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Giving Diphtheria Innoculations Now at Blue Point Free TofcimAivtftoxln Injec- tions for Ai) Pup il* School Physician and Nurse Handle Cases—Consent of Parents Only Requisite A l-T.l OUOtt Pntehogun lias taken * * no further steps toward s tlie Im- munization of lis children against diphtheria since the village authorities indorsed -tht. ' idea in it non-eommitn! wn y , Blue Point has already started the work und till of the school-children In thnt section , whose parents have given the-ii* consent , are being in- oculated -with toxin-antitoxin. The iifjectio ' na are being given In the Blue Point school in much the same man- ner that thuy hnve boon hi numerous other oonununities in the state where the sehool doctor has* co-operated with the state isn ' il the school board and giv- en the injections free. ' Dr. Ct. li. Oxholm of Snyville , who is the school doctor tit ltlue Point , started giving; the inoculations this week and all parents whose children are in the schools am given the oppor- tunit y to express their approval or disapproval an to whether their chil- dren shall receive tho injections. The treatment is- found to produce no trouble and scarcely noticeable ef- fects , superficially. The serum is furnished free by the rtato. Each child receives three in- jections a . Intervals of about a week. The way it is being done in Blue. Piont costs . neither the parents nor the child a cent. Pr, Oxholm , who has so gen- erousl y volunteered his services in this w o rk , is being assisted by a nurse so that the work is done in record time. Patchogue took the first steps in tliis nintter a little over a month ago when the -village board voted in favor of the idea being carried out in the schools and , since this .was as far as th<f village authorities could go in the matter , it was then delegated to Dr. W. S. Bennett , health officer , and the school board , for final disposition. Due to the fact that there are ?, 000 -¦hildren, , . . in _thtv vPittphogue district those who would take charge of such & project face an unusually heavy task in immunizing the entire student body of the schools antl taking cure of the necessary details attendant on such a process. The idea has not produced nny popular movement even thoug h diphtheria cases have been discovered in the village , and it is believed this is partly due to the fact that at the doctors ' regular calling fees ,, the cost of inoculation ' puts it out of consid- eration by poor people and makes peo- ple of fair but limited means hesitate. IF the people of Patcnogue do not probe ihe milk situation-until they find out tlie cause of the bad supply, they are neglecting one .of the most important problems of their village. Milk is said to be the only perfect food. Certainl y it is the only one food upon which many persons depend wholly for nourishment. Also , un- fortunately, it is a perishable food and one that requires the most careful of handling. Really, it is as much of a woman ' s problem , this bad milk supply in parts of Patchogue , as has ever come up in community work. So often the wo- men complain tha t there is so little work that ?eems to be directly in their line. Now is their chance, By Ruby Douglas Dairies should be visited by house- wives either in groups , in committees appointed in , clubs or Individually. \When the dairyman knows that his consumers are going to drop in on him without notice . he is more apt to conduct a s anitary establishment. And , furthermore , when he discovers th a t , upon finding unsafe , or dirty conditions in his milk handling, the women not only report him to the board of health but make it a point to withdraw not only their own patron- age and that of all the housewives whom they can reach , hut the shops he supplies , as well he is -very likely to comply with regulations laid down for the care of his cows and milk. No / onc feels particularly ' sorry for a man who is made ill through the use of bad litjuor. It is deplorable but he did not need the drink. But when a family, especially chfldrenwh o depend so much-on a food as they do on milk are rendered ill through its use , it is very bad indeed. It is not good ad- vertisement for a village to let it be known that bad milk js permitted to be sold within its environs. It should be stopped. Undoubtedly, in Patch- bgu . e , it will he stopped. , • . • WE DO PRINTING ' of all klnici , social and commercial ; prompt service , excellent v.orkrnansh . _ i . The Pstchomie Advance.—Adv. AS I SEE IT i Chan Tells of China ' s Problems and Progress People Slow to Follow States- men ' s Lead Prominent Business Man Had to Op- pose Own Family in Introducing Modern Efficiency Methods A GRAPHIC first-hand description * ¦ of actual conditions in China wns given before the ' members of the Round Table club at their .weekly luncheon nt Roe ' s hotel Tuesday by C. 0. Chan , president of the China Commercial Company, Ltd., and an important figure in the business and political life of the Far East today. While Mr. Chan laid part of the blame for China ' s strife and retarded prog- ress to obstructive foreign treaties seeking to gain commercial mon- opolies in .China he admitted that much of the trouble , with China today preventing a realization of true na- tional aspirations , is also internal and baseid on an age-ol d respect for the past. - Mr. Chan comes ' from- tin old and wealthy Chinese family but was edu- cated in this country. After receiving his collegiate degrees he returned to his native country to introduce sci- entific , methods into the mining opera- tions there , a largo part of which were controlled by his father and near rela- tives. Even they refused to admit the new methods into their firm and after discouragement on the part of his own 'relatives and failure to gain ^ cp-opera- fcion in the installation ' of \ western ways and machinery he withdrew and started his own company. Today this concern is the largest mining enter- prise in China and is controlled en- tirely by, Chinese interests who have •seen the wisdom of western ideas. • He prefaced his address by a brief description of China in point of size and population , telling how it com- pared In size to the United States , Mexico and Central America and of its vast population , six-sevenths of which is concentrated in one-third of the total area. He dwelt especially on the vast re- sources of China and said that only the edges of these have been tapped as yet and that a large part of the country is even now almost unknown , as concerns the extent and value of its resources. He brought out that China ' s most important products were in the line of minerals , consisting of antimony and tungsten , these tw ct be- ing cited because China is one of the few places where they are found , and (Continued on Page 4 , This Section) Boy Badly Scalded in Water at Factory OlE D VI ETIG , son of Mrs. Elsa *¦ Vietig of 170 Jayne Avenue , late Tuesday afternoon accidentally step- ped into a pool of scalding water and burned his right leg to the knee to such . an extent that the skin tissue was badly damaged. Ho is employed at Justus Roe and Sons ' factory in Roe Court and that afternoon the boiler was being emptied and in order not to flood the cesspool a temporary hole had been dug in the basement , it is* said , and the steaming water was drained into) this cavity. Vietig was . working about the cellar and not knowing of the temporary ar- rangement stepped into the pool- of hot water and his ' right leg was im- mersed to a point just below the knee. He was given first aid treatmen t and taken to his -home where lie is be- ing attended bf t)r. W. H. Roe. \While he is undergoing considerable pain it Is expected that the burned portion will heal in a satisfactory manner and remove the necessity of a skin graft- ing operation. He will be confined to his home for at least five weeks , it is expected. CONGHBS8 - \LAYING CARDS 85 cents. Patchoftic Atlaunc. Paiwr Shoppe. —Adv. Patchogue Banks Show Resources of $14 , 687 , 808 Makes This South Shore Bank- ing Center Second Hi ghest Total in Suffolk County — All Local Institutions Show Excellent Growth in 1926 YV/HILE Riverhead is busy laying \' claim to \being the financial cen- ter, of Suffolk County Pa tchogue can justifiably consider itself the financial center of the south shore and the sec- ond largest money center in the coun- ty for a survey of local banking insti- tutions yesterday shows total resour- ces of $14 , 687 . 608.20 ,. whieh is remark- able for :t village of this size , and yet in keeping with the spirit of commer- cial and industrial progress that char- acterizes Patchogue. Riverhead' s banks shoTj total -re- sources of §22 , 501 , 941 but it must be taken into consideration that the old R iverhead Savings Bank , whose total is in excess of .$12 , 000 , 000 , leading in- stitution of its- kind in the , east end of the county, draws its depositors from .ill over n wide iirea in that end of the Island , the main farming belt , and this fact is largely responsible for its 'henvy deposits. As far as the na- tional banks and trust companies are concerned thc Patchogue institutions rank with the- Riverhead institutions and those ' all over the Island of the same class and Citizens Trust Com- pany is well ahead of- any r egular bank at the county seat. One of the high spots In tho fiancial history here during the past year has been the consistent growth in re- sources and deposits of all of the banks. Aside from the general bank- ing business the Citizens and the Pat- chogue handle extensive trust and es- tate affairs. As is to be expected the Union Sav- ings Bank leads the local financial houses with resources of $6 , 467 , 809 and next comes the Citizens Trust Company with combined resources ' of $4 , 500 , 000 while the Patchogue Bank has shown a substantial growth dur- ing the past year and has resources of $3 , 152 , 385 , and the Peoples , Na- tional Bank , a very young institution , shows assets of $567 , 441.20. Two Ears of Corn Rent for Large Tract of Land Indians at Mastic Have Odd Privileges No Tax to Pay—-Many Thousands of Acres in Other Reservations in New York State I A, RECENT incident before the town • * » board regarding a poor bill based on medical services at the Poospatuek Indian settlement nt Mastic calls at- tention to this odd little colony of descendants of thc island' s original red men. There is a common errone- ous belief thnt this Is one of the regu- lar system of Indian reservations , set aside hy state or government to keep the Indians from' being altogether crowdi'if out by tlio march of white man ' s progress. While it is now in fact under reservation management by th . state its origin was private , quite unliko most of them , slating away back in thc early colonial times. Hpr -lt. real story of how this colony ¦*• was founded und how the \I n- dians , \ now most of them more negro in stock than Indian, hold the lnnd there , is a very interesting one , and it appears to be familiar to compara- tively few of the ' townspeople , even the older ones. Tho original Poospa- tuek rights depend on a grant by Col. William Smith in 1700. \ The usual reservation is a tract of land dedicated by the government for the common occupancy and use of Indians of the old wild days and their descendants. Such Indiana were never considered citizens any more than Chinamen and their status is still ex- ceedingly limited so long as they choose to enjoy the \ advantages\ of remaining as Indians , whatever those advantages may be. Out West some of the red men are princely rich ' by reason of hapi/ening to ho settled over oil. A few hun- dred acres of . woods for hunting, fields for tilling and a lake or stream for fishing ' are about all there is to it in most of such areas. The lordly white man has taken the rest. Long Islan d hrts . one ,regular Indian reservation , Shi . licebek , \some \ . 100 acres , which lies on the . east side of the inlet of the bay of that name lead- ing to the Canoe Place canal. Inso- far as Poospatuek has-come \ under the jje ' guliitions of the government to in- sure proper treatment of the Indian ( Continued on Page 4 , This Section) Peop le Should Insist on Getting Pure Milk So Says Health Officer Bennett— Plans to Push Laboratory Tests— Would Publish Findings \THE people themselves are to blame •*¦ in a largo degree ' if they get im- pure milk , because they ought to check up on the sources of supply and insist on getting a product that comes from proper dairies and is cleanly handled , said V illage Health Officer Dr. W. S. . Bennett to The Advance yesterday. Furthermore , the Brook- haven town authorities ought to move hi the matter , he said , as most pf the milk sold in this section comes from outside the village limits. He said he would not give any of the local raw milk to babies. Ho also promised to urge carrying out of the laboratory tests. Dr. Bennett came in to qualify a statement about why. the milk tests for which provision was made last fall had not been carried out. He said: \I wish to say that the article in the edition of The Advance of Jan- uary i stating that I said that during the winter months there was no need for a monthly test of the milk was in- correct. A> person came in my office and this subject was talked over. This article speaks of tflre^ families laving been made ill by taking i mpure milk. When I asked the names of the -parties I was told that, being in business , they did not desire names -mentioned. \All these case ' s \ should have been reported either to Dr. W: H. Roe , the town health officer , or to . myself , and an investigation made. Most ; of the milk is 4 - , produced outside of the vil- lage , and the town should bear its share of the responsibility. • In the ex- amination of the samples of milk last autumn the report was not as good as it should be. \The village board is composed of fair minded men who are always ready to acquiesce in anything for the good of tho village. Now it is proposed , after a consultation with the board , to have tests made at certain intervals and report the results in the local pa- pers , without regard to whom it fav- or., or disfavors. \So far as 1 understand the deal ers are anxious to furnish a good qual ity of milk and thcy should be treat ed with fairness nnd due considera- tion , and should approve the plan. \ LET HEJIB AUSTIN •• protect your loved orm. New York life In •arises Co. Phono Pstchogut _ — mttt, Assessors From Whole County to Meet Here Conference on Legislation C alled for Jan. 17 Will Consider Proposal of Bill Mak- ing It Mandatory to File Cost of All Changes Made on Property HTHE first steps towards securing •*¦ more efficient assessment valua- tion of the property throughout Suf- fol k ' county has been initiated by the Board of Assessors, of Brookhaven Town who have called a general meet- ing here for January 17 of the boards of assessors of the ten towns for the purpose of advocating a bill in the legislature that will aid them in keep- ing their records, complete and up to date. At that time a propositi .will be made by the Brookhaven board that legislation wilTbe enacted at this ses- sion of the legislature which will make it mandatory for all owners and les- sees of property in- Suffolk county to file with the board of assessors in their towns a statement of the cost , together with a diagram , of any new buildings to be erected or improve- ments to be made on their premises . The matter came up before tlie Brookhaven assessors on Monday and the opinion was expressed that any sinjh pi-pposed legislation \ should he in keeping with the desires nnd judgment of all of the boards and of sufficient scope to cover the situation in each and all of the ten towns , and for that reason the general meeting has been called. i Each year the assessors find them- selves confronted with new difficulties in the way of altering their valuations to cover new buildings and improve- ments becau se of the wide expanse of land in the townships , that makes it impossible for every piece of property to be viewed annually in a careful manner. Even though tho land is carefully examined certain improve- ments can be made that will escape the eyes of the assessors , besides which it is difficult to get a standard for rating improvements. DURING the recent boom _ buildings of varying values were erected in remote pl-jces and the owners es- cape taxation to some extent because of the fact that the assessors may not have it called to their 1 attention promptly. In the meantime the town is losing money. The intention is that this law shall be a county one and ap- plicable only in Suffolk for it is felt that such an act will meet with the approval of the legislators . The letter which is being- sent out by Richard Melville , clerk of the Brookhaven Board of Assessors , fol- lows: \The Board of Assessors of the Town of Brookhaven are of the opin- ion that certain legislation should be (Continued on Page 2 , this Section) Miller Left Many Debts. Little Stock 'T'HE opening of the West End Fur- ¦*¦ niture Company store on North Ocean Avenue Wednesday for bank- ruptcy sale by Custodian Samuel Da- vidow disclosed little to sell , and even with other goods In storage here the stock available to meet claims against the missing proprietor, Joseph Miller , will probably produce scarcely a quar- ter of a cent on the dollar. H. \V. Davidow , attorney for those who moved for bankruptcy, estimates the liabilities at $00 , 000 , assets $1 , - 500. There is to be a hearing by Referee C. W. Brown at Riverhead Monday, after wh i ch all creditors will have opportunity to put in their claims against the proceetls of the sale , which are bei ng* sec . uestered. Much of the stock was taken out by certain persons shortly before the bankruptcy move but it is understood they claim this was by ordinary pur- chase from Miller or a. clerk. Two local banks in which Miller was reported to have left bad accounts say they are fully protected , but some; individuals involve d are said not to be so fortunate, including a haberdasher , a jeweler ancl some who endorsed his paper. West Patchogue Incorporation Balked by Officials ' Silence District All Ready to Come In But Wants Assurance That Benefits Will Be Extended President liess of Taxpayers ' Association Sums Up Situation. Mid Slateil Attitude of West Palchoguers in Plain T->rm_ —Next Move Is Up to Villai. A SPECIFIC statement ns to what ' * is holding up thn application of Wost Patchoguo for incorporation with the Village of Pntchogiic. wns se- cured yesterday by The Adv-unco from Henry E. Hess , president of the Wost FtiU'hogiie Taxpayers ' . . Association , who has been largely instrumental in bringing the whole movement through to its present point. Tho formal peti- tion has been completed and o. k. 'd by thn town board and it leiiiains to be presented to the village hoard for submission to the people of the pre. . . nti t village. Mr. Hess makes it plain Lhat them will be no further action until assur- ances are received from somebody speaking for thn village that West Patchogue will promptly bc given vil- l age advantages when it becomes vil- lage territory. No such assurance , nor any ex- pression of policy whatever has been forthcoming from any responsible source , ho says. Villagt* President Bellman is utterly non-commital. The committee! appointed to present the petition is bound , hu shows , by spe- cific instructions. Mr. Hops says : \Whnn it wns found that the pott- tion of annexation of West Patchogue to tho village was completed , the Taxpayers ' Association of that local- ity appointed it committee on presen- tation of such petition , under instruc- tions not to prevent the same until they have received satisfactory assur- ances from acceptable sources that if and when West Patchogue . is taken into the village ppliee protection , firo department apparatus and hydrants (Continued on Page 2 , this Section ) A /IRS. JOHANNA MEEHAN , wife iV1 of Dennis J. Meehan of 304 East Mai n Street , died suddenly while at noon dinner. Mrs. Meehan had re- cently returned from a . visit with her daughter ,. Mrs. James Connors of Hartford , Conn., and had been in ap- parently good health. ¦ She had gone about hej, housework , as usual yester- day and after preparing the dinner sat down and began to eat , but col- lapsed a few minutes later. The family is well known. Mrs. Meehan leaves her husband , four sons and two daughters ; James J' ., a lawyer of White Plains; John !¦ ' ., at home; Thomas , who is connected with the photographic staff of the New York American; William , of Hartford; Mrs . James J. Connors , of Hartford , Conn., and Miss Mary Meehan , at home; four grandchildren , Janet J. Meehan , James J. Meehan , , Jr., and Frederick W. Meehan of White Plains , and James J. Connors , Jr., of Hartford; three sis- ters and one brother , Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan of Astoria, Mrs. John Reed of North Andover , Mass., Mrs. Katherine E. Cooley of I.ewiston , Me., and D. J. Ivlaloncy of Dover, N. II.. The funeral will take place Monday morning at St. Francis do Sales ' R. C. church at 9:30 o ' clock with burial in thc Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Johanna Meehan Dies Suddenly at Dinner Table Pelletreau U pheld Z- . In Nicholas Case Surrogate Earns High . Rep . tfttion -in Having Disputed Jud gments Upheld by High Courts \THE.Court of Appeals by a divided ¦*• vote has affirmed the judgement of Surrogate Robert S. Pelletre au , of Suffolk county , in admitting to pro- bate the will of the late George S. Nicholas of Islip, a rich importer of wines. Mr. Nicholas left an estate of over $2 , 500 , 000 and the will was con- tested by one of his sons , Grosvenor S. Nicholas , ' formerly in business with him , who claimed that his father was incompetent to make a will at the time the document was signed , and was unduly influenced by others in prescribing certain bequests.; The contestant was specifically disinher- ited by his father , and the will set forth that Grosvenor had been unfilial in his attitude! All pf the estate went to other children. - The will contest took three weeks on trial , the longest ever known at Riverhead. There was a surrogate ' s jury on the case , and they decided in favor of the son , breaking the will , but Judge Pelletreau set aside tho verdict as against the weight of . ev- idence and 1 probated the will. Surrogate Pelletreau is gaining wide reputation as a judge whose de- cisions stand the test of appeal , case after case with very important in- terests at stake having been ' taken up for review by prominent attorneys , only to have the higher courts uphold the surrogate. Eve n the ablest judges are sometimes ' reversed on points of law by the councils of other legal minds who sift the decisions on ap- peal , and the surprisingl y unbroken record of Surrogate Pelletreau has occasioned wide remark. Local Police To Reach New Hei g hts 4s Booth Goes Up IH line with the Improvements Uni t •are being made in the trafl k- . regu- lation system hero the present police booth at the corner-of Ocean Avenue and MnJn Street i s to b« e l e v ate d six foet so th at the officer on duty will have a clear, view of I TA-TIC for a considerable distance on all. four streets. This innovation wns conceiv- ed by President Bellman , who has been studying the trnlllc problem for some time , and realized thnt some chtmgo should be nmdfe at the hub of the village. With tho installation of electric beacons ut the corners of Havens Ave- nue and Railroad Avenue the need be- comes imperative for tho olllOer in the booth to be able to see traffic nt those points on Main Street and this is Impossible at tho present time when Unfile is. heavy nnd cars are parked on either side of that block of Main Street between Ocean Avenue nntl the two Intersecting streets to the wost. Work wns started yesterday on rais- ing the present booth. A steel column will be sunk through ' the present eir* . t-ulnr concrete base and will be an- chored In the pavement. Tho booth will then be plnecd on this superstruc- ture and the entrance; - wilt lie - by a st 'dol ladder. With the elevation of the booth the practice of pedestrians talking to the ollleers on duty willj be done uwuy with , and this practice, has become a mennco of late and greatly Interfered with the elllciency oi! the officer there. It is expected , that tho entire new system will be functioning In about a week as the conduit , is now being laid along Main Street. Sherry and Others Buy Block Factory Acquire Bronski Property on Conklin Avenue With Duntile Works—Talk of Coal Yard There Also \\THE Dunti.e building block works *¦ and a large piece of property on part of whicli it stands , lying on the east side of Conklin Avenue north of tho Lpng Islan d Railroad right of way, has been sold hy Stanley J. Bronsk i and h's wife, Alice J. Broliski , to Ar- thur Sherry of this village antl certain other parties whose names are with- held for the present , and' a large ex- pansion in the business is. promised. The deal was made through the. realty agency of Benjamin Charach & Son. Mr* Sherry will , take active charge of the block business , and he has as- sumed immediate possession. The main tract fronts 195 feet on 'Conklin Ave . ii ' ue and runs back -3C5 feet along the railroad, with a narrow strip con- tinuing past the Sinclair oil station to Pitt street. On the front is a house , now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bron- ski , as -well as the factory building. Mr. Bronski will devote his full time to his old occupation as a building con- tractor. . *¦ ' The interc uts making the purchase are understood to h ave plenty of cap- ital and-their aim is to double the- , ea- nacitv of the plant. Their purchase gives thent the Dunttle agenc y in a wide territory. More business In that spot is m -prospect, as it i.s said a certain firm is dickering to secure space on this property for coal pockets. TAXI: l'HONE 3111-fCnltea. •> _ » r Store) JVlbln. Boo __ Terry —Adr. p RANK HUMMEL , Sit., proprietor * ' of the Luke Ronltonkonia garage and well known local businessman nnd sportsman shot nml killed himself tin ' s morning with n shotgun in his collar. Mr. rtuniuml had a wide uequainttiri.p throughout this section and owned the Auditorium and the c*t , tim frontage on Havens Aveini n running from West Main Strnct to Luke Street. He hud apparently been in the best of health of lute and from what cnn be learned had had no business reverses that would lend to the net. Members of tho family when called on the tele- p hone this noon refused to comment on the mutter. Frank Rummel Shoots Sel f Early Today Officers and Judges Get Most Dog Tax Administration of License Law Cost More Than Damages—Som e of the Cash Comes Back A LARGE share of the money paid by people in the several towns of Suffolk county f or registration of dogs comes back each year , ns very little of it is used in meeting the pro- vision s of law for damage caused by wayward canines. Brookhaven town , for instance , has just been given an apportionment of $3 , 442. The main cost is in adminiatering the law. The annual report shows that dur- ing? the past year , the claims paid for damages done to fowl , sheep, etc., by- dogs amounted to $1 , 989.95. It ccjst the .county. - . -more . than. ' .?. l.O , S00 . ' , to .Jj.st the dogs , appraise the damages , jt rid. to pay the fees of officers and justices of the peace , mainly in . enforcing the license law. The dog taxes for the year amount- ed to $32 , 229.00 , a part of which is kept in hand as a balance for another year. The remainder is sent back to the several towns , ns follows:, Brookhaven $3 , 442.75 .Islip ;. . ' • 3 , 597.14 Easthampton 1 , 034.24 Southampton .. ' . 1 , 590.26 Shelter Islan d 109.83 Southold 795.13 Rive rhead .. ' . 493.3G Babylon ' ... \ .... 2 , 634.92 Huntington 3 , 886.57 Smithtown 852.34 $18 , 486.54 • Ten percent of the sum collected has been paid to the state treasurer. The town assessors for ' listing the dogs were paid $3 , 013,20 and thc assessors received for appraising damages , $760; claims allowed for damages by dogs were lj-1 , 989.95; clerks for list- ing delinquents , $157.05; peace offi- cers , constab les , justices of the peace , etc., $4 , 893.60. Supervisor E , p. L. Smith suggested that it m ight be better to hire one person to take the dog census in each town , instead? of depending, on the as- sessors to do this work . In Brook- haven town at least , the assessors sub- let their job to young men , usually students on vacation. OWEZEY & NEW INS., INC , the big '-' depart ment store concern , has bought the well known suiil establish- ed business of tho Bny Shore Furni- ture! Company, occupying quarters on tho south side of East Main Street , Bay Shore , and will take possession February I. S. W. Horton of Green- port is hontl of thn Bay Shorn Com- pany. President .Toltn J. VnnPelt of Swezey & Newins announced this pur- chase yesterday, with the statement that this is one firs t move toward building up a chain of stores. The firm maintains a large furniture de- partment in its store here , which since Mr. VanPelt became the principal owner has been greatly extended. Swezey & Newins Buy Bay Shore Furniture Store , First of Chain A HARROWING story of how a ¦** strange man tried to carry him off in an automobile wns related yes- terday afternoon by eight-year-old Victor Battaglia Hor n to his grand- mother , Mrs. Horn of 181 Waverly Avenue , on his arrival home from school. The boy was highly- excited but had an excellent recollection of the affair. He is a pupil in the second grade of the River Avenue school. He said he was- walking past the corner of River Avenue and West Main Street with some other children when a man standing beside a taxi- cab in front of the Seery drug store grabbed him by the arm , pulled him into the car. He gave no answer to thc boy ' s frightened demand \Where are you going to take me?\ Little Victor says he managed to slip out the door \ while the man was busy starting, nnd ran and hid behind a bush across tbe street. He describes the man ns tall and dark with a small moustache. The lad' s parents , aro separated and his grandmother has brought him up. Man Tries to Kidnap Boy in West Patchogue
