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a a a a a a a a SATURDAY BROOKLYN TIMES UNION FEBRUARY 18. 1933 ADDRESS MAIL ATLANTIC BROOKLYN SEA CLIFF CIVICS SESSION RESULTS IN TWO SURPRISES Crowded Meeting Swings Support to Economy Party, Then Reorganizes. Sea Cliff. Feb. -The Sea Cliff Civic Association shifted its political faith last night with a dying gasp, but not soon enough to save itself from being voted out of existence.

Although not formally disbanded, the association is today a group without a cause. The political rally held under the association's auspices last night brought the double surprise. The first unexpected move came when the meeting endorsed the Economy party ticket. Two years ago the civic group backed Mayor R. C.

Stevenson. About an hour after Stevenson's foes had been endorsed last night, a clique forced through a motion to form a new taxpayers' group. Both of these moves were acco complished by a meeting ten times the size of the association's usual conclaves. A group of six or eight men has kept the association alive for several years, but last night there were more than 100 persons in the Village Hall. Charles H.

Willich, Mayoralty candidate on the Economy party ticket, was endorsed a after Charles I. Wood made the nomination. Then, in turn, the entire ticket was approved. When Victor Lipp. the association president, asked whether there were any more nominations, no one rose to mention Stevenson, who has declared he will run again.

The next. half-hour was occupied by Nelson L. North's defense of the School Board, of which he is chairman. North maintained it had been wise to keep a surplus on hand, something for which the board has been criticized, and said the 1933-1934 education budget probably would total about $55,000. Along the same Village Trustee J.

Frank Vernon, defended the Village Board, and said its budget probably would be cut to about $104,000 for the coming year. Robert Jonas was the speaker who put the verbal skids under the civic association. He advocated formation of a new group and his idea was endorsed without a dissenting vote even though Lipp said, "We've got one organization here The civic association can handle all of these problems. We don't need another one. We've got more organizations than we need now, anyway." Despite this attack on the new move, the meeting decided to 1 form a nucleus committee to work with the Village Board on the new budget.

The meeting adjourned a minute later without a formal motion. TO GIVE CHURCH PLAY "Unlighted Cross" to Be Presented by Hampton Beach Hampton Bays, Feb. 18. "'The Unlighted Cross," a drama of Christian education, will be presented in the local M. E.

Church tomorrow On Jackson, the cast George are: Jackson, Hans Aschele, Helen Edwards, Hope Bulhley, George Cervany, Raymond Van Scoy, Bertha Bussanth, Winifled Caffrey, Joseph Penny Emma Edwards, Margarite Edwards, Florence Esch, Elmer Hanson and Raymond Penny. A silver collection will be taken for the benefit of the church. On the committee in charge program are the Rev. P. H.

Dodd, Mrs. Lester T. Jackson, Mrs. H. J.

Martin and Mrs. George Penny. WILLIAM F. SHEEHAN Retired Police Sergeant Was in Hardware Business in Jamaica. William F.

Sheehan, 72, retired sergeant of the New York Police Department, who was in the hardware business in Jamaica for 20 years, died yesterday in his home, at 32 Ontario Bellerose. Mr. Sheehan was. born in New York City 72 years ago, and had lived in Bellerose for seven years. He was a member of the Holy Name Society, and the Sergeants' and Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.

He leaves his wife, Minnie: four sons, William, Florence George and Joseph, and four daughters, Sister Cordelia. of the Order of St. Joseph; Mrs. Margaret Faber, Helen and Mrs. Lillian Emonin, and two sisters, Margaret Duncan and Catherine Ahrens.

A requiem mass will be celebrated in Our Lady of Victory Church, Floral Park, at 10 A. M. Monday. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. GEORGE P.

ADAMSON Former Huntington Resident and Chemist Dies in Maine. George P. Adamson, a former resident of Huntington, and former director of research of the General Chemical of 40 Rector Manhattan, died Thursday in his home at Searsport, of complications after an attack of influenza. He was 68 years old. Born in Philadelphia, Mr.

Adamson was graduated from Lafayette College with a B. S. degree in 1884. and three years later received an M. S.

degree there. He was one of the founders and for some years president of the Baker Adamson Chemical Works, of Easton, manufacturers of fine chemical reagents. More than 25 years ago the company was absorbed by the General Chemical with which Mr. Adamson then became affiliated. Since he retired about five years AgO he resided in Searsport.

He was married twice, his first wife having died. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice K. AdamsOn, and a daughter, Mrs. Ira T.

Broadbent, of Scranton, Pa, NASSAU Official, General, Social Activities of Three Counties QUEENS SUFFOLK CLUB PRESIDENT JOSEPH A. DOYLE Many Queens Democratic leaders and city officials, including Mayor O'Brien and Acting Aldermanic President Mahon, are expected to attend the silver anniversary dinner dance of the Northside Democratic Association of Corona in the Astor Hotel, Manhattan, Tuesday night. Deputy Tenement House Commissioner Joseph A. Doyle is president and one of the charter members of he association. L.

DUNN LEFT ESTATE TO FAMILY Will of Vice President of Graybar Electric Co. Filed in Mineola. Mineola, Feb. of an estate substantial value the will Leon Ml. Dunn, la late of Garden City and vice president of the Graybar Electric was filed here today for probate with Surrogate Leone D.

Holwell. The petition places the value at more than $10.000. Two codicils also were filed. Mr. Dunn left all his personal jewelry to a grandson, Paul R.

Dunn, of Oceanside. and all personal effects in equal shares among his children. He gave to son. Paul F. Dunn.

the house land occupied hisa by the son at 73 Windsor Oceanside. He bequeathed $7,500 each to his two 'sisters, Elizabeth A. and Anna A. Dunn, of Pittsburgh; $1,000 to a sister. Mary Dunn Moore.

of Pittsburgh, and $500 to an aunt, Augusta Moran, of Pittsburgh. In addition he left $500 to be divided among the following children of his brother Robert T. Dunn: 1: Dorothy, Elizabeth, Jean. Margery and Frances Dunn, all of Freeport. He established a trust fund of $5,000.

the income to be used in providing for the education of a grandson, Paul R. Dunn. The residue estate is divided equally among his children. Paul Mary Lorena Dunn, of Garden City, and Catherine B. Keenan.

of Pittsburgh. He recommended that the executors seek the advice and counsel of the executive officers of the Graybar Electric Inc. He named his son. Paul, and the Chase National Bank of New York executors of the will, dated April 15, 1932. The first codicil, dated the same day, named George M.

Cullinan, of Yonkers, as co-executor, instead of the bank. A second codicil, dated Jan. 4 last. provided that his sisters, Elizabeth G. and Anna A.

Dunn, should not receive their bequests of $7,600 each if amounts received from the Employes' Benefit Fund of the Graybar Co. by them exceeded or equalled the amount of the bequest. He provided in that event, the money g0 to the residuary estate. Mr. Dunn died in Garden City on Jan.

20. HENRY VON OEHSEN Former Mineola Village Treasurer Dies After Operation. Mineola. Feb. -Henry Von Oehgen, 53, who had been engaged in the real estate and insurance business at 75 Main st.

here for many years. died in the Nassau Hospital yesterday, following an operation. Mr. Von Oehsen was born in Brooklyn. From 1908 until about 1920 he was village treasurer.

and during a part of that time he served the village also as school tax collector. He moved his family to 15 Brook Garden City, several years ago. but continued to conduct his busines in Mineola. Surviving him are his wife, Mary G. Von two daughters, Isabelle and Lillian, and a son, Harry, 0 ERNESTINE SULLIVAN Mass Celebrated for 95-Year-Old Ozone Park Resident.

A requiem mass was celebrated today for Mrs. Ernestine Sullivan, 95, in the R. C. Church of the Nativity, Ozone Park. Burial followed in Holy Trinity Cemetery.

Brooklyn. Mrs. Sullivan, a resident of Ozone Park for more than ten years, died of old age in her home at 101-17 93d Ozone Park. Thursday. She is survived by five children, 17 grandchildren, 45 and five greatmade her home with her great daughter, Mrs.

Margaret Bauerschmidt. Mrs. Sullivan came from Germany 18 a child and resided in Staten Island. She married James Sullivan and later moved to Cypress Hills, where she resided until ten years ago. Her husband died 40 years ago.

She would have been '96 years old on July 23, I. LIGHTING CO. RATE DECISION IS EXPECTED SHORTLY P. S. C.

Fixes Dates for CrossExamination on Company's Appraisals. Investigation of the Long Island Lighting by the Public Service Commission is expected to be concluded soon with a decision regarding its rates for gas and electricity to consumers throughout Long Island. This was indicated yesterday by Chairman Milo R. Maltbie, who has presided at all the hearings since they started nearly a year ago on an order of the commission to the company dated 1930 to show evidence that rates were justified. The inquiry was ordered following complaints to the commission about rates and service from dozens of communities throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.

March 15, and 17 were set by Chairman Maltbie for the next three hearings when, Col. Charles G. Blakeslee, chief counsel to the commission, announced he would require at least three days for his cross examination of Col. Alten S. Miller and W.

V. Burnell, the engineers, retained by the company to make the appraisals for the gas and electric divisions of the corporation. Before opening on the engineers, however, Colonel Blakeslee said he would require about half a day to complete his cross-examination of Russell F. Van Door, formerly treasurer and director in charge of auditing of the Long Island Lighting and also of E. L.

Phillips Co. Mr. Phillips is president of the lighting company and is the sole stockholder in the Phillips Construction Company, which has done virtually all of the lighting company's construction work. Mr. Van Doorn, during his preliminary cross-examination by Colonel Blakeslee, testified also that Mr.

Phillips was virtual sole owner of a number of other corporations. all more or less associated with the lighting company. Col. Blakeslee previously intimated that the cross-examination of the two engineers might be lengthy. Each appraisal, one for the gas division and the other for the electric division, consisted of 20 or more larger volumes.

and each engineer was stand several days for his direct examination. Both, too, have been cross-examined to some extent by Col. Blakeslee. Col. Blakeslee, in his preliminary cross-examination, pounded both engineers hard on the question of whether property held by the company was used and useful.

Just before adjournment yesterday, Chairman Maltbie directed Colley Williams, associate counsel for the company, to have prepared a list of the properties about which testimony supporting its use and usefulness had been given by the engineers. Realty holdings in the two counties are valued by the company at several million dollars, and Col. Blakeslee has indicated he considers much of this property far from necessary, a considerable amount of it not being used with little prospect it will be called into use for many years. Louis C. Clarke, of Port Jefferson, who appraised the more than 100 parcels of land held by the company in Suffolk County, was on the stand again yesterday for re redirect and re-cross examination.

None of his previous testimony was changed materially his reexamination. The day' before. Charles K. Doyle, who appraised the holdings in Nassau County, completed his testimony and was informed by the chairman that he would not be required to appear again. Mr.

Clarke was told the same yesterday. Following the cross- examination of the two engineers and Doorn. engineers of the commission will be called to put in their appraisal of the company. No suggestion of their valuation has been made public. TO DEDICATE PAINTING Hempstead Churches to Unite in Christ's Presbyterian Edifice.

Hempstead, Feb. in this village will unite for a service in Christ's First Presbyterian Church tomorrow night, at which an oil painting, "The NazareneThe Christ Triumphant," by Col. 8. Stanley Todd, of Huntington, will be dedicated. The service, under the auspices of the Hempstead Federation of Churches, will be featured by an address by the Rev.

Charles Haddon Bloom, secretary of evangelism for the Greater York Federation of Churches. All local pastors will participate in the serMi vice. The paintings will be on exhibition Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the church from 2 to 5 and 8 to 9 P. M. SUNRISE TEAMS WIN Greenport, Feb.

Surrise trios won straight series in matches on the Alleys in Suffolk countise Bowling League Thursday night. Team 1 defeated Port Jefferson and Team 2 disposed of the Moriches Headways. The scores: FIRST SERIES Sunrise I M. Price 183 160 187 204 M. Santacroce 209 205 162 213 R.

Heaney 200 210 225 246 Totals 592 575 574 665 Port Jefferson A. Gudzik 157 207 159 193 Laurence 170 183 212 117 I. Gudzik 161 179 159 173 Totals 493 569 530 537 Sunrise TI E. Baker 175 193 169 186 Binkls 182 199 199 186 Bantncroce 228 191 204 137 Totals 583 583 572 529 Moriches Headwaya Penney 212 139 164 147 Sadlier 170 184 173 146 Sabo 148 191 138 189 Totals 580 534 495 482 Dr. Soltes Assails Defamers Of Memory of Washington Voices Defense in Talk on Jews of Revolutionary Period to Congregation Tifereth Israel.

Mordecai Soltes, defended George Washington and his character defamers in an address on "George and the Jews of the Revolutionary Period," in before Congregation Tifereth Israel, 88th st. and Jackson Heights, last night. "The eminent figure of George Washington looms majestically on the American horizon," said Dr. Soltes. upon volumes have been written concerning the various phases of his colorful career.

"In recent years, maligning the reputations of great men has become an indoor sport. The urge for detracting and for unearthing blemishes appears to be at its height. Despite these detractors, we feel that he, who regarded love of country as a sacred obligation from the faithful discharge of which he never swerved for a moment either in thought or in deed, throughout his eventful career, remains inscribed high upon the roll of fame. "During the early period of our country's history, when dark, dense clouds hovered over our camp, the influence of George Washington was a steady and stabilizing factor. deem it appropriate to bring to your attention, the Biblical quotation, references and allusions in addresses, which indicate what significant part the Bible exerted upon his life, and outlook.

and the degree to which the wHolia Scriptures colored his those of his contemporaries. "The earliest settlers in America who came primarily from England, very naturally brought with them their susceptibility and receptivity. to Biblical influence, and their affection and regard for the Holy Scriptures. "It was perfectly natural for the religious leaders to turn to the for appropriate texts and inspiration. Since the masses were a God-fearing, Bible reading people, the clergymen's Biblical allusions and analogies struck a responsive chord in the minds and hearts of the people.

"It is refreshing to find so eminent a scholar and leader of American though as the late Rev. Lyman Abbott (editor of The Outlook Magazine, of which Theodore Roosevelt was a contributing editor), tracing the very origin of the American form of government to ancient Hebrew Commonwealth. "The American history text books in elementary and secondary schools are strangely silent concerning the part played by Jews in the early history of our Republic. Very few are aware of the fact that there were about 2,000 Jews in the United States during the Revolutionary War. The vast majority of them espoused enthusiastically the cause of independence.

Not only did Haym Salomon, by origin a Polish Jew, assist wholeheartedly Robert Morris, Secretary of Finance of the Continental Congress, in financing the war by contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the names of Jews who actually participated the fighting in this war have come down to us. Many of them won high rank in the service. There were a number of colonels, majors, captains and lieutenants. Most conspicuous among these patriots was Col. Isaac Franks, aide-decamp to George Washington.

"That Washington appreciated the part which Jewish patriots played in espousing the cause of independence, is evident from the following quotations of letters sent by George Washington to Jewish congregations: "May the same worder-working Deity, who long since delivered the Hebrew from the Egyptian oppressors, planted them in a promised land, whose providential agency has lately been conspicuous in establishing these United States as an independent nation, still continue to water them with the dews heaven and make the inhabitant of every denomination participate in the temporal and spiritual blessings of that people. whose God is Woodhaven G. 0. P. Card Party Dr.

assailed Washington a talk Jackson The Women's Republican Association of Woodhaven gave a card party yesterday afternoon in the clubhouse on Woodhaven with Mrs. Anna Nelke as hostess. Mrs. Bertha Fay Worth, president nf the club, officially announced at the same time the appointment of committees for the year, the memhers being practically all present at the party. St.

Albans Club Has Dance Democrats of St. Albans and other South Side communities Queens traveled too the Pavilion Royal in Valley Stream last night and enjoyed the annual ball of the St. Albans Democratic Club, of which James Horan is president. More than 1,000 were present, including delegations from REV. I.

S. SHERILL DIES IN SEATTLE Was Last Survivor of Huntington H. S. First Class, Graduated in 1862. Huntington, Feb, has been received here of the death recently in his home in Seattle, of the Rev.

John S. Sherill, a member of the first class to be graduated from Huntington H. in 1862. Dr. Sherill: died of acute bronchitis after an illness of two weeks.

He was 89 years old, and the last remaining member of his graduaating class. the other members having been Mrs. A. T. Hurd, Mrs.

S. T. Carter, James T. McKay, William G. Nicoll and Charles H.

Baldwin. Mr. Sherill served as pastor of churches in Neosho Falls, Kan, and Litchfield, for 16 years. Following his retirement from the ministry he was editor of a religious weekly, "The North and West." Later he lived on ranch at Spooner, at Bothell, Wash. For 10 years he had resided in Seattle.

He was a member of the PrinceClub, having attended Princeton during the Civil War. He was also a member of the Borrowed Time Club. On Oct. 10, 1871, he married Miss Juliet E. Parsons, of East Hampton.

He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson and Mrs. Eleanor Sheffield, the latter of Honolulu; a brother, Edwin Sherill. of Detroit: two daughters, Mrs. E.

T. Merritt and Ruth A. Sherill: three grandchildren and four the county. An entertainment program was provided between the dances. William M.

McKenna was general chairman. His aides included Warren White, John McDonald, William Rockstroh, Harry Hargrove, Frank Boylan, Neil Vandermas and Andrew K. Johnson. other Democratic organizations of Ladies' Auxiliary Musicale Under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills, a musicale and entertainment were given last night in the Seminole Club there. A feature was the dancing of Donald Sawyer and Katherine Niles, both Forest Hills residents.

They danced the tango and also appeared in a novelty number entitled "All the King's Horses." Mrs. Charles Berry, of Euclid directed the program. The musical program offered Michael Romano, radio ginger; Nicholas Vincent, Manhattan. baritone; Alice Ralph Woods, of Jamaica, soprano, and Benjamin B. Lipset, violinist, of Forest Hills.

Dancing followed the recital. Kew-Forest G. O. P. Women Induct Miss Lillian A.

Garing, woman leader of the Queens Republican organization and vice chairman of Republican State Committee, installed the officers of the KewForest Republican Women's Club last night. Mrs. Pearl G. Sells, organizer of the club recently and elected its first president, was inducted with Mrs. Ehrig and Mrs.

Lillian Zerweczk, vice presidents; Mrs. Maude Bree, Mrs. Rose George and Mrs. Elizabeth McCrow. secretaries, and Mrs.

Evelyn Schultz, treasurer. Woodhaven G. 0. P. Card Party The monthly card party of the Woodhaven Republican Club will be conducted tonight in the clubhouse at 86-37 Woodhaven blvd.

There will be dancing and refreshments. Young Israel Valentine Dance A St. Valentine's dance will be staged tonight by the Young Israel of Jamaica in the club house at 87-80 153d Jamaica. Truck Rams Wall; Seize Driver Charged With Intoxication After Machine Hits Other Cars in Rockville Centre. Rockville Centre, Feb.

Charged with driving while intoxicated, Edgar Wheeler, 25, a truckman of 8 Lakeside Baldwin, was locked up last night, pending his arraignment before Police Justice John S. Thorp today. Patrolman Henry Herrlich arrested Wheeler after his heavy vehicle had passed several red lights, crashed into two cars and ended its crazy course by jumping the sidewalk and burying its front end in a building at South Park ave, and Merrick rd. Wheeler, who escaped unhurt, was taken to headquarters, where he was examined by Dr. George Comstock and pronounced intoxicated.

According to police, Wheeler first got into trouble on Lincoln where he hit. a car. belong- FABER ANNOUNCES $5,991,895 AWARD ON PARKWAY LAND Justice Assesses Damages for Property Taken for Grand Central Project. Awards ranging from $1 for one square foot of land to $600,000 for 959,630 square feet, and totaling $5,991,895.36, are made in a decision of Justice Faber handed down as the result of hearings. held several months ago, on the amounts the City of New York shall pay to owners of property taken for construction of Grand Central pkwy.

from Austin Queens Kew Gardens. near eastward to the Nassau County line. Payment of these awards will be assessed 50 per cent. against 1 the city at large, and included in the tax budget; 30 per cent. against the Borough of Queens in the tax budget, and 20 per cent.

against the local property owners. The area of assessment for local property owners extends 1,000 feet each side of the parkway. Part of State System Grand Central pkwy. is part of the State system of parkways, and while the land acquisition is being paid for by the city and local property owners, the actual cost of improving the land and building the roadways is borne by the State as will be the upkeep. parkway varies in width from.

150 11,569,185 feet to square 600 feet feet. was A taken total for the parkway. and it extends 64,906 linear feet, or approximately 12 miles. It runs through two golf courses and skirts 1,300 feet along Hillside Park. Part of the proceeding included the taking of land for the widening of that portion of Union near Queens where the turnpike and the parkway meet and run into each other.

The hearings in this proceeding took a total of 14 court days spread over a period of over a month. There were 550 parcels involved. The Kew Gardens Hotel Building Corp. is awarded $230,000, of which $130,000 is for land and $100,000 for consequential damages. The hotel of this corporation is the junction of the parkway, Union tpke.

and Queens and the land taken was for the undera tunnel so that there will be no pass that will carry traffic through cross traffic on any of the highin ways involved. Hotel Owners' Claims The hotel claimed that its business will be damaged by the fact that whereas it formerly was 10- cated on a level grade with two important highways, due to changes in grade and the underpass, it will not be of such easy access to traffic. The hotel asked a total of 705. The city, through Assistant Corporation Counsel Harry B. Mintz, opposed the granting of any consequential damages, saying the new and wider highways would bring better conditions to the hotel.

Mr. Mintz stated yesterday that he will file in name of the taxpayers protest, the $100,000 consequential award, still maintaining that no money should have be been awarded for this. Likewise protest will be filed by Counsel Mintz in the city's name against the granting of tial damages to the amount of $3,569 to the Hillcrest Gardens Corporation. which claimed the changing of grade of the parkway through its development lowers the value of its remaining property. The total award to the corporation for land taken and consequential damages is $115,397.12.

The claims of the owners of the 550 parcels involved totalled 096,622.60. The total of the values testified to by city experts was $3,179,818.13. The actual award total of over $5,000,000 makes this the largest single proceeding in the history of Queens. Justice Faber, who took testimony and made the award in this proceeding, was a practising attorney and was chairman of the Queens Boulevard Condemnation Commission, which, under the former gystem, fixed the amounts of the awards totaling more than $3,740,000 for the land taken in the opening and widening of Queens blvd. from Long Island City to Jamaica in 1915, the second largest such proceeding in Queens.

The largest single award was that of $600,000. which was made to Cottage Gardens Nursery in Queens Village. Here a total of 959,630 square feet was taken through the middle of this nursery, including many thousands of shrubs which later were turned over to the Queens Park Department and Borough President's office. The corporation asked 000 and the city experts fixed the value at $275,000. The award of $600,000 included $40,000 for the of the largest on Long a Island, lost shrubs taken.

This nursery, one land to the city in other proceedings, including the extension and widening of Union turnpike, Hillside ave. and Braddock all of which run through the nursery property. The smallest award is $1, which is given to E. Langan of Hollis. The city had to take one square foot of his property.

Phoebe Petty received an award of $250,000 for farm land which she valued at $373,021 and the city valued at $98,198. The award included $800 for improvements upon the property that were removed. The two golf clubs receiving awards were the North Hills and the Glen Oaks clubs. The North Hills Golf -Club is awarded $38,000. It asked $70,309 and the city valued the land at $27,000.

The Glen Oaks Golf Club receives $35,000. It valued its property at $64.529 and the city experts testified to a value of $9,821. The Wigmore Land Co. asked for EL total of $499,352 for three parcels in the Hillside Park section. The city experts placed a value of $326,640 on the same land and the award was $410,000.

The values placed on separate parcels were; Owner's value City testimony Award .8241,581 $158,011 $200,000 2. 131,755 88,309 110,000 100,000 3. 126,016 80,260 LONG BEACH MANAGER GROUP PLAN Taxpayers Urge' Repeal of Local Law Preventing It. Long Beach, Feb. 1 18.

After unanimously adopting a resolution favoring the introduction of the city manager form of government for the city, the United Taxpayers' Association of Long Beach, at a meeting held in the city hall tonight, voted to petition the city. council to repeal what is known a as "Local Law Number One." The law, as explained by Einar Eriksen, president of the association, prohibits from adopting the city It mtherecity was passed by the council, according to Mr. Eriksen, on August 19, 1927, during the administration of Mayor William Dalton. Once passed, he said it was buried in the city archives and forgotten until dug up recently. Contending that the law is unconstitutional, Mr.

Eriksen said a committee of five would be appointed to present a petition for its abolishment to the council. If the petition is not granted, he added. the case will be taken to the courts for a decision. BAPTIST FATHERS DINE THEIR SONS G. Burchard Smith Urges Partnership Relations in Freeport Talk.

Freeport, Feb. 75 men and boys attended the second annual father and son dinner of the Men's Club of the First Baptist Church in the Sunday School room last night. A turkey dinner, which had been prepared by the Ladies' Circle as a surprise, was thoroughly enjoyed by both fathers and sons. John Carl, president of the club. was toastmaster.

Blessing was asked by the pastor, the Rev. J. Gordon Hynes. John H. Diemer, the former president, introduced G.

Burchard Smith, president of the Freeport Board of Education, as the speaker. Mr. Smith, who is a lawyer, considered fathers and sons from the viewpoint of partners and cited the legal points in a partnership which, he said, should be carried out in such a relationship. He said that not only should fathers and sons out for the best interests of loach other, but that they should be open and above board in all their dealings between themselves. He declared that if such intimate relationships existed between all fathers and sons there would be less crime in the world today.

Joel K. Pitcher, chairman of the athletic committee, reported on the progress being made by the basketball team in the Mid-Island League, and expressed the hope the club could put a baseball team in the field next season. Kenneth Carl played several trumpet solos, accompanied by Miss Blanche Eustis. Announcement was made of three events scheduled by the club, including a legislative night on Friday, March 3, when Assemblyman Edwin R. Lynde will be the speaker; "A Trip to Havana." in co-operation with the Chopin Club, on Thursday night, March 23, and the showing of pictures taken by the Stoll McCracken SiberianAlaskan expedition by Charles H.

Stoll, of Hicksville, on Thursday night, April 13. A vote of thanks was given to the Ladies Circle, of which Mrs. William Smith is president. for preparing and serving the dinner. A motion picture, "The Third was shown.

GIRL HIT BY AUTO Leaves Bus and Runs in Front of Car in Rockville Centre. Lynbrook, Feb. 18. While crossing the street after alighting from a bus on Merrick near Horton yesterday, Philomena Chilrella, 19, of 87-12 126th Richmond Hill, suffered a possible fractured skull and cuts of the forehead when she was knocked down by a car. According to witnesses, the girl ran around the front of the bus directly into the path of a car owned by Jean Dickson, 12 Radcliffe Island Park, and operated by Alexander Dickson, of the same address.

After treatment at the scene by Dr. Alfred M. Rosier, Miss Chilrella was taken in the Fire Department Rescue Squad ambulance to the home of Mrs. Ercole Perrotta, 104 Burtis where she WAS going oh a visit, and placed under the care of Dr. John A.

Mangieri, of Garden City. Her condition is not considered serious. GETS $5,000 FOR LEG Woodmere Man Wins Action Against Insurance Company. Hempstead, Feb. Romanoff, of Woodmere, was awarded $5,000 in his action before Supreme Court Justice Cuff against the Commercial Travelers Mutual Association of America yesterday.

The award upheld all insurance policy providing that amount for the loss of a leg. Through Arthus S. Mandell, of Manhattan, Romanoff showed that in compliance with the terms of the policy he notified the comjury fro sustained and eventually pany December, 1931, of an inunderwent an amputation of his leg. The defendant contended that the plaintiff did not comply with the terms of the policy in giving notice, fund that he had a diabetic ailment which was the mate cause of the amputation, 60 P. C.

CUT WON IN BEACH CHANNEL ROAD ASSESSMENT Board of Estimate Sets March 24 for Hearing on Rockaway Peninsula Levy. Sixty per cent. of the $4,334,500 cost of property taken by the city for Beach Channel dr. is to be taken off the shoulders of property owners on the Rockaway Peninsula as a result preliminary action taken by the Board of Estimate yesterday. A public hearing was set for March 24 on a proposal to reapportion the cost by placing 20 cent.

on the 40 st per cent. on the Borough of Queens, and 40 per cent. on the local area. Although they previously 'had indicated disapproval of suggestions to give relief of this kind to Rockaways at the expense of the rest of the city, Acting Aldermanic President Mahon and H. Warren Hubbard, sitting for Borough President Levy of Manhattan, voted for the hearing.

Mr. Hubbard said his vote was given with the understanding the action would not be a precedent. Edmund J. Powers, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaways, relief, heading argued the that delegation Beach Channel or Amstel blvd, as it also is known, was, in effect, an arterial highway and, as such, was of benefit principally to the cityat-large rather than the Rock- aways. Powers Urges Action $140,000,000.

Defer Parkway Action Mr. Powers reminded the board that two weeks ago it had finally disposed of the cost of acquiring title to the public beach at the Rockaways by assessing 65 per cent. against the city and 35 per amounting to about 000, on the local area. Although the people of the Rockaways were willing to shoulder this expense, he said, the added burden of the 334,500 for the cost of Beach Channel Drive would be too much. A.

Joseph Geist, also representing the chamber, said the Channel Drive assessments, if levied 100 per cent. locally, would be confiscatory. Max Tachna of the Allied Civic League of the Rockaways, upheld the arguments of the previous speakers. Borough President Harvey, citing other instances of road assessment aid in other boroughs, also spoke for relief. As a further argument for relief the Borough President pointed out the assessed valuation of land in the Rockaways in 1925 was only $52,000,000, while year later, afwork has been done on the boardwalk and on Cross Bay valuations nearly doubled to 000.000, giving increased return to the city.

This year, he said, the assessed, valuation of property in Rockaways was The board gave its final approval at the same meeting to the form of contract for a franchise to S. C. Buses, to operate coaches for one year on Route Q-31, Jamaica, to Bayside West, at a 5-cent fare. Borough President Harvey of Queens voted no. In selecting the S.

C. Company the board took the route away from the Bayside Community Bus Corporation, which operates the route now and which had a petition before the board for a one- year franchise for the route. This latter company wanted a 10- cent fare. The board laid over for two weeks the proposal to co-operate with the State in the construction of Interborough Parkway front Union tpke. through Forest Park to the Brooklyn line and Laurelton pkwy.

from Southern State pkwy. at the Nassau line to Sunrise hwy. YOUTH GETS THREE YEARS Kadien Sentences Accomplice of Boy Killed in Because of his police record, Joseph L. Vienowski, 17, of 22-50 29th Astoria, was sentenced to Sing Sing for from three to six years for attempted robbery in the second degree, after he had pleaded guilty before County Judge Kadien in Long Island City, yesterday. He was arrested in Providence, on December 11, charged with" the hold-up of the drug store of Marcus Kressel, at 33-02 34th Astoria, on December 1.

During the hold-up his accomplice was killed by Patrolman Joseph Papp of the Astoria precinct, who was in the rear of the store at the time. On the promise of both defendants to obtain employment as quickly as possible and to be law abiding citizens Judge Kadien suspended sentence on Joseph Caputo, 17, of 607 Central Brooklyn, and August C. Gerold, 16, of 186 Covert Brooklyn. Both pleaded guilty larceny for the theft of an automobile belonging to Carmine Russo, of 100-07 Jerome Ozone Park. LIEUT.

R. A. DE LA MATER World War Veteran Dies in Glen Head-Services Tomorrow. ing to Alva Jackson, of 203 Lakeview Lynbrook. He backed away from the ruined machine.

they said, and went toward Merrick with Howard Hengerer, of 382 Windsor this village, who had witnessed the accident. in pursuit, The chase, police stated, continued along Merrick with Wheeler and his pursuer passing several red lights, to Park where the former stopped. But n8 Hengerer got out of his car and ran toward the truck, Wheeler, cording to reports, threw his truck into reverse and backed into Hengerer's machine, pushing it back about ten feet. Finally, he started forward again, only to drive over the curb and into the side of a building at South ave, and Merrick rd. Further attempts to flee were halted at this juncture by the arrival of PatrolI man Herrlich, Glen Head, Feb.

Russell Alger De La Mater, 51, a veteran of the World War and of the Mexican border troubles, died yesterday in his home on Glen Head road. Lieut. De La Mater served with Squadron A in the expedition across the Mexican border just before the World He served overseas in the World War in Battalion 306th Field Artillery. He was gassed while in action, and his death was indirectly due to his wounds. Lieut.

De La Mater was born in Flushing, the son of the late Leander De La Mater and Mre. Sarah E. De La Mater. He had lived several years in- Glen Head. He Was unmarried.

Ho 1s vived by his mother. Funeral services will be held in Dodge's Chapel, Franklin Glen Cove. tomorrow at 3 P. M. Burial will be in Jericho..