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. Narrowl y Escapes Death at Ri verhead Fair TRACK RECORD BROKEN Fair Moat Successfu l In History of Society—Gate Receipts Total Ove r . $17, 000 for Five Days—Local Exhlb i- f tore Win Silver Cup *. Carl Goodson , ot Savannah , Ga„ nar- rowly esca ped being seriously Injured or killed In the seven th lap of the ten-mile Lon g Island sweepstakes at the Suffolk County Fair automobile races last Saturda y afternoon. The Ra jo special he was riding skidded on the northwest turn of the half- mile trac k and crashed into the fence. The dr iver -was hurled ten feet in the air , landin g in front of a large oak tree. Hittin g the tree migh t have meant death. Su ffers Minor Cuts As it was , the racer ' s back muscles were strained sli ghtly and he suf- fered minor cuts and bruises. He was attended by Dr. Evere tt Ben- j amin , ot Riverhead. When the car -went hurtlin g against the fence , the crow d scattered and none were hurt. The machine caught art , but the blaze was quickly extin- guished with sand by Chester I. Vail, | of Quogue. | Goodson is chauffeur for Alfred H. | Waag, a Florida State Senator , who ' has a countr y home . Driftwood Manor. He was drivin g lu the race ' for G eor g e La Monte , of Mon treal, : who was taken ill after winning the five-mile li ght car event. Goodson j consented to drive on the spur of the ' moment. ' ! 'A new state record for a half-m ile dirt track was made in the 10-mllo sweepstakes by Bill Rupp. of Daytona , Fla., whose time was 9 minutes, 59 1-5 seconds , drivin g an Auburn Special. This cli ps about 40 seconds off the old record and is within 9 seconds of the national record. Ru pp won the New fork State swee pstakes at Altamom recently and the New En gland sweep- stakes . Breaks Track Record Roy Ketcham , ot Chica go, driving a Hudson S pecial, was second in the 10-mile Lon g Island sweepstakes and Jacques Tournour , ot Quebec , who holds the Canadian cham pionship, was third. Tournour , with an Overland , was-second In the Ave mile event , and June * Ewers, ot Chicago , was third. LaMonte ' s winning time was 6 minut es 11 2-5 seconds. In the time trials over a half mile , Roy Ketcham, in his Hudson Special , broke the track record , makin g it in 33 and 1-6 seconds. Tournour, with bis Overland , made It in 83 seconds , and Bob Price , of Indiana polis , in a Dod ge Special made It in 86 seconds. The first best of a four-cornered mat ch race tor three miles was won by Jack Jackson, of Detroit, with an Es- sex Special , In S minutes 45 1-6 sec- onds, Roy Ketcham was second , In the Hudson S pecial , his time being 3 minutes . 48 3-6 seconds. J ackson Wins Final ' In the duals of this race, Jackson was winner , his time being « min- utes 30 seconds. Ketcham was sec- ond and Bob Price was third. About 15, 000 visited the grounds on Saturday, it bein g the biggest day. on account ot the race s. The weather was compared to that of a June day. Total gate recei pts for the day were ?4 , 880.78. Wheji If closed that after- noon, It was declared the most iuo- ceaefu) In the histor y ot the Suf- folk County Agricultural Society which was formed 74 yean a go. Oats fUoslpts The gate and grandstand receipts for the five days last week totaled 117,118.86. The recst pU tor each day were : Tuesday, •«».«: W^nwd ny, IM00 ; Thursday , »MB7.80; Wd ay, W,70«.8B, and Saturda y. 14 .880.76. The fair was one of the moat sue- Continued on page sight College Club at M M. •Hitman 's On Wednesday evening Mrs. Q. A. Bllllman, presldsnt ot the South Shore Collsgs Women ' s C lub, delightfully entertained the B*»m\e T3»H ot the o lu» at bar noma on Candee avenue. Atnfr a business martini and about twfihowi ot bridge, ra traiWmau ta *•¥• Mrro d. The . gues ts war* Mra. Jijr OonW, hire. Hwrte t »«*»•. »»* th*S)MUN»a AHoe «#¦»«. ' *•«• ! 0* unar, Mildred ¦*•, aerthn A dam*. JDUnor Hantaan, Amy Milker, Utqlaa Oflkart, Anna |taf«rrV N*1y» »•*»»« end Marion Boa*. . „ ¦ tti^fywymk *- ' - ) aM' -«taAi#*lbMM^^ -4N! a « mm^M J ^i^'^iW^ &M mmk$$^ •SSmBHsKw RACER HURLED . FROM HIS CAR O. E. S. RECEPTION Elaborate Ceremony in Honor of R:. | W.: Helen Fendall, O. D. G. M. On Tuesda y evening MetlakhaUa Cha pter ot the Eastern Star held a rece ption In honor of the homecoming of R. W. He len v Fendall , D.D.G.M., of Suffolk Dis t r i ct , and the official visit of R. W. W illiam D. Chamberlain , A.G.L. In spite ot the rainy weather t here were about 250 people present. Twelve ot the fifteen chapters of the district were re pr esented. Mrs. Fendall was welcomed by a s pecial tloral staff . As she walked through an arch of roses Henry Heine san g \Back Home. \ There was a lar ge number of past and present Grand Officers present who were giv- en grand honors. Whi le the past matrons and patrons wer e assembled tor honors , Mr. Heine san g \Auld Lang Syne. \ When the present matrons and pa- trons were assembled , as it was Mrs. Fendall' s las t official visit with them , Mr. Heine san g, \How Can I Bear to Leave Thee. \ Mrs. Feudal], in her s p eech , ex p resse d gratit ude for the lo yal support which the chapter has ! given her and her thanks for the re- ce ption. Most Worthy Seward S. Travis made a short speech , as did R. W. Bro ther Chamberlain. The la tter ended bis talk with an original poem to Mrs. Fendall. Mrs. Jean Gel- s tCjn , ot Rockv ille Centre , recited one of Jo yce Kilmer ' s poems. R. W. Norah Huff presented Mrs. Fenda!' with a diamond ring from al l thy chapters. On behalf ot the Sewing Circle Mrs. Donald MacKen- z ie presented Mrs. Fendall with , a hand ba g, and she also received & baske t of roses from the Past Ma- trons and Pa trons, and a number of gifts from personal friends. Metlakba tla Chapter presented Mrs. Chamberlain with a bouquet of roses and Mrs. Fendall had a small basket of roses presented to- 'Vhe Chamber - la i ns ' little dau ghter: R. W. Helen Youn g presented to Metlakbatla Chap- ter in behalf of Mrs. Fendall a beau- tiful pair of silver gavels for Bast and West. W. Brother Marinus Van Po pertng gave to Mrs. Fendall 8135 as the chapte r ' s con tribution to the educa tional lund which is being rais- ed b y the Grand Matron. New Telephone System by Octobe r 16 The New York Telephone Com pany has issued announ cements to Sa y- ville subscribers that on or about October 1 6 a new central office ot the \ common battery \ ty pe will be placed In service. After this time It will no longer be necessar y to si gnal the op- erator by the turnin g of the crank. Merel y lifting the receiver from the hook will Indicate tha t you desire to make a call. The subscribers , who are tor the most part putting u p cheerfully with the Inconvenience of the present system , while the change Is bein g made, will be greatly reliev- ed when the new system goes into ef- fect. Saw Thems elves is Others tea Them. Last evening the members ot the West Sayvlllo Fire Department, after their re gular business meeting, enjoy- ed movies which Lewis Terry showed from his miniature machine. He showed pictures ot the parade and tourname n t which were held in Say- v llle on Labor Day. The tlgures were clear and man y ot the men could be easily reco gnlied in the parade and various eventa. He also showed sev- eral stri ps of other reels. Mr. Terr y ' s efforts were very much appreciated by members ot the department. FIRST SOCCER GAME High School Beys Playing In Fatah - ogus This Afternoon. . Sayvllle Hlsh School will be rep- resented by boys ' and girts ' sooooer teams this year. Coach Gustation and Arthur Millar, as representatives of the ttudenti , attended a meeting in Bmlthtown last week, where plana tor a soccer league were laid out. lnglufl> «d In the league are SmithtoWn, Pat- ohogue, Hast lilip, and BayvlUe, The teams.have hew pract ic i ng da lly for the peal two weeka end are In good condition . tor . tfito ftrat , leagu e gune aga inst fytohogun In . t NMtogne w(a a ttsm oon. Ysitaroa y Myr on Van He- sendeltt was eltcUd captain and Karl fra llok, manager, o* the boys * turn. The teem will be picked from the fol- lowing tta yar ii Maaaob, Kaaohata , MMKen sle , Mi llar, Van VmnMrlJt , Oronet t, Van HeaendeUt , Burr, •nob,. K ing, itoohl, Bev-elander , Brtn *, s tuokowi Van VtMem end fraile k, thai girls ' t»am la captai ned fey Haian Ro Utauj ana fnann ged hy ire- l*« Tasaaa k. ttn» tf aW t»a» wW ba oaa aau pof th. fpUowltt t. Brink , Dyk- t@^^ PP W^^^^MM^Wm^^ WBmMrMWm^^ifw ' ^BHB mm^Hs ^m '^w ^^^^ mmg ilUlmSlHMI ^gmS ^mj ijj ^ Mrs. Kenneth Half Writes to Parents from Miami MANY NARROW ESCAPES V ivid Descri ption of Disaster by Form- er Bayport Young Woman , who Saw the Worst of It—Bodley Family Had Narrow Escape. The followin g thrilling account of her ex periences in the terrific hurri- cane at M iami , was written b y Mrs. Kenneth Haft\ to her parents , Mr . and Mrs. Charles LeCluse ; Sunday, Se pt. 19th South Miami , Fla. Dear Peo ple : I hope to be able to send you a wire tomorrow , but as the wires are all down doubt if I can get one throu gh so will write in hopes this will reach you to let you know we are safe, sane and sober , ver y sober too , with dea t hand destruction all around us. It is too gruesome even to write about and \No Man ' s Land \ was a paradise , I ima gine , in com parison. We are over at the bi g house , livin g or exist- in g, with the Griffiths , who are here while the Cha pmans are away and a fortunate thin g they had someone in here or everything would have been destro y ed , as the y spent the whole ni g ht . Saturday nailing the doors. (French doors and w indows), to kee p them from falling in. 1 was awakened at 2:4 6 a. m. by the wind tearing our awn ings loose and we packed our bags and trunks with the rain beatin g in on us overhead and glass crashing from tbe stanchions of the awnin gs coming through. We came over here at day- li ght and after the first gale slowed down a t 6:30 , we started out to get som e breakfast in our car , as ot course the power was off everywhere. T he sights that met our eyes were beyond descri ption. Houses complete- ly shattered , people killed in their beds and we thought we saw the worst then , but we had to go tn neare r Miami to see i t t h ere was a place we could eat and I never shall for get the sight of Coral Gables and along the trail into Miami. \Well I'll tr y and get some pictures to show you later. Coral Gables is almost a total wreck, but the Miami Blltmore stood up like a light house , throu gh it all. We found no place to eat and as ' bad be gun to rain again we started Continued on page eight THRILLS OF THE FLORIDA STORM FELL FOR OLD CON GAME Pole Too Avsrleloos To Be Honest Robbed by Sharper. M ike Navellnskl , ot Middle Road , Riverhead , known as \Chicken Mike, \ was robbed of $2 , 000 a few days a go by a slick \ con \ man, who offered to double his mone y for him. About a week ago the stran ger went to Navel- tnskt' s house and asked if he would sell his farm on which be raises ducks and chickens , and when . Mike said be would the stran ger paid him WOO down. Last Friday Mike collected »8 , - 000 on a mort ga ge which he held and wh ich was due tha t day. He was ad- vised to de posit the money but said he wanted to car ry it around lor a day or two just to see how it felt to have so much In Uls pockets. The next ni ght the pros pective purchaser of his farm paid Mike ' another visit. He showed Mike a small wooden band p ress , covered with plush, and said that It Mike had any money he could double It for him by puttin g It in tbe press and pourin g acid on the bills, In- terleaved with name patent paper. Mike handed over bis »2, 000, which the man placed In the press , but attar screwing down the nuts with a wrench ho dro pped the bottle ot add on the floor, breakin g It. Telling Mike that he was going out to the dru g store to buy nvo te aotd . the man disappeared. When Ve failed to return Navellnskl o pened the pre ss to take out his mon- ey, only to find that It contained noth- in g but newspaper and waxed pap er. The case Is bein g investigated by Sher- iff , Howe, who thinks he baa » chance to catch the swindler. ¦lev. Or , Oadman Hsre on Monday. The Rev. Dr, 8. Parkas Cadraao, who returned on Saturda y from a , summer spent abroad, came out from Brooklyn , on . Monda y especially to aaa ona ot Ms beloved parlihtoneri, Mrs , W ehk' B, lonaa. who hu bam , s eriously lit tbli summer and (a «ow slowly bnt Handily lmprovlsg. Hi, Jon as and nis chauffeur mat thn die* Un«u. lafee4 olargymon at tha lral» oa Monda y morning. New •»are«a Coming ta iayvMle. r aanla who remember the Parade , a* It waa f Mra . In the Opera Honae to of it raara m«* will be glad to hear that Oapt. a*M? tad hit <anjk . t»r, M laa »«ito» IMv, ajta to ratn j ri i oar * aa« wtu put on in* aaeto ;.mA ot pertorweae * tor *%. ^VOMtai 0« Odtooar »»b, tut, m* »*4 lire mb eamlMor tha Par ^;. w n ,.Uw< ^ ^ g g j^J I SALARIES NOT large mum County Employees Leaving for Better Positions NO ACTION TAKEN YET Bayport Fir e Diatrict Appr oved by Boa rd of Supervisors —Will Hold Spec ial Meetin g Octo ber 18th to Consider Plans for Court House. At the mee ting ot the Boar d of Su- pervi sors held in Riverh ead this week Incre ases in salaries for a larg e num- ber of count y employees wer e asked for by most ot the heads of depart- men ts, who pointed out to the Super- visor s that In order to keep efficient men and women the count y must pay b igger salaries. Surrogate Rober t S. Pelletreau . who a ppeared pei sonally before the board, said that in oider to have the estates settled as prompt- l y as possible it was essential to have effic ient employees in his office. He j said I t iooYt all Vne time ol a trained law yer to attend to the duties of Clerk o f the Surrogate ' s Court and aske d that the salary of chief Clerk John D. Hal lock, who is now receiving $2, 500 per annum, be raised to $4 ,000, and tor M iss Lida Hartley, who is in charge of the office work , Judge P elletreau as k ed for an I ncrea s e to $2,260. Miss Hartley, wh o has been employed in the office tor IS years, now receives Sl.Sno T he Surrogate asked that the sal- ar y of Miss Estelle Cooper , who is next in line to Miss Hartley, be in- creased from §1 ,200 to $l,5fi0; that M iss Anna Nolan , and Miss Julia Polywoda . be increased from $900 to $1,080 per annum and that the four typewriter copyists In his office be increased from $935 to $990 per an- num. Judge Pelle tieau also spoke very h ighly of the work perfo rmed by Mi ss C oo p er. Miss Nolan , Miss Po ly- woda and the copyists. It is said that eitortB are teing m ade to have the salary ot the Dep- Contlnued on page eight Stat en Island Constru ction Co. The Builders $243 , 126 , the Lowest of 11 Bids for General Constru ction; Heating and Ventila ting, $28 , 517 ; Plumbing, $14 , 690 ; Electrical Wiring, Etc. Will Cost $6 , 787.50 Contract Awarded on Friday Night and First Trackload of Material Here Monday Expect to be Pouring Concrete for Foundation in Two Weeks To Have Building Ready for Occupancy Next Fall Plans for Laying Out Athletic Field The contracts for the erection of Sayville ' s new hi g h school building have been awarded and ground has been broken , and the most important advance step that Sayville has taken in years , one which The News has consistentl y advocated for a decade , is under way. The princi pal buildin g contract and se%-eral of the others wer e awarded at a meeting of the Boar d of Education in the school buildin g last Frida y nig ht , after careful investi gation had been made of the standing of the bidders , and it is most gratif y ing tp know that th e work is to be don e at a cost so well within th e architect ' s estimates that out of the $338,000 appropriated , plus \ the $7 ,000 received as a premium upon thi- ya k - of the school bonds , there will still be available $52,879.50 t«. n^y the architect ' s fees and for furn ishings and equipment of the buildi ' ig. There was sp irited bidding for each of the contracts, uo less than 11 bida having been submitted for the gener al bu ilding contract , w hich was awarded to the lowest . The Stat mi Island Con- ¦structlon Co.. Ini - .. of 56 Bay street , St. George. Staten Island , their figure being $24:i.l2ti. The contract for heating and ven- t ilating was awarded to James H. .Vfartfn, ' Inc.. of 155 East 42 n d street , New York , a t $28 , 517. They were the lowes t of live bidders. Four plumb ing concerns competed , an d I,. J. Bennett, ot Hempstead, re- ceived tbe award at $14,690. Of tha se ven electrical contractin K concerns The Arc Electrical Construction Co., of Nt-w York City, was the lowest and r eceived the contract for the work at $ti, 7S7.50. There were no local con- tractors bidding. The bu ilding will be of brick ahout 225 feet ioiifc. and will tnce Greene avenue, s tanding about 120 feet from the sidewalk line. Al l of the contractors have given bonds for the faithful performance ot t he work and careful invest igation has convinced the school boar d tnat the y are In every way com petent to handle the job. The Staten Island Construction Co. has made an excell- en t record tor the construction ot school buildin gs and churches on toe island and lias recentl y completed aa ei ght-dtory building; for the Tltl * Guaran tee unci Trust Co., o€ . Staten i sland . ' ; ¦![, it is believed that the building will h e ready for occupancy by the flrat of uttxl October , bu t the contractors , w ho are young and enersetic men , are promising t» do considerabl y bet- ter than Hint . One ' evidmico Umi ibfiy are u live-wir e concern is t ' .ie vuc» that the contrac t was signed lust Kridaj ni ght und that they had their flrat truck loud of construction equipment here on Monda y morning. Th ey promptly executed a sub-con- tra c t will' John Belntuma, ot West . Sayville , for ex cavating unit grading and the removal of trees from tha wes t side of the playground Held to tmikc room for the auditorium and g ymnasium. The lot was utaku d out for tht> purnoBe of grading and tmo- tors , plows uml acrftnevn wel to work , and yes terday morning when a repre- sentative ot The News went to the , field , lie found about J6 men bu»y. ' \ ' Two or three were at work on a l«a» )* • > porury budding to ba uaed aa an of ; , ,\; r flee for the construc tion company, M which was bein g erecte d near tae . ' ji; sidewalk on Greene avtmuo. T. 9. . \j,jjjj McOury , su perintendent of construe- \;]h Hon, who i\ a very courteous a*i ¦ : ,yM evidently efficient representative et \^ Continued on page eight ' .. ' . . 4 The news ha t Just come oat the * MM I Miss Evelyn 8sr»h Crowe, daughter of . VJt Mr. and Mr *, frank , Orowo , of Owei% ,v ' .ffl , N. Y„ and John Pat rlek Uullefl, ' :»»»'/; M of Mr. and Kre. Patrick Mutta *' «t.itM this rUlag* . w ere married Id .U» ¦iW.itf ia sonata of th» Methodist Chare *' m$-ml Cen ter linrieliM, M »oo» oi» »w»e»j m| September l«tn. The ceremon y Wt raE fl S tormed ey the ¦ w»v. John , y. rmf mt roe , BMWr M that ehnrob , ^JIK ifl r w ttaetotii w«r« Mra , mitt hmiiiyH ' mi imp MAtiur ' > v^ ' • }n%Am£HH t ~ *r \ M* W*. -^\^ Mffll j H Stwie^S^^^^ HHI ¦ | ¦ ¦ ¦¦— > ,. , , , , ... ' V . I I — —»i ¦««»« »««»M»«»»M«J|l»tlllW»»l«M«»«M»« ^>MM W MiM.».M ^«jj ^. M ^^ — ___ . CONTRACT LET AND GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL KILLED BOY. RAN AWAY Police Searchin g for . Murderously R eck l ess Bab y lon Man, The Babylon police have found the automobile which they believe is the one which on Sunday evening killed 13-year-old Catnma . ro Mazzaa i on Deer P ar k avenue , and the vwlice and State troopers are searching for Freder ck Kalwr it e , of Mason Park , Babylo n who la said to be the driver ot the car. The car was found In the garage in the rear of Knlwril e ' s home , which is only a few blocks away from where the child was killed. Stephen Miller , who boards at Kalwrite ' s home and was wi th him when the accident occurred, ha s been arrested mid held in $2 , 500 ba il as a material witness by Justice F rederi c J. Wood. He said t hat he adv ised Kalwrite to stop but that In- s tead he stepped on the gas and swi tched off his lights and that In put- tin g the car In the ga rage he crashed into the gurage doors. Miller said that on Monda y morning Kalwrite said he was going to Bay Shore but did not re turn. Three children were struck b y Kalwrl t e ' s car. It wafl at flrat thought that Esther Nelson , 15 years old, ot Nor th B&by ian , was seriously in jured, but she is slowly recovering. Joh n App olHo , n fred 14, of North Baby- l on, was also .itrtick by the same machine und was badly bruised and lacera t ed. Wes terbeke—Skinner. Las t evening shortly after 7 o ' clock Mrs. Minnie Skinner, of Sayville , and William Wea teruc ke , ot Woat Sa yville, wore r tu letly married in tho. First Re- f ormed Church of West Sayville by tho Itev . A. K. Van Antwer pon. They were at tended by Mrs, Skinner ' s eon. Albert Skinner , of Islt p, and Mr. Wea- torboko ' s aon , William. Mrs. Waster- boke wore a dress ot dark hlUe and tun silk. Thoy are to make their homo at Mr . Wcstorbeke ' s residence on Main street , West Sayville . '¦ . - , y at* '^Xf * S PKCIAI. raAY0»t« - ~7' Hcrw » ABOtrr—Br sa Bow* MAKINGI GOOD IN A 81LUX TOWN-B 7 Kia. HaTland H. AHea , QOLP—By p. j Qaadln LONG ISLAND KBAL ESTATES . » #»»»»*¦»* '*#*»-•* »»«t« r ¦ : - i**a»* «vSr \ t»« ; *•»#£>* « t«M. - ' . TM f iiWt KM«tH[ Ma - ^.ssra gg tsfi ^,^. ¦ ' ¦ Aa * *¦• . #eae *a*t aevw ttoer Te rteM -r --:-—~1r-*——¦ - \~ i *- , ' ¦—»••¦» VMfc, WRECK CAUSED BY NEGUGENCE Report Made by Interst ate Commerce Commi Mion LAXITY IN INSPECTION ¦lamse Foreman for Disaster at Csl- verten Which Retulttd tn Death of Sevs n and Injury to 2S—Could Not Sp «*k , Read or Writ * Kflgllsn. Defectiv e switches and Improper maintenance ot raits under the super- vision of Foreman Dinlio were respon- sible (or the wreok on the Long Island Railroad st Calverton on August IS, when seven were killed and twenty* eight Injured, the Interstate Commerce Commission stated In lis report yes- terday at Washin gton. The commission in IU Dodlngs pointed oat that testimony enowed that nuny of tha boHa at •wHoh points were either without ootter plea en- tlreiy or that nails had oe«« snbetl- toted tpr oojter ptne »nd that tha •w tehee n»d worked loeet aa a reenlt. Tha oomnlwlcm also found utUe •a tlafnUoB In aueatloalng roreman INnlto , who It was found oannot write hot apeak atogllsn. Dlalio, on whose eeoilon the wreck oooumd, baa been with tea road slnoe 1M1 a« » eeotion haee and « head laiwrar , ' , ¦ ¦ ' ; ' parvAMH I* ¦laimrf , T he ootBmlsslon ' s lu sotarr Callowe : M TW» aoeldeot ¦ +•* o^umI %f ue dete*tWe condition ot ^fct weit twite * on the eotiUi aldlnt a^Wwru. , tor w^W» Wn lio, . •Mttm~va p i^\; ^ : »r l- ^^ff wy *yyyup. pp *h^j , ' v, .i ¦ , \ /• ¦¦Y' TRUCK DRIVER CRUSHED Plucky Patcho guer Direottd Work of Reserves Wednesday Morn ing. So y Williams, , of 73 Swezey street , Patc hogiie , a driver tor Reich Bros., the -well known truckin g concern , ot Patcno gne, met with a frightful acci- dent abou t five o ' clock on Wednesda y mornin g, when the bi g truck loaded wi th barrels ' of o ysters for the New Yor k market , collided w ith an \L\ pillar at Delancy and Allen streets , Manhat tan. Pinned between the seat and the steerin g wheel , Williams smoked ci g- arettes and calmly direc ted the ef- forts ot abou t 1 00 policemen and fire- men , who worked tor more than ha lt an ' hour to extricate him from the wrec ked truck. The accident hap- pened when a tazlcab cat in fron t of Williams ' truck from the right , caus- ing him to swerve quickly to the left in order to avoid striking it , and as a result the bi g truck with its heavy loan skidded and struck the \L\ pil- lar. Policeman Michael Silvcerman heard tt.e Impact , but seein g at once that there was nothin g he could do , sent tn a lire alar m, which brou ght out tour en gine companies, tbe Res- cue S quad , the Fire Patrol , the Gas com pany emergency crew , a De puty Chief and two Battalion Chiefs , an ambulance and the police reserves , who labored with block and tackle , axes and acet ylene torches to free the injured man, cho pping' away tbe s teering post and tearing up the floor boards to release his feet. He was taken to Gouverneur Hos- pital suffering with fractures of the l eft arm and le g, numerous cuts and bruises and possible Internal injuries. After Williams had been removed to the hospital the firemen pulled tbe wrecked truck away from tbe pillar. Shortly after alx o ' clock on Wed- nesda y morning Officer Newton Mog- er, of Patcho gue , received a call from the New York police , askin g bim to no tify the truck owners. Williams , who is 2 8 years old , is married and has been employed by Reich Bros. for about three months. He came to Pa tchogue from Connecticut several months a go and for a ' time played at first base on the Clerks ' nine of the Twili ght Baseball League. Skidded When Car Cut In Frcnt. A little rain and mist in the morn- in g was responsible for a mishap on Candee avenue about one o ' clock last Friday. Francis Hoa g and his young- est daughter, Catherine , in their Reo sedan , were boun d u p town after lunch and were followin g Alfred Sykes in his Chevrolet. Mr. Sykes , preparatory to turning to the right Into Edwards street , swun g widely to the left and to avoid collision Mr. Hoa g was obliged quickly to apply his brakes with the result that the oar skidded sideways and struck a tree In front ot the home of Dr. I * Borne. Fortunately no one was hurt in the least and the damage to tbe car was not very serious , althou g h the glass In the front door was smash- ed and both occupan ts were shower- ed with It. A HUGE CALENDAR Many Cases of Local Interest Among S66 Listed for October Term The Oc tober term ot the Sutuwme Court , which o pens at Riverhead next Monda y, October 4th . Jus tice Charles J. Druhnn presiding, has a record calendar w ith 189 cases listed, in ad- dition to 77 cases an the special term calendar. Among those of local in- teres t are the following: Norah C. Whalen as administratrix, etc. vs. Mar y Cruise and another; action for recover y ot damages for negligence. Charles S. Breckenrld ge vs. Charles Muller, and Chariots S. Breckenrldge v». William H. Stuart, to recover for labor , etc. Helalne M. Lowonstcin vs . Harry Goodman, action tar rent. William C. Do Oratf vs. Versa Jea n De I' a ye, breach of contract, Isllp Union Prinler y, Inc., vs. Sa y- ville Press, Inc., breach of contract. Harry Hobbs vs. Lon g Islan d Rail- road Company: Max Mett enlelter as adminis trator , etc . vs. Lon g Island Itii l lnmil Company; Klsle Bei!bo vs. Lon g Island Railroad Company; Jos- ephine Beubo vs. !rf)iig Island Rnil- Contlnuod on page eight Tvwo Vouno Men who Ren Amuck. Frank MoUor and Herber t A. Ju lo, two youn g men employed by Hulliler Arthur L ynch , having finished work on a Job at Mndenfturs t. were bound to Ba yport last Friday afternoon . They had been drinkin g before thoy arrived in Sa yvlllo and thoy.stopped here at tho Joint run by Henry Thoo- dosts in the ramshac kle old store , which sticks out like a sore thumb at the corner ot Main street end Rail- road avenue, The Greek says that they bought soft stuff in hit place, although there ait other stories about that ae well. He char ges that thay sprinkled eome ot tbe fluid, whatever It was, ou one ot hl« billiard tab)** and when he nude vigorous promt they anaault td him, one ot them punchin g htm In the eye and producing « \ shiner \ which te Rill In evidence. *. They then ran out and Jumped Into a Ford truck beloaitnt to their em- ployer ami started east, They were dr iving recklessly »»« at tin onrnw ot Bayport avenue *ai South Mala street thay collided with a Kodeoa ¦•tan beton gtaa to ttaaler ' We ak), w hich *w parked near Mnhthn ' a gnr> &!l T i!L tr S?!L h *4J* wwhheM b Mhca, Mt whether thin ww name or effect In It* rnttUo * to the aoel- dent ao on* eeewa in $• uiie cleat. The aeonn had a t ej ^.y^eW smi* torn' oc. < jMnte ^wi il |M> •«r an* Jnio nnA'*n« l(it ^Mp ht* fori Joetloe n, . v>fP ; ;-l Mi We** not* !« _ *^m* \ ««5m i^ j ** mipi fsQi <jtmB) WmwKlf imt ' N' Wilm BEATEN AT RIVERHEAD Sayville Lost to Huntington on F»lr Grounds Last Friday The Sayvlllo Baseball Team, lar ge- l y made up of substitutes since the re gular season was ended and sevur- u.1 ot the host mon had left town (or college , made a rather poor showin g at the County Fair last Friday after - noon and were shut out by Huntin g- ton, 5—0. The particular star of (he game was Salmon, formerly ot Sonth- old, who pitched far Huntin gton and put up a remarkable game. His pitch- , Ing was not only ver y effective, al- lowing- but four hits, but he fleld td his position wonderfully well and two remarkable slops which he made of line drives robbed Sayvlllo ot hits end run t at critical peri ods of the game. Ryther w is not In his ususl form and allowed eight hits. He al io walked four batsmen which wecao it- ly, Ornhatn «ng*g«d hi (Saytttla u> play abort, was pot for a minute lir Jack La Borne ' e class and not only felled to hit, but made three error *. Ifnok, who caught a good cant *\ tpr Huntin gton, alio tilt a home run over the fence (and on to the tnMr>«fd s oared a man «head ot h|ei, _J 1it fame was n Ve«« dua pirtl ^iiil^ a cbMMereWn nwn ber of l^e^MRIjj Mv .fib^W'^flrf 4: W$P mK^^^^^ $$P& WmuMikij umMm taMMf umhimm
