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THE BROOKLYN DATLY EAGLE. XEW YORK. SUNDAY. f. 1MT; AVIATORS TO SEEK "ENEMIES" OVER L.

I. WOMEN PREPARE FOR NATION'S CALL Nassau County Association Is Big Factor in Life of Community Here Are Long Islanders Who Know All About the Weather GAS CO. WILL FIGHT P. S. RULING IN U.S.

SUPREME COURT it lit, ami I tu'nlv he i i 1 1 I 1 1 When fiiiks in Ea.t Sitiukct want Kiiow what tin- weather is go'tig to be thi-y Mu lo (iciiic l.itfbtr shop. George, while lie's shaving them, will tive them eunuch infornut-ttini about the weather In keep them SiSSK i i COUNTY ASSOCIATION Fliers From Governors Island Will Try to Evade Hempstead Plains Men. TEST TO BE MUi: THIS WKKK. lrr Airplanes Will Patrol Dif- fci-cnl Watching for lite Two i-llors. Special to The Eagle.

Mineola. L. 3 Twelve airplanes on Tuesday or Wednesday will patrol tlie country between Kock- away Beach and this village, when members of the First Aero Corps, with a detachment from the First Signal Corps, stationed at the Federal aviation camp here, who will act as observers, will fly for one hour in an endeavor to detect two machine that will be sent up from Governors Island, the operators of which will try to fly their machines past patrol planes without being seen. Tli "enemy" machines that wall Mart from Governors Island will be painted with stripes so that they can be distinguished from the patrol planes. The observers will be expected to report to heailqua iters about the topography of the country and the number and description of all planes, if any.

seen in their particular zones. Tlie most western point on the islanii to be patruled will be a line runuiiit; from Rockaway Point to will lie stationed at Intervals of about two miles from that point as far east as the aviation field here, The pilots of the "defending' planes will be expected to fly et different altitudes- in their attempts to discover the Among those who will fly the patrol machines are Captain R. C. Rolling. Corporal H.

Salmon, Lieutenant N. Carolyn. Lieutenant A. Blair Thaw and Civilian Instructor H. Blakeley.

OUT ON LONG ISLAND Wyandank Pharoah, chief of the Montauk Indians, claims his tribe is not extinct, as has been declared by the State Attorney General. Chief Pharaoh says there are twenty-five or more full-blooded Montauk Indians alive today. He and the remnants of the once proud tribe live in Freetow n. a suburb of Easthampton. The old chief claims that the Montauk lands, said to be worth $2,000,000, were purchased from the Indians by the late Arthur Benson of Bfooklyn for $IU, but the Indians were guaranteed the privilege of returning to the tract at any time to hunt or fish.

Twenty- five or more years ago the Montauk began a court action to recover the property. Since then, tho Easthampton Star says, tribal meetings have been held yearly at Sag Harbor and the ancient customs observed. All of which may be correct from the viewpoint ot the aged chief of the Mon-lauks, but it seems highly improbable that any legal formalities were lacking In the transfer of the big Montauk tract to Mr. Benson, or that any improper advantage was taken of the tribe. Mr.

Benson was a man of high character, who cannot Justly be suspected of any trickery toward the Indians. The deed given him Is a matter of record, and Its provision can be readily ascertained. No doubt Chief Pharaoh honestly believes his tribe still has certain rights in Montauk it is possible they have under the deed to Benson but it is also to be believed that as to the tribal standing of the Montauks. the Attorney General Is better qualified to give an opinion than the uneducated Chief Wyundank Pharaoh. His statement ItV the Star is interesting, but not convincing, A correspondent of the Watchman, writing from Sound Avenue, says: "Farmers are quite elated over the high price of potatoes Just now, but there is a hereafter, and if they live long enough they may find the high figures may not amount to so very much.

When they plant a large acre-ace next spring and pay J40 to the acre for seed and or more for fer tiliser, and put in the work, $25 more, then have a severe drought next summer or a. general rot. and usual prices, thev may find themselves short $30 to $40 per acre on every acre they plant, which will count backward a little." That's different again. But trust the canny farmer to make up on some other crop what he may lose on his 'tatrrs, if iltli proves a bad year for them. Southold is a village famous for Its long pastorates.

The late Rev. Dr. Whitaker was for more than sixty-five years the beloved pastor of the Presbyterian church there. He was tho eleventh shepherd of that flock. When lie was made paster emeritus, twenty years ago.

the Rev. William H. Lloyd was called as his successor. He is still the spiritual head of the church and at the recent parish meeting the regard felt for him was manifested by a vote directing a substantial Increase in his salary. Southold people are good to.

their preachers, and In let urn the local clergy are unswerving in their devotion to their flocks. "Heboid how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." GIVES HOME TO RED CROSS i Special to Tho Eagle.) Port Washington. March 3 Mr. Frederick Bodney Sanborn has turned over her home on Woodlawn place and Park Drive, l'landmue. for Bed Cross work.

This announcement was made today by Mrs. Sanborn, who is active in the work of the American Bed Cross Society. A new chapter of the society is to be formed at the Sanborn home, to be known as the Manhasttct Bay Chapter, and within a week the now branch will be well under way. Among those who are associated with the new chapter are Mrs. George Thayer, Miss Isabel Warden.

Mrs. lianna Jackson, Allen Walker, Mrs. John linker. James Baker, Miss Louise M.irv E. Sllley.

Mrs. D. E. Smith, Arthur H. Wheeler.

E. B. Fahnsiock and F. 11. Brlggs.

and although it has been a daily task for seventeen year he hopes to round out twenty cars at It, and then he will bo willing to hand it over to "a younger and alder man." as he puts it. Mr. Jnggcr is 71 years young, and in his appearance and fictions doesn't look to lie a day over till. He has always beer active in village and coiiiniunit affairs and has served as village and school trustee and was recently elected vice president of the Suffolk County Agricultural Society, tilling the position made vacant bv the death of Henry A. Beeves of tlrecnport.

In his report for February, given out last week, he says that the mean temperature for the month was a little belw the average of Ihe record for seventeen years, and the precipitation (although there was a snowfall of 7. pa inches and a total precipitation of 2.52 Inches) was tho lowest since Hon. The minimum tr-tnpera lire for the month was zero, mi th" I 3lh. and the m. (Minimi temperature, 17 degrees, on the Tilth.

There were la clear days. 12 partly cloudy and 11 cloudy. Killing trim' prevailed mi 2U days. was hat! mi tin 2Mb. Tile prrv.iiling dircctiOii M' 1 iiyi tliwcsl.

Three Hundred Join New Move-. tnent in Flushing Mr j. C. B. Smith Is Leader.

TO KKRVK IX OF WAR. Members Volunteer Now fur llic Work They Vcel Able lo I'rr-forni Ito'st. Three hundred well-known Flushing women have enrolled in ihe National League for Women's Service. Mrs. Cliton B.

Smith, prsident of the Good Citizenship League, is temporary chairman of the organization. The object of the National League for Women's Service is to register and classify the women of tin; United States so that in case of need they could give training and intelligent service in the occupations which they were best fitted for. When the war broke, nut In Europe it found the women of many of the countries wholly unprepared and untrained to be of service to their country. It is proposed by organizing now to avoid the waste of effort and the mistakes that were made by European women in the first few 'mouths of chaotic endeavor after the beginning of hostilities. Registration blanks are being distributed by the Flushing women.

After a Woman registers and enrolls her name In the service for which she thinks she is best equipped, she will tie given a course in that particular thing and required to pass an examination under the supervision of the league. Then her name will be enrolled on the books as competent to ilu that specific-work and in case of need she would be called upon. Women's service is divided under several general headings social and welfare; commissariat, agricultural, industrial, medicine and nursing, motor driving, and general service. In time of war it is pointed out that train service on Long Island might possibly be suspended, or ail the trains required for. the transportation of troops.

Then women could drive motor cars carrying vegetables and supplies from the farms to This would not be a difficult thing but if woman didn't know how to make emergency repairs and the motor broke down some distance from the city, her service would be of small value, so women who now drive motor cars about Flushing, but who do not understand its mechanism, are to take instructions and learn the cause of "trouble." The Flushing women propose to divide the town into election districts, with a chairman in each to direct the activities. "This is no social movement," said Mrs. Smith last night, "but one fraught with the gravest of problems that perhaps ever confronted the women of any age. Its purpose to promote efficiency in meeting tho perils that may beset the home, the State, and the is not one of trifling consequences. It is a time to omit all tendencies toward individualism and to be fit to rise in a body if the call comes tg lis 'to render loyal and efficient service to our beloved country." The Flushing organization was formed last summer when a few women gathered in the home of Mrs.

Charles Lee Andrews and discussed the need of preparedness. VARIETY OF TOPICS FORQDEENSLECTDRES J. H. French Will Tell How Industrial Plants Are Built and Equipped. John II.

French will lecture on Building, Equipping and Organizing a Great Industrial Plant," Thursday night at Public School No. 14, Fairview and Hillside avenues, Corona Heights. Three biographical lectures will be given in Queens on Friday night. At Public School No: 6, Steinway avenue, near Broadway, Long Island City, W. Wallace Hose will consider "Franklin, the Marvelous American." "Edward MacDowell." will be dealt with bv Miss Margery Morrison, at No.

40, Pacific and Union Hall streets, Jamaica. Clar ence S. McClellan Jr. will speak on The Miracle of Irrigation," at No. Seneca avenue, Centre and George streets, Kidgewood Park.

Mrs. Helene Craven will deliver her lecture. "Life In India," tomorrow night at I'ublic School No. 7, Van Alst avenue, near Flushing, Long Island City. At the same time Franklin D.

Cogswell Will lecture at No. 34, Springfield road and Hollis avenue, Queens, on "A Hamble Through India." Snakes, Their Habits and Economic Importance," will be Clarence 11. Hal ter's topic Tuesday night, at Public School No. 57. South Curtis avenue, near Kimball, Morris Park.

He will exhibit some live specimens. At the Richmond Hill High school, Stoothoff and Kidgewood avenues, Richmond Hill, tomorrow night, Henry Warren Poor will lecture on "Great Master pieces of Art." Charles Samuel Tator will lecture on The Unique United States." tomor row night, at Public School No. 11. Woodside avenue and Third street, Woodside. "The Coast of Maine" will be the title of a lectuce by Alfred Homes Lewis, Thursday night, at the Bryant High School, Wilbur avenue und Academy street, Thursday night.

At Good Templars Hall, Springfield avenue, near lligble, the same night, Dr. Edward P. rowell will speal; on Across the New England States. The week's program follows: MONDAY, MARCH 5. Ukluiionci Hill IllRh Si'houl, Slniitlmff ami Itiilliowoo'l avenues Henry Warn'ii I'noi', "Cn-aL MastrrpU'L'ta of Ait." Politic School No.

.7. Ynn Alat avenue, liPHi-Kliishintf. I.nnff lftanit I'liy-JIn, HHi'iii-Cravpii, lie in Imlta." Stpreoiulcnn vlnus. Pulilii'. Hi'iionl Xo.

II. Woniliitli. HtpiHlp anil Tlihil Htrfi't, WooiIhIiIi' ChiirleK K. if. "The I'nlquo L'nlii'if SiuKK." StPlvipllcon view.

I'ul'lle Srhonl No. at HprlnjfflpM rojiil nnl ll'illi iivpihU', tJMpena h. "A llunililc Through nulla." StiMfiinlnih vlewa. t'lililli No. hH f'arttlpa nvpniii' nnl I'fnil ruHil.

Kl'lirt-woiiit A. rnillishunk. "I'aiiU'liiK urn." Sur'uit TI KSPAV, MARi'll Flushing ttlRh Sanrm-i ainiio nml 1 "ill, in Hlf'Ht. lv ihe I.anil am! th' l'euli'." vlrwu. I'nhllr Ki'IhiiiI No.

Cm. South CurtlM itmr KlinliiiU. Mnnla 1'nrk rtnii'inn It, ilnl-ter. "SnaUca. Thi'lr llahtia anil K.rononili- 1 1 HmtimihIcom views nml live p-r.

nii'iii. Public School No. ill. Central. Piilwmi nml F.iaillck avcliuca.

(Herniate- U'llliml S. I li -sun', "l-allelle France." Storcnpl Icon tew I'uhllc School No. 1 l.iimhllC rnail, I. 'tile NccK-tliirry c. OMiKmirr, ern AtricH ami the Miillicrranrriii." Stri'dp-tlom ivfi.

WKDNKsriAT. nctT T. pulillc School No. W'Hlker nml Hennfnil HM'iim'i. on, Ihn' en -chiivle tioiHii.

tt'irn ami Scolliiml." Hlerennl Icon view No. Hnvra iiniiue ami I'nt't) -reennit Mtroet, Nni I C'lronn Mr I'MmhpI 'Kiiitlnml and Slink'-npiaie." Sicreoiitlfon (Ics, TIII'IISIIAY. VAttcH llryant Hull Wilbur ami mu'vl, U'l'K lilaaJ Can you Miiff the iuvczi: from the' front purch, take a good look atitlte full moi.in examine th-bark on the scrub oaks, and t'M what the weather is going to be? Can you produce records to j-huw that this Justice of the Peace James 11. Cooper. winter isn't better or worse than the winters of the good old days? Perhaps you can't, but there are several men on Long Island who can.

Justice of tlie Peace James B. Cooper of Babylon is one of those who can make successful forecasts of the weather. Although his prognostications are right often enough to keep him in good standing as a prophet, Justice Cooper wants it to be distinctly understood that he does not class as a regular weather prophet. Ho is editor of the Babylon Leader, clerk of the Babylon Village Board, Justice of the Peace of Babylon Town, and therefore a member of the town board, but he finds time among these activities to indulge in weather prognostications for the guidance of himself and his friends. He has an elemental system by which he often "hits it right," as tlie average person will put it when commending a forecast that has proven correct.

"Don't feature me as a weather prophet." said Justice Cooper to an Eagle reporter, "for that title must rest only on the man who has the time and facilities for giving the subject Intensive study. 1 would like to study conditions' more thoroughly and keep my own records, but 1 haven't the time. "There is no more certain of foretelling the general condition of a coming winter than the observation of the skins of animals, the quantity of nuts available in early November and the condition of the, springs. Nature provides wonderfully for the branches of the animal kingdom that cannot provide for themselves. If animal furs arc thick and nuts are Hubert T.

mm. plentiful, "Wc know in a general way that the winter is going lo be long and rather severe, and vice versa. When the springs are full it is a sure thing that winter Is ready to or has set in for good." Justice Cooper believes strongly in the first three days of December as observation days. December 1 foreshadows the weather of that month; December that of January, ami December 3 that of February. Observations based on the condition of these days have justified their being mimed "observation days." This' observer follows carefully tho weather in the latter part of November.

There is always a decided change during that time and a general principle is involved. Professor Hiinn Favors Astronomy. Then there is Uncle Bob Ilunn, out in Huntington. He's almost us well known us a weather prognosticator as ho is as a. lightning rod expert.

Ho predicts according to the rules of astronomy. "My method Is by the chart, according to astronomy," said lie; "by tho location and positions of the planets, In conjunction with each other; ulso with the earth, sun and moon," I 'rofessnr Ilunn says that it is a hard pi opotution to tell about the storms ot the island. He says that the static electricity in the atmosphere has mi Influence on the tides so much so that many times storms tire pre-vented from coming on Long Island, but go out with the tide. "Why," said he, "I have watched them time and time again, and have seen storms coming that you would think were going to bust ami raise but they didn't come here at all. "I get letter after letter from all over Ihe country telling me I struck llnimii l.ettl.

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I Hull. SpilnnhVU iim-iiiic near Hlsbic. Spi itidlli hi- It. Kiln nti 1' "A tit- New Kiifclaml Stnti-." S'c tin.n u. ritttiAY.

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knunv ron ami iivtiin'. Seiili Pnik -Fnii'rt .1. Miiinnn, "A ubn Neunoin tt.uh S-1 nn.l J.ri nvi'iiii tl'iiii A ieiksii. litlni i hi, si'Hr. i I To Make Final Effort to Nullify Order to Lay Mains to Douglaston.

(ASK TO TEST BODY'M POWER. Will Oon or Shut Gate to Flood of litigation Directed Against Com. mission's Regulations. I'ublic service corporations and members of the legal profession will watch with Interest the appeal taken In tho Supreme Court of the United Mil ten by the New York and Queens County Gas Company of "flushing, in final effort to nullify an order of I'ublic Service Commission, directing It to lay a gas main to Douglas-ton, on application of the residents of that village. Thus Dougloston bids fair to become famous in legal lore, for the decision of the' highest tribunal in the land will either open or shut the gates on a flood of litigation pending and in course of preparation by corporations which have been compelled by the I'ublic Service Commission to submit to regulations which they consider unreasonable.

Though the Flushing gas company's matter is not important per se, as a test case in the United States Supreme Court it assumes large proportions. The company alleges that the order of the Commission is unreasonable, because the extension of its service to Douglaston would be unprofitable. says the construction would cost 60,000, whereas the returnB in sight would not warrant an outlay of more than $20,000. The Court of Appeals, reversing the Appellate, Division of the Supreme Court, decided that the Public Service Commission is the final arbiter of the reasonableness of its own determinations. The position taken by the gas company was that the right to apppal from a tribunal such as the I'ublic lorvice Commission, in which a suitor defendant feels himself aggrieved, woven into the very texture of our institutions.

But the Court of Appeals said that the Appellate Division liad misconceived its power in as-) lining to decide a question of reason-Vileness as to an order issued by the 'ublic Service Commission. "in respect to lacking the right to inpeal from unreasonableness of Pub-fc Service Commission orders," said a representative of a public service lorporation yesterday, "the individuals who are interested in the transportation and lighting interests of the State are treated as outlaws. They include not only managers and security holders, hut employees, policyholders in insurance companies and depositors in savings banks, the capital of which is partly utility bonds." He quoted a former justice as say-ins: "in the interest of this important proposition of the citizens of 1 lits State, the Legislature should be ouick to declare its disapprobation of the un-American idea that justice to the individual should be sacrificed to some supposed necessity of vigorous pud decisive action against public utilities." Of forty States which have public service commissions, New York is the only one in which the Public Service Commission law does not provide for court review. A section covering that point was originally provided for, but the legislative committee to which tho bill was referred believed that the live judges of the Appellate Division ere no better qualified to pass upon the reasonableness of an order than the five commissioners who made it. An interesting fact in the New York and Queens Gas Company's case is that within a year after the order was made, the decision having, been written by Commissioner Maltbie, now City Chamberlain, the entire membership of the Commission was changed Two of the commissioners whose terms expired were not reappointed, two re- I signea ana one was removed by the Governor.

The present Commission has just made known its opposition to the so-called Martin bills, now pending before the Legislature, which provide for a review of the Commission's orders in the courts. It declares that the Public Service Commissions were created lo regulate the public service corporations of the State, and compel them to properly discharge their duties to the public, without exacting excessive charges, and that it was not intended that the courts should interfere with the commissions or review their decisions further than Is necessary to keep them within the law rnd protect the constitutional rights of the corporations over which the Commissions were given jurisdiction. It is this very question of the "constitutional rights" of the corporations under the Public Service Commission law that is about to be judged in the Supreme Court of the United States. NOT DROPPING OUT OF ROGERS CASE Strong to Do His Utmost to Collect Judgment for County, 1 He Says. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: I noticed in The Eagle of March 2, that you state that I am "dropping out" of the case against C.

Milton Rogers because I am unablo to get my costs. I have not the faintest idea where you got such a notion and I have not the remotest idea of dropping out of this case until I have done my utmost to collect the money for Suffolk County. I have written a letter to the supervisors calling their attention to their duty in the case, the facts being a matter of record. 1 will take this opportunity of asking The Eagle why it Is that thev appear to favor thuse nftlclals in Suffolk County who have wrongfully taken the county's moneys, after writing so fair an article as your editorial of December IS, 1916, wherein you raise the question as to whether "moral turpitude" was nut Involved in the illegul takings by Suffolk County officials. I do say and have said that it is the duty of the supervisors to collect the lingers judgment of $7,258.37, and that having obtained this large Judgment, without cost to the county, I can now put my individual efforts and personal funds to belter advantage in other taxpayers' action.

SELAH B. STRONG. Sctauket. L. March 2, 11)17.

TIDK TABLE FOR TOMORROW, tl'nlted statea coast anil Gtodetlo Survey Standard Hint.) A.M P.M. Time. High. TlniD.HIgh. H.M.

Feat. ll.M.l'eet. rioekaivay 4:27 dr.s Kir Inland inlet 4:12 l.rt 4 Mhlnnarnck S. Bla. 5.0 fuels l.

Montauk Point fund 1..1 t.t orient Point 22 7 is i.r (Ireenport 7 10 Port Jrffnrnnn ft ot a.r Hiinilnanin i fl J)IW Hay 5 cm .1 Hallett'a 1'ulul Vfi, VA1 4.i iuning until Ihe next week. Setauket Ifnlks swear bv Kians. Like I 'rofessnr 'lliinii. Kraus predicts accuril-' ing to the rules of asii'inioiny. hich lie lias studied, be wis, for thirty-three ye! rs.

Tlie (ft'ect of the kiiii, mumi and stars on the earth causes weather changes, hi; explains. Can You Predict Weather by the Light of Uie Barber. Kraus' oliservati'ins cover only a period of the winter months (during tlie year. lie says that tlie moon. tip.

niirthenst and the eastern stars are the only lunlics in the heav ens winch he observes. His observa tion for each month is taken at the beginning nf each month, when tlie new moon is visible. He suys that during that period if the northeast Mini Is vve a eure is sure to follow; if the eastern stalls very bright there will lie plenty of snowfall through the month. Spcak-j ing of tlie cold weather hich is sure I to follow tlie sight of the bright north- eastern star. Mr.

Kraus cited that last yea his prediction for the very cold month of March was doubted by many people in this vicinitv and elsewhere. but the fact that Ice to the thickness of 7 to 12 inches was harvested, bore out his prediction. When taking the observation on the first of each month Mr. Kraus says that he has spent six nights waiting for the appearance of the moon. He staled that the reason for this was that there were six cloudy nights in succession, and it was not until the SS.LAH STRONG seventh that he could get the proper observation.

These observations Mr. Kraus generally takes from the school-house hill, which is one of the highest points in this village. Mr. Kraus Is years old, and bo-sides being the village barber is at present working at Ills old trade of shoeniaking In tho factory in East Seliiukot. A Word About Those Who Record the Weather.

Then there are a few weather sharps who don't predict the weather, but who keep records of every bit of rainfall and each time the sun's face is obscured by a cloud. Selah B. Strong not the surrogate of Setauket is one of these observers. His home, known as The Cedars, is out on Strong's Neck, or St. George's Manor.

He has kept close tubs on the weather for thirty-two years, and while tho United States Weather Bureau, under which he works, docs not call for three observations a day he still makes observations at 1 o'clock in the morning, 2 o'clock in the afternoon and o'clock in the evening. Ho. became volunteer co-operative weather observer in July, 1 885, when he was about 45 years of age. At that time the Weather Bureau was under the direction of Hie War Department. His appointment carries tho signature of W.

K. Moore, Brig, and Bvt. General, Chief Signal Officer. For years the observers had to take the three observations per day, but at the preient time all that Is required is tho maximum and minimum, or range of the thermometer during the day. tlie dire clinn and force of the win.l, whether it is clear, cloudy or partly cloudy, and the rainfall when it commences and when it ends.

His instruments, the thermometer, barometer and rain-gauge, are all furnished by the Government, and at the end of tach month Strong sends two copies of his reports of the months observations to The United VALTE.R States Weather Bureau for the State of New York, from which place one copy of the report Is sent to the Bu-j lean at Washington, D. C. Waller Jnggcr Settles Noiithnnip- ton's Disputes About the Weather. Although he has carefully recorded the weather conditions in Soiithamp- ton for the past tile local United server. Waller L.

seventeen years as Slates weather ob- says he is no "weather prophet." The weather, lie says, is like the moods of the fair so: in being too changeable lo forecast. In Southampton lie is recognized as an authority, and all arguments as lo just how cold it whs this morning or depth of the snow in coin-pniison to such and such a year, are settled by reference to him. In fact. Mr. word on anything pertaining to local affairs upon which he is willing to ciitqniit himself is good i noimh to decide "all bets." (ili-ervef duties in compiling the weather records, in connection with his business as a farmer nml agriculturist.

Is a hobby. In which he takes great pleasure. He Includes the work with his dally chores about the farm and may be seen every day lint al about sundown setting bis adjusted thermometer and bnruine: 'taking Hie records of the day. Te.cre Is nothh'g that ho will permit to wiUV.Ml'A y4f Tit IIP ml 1 fik f-my. wxJtA.

HOME OF THE NASSAU (Special to The Eagle.) MlneolaL. March 3 With the county as a geographical unit, the Nassuu County Association Is an organization intended to promote the common welfare of all the residents of the county. It was organized in 1913, by 'Mrs. Willard D. Straight.

Mrs. Frank L. Crocker, Mrs. Charles C. Uumsey, Mrs.

John T. Pratt, Mrs. Harry I. Nicholas and Mrs. J.

Sergeant Cram, as an association for the promotion of philanthropy. These organizers became im bued with the belief that the poor and indigent of the county had been carelessly and superficially dealt with, and that those who dealt with sociological conditions, to efficiently apply the principles of social service, must be equipped with scientific knowledge and must be possessed of broad social vision and kind hearts. After the organization was effected and the work began to be effective, in so far as the poor and unfortunate of Nassau were concerned, those who were interested in the project came to realize that the work of the Nassau County Association bore a close relationship to all the activities of the government, its health work, its governmental characteristics, and indeed, every department of tho government. The association occupied a few-small rooms in Mineola, but so active was it in the life of the county that an entire building was secured and the Hev. Oscar Maddau, who had been the executive secretary from tho inception of the association, with the aid of an assistant, is devoting his entile time to the work of the association.

Organization Is Xon-l'olllical. Mr. Maddau has had experience in social service work, and it is largely through his efforts that the activities x'uouan fnimtv Association has so wide a scope. The organization is ,71 1 1 tl rtl non-poiiiicai, as mo mm-i-m bers represent every shade ot political opinion. 111 "The Nassau uiumj aiimii an attempt to orgunize the latent power in the way of wealth, education and time of its citizens," said Mr, Maddau, "for the task of promoting the common welfare of all the residents of the county.

Behind it lies the presumption of democracy that is based upon the idea that most people bnnw aVinilt find WPnt tO do what thev can for the general wel- 1.. 1 faro ot tne community tn. live "About the time the Nassau County Association was formed there had been suringing up in different places in the county, movements of a civic character, whicn sougnt 10 improve political and social conditions. The idea of the neighborhood association was taking iorm; a uou-pm umi election was attempted and small local civic bodies were created, and all of these movements contributed to the idea of an organization, county-wide in its service and concerning itself with all matters pertaining to the im-nrovement of social and political con ditions. It was in this way that tne Nassau County Association, with its large scope of activities, came into being in From this period of Its existence.

Mr Maddau added, it has been responsible for several matters ot far-reaching social and political consequences. The work has been done largely through committees "The public health committee, he aid "has sought for. arv improved method of protecting the county against diseases, with the inaugura-tion of a movement which seeks the elimination of the malaria-bred ng moTquito. It started an Invest Ration of tuberculosis, with the result that ultimately a referendum for a tuberculosis hospital was carried by a ma- ait investigation of the feeble-minded. which has now ow conclusion by the Rockefeller Foundation.

It is taking charge of the poliomyelitis follow-up work, so as to provide for those children who have been victims of this scourge, a I nid In recovering the health and use of their limbs. sX-iauon i reaicu i iu-m iui'n. a association created the Farm Bureau to aid the farmers. The road committee nas reponeu of the county, and has now carried to a conclusion a very extensive search in the administration and expenditure for roads. "The association has watched legislation at Albany, and it took a prom-siai ui ottumiit to secure an'improvcd constitution for the State 0f New iorn.

cl hinted "The sugateo the circumstance o- rv-ry dependent child in the county, who Is a public, FREEPORT'S BIG BUDGET Amounts to $54,121.88 for the Coming Year. (Special to The Eagle.) Free port, L. March 3 The Free-port Village board yesterday prepared the budget for the forthcoming year and In bulk It will amount to Of course several appropriations will be submitted and this may boost the quoted statement. The sums needed for the running of the village government during the year are as follows: General fund. police, street maintenance.

$12,000: street lighting, $1 Hoard of Health, $2, BOO; park fund, $500 and Interest fund, road bonds and tire equipment, Tim 11Ultl' 1 Utrht funds nre taken nut of tho earnings from the munici pal iila nt. the hoard auopieii a reso lution providing inr uie use oi io polling places on Election Day, March 20, between the hours of 12 and 8 p.m. One polling place will bp at tho Yigllnnce Hose house, on street, and the other will t'l' Hook and Ladder Company on Church Stl'CCt, itjl 4 MIL In charge, and returned children to rela tives, whure these have been financially able to care for them; it sought the transfer of children in need of special training to institutions providing such training; it aided in placing destitute children in foster homes and maintained supervision over them, and it sought the co-operation of public officials In investigating cases of dependent children before their committment, wherevfr possible, no as to I prevent their commitment to an in-istiiutiun for an indefinite period of time. "The Nassau County Association, through this work alone, has saved Nassau Countv approximately which would ha-ve been paid for the care of dependent children, if this work had not been done by tho as sociation. "Through the association and its volunteer workers, the Nassau Cot tage Association was organized.

The association has also secured the appointment of probation officers, who are members of the association, and who furnish, their services free. An annual custom has also been established that of the distribution of gifls to bring Christmas cheer to the homes of the poor. The association provides pure milk for sick babies, secures employment for the unem ployed, and has organized the local District Nursing Ass' it n. It has also established a cntial ex change and organized uie Central So cial Conference. Over 900 cases of residents in need have been investi gated and helped.

"What I consider one of the most Important phases of tire work of the association, and which will have the most far-reaching consequences, Is the work begun under a committee of re search and county government, Mr. Maddau said of this committee. "As a result of its research, a movement was set on foot which sought, authority from tho Legislature for the creation of a commission to study the govern ment of tho county and towns, and to recommend changes. The com mission has made an examination' of the county conditions, and I think 'that its report will favor farreaching and sweeping changes in the present method of political administration, so as to secure a larger degree of self- government and more efficient and economic administration for the county and its political subdivisions. "The association has begun the publication of a monthly journal, which is to become the medium of information to the members.

Association Has an Ambitions Program. "You will perhaps say that I have talked of what the Nassau County Association has accomplished," continued Mr. Maddau. "That is true, but we an ambitious program for the immediate future which involves a better administration of the money spent upon our public roads, which today takes more than half of the money raised by taxation for government purposes in the county. Our future program also means the successful conclusion of the work of the health committee.

It is also the plan of the association to proceed with the governmental research investigation, and it is pledged to support any movement which will give the county a more democratic, efficient and economic form of government. Our future program involves community planning, neighborhood organizations, the watching of local, State and national legislation; the co-operation with the State School of Agriculture at Farmingdale, the federation of philanthropies in the county and the improvement of home conditions for people of small means. "I have discussed our past achievements, and I have told about our future program. Our immediate work is by no means an unimportant task. This is the securing of a large membership for the association.

It is the aim of the association to have a membership of 10,000 before the end of the year." Some of the most prominent men of Nassau County are active in the Nassau County Association. The executive officers are; Frank N. Double-day, president; Henry D. Walbridge, vice president; Howes Burton, second vice president; George S. Emory, treasurer, and Frank L.

Crockjr, secretary. In addition to the executive officers, associated with them in the management, are the following directors; Willard V. Straight, John Pratt, John A. Albertson and William M. Baldwin.

There was recently appointed an advisory council of one hundred, made up of representative citizens from the various localities, who will represent the Nassau County Association in the localities In which they reside. At the time this council of one hundred was appointed, more than was secured, which will insure the work fpr the next five years. NO FOR CORONA P.S.C. Won't Allow Its Location on National Avenue. Following an Interview with Public Service Commissioner Hodge, Horough President Connolly yesterday issued a statement to the effect that he had been promised by the Commissioner that a yard for elevated cfis would not bo located on National avenue, Corona.

He said: "I was much gratified with (hp result of my conference with Mr. Hodge, appeared to be entirely fair, and I was led to believe from his statements that the people of Corona need have no fear that this line will be installed there. He. made the point that a yat'd necessary, and that if It was not constructed It would be necessary to store the cars on the third track, of the cle. vnted toad, Interfering with the traffic upon the same and, to a measure, defeating tho purposes for which the road was constructed.

He, however, asked mo to say to the people of this vicinity that nothing was within the contem-plotlnn of the I'ublic Service Commission that would affect Corona Injuriously, nml that, rather thm inflicting Injury, the yard to be ultl-J l.c iJiucd ut Nomo -titw.