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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1917 13 TWO FROM WRECK IN STORM Captain and Wife Also Safe After Thrilling Night in Drifting Scow. PERIL IN HUNTINGTON BAY. Men on One Scow Reach Shore Over Rope--Couple on Other Stay Until Craft Groundes.

(Special to The Eagle.) Huntington, L. December 14-- With a terrific gale sweeping across the Long Island Sound forcing the waves high into the air and the snow falling with blinding fury, two empty gravel scows owned by Henry Steers, broke from their fastenings last evening, near what is known as The Stake, a short distance out from Sand City, and crashed ashore on the rocks and beach directly in front of the Huntington Golf and Marine Clubhouse. The lives of two men, who formed the crews of the scows, were saved by C. A. W.

Fox, golf professional for the club, S. Saxson, and several A which was heavily othereow loaded with gravel, and on which was a man and a woman, dragged its anchor and was grounded about 200 feet from the shore. Although those on the shore could hear the people the outline of the scows, and could plainly hear the men, who were together on one of them. Following Pox's shouted directions the Italians threw small rope toward the shore. The rope fell short, but Fox, although the waves were running high, waded into the water tor his boot tops, and grasped the end the line.

With the gathered, a heavier a a a line was hauled assistance of several other men who ashore and made fast and the men, wet through, and fatigued from their experience, slid down the rope into the arms of their rescuers. The men were taken to the clubhouse, where they were given warm and dry clothing. on board the scow calling, the wind was howling at such a rate that they could not understand what was That they were calling for help, on shore had no doubt, and word was immediately sent to this village, as as by telephone sent to Sand City. Word was relayed from Sand City to tho, tugboat that tends the scows, crew did not put out A8 there was little hope in locating the scow in the darkness and storm and great chances of running the tug on the rocks or ashore. At high tide the scow had drifted within fifty feet of the shore.

It was seen to be pretty badly battered, and this morning it was found that it had carried away a portion of the club pier. The scow came ashore early this morning, grounding near the clubhouse. Those on board, the captain and his wife, were safe. The Mr. and Mrs.

Aaron Hoffman, had made their home on the craft for eight years. During those eight Hoffman explained to folks who aboard the battered boat when the sea became more quiet, he had never before had been through a wreck. Mrs. Hoffman became ill as the result of the nerve night on the bay, and required the services of a physician. The boat, although battered, seems still to be seaworthy and an effort to float her will be made this afternoon at high tide.

Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman did not come ashore. The Italians whose lives were saved gave their names as Angelo Pourm and John Russo. The two men had been living on the scows, and when the storm struck yesterday they did all they could to secure the boats.

but with little avail. Shortly after night fell the scows began to move, and carried on by the heavy gale, were soon pounding the shore. Fox was sitting in his house on the club grounds when he heard some one shouting. When the shouts were repeated he realized that somebody might be in distress and fastening on his heavy coat and getting into a pair or high boots he went out into the storm. When he arrived on the wide piazza of the Casino he could see just Notes and Comment Shop early is as good advice in the country is in the city, judging from the activity now seen in country streets; people are enjoying prosperity and heeding the advice.

A pleasant situation all around. And talking about shopping, there is no one en; tering the joy of the pastime any more than Mrs. Elizabeth Davis of East Marion, even if she is 92 years old. Her age, at that, doesn't bother her in the least, for she not only lives alone, but thinks nothing of making shopping trips. An unusually close linking of the ancient and modern was seen in Riverhead one morning this week.

Desiring to transfer a cow to another village, a farmer, instead of walking along beside her in the old-fashioned time-consuming way, loaded her into an oldfashioned farm wagon. Then he rapidly towed the cart behind his late model automobile. It was rather an incongruous appearing spectacle as it flashed through the street. but it got the cow to her new destination quickly and safely, and gave the farmer more time to do something else. And the cow didn't seem to mind the trip a bit, either.

An unusual game law conviction is reported from Babylon, where a man was arrested and fined $10 because he had left his gunning license in his sweater pocket on the beach, while he went a little farther on to shoot a bird. The mere operation of taking off an outer garment, because he was too warm, proved costly and annoying. It would seem as if the game law primarily intended that a man must buy a license, and having bought one and having it somewhere in the vicinity, it would seem to be fuifilling law and quite sportsmanlike if the game warden suspended judgment long enough to go with the man to his coat to produce the license. Comparatively speaking, our town fathers were wiser in 1672 than are the people today. This thought arises through the reservation at that time of a strip of land along a part of Brookhaven's waterfront to be the people's very own.

Now someone arises to demand 1 that public parks and shore drives be obtained before it is 100 late; yet in most cases the demand goes unheeded. Soon it will actually be too late, and the public will wake up to the fact that they have lost something of supreme importance to their own comfort and their town's commercial growth. Orient isn't as big as a lot of Long Island's villages, but it is chock full ONE ADVANTAGE AW! TAINT SUCH A BAD WOILD! Whether or not they'll get new courthouses for Christmas is the least of the worries of the people of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. DELIMIT REQUEST PUZZLES SAG HARBOR Board of Trade, Bliss Co. and Barclay Attorneys at Conference.

Sag Harbor, L. December 14-To ascertain, if possible, just what delimit in the application of the E. W. Company of Brooklyn, for use 1 of Noyack Bay, off this port, for torpedo practice, George Kiernan, representing the Board of Trade, is in Manhattan. A conference will be held between lawyers of R.

C. Barclay, a summer resident of Sag Harbor, and attorneys of the Bliss corporation. Mr. Barclay objects to torpedo tests in front of his summer home. Mr.

Kiernan will endeavor to learn whether granting of the Bliss application would close the waters to navigation and interfere with the bathing beaches. Sag Harbor people want to know, if the bay is delimited, whether or not they must enter the proscribed area at their own risk. The Bliss lawyers the presence of danger, and Bliss belittle, Company wants to do nothing further than it has done for twenty-four years. Gilbride's Pavilion and the Sea View Hotel have bathing beaches at Noyack and the spot is a favorite fishing ground. Escallopers and oyster growers also work the bay bottom.

It will be Mr. Kiernan's duty to get all information possibie and report to the Board of Trade. The Board has adopted resolutions and circulated a petition saying the torpedo firing has never been a detriment to the community, and requesting that the Bliss Company be undisturbed in its experiments. No representative of the Village Trustees will attend the hearing before the engineers of the War Department, in New York, December 16. An official of the village said yesterday that the attorneys of Mr.

Barclay had applied to Colonel Abbott of War Department, for a copy of the Bliss application for delimitation, and that they had been unable to procure it, because the Colonel first asked consent of the Bliss corporation, and the concern declined to grant perusal of the application before the time set for formal hearing. No objection to the torpedo tests was made until the course was lengthened and the range changed to parallel the cast shore of Noyack Bay. GET MORE COMMISSIONS. Surrogate Increases Amounts to J. J.

Roe and Mrs. Bartlett. Riverhead, L. December rogate Nicoll has modified his decree in the Robert S. Bartlett accounting matter by allowing the trustee, John J.

Roe, and the executrix, Mrs. Bartlett, more than the haif commissions each that he allowed in his decision last week. Yesterday George H. Furman, appearing for Mr. Roe, explained to the Surrogate the vast amount of good work each had done in conserving 1.1 estate, after which a decree was entered allowing Mr.

Roe $508.29 as his commissions and Mrs. Bartlett $369.50 as her commissions, the amounts being based on the part of the estate each had handled. BOYS CHARGED WITH THEFT. Watches and Bicycles Missing as Lads Disappear. Greenport, December 14-Dennis Halderson and George Cohn, two 15- year-old youths, are said to have robbed the Commercial House, this village, of three gold watches, a revolver and some cash.

Deputy Sheriff Conklin started a search at once for the missing boys, and when he arrived at Southold he found that two bicycles had also been taken from Kretuzer's Hotel of that place. The Sheriff overtook the lads near Calverton and they were brought to this village and given a hearing fore Judge Preston. The Cohn Dose was released 011 suspended sentence. while the Halderson lad was held for a. further hearing.

MOTHER ACCUSES DAUGHTER. Nellie Lejer, 18 years of age, was arraigned before Magistrate Harry Miller in the Jamaica police court yesterday on a disorderly conduct charge brought by her mother, Mrs. Frances Lejer of Davis avenue, Jamaica, who said her daughter remained away from home for three days and nights and refuses to obey her lawful Hi commands. Nellie was sent to the House of the Good Shepherd. of determination and progress.

It contains the most modern farm in New York State for one thing, and now the residents have shown collective progress by adopting a plan to tax themselves $800 a year to do scientific work that will rid the village of mosquitoes. It is proposed to hire a man to do nothing else, from March to October, except kill mosquitoes. And you can take it from one who knows, he's going to be real busy for a time; yet at the same time, everyone will wish that he may win out in his swatting campaign, for that ought to mean a few less in other sections. The resignation of Professor A. B.

Graham, who has been at the head of the extension service of the Long Island Farm School, is sincerely regretted in every department of Long Island's big agricultural activity. During the short time he has been on Long Island he has awakened much new agricultural interest and done much to improve former conditionsand his geniality is as "taking' a8 his agricultural knowledge is sound. His removal to a wider field is a distinet loss to the Island in general. There may be other men in his line that are just as good, but the Island is yet to be convinced. SHERIFF WOULDN'T SERVE SUBPENAS Controller's Office Informed Him He Couldn't Act Outside County, Odell Says.

MURDER CASE IS HALTED. District Attorney Offers to Pay for Service Himself, He Informs Court. (Special to The Eagle.) Riverhead, L. December 14- There was considerable surprise on the part of County Judge Vunk, District Attorney Green and others in courtroom yesterday afternoon when Lawyer Harry A. Davidow of Patchogue formally told Judge Vunk that Sheriff Odell had refused serve some subpenas in a murder case unless he was paid about $25 in advance.

Judge Vunk was calling the calendar and had reached the case against Chris Brown, indicted for second degree murder. Lawyer Davidow was explaining why he was not prepared to answer the case ready, "My understanding of it is that the Sheriff must serve such subpenas," spoke up District Attorney Greene. "And I cannot believe he has actually refused." "Well, he has flatly refused, anyway," declared Mr. Davidow, "and I am now trying to get some money out of my friends so I can have them sclient's Judge Vunk suggested that the lawyer might give the subpenas to the sheriff again and if he still refused, then take the matter, up with the Supreme Court, Davidow said he would do so, but this action may be saved him through the remark of the District Attorney, who said: "Well, if the Sheriff still refuses. I'll pay for the service myself." So it is expected the murder case will be tried at this term.

Several lawyers present said they were quite certain the Sheriff is compelled by law to serve subpenas in criminal cases. "Yes, I did refuse." Sheriff Odell told an Eagle man, who asked him the question. "I don't like to be obstinate in such things, but the Controller's office has notified me that it is against the law for to serve any subpenas outside of the county. You can see the predicament I'm Hence, there were some who wished District Attorney Greene had not been SO hasty with his offer, so the question could be 1 passed on by a Supreme Court Justice to see if the Controller was right. SAG HARBOR MOURNS FOR JOSEPH FAHYS Business Is Stilled, Flags at Half Staff During His Funeral.

(Special to The Eagle.) Sag Harbor, L. December 14- Machinery in the big watch case and silverware factory of Joseph Fahys was stilled today, business places close and flags were at half staff while the funeral of Joseph Fahys, who died Saturday, at the age of 84, was held at 2 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church. The edifice seats 1,000 people and it was pretty well filled. A surpliced choir from New York City sang special choral selections and hymns and the eulogy was said by the Rev. Merle-Smith.

pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of New York, of which Mr. Fahys had been a member since residing in New York City. The Rev. Walter A. Henricks, pastor of Sag Harbor church, assisted in the obsequies.

The pallbearers were all employees of the Fahys firm, men who have been associated with the company for long terms of service and some of whom worked in the little Carlstadt watchcase plant where the business was first established before it moved to Long Island. They are Peter Dippel, Casper Schaefer, Edward Heinrichs, Henry Eldredge, Joseph F. Burns, Ernest Evertsen, Frederick Scholl and Theodore Biechele. Mr. Fahys' body was deposited in the Fahys mausoleum in the new part of Oakland Cemetery, fronting Jermain avenue.

The floral tributes were elaborate and profuse. OBITUARY Mrs. Sarah Powers. Today at noon the remains of Mrs Sarah Powers were interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery, the funeral having been held from the home of an only daughter, Mrs. Fannie Robinson, 107 Gerry avenue, Elmhurst.

Mrs. Powers was widowed twice. Her first husband, James McCort, died in Brooklyn many years ago. The late Mr. Powers died ten years ago.

Mrs. Powers was born in New York City and was 59 years old. She WAS 9. sister of the wife of Dr. Cox of Far Rockaway.

Mrs. Powers was a prominent member of St. Leo's Catholic Church, Corona, where she was identified in assisting in the work of caring for the poor of the parish. The death of Mrs. Powers occurred on December 12, after a week's illness, with pneumonia.

Mrs. Mary D. Preville. Mrs. Mary D.

Preville, wife of Desire C. Preville, a Manhattan builder, died Sunday at her home, 10 West Twenty-third street, Whitestone. She was born in Ireland. For the past ten years she had lived in Whitestone. She is survived by her husband and five sons.

John McCabe. Babylon. L. December 14-John McCabe, 79 years old, died at his home in Oak street yesterday morning after a protracted illness of four years. He survived by five daughters, Mrs.

Nathaniel Jones Hempstead. and Misses Anna, Alice, May and Gertrude McCabe. TO RIVERHEAD" Is the Cry of Port Jeffersonites Who Want Road. Port Jefferson, L. December 14- With the completion of the Smithtown-Port Jefferson State road, the cry hear here now iis "On to Riverhead." The tSate has accepted the propisition of constructing a State highway between this village and Riverhead, and many citizens here advocate the move to secure the road before the money for construction is diverted to another part of the State.

A movement is on foot here to interest Supervisor Riley P. Howell in the proposition, with the idea of getting the Board of Supervisors to take up the matter with the State authorities. ONE OF BAYSIDE'S BEAUTY SPOTS One of the beauty spots of the Bayside section is the three-acre place of John H. Ridenour, on Little Neck Bay. The grounds are beautifully laid out with trees and shrubbery, much of which was imported from Japan.

In front of the house are three large. Lombardy poplar trees said to be the finest of variety on Long Island. The house is a two-story frame building in the Dutch Colonial style. BALDWIN TO HAVE FINE COUNTRY CLUB Sterns Property Has Natural Advantages for Golf Course Residents Are Told. (Special to The Eagle.) Baldwin, L.

December 13-The preliminary meeting for organizing a country club here was held Sunday evening at the residence Hugo Stearns in the northern part of Baldwin. It is proposed to name it the South Side Country Club and equip its grounds with golf links, tennis courts and other country club advantages. Mr. Stearns owns a large tract of land north of Baldwin, and those interested in organizing the club look upon the property as an ideal tract for the headquarters of the proposed club. A long conference took place with Mr.

Stearns regarding the club acquiring the property. Mr. Stearns is also one of the club's projectors. Those who attended the meeting and discussed the matter were John H. Carl, president of the First National Bank of Rockville Centre: Sheriff Stephen P.

Pettit of Freeport, Sheriff Max Grifenhagen of Manhattan, E. S. Randall, Leo Fishel, Edward Langer, I. Mayer, all of a port; Samuel Eichen, Hugo Stearns and C. M.

Van Tassel of Baldwin, Devereaux Emmet of St. James, Dr. B. W. Seaman, Dr.

J. E. Hutcheson and J. F. White, all of Rockville Centre.

Mr. Emmet, who is a golf expert, submitted a map of the Stearns property, showing its natural advantages for golf and a plan for improvement of it. The entire party are enthusiastic about the project. Smith Malcolmson, civil engineers, were also in attendance to A answer questions about the advantages of Baldwin as the home of a country club. A committee on further action was appointed, consisting of Edward Langer, chairman: Dr.

B. W. Seaman, Stephen P. Pettit, Sheriff Grifenhagen and C. M.

Van Tassel. There are 110 acres in the tract of land sought for the club. POLES DOWN ON L. I. Storm Damage Greatest to Telegraph and Telephone Equipment.

The heavy falt or rain and snow which clung tenaciously to the wires last night and the high wind caused considerable disaster to the equipment of the telegraph and telephone companies. About thirty poles were carried down between Mineola and Hicksville and a number on the Wading River branch, between Hicksville and Cold Spring Harbor, and at exposed points east, as on the high hills south of Setauket and Port Jefferson. The poles will be straightened up today so as to temporarily care for the service, but it will probably be two or three weeks before the damage will be fully repaired. Long Island Railroad steam trains on all divisions were from ten to fifteen minutes late in arriving at Jamaica, and there was a further delay of fifteen to twenty-five minutes in the Jamaica yard this morning owing to the clogging of the switches. The worst delay was on the main line to Pennsylvania Station.

There was considerable delay on the main line and Wading River division mail train because of trouble with the switches at Hicksville. The morning mail and newspapers did not arrive until late in the forenoon. The trolley cars running between Jamaica and Brooklyn were greatly delayed by auto trucks and delivery wagons which were compelled to travel over the tracks, which had been cleared by the railroad on Jamaica avenue. The same delay was experienced on Jackson avenue, Long Island City, and Myrtle avenue. The New York Telephone Company officials say that they have had an interrupted telephone service with all parts of Long Island.

"FIGHT, AS USUAL," Says Judge in Sentencing Wedding Guest in Queens. "This was just a Polish wedding which ended in a general fight, which is usual at such ceremonies. I suppose the wedding would not be complete without said Judge Humphrey in the Queens County Court, in passing sentence on and Andrew Garbos of Maspeth yestc.day. John got a sentence of thirty days and Andrew of ten days. EMPLOYEES DINED.

Port Jefferson, L. December 14-- The employees of the North Shore Electric Light and Power Company were tendered a a a a a a a banquet and theater party in New York City on Saturday lust by E. L. Phillips, president of the company. Those present were E.

1. Phillips, E. J. Stoltz, H. M.

Case, B. T. West, H. R. Petersen, N.

L. Pidgeon, W. I. Warriner, S. Gramley, A.

F. Johnson, G. A. Volz and J. J.

Cassidy, SAID HIS WIFE WAS DEAD Maloney's Sanity Is to Be Inquired Into. When Patrick Maloney of 85 Eleventh avenue, Whitestone, who was arrested last week on a charge of intoxication made by his wife, was arraigned in the Flushing police court yesterday he told Magistrate Leach that Mrs. Maloney was dead. your wife was here last Friday!" exclaimed the magistrate. "Oh, no, that wasn't my wife!" said Maloney.

wire died last Monday and was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery. My mother-in-law is the one who accuses me." Just then Mrs. Maloney walked into the courtroom. "You're not my wife," Maloney declared.

"She's dead. I don't know you." Magistrate Leach sent Maloney to the Kings County Hospital to be examined as to his sanity. The next case on the calendar was that of Patrick J. Curry of Corona, who was also charged with intoxication. Curry had listened to the proceedings in the Maloney case and appeared to be A much impressed.

He said he would "hop on the water wagon and stay there for life." "LIGHTS" TO HAVE OWN LIGHTHOUSE Will Be Feature of New Clubhouse for Actors' Society at Freeport. (Special to The Eagle.) Freeport, L. December 14-Work on the new "Lights" Building, the future headquarters of the Long Island Good Hearted Thespians Society, is being rushed so that it will be finished before June 1, when the will take formal possession. The new building will be with large stucco columns, will cover 110x64 feet over all and will occupy the center of a five -acre plot at the foot of Bay View avenue. It will cost $25,000.

The basement will be utilized as a I bowling alley. Directly off the street, in the front, will be 24 lockers for the women on one side and 40 lockers for men on the opposite side. On the second floor there will be a porch. Steps leading directly from the locker rooms to the beach will be erected on the easterly side. On the west a.

lighthouse will be part of the structure. The grill-room will also occupy a site on the westerly side, with a kitchen adjoining. Here will also be a billiard room. An open fireplace will add to the charm. An officers' room and cloak and phone rooms will also be on the second floor.

The main floor will have a large auditorium, 40x70 feet. It will accommodate 600 people, and the chairs and stage will be portable. The lighthouse will be novel, and a feature of the building. It will be 66 feet in height, and will contain an observatory. A huge flashlight will be installed.

There is 150 feet of waterfront on the property. To the north of the building is a canal 40 feet wide, and there will be a 300-foot bulkhead. baseball diamond, with a grandstand, and three tennis courts, will be laid out. A roadway will encircle the grounds, and two small searchlights will be placed at the entrances. The architect is Christian E.

Kern, and the builder Fred S. Howell. The officers of the "Lights" are: Victor Moore, president; Harry Bulger, vice president; Stephen P. Pettit, treasurer: Robert H. Hodges, secretary, and George Morton Levy, counsel.

The directors: Sam Morton, Frank Tinney, Max Hart. Arthur Deagan, William Gould, Ed Levine, Bert Leighton, Jack Pierre, Jack Welch, Lew Kelly, Ed Flanagan and Val Traynor. Frank Kaufmann, Harry Elsworth, THRIFT CLUBS SHARES $40,000. Rockaway People Celebrate Distribution with Big Christmas Tree. The Bank of Long Island, Far Rockaway branch, will mail tomorrow to 1,200 depositors $40,000, which represents one year's savings at 2 per cent.

in the bank's Thrift Club. A special feature of the week is the Christmas tree, which has been erectlocal business on the open station plaza. It is feet high, and is illuminated after dark by hundreds of electric lights. Santa Claus is there afternoon and evening to welevery come the boys and girls and to give the small gifts. BROOKLYN CHAUFFEUR JAILED.

Didn't Halt After His Auto Felled Little Girl. Oppenheimer Jacob Oppenheimer, 58 years old, of 9 Patchen avenue, Brooklyn, found guilty of that section of the highway which provides punishment for law autoists who fail to stop after running into a person, was sentenced to days in City Prison at Long Island City by Judge Murphy, in the Queens Court, yesterday. This is the County first conviction of this kind in Queens County. Oppenheimer was learning to when operate his machine on August 12, he ran into three-year-old Muriel Ostat Cooper avenue and Sandol ner, street, Glendale. The child was not hurt beyond a few bruises.

Oppenclaimed he looked back and heimer another child brushing the dirt saw Muriel's dress. thought his from mud-guard had brushed against the girl, and continued on. Walter Kramer, 30. of 465 West 131st street, Manhattan. got a sentence of not less than five or more than nine years and six months for atassault; Elias Slutcky, 26, of tempted 463 East Houston street, Manhattan.

pickpocket, not less than two or more than three years and six months in Sing Sing; Julius Nohe, 35, of 13 Ditmars street, Brooklyn, one year in Penitentiary for petit larceny; Thomas Tangredi, 20, of 630 East Fourteenth street, Manhattan, New York Reformatory, petit larceny. REDFIELD WILL SPEAK. At the dinner of the Brooklyn Civic Club, which will occur at the clubhouse on Wednesday evening, December 15, the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, William C. Redfield, will be the guest and speaker. Secretary Redfield will talk on the American Merchant Marine.

A PATCH IS NEEDED IN SUFFOLK, ANYWAY Rain Bothers Bald Heads in Courthouse With Guaranteed Roof. A "WAY FOR BROOKLYN. "If Controller Pendergast Is Determined to Spend $600,000 Then Let Him Come to Suffolk." (Special to The Eagle.) Riverhead. L. December 14- While Brooklynites are strenuously objecting to a $600,000 patch on their Courthouse, there are many people in Suffolk who would like to see $6 or so spent in patching their Courthouse in Riverhead sufficiently to keep out the This is one patch that seems to be greatly needed.

Yesterday while Judge Vunk calling the County Court calendar was lawyers with bald heads were seriously inconvenienced by the cold drops that fell in many sections of the big room from the high ceiling. No matter where the bald head moved the cold drops seemed determined to follow. Court officers were busy juggling cuspidores in an effort to save the handsome new carpet from getting spoiled, but the water catchers would be no sooner located than the freshet would commence in a new spot--the whole ceiling seemed to have literally "sprung a leak." For months ladders and scaffolding have been noticed against the high cupola on the Courthouse. It was said yesterday that men had been repairing the roof and finished their job last Friday. No one was willing to make an affidavit yesterday that the roof had been repaired, however.

"That roof is supposed to be guaranteed for ten years," one court offcial said. "Nothing the matter with the guarantee if it was a guarantee to leak." replied his neighbor. Yesterday the handsome dark green carpet was poshy with puddles in spite of the work of the court officers to catch the falling drops, and no man was safe without keeping on his rubbers. Umbrellas would also have been much in style, except for the dignity of the court. The tinman not having performed his job very accurately, there was some discussion about sending the automobile man with a bundle of tire tape to the roof or the surgeon with a package of courtplaster.

If these things fail there is still. a way out of the dilemma that is bothering both Brooklyn and Suffolk. If Controller Prendergast is still determined to and Brooklyn doesn't want the patch, send the Controller and his $600,000 to Suffolk. WOULD END SHIFTING OF RESPONSIBILITY Woodhaven Organization Wants Consolidation of Fire and Building Inspection Depts. The West End Citizens League of Woodhaven, at a meeting held last night in the Masonic Temple, Willard avenue, inaugurated a movement looking toward the consolidation of the various departments of building and fire inspection in the city and State so that there may be one responsible head.

The recent Diamond candy factory fire in Williamsburg, and consequent investigation and shifting of responsibility from one department to another, emphasizes the need for legislation to consolidate the different departments, it was declared. At the meeting last night there were present Assemblymen George E. Polhemus of Fourth Assembly District and William H. O'Hare of the Third Assembly District, Queens. Assemblyman Polhemus reviewed the taken the matter up with Fire Commissioner Adamson, and the last he heard from the Commissioner was to the effect that he was working on a bill which he wanted to submit to the Mayor.

He had not yet, however, completed the cutline. Mr. O'Hare said his general idea was that the fire prevention inspection could best be done by the men of the uniformed Fire Department. Each company, he thought, should be given full control in its district. Assemblyman Polhemus review the work that had been done to eliminate over-inspection.

He spoke mostly, however, about the necessity for a reapportionment of the Senatorial and Assembly districts in He said that the unit of representation for the Assembly is 54,000, and Queens is. therefore. entitled to six Assemblymen. The unit of Senatorial repreFentation is 162.000. and this would give Queens more than two Senators.

VILLAGES WERE IN DARKNESS. Storm Tears Down Electric Light Cable Near Huntington. Huntington, L. December 14-- From 500 to 600 houses in the westerly section of this village and all the residences in the Cold Spring Harbor section were left in darkness about 5.30 o'clock last evening by the breaking down in the storm of one of the main cables of the Huntington Electric Light and Power Company. Lamps and candles were resurrected from forgotten hiding places.

Some started up their gas burners. The service was resumed for a short time about 8:30 o'clock, but the lights soon went out again. Many of the street lamps were put out of business also. The Huntington Railroad Company kept its trolley line open by running snow plows and sweepers during the night. The cross-island line service of the company was interrupted, cars running at considerable intervals.

POLICEMAN HURT IN STORM. Fallen Telephone Wire Lifts Him from His Horse. William P. Maher, 34 years old, of 54 Cooper street, Astoria, attached to the Astoria station house, while riding along Woolsey avenue, near Steinway, Long Island City, about 6 o'clock yesterday, was thrown from his horse by a telephone wire, which fell in front of him, and caught him under the chin. He suffered a fractured hip and three broken ribs.

Dr. Stein of St. John's Hospital, was summoned and had the injured man removed to the hospital, where it was announced grave doubts are entertained for his recovery. MOTORISTS GO TO JAIL. Two Speeders Prefer Visit to Lockup to Paying Fines.

Rather than pay fines of $25 each for speeding, two motorists, arraigned yesterday in the Jamaica police court, went to jail for two days. They are Robert Friday of 1805 Boulevard, Jersey City, and Fred H. Wohlg of 104 Rector street, Union Course. Clifton Van Cott of Glen Head, L. and Arnold Wetcler of 238 North Vernon avenue, Far Rockaway, were among automobilists fined $25 for speeding.

George Bennett Smith of Freeport, L. another speeder, had sentence suspended. MOSQUITO CASES END. Three Receive Suspended Sentences In Long Island City, Magistrate Conway, in the Long Island City Court yesterday, suspended sentence upon the last three defendants in the mosquito cases which have been pending since early summer. Those bronught vesterday were: Emily McFall of 399 Eighth avenue, Manhattan: Mary Stolba of Hopkins and Webster avenues, Long Island City, and the Zollikoffer Realty Company, all owners of land under the Queensboro Bridge, BIG BROTHERS REORGANIZE.

The Big Brothers Association of Queens has been disbanded, and will be divided into three different associations, as in Manhattan. The Queens body has been non-sectarian. Hereafter each of the newly organized seetions will look after the children of its own denomination. The Protestant and Catholic wings will have independent organizations, and the section will affiliate with the tion in Manhattan. Sidney Ollendorf, chief clerk of the Queens Children's Court.

has been president of the Big Brothers Association of Queens County. MISS MORGAN RESIGNS. Miss Fern O. Morgan, who has been superintendent of the Jamaica Hospital for the past three years, has handed in her resignation to the board of trustees of the institution. Her' reason is that the work is becoming too hard for her and she is in need of A.

rest. Miss organ will remain in her position until a successor has been appointed. WANT VILLAGE TO PAY. Freeport, L. December 14---Property owners on Railroad avenue have petitioned the Village Board to bear the expense for removing the poles and for connecting the service wires with the new lines on Olive Boulevard, in the rear of the offices.

Queens Political Notes Among the latest candidates for City Magistrate or Court of Special Sessions Justice, to succeed Magistrate J. A. Leach and Justice John Fleming, whose termsexpire December 31, are Frederick De Witt of Flushing, assistant district attorney, and Morris L. Struss of College Point, for years secretary of the Queens County Bar Association, and E. V.

Daly of Flushing. After one year of civic activity, President Alfred M. Barrett of the Shinnecock Club, Flushing, recommends that the club's activities revert to their old lines-politics-and that the club again assume its rank as one of the foremost political organizations in Queens. Mr. Barrett says that at the annual meeting of the club, to be held next month, his successor as president of the club should be a man interested in political affairs.

He points out that there is a good supply of civic bodies in Flushing, all working along the same lines, mainly or at least. toward the same ends. The proposition change the policy of the club will be voted upon at the next meeting. The name of James Butler of Corona, chief clerk in the Jamaica Police Court, is being mentioned for one of the positions in the County Clerk's office to be filled by County Clerk-elect Alexander Dujat. Mr.

Butler is a personal friend of Borough President Maurice L. Connolly. Although Surrogate Daniel Noble of Jamaica will be a candidate for reelection next fall, there are already many men being considered by the Democratic organization for this position. Some say that Magistrate Harry Miller of Jamaica will be the choice of opinion that Congressman of the organization, while others are Charles Pope Caldwell will be named. City Magistrate Harry Miller of Jamaica is being discussed as a possible candidate for Surrogate of Queens County in 1916.

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