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VOLUMEyD, NUMBER''•'32. A WEEKLY .NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THB HOME INTERESTS OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER. £ATONAH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y, THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1914. g of Overseers Brings That There Is Much Need For Aid. MORE THAN USUAL OUT OF WORK -.-if* SINGLE* COPIES, FIVE CENTS. SAFETY FIRST That conditions among tne poor of Westchester County will this year be worse tian usual, was brought out ot the meeting Saturday afternoon at the County Alms House at Eastview of .the Overseers of tie Poor of West- cheater County. The men whose work It is to look rfter and alleviate the sufferings of 'hose who are in want said t3at there are many more men than usual out \f work Dais year, and that from the present Indications there will be more to be taken care of than during any year In the paet unemployment seems to be tie chief cause of the conditions, it waft stated, and the problem of Piping the needy one that every city, town and vil lage of the county will have to face. With the beginning of cold weather, tie appeals for aid have been incneas ed and when winter arrives in lull blast, the necessity will be even great er. Help la \>eing given by the officials wherever the need jas been found Appeals are generally investigated so Laat the deserving are well taken cam of, when their cases are brougut to.the .attention of the overseers, The men discussed the situation generally and suggestions were of- •'V.' Everlt Mttcy pre'sidod at tae meet ing and' there were overseers of the pror present from every part of West chester. HOWLAND FARM AT MOUNTT KISCO SOLD. The Bale of the Howland farm at Mount Kisco to Arthur Scrlbner, of Charles Scrlbner's Sons, was con summated last week and this transac tion adds a large tract of the finest realty to Mr. Scrlbner's country es tate In tie northern -part of West chester County. The purchase price of the property Is not known but it i s said that the amount paid was above the market price .of realty in that section now, t nd that the sum that changed ihande. was something over $260,000. - The Howland farm consists of 139 acres and in tie center of .the low lands ot the tract Js a lake that covers thirty acres In addition, TJIS lake is known as tie Howland lake or the Rowron lake because at one time\ the former supervisor, John W. Bowron, ised it as an ice pond. The water is excellent and it has been used as an auxiliary to the Mount Klsco water- supply at times when water from the usual source was not plentiful. Mr. Scrlbner owns the adjoining estate\ of about one hundred acres with a , large -residence situated on the nig&est point In the neighborhood, from to? of which the surrounding country can be seen for miles. Dr. Howland. died about a year ago. The Howland farm fronts in Bedford Road and Fortes Street and lios amid the choicest sites In the Mount Klsco section, adjoining the estates of Robert Van Cortlandt, Charles S. Darlington, Dr. M. Allan Starr, Rector K. Fox, William Sloan* and v Henry Whltehouse. WESCHESTER CONTRIBUTES FOR \HOSPITAL SHIP. Every City, Town and Village in Westchester Contributed Gen erously to Work. The contributions from Westches ter County for tne Hospital SJip and Relief Funds up to and including De cember 2 are Arnxonk . $ 20.00 Bedford Hills . .. 1,510.04 Bedford and Poundridge . 288.49 Bionxville and Tuckahoe and Crestwood .„ ... Chappaqua Cioton, Harmon and Os- cawana .. .... Croton Falls, Lincolndale, North Salem, Purdys and Sdmers Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and Ardsley Blmsford Golden'a Bridge Harrison and Silver Lake Hawtiorne and* Valhalla . Ardsley-on- 3G3.39 510.C8 41 35 1.009.15 2,025.44 50.00 27.60 208.71 42.80 Irvington an Hudson W. . * ... 2,665.13 Katonah 702.95 Larchmont 903.70 ^Mamaroneck i 923.4.1- New Roohelle , .... 1,639.00 Ossihlng, Scarborough and Briarcliff 400.35 Peekskill 213.09 Pelham and Pelham Manor 658.25 Pleasantvf.Ie and Sherman Park 101.50 Port Chester 1,02G.\0 Scare dale and Hartsdalo 1,391.38 Rye 1,499.39 South Salem and Lake Waccabuc 294.27 Tarrytown and Briarcliff Manor 1,910.86 White Plains 771.18 Yonkers 3,298.63 Other ' Places 132.85 AUTOMOBILE DITCHED BY DEER NEAR MT. KISCO. Front Wheel of Runabout Struck ' By Animal As It Dashed Across Road. i .A deer, belle^ec to have escaped -from, the John D..Rockefeller estate dt Pocantlco Hills, yesterday after- •' .noon;ditched an automobile in the .-jlate road near Mount Kisco. * The automobile, a runabout, driven » py Theodore Meskey,* of' Bridgeport, ' V$$an.M ,WM bowling 'atong-.the .S&te'.j ' loae.\' wbi'eri the' deer dashed' across $27,380.10 COUNTY XMAS FUNP N . . .REACHES • $458000j Mt Vernon Trust Company Club . Leads With $150,000. With CuV kens Bank Second With $108,000 In Westchester \County this week $453,000 has been distributed through, | tie medium of Christmas Clubs. Of tnis total Mount Vernon leads with $150,009, White Plains is second with $103,000 wCiile Port Chester and Yon kers each have $100,000. That this is a popular way to save money, is attested to by the fact that in eaoh of these places people of all c'.assee have gone into the clubs and in a systematic manner saved mon»y Tor the Christmas season. That so much cash money i s at haxd In Westchester County at Christmas time, in a year wCilca has been not ably dull in the money market, seems to reflect credit on the banks whose officers had the initiative to intro duce the 3ystem in their communi ties. In White Plains the Citizens Bank conducted the fund; in Mount Ver non it was the Mount Vernon Trust Company; in Yonkers the Yonkers Na- t'oaal Bank and in Port Chester the Mutual Trust Company. The four In stitutions will begin on Decembes 28, another fund for next year, and it is believed that the increase In deposits will be 50, per cent. The Oramataa i Xtional BariS, of Bronxville, wlU al- 6p~be 0 in a fund on that, date,- ., \ Not only does the-Christmas Club' i?ea Kelp the town\n&reln\tiev mon- «y is distributed but it^ helps'the in dividual in that it cultivates .Oie \aay -J lag idea.\ In'.many 'initogesviriftfev four Westchester'? tb¥n's%^'rmanent: Dangers of Walking on Tracks Pointed Out by New York Central MAKES ATTATEMENT The New York Central and Hud son River Railroad Company in 113 campaign to reduce the number o' people who are killed while walking the tracks are now carrying tae \safe ty first\ projoct into this section of Wcetc.iester County The railroad company officials set forth the project in the following dtatemont.'— \Approximately 400 persons are kill ed, and an equal number injured each year in this State, as, a result of thoughtlessly or willfully walking up on the railroad tracks. In disrega-^d of the fact that it is illegal for them to do so This is about four times the number of persons killed upon all of the grade crossings in the state This number alto represents about hal' the total number of people kill ed by railroads in the State under all circumstances. \Much of this trespassing is thought- .ess and all I' 3 of an inexcusable na ture. Feople walk'upon the track and permit their children to do so, with out considering the serious risk that is being incurred Others use tie right-of-way as the nearest and mo6t convenient route to and from tha'r hemes, or objective points Among this class are many mechanics em ployed in industrial plants Some trespass upon the tracks and in the railroad yards for the purpose of stealing and do much damage to the commerce of the country. \TSeae ^trespassers, jeopardize : nnt lives \of '-thousands \of jasBengere well as railroad employes upon the trains. Persons maimed while tres passing upon railroads frequently be come a public charge and thus need lessly increase the burden of taxa tion. The loss to the community from such deaths and mutilations in the reduction of human efficiency is a grevious one, though not susceptible of exact statement in dollars. While (jti Laws of the State provide a pen alty of imprisonment in the peniten tiary or county Jail for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $500, or both, for such trespassing, toe effective correction of trie evil can he secured only by a proper apprecia tion of the dangers involved, which we £ope to obtain through the aid of parents, school teachers, manufactur ers and employers of labor in gen eral. ;$-\Tais brief statement Is sent you with t.ie hope that we may secuie .'your co-operation by cautioning chil dren in schools and otherwise, and ;*by posting this notice in manufactur ing and industrial plants where the employees may receive a proper warn ing. 1 This notice has been sent to school superintendents, in all of the cittes and villages w/iere New York Cen tral lines operate. It is being sent to manufacturers and shippers, farmers and patrons of the railroad in general so that they and tielr employes will have an opportunity to join in the general plan against needless walking on the tracks and the right-of-way of the railroad. SPORTING ACTIVITIES Interesting Basket Ball Games Played and More Sched- uled. C0RNELL'S_P1N RECORD Now that once again basketball bai taken a firm grip upon those wuo are interested in athletic*, many are dis cussing the probability of a game be tween the Katonah H S team and tiie K H S Alumni team. The game will as before, be a very interesting event in K H. S activities and it Is hoped that the management will re serve a date when the graduates are home from' college. i Local bowlers are rooting lor Ar thur Cornell to win?, the tournament now. being held at the Mount Kiaco allied Arthur Is at present well up with the leaders and ue present hol der of the individual hi£h score with a card of 266. The Westchester Independents jf t.ie local Y M. C A are at Peek- skill • this evening to clash with toe quintet of the Cortland Hook and Ladder Co. The K H S basketball team met with -defeat at the nanda of the Wh i.e Plains Y. M. C A. team in the High School Gymnasium last Friday even ing Tile game was a hummer from start to finish, both teams playing at top speed all the time The final score was 42 to 41 in favor of the visitors. Tho lineup was as follows:— White Plains Wehster Hoffman Beckwlth Smith Imerblum K F. F C. G G. H. 6. Pronay Qanuug Hoffman Kennedy Travis NOTED MEN AT NEW ROCHEDLE FORUM. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Has Been Invted To Preside and Notable- Men Will Attend First Meeting. The thirteenth season of the New Rochelie Forum founded by Supreme Court Justice Martin J. Keogh will t-pen at tie New Rochelie Theatre on Sunday, December 20th, when John Mitchell, of Mount Vemon, the not ed labor leader, will make an address. •Mr. Mitchell, who Is a member of the Workmen's Compensation Com mission,- will speak on \Trade Un ionism, Its Philosophy and Ideals.\ John D. Rockefeller, Jr. has been in- >itedi by Justice Keojrh to preside. • The 'New Rochelie Forum since its organization- has been a' great suc cess 'and' Justice Keoga ' intends to •t .-ye. many;, promfnent *<speaker6 ' dur* ling. .^e 7 j^M«at. v 9e^soi^i r ... ;x- .. • i 'vpnring,\the -twelve >ears tiie. Fori^-vi Su» 'Beea s a :IeataVp of'^e-printer»aea Pi-dnay 7; Ganung 5; Hoffman S, Kennedy 1; Travis 3 Goals from foul—Webster 4, Ga- uung 1; Hoffman 1; Travis 1. The Katonah Hlggins Club contin ued on their way to a clean record by defeating the Briarcliff Junior live. The visitors were small lade and weie outweighed by the local boys who found it necessary to send In the smal' substitutes W.iat the little vis itors lacked in size they made up in gameness and the Briarcliff boys were cheered for their performance The final score was 42 to 13 Tor the 'Iiggins Club. Higglrts Club Briarcliff Juniors J. Barrett F Oakley King F Odterhaudt Flewellin C Brege, Reynold) G. Garlon Hill ' G. Wolf Substitutions — Nelson for King; Gumboldt for Barrett. Ookley, Barrett and Gumboldt won the high scoring honors for the teams but all the boys played their usual fast and clean game. Katonah High School will meet the crack White Plains' High School teom on the home court tomorrow evening. The visitors are strong contenders for the Count Title hut our boy3 are firmly determined to put a dent in their ambitions Come and root for the Purple and White. FOR FARM BUREAU Annual Meeting of] County Organiza tion at Lincolndale Tuesday^Dec 22. BENEFIT TO FARMERS A Farm Bureau has been organized in this county -and many have ex pressed great interest in It. but if It Is to succeed and an agent is to bo employed this spring it must have many more members Tre annual fee Is $1.00 per year wit.i as much more as any one\ cares to contribute Thts'Wy be sent to the Treasurer, Rev Mr Barnabas at Lincolndale, N Y But what would be still more vffectlve would'he your presease af thu annual meeting for uie election of officers and other business which will be held at the Lincoln Agricul tural School at Lincolndale, Tuesday December 22, at 1 30 p m. Everyone who is interested in the Agriculture of Westchester County Is eligible fo:* membership and Is in vited to be present In 1862 the IT S Government pro vided funds for cstablls.iing Agricul tural Colleges i3 each state. These were primarily for teaching students In 1S87 another law was passed for starting Agricultural Experiment Sta tions in connection with these col leges for the Investigation of Agricul tural problems In New York we had such a sta tion that had bet -n doing excellent work to- several years before this The new station was installed at Ithaca The college and both stations with nubslduary stations In the state hayp Pass owwnpensations For District Attor- Other Officials. neys mm j...;-?»r .i <isi MT. KISCO MAN BID $59,768 FOR ROAD WORK. George R Gorham, o* Mt Kisco, 6 \bmitted the lowest bid to the. State t w by small annual membership dues P ^^^n^^ youag men and wo'me'n in the four- year courses and others in the -short winter courses and In the investiga tions they have made along all lines of farm problems that New York •arraers are interested in The result of this work has been published In bulletins that have been sent free to all who ask for them. An immense amount of very valu able information has heen ?iled up 'by all the stations of the country and by the United States Department of Agriculture, but all farmers can't go ro college and often Uie bulletins did not cover Individual cases The Farmers Institutes helped a little but the farms and the teachers and the Investigators all felt that all this valuable work was not accomplishing the results that it should. So the Farm Bureau with County Agents was'started'with/the purpose of putting this help and influence within the reach of t,ie man who wanted It. This work began about three years ago and already hundreds of agents have been appointed throughout the country. This state alone has over 25 in different counties. I The plan Is to employ a well trained | practical man in a county who shall ue Jointly employed by the U 3 Department of Agriculture, the State College of Agriculture «and by the County, but most of whose salary shall be paid by the County employ ing him His salary -has been generally rata- ASKS CONTROL OF BRONX SEWER •NEW GARAGE LAWS TO BEWODIIIE1). Some Changes Ag^c»^f6n|by State Fire Marshall aifd/^uto Trade Association. At a conference held^asly'vV • -u>v day in Albany between fiio'State t, ,. Marshal and Ue offiCBra ';>oI ..th- \. tomo 'jile Trade Associaiidn^-oi \. w ork State, considerabjeiprogres- M made in harmonizing theMrtews >• ..^ state authorities and o* .the itrai! n terest3 regarding the newiregul -'mas rpgardlng garages whipfe'are IMUI; drawn up in the State, ,R^-|Man s department. President R. H Johnflt^tjttbnim d a detailed analysis 6f ''|S '9 ^pVo ->iwii requirements pointing but^.tKje rp-n- Ho objections of the aut'ombbTile in to tae new requirements;-and >'i .e objections were fully discussed m itic hearing. In a number of . cases < ,o Fire Marshal agreed to -maiettln tic- sired changes On the other';fcian.i tiie garage interests accepted ^^onhi Ar able number of the new'regulatii ^ As regards the quesUonB»r£xarag v^hich no agreement ,co^d |||<|i ^a<M. Voi haj re- \fro nr- 'I f - p j;ito effect the new regulatioh3uffi (ii t io regulations had been draite&^anil .ud again been considered In '-\coJfiB>Dio between the Fire Marshal ^ajrSl '|t)i' \J- tomoblle Trade Association^;-, 'd6us ¥ T^y— to BUjiSiit„„ gulatlons which would.-ettiiba' age men's ideas, It was further agreedytSK^no would be taken toward .jfuti\\ Highways Commission for the con struction of the Crafts Corners Vista highway at tie letting of the work rn Weunesday at Albany. Hid price was The road is 4 90 miles in length and Uere was a wide difference be- t»\i?cn the lowest and highest bide submitted. The following are the bids.— PiankfleUl Donovan, Kings ton .'. $63,635.00 John L Hayes Cons. Co., Yonkers 65,056.<10 oomuel Beskin, Beacon . 02,194.5,0 Je nes Garafano & Son, Inc., Mt. Vernon 00.2J5 03 I'hllipsburg Const. Co., Yonkers 76,606.10 H. J.. -Mullen* Contg. Co., ' i-. Jamaica 64,883.00 C. W. Tryone, Boyntoa- ville. 6I.276.0Q Qeorge R. Gorham, Mount » Klsco' 59,768.00 Wm! F. McCabe Contg.. Co, I'ilv;- . White, plains paid by the farms of the county; by $600 contributed by the State here In New York, when a like amount has ^n raised by the County. The larg- ei part Is usually appropriated for .tills purpose by the Board of Super visors who are authorized by state law to do so where the farmers of the county shall request it. This agent devote3 his entire time to the Interests of the county and although ho Is not expected to be a welkin* encyclopedia of agricultural tl no r ~su \lier\and information he I*, in a position to get help from any department of the state or United States * Departments of Agriculture In each county of the State t.ie work of the agent has been different each trying to take up the; problems most pressing In hia \owjrif section. In some of the dairy; counties it has practically been in organjzlflg cow testing associations; invC «6n?e^\ot tie fruit sections ^unifornxj^pa'cking and grading of \apple* wiQ^^jJperatlve selling; while in othei^-ftkias been co-operative buyingy an^^etlffi& im proved farm maMgV&^j^lpeV-uitrp- OSBORNE SEEKS INVESTIGAHOfJKFEES. Gets Court Order Tp Fjte ^tffidat- its and Shows Letter Appointing Him. --J.;'^ James W Osborne wenrafsfep ' \ thor Monday in hie fight to collet' - aggregating $12,717 aRalnst \Sfie ;Ci' tj of Westchester, when,;^jja?is wn order by Justice MllleifJlieS^iiid .iTi davits of former GoVeiiwrySjIrar an 1 Arthur T. Warner -\^P^^g; The work Mr. ^Ooborae^sayfe i •> count> owe3 him for liH^^iavi 'i Mti,on of John S. Kennedy.'s^dmiu- t;atlon of the affairs oicJ3)nj^f >t i rlson. Kennedy was .Indicted£but •• Court dismissed the ljd'ctmentf The Board of Super^isb|«ii^e'fti-\l to pay Mr. Osborne's bill^^a t » ground that they were not^a^cour. > t iprge and If legally a charge^ nr where they should be paJdSjb\^ i stai\ Hlnce the Governor, thleii>3Br|ilij-' Sulzqr, ordered the Investigation; K 1 >ot the county. Former Attorney G^neraVgra.bni •« CaiJiody has been quoted ^a^iay :rc that Mr. Osborne was nev< \ beie, V'. •p & •jt •, .<•\< The Board of Supervisors Monday ^sgj -••nsldered tie matter of the salaries\- of several county officials and they Vjyj rv.ased tie salary of Assistant pig*\X ,!r w •.net Attorney William J. Fallon fioto-jijyfl H..> ii to $5,000 and the salary of A ^;.?i'S sfstant Walter A Ferris from $3;50j0/j\»i to S-1,500 ' \\^^ The County Treasurer asked for.an ~. additional clerk at a salary of $1,300 Cj .rually and counsel to thp County ^ treasurer at a compeneatlou to bp prld for in keeping with the work that, I- done Tho matter was laid over. • \ The Sheriffs Committee. Chairman l'S§ E P Barrett, and the Clialrmua, '<-^ E.l.vard A. Forsyth, of th-s Commltteo oa Proposed County Penitentiary, wau.^! a.iuiorized to represent tn« i-ounty' be- 's| .ore a hearing b> t.ie State (\ommls- .j^ Ciion of PrlsonB at Albany on Janu- 'A ary 5, relating to proposed Change* in the County Jail The salaries oi the altacues ot Ccunty Clerk Ct. sliln'i office were '\J nimle tho-same as- formerly ,vith lheJ:)j exception of the stenographev, wCio,-\^ received an increase from $1,000 .tat-* i tc superse<lo the districWat&- :'\\\nlssloners sie, and which, it so, wasWBd^a^ ! lent ' lead , way w giounds to have tho indictments?'! niiaftu. . ' v v^®^ Monday with the affidayilt^^M <- uorne filed copies of a letiSr*»eogb J bv Attorney Geneial Carnjod^o^l^ 17, U13, appointing Ciirn to'-ap^r ' 'ore the Grand Jury .aad^Sis--*' ca.ing that it was the ^It^^^gc eral's opinion that he .'aa^^anir'' jow-r to appoint his own ''aa^tant Bati the affidavit of ^orme1p ?vGo' nor Suizer and Mr. WeHSrSiafe \ 1 howpson concurring, submitted tt.re- sepport of Mr. Osborne's /«>S ?lMl. i,ort ,n v5K,cn he he,d 016 contenUon rly'appoln «e «r. - 00d u $1,200 annually. . . County Attorney Charles ^aiil! eary time to Uie ^t^.,qtVjbv&.^cM^py: after the first of the 'year,,and' ; fprf.f 1 % that reason ae resigned. He haB ^beqa ' ~>?\ counsel to the board for six years.'\ Chairman Alexander, of the Bronx V| ^'alley Sewer Committee, in support- ^.-jj lng a resolution in whlcli he aakod for an aet of Legislature that would \ r {Pi give t.ie board the complete control. -.'V. of the sewer and enable the county to complete it paid a tributo to Joan J Brown, toe manager of the sewer. ' .,| The resolution calling for the act of Legislature was adopted, Messrs. -For* • ' J | -yth and Millard supporting Mr. fa^y >'t« u ,der • A resolution hy Supervisor Cranel. 1 -.. -$ s.-klng t.iat the proposed new county;.'-; '-r, alms ,iouse and proposed new peiiiten'.''', tlary be erected on one site and .th'at\.,,v' the committees for these institutions-v instructed to Dud a suitable 6lte ;wna' : '-'f * adopted. Messrs. Crane, Mlllard;\Sl^ : '^S5 nott, Forsyth and We'rner talked;;foP.^% Uie project. • '{ At the meeting of the Board'of- 8Ui 'j'-^ i.ervlaors yesterday it was decided.'. -'^J to liave Secretary Jny Downer *of^ too' Bronx Parkway Commission appear before the board to give an illustrate ; v j pd lecture on \-Before and After^' as ' x pertaining to the progress of the J>ark; , way work. The matter came before the. su'ner- visors when Supervisor Charles D. '\V*! Millard, the chairman of the Commit- f -itM tne on Bronx Parkway, said his com- *«>,*, mittee last week made a tour of the parkway area with the commissioners from the dam at Valhalla to the Bot anical Gardens. Mr. Millard said the were making excel- Ith the work and Ihat in the places where It had already ..jjjsS been possible, to improve conditions «lie changes made were most gratifying, -£sl For the purpose of bringing out bet- - \J8. tor what had been done he asked- thit ~ v y2§\ the bonrd hear Mr. Downer and see the pictures that he had to show. .The-' members concurred in the motion. A'J Supervisor- Herndon, of the Judi' riary Committee, with his'fellow com- r% initteemen Messrs. Alexander .and .fe i .rat ne was properly'apppld'tej clal deputy attorney generatfa it was done at the reque^r Governor. - <$$$r BT , that_ the. county, under the laws , & „ { 1 -mst erect headstones over the graves .,'% '• ,^u>t Spanish' War veterans on 4ppUca» other purposes have beei^'^toH interest the boys and \gflj ^^'t\ tion. The matter came before ^tho.- hoard through Chief of Police JJaaiel ^ Wolff, of Yonkers, representlng^Wa^ lace-P. Randolph'CampI-'T/.S. vjf; *''S| The salary 1 .-Cor County freasurerV'- -''^Wi farm life, around them arfd^ph ^^Mei \ lec t WH.liair.^Archer Was made $10i ^\!;k it3 posslbUltles as an .-occ'fip^S^ in | nu annuoUyCtKe same as paid^tti'e. jreai .'v In prolpositlo^W.ttkc^^