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TEMPERATURI!/ 3 p. m.—89 above. 3 a. m.—76 above. THE COLUMBIA BEPUBLICAN VOLUME CII JFhere You Read It First . IFHE WEATHER Cloudy Tuesday and Wesi- ^ iiesday; light, variable winds. HUDSON, N. Y., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1922 TEN PAGES NUMBER 42 UNIONS WIN AND LOSE IN IMPORTANT DECISIONS BY U. S. SUPREME COURT Local Unions’ Act Not Binding Upon International Oflicers ‘— Court Rules, However, That Incorporated^ Labor _____ Unions Can be Sued and Strike Funds Seized. FIRE WEAPONS Oe Textile Mills Reopen m New England After a Long Shut-down From Labor Troubles—^Arrests Made. 'H o ston, J u n e 5— S e v e r a l a r r e s t s , one d y n a m itin g ' o u tra g e , one case of a r s o n n i.'irk e a th e e f f o r ts M o n d a y o f te x tile m ills in d i f f e r e n t c ities in N e w liing- U n d to re s u m e o p e r a t i o n s a f t e r w e e k s of id len e s s , d u e to lo b o r tro u ld e s . T h e h o m o o f J a m e s H u g h e s n e a r T 'rovidence, It. I., w a s d a m a g e d b y a d y n a m i te exp lo s io n . N o one w a s in j u r e d . T h e explosion, th e police lielieved, w a s aim e d a t m ill w o r k e r s w lio b o a r d e d w ith M r H u g h e s . A n in c e n d i a r y lire w a s d isco v e r e d n e a r a l>.arn o w n e d b y th e s u p e r i n te n d e n t o f a m i l l - a t N a tic k , M a s s. S e v e r a l a r r e s t s w e r e m a d e a t M a n - che.ster, N. H ., w h e n th e m ill re o p e n ed a f t e r a fo u r m o n t h s ’ s h u t-d o w n . mffiST ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HIS UfE Will be Deported Today—i Was Being Held as Witness in Case of Edmund Leigh. N e w T o ric, J u n e 5 — A u g u s t P r o b s t, Sw iss h u n t e r fo r m e r l y em p lo y e d a t an exclusive Piping Rock Country c l u b n e a r P i t t s b u r g h , a t t e m p t e d h is life l>y sla s h i n g b o t h w r i s t s a t Ttinis fsjan d last niglit, authoritie.s an n o u n c e d to d a y .— I'rolxst is now a w a i t i n g d e p o r t a t i o n a.H an u n d e s i r a b le citizen . Pie w a s b e i n g h e ld a s a w itn e s s a g a i n s t E d m u n d L e igh, d e te c tiv e , c h a r g e d w ith k i d n a p p i n g h im fro m th e club. A t roiHs Is l a n d it w a s said P r o b s t w ill p r o b a b l y b e d e p o r t e d to m o r r o w . MOSS STRST MAN ROBBED OF $122 .Slephen ICrechoK re p o r t e d to A c t in g O h ief C o n n o r s M o n d a y a f te r n o o n th a t $122 Avhicli Tie k e p t in a box in h i s ho tird in g h o u s e a t 27 C ro s s s t r e e t , T»ad been sto len . A felloiv b o a r d e r , vvho h e said w a s m issin g an d o u t of (ow n , is u n d e r siisp jiclo n . O fficers P a r b i n e an d K e n n e d y a r e m a k i n g a n in v e s t ig a t i o n . (..ate la s t n ig h t OfCicor K e n n e d y to o k in c u s to d y S a m C a p p on th e c i ia r g e Oif ste a l i n g th e m o n e y . C a p p b o a r d e d in th e C ross St. h o u s e .but diid n o t h a v e a n y m o n e y on h im w h e n MM-ested. H e w a s lo c k e d u p fo r a lie a r i n g in C ity C o u r t to d a y . CHILD LABOR PROBLEM RESTS WITH CHILDREN C b icag o . Ju n o 5— T h e p r o b l e m o f «'bUd lal)or re s ts w ith A m e r ican c h il- .li'Cii th e m s e lv e s in th e op in io n o f th e W o u K 'n’s T r a d e th ii o n f.eag u e a n d its .so l u t i o n a c c o r d in g l y d e p e n d s only n i i t on th e edm '.-ition of ch i ld r e n to th e I r u t h re g a r d i n g a s th e i r ow n rig h t s a.s .\iiierie a n s . T h e r e f o r e , sin c e llie S u p r e m e C o u r t h a s d e c ided th a t it c a n not in te r v e n e in ch ild lalio r cast's, tlu 's c w o m e n from ali p a r t s of tlie w o rld, h a v e deolde.l to ta k e th e ch ild :i.s h e It-aves th e k i n d e r g a r t i 'n sta g e an d tra i n h im in civics, p r o te c ti v e l.tlior law s . i)oIitic‘al et'otiom .v an d K indred su lije e t s w h ich w ill s t i r w i t h in h im a .sen.se of rev o lt a g a in s t in ju s t i c e . )PRESENT FLOWERS TO JUSTICE TOMPKINS i'o u g h k e e p s ie . .Tune 5 -S u p r e m e C o u r t .lu s tiee .A rth u r S. 'I'o m p k in s , w h o Ava.s re c e n tly elected G r a n d M a s te r of tiu ' Alason.s of tlie S ta te of N e w Y o rk , pre.sided a t th e o p e n in g of tile J u n e te r m of S u p r e t m ' ( ’o u r t in ihi.s city to d a y . In h o n o r o f h is se- li'clion to th e M a s iniie office lie w a s p r e s e n ted w itii a lu in d s o m e l>asket of A m e r i c a n r>e<auty roses fro m th e lo cal Mason.s an d se v e r a l b o iu u iets of <-ut fiower.s from m e m liers o f th e bar. FOUND WOMAN’S )M)DY IN RIVER AT NEWBURGH N e w b u r g h . N. V., J u n e 5— T h e body of M rs M a r g a r e t C o r lio r of .Now Y o rk eily, m u ssing fro m th e s t e a m e r P o iig h - l■''(•psie sin c e 'T h u rsd a y , w a s reeo v - .•red from th e riv e r h e r e M o n d a y . S h e v'a.s 4e years old and had been on ■ W a s h in g to n , J u n e 5— N e w p r e c e d e n t s in th e .iu r isp ru d e n c e re l a t i n g to la b o r unioni.sm h a v e ju s t been e s ta b - iLshod ()y the United States Supreme C h ief J u s t i c e T a f t in re a d i n g an u n a n im o u s d e c isio n of th e c o u r t M o n d a y re v e r s i n g lo w e r A r k a n s a s c o u r ts on th e fam o u .s case of th e C o r o n a d o C o a l Co. a g a i n s t th e Ii^nited M ine W o r k e r s of A m e r ic a se t fo r t h ; 1. T h a t in a ca.se of a lo c a l strike international officers of u n i o n s a r e n o w n e c e s s a r y p a r t i e s to a lle g e d c r i m i n a l a c t s of w o r k ers to destroy property. 2. T h a t rio ts a n d o th e r tr o u b l e s o c c u r i n g in a lo c a l s t r i k e a r e n o t n e c e s s a r ily in p u r s u a n c e of a c o n s p i r a c y th r u re s t r a i n e d In te r - S t a t e co m m e r c e . 3. ff’h a t u n in c o r p o r a t e d lab o r u n io n s can b e su e d a n d th e i r s t r i k e fu n d s seized as se c u r ity . I n oBt.abli.shing th e first tw ^ p r i n cip les th e h i g h c o u r t effected a t r e m e n d o u s v i c t o r y fo r o r g a n iz e d la b o r fro m a m a t e r i a l i s t i c sta n d p o i n t th e d e cisio n re l e a s e s o v e r $800,000 of som e $1,150,000 of U n ite d M ine W o r k e r s ’ fu n d h e ld in escro w by th e co u r ts. TTiis sum. c o n s t i t u t e s s e c u r i t y a g a i n s t d a m a g e s of o v e r $000,000 .aw a rded co a l o p e r a t o r s a-s a ro.sult of a fam o u s A r k a n s a s s t r i k e of 1914. ’The.se fu n d s re le a s e d a t th i s tim e m a y be fo u n d h i g h ly u s e f u l in th e m i n e r ’s re lie f p r o j e c t of th e p r e s e n t m i n e r s ’ strik e . .In e s t a b l i s h in g th e third: ru lin g , h o w e v e r , th e S u p r e m e C o u r t d e a l t a terrific b low to U n io n la b o r . P r e s i d e n t G o m p e r s h a s in s iste d for y e a r s th a t u n in c o r p o r a t e d la b o r u n io n s could n o t be su e d a n d fo r th is re a s o n su c h u n io n s h a v e n o t b e e n in c o r p o r a t e d . CHAMPION “POPPER” UVES IN KENTUCKY The 33rd Child Was Born to Robert Baker, Aged 84, Monday, at Harlan, Ky. H a r l a n , Ky.. J u n e 5 — R o b e r t B a k er, 84, M o n d a y claim e d to be th e w o r l d ’s c h a m p i o n “ p o p p e r .” R a t t l i n g a l o n g hi.s m ilk ro u te in a n a u to bu s B a k e r a n n o u n c e d to h is c u s to m e r s th a t h i s 3 2 rd ch ild w o u ld n o t in t e r fere w i th th e d a il y m ilk d e liv e ry . “ Y e s, M rs B a k e r is g e t t i n g alo n g nicely ,” h e said. \ U tU e B o b b y ’s face is j u s t a s red a s th o s e of h i s 32 b r o t h e r s a n d sistei-s an d h is yell is lo u d e r . B o b b y is th e e i g h th c h ild h o r n to M r a m i M rs B a k e r w ith in th e la s t y e a r s . a’ho o t b e r 25 c h i l d r e n w e r e b o r n to B a k e r by s ix o t h e r wk'CS. CItilNSMAAESA OTROHG PBOTEBT D u b lin , J u n e 5— ^The B r i t i s h ta c k an d o c c u p a tio n of P e t t i g o e h a s b r o u g i i t a i>rotest larrCt a d e m a n d fo r a n inci'Uiry fro m M icn a e l C o llins h e a d of th e S o u tliern P r o v i s io n a l g o v e r n m e n t. C a llin s view s th e B r it ish o c c u p a t io n a s .a seriou.s m a t t e r it w a s sta t e d officially. T h » a n n o u n c e m e n t follow e d p u b lic a tio n of tlie B r i tish c o m m u n iq u e in w h i c h it w a s e.xplaln- ed th a t th e B r i ti s h w e r e fo r c e d to oc-. cu p y th e s a l i e n t a r o u n d P e t t i g o e in o r d e r to secuire a h i g h g r o u n d so a s to d o m in a t e th e rallw .ay lin e s s u r r o u n d in g tlie tow n s . C o llins a n d D e V a l e r a issu e d an a p p e a l fo r s u p p o r t in th e e l e c t o r a l c o n te s t s w h ic h a r e th r e a t e n in g to p r o m o t e b i t t e r n e s s b e tw e e n th e tw o factio n s . STRIKE SITUATION AT BEACON UNCHANGED B e a c o n , .Tune 5.— T h e s i t u a t i o n in tile s t r i k e o f th e enviiloyees of all th e h rio k .y a rd s so u t h of th is c ity ro- niain.s u n c h a n g e d to d a y . I ’.otli em - ploycr.s a n d e m p lo y e e s a r e sta n d i n g firm in th e i r o r i g in a l posit'iou.s an d n e i t h e r sid e seem s in c lin e d to h o ld a c o n f e r e n c e w ith a view to s e t t l i n g th e d if f e r e n c e s w h ic h exist b e tw e e n M o re th a n 400 m e n a r e o u t on sirilce d c n i a n d i n g a u n ifo r m in c r e a s e Of 75 c e n ts a d a y in 'tlie ir w a g e scale, ’riiis th e e m p lo y e r s fla t l y r e fuse to co n s id e r . A s a re s u l t a l l o f tlie yards sou Hi of the city are UBe. Thu.s fa r tiie r e h a v e b e e n no^^dem- i.n s t r a t i o n s on th e p a r t o f th e st’rik - ers a n d a t a ll p o in ts e v e r y th in g is o r d e r ly . It is believ e d th a t tlie s t r u g gle. a l t h o a sile n t one, w ill be lo n g and slu b lio r n ly fo u g h t. ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL SCHIEDEMANNT B e r lin , J u n e 5— An a p p a r e n t a t te m p t wa.s m a d e to assa.s.sinate P h ilip S c h k 'd o m a n n , th e M a jo r ity S o c ialist lead e r , w h ile he w a s w a lk in g w itli liis d a u g l i t e r a n d h i s niece on S u n d a y . A poi.sonous fluid w a s sq u irte d a t h im fro m a ru b b e r balli. S c h e id e m a n n d r e w a re v o l v e r a n d fired tw o shots! Lively Political Discussion Predicted At Poughkeepsie TWO ALBANY FIREMEN DEAD Fire Truck and Two Auto mobiles Collided—^Investi' gation of the Accident Or dered by Authorities. Over 500 Mayors of State Assembled and State Administra tion May Become Issue— ^Mayor Wilson in Line for President— ^Mayor Lunn is Leading the Opposition. II GOV. MILLER HAS STRONG SUPPORT AMONG MAYORS All)an.y, J u n e r/-—liidw a rtl J. P u r cell, 27 of 75 S c h u y le r srte e t , d r iv e r o f T r u c k 1, a n d O o r n e liu s P a t t e r s o n , la d d e r m a n , 62 E l m s t r e e t , a r e in a c r i t i c a l condiition fro m in j u r i e s r e ceived in th e collisio n of th e tru c k .w ith tw o a u to m o b il e s on G r e e n s t r e e t y e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n , re s u l t i n g in th e d e a t h s of T J e u t Ja m e s P . M c G a h tin a n d H a r o l d B . S a y e r s . T h e tru c k , o n e of th e la t e s t a d d i tio n s to th e A lb a n y fire d e p a r t m e n t , w a s respondling to an a l a r m fo r a slig'ht fire in th e B l a k e s l e e L u m b e r company’s property at 898 Broadway, s t a r t e d , a c c o r d in g to th e police, by .John H o e lzol, e ig h t, of S90 B r o a d w a y . P u r c e l l is a t th e H o m e o p a t h ic h o s p i t a l a n d P a t t e r s o n is a t h is h o m e . T h e tru c k , a s is u s u a l ly th e p r a c tic e w h e n re s p o n d in g to an a l a r m in th a t lo c a lity , to o k a ro u te fro m W e s terlo s tr e e t, o v e r G reen , to S ta te , to B r o a d w a y . T h r e e c a r s w e r e p a r k e d on G r e e n s t r e e t , ab o v e D iv isio n s tr e e t, tw o on th e le f t sid e a n d one on th e rig h t. A s P u r c e ll, th e d r iv e r , a p p r o a c h e d th e n e a r e s t m a c h in e , h e sw e r v e d to th e le f t to avoid s t r i k i n g th e oar. T h e le f t fro n t w h e e l of th e tru c k s t r u c k th e h u b cap of th e fro n t w h e e l of th e au to m o b ile , an d in som e w a y th e tru c k b e c a m e ^ u n m a n a g a b le a n d c r a s h e d in to th e seco n d ca r , 25 fe e t a h e a d . T h e m a c h in e w h ich w a s ow n e d by J. L. B lu m b e r g of 75 S o u th P i n e ave,nue, w a s h a lf-c a r r i e d a n d h a l f - d r a g g e d to th e n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r of H u d s o n a v e n u e a n d G r e e n stre e t. Bieut McGalian was on the seat w ith P u r o e l l. W h e n th e tru c k h i t th e seco n d c a r ho w a s th r o w n fro m h is .seat an d d r a g g e d to H u d s o n av e n u e , w h e r e h e fell u n d e r th e re a r w h e e ls. E a c h of th e s e w h e e ls w e ig h s ' 900 p o u n d s . S a y e rs, son of D e tectiv e J o h n J. S a y e r s of iiolice h e a d q u a r t e r s , h a d ju s t go n e on d u ty , a n d w a s m a k in g h is first ru n . w a s on th e le f t r u n n i n g - b o a r d . H o lield on u n t i l th e tru c k \ w a s n e a r ly sto p p e d . H e su f f e r ed th e w o r s t in ju r i e s of all. P u r c e l l is re g a r d e d a s th e re a l h e r o o f th e a c c id e n t. A lth o h is leg w a s b r o k e n so th a t h e co u ld n o t th r o w th e c lu t c h ou t, h e m a n a g e d to sw e r v e th e tru c k to th e le f t u p H u d s o n a v e n u e a f t e r th e c r a s h , w i t h one h a n d , a n d w ith th e o t h e r to th r o w th e e n g in e o u t of g e a r . T h e m a c h in e is a fro n t d r iv e ty p e , d e v e lo p in g 105 h o r s e p o w ers, a n d it w a s on ly by P u r c e l l g e t tin g th e e n g in e o u t of g e a r th a t th e w h o le a p p a r a t u s d id n o t c a r r y th e automobile and all right thru a build ing on Hudson avenue. Poughkeepsie, June 5—The question of upholding the administra tion of Governor Miller appears likely to arouse a lively discussion during the State conference of Mayors which opens here Tuesday. With 500 Mayors and other city officials of the State here for the annual meeting Poughkeepsie resembles a miniature political con vention. SAUGERTIES STUDENT . ELECTED CAPTAIN U tica, Ju n e 5— J o h n R . S h u t t of .Saugerties, lo a d in g b a t s m a n of th e H a m i l t o n C o llege b a s e b a l l team , w a s to d a y e le c ted c a p t a i n o f th e 1923 n ine. H e su c c e e d s J a m e s V a u g h n D a v is o f U tica, w h o is to be g r a d u a t e d th i s y e a r . ► T h e o n ly to p ic h e a r d a m o n g th e d e le g a t e s is p o litics. In so m e q u a r te r s it is b e lieved th a t th e c o n v e n tio n w ill a d o p t a reso l u t i o n e i t h e r e n d o r s in g o r c o n d e m n i n g th e p r e s e n t a d m i n i s t r a t i o n — if n o t d ir e c tly a t le a s t by in f e r e n c e . I t a p p e a r s c e r t a i n th a t a p o litical fight w ill re s u l t also o v e r th e election of officers a s a n effo r t is su s p e c t e d in c e r t a i n q u a r t e r s to ele c t th e P r e s i d e n t fa v o r a b l e to G o v e r n o r M iller. M a y o r W ilso n of .B in g h a m t o n is sa i d to be th e ch o ice of th i s g r o u p fo r P r e s id e n t . P o r m e r M a y o r G e o rg e R . L u n n of S c h e n e c t a d y is h e r e in fu ll w a r - p a i n t a n d is believed to be lay in g p l a n s to sq u a s h th e electio n of W ilso n an d also to fig h t an y re s o l u t io n th a t w ill e n d o r s e th e p r e s e n t S ta t e a d m i n i s t r a - iThe p o l itic a l sid e o f th e g a t h e r i n g is f u r t ^ r e m p h a s ized by th e fa c t th a t som e o t th e D e m o c r a t i c le a d e r s of U lste r c o u n t y p l a n to give a d i n n e r to M a y o r H y l a n h e r e W e d n e s d a y . T h o th is fe a t u r e is n o t on th e official p r o g r a m th e e v e n t is re g a r d e d as sig n if ican t in view of th e discu s s io n of H y l a n ’s n a m e fo r th e n o m i n a ti o n of G o v e rn o r. P o u g h k e e p s i e , J u n e 5— M o re th a n 50 d e le g a t e s h a v e a l r e a d y a r r i v e d h e r e to a t t e n d th e sessions of th e s t a t e c o n f e r e n c e of m a y o r s a n d o t h e r dity officials. F i v e h u n d r e d a r e expected. T h e w o r k of th e c o n v e n tio n w a s s t a r t e d to n i g h t - w i t h th e o p e n in g of h e a d q u a r t e r s a n d re g i s t r a t i o n of d e le g a te s a t th e N e lso n h o u s e . 'U h e re •also,w ill be a m e e ti n g of officers w i t h e n t p r o d u c in g fields fo r th e d u r a t i o n I t h e a d v i s o r y co m m i tte e a n d th e b u - of th e s t r i k e . re a u c o u n c il Of th e c o n f e r e n c e . A t th i s c o n f e r e n c e , an d one la t e r in { . . T h e . c o n f e r e n c e w ill officially open th e w e e k w ith re p r e s e n t a tiv e s o f th e (to m o r r o w m o r n i n g w i t h a d d r e s s e s by w h o le s a le co.al traO c , it is expectefi i M a y o r G e o rg e D . C a m p b e ll of P o u g h - HOOVEH MEETS COAlBETAIlfllS Secretary Seeking Arrange ment to Insure Fair Prices to Consumers. th e N a t io n a l R e ta il C o a l M e r c h a n t s ’ A s s o c iatio n , h e a d e d by H o m e r D. .Tones of C h icag o , p r e s id e n t, w e r e h e r e 'to d a y to c o n f e r w ith S e c r e t a r y H o o v e r on a p la n fo r s e c u r i n g th e c o - o p e r a tio n of th e re t a i l co a l d e a l e r s of tu e c o u n t r y in o r d e r to in s u r e to th e p u b lic th e ben e fits of th e m a x i m u m fa i r p r ic e s fo r coal a t tho m in e s e s t a b l i s h e d la s t w e e k w ith o p e r a t o r s in m o r e th a n SO p e r c e n t of th e pres SEIZE O.S. SHIP AS GUN RUNNER L o n d o n , .Tune 5— I 'lie A m e ric.an s t e a m e r S e a ttle S p ir it, fro m N o w Y o r k , m a s re p o r t e d to d a y to h a v e been lield u p an d se a r c h e d by th e B r i t i s h in T i-aiee bay, on tho w e s t co a s t of Ire l a n d , on su.s-picion th a t sh e w a s c a r r y i n g a r m s an d m u n itio n s for th e R e p u lilican.s. It is sa id th a t a q u a n t i t y of nm n ition.s w e r e fo u n d a n d .seized, b u t ihi.s i.s n o t oflicialiy con- th a t a n a r r a n g e m e n t sim i l a r to th a t a d o p t e d Avith th e o p e r a t o r s w ill be w o r k e d o u t so th a t by m e a n s of f a i r p r ic e c o m m itte e s in d iffe r e n t sectio n s of th e c o u n try th e v a r i o u s b r a n c h e s of th e in d u s t r y c a n b e lin k e d in p a s s in g on to th e c o n s u m e r s th e fa i r p r i c e s a g r e e d u p o n . T h e w h o l e I sc h e m e c o n t e m p l a t e s a c o - o p e r a tiv e a r r a n g e m e n t w ith th e D e p a r t m e n t of C o m m e r c e to h o ld p r ic e s a t a re a s o n a b l e lev e l d u r i n g th e s tr i k e . k e e p s ie. P r e s i d e n t W illia m J . W a llin of Y o n k e r s , M a y p r W i l lia m S. H a c k - e t t of A lb a n y , M a y o r F r e d A. Pwob- •bins o f H o r n e l l, M a y o r fiffiomas A. W ilso n of B i n g h a m to n , M a y o r H e n r y M . L e o n a r d of N e w iburgh a n d C o r n e - Mus B u r n s of T roy. NEGOTIATIONS PENDING FOR SALE OF GROCERY N e g o tia tio n s a r e p e n d i n g by w h ic h th e old esta b li s h e d g r o c e r y b u s in e s s o f W illia m H . C o o n s s i tu a te d on P r o s p e c t av e n u e a n d k n o w n a s th e A c a d em y H ill g r o c e r y fo r fo r t y y e a r s , w ill p a s s in to th e h a n d s o f new o w n e r s . I t is u n d e i'sto o d th a t fo r m e r A s s e s s o r ■Edward G a r r i t y a n d G e o rg e O ’B rien , b o th of th i s city, a r e c o n te m p l a tin g th e p u r c h a s e of th e b u s in e s s a n d if th e tra n s a c t i o n is clo s e d w o u ld ta k e c h a r g e in th e n e a r fu t u r e . RAISED OVER $200. E d w a r d W e s t, o f 35 C ross St., h a d a v e r y n a r r o w e s c a p e fro m f a t a l in ju r i e s F r i d a y a f te r n o o n w h ile a t w o r k a t th e A lsen Cem ient p l a n t a t C a tsk ii r . ■He w a s w o r k i n g on a scaffo ld on a s t a c k a b o u t th i r t y fe e t a b o v e th e g r o u n d w h e n h e fell. H e s t r u c k on th e g r o u n d heavily, su s t a i n i n g a b a d ly fra c t u r e d th e i g h bone. H e w a s a t t e n d e d b y p h y s i c ia n s a n d th e n ta k e n by a u to m o b ile A th e n s . H e w a s b r o u g h t to th i s city on th e fe r r y a n d th e a m b u l a n c e w a s w a i t i n g a t th e d o c k h e r e a n d co n v e y e d h i m to th e C ity H o s p i t a l. L a t e la s t n i g h t h e w a s resting- a s c o m f o r t a b l y a s c o u ld be expected. O v e r tw o h u n d r e d d o l la r s w a s re a l ized by th e S t M a r y ’s a c a d e m y base-' Ib a ll te a m a s a re s u l t of a re c e n t p o p u - igland, J u n e 5— S o v - su b s c r ip t io n a m o n g th e m e m b e r s of th e p a r ish . ’I’hc a m o u n t w a s ra i s ed fo r u n ifo r m s a n d o t h e r n e c e s s a r y e q u ip m e n t, ff'he te a m p lay s its n e x t g a m e a t C o h o e s on J u n e 17tli, a n d it is h o p e d th a t a n u m b e r of “ r o o t e r s ” w ill go alo n g . I t is ex p e c ted th e new u n i f o r m s w ill a r r i v e th i s w e e k . 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A co m m i tte e of th e c o u n c il on F r i d a y to o k a se v e n - d a y o p t io n on th e p r o p e r t y . T h e o p t i o n w ill e x p ire on J u n e 10th, one d a y a f t e r th e m e e t in g o f th e C o u n c il I t seem s to be th e g e n e r a l opin io n of th e m e m lbers ’th a t th e d e a l w ill go th r u a n d th a t th e vote, a t th e m e e ti n g n e x t T h u r s d a y ev e n in g w ill be in f a v o r of p d r e h a s i n g th e p r o p e r ty . T h e p r ice is sa id to b e $12,500. I f th e K n i g h t s of C o lu m b u s sh o u ld p u r c h a s e th e p r o p e r t y p o s s e s s ion w o u ld be g iven on th e first of n e x t m o n th . T h e p r o p e r t y is id e a l fo r a la r g e clu b ho u s e . I t c o n ta i n s a s p a cio u s la w n on th e w e s t side of th e b ig re s id e n c e w h i c h affo r d s a n a d d it i o n a l b u i l d i n g site sh o u ld th i s be need e d . EKS WRL HOLD A BIG CraATIGN France ConclAific.s aa-eat}-. 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P l a n s fo r th e b ig F l a g D a y c e l e b r a tio n in H u d s o n on Ju n e 14 th w h ic h is b e in g fo s t e r e d b y th e H u d s o n L o d g e of E l k s a n d h a s th e eo - o p e r a t i o n of th e H u d s o n P o s t of t h e A m e r i c a n L e gion a n d o t h e r p a t r i o t i c o r g a n izatio n s , a r e ra p i d ly ta k i n g sh a p e . T h e r e w ill be tw o b i g m a s s m e e t ings. O n e w ill be o u t o f d o o rs in th e a f t e r n o o n in a p a r k a n d w ill be chiefly fo r th e sch o o l c h i ld r e n o f th e c ity — th o s e of th e p u b l ic schools, St. M a r y ’s a c a d e m y a n d th e H e b r e w F r e e School. A p r o m in e n t A m e r ic a n L e gion official w ill p r o b a b l y give th e a d d r e s s a t t h a t tim e . In th e e v e n in g th e r e w ill b e a p a r - _ade. T h e r e w ill be m u s ic by th e j H u d s o n b a n d a t le a s t . 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