The Unofficial Newspaper of Nassau County
J
Wtit ^ns^m ISosf
TME WEATHER
SHOWERS TODAY; COOLER THURSDAY FAIR; WARMER
VOL 1 NO 32
FREEPORT, NEW TORK. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1914
PRICE THREE CENTS
BROWN LEADS HGHT Accumu Iated a Fortune by I LUTHERAN CHURCH'S FOR INLAND CANAL! Dig-ging- Wells and Ditches! DUAL CELEBRATION
Heads Delegation of Long Is¬ landers To Washington and Pre.sents Arguments
Remarkable Career (jf Jolm Rosenberg, Who Set Out to Be Best in His Occupation and Saved
COLONEL ROESSLER'S REPORT CRITICISED i
Representatives of Counties and
Towns of South Shore Offer To
Cooperate VVith Government
lieailuK wa.s ij.-nl in \^¦.l.-,bili^!lull In.st week before tlix iKwinl of eii}fiiii»«-rH for rlverx iiiul |iiul>orf< «ri tlie project tu I'OUHtruct « I'lUDil fruni .Inmulca bay to Pivouli' buy a'loijK tlie south sbore of Long iMlflud After mo,e tlmn- sev eu yeiifK of Inv'stlfjiitlDn hy several I'nited St;ttes eiiittineer <i|Il<-ers (^olonel S. W K<M>sslcr. the otlker ai)imi!if<M to the work, reiiorteil !H:;ii.'i-l the >on »<trai-tli)n of ihi- ciin^il ii.\ iIm- I'nited •Stute.s 'lhe ho.'iril conveiied to meet und (oiisidi-r tin.illy the ;nheisf' report Ttie Heiitlmeut of the south Klde- ond uf Jill ol l.oin; I'sliiiiil w.i.-; I'or the t-MUul, mill .Mr i;n>\\ii luoU pininpt ac tlon. lie .•alle.l !i :iiectlli>: m the " Knickerlio.'ker Iiok.I. fn .\( « VorU. .-ind di.scUMsed Illl- sl|iiji>ioii with .N F! Kilmer. clMiiiPi.in nf (he e.xcriitive <-ommitti'e of tlic Loim Ishirid Water wH.v iissochiti'iii. nud <'oiiLTes.smnn D'I.eary of the Serond distrii t nud del egutes from every seetion of l.oiif; In lauil. There \\:is i-oiislder:ilile di.scus ¦ion as to lhe I.e t \v:iy to proceed.
"We are heie." .\:r I'.iowu snid in Bummnrl/.iiiK the -('tn.Milon. "to help carb other ^''t m report from the lionnl of eu»fineers for ri\-ers nnd hiirhors. whU-h will irlve iim some loophole to enable us to Keep this proposilion nllve Instead of h;iM[i)j lhe adverse report udoptiHl !iii(t llie wlMle project buried." Adverse Report. (dlouel Koessli'i-'s report. Mr. I'.iown ¦bowed, sillies that the truuk cannl I.s seventy flve niiles in lenRth, with four laternln of couipunitively small lensth. The report states thnt there Ls a good ehnnnel from Hahyion to Bellport and thut most of .\lorl<hi>s bay Is all rltrht. TalcInK the project by sections, the re¬ port states I ll.l I the cost of section 1 from Januiica bay to Tost Lead, a dls- tanee of four and one halt miles), wllh the four necessury bridges, will be $1, 176,000, lncliidlii« JfnSH.OlKJ for the rlsht <rf way over Uockaway Neck.
Section 2. I'ost lA'iui to Babylorio21.,<J miles, Includlii^' creeks and estuaVles, 1208.000.
Section 3. Babylon to Howell's Point, 10.7 miles, no drcdginn-
Section 4. Howell's Polut to I'e¬ conic bay. thirty-one miles, Includin); two brldj,'es nt .$."i(UMi0 each, tlile gates, JettUis In I'ecniiic bay, .?:iOO.o<i().
With contlu),'eiicli:-s Colonel Hoessler estlniaies the lotal cost nt $'-'.(MHi.O(X».
Coloiiel Uoessler'.s report >foea on to say that the development of Long Is¬ land Is suliurhan and residential, witb very slight prospects of factory devel opment: that the cost of frc|}:ht by rail¬ road Is not vefy niiich more than what it woJild be by water.
He further states that the canal would benetii the towns, counties and tute, but not the I'liltcd Stales. Lauds would become more valuable for taxa tlon, but Interstate commerce wotild re¬ ceive very sliglit benelit from the Im- provomeut. lie estimates at 184.(K»0 toni the tonniige which w<nild use the cannl when flrst opened to tratflc and that this toniinire would have a value avoraglng ^'J.iJ.-.ii.tKKi per year. He states that the haul fioui the rallro.-id stiitlous to the business places where the material would be used averages on»-fourth mile all the way down the south side at '.in cents per ton aud thnt the huul from the wharfs to the dwell¬ ings or places of business where the niuterlal would lie used would average one-half mile and the cost would lie 60 cents a tiUi a.s compared to 35 cents per ton from nil I road tennliuils.
Theu the report says that on account of crossing various leads where the tidal water comes In, lr the western part of the iirojcct, there would be a Kreat deal of tilling lu by the water and conseqiieiiMy a very high annnal cost ol maliilcnaijce In the weatem end.
A Chance In Co-operation.. "This Is what v\ e are up against," said Mi-. Brown In conclusion. "The rivers «nd harlpois bill In 1U07 author¬ ized the engineers In New York to make a survey and esllninte the costs of this canal, which would have a depth ol six feet with these four lat¬ erals coiuliii; In at four [lolnta. It Is uow U>M. the reiiort has Iwen submit¬ ted, and It Is an able and eoiupr(,beD- •Ive reixirt.
"For years t'olonei Koessler and other engineer ollicers worKU on this project and he has reportt^ unfavora bly. Can we today present any change In the sltnatlon? ("an any town agree to do anything whb'ti It did not agree i^ to do wben (^olonel Hoessler aiid hU
(CoatiBHvd Oft Pas* a)
During the pant fjuaiter of a cen¬ tury, John Ilosenberg, of Freeport, 1 haa been literally digging hln way to ' I riches with a ebovel, and at lifly-seven j I he Is StiU al it df spite the fact that [ I he Is a great grandfatlier and has ac-' cumulaled a small fortune. He Is I probably the flrst man in thia section lo whom the public attention hns been called, becauae of Lis remarkable sue- ceBs achieved through a menial occu- pation. I
Rosenberg li» a champion dlKger and ' hae been considered so for a number of years. He has probably dug more trenches wells and cesspools iu this part of LonK Island than any other, living man. He has been called "champion dij^ger," sincii he won his liiHt prize lor speed way back in 1888., I'According to Husenbeig'.s own state- ! ments he took to digging for a living, ' much in the same way lhat a duck takes lo water: He liked lhe work. ' He found pleasure in weildinjj a shove! and extreme satisfaction iu his own proficiency. He tried to be the best! diKKer wherever he worked, and, ex- j cept lor a few rare instances, he was.' At East New "Vork just after the i great blizzard he was engaged as a j j member of a gang to lay a water main ! through that section of Brooklyn. He j was glad lo get the job, for tiiiie.s had been hard with him he .says. When i the work began he made a stdenin re- i solve lo deserve the commendation of j his foreman. ! .A..S tlie wor kprogressed, ii was no¬
ticed that the section upon which Ro¬ senberg was at work progressed more rapidly than any of the oihers. He I was complimented and after an eight j hour day during which he dug a trench i 260 feet long and four feet deep, he was awarded a gold medal and hailed , first as "champion." Aj;ain in 1892 al Mannlc, Westchester, he made a cut ICO feel through hard gravel and i for the second t|nie was rewarded. I Tills time the le^^nd "Champion Dig- ¦ ger," wa.s engraved on lhe gold medal. |
Rosenberg learned a lesson In life i at an early age, and applh'd it through- ' out his career. He realized after a mortifying reverse In his condition i that a "man must look for hfs pen- | niea." So Rosenberg started to save. I Out of each pay envelope he laid by ! a litllo Ior a "rainy day" with surprle- j ing results.
When he came to Kreeport iweuly i years ago Rosenberg was practically I penniless. He had a good spade and I shovel and a change of overalls, but his pockets were empty—except fot j a few dollars that he had placed in] what he called "Rosenberg's Sinking i F'und." That he would not touch.
In the early years of his residence \ Rosenberg found employment dfgging ! water and gaa mains. He estimated i yesterday that he had personally open- i ed up forty miles of trenches in Free- port; twenty miles In Baldwin, Roose¬ velt and Merrick.
This ."champion digger" i.s a man of ; medium proportions, whose gril and j stamina make up for whal he lacks in physique. He stands live feet sLx Inches and is proportionately built His muscles are as hard as rocks and 1 in tlie pink of condition.
"I have an amblllon to be a digger," he said to a Nassau Post representa¬ tive, "I couldn't gel enough. I,wanted to be the best digger anywhere, and I think 1 have done ll."
Church and Pastor to Observe
Anniversaries on Sunday
in Freeport
Freeport Resort as it Looked CRYSTAL LAKE
During* Fire of Yesterday
REV. KARKAU TO PRESIDE AT SERVICES
Double Lvent Marki Fifth Year
of Congregation's Organization
anti Minister's Preaching
SUPERVISORS ACCEPT | FREEPORT WINS FROM BONDS OF CONTRACTORS LAWRENCE H. S. AGAIN
Lownsberry Gets Appointment as Second Contest a Staggering De- Assistant Jail Engineer in Place feat-Local Lads Hit Three of J. W. Lane at $900 Salary h„^, r^„.
The Nassau County Board of Su¬ pervisors on Monday accepted the bonds of the Bond Indemnity Company of New York for Libman Contracting Company which was awarded the gen eral contract for the new courl house additions: and Of the South Western Bond Insurani^e for James II. Merritt & Coinpany who have the healing and ventilating contract for Ihe additions.
The appointment of James Wesley Lane, of Cflen Cove, as assistanl en gineer of the jail, was rescinded and Prank Lounsberry, of Port Washhig- lon w.ii8 appointed at $900 per year.
The report of the Sheriff showed fifty-flve prisoners in thc jail.
The Treasurer was authorized to transfer J250 from the General Fund to the fund -for county roads' snow re¬ moval. The snow wa.s removed last winter.
The bil lof Ceorge H. Kennahan for
printing the proceedings of the Board
of Supervisors for the year 1913 to
the anuual meelin.<< iu 1914, w as audit-
I ed In the sum of ifl,256..'Jl.
MISS STILES GRADUATES
Home from Emerson College of Ora¬ tory; to Sudy During Summer
Misa Florence C. Stiles, daughier of Mr. and Mrs. Esn.ond Stiles, of 15 Lena avenue, a graduate of Emerson College of Oratory at Boston on May 9, whose portrayal of the characters of the "Scottish Chief" in "Bonnie Prince Charles," and "Mr. Mardcaslle" in "She Sloops to Conquer," won her recognition In the New Kngland school of e.vpression, has returned to Freeport, where she will continue her studies through the summer.
Mlsa Stiles is well known in this village and was popular in the high school hare. At Emerson she was a member of the Kappa Oatuuia Chi sorority, held several class oflices, and served on the Junior Prom Cpiujuittee. During the last years of her course Mlsa Stiles specialized lu advanced subjects, and engaged in settlement work. She taught a class In the civic service house in Boston. Her thes¬ plan BUoceBBes were mad« during h«i H&lor year.
Hy a score of 14 lo 4 which ade- | quately; tells the story of the game, the Freeport High School base ball | team defeated nine sturdy repre.sen- j I at Ives of the Lawrence High School i on Monday aflernoon in Freeport. | There was no lime during the conteat i lhat tlli- Kreeport lads -did not out- I class their opponents in the fleld and j al bat. Three men scored home runs : j on the local nine. The game is the j j second of the season. In the first | i meeting the Freepon team defeated i i Lawrence by a score of 12 to 0. j
Til game opened with-Law rence at | the bat. The opposing- teams fought I desperately for the advantage, but neither made runs. Rollo for Free- ! port In tile second Inning made the j first home run of the game, scoring j Clark and liaivcr. In the same in¬ ning E^lwards dro\e a long fly into left field, making a circuit of the bases. The third homer was made by Bedell in the .seventh Inning. Clark walloped a long one for a home run that walg^ nol allowed.
Edwanlft, twirling for Freeport, al¬ lowed only six hits during the contest. The Lawrence pitcher was literally liit {ill over the fleld. Si.Kleen men went lo first or farther after locating his delivery.
Will Choose Student Staff On Friday aflernoon. May 29. a meeting of lhe Students' A.ssoclaiion ot the Freeport High School will be beld in the High School Auditorium for the purpose of electing four mem¬ bers of a committee which is lo eleC the staff of "The Student" for the achool year of 1914-1915. The com¬ mittee will be composed of students who are not at present menibers of the staff or the Executive Committee.
Froeport Diploma Recognized at Penn A recent letter from the University of Pennsylvania announces that here¬ after the Freeport High School has ^en placed on tbe accredited list ot schools of tliat university, and that atudenta wbo possess Its diploma will be admlttttd wltbout furtbsr •xamlnft- Uoa.
The rather uuuitual circumstauceb ol two aniveroariea falling upon the tame day—the one being that of a. church and the other that of its miu- idler- -develops in Freeyort, where oa fjuuday Christ Evauge ical Lutberaii Church observes its fltlLi birthday and the Rev. A. C. Karkau, the hflh anni¬ versary of his ordinatioa as a preacli- er in Philadelphia in 1H09. The occa¬ siou will be oeu of double rejoicing. Spec ial Whii Sunday services will be celebrated in which thij members of the clergy from Ihis .md olher vil¬ lager wil pariicipaie.
The events leading up to the incep Lion of the Lutheran Church in Free- port date back to April -J, 1909, when lhe Kev. George C. Loos, now held secretary of the denominalion, per¬ fected a temporary organization and began his work on Palm Sunday wilh a service. On May 2 o! t!)e same year the congregatiou was o. ganized and a month later, on June ¦, the choich was lucorporaled.
Wheu the Ktv. Osct V. Werner was Insialeld as pasior e October 17, the congregation was u -eling in old Brooklyn Hall in Main rlreet. This lirdt regular piisior, i. gniziug the need of a place ot wo iip and yet cippreciating the ftnanci; ^condition of tlie young chur>.b eec". h porh-ble chapel which wae uti up in North Mitin street. Until the summer of 1911 the congregation worshipped there, flnally purchasing' a plot on North Grove sueot wiktc ilie buildint; vvaei removed.
Upon the depariure of the Rev. Werner in SeiUeiiibei, tlie llev. A. C. Karkau, a-s.-iumed charge of the work, cotiitng from. Newport News, W. V., where he had boen in charge of a small congiegaiion. He was born in Germany on September 12, 1679. He camo to United Stale.s April 12, 1883, and setled with his pareula in Lans¬ ing, Mich., where te was educated in. public and private schools. He enter¬ ed Muhlenberg College, Allen town. Pa., in 1902, and gradual ed in 1906, when he entered Mount Airy Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, graduating in 1909.
Ordained in June 7, 3 909, at Holy Communion Church, Ptiiladelphia, Pa., Rev. iCaikau served Trinity Lutheran Church, ."-.I wport News, Va., unlil August, I'.ll, when he began work in FYeeport as pasior of Christ Evangel¬ ical Lutheran Church.
In 1909 Field Missionary Loos re¬ ported 28 confirmed members. Now there are 100 couflrmed membera in connection with the church. In 1909 there were 34 in the Sunday School; uow there are 120, and 51 persons have been bapii.><ed since the foundinj; of the ciiurch; ;i5 have been conlirmed at the altar, wliile nearly 50 have re¬ ceived communion.
During the present pastorate an ex¬ tension was built to the chapel lo take care ol the growing Sunday SchooL A new heating sy.'tem was Installed in the parsonage and church in 1912, and during 1913 the chapel was car¬ peted throughout.
In the five years of it.s existence about $7,500 have been raised for the local and benevoli-iit work of th-) church.
There arc four societies in lhe church: The Ladies Aid Soclety,with 33 members;the Senior Luther League with 32 member.^, the Junior Luther League wilh 1>» niembers and fJac choir, under tbe direction of the pas¬ tor. ,
The oiflcerp of the church gocleUes are:
Ijadies Aid -President, Mrs. C. W. Mahnken; vice president, Mrs. J. J, Boland; secretary, Mrs. J. H. Mahn¬ ken; treasurer, Mrs. K. Kranz.
Senior Luther League—President, Henry Kranz; vice president, Miss Emily J. Werner; secretary. Miss An¬ nie Koester; treasurer. Miss Adele H Plump; correfponding secrtary. Mist Roi« Heede.
(Goatlaasd «x Ptc* 8)
HOTE SWEPT jn $20,000 BLAZE
Famous South Side Summer Resort Partially Destroyed by Flames Caused by Dcfec- tivne Wiring on Porch Roof
THREE FLOORS OF EAST WING ARE CONSUMED IN THE CONFUGRATION
Rapid Response and Efficient Work ot Volunteer Firemen Saved Building From Total Destruc tion - Guests Loose Clothing
ms CHARGtSiOF ANT§
TO APPROPRIATEjjSOOO ; : AT SUFFRAGE GATHERING t FOR TOWN WATERWAYS
Mrs Weeks Denies That Advocates
Smoke, Drink or Want to Wear
Trowsers
Town Board to Issue Script Certi'
Ii catts to Cover Cost of Dredg
ing Creeks
1 Boiore an audience of more than
' fifty men and women Mrs. Anna Ross
' Weeks, of Manhattan, once an anti
< herself discussed the "votes for wo-'
men" in a logical convincing manner '
' and an.'^wered anti arguments iu
forceful rebuttal on Monday aflernoon
. in Brooklyn Hall. Her vlBlt was made ,
¦ upon the invitation of the Freepori'
; SulTrafee Club of which Mrs. C. I). •
liakcr Is president.
j Mrs. Weeks is making a tour of lh-. | Stale, pleading for "her rights as ai citizen." Siie met the charges of her hostile sisters especially those in which Bufl'iagists were allacked upon llieir mode of life. 1 "II ba.s been said by some ill-advised anti that we smoke, drink and want lo Wear trowsers," she said smilingly, "aud I waut to correct the impres¬ sion. There aie women in oriental coimtries who wear trowsers because it is the style. And some of ihem smoke and drink. 11 is proper ia those coimtries. There are women in the United States who would doublless like to do these th'ngs, bul 1 am cer. , tain that no womau who has any rea' leeliug would have such a desire. I nave seen some ol uiy anti suffrag'-; fiitnds smoke aud know that some ol , theiu di ink."
I iJurlng her talk of fully an hour, Mrs. \\'eeks di-scussed every phase of 'suilrage. She said lhat the character of the women who were interested iu the movement had changed consider¬ ably in the past two years. They are • the homemakers and home keepers," i sho said with emphasis. "They are seeking only that to which they are eiiiiUed, There Is no such thing as "iree love'' among suffragists, despilR the rude accusations of our enemies.' i AI the close of the meeting a col¬ lection was Laken up. Mrs. Willam C. .Miller, wife of former Assemblyman MiUer was present, and according lo her friends, she said seh was gald of it.
SAMUEL HARDING DIES AT AGE OF 97
Oldest Resident of Freeport Suc¬ cumbs After Enviable Career
Nearly reaching the century mark, Saiiiut 1 Jy, Hardiug, the oldest known pernoii iu Freeport died on Saturday at the home of his daughier, Mrs. A. K. .Merrill, Lexington avenue. He was ninct.v -^tveu years old.
.Mr. Harding was born in Boston of a fine old family, and was a skilled machinist by trade. He helped to construct many of the old frigates that were used dming the great reiiel- j lion. One of his treasured possess¬ ions was a cane carved from the tim- beis of the old "Constitution."
For twenty years he had resided in Freeport and Baldwin and within a short period of his death enjoyed good I health. He was of a long lived fam¬ ily. His father died at 90, his mother at 80 and his sister at 87. Two daugh¬ ters, Mrs. A. K. Merrlt and Miss Alice Harding survive him.
After a private funeral oo Saturday 1 the remain* were tak«n to BoitoQ for i£t«ria*at
The question of improving the wa¬ ter ways, occupied the attentions of the members of the Towu Board on Tuesday atternoon. They freely dis¬ cussed the law recently passed which gives them the light lo spend the aum of $5,000 annually isr the ii'i- j provement of lown waterways. The \ board have been making weekly trips i through the dilleroni creeks and cJian-1 nels on the south side. One of the routes for a lateral canal from the proposed trunk waterway is favored by many ot the baymen aud olher resi- dents of the towu, is the one knowu as the Kider Island route.
Supervisor Hiram R. Smllh said that | "^^'^ ^^*-'*'" *^"'^'^^" '^'i'', clothing. Be
1 tic Crystal Luke Hotel at South Side avenue and Giove street. Free- I.on, one ol the famous aiuumer re- .-oi'Ls ol the South Side of Long Island, wa.s partially destroyed by fluiue.s Aiiieh swept three flours ol its east VI mg .and upper floor of the entire liuUding between three aud and aix o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tho blaze was probably one of the largest aud most spectacular that bas ever occmred in this section. It is esti¬ mated that more than 3,000 persons uom this and sunuundiug vLUages u iiuessed the conflagration.
The flre is believed to have beeu caused by a detective Insulated elec¬ tric wire. According to K. McTavoy, a Freepori butcher, who wau fli'ut tu discover it, the flames starL«d uudei iLe east potch. A group of guosts biiimg together below il were ttu'own into a state of consieiuation by the sudden bursting out of the Uamos. Confusion prevailed in the holel. Some ulteeu persons iu the buildJQg ruitiied LU utuii' «,p4U '-ujLuuu In lOi ellart lo
he had secured an estimate liom the Bay Dredging Company, who has a large dredge at work in Balwin Har¬ bor. Their price was fifteen hundred dollars for dredging the JElder Island route. The proposed lo dig a chan¬ nel sixty feet wide seven himdred feet long with a depth of six feet at low water. Although the Board did not take any ollicial action on Tuesday tbey practically agreed lo the propo¬ sition submitted by Air. Smith.
As uo ai.piication was nsade tlus year for the expenditure on tht water- wi'ys the board will meet on Tliursda.
tore It was possible Co Temove lhe iieavier eUecis, the tire had spread to lUe main structure aud was eating us way lo the roof of the building. A. btroug wind from the southwest ac- cellerated the progress of the dames ihe entire wing was enveloped before thu first alarm wa.* sounded.
The rapid response of the volunteer tiremen under Assistant Cluef Howard i'earsall probably B;i\'ed the building irom total destruction. Althougli on several occasions the waler pressure was lost or hoso burst, the vamps did valiant aud effective work, couflulng
to Lssue co;tiflcate^ of li;ii-h;cuness p''*-' '^'"^*^ '•'^ ^'^^ «•*«' of the main eu- tor the sum of |5,000. Other creeks j ^"^ce aud the roof of the west wing. will be improved as soon as the Board j ^^'^'* *^^*^ ''^"-'^ "^ ^o»« ^^*'y combai- has c-'iipUi^d ilH luvesiigallons. j ^'^'^ ^^'^ hlaze'for nearly three houra.
Of the Inland Waterways hearing at i '^'^"^ second alarm which was sound-
Washingon, V. C, on Tuesday,, last Mr. S.nirti, who was one of the represen- tative;? ; •.¦MUt, ., i.-! that, he vas of I'lc cpinion that tiio (lutsiion would b( :e-o!K.'ned again in the near fu'u; ) ar.d lhat the Board of Review of .\rmy Engineers had complimented Con¬
ed with ten minutes after the Urst brought every piece of apparatus in the village. Chief Bernard Loonam took charge of the flremen, arriving in a red automobile bearing the legend Fire ChieL" It is estimated lhat more than two hundred olher motor
gressman Brown on the manner In ] '-"^''^ conveying flremen from outlying which he had presented Ihe facts. He ' 1"^''"' "^ "-^"^ village and persona from said the delegates had heard more j ^'^r'""" places were packed about the about Long Island than they had ever i streets. The police under President known before. ! ^^^ established fire lines, roping off
I an area about the building on throe
sides of the hoteh
The wind droves the flames over
[ the roof of the east wing to the uorlb
.side of the hotel despite the etfortii of
llie firemen to check it. The windows
I crumbled iu the intense heat and the
I interior was quickly Ignited. The up-
I per rooms were devasted by water and
I fire and the lower part of the building
j Hooded. The porch roof In which the
I Ure started crumbled and fell to the
I ground. The dormer windows of the
j top floor, 'their suporla being burned
away crashed Inlo the seething ruins
of the upper stories. The top floor ot
the maiu building which quickly flred
was entirely consumed and the ffl&meK
spread lo the west wing.
It was here that the flremen did their best work. J. Huyler Ellison on an extension ladder with former Jui»- tice Elvln N. Edwards and VlUage Treasurer S. Dimon Smllh and otbera, worked lo the top floor and graduAlly fought their way into the windows. Although their stream was small they were able to flght tbe flre tc the east wing. Sylvester Oreenblatt, wa^ overcome by the smoke in tbe building and brought to a window where be was revived. Frank Johns, tbe Aall- road avenue rtjstaranteur, was severe¬ ly cut on tbe right hand.
There were twenty-five guests re
glst«red at tbe hotel yesterday, sevwal
(CoAtlavea oa Fm* *>
REVOLTING CONDITION IN WRIGHT HOME
Mother and Six Children Separated by Court's Decree
Mrs. Kslelle Wright, of Ocean ave¬ nue, East Uockaway a mother of six children ranging from a nursing baby to a boy fourteen years of age, was sent to Blackwell's Island on Saturday by Jusiice Neu for six months. A fourteen year old boy, the oldest of the children was laken to the Nassau Hospital. Mineola, suffering from a loathsome disease the same day, by Overseer of the I'oor, George M. Hur¬ rell. The rest of the family was taken in charge of the (.'liildren's Society ol Brooklyn.
The complaint was made by Officer Janies Doj^ of the Gerry Society after an invesUgatlon by Constable Carman Plant and himself ou Friday. Thoy found the condition of tho Wright household which consisted of three rooms, revolting flilh and Immorality were rampant. The woman's husband, \alentine Wright, disappeared about six months ago and his whereabouts Ih unknown.
Mrs. Roiland Jackson, of Wilming¬ ton, Dei., is tbe guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Cbrls. Munk of Munk's fisblnf BUUcn. Baldwia.
