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TOS BEATS WRIGHT | ose \ryPLOSIQN AND Fil POR PRESIDENCY Primary Contest Close-- Ackert ond Gardner for Trustees-Flan- agan for Tax Collector. The citizens of Rockville Centre, at on. Tuesday evening in: the Centre Club, nominated the ollowing: for office, to be elected on March 18: For President-Jeseph F. Russ. for Trustee, 2 years-Arthur J. Ackert. for Trustee, 2 years-Framk B. Gardner. snl for Tax Collector -Arthar J. Flan- l; Treasurer-Charles J. Dooley. The total vote cast was 514, a good. rcentage of which came from Mn voters, who braved. a ring rain storm to perfom their civic duty. Fir president, Jonah W. Russ re- ceived 250 votes and Edwin-G. Wright 238. For two year trustees, Frank B. Gardner received 478 wotes, Arthur C. Ackert 349, and Ronald C. Daisley 165, For collector, Arthur J. Flanagan received 227 votes, George J. Quinn 196, and Frederick C.@Hamb, Jr., 78. For treasurer, Charles. J,- Dooley received 498. votes. The remainder of 'the ballots cast were defective or void. (Messrs. Russ, Gardner, Ackert, Dooley and 'were: declared | the the nominee-Mum? by Chair- i man G. Byron Latimer. Mr, Russ was called upon for a speech and thanked all for their su; rt. If elected, he siid he would do is best for the village, and if there wis any way to improve affairs it platform and gave the rt of finances, , in .a and easily understood way, i from a hoarse .. He said that if the people had any big appropriations to vote, they can give\ ue weight to the fact that war times are not ended and war-time prices still confront the village. , He called attention to the total in- debtednes: the village, which is only 398,010, of which $11,410 is charged to the light department and $27,500 to the water department. Dur- ing the coming year there will be due $18,708.95, including interest, Of that amount, $2,500 will have to be raised by tax on account of the new fire ap- paratus installment bond. There is the conl situiftion, the said <the average Afsf | wong Trousers, Cash and Other Valuables of Wan. Heller Taken, meas- ® William: (H, Heller, proprietor of the Rockville Centre Sporting Goods Store, $4 North Village avenue, re- ported to the police that during 'Wed- nesday night his premises had been entered and robbed 'of fountain pens, witches, cigars, several checks, afur piece and$130 in cash. The money was taken from his trousers, which - were in sleeping apartmentsover the store, occupied by himself and wife. . “The trousers wiedrfifpund Thurs- morning m oinin m byyumiu Lgdeg and, Mnr, “PHI-“u. Police Captain Phillips is investi- Em the reported crime, but so tar s obtained no clues. rate the coming year would be about 76 cents on each $100 of assessment. Last year the rate was 70 cents. He shid the taxpayers would be asked later to vote $1,000 from the light fund for extensions. He referred to a contract for electric curtent made with- the naval ordnance department plant at Baldwin for power, and said P' it ought to yield the village $2,000 a year. The supply line was built by the government, and the village laid out only $150 for meters. The acting president paid tribute to his colleagues on the board for their loyal support during the eight months he had served as president. He found them able, hard workers. There had been spent $800 for a I' shed at the power plant to house vil- | lage tools. A motorcycle policeman 'had been put on the filings force, and over, plus the officer's salary: from (ines and penalties. . The acting president said that same critifi'mn had be;- md con- cerning the increase ry to $1,000 for Police Justice Thorp. He did not consider the smount large in E times. 'Had the justice been on was not raised. There was $500 voted for Peekskill gravel, but the village did not obtain an ounce. The tax was not raised. Motor apparatus had been voted for the fire department last year and purchased. Tt .was in fine working order and enabled the firemen to make duick response to alarms. Concerni himself, the acting | president said he had been a member {of the village board for eight years. He céme in at a time when it was planned to rebuilt the power house, and he had seen that plan almost ma- tured. \We went slowly but surely,\ said he. He thanked the people of Rock- ville Centre for their support herato- fore, and said he had felt that no matter how hard the work, bow many dl‘!’ or evenings he had spent, he did his best.. He had met with loyal rt as acting president. thank you all from the bottom heart,\ he said, \and hope you pleasantly situated during the coming year.\ Chairman Latimer said that if af- fairs continue to go on so well we'll soon have a. dividend. Sanford 'A. Davison of the prima committee d on finances, a result. . w 'rank C. Mar- Mn H. Taylor were ap- tore ist r ifp President Edwin G. Wright 5& br: ii H f ill M, sald the tis { named ! vating good He. 'squadron of evolution made the fa- * hostifitles with Spain broke out, , tre AT BALDWIN PATA Two Men Killed, Others in Star Shell Plant Charles M. Thoms, Jr., of F employed in a laboratory i avenue, Baldwin, used for h F luminating shells manufactured -B the Naval Ordnance Department, & David Lubash, Superintendent - their lives Wednesday afternoon & a result of two explosions in the buil ing, a frame cottage belonging 40 MMI Georgie Wortman, and fire which lowed. ' Thoms, who was about 40 years of age, married and the father of 8@¥» eral children, was cremated im cellar of the building. Lubash wat terribly burned in trying to not other employees of theirniw. died in a hospital at Jamajca. Johannes, another workman, Wa# # badly burned that it is feared he exifle not live. He is in the Jamaica bo ital. Can Michael Levenson of Freeport, John D. Gardner and George Colling 'Baldwin were severely burned taken to the Nassau Hospital. {- ford Hendrickson, \'William. Homan and Alfred 'Morse were others burned but they went home. The cottage and one adjoining, for residential purposes, werts * 'The charred bod Thonis f charr y- of found in the ruins by fire hur w Bouenntd, \thor me a S w ot oner, has “a The naval authorities will o tigate. The causes of the & are not known. 4 There were 17 men in the isborm~ tory, and some had mi ul tapes. Shells ex constantly. Lu through C cl «iol hud mi fire, and the Freeport department was summoned. . The. companies: eMiciently with the Baldwin depart ment. loss. by. the 'fire, which burned until late Thursday on ac- count of chemicals, has been estimated at about $10,000. NAVAL DEAN DEAD Herbert M. Griffith, Retired, Had Long and Active Career. Herbert M. Griffith, dean of war- tent officers in the U. S. Navy, died Monday at his home, 548 Merrick road, ille Centre. He was 83 years Of age, enlisted September 25, 1861, and participated in the\ Burnside {amped ion, under Vice-Admiral Rowan in the attack on Fort Fisher, NoFfolk Navy Yard, and was with Farragut at Mobile Bay. At the close of the Civil War he was wrecked off the African coast while on the war sloop Sacramento. He was on the cruiser Chi when the mous trip around the world in com- moi-xii“?! Admiral Jog J. Walker. r comp -seven years of service he mm im but went into active service when ti?!” e di} remained in the navy for ten years * age of 72, with the rank of chief car- penter. About 25 years he moved from Brooklyn -to Rocky Centre. He was a Mason and a member of a lodge in South Carolina. (Funeral services were-conducted by Rev. Richard Hegarty at his home on We a m. Interment was made in Greenfield cemetery, A son, Herbert M. Griffith of (Brook ,- and two stepchildren, William of Freeport and Clara Longman of Rockville Centre sur- vive him. AUTO STOLEN ANDFOUND Owners Are at Movies With Car When Theft Occurs. When attending the Rockville Con- ”hamm-mnsndn\ , Mr. and Mre. G. G. Goffe 0 film-arm: miggn Pn i- & BAU POST ., N. Y., Friday, February 28, 1919. Republicans Not to Force Issue of Spring Election , Act is Valid--No Court Proceeding. Mineola (special)-If there is to be an election this spring for town officers in the various townships of\ Nassau County the Democrats or some political other than the Republicans will have to force the issue. A statement issued by the com- mittee which was formed to consider of putti ubli- in the Bela this spring is to ithe effect that the committes believes the act of the islature in chang- ing the time of holding bi-ennial town meetings from spring to fall is abso- lutely constitutional. The Republi- cans therefore will not lay the ques- tion of the constitutionality of the law before the Appellate Division, as 'has been announced. If the Democrats file regular cer- tificates of nomination and. seek to have the town clerks proceed with the parations for a spring election, 5: town clerks, it is believed, will refuse to do so, and a mandamus pro- ceeding will have to be brought by |: the Democrats to test the constitu- tionality of the law in the courts. In the event that the town clerks pro- ceed with the election, the Republi- cans say that they will ask for an or- der to enjoin such town clerks from ealling a spring election until the courts can decide whether an election should be held this sp or not, announcement made Rep can ittee is as t he rs called into consulta- [firm with the county chairman and state committeeman of the Republi- can organization of Nassau Coun have-advised that the act of the lature the time of the bi-enn| town meetings from spring to fall is absolutely constitu- tional. Under a like statute town meeting sre now held in the fall in Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Che and other counties, and their consti- tutionality has never been questioned. The board of supervisors can, by resolution, change' the 'time from spring to fall, but the intervening spring election must intervene at a cost to the county of $30,000 to elect officials who could only hold office from spring to fall. The purpose of making the change by legislative act is to save the unne- cessary expense to the taxpayers. If there is any attack upon the law to compel this expense, the initiative will have to conte from the Democratic or- ganization.\ The committee consisted of County Judge Lewis J. Smith, Surrogate Le- one D. Howell, County Committee- man Jeremiah Wood, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Charles I. Wood, Wil- liam S. (Pettit and H. Stewart Mc- Knight, counsel to the Board of Su- pervisors. WRIGHT UNDECIDED ABOUT ANOTHER RUN Reports have been 'in circulation ={ since the citizens' primary of Tues- day evening that Edwin G. Wright, candidate for village president of Rockville Centre, who was defeated by Joseph .F. Russ, would run inde- Moday (Friday) M*. Wright stated, | in answer to a query if he inundod: to be a candidate: \I have not decided. I- may have some word by next week.\ Mr.. Wright, according to reports, was prevai upon by some adher- ents do enter.the primary contest, to which he was not personally disposed. His idacy was not made known until last Saturday evening, about seventy-two hours before the primary. Upto the time of the announcement, it was anticipated that Acting Pres- ident Russ would be unopposed. The defeat of Mr. Wright for the presidency was the third since Feb- ryary, 1918. TRUSTEES DISCUSS DRAIN Ave. Flow Bad-Book- keeping System and Budget. An adjourned meeting of the Rock- Jay and- was read y a letter was rem mam Comptroller, stating that village 'had been placed on mtr? Roukkecning system: This was e ng a is was recommended hi'a report by F. E. Reeves, accountant, some time e ig President Russ said that in- iF. |ATTACKED BY THUG ONLONELY ROAD Mrs. Alvin Doughty of Woodfield reported to the Rockville Centre lice . Monday evening that she been accosted and attacked on .a bri across Lakeview avenue gt the on of. the vuhrj a t handkerchief. over mint. limits. The darkness pre- rs. Doughty from obtaining description of her assailant. he. was on. her way to a lodge meeting in the village when attrcked. She. had a pocket-book containing money 'in her hand, but her assail- ant made no attempt to take it. She says she grappled with him and near- ly knocked him over. Mrs. Doughty walked back to the village with icemen following near and collap from nervousness when on the way. She was revived and eontinued her journey. & She described her assailant as wearing a brown coat and cap and | rubber boots. She said he looked like | a Pole, was dark complectioned and about 20 years of age. Police Captain Phillips, with Offi- cers Kircher and Tavormina, followed Mrs. Doughty to the scene of the al- leged attack and had her travel the road back and forth a couple of times to lure the man she claims to have seen, but he failed to reappear. The policemen also scoured the woods in the section, chicken coops and barns, { but found no one lurking or hiding in the vicinity. Several residents joined in part the search, CLAIMS SHE WAS ROBBED vented & l 4 .w woAN HORDERED \AT Tone BEACH Dr. Wilkins;: Husband, Assaulted and Robbed.-Assailants Slay Dog and Escape. Mrs. Julia Wilkins, age 55 years, wife of' Dr. iWhalter Wilkins, a physi- cian of Manhattan, with offices st 164 West Sixty-fifth street, Manhattan, was brutally murdered. Thursday evening in the yard of¢her summer home in East Olive ( essault- Beach, three men. (Her use abo ed and injured. was atrocioush , but not amu A collie dog in the house was'so bad- Er If] that he died today. (Fri- lay) . ' 8 ‘he thieves and murderers 'made their escape, but left some clues be- hind in finger prints on a dresser, a heavy machinist's round headed ham- mer, and a piece of iron pipe about a foot in length. Dr. and Mrs. Wilkins returnéd to Long Beach from New York by train i. about 9.15 p.m. 'They found the outer vestibule door at the rear of their home open. Dr. 'Wilkins advised his wife to stay outside while he entered. No sooner had he entered the house when he was confronted by a tall man with cap pulled down over his eyes. He shouted to his wife that someone was in the house, and she hm screaming for his A. stunnifig blow on the head crushed the physician's derby hat, and staggered him, but he kept conscious. 'His assailant told him all he wanted was the contents of his pockets. 'Two other men, shorter than 2h; first, and also “M caps, join- in assault The tin Sahn wid \thy \he f g) outside and silence Mrs. Wilkins. e ed jand soon silenced her. The men inside took a pocket- bookmhinhgminmhlmbt. Wilkins, a gold watch and chain 4 a valuable stick pin and left. . hurried from the house and fount “kw“ in a pool of o the brick; walk . to a v false, teeth and. ? an w‘m' fifim ran to A 's gave an tam. assa as an anmy hospital. Mrs. : king -was taken to the hospital alive, but died from'a fractured slcull under an operation. County Detective Carman Plant and Police Captain Phillips of Rockville Centre miendpd to a call for aid No trace of the thieves and murderers could be found. It is believed they were local etim- inals and not of the professional class. The Wilkins home gave evidence'that the men had feasted in it and ran- sacked several closets. It is believed they were attacked by the collie dog and emashed his skull. . 'Finger print experts have been ob- tained in connection with the ease, and police alanms sent in many directions. g B. R. T. TRIALS MONDAY Hearings at Mineola--Expected to Attract Locally. Mineola (special) -The trial of in- dicted officers of the B. R. T. is to here next Ila-dug“ These are i Co actions, but were sent Court Justice to u reme Callaghan, 0 that: the defen- Attorney bas been in in preparation ummmmhm pers are criticising defen: new. have retained as local counsel J Lgh‘J. Smith and of Brooklyn has in- at with -the the de- kind of - is expected that the trials will attract much local interost, reife +-PUSHING MILL RIVER McWhinney Arranges Discussion on Scheme With State Engineer, Reine aon tn oo atead nan-w connect hm: set.. a Tt is' haved that the discussion will lead to the acheme to Senaor Black troduced a bill
