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22, 128 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. THURSDAY. MAY 4. 191T.

QUEENS BOROUGH AND LONG ISLAND QUEENS BANNER YEAR IN BUILDING ACTIVITY Over 1,800 New Structures, to Cost Nearly $9,000,000, Approved Since January 1. MANY BRICK APARTMENTS. Builders in Ridgewood Heights File Plans for 187 Three-Story Structures--Cost, $1,500,000. The year 1911 promises to be a record breaker in the line of building Activity in the Borough of Queens, as indicated by the number of new buildings for which permits have been issued during the frat four months ending Saturday night last, and the values of the proposed structures and the increase activity has become tore and more marled with the progress of the week. The total for the four months was 1,801 structures, the estimated value of which 18 $7,911,853, and the 1,016 plumbing permits amount to $907,007, making the total of new building operations $8,828,860.

Of the above 566 of the new structures are of an estimated value, with plumbing, of $2,953,479 were approved during the month of April; 614. of an estimated value of with plumbing, during March; 112. of an estimated value of $1,087,349, with plumbing, during February; 309, of ac estimated value of $1,787,634, including plumbing, during January. The 112 alterations during the month of April ran up to $62.677. The total of building operations for the four months will exceed $9,000,000.

For week ending April 29 the total mile of new buildings was 185 and valuation, including plumbing. phenomenal week for Queens. The character of the building in Queens is rapidly changing, indicating the rapid passing of large areas from the suburba. Into the urban class. Hundreds of plans are now being filed for three to five story brick tenements in the Ridgewood and Long Island City sections, and block after block of two-story brick dwellings are being built in the Woodbaven section, while first class four brick stores with tenements above are being built on sides of Jamaica avenue for over 3 mile out from the Brooklyn line.

In the Ridgewood Heights section four builders are to erect 187 three-story brick apartment houses. to cost, with plumbing. about $1,500,000, most of them double houses costing from $8,000 to $10,000. Charles Fritz has had plans approved 26 on Covert avenue, to cost $130,000: G. F.

Matthews, for 68 on Putnam avenue and Cornelia street. to cost, with plumbIng, 740,000: August Bauer, 58 on Woodbine street, Putnam avenue, Silver street, Palmetto street and Gates avenue, to cost, with plumbing, $455.000, and Paul Steir, 35 on Catalpa and Jefferson avegues, 10 cost, with plumbing, $135,000. of the above are of brick construction wit terra cotta trim. In Long Island City a much more exPensive class of construction is going 011 if four and five-story double apartment houses which have to be built under the rigid regulations of the tenement house law applying to property of this class. Rose A.

Wilson is to build three fivestory brick apartment houses on the west side of Acadamy street. 10 cost, with plumbing, $45,000 each, and P. J. Brenna, five four -story briek on Flushing avenue, to cost, with plumbing. $150,000.

Harms Koler Construction Company will construct six four -story brick tenements on Eighth and Ninth avenues, to cost. with plumbing. 895.000. and the Reliable Building Company is to put up four threestory and one four -story brick tenements. May has started in with similar activity.

PHILLIPS GETS JOB BACK Is Again Under Sheriff of Queens County. Reappointed by Former Chief and Sworn In in the Presence of Many Friends. John M. Phillips of Long Island City again under sheriff of Queens County. He was appointed for A second time to this position yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Thomas M.

Quinn and took the oath of office before Justice Isaac M. Kapper, Thereafter went to the Queens County clerk's office at Jamaica and filed his bond, and last night he was again in charge of the prisoners in the Queens County jail. The ceremony of swearing in was witnessed by Sheriff Quinn, former Under Sheriff Edward Fitzpatrick, Harry T. Weeks, former Sheriff Herbert S. Harver, Henry 0.

Sleth, District. Attorney Frederick G. De Witt, Attorney William E. Stewart, George Frenz, Dr. Romayne, Andrew Capelis and Thomas F.

Adams, all close friends of Phillips. After the swearing in. the spectators congratulated Phillips, and he was then taken to the sheriff's office, where he found his desk banked with flowers and be was presented with a diamond studded badge of office. Edward Fitzpatrick, who has been the under sheriff, resigned just previous to the appointment of Phillips. It was in June, 1910.

that Phillips handed in his resignation as under sheriff, following his indictment by the Queens County Grand Jury that was inVestigating public affairs in Queens. AL the time Sheriff Quinn gave Phillips, in a letter of acceptance, 8 splendid indorsement. for his faithful performance of his duties as under sheriff. Since that time Phillips has had a stormy time, and once, when he was in contempt. for refusing to teatify before the Ordway investigation, he almost WAB committed to presided.

the jail over which he had But Phillips, who has always been known A8 a fighter, kept serene and fought back 88 the fight wAs waged against. him. It is Phillips' intention to get into the political contest which is now preparing in Queens, and he will seek to regain his position as the leader of the regular Democratic organization in the Wiret Assembly District. He has held the nominal position right along. but.

he hesitated to exercise the authority of the position during the time that he was under indictment. It was only a week ago that Justice Maddox in the Queens County Supreme Court dismissed all the indictments that! were found against him. A CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT, successful entertainment was given last night by the Young Men's Club of the Central Presbyterian Church. When it started about 8:30 o'clock the Sunday school room in which it was held, tained about 350 persons. The programme WAR of a vaudeville nature, including singing, buck and jig dancing, vocal solos, comedy acts monologues.

The enter. and tainers were heartily applauded and it WAR about midnight before the programme concluded. Following the enterrefreshments were served. YOUNG FARMER SUED BY FIVE PLAINTIFFS And Other Actions Are in Course of Preparation Against William Broderick of Mattituck. FATHER PLAINTIFF IN ONE.

Parent Claims His Indorsement 011 $700 Note Is a Forgery-Defendant Is Missing. (Special to The Eagle.) Mattituck. L. May 4-Five separate suits were started last week against William H. Broderick of this place with Lawyer Frank C.

Barker appearing for the plaintiff, and two additional suits are now being prepared against the same defendant. This is an unusual occurrence in country life, and with it goes A sad little story of domestic infelicity, that is said by many to be the cause of the young man's misfortune, and of the numerous suits. Mr. Broderick is a son of Daniel Broderick of this place. For some years he has been a highly -regarded resident of Mattituck.

He saved his money and obLained one of the most valuable farms 111 the village. About four years ago he married Miss Susie Riley of Riverhead, and apparently the couple were happily mated. A nice house was furnished for the occupancy of the couple, and they started in housekeeping, seemingly with bright prospects. Differences, however, arose betweeu the young farmer and his wife, and after living with her husband about a year Mrs. Broderick left him and returned to the home of her brothers here.

The fact of her leaving was published in a formal notice by Mr. Broderick. From that time the young man has never been the same. Just which one was to blame in the unfortunate separation has never become public unhappy culmination of the married life of the two seemed to break the spirit of Mr. Broderick, and bad luck followed in his farming operations.

Broderick Is Missing; His Farm Is Going to Weeds. A short time ago he needed money to buy fertilizer for his farm, and he expected to get it through placing a small mortgage ou his valuable acres, which were but slightly encumbered. His wife refused to sign the necessary papers, it is said, and those to whom he applied refused a loan unless her signature was obtained. To-day his farm is untouched by the plow--at -a time when earlier crops should be in, and the whereabouts of its owner are unknown. Mr.

Broderick left Mattituck the first April. A man named Cox, formerly of Mattituck, who is in business somewhere in Manhattan, recently wrote CO Mattituck people that Mr. Broderick came into his place a short time ago and asked for a loan. This man wrote that Mr. Broderick was then without stockings, that his shoes were broken, and that his clothes were in a bad state of repair.

He gave Broderick the loan and the fellow again disappeared. That is the last anyone here, SO far as can be learned, has heard from him. Process servers looked in vain for him, and Lawyer Barker waited three weeke before starting the suits, hoping he would return. Now Mr. I Broderick is being served in the suits by publication.

One of the suits is brought by Daniel Broderick, father of William Broderick. Lawyer Barker says this is for a $700 note, made by William Broderick, and bearing the name of the father as indorser. "Daniel Broderick tells me that his name on the back of the note is a forgery," said Mr. Barker to an Eagle man yeaterday. This note was discounted in the Mattituck Bank, and this bank is one of the plaintiffs.

It is suing both the father and the son. one as maker and the other as indorser of the note. It is said the debts now owing by the younger Broderick amount to about $7,000, and it is the plan of the plaintiffs in the suits to get judgment and then sell the farm to meet the obligations. HUGE BONES UNEARTHED. Those, Probably of a Whale, Dug Up in the Street at Southampton.

Southampton, L. May 4--A number of huge bones, sone of them fifteen inches in circumference and others nearly seven inches in diameter, have been excavated in the street in front of Hildreth's store, where workmen are constructing a sidewalk. Many believe the bones are the remains of some prehistoric monster. but old residents declare they are parts of a whale, although how the bones got where they were found nobody can yet explain. NASSAU PERSONALS.

Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Black have opened their summer home at Sea Cliff.

State Senator Loring Black, is their son. Miss Elise Ladew, who has recently recovered from an illness. has opened Elsipore, at Glen Cove, for the season. Mrs. Levi C.

Weir, a well -known colonist of Locust Valley, is mourning the loss of a valuable black Pomeranian dog, lost in Glen Cove early this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor of Red Spring Park leave shortly for A trip to California. Mr.

Taylor is superintendent of the E. R. Ladew Leather Belting Works. The Rev. Arnold Grob, pastor of the German M.

E. Church, Sea Cliff, left this week for Cleveland, Ohio. Grob conducted a successful three years' pastorate here. The Rev. and Mrs.

J. W. Gammack leave Glen Cove on Saturday to spend the summer 1n England. Mr. Gammack 18 rector of St.

Paul's Episcopal Church, Glen Cove. Nelson B. Burr of Jericho has leased the Valentine homestead on Fresh Pond road, Glen Cove, for three years. After extensive improvements have been made Mr. Burr will occupy it permanently, WILL PREPARE FOR TOURNEY.

Inwood, L. May 4---Members of Citizens Hose and Engine Company will soon begin practicing for the tournament of the Nassau County Firemen's Association, which will be held in Lynbrook next month. The firemen are determined to retrieve themselves for the rather poor showing made at the last tournament, and believe they can sweep everything before them. STAVING CONTRACT LET. Babylon, L.

May 4-The contract for the staving of shores of the wains River, along the Pensacola shore road. was let by the village board of trustees, last evening. to Joseph Leek of Talip. There are 396 feet to be staved, which Leek agrees to do for $2.60 a foot. He was the only bidder.

COMING HEWLETT DOG SHOW. Hewlett. L. May 1-A dog 1s to he held in Hewlett Hall, on 17, show, under the auspices of the Nassau Kennel Club, just organized, with Rudolph Vohl, president: George Koehler. vice president: Charles Sickle.

secretary and treasurer: Drs. J. Decker and James E. Crawford, veterinaries. FIGHT OVER A FENCE.

Newtown Men Have Each Other rested--Both Are Discharged. For several months William Appelbaum of 12 Lafayette street and Reuben Kleimer of 8 Lafayette street, Newtown, have been at odds. Recently Kleimer built a spite fence between his house and Appelbaum's. The latter told Kleimer to take down the fence, but without results. Failing in this, he a attempted to it down, but was prevented.

Saturday night the two men met on Metropolitan avenue and had A. warm argument, finally coming to blows. The next day' they appeared in the Flushing police court and swore out warrants: for the arrest of each other. They were both before Magistrate Smith yesterday. The magistrate reprimanded both and discharged them.

BOY HELD FOR GRAND JURY. John Wiggins, 17 years old, of 1315 Metropolitan avenue, Maspeth, was held for jury by Magistrate Smith in the Flushing police court yesterday on a charge of grand larceny and burglary. It. is claimed that the boy stole a number of articles, valued at. $30, from the butcher store conducted by John Weehna, at 190 Hull avenue, Maspeth, on the night of April 27.

Wiggins was also arraigned on a charge of petit larceny and held for the Special Sessions. According to the police he is charged with taking a large amount of copper wire belonging to the New York Telephone Company. QUEENS HORSE THIEVES BUSY Two Horses Stolen; Attempts Made to Take Others. Two Boys Accused of Theft of Elmhurst Animal Are Held for the Grand Jury, Joseph Schwack, 16 years old, of Caldwell avenue, Elmhurst, and Charles Schutler, 19 years old, of Prospect avenut, that place, were held for Grand Jury by Magistrate Smith in the Flushling police court yesterday on a charge of stealing a horse from the stable owned by John E. Lehner, at 31 Hoffman boulevard.

Newtown, on the morning of April 28. men were arrested by Detectives Caputo and McKeon of the Brooklyn tral office. Several hours before the two men were arraigned in court the Flushing police were notified that horse thieves were busy in their precinct. About 3 o'clock burglars broke open the door of A. J.

Nash's barn, in the rear of his home, at Broadway and Bowne avenue, and drove away with a horse, a surrey, pair of biankets and a steamer rug. It was reported that an attempt was made to steal horse from another stable near by, but that the thieves were frightened away by the police. The horse stolen is a chestnut mare hands high and weighing about 800 pounds. with a scar on the left side, a split in the left front hoof and a tail which has been banged, but has grown out. Her mane is short and she has been freshly clipped.

The entire outfit is valued at $500. About the same hour drivers employed by a local milk dealer noticed a light in Thomas Carraher's barn, at 212 Franklin place, Flushing. One of the men kept an eye on the barn and the other ran over to Sanford avenue, where he found a policeman. They went back to the Carraher house and when they arrived there they saw a man coming out the barn with a horse hitched to one of Mr. Carraher's surreys.

The man attempted to drive out to the street, but when he tried to open the gates he discovered that they were fastened with a padlock. The policeman ran toward the would-be thief, but he made his escape. WOMAN LOST TRUSTEE RACE. Babylon's Leading Socialist Nominated Herself for the Office and Did a Little Electioneering, Too. Babylon, L.

May 4-Mrs. Jacob C. Neill got into the limelight again (n Tuesday evening the school meeting in West Babylon, she nominated herself for the of school trustee. She was defeated by Fred Carpenter, woo received 52 votes, Mrs. Neill getting 25.

Mrs. Neill announced that she desired to become a candidate for the office: She pledged her best efforts for the interest. of the children in the schools, and promised faithful service if elected. Her nomination was seconded and all smiles, she made a seat to seat canvass for votes. There were about twenty-five women present and it is generally conceded that she received a goodly portion of the ballots cast by the feminine voters.

When the votes were counted and her defeat made known, Mrs. Neill made a short speech thanking those who supported her. Mrs. Neill is well known as a Socialist, and at. the recent election was the only woman in Babylon to vote upon the apI propriations.

At another time she made quite a stir in the usually calm section of Babylon town in which she lives by painting her home without the aid of any member of the sterner sex, and. moreover, doing a good job of it, as anyone who has seen the dwelling can testify. ARBOR DAY COMES TOO LATE. Horticultural Expert Says Some Trees Should Have Been Transplanted Weeks Ago. Mineola, L.

May 4-That the celebration of Arbor Day on May 5 throughout the entire state is a mistake is the opinion of Henry Hicks of the firm of Isaac Hicks Sons of Westbury, known as experts in planting trees. "What might be good for one section of the state would not be good for Long! Island." he said. The season is at least two weeks late. In most cases the leaves are now out, and to have the trees the ground two weeks ago. season grow rapidly they should hays, been in for transplanting small maples especially is past.

That work should have been done sometime 50-POUND TUMOR REMOVED. It Weighed Half as Much as the Patient. Mineola, L. May 4--A delicate operation was performed at the Nassau Hospital yesterday, when Drs. G.

L. Cleghorn of Mineola, and Charles Nesley of Manhasset removed a fifty pound tumor from Mrs. Jennie Jackson of Freeport. What was remarkable the sur gical feat was the fact Jackabout, son only weighs about 100 pounds. The patient is a middle aged woman, and it is said at the hospital that she will re- cover.

BUYS SETAUKET LAND. Riverhead. L. 1., 4--Twenty acres of land in Setauket were sold here Monday by George E. Darling, referee, and were struck off to Miss Lucy W.

Edwards of Manhattan, a granddaughter of John Elderkin. She was the plaintiff in the suit and WAS represented by Timothy M. and Robert P. Griffing. Mrs.

Jennie E. Badger of 886 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, was the principal defendant. Mrs. Badger was represented by a woman attorney, Amy Wren. Miss Edwards bid $4.000 for the property, above A.

$4.000 mortgage held by the Southold Savings Bank. The action was one in partition. FIGHTING RECTOR HOPES STORMY VOYAGE IS OVER Shelter Island Preacher Has Endured Six Years of Persecution, He Says. TELLS AN UNUSUAL STORY. Trouble Began Over Confirmation of a Woman--Rector Five Times Ordered to Leave Parish.

(Special to The Eagle.) Shelter Island, N. May 4-The Rev. Bert Foster, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal parish here, is something of a. martyr, much of fighter, and yet has the reputation of being "a pretty good fellow" socially and a man who has done much good in his lifetime, here and elsewhere.

His troubles in this parish have, however, been continuous and unique. "If after six years continual persecution I should now proceed at law no person who knows what I have borne quietly will blame me," is a. part of a formal notice that he published over his signature recently, and was what led an Eagle reporter to interview him yesterday. The pastor is a small, quiet man, but with fire in his eye when he literally speaks of his enemies. Five Times Ordered by Bishop to Quit His Parish.

"Yes, they have smitten me on both cheeks," he said with a smile; "yet I am just as ready to turn the wounded one for further smiting," he added. "I have been here eight. he continued, with refreshing candor, "and literally I have been in hot water over six of them. They have done everything they can think of to persecute me and to get rid of me, but I have been in the right, I am in the right still, and remain. I have even been ordered five different times by the bishop to leave my The Rev.

Bert Foster, Rector St. Mary's P. E. Church, Shelter Island. parish, but I have refused.

Now he finds that he was wrong and he has since paid me a nice visit and 1, have entertained him at my home." "Doctor, what started all the trouble, anyway?" asked the reporter. was a almost hissed the minister; "you know they say women are the root of all trouble," he added with a smile and returning milder composure. the trouble was actually started by a woman, it would perhaps be more just to say that the rumpus was started by a man about a woman. This was the beginning, but one thing has led to another, until at times I am quite bewildered as to just what the trouble is all about anyway. Sometimes I think it is all over; then it begins afresh.

"Just now the skies are much brighter. Confidence in me is returning. The congregation is coming back to me, and the parish is getting in good shape, spiritually and in other ways. When I Arst came here there was not much of a parish. The communicants were few.

Without any solicitation 011 my part the people began coming to my church. Many came who never went to any church before. baptized nearly forty people, representing among them three generations. Some of these people had relatives in other churches here, but I never asked them their religion and didn't I am an old fashioned Christian and believe in doing good wherever can, so I accepted all that came to my fold. Trouble Began Over Woman's Confirmation.

"When it came time to confirm a class 8. woman who had been connected with another church asked to be confirmed. I her I did not want to antagonize any other church, but if she would bring me a letter showing there was no objection, would allow her to be confirmed. She obtained what was necessary. She even brought a letter written by her husband, showing that he gave consent to her confirmation.

Previously he had opposed it. told me so. day after she brought a letter from him he called personally, saying that he had changed his mind again and wouldn't allow her to be confirmed. told him she should be confrmed if she wished it. We had rather a stormy scene, and as he left the house he hissed: IT have one more card to "I paid no attention to his threats, but as a matter of fact, the woman was not confirmed until three years later, yet in the meantime many things happened, and the people of the Island did many things to injure me.

I received no end of anonymous communications, all threatening in character. I had the American Mechanics and the Daughters of Liberty at my service in a body. preached a patriotic sermon, and received considerable praise because of the service. The next day received a letter. which said.

in part: 'Dr. Foster is not like George Washington, for he can tell a "I did a little detective work, and found that the envelope was bought in Southold, the paper on Shelter Island, and it was mailed at Greenport. I discovered. too. that the letter was written by A Shelter Island man.

It was but another piece of bitterness regarding the confirmation I have spoken of." "How did the bishop come to ask you to give up your keys?" asked the re- porter. Rector Told by Treasurer to Mind His Own Business. "Why. he thought I was exceeding my authority here, and he believed this was a mission and not a parish. I discovered that the treasurer of the church was not paying certain small bills of the parish.

I wrote him, telling him to pay the bills before he paid my salary; that I would go without my salary rather than have the church owing bills. He wrote back for me to mind my own business, which was saving souls, and he would look after the temporal' affairs of the church. told him in reply, that it was my ness to see first that small tradesmen were getting what belonged to them when they had a bill against my church. "Shortly I received a letter from the bishop, telling me that the church treaswas elected to take care of the financial matters and for me not to interfere, I replied to the bishop substantially as I did to the treasurer. Subsequently I WAS ordered to leave the parish and turn over my keys.

I re- fused. Then charges were preferred against me, His Salary Held Up in Effort to Force Him Out. "These charges went before the standing committee, and for four years they were held up, and I was under a strain regarding what the outcome would be. During this time I was again ordered to leave and turn over my keys. consistently refused.

The church people refused to pay me my salary, thinking to force me out that way. Once the bishop sent a man here for the keys. I refused to give them to him. Later the Island people told me that if I didn't leave the church by a certain time I would find a the door. The next day I on preached a pretty vigorous sermon about to the padlock it I what would happen found one on the door-'I'll walk right through a I told them.

"Finally the standing committee decided the matter in my favor, showing that I had the right to take the stand I did regarding the finances. While the victory was sweet to me in one way, yet for a time it made some of the Island people more, bitter, because they found they could not get rid of me in the way they intended--by lying about me and trumping up charges. Returns From Europe to Find Congregation "Gone, Body and Soul." "Last year I went to Europe for a short trip. When I returned I found my congregation all gone, body and soul. What caused the new outbreak I don't know.

Since then, however, I have been gradually winning them back. On the whole the Island people love me and respect me. but there are a few who have caused about all of the trouble for personal spite. and they have won others over to them by one reason and another. "We are a full fledged parish now, and still have oversight regarding the Anances.

Some of the trouble has been caused because I would not visit more. Some of the people wanted me to visit because they believed they could get me in compromising positions that way. But 1 steadfastly refused to visit, where there was sickness or disexcept tress. "During the four years I was under charges sometimes I got as much as $25 toward my salary, but most of a month the time I got nothing, and the people wondered how I lived; but the Lord provided. The back salary has never been paid.

Latest Insult an Anonymous Post Card With a Scriptural Reference. "The latest insult occurred few days ago. I received an unsigned postal card; 'For text, Jeremiah 23. first two it read. I know who sent it, and have given the fellow a chance to apolgize before I take action against him for defamation of character and before 1 lay the matter before the postal authorities.

The postal regulations declare the sending of such a card to be an illegal act, for it is printed in the regulations forbidding the sending through the mails 'postal, post cards or other cards mailed without wrappers, calculated by the terms or manner of style or display and obviously intended to reffect injuriously upon the character or conduct of The verses referred to by the anonymous writer read: "Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord. "Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord." St. Mary's has a beautiful little church and parish house overlooking Coecles Harbor. It stands on a commanding hill. It is one of the best kept churches in the Long Island diocese, and some Shelter Island people say this is largely due to the enterprise of the present rector.

They say, too, that he is one of the finest preachers in this section. They also add that they believe much of the past trouble was due to the fact that years ago the finances of the church were not run on a businesslike basis and the fault-finders resented the action of the minister when he tried to straighten things out. Mr. Foster says that when he took charge the business was being conducted in a way that could not be countenanced by one of his ability. Anchor on Church Grounds Typifies End of Stormy Voyage.

Just after the standing committee had decided in his of the Sheltering Island men who had stood by him through thick and thin bad carted to the church grounds all immense ship's anchor. It holds a commanding position there today. It was brought to typify the fact that the church's stormy cruise was over and that it was at last safely anchored. Dr. Foster is an Englishman with an income from "home." He preaches because he believes in doing what he.

can to aid his fellow man. For some years just before coming here he was in the Rocky Mountains. He has a delightful home here, has a charming wife and is a pleasant man to meet. socially or otherwise, providing one doesn't come with a chip on his shoulder. ARCHDEACONRY AT ROSLYN.

Highly Encouraging Reports Made. Officers Elected for Coming Year. Apportionment Plan Abandoned. (Special to The Eagle.) Roslyn, L. May 4---An unusually large attendance at the annual meeting of the Queens- Nassau Archdeaconry, held in Trinity Church yesterday, made the business session more than ordinarily interesting.

The elections resulted as follows: The Rev. Roy F. Duffield, after filling the unexpired term his predecessor, Archdeacon Mesier of Far Rockaway, was reelected for a term of four years: executive committee, Rev. Kirkland Huske of Great Neck, the Rev. Charles Newbold of Manhasset.

the Rev. Herman Lillienthal of Astoria, elected in place of the Rev. C. H. Webb, who has just been elected general missioner of Brooklyn; treasurer Philander R.

Jennings of Merrick; secretary, G. Webster Peck of Flushing. The proposed plan of apportionment, after an exhaustive and general discussion, was not deemed feasible. The Woman's Missionary Committee elected Mrs. Timothy Treadwell, president: Mrs.

P. R. Jennings, first vice president: Clifton Brewer, second vice president; Mrs. John Graham, treasurer; Mrs. Mary L.

Martin, secretary; Mrs. David Provost. assistant secretary. Highly encouraging reports were submitted. One that was especially so was that for the first time in years there is a surplus in the treasury.

The past year has been the best, financially, for a long period. GEBHARDT WRITES FUREY. Murderer, Soon to Die in Chair, Wants Razor and Watch Held for Him at Riverhead. Riverhead, L. May 4--Yesterday, Warden Furey of the Suffolk County jail received a letter from Fred Gebhardt.

who is sentenced to die in the week beginning June. 12 for the murder of Anna Luther two years ago. Gebhardt requested that the warden send him a razor and a watch that were taken from him when he was brought to the jail here. Warden Furey said he would look up the things and probably forward them to the warden of Sing Sing for Gebhardt. The watch has been custody of Sheriff Platt.

Gebhardt said he wanted to send them home by A visitor. He made no men tion whatever regarding the fact that his end was near. or that he knew the Court of Appeals had decided against him. FELL FROM CAR. EAST ISLIP PRINCIPAL SCORED BY ASSISTANT FOREMEN DEMAND MONEY.

Queens Highway Workers' Pay Held Up Since January. Eight foremen in the highway department of Queens Borough called upon Acting Borough President H. Bunn yesterday and demanded a Walter, arrangement be made whereby they can get. the money due them for salaries and which has been held up ever since Januuary 1, They told the acting president that they have been put to all kinds of hardships and that they could not get along any longer without money. The acting president told them that he believed the delay was due to complications in the Controller's office and that while every possible effort to straighten out the tangle has been made, these efforts would be increased in an effort to get the money during the coming week.

LONG ISLAND OBITUARY. Alicia M. Loder. Mrs. Alicia M.

Loder, 50 years old, wife of Frederick Loder, an engineer employed Long Island Railroad, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 152 Twenty-ninth street, Whitestone. Mrs. Loder was stricken with apoplexy two days ago. She is survived, besides her husband, by two sons. The funeral servive will be held at her home to-morrow evening.

Kenin X. Dollard. Kenin X. Dollard, 38 years old, died at midnight on Tuesday, at his home, corner of Broadway and Norton street. Far Rockaway.

Deceased was out on Tuesday, and in the evening was driving with friends. He reached home about 10:30 o'clock, apparently in as good health as ever. Shortly after being in the house he was stricken with heart failure and died. He had lived all his life in Far Rockaway, and leaves a mother, three brothers and three sisters. George Gieg.

George Gieg, 73 years old, who was engaged in the carriage manufacturing business At Queens, Hyde Park and Flushing for number of years, died yesterday at this home, Rose street and Jamaica avenue, Flushing. He is survived. besides his widow, by two sons and one daughter, George, Robert, Frederick and Sarah Margarette. The funeral services will be held from his home to -morrow. Mr.

Gieg was born in Germany and came to America when a young man. "He secured a position in the Brewster carriage factory, Manhattan, where he learned his Michael Murray. Glen Cove, L. 4-Michael Murray, a well known resident of this place for many years, died at his home yesterday, quite suddenly, having been ill a short time from pneumonia. Mr.

Murray was 45 years old previous to coming to Glen Cove, A number of years ago, he resided in Huntington. He was the son of Bryan Murray. He was a member of St. Patrick's R. C.

Church, the Glen Cove Catholic Club. Glen Cove Aerie, Frater nal Order of Eagles, and also a member of Pacific Engine and Hose Company of the local fire department. A solemn requiem mass will be said at St. Patrick's Church on Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Brookvill: Surviving Mr.

Murray is his widow. Mary and two sons. Lester Cemetery. and Herbert Murray, NEW COLLEGE POINT FERRY. Will Run Between Long Island and the Bronx--An Advantage to the Farmers.

Fund Commission, at its The Sinking yesterday, granted a franchise to meeting the Twin City Ferry Company for a ferry Clason Point, the Bronx, and between College Point. in Queens. The Clason Point landing will be at the end of Clason road. and the other landing directly Point, opposite, between North Tenth and North Thirteenth streets. The company owns the double-decked ferryboat Fordham, and will commence the work of building slips and ferryhouses shortly, F.

H. Weeks of 17 State street is president of the company, in which a number of prominent Bronx people are interested. They expect to carry A great many automobiles, as the terry will be much more convenient than the Queensboro Bridge. The ferry will also enable the Long Island farmers to reach the Bronx. and will doubtless assist in establishment of the large market which Borough President Miller has Deen working for.

WILL PROBE INFANT'S DEATH. Floral Park Woman: Is Accused of Infanticide--Grand Jury to Hear Evidence. Floral Park, L. May 4--It has just become known that the Grand of Nassau County is to investigate the Jury, death of the infant which was found in a toilet here, on April 22. Seven witnesses have been subpenaed by the District Attorney to appear before the Grand Jury at Mineola to morning.

at 9 o'clock to testify in the criminal action prosecuted by the people of the State of New York against Mrs. George Butler, who is a resident of the tenement house in the toilet of which the infant was found. The infant. A strong, well -developed baby girl, about four hours old, was put in a fertilizer bag before it was placed where it was found, and it showed signs of life when it was first discovered. but died shortly afterward.

The action of the District Attorney in making this investigation is strongly commended by the citizens of Floral Park. QUEENS MARRIAGE LICENSES. For Twenty-four Hours Ended at 6 P.M., Wednesday, May 3. Luigi Simeone, 24. of 832 Fulton street.

Jamalca, to Cristine Chiaromonte, of 948 South street. Jamaica. Giacoma Franco. 25, of 108 Fifth street, Long Island ty, to Angela Gravino, 40, of 108 Fifth sireet, Long Island City. Alexander Babiel.

23. of 108 Grove street, Winfeld, 10 Sazeplanek, 20, of 198 Grove street. Winfield, Casper Mueller, 28, of 562 Onderdonk avenue. Ridgewood, to Catherine Klemm, 21. of 1561 Greene avenue, Ridgewood.

Henry Haffner. M. of 1508 Madison street. Ridgewood Heights, to Louis Freisons, 19 of 618 Seneca avenue. Ridgewood Heights.

Waladielaw Baranowski. 23, of Al Greenpoint aventte. Bilaxville, to Kazmier Olewinska. 21, of Howard street, Blissville. Anton Fianionis, 24.

ot 62 Pearsall street. Bliss to Mary Pauras, of 102 Greenpoint avenue. Blissville, 25, Peter Hong. of 123 Thirteenth street, College Point. to Elizabeth Taerger.

of Thirteenth street. College L'oint. ACCUSED OFFICER OF ASSAULT. When arraigned before Magistrate Smith in the Flushing police court yesterday, on a charge of disorderly conduct, August Conrad of 20 Washington street, Glendale, told the magistrate that he was struck in the face by Policeman Edward I. McDonald of the Glendale precinct before he was arrested by MoDonald.

The officer denied the charge and said that Conrad created disturbance near his home on Tuesday night and refused to move on when ordered to do 80. Magistrate Smith gAVe Conrad the choice between $5 fine or a five days ROjourn in the county Jail. He chose the former. Miss Bartlett's Attack on Mr. McLoughlin Enlivened Annual School Meeting.

FAIR TEACHER SPOKE LONG. Charged Her Superior With Running School to Please Catholic Majority in Board of Education. (Special to The Eagle.) East Islip, May 4- -Trouble, which has been brewing for a long time in this village, broke forth 011 Tuesday evening, at the annual school meeting, when charges were made by Miss Bartlett, one of the teachers in the local public school, that Principal John B. McLoughlin had discriminated in favor of those members of the faculty who were of the Roman Catholic faith in order to preserve his good standing with the Catholic majority of three in the Board of Education. The school troubles of the village, which seem to be the principal topic of interest in this section of the island; appear to be mostly denominational.

The school board is composed of three Catholics and two Protestants. Protestants in the village have claimed that the religious faith of the majority has colored their actions, and as a result of considerable agitation, nearly 300 were present at the school meeting, where hardly score attended the meeting last August. H. B. Hollins, a Protestant, was elected trustee to succeed George Nelson, a Catholic.

This gives the Protestants a majority of one in the board. Although trouble of one kind or another was expected, Miss Bartlett, when she rose with the evident intention of making a speech, caused a stir of excitement in the crowded 1'0011. She spoke for almost half an hour. Aside from her professed desire to enlighten the taxpayers, she had a personal grievance, in that, she has not been asked to' teach in the school next year. Assistant Scored Her Principal.

She claimed that Professor McLoughlin had not spent five minutes in inspection in the room where her classes met, and that he was in no position to pass upon the merits of the teachers. "He has not shown. a vigorous honesty and straightforwardness in his dealings with the school work." she declared. "If he did, he would offer suggestions and endeavor to strengthen the weak points of the work. Instead he takes underhanded means and secretly advises the board in order to meet his own ends.

Why? In Avenee!" The militant little schoom ma'am continued, asserting that. the principal does not enforce school rules; that he shifts the responsibilities from his own shoulders, that he is lax in discipline. Sbe charged that, "under pressure," he had recommended the addition of three teachers whom he had previously qualified as "no good." She attributed his alleged "maladministration" to a desire not to displease the Catholic majority of the school board. Says Pupils Are Rushed Through Grades Too Rapidly. Perhaps her most serious charge is that pupils are hurried through the grades de in manner that is greatly to the detriment of their 01 k.

When the teachers expostulate with Mr. McLoughlin against this practice, he replies, according to Miss Burtlett, 'Never mind; hurry them through; don't do much with that work." The consequences are that pupils enter higher grades totally unfitted for the work that should be before them. the Miss Bartlett teaches the fifth grade of the school and is a somewhat' prepossessyoung woman, apparently still on the sunny side of thirty. She became very much in earnest as her little speech, for which she had prepared copious notes, progressed, and from the reception that was given her at the close, it was evident that her stand met with the favor of a good portion of the voters assembled. Various charges are laid at the door of the school board by people of the village.

It is alleged that one teacher, a Protestant, was denied the customary increase in salary of $25 a year, although she had taught in the school for fourteen years, while another, A Catholic. was enabled to gain an increase of $100 a year the first year she taught in East Islip. Five of the nine teachers in the school are Catholics. As far as the charges made that he had discrimated in favor of Catholles was concerned, the principal denied them in toto, and said that the large proportion of Catholics in the faculty was Just A coincident. NOT TO VISIT CAPITAL.

Islip Village Graduates Won't Be Given a Trip to Washington, D. This Year. Islip, L. May 4-Islip sweet girl graduates, to say nothing of the boys, lost an opportunity of seeing the national capital at the expense of the school district, when, at the annual school meeting the proposition to give the uates a trip to Washington instead of the usual graduating exercises, was Those who favor the change, say. howthat the proposition will he ever, brought up again at the first favorable.

John E. King -was elected school trustee. In the Bay Shore district, the proposl. tion to appropriate $500 for the public library was carried. The library 145 votes "yes" and 121 tion Arthur Dominy was votes ed school trustee.

BOY HAD BUSY TIME. Runaway Gave Lad Some Exciting Moments. Rockville Centre, L. May 4--Edgar Powelson, a son of a local meat dealer here, drove a horseless wagon for a brief part of a moment Tuesday afternoon, and then watched a wagonlesk horse gallop through Village avenue, as. a horseless and a wagonies sdriver.

This strange series of incidents curred in such rapid succession that neither the driver nor the amused lookers knew or realized that young man had escaped death only by the narrowest margin. The horse ran away, the wagon parted from the shafts and Powelson was thrown out. MEN'S CLUB BANQUET. Glen Cove, L. May 4-Over sixty people, including members of the Men's Club of the Carpenter Memorial M.

E. Church and many of the women of the church, sat down to the monthly banquet of the, organization, held at the church on Tuesday, following an informal reception in the church parlors. The speaker Was the Rev. Christian Reisner, pastor of Grace M. E.

Church. Manhattan, who had a "Smile and Push' as the topic of his address, and who held his hearers spellbound by his optimistic discourse. The Men's Club, which has been most successful, was organized last November. $500 FIRE AT RIDGEWOOD. Fire Cornelius Loudigem, 28 years old.

of morning on the first floor of a three 1083 Steinway avenue, Long Island City, story frame store and dwelling at 604 while a passenger on a B. R. T. trolley Woodward avenue, Ridgewood Heights, car, accidentally fell off at Shell road owned and occupied by August Bockand Junction avenue yesterday afternoon man. Damage Was done amounting tA and sustained a scalp wound.

about $500..