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is THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SATURDAY. APRIL 8. 1911.

BOROUGH AND LONG ISLAND JUDGE HUMPHREY URGED TO AID PENITENT MAN Letter of James Kelly Touches Hearts of Nearly All Who Have Read It. DIX TO BE ASKED FOR PARDON. Queens Judge Will Indorse Applica-Catholic Protectory President Questions Kelly's Assertions. Judge Burt J. Humphrey of the Queens active in of James J.

County Court has decided, to take an Kelly, man no whom he sent to Interest, state's for nine years and eight months 1, 1907, and who is now prison, in Auburn prison. The judge recently received a letter from Kelly, who stated that he was desirous of getting out. so that he might take advantage of the education and training he has acquired while he has in prison and also that he might endeavor to live an honest and upright life. Kelly, in his letter, spoke of the treatment that be received at the Cathollo Protectory, and declared that he 1 not permitted while in that institution, before being arrested on the last WAS charge, to attend the funeral of either his father or mother. Yesterday a letter was sent to Kelly from Judge Humphrey to the effect that when the prisoner Ales with Governor Dix an application for a pardon the judge will write the and ask for favorable consideration.

Governor, addition to this letter, in speaking with the reporters, Judge Humphrey said that he will in the meantime make some investigations on his own account, and will back up his letter to Governor Dix with such efforts as the circumstances warrant. Since the publication of Kelly's letter Judge Humphrey has hade some investigation, finds that at the time Kelly gave his pedigree, when he was sentenced in 1907, he stated his about as he stated it in his recent letter. It appears in this respect at least the young man is consistent. Judge Humphrey Gets Requests Aid Youth. The letter of Kelly, which was well written and well composed, has attracted considerable attention and Judge Humphrey has received a number of letters from men and women in all parts of New York City and Long Island.

"Mrs. V. B. of Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, writes that she has been impressed by the sincerity of Kelly's letter, and adds: "Being the mother of several sons, two of whom are grown men, I am always interested in young men and ready to be of assistance to any who may need help. I ask you, Judge Humphrey, to kindly give this appeal your valuable attention.

If you do consider this case worthy of effort and the release may be obyour tained, my husband and I will see to the man's support among Christian people until he Ands work, and will then young do what we can to sustain these honorable ambitions and thus be the means of helping a human soul out of the mire." A Huntington woman, "Mrs. J. W. also writes the judge urging him to help Kelly to the better life he seeks to lead. H.

a member of the Suffolk County bar. writes: "I have read and reread the letter of I never Kelly, a like document. Many James of Auburn prison to you. lawyers could not equal it. You probably saved this young man by sending him and now he is equipped for to prison, lite, he should be pardoned.

Four years is a long time, and as Kelly says further imprisonment would be torture. I hope you will use your good offices in his be- half." Protectory President Refutes Kelly's Statement. The following from George B. Robinpresident New York Catholic 8011, Protectory, takes this issue with Kelly in some of his statements: "Hon. Burt J.

Humphrey, Queeus County Judge: "Dear Sir--My attention has been called to a statement of a prisoner Auburn prison, named James J. Kelly, who makes an extraordinary assertion in regard to his experience in the Catholic Protectory. I need hardly say that this is an impossible story on the face of it. I have thoroughly examined our records and find only two boys by the name of James Kelly who were committed to the protectory under dates approximate to that given. "James Kelly, 10 years old, was committed October 5, 1898.

for improper guardianship, from 559 Greenwich street, New York. The mother had been dead week. An aunt, Mrs. Sheehan of one 593 Greenwich street, was the only relative who seemed to take interest in him. and she visited him.

In March, 1904, this boy was placed out in St. Lawrence County. "Another James Kelly was committed July 5, 1900, from 512 West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, for a period of three months for truancy. He was discharged to the father, 341 Tenth avenue, October 4. 1900.

He was again committed January 21, 1902, when fifteen years of for petit larceny from 512 West age, Twenty- street. This was his third arrest. He was discharged to his father November 13, 1903. There is record of the death of the father or mother of either. of these boys while they were in the institution.

It may be that neither of them is the boy in question. If this is so. we would require more specific information to trace him. "There was a James Kelly received in Elmira in May, 1905, who had been In the protectory. We have found no record of any other boy of this name in Elmira down to 1910.

"We take care to always permit boys to visit their parents when dangerously sick and attend the funeral it they die. "I have little doubt that this statement of the boy was made up to create sympathy in his present situation. We will be glad to receive any other information which would aid 115 in identifying the James Kelly who wrote you from Auburn MISS CASTLE, SUPERINTENDENT, The directors of the Rockaway Beach Hospital and Dispensary have appointed Miss E. Castle superintendent of the hospital, and she has taken up her duties. She 13 at the hospital every day from 9 A.M.

until 5 P.M., superintending the arrangement of the various departments, preparatory to the opening of the institution, which takes place on May 1. GOOD TEMPLARS SOCIAL. 1 Under the auspices of Atlantic Lodge, I. 0. G.

of Rockaway Beach, an exsocial will be given at the Wilperience gon cottage In Brandreth avenue, 011 Thursday evening, April 20. There will be entertainment features and ments will be served. MISSION AT CORONA. A two-weeks mission will be opened in St. Leo's Catholic Church on Sycamore avenue, Corona, Sunday, April 23.

The mission will be under the direction of the Passionist Fathers of St. Michael's Monastery. Hoboken. N. J.

Rev. Father Camelaus will have charge, 150 KITES IN THE AIR OVER LONG ISLAND CITY Boys From Public School No. 77, Manhattan, Met at Astoria Athletic Field. ALL KINDS OF KITES SHOWN. One of British War Type, 8 Feet Tall, Was Entered in the Competition, The Winners.

Eight hundred members of Uncle Sam's future aerial navy flew kites and demonstrated their efficiency in the construetion of air craft at the Public School Athletic Field, at Astoria, Long Island City, yesterday. They were boys from the annual training and aeronautic classes of Public School No. 77, at Eighty-sixth street and First a avenue, Manhattan. They were in charge of A. E.

Horn, instructor in aerial sciences; Abram Mandestan, instructor In manual training; W. Heller, of the United States Nautical Reserve, and Edward Durant, the son of the well-known aeronaut. They were the 8.9 well as the directors of the Judges event. There was a stiff northwest wind blowing, which carried the kites over Astoria, and the sky in that direction was filled with the creations of the boys' minds and hands. There were all kinds ot kites, from the old-fashioned octagonal and bow kites, to the modern plane and freak kites.

Two hundred and kites were brought to the field, but fifty of these met mishap before they got well up in the air and the total number upon which judgment was passed was 150. In this number also were examples of the Roumanian, French and British war kites, the Eddy, bow, Malay, balloon, ship and wedge kites. The largest entered was a British war kite eight feet in height. While the kites were flying the boys stood about and discussed the merits of the different entrants with the same keen interest shown by experts at a Vanderbilt Cup race. Prizes were offered in five classes and the winners of the events were: Kite with greatest pull--Won Eugene Levensky, 16 pounds; Joseph Freidenthal, second.

10 pounds. Kite farthest out--Fred Steininger, 8,000 feet: I. Talechow, second 7,500 feet. Kite highest up--Clarence Dilg, 3,600 feet; Raymond Brown, second, 3,000 feet, Most unique kite--Henry Delhi, billiken; Charles Roehn, second, Teddy bear; Howard Carrol, third, dragon, Best constructed kite--Victor Ey, Jersey bow: Joseph Freidenthal, second, British war kite. MEETING POORLY ATTENDED.

Little Interest Taken at Rockaway Beach in Fire Victims Memorial. Only Thirty Present. That Rockaway Beach residents are not much Interested in matters that do not concern them directly was evidenced on night, when a memorial meetThursday, in Arion Hall for the one hundred and forty-five victims of the Asch Building Are In "Manhattan, two weeks ago. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Workmen's Circle, and not more than thirty persons were present. I.

Greenberg presided at the meeting, and after making a short address, explaining the objects of the meeting, introduced J. Frost of Manhattan, who spoke principally on the matter of the safeguarding of factories and buildings generally where people are employed. He criticised the city authorities and said it was through their negligence that the one hundred and lives were lost. He declared that it was necessary Marthas the peOple band together and a factories and buildings. H.

C. BROKAW A SPEEDER. Howard C. Brokaw, of 984 Fifth avenue, Manhattan, was arraigned in the Jamaica police court yesterday, charged with speeding in an automobile at an excessive rate on Hillside avenue. He told Magistrate Fitch that he was not in the habit of speeding, but that he was tempted to go fast on this one occasion because the road was clear and the country open.

He was fined $20. Frederick Starr, of 984 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, also arrested for speeding, was fined $20, but as he did not. have the amount of his fine, he was paroled in his own custody until he could send back the money. George Berling of 2132 Beverley road, Flatbush, chauffeur for H. E.

Hanon, of 1222. Albemarle road, Flatbush, charged with speeding at the rate of 40 miles, was fined $20, which he paid. A DOUBLE WEDDING. The Misses Schulter of Valley Stream Married to Men of Their Choice by the Rev. Dr.

Jones. Valley Stream, L. April 8-The Rev. FI. W.

Jones, formerly of the Baptist church, but at present pastor of the Peopie's Church, performed a double marriage ceremony Thursday morning--the first since he assumed his new charge. The brides are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Schluter of Brooklyn avenue, Valley Stream, and Mr. Schluter is the man who got up petition expressing confidence in and wishing success to Dr.

Jones at the time he was barred out of the Baptist Church. Miss Leonle Schluter became the wife of Walter Vernon Davis of Mount Vernon, N. and Miss Louise Schluter married Charles a builder and contractor of Valley Stream. The two couples were married at the same time at one ceremony. At its conclusion they repalred, with their guests.

to the Schluter home, where a wedding breakfast was served. Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Mr. and Mrs.

Reitz then left on the 9:33 train on their way to Atlantic City. When the two young copules arrived at the Valley Stream station of the Long Island Railroad found scores of their friends in joyful possession of the Reitz-Davis baggage, which had been profusely decorated with varicolored ribbons and cowbells in celebration of the double event. The bridegrooms managed to clear their baggage of all unnecessary appendages before the arrival of the train. ON TRAIL OF A BAD GANG Baldwin Police Hunt for Clews to Burglars. Many Houses Entered There and at Oceanside--Large Hauls Have Been Made.

Baldwin, L. April 8-The police of district are concentrating their efforts to round up a band of criminals who have been robbing extensively in tho vicinity of this place. Perhaps a dozen houses have been entered within the past two weeks and valuables stolen that amount to more than $1,000. In Oceanside within that time seven houses were entered and last night the home of Charles Cook, in Lakeview avenue, this village, was robbed. The burglars effected an entrance last night in the same manner In which they broke into the seven houses in Oceanside.

A hole was drilled through a window sash on the ground floor. It is estimated by detectives who were assigned to the case that the loss last night would total more than $350. The burglars got away with clothing, silverware, shoes and various decorative ornaments on shelves, which were prized highly by the owners. The police believe that they have found a clue that will lead to the apprehension of one of the most brazen gangs of house breakers that have been at work on the South Side of Long Island. LONG ISLAND OBITUARY.

Mrs. Robert Mills. Northport, L. April 8-Mrs. Robert Mills died suddenly at her home in Main street, some time early yesterday morning of heart failure.

Her husband found her dead in her bed about 6 o'clock. Besides her husband, Mrs. Mills is survived by two sons, William J. and Robert Mills, both of Greenport, and five daughters, Mrs. Frank Brown of Patchogue, Mrs.

Blair Fisher of Charlotteville, Mrs. C. T. Swimm and Miss Marguerite Mills of Brooklyn and Miss. Mamie Mills of Patchogue.

Robert Seitz. After an illness of three months Robert Sietz, 25 years old, of 94 Washington street, Corona, died at his home yesterday afternoon from pneumonia. The deceased was well known in Corona, where he spent most of his life. His remains will be cremated on Sunday afternoon at Fresh Pond Crematory, and the ashes will be buried in the family cemetery, plot in Chicago. John H.

Forman. Hempstead. L. April 8-The funeral of John H. Forman took place here yesterday from the home of his son, Ralph Forman.

The Rev. Charles H. Snedeker of St. George's Episcopal Church, offciated and the interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Brooklyn.

At the grave, the Masonic service was conducted by members of Baltic Lodge of Brooklyn, of which the deceased was a member for many years, having formerly been a resident of Williamsburg. Mr. Forman was 76 years old, and had not been really well since the death of his wife about two years ago. He died 011 Tuesday morning last of heart disease. He leaves two sons, Ralph and Frank Forman, and a daughter, Miss Grace Forman.

WALLACE MADE CHIEF OF FREEPORT POLICE Newspaper Man and Ex-Magistrate Selected to Head the Forces -Dunbar Captain. CHIEFSHIP A NEW OFFICE. Village Board Names Committees and Prepares for a Year of Aggressive Work. (Special to The Eagle.) Freeport, L. April 8--Archer B.

Wallace, well known throughout this vil. lage as a former chief of the Fire Department and justice of the peace, was appointed as the first chief of the Freeport Police Department last night by the trustees of the village. The board of trustees met in the first business session of the year last night. It was only after a long discussion by the members ol the of trustees that a vote was taken names that board, had been presented in nomination. John J.

Dunbar opposed Wallace, but Anally changed his mind, declaring that he belteved the best interests of the department lay in selection of Wallace. Dunbar was later appointed as Captain, a position which he has Alled In this village since the organization of the Police Department. Elmer E. Reynor was reappointed lieutenant and fourteen officers took the oath of office before the meeting adjourned. Leo Fishel was chosen by the board to succeed himself as counsel for the village, and Sylvester P.

Shea re-appointed village clerk. His bond was fixed in the sum of $500. Salary of $750 to Be Paid Treasurer. A salary was fixed for the Arst time last night for the treasurer, who heretofore has received as compensation a percentage of the money he bandles in the course of the year. His bond was fixed in $10,000 and his salary at $750.

The collector's bonds will remain as it was at $5,000. The South Side Messenger was designated by board as the official newspaper of the village over the Nassau County Review, which has been the village paper for several years. S. Foster Sprague, the present street commissioner, was reappolnted at last night's meeting. Frank E.

Rose and James Hanse received appointments to the Board of Health, the first for three years and second for two. The following committees were appointed by the president for the ensuing year: Light, E. k. Collard and Dr. Frank F.

A. Myrick; water, Franklin Bedell and Charles A. Sigmond; stationery plies, C. H. Sigmond and E.

R. "Collard: finance, Bedell and Sigmond; street, board; assessors, the board; police, licenses and power, John D. Gunning. The board approved the election of heads of the local companies and confirmed the election of W. J.

Cornell as chief of the Fire Department. The resignation of Alexander C. Ackerman was received as a member of the Health Dopartment. The village clerk reported that he had received 166 applications for sidewalks within the past week. The board fixed a minimum rate per square foot for the concrete work at 15 cents.

Besides receiving two salesmen, who were heard by the board with respect to the expenditures for new fire apparatus, a member of the Every-Ready Hose Company suggested the motor fire truck for the village and said that the company to which he belonged would defray half of the expenses for a mechanism of that kind. GARAGE MAN HALED TO COURT.I Queens Coroner's Physician Plaintiff in Action Involving M. Auto and Bill for $11.27. Dr. William H.

Nammack, coroner's physician, appeared in the Far Rockaway court yesterday morning as complainant against Lewis Wickes, who keeps a garage at Far Rockaway, Dr. Nammack said he sent his automobile to Wickes' garage to have his gasoline tank filled and to have the machine oiled, and that when he called for it Wickes would not let him take the car away until he paid him $11.27, which he alleged was due him for some repairs he had made on the machine at some previous time. Dr. Nammack said he had rendered professional services to different chauffeurs whom Wickes had sent to him, and there he than had the A bill amount against he alleges Wickes is due for him for repairs to his car. The magistrate set the case down for a hearing on April 21, and paroled Wickes until that time.

OUT ON LONG ISLAND. At Kings Park, It is stated, a "musical was held, which was a grand success. Frank Hawkins of Port Jefferson has at the Park surveying lots for future buildings. Kings Park is looking up. On Tuesday, for the first time in many year--perhaps since the present form of ballot has been in use--the names of Democratic candidates appeared in the Arst column.

That was due to the Democratic sweep of the state last tall. Bridgehampton is proud on various Justice Hughes of the United grounds. States Supreme Court is to spend the coming summer there and Charles Bennett gathered 1,120 eggs from 42 hens during March. Two employes of the New York Telephone Company in Suffolk County are now equipped with motorcycles for 11se in covering their teritory between Quogue Amityville. They are enabled in this and way to do far more work than was possible when trains alone were relied upon.

It is noted in some Northport correspondence that at Centreport the new postmaster, James Bunce, who also 1s the village barber, is having his shop "parted" 80 that he can have room in which to handle he mails while the males the community are being otherwise of handled. A Babylon paper recently announced that Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wagstaff, of West Islip, now in Egypt, expect attend the coronation of King Edward." The colleagues of that editor are having a lot of fun with him, excepting those who reproduced his item verbatim. They are not doing any joking.

the chronicler of Bellport events for the Patchogue Advance, when he reads a book from the village library that pleases him, makes some reference to it in his news items. Thus he asks: "Do you know Jim Hands? Then make his acquaintance as As possible; Mrs. Cass Smith, who has charge of the library, may introduce you to him." Former Senator Orlando Hubbs of Central Islip did not succeed in "coming back" into public life on Tuesday. He was defeated for the justiceship by John H. Young.

The ex-Senator, who is also an ex-Congressman, has been in polities too many years to be feazed by defeat, and up smiling." The political complexion of Talip town has been WOllderfully changed of late years. There are a lot of kind -hearted people ALL BONDS CONTINUED. Cases of Alleged Horse Thieves Go Over in Hicksville Court. Hicksville, April 8-A hearing was given John Carter of Huntington, who was arrested some time ago for complicity in the theft of some horses on the north side of Long Island. Justice of the Peace Arnold G.

Heitz took the matter under advisement and will announce his decision next Friday. Michael Andazziao waived examination on the same charge, and he wag held under $1,000 bail to await the action of the Grand Jury. John Longo, who was one of the men who was arrested on the same charge, had his case adjourned until next Wednesday, and Pellegrino Mazzeo until next Friday. They were each he held in $1,000 bail. ESQUIRE COOPER HOLDS ON.

Babylon Magistrate Re-elected for Another Term--Got 250 Plurality in the Township. Babylon, L. April 8-Justice James Brown Cooper was re-elected one of the magistrates of the town and ex-officio town trustee at Tuesday's election, receiving in round numbers 250 more votes than his Republican opponent, Counselor Le Roy Mount Young. Justice Cooper's friends are elated over Mott Justice James B. Cooper.

his victory, for a strong fight was made to defeat him. He first took office by the appointment of the town board to All out the unexpired term of his father, the late Justice James B. Cooper, in 1907, and then was elected for a full term. The senior Cooper held the office of magistrate for many years and 'also served as justice of Sessiong before that office was abolished. The present justice is president of the Babylon Publishing Company and editor of the Babylon Leader.

He also is clerk of the village. 'He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum and Foresters. He is a bachelor, not having found time in his multitudinous duties to wed. It is a singular coincidence that Counselor Young about six years ago ran for the justiceship against the present magistrate's father, and wag defeated. A MATTER OF PATRONAGE.

If Clerkship to Assessors Is Created, Who Will Land ItP- Town Board Equally Divided Politically. -(Special to The Eagle.) Babylon, L. April 8--Although with the election of Charles Warta, a Republican, to succeed Frederick Sheide, Democrat, as town clerk of Babylon, that body becomes halt Democratic and half Republican, Babylon people are not doing much worrying over possible complications which may result from the situation. In the matter of patronage, there does not seem to be any positions of consquence within the power of the board to hand out. The effort which is being put forth to have a clerk to the assessors appointed may, however, cause an interesting state of affairs.

It is claimed that the work of the assessors is growing greater each year, and there are many who think that a clerk should be appointed to assist them. Although no definite steps have been taken, as yet toward creating the office, there are already candidates in the field for the position. Spencer B. Griffin, an Amityville real estate man, is talked of for the place and is credited with being in a receptive mood. Two or three men are being discussed as possible Republican candidates, but rumor has not yet consulted the men themselves.

In case the appointment should be left to the assessors, a Republican will be appointed, there being one Democratic assessor to two Republicans. If the matter is put up to the town board, a deadlock, probably of only short duration, will result. LASH PLEADS GUILTY. Hicksville Lawyer Answers Three In. dictments Charging Grand Larceny.

Will Be Sentenced Later. Mineola, L. April 8-Yesterday was a busy day in Nassau County Court. In addition to the number of sentences meted out by County Judge James P. Niemann, there were a number of criminal cases tried.

Joseph Lash, the lawyer from Hicksville, who was arrested some. time ago and made a sensational escape from the custody of the deputy sheriff, was arraigned on three charges of grand larceny and pleaded guilty to the three indictments. It was Lash who, when arraigned some time ago before the justice of the peace. was threatened by a number of people he is alleged to have wronged. His counsel asked that the sentence be imposed at some future time, and he.

was remanded to jail: It is expected that he will know his fate some time next week. Judge Niemann sentenced Frederick Raisig to an indeterminate term of not less than two years and eight months nor more than three years. and three months for burglary in the third degree. Theodore Fishel, who was prosecuted by the medical society of Nassau County, pleaded guilty to the charge of practising medicine without a license and he paid $100 fine. Fishel lives in Floral Park.

Carl Manter of Maspeth, convicted of assault in the third degree, had sentence suspended. Vincenzo Carrino was sent to Blackwell's Island for six months for assault in the third degree, and William Van Desston was sent to the same place for six months. TO SING "CRUCIFIXION." Rockville Centre, L. April 8-Stainer's "Crucifixion" will be sung by the choir of St. Mark's M.

E. Church to-morrow evening, under the direction of Miss Marie E. Wright, the organist. George Faber and Andrew Edwards will be the tenor and baritone soloists, respectively. There will be a chorus of twenty voices.

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. Floral Park, L. April 8-Mr. and D. A.

Bayles announce the engagement of their daughter, Maude Adele, to John H. Akley of Hempstead. ASPARAGUS A MENACE TO CROP KILLED THE LICE ALL RIGHT, But the Fowl Died Also as Result of Oil Bath. Westhampton Beach, L. April 8-Out of a flock of fifty-four Thomas Middieton now has seventeen the result of a towl.

Polish farm hand's idea of ridding the flock of lice. Instead of following the usual method, he dipped the fowl into a bucket of kerosene, with the result that twenty-four were dead the next morning and within a few days the entire flock probably will be wiped out. KNEE STILL IN A CAST. Sea Cliff, L. April 8-Oswald Rehbein, the young son of Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Rehbein, who was seriously injured in a coasting accident in Glen avenue six weeks is able to be about, is still in a plaster cast and the use of although his kendo, which was fractured, crutches is necessary. No complications have set in and hopes are entertained for his complete recovery from the results of the accident. NEW RECTORY READY MAY 1 It is for St. Matthias' Parish, Ridgewood Heights.

Three-Stotry Brick Edifice- Will Accommodate Full Clerical Staff as Needed by Growth of Parish. The new rectory of St. Matthias R. C. Church, in Elm avenue, between Woodward and Onderdonk avenues, Ridgewood Heights, is nearing completion.

The building will be ready for 0c- cupancy by May 1, it is said. The structure is a three-story brick building. with a front of. yellow brick. It is being built with an eye to the be future.

It will accommodate the priest and two assistants, although, at the present time, the work of the parish is being carried on by the Rev. Father Nicholas M. Wagner, rector, unaided. Just as 600n as the rectory is finished. Father Wagner will be supplied with an assistant, and a little later, as the work grows, a second assistant will be sent into the parish.

The present home of the rector 18 in a comfortable house in Foxall street, but the new residence will be nearer the church. It will be more commodious and much more complete in its appointments. St. Matthias Church is one of the youngest in the diocese. The history of the church shows that the Arst mass was celebrated on Sunday, August 30, 1908, in the so-called "Hot Brau which was formerly the restaurant of the old Ridgewood Park.

About 200 persons attended. The growth of the parish, since then, has been phenomenal. Hardly a week after the first mass the rector was authorized to purchase twenty-five lots in Elm avenue from the Meyerrose estate. The lots were bought and form the present site of the church buildings. The building in which services are held is a combination of school and church It cost $50.000 the dimensions being 109 feet deep.

48 feet wide and 45 feet high. The basement is arranged for meeting rooms, the ground floor is utilized for story is taken up with six up-to-date divine a services and the entire upper class rooms. Later the combination church and school building will ba given over entirely school purposes, and then a new church bullding will be erected between it and the rectory now being built. FATHER KOEBERLE'S WILL. Late Chaplain of Rockaway Park Orphanage Substantially Remembers Sister and Her Children.

The holographic will of the Rev. Father John F. Koeberle, late chaplain of the Catholic Orphange at Rockaway Park, was filed for probate yesterday with Surrogate Noble of Queens County. Many bequests are made, and Mrs. Mary Barth, 4 sister of the deceased, of 481 Central avenue, Brooklyn, is substantially remembered.

The sum of $2,900 is left to the testator's sister, Mrs. Barth, and $300 is to be given to each of her seven children. For masses, each of the following priests receives $250: Father Peter Schwarz, Father George Kaupert, Father George Sander and Father Joseph Fraenkle. The Rev. Dauffenbach receives in trust for Ven.

Antonine $500 for St. Catherine's a Hospital and $500 Fischer, 0. S. receives $1,000 for the convent at Amityville, L. I.

To Bishop McDonnell of Brooklyn is left the sum of $500 for the church where the testator happens to be stationed at the time of his death. Should any money be left after the legacies are paid, the balance is to be given to the decedent's sister, Mary Barth. She is also to receive the testator's watch. The Rev. George Kaupert is bequeathed the decedent's books and bookcases.

Father Kaupert and Jacob Barth are appointed executors. The will is dated November 9, 1899. $300,000 NASSAU DEAL. Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget Sells Fifty Acres at Wheatley Hills to Joseph P.

Grace. Mineola, L. April 8-The millionaire colony of Nassau County will be notably increased when the residence of Joseph P. Grace is completed in the fashionable Wheatley Hills section. A conveyance of about fifty acres to Mr.

Grace was recorded yesterday in the office of the county clerk. The grantor in the deed was Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget, who before her marriage was Pauline Whitney, daughter of William C. Whitney, who was Secretary of the Navy under the first administration of President Cleveland. Mr.

Grace is the son of former Mayor William R. Grace of New York, and it is expected that he will maintain a large stable on the place. He is a member of the Great Neck Polo Club. The title to the place is in the name of his wife. Janet Grace.

The purchase price was not stated, but it is thought that a sum in the neighborhood of $300,000 was paid. The purchaser will begin building operations at once and it '1s expected that the beautiful residences in this section will be notably augmented by the home Mr. Grace will have erected. CHARGE NOT SUSTAINED. Mrs.

Chapman Failed to Prove Sims Abducted Her Daughter. Arthur Sims, 29 years, of Maple street. Brooklyn Hills, was dismissed by Magistrate Fitch in the Jamaica Police Court yesterday, after he had been arraigned upon the complaint of Mta. Chapman of McCormick and Liberty avenues, Ozone Park, who charged that Sims had abducted her daughter, Viola, aged 19 years. Mrs.

Chapman, when Sims was first arraigned in court, declared he already had a wife. although he and the girl claimed they had been married. Sims was thereupon discharged, Long Island Growers Are Told How to Distinguish and Combat Pest. IT IS LARVA OF A BLACK FLY. First Appeared in New England in 1896, but Has Been Found on Long Island.

Asparagus farmers in Suffolk and Nassau counties, and especially in Southold town, in Suffolk, have doubtless noticed the ruptured and roughened appearance of certain of the asparagus stalks and also their brittleness, which allows them to be pulled from the ground without much effort. If they have been somewhat observant of the cause of this, perhaps they have noticed small swarms of miaute black flies which invest their beds and alight upon stalks frequently, The flies are the cause of the trouble and it is their larva that mines beneath epidermis, or outer skin, of the paragus stalk, and causes the ruptured appearance of the skin, and from this habit of burrowing the epidermis the larva is known "asparagus beneath, miner." It was first noticed in the asparagus growing sections of New England, where It appeared in 1896 and attracted, considerable attention in those by its abundance during that season. In that year, too, it was first noticed in the asparagus growing sections of Long Island, and it has since become widespread In many of the United States and bids fair, unless asparagus growers unite to stamp it out, to become a pest of considerable importance. How to Detect the "Miner's" Presence The presence of the Insect may be detected by the ruptured appearance of the skin of the stalk. It' operates more abundantly near the base, frequently to such an extent as to have the effect of girdling the stalk, so that the affected plants may be pulled readily from tha ground.

The parent insect is a two-winged fly, metallic black in color and having prominent head 'and eyes. The wings are clear and have an expanse of about one-sixth of an inch, The larva, or "asparagus miner" proper, is about one-fifth of an inch. long and of a milk white color. Like other maggots, it is footless and large the posterior extremity, tapering toward the head. The egg, just after being deposited by the parent fly, is red in color and looks somewhat like a small scale.

Also Appeared in the District of Columbia. The miner was observed very minutely on a truck farm at Brookland, in the District of Columbia, by officials of the Agricultural Department, during the month of June. A few flies were seen on the terminal shoots of the asparagus thar showed signs of wilting, and many "volunteer" plants were badly infested. It was observed that although the stems break off just below the ground line, the entire colony of insects below that point is left with sufficient moisture and nourishment for their maintenance. The puparia, or young miners, in their developing stages, were present in large numbers under the outer skin of the root.

They were also found in rotting stalks. In the neighborhood of Concord, an important asparagus growing section, in September of 1906, hundreds of acres were found where infestation was absolute, the insect being as abundant as the common asparagus heetle. It was present wherever rust was found and also where no rust existed. Some plants showed injury seven inches below the surface. Disease Noticed, Too, in California.

The miner has also invaded the yellow stalks of asparagus in The insect was always abundant at the base of the yellow dying stalks, when the infection was noticed there In 1906, and at that time the injury was attributed to the "centipede." The Department of Agriculture at Washington in a treatise on the subject, offers the following suggestions for its control and possible extinction: "In spring permit a few volunteer asparagus plants to grow as a trap crop, to lure the fly from the main crop or cutting beds, for the deposition of her eggs. After this has been accomplished the trap crop should be destroyed by pulling the infested plants and burning them with the puparia contained. The time to pull the plants will vary somewhat according to locality and also according to the season. The second or third week June would be about the right time in and near the District of Columbia, and on Long Island it ought to be done a week or two later- -the third or fourth week, or even the last week, according to the development of the plants which are coming on in the cutting beds. These plants must be destroyed before the end of the cutting season or they will provide abundant rust infection.

"The second generation of miners can also be destroyed in like manner by pulling and burning old infested stalks AS soon as the attack becomes manifested." The Department of Agriculture in its statement says that if this work is carefully done over a considerable area, it would leave little necessity for other methods, since it would do away with these insects in the vicinity and leave few to be dealt with another season unless the insect has an alternate food plant. in Whitestone. From five to six hundred of them assembled at a charity euchre there the other evening, and as a result a needy Flushing family, who formerly lived in the North Side village, is better off by $200. The card games were participated in by not over halt of the number who gathered at the charity function. The Westhampton Beach correspondent of the Southampton Times notes that Mrs.

Charry B. Ketcham, who has been spending a part of the winter at the beach with one of her daughters, returned to North Sea, where she makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Harold Rose. Mrs. Ketcham is 92 years old, smart and healthy and sews without glasses- uses them to thread her needle.

She is on her third bedquilt this winter, one having nearly fifteen hundred pieces in it. Among the many surprises growing out of Tuesday's elections in Nassau and Suffolk counties was the defeat of Monroe S. Wood for clerk of North Hempstead. Wood is one of the Republican leaders of the county, and there were few Demerats who believed he could be beaten. It is conceded that he retires with a fine record as clerk and the that he was defeated only cause his party was not in the ascendaney in North Hempstead this year.

A candidate for office in Huntington town at Tuesday's election, in a card printed in the local papers before tion besought people not to support him because he was "known to be honest, because of a feeling of friendship, dor because of his habits are good and his life them to vote for him because they conclean and above reproach." He wanted sought and for no other reasons. The sidered him qualified for the office he candidate was not elected, and now some who read his card are wondering on just what grounds the voters brought about his defeat. This is how a Sound avenue writer in the Greenport Watchman, writing before Tuesday's election, views the approach of spring: "The bullfrog uttering his first guttural echoes from his muddy bed, the politician is buttonholing every two-legged ercature (barring poultry) to vote for the man who will give the most honest and conscientious administration of his office for the public good, while the prohibitionist is shouting that he would not take a drop of rum if he knew it would save his life. AlL are harbingers of spring." Lemuel B. Green, editor and magistrate at Patchogue, wants it distinctly understood that the function of a justice of the peace is to punish, not detect, crime.

He says in his paper: justice of the peace is not a detective or prosecuting officer, and he can take 110 action on anonymous communications. Justice Green has received a number of such letters recently. If the writers desire to have certain parties arrested or action taken on certain matters, they must personally appear at the court, prefer the charges and swear out warrants. Either this or consult the District Attorney, so that he may present the case before the Grand Jury." Another of Suffolk County's grand old men is the Rev. Epher Whitaker, D.

pastor emeritus of the Southold Presbyterian Church. The doctor was 91 years of age on March 27, and is still mentally strong and by no means physically feeble, although naturally less active than a decade or so a ago. He is one of the best known divines in New York State, and is deeply loved by all who know him. There is a note of pathos in the following advertisement in the Northport Journal: NOTICE. On account of poor eyesight.

I shall close my shop very shortly. Persons having left watches or clocks for repairs will please call at once and get F. Arthur. Forced to close. his shop by reason of his eyes failing, the watchmaker will no doubt be missed.

Of course there will be others to do the work he has done, and clocks and watches will run on as before, but the older generation will, nevertheless, miss the man to whom they have heretofore entrusted their timepieces. It is one minor tragedies of life so frequently encountered. The invasion of the modern Babylon by a petticoated barber, as told in rhyme by an Eagle reporter, has attracted much attention and caused a lot of comment, principally humorous. This is how Apemantus, a bright special writer in the Huntington Bulletin, views the novel situation: "A 'lady' barber in Babylon! Well. that's something new and slightly novel, and I wonder how many of the South Side paters will patronize her parlor! In staid old Huntington, I am afraid, a 'comely matron of 30' would find it difficult to get a living.

Why? Well, really, I cannot answer that. There should be 10 reason why, but the men here just wouldn't patronize a shop presided over by a female. And then, too, the women folks, they just wouldn't like it. and that would be a potent reason why all the married men would continue to patronize the shop where they have long been shaved." HOSPITAL PLANS READY. They Call for $90,000 Fireproof Structure at Flushing--Money Not Yet in Hand.

The Board of Trustees of the Flushing Hospital made public yesterday the plans for the four-story fireproof addition -10 the hospital, The new structure will to built on the plot of ground at Parsons avenue and Elm street, which was donated to the hospital by Charles Sniff, the millionaire sugar manufacturer. The building will cost between $80,000 and $90,000, and will face Parsons avenue. It will be 'so arranged that it may be enlarged at any time. There will be three stories above the ground floor. AtL electric elevator service will be installed and a feature is to be the fireproof stairway which will encircle the elevator shaft.

Work on the new structure will start just as soon as the Board of Trustees secures sufficient money to guarantee its completion. It is hoped that a large sum will be realized from the society circus which is to be held in June. VETERAN PASTOR RETIRES. The long pastorate of the Rev. R.

FL. Bosworth at the Woodhaven Congregational Church terminates on Easter Sunday, April 16, when the pastor, who has resigned, will preach his last sermon in that pulpit. He retires with the best wishes of his parishioners, and leaves the church free from debt and. in possession of a very valuable plant. No successor to him has yet been selected.

A LUCKY PATENTEE. menberger of Columbus Boulevard, East Elmhurst. He has just received $25,000 tor a patent for the manufacture at butter..