, and an ambulance was called from St. John's Hospital. Ho was taken there, where It was found that he was sufferl.ig from nothing worse than shock.

After remaining in the hospital for several hours he was able to go to his home, and in a few days will be able tc resume his work. WATCH FOR MISS B0YNT0N. Miss E. Hoynton. who recently resigned as cashier' of the Bay Side National Bank, in consequence of her family moving to California, has been presented with a handsome gold watch by the board of directors of that Institution.

Miss Boynlon, who was the only woman cashier employed an a bank In the Untied States, had been connected with the Bay Side bank ever Bince it was organized six years ago. The watch is of solid gold, ith a handsomely embellished case. On the Inside of the cover Is the following Inscription: "Presented to Mies E. M. Boynton by the Bay Side National Bank as an expression of appreciation for her faithful service and excellent record during the six years she was cashier of the bank." WILL CONFER THIRD DEGREE.

In Richmond Hill Lodge. F. and A. on Wednesday evening, the Master Mason degree will be conferred. The costumed fellowcraft degree team of Mlzpah Lodgo of Elmhurst will be In evidence In the second section, and the historical lecture will be delivered by Assistant Grand Lecturer 1- X.

Failor. This will be the first time the third degree has been worked by the new lodge, and a large gathering is expected. MISS STUART ENGAGED. Mr. and Mrs.

William G. Stuart of San Francisco, announce the betrothal of their daughter, Hattle Jean, to Frederick W. ilott of Richmond Hill, op at Sayville Sunday while on an 1 automobile tour of the island, and met old friends, including their former chauffeur, Daniel Hyser, now a machinist here. Mr. and Mrs.

Bodley look happy and prosperous. Mr. Bodley Is his own chauffeur. He drives a fine car. It will be recalled that Mr.

Bodley was the superintendent of the late George C. Taylor's estate at Great River, and that he married Miss Lena Head, the daughter of Mrs. Betsey the housekeeper for Taylor, who was a millionaire recluse. Mrs. Head, who also was rich, and who has since died, disinherited her daughter after her marriage.

LOWER FARE DEMANDED. Elmont People Think It Costs Too Much to Reach Jamaica. Elmont, L. Septembor 19 The El-' mont Civic Association Is getting to be a live body and the membership Is Increasing rapidly. At the last meeting there were forty-seven members present.

John J. Gribbin presided, and spoke at length on the transportation question. The cltlens of Elmont feel that the Long Island Traction Company Is charg ing an excessive rare when it demands 10 cents between Stop 12 in Elmont and Jamaica. The association Is going to put up a strong fight to have this fare reduced to 5 cents. George Grame, T.

J. Hughea and Jo seph Brendle were appointed a committee to wait on the traction company and ascertain If it Is willing to grant the concession asked. UNITED CIVICS DINNER. Waterways and Shore Front Setter-ments to Be Discussed. This evening the Vnlted Civics Asso ciation of the Borough of Queens will hold its annual banquet at Schillings Hotel, Seaside, Rockaway Beach, and it' Is expected that about 200 members will sit down to the tables.

The banquet will lOllow the midsummer meeting of the association, at which t-a and ahnrA front develnnmenf of Queens Borough will be discussed, and officials of the city and borough have been Invited to be present. The commit-Aa tn nf the dinner comnrises John SilveBtro. chairman; Henry S. John-- son, Otto LolDi, Iran n.nao, jonn 1 Streever and Jules Harder. FIREMEN'S FAIR ENDS.

The fair which has been held at Port Washington, under the auspices of tho wlveji of the members of the Atlantlo Hook ana ijaaaer company, cume to at successful close last evening. A A neat sum was realized, which will ga i' to the company for new equipment. A How Locust Valley Fought the Mosquito to a Finish. Glen Cove, L. I.

September 19 The regular monthly meeting of the Glen rove Village Improvement Association will be held at the Justices Courthouse on Thursday evening. The executive committee have a number of important matters to bring before the ar.soclatlon. At the close of the meeting Anton J. rj Hodenpyl, president of the Matinneeoek Neighborhood Association of Locust Valley, will tell of the mosquito extermiua-Ua work of bis association, positor,.