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WINS OUT IN TAX MATTE RS Counsellor Housel Gets Decisions Striking Lot Property From ' Assessment of Babylon Justice Harrington Putnam, of the Supreme Court has handed down " a decision in the case of the Manhattan Real Estate company against Charles R. Fltz, aa county treasurer, In which he holds that the Tax law which, per- mits the assessment ot the cheap lot property in Suffolk county in separ- ate lots is constitutional , but at the same time strikes from the Babylon town assessment rolls about eight pag- es of lots on the ground of Illegal as- sessment Counsellor Housel wins two out of three cases submitted. Justice Putnam says in his decision: "Even if the existing tax law lays a heavy burden on the delinquent taxpayer, and makes a draft upon the county treasury, that the tax sales will not replace , still , as the law does not of- fend against the state constitution, and does not contravene the federal constitution, this local , evil , in Suffolk county cannot be remedied by the courts." Justice Putnam suggests that a law similar to the Rockland county tax law might well be enact- ed for Suffolk county. In that coun- ty, by special provision, the county treasurer can wait until the arrears of tax amounts to two dollars. In this suit Counsellor Percy L. Housel , who has won a number of tax suits recently, brought up the ques- tion of the constitutionality of the tax law. He offered two tracts of equal area and value lying together at Lindenhurst as illustrations. The plaintiff' s tract being subdivided pre- sents 459 separate parcels , which when advertised at a tax sale costs 1369.60. The other tract whose entire acreage is described only by external boundaries, can be advertised as a single item, which costs but; $3.60. It was argued that such a discrimination is not the equal , protection guaranteed by the constitution. That a tax law which so requires should be declared void, as unequal, arbitrary and oppres- sive. . -'' "' ' Justice-Putnam iu his decision says: "As far as the Federal Constitution is concerned, mere exemptions or in- equalities in state taxation are not forbidden by the fourteenth amend- ment Inequality in taxation is not itsejf a ground to substitute the Judg- ment of a court for'that of the legis- lature. Even if there were judicial power to supervise the legislative tax- ing laws, it would be difficult to pro- nounce, against a statute that required assessment in separate' parcels. The result in advertising the lands as they have been assessed is only part of the natural administrative method of col- lection, but In most instances is es- sential to protect individual owners. In case of 'developments of. a large tract into small, separate holdings , separate taxation is necessary to avoid a great hardship on the severed part interests. " i Taking up the question of expense in cheap lot tax sales Justice Putnam says: "Evidence has boon Introduced to show the burden of compliance with the provisions of the tax law that re- quires the separate assessment of all lots or parts of a subdivided tract By making each lot the unit of assessment the matter of expense to the county and town is greatly increased. When such taxes are not paid, the expense of publication may not only greatly exceed the amount of the tax, but runs up to a sum so disproportionate to the value , that this initial advertising out- lay by the county may never be re- paid, or recovered against the prop- erty. " Justice Putnam finds that a portion of the lots were doubly assessed and that these lots should be enjoined from the tax sale, otherwise tlje com- plaint is dismissed. Counsellor Housel intends to take an appeal. In a second action brought by the same company to enjoin a tax sale on the ground Of defective description, Justice Putnam dismissed the com- plaint. In an action brought by the Mi R. E. Holding Company against the county treasurer to enjoin the collec- tion of tax and penalties for non-pay- ment, Justice Putnam finds for the plaintiff that the description is .de- fective. This is known as the Linden Beach property. In the two suits won by the plain- tiff eight pages of lots are stricken from the assessment roll of the town of Babyl ¦ ¦ t ENTERTAINED AT CARD PARTY The card party given by. Mrs. Harry B. Howell and Miss A. Virginia How- ell , at the home of Mrs. How- ell, last Saturday ( afternoon , was a very pleasant affair. Auction bridge and five hundred were played there being eight tables. Prizes were won .by Mrs. Gaddis, Mrs. Fred Ries- dorph , Miss Aleta Corwln, Misses Cora and Leah Corwln , Mrs. A. W. Conklin, Mrs. W. H. Sweezy, Mrs. D. T. Corwin and Mrs. J. W. Hand. The decorations and favors were in keeping with St. Patrick's Day, and an elaborate colla- tion was served. FRIENDLY CIECLE MEETS The last meeting of the Farmers' Friendly Circle held last . Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Young, of Sound Avenue, was one of the most enjoyable of the season. A fine supper was served at 6 o' clock , thy dining room being pret- tily decorated in green, in honor of St Patrick's Day. The table was dec- orated with shamrock and crepe pa- per, green and white dollies and nap- kins. The . ladles all wore bonnets and the men caps made of green crepe paper. After the supper a nice pro- gram was rendered and the annuall election of officers took place. Slrsj John R. Fanning was reelected presi- dent; ' Mrs. A. S. Reeve was chosen vice-president , and , Mrs. Clarence J. Young secretary. DOINGS IN THE COUNTY Items of General Interest Picked Up in the Neighboring Vil- lages of Old Suffolk HAWLEY'S GIFT TO HOARD Wealthy Railroad Han Who Died At Babylon Left No Will But a Let- ter as to His Wishes Acting to accordance with a letter written by Edwin Hawley, saVs the New York Sun , before his death, his heirs have deeded to his housekeeper , Emma Sturges, known also as Mar- garet Cameron, his town house at II East Sixtieth street . New York cltjs. and Effingham Towers , his fine coun- try place at Babylon, besides settling on her an Income of $25,000 a year for the rest of her life, these provis- ions not to be nullified by her mar- riage in the future. The financier died intestate. but before his death he wrote a ' letter to his heirs and had ft wit- nessed by . John Williams, his head gardener, and ' Henry Peterson , his chauffeur , in which he requested those who would divide ' his property ' to make good provision - for . Miss Sturges, of whom he was very fond, and whom he sometimes Introduced ma his niece. The settlement is made ex- actly as suggested in this letter, the heirs giving explicit obedience to Mr, Hawley' s wishes. Justice Kelly handed down a de- cision in favor of the defendant, Wil- lard Baylis, of Huntington, in an action brought by ' Jere R. Ireland, ot the same place , to recover damages for alleged financial loss sustained be- cause the farm Ireland bought from Baylis did not contain as many acre* as he thought it should. The action was tried in a special term of the Su- preme Court in February. Mr. Ire- land bought the Eden and Duryea tracts at Greenlawn for $15,000. Neith- er party had surveyed either of the two parcels in the farm , supposed to measure 140 acres. When Mr. Ireland had a ' survey made he found the area 31 acres short and asked damages in the sum of $3, 214. Judge T. M. drif- ting, of Riverhead , appeared for : Mr. Ireland and Frederick Sanborn for Mr. Baylis. The Old Field Improvement Assoc- iation is soliciting subscriptions to a fund it hopes to raise and use in pay- ing for work that is expected to put the mosquitoes out of business in and about Conscience Bay, West Meadows, and parts of Setauket and Mt Sinai harbors. The United States Drainage company is negotiating to do this work for the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars. The Southampton Board of Trad* has just elected these officers: David J. Gilmartin, president; Edgar A. Hil- dreth and Henry Schwenck , vice-presi- dents; Charles A. Jaggar , secretary; Alva D. Ellsworth, treasurer. Direct- ors, Ormlston C. Gardner, William F. Corwith and Daniel M. Hurley. It was: decided to hold the annual banquet during ' the spring and a committee consisting of W. F. Llllywhite , Alvah D. Ellsworth and F. W. Burnett was appointed to arrange details. The Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution in Huntington, are to offer medals again this year for patriotic essays. The subject for the boy ' s essays "Causes of the American Revolution and Events Preceding the Battles of Lexington and Concord. " The subject for the girls Is "A Soldier Under Washington. " PRIMARY ELECTION ON TUESDAY Next Tuesday is Primary Day and the polls will be open from 3 p. m. to 9 p. m . Those who are enrolled are the \only ones who. can vote. . There are no contests and It is not expected that a very heavy vote will be polled . The polling places will be the same in this town as here tofore. All commit- tees , delegates , etc., now have to be elected at the primary and this makes a ballot about thirty-six inches long. The secretary of. the Suffolk County Agricultural society will be glad to receive any suggestions for the new premium list of the County Fair. The idea is to please the exhibitors and the society is anxious to have its new pre- mium list as near righ t as possible. The downpour of rain, last Friday, did considerable damage to the roads in this town as well as In other parts of the county. Superintendent ot Roads Brown, however, was on the job and soon had the roads in shape again. The roads in our town are getting In pretty good shape now and our. high- way department is doing good work. ! HIGH SCHOOL NOTES At the Debating society meeting, Monday night , the question , Resolved, That the extension of the New York Central railroad would be a benefit to Long Island was debated , and won by the negative, Clyde Tooker, leader. On Monday afternoon , the boys in- terested in baseball met and organized with the following officers: Manager, Philip W. Stackpole; Captain, Daniel D. Warner. The prospects are that the team.will be the strongest team that ever . represented the Riverhead High school. The delegates representing all the schools of Suffolk county are to meet In Riverhead on March 30 , to elect of- ficers for their annual lnterscholastlo meet, which Is to be held during the last part of May. The delegate from out- school is Victor Buscb. - The cap- tain of the track team for the comiog season Is Harrison Tyte , and the man- apor of the team is Bart Lutz. ¦ Raster vacation will begin on March, , 29th , ' _ . ' .. . ..__ \i.~_ i. VILLAGE ELECTIONS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY Lister is Defeated in Sag Harbor For Village President by Conrad Schaefer GRIFFING WINS BY 58 VOTES Women Vote In Babylon and Help Carry good Beads Appropriation Of $20 , 000. The annual election for village of- ficers and for appropriations in the incorporated villages of Suffolk county took place Tuesday. In several vil- lages there were no contests. In Sag Harbor there was a hot con- test and Thcinss Lister was defeated for village president by Conrad Schaef- er by a plurality of 100. Last .year Lister defeated Schaefer by a majority of about 40. The entire ticket of the People' s Party was ' elected. There were 750 votes cast For trustees , George H. Cleveland won over "William F. Ollgore by 36; John M. Woodward over George H. Edwards by 121; col- lector, William T. Vaughn over Michael J. Marouney 268. A. C. Dal- zall was elected treasurer. All the appropriations were carried except the fund for tree spraying, which was lost by one vote. Wlllard F. Gritting, Democrat was elected president of the village of Greenport, defeating Samuel P. Hedges, Republican, by 58 majority. Ansel V. Young defeated Fred B. Corey for treasurer by 16 votes. John Way was elected trustee without op- position as was John Klipp for col- lector, and J. Wlllard Preston for Po- lice Justice. The total'vo te was 448. In Southampton, Willis D. Van Brunt was again elected village presi- dent by 187 votes to 26 cast for Elmer Smith. Frank Corwith and Arthur Schermerhorn were elected trustees, Edgar A. Hildreth treasurer and Fran- cis Biggs collector , without opposition. The proposition to buy a motor tire truck was lost' by a vo te of 93 to 66. It was decided to have a police jus- tice, the vote being 118 for, 93 against. The Citizens' Ticket went through without opposition, in Patchogue. John J. Roe, one of Patchogue' s most pro- gressive citizens, was elected presi- dent with G. G. -Roe and Arthur P. Green, trustees , Arthur Hawkins col- lector and Edwin Johanknecht treas- urer. The proposition to raise by tax $851.35 to reimburse Health Officer Dr. Frank Overton, for expenses he was put to in defending a damage suit , was carried. Many women voted on the appro- priations in Babylon village and they helped largely to carry through an appropriation of $20, 000 for macadam- izing Main street in that village. It was also voted to spend $2,000 for fire apparatus. Edward Alley, Democrat, was re-elected president of Babylon over Chester 'O. Ketcham by a majority of twenty ; Capt Carl Jackson was elected trustee *y a majority of 194, and Joseph Keenan and Edwin M. Wil- son were elected treasurer and col- lector respectively without opposition. in Mineola, Counsellor Leone D. Howell and George H. Terry, both Riverhead boys, were elected trustees of the village. At Bellport , Everett M. Price was elected president; John TT Corwin, trustee; Willis Hawkins col lector and James R. Watklns treasurer. In Amltyville, Samuel P. Hildreth was re-elected president without op- position and the entire Citizens' ticket went in without a contest Northport village elected Samuel Robbins president , Henry E. Clarke and Arthur Cockcroft trustees , John D. Deveau collector, and John K. Sam- mis, "treasurer. The proposition to spend $3,500 for a public dock at the foot of Main street , was defeated by a vote of about two to one. MINSTREL SHOW WAS GOOD The minstrel show given last Satur- day night at the Auditorium, by the Riverhead High School Debating so- ciety made a big hit It was the "third annual," and the best yet. The costumes and make-ups of the boys who took part ware most excellent and the chorus of fifty boys and girls from the High school were very good. The local hits made by the end men took well. The scarf drill by girls of the school under the direction of Miss Flanagan, was very pretty. On ac- count of Dr. Payne being detained at Jamesport , the . Excelsior Quartette were unable to be present G. A. Am- mann, as a magician, entertained the audience well for a time. The farce, Case against Casey, was very funny and everybody in the show was good. After the minstrels there was dancing with music by the Invincible Orches- tra. The receipts were $190, which netted about $90 for the society. TO HAVE LOAN EXHIBITION The Suffolk County Historical so- ciety will hold a loan exhibition in Riverhead, during the latter part of July. The Idea is to have an exhibi- tion of articles of historic value, for the double' purpose of raising money toward meeting the financial necessit- ies of the society and of popularizing and promoting throughout the county public interest in Its operation as an educational and preservative agency. The emmittee having the matter in charge will meet at the residence of Mrs. T. M Orifflng, on March 27. RAIN CAUSE* WASHOUTS ] Heavy Storm Causes Much Damage to Roads And Delays Travel on the Long Island Railroad A wind and rain storm of a severity unparalleled In recent years, visited this section, Monday. It started in the morning and continued . all day and far into the night Blinding torrents oLrain were accompanied by wlnd-lhM; reached at times sixty miles an hour. The highways were btdly washed out and deep gullies formed , making travel slow and in some places dangerous. Fresh Pond Hill was badly gutted out Miniature rivers flowed down the streets of Riverhead , the drainage pita and cesspools not being able' to take care of the large volume of water. Traffic on the; Lone Island railroad was delayed owing, to serious wash- outs along the lis*. About 100 feet of track was put in a ' dangerous condi- tion east of Laurel.station. The west- bound afternoon, trains were held up for three hours Until the damage could be repaired. A gang of laborers were sent down from . Jamaica and worked all the afternoon filling in the wash- outs. Washouts on the. Montauk Division caused an abandonment of traffic east of Good Ground, Monday afternoon and trains from the Hamptons , Amagan- sett and Sag Harbor were held up by the break in the road. Instructions were sent out by the railroad company to engage automobiles and other con- veyances to convey the stalled pas- sengers to Good Ground , but- the high- ways-were so badly washed out that this was found to be Impossible , ao the blockaded trains were sent back to Montauk. East-bound trains went as far as the break in the track and then returned under the number and time of the regular train that would have gone through from Montauk but for the washout The high wind did considerable dam- age about the village. . . Trees' were blown over and wires were broken. The entire east end of Corwln & Vail' s lumber shed was blown out , At Wading River the wind blew over chicken ' coops ' and outbuildings. The signs of the Craig ' Inn went down, smashing windows, in their fail. A cloudburst at Southampton washed out the streets , which soon were under four inches of water. > During the blow; ; thej carryall that runs, between the State Hospital ' and the railroad station, .at Kings Park, was overturned ^ - and Although there were several passengers In the wagon they escaped without injury. ' • Much damage was done at Port Jefferson by the storm. The railroad- -sheds were blown over and the electric lighting system was so badly crippled that the village was in darkness during the early evening. DIED SUDDEN. ' ,!' AT L. J. HOUSE Charles Feist of 1331 Third avenue, Manhattan, a traveling salesman , died suddenly at the Long Island House, in this village , this Tnuxsday morning. Mr. Feist sold corsets and had- been coming to Riverhead for a number of years. He ' went to a moving picture show , with E. H. Howell , Wednesday night and retired in apparently the best of health. Thursday morning, when William Burns, the hotel clerk , wen t to call Mr. Feist there was no re- sponse and Mr. Burns went around to a window and entered the room. He found the salesman lying on the floor unconscious. Dr. Cornwell was sum- moned but the man died in a few min- utes. Mr. Feist was about 50 years of age. He was a widower, his wife having died suddenly about a year ago. WILL VISIT WASHINGTON The Long Island Press Association hel d a meeting at Patchogu e , las t Sat- urday, when the trip to Washington was the chief topic of conversation. The association ' s committee to make arrangements gave its report , and then it was formally decided by vote that the association accept the invi- tation of Congressman and Mrs. Little- ton to visit them at the National Cap- itol. The programme as outlined is to leave New York at noon, on Saturday, participate in a ' banquet Saturday evening as the guests of the Congress- man and his wife , when famous men will speak; visit Arlington Cemetery, on Sunday; meet President Taft and visit Congress and the Senate and have a sightseeing ride on Monday; trolley trip to Mount Vernon on Tues- day; visit the Library and some of the Department buildings on Wednesday, and go through the White House, which Mrs. Littleton says, would certainly interest the ladies of the party. The return trip may be made Wed- nesday night or Thursday morning. This is a tentative programme , sub- ject to alteration at the discretion of the committee on arrangements-^ Messrs. Walter S. Funnell , Archer B. Wallace and L. B. Green. Mr. Green will be treasurer. Secretary Wallace is to make a canvass of the members of the association to ascertain just how many will take the trip. The members are invited to take ladles or other friends to a limited. ' number. 'A party of one hundred can be managed conveniently, with all " accommoda- tions provided and rates will be lower if a large number go than it there are but a few In the party. April 27 is the tentative starting date. The association also voted to ac- cept the invi tation to visit the plant of Doubleday, Page & Co., at Garden City, and the date will doubtless be the occasion of an annual meeting, which is held on the first (Saturday In June. , MANY WILLS PROBATED IN SURROGATE 'S COURT Will of Dr. Adolph E. Gierasch M ' ¦ ~ ot Westhampton Leaves an Estate Valued at $13 , 000 I ESTATE OF LOST HUNTER Will of Edmund Smith Bailey, el BafeyV lea, Probated Although Body E M Kpt Yet Been Recovered _^ ¦ ¦ \ The will of Adolph Eugene Gier- asch , late of Westhampton , was prov- ed in the Surrogate' s Court , Monday afternoon, by Judge Nicoll. The es- tate Is valued at $13, 000, 110 , 000 of which is personal property. The use of the entire property Is left . to widow, Wilhelmina Gierasch , for life, and at her death it Is divided as fol- lows : To son, William Frederick Gierasch , the residence at Westhamp- ton and $500. ; to son, Walter S. O. Gierasch, six acres adjoining the homestead property and $2 ,000; to daughter , Hlldegarde Gierasch , mix acres adjoining the homestead prop- erty and $3, 0o6 is left in trust for daughter , Hlldegarde, until she ar- rives at the age of forty years , when she is to receive the principal; to son , Paul F. J. Gierasch, 5 acres of land and small house at Westhampton and $3,600. The farm at Wading River, consisting of 30 aoies and known as " tne Maples Place " , is left to the four children. . The will of Edmund Smith Bailey, late of Babylon, was proved Monday. The value of the ' estate is not given in the petition, which states that it is worth " more than $15,000".. Mr. Bai- ley, together with Dr. Carl demons and Capt Veltman . was supposed to nave been drowned off Fire Island on or about January 5th, and their bodies have not yet been recovered. They left Bay-shore on that day in a small launch and haw? never .been heard from since. Mr. Bailey' s will makes the following tv- juests: To brother, Theod oras Bailey, $100;. sisters, Flor- ence B. Lawrence and Mary da- Pey- ster Charles, - each $1, 000; nephew, John Bailey Charles, $1, 000 . and all residue is given to the executor in trust to pay the income to widow . Isa- bell Lydia Bailey, for life, and at her death the principal Is to be divided as she shall designate in her last , will and testament The will Is dated Aug- ust 17, 1910. The will of the late Edwin M. Rogers, of Brldgehampton , leaves property valued at $5, 000 personal and $4, 000 real. To daughter , : Mary E. Rogers, is given the income of $500 until she marries and she is then to receive the principal ; she la also given a home in the homestead property as long as she remains unmarried; all residue is given to widow, Phebe E. Rogers; for life and at her death it is given to daughter. In the matter of the transfer tax on the . estate of the late Robert Jefferson , Mt . Peconic , the value of the taxable property Is fixed at $9,028.77, and the tax at $90.29. The win 01 ' the late Mary F. Walk- er, of Deer Park , proved last Friday, leaves property valued at $1,000 to hus- band, William T. -D. Walker, for life, and at his death it goes to their child- ren. * Letters of administration on the es- tate of the late Egbert G. Lewis , of Northport were granted to son, Ed- mund . G. Lewis. Value " of estate , $1 , 000.\ William H. and Joseph H. Hughes , ot Manhattan, were appointed admin- istrators of the estate of the late.Win- ifred Fogarty, of Islip. Value $5, 842.71. - JOHN F. DEttON DEAD John F. Dlmon, age 92, died at his home in Jamesport Monday. Mr. Dlmon made a fortune many years ago with a vessel in South America. He had sailed all over the globe. Charles Christian, a Chinaman, now living in Rivernead, came to this country with Mr., Dlmon many years ago. Since he retired MT. Dimon has lived a quiet lite at Jamesport He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Aleta Sneden and Miss Mary Dlmon. HARRY KEITH LOSES HIS JOB Henry P. Keith, of Mineola, who de- fled Charles F. Murphy and defeated State Committeeman Edwin Bailey In the Senatorial convention, has as a result lost a $7 ,000 job. A few days ago Keith was removed by State Comp- troller Sohmer from the position as attorney for the transfer tax proceed- ings In Nassau county. The compen- sation is in fees and Is worth about $7,000 per year. It will be remember- ed that Keith defeated Bailey for State Committeeman at " the recent Democratic Senatorial convention and that in doing so he displeased Charles F. Murphy and now Bailey gets back at Keith by having him removed. The position held by Keith goes to Edward J. Deasey, of Glen Cove. ¦ It is now asserted-by the friends of State Committeeman Bailey that the fight to retain the Patchogue man on the State Committee will ' be carried on. The plan is to have the State Committee refuse, to seat Keith on the ground that his nomination was ille- gal and to let Bailey!:hold over as a member of the committee. . ' COURT ADJOURNED TO APR. 15 List of Graad And Trial Jurors Drawn , to Serve at 0 Trial Term Of the Supreme Court A panel of grand and trial Jurors was drawn by County Clerk Flana- gan on Saturday afternoon , to serve at a trial term of the Supreme Court to be r-'d In this village, commenc- ing on 'Monday, April 15. Justice Blackmar will preside. Following is the list of Jurors summoned: Grand Jurors—S. Ashley Stevens, Huntington, Charles E. Kirkup, Bay Shore , Albert B. Tuthill , Peconic , Wellington Soper , Deer Park , Geotge H. Fleet , Cutchogue, Samuel Higbie, West Islip, David Benheim, Linden- hurst, F. H. Gondii . Centre Moriches , John T. McKenna, Baysboa;, Charles A. Brown , Sajrrille , Frank F. Barrett , Huntington , Elmer B. Howell , Baby- lon , M. J. Hawkins , Centre Moriches, Edgar L. Lewis , Northport Samuel Laird , Islip; Jas. B. Albin, Babylon, Clifford Foster , Sagaponack , Daniel Baylis, ' Huntington, Scudder Arthur, Northport. . Frank W. Young, Aque- bogue , Rudolph Duryea , Great River, Robert W. Wells , Laurel, Clarence B. Dare , Seldea. Trial Jurors — Frank Bishop, Brldgehampton , Daniel Powell, Hunt- ington, Lester Hurtin, East Patchogue, Alfred W. Pearsall , Huntington, How- ard C. Sweety, Middle Island, William P. Bishop, Southampton , Herbert F. Phillips , Bast Quogue, Roscoe Conk- lin, Riverhead , Frank Ketcham , North- port, John Bennett Blue ' Point, Charles C. Miller, Springs, Adrian Burgen . Port Jefferson Station, Adolph Hoffman , Medford, Clarence Carman , Islip, J. R. Orth , Aquebogue , Edward Baylis, Melville , Edward S. Beebe , Cutchogue , Moses L. Scudder, Hunt- ington, Philip Weber; Fort Salonga , David Darby, East Hampton, Benja- min Blydenburgh . Northport , Frank Murphy, Melville , Ambrose Arnold, Babylon, Charles Metzger , Linden- hurst John F. Fanning, New Suffolk , George E, Smith, East Hampton , Ells- worth J. Tuthill, Southampton . Ray- mond Wallman, Patchogue, Franklin Baker , Moriches , Wallace , King, East Marion , Ernes t A. King,, Shelter is- land, Forest B. Randall ,.«t Sinai, Wil- liam O. Solmoa . Southold, W.S. Bald- win, Deer Park, Oscar Frowen, Cen- tre Moriches, Robert Palmer , Sag Harbor, Henry S. Mott , Northport , Henry P. Carll , South Di* Hills, George W. Conklin, Huntington, Lewis S. Tuthill, Soutfaold, J. J. Free- land, Port Jefferson , Charles Cos- grove , West Babylon, Floyd Piereon , Westhanapton , Joseph Gergrlch, - Am- ltyville , William B. Ross; Moriches, Francis Doxsee , Bayahore , William H. Monahan , St James , James Burns, Islip. . The date originally set for the April term of the Supreme Court In Suf- folk county was April 1 , but Satur- day, Justice Blackmar notified County Clerk Flanagan to adjourn the term to April 15. BIYEBHEAD WINS A PRIZE The committee selected to make the award of prizes for the best kept sta- tions for the year 1911, on the Long Island Railroad , has made the- follow- ing awards: First Class-^Roslyn first; River- head second; Far Rockaway third; honorable mention—Greenport , Oyster Bay, Amltyville , Babylon , Southamp- ton.. Parkville, Glen Cove , Glen St, Bay Shore; Freeport; Westbury, Say- ville , and Rockville Centre. Second Class—SmithtowD. first; Lind- enhurst second; Great Neck third; honorable mention — Ronkonkoma , Centre Moriches, Cutchogue, Farming- dale, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Bayport, Blue Point Westhampton, Sea Cliff , SyoBset , College Point Whltestone, Elmhurst Corona , Bayside and St ¦ TftTTt P-H Third Class—Water Mill first: St Albans second ; Great River third ; honorable mention—Medford, Aque- bogue, - Mastic, Bellport, Setauket Whltestone Landing, Woodeide, Little Neck, Winneld, Rosedale , Speonk, Hollis , Shoreham , Central Park, and Plnelawn. , . SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS ' At a meeting of the Board of Super- visors, held Monday evening, a reso- lution was passed approving of the final estimate and plans for the . south half of the cross-Island road between Port Jefferson and Patchogue. Tne piece of road to be built is 6.79 miles in length, extending from Coram through Medford to PatcBogue, and tne estimated cost Is $83,800, of whl&h amount the state Is to pay $41,900, the county $29 ,330 , and the town of Brook- haven $12,570. A resolution was passed increasing the salary of the clerk of the Board of Supervisors from $500 . to $900 , ' but with the understanding that the uerk hereafter Is to do all the typewriting necessary and also that tne salary is in lieu of any and all extra work and services performed. " . Last year the clerk was paid $600. but there, were charges of $150 for extra work. besldes $116 paid but for " typewriting. The Board had a number of tax .mat- ters on band and a lot of routine busi- ness. Couiity Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures Horace W. Lane was present and gave a detailed report of the State Convention of County Sealers, which he attended lately. Mr. Lane also told about the work he was doing in this county. . ¦ • ' • ' . ' . . ' „ ¦ " - 1. The Committee on Roads and Bridges was Instructed to look into the ' matter of a railroad bridge on the new county road at Port Jefferson Station *^HJrOr posed by the State Railroad . Commis- sion. ' ¦ : .' "V-y.' - - ' The Board adjourned Tuesday after- noon to meet again April l . nfft : ,W6 P- -2 -2 ' ' ;. • ' ¦ . 2^^2:2 IW3EY JIHUAS BIS SAY Some Timely Topics Picked Up By the County Review' s Special Correspondent TIE POITICAL SITUATION 1 ' JssVvbUcans Believe That Should Baeseveit Be Defeated He Win Sardy Sappert Ticket The contest for the presidential aoanlnatlon in both the Democrat and Republican parties is Just now ex- citing considerable interest We hear ¦ any opinions expressed on both sides. While the fight between Presi- dent Taft and Col. Roosevelt for the delegates Is going on merrily now, we expect to see Col. Roosevelt If he Is defeated for the nomination , Jump right In and support the Republican tieket While Governor Wilson seems to be tn the lead now among the Deuf- earaUe candidates , there Is talk ' of Mayor Oaynor as the dark horse M& ap yet It la anybody " a race. " "^ • • • ¦ .#[ The Long Island Railroad company la contemplating running excursions oat on Long Island , oh Sundays , dur- ing the spring and summer , to give people of the metropolitan district a aaance to get acquainted with the twenties of the Island. Frederick L. Terry, a prominent resident of Green- pert , suggests that the company run tit excursions on some other day than Baaday and giye the local merchants a chance to do business . - To this the eeanpany replies that last year it tried mid-week excursions and that they war* a failure. One of our leading , metropolitan papers was kind enough to publish the following which contains more or less " poetry: " Our state is dotted with villages , In each of which one or more weekly newspapers ~ are published. They . do not make any claim to being a review of the en- tire world,.even though they do not carry feature articles of a general najture . nor do they boast that their circulation is something ' prodig- ious. -Yet ' these country-newspa- pers appearing faithfully week - after w«ek , recording the happenings ' of the neighborhood , lending assist- ance to the unfortunate , extending sympathy and consolation to the be- reaved , chronicling with pardonable pride any Improvements In the town and bringing to the fireside a record ot those apparently trifling ' happen- ings that are really of more im- portance to the readers than the crowning of George the Fifth as Emperor of India, meet a demand in our . rural ; life. The country newspaper is of - . Inestimable Value in maintaining the moral and finan- cial standards of tho community. It _ something In •which the entire neighborhood can feel a common in- terest. It is deserving of the steady support not only of the home folks, but also of those - who look back with cherished memories to their life in the little town. If you know or hear of an inter- esting item in the community make if a point to see that it finds a place in your local paper. We would ap- preciate your effort and will send our reporter to ascertain or verify any lacking points. " Anything which tends to better or brighten the news ser- vice of a paper makes it of so much more value to the ' community and the subscribers are the ones mostly benefited thereby. — • • ¦ • A newspaper man can say nice and pleasant things about a man and his whole family for two long years and never hear a word from them, and then In one short week , by some hook or crook, get In a seeming uncharit- able phrase and ; get blowed higher than Gullderoy ' s Kite, and Incur the! life time enmity. This Is one of the secret pleasures of the business. ¦ . ¦ • When a young man is writing a love letter he should keep constantly be- fore ' his mind how it- would look In print, ¦ -7 WE8THAMTTOK FOLKS SURPRISED Last Saturday evening about forty friends of Station Agent Rlce. in charge' of the Westhampton office , and Mrs. Bice gave* them a masquerade surprise, party. The party marched to the sta- tion In masks and costumes represent- ing clowns, policemen, ruhes , immi- grants, etc., with some of the African race mixed in. After dancing for a while in' mas k, these were removed and much' merriment was caused by the discovery of who the different ones were. After more dancing, cards were played and an elaborate lunch- eon was served. During the evening Miss Addle C. Davis.sang and played several piano selections. Mrs. Her- bert -Winters also entertained with music upon the piano. Much laughter was caused when Garfield Bennett gave his funny stories and ventrilo- quism. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wines , Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hann, Mr. and Mrs. Her- bertWlnters, Mr. ' and Mrs. Floyd Pier- son, Mr. and Mrs. -Vernon . Corwln, Mr. and Mrs. Lament Corwin, Mr. and Mrs. David Losee , Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gordon and daughter Ethel , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waters, Mr. and Mrs. George King, Master Michael Healy, Miss Addle C. 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Transcript of IW3EY JIHUAS BIS SAY COURT ADJOURNED TO APR. 15 MANY...
WINS OUT IN TAX MATTE RS
Counsellor Housel Gets DecisionsStriking Lot Property From
' Assessment of Babylon
Justice Harrington Putnam, of theSupreme Court has handed down " adecision in the case of the ManhattanReal Estate company against CharlesR. Fltz, aa county treasurer, In whichhe holds that the Tax law which, per-mits the assessment ot the cheap lotproperty in Suffolk county in separ-ate lots is constitutional, but at thesame time strikes from the Babylontown assessment rolls about eight pag-es of lots on the ground of Illegal as-sessment Counsellor Housel wins twoout of three cases submitted. JusticePutnam says in his decision: "Evenif the existing tax law lays a heavyburden on the delinquent taxpayer,and makes a draft upon the countytreasury, that the tax sales will notreplace, still, as the law does not of-fend against the state constitution,and does not contravene the federalconstitution, this local , evil, in Suffolkcounty cannot be remedied by thecourts." Justice Putnam suggeststhat a law similar to the Rocklandcounty tax law might well be enact-ed for Suffolk county. In that coun-ty, by special provision, the countytreasurer can wait until the arrearsof tax amounts to two dollars.
In this suit Counsellor Percy L.Housel, who has won a number of taxsuits recently, brought up the ques-tion of the constitutionality of the taxlaw. He offered two tracts of equalarea and value lying together atLindenhurst as illustrations. Theplaintiff's tract being subdivided pre-sents 459 separate parcels, whichwhen advertised at a tax sale costs1369.60. The other tract whose entireacreage is described only by externalboundaries, can be advertised as asingle item, which costs but; $3.60. Itwas argued that such a discriminationis not the equal, protection guaranteedby the constitution. That a tax lawwhich so requires should be declaredvoid, as unequal, arbitrary and oppres-sive. . -''"' '
Justice-Putnam iu his decision says:"As far as the Federal Constitution isconcerned, mere exemptions or in-equalities in state taxation are notforbidden by the fourteenth amend-ment Inequality in taxation is notitsejf a ground to substitute the Judg-ment of a court for'that of the legis-lature. Even if there were judicialpower to supervise the legislative tax-ing laws, it would be difficult to pro-nounce, against a statute that requiredassessment in separate'parcels. Theresult in advertising the lands as theyhave been assessed is only part of thenatural administrative method of col-lection, but In most instances is es-sential to protect individual owners.In case of 'developments of. a largetract into small, separate holdings,separate taxation is necessary toavoid a great hardship on the severedpart interests." iTaking up the question of expense incheap lot tax sales Justice Putnamsays: "Evidence has boon Introducedto show the burden of compliance withthe provisions of the tax law that re-quires the separate assessment of alllots or parts of a subdivided tract Bymaking each lot the unit of assessmentthe matter of expense to the countyand town is greatly increased. Whensuch taxes are not paid, the expenseof publication may not only greatlyexceed the amount of the tax, but runsup to a sum so disproportionate to thevalue, that this initial advertising out-lay by the county may never be re-paid, or recovered against the prop-erty."
Justice Putnam finds that a portionof the lots were doubly assessed andthat these lots should be enjoinedfrom the tax sale, otherwise tlje com-plaint is dismissed. CounsellorHousel intends to take an appeal.
In a second action brought by thesame company to enjoin a tax sale onthe ground Of defective description,Justice Putnam dismissed the com-plaint.
In an action brought by the Mi R.E. Holding Company against thecounty treasurer to enjoin the collec-tion of tax and penalties for non-pay-ment, Justice Putnam finds for theplaintiff that the description is .de-fective. This is known as the LindenBeach property.
In the two suits won by the plain-tiff eight pages of lots are strickenfrom the assessment roll of the townof Babyl ¦¦ tENTERTAINED AT CARD PARTYThe card party given by. Mrs. Harry
B. Howell and Miss A. Virginia How-ell , at the home of Mrs. How-ell , last Saturday ( afternoon,was a very pleasant affair. Auctionbridge and five hundred were playedthere being eight tables. Prizes werewon .by Mrs. Gaddis, Mrs. Fred Ries-dorph, Miss Aleta Corwln, Misses Coraand Leah Corwln, Mrs. A. W. Conklin,Mrs. W. H. Sweezy, Mrs. D. T. Corwinand Mrs. J. W. Hand. The decorationsand favors were in keeping with St.Patrick's Day, and an elaborate colla-tion was served.
FRIENDLY CIECLE MEETSThe last meeting of the Farmers'
Friendly Circle held last . Saturdayevening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.Clarence J. Young, of Sound Avenue,was one of the most enjoyable of theseason. A fine supper was served at6 o'clock, thy dining room being pret-tily decorated in green, in honor ofSt Patrick's Day. The table was dec-orated with shamrock and crepe pa-per, green and white dollies and nap-kins. The. ladles all wore bonnetsand the men caps made of green crepepaper. After the supper a nice pro-gram was rendered and the annuallelection of officers took place. SlrsjJohn R. Fanning was reelected presi-dent;' Mrs. A. S. Reeve was chosenvice-president, and ,Mrs. ClarenceJ. Young secretary.
DOINGS IN THE COUNTY
Items of General Interest PickedUp in the Neighboring Vil-
lages of Old Suffolk
HAWLEY'S GIFT TO HOARD
Wealthy Railroad Han Who Died AtBabylon Left No Will But a Let-
ter as to His Wishes
Acting to accordance with a letterwritten by Edwin Hawley, saVs theNew York Sun, before his death, hisheirs have deeded to his housekeeper,Emma Sturges, known also as Mar-garet Cameron, his town house at IIEast Sixtieth street. New York cltjs.and Effingham Towers, his fine coun-try place at Babylon, besides settlingon her an Income of $25,000 a yearfor the rest of her life, these provis-ions not to be nullified by her mar-riage in the future. The financier diedintestate.but before his death he wrotea' letter to his heirs and had ft wit-nessed by . John Williams, his headgardener, and 'Henry Peterson, hischauffeur, in which he requested thosewho would divide' his property 'to make good provision - for . MissSturges, of whom he was very fond,and whom he sometimes Introduced mahis niece. The settlement is made ex-actly as suggested in this letter, theheirs giving explicit obedience to Mr,Hawley's wishes.
Justice Kelly handed down a de-cision in favor of the defendant, Wil-lard Baylis, of Huntington, in anaction brought by 'Jere R. Ireland, otthe same place, to recover damagesfor alleged financial loss sustained be-cause the farm Ireland bought fromBaylis did not contain as many acre*as he thought it should. The actionwas tried in a special term of the Su-preme Court in February. Mr. Ire-land bought the Eden and Duryeatracts at Greenlawn for $15,000. Neith-er party had surveyed either of thetwo parcels in the farm, supposed tomeasure 140 acres. When Mr. Irelandhad a' survey made he found the area31 acres short and asked damages inthe sum of $3,214. Judge T. M. drif-ting, of Riverhead, appeared for : Mr.Ireland and Frederick Sanborn for Mr.Baylis.
The Old Field Improvement Assoc-iation is soliciting subscriptions to afund it hopes to raise and use in pay-ing for work that is expected to putthe mosquitoes out of business in andabout Conscience Bay, West Meadows,and parts of Setauket and Mt Sinaiharbors. The United States Drainagecompany is negotiating to do thiswork for the sum of four thousand fivehundred dollars.
The Southampton Board of Trad*has just elected these officers: DavidJ. Gilmartin, president; Edgar A. Hil-dreth and Henry Schwenck, vice-presi-dents; Charles A. Jaggar, secretary;Alva D. Ellsworth, treasurer. Direct-ors, Ormlston C. Gardner, William F.Corwith and Daniel M. Hurley. It was:decided to hold the annual banquetduring' the spring and a committeeconsisting of W. F. Llllywhite , AlvahD. Ellsworth and F. W. Burnett wasappointed to arrange details.
The Sons and Daughters of theAmerican Revolution in Huntington,are to offer medals again this year forpatriotic essays. The subject for theboy's essays "Causes of the AmericanRevolution and Events Preceding theBattles of Lexington and Concord."The subject for the girls Is "A SoldierUnder Washington."
PRIMARY ELECTION ON TUESDAYNext Tuesday is Primary Day and
the polls will be open from 3 p. m. to9 p. m. Those who are enrolled arethe \only ones who. can vote. . Thereare no contests and It is not expectedthat a very heavy vote will be polled .The polling places will be the same inthis town as heretofore. All commit-tees, delegates, etc., now have to beelected at the primary and this makesa ballot about thirty-six inches long.
The secretary of. the Suffolk CountyAgricultural society will be glad toreceive any suggestions for the newpremium list of the County Fair. Theidea is to please the exhibitors and thesociety is anxious to have its new pre-mium list as near right as possible.
The downpour of rain, last Friday,did considerable damage to the roadsin this town as well as In other partsof the county. Superintendent otRoads Brown, however, was on the joband soon had the roads in shape again.The roads in our town are getting Inpretty good shape now and our. high-way department is doing good work.
! HIGH SCHOOL NOTESAt the Debating society meeting,
Monday night, the question, Resolved,That the extension of the New YorkCentral railroad would be a benefit toLong Island was debated, and won bythe negative, Clyde Tooker, leader.
On Monday afternoon, the boys in-terested in baseball met and organizedwith the following officers: Manager,Philip W. Stackpole; Captain, DanielD. Warner. The prospects are thatthe team.will be the strongest teamthat ever . represented the RiverheadHigh school.
The delegates representing all theschools of Suffolk county are to meetIn Riverhead on March 30, to elect of-ficers for their annual lnterscholastlomeet, which Is to be held during thelast part of May. The delegate fromout- school is Victor Buscb. - The cap-tain of the track team for the comiogseason Is Harrison Tyte, and the man-apor of the team is Bart Lutz.¦Raster vacation will begin on March,
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VILLAGE ELECTIONSIN SUFFOLK COUNTY
Lister is Defeated in Sag HarborFor Village President by
Conrad Schaefer
GRIFFING WINS BY 58 VOTES
Women Vote In Babylon and HelpCarry good Beads Appropriation
Of $20,000.
The annual election for village of-ficers and for appropriations in theincorporated villages of Suffolk countytook place Tuesday. In several vil-lages there were no contests.
In Sag Harbor there was a hot con-test and Thcinss Lister was defeatedfor village president by Conrad Schaef-er by a plurality of 100. Last .yearLister defeated Schaefer by a majorityof about 40. The entire ticket of thePeople's Party was ' elected. Therewere 750 votes cast For trustees,George H. Cleveland won over "WilliamF. Ollgore by 36; John M. Woodwardover George H. Edwards by 121; col-lector, William T. Vaughn overMichael J. Marouney 268. A. C. Dal-zall was elected treasurer. All theappropriations were carried exceptthe fund for tree spraying, which waslost by one vote.
Wlllard F. Gritting, Democrat waselected president of the village ofGreenport, defeating Samuel P.Hedges, Republican, by 58 majority.Ansel V. Young defeated Fred B.Corey for treasurer by 16 votes. JohnWay was elected trustee without op-position as was John Klipp for col-lector, and J. Wlllard Preston for Po-lice Justice. The total'vote was 448.
In Southampton, Willis D. VanBrunt was again elected village presi-dent by 187 votes to 26 cast for ElmerSmith. Frank Corwith and ArthurSchermerhorn were elected trustees,Edgar A. Hildreth treasurer and Fran-cis Biggs collector, without opposition.The proposition to buy a motor tiretruck was lost' by a vote of 93 to 66.It was decided to have a police jus-tice, the vote being 118 for, 93 against.
The Citizens' Ticket went throughwithout opposition, in Patchogue. JohnJ. Roe, one of Patchogue's most pro-gressive citizens, was elected presi-dent with G. G. -Roe and Arthur P.Green, trustees, Arthur Hawkins col-lector and Edwin Johanknecht treas-urer. The proposition to raise by tax$851.35 to reimburse Health OfficerDr. Frank Overton, for expenses hewas put to in defending a damage suit,was carried.
Many women voted on the appro-priations in Babylon village and theyhelped largely to carry through anappropriation of $20,000 for macadam-izing Main street in that village. Itwas also voted to spend $2,000 for fireapparatus. Edward Alley, Democrat,was re-elected president of Babylonover Chester 'O. Ketcham by a majorityof twenty ; Capt Carl Jackson waselected trustee *y a majority of 194,and Joseph Keenan and Edwin M. Wil-son were elected treasurer and col-lector respectively without opposition.
in Mineola, Counsellor Leone D.Howell and George H. Terry, bothRiverhead boys, were elected trusteesof the village.
At Bellport, Everett M. Price waselected president; John TT Corwin,trustee; Willis Hawkins collector andJames R. Watklns treasurer.
In Amltyville, Samuel P. Hildrethwas re-elected president without op-position and the entire Citizens' ticketwent in without a contest
Northport village elected SamuelRobbins president, Henry E. Clarkeand Arthur Cockcroft trustees, John D.Deveau collector, and John K. Sam-mis, "treasurer. The proposition tospend $3,500 for a public dock at thefoot of Main street, was defeated by avote of about two to one.
MINSTREL SHOW WAS GOOD
The minstrel show given last Satur-day night at the Auditorium, by theRiverhead High School Debating so-ciety made a big hit It was the"third annual," and the best yet. Thecostumes and make-ups of the boyswho took part ware most excellent andthe chorus of fifty boys and girls fromthe High school were very good. Thelocal hits made by the end men tookwell. The scarf drill by girls of theschool under the direction of MissFlanagan, was very pretty. On ac-count of Dr. Payne being detained atJamesport, the . Excelsior Quartettewere unable to be present G. A. Am-mann, as a magician, entertained theaudience well for a time. The farce,Case against Casey, was very funnyand everybody in the show was good.After the minstrels there was dancingwith music by the Invincible Orches-tra. The receipts were $190, whichnetted about $90 for the society.
TO HAVE LOAN EXHIBITION
The Suffolk County Historical so-ciety will hold a loan exhibition inRiverhead, during the latter part ofJuly. The Idea is to have an exhibi-tion of articles of historic value, forthe double' purpose of raising moneytoward meeting the financial necessit-ies of the society and of popularizingand promoting throughout the countypublic interest in Its operation as aneducational and preservative agency.The emmittee having the matter incharge will meet at the residence ofMrs. T. M Orifflng, on March 27.
RAIN CAUSE* WASHOUTS ]Heavy Storm Causes Much Damage to
Roads And Delays Travel on theLong Island Railroad
A wind and rain storm of a severityunparalleled In recent years, visitedthis section, Monday. It started inthe morning and continued.all day andfar into the night Blinding torrentsoLrain were accompanied by wlnd-lhM;reached at times sixty miles an hour.The highways were btdly washed outand deep gullies formed, making travelslow and in some places dangerous.Fresh Pond Hill was badly gutted outMiniature rivers flowed down thestreets of Riverhead, the drainage pitaand cesspools not being able' to takecare of the large volume of water.
Traffic on the; Lone Island railroadwas delayed owing, to serious wash-outs along the lis*. About 100 feet oftrack was put in a' dangerous condi-tion east of Laurel.station. The west-bound afternoon, trains were held upfor three hours Until the damage couldbe repaired. A gang of laborers weresent down from. Jamaica and workedall the afternoon filling in the wash-outs.
Washouts on the. Montauk Divisioncaused an abandonment of traffic eastof Good Ground, Monday afternoon andtrains from the Hamptons, Amagan-sett and Sag Harbor were held up bythe break in the road. Instructionswere sent out by the railroad companyto engage automobiles and other con-veyances to convey the stalled pas-sengers to Good Ground, but- the high-ways-were so badly washed out thatthis was found to be Impossible, ao theblockaded trains were sent back toMontauk. East-bound trains went asfar as the break in the track and thenreturned under the number and timeof the regular train that would havegone through from Montauk but for thewashout
The high wind did considerable dam-age about the village. .. Trees' wereblown over and wires were broken.The entire east end of Corwln & Vail'slumber shed was blown out ,
At Wading River the wind blew overchicken ' coops' and outbuildings. Thesigns of the Craig' Inn went down,smashing windows, in their fail. Acloudburst at Southampton washed outthe streets, which soon were underfour inches of water. >
During the blow;; thej carryall thatruns, between the State Hospital ' andthe railroad station, .at Kings Park,was overturned - and Although therewere several passengers In the wagonthey escaped without injury. '• Muchdamage was done at Port Jefferson bythe storm. The railroad--sheds wereblown over and the electric lightingsystem was so badly crippled that thevillage was in darkness during theearly evening.
DIED SUDDEN.',!' AT L. J. HOUSECharles Feist of 1331 Third avenue,
Manhattan, a traveling salesman, diedsuddenly at the Long Island House, inthis village, this Tnuxsday morning.Mr. Feist sold corsets and had- beencoming to Riverhead for a number ofyears. He 'went to a moving pictureshow , with E. H. Howell, Wednesdaynight and retired in apparently thebest of health. Thursday morning,when William Burns, the hotel clerk,went to call Mr. Feist there was no re-sponse and Mr. Burns went around toa window and entered the room. Hefound the salesman lying on the floorunconscious. Dr. Cornwell was sum-moned but the man died in a few min-utes. Mr. Feist was about 50 yearsof age. He was a widower, his wifehaving died suddenly about a yearago.
WILL VISIT WASHINGTONThe Long Island Press Association
held a meeting at Patchogue, last Sat-urday, when the trip to Washingtonwas the chief topic of conversation.The association's committee to makearrangements gave its report, andthen it was formally decided by votethat the association accept the invi-tation of Congressman and Mrs. Little-ton to visit them at the National Cap-itol.
The programme as outlined is toleave New York at noon, on Saturday,participate in a ' banquet Saturdayevening as the guests of the Congress-man and his wife, when famous menwill speak; visit Arlington Cemetery,on Sunday; meet President Taft andvisit Congress and the Senate andhave a sightseeing ride on Monday;trolley trip to Mount Vernon on Tues-day; visit the Library and some of theDepartment buildings on Wednesday,and go through the White House, whichMrs. Littleton says, would certainlyinterest the ladies of the party.
The return trip may be made Wed-nesday night or Thursday morning.
This is a tentative programme, sub-ject to alteration at the discretion ofthe committee on arrangements-^Messrs. Walter S. Funnell, Archer B.Wallace and L. B. Green. Mr. Greenwill be treasurer. Secretary Wallaceis to make a canvass of the membersof the association to ascertain justhow many will take the trip. Themembers are invited to take ladles orother friends to a limited.' number. 'Aparty of one hundred can be managedconveniently, with all "accommoda-tions provided and rates will be lowerif a large number go than it there arebut a few In the party.
April 27 is the tentative startingdate.
The association also voted to ac-cept the invitation to visit the plantof Doubleday, Page & Co., at GardenCity, and the date will doubtless bethe occasion of an annual meeting,which is held on the first (Saturday InJune. ,
MANY WILLS PROBATEDIN SURROGATE 'S COURT
Will of Dr. Adolph E. GieraschM' ¦ ~
ot Westhampton Leaves anEstate Valued at $13,000
I ESTATE OF LOST HUNTER
Will of Edmund Smith Bailey, el BafeyV
lea, Probated Although Body EM
Kpt Yet Been Recovered
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The will of Adolph Eugene Gier-asch, late of Westhampton, was prov-ed in the Surrogate's Court, Mondayafternoon, by Judge Nicoll. The es-tate Is valued at $13,000, 110,000 ofwhich is personal property. The useof the entire property Is left . towidow, Wilhelmina Gierasch, for life,and at her death it Is divided as fol-lows: To son, William FrederickGierasch, the residence at Westhamp-ton and $500.; to son, Walter S. O.Gierasch, six acres adjoining thehomestead property and $2,000; todaughter, Hlldegarde Gierasch, mixacres adjoining the homestead prop-erty and $3,0o6 is left in trust fordaughter, Hlldegarde, until she ar-rives at the age of forty years, whenshe is to receive the principal; to son,Paul F. J. Gierasch, 5 acres of landand small house at Westhampton and$3,600. The farm at Wading River,consisting of 30 aoies and known as"tne Maples Place", is left to the fourchildren. .
The will of Edmund Smith Bailey,late of Babylon, was proved Monday.The value of the' estate is not givenin the petition, which states that it isworth "more than $15,000".. Mr. Bai-ley, together with Dr. Carl demonsand Capt Veltman. was supposed tonave been drowned off Fire Island onor about January 5th, and their bodieshave not yet been recovered. Theyleft Bay-shore on that day in a smalllaunch and haw? never .been heardfrom since. Mr. Bailey's will makesthe following tv- juests: To brother,Theodoras Bailey, $100;. sisters, Flor-ence B. Lawrence and Mary da- Pey-ster Charles, - each $1,000; nephew,John Bailey Charles, $1,000 . and allresidue is given to the executor intrust to pay the income to widow.Isa-bell Lydia Bailey, for life, and at herdeath the principal Is to be dividedas she shall designate in her last , willand testament The will Is dated Aug-ust 17, 1910.
The will of the late Edwin M.Rogers, of Brldgehampton, leavesproperty valued at $5,000 personal and$4,000 real. To daughter, : Mary E.Rogers, is given the income of $500until she marries and she is then toreceive the principal ; she la also givena home in the homestead property aslong as she remains unmarried; allresidue is given to widow, Phebe E.Rogers; for life and at her death it isgiven to daughter.
In the matter of the transfer tax onthe. estate of the late Robert Jefferson,Mt . Peconic, the value of the taxableproperty Is fixed at $9,028.77, and thetax at $90.29.
The win 01' the late Mary F. Walk-er, of Deer Park, proved last Friday,leaves property valued at $1,000 to hus-band, William T. -D. Walker, for life,and at his death it goes to their child-ren. *
Letters of administration on the es-tate of the late Egbert G. Lewis, ofNorthport were granted to son, Ed-mund . G. Lewis. Value" of estate,$1,000.\
William H. and Joseph H. Hughes,ot Manhattan, were appointed admin-istrators of the estate of the late.Win-ifred Fogarty, of Islip. Value$5,842.71.
-JOHN F. DEttON DEAD
John F. Dlmon, age 92, died at hishome in Jamesport Monday. Mr.Dlmon made a fortune many yearsago with a vessel in South America.He had sailed all over the globe.Charles Christian, a Chinaman, nowliving in Rivernead, came to thiscountry with Mr., Dlmon many yearsago. Since he retired MT. Dimon haslived a quiet lite at Jamesport Heleaves two daughters, Mrs. AletaSneden and Miss Mary Dlmon.
HARRY KEITH LOSES HIS JOB
Henry P. Keith, of Mineola, who de-fled Charles F. Murphy and defeatedState Committeeman Edwin Bailey Inthe Senatorial convention, has as aresult lost a $7,000 job. A few daysago Keith was removed by State Comp-troller Sohmer from the position asattorney for the transfer tax proceed-ings In Nassau county. The compen-sation is in fees and Is worth about$7,000 per year. It will be remember-ed that Keith defeated Bailey forState Committeeman at " the recentDemocratic Senatorial convention andthat in doing so he displeased CharlesF. Murphy and now Bailey gets backat Keith by having him removed. Theposition held by Keith goes to EdwardJ. Deasey, of Glen Cove. ¦
It is now asserted-by the friends ofState Committeeman Bailey that thefight to retain the Patchogue man onthe State Committee will 'be carriedon. The plan is to have the StateCommittee refuse, to seat Keith on theground that his nomination was ille-gal and to let Bailey!:hold over as amember of the committee. . '
COURT ADJOURNED TO APR. 15List of Graad And Trial Jurors
Drawn, to Serve at 0 Trial TermOf the Supreme Court
A panel of grand and trial Jurorswas drawn by County Clerk Flana-gan on Saturday afternoon, to serveat a trial term of the Supreme Courtto be r-'d In this village, commenc-ing on 'Monday, April 15. JusticeBlackmar will preside. Following isthe list of Jurors summoned:
Grand Jurors—S. Ashley Stevens,Huntington, Charles E. Kirkup, BayShore, Albert B. Tuthill, Peconic,Wellington Soper, Deer Park, GeotgeH. Fleet, Cutchogue, Samuel Higbie,West Islip, David Benheim, Linden-hurst, F. H. Gondii. Centre Moriches,John T. McKenna, Baysboa;, CharlesA. Brown, Sajrrille, Frank F. Barrett,Huntington, Elmer B. Howell, Baby-lon, M. J. Hawkins, Centre Moriches,Edgar L. Lewis, Northport SamuelLaird, Islip; Jas. B. Albin, Babylon,Clifford Foster, Sagaponack, DanielBaylis, 'Huntington, Scudder Arthur,Northport. .Frank W. Young, Aque-bogue, Rudolph Duryea, Great River,Robert W. Wells, Laurel, Clarence B.Dare, Seldea.
Trial Jurors — Frank Bishop,Brldgehampton, Daniel Powell, Hunt-ington, Lester Hurtin, East Patchogue,Alfred W. Pearsall, Huntington, How-ard C. Sweety, Middle Island, WilliamP. Bishop, Southampton, Herbert F.Phillips, Bast Quogue, Roscoe Conk-lin, Riverhead, Frank Ketcham, North-port, John Bennett Blue ' Point,Charles C. Miller, Springs, AdrianBurgen. Port Jefferson Station, AdolphHoffman, Medford, Clarence Carman,Islip, J. R. Orth, Aquebogue, EdwardBaylis, Melville, Edward S. Beebe,Cutchogue, Moses L. Scudder, Hunt-ington, Philip Weber; Fort Salonga,David Darby, East Hampton, Benja-min Blydenburgh. Northport, FrankMurphy, Melville, Ambrose Arnold,Babylon, Charles Metzger, Linden-hurst John F. Fanning, New Suffolk ,George E, Smith, East Hampton, Ells-worth J. Tuthill, Southampton. Ray-mond Wallman, Patchogue, FranklinBaker, Moriches, Wallace, King, EastMarion, Ernest A. King,, Shelter is-land, Forest B. Randall,.«t Sinai, Wil-liam O. Solmoa.Southold, W.S. Bald-win, Deer Park, Oscar Frowen, Cen-tre Moriches, Robert Palmer, SagHarbor, Henry S. Mott, Northport,Henry P. Carll, South Di* Hills,George W. Conklin, Huntington,Lewis S. Tuthill, Soutfaold, J. J. Free-land, Port Jefferson, Charles Cos-grove, West Babylon, Floyd Piereon,Westhanapton, Joseph Gergrlch, - Am-ltyville, William B. Ross; Moriches,Francis Doxsee, Bayahore, William H.Monahan, St James, James Burns,Islip.. The date originally set for the Aprilterm of the Supreme Court In Suf-folk county was April 1, but Satur-day, Justice Blackmar notified CountyClerk Flanagan to adjourn the termto April 15.
BIYEBHEAD WINS A PRIZEThe committee selected to make the
award of prizes for the best kept sta-tions for the year 1911, on the LongIsland Railroad, has made the- follow-ing awards:
First Class- Roslyn first; River-head second; Far Rockaway third;honorable mention—Greenport, OysterBay, Amltyville, Babylon, Southamp-ton.. Parkville, Glen Cove, Glen St,Bay Shore; Freeport; Westbury, Say-ville, and Rockville Centre.
Second Class—SmithtowD. first; Lind-enhurst second; Great Neck third;honorable mention — Ronkonkoma,Centre Moriches, Cutchogue, Farming-dale, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Bayport,Blue Point Westhampton, Sea Cliff ,SyoBset, College Point Whltestone,Elmhurst Corona, Bayside and St¦TftTTtP-H
Third Class—Water Mill first: StAlbans second; Great River third;honorable mention—Medford, Aque-bogue, - Mastic, Bellport, SetauketWhltestone Landing, Woodeide, LittleNeck, Winneld, Rosedale, Speonk,Hollis, Shoreham, Central Park, andPlnelawn. , .
SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS'At a meeting of the Board of Super-
visors, held Monday evening, a reso-lution was passed approving of thefinal estimate and plans for the.southhalf of the cross-Island road betweenPort Jefferson and Patchogue. Tnepiece of road to be built is 6.79 milesin length, extending from Coramthrough Medford to PatcBogue, and tneestimated cost Is $83,800, of whl&hamount the state Is to pay $41,900, thecounty $29,330, and the town of Brook-haven $12,570.
A resolution was passed increasingthe salary of the clerk of the Board ofSupervisors from $500 .to $900,' butwith the understanding that the uerkhereafter Is to do all the typewritingnecessary and also that tne salary is inlieu of any and all extra work andservices performed. ". Last year theclerk was paid $600. but there, werecharges of $150 for extra work.besldes$116 paid but for"typewriting.
The Board had a number of tax .mat-ters on band and a lot of routine busi-ness.
Couiity Sealer of Weights and Meas-ures Horace W. Lane was present andgave a detailed report of the StateConvention of County Sealers, whichhe attended lately. Mr. Lane also toldabout the work he was doing in thiscounty. .¦ • '• ' .' . . '„¦" - 1.
The Committee on Roads and Bridgeswas Instructed to look into the'matterof a railroad bridge on the new countyroad at Port Jefferson Station * HJrOrposed by the State Railroad .Commis-sion. ' ¦ :.'"V-y.'- -'
The Board adjourned Tuesday after-noon to meet again April l.nfft :,W6P- -2 -2 ' ' ;.• '¦ . 2^^2:2
IW3EY JIHUAS BIS SAY
Some Timely Topics Picked UpBy the County Review's
Special Correspondent
TIE POITICAL SITUATION1 '
JssVvbUcans Believe That Should
Baeseveit Be Defeated He Win
Sardy Sappert Ticket
The contest for the presidentialaoanlnatlon in both the Democrat andRepublican parties is Just now ex-citing considerable interest We hear¦any opinions expressed on bothsides. While the fight between Presi-dent Taft and Col. Roosevelt for thedelegates Is going on merrily now, weexpect to see Col. Roosevelt If he Isdefeated for the nomination, Jumpright In and support the Republicantieket While Governor Wilson seemsto be tn the lead now among the Deuf-earaUe candidates, there Is talk 'ofMayor Oaynor as the dark horse M&ap yet It la anybody"a race. " "
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la contemplating running excursionsoat on Long Island, oh Sundays, dur-ing the spring and summer, to givepeople of the metropolitan district aaaance to get acquainted with thetwenties of the Island. Frederick L.Terry, a prominent resident of Green-pert, suggests that the company runtit excursions on some other day thanBaaday and giye the local merchantsa chance to do business. - To this theeeanpany replies that last year it triedmid-week excursions and that theywar* a failure.
One of our leading , metropolitanpapers was kind enough to publishthe following which contains moreor less "poetry:" Our state is dottedwith villages, In each of whichone or more weekly newspapers~arepublished. They . do not make anyclaim to being a review of the en-tire world,.even though they do notcarry feature articles of a generalnajture. nor do they boast that theircirculation is something ' prodig-ious. -Yet ' these country-newspa-pers appearing faithfully week - afterw«ek, recording the happenings' ofthe neighborhood, lending assist-ance to the unfortunate, extendingsympathy and consolation to the be-reaved, chronicling with pardonablepride any Improvements In the townand bringing to the fireside a recordot those apparently trifling ' happen-ings that are really of more im-portance to the readers than thecrowning of George the Fifth asEmperor of India, meet a demandin our . rural ; life. The countrynewspaper is of - .Inestimable Valuein maintaining the moral and finan-cial standards of tho community. It_ something In •which the entireneighborhood can feel a common in-terest. It is deserving of thesteady support not only of thehome folks, but also of those - wholook back with cherished memoriesto their life in the little town.
If you know or hear of an inter-esting item in the community makeif a point to see that it finds a placein your local paper. We would ap-preciate your effort and will send ourreporter to ascertain or verify anylacking points." Anything which tendsto better or brighten the news ser-vice of a paper makes it of so muchmore value to the ' community andthe subscribers are the ones mostlybenefited thereby.—
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A newspaper man can say nice andpleasant things about a man and hiswhole family for two long years andnever hear a word from them, andthen In one short week, by some hookor crook, get In a seeming uncharit-able phrase and ; get blowed higherthan Gullderoy's Kite, and Incur the!life time enmity. This Is one of thesecret pleasures of the business.¦ . ¦ •
When a young man is writing a loveletter he should keep constantly be-fore' his mind how it- would look Inprint,¦ -7
WE8THAMTTOK FOLKS SURPRISED
Last Saturday evening about fortyfriends of Station Agent Rlce.in charge'of the Westhampton office, and Mrs.Bice gave* them a masquerade surprise,party. The party marched to the sta-tion In masks and costumes represent-ing clowns, policemen, ruhes, immi-grants, etc., with some of the Africanrace mixed in. After dancing for awhile in' mask, these were removedand much' merriment was caused bythe discovery of who the differentones were. After more dancing, cardswere played and an elaborate lunch-eon was served. During the eveningMiss Addle C. Davis.sang and playedseveral piano selections. Mrs. Her-bert -Winters also entertained withmusic upon the piano. Much laughterwas caused when Garfield Bennettgave his funny stories and ventrilo-quism. Among those present were:Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wines, Mr. andMrs. Robert Hann, Mr. and Mrs. Her-bertWlnters, Mr.' and Mrs. Floyd Pier-son, Mr. and Mrs. -Vernon . Corwln,Mr. and Mrs. Lament Corwin, Mr. andMrs. David Losee, Mr. and Mrs. ErnestGordon and daughter Ethel, Mr. andMrs. Charles Waters, Mr. and Mrs.George King, Master Michael Healy,Miss Addle C. Davis and Harry Wat-ers.
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