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BOYS' MILITARY ENROLLMENT RULES All Are Required To Report At School Next Thursday Be- tween 9 A.M. and 9 P.M. 'The State Military Training Commis- sion at Albany this week made public important . supplementary .. regulations regarding the enrollment for military training of al} boys, 16, 17 and 18 years of ge next Thursday between the hours of 9 a.m. -and # pm., daylight saving time, it the nearest public school house, 'These supplementary instructions in clude regulations regarding. residence, eitizenship, . pbysiclal . disability . and other important features not covered in the general call for enrollment, and were issued in response to scores of questions which have been coming in to | the office of the Military Training Com- mission here. One question frequently asked is: \Is there any punishment for a boy who falls to enroll?\ 'The following answer is given by the commission: . \A boy subject to the law who fails to enroll vill fail to receive a certificate of en rollment and compliance with the mil- itary law of the state; without this cer tifleate he cannot legally attend. school or be employed; an employer who em- ploys a boy of military training age without. this certificate is, in nccord: ance with a ruling of the attorney gen- eral of the state, guilty of a misde meanor.\ Answers to some of the other im- portant questions raised follow: Non-residents of the state who are attending school or college in New York state are aubject to the ac-called mil- tary training law and must enroll. I Boys who live outside New York state | and attend day school or go to werk daily in New York are not residents | of New York; by action of the Military Training Commission they are exempt- ed from the military training required of residents, mnd therefore are not re quired 16 enroll. Aliens resident in New York are not required to enroll. Boys serving in the United States army or navy are not required to en roll. A boy who is unable to report because of physicial disability will send a repre- sentative to the nearest public school hous, which representative will report the boy's name, address, age and reas- on for not enrolling. , 'The enrolling of- fer will entér this fnformation on an enrollment form, and a certificate of enrollment will be issued. Members of the National Guard are required to enroll. Boys who are already {yaining under the Military Training Commission are required .to enroll. Boys who have received recognition of vocatiqfal training or - exemption from military training from the Mil- tary Training Commission, except for non-residence, are required to enroll. Claims for exemption from drill are not to be made at the time of enroll- ment; opportunity will be given later to make any such claims. In the case of boyr whose homes are in New York state, but who are attend- Ing school or college in, some other state, one of two methods of proce: dure may be\followed . First, boys un: der such circumstances need not enroll. When they return to the state, how: ever, they 'become subject to the law and must entoll with the nearest rep- resentative- of ~the Miiitary | Training: . Becond, if the boys pre- fer to enroll, eveh if.not in the state on enrollment day, they may send to the office of the Military Training Commin stn at Albany, the following Informa- ton: Name, address, date of birth, name of school, school address. . They will then be enrolled and the certificate ot enrollment will be mailed. mnm o pci WALL AND BROAD STREETS IMMEDIATELY AFTER EXPLOSION View From In Front of Office of J. P. Morgan & Co., Where Score of Local People Are Employed Fortunately, none of the dozen local men and women who are employed in the office of J. P. Morgan & Co., and the scores employed in nearb$ offices were Injured seriously by the explosion, which cost 35 lives and injured over 300 people. Some of the escapes of lo: eal people were little short of miracu-| lous, one man being absent from his desk, which wns located at a spot that received the full force of the explosion Many were knocked down and stunned and some suffered from shock and slight cuts, but all were able to return to their duties the next day, One Garden City man was killed. This explosion brought to light the | fact that an unusually large number of Nassau County people, and of them an ubusually large percentage of Rockville Centre, Ocean Side and East Rocknway people are employed in the large fin ancial institutions in the Wall street district. VILLAGES HAVE HALF TOWN'S VALUATION Of Total of $90,000,000 Of As- sessments 12 Villages Have Over $50,000,000 Over half of the assessed valuation of Hempstead town is represented by property within the incorporated vil- lages in the town, according to the new assessment rolls about completed by the Board of Assessors. . The assess- ments will total $00,000,000 which is an increase of gbout 40 per cent over year. 'The valuations for the in- corporated . villages in. the town, of which there are 12, show a total of $50,407,843.01. Villages The valuatien of the incorporated villagen are: Garden City . 8,714,076.08 Freeport . 8,140,208.74 200,858.00 94,767.00 5,736,028.00 3,081,475.20 2,188,088.00 2,001,000.00 1,888,188.00 1,492,779.44 Lawrence Long Beach Rockvilis Contre . Hempstend Lmbrook . Cedarhurat Mineola, . Floral Park East Rockaway Woodaburgh The total valuations of the: school districts are: - . 2,651,800.00 .. 1,718,418; 101,076 |= 8,790,740. sxe + 1,187, .... $008 690.67 . 1,400 470.02 And Narrowly Escaped Death SOUTH SIDE CANAL Want It Placed Further South | -Baymen Pleased [U. 8. Army Engineers in the Army | Building, Manbattan, Thursday, res idents of communities on the Rock bays nlong the south shore, maica Bay to Peconic Bay. from Ja others, said that the canal would spol would be confronted with »claims damages amounting to millions ot dot lars if the canal project was carried out Colonel Burr, one of the engineers maked what route thee people: wot prefer to have followed in the ev that the canal is built, one pamsing Just south of Lynbrook, anc Mr. Nellapn said that one furthest soutt or nearest the ocean would be prefer red. Henry A. Meyers and N B. Kilmer Long laland Waterways Associations had spoken for a channel 12 feet deep to conform with the depth of the State Barge Canal, an extension of whicl the proposed Long Island cannt is to be ultimately, and Col since 12 feet is deeper than the natura depth in many places in the bays, from William C. Atwater, of West hampton Beach, representing million aire reslderfts of Quogue and the Hamp tons. of a. canal that. would Island Bays of their 'beauty or. spol them for silling: pleasure craft. ms to the effect the cans Baveral. men, however, and more accemible transportation. tor Bay, represented the Board of Bu SCHEME APPROVED Residents of Rockaway Bunthi At a hearing before the board of | away. Branch: voiced strong opposttion | to the proposed canal to link the elight | Their | spokesmen, Clarence G. Gullerson, and these fine residential communities: and | declared that the government probably | Ork. of way, ate., but thi has tor n Instend of the representing the New York State and Burr suld that it might be necessary to build bulicheada to maintain the channel in places. 'This statement brought vigorous opposition He declared that they would do all they could to prevent@ghe building the Long Col. Burr is anzious to r'n opinions would have on the south shore oyster Industry, am to whether or not stirring up the bay bottoms in building it would have a damaging result, but no one present could give him information on that. decinred the canal would 'be of great benefit to the industry from the standpolnt of cheaper * Supervisor Cheater C, Printer, of Oy pervisors at the hearing on the south her 10 to February 10. side waterway project, before an officer, representing the War Depart ment, in the Army. Building, New York, last Thursday, About fifty persons from various parts |of Long Island and New York attend» ed, and with the exception of a few from the \branch\ section, who opposed the plan on account of locrl reasons, | those present were in favor of the wat | erway in principle, The object of the hearing was to obtain the views of va- rious interests for submission to the War Department, which will make a ro | port to Congress. As there were no plans, it was imposwible for anyone to -| oppose or favor it, except in a. general way, but the opinion of those who ex: promsed their views favorably was that |a witerway. would be of much benefit to Long Island, especially the south | side, The state of New York has already appropriated $1,000,000 for preliminary been declared inadequate. this apparent interest, however, Con- | gress, at the last session, ordered a fur- ther survey of the situation. MUST HAVE LICENSE FOR FUR ANIMALS Against the Law To Keep Them, . Conservation Commission- In view 'of a 3 f er Warns o Persons in New York atate who may be possessing or harboring radccons, skunks, or other fur-bearing animals protected by. law, without licenses from the Conservation Commission, are lia \| be to heavy penalties, recording to a . | warning just tasued. by (Conservation Comminsioner George D. Pratt: - 1# ap- pears that several oases have recently been discovered by . gume .. protectors, where; as a> result of the High pric have been trapped or otherwise caught alive during the close seamon, and hel in captivity with the object of marke prevailing for furs, furbearing \In-21 SUPERVISORS' REPLY Attorney “Mn—t «Finds No Specific Violations State Comminiion of Prisons, Albany, N. Y. Gentlemen: The reports submitted to the State Commission of Prisons of the | inspection mfade August 24, 1920, by | Commissioners John 8, Kennedy and | Leon C, Weinstock, on the Nassau | County. Jall at . Mineola, New York, have been referred to me. | These reports do not indicate in arly way that the present number of cells we at all inadequate for the accommo- | dation of the total number of prisoners | which have been confined in the prea: ent calendar year, but the alleged vic: | lations are claimed to have taken place ; reason of a. failure to segregate prop- | the various classes of prisoners. A detailed statement of the failure to | properly classify these prisoners in not | included In the reports, so It is imposal- ble to determine in what manner the alleged violations have occurred. | In this connection I beg to call your attention to the fact that the Board of | Supervisors of the county of Nammau is | now, and always. has been ready and | willing to make any changes to provide for proper wegregation pf the variqus classes of prisoners, and they have been: mivised by their arch! tect, Mr. Beardiley, that wuch changes canbe made: without increasing. the present capacity of the jail. In view of the fact that the highest average number of prisoners in the present cal; endar year was 26.8 in the month of January, 1920, and has been as low as 11.2 in the month of April, it would seem that the Board of Supervisors' contention that the {ncrease in the num ber of cells over the present number of fifty was not necessary, is well founded. On May 4, 1920, Mr. Hiram R. Smith, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, mecompanied by myself and Mr. Uter hart, nppenred before the State Com mission of Prisons in Albany, and stat ed that the Board of Supervisors pro posed to modify the plans prepared by Mr. Beardsley, in connection \with the order of the Appellate: Division of Feb: ruary 13, 1920, to eliminate the proposed south extension containing stxteen male cells and the proposed north extension containing ten male juvenile celia, thir- teen female cells, five detention rooni« and. two hospital room, upon the ground that the same were unnecessary and useless, but that the said Board of Supervisors proposed to carry out the portions of Mr. Beardaley'n plans, which called for the remodeling of the prev ent jail buildings for the purpore of furnishing the necessary claasifcation« to conform to the requirements of mee: tion $2°of th epunty Inw, The anawer of the commission to this proposl was to the effect that it was not moceptable and was disapproved. Immediately thereafter the Board of Supervisors presented a petition to the Appellate Division, asking that 'the 'or der of February 13, 1920, be sot nilde, and on the Oth day of July, 1920, an or- der was made by the Appellate Divi- won which set malde the ardur of Peh: ruary 15th, and remitted /the. proceed» Ing to William Dickey, 1a official gefereo for such further proceadings and proof as the parties may see, Ot. to efter in view of the conditions, with di- rection that the said official referee may make such supplemental report as he Supervisors ings Is Preparing To The tate: Prison Commission . has mgain come into the limelight, this time with a report that violations of the law are being made at the Nassau, County Jail, due to the lack of faellities. to wegregate. prisoners, and' to this the Hoard of Supervisors, throfigh its coun- ntl, objected that no specific were reported by the commission, and the county is taking metlon to have changes made in the Jail, so that with- out the enlargement originally demand ed by the commission, prisoners can 'be segregated. * 'The report of the New York State Prison Commission, as submitted to the supervimors, follows, and the reply by the attorney for the upervisors appears in-un adjoining column: That there have been repeated vio- lations of law with respect to the clusif- fication and segregation of prisoners in the Nassau County Jail during the pre# ent yéar in set forth in & report by President John 8. Kennedy and Vice- President , Leon .C.. Weinatock..of /the State of \Prisons < 'which has been approved by the commission Nassau county. Bince 1914 the commission has been urging improvements to the jall so nw to provide classification of prison still pending in the courts, 'The county mutboritiew. have coftended that the present jail in large enough, but the report of the Prison Commission shows that during every month of the present year, except May, it has been impoi state that between January Jst and the elight months. | atratbie. ing sentencés and two held for court action-were confined in one corridor, in violation of law, the warden stating that he had no quarters which would allow of their legal classification, 'The commiswionern state that from reports of daily population submitted, \It is shown beyond question that the prem ent jail in inndequate mt the present time,\ \'The special purpose of the Inrpec- tion,\ says, the report, \'was to amcor. tain if «proper legnl classification of prisoners was being observed, in view of the continued ammertions of the Board of Supervisors and. its bounsel 'to the. commiasion, and in the court proceed: Ing» now pending, wherein the commits: sion is endeavoring to compel the coun: ty to enlarge the jail to meet the re- quirements of the county for a proper and sent to the Board of Supervisors of | era committed to it and the matter is j Ini ble to segregate prisoners at all times as required by law, 'The comminsioners August Bist the total number of days on which there: were legal violationa was 96 out of a. total of 244 days for | At the time of the | fhapection on August 24th, there were 21 prisoners, and the warden stated that he had found It necessary at times to confine two prisoners in m cell, which the commissioners state is very unde- Four male-minorme-two. sory. Acting Under Appellate Division Rul- Make Changes In In- terior Which Architects Find Will Meet With Law's Requirements a jail which would meet the require» ments of tHe'county for an equal pert od in: the future, Would Cost $300,000 \The plans submitted to the' dom mission} after three or more years Of negotiations, showed Improvements \to | the eounty. buildings, Including the dail, | whitch wou'd cost $300,000. Theme plana Included a new reaidence fofr the sher iff, a'gnrage, heatingsplant to take care of all county buildings, and other im- provements. As a matter of fact, the Jail extensions and improvements de- manded by the commission would. have - used only about $125,000 of this amount, ' and the balance would be applicable tor other purposes of the county.. The supervisors at all timos destre that any new building construction whould be carried out to maintain the {archi- tectural beauty and. design: of the county building group, which was bound to be expensive and not required \, by the commiation, but mamented to In approving the plans at the request of the county authorities. f \To: the: people:. af W m who have the opinion that com- mission in- seeicing- to- impose-ain-ungunt« | ly heavy tax burden on the county, It, should be said thet the commiayion his at all times tried to be fair in the mat- ter, never acting \brbitrarily in ito deal- with the supervisors, but doing its legal duty an. lates it, afd the Justice of its position cannot fall to be appar- ent on a present-day showing. \It should be sald in Passing that it the supervisors had acted upon the commission's recommendations when originally raads, the Jull extension could have been bullt for approximately one. haif what the cost will be now, miould thte commision be sustained by the courte.\ 'The 'commission has requested, and there has been submitted by John J Dunbar, warden of the jail, x 'report showing: the number of prisoners 'and their elniffications from January: 18t to June 30th, 1920, 'This is submitted herewith & made a part of the report. The avérage number of prisoners shown ; 1 is | i on this report is as follows: January February March . .. April .... May June Adal quired by laws . January 38 to 21 inclusive February 1 to 20 inclusive March 13 to 31 inclusive April 23 and #24 June 19 to 24 inclusive and legal clamsifcation of its jail popu- lation. may deem nécemmary with all possible «peed. Following the entry of this order, the attorney genernl appenied from 'the Ing the pelts when prime. Whether the animals were taken for this purpose, or whether they are siimply being kept as pets, Commiasioner Pratt says it in- nod kunks, this extends frome Novem: same to the Court of Appeals, and said. appeal is now pending, In view of thefact that any banger to the county jail for the purpose of providing 'the necessary accommodit- tions for 'the proper elmaaification -of £3555; bation and abolition of that the recommendations of mission as to the reed of a their Tik og It is further shown that on the fol» lowing dites it -was imponathle. to 'le: wally segrogate the prisoners, as re
