ffiSOO EXPENDITURE CARRIED IN ROCKVILLE CENTRE ELECTION

Water Extension, Road Oil, Garbage and Ash Re moval and Fire Hose Propositions Approved by Voters—Municipal Headquarters Site Beaten by Four Votes—Wallace, Village President

R ockville O n tr f1, M arch 16—In tc re s t In th e village election yeste rday cen te r­ed In th e seven projMisItlons w hich call­ed fo r a to ta l expend itu re of $64,850. F o u r w ere carried and th re e w ere lost.

Only 466 votes w ere cast fo r th e pro­positions while 554 w as the to ta l cast fo r officials, Indicating th a t m an y ignor­ed th e opportun ity to vote on village Im provem ents. Some voted only on a few of the seven.

T he closest vote w as on the site for th e m em orial building an d village hall. I t w as lost by four votes. T he to ta l w as 217 In favor and 221 opposed. The vote In the second d istric t, w hich Is on th e south side of the railroad tracks , w as 55 In favor and 111 opposed and in th e first d istrict which is on th e north side of the tracks , 162 In favo r and 110 opposed. This proposition ca rried a bond issue of $20,000, redeemable, $5,000 y ea r­ly fo r four years.

T he proposition for the w idening of Lnkevlew avenue w as Ipst by a m arg in of only eigh t votes. The to ta ls w ere.

dents w ere entitled te, vote, only 554 did so. This however, is nearly five tim es as m any as voted la st yea r, w hen the total w as 112. W om en w ere num erous In th e balloting yesterday w hich perhaps accounts for the la rg e r num ber of votes

I The poll e lerks In th e F irs t D istric t 211 In favor and 219 opposed. T he llrs t | were: Charles K. M eCarten, cha irm an ;d is tr ic t vote w as 49 in favor and 115 op- R obert D. Woodcock, F red J . H elm uth posed and in th e second d is tric t, 162 111 and T.ouis W erner. In th e Second dls-

Vnte on Village Officers1st. D lst 2nd Dlst. Total

W allace 310 202 612E rlsm an 270 193 463Reynolds 280 184 464Dalsley 8 4 12Dooley 311 200 611Flanagan 311 199 510

Vote

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Yes No TotalNo. 1 389 68 447

386 17 433" 3 267 160 327" 4 246 185 431" 5 217 221 438” 6 184 227 311“ 7 211 219 430

Although approx im ately 1.700 rest-

CO. M r INF, ABOUT TO BE

FEDERALIZED

favo r and 104 opposed; An expenonu re of $7,350 w as involved In th is proposi-

T he o ther proposition which failed of approval w as the m acadam izing of D ris­coll avenue, a t a rosl of $5,000. T he to tal votes ea s t w as 184 In favor an d 227 op­posed. T he second d istric t vote w as close on th is, 88 being in favor and 80 opposed Avliile th e first d istric t record w as 96 in fav o r and 147 opposed.

T he extension of the w ate r system , w hich authorized the use of $8,000 from th e W a te r Fund crea ted by ea rn in g s from the w ate r p lan t, carried by a vote of 389 in favor and 58 opposed.

Proposition tw o au thorizing th e pur. chase of $2,500 w orth of fire hose, w as ca rried hy a vote of 386 In favor and 47 opposed.

A pparen tly d isgusted w ith th e condi­tion of th e s tree ts and realizing th a t It w as cheaper to buy oil th a n pay fo r au tom obile reim irs, the proposition to expend $12,000 for oiling s tre e ts was ca rried by a vote of 267 In favor and 160 opposed. T he vote In the first d is tric t w as 178 In favor and 83 opposed w hich com pares w ith 89 in favor and 77 op­posed In the second d istric t.

A progressive j^ e p w as taken w hen proposition fo u r was carried by a vote of 246 In favor aiyl 185 opposed. I t au th o rizes the Village Board to provide fo r th e rem oval of garbage, a sh es and refuse, by con trac t, a t a cost no t to ex ­ceed $10,000. T he vote In the firs t dis­t r ic t w as 158 In favor and 110 opposed an d in the second d istric t, 88 in favo r a n d 75 opposed.

T he propositions carried, rep resen t an ex p end itu re of $32,600 of w hich $8,000 w ill come from th e euVnings of the w a te r p lan t and be used fpr w a te r ex ­tension . T h is m eans th a t only $24,500 w ill be raised by taxation .

All th e candidates for village office w ere elected. Edw in W . W allace w as chosen president by a vote of 612, r e ­ce iv ing 310 from the first d is tr ic t and 302 from the second.

F ra n k H. E rtsm an for tru s tee , polled 270 votes In th e first d istric t a n d 193 In th e second, m ak ing a total-'of 463.

F ra n k J . Reynolds, for tru s te e , re ­ceived 464 votes of which 280 w ere from th e first d is tric t and 184 from th e second.

C harles J . Dooley, for tre a su re r , re ­ceived a to tal of 512 votes and A r th u r J . F lan a g an , for collector, 610 votes.

R onald C. Dalsley, who w as defeated a t th e p rim ary , received eight votes in th e firs t d istric t and four In th e second d is tr ic t. W. R ay Wood, G eorge A. Schaeffer and L urry W aterm an , each received a vote In th e first d is tr ic t, fo r tru s te e , H a rry A. C urley received one vote fo r V illage P residen t and C harles E . M eCarten also received one vote. Nel- lle O 'N eill received one vote for collector.

ROOSEVELT LIGHTS TO GET ATTENTION

Town Board Leaves Matter With Supervisor Doughty With

Power to ActH em pstead . M arch 16.—On recom ­

m endation of the Tow n . O verseers of th e Poor, the Town Board yeste rd ay appoin ted Miss Isabelle S tegelm eler of F re e p o rt s tenog rapher In the office of th e O verseers a t SIM a m onth .

T he m a tte r of obta in ing an extenalon of tim e from the N assau and Suffolk L ig h tin g Com pany In which th e com ­p an y will ligh t the s tree ts of Roose­velt. w as deferred to Supervlaoi-a D ough ty w ith power.

T he gas comi>any‘et con trac t expired som e time ago and the co n tra c t w as aw arded to th e N assau L ig h t and P ow er Company, on recom m endation of th e d is tr ic t lighting com m ittee, to ligh t the s tree ts w ith electricity .

T he la tte r com pany has not y e t in ­sta lled the ttghtfi.

: ,m ' u .

trlc t, W illiam H. Grim , cha irm an ; H enry W. M acVlcnr, Charles A. C rossm an and W . G. K ensrherf.

V illage Clerk U tte r found it impossible o pu rchase election booths and have

them delivered In tim e fo r th e electibn so eight w ere borrow ed from th e Coun­ty.

Hempstead National Guardsmen Told by Their Commander, Capt. R. L. Vande Water, That Only Six More Members Are Required Before the Company Can Enjoy the Benefits Available

H em pstead, M arch 16.—Company M, N ational G uard of th is village, with m em bers from F reepo rt, Rockville Cen­tre and o th e r places, is abou t to he federalized. A nnouncem ent to th is ef­fect w as m ade a t a com pany dinner, held In the arm o ry last night.

C aptain V andeW ater told th e men tha t, under th e o rders he had received, federalization would take place Just as soon as he repo rted ready. All th a t is holding up th e m a tte r is the fac t ith a t he w ants six m ore men to b ring the com pany s tre n g th to eigh t full squads with the full com plem ent of non-com­missioned officers.» I t I s ' expected ''th e re will be some rapid rec ru itin g to get the six men needed. Going Into federal service m eans considerable to th e m em bers of the com pany. T hey will receive pay for drills and a ll ordered duty , rang ing for en listed m en from $1.25 to $3.40 a drill, accord ing to ran k . I t m eans also th a t the com pany will go to cam p in sum m er, and th e re will be o the r ad ­van tages no t obtainable under s ta te

The d inner la s t n igh t w as very en­joyable, served under the direction of S ergean t P ete rson , and consisted of roas t chicken an d all the trim m ings. Follow ing the d inne r an en terta inm en t w as given.

FLY T H E FLA G FRIDA Y

T he A m erican Legion m en request th a t every public artd business s tru c ­tu re In th e c ity and p riva te hom es also fly th e A m erican flag next F r i ­day . T here Is to be a genera l rally of pa trio tic sp irit coincident w ith th e A m ericanization m ass m eeting a t M adison S quare G arden th a t evening.

M E D IA SEES BETTER T IE S

FROM NOV ON

SEEK REVIEW MGHERCOURT OF TAX DECISIONNassau County Attorney McKnight

Going to AppeUate Court Friday — Latest Ruling Affects 50 Counties Where Titles Would Be Invalidated Should It Stand — Assessors Dodge Responsi­bility

Boulevard to be Widened from L. I. R. R. Station to Post Office,Supervisors Having Approved—Residents Hope This Will Bring About Long-Needed Betterment of L. I. R. R. Station

M ineola, M arch 16.—The m a tte r of w idening M ineola Boulevard from th e railroad tra c k s to the Post Office opens plaintiff could not take possession of cer- to th e residen ts of th is village a pros- I ta in p roperty In Long Beach bough t a t pect of m any village Im provem ents a sale of lots for unpaid taxes, threat-

M ineola, M arch 16—To ca rry th e m a t­ter" of th e validity of tax sales In N assau County to th e C ourt of Appeals, C ounty A ttorney H. S tew art M cK night will go before th e A ppellate C ourt on F riday to take ce rta in necessary legal s teps to pave th e w ay for a review by th e h igher tribunal.

R ecent unanim ous decisions of th e A ppellate Court, in the action of H arrie t McCoun ag a in s t Amy P ie rp o n t and Elizabeth C ranz which held th a t th e

NO AD. ON HEMPSTEAD’S MEMORIAL TOMENWHOSERVEDINVORLDWARVillage Trustees and Legion Post Succeed in Ef­

fort to Keep Chamber of Commerce Mon­ument Out of Fulton Park—Protest by Sam uel Cohen As to Any But Taxpayers Voting

they w ould like to see.C hief am ong these is a new railroad

s ta tio n to replace the d irty , unsigh tly , rat-in fested “H ouse of a Thousand Sm ells '’ th a t now serves th e folk of th is village w hen they travel.

ens to affect fax sales -aggregating $1,225,000 of which about $600,000 w as received in back taxes on lo ts sim ilarly taxed and sold in the sam e m anner as th e C ranz property .

To save the county from possible loss,

CHRISTIE IS ELECTED PRESIDEirr OF FREEPORT WITH 551 MAJORITY

Big Surprise for Edwards Faction As Nominee For Reelection Did Not Carry a Single D istric t- Other Administration Nominees Returned to Office—-Lively Campaign Conducted All Day

H em pstead, M arch 16.—By a vote of 394 to 101, H em pstead people s ta ted in yeste rday ’s election th a t they do not w an t th e soldiers’ an d sa ilo rs’ m onu­m ent in F ulton P ark In its p resen t con­dition.

This w as th e only m a tte r contei sted in the election. As th e re w as only one ticket in th e field, the voting fo r village officers w as only perfuncto ry .

Village T rustee H ow ard S. B row er re ­ceived 436 votes for V illage P residen t.

John S. Nichols, the re tir in g president, who w as not a candidate fo r re-election, received a com plim entary vote of 34.

Thom as P. Taylor and E rn e s t C.M uncke, for village tru s te e received 427 and 396 votes respectively, w hile F ran k M artllng and Charles E. A kley w ere re ­elected tre a su re r and collector respec­tively w ith 406 votes each . T here w ere a few sca tte ring votes.

The fight over th e m onum ent ques­tion has been fought h a rd and long. It began m onths ago, w hen V illage Presl- tatarn hy den t John S. Nichols and th e Village hnv“ ,hn Board refused to perm it th e C ham ber of Com m erce to erect th e m onum ent In F u lton P a rk with the inscrip tion con­ta ined on the tablet, w hich s ta te d th a t It w as "erected w ith con tribu tions raised by th e H em pstead C ham ber of Com­m erce.'' The C ham ber refused to change the Inscription by ob litera ting Its own nam e and decided to go before th e people on the question of placing It In th e park w ith th e Inscription as it stands.

A petition w as filed calling fo r sub­m ission of the question to the voters, and H em pstead P ost, 390, A m erican Le­gion not only w ent on record against it, bu t w orked actively to hea t th e pro position, on the ground not only of the nam e of th e Cham ber of Comm erce ap­pearing on the tab let, b u t th a t it was otherw ise Im properly Inscribed.

The Legion objected to th e living be­ing honored on the ta b le t first a n d tr i­bute being paid to th e m em ory of the dead second. I t w as also poin ted out th a t the dates on the tab le t w ere wrong, being 1917-1919, Instead of 1917-1918, in which yea rs th is co u n try w as In the

The Legion fu rth e r em phasised one of the card inal principles of th e o rgan­isation, th a t of stand ing fo r law and order an d abiding by th e ru les of ponsth lu ted au tho rity .

In an effort to show th e people w hat they w ere voting fo r. th e C ham ber caused th e m onum ent to he placed F u lton avenue, nea r th e village build ing w here all Could see it. As a coun ter a ttrac tio n , th e Ijegkm placed a large

board nearby show ing pho tographs of num erous o th e r m onum ents.

The question who should he allowed to vote cartie up a t th e m eeting of the Village B oard M onday n igh t. The Board decided to allow all residents of th e Village to vote, in order to get an ex­pression of th e popu lar will. Village Counsel H . W illard G riffiths read an opinion he had w ritten , holdipg th a t legally only taxpayers, had a righ t to

Y esterday a fternoon a t 2:15, a f te r the polls had been open an hour and a q u arte r , a p ap e r signed by Samuel Cohen, a m em ber of th e B oard of D irec­to rs of the C ham ber of Commerce, was presented p ro te stin g ag a in s t allow ing an y except ta x p ay e rs to vote. The V illage Board, w hich under the law acts as inspectors of election, paid no a t­ten tion to th e p ro te st, except to receive and file it.

W he ther a n y fu r th e r action will be

v.

have th e m onum ent placed in th e park had not been decided today.

T he p ro te st s igned by M r. Cohen fol-

M arch 15th, 1921 To John E . N ichols, E squire ,

V illage P res id en t.R alph F orm tin ,H ow ard S. B row er.W . Taylor Cham berlin ,Thom as J . M cL aughlin ,

E squires, AVillage T rustees In charge of the Polls a t the V illage Building:

On behalf of m yself and all o ther ow ners of p ro p erty in the village of H em pstead , I p ro test aga inst any person vo ting on th e question to he considered a t th e annua l village election on th is da te , except duly qualified vo te rs, nam ely property ow ners. I t h a s been rum ored about th e village t h a t a ll persons living In th q corporation will be allowed to vo te . Tht^ is not fa ir to th e ta x ­payers a s th is question if decided ,ln th e affirm ative by th e voters will give village p roperty for a pa rticu ­la r use. I f you read th e village law you will see th a t

F irs t—You can n o t give aw ay any property r ig h t except by a vote qf the taxpayers.

Second—No in h a b ita n t of th is vil­lage Has a n y righ t to vote w hat shall be done w ith th e public park except taxpayers . i

Third—O nly ^taxpayers can vote

T he w idening of the s tree t will b e | j n the even t th a t a refund to buyers done by th e county, the B oard of 0f th is property m ust be m ade, Mr. Me S upervisors having acted favorably on K n igh t as counsel for County T reasur- th a t p ro jec t a t the m eeting on M onday. ,,r W illiam L. L uyste r will ask th a t the One of the residen t points out th a t Is j A ppellate C ourt com plete the record of is no t only a necessary im provem ent | findings of fac t so th a t th e case can be hu t a safeguard ag a in s t accident, since | taken h igher on an apeai. T he Appel- p a r t of the s trey t encroaches on the ia tp Court decision supports the conten roadbed now. tion o f the tr ia l co u rt In w hich Justice

T he w ider s tree t would h f a fine ap- j VanSIclen found fo r th e defendant proach to th e railroad station . It is Cranz.hoped th a t some day th e railroad com j i t Is now said th a t it th e decision of p an y w ill im prove its property to th e the A ppellate C ourt ih th is case is to ex ten t of building a station in keeping i stand and th a t th e omission from the w ith th e im p o rtan t village it serves, j tax rolls of ce rta in ditto m ark s by the

T he village folk have ta lked abou t I town assessors is th e ground for hold- the condition of th e p resen t s ta tion ; | nR th e sale void, then all dhe village a t d ifferent tim es and a f te r one such land town assessm ents in m any tow ns incident, a m an w as sen t w ith a broom, I and villages th roughou t the s ta te will a bucke t of w ate r to give th e place a be affected and th a t some fifty counties “lick an d a prom ise” and called It a ;jn New York S ta te will suffer a grea t day—th e sta tion was. cleaned. loss by reason of the omission. I t

T he railroad com pany w hen asked i held, by th e court, th a t th e fa ilu re to to build a new station gave its s tereo- i pu t d itto m arks under th e m ap column typed reply—it will build when it h as ;on the assessors’ rolls m ean t th e prop- the funds. In th e m eantim e the village pr t y w as Im properly describe 1 and wassuffers from th e appearance of th e ra il­road p roperty . .

Said one m an who know s th e value of advertis ing :

"T he railroad people seem not to con­sider th a t th rough th is statmr^-'Comc And go a g re a t sh are of th e people a t ­tend ing court. T hey come from all over th e coun try and go aw ay w ith a d is tinc tly u n p le asan t recollection of the 'L o n g Island R airoad station w here

not sufficiently described for th e p u r­poses of identification.

The tow n assessors claim th e y do their, w ork from a form prescribed by th e is an y th in g fau lty In the rolls it Is not S ta te Tlix Commission and th a t If the re thb ir fau lt bu t ra th e r th e fa u lt of the com mission from which th e y Cake the ir guidance.

I t is said also th a t if th e villageand tow n assessm ents are successfully

they le ft th e tra in o r w aited for one. a ttack ed the assessm ents for school tax-Seem s to m e th e railroad com pany should realize th a t th e im pression c a r­ried b roadcast by these people is not good adve rtis ing ,”

I t is told th a t a m an w as offered a position In some real e s ta te concern. H e cam e as f a r as th e sta tion and de­cided th a t he did not w an t the job. Of course, th is m an w as short sighted, hu t it Is easier to sell real esta te , boom business, increase the traveling popu­la tion an d b ring re tu rn s to a railroad and th e village if one does not have to overcom e lan unfavorab le Im pression c rea ted by a s ig h t a s d istressing as the local railroad station .

es will also be Invalidated.

ORGAN PIPE BUILDER BUYS KAYSER FACTORY

SITE, ROCKVILLE CENTRERockville Centre, M arch 16.—W. J.

E llio tt, m an u fac tu re r o f. organ pipes, has purchased from W. R. Cocks, the tw o-story fram e factory building, on th e w est side of N orth P a rk avenue, Just n o rth of F ro n t s tree t.

T he building w as form erly occupied by Ju liu s K ayser & Co. for the m anu­fac tu re of gloves. I t has a fron tage of about 30 feet and a depth of 80 feet. Possession will be given soon. T he p roperty h as been vacan t several m onths.

(C ontinued on page 6).

5-YEAR-OLD GIRL FALLS INTO CESSPOOL: SOON OUT

EAGER TO GO TO MOVIESRockville Centre, M arch 16.—T he

| tim ely w arn ing of a playm ate saved li t­tle S ilv ia O arson from probable dea th hy drow ning, when on Monday a fte r , noon she fell th rough the covering of a cesspool in th e rea r of her fa th e r’s sto re a t 84 N orth Village avenue.

P aul Mollnl, son of an adjoining s to re ­keeper, saw h is chum disappear, and ran in frif.'ht. shouting th a t Sijvia had fallen down a big hole. Mrs. G ararn ran to th e p lace indicated. She saw h e r child a n d raised a1 cry. Mrs. M iller and M rs. Dresing, neighbors, responded. The fran tic m o ther leaned and reached in to th e cesspool fo r her baby, while two o th e r women kep t h e r from falling in. f t M

MCCARTHY ELECTED VILLAGE PRESIDENT

WITH NO EFFORTSlight Flurry When a Few Voters

Tried to Vote Out Kinzle, But He Wins, Too

M ineola, M arch 16.—T here w as just a flurry in the village eieetjon today th a t m ight he taken to m ean a contest fo r office w as on, but the b rig h t idea died abo rn ing for W illiam M cCarthy and his ticket w ere elected w ith never a chance of defeat.

T here w ere 297 votes ca st. Of these the h ighest vote w ent to D aniel H a r­ring ton , candidate for collector of ta x ­es. M r. M cCarthy got 261 votes, Philip M. K rug, candidate for v illage tru s te e got 256 votes, w hile A. J . K inzle, also candidate for village tru s te e w as the low m an of the reg u la r tick e t.

I t w as the cu t ag a in s t M r. K inzle th a t indicated the little feeling th a t all w as not harm ony. Some 19 voters w rote In th e nam e of Thom as Rush- m ore and th a t In p a r t exp la in s why Mr. K inzle did no t get a s h igh a vote as his colleagues although It is evident, from the figures. :h a t some even voted ag a in st him w ithout w riting in the nam e of anyone else.

H enry Von O h s tn got 257 vo tes for vIIInge treasu re r. All th ree proposi­tions. to ta k e over two fire houses and to have Second s h e e t im proved coun ty road, w ere chit led.

T here w ere 17 void a n d blank ballots .

T he ladles of the village show ed (hey w ere alive .to th e ir new opportun ities and exercised the ir r ig h t o f franch ise . T h a t the re had been a little e lection­eering going on am ong them Was ap ­paren t, bu t for the most p a r t they cam e, voted and left the polling places m uch a f te r the m anner of the’ v e te ran s of m any a h ard fough t political ba ttle ,

F reeport, M arch 16.—The village elec­tion in F reeport, held yesterday , re­sulted in a total upset of ail th e "dope," when Robert L. C hristie defeated C lar­ence A. E dw ards for village president. T he total vote ca s t was, Christie, 1455, and Edw ards, 901. C hristie won by 554.

H ilbert R. Johnson, ru nn ing for vil­lage trustee, polled the la rgest vote in th e election, 1673. H enry L. Mnxson ju s t nosed out S ilas H. W illiam s by 94 votes. W illiam s received 1205 and Max- son 1299.

Clarence E dw ards did not c a rry a single election d istric t In the village. I t w as a trem endous su rp rise , as it was though t th e vote would he very close in the race for village president.

As a result of the balloting yesterday, the new Village Hoard will be ns follows:

P residen t—R obert L. Christie.V illage T rustees—H ilbert R. John son,

Henry L. Mnxson, H oward E. P earsall, Raym ond J . Miller.

D. F ran k Seam an, ta x collector, and S. Dimon Sm ith, ns tre asu re r, had no opposition, and wore unanim ously elected.

The vote by d is tric ts w as us follows: D istric t 1—Edw ards, 253; Christie, 431; Johnson, 440; W illiam s, 363; Maxson. 376. D istrict 2—Edw ards, 353; Christie, 479; Johnson, 563; W illiam s, 4 76; Max- son. 405. D istric t 3—Edw ards, 295; Christie, 445; Johnson, 570; W illiams, 366; Maxson, 578.

T otals for all th ree d istric ts: E d­wards, 901; Christie, 1458; Johnson, 1573; W illiams, 1205; M axson, 1299.

The P ropositionsProposition 1, ask ing for pay for the

DEATH THREAT ABOUT GIRL; THENASSAULT

Theodore Smith of Roosevelt Bad­ly Injured— Letters Turned Ov­er to District Attorney Weeks Show He Was Warned Four Times to Cease Attentions to Catherine Brand of Roosevelt

BKNZOMINTHie drpMuUI h ro e t ond i

I #oer d rug etoce.

Meet conveuleat. fe r

Mineola, M arch 16.—Because he in sisted on going to see his sw eetheart, Theodore Sm ith, of Lakewood avenue, Roosevelt, was beaten Into insensibility and left unconscious all M onday night on th e porch of the home of th e girl, C atherine Brand.

Sm ith, D is tric t A tto rney W eeks learned, had been th rea ten ed w ith death unless he ceased h is a tten tio n s to the girl, according to le tte rs tu rned over to the d istric t a tto rney by F ran k A. Wood, county sealer of w eights and m easures.

’In the le tte rs the w rite r, who gives no s ignatu re , said:

“The girl looks good to me. You stay aw ay from her or you will he killed."

Then cam e a fourth le tte r, in whichIt Is said:

"T his Is the fou rth and last, tim e I have Warned you. I warfit the girl. Get aw ay frqm her.”

This last le tte r w as delivered to him by a boy whom he did not know, when he alighted from a trolley on h is way home from work one n ight.

Instead of stopping h is a tten tions, he continued. He called on Miss B rand Monday night, a s was his custom , and left her about 10.30. H is home w as only a block aw ay.

As he passed th rough th e gatew ay from her home, S m ith says tw o men Jumped on him. One h it him between the eye* w ith a b lunt In strum en t. He was knocked out so qu ick ly th a t he w-as unable to ge t an y descrip tion of

a tin- men who assau lled him.H e was carried to th e porch of the

house which he Just left, and th e re he rem ained until 5 o'clock th e next m orn­ing, when Anna B rand, s is te r of his sw eetheart, found him.

He w as attended by D r. Edw ard C ar­m an, of F reeport, bu t he did not regain consciousness until 4 o 'clock yesterday a f te rn o o n .. He l* still confined to his home, and Is suffering from the beating he received.

Charles H ansen, of th e d istric t a t­to rney ’s office, is m ak ing an Investiga­tion, and expects to develop additional Inform ation th a t m ay lead to an a rre s tsoon. , ^

village president, w as voted down, 843 to 308.

P roposition 2. ask ing for pay fo r the village tru s tees , w as voted down, 842 to 272.

Proposition S, ask ing an appropria tion for stree t lights, w as carried , 745 to 362.

Proposition 4, ask ing an appropriation for cem ent sidewalks, w as carried, 753 to 34?.

Proposition 5, a sk ing for au th o rity to expend from th e L ight Fund $5000 for extensions, w as carried, 801 to 292.

Proposition 6, ask ing for au th o rity to expend from the W ater Fund $10,000 for extensions, w as carried , 680 to 385.

Proposition 7, ask ing for $10,000 for the removal of garbage and ashes, was carried , 718 to 509.

Proposition 8, ask ing for an appro­pria tion to pave C hurch stree t, was lost, 456 to 622.

Now It is nil said and done.R esults w ere so overw helm ing th a t

th e re is no room for alibis or excuses.The lot of a village presiden t in no

path of roses, and from the com m ents m ade around the village, it w as qu ite evident th a t Edw ards lost m any votes because of th e fact th a t he w as blamed fo r not pu ttin g a new light a t such and such a stree t, and th a t the snow plow did not pass her house.

There—you've guessed it! Vindictive, ness of th e fa ir sex. They will tu rn on o r off th e next man ju s t ns quickly.

Election re tu rn s w ere announced a t th e A m erican and the A uditorium , and it w as evident soon a f te r the polls closed th a t C hristie had won.

All day long tax i d rivers and ca rs he- longing to friends w ere on the go, col­lecting vo te rs and peddling sam ple votes, in' an effort to swell the to tals of various candidates.

Ideal w ea ther w as responsible In a m easure for the heavy vote east. I t vas old-fashioned election w eather, w hen g roups of men could stand around the polls and u tte r prophesies, and deliber­a te long and heartily before stepping In to cast th e all-im portan t vote.

C ars bearing the inscriptions, "V ote F o r E dw ards,” “Vote F o r C hristie," ran th rough th e s tree ts all day long, and It w-as evident Ibng before dark the te lle rs w ere to have a ta sk on th e ir hands.

A rgum ents and hots of all kinds worn ca st on th e outcom e—som ething th a t would rem ain a n unknow n q u an tity un­til several hou rs a f te r polls closed a t 8.

Candidates w ere here and the re and everyw here, appearing in stores where they had never been seen before, and w ishing everyone th e tim e of day and the best of health .

Stolid baym en, who had made up th e ir minds before they set out fo r ''th e polls, s tared a t* th e opposing candidates w ith fire In th e ir eyes, and passed them In haugh ty g randeur.

As the afler-d inner ac tiv ity com­menced, th e s tree ts of the village w ere the scene of great, ac tiv ity . All proper m eans of persuasion w ere called Into effect in a la st effort to get In th e votes th a t had no t been cast.

STATE’S $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 PAYS FOR 19 MILES

IN NASSAU COUNTYCounty Supt. Starks Ready to Act

When Routes Are Fixed by State Commission

M ineola, M arch 16.—A proposed act of le g is la tu re . Introduced In the S enate by Senato r H ew itt, calls fo r nn appropri­ation of $10,009,000 for s ta te highw ays, in w hich N assau C ounty will share to th e ex ten t of about 19 miles, says W. F red Htarks, county superin tendent of highw ays.

J u s t how m uch of the s ta le highw ays m oneys will come to N assau County It. is no t possible to say, but various sec­tions of h ighw ays have been approved by th e S ta te H ighw ays Commission. F rom th is fund the s ta te will pay a p a rt fo r the construction of s ta te and county h ighw ays. T he county and s ta te sh are th e expense eq-iafly, while (he tow ns and villages th rough which the h igh­w ays a re constructed pay for all th a t p a rt of the highw ay m ore than 16 feet .

This yea r It is expected th a t the L a k e - . view-Seam an avenue highw ay or the pipeline boulevard, w hichever rou te is designated by the S ta te H ighw ay Com mission, will he built; th e W estbury sta- tion road, th e Middle Neck road hi N orth H em pstead sou therly to the Sear- ingtown road sou therly to th e sta te road, a s well a s tw o pieces of road in the tow n o f O yster Bey.