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the a a THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. MARCH 13. 1910.

QUEENS BOROUGH. WAS PROMPT TAKING UP COMPLAINT Summoned P. S. Commissioner Bassett to Albany to Explain Springfield Crossing Matter. HEARING SET FOR THURSDAY.

Commission to Hear Testimony in Regard to Danger Point at Its Manhattan Office. The Public Service Commission received a jolt from Albany recently, as a result. of the complaint of Herbert A. O'Brien, made to Governor Hughes, regarding the dangerous crossing 'of the Long Island Railroad at Higbee avenue, Springfield. Following the receipt of this complaint Public Service Commissioner, Edward M.

Bassett received from. ernor Hughes to appear before him at Albany and explain why the matter had been neglected, when every effort had been made to induce the commission to take action. Bassett, who is said to have disturbed by Commissioner, the summons, immediately left for Albany. It is intimated that Commissioner Bassett was requested to take proper action, and on Thursday the Public Service Commission issued a notice that a hearing would be had in reference to the matter ou March 17, at the Tribune Building, Manhattan. Secretary Herbert A.

O'Brien, of the local school board, who was served with a notice of the hearing, said yesterday: "I am not familiar with the law governing the action of the commission on receipt of complaints, but it seems to me that a hearing is entirely, unnecessary, and only causes additional delay in taking the precautions necessary to dangerous accident. "The Public Service Commissioners can readily determine whether or not the crossing at Springfield is dangerous and suggest whatever precautionary measures may be needed. They can issue emptory order: and the danger will therebe eliminated. The population of Springfield is largely made up of farmers, mechanics, and other people who are busy all day long trying to earn their livling, and who have not the time to go over to the Tribune Building on a working day. It seems to me that these commissioners, who earn nearly $50 per day, might take the trouble to go down to Springfield and hold their hearing there, at 8.

time and place convenient to the residents. "The evidence before the commission pore is citizens ample, to and compel it them wasting to appear the time before a tribunal and apply for that which obviously necessary and vitally urgent. "If there were a Queens man on the Public Service Commission, Queens would have had her share of subways long ago. Not only does Queens suffer from lack of representation on the Public Service Commission, but she is experiencing misrepresentation. "I shall not attend the hearing, if the commission fails to take action and some one's children are killed at that crossing, the Public Service Commission should be made parties to the indictment." FINE MUSICAL PROGRAMME.

It Is to Be Heard To-night at the Jamaica Reformed Church. One of the most elaborate musical programmes which has prepared this season in the Dutch Reformed Church. Jamaica, will be rendered this evening at the musical service. The evening will be devoted to the rendition of Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" and the "Thirteenth Psalm." The solo parts will be sung by Miss Lillian Funk, soprano; Miss Elizabeth Zimmer, soprano; Mrs. John Robents, contralto; H.

Denton Bastow. tenor: Mr. Albert Walsh, bass; Miss Anne F. Wyckoff will play the piano, and Mr. Duane will be organist, There will be an orchestra, and' a large chorus.

The members of the choir have been practicing faithfully for some weeks, and the rendition this evening is being looked forward to with a good deal of pleasure. LEFT ALL TO MAN FRIEND. Emma Clown of Astoria Also Made Him Executor of Her Estate. John Boyce, a friend of Emma Clown, late of Astoria, is given all of the property the latter. valued at $1,000, by her will filed yesterday with Surrogate Noble, of Queens county.

Boyce is also made executor. The will was executed on February 19 of this year, four days before the death of the testator. From estate valued at under $3,000, George Morrison, late of Long Island City, bequeathed $3,000 to his daughter Violet, $3,000 to another daughter, Jessie, and the remainder to his wife. The will was dated nine years ago. Morrison died October 29, 1909.

Grace McMahon, daughter of Emma R. McMahon, late of Union Course, and one of three children of the deceased, secures all of the property of her mother, valued at $1,500 by her will just filed. The other children, Martin and Edward, and the husband are not mentioned will. EUCHRE AT NAMEOKE CLUB. of the Nameoke Euchre "The Ciub of Richmond Hill will entertain on Thursday evening, March 31, at a public euchre, to be held at the Nameoke Democratic clubhouse, 440 Beech street, Richmond Hill.

A large attendance is expreted. After the games, refreshments will be served, and an informal dance will follow. Tickets may be purchased at the clubhouse, or from any of the members. The Nameoke Club was organized last October, by Mrs. M.

de Bruin. In this short time the women of this club have successfully conducted several evening entertainments, all of which nave been well attended by Nameoke Club members, their wives and friends. Following are the officers of the club: Mrs. M. de Bruin, president; Miss Naomi Hankins, vice president; Mrs.

Brinsley, secretary, and Mrs. Forr, treasurer. MISS RAYNOR ENGAGED. (Special to the Eagle.) Westhampton Beach, L. 1., March 12-- An engagement of more than usual interest owing to the social prominence of both parties, has just been announced to their friends here and in Brooklyn.

It is that of Miss Laura Bishop Raynor, daughter of the late Charles L. Raynor, to Stephen Fanning Guffing. The wedding will probably take place during the carly fall. 2 ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED. Two engagements are interesting the young people of Far Rockaway.

One is that of Miss Cora Blumensteil of Manhattan to Dr. M. J. Ballin, and the other is that of Miss Evelyn Eisler and Jesse Altheimer, both of Manhattan. The young women are summer residents of Far Rockaway and have a large an number of friends.

907 10 tint START OF WORK ON JACKSON AVENUE NE of the biggest contracts that has been let recently by the Queens officials was that for the raising of the grade of Jackson avenue from the Woodside car barns to the Trains Meadow road. This improvement was decided upon in order to do away with diffigrades and to provide a straight, level highway from the Queensboro Bridge leading out to the north. shore of Long Island. The is one most used by automobilists, hundreds of routed cars pass that wey every day. Moreover, the highway is a great traffic outlet, for along it run most of the important lines of the New York and Queens County Railroad.

Commensurate with the size and importance of the work is the plant CORONA MUCH WORRIED BY AN ADVERTISEMENT Negro Tenants Wanted for House in Good Part of Town. OUTCOME OF A LAWSUIT. Owner, It Is Said, Seeks to Square Accounts With Neighbor -Negro Invasion Feared. Beautiful two-family house to let for colored people only. 166 Sycamore av.

Corona. There's an interesting tale behind the above advertisement that has been appearing this week in a Long Island City paper. Ever since it first appeared it has aroused a lot of comment, especially in the neighborhood of 166 avenue, where the residents are indignant Sycamore, over the prospect of having a couple of negro families for near neighbors. Several negroes have already visited the house to inspect it and inquire as to the rent asked, and unless the owner relents in 'his determination to get revenge on his next door neighbor, it is probable that the house will be let to one and perhaps two colored families before many days. Peter Funk owns No.

166. He bought it from John Farrell, who lives next door, about three At that time the Funks and the Farrells were very friendly, but a little financial affair changed the friendly relations into a state of bitter enmity. Some time ago, it is said, Farrell loaned Mr. Funk $500 on a note. When the note came due, Funk found it inconvenient to pay.

Mr. Farrell then discovered that the house had been sold to Mrs. Langertz, of Albany, a sister of Mr. Funk. Mr.

Farrell brought suit in the Municipal Court at Elmhurst to collect the $500, and he secured a judgment against Funk. Now supplementary proceedings are pending in the County Court. Funk seems to have resented the court proceedings and claims that he would have paid the note had not Mr. Farrell sued him. Now he is out to get even with his neighbor and he has decided that the best way to do it is to rent the house to negroes.

That particular section of Corona is one of best residential parts of the village, the house being but a short distance from the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. The neighbors are awaiting with some anxiety the outcome of the advertisement. If any negro families move in, they are likely to find that they have located in il very unfriendly neighborhood. LAND TITLE IN DISPUTE. Union Course Property, Sold in Foreclosure Proceeding, in Court.

Supreme Court Justice Stapleton to-day, in special term, heard argument as to the question of ownership of the property known years ago as Union Course, the Town of Jamaica, on a motion to confirm the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the disputed question. Justice Stapleton took the papers after the argument and reserved decision. The referee decided that the property had been sold to one James K. Hill, individually, years ago. Hill, at the time, was an executor for the estate of George C.

Bennett, a wealthy resident of Brooklyn in his lifetime. Hill bought two mortgages on the in land forming part of the property known as Union Course, taking the assignment to himself as executor. When the mortgages were foreclosed the report of sale didn't state whether the property had been bought in by Hill for himself or for the estate. Many years later the People's Trust Company took charge of the Bennett estate, and what was considered as a cloud on the title was given to a referee to determine whether the property had passed into the hands of the Bennett estate or belonged to HIll. YOUNG WOMAN NEAR DEATH.

Took Rat Poison, Mistaking It for a Medicine, Miss Matilda Cherry, 19 years old. 160 First street, Maspeth, by mistake swallowed a quantity of rat poison at her home about noon yesterday. The young woman, it is said, believed she was taking patent medicine. Dr. Horace D.

Dow, a Maspeth physician, who was summoned, found the woman writhing about on the floor in agony. The poison contained arsenic. Miss Cherry recovered quickly under Dr. Dow's treatment. WATER COMMITTEE TO REPORT.

To-morrow evening the Rockaway Beach Taxpayers' Association will meet in Pachinger's Hall, when reports from the committee which represented the association at the hearing on a water bill Pretoriay the and A from Assembly the delegate Committee repre- last senting the association at the conference with Borough President Gresser will he received. The question of road repairs before the season opens and several other matters will be discussed. TO GET AFTER NON-PAYERS. The business men of Richmond Hill may 50011 organize a business men's section 08 all auxiliary to the Board of Trade, for the discussion ut matters of mutual interest. People who buy from the merchants on Jamaica avenue and refuse to pay their bills for many months will, it is expected to give due attention.

RECOVERS STOLEN HORSE. Animal Taken From Flushing Suburb Found at Wurtzboro, N. Y. Theodore Lawler of the North Hempstead turnpike, on the outskirts of Flushing, Friday recovered black mare which had been his on, valuation stable on July 16 last. Through some clever detective work the police learned that Mr.

Lawlor's mare was to be found in the stable of J. N. Stanton, a marketman, at Wurtzboro, N. and an investigation proved that Mr. 8 Stanton had purchased the horse from R.

D. Mapes, a liveryman, at Middletown. Mr. Mapes informed the police that he bought the horse from a man residing near Raven, Sullivan County, and had not suspected anything wrong, as he had been buying horses from the same man for years. The that the recovery of Mr.

Lawlor's horse may result in their being able to locate a gang of horse thieves who have been operating suecessfully on Long Island for some time. SUGGEST SHUTTLE SERVICE. Transfer Passengers From Steam to Electric Trains in Sunnyside Yard, Is Douglaston Men's Idea. President Barnes, Secretary Weston, Treasurer McCue and W. W.

Kennerson, representing the Douglaston Civic Assocition, waited upon President Peters of the Long Island Railroad on Friday and questioned him in reference to a statement published in several of the Manhattan papers on the previous day that fifty new steel motor cars would be used on the line between Jamaica and the new Pennsylvania depot. The committee offered for consideration the following idea, that, instead of giving the new steel cars to any one division of the road, they be used for an exclusive shuttle service from the Pennsylvania depot to some point in Sunnyside yard, at Long Island City, where temporary sheds could be put up to give accommodations for transferring passengers coming in on steam trains from all divisions. The committee stated that might be unsatisfactory at first, but had the it merit of using all patrons of road alike. It would be of less anoyance than the present transfer to ferries. President Peters stated that there are some problems that will have to be worked out before the officials of the road can give a definite answer, but he assured them of a careful examination of the plan.

STRIKE HITS OYSTERMEN. Freeport Shippers Find Orders Curtailed as a Result of Unsettled Conditions in Philadelphia. (Special to the Eagle.) Freeport, L. March 12-The big strike in Philadelphia, starting with trolley men, has seriously affected the oyster industry in this section, and many of the shippers are complaining bitterly. Philadelphia hotels and restaurants procure considerable quantities of oysters from Freeport and adjacent villages, and the falling off in trade, due to the strike and unsettled conditions incident thereto, has cut off orders to a large extent.

The shippers affected looked for an active spring market, as the late fall and winter months were somewhat early dull for trade. They had just commenced to, ship heavily when the strike was declared. The oyster season practically ends about the middle of April and the shippers have little hope of recuperating from their losses. LONG ISLAND OBITUARY. Harvey C.

Coles. Special to the Eagle.) Glen Cove, L. March 12-The funeral of Harvey Colwell Coles, a member of one of the oldest and best known Long Island families, was held at his late home, this afternoon, at 2:30, the Rev. Charles S. Wightman of Oyster Bay officiating.

Mr. Coles, who was 84 years of age, a childless widower, died on Thursday. His nearest relatives are a nephew and three nieces, G. B. Coles, Mrs.

A. A. Knowles, Mrs. Henry Hand, Mrs. Eliza Hegeman, all of Brooklyn.

Mr. Coles was the son of Joseph and Phebe Coles, His wife and daughter both died twenty-five years ago, and since that time he had lived alone, with a couple to keep house for him in his residence, on Glen street. Phoebe Ann Robinson. (Special to the Eagle.) Manorville L. March 12-Miss Phoebe Ann Robinson, a life-long resident of this village, was found dead in bed yesterday by neighbors who came in to call on her.

She and a bachelor brother, Clark W. Robinson, lived together, and the brother was away from home at the time. Miss Robinson was 80 years old, and her death was from the infirmities age. She was one of a large family, that of Jonathan Robinson. One sister.

Mrs. George Benjamin of Riverhead. her brother Clark and many relatives survive her. Franklin Howell. (Special to the Eagle.) Lydia Wood.

Wilson Frazer. Aquebogue, L. Maren 12--The funeral of Franklin Howell, an aged resident. who died on Wednesday after a gradual failing of health, was held this afternoon. Mr.

Howell was well known and highly respected. He was 86 years old, had always made this section his home, and is survived by his son, Wil liam H. Howell, and one daughter, Mrs. (Special to the Eagle.) Inwood, L. March 12-Wilson Frazer of this place died at Asheville, N.

on Wednesday morning from pneumonia, The deceased had been ill for some time before going to Asheville last fall in the hope of recovering his health. He leaves a widow and four children. The body was brought to his home here, and tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, funeral services will be held in St. John's Episcopa! Church at Far Rockaway; interment will be in Trinity Churchyard at Hewlett. Deceased was a member of Olympia Lodge, F.

and A. and of Seaside Lodge. I. 0. 0.

F. John C. Shaw. John C. Shaw.

who for many Vears managed a large farm at Rockaway road and Lincoln avenue. Jamaica South, died late on Saturday night at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Anthony Scharen. ni 127 Grove avenue.

Morris Park. He WAs 73 years of ago, and is survived by two sons and tivo deu-hters. The Rev. R. K.

W1-k of tho Jama'co Dutch Reformed Church w'll conduct funeral 3ervices nt tho home of the deceased to-morrow afternoon 2 I'sther I. Woolheiger. Puneral services will be conduntod this morning by the Rev. M. Hughes of the Elmhurst MethodietChurch.

over the rema'rs of Mrs. Esther I. Wool who died at her home in Main street. that on morning, after a lonz Mus. Woo'he he'ser wAS born in Greene County.

Now York AT v0178 131 n11 leaves four childron Sho bal been a eident of Elmburst for the last ten years. MARRIED 25 YEARS. (Special to the Eag'e.) L. L. March 12-Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Smith celebrated their s'lyer wedd ng anniversary yesterday, from to 7 P.M. at their residence. cn Smith street, near Cove, by reception, sunper and mus'cal programme. Over 500 Inv'tations were issued for the celebration and a major'ty responded.

Mr. Smith is president of the Bank of Long Island. His wife Is a daughter of the Rev. Charles Boyton, deceased. The couple have resided in Freeport, except during brief intervals, since their riage.

They have one Harold. LONG ISLAND NEWS. MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED. Charged With Endangering Morals of Former's Children. William Dickman, 43 years old, Swedish boilermaker, residing at 90 Grand street, in the Berlin section of Richmond Hill, and Ellen O'Neil, an Irish woman, aged 22, of the same address, were arrested Friday afternoon on warrants isssued by Magistrate Fitch, sitting at the Jamaica police court, charged with endangering the morals Dickman's four children, who are all under 15.

Dickman was also charged with being incompetent guardian. children, John aged 14 years; been placed in the the Children's Helma, 11; William, Edwin, 5, have drand Society in Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn, AN AGGRESSIVE CIVIC BODY. Forest Park Taxpayers Association Is Conducting a Vigorous Campaign for Sewers. The Forest Park Taxpayers Association, which meets at 1105 Jamaica avenue, Woodhaven, is fighting for sewers. A committee on sewers and drainage, which has been appointed, consisting of Messrs.

Smith, Bosch and Cordes, expects to do considerable work in that direction. Other committees that have been appointed are the following: Transit, Messrs. Seiler, Blattmacher and Hereth; streets and parks, Messrs. Wills, Neibling and Kennedy; press and legislation, Messrs. Kimparts, Wilday and Ball; schools, Messrs.

Van Cott, Guilfoy and Kennedy; membership, Messrs. Wardell, Hurrell and Schmitt; police and fire, Messrs. Clapp, McDonald and Hahn. Mr. Herrell was appointed a committee of one to keep an eye on the monthly meetings set aside by Borough President Gresser to hear complaints of taxpayers a associations.

Other matters that will be taken up by the Forest Park Taxpayers Association are the proper curbing and guttering of the parkway, the trimming of trees and shrubs, better transit facilities on the trolley line and a suitable waiting room at Cypress Hills. The members are anxious, also, get the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to run its trolley cars up the incline to the elevated structure and discharge and receive passengers there. OLD FIREMEN MADE MERRY. Twenty Years of Labor for the Public Celebrated by Pioneer Company at Corona, Twenty years of active fire fighting was celebrated by the members of Pioneer Fire, Hook and Ladder Company at their house on Grand avenue, Corona, Friday night. There was a gathering of oldtime members of the company and of many volunteers from all sections of Queens.

Several hundred firemen were in attendance. There was a programme of entertainment and an abundance of refreshments. of the original charter members of the company eight are still members and were present Friday night. They were C. Herbey, George Smith, William Deigman, George Rapelye, Herman Baader, Charles W.

Weed, Charles Schloo and Thomas Lawrence. Many prominent business men of the Corona section are members of the company, and regularly to fires. The officers company now response are: Foreman, Joseph Sullivan: first assistant foreman, Herman Baader; second assistant foreman, Andrew J. Smith: seeretary, Charles W. Weed; financial secretary, H.

M. Wahlers; treasurer, William C. Herbey; trustees, William C. Herbey. John P.

Van Winckel, George W. Smith. J. Henry Hammond, Charles W. Georgi, Walter Lake.

WILL FIGHT BAKERS' COMBINE. Brooklyn Hills Concern Prepared to Resist the Trust. The big combine of bread manufacturers of New York City, which recently mapped out the five boroughs in such a way as to give each company a territory for the exclusive sale of bread, is having trouble in Richmond Hill and vicinity, it is said. The Dillman Baking Company of Union place Brooklyn Hills, has refused to enter the trust. The company was started three years ago by W.

C. Dillman. It is incorporated, and it now occupies a lot large brick and cement structures. The product of its ovens is sold all over the city--even in the Bronx. Preparations are under way for an active campaign against the big bread combine.

The officers of the Dillman Company are: W. C. Dillman, president; V. H. Beadle, vice president; J.

C. Grieves, treasurer, and Joseph S. Gray, secretary. $24,000 TO THREE CHILDREN. Husband Gets Residue of Estate of Mary F.

Cox, Twenty-four thousand dollars to her children and the remainder of her property to her husband, is the disposition of the estate of Mary F. Cox, late of Flushing, by her will, filed yesterday in the Queeng Surrogate's Court. The children are Margaret, Laura and Edwin. The will was executed June 5, 1906. Fred Motz.

the husband of Mary Motz, secures the income from all of the $4,500 estate left by his wife, Mary Motz, late of Union Course. The trustees appointed are permitted to sell the property and to and her four children, Frederick, Susan, give the moneys secured to her husband Archibald and George. SPRINGFIELD BANNER LODGE. Has 'Made Largest Growth of 14 Bodies of Good Templars in Queens-Nassau District. Delegates from the fourteen lodges of the Independent Order of Good Templars met in Arion Hall, Rockaway Beach, yesterday, at the quarterly session of the Queens-Nassau County Lodge.

District Chief Templar Walter Nutt of East Rockaway presided, the morning session which opened at 10 o'clock, being devoted to hearing of the various committee reports, the reports of officers, conferring of the county lodge on ten candidates, and other routine business. At noon, recess was taken, and the visitors were entertained at luncheon by Atlantic Lodge of Rockaway Beach, and at 2 o'clock the afternoon session opened. Dentamin D. Wright of Lockport, Grand Chief Templar of New York State, made an address and conferred the grand lodge degree on nine members. Springfield Lodge was awarded the banner for showing the greatest Increase in membership during they last quarter, and three new lodges, Woodbury, Farmingdale and Hicksville, were instituted within the came period.

At 4 o'clock the meeting was opened to the public. Grand Chief Templar Wright gave a temperance lecture. Frank Irwin, the blind pianist, played, and G. J. Talleur rendered bass solos.

The next meeting of the County Lodge will be held at. Lynbrook. MRS. MC DONALD ENTERTAINS. Mrs.

A. G. McDonald of Sands Point, L. is at the Wolcott, in Manhattan, for a few entertaining her friends with luncheons and small dinner parties. HOUSE BURNED; MAN MISSING.

Caretaker at Hempstead Greens Believed to Have Perished in Flames, With His Dog. (Special to the Eagle.) Hempstead, L. March 12-A house on the property of the Hempstead Greens Land Company, southwest of this village, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning, and the caretaker, a man about 40 years old, name unknown, is supposed to have perished in the fire. A search of the ruins is to be made this afternoon. The caretaker's dog and only companion supposed to have died with him.

The house was comparatively new, one of a row of three, and the loss is about $4,000. The house was all on fire when the alarm was given, and the firemen could do nothing to save it. The origin of the firs is a mystery. THIEVES WORKED AS HE SLEPT Ocean Side School Principal Awoke to Find Home Looted of Glass and Silver. (Special to the Eagle.) Ocean Side, L.

March 12-Residents of this place have been considerably alarmed, during the past few weeks, by the numerous burglaries that have taken place in this locality. Several cottages have been entered and robbed, and no trace of the burglars have been discovered. latest robbery was at the residence of Walter Moulter, principal of the public school, which took place on Wednesday night. Mr. Moulter had attended a meeting of the Board of Educa- tion and did not arrive home before midnight, retiring about a half-hour later.

Upon arising early the following morning he discovered that burglars had been at work while he slept, and had gained an entrance by forcing a patent caten over one of the windows, and had departed with all of Mrs. Moulter's cut glass and silverware. TRAVELING MAN MISSING. Search of Morgues and Hcspitals Reveals No Trace of John M. Atwater.

(Special to the Eagle.) Babylon, L. March 12-John M. Atwater, one of the best known commercial travelers Long Island, is missing. He was last seen in Jamaica on February 23, and, although hospitals and morgues have been searched, no trace of him can be found. Mr.

Atwater, who had traveled Long Island for forty years, was upward of 65 years old, a widower. with several children. He was familiarly known as John." He was a man of exemplary habits, never drinking to excess and never gambling. He was fond of pedro and pinochle, but never played for high stakes. He made his home in New York, and the firm which he represented cannot account for his absence.

WILL REPRESENT Mr. Boyce and Miss Nygren. Winners of Preliminary Speaking Contest. To Orate at Rockville Centre. (Special to the Eagle.) Freeport, L.

March assembly hall of the Freeport High School was well filled last evening at the preliminary speaking contest to select representatives for the Nassau County interscholastic' prize speaking contest next month. There was a friendly rivalry among the nine high school students who took part, and the work was of such an excellent character that the judges had considerable diflicuity in determining the winners. Edward D. Boyce, who spoke on the "Adventures of a Freshman," succeeded in carrying off the honors among the boys, while Miss Astrid W. Nygren, in Study in Dialect." captured the first among the girls.

Beside being picked as the two to represent the Freeport School next month. Mr. Boyce was presented with two volumes of Bryce's American Commonwealth and Miss Nygren received seven volumes of Shakespeare's works. Arthur Jones, who won the second boys' prize, received a copy each of Tennyson's and Lowell's works, and Miss Edna Beatrice Vail, second among the girls, won Browning's complete works. Mr.

Jones spoke on "A Wild Olive Wreath" and Miss Vail's topic was "A Coast and a The interscholastic contest will be held in the South Side High School at Rockville Centre on the evening of Friday, April 29. WAITING FOR THE "PEEPERS." Until They Are Heard, Freeport's Old Weather Sharps Are Sure Spring Is Not at Hand. (Special to the Eagle.) Freport, L. March 12-Although numerous signs of spring have been cited as sure indications that winter is about over, a veteran observer of the season's changes declares spring cannot be counted upon here until the peeping frogs have made their appearance from their winter quarters for the third time. Up to date the little peepers have not the first hither and the veteran declares sent forth joyful chorus for even that until they do come out from the mud of ponds and streams winter cannot be counted as gone partially or otherwise.

To-day being the anniversary of the do big 1888 blizzard, it is predicted that cold and snowy weather may continue. although southerly winds, indicating warmer conditions, have set in and the sun is soon to cross the line. The dilterent varieties of early spring birds have begun to sing, but the robin, which comes as early as any of them, is 83 yet very scarce. The weatherwise are waiting for the frogs before convineing themselves that spring is actually at hand. GIRL SKATER RUN OVER.

Elsie Kalb, 13 years old. of 261 Woodward avenue, Ridgewood Heights, while rol er skat ng on the aspha't pavement at Grove street and Woodward avenue, about 8 o'clock last Friday night, was over by a wagon owned by Towns James of 174 Fulton street. Brock: and driven by John T. Farrell of 520 Wa. ren street.

sustaining possible 1-ternal inturies. The tittle girl was remoral in an ambulance to the German Hespital. Tho parents of the injured girl were notified and refused to lodge a complaint against the driver. who said it was af, edent he oul1 not avoid. The girl's intur ea are net believed to be very serious.

MEN'S DINNER A SUCCESS. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead. L. I. March 12-The laymen's missionary movement dinner here last night in the Auditorium was a suecess in every way.

Over two hundred men gathered and enjoyed a turkey dinner. after which interesting and profitable speeches were made by the Rev. Walter Seudder, for ten years al missionary in India, and Colonel Alexander S. Bacon, a well, known lawyer. CONQUEST OF OLD OCEAN IS SURE AT LONG BEACH System of Groins, Modeled After Irish Plan, Will Build Up Strand.

TRIAL ONES SATISFACTORY. Sea Forced by Simple Device to Bring In Thousands of Tons of Clean Sand, that has been assembled by the contractors, the Hicks-Johnson Company, who are to do the work. They will have to move 360,000 cubic yards of dirt. Power machinery and trains of cars will be used. This is the first time that such an equipment has been used in road construction work in Queens Borough.

The photograph, taken by a Brookyn Eagle photographer, shows the very comencement of the work. It was taken as the first cars were being filled last Wednesday. The dirt is being taken from land in the vicinity known as Oak Hill. It is hauled an eighth of a mile to the spot where the filling is in progress. It will require several months, even with this extensive equipment.

to complete the work. This is the Arst construction work that has been commenced in Queens this year. STORY OF CHILD LABOR TOLD AT MORRIS PARK One of Course of Lectures in the Queens Borough Schools. OTHER INTERESTING TOPICS. Many of the Lectures Deal With Travel at Home and Abroad.

Others Very Practical. Among the subjects of the public school lectures for Queens Borough next week, which ought to interest all people, is that of "Child Labor in America." Owen W. Lovejoy, the secretary of the committee on child labor, will lecture on that at Morris Park School No. 57, on Tuesday night. He will enlighten his hearers on child labor in the glass industry, in the coal mines, and in the cotton mills of the South.

the practically useful lectures is that by Dr. Inslee H. Berry at the Middle Village School, on Tuesday night also, when he will explain how a person may treat a fracture, dislocation, sprain, or how to proceed in cases of suffocation. This is in the course of first aid to the injured, and is helpful. The lecture the coming Monday by John H.

Stocker of Erasmus Hall High School, at the Richmond Hill school, will be on "Oxygen, the Vital Element of Our Atmosphere," and he will tell of its physical and chemical conduct, and of its relation to all forms of life. Another scientific lecture, told in language which all can understand, is that of J. Newton Gray of the Manual Training High School of Brooklyn, at Public School No. 81, Cypress avenue, near Ralph street, Evergreen, on "Sound: A Mode of Motion." There are few subjects which are of more interest to the foresighted American than the building of the Panama Canal, and this will be described by Edward E. Slosson, Ph.D., at the Flushing High School on Friday night.

He will tell of the life in the Canal Zone and 01 the progress of the work of digging the canal, which he will illustrate by views. During the week a number of the lectures will be upon travels. At the Woodside school, Miss Emma R. Steiner will describe "Alaska and Her Wonderful Resources," on Monday night, and the same night at the Queens school, Arthur H. Warner will talk of "Morocco, the Western Gateway of the Orient." On Wednesday, in at the Ravenswood school.

Edward Russell Perry take his audience upon an excursion through "The Pacific At the. Jamaica High School, on Friday night. George W. Hunter will take a trip through "The Adirondacks," and the same night, at Public School No. 6, Steinway avenue, near Broadway, Long Island City, I.

Rogers Mount will picture "Northern California," and at Public School No. 68, Bergen and Rathjen avenues, Evergreen, Dr. Rosalie S. Morton will visit with her audience "China, the Middle while at Public School No. 72.

Maspeth Frank L. Mead will travel "With Paddie and There are also some lectures on music, Walter L. Bogert, at Public School No. 58, Woodhaven, on Wednesdav night. will talk of and sing some of the "Folk Songs of Germany." At the Newtown High School.

Friday evening, Miss Kate S. Chittenden will describe "The Unifying Influences of Music," and. the same night, Miss Veronica Govers will talk of "Irish Music, Ancient and Modern," and will illustrate her lecture with selections. Herbert F. Sherwood, at Public School No.

88, Elm avenue and Fresh Pond road on Monday night. will lecture on "New York Harbor." and at the Astoria Aesembly Rooms, on Wednesday. Frank Bergen Kellev. Ph D. will inform his Alldience on "Historic Traces in New York Citv." There are also some lectures on literature.

At Pub'ic School No. 16. Corona, on Tuesdav. Ernest D. Daniels.

Ph.D. will tell the great story of "Les M' ables." and at the Far Rockaway High School. on Wednnedav, Chor'es H. Govar will give "The Lite of Sir Walter Scott." MR. LE VEEN'S KIND WORDS.

President Gresser's Confidentiel Inspector Likes the Eag'e in General; Qucens News Page in Particular. Ira H. LeVeen. confidential inspector to Borough President Gresser, had some kind words to say about the Queens Borough page particularly and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in general in conversation with an Eagle reporter to-day. "The Queens Borough page," he said.

"Is something that admirers of the paper here have been longing to see established for many years past. In thus recognizing this borough and giving it prominence, the Engle is making many new friends and gratifying old ones. The Eagle is undoubtedly a power. Its position is unique in metropolitan newspaperdom. It reaches the individual as no other paper does.

and it is closer to him. Every one reading the Eagle cannot help but be impressed with the fact that it is inspired by sincerity." INSANE PATIENT Eugene Silverman, 38 years old, of 42 North Division avenue, Rockaway Beach, who escaped from the Long Island State Hospital, Thursday, returned to his residence in Rockaway Beach Friday night. He was again taken in charge and" returned to the State Hospital. (Special to the Eagle.) Long Beach, L. March 12-Engineering of a magnitude never before undertaken in this country by a private concern just has been begun here.

Government works like the building of the Eads jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi, the dredging of Ambrose channel in New York Harbor, and the raising of Galveston Island by that city, far exceed the task in cost and extent. But the "groining" under way for the permanent protection and building up of Long Beach for more than fifteen miles of its length doubtless will attract more popular attention than either of the two United States Government works and only be rivalled by Galveston's self preservative task in human interest. Experience of centuries of experiments on the Irish coast and of generations of conquerors of the sea in Holland, is being utilized by the Long Beach engineers, Their work which just has begun, wiM not be ended until many acres of shining white sand are added to the perfect wide beach that now makes this place most famous stretch of sand along the Atlantic coast. For years the work will be continued, for the trial "groins" have proved exactly the thing needed to solve the problem of the sea's inroads in heavy storms. Contrary to general belief, too, storms will be welcomed by the engineers, for the more turbulent the seas and stronger the currents alongshore, the greater will be the fruit of labors, once the work is well under way.

"Groins" Built at Points 100 Feet Apart. For each 100 or' SO feet along the beach front, from Point Lookout, at Jones's Inlet, on the eastern end of Long Beach, clear to Rockaway Inlet on the western end, the "groins" are being put down. Angles at which they must project from the shore to do the most good have been worked out carefully, and not all will be at direct right angles, as is the case generally in such enterprises. In appearance, the "groining" seems of the simplest. Staunch timbers are imbedded in the sand from low -water mark, cut to the line of outer breakers.

These uprights are connected with heavy planks; not necessarily flush with the actual bottom. The sea, setting in from the outer the sand settles firmly about the device. bar laden with sand, breaks over the How "Groins" Aid in Adding to the "groins," eddies about the a planks, and Beach, Each succeeding tide brings in more sand until the "groin" actually is buried from aight. Heavy storms like those of last winter bring in thousands of tous, until each part of the beach protected by the "groins" is built up clear to the end of the outer timbers, and a new lowwater mark is created. This has been proved conclusively in the last few months, for opposite the Casino, on the great boardwalk, the "groins" have disappeared, and over them rests several feet of brand new sand.

Further east from this, where the "groins" were not installed, the sea made great inroads in the beach. This, however. was expected, but no permanent damage was done. Great Seaside Park to Be Created at Long Beach. In the last town election in Hempstead, the voters sold to the, Estates of Long Beach all that part Long Beach Island not previously owned by the corporation.

One of the terms of sale was the establishment of a great seaside park for the benefit of the township residents, and it is along the beach front of the park that the first systematic is being undertaken. Within a month, however, most of the beach will be thus protected, and the customary heavy spring tides will add acres, without doubt, to the Estates' holdings, all on the seaside, and all for the benefit of those who enjoy an ideal beach. The present plan is to continue to have the sea build up in this way for indefinite period, and, engineers in charge of the work say there is practically no limit to what may be accomplished thus. As fast as a "groin" is covered up, another will be extended from the new beach the old "groin" has made. Heretofore, most of the engineering feats in this place have been confined to the bulkheading and dredging of the channel to the northern, or inside, of Long Beach Island.

There is no cessation to that work, the enormous sandsuckers piling in hundreds of tons of sand daily to build.up the island, but the sea promises, by the compulsory "groining" system, to outdo, by far, the work of man. It. would be feasible to pull up the oll "groins" once they have served their purpose, and use them elsewhere, except that the cost of doing overshadows the cost of installing new ones. Hence, those that are down will so remain, as will all others that may be placed. DEAD AT 102 YEARS.

Arthur Davis, Long a Servant of ExPresident Roosevelt's Family, Had Passed Century Mark. (Special to the Eagle.) Oyster Bay, L. March 12-Arthur Davis, a negro, 102 years old, died in this village on Thursday evening. He was for forty-five years employed In the Roosevelt family, and as coachman drove Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to East Norwich to cast his first vote. He received a pension of $25 a month from Colonel Roosevelt.

He leaves a half brother, "Dr." Lewis Phillips, of Port Jefferson. The funeral services will be held tomorrow from the A. M. E. Zion Church.

He was born in Bridgeport, in 1808. He was a very devout man and was one of the founders of the church from which his funeral will be held. DECREE FOR MRS. JACKSON. (Special to the Eagle.) Mineola, L.

March 12-Judge Aspinall. sitting here to-Cay. granted an interlocutory decree of divorce to Rhoda B. Jackson, of Wantagh, in her suit against her husband, Robert Jackson. Mrs.

Jacksen is allowed $6 weekly alimony and the custody of her fifteen-year-old daughter Helen. The couple were married in 1897. The divorce was granted on the statutory grounds. LINEMAN BADLY HURT. (Special to the Eagle.) Freeport, L.

March 12-Olas John son, a lineman employed by the New York Telephone Company, residing here. is in the Nassau Hospital with a severo scalp wound, received late yesterday afternoon by a cross-beam of a pole falling on him. He was knocked senseless for a time. His injury is not serious. and Johnson will be able leave tho hospital by Monday, it is expected..