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'ftp' '•' VOLUME I, NUMBER 38. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE HOME INTERESTS OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER. KATONAH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1914. AQUEDUCT CASES CHARGE ON CITY County Attorney Says, Ex penses of Criminal Pros- ecutions May Be Collected. ASK OFFICIALS FOR ITEMS OF EXPENSE County Attornoy Charles A. Van- Auken gave as his opinion to the Board or Supervisors Monday that the expenses incurred by Westchester County in the prosecution of crimin al cases among men employed on the New York City and the care of indi gent poor among tho families of DIOBO employed on tho aqueduct were charges against the City of New York, and that the county might be ro-imbursed for the whole sum. The exact amount the county lias expended in tills cases during the time the aqueduct has been in course of construction Is not Known, but it runs into many thousands of dollars Sheriff Doyle called attention to this matter in the -course of his routine work, and Supervisor Edward A For- Ryth brought tho matter before tho Roard, asking that the county at torney give an opinion Following the opinion hy the Coun ty Attorney Monday the Board adopted u resolution directing the Sheriff, District Attorney Frederick E. Weeks, the County Superintendent of Poor V Everit Macy and the various town overseers of poor to file all expenses incurred from the sources named. The annual appropriation of $8,500 for aid of veterans of tho Civil- War and $1,000 for the aid of Spanish •WJar veterans was directed today by .•^••osolutlon.-* —- rt _^-—. —- V County Attorney 'Vflnftulten report ed an act to amend the Btate law re lating to armories and their -mainten ance and the building and mainten ance of county bridges. JUSTICE MORSCHAUSER'S ANNIVERSARY-REMEMBERED yUSMEMB itosesahd Gs Presented With Roses s&id Gavel to Commemorate 25 Years of Mar ried Lifje . McKEEL POST, G. A. R. ATTENDS INSTALLATION The installation of officers of Cromwell Post, G. A. R-, and the Wo man's Auxiliary was held Thurs day night In the Grand Army rooms, White Plains. It was a joint installation, and there were many guests in attendance. Mem hers of the Sons of Veterans, Camp Fitzgerald, No. 79, United Spanish War Veterans, McKeel Post, G A H., of Katonah, and many friends of the members of the two organiza tions holding the ceremonies were present. Oharles.-H.. Shaw, Past Commander of Ranldn PoBt, Brooklyn, was the in stalling officer for the men, and Mrs Mary Halliday, .luntor Department Vice-President, of Now York, Install ed the ladies of tho auxiliary Mrs ~Halliday was presented wlth~Trgo1rf-j piece by members of the Woman's Auxiliary during the evening Edward B Long was installed as commnndcr of Cromwell Post, G A II., for the twenty-ninth time. Mr um g has been commander for the past twenty-eight yearB. The other officers installed were. Senior Vlco-Commandor—D. P 011- roy Junior Vice-Commander — Charles. Luvlncss. Quartermaster—James S. Snede- lvor Adjutanf—D. W Bogart. Chaplain and Patriotic Instructor— V M Hodgson Sergeant—Thoipas Burgan . Officer of the Day—James McCar thy Officer of the Guard—Michael Ttoonoy Inside Sentinel—Thomas Freden- borg • Outside Sentinel—John Ferguson. The officers who were installed in tho auxiliary are: President—Mrs. Laura B Weller. Senior Vice-President—Mrs. Louisa -Martin. Junior Vice-President—Mrs. Eunice Snedeker , Chaplain—Mrs. Mary L. See. ^| . Treasurer—MrB. Mary Gilroy Secretary—Miss Lillian B. Weller. Conductress—Mrs. Anna Roafttw . Assistant Conductor—Mrs. Barbara LevIneBS. , Guard—Mrs. Mary L. Rallner. Assistant Guard—Mrs. Ella A, Stack. Color Bearers—Miss Florence- Wei. ler.-Mlss Constance See, Mrs. Kath arine Anderson and Mrs. Mary Rooneyl In commemoration of his twenty- fifth wedding anniversary the friends of Supreme Court Justice Morscfiaus er presented him with a silver gave when he opened court Thursday morning in Part II, at White Plains The presentation WUB made by^Ie rome A. Pjck, president of the West chester County Bftr Association, say ing that the friends and members of the bar of this county had fplt that they could not let the occasion pass v ithout doing honor to the Court an to Mrs Morschauscr after' a quarter of a century of wedded happiness A basket of twenty-live beautiful roses, one for every year of married life, was presented to Justice Mor R -l uuser and Mr Peck suggested tl-a the Court find soma way In which to get them to Poughkcepsie for Mrs Morschauscr with tho compliments of the bar association Mr Peck then for himself and the bar association presented to Justice Morschauscr the gavel, a beautiful work ot mahogany mounted with ail -ver, saying. It. ivas^j^gjre^tjjle^surg. and a distinguished hpnbr to have been- selected to make the presenta- tlon as a token of esteem from the attorneys and the friends of the Court Justice Morschauser was much af fected by the expressions of the speak •. r. but he said he appreciated the gift as coming from the attorneys and people of Westchester county, all of whom had been most kind and had in the past given him many expres sions of favor and good will He was glad of the attitude the bar assumed toward him because the Court must have the support of the attorneys who are the real power He said the friendly feeling made hltn feel good and ho was very thankful for the gift since it game him to understand that with it came the confluence of the bar The gavel.is engraved with the in scription,. \1889-1914 Hon Joseph Morschauscr Sinceresl wishes and esteem frouj members Westchester Bar.\ HIGHWAYS HEADS INDICTED IN SUFFOLK COUNTY ~\SP\CHCOT~J \ iStewaTtr^of-New-'Vorir City, formerly head of this division of the State Highways Department was indicted Thursday by the Suf folk County Grand Jury on four counts of conspiracy and for malfeasance and misfeasance In office The Indictments against Mr Stewart are only part of Uventy-Xour indict ments found In the probe of the Stat-} Highways graft now under investiga tion in Suffolk County Mr Stewart is one of fourteen men against whom indictments were found- Thursday. The four Indictments for conspiracy against Mr. Stewart grow out of the construction of four_differont roads, it is alleged the road from Coram to Patchoguo, a distance of six and. three- quarter miles, which was cubism six-' teen to fifteen feet, •frhllef'only one four-inch layer of gravel was put on. Instead of two six-Inch layers. Leigh Robert, as engineer in charge of the % ork was indicted for grand larceny The second Indictment against Mr. Stewart conies from the work done on the Jericho turnpike, where it is al leged Instead of Ave Inches of con crete only two IncheS of the \material v as 'laid. . The third indictment comes from the nine-mile continuation of the Jeri cho turnpike and the Smlthtown-Fort Salonga road construction, in each in stance the charge being that the con crete and other material was not ac cording to the specifications. John A . Hennessey made the state ment Thursday that If the highways probe continues properly the state •may yet recover $2,000,000, since the .conditions in Suffolk'County, are the. L.-!same as in fifty ot the sixty-two cotin- (ties In-the state. \- BID ON NEW FIRE ALARM Mount Kisco Village Fathers Will Give Out Contract Next Monda^Night. C0ST0FLIGHT REDUCED At an adjourned meeting of the Mt. Klsco Board of Village Trustees held on Monday evening bids for the in stallation of the proposed new lire sys tem were opened and read Two bids were received, the first being that of the Star Electric Co., which offered to Install Hie system complete lor the sum of $1,952 This is the com pany which a few week:; ago Com plained that they were unable to bid upon the first set of specifications ail- -vertised and which caused die Board to reject tho bid of the GnmewtMl coin pany at that time and roadvertlse after the specifications had been ap proved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The Gamewell Fire Alarm & Tele graph Co. on Monday night put in n bid of $1,S52, just $100 less than their competitors The bids were re ferred to President Banks and the lire committee, which will make It* report and recommendations at the meeting of the Board next Monday • \ ening. The lire alarm matter has been given the closest attention for several months by President Banks and his associates and after much hard work they feel that when Mt Ki'ico has cither of the systems which may bo accepted installed the village will be equipped with one of the finest alarm systems In. any village in the state The Westchester Lighting Company has consented to the CTe of its poles, thus eliminating the necessity of erecting: additional poles-, in,, ,the j/ll-^ g^tegeotrootc:— --U^A'--- .I'.^Vt.\.. The Westchester Lighting Co., through, PreBidelit Stratum, submitted a new form of contract for the light ing of the vlllago during the coming Ave years. The company offered to furnish tho service at $19 per lamp pe- annum, a reduction of $1 per lamp frofn the old contract, which will ex pire next December 1st If the new form is approved by the Board the old contract will be abroguted and tho new rate will begin on March 1st President Bunks spoke of the saving this arrangement would effect to the village and urged that as the Cor poratlon Counsel had approved the form of tho new contract it should ho adopted at once. Trustee Sclleck ask od that more time Uu given him as member of tho lighting eomlmttco lo Investigate the t:.alter, ns he wduld like to learn if nearby concerns * ouid bid against the Wostoliestcr concern It was decided to defer action until tho regular meeting on Monday uvo nlng next. RYLE PLACE BURNED Destruction of Rob ertson Homestead at Cantitoe Corners Occurred Thursday PASSING OTLANDMARK The handsome home of Miss Julia Ryle, at Cantitoe Corners, east of Katonah, was burned to the ground early on Thursday morning last. .On ly a few personal belongings were saved .and the loss is estimated at nearly $10,000 The house formerly belonged to George L. Nlehol, and was purchased by Miss Ryle an dex- tcnslve alterations made about six :.cars ago. * Tho Katonah firemen received word of the fire about S oclock. and hastened with their apparatus to the scene* They could no nothing to save the burning structure, however, ns the Ilnmes had evidently started In the cellar, and the house was a mass of flames when they arrived The firemen did all in their power to check the flames, but owing to a scarcity of water supply on the prem ises could make little headway A caretaker^ the occupant of the. place at t'ie time the [lames* were distlovcrd, could give no reason for the start of the fire which is sup posed to have been caused by a de fective flue One of the old landmarks of Can titoe, \The Robertson Homestead\ has gone, it was with sincere reget that many who had been accustomed to enter Its hospitable doors in days gone by, learnod of its destruction The old house was more than a hun dred years old, and had sheltered four generations of the RobertBon family, many if not all having; been, bqrn under its rooL 'iLarga^Sdcife WILL OF REESE CARPENTER- FILED- The will of the late Itees; I arpen- ter, of Valhalla, tho head of the Ken slco Cemetery Association, lllol \gllh Surrogate Willain A Sawyer Satur day shows that ho left hi? entire es Late equally to his widow, his son Or lando and daughter, Mrs Edith Low er}', of Valhalla The papers filed with the will i.t.t forth that it Is Impossible to give the value of the estate, and this is saw. to be due to the fact that it is mucn in •tdved in litigation, but an estimate of it holds It to be worth about. $200, 000 Mr Carpenter died at his hnve at Kenstco Janunry 13. after an Illness of several months. He had not been in good health for some time prior to hlB last Illness His widow, Mrs Florence C Car penter, lives in Brooklyn JAMES F.\MARTIN COMPANY INCORPORATES. Former County Register and Sons File Papers With County Clerk Daniel J. Cashin. Papers of Incorporation have been filed with County Clerk Daniel J Cashin for the ^James F. Martin Company, of Peeksklll. The company 1 B the manufacturer of cigars and tobacco products and the -capital stock is $50,000 The main offices are at Peeksklll, as. Is the factory. Tho Incorporators are former County Register James F Martin and his two sons, James F. Martin, Jr, and Raymond Martin, all of No. i67 Depew Street, Peeksklll. excepting the wide piazza, across'the front, tlie exterior of the old house had • not been materially changed. The colonial door with- its brass' knocker and old fashioned side lights, the many windows with their small panes, the lawns and trees, all re tained their old-time charm* In the year 1754, William Robert son, of Greenwich, Conn , pur chased the land around this house, together wltJi one hundred acres across the street, running through to tho Hook road, now owned by Mr Fahuestock and Mr Potter This farm remained in the Robertson fam ily until some years after the death of the late Henry Robertson, when It passed Into other hands This old farm is somewhat historic During tho War of Revolution in July 1781 the French Army commanded by Count\ Rochamhcau. loft Providence Rhode Island, marching through Woodbury, Newtown, Ridgebury-'and Bedford on their way to join Gen eral Washington in New York The army numbered fioo artillery, COO cavalry, P..600 inrantry—1.S00 men In -full—History tells—tisr a part TJf -the army stopped In Bedford town, the remainder going on to New York The part of the army that remained encamped on this farm of William Robctson Some years before the death of Henry Robertson, one of hi men, in plowing near the Cantitoe school house, upturned a cannon ball and 'Mr Robertson recalled the fact as he had often dono before that the army encamped there and he also said that his fatlier had told him that a meadow at the back of the farm was entirely destroyed by the encampment and that ft was there after known ns Girdle Ridge and Is BO called to this day Through the courtesy of Mr Robertson, as late as 1815, General Training was held on the meadow north of the Cantitoe school house, where HIP remarkable evolutions of the men were directed by Col Enock Avery ) The stone cottage ncrons the street was then used, and had been for many years, as a placp of \Accommo dation for Travelers \ Henrv Senslon, proprietor The old sign is still ex tant Most of the old Cantitoe neighbors have passed on, and men of wealth now occupy the old farms \where their patient feet have trad \ May they be as upright and khjdly and neighborly as were those who Had served their little day and left an honorable record behind them. TO SHOW FINE ART Exhibit at Katonah High School Next Week Should Be Attractive. MAY SEE MASTERPIECES The I.l.sun Art Exhibit, consisting of -a've\ ami Masterpieces selected from, t.ic work of the Egyptian, Greek. Human Italian, Dutch, French, German, English, Spanish and American artists will be hung in the Assembly Hall of Katonah High School next week and will besopon to tire public on Thursday and Fri day c\eniucs from 7^0 to 10 00 nt 25 cents admission \ musical program will he given both evenlngB and the proceeds will be used to buy pict ures for the school rooms. The State Department of Education dupli cates Hie money raised, so every ad- n1*r!T,'on Peans 50 cents for wall dec oration Here is an__ opportunity for the friends of the school to show that they are interested in one ot the most commendable undertakings of the faculty and scholars, and If f lends of tlii school will show the same enhtusia^m manifested at tho school, the state will have a U§at sum to duplicate The exhibit alone will be well worth tho price of admission and the musical program will be of tlwsjiisual high order always in evidence when the school and those Interested, choose to prepare a program HOSPITAL SITE TO GET PUBLIC HEARING. Objections to Proposed Tuberculo- of\the house by'recent owners^ Some of Katonah's automoblllsts have received their ne.v 1014 license plates. Several changes have been noticed In this year's plates. Their color scheme, which changes every year, will\' be a idark brown .-.back ground with' white figures and 1 let ters. State Commissioner of Health],Dr. Herman JVI. Biggs, has. sent, put_an- nounceraents of the fact that a pub lic hearing on the application ' to establish the county tuborculosls hos pital in North Castle, will be held at the County .Court House on Febru ary 25 at lO .aO o'clock Those Inter ested in the proposition In any way are urged to attend The Hoard of Supervisors- voted to establish the tuberculosis hospital In North Castle after they had conBid orod the Hat/leld property near No-th White Plains, and which was voted down, following the vigorous protests of \Y*hl*e Plains and Green burgh residents. The site recommended by tho Hoard Is about one mile -and one- half from Hertford Village and about three miles and one-half from Hod- ford Hills The ltcdford Hills sta tlon is the nearest railroad atop. Tho price usked for tho site is $r.r>,000. 'it Is said to he in a good location for such a hospital The public hearing is held for tho purpose of getting the sentiment of the residents of._lhe nearby sections ns to how they feel towards having the hospital In their community When the hearings were held in White Plains, the residents of the village and town and the resldonts of the adjacent Town of Greenburgh united unanimously against the plan on the-ground that the site was not suitable, the cost excessive and that tho Inst'tution wpuld be a menace to the village. It is prtibablc that opposition from some of the residents of the Town of New Castle will be heard at the public hpnrlng DEDICATE HEW PARISH HOUSE Salem Center Episcopalians Celebrate Completion ot Fine New Building. ADDRESSES AND MUSICAL PROGRAM RECEIVE NEW EXPRESS SCHEDULE. Reductions Will Go Into Effect on February 1st, if P. S. Commis sion Approves. The local office of the American Express Company has received from the Interstate Commerce Commis sion the new srhedule of rntes which reduces the tariff on packages of all weights, but more especially on par cels of one hundred pounds and un der These rates are offecttve on de liveries which go outside of New York State, but wait the approval of the Public Service Commission of New York boforo they go into effect as regards packages to points in this State Should tho public service ap prove of them they will be in effect February 1 The new schedule does away with a great deal of the work that was formerly connected w'th the charg ing department of the express com pany Instead of three or four big books containing the tariff schedule, It is condensed so as to Include the rate from hero to any point in Uie country, in one book, scarcely St James Episcopal Church dud I Lust Friday evening, over one lipjj,- dred persons, members and friends of the St James Episcopal Church at Salem Center met in the new parish house to celebrate the completion of the building. The program was llrst started by the rec tor, who made some very appropriate remarks suitable to the occasion ex plaining as to the origin of the build lug, telling of the work of tho build ing committee, especially calling at tention to the painstaking and care ful way with which the chairman of the committee, Charles B. Keeler, had superintended the work from tho lln\ day. until the completion Thanking Mr Keeler on behalf of tho church for hi* faithful services. The rectoi also on behalf of the Society extended thanks to Mr and Mrs. H Hobart Keeler and to Miss Frances Close, through whose over willing support It was made possible for the new hall to bo supplied with a piano anil chairs After (ho completion of these remarks the meeting attended prayer The duet by Mrs. Gilbert Lobdoll and .Mrs. Halght, the vocal solos by Mrs. Halght, ^accompanied on tho pI-. ; ano by Mrs. Gilbert Lobdell,. audit \ -violin solos J)y,»MrsJtiouiB': MAYOR GAYNOR MEMORIAL IN COUNTY COURT HOUSE Address by Justice Keogh Made Shortly After Late Executive Died, Has Been Engraved and Framed. It will be recalled tlrat at the opening of the September Term of the September Term of the Supreme Court, Mayor Keogb paid a fine and well worded tribute - to Mayor nor. who just a few days before had died at sea Judge Keogh appointed Judge Southard and William E Weeks, u committee to see to it that the memorial address b° engrossed and hung on the wallB of the Court Room On 'Monday, the framed me morial was hung. The engrossing Is dune in plain script on creamy white paper, with a gray border and plain Llack frame The work done by Pe ter T Sharp. Jr, 290 Broadway, New York, shows remarkable work manship, is done in good taste, and baa been greatly admired, onda how much It'costs to'•sendrta; package — anywlrere- - In tfte^-TJrilte'a* States. The country has been di vided Into blocks, and one degree of latitude by one dogree of longi tude comprises n block White Plains is block S52 N The book lias boon carefully compiled and is clear and concise It does not contain, as former schedules did, tho rate bo- twoen cities or towns in other parts of the country, but from only one home block to other blocks. The reduction is In regards mostly I '' 0,: s a,ld xcenery. the reHult of sov- •there^i»tI^fq^ttc^ftttri !iJw ^BfS »«f'' sistlhg'ln the' evening's''\eh'tertain'« mcnt. Mr Charles Keeler, as chairman of 1 the building committee, was then call ed upon tp make a few romarks, which hp. did, taking the opportunity to thank the members of the church and all others, who had In any way assisted him In the building of li » ua'u. .Mr H Hobart Keeler then called at tention to the handsome stago decorn- pnekages under one hund-ed pounds and up to that weight it is practical ly a pound price. W]ieroas, under the old schedule packages from five pounds to twenty wore listed under tho same price, thero IH now a dif ferent price for a s'x-pound package, n seven,, a ten, a twelve, and so on Under the old rate the cost of Bend ing packages wclglilng anywjioro from fifty to one hundred pounds cost tho same, under *he now sched ule the scale changes ns tho weight of the packages Increases This moans a -eduction. especially OTT -packages -which were - just over the required limits as before arrang ed CITIZENSHIP PAPERS TAKEN TWICE WEEKLY. County. Clerk Cashin Announces That Petitions May Be Made on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The following notice from County Clerk Daniel .1 Cashin is of Import ance to those desiring to become/ citizens of the I'nlted States On and after January 31a(>, 19N, petitions for Final Citizenship papers will bo taken only on Wednesday and Saturday of each week, at the County Clerk's Office. Arrangements have been made IUI days' hard work on the part of tho rector, the Kov Mr Halght, for whom the gathering then gave threo loud cheers Uefreshmouts wero then served, after which tho young people were given the oPl-ortunity of a timo for dancint. The building is nicely arranged. thf> main hull being about 70 by 22, Toet. with a ten-fool stage. Tlioro aro two cloak rooms and a good, sized kitchon with plenty of room to storo such ' <i gs as would satisfy the In nor n<:tu The seating capacity of tho hall is about 250, which it Is hoped will bo -lUlod-ln-ilia-near futnrn when tho young people of the church will pro- sent the play on which they are now working After a short time for dancing tho people left for their homes, but iuA until they had expressed their appre ciation of the evening's enjoyment, which was indeed gratifying to tho members of the Society JAMES G. CANNON BUYS GOLDENS BRIDGE FARM. James G Cannon, of Scarsdalo, president of the Fourth National Hank, New York City, has purchased the old Horton farm at Goldons Bridge .and will take title to tho property this week The sale was made through tire firm of Lounsberry ' with the Chief Naturalization Exam- | & Tharp. iner to have a representative of his officer present on these days, thereby dispensing with the necessity of hav ing petitioners and ttrelr witnesses calling at some remote place for pur poses of examination, thus saving a full day's time and expense to all parties connected with these pro ceedings GEORGE W ELI.RODT, Naturalization Clerk DANIEL J CASHIN, ' County Clerk The office hours on Wednesdays are from 9 n'clockoin the morning to The farm is one of the best located estates in that part of Westchester County, and contains about 100 acres It is understood that—Sir. cannon will improve the, property. with a fine residence in the, near fu ture ' GORED BY BULL. I James Eastwood, a farmhand em- ! ployed on the estate of J. H. Ham- 1 mond. near ML Kisco, was gored to i (Tenth by a bull Friday morning. I Hammond was leading the bull by tho , (staff when It broke. The bull'rushed 4 o clock In the afternoon, and on , , , , , , , .i ; „ . , , „ , „ „. , , . . 1 for h m and In endeavoring UJ get out Saturdays from 9 to 11 \0 o clock In] , ... J . . ' J J .,. .. _. ot the way Eastwood tripped and the the morning. . ,, , ,, . , ' bull gored him to death. The local epidemic of mumps seems to be on the wane. Nearly every nearby village has been simll The animal rolled him around In a. cir< le of about fifty feet before other farm hands could drive him away., nrly afflicted but no serious cases Eastwood was cruelly 'hurt and Tiled j are reported here or in the vicinity, hefore a doctorjcould be .summoned^
