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W E A T H E R FORECAST.

Probab ly ra in- tonight . S a t u r d a y c l e a r i n g and colder. Brisk™" souther ly winds, sh i f t i ng to wes t a n d n o r t h w e s t S a t u r d a y .

Q M I I N f AND BROOKLVJI BOROUGH* ,

• N E W YORK CITY* m .

GREENPOINT RI0GEW00D

AMD O T H E R

Seburban Hews

or., .... . --—, THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR FahUakusl la Q»»— Caaatr.

OOb-aw M-41 l m s i l M , L L City. • :—TZ K GREATER NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1914.

Klaa* County (Mice: I f f "Otacnpatat A**., Braakba. PRICE ONE'CENT <

It Costs $7,536 to Make Awards Aggregat­

ing $3,215 SYSTEM AGAIN 8 H O W N IN

LONG I 8 L A N D CITY.

P l a n s filed in t he Q u e e n s Borough Bu i ld ing D e p a r t m e n t las t week show a to ta l of l i f ty-nlne new buildings, to ca s t $164,882, and a l t e r a t i o n s to t h i r t y bui ld ings a t a cos t of 1X1,263.

T h e p lans include a fnajne pavil ion, 96x51 feet, two s to r i e s "high, to" he bui l l t by the Wi l l i am C imer B r e w i n g C o m p a n y of Brooklyn a t a cost of $25,000. The pavil ion will he bui l t on Met ropo l i t an a v e n u e a n d Union t u r n ­pike, n e a r Fores t Hi l ls P a r k .

George W. Braunsdor f . of 232 Kas t F o r t y - F i f t h s t ree t , M a n h a t t a n , will build a l ive-s tory br ick factory a t W e b s t e r and S ix th a v e n u e s , Astor ia , a t a cost of $25,000.

E d w a r d J. Sul l ivan , of 800 Broad -— — — I way , F lushing , h a s tiled p lans for five

• E A l l T l E A n c t T R c e T O D C M i M r I triime bunga lows , each 14x27 feet, on B E A U T I E S O F S T R E E T O P E N I N G I T n P t l 8 ftv*~ n p a r , f n e B n u I e v a r ( I (

| R o c k a w a y Beach, ' to cos t $350 each. E, Gara.baldl, of 410- Boulevard,

j R o c k a w a y Beach, will build eight b u n g a l o w s a t a cost of $350 each .

A n t o n Duppler p l ans for a mov ing

The Movement to Erect a

Astoria Parle.

Mayor Anxious to Expedite Work on 7 ransit Lines.

Early Appropriatioo Ne&d-t at ed For Wirk on Queess-

boro Bridge

Cost of i Radde Street Opening Is Over

*10,000—Justice Benedict Do-

elines to Act on Report

of Referee.

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W E L L - K N O W N CITIZENS H A V E

AGREED TO SERVE ON

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E x - C o n g r e s s m a n J o h n J. Kindred , t h e new pres iden t of t h e Dong Island Ci ty Bus iness Men's Assoc ia t ion , hud tin lnt<yvieAV with M a y o r Mltchel the o t h e r day Itf' re ference to the la t ter - * a t t i t u d e . t o w a r d the nfew rap id t r a n s i t sy s t em. -', • -*

" T h e Mayor Informed me.". sa id . Dr. Kindred , in speak ing or t h l s ; m u t t e r a t the meet ing of t he asKt>el"iii>ii on T h u r s d a y af ternoon, ' t h a t he w a s duly impres sed with the p re -e lec t ion prom­ises t h a t had been ma'de In r ega rd to t h e y new sys tem ' e m b r a c e d under the dnuj opera t ing con t r ac t s , and he is empha t i ca l ly in favor of - hav ing the e n t i r e sys tem built a s p lanned. He said, a lso, t ha t he would Insis t upon t h e t e r m s of the c o n t r a c t s be ing cur­ried ou t to the le t ter .

" T h e Mayor staved t h a t he fully r e ­al izes t he i m p o r t a n c e of hav ing all

the l ines buil t and put Into opera t ion as soon a s poss ible and he will see to it, in so far a s h i s power goes, t t u r e shall be no needless delays in t he v ork."

Th i s s t a t e m e n t by the Mayor was received w i t h m u c h sat isfact ion,by. Mve members , sonic , of whom appa ren t ly had, been a bit." skept ica l aa to , the a m o u n t of e n t h u s i a s m <v'bki> • tap-would' manifes t t o w a r d the new•• wvatettr.'"In"' view of t he tac t t h a t the Mayor , when Pres ident of the Board of Aldermen. vigorously opposed the p r e s e n t e d tial-op< r a t i ng c o n t r a c t s on the ground lha6 the city was ge t t i ng the "heavy end of the s t ick."

But now t h a t the con t rac t s h a v e b*gn s igned uj*d the work on. the new l infs is a c tua l ly under way, the Mayor la de t e rmined t h a t the bargain shal l be carr ied ou t in accordance with t he t e r m s of t h e ag reemen t .

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p ic tu re t h e a t r e to cost $13,00t) to be bui l t a t Jackso/ i a v e n u e a n d F o r t y -N i n t h s t ree t , Corona .

C h a r l e s Hilden, of 442 S te inway a v e n u e , will build a $0,700 s to re and t e n e m e n t a t S t e i n w a y a v e n u e and

_ _ _ _ _ _ | G r a n d Mreet, As tor ia . , T h e Hel len t ia C o n s t r u c t i o n Com-

R „ _ , nf ,«,- _ i__ . „_ « i . „ -»„„_ i „„„ I Pany of the Bridge P laza , Dong- Is land Some of t h e g l a r i n g s h o r t c o m i n g s j C l t y • w i l , b u l l ( 1 _ | 3 0 ft00 f o u r . B t o r v

or t h e p r e s e n t s y s t e m of o p e n i n g | t e n e m e n t a t J a m a i c a a v e n u e a n d , s t r ee t s t h r o u g h t h e m o r e or less a r t - S h e r m a n s t ree t , As tor ia , ful a id of c o n d e m n a t i o n commiss ions have a g a i n been b r o u g h t to t h e a t t e n ­tion of t he pub l i c In t he r e p o r t wh ich h a s been s u b m i t t e d to S u p r e m e C o u r t J u s t i c e B e n e d i c t by a re fe ree a p p o i n t ­ed by J u s t i c e Scudde r . J u s t i c e B e n e -diet h a s r e f e r r ed t h i s "report b a c k t o Jus t i ce Scudde r , dec l in ing to confirm ! It.

The r e p o r t h a s t o do wi th t h e p r o ­ceedings for t h e o p e n i n g of E i g h t e e n t h avenue and R a d d e s t ree t , Dong I s land City. F o r t h e E i g h t e e n t h a v e n u e p r o ­ceeding the cos t w a s $7,536.69, and for Radde s t r e e t w a s $10,576.

T h e to ta l a m o u n t of t he a w a r d s for E i g h t e e n t h a v e n u e w a s $3,215) less

Grand Army Men and Veterans of the Spanish War Are Out and Pro­

nounced in Favor of the Movement.

P. S. Com. Urged to Provide Connec­

tion Between Steinway Tunnel and

- Lexington Ave. Subway; Also

Extension to Grand Central. —

Figures Given By Railroad Show an Increase of 44 Per Cent. During P a s t T h r e e Y e a r s — H a s More Peo-

jvigniet-mn a v e n u e w a s t ^ i i i a i leas _i_ T L — C , , • », , than half t h e c o s t of t h e proceeding . p l # T h * n 8 t a t e o f N « » J , r 8 e v -

Jus t i ce S c u d d e r , in r e f e r r i ng the , , . •*• I

Special T e r m , s a i d : > Tn th ree yc"ars t he c o m m u t i n g popu-"The to ta l a m o u n t of a w a r d s here in i l a t lon of Long Island h a s increased

Is $3,216. T h e p roposed bill of cos t s j m o r e than fifty-six per cent. , a cco rd -a m o u n t s to $7.5$6.69. Al though in i ing to figures Just, compi led by the

• t r e e s proceeding*, bills v e<*af w h i c h j D o n * Is land Rai l road C o m p a n y . T h e

T h e pro jec t to erect a soldiers a n d Sa i lo r s ' m o n u m e n t a t the new As to r i a P a r k is mee t ing with very g e n e r a l s u p p o r t . T h e special commi t t ee a p ­po in ted by tne Taxpaye r s a n d Bus i ­ness Men 's Association of As to r i a to t a k e c h a r g e of the ent i re p ropos i t ion c o m p r i s c d ^ x - A l d e r m a n George O'Con­nor a s c h a i r m a n , Mr. R. K. W a n g e m a n a s s e c r e t a r y and M. A. Bleeekwenn. T h e . g e n t l e m c n named have been work ­ing h a r d a n d they have met wi th u n i ­versa l s u p p o r t . - The people every- -w h e r e h a v e heart i ly endorsed the s c h e m e and camps and posts of those who- ' w e r e in the Civil and S p a n i s h w a r s have extended the w a r m e s t c o m ­m e n d a t i o n s to those who a r e w o r k i n g for the good cause.

E a r l y In the movement t h e spec ia l c o m m i t t e e In charge realized the i r n u m b e r s were too smal l to c a r r y on to successfu l completion of such a n

•Two m a t t e r s of i n t e re s t a n d im- \ por t ance tha t were discussed a l the 1 mee t ing of the Dong Island City I Bus iness Men ' s Assoc ia t ion a t i ts headnua r t e r s , 48 J a c k s o n avenue , on i T h u r s d a y af ternoon, were the neces - ;

slty of an immed ia t e a p p r o p r i a t i o n for. ' the recons t ruc t ion of the Queensboro :

Bridge to adupt it to the new rap id t rans i t sys tem, a n d the advis ibi l i ty o f ' t ak ing s t eps a t "once to have a con­nection m a d e be tween the M a n h a t t a n I end of the S t e i n w a y tunne l a n d the I Lex ing ton -avenue s u b w a y . '

Concern ing the work to be done on ; the bridge, it w a s b r o u g h t out t h a t It j is highly I m p o r t a n t t h a t the* Board of !

E s t i m a t e should be u rged r igh t now I to a p p r o p r i a t e the m o n e y asked f o r . Several m o n t h s a g o by former Bridge I Commiss ioner O'Keeffe.

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TANGO DOG IS LOCKED IN CELL

Everybody in the mll l lnexy shop a t 64 J a c k s o n avenue , Dong Is land City, m a d e for cover on T h u r s d a y a f te r - j noon when a seedy-loojii t jg individual j t angoed himself Into the s to re a n d up to a la rge pla te g lass mi r ro r . After t he In t ruder had t angoed to h i s pe r ­sonal sa t i s fac t ion a n d bowed himself uns tead i ly from (lie s tore , t h ings were pu t to order aga in .

T h e young lady in c h a r g e of the s t o r e th is Fr iday morn ing , J o h a n n a F leckens te ln , was a l m o s t s ca r ed to d e a t h when the s a m e pe rson tangoed in to t he place aga in th i s F r iday m o r n ­ing and s t a r t ed the s a m e pe r fo rmance he had"' gone th rough on T h u r s d a y .

Miss Fieckenslein r a n from the place al tg called P a t r o l m a n O'Brien-, of the H u n t e r ' s Foint s ta t ion house , into the s to re . O'Brien found the m a n d a n c - | ing before_ a mi r ro r , .snapping his • l ingers and h u m m i n g one of. thy la tes t >

exceed in a m o u n t t he a w a r d s , a r e f r e ­quent ly approve! , I fell th i s m a t t e r should be r e fe r red to a n official r e ­feree to h e a r a n d repor t . In t h e hope that_ t h a t w e a k n e s s In ou r s y s t e m fur the c o n d e m n a t i o n of p roper ty ; wfcleTF " t h r permi t s such r e s u l t s a s a r e he re in dis closed, m a y he po in ted out , to the end tha t a r e m e d y m a y be had."

The official re feree , e x - J u s t i c e W i l ­l i a m J. "Dickey, confi rmed the hills of costs in e a c h e a s e except t he -charge of $1,800 by S a m u e l S m y t h , a n e x p e r t bui lding w i t n e s s In the Radde s t r e e t case, wh ich he r e c o m m e n d s be c u t out*——-.

Ass i s t an t Co rpo ra t i on Counse l W a l ­ter C. S h e p p a r d of the Queens B u r e a u of S t r e e t O p e n i n g p r o c e e d i n g who

g e n e r a l popula t ion hasr jftcreased Torty. four per cen t , d u r i n g t h e s a m e period.

-final yea r exac t ly 215,419 s i x t y - t r i p m o n t h l y c o m m u t a t i o n t i cke ts were sold, a s a g a i n s t 137,937 In 1910—before

Ra i l road ' s Eas t River tunne l service . T h e ra i l road ' s r e p o r t s a l so show t h a t

Dong Island, with 2,500,000 people, h a s a s la rge a popula t ion a s New Je r sey , double t h a t of Connec t icu t , a n d g r e a t e r t h a n the combined popu la t ion of New H a m p s h i r e , Vermont , U tah , Montana , Idaho , Oregon, D e l a w a r e . N e v a d a and W y o m i n g . T o d a y the re a r e 645,849, or 44.4 per cent , more people living on Dong Is land t h a n In 1910. One In every four r e s iden t s of t he S t a t e lives on Dong i s l a n d .

Bui ld ing ope ra t ions on Dong Is land r ^ V ^ r o ^ e d ^ ^ ^ a v ^ n l r r n * - = * = " a c t ^ t ? . ' D u ­ll • " £ * P roceed ings . »a.vs c o n c e r n i n g , , t h p j , , T> , K lgh te*n th . a v e n u e a n d R a d d e , l m 7 g > 5 8 g R t o r e 8 i 4 S . f a c l ; , r l ; 8 a n t l 6 3 3

!22? mS,: w 8 " ... j , i misce l laneous s t r u c t u r e s were erected. "The E i g h t e e n t h a v e n u e p roceed ing , j n t n e p a H t p l K h t tn a t o t a , o f

was begun s e v e r a l y e a r s ago, long b e - i fiM96 b u l l d i n g s - a n a v e r a g e of near ly fore I w a s In c h a r g e of th i s office, h u t ; g.ooo per yea r—have been erected on we h a v e ac t i ve ly opposed the c l a ims D o n g Island, exclus ive of Brooklvn and of p r o p e r t y o w n e r s w h o m a d e w h a t we cons idered excess ive demands* a n d have succeeded In c u t t i n g t h e m down from $60,000 to $8,215.

"I a m n o t r e spons ib le for t h e long t ime t h i s p r o c e e d i n g w a s d r a w n out

Dong Island c i t y . T h e Informat ion is given in a I

p a m p h l e t Issued by the traffic d e - ! p a r t m e n t of the Ixmg Is land Ra i l - j road . Besides o the r In te res t ing fac t s , and figures, the p a m p h l e t con ta ins a

b u t every d o l l a r of expense we h a v e ! m a p Ind ica t ing ' f h r ^ i o c a t l o n or fac- •' Incurred In r e d u c i n g t h e a m o u n t of ' toele*lT, r e s idences a n d e s t a t e s , farms, , c l a ims w a s Jus t l y expended a n d h a s p l ea su re ^ r e so r t s . , h u n t i n g g rounds . : p roduced good r e s u l t s . ejsst | Traffic M a n a g e r ;A. D. Dangdon s a y s |

"In r ega rd t o t h e R a d d e St ree t p r o - '• in a conc lud ing p a r a g r a p h : ceedlng, .1 r e c o m m e n d e d t h e t h r o w i n g I "Dong Is land in n a t u r a l l y a t t r a c t i v e out of S m y t h ' s c la im, a s It could no t I to persons wh# c a r e for coun t ry life, j he shown t h a t h e h a d done a n y t h i n g , j w h o love var ie ty a n d beau ty of land--Allen, t he r e a l e s t a t e exper t , w h o g a v e I scape , v iews of woods a n d pla ins , bays t h e t e s t imony , w a s allowed $800. j a n " sound from h igh land , or who p re - I

"K c r i t i c i sm is m a d e b e c a u s e t h e j g * M £ " c t , a n side, for all t a s t e s can ' a m o u n t of c o s t s exceeds t he a m o u n t : »e su i ted . v J t Is a t t r a c t i v e to persons of t he award*-,l t Is urtjust, In t h a t It I * * & * _ * _ | ° • * • • _ * I l v ' ^ by cu l t l va t -does no t t a k e * n t o cons idera t ion t h a t i l n g , t h e 8 r , u - r , , r ,tlje soil Is p roduc t ive the v e r y s m a r t n e s s of t he nwii*A ,Jn-, j * ? _ U ! f " ? , t o " i " " 1 ?? 1 ? ' , u . .d ' \ , * r e a t

dlcates the l a rge a m o u n t s ^ o r % l r i ^ i ^ r k e t is near . It is a t t r a . t l v e to , „ . , , , . i_ nrnditolnff t h a t r esu l t • Persons whose bus iness Is In New V ork 1

" S h i l w^^ s i t m » l n r t v ^ and let ! C U v - f o r n l a < f i » on t h e no r the rn hll.y j b l 7 a w i r d « . £ i n " w i t h u t opposi t ion ! f n ^ ' 0 » ; , . t h ; ' ™ I « I - «ntand section, o r ] .JFA »»,,•« _ .«_^« nnnriomivninn he ' t h e s o u t h e r n ocean sec t ion have com- ( and t h u s e s c a p e condemna t ion b e - f o r t a h l o f m < 1 f r p q ) | P n t t r a i n g o r v k . c , t „ [ cause the c o s t s exceed the a w a r d s ? "

HELD FOR GRAND JURY FOR LYING TO JUDGE

F o u r M a s p e t h r e s i d e n t s were a r ­r a i g n e d In F l u s h i n g cou r t before M a g ­i s t r a t e F i t c h T h u r s d a y on a c h a r g e of a s sau l t . One of tire men . all of Whom a r e fore igners , pleaded t h e y could no t u n d e r s t a n d Engl i sh .

Samuel S t e l m m e r , sr chauffeur, the . compla inan t , h e g a n to r e l a t e his

Charge to t he effect t h a t t he defend­a n t s had b o m b a r d e d his au tomob i l e with bot t les jyh t le ho was p a s s i n g th rough M a s p e t h .

• T o u a r e a l i a r ! " spoke u p Louis Devlnsky, o n e of t h e four.

"1 t h i n k you u n d e r s t a n d Eng l i sh well enough a n d I will hold you al l

- for the G r a n d J u r y , " said t he n m g i s -t r j t f e . - , . ....... _ j s? -.

TO TWLtt TO GIRLS.

Oloyd C h a p m a n , one of t h e expe r t s employed by T h o m a s A. Edison, t h e W l s a r d of Menlo P a r k , to m a k e a t o u r of t he world r ecen t ly t o m a k e expe r i ­m e n t s In t h e v a r i o u s gold mines , will tfeltvef a l ec tu re before the m e m b e r s of t he Queens Gir ls ' C lub s t t he home of Mrs. Alfred J . E n o th i s evening, t e l l ­ing of some of h i s exper iences In the different c o u n t r i e s .

t he cen t e r of t he ci ty, t imed to a c ­c o m m o d a t e c i ty bus iness life. It Is a t t r a c t i v e to all c lasses because its c l ima te Is more uniform a n d p leasan t t h a n the main land In the s a m e l a t i ­t ude , because Its a i r is pure , i ts wa t e r a h u n d a n t and of excel lent qua l i ty and Its d r a i n a g e good."

L U M B E R . T R U C K W R E C K 8 TA'XI W I T H BRIDAL COUPLE

The wedding of F r a n k Gilbert , a local pol i t ic ian, c a m e n e a r to being pos tponed p e r m a n e n t l y Thursday;; 4fcfr. Gi lber t and his b r i de - t o -be , Miss JStkud Cot te r , of F reepor t , in t r y i n g to pva4e the i r a t t e n t i v e and loving frleftds. e'n* gaged a t ax icab to go to t he [home'eif-t he Rev. F r a n k M. Ker r , a P r e s b y t e r i a n p reache r . r^

J u s t before t he tnx leab reached the p a r s o n a g e a r u n a w a y t e a m o3f horses a t t a c h e d to a l u m b e r wagon r a n in to t he vehicle. T h e t ax i cab was wrecked a n d Its o c c u p a n t s t h rown out.

Miss Cot te r was conveyed Into the rec tory , where she w a s hys ter ica l for a t ime. The ce remony w a s then per ­formed, bu t f r iends of t he br idal cou­ple, l ea rn ing of the acc ident , a r r ived nt the house. T h e y g a v e Mr. and Mrs . OUbert a mos t unexpec ted "semi off," wi th t h e ' a c c o m p a n i m e n t of rlco and shoes . , t

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T h i s idea wasTpfomptly accep ted a n d t h e c o m m i t t e e given full power t o p r o -ceed a s "They deemed best for t,he l n -t e r e s t o f "the "project. 1—r- —

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ou t i nv i t a t i ons "to wel l -known r e s i ­d e n t s of As to r i a to serve on the c o m ­m i t t e e and favorable a n s w e r s h a v e been recpived from the fol lowing r e s i ­d e n t s of t h e locali ty:

M e s s r s . J o h n .Messenger, Dr. H. P . Mencken , J . B. Tlsdale, B. W. Sldlo, M a t t h e w D. Quinn, A. B. Ten Kyck, Dr. ft. F . Mac-Farland, H o w a r d H a l -lett , Alex S. Wil l iams, Benj . A. M a c -dona ld . J e s s e El lsworth, Hon. B. M. P a t t e n , Hon. George M. O'Connor, Hon. D. J . H a r t e , J u d g e T h o m a s C. K a d l e n , F. N. Smi th , .F. ('. Trbwbridgve. Henry" Mar t in . Char le s Huber , J o h n I l e t h e r -ing ton a n d Ot to Metz.

It is expec ted tha t a m e e t i n g will be held a t an ear ly date .a t which a p e r m a n e n t organiza t ion wid be effected a n d some idea will be developed a s to t he p lan a n d scope of the work to be done . T h e impor t ance of the u n d e r ­t a k i n g a n d the difficulties to be ove r ­come by the member s of the c o m m i t ­tee a r e fully Appreciated. It will t a k e m o n t h s before the project will h e def­ini te ly out l ined, but those i n t e r e s t ed a r e perfec t ly willing t o do all In the i r power to b r ing the project to a s u c ­cessful t e r m i n a t i o n ; and the re will be no let up in the i r en thus ia s t i c d e v o ­tion to the cause .

Backed By the Vete rans . At a mee t ing of the Queens C o u n t y

Memor ia l and Execut ive o C m m i t t e e of t h e G. A. B. on December 6th, t h e fol lowing was adop ted :

"WJTcreas, The Astor ia T a x p a y e r s a n d Bus iness Men's Associat ion h a s a p p o i n t e d a commit tee to cons ider t h e du ty of e r ec t ing a soldiers and sa i lo r s ' m o n u m e n t in memory of our ' hono red dead ,

"Kesolved, T h a t we as su re the ass-i-c ia t lon of our hear ty suppor t a n d c o ­o p e r a t i o n . "

Dr. R. F . .MacFarlane. P a s t C o m ­m a n d e r of Benjamin Rlngold Pos t , G. A. R., wr i t i ng to Secre ta ry W s n g e -m a n n , not i fy ing tha t gen t l eman of h i s wi l l ingness to serve on the c o m m i t ­tee in c h a r g e of the project ; a d d s :

"I c a n also promise the ac t ive , e a r ­n e s t a n d financial help of Rlngold Pos t , G. A. R."

Joe Hooker Corps. H e a d q u a r t e r s of Joe Hooker Corps ,

W. R. C , No. ,101 Wes t 25th s t r ee t , N. Y. C ; annex to Joe HiKjker Pos t , 128, G. A, K. *

' T)ear F r i end :—At the r e g u l a r m e e t ­i n g of t h e Joe Hooker Corps, 144, W. R. C , held on "Saturday evening, D e ­c e m b e r 27th,* 1*13, our P a s t P a t r i o t i c - Ins t ruc to r , Miss Annie Phelan , •'*' trcto*-sin of the Rev. Fa the r Phe lan , who w a s , before 'tils death, pas to r of Mt. C a r m e l C h u r c h , ' A«torJs, told us of t h e noble work which the people of A s t o r i a were doing In erec t ing a m o n u ­m e n t t o the soldiers and sa i lo rs w h o fough t In t he Civil War. I a m s u r e It Is a g r e a t and noble u n d e r t a k i n g , and we felt as if we mus t wr i t e to you, t o show our apprec ia t ion of y o u r efforts. W e know t h a t you h a v e been w o r k i n g u n d e r difficulties and feel t h a t you h a v e at las t overcome them, and t h e co rps t h a n k you for your efforts

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p u t the br idge Into condi t ion for c i ther I e levated or s u b w a y t r a i n service.

P l ans have been t e n t a t i v e l y p repared for this work, b u t t h e Bridge D e p a r t - j ment c a n n o t go a h e a d wi th the work i of -Ira wing u p . Una1! p l ans and speci ­fications unti l t he m o n e y is in s ight , j

In view of the f ac t t h a t a l a rge sec - j flon of the Dong I s l and City a p p r o a c h I h a s to be very m a t e r i a l l y a l te red and j r e a r r a n g e d hffnrp It win he connected I wlfh the union e leva ted s t a t i on a t the 1 plaza, the people A t h i s ' s e c t i o n face I the. unp l ea san t p r o s p e c t of see ing the j local e levated l ines comple ted long before the br idge Is in condi t ion to j c a r ry t he t r a i n s a c r o s s the r iver . •

AIT the c o n t r a c t s for the Q u e e n s ! lines t h a t c e n t e r at the plaza. Ificlad—| ing tha t for the p l aza s t a t lpn , have j been signed a n d ye t not even the d r awings for t he b r idge work have been finished.

The Bus iness Men ' s Associa t ion will ! co -ope ra t e wi th the C h a m b e r of Com- I mere s and o the r local o rgan i za t i ons In j d emand ing tha t the Board of E s t i m a t e j apt upon' th i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n a t the I ear l ies t possible m o m e n t .

E d w a r d A. MacDouga l l offered a i sugges t ion t h a t r i gh t now would be* a good t ime to u rge the Public. Se r - : vice Commiss ion to prov ide for the ear ly extens ion of t he S t e i n w a y t u n -»<ai.to the Grand C e n t r a l T e r m i n a l and l for' a connect ion be tween th i s tunnel and the s u b w a y in Dexington avenue .

No provis ion h a s t h u s far been I m a d e for any connec t ion be tween these two routes , a l t h o u g h both a r e to be opera ted a s p a r t s of the new rapid t r a n s i t s y s t e m by the s a m e company , the I n t e r b o r o u g h . It is con­tended t h a t p a s s e n g e r s from Dong I s * ^ land City should h a v e the r igh t to j t r ans fe r w i thou t t he p a y m e n t of ex-t t a fare to t he Dexing ton a v e n u e line as well a s to the p r e s e n t s u b w a y . j

On mot ions by H e n r y S. Cassebee r , and George J. R y a n the assoc ia t ion decided to t ake up w i t h the Public | •Service Commiss ion the m a t t e r of the j ex tens ion of the S t e i n w a y , t u n n e l to | the Grand Cent ra l T e r m i n a l and i ts :

connect ion wi th the Lexington a v e n u e I line.

It Is said t h a t t h i s work could be car r ied o n - s i m u l t a n e o u s l y wi th the r e . cons t ruc t ion of the tunne l , p l ans for ; which a r e now be ing comple ted . It Is ' expected tha t the c o n t r a c t for th is r e ­cons t ruc t ion work will be let ear ly next m o n t h and t h e r e a r e hopes t h a t :

n shu t t l e service c a n be s t a r t ed in the I tubes by next Ju ly .

Tubes Net Leaking Seriously. 1 T. G a r d n e r E l l s w o r t h , p r e s iden t o f 1

the Knlted C h i c Associa t ions , asked j for Informat ion c o n c e r n i n g the r u m o r t h a t the S t e i n w a y tunne l Is l eak ing badly.

George J. .Ryan s t a t e d t h a t he had been rel iably informed only recen t ly tha t the percola t ion w a t e r Into the tubes u n d e r the r ive r w a s not a t all j s e r ious : no more . In fact , t h a n could i be expected. T h e r e Is less seepage In ' these tubes , he s t a t e d , t han In the ! tunnel he tween the B a t t e r y and Brook- I lyn t h r o u g h ' w h i c h s u b w a y t r a i n s now run . I t Is neces sa ry In t h a t t u n n e l to have two shi f ts of m e n to look af ter the pumping , while only one shif t Is required In the S t e l n w n y tunnel . i

Mrs. E. V. Pickerel! , of El Paso , Tex. , ! who o w n s a la rge r a n c h . In tends to go Into t he bus iness of raising s p i n e l e s s ' cac tus , despi te he r a d v a n c e d age, for , she Is s even ty - fou r y e a r s old. She Is ! very agi le and t r a v e l s over he r ranch dally. 4*

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Even af ter the po l iceman l-m.i ?n;id" a p r i soner of the dance r and s t a r t e d to lead him down J a c k s o n a v e n u e in the di rect ion uf the house wi th the ' g reen l ights on F o u r t h s t ree t , the u ingo i s t cont inued his an t i c s . De- j l ighted wi th th«s fac t t h a t he had found :

a par ' tner In the m a n wi th the b rass ;

bu t tons , he tried to d a n c e wi th . O 'Brien, }

In the s ta t ion house the p r i soner : "gave nis~n'ame to DleaiteTlutil "Jerry*-1 Magl ln as William S c o t t ^ t h i r t y - e i g h t yea tS of age. a mus i c i an by occupa—1 t lon. The only a d d r e s s t h a t Hcott • would give was Carneg ie Hal l , M a n - ! h a t t a n .

After the p r i soner ' s pedigree was t aken he tangoed his w a y to a cell it the s t a t ion house, whe re he will have a chance to cool off before be ing a r ­r a igned in the L o n g I s land City police cour t .

A p a t h e t i c t a lc of negieet was told to the Greenpo ln t i-olk-e this F r i d a y morn ing by an e leven-yeur-old boy, who dec la res t h a t the man with whom he h a s been l iv tpg since' thw d e a t h of his p a r e n t s moved away T h u r s d a y whlle the boy w a s a t school and failed to leave his new' address behind.

Homeless and hungry , the boy says he r o a m e d a b o u t the s t r ee t s until he was picked up by Theodore Svvcnson of itS Noble s t r e e t and t aken to the police s t a t i on .

The i i o y U S tephen Golden. H e Is an o r p h a n a n d a bright looking chap . The boy's f a the r died 'stn-erai y e a r s ago and more recen t ly his mother died. He was then t aken into the home of F rank Wasoek l , a re la t ive of the f a m ­ily, who i h e d a t 139 N o r t h Seven th s treet .

Dur ing the ques t ion ing of the po­lice, the- boy admi t t ed tha t his life, hadn't | . ren exact ly to hiss likirm in

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Congressman O'Leary Discusses the

Postoffice Situstion at Meeting of

L. I. City "Business Men's As­

sociation on Wednesday.

Congressman Denis O'Leary i n ­formed the m e m b e r s of the Long I s l ­a n d City Business Men ' s Assoc ia t ion on T h u r s d a y a f t e rnoon t h a t h e u n d e r ­s t a n d s t h a t one of t he two s i tes r e c ­ommended for Dong Island City 's n e w postofflce bui ld ing is u t t he corner of J a c k s o n a v e n u e a n d Arch s t reet , oppo­s i te the Hicks bu i ld ing a n d Pub l i c School No. 1.

Arch s t r ee t a t t h e p resen t t ime Is a compara t ive ly IMtle knowljustreet , o n e of the shor tes t ftl t h e borough, de r iv ­ing pract ica l ly all of Its i m p o r t a n c e from the fact t h a t i t leads directly t o the freight depot of t h e . Ixing I s l and Rai l road. The plot is ten ta t ive ly i m ­proved wi th a row of sheds she l t e red oehind a bi l lboard and- occupied by a Junk dealer. T h e e a s t e r l y end of t h e block WHS formerly known a s T r i d e n t F a r i n a baseball g round . It is u n d e r -

Bcftvol a s usual . When he re tu rned home at't-er school he found every >blt of fu rn i tu re removed from the place and no s igns of the man with whom he had been l iving.

The buy broke down and cried. But after t h i n k i n g it over he says he d e ­cided to seek a haven" elsewhere, and so set ou t for Greenpolnt . He stood a round the c o r n e r s until la te and then went a l o n g side s t r ee t s . h»r l nE" s a m e .

*TWS» • m n d T jjfr ompany owns The Tana".

According to t h e r ecommenda t ions m a d e to the V. 8. T r e a s u r y Depa r t ­men t by Special Agent A. S. M a c G r e -£or , who inves t iga ted the^si tg p ropos i ­t ion in th i s sect ion l a a E j M m h . e i t he r th fs -a i te HF.^one' pleirert out abo«» the Bridsie iiijjfc»7£dii ) ) e selected. Trio ex ­ac t locatioff of the site, nor th of t he plaza Is not yet a m a t t e r of publ ic knowledge.

JUMPED IN FRONT OF T R A I N AT JAMAICA

About 4 o'clock on T h u r s d a y after-1 neon nea r the Dunton s t a t i on of t he Long Island Railroad a wes tbound t r a in of the company s t r u c k and fatally Injured Pe t e r Rusehie , e igh teen yea r s Old, of 4" B a n d m a n avenue , J a m a i c a , | who had been wa lk ing on tlve n o r t h ! Willi of the e m b a n k m e n t a n d Jumped I down in front of t he t r a in . He was not an employe of t he company and • had no bus iness the re . T h e t r a in w a s ( s topped and it was found t h a t h is Iff11 leg w a s a m p u t a t e d above the knee and r igh t hand a t the wris t , and ills r ight 1

leg was fractured. He was o tnerwlse badly bruised and ba t t e r ed . * He w a s ' a t t e n d e d by Dr. Be rgen and t aken t o . St . Mary ' s Hospi ta l , where "he died from shock abou t 9 o'clock las t n ight . '

SITE FOR M A R K E T IN | LONG ISLAND CITY!

Samue l Brock, la te s e c r e t a r y of the I Borough of Queens and ' who 1» s la ted , for t he new office of execu t ive sec-re-! tory , outl ined the . p l ans of the Public Market Commission, for t he benefit of t he member s of the Long Island City Bus iness Men's Associa t ion a t the mee t ing on T h u r s d a y . . j

Mr.-Brock h a s been g iv ing t h e m a r - ; ke t proposi t ion careful s tudy and h e ' s a y s there is r eason to believe that a s i te In Long Is land Ci ty will probably j be selected for ope of t h e new m a r k e t s -which it Is proposed to build iu differ- | ont p a n * of the ci ty.

ACCUSED OF STEALING FORTY QUARTS OF MILK

Pat r ick Long, of N o r t h W i l l i a m ' s t ree t . Astoria, a f ter be ing examined In the Long Island City police c o u r t , th i s Fr iday m o r n i n g before Mag i s t r a t e Miller, on a cha rge of pe t ty larceny, I was held for the Cour t of Special S e s - i s ions In $300 ball.

Wil l iam Dil lman, of 10t;.*> F o u r t h rive- . nue, Astor ia , a m i l k m a n , a l leges tha t or, J a n u a r y 4th he saw the d e f e d n n t s teal forty dflnrts of lUtltk from t h e ' front of Rnthenjperg's confect ionery !• s tore on Fulton avenue . Long was a r - ' t es ted a t the t ime by P a t r o l m a n Clan- I cy, of the As tor ia police s t a t ion , J

Body would a sk him wha t he was d o ­ing out so la te a n d invite him in.

It was a f te r midnight when Mr. Swenson c a m e a c r o s s ' t h e boy on Noble s t ree t and ques t ioned him. Then he took the lad a t once to the s t a t i on hinjse. T h e boy was given over to

S Chi ld ren ' s Society and the police a re m a k i n g an effort to locate t h e ' man who dese r ted him. The m a n ls-sald to be employed in the suga r r e -tinery on Kent avenue .

T W E L V E W O U L D - B E CITIZENS MUST A W A I T RULING ON LAW

One of the la rges t c rowds tha t ever packed in to the large court room oc­cupied by p » r t 1 of the S u p r e m e Court in the Long Island City Cour t House w a s seen this Fr iday when near ly 200 a l iens , each accompan ied by two wi tnes ses , came up for ex ­amina t ion for final c i t i zensh ip papers.

Justice. C r a n e put over twelve a p ­p l ican ts tfi a w a i t the decision of Fed­eral J u d g e s Veeder and Mayer on the val idi ty of the i r first papers under the new law. P r i o r to J a n u a r y 1*rfT 1 fl07, when the n e w na tu ra l i za t ion law wen t into effect, first p a p e r s In c i t izenship were valid until used. Under the new-law the first ' p a p e r s a re invalid af ter seven y e a r s , if within t h a t t ime the holder h a s not m a d e appl icat ion for llnal p a p e r s . , !

All of the twe lve whose ap l ica t lons were put over th is F r iday received the i r first p a p e r s more t h a n seven yea r s ago . The Judges of the Federal Cour t will decide whe the r the first papers t a k e n ou t under the old law remain valid unti l used or w h e t h e r the new law Is re t roac t ive .

MEN TO HOLD MEETING TO URGE VOTES FOR W O M E N

The Men 's League for W o m a n ' s Suf-wlll hold frage of Queen* County will hold a

mass m e e t i n g orl Tuesday evening nex t at the h e a d q u a r t e r s of the W o m a n ' s Suffrage P a r t y , Nit 48 Kast Thlrtx Fourth s t ree t . Mahha t ta t t . Alfred f Urowu. i-rcHident ok the Queens Cotm ly o rgan iza t ion , wil*. preside, and It i ) v i i t . r - t t i . l , 1 . . , , i t 1 . , . . . ! , -T„A _*. . . . , i , t . . . , , ., i i .\ |M et. |>ie, j i n n n 1*. expected t h a t at least :!00 men will be present In addition to many women of t he S u f f r a g e ; par ty , Among the SI r a k e r s will be Miss LaFol le t te , daughte r 'Of S e n a t o r Hubert M. La Fol-lette. of W i s c o n s i n : J a m e s Lees L a k l -liiw, i>resident of the Men's League of W o m a n ' s Suffrage of the S t a l e of New York: It. C. Beadle, sec re ta ry of the S t a t e L e a g u e , a n d Mrs. *A|fred J. F;no, Queens C o u n t y cha i rman nf the W o ­m a n ' s Suffrage Pa r ty .

DRIVER FALLS PROM WAGON.

—CuiigrpHsman O Deary ' s presence ' a t the mee t ing of the bus iness men ' s a s ­sociation was a t the cordial Invi tat ion of the officers, who ho|»ed t h a t he m i g h t be able to shed some l ight on t h e probable locat ion of t he new Fede ra l building. He s ta ted t h a t t hus far t h e r e la not much informat ion available, b u t he promised t h a t when he re tu rned to Wash ing ton he would c a l at, the office of the supe rv i s ing a rch i t ec t of t h e T r e a s u r y D e p a r t m e n t for fur ther d a t a . He is anx ious to expedi te a Anal s e -

| lection and hopes t h a t it m a y be m a d e | wi th in a few m o n t h s .

The C o n g r e s s m a n gave It a s h i s I opinion t h a t t h e people of this sec t ion \ should not be d i sappo in ted if t h e s i t e

finally chosen is no t a s p rominen t a s I m a n y would wish, for the very good j reason t h a t t h e cost of the s i te Is a I very Impor t an t cons idera t ion In th i s I ease, where the a p p r o p r i a t i o n l imit is I $200,0(10, with very poor prospect of a n y • fu r the r a p p r o p r i a t i o n s or new, post -. otilces for severa l y e a r s t o coslK. ! He stilted t h a t it w a s very essent ia l i. t h a t the cost of t h e s i t e be kep t wel l I unde r $iftn,ooo In o rde r t h a t sufficient

ft.nds may be left to a s s u r e a bui ld ing ; a d e q u a t e to the r ap id ly Increas ing p o s -j tal needs of th i s sect ion.

To Build Below Plaxe? j In view of the fact t h a t t he n e w I passenger s t a t i on of t he Long I s l a n d i Hall toad Is to be located a t Van A l « ! a n d H u n t e r s point avenues , n e a r t h e J por ta l of the S t e i n w a y Tunnel and bu t I a few blocks a w a y from the Arch s t r e e t • s i te , it Is genera l ly though t t h a t t h i s . r i t e has a very good chance of be ing i finally selected a s t h e location of t h e i new postoffice. j Another th ing in I ts favor Is t he fact I t ha t , n t j h e p resen t t ime, about e igh ty I per rem. oi the postal revenue in Dong I Island City is der ived from bus iness

e s t ab l i shmen t s located sou th and wes t of the Queens Coun ty Cour t House . . It has been predic ted that , with t h e

opening of the S te inway Tunnel , t h e lower end of Long I s l and City Is d e s ­t ined to develop Into a flourishing loft section—a neighborhood of l ight m a n u ­fac tur ing bus inesses , whose product Is largely d i s t r ibu ted th rough the p a r ­cels oust. Should such a development mater ia l ize , It will be Impor tan t t h a t the new postofflce be, located nearby .

P robab ly for the first t ime In the h i s to ry of the c o u n t r y a ro t today s t a n d s accused of m u r d e r . T h e a n i ­mal , a blue mnl tese , Is believed to have clawed John J e n k i n s , a Bald Mound Gll.l he rmi t , t o dea th .

Tclaphon* Its Astoria,

Dr. L. G. Brimmer DENTIST

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Rdward J o h n s o n , t w e n t y - t h r e e y e a r s of age . of 221 West N i n e t y - F i r s t s t reet . M a n h a t t a n , n driver, was In­jured on ' T h u r s d a y evening when he fell from his wagon while d r iv ing on Greenprdnt avenue , Bllssvlile. Dr. Sheehnn removed htm to Ml. J o h n ' s Hofpltnl suffer ing from a sca lp wound.

NEW TTP-TO-iytTB ASSORTMENT O* • UAMON-fift. WATfHKS AND

/ . IK« -RI.KV. tteiislrlns nf all kind* promptly doe*.

Small John wnlle yon valt at leas than Naw Vork price*.

SCARBOROUGH'S £7 JACKSON AVENUE.-4. . I. CITY.

W O M E N O F A R V E R N E T O DISCUSS DANGER OF STORMS

A meet ing of the res iden ts of A r -verne, to discuss m e a n s of a d j u s t i n g eendj t lons caused by t h e s to rm havoc of Inst week, will be held a t Arlon Hal t - Holland S ta t ion , R o c k a w a y Bench, Sunday a f te rnoon at 3 o'clock. It has been a r r a n g e d by p r o m i n e n t women of A r v e r n c

DUTCH KILLS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT ASS'N MEETING

The Dutch Kills Ci t izens ' Pub l i c Improvemen t Associa t ion will m e e t th is Fr iday even ing at Volker f s Hal l , 2T0 Prospect s t ree t . I xmg Island City, a t 8:30 o'clock. A good p r o g r a m o r bus iness has been prepared . All of the members a r e urged to be p r e s e n t

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