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Lill. No. 16 $1;le NUMBER 2810 WOMEN ENDORSE on It at the Coming Fall Election. House last Saturday, bill introduced by Assem ian Thomas A. McWhinney. so mnzh the people ha e privil “Sm it next November. will be heard, too. charter discussed from when George S. Emory of angles of it. power are i carry . with Gt a larger ccrabic of primary designations ex guin- d“ be non-partisan. tion of cratle ticket in Oyster Bay which was presided over by political knowledge to the women ed it, Mr. Fleischer also made \champion' ponents in debate Shows Excellent Results. Oyuter Bay. mitting a prologue, dences of careful watching. report is ' submitted on a sound financial basis, town mum-l mm\ provided law OMofzbv. NASSAU CHARTER: Want it Passed to Permit Vote , The woman voters of Nassau Coun- “nnmfinchfln Mineoba Court mously to support the Nassau Fouls!“ y- The incidentally seek its passage, of this eounty can of voting for or The wo- men expressed the desire to hear a | full and free discussion on the mierits | the charter, and at the 2:5”?me N. Fleischer, sec- | retary of the charter commission, vot- ed for the appointment of three mem- | pers to arrange a date and place for | a debate, when opposition speakers The women heard the proposed | , one - point : Garden City, president of the Nassau Trust | Company and a chanter member of the commission which drew up the plan of government, spoke on various Mr. Emory emphasized the importance of that part of the act which provides for the election of a supervisor-mt—ange at a salary of $7,500, in whom great authority and that the right man should be eiected -a man who can keep clear c\ petty , politics. Mrs. Tiffany, who decluca herself as a good Democrat, and Dem- ic State Commnitteeman Lero: J. Weed, exchanged friendly words, the latter advocating the return to town elections on the ground that they should be non-partisan affairs, and Mre. Tiffany holding that the better time for town elections is a: the general election, because it admits e and suves pense. Mrs. Tiffany endorsed Mr. Weed, however, when he said that town flec- re. scored the spring elec- tion lidea and referred to the nomina- to run on the Demo- last month. 'The purpose of the meet‘i‘ng, Mrs. Frederick S. Green of Port Washing- ton and Albany, was to disseminate we Much Miscellaneous Business ers, and the purpose was accoi plisn- In asking the women voters \or co- overation in having them endorse the introduction of the charter bill and | to petition the assemblyman to pass known that Alfred T. Davison, president of the Nassau County Association, is the who will (meet all op- BUDGET PLAN EFFICIENT Operation in Oyster Bay Town Supervisor William H. Seaman of m in rendering his month- | ly report to the Town Board last Fri- day, started an innovation in sub- v which - carried with it \sparks of wisdom\ and Ie'V'i- nei- dentally he showed the officials where the town has won a big victory by the introduction of the budget sys- tem, as he has on hand over $100,000 with which to run the town govern- ment for the next nine months. The after . three ' operation under the budget nd will be the means of con- tinuing the business of the township State After Delinquent Dog Owners not taken during the -| af were Misses Dorothy Poole, Doro- from rch 1, 1918 ! tense year a , to 28 arded. to | February 28, 1919, be forw is understood that this list is Wanted so thst action may be brought | Paul Luthner, John Bagotta and Day- will forward the _ Abode Continaed--Hempstead | Ave. Contract Authorized. Mineola (special) -The Board of Supervisors on Monday appointed the {liowing standing comnuttees for 1919; County roads and bridges-Super- visors Smith and Doughty for the town of Hempstead; Supervisor Sea- man for the town of Oyster Bay; Su- pervisor Remsen for town of North Hempstead, and Supervisor Craft for | ty of Glen Cove. Finance-Supervisors Smith, Sea- | man and Craft. [ Law and legislation-Supervisors | | Doughty, Seaman and Remsen. ( Public printing and advertising- supervisors Remsen, Doughty and Craft. ¥ urt House and Jail Supervisors S rith, Remsen and Seaman Resolutions-Supervisors (raft and Remsen Homes, hospitals und state Seainun, not: But Delay of The propysition to install a sewaie sposa! plant in Freeport has been med by Health Officer Wiliam H were, M. D., in a report to the vealth toard constituted from the vil- age trustees, in which the pnysician calls attention to the report of a cor- nuttee in taken up aguin in ive years Mrs. Louis Tiffany of Oyster Ros said that she approved of the prpvi- | sion, but she held that the office shoud yo Ir osition will be revived by the village officials at present, for they, it is said, ure not inclined to favor an expendi- ture of $750,000, the estimated cost of a sewage plant, inasmuch as taxes are righ and living costs far above nor- mal. The officials recognize that the cost of ces I cleaning is heavy on some propemwms. but not so expensive as would be a sewage tax. A Dr. Runcie urges the proposition principally from the standpoint of Freeport Trustees i a Village Board of Freeport held a sewular session on Wednesday. Minutes of a special meeting, held April : license on dance halls, skating rinks, shooting alleries and s.milar amuse | ments, conducted as a business, were | read Anthony Fedden was appointed a village policeman. He has been serv- ing as a member of the force, but his appointment for the yeur had been {held up pending adjustment of some personal matters. Former Fire Chief John J. Randall, Jr.. asked that the fire gong be remov- ed from his hame, to that of the new chief, Clarence Wiliams. The request was granted. The new fire chief asked for some when an ordinance fixing a the fire districts, and also spoke of the crowding of the aisles and exits at one of the local theatres. He was in- formed that he had the authority to call on the police to prevent such crowding, which was contrary to an established ardinance. The chief asked for a separate building for Fire Patrol No. 1, which now occupies part of the house of «Supervisors Name Committees and Hear Hospital Protest }*\ Women Want Long Beach Soldiers | | Mrs C Sewerage for Freeport Revived for large undertakings. 1914 that the matter be|tion there is said to be a probability There is no likelihood that the prop- along with an offer of advantage to authority to put up signs designating | tutions-Supervisors Craft, Doughty delegation requested the co-operation and Remsen. Justices and constables-Supervi« sors Remsen, Seaman and Smith. Offices of County Clerk, und County Judge-Supervisors sen and Craft. District Attorney's Office-Supervi- sors Doughty, Remsen and Craft. County Treasurer's Office-Supervi- ate m- | sors Smith, Remsen and Seaman. County Superintendent of Poor- Supervisors Craft, Doughty and Sea- man. Sheriff's Office and Constables' clarms-Supervisors Doughty, Rem- sen und Seaman, Coroners' and physiclans' bills-Su- pervisors Remsen, Seaman and Craft. M scellaneous-Supervisors Rem- sen, Doughty and Seaman. A delewation of women from the town of Hempstead, consisting of Mrs. H. G. Green, Mrs. W. A. Green, W. Dahl, Mrs. William S. Pettit und Mrs. Howard Kniffin ap- peared vefore the Loard and register ed urotests against the action of the woiesnmwent in closing the Hotel Nas- ((Continued on page 3) Project Advocated sanitation, coupled with convenience. Village President Robert G. Ander- <on and his colleagues are said to fa- vor delaying the proposition until wuch time as conditions are more fa- With the deferment of the proposi- that a private corporation may come install the plant and thereby save the village an outlay for bonded indebted- ness. A prominent real estate dealet in the village is urging the disposal plant's installation, setting forth as a reason that a syndicate has offéred to invest $200,000 in the erection of a modern apartment house, but will not consider makimg the investment unle## means for properly taking cite >f the sewage from such a building are. provided. Transact Hose No. 4, and causes much incon- vemience. He said a building in South | Mann street could be rented for $15, out the board decided that as Hose 2 house was a double one, the rat ral campany ought to share it A letter was received from the ward of directors of the First Na tional Bank, commending the efficient work of the police in the recent bank | robbers, and especially thanking for- mer Chief of Police James Hans, Captain Dunbar and Adam Yulch F. W. Fox wrote a letter of thanks for the repair of Randall avenue near Bayview avenue. A resignation as patrolman was re- ceived from Andrew J. Cronley and accepted. Lillian M. Humphrey filed a petition to be relieved of a double assessment on her property in South Ocean ave nue. The petition was referred to the village counsel. A release fram a double assessment on property of Francis Caverly was requested. and the matter was refer- red to Franktin Bedell. The following were inted spe- , cial patrolmen: H. E. rsall, A. J Cronley, William Bornacheur, George W. Padgett. Alfred and Richard Brown Hosts at Farewell in Freeport. Alfred H. Brown, 1. S. N., and Hempstead (epecial) -Town Cletk Richard P. Brown, U. S. N., of Lena “MM is (We! a mantra; avenue, Fresport. gave a little fare Agriculty State t I‘ list of well party to a few friends laat Fri- day evening. Among those entertain- thy Bedell, Catharine Sullivan, Mar- : guerite and Helen Cunningham, Irene 'and Catharine Smith, and Sergeants | is, old friends, Just returned from France, and now stationed at Field 2, Garden City, also Peter Kelly and | Frank O'Keefe of Freaport. | _ Alfred Brown left Monday for the ! naval operating base, Hampton Roads, : Va., where he is to take a course in NAVY BOY3 GIVE PARTY M. E. Pastors Assigned. Methodist Episcopal pastore assn ed to local pastorates by conference this week are: Rockville Centre, Richard Hegarty : Freeport, Everett A. Burnes; Bald win, George M. Stockdale; Belmore, Jcshun Roberta, y; Seaford, Theodore Bennett, supply; Ocean Side, Bustay - Laass; | Lynbrook, - G. W 'Rm-ch; ry: f . 8. Meadow and Uniondale, J. V. Wil- liams, supply; Lawrence, M. O. , succeeding Henry Blats; Wood- Pym. R. C. Carison. a_-----4-__-. Wealthy Long Beach Resident Dies Funeral services were conducted here last Friday afternoon for Julius Marcus, member of the Com#se Grains Division of the food adminiatration. WOMEN IN AUTOS HURT Cats and Bruises as the Resalt of Collisions. A collision between an aus» of the Nassau Taxi Company, driven by Car- man Ferne, and u trolley car of the N. Y. & L. L. Traction Co., operated by Lewis Smalling, occurred at trol- tey stop 103, Ocean Side, Wednesday morning, resulting in partial demol- ishment of the taxi and painful in- Juries to Mrs. William E. Ball of 50 Burtis avenue, Rockville Centre. Mrs. Bull was on the way to the home of a daughter in Ocean Side when the accident occurred. The trol. ley car und taxi were traveling in opposite directions and connected ut an angle. Mrs. Ball sustained bruises when the taxi was shoved against a pole, and cuts from flying glass when the windshield and door punes were shel tered. She was avtended by Dr. De- Lano and later removed to Mercy Hospital, Hempstead. Last Monday at Jamala South, u sedun, driven by Naval Ensign Joseph W. Klaess of Rockville Centre, and containing his mother and her friend, Mrs. G. F. Powderly, was wrecked and the women occupants cut in a collision with a Cadillac, occu- ied by Weck, the cutulery man, and is wife. The Wreck car was also badly damaged, plunging into a barn \ir the collision. _-_-4-___- LOCAL CLUB TAKES OVER MILBURN LINKS Due to the large number of resi- dents. without club affiliations. most of the organizations baving long wait- ing lists. and not knowing where they wre going to play this year, the golf- ers in the vicinity of Freeport are en- deavoring to secure a place to go. With the returning soldiers from abroad, who are accustomed to out- door life. and will quite naturally re- sume golfing and other out-door sports, the number of unattached golf- ers who will find it hard to get ad- wission on the few existing links with- in easy reach is daily increasing. The links of the Milburn Country Club at Baldwin are available. The I% holes are ready for play, and to prevent this sporty course from be- coming the property of a New York closed orporation, golfers of this vi- cinity are making strenuous efforts to form a club strong enough -n Ten- | bership to retain a local control there- of Their advertising appears this week. [t is believed every real estate man will make it his special husiness to further the success of this organiza- tion for the reason that a wolf course will emhance the property on iis nity and attract well-to-do busers far purchase of land and houses |_ The Lido Club at Long Beach is closed, and there is no d wibt but what ( residents of Lone Bear ! \rdent supporters of this (natitution. _----4+--- DUPONT PLANNING Rumors are current that T. Cole- Society and chief figure in the cor- poration owning the Equitable Build- ing in Manhattan, his {the purpose of establishing a resort | similar to Atlantic City. traet controlled by the Long Beach over Mr. du Pont concerned, but it was admitted by per such a plan had been presented to Mr price. GIRLS TIE IN CONTEST form Before Record Crowd. Before a record bremicin at the Rockville Centre C1 wikINs MARRIAGE QUIZ HOSPITAL BOARD Records Said to imply Foar Insteed| __ MEMBERS NAMED of Three. Nassau Supervisors Also Contract for Drain Pipe and Bridge Repairs. Evidence indicating that Dr. Wal- ter K. Wilkins, who is awaiting trial for the murder of his wife at Long Beach on February 27, was married four times instead of three, as he has | stuted repeatedly to the authorities, is being investigated by District At- torney Weeks, the N. Y. Sun of Tues- day stated. The evidence so far con- sists of a line in a marriage record, which has just been received from Napa, Cal. The record is attached to a decree of divorce obtained by Grace Wilkins in California in 1889, and shows that Walter K. Wilkins and Grace Mans- eld were married by Rev. D. N. Lew- | is, who made the notation \parties | previously marnied\ on his record. District Attorney Weeks will arrange to ave a representative in California estion the clerayiman ond lsare, if Mr. Lewis can remember it, whether | |v. Wilkins informed him affirmative- ) Iy that he had been married before he married Miss Mansfield, Mr. Weeks (considers it possible that only Miss Mansfield may have been murried pre- viously, and that the clergyman wrote in both parties' names by mistake. Dr. Wilkins, when asked about a fourth marriage, said that there hid never heen one and that the notation indicating a marmage earlier than the brit one he admits was a mistake FORTNIGHTLY CLUB Mineola (special -The Nassau Su- pervisors on 'Wednesday nominated members for the board of managers of the County Tubstculosis Hospita: at Plainview. The notrinations were referred to the committee of the board on institutions for the purpose of as- { certaining from the nominees if they iwdl accept. The designations are. 'George L. Hubbell of Garden City, Mrs. Howard Kniffin of Cedarhurst, Albert M. Bell, M. D., of Sea Cliff; Mrs. Frederick L. Keays of Grea' = Neck and James E. Burns, M. D., of Glen Cove. Fred Zauner, reament'm; the Bide- a-wee Home in Wantagh, discussed a proposition with the board relative to seizing and L'mvpoundmg unlicensed dogs of the county. Supervisor Smith and Supervisor Remsen were choses as a committee to confer with Zauner and to consider more fully the sugges tions he made. The estimate of Both & Weston of Lawrence to furnish all material, including jute and cement for joints, also labor for laying 440 feet of 15- inch vitrified pipe storm drain in Lin- coln avenue, Rockville Centre, was accepted, The chairman was directed to enter into a contract with the firm in behalf of the county for the work mentioned The board accepted the proposal of Andrew Weston of Lawrence for fur- | HAS YEARLY SESSION (33. 8 z ia pag Beach road _-----4-____- The Fortnightly Club of Rockville | Centre held its annual meeting at the clubhouse Tuesday, April 15. The meeting was of particlilar in- terest this year, because it was also the 2st birthday of the club, which was organized by a small group .of Rockville Centre women. In the 21 years its growth has been steady, and its populamity and increased activities 'tave kept pace. Now its membership is more than 12 times the original number After usual routine, monthly busi- ess, Mrs Ralph Earl gave an in- teresting resume of a lecture she re- cently attended at the Brooklyn Acad- nmy of Arts \Etchers and Etch- | an improvement in the condition o{ ngs,\ by Joseph Pennell. was the !> wart lots an' cther unimproved theme, und was chiefly a compar. in property literes with papers, rubbish if the value and virtue of the wosls ; f Rambrandt and Whistler [ and other in lonin uble ond unsightly The customary community sing mg | material resulted Wednerday in the w members and the serving of- Rockvale Cercce trustees adopting an ifternoon tea followed the hulmews‘m’fllnlm‘! whi i appears in the ad- RUBBISH ORDINANCE PASSED BY TRUSTRES Observer-Post _C¢-m' n Ageinst Unsightly Lots Brings Results-- Other Village Business. The campaign inaugurated by the Observer-Post n 1018 to bring ab ut meeting. after which reports f toe vertiming colsmrs that all premises executive board were given, wn 4 <> * i> be kept free of such material, lection of offiers held i comg a fire of $5 for each viola- Mrs. Loren H Rockwell, as p: | tios. and dec + nz the guilty parties «lent of the club, reviewed her work disorderly persons. The nance of the year and give her vea of the takes effect Mu 10, and the intention real value of women's clubs on -is to make a «*mi~t enforcement. Tur ure Supervisor Smith and Doughty, I The reports of other officers i al with engineer presented final will become _ BEACH PURCHASE man du Pont, owner of the controlling | interest in the Equitable Assurance urchased the Hotel Nameau and considerable prop- | erty in the vicinity of the building for The Estates is also mentioned as purt of the property maid to have been taken Denial of the rumors was made at the office of the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr Oo., owners of the Hotel Nas- | sau, so far as the hote! property was sons in close touch with the develop- ment of Long Beach Estates, that du Pont and that the proposition had been \turned down\ on a question of | Arnty and Navy School Teams Per- audience last Sat- aum ren of cortmittees showed con- -sientious service rendered, as well as real pleasure received from . their work The »fficers for next r are: Presi lent. Mrs. L. H kwell ; wce-presidents, Mra. Arthur D Jaques and Mrs. Hawley Slack; re- rording. secretary, Mrs. Clarence Green: corresponding secretary. Mrs Clayton; treasurer, Mrs. H. S. De Mott _-___-_-4-___-- Smail Pox at Camp Mills. Hempatead (special; -At the Town Board of Health meeting on Tuesday, Health Officer Rhane reported that Un Mills authorities had reported 'o him last Saturday that there are two cases of smallpox in the «mu-{i- ous ward at the base hospital. The victims are soldiern. Dr. Rhame had advised the State Health Department about the cases. ie also reported fifty-three cases of nfluenza in the townahip for the pe- ind between April 1 and 15 St. Mark's Ladies' Aid Elects. The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of St. Mark's M. E. .| Church was held last Wednesday af- ternoon. The committees for the past | vear rendered reports, showing a suc- plans for the ura ning of H id avenue, which is to be nnvm with concrete by the county from Walnut avenue to DeMott avenue. The trus- tees and county officials will go over the plans and inspect the highway to- morrow (Saturday ). Property owners within the area to le improved are urged to have water connections made before the work be- gine. Street Commissioner Patten pre sented a plan of the Long Inland Rail- road for improving the station plaza along Front street. A resolution was adopted that if the raitroad will con- ry to the village a wt? 27 feet wide from Park avenue to Village avenue, ms proposed, the village will under- take to keep the etreat in suitable repair, provided the railroad will keep the balance in similar repair. The company owns most of the pham prop. onfin present. e condition of the sidewalk on the went wide of Madison avenue, flood. ed after every rain storm, was brought up. and Commiswloner Patten déreated to notify the property owner that if the walk was not improved without delay the village would do that work and charge it against the minty. Engineer Major reported the minimum rate for electric current to the Naval Ordinunce nt at Bald» win has been fixed at $184.81 a month. -emiful year. The local branch of the Red Cross was benefited mm soci- ety, 130 garments having made. The board decided that oll water rentals in arrears must be paid April 20 or the supply will be cut-off. Big ict to Begin R. the loan in Vida; Loan Aiding V. C. Campaign Arrangements have been made to (pany B, 10Mth M. G, Battalion, will give an story about the fero- “I?!\ that the Huns. was in all the battles with dren under 16 years are asked to I | I 3
