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\ ^ ■ - - ■ ®0u«tij ®ime0 The Times Carries More ’ County News Than any ^ Other Baper Published in Wyoming^ County) VOLUME L. $1.50 PER YEAR WARSAW,, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923. NUMBER FIFTY-TWO RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR AS THEY PASS IN REVIEW Happenings at Home and Abroad During the Twelve Months That Have Just Closed PRES. HARDING’S DEATH Futile Attempts to Settle GertVian Rep arations Problem—France Occu pies the Ruhn—Turkey’s Diplo matic Triumph—Terrible Earthquake in Japan Amjei^can ProiSr perity and Politics MAIN STREET HIGHWAYS ^ TO BE 24 FEET IN WIDTH Main highways of the state even tually will he increased to twenty- four feet in width, Highway Com missioner Lowell Grossman recently told a conference of organizations in terested in good roads and particular ly in the proposed new state road map. Routing of main arteries of traf fic around large cities to avoid traffic congestion generally was approved. SEARCHERS FIND AGED MAN JN WOODS With the exception of Germany, ruined by her own acts, and Japan, shattered by the forces of nature, all the world was better off at the close of 1923 than at its beginning. This is especially true of the United States, Italy, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Tur key, and probably Russia, though the Information coming from the land dc the soviets has been so colored that It was difficult to determine true con- <3itions there. Economic recovery of the world was retarded, as it was during the previ ous twelve months, by failure to settle the matter of the German repa rations and by the steady decline of Germany toward the point of absolute collapse. The occupation of the Ruhr by France and the resulting disputes with Great Britain brought on re peated crises each of which \seemed to threaten the final disruption of the entente cordiale. Several proposals fbt commissions to determine Germany’s capacity to pay were made, but each of them re quired the participation of the United States and each time the American ' government found unacceptable the restrictions insisted upon by Premier Poincare of France. As the year drew toward its close, however, the reparations commission was prepai-ing to appoint two committees of experts to help wojck »ut the problem, and President Goolidge approved of the ap pointment of Americans on these com mittees. Easy To Locate All Auto Owners New York Police Department To Have Complete Record of All Cars Registered In State sections of the State, regardless of the through the Lausanne peace confer ence and the resulting treaties with the allies and with the United States. Late in the year she added herself to the list of republics with Mustapha Kemal Pasha as her first president. Under the leader.ship of General Primo Rivera and other army officers and aristocrats, there was a house- cleaning in Spain that resulted in the turning out of the crowd of politicians that had for years'been battening on the spoils of misgovernment. The so- called democratic government was overthrown and a dictatorial council substituted. President Harding’s death in San Francisco threw all the United States —and indeed all the civilized world— Into heartfelt mourning. Vice Presi dent Calvin Coolicjge, succeeding to the chief magistracy, carried on in general the policies of his predecessor. Ur. Harding had been considered the certain nominee of the Republican party in 1924, and his demise threw open the lists and made tha.,political Contest intensely interesting. Continued on page seven WILLIAM CLARK This community was shocked to learn on. Saturday of the untimely death of William Clark, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Clark of Washing ton street in this village. Mr. Clark was horn in the town of Warsaw on January 10, 1896,, passing most of his life in this village. At the enterance of the United States into the World War he enlisted in the service and For the first time since the automo bile was made subject to a license plate fee in the State of New York, the 1924 application for a license makes possible the immediate iden tification of the owner of a motor ve hicle in every section of the State, Heretofore this information was avail able only at the office of the Motor Vehicle Bureau in Albany, and then only during the hours of the day that the office was open. Under the new application adopted for the coming year, two copies of the name and residence of the car owner and a complete description of the mo tor vehicle will be filed with the New York City Police Department within twenty-four hours after the license has been issued. This applies to every motor vehicle license issued. in the State of New York and is not con fined to Greater New York alone. Commenting in the new application, John F. Gilchrist, President of the State Tax Commission, said yesterday that the plan of making quick identi fication of automobiles possible in all Gottlieb Klump of. Bennington 80 Years Old Wanders From Home On Friday Christian Haller of Ben nington informed the State troopers of the disappearance of Gottlieb Klump, eighty years old, of Bennington Cen ter and. a search was started. When he left home he wore two suits of clothes underneath his overalls, two hats and a short heavy overcoat. Klump left home some time Thursday afternoon and was last seem at Darien. * Late Friday night a searching par ty consisting of neighbors assisted by State troopers found the old gentle man wandering in the woods on the Wai’ner farm between Bennington and Darien. He was in had physical condition when found and was taken to his home. Klump’s disappearance was attributed to the fact that he was feeble minded. PR0eRAM0F1924 COONTY HIGHWAYS Official List of Improved Roads To Be Built Next Year By- State type of State service in the protection of life and property, and signifies the closest of cooperation between the New York Police Department and the State Tax Commission. i Under the present system informa tion is obtained only at the Albany office, which is open.9 a. in. to 5 p. m. TO BUILD ABOUT 15 MILES Wyoming County Will Then Have 50 Per Cent of Its Highways Built _As Indicated On Hewitt Map Announcement has been made from the State Highway Department of the road building program in the several counties of the state. As stated a short time ago it is the purpose of the De partment to so distribute the con struction this year that each'-county will have practicallj^' 52 per cent of its road program built in 1924. The “Times” recently wrote the Highway Department for definite in formation regarding the road building program for the year 1924 and they replied as follows: “Beg to advise that in 1924 we pro pose to construct the following: Castile-Portageville, Pi A. JProj. 291 4.34 miles. FATE OF F air ! UP TO VOTERS Next Monday, December 31st rom 4 to 8 p, m. is the time set for the holding of the special ' election to vote the necessary appropriation pennitting the vil lage to pay an annual rental to the Wyoming Cdtinty Agricul tural Society for the use of its grounds for recreation purposes, ball playing and such other u^e as the village may see fit to use the grounds for. This proposi tion is favored by the Village Board as well as those interest ed in the welfare of the village. It will only be by the assistance - of the village, paying an annual rental for the use*of the fair grounds that this property can he retained in its present con dition. For years the Society has maintained these grounds, not only for the purpose of hoTding its annual fair but permitting the village and high school to use the grounds for all recreational, purposes, standing the expense of the upkeep of the grounds and buildings, repairing and put- jting in condition, any damage done the property for other than fair use. It rests with the people of the village to decide if they care for a centrally located recreational field where they can enjoy the sports promoted by the local base ball and foot ball teams as well as those of the High School, also if they wish the poujtity Fa^r continued which has been an annual- event for the past 80 years and which is a valuable asset to any county and community. VOTERS IT IS UP TO YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? LAND FOR PARK GIVEN . TO PEOPLE OF LEROY Mr. and Mrs. Woodward Make Christ mas Gift To That Village , Through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Woodward of LeRoy that \Village has been presented with a valuable strip of land for recrea tional and park purposes. The presen tation of tniR property comes as a Christmas gift to the people of LeRoy and is one of the many gifts to that village from Mr. and Mrs. Woodward. The property consists of a large tract of Idnd running from the main street bridge to north and follows the west bank of the Oatka creek. With the gift of the land was also given the sum ^ $ 2 ,- 500 to pay the expense of clearing up the grounds and caring for the pre liminary, work. The property was re cently purchased from the Western Utilities Company, Inc. by Mr. Wood ward at a price of $ 10 , 000 . TWO RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER WHS. MAYME BIGHAM Erie County Making Court Record In Bringing Gang Of Bandits To Justice For Slaying Of Former Attica Woman. * It required but a few minutes for a jury in the eases of Patrick J. the railroad tracks Murphy and Edward Smith who were placed on trial last week in Erie County Court for the murder of Mrs.. Mayme Bingham,, to ren der a verdict of guilty, first degree murder. Murphy was convicted on Tuesday and Smith’s ease went to the jury on Saturday. ^ ■ - The trial of the remdining three SEAL SALE DRIVE VERY SUCCESSFUL Larg’e Amount Raised Through Sale of Red Cross Bonds by Committee 4,000 APPEALS SENT OUT Arcade-Bliss, Part 2 Highway No. 1670 0.27 miles. Grade crossing on the Castile-Rock Glen road and for reconstruction: Surface-treating 24.32 miles of high Including this proposed- program, After January 1st information may b e , -Wyoming County will then have 50 had any hour of the day or night, a t , qj highways indicated oh police headquarters in New York. FIFTY WEDDED YEARS PASSED IN ATTICA was assigned to the Veterinary Corps at Camp Mead, later going over seas,T-n -n -n*- , ^ t . - , aa a corpora, he was stationed Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winffiiester Cele brated Anniversary On Friday The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winchester of At tica was celebrated at their home in that village on Friday. Dinner was served at 1 o’clock to forty relatives, followed by' a reception through thn afternoon for friends and neighbors. Mr. Winchester has been for thirty years the town superintendent of high ways and is well known throughout Genesee and Wyoming Counties. Both Mr. and Mrs. Winchester are natives and lifelong residents of Attica. Em met S. Melven of Attica Center, a cousin of the bride acted as best man, and Miss Cora Smith, now Mrs. Cora Jenks of Ionia, Michigan, as hrides- maid. Both are at the anniversary celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Winchester spent their early married life on a farm p,t Attica Center, but the past several years have lived at their home on East avenue. Mrs. Winchester’^, maiden name was at St. Nazaire, Prance. He w ^ with his outfit for over a year, receiving an honorable discharge at the close of the war. On June 10 of this year he was married to Miss Ruth Tilly of Rochester who survives him, also his parents, three sisters and six broth ers: Mrs. Harold Mosher, and Miss Violet Clark of Rochester, Miss Beu lah Clark and Earle, Irving, Emery, Marvin, Ernest and Norman Clark of this village. Services were held on Monday af ternoon at 2 o’clock from the home of bis parents, conducted by the Rev. Geo. D, Miller of the Presbyterian church. A sold was sung by Mr. Wm. Jackson and the commitment service at the^grave was in charge of Warsaw Lodge P. & 4 . M. of which Mr. Clark was a member. He was also a member of Walter Klein Post, American Le gion, which orgari^ation attended in a body. ■ Mr. Clark was a young man just in the prime of life who had the respect of aU who knew him. Out of town relatives and friends who -attended the funeral were Allen M!erchant and family, |Binghamton; Mr. and Mrs. William Robins, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Clark, Mr,, and Mrs. George Waldron of LeRoy, Eugene Hart, Alexande'r; Uriah Underwood, Attica; W. W. Mosher,’Harold Mosh er and Harold Grieves of Rochester. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our sincere appreciation of the many aets of sym pathetic consideration' shown, us dur ing our recent bereavement. M. .S. Clark airi I'amily. member of her family to celebrate golden wedding anniversary. Pour years ago her sister, the late Mrs. J. W. Nesbitt of Warsaw, celebrated the event. She died the day after her 54th anniversary. Two- years ago Mrs. S. J. Gafge, also of Warsaw, observfed the fiftieth wedding anniversary by giving a family dinner party. The parlor and dining room were decorated with golden chrysanthe mums. Refreshments were served throughout the afternoon and evening, Mrs. Motz and Miss Winchester as sisted their parents in receiving the guests. NOT A GOOD , SHOWING Wyoming One of Fifteen Counties To Vote Against State Institutions At the last election there was a proposition up for consideration to authorize a bond issue of $50,000,000 for state institutions. Wyoming was one of the fifteen counties in the state to vote-against the proposition and gave the fouth largest majority against it, Allegany, Delaware and Schoharie giving a few more votes in the negative. .The vote in Wyom ing County was 2,371 yes and 3,309 no, a majority of 936 against. In the entire state the proposition Was carried by a yes majority of 707,- 188, the total vote beipg for 1,105,- 999 against a no vote of 398,811. In spite of all Wyoming County, thoi^gh the generosity of Dr. Prank B, Bliss, has started out to do something for the treatment of tuberculosis, and the fundfs mdde available by Dr, Bliss’ win are to be used for the benefit, of such patiwti. the Hewitt map.” The short stretch of 0.27 miles list ed as Part 2 of the Arcade-Bliss is the stretch of road which will connect the present constructed state road in the main street of Bliss with the new road which will follow the route south of the town to join the road which is now known as the cpeek road. The stretch from Bliss on east will he constructed at some future time. With the construction of these two stretches of roads in thjs county amounting to some 14 miles the per centage for the county will come -with in 2 per cent of its full quota for 1924. It is necessary that sonie counties to be kept slighily below 52 per cent in order to preserve the average figure for all the state. George C. Webster, coimty super intendent of highways for Livingston County, has received from ^he State Bureau of Highways the program of the proposed roads to be Constructed and resurfaced in that county during WARSAW COUPLE PASS FIFTIETH MILE STONE Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Hunter Observe Anniversary On Christmas Day Christmas Day brought a double pleasure to Mr. and Mrs. William Hun ter of this village for it was the fiftieth aniversary of their mq,rriage. Their y and -friends' t6ok''%d-5'a^+ago. vof occasiion, jmaking the day one long to he remembered. The several sons and daughters of the family gath ered at the family home on Livingston street on Tuesday in a joyous reunion to pay homage to their parents who Campaign Conducted During Month of December Over Eqiire County Will Provide Goodly Sum For Worthy Work A Well organized campaign for the sale of Christmas. Seals and Red Cross bonds was launched on Decern her first throughout the county under the direction of the Wyoming County Committee on Tuberculosis and Pub- jlic Health, Each to-wn under their local committee have reported fine sue cess as a result of this drive and the total returns for the county will more than come up to the expectations of the County Committee. Over 4,000 appeals in the form of the letter Jfrom ' the “little girl in green” went ’ into the homes of the county and the response from these letters are very gratifying to the com- ^ tfe Plants tnfe not be known until the close of the month,as the campaign was to carry until after Christmas. Under the direction of a committee headed by Mrs. Charles Frankenstein had reached this mile stone ol their assisted by Mrs. Arthur . _ ____ .White. ’ Mrs. Tinrho-r Tl Iowa; Mr- and Mrs. Jack Bilingsley, 1924 /T h e r r w V b e - 2 r 4 ’'m^^^^ ot“n?w Blanche Hunter, road bum and 36.3 miles L e M a fnS - w r t l o f m e n t o t new roads tori t f “ '5 “ d «’>-?; George Raupp Livingston county are the Caledonia- W^sav^ Among the guests were Leicester roSd, part 2 , from York to ® “ ies Morgan ot Buffalo, a Leicester, about seven miles in length Mrs. Hunter and Mr. Arthur and a Short piece ol road at Kudefs 1 Warsaw who • .. . ~ ~ .... IS a brother of Mrs. Hunter. White, Mrs. Barber B. Conable and Day, 1873 at which place they resided nominations of $5. $10. $25. $50. and $100. The response by the'people of the village in buying these bonds in denominations of $25. $10. and $5. showed hhe great interest in this much needed work in our county. The committee is pleased to list the nqines- of those who so generously bought of these bonds: * Wyoming County National Bank.' Trust, Company of Wyoming Co. K. E. Rowe. Montgomery Bros. James E. Reid. Jqdge M. L. Coleman. Marr & Colton „ Whitlook-Snow John Nugent Brown Knitting Co. James H. McElra-vy W. J. Ballintine . » H. E. Hovey Miss May Healy Mr. M. L. Smallwood Judge J. E. Norton. Mr. B.’ B. Conable Mr. A. W. Fisher married life. until the year 1883 when they came to Warsaw to make their home. For several years the family made their home at Saltvale where Mr. Hunter was connected with the Crystal Salt Co., in the capacity of foreman. He was also^ postmaster when an office was maintained at that place. Later moving to Warsaw, Mr. Hunter en gaged in the meat business for maijy years and for several years past has been one of the efficient assessors of the town and village. The family < which consists of sev eral sons and daughters were all pres ent to help their parents celebrate Ms borne in Wisconsin and was un- the day, except one son who makes able to be present. The children and their families wbo gathered for the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hawkins and family, Batavia; Dr. R. B. Hunter and family, Remsen, Corners in the to-wn of Conesus, The roads to be reconstructed nre about three miles between Rock Spring Hill and Sonyea • in ,the DansVille-MoTint Morris road and small piece of road between Lima and East Bloomfield at Factory Hollow road is to he sti’high- tened to eliminate a dangerous cur- The new roads to be built and old roads to be reconstructed might seem a small apportionment for this county, hut as there are 58 counties in the state and contract for the Lake- villfe-Livonia road has been, let to be reconstructed early in 1924^ this conn ty will fare better than many other counties of the state in road improve ment next year. The road on the east side of Gon- esus Lake, which is a town and coun ty highway,' will be corppleted next year. It extends from Livonia to Scotts burg and the expense of graveling and repairing this« road is hO:^ne by the' to-wns of Livonia and Conesus, The road is about nine miles in length and at this time some five miles have been completed. MASONIC INSTALLATION .Installation of the new officers of Warsaw. Ijodge P, & A./M .will take place on Tuesday evening, January 1# At 6130 a dinner -to ^11 members of the Lodge and Chapter will be serv ed by the ladies of the lllwteru Star and the InstaUationi ceremony tflll fol low at 7:80, It is reauestad that all members who expect tm attwd the supper to please notify H. S. Cntlibert not later than Friday. The house was decorated with Christmas greens and flowers and at the dinner served on that day, covers were laid for''twenty-four. The silver and linen used were heirlooms of the family, being the same that was used at the wedding of Mrs. Hunter’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Graham.' Congratulations were received from a host of friends and relatives both by -ware and mail and the many gifts received showed the high esteem in which this couple are held by their relatives and friends. Among the gifts was the sum of $325.00 in gold. WARSAW BOY PRIZE WINNER “Axiom” is the name which has been selected from about 5,200 sub mitted in connection with the Hiscutt Baking Company’s recent contest to secure a name for Its* new dpnble-loaf bread. The winning name 'was sug gested by James Coniff of Warsaw, to whom was awarded $50. Second pri:^e $25, went to Miss Irene D. Smith of- Batavia; third, ^15, Miss Laura Brown of Elba, and fourth, $10, to M. L. Mar tin, also of Batavia. The following received honorable mention in the contest: Donald B, Benedict, Batavia; Miss H, CrQnkhito, Liriwood; Mrs. Ofa Merkle, Oalcfield, and Mrs'. Charles Mason of Silver Springs. In some cases names which were al ready copyrighted by other firms were offered, thereby eiimluating them from consideration. The ‘way of a m m witb. a maid ft- quires llttte ait. The hiurd part 1* the fifitaway. Power Merger Is Granted Company Ele^ctric Corporation Involved in Immense Public Utility- Deal. Granted By P. 0. Commission One of the biggest public utilities deal in Western New York involving approximately $ 10 , 000,000 was consum mated last week when the application to tl^ Public Service commission by the \New York Central Electric cor poration to take -over the plants and business of the Hornell Electric Com- pfi^ny, Perry Electric Light & Power Compaily, Warsaw' Gas & Electric Company, Dansville Electric Light Company, Canasaraga Electric Light Company and Wayne Power Com pany, Yates Electric Light & Power Company was granted on the grounds that m,ore efficient service will he provided and that a larger amount of current will be available for lighting and pnwer purposes. The commission further authorized, the New York Central Electric bor- poration to make a mortgage and sell mortgage bonds and to sell common capital and cumulative preferred , stock to yield total net proceeds of $3,489,- 500 to be used for the purchase of the six companies and in meeting the-'cost of proposed new construction and -de- New York Central Electric Company secures not only the physicial assets of the several companies but the wa ter power rights in m a n y ' cases are included in the m ergers. Officers of the New York Central Electrical Corporation are: President, Ellis L. Phillips; vice-president. Geo. W. Olmstead; secretary, Henry Frost, all of New York. The object of the new corporation is to furnish Niagara electric light and power to Central New York 'points. Franchises jhave been secured in the counties of Alle- ganj”-, Steuben, Schuyler, Yates Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming. men of the five who were ’arrested and charged with the crime of murder will he continued on January 7th fol lowing a holiday recess. These trials are being followed -with much interest by Wyoming Cpunty people for Mrs. Mayme Bingham who was murdered on the' night of November 11th in a drug store conducted by her husband in Buffalo was *born in Darien and spent a number of years' before her marriage in Attica, >'' Patrick J. Murphy who was said to have been the leader of the gang which participated in the ’hold up and slaying of Mrs. Bingham has been sen tenced by Judge T. H. Noonan to die in the electric chair during the week' of January 28th. Council for Murphy has filed an appeal which automatic ally acts as a stay of excution. The same will apply tp the case of Smith as an appeal will be made by bis at torney. Murphy is now in the dea^ house at SingSing.\ The three other members of the gang yet to he tried are Ambrose Geary, alleged to actually have fired the fatal shot, James G. Monks anid Harold- C. Malcolm. The indictments against the three are for first degree murder. / Murphy is 28 years old and lives with his sister in Buffalo. His defense was- that he was at home sleeping wben the >rime 3 occureff. Ambrose Greary was a witness for his alleged pal. He testified that Murphy was not ■with the other gangsters on the night of the Bingham affair and that he nor Murphy was involved in the rohhery' ^ and killing. . ' Smith is 38 years old and lives witb« his father in the Aa)we city.i-.gA tjde to'prove -an/absolute •alibi throuTh - - the evidence given by the Barrett family at whose home it was clafbie.l that Smith spent the evening of the murder from 8:30fto 11:30. James G. 'Monks, alias Lyors, self- confessed participant in the robbery- murder,-'took the stand and 'mplicat- ed Smith ag he had implicated Mur phy last Monday, Smith, h-' s-wore,' rifled the cash register, which 'con tained the proceeds of the sola foun tain. Smith carried a thirf-vf^o -''aliber revolver into the pharmacy that night, .testified Monks, and Smith, was at his right throughout the pillare nnd mur der, according to the latter’s testi- HIGH SCHOOL FIVE WIN FEOM BATAVIA Mr Clarence Greff Dr, J, F. Crawford Mr. P. A. Rice Wyoming Banking Company Mrs. N. S. Beardslee Miss Annabel Humphrey Mr. J. H. Burdick Mr. Arthur Wares ' Mr. E. J. Beardsley Gordon & Fuller George Thompson Miss Mary McDonnell S. J. Cra-^ord Oscar Oram Mrs. B. P, Gage .Dr. Ben H. Smith J. C. Hofstetter L. A. Cass ,, Chas. Frankenstein Warsaw Button Co. Cheney & McGtee Burr’s Drug Store Mr. Charles McConnell Dr. George D. Miller Mrs. B. B. Conable, Sr. . Balduf, Barrows and Davidson American Legion, Walter Klein Post MOOSE TO HOLD DANCE The Loyal Order of Moose held a regular meeting in their rooms last evening p,nd a large class of candi dates wag initiated. It was decided to hold a dance and entertainment in their rooms on New Year’s Eve, De cember 31st for the ipemhers and their invited friends. The charter will close, January 2ndr this is the last week that members can bring in applications at l!he re duced ^fee. Deputy Supervisor S. J. Smith expects to leave here next, week for FultOBy N. Y. to open a threo months campaign for the Moose In that city. * If you / hav# neither birth nor wealth, you can be good and acquire that Moie auparior feeUng. Batavia high school played to hard luck in' the last’ period of its basket ball game at Warsaw with the War saw high school quintette Friday evening, losing the contest 18 to 12 . With the score standing 12 to 11 at the end of the third quarter, Warsaw ran up seven points, while the Bata vians failed in all attempts to scored Batavia started the scoring with a field basket, but Warsaw toppled in threl afterward and led 6 to 2 at the end of the first period. Batavia came hack strong in the next quarter, over coming the Wyoming boys lead and finishing the half neck and neck with the score 8 ‘all. Some changes were then made in Batavia’s lineup. Batavia took the lead for the fir^t time in the third quarter. It was in the last period that the visitors met defeat. The' ball would not sift through for the Bata vians in the many trys that were made. The lineup and summary: Batavia Warsaw Tuttle, Corbett . .................. Thomson Right forward Luther -------- - ------ - -------- Left forward Goreckle, Walters . SISTERS DIE.ON SAME DAY Cepter Right.' guard Calahan,-Tuttle . Left Gqard Summary-—-Referee, Root, principal of the Attica high school; timer D. .Gordon; scorer$, iJorith and Ahder- son; time, eight minute periods; field baskets, Tqttle, Luther 2, Corbett, Gorecki, Turtle, Thomson, 2, J. McGee •Keeney 2, R, TVEcGee 2; foul shots, Warsaw 4. ‘ y WOULD ELIIilNATB GEADB OEOSSINGS A forty year program for the elim ination of 8,000 grade crossings in New York state pt .a cost of $800,000,- 000 will he laid befbrp Governor Smith by -Richard H. Lee, president of the Automobile club'Kit New York. ^ . Pending -tbe decision of state\ offi cials, tlie railroad men agreed- to a program of temporary protection for motorists at grade crossings,, calling;, for flagmen over a twenty-four bout period a t crossangs where ija^meu are now used part time, and uniform ai^omatic signals iM: otb«r crossings. Death of Misses May and Ina Crippe'h On Wednesday The home of Mr. Prank Cr:‘ppen of this village was saddened by the death of his two.sisters. Miss May and Miss Ina Crippen on Wednesdav, December 26, 1923. Miss Ina Crippen who has ybeen an invalid for several ye-irs pas sed away at' 9 o’clock W'^\’nesday - morning and_ tbq sister, aiir.s aiay Cj-ippen died aboi^t 5 o’clock In the afternoon of the same day. The sisters were daughters of the late D.-A. Crippen of this village and were born in Knowlesville. ,N. Y. Miss May Crippen was born October 25, 1863 and Miss' Ina Crippen was horn May 16, 1865, Since the death of their parents, Mr. Crippen and his two sisters have maintained their home on 'Brooklyn street in this village. Aliss May Crip- pen^ was a member of Centennial Chapter, O. B. S. an dfor several years was secretary of this organization in . which capacity she was ser-ving at the- time of her death,' A double funeral will be held, from the chapel of the Congregational church. .conducted by the Rev. Jg-G, Snyder at 2 o’clock on Friday after-- noon with burial in th^ Warsaw ceme- SLATER MAY CONTINUE AS ATTICA POSTMASTER Jerome M. Slater, Charles J. ^chwalenstocker. and Thomas M. Sweeney of Attica on Saturday were certified to , the Post Office Department'by the Civil Service Commission ds eligible for ap pointment to the postmaster- shjp. Mr. Slater has been acting postmaster at the Attica office since the middle, of October, hav ing been appointed at that time on recommendation of Congress- ma,n Archie-Sanders to fill the vacancy caused by the death of- former postmaster Franic Timm. As he had the endorsement of Congre^smaM. Sanders, and has qualified as the highfest eligible in the Civil Service examination, it is probable that befMU be recommended for the regidar-ap; pointment for the next four years. ' .
