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a a a a a a a a THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. THURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 1913. PLAYS CARDS IN THE QUEENS JAIL First Civil Prisoner Under Administration of Sheriff George Emener.

ACCUSER SUED FOR LIBEL. Mrs. Schmitt Got Verdict of $600, Which Sbe Wants Prisoner to Pay. Charles Rogan, manager of the betel at Roxbury's, one of the famous summer resorts on Jamaica Bay, was locked up in the elvil jail yesterday afternoon by. Deputy Sheriff William Desmond.

Rogan is the first civil prisoner in custody since George Emener became Sheriff of Queens County ou the first of the year, and the Sheriff has given orders that he be given the best of care. Some time ago Mrs. Marie Schmitt brought a suit for libel against Rogan In the Supreme Court of Queens County. Marie used to be a waitress in the botel which Rogan supervised. She left the establishment one day, and subsequently Rogan wrote a letter to somebody else, in which ch he mentioned the name of Mrs.

Schmitt. She brought a libel suit and the jury awarded her a verdict of $600. The accused failed to make good when Mrs. Schmitt's lawyers attempted to collect the judgment, 80 they brought supplementary proceedings. When that didn't help, they got Justice Blackmar, sitting this month in the Special Term of the Supreme Court in Long Island City, to grant them all order of arrest, and until Rogan pays $628, which includes costs, and $49 additional for interest, he will have to spend the next few months playing pinochle and cribbage with the warden and two keepers of the civil jail in the Court House in Long island City.

DON'T FIGHT DOG WITH FIST. Frank A. Acer Gives This Advice After a Painful Experience. Frank A. Acer, a retired business man, Huntington Station, L.

January who owns a large estate south of ington Station, discovered yesterday at cost of considerable pain, a bulldog's head is considerably harder than a man's fist when he shattered several bones of his right hand in an effort to stun one of his pet canines which had seized the throat of another in a death grip. Acer was making al tour of his farm yesterday afternoon when sounds of al terrific dog fight going oll behind his barn caused him to hasten to the spot. He there found that his pet bulldog was about to end the life of il Great Dane which he valued highly. Acer called a hired man but pails of water and even sticks and stones had no effect in loosenIng the tightly locked jaws of the bulldog. Without counting the cost.

Acer clenched his fist and brought it suddenly down on the bulldog's head. Either the force of blow or the ery of pain that Acer uttered when the blow landed. caused the two dogs to break away. Acer, however, was too much engaged with his injured hand to pay much attention to them. Dr.

William B. Gibson set the broken bones and advised Acer to take a cane or a club the next time his canine friends get into a melee. COMPANY I INSPECTED. Every Member of the Flushing Organization Was 011 Hand. The annual inspection of Company Tenth Regiment.

Flushing, by State and army officers was held yesterday at the State armory Oll Broadway. Colonel W. H. Chapin, inspector general, represented the State and Mayor Taylor the armory They were assisted by Colonel John F. Klein of the Tenth Regiment.

Captain Thomas J. Dooley, Lieutenants Clark, Travis Robinson and Lawrence of the local company. The armory and equipment was inspected during the afternoon and the company was mustered in before the inspecting officers in the evening. While the inspectors refused to state what their report would be it is understood that the Flushing company will receive 100 per cent. There are ninetyseven members in the company and every member took part in the inspection.

The visiting officers were entertained by the officers of the local company at the Tea Caddy Inn. following the tion. Thse revlev of the company will take place on the eve of Lincoln's Birthday, February 11. The affair is being arranged by a committee composed of Captain Thomas Dooley of Company 1, Commander Albert M. Yaeger of George Huntsman Camp Sons of Veterans; Commander A.

J. Tooker of John V. Searles Camp, Spanish- -American War Veterans, and Commander E. V. Brown of George Huntsman Post, G.

A. R. Following the review there will be a dance. GUNNERS AND FISHERMEN Unite to Labor for Protection Against the Sporting Interest. West Sayville, L.

January 30---And now comes the West Sayville branch of the Long Island Gunners and Fishermen's Protective Organization, a brand new body of stubborn fighters, with an initial membership roll of nearly 200 men. They will take their troubles before the Legislature in committee and will fight the sporting interests who are doing their best to down Long Island fishermen and gunners, who fish and gun for a living. The meeting for organization was addressed by Captain Frederick Ockers, W. S. Downs of Bay Shore and Town Clerk Charles R.

Suydam, jr. The new officers are: President, ward Vessen; vice presidents, Edward Ockers, John Griek, Louis Brandt; secretary, Cornelius Dykstra; treasurer, Peter Van Vessen: trustees, Frederick Ockers, Henry Brandt and John Seerveld. GRADUATION AT BAYSIDE. The graduating exercises of Public School No. 31, Bayside, were heid yesterday afternoon in the assembly hall of the school.

The class motto was "Perseverance Is the Key of Success." The majority of graduates will enter the Flushing High School. They were: Rawdon Ingham Cullin. Frank Fowler, Paul M. Hodul, William J. McManus, Edward G.

Walsh, Thomas I. Webb, Sarah M. Carnes, Georgette M. Debonnet, Emily Duritz, Frances Elfring, Mary Jacobs, Ethel I. McConnell, Mabel A.

Smith and Mabelle I. Teller. XO TELL ABOUT PANAMA CANAL The Rev. Frederick W. Cutler of the Reformed Church of Yonkers will deliver a lecture on the Panama Canal in the Presbyterian Church, Woodhaven, on Tuesday evening, February 4.

The affair will be given under the auspices of the Baraca Bible class. Dr. Cutler recently returned from a visit to the canal zone and will tell about what he saw with illustrated stereopticon views. POLITICS IN IT? Movement to Revive the South Shore Traction Company's Line. Sayrille, L.

20-Patchogue representative asking of January, Islip town yesterday, for a franchise board, for opening up and operating the defunct South Shore Traction Company's trolley line between Patchogue and, Sayville, caused leading business men Sayville, when Interviewed by a reporter, today. to say: "While we favor continuous system of trollers, we disapprove the opening up of this solely in the interest of Patchogue It is considered Islip town officials are between two fires regarding this forced trolley proposition just on the eve of a town election. FLAG FOR GAYNOR Long Island Neighbors Bring Present to the Mayor. Ag an expression of neighborly goodwill, a committee representing the restdents of St. James and Nesconset visited Mayor Gaynor yesterday and presented him with a large American flag, which wag later raised over the City Hall.

years ago Mayor Gaynor gave the Nesconset people a flag for their postoffice. Tho committee included Fire Chief Joseph Essenbach, H. P. Whittaker, postmaster of Nesconset, and C. Melville Smith, whom Gaynor calls the Mayor of St.

James. Appropriate remarks were made at the presentation by Mr. Smith. "It may seem presumptuous on the part of a countryman," said Mr. Smith of Nesconset in presenting the flag, "to come to the City of New York and tell its citizens what good Mayor they have, but you of the elty will concede that in the country we come closer in touch with our neighbors, and in the cold and stormy winter nights, and in the harvest fields of the summertime, we learn the trend of their innermost thoughts, and while you of the city in your eager rush for wealth, pleasure, and honors have time alone for these matters, we of the country study our rulers and watch their growth for usefulness.

It is this that has caused us to be here today and tell you our opinion of our neighbor and your distinguished Mayor. Do not find fault with him because he comes over the bridge some morning a little cross. We all get up taht way some days. But bear in mind you are getting a $100,000 legal mind for a $15,000 salary, and when the newspapers eriticise him for some delay, do not join in and crucify him, but be patient. No plant, shrub, or tree or beautiful field of grain arrives at perfection without time and growth, and Mayor Gaynor's whole lite has been an exemplification of this idea of growth.

him, with him, and at the end of his term your city will have started a system of docks, subways, parks, schools and administrative reform second to no city in the world." Henry B. Whitaker said he indorsed all that Mr. Smith had said. there are any words in the English language that more fully emphasize it please consider them he added. The Mayor said he was very glad to receive the flag, and he went on: "I do not know that the people of this city knew where Nesconset is.

Mr. Whitlaker. Three years ago I took a ten-mile walk over to vour place and back to present you with a flag for the new postoffice. That postoffice had just been e6- tablished by the Postmaster General. And you and I had something to do with picking out the name of the new postoffice.

And I made a little speech on the steps of the postoffice and presented you with the flag. And it has been flying there ever since. But here is the part of it which is quite typical of our time. The next morning I read in the New York daily ragbag--you know we have such a newspaper here suppose--that there were present all the villagers of Nesconset. and that among others there were 500 children present to hear the speech.

And all the village turned out. Well. the report in the daily ragbag was true in all respects except this: The first error was that there is no village over there at all. "The postoffice of Nesconset is set in the scrub woods in the center of Long Island. There is no village there, so there Were no villagers present.

In the next place I do not suppose there are 500 children within ten miles of Neconset ur VOu went out and gathered them all in you would not have 500. So that was the next error in the report. Like errors ran through it all. But we are used to that down here. You all laughed at it the next day down in Nesconset, the thing was so grotesque.

But we have it every day here. The report about my presentation of the flag at Nesconset, of the number of children who were present. and the village of Nesconset, and so on. was just as true in all respects as what the ragbpo prints here dailv about what occurs. For instance.

what it is now printing about the subways. and SO on. The reports about these things are just about as true as the report about the flag presentation at Nesconset." PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 88. Thirty -four pupils were presented with diplomas at the graduating exercises of Public School No.

88. Elm avenue and Fresh Pond road, Ridgewood, yesterday afternoon. The large auditorium was crowded with the many friends of the graduates, and after a brief address of welcome by the principal, J. H. Rohrback.

the following programme was presented. Dr. Frank Collins of Bushwick High School, In addressing the children, spoke of the early history of the country, his ancestors and the hard struggle he had before he worked himself to his present position. He made a strong impression with those present. The school book.

"Red and Black." by the scholars of the various classes, was presented to all those present. It contains a brief review of the work of the term and is issued quarterly. Names of graduates will appear in The Eagle tomorrow. REID-GRIFFIN, Huntington, L. January 30-At a house wedding at the home of her parents, Mr.

Mra. William H. Griffin of Dewey avenue, Miss Susan Florence Griffin, was married to Edgar Denice Reid of Tennant, N. yesterday afternoon. The ceremony took place at 1 o'clock and was performed by the Rev.

W. H. Barton of the Methodist Church. The house was decorated with ferns. palms and mountain laurel.

The bride was gowned in ivory charmeuse draped with chateau lace WItA crystal trimming. She wore orange blos60ms. Edna Reid, the maid of honor, who is a sister of the bridegroom. wore green crepe de chine over satin. Miss Florence Denton, a niece of the bride, was the flower girl.

and carried a basket of sweet peas. William A. Reid. the bridegroom's brother, acted as best man. Mr.

and Mrs. Reid left for the South on their honeymoon and on their return will reside at Tennant, N. J. HAS THIRTY FOOT ALL. Carpenter Escapes With Nothing More Serious Than Crushed Foot.

Edward Sherran, a carpenter, 55 years old, of Snedeker avenue, Union Course, at work on the new depot at Rockaway road and Atlantic avenue, Jamaica, yesterday afternoon fell from a scafford, a distance of about thirty feet, to the ground, and had his right foot crushed. He was removed to St. Mary's Hospital. FROM QUEENS BOROUGH AND ALL LONG ISLAND ASHMEAD BOOMED TO HEAD BOROUGH Many Republicans Think the Jamaica Postmaster Could Win Presidency. SUGGEST A FUSION TICKET.

Meetings Already Held of Progressives of Both Parties--Ferguson Mager Dunton Named. Warren B. Ashmead, the postmaster at Jamaica, is said to be the choice of the Queens County Republicans to head the fusion ticket for Borough President. It is generally believed that Ashmead would make a strong run and that be would receive many regular Democratic votes as well as the votes of the Republicans, Progressives and Independent Democrats, who are contemplating fusion. Leaders of the Republican and Progressive parties and of the Independent Democrats have held several meetings in the offices of former County Clerk Martin Mager, in the Butler Building, Jamaica, and their plans fusion are said to be progressing favorably.

No agreement seems to have been reached as yet, however, on the choice of a man to head the ticket. Frank L. Ferguson, chairman of the Queens County Progressives. is the choice of his party, and it is said that the Independent Democrats want either Martin Mager or Frederick W. Dunton.

The boom for Ashmead was started by some of the Republicans yesterday, "He would be an ideal Independent Republican candidate." said one of the Republican leaders today, "and at the head of a fusion ticket he would be a sure winner." OBITUARY Max W. Heckman. Max W. Heckman, 12 years old, son of Max Heckman of 143 Delaware street, Flushing, died Tuesday. Young Heckman was a pupil in the Murray Hill High School, and had been in ill health for the past three weeks.

He was first taken down with German measles, and later chickenpox developed, which caused his death. There are six cases of German measles among the children of the Murray Hill school, but none is serious. Ellen Scheckell, Mrs. Ellen Scheckell. 66 years old.

who for the past fifty years had made her home in College Point, died yesteruay her home, 27 Seventeenth street, that village. She was born iu Germany. Her husband died several years ago. She leaves one son Alfred. The funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.

Martin Grady. Martin Grady, 71 years old, an expert nurseryman, died yesterday at his home, 15 Prospect, street, Flushing. He was born in Ireland and settled in Flushing when he was 21 years old. At that time Flushing was noted as a nursery center, The Parsons Nurseries occupying greater part of the southern section of the town. An expert nurseryman, a Mr.

Grady secured employment with Samuel Parsons, and for a time he traveled all through the United States in the interest of the nursery. He was with the concern until about ten years ago, when the firm gave up business. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Thomas J. Deegan of Brooklyn, Misses Mary and Winifred Grady, and two sons, Thomas and James.

The funeral services will be held on Friday morning. NO. 39 HONOR ROLL. The roll of honor of Evening School No. 39, Far Rockaway, was issued yesterday afternoon.

The students receiving honors are: Advanced class--Lise Sather, Adolph Schlagi, John Lindblum, Alexander Milashevich, Frank Chineli and Rosario Lebrizzi. Intermediate classLouisa Steifether, Frances Blutcher, Fred Schrerher, John Schlitz, Frank Pettrella, Louis Sack. Elementary class--Fannie Keikla, Mary Rejen, "Cascade Margaret Sysma, Peter Sorro, John and Fred Batta. LORD AVE. CROSSING VICTIMS.

Inwood, L. January 29-Herbert Cromwell and Chauncey Cornell of this village, who narrowly escaped with their lives at the Lord avenue crossing accident, last Friday morning, are rapidly improving at St. Joseph's Hospital, Far Rockaway, where they have been under treatment since the time of the accident. Mr. Cornell was not injured as badly as first reported and will be able to leave the hospital in about ten days.

Mr. Cromwell will be compelled to remain a patient for a much longer period, as the injury to his leg was a severe one, which may yet necessitate amputation, although the surgeons are hopeful of saving the limb. MUSICALE AT K. F. C.

Last evening the Knickerbocker Field Club held a very interesting musicale at their clubhouse in Flatbush. The weather did not keep the members and their friends from attending in goodly numbers this one of the usual Wednesday night entertainments, which was the most delightful of the season. The first part of the programme was opened with Buck's "On the Sea." sung by the Stuyvesant Glee Club, Herbert Staveley Sammond, conductor, and a very highly appreciated opening it was. Robert. MacPherson, tenor, sang Cadman's "At Dawning" and Richardson's "Mary," in a pleasing manner and received hearty applause, which was a trifle outdone by that received by Miss Eleanor Owens, soprano, upon her sweet rendition of Stewart's "Out in the Open Meadow," and Salter's "Come to the Garden, Love." Graham Harris' delicate handling in several violin solos was good.

He played Kreisler's "Liebesfreud" and "Liebeslied" and Svendsen's "Romanze." The Stuyvesant Glee Club began the second part with Andrew's "John Peel," calling forth much applause. W. E. McCann, bass, sang Fraser "Sunshine and Storm" in an impressive way, after which Miss Owens again won applause by singing the "Jewel Song" from Gounod's "Faust." Mr. Harris then played Wieniawski's "Legende." The musicale came to an end with Lost Chord" by the Stuyvesant Glee Club.

YOUNG PEOPLE AS MINSTRELS. A minstrel show was presented last evening under the auspices of the Young People's Society of the Church of Our Lady of Refuge in their parish house, Ocean and Foster avenues. F. J. Maguire acted as coach.

Besides the Tuxedo quartet, composed of J. Churchill, F. J. Maguire, G. Pipson and E.

Fauth, those who took part were Miss M. E. Reidy, Miss M. Swartz, J. Cushman, F.

Matier, George Rafter, Frank Gillen, William T. MacRoberts, F. Brophy, P. Grady, J. Scott 'and Masters Healy and Finn.

The chorus was composed of the Misses Anna McTanney, Bessie Hanlon, Mary Jacobi, Lillian Cream, Schwartz, Brophy, Cushman, Finn, H. Durane, H. Jocobi, B. Reidy and L. Reidy, 'PHONE CO.

WON'T SELL. Independent Contern at Riverhead Will "Hang Fire and Fight." Riverhead, L. 1., January 30-At meeting of the stockholders of the Balting Hollow and Roanoke Telephone Comof this place, an Independent conpany cern that has been operating in several Eastern villages for a number of years, it was voted neither to sell out to the company" nor to quit business. It has been an open secret for a long time that the "big company" was willIng to buy but no definite offers have been made. Some of the stockholders would like to sell it a suitable want price to can be obtained.

Others do not sell price. "The matter was thoroughly thrashed out," said one of the directors last night. "It was almost unanimously voted to hang fire and fight on to the last were 870 shares of stock reprevented at the in the meeting, history the of the largest company. repThe stockholders held that the result of last year's business warranted them In feeling very independent about selling out, These reports showed 451 phones in use now, an increase of 27 over the previous years and a net gain in cash of $1,473, with the lines in excellent shape. The plant is worth fully $40,000.

The following directors were elected: Henry R. Talmage, William R. Fanning, E. E. Mosier, Albert B.

Young, J. Frank Dimon, C. P. Howell and J. T.

Fanning. $25,000 FOR PECONIC RIVER Will Improve -Bill to Change the Shooting Season. (Special to The Eagle.) Albany, January 30-Yesterday noon the Assembly Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the bill of Assemblyman. Stephen W. Fallon of Suffolk County, which provides for the widening and deepening of the channel of Peconic River from Indian Island to the town dock at Riverhead.

An appropriado tion of $25,000 is asked for the work. Appearing in favor of the bill were George W. Hildreth and Charles H. Howell of Riverhead, and Assemblyman Fallon. Assemblyman John J.

Robinson of Suffolk County had introduced a bill making the season for shooting wild fowl on Long Island from November 1 to February 10. This bill, he hopes, will pass instead of the bill of Assemblyman Fallon, which extended the season from October 1 to March 31. Speaking of his bill, Assemblyman Robinson said: "The principal argument advanced for the change from October 1 to November is that the birds are practically 'chickens' during the month of October and the 'silk stocking' sportsman has little or Do trouble in bringing home a bag. By extending the season to February 10 it enables the mechanic, carpenter and local people generally to obtain food for their families during the dull period of the working year. The bill is practically a compromise and 1S aimed to better conditions.

It will receive the hearty support of the Conservation Commission." JAMAICA'S INDIAN POW-WOW. Real Sioux, Iroquois, Mohawk and Oneida Tribes Reunited. A call of the blood was issued, last night, by Chief War Cloud, the Sioux warrior, manager of one of the Jamaica moving picture shows, when he had as his guests three full-blooded Indians of other tribes, and joined with them in a realistic war dance. One of War Cloud's Interesting visitors was Princess Prarie Flower, who claims to be 95 years old, but who doesn't look it and doesn't act it. for she is as spry as any woman forty years her junior.

Princess Prairie Flower is a Mohawk. The two other Indians were Chief White Moon, an Iroquois, graduate of Carlisle University, who gave a lecture on the customs of the Indians, and Yellow Bird, an Oneida brave, from the Green Bar Reservation, Michigan. For the first time in many years Chief War Cloud donned the regular Indian attire and put on his war paint, so that he might properly take part in the war dance of the reunited tribes. ROWDIES DISTURB EXERCISES. Put Out Lights and Break Window at P.

S. No. 137. A gang of young rowdies gathered at the main entrance of Public School No. 137, Bainbridge street and Saratoga avenue, last night, where the graduation exercises of Public School No.

73 were held, and made life miserable for many. When the persons holding tickets were entering the building before the exercises began, the rowdies assembled on the sidewalk on the steps the building and begged an "extra ticket." They frenot quently obstructed the passageway and made use of vile language. After the exercises had begun and the doors were closed the gang took possession of the stairs leading to the main entrance. They put out the electric lights on either side of the entrance and later removed the glass bulbs and smashed them. When an attendant opened the door to admit late comers from time to time, members of the gang held the door frequently tried to force their way into the building.

Then they banged on door and finally broke one of the small windows in one of the doors. Some persons obliged to leave the building during the early part of the evening were politely requested to by way of the side door in order to "go avoid the mob at the front door," as one of the attendants stated. EXPLOSION CAUSES PANIC. Hundreds of Italians in Terror When Bomb Goes Off. Chicago, January 30--Men, women and children were thrown from their beds, hundreds of Italians driven in terror to the street and window glass shattered when a bomb was exploded early today in the three-story brick Forquer street.

No one was building at seriously injured, although the explosion shook buildings for blocks around. It is believed that a time fuse was used, enabling the man who placed the bomb to get blocks away before the explosion occurred. BANK DIRECTORS CELEBRATE. The Arst anniversary of the opening of the Greenpoint National Bank was celebrated last evening by the directors with a theater party and banquet, at which the president, George A. Morrison, presided.

An original poem by Augustus Treadwell of Brooklyn WAS read by George H. Rowe. Morris Salzman, who was recently elected third vice president, looked after the arrangements. Those attending included Eugene Bird Coler, Edward F. Cook, William Curtis, John W.

Dolan, Conrad V. Dykeman, John A. Eckert, David E. Freundenberger, Charles L. Gilbert, George D.

Hamlin, Edward D. Huber, John H. Hughes, James A. MeCafferty, George A. Morrison, Walter F.

Ring, George H. Rowe, Morris Salzman, Julius Siegalman, Fenwick B. Small, Cornelius H. Tiebout, John Trounstine, William H. Whtney, Fred C.

Williams, Christopher W. Wilson and Walter Wilmurt. KELLOGG WITHDRAWS FROM LAW LIBRARY POSTOFFICE MEN HAPPY. Three Carriers at Flushing Have Their Pay Advanced. Postmaster T.

B. Lowerre of the Flushing Postoffice. announced today that he has received word from Washington that a number of clerks and carriers in his office have received a raise in salary upon his recommendation. Three carriers received advanced pay for exceptionally faithful efficlent service and they will get highest "the salary paid to carriers. They are John F.

Delaney, $1,000 to Zohra F. Meter, $1,000 to $1,200, and John J. Reilly, from $1,100 to $1,200. Others who have been advanced are: John F. Dalmus, $900 to John M.

Ines. $1,00 0to Louis Schnender, $1,000 to $1,100, and John A. Smith, $500 to $900. The clerks raised are Theodore J. Ryan, $900 to Alfred G.

Schumacher, $1,000 to $1,100, and Edward J. Slavin, $900 to $1,000. REMSEN AVENUE TO BE REDEEMED Dr. Nammack Tells of Plans proved by Borough President Connolly. HAS BEEN MENACE TO HEALTH Now to Be Put in Applie-Pie Order to Accommodate Large Traffic.

Following the receipt of a long communication from Borough President Maurice E. Connolly, Dr. William H. Nammack, the leader of the Remsen avenue improvement agitation in Far Rockaway, yesterday issued a statement to the effeet that the Borough President is preparing to call a special meeting of the local board, to be held on February 7, for the purpose of acting upon the official improvement petitions in order that the work of placing this thoroughfare in a sanitary condition may be commenced without further delay. Dr.

Nammack further asserts that every improvement requested in the official petitions for the betterment of the avenue, including the installation of a sewer system, the raising of the grade of the street at least four feet and the paving of the thoroughfare from end to end, has been acceded to by the Borough President, who declares that he is ready to give all the assistance in his power to the furtherance and rapid completion of the work. The doctor has also originated, and President Connolly has acquiesced in, an arrangement whereby the expense of the work will be kept within reasonable bounds, thus causing little hardship to the property owners who will be assessed for the expense of the work. "Our campaign, which was started less than ten days ago, has certainly met with wonderful said Dr. Nammack when questioned regarding the details of his statement. "The work of improving and placing Remsen avenue in a sanitary condition will undoubtedly be commenced within two weeks after the holding of the special meeting of the local board and nothing will be permitted to delay the completion of the work for a moment.

"Not a detail of the necessary improvements has been omitted in the preparation of our plans for this task and everything can be carried through at an expense that will afford little hardship to any interested property owner. The right of way through the private road has been secured by the written consents of all the property owners and the sewer will be carried to the bay along this street. thus saving over 1,000 feet of pipe that would have been required had this right of way not been obtained." "When the sewer has been installed the avenue will be raised in grade and paved from end to end. This grading and paving could not be contracted for in the usual way, as the conditions are such along this thoroughfare that the assessment would be so great as to make this part of the work prohibitive. But we have found a way to avoid this difficulty.

The borough officials have sufficient material on hand, including enough good Belgian blocks, to have all this grading and paving done at a minimum of cost to the property owners and the Borough President says that he is willing to let us have the material for this purpose. The labor is to be performed by the men now in the employ of the city in the Highway Department, so no expense will be incurred from this source." "Moreover, the Electric Railway Company operating the line from Far Rockaway to Jamaica, Is compelled by law to take care of the street between its own tracks and also for a distance of two feet on each side of the outer rails, so that no difficulty will be experienced from this source, as has been feared by many of those interested in this movement. The Board of Health, through its inspector, Dr. Oberwager of Jamaica, acting under instructions from the Sanitary Superintendent of the Borough of Queens, is already working in and about the dwellings along the avenue and all danger from these sources will soon be avoided. "Thus this thoroughfare, for many years a menace to the health of the entire community and a pest hole where are bred millions of the germs of every known disease, is to be placed in a perfectly sanitary condition, adequate to handle the very heavy trafe that constantly passes through it.

The days of the existence of "the eyesore of the Rockaways" are numbered and the famous "Remsen avenue ferry" will soon become but a memory in the minds of those who have been so unfortunate as to have been compelled to trust themselves within it while sailing to their homes along this Venetian highway." DE LONG COUNCIL'S ANNUAL. Minstrel Show and Reception at Kis-1 met Temple. De Long Council, No. 725, Royal Arcanum, held its annual minstrel show and reception at Kismet Temple last night under the direction of William J. Fogarty.

The cast included John H. Waldron, John P. Wheeler, Robert E. Montgomery, De Long Quartet; Clarence P. Howley, Stephen Frontera, Stephen Reid, Herman Baumgarten, John Welsh, Arthur C.

Schroeder, Frank Hauck, M. S. McPhillips, Charles E. McCarthy and Charles Wheeler. Charles H.

Schroeder presented Past Regent Elmer H. Van Name with a handsome diamond ring in recognition of his loyal work while head of the council. The following were in the circle: Frederick Schaefer, Orville D. Lankford, W. J.

McCarthy, Edward Vollkommer, John C. Hepp, Ernest Diederichs, J. H. Ten Eyck, Edward M. Willa, Edward J.

McMahon, Ross Willis, J. H. M. Butler. Loo A.

Gevin. Charles Du Rie, W. F. Cowden. J.

F. Elliott, Charles Walter J. West. Matthew F. Griesmer, Syphers, J.

H. Rieger, John H. WIlls, A. G. King, J.

R. Neville, 'Thompson, J. O'Malley, William R. Edward Gernhardt. G.

S. Whitman, John Luhrs, Harry McCabe, J. Henry Hamann, H. S. Foote, Frederick O'Connor, F.

S. Miller, J. R. Quigley, W. Tr.

Engelhardt, Franklin Nash, Mayer C. Feldman, Clarence Dickinson, John Schriefer, Harry Quick. SUMMER PEOPLE OBJECT TO SCHOOL Those of Southampton Oppose Plan in Petition to Educators. AUDITORIUM IS EXPENSIVE. Petitioners Cite Other Long Island Villages Having Larger Buildings at Smaller Cost.

(Special to The Eagle.) Southampton, L. January 30-The summer colonists of this town have sent a letter of protest to the Board of Education of the Union Free School District No. 6 against the proposed expenditure of an additional $25,000 for an auditorium In the new Southampton High School. Being owners of property here, they obJect to being assessed for what they term an unnecessary feature of the school building. "That this theater -like auditorium," say the summer residents in their letter, "is to considerable extent intended seems for village entertainment otherwise purposes strongly suggestive, as the assembly idea might easily been incorporated at a far smaller cost.

"We learn that while many of the Long Island village high schools have assembly rooms, most of them are SO constructed as to be also available for class or study rooms by the simple use of sliding partitions, and very few, even in the larger communities, have anything like the large seating capacity proposed in your original plan, much less a gallery with accommodation for 200 persons." The letter of protest, which sent from New York, had been signed by twenty-eight owners summer residences here. more would have signed it, the letter states, had it not been for the that many of the Southampton summer fo folks happened to be out of town. This controversy over the cost of the high school has now lasted for several months. The village Solons think that Southampton ought to have the best there is in the way of a high school and the summer residents object to paying their part of the bill. The contention of the local of Education is that the State Board of Education demands that the high school should not be constructed without an assembly room where all the scholars may gather for common exercises.

The charge that the villagers want to construct the assembly room for their own entertainments is a novel one. We deeply regret, says the letter of the summer residents, in view of the decided opposition from such a great majority of summer residents and taxpayers, that no greater effort was made to thoroughly revise the original plans, when it was found that the contractor's bids averaged nearly 50 per cent. more than the estimate of your architect. We belleve that all entirely new and more economical architectural scheme might have been evolved to Incorporate the assembly hall with the sum of $116,000, then in hand. As an Illustration we would conspicuously mention the exceedingly ornate new high school building at Huntington, L.

where the total enrollment of pupils is more than double that of ours. That building cost a trifle under $100,000, and contajns a large assembly hall. We now understand you scaled down the original plan to conform to the sum already appropriated, but completely omitted the assembly hall, although from your circular answer we were clearly given to infer the State Board would not pass the bullding without the assembly feature included. You quote as follows from the letter of Chief Inspector Woods: inspector of buildings regularly refuses to recommend approval of plans 111 such 8 case as this unless an auditorium is provided." You close your answer with this sentence: "The State Department of Education has therefore decided the question." We are now puzzled to know what arrangement you have made with the State Board, since the contracts have been let and the work commenced with the assembly hall eliminated. It would seem as if there must have been some special understanding that an additional appropriation would be 900n forthcoming.

Your board refers to the much higher rate of school tax in some other villages than what 1s paid to Southampton, but fails mention that in nearly all such instances the assessable valuations are far less. You mention the past year's rate as 60c. and Southampton in the future AS 85c. We are aware it WAS 60c. for 1912.

we realize it was about 45c. the year previous and after a thorough perusal of your estimated budget for the coming year we are firmly convinced that if the last appropriation of $25.000 is favorably acted upon, the future rate will be between 95c. and $1. It is understood you figure out the rate under the same conditions as about but we are of the opinion insufficient allowance has been made for general maintenance and renairs in such a large building, not to mention the Innumerable outlays that inevitably accompany 8. new undertaking of that magnitude.

If the pronosed appropriation for an auditorium goos through. the taxnavers SAy. the Southamp. ton school district will become the costliest education center on Long Teland. The cost per punil is estimated to reach $55 a year, while the highest cost at the present time is that of Sea CHiff.

or $48 per year. The present cost at Southamnton 1s $36 per pupil for each year. The letter of protest bears the signatures of the following: John W. Kilbreth. Charles FT.

Godfrey. William Allen Butler, Mrs. Henry M. Day. James Breese.

Edward de Rose, Caroline Woolsey Mitchell. Emily S. Waller, James T. Kilbreth. Edith L.

Dyer. John R. Cauldwell, Albert B. Boardman. Stephen Peabody, Rosina F.

Hoyt, Henry E. Coe, William Walton, F. P. Hoffman. E.

H. Wales. Marshall Fry, Horace Russell. J. Metcalfe Thomas, G.

E. Brewer, Susan M. Francklyn, Sheppard K. De Forest. P.

B. Chambers, David T. Kennedy, Henry E. Howland, H. G.

Trevor. OLD MILL Y. C. BALL. Loving Cup Presentation a Feature of the Event.

More than twelve hundred people attended last night at Trommer's Hall, Bushwick avenue and Conway street, the annual ball of the Old Mill Yacht Club. The hall was prettily decorated all present spent a most enjoyable evening. A handsome silver loving cup was presented on behalf of the members to William E. Powers, the retiring commodore, who had served in that capacity for three years. Commodore Strong made the presentation and Mr.

Powers replied with a brief address of thanks. The officers of the Old Mill Yacht Club are: George S. Conger, commodore; William J. Edmonds, vice commodore; Peter S. Anderson, rear commodore; Edward A.

Bird, recording secretary; John A. McGrath, financial secretary; Albert J. MeGrath, assistant financial secretary; Arthur E. Baker, corresponding secretary; William Becker, treasurer; Harry Ellis, fleet surgeon; Rev. Carl Podin, chaplain.

The trustees are: Thomas O'Neill, William Armbruster, Joseph Buehler, George S. Conger, Dr. G. A. Cooper, William J.

Edmonds, William E. Powers, Robert A. Grinnell and Thomas Wayne. The delegates to Yacht Racing Association Jamaica Bay are Frederick Fox and William E. Powers.

William G. Bornscheure was the floor manager and was assisted by Edward A. do Bird and Henry C. Thieme. The ball committee was composed of Robert A.

Bauersfield, chairman; Robert C. Kerr, Henry C. Thieme, William Edmonds, Albert J. McGrath, George Snitfin, Peter Reiss, Charles H. Prigge, George S.

Cooper, Edward Bird, Henry Prigge, Conrad Ermete. On the reception committee were Thomas Wayne, chairman; Commodore John A. Still, assistant chairman; Ernst Behr, Ferdinand Gunderman, Gustave Walters, H. Torborg, George Rushmore, William Cozine, Frederick Fox, John Otto, Andrew Clyde, Harry Walker, Peter DeMilt, Henry Kerner, George Buder, Adolph Cline and John Torborg. Queens Lawyers Surprised by This Unexpected Move of Trustee.

CASE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. Eugene N. L. Young Appointed to Vacancy by Justices Garretson and Van Siclen, That Rawdon W. Kellogg, lawyer, of Jamaica, had resigned as a trustee of the law library of the Supreme Court In Queens County, came to light in Long Island City yesterday when it was ennounced that Lawyer Eugene N.

L. Young, one time district attorney, had been appointed by Supreme Court Justices Garretson and Van Sicien to succeed him. The reasons behind the resignation of Mr. Kellogg are shrouded in mystery and those wio are in a position to know all about it refuse absolutely to discuss the matter. No announcement of Mr.

Kellogg's action was made either by the trustees of the library, the justices of the Supreme Court, who appoint them, or the librarian, Eric Schuler. When the news finally leaked out the effort to keep It secret caused no end of speculation and most of the lawyers are still trying to figure it out. There are vague rumors in circulation that Trustee Kellogg's desire to withdraw from the management of the institution is due to the fact that one of the other trustees regards his position as entirely honorary and without any obLigations whatever, but these rumors could not be definitely confirmed. "The reasons behind the resignation of Mr. Kellogg are of no interest to the public," said one person when asked for an explanation.

The first inkling that there had been a change in the personnel of the library management came yesterday morning when Lawyer Young, at his offce in the Queens Plaza Court, in Long Island City, received from County Clerk Ruoff an offcial notice that Justices Garretson and Van Siclen, who are the resident Supreme Court Justices of Queens County, had filed with the county clerk an order appointing Mr. Young in the place of Rawdon W. Kellogg, resigned. Lawyer Young, when he acknowledged having received the appointment, sald lie would be more than glad to accept the honor thus bestowed. He has always taken a keen interest in the Queens County Court library, and although he was not officially connected with it beyond being an officer of the court, took considerable pride in its growth and development.

When the library was first established, some years ago, Mr. Young was asked to be one of the but he called the court' attention to the fact that he had not at that time been a member of the bar of more than ten years standing. There are five trustees of the library, which has commodious and comfortable quarters in the upper part of the Courthouse in Long Island City. Besides Mr. Young, there are Clarence Edwards, who 13 recognized as the dean of the Queens County Bar; Clinton T.

Roe, William E. Stewart and W. W. Gillen, all of them well known in the legal circles of Queens County. Eric Schuler, the librarian, is recognized as an able man.

He served for some time in the National and Congressional libraries in Washington and is an expert on copyright and other law. With the improvements that have been made in the library in the last few years it has come to be recognized as one of the well equipped law libraries of the city. DAVREN FOR ALDERMAN. Friends in Ninth A. D.

Launch His Boom. Friends in the Ninth Assembly District Democrats, of Joseph Davren, gave a beefsteak dinner in his honor last, night, at the Parkway Assembly, Fifty-first street and Fourth avenue. There were about three hundred guests. Toastmaster John W. Carroll introduced P.

evening. By. He Franklin launched as the speaker of a boom for Mr. Davren for Alderman. Thomas F.

Bradshaw, ex-Alderman Joseph Wilson and Joseph P. O'Rourke also spoke in favor of Mr. Davren as the next Alderman to represent the district. The committee of arrangements, consisting of William Low, chairman; John Carroll, John McCauley, James Langan, Thomas McCloskey and John Castine, were congratulated on the successful termination of the affair. Among those present were Thomas F.

Wogan, D. J. Griffin, Barth 8. Cronin, W. J.

Heffernan, Fred E. Burn, John J. Meagher, William A. Doyle, James T. O'Neill, Daniel Farrell, Joseph Wilson, Battalion Chief James Langan, Joseph Davren, William G.

McCaffrey, John J. Kelly, Edward Gerrity, John J. Cunnion. Vincent Behre, William McKee, Tony Marble. Henry Kreichel, P.

J. MeKeon, M. F. Tobin, Hugh Canders, William Low, James Langdon, Thomas F. Cunningham, Chris.

Corcoran, Peter McCabe, Captain, John J. Kavanaugh, Andrew Walsh. McCauley, Thomas McCauley, Frank McLain, Nelson G. Henry, John W. Carroll, George Burns, Henry Meyers, John E.

Sullivan, Louis Ulrich, Richard J. Doyle, John J. Castine, John Backe, Roy Hartman, John J. Talbot, Robert Hurley, Michael Davren, Ed. Martinez, William Dwyer, Albert J.

Doyle, William Vogt, John J. Patten, R. Arndt, R. Hartman, Thomas E. McCloskey, Terence Corcoran, Fred Kruse.

John Gillick; John Dwyer, Albert Backe, Harry Dobbins, Thomas O'Leary, George Wogan, Con. Sorenson. William Sullivan, Archibald Mallory, Charles Oulds, Captain Thomas Kennedy, John Howard. Charles Dunn, August Maul, George H. Hunke, James Prayne, William Monahan, Robert J.

Hurley, Wilham Roache, Thomas Canfield, Martin Hartvig, George Tarshis, W. S. Hillyer, Michael Davren, Frank Loyd, Thomas P. Flannigan, Joseph Clark. Patrick Farrell, Eugene McCann, George Moffat, Peter Marblo, Deacon Gates, Judge John H.

Kelly, Edward Cusack, Wiiliam Callerton, John M. Murray, Tim Crowley, F. Roche, Herbert Fitzpatrick, J. J. Fiemming.

"SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS" EATS. Plenty of tobacco, liquor, refreshments and the singing of popular songs helped the "Sunday School Class' of the Montauk Club to enjoy a fine time at their beefsteak dinner, last night. There was no speechmaking and everybody gave three cheers. William H. English, prestdent of the club, was the guest of the evening.

Members of the class who were there were: James Shevlin, E. B. Jordan, IT. H. Troy, S.

Scully, H. W. Callahan, Ph.D.; C. L. Houseman, W.

P. Callaghan, J. G. Shaw, B. A.

Greene, Dr. J. Scott Wood, Dr. W. A.

Sherwood, E. E. Wilkinson, C. L. Feltman, W.

C. Anderson, P. N. Sproule, G. B.

Mulgrew, F. M. Smith, F. C. Swan.

J. J. Roberte, J. V. Kunze, C.

A. Angell, R. G. Hollaman, W. A.

Avis, J. M. Rider, Justice Charles H. Kelby, Justice Luke D. Stapleton, Thomas Downs.

Martin Judge, F. W. Nix. A. A.

Quinn, J. M. Taylor, E. C. Blum, J.

Michaels, J. L. Hopkins, W. C. Burr, P.

J. O'Connor. E. B. Jordan.

J. N. Butterly, A. D. Guerra, H.

M. Work. ST. MONICA'S NEW OFFICERS. The St.

Monica Society of Rockaway Beach has elected officers for the ensuIng year. They are: President, Mrs. M. V. Gillespie; vice president, Mrs.

Albert Brower: recording secretary, Mrs. Richard Grant: corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. J. Gordon; financial secretary, Mrs.

Garret Murray; treasurer, Mra. Loftus Murray; chaplain, Mrs. J. J. Foley; guide, Mrs.

Katherine Pearson; board of directors, Mrs. George Balzer, Mrs. Frank Griffin, Mrs. George Bennett Mrs. J.

J. Foley, Mrs. T. McMahon and Mrs. D.

O. Ashby..