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AND NAS more numBEr 2020 SAV POST Rockville Centre and Freeport, Nassau Co., N. Y., Friday, August 22, 1919. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR rive cents a cory MRS. THORP'S DEATH Rule or Ruin Po ge from Long Beach ‘ TION {Sewa Is Polluting Oyster Beds) GRIEVES COMKUNITY LED UNHRALTRY Complain to Trustees--Child | (ed. Combes Resigns--Other Affoirs unsanitary the Banks avenue i princips Hempstead (special) -At a Town Board meeting Tuesday Health OfM- |cer William H. Rhame spoke con- conditions at Long Beach and filed a letter which wrote on August 13, to William H ! Reynolds, president of Long each cerning sewer mplaints tions 1D { luspectors to visit the sewer daily |and report whether the wer gates were open or shut during flood tide Dr. Rhame reported taat he had [scored Samuel Purschzer's dairy at Merrick and had refused him a per- Imn He stated that he had prefer- red charges against Purschzer be- village, reciting that complaint had | fore Justice Southard for selling milk : Of | without a permit kville Centre, rritory Inhabited negroes, i}lage trustees n Wednesday Chou ceey Linga i : mode by oystermen einpstead Bay that beds are being | clluted by sewage from the beach, t the sewer gates were open dur- | which allowed be curried over their oys- ement tel \talians made to. the ¥ nckvilie Centre 0 The board authorized Civil Engi- neer Birdsall Jackson to proceed with the work of dredging at the extreme northerly end of the chan- wel leading from Woodmere Dock to ter beds and that the chlorinating | Broad Channel. The dredging of the s pigs, C08 p plant is cut of commission { Seaven ger william W remainder of the channel will be that [he‘smned in the early spring, after also stated | Sinte Dowartment of Health the gutes | during the last two hours of ebb ' and during flood tide | oystermen stated, according 'to the health officer the New misances br the |= their gsly aBe t- declared that old daugh- at whe i 0 away. hal cord or five yo vlous tt out res claced B ou All. claimed values were > ' +4 Mre: Longdon ealth of her 10-y€ ed hoenr ages!!! b to take ho ge she had direct- closed Reynolds, York City Board of Health threatens to stop the sale of stirs from Hempstead Bay un- cond.tions are improved, and he 1 t.e president to please see That istions in his permir , plied with at once. Officer Rhame he had officer. vould be noti- were com- ased urged to (oke a i v ussaaitary or un- htul conditions. + conditions, portlcularly in lage stenue, were discus- tee T dge reported that he ~imissloner Patten had looked Health | board inspected 'Long Beach sewer with Deputy In- | spectors Smith and Doxsey and that ' [he Cound the sewer gates open dur- ling low tide and ad requested the the harvesting of oysters «ud before the replanting season begins Phoebe Combes of Rockville Con- tre seked tic board to establish a public dock on town property the MIL River: berweer Rockvine Centre and East Rocka vay The was referred \n envises Town Clerk Gi set (x- timates prej ed n/ lae different departments of th« town govern ment showing th. amouats regard- ed as necess>v by the denarcment heeds for the con of their off- ces in 1920, Tha bos{ will hold a meeting to make up the annual bud- get and a publ'c hearing on the bud- get will be held 10 days later. the street, and its proper im- ment was a matter for the t:x- < to vote on next spring. Com- loner Patten said that spending would help some. remarked, \But we haven't the Weeks Raids Three Resorts President and Makes Five Arrests Q. Brown. property owner on horoughfare, said that he and | of the south section would o see some improvement of the \We pay taxes as well as on the north side,\ said n prow Brown said that South Village e was terrible in winter, and the Windsor avenue entrance the Merrick road was bad. old the board that there is lamp at Rive: Village avenue. Chief Mars-4umited the bord ipate in the department pa- on Labor Day, which was ac- $. and he also inquired concern- he duties of Mechanician Op- | n. who is paid a salary to look ; the motor apparatus. of the Labor Day tournament | ittee thanked the board for a rize donated. e Lutheran Church requested a | r transformer for lighting pur- and inquired why signs notify- hutomobilista to be quiet w! on baching the church on Sunday not been placed as requested dent Russ took the blame for signs not being placed he made, The transformer prop- pn was referred to the commitise ight and power. he resignation of Benjamin S Three roids were made by District At tney Weeks last Saturday right. They netted five arrests and one 10- ye r-old girl was turned over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruel- to Children. names and addresses of fourteen il- [leged gamblers were taken. The first visit made by the raiding sanads was to Pitney's hotel at Val- ley F*ream, the second to the Five Corners Hotel, Lynbrook, third to a house in Woodmere. Finucan, ~ was arrested were caught around the tables The raid on the Woodmere estab- .mert was the mort spectacular of County Detective Carman with several constables and members of the district \ staff crashed through 2 door of the |Finuean place. and with revolvers | rawn quickly cleared the table of \p? yers, huddled them into one cor- | ner of the room and seized the money 1 Tov (ling about. Those In addition. the drive % et the at the alleged Fourteen \Mat\ August |\ the three Plant, attorney's who were the [ | place, mecording to the names and \ addresses given to Detective Plant, | wore Fred Herman caught Newcomb, Frank Hilde: | They were Battalle, r Hotel in Merrick road, Lynbrook, the district attorney's party in its search of the rooms disturbed and caused considerable excitement to the members of a dignifled and se- dite party from Philadelphia, who were asleep. At this place Paul C. Wabne, a waiter. and Fred Hagen. proprietor of the hotel, were arrested on a charge of conducting a disorderly rouse. When arraigned before Jus ice Neu, they entered ~ vlea of not guilty and were held for examina- tion on Tuesday. T! (i~ case was also adjourned on the day mentioned until September 11. Among those in the raiding party were County Detective Carman Piant, asaisted by Thomas Barbutt of the district attorney's staf; Consta- bles Leonard Thorn and Charles An- derson: assistant district attorney Sanford Davison. and 1 »ston Chap- man, agent of the $ P C. C.; a New York detective and a Law and Order League agent At Pitney's hotel in Valley Stream, the proprietor, Charles F. Pitney, and his walter, Fritz Beckman, were arrested and charged before Justice Neu with keeping a Afsorderly house. held under bail for a FYAAk | hearing on Tuesday es as a village policeman : and accented with regrets mation takes effect August 23. s to return to his trade 2s a | Noweomb. Joseph Callaghan, George | After taking Hermen and Skidmore Woodmere; Thomas Murphy, Donnelly and Roy Flynn Jackson testimany from r” | Thomas J. Munday and Florence L.. im | Rose, federal agents, that they had Far \ Rockaway; William Smith of HEWHLZEy’rirlfdd 253213} anndrovége vtfthi‘lil le:t and Edward Watts of Lawrence. ' having baggage, Justice Neu held |_ Sirs. Finucan entered the place & the proprietor and waiter for the few minutes after the raiders “diGrnnd Jury in bafl of $2000 and Intruslon. $1000 respectively. Charles H. Combes. an ex- employee, who served in the war, was appointed on the fe=~> resolution of condolence was | ted to Police Justice John S. 7. whose wife was fatally In- In an automobile T==' . and a letter of sympathy di- upralded them for their She declared that only a little social | ® me was being conducted among & port represented the accused Lawyer George M. Levy of Free- and few friends, and that the game had ' claimed that as no evidence had beer conducted only for the past : been presented of a effme being com- d sent to him. ¢ July report of the I=atice, lug fines collected of $387, of h $382 had been paid to tho ~!!- three Saturday nights. mitted in the hotel between Munday Finucan was taken before Justice and the Rose woman, there was treasurer, and balance to the |Of the Peace E. E;*Neu at Lynbrook, or, was read and ordered l- nothing on which to hold his cHents where he was arraigned on a charge for the Grand Jury. of maintaining a gambling house, and was released under $1000 bail pending examination, which on Tues- day was postponed to September 11. EEPORT LUDES District Attorney Weeks maintain- ed that the implied intent was suffi- clent to hold the defendants, and Justice New appeared to take this In their visit to the Five Corners view of the situation, LABOR DX PLANS he official comnifttee for the wel- home day to'Frespart boys who LCH RECOMMENDED Freeport Trustees ' Give Motor- in the war, to be held on Ie: cyclist Letter for Position. reported alx bands bly more Day, met pleted its plans. It there would be he parade. and parade committes 'réported that line of march had beb revised ould be as follows: of line in !. marching south avenue to Rose Monday The trustees of Freeport on Wed- mnesday passed resolutions to notify the Freeport Trolley Company that 10 would have to be re- paired. A flat wheel had caused con- siderable annoyance along the route, Adam Yulch, a former motoreycle officer, was given a letter of recom- mendation to the trustees of Hemp- stead village, to whom he has made application for appointment as mo- toreygle officer. Frederick J. Andrews made appli- cation for a position in the power nt. (It was placed on file. Appli- catfou tor spectal policeman by Mor: Germond was granted. \ae M. Atibunk aldewalk - car No. Pine Long residents mm to lay a lon tn Le#e avenue. He asked for a light ivania and Lena avenues. flu” ight BALDWIN BANK ELECTS Directors Chosen for New Institation --Objection to Stock Allotment. The stockholders of the newly formed National Bank at Baldwin met Tuesday evening ond elected the following as directors: Willfain J. Steele, M. D., A, C. Whenley, Wallace H. Cornwell, Wes- ley G. Smith, Charles Miller, Adolph Mayer, Frank H. Hurley, Wiliam Brockhauser, Oscar Jacobs and Hen- ry Guenther, Attorney Bode, representing Dar- 14 V. Dafley, objected to the allot- ment of stock, which had been aver- subscribed, as it was inequitable and not legal, the reserved shares, ac- corded directors giving them am ad- van ich no other stockhold. U'VVW! agn- he paid lg,“- was ‘(IIIIDI‘O 5 r WALLACE STATE PRESENT 4 Archer B, W committee was instructed | |, ian arminem, a ins ef State Firemen “new E. Brarm. J. C.| wss in convention on T& p » W k licy Applied to Nassau Co. Association the citizens most active in the mat- ter, and Westbury, baving all this Funeral Largely Attended--Many Floral Tributes--Other Injured Autoists Recovering. (From the Oyster Bay Guardian) Rumor has It that County Association is to put an in- in the field, not alone for the positions in the county, but miso in each of the three towns, and it causes us to ponder. Nassau County Association has been a muh heralded organization, and we hive been led to wonder what it would do or could do to the political feld was because of some dissatisfaction on the part of itself because of the lack of appre- clation of th® real merit of its Ideals in regard to the county government. As it is well known, this organiza- tion is composed largely of a lawyer who' chooses this way to a reputa- This lawyer has never won his way to fame and fortune, the latter Nassau 11 this initiative, all this indfsputable right of adminis- tration, is still discontent. reach out and take in the towns of Hempstead and Hempstead and Oys- ter Bay, and indicate whom they shall have for their official family. 1 their brain (and brain necessarily is incidental with brain power, dependent . ticket It must The funeral of Ada C. Thorp, wite of Rockville Centre Police Justice John S. Thorp, juries received in an automobile ac- cident at North Adams, Miss, in the Observer- Agnes' R who died from Of course, with money), they are going to force upon us their Ideas as to what is good for Friday, as noted Post, took place from St C. Church, of which she was : last Tuesday A solemn requiem mass was con- ducted by Father Quealy, pastor, as- sisted by Fathers Flood and Tuwig There was a large as- semblage of bereaved relatives and tributes were merous and included a standing piece from the police department of Rock- Following the church took place at John's cemetery, Middle Village The sudden and untimely demise of Mrs. Thorp shocked everyone who knew her and caused profound sor- She was only 28 years of age, and had endeared herself to a large cirele of friends. local Red Cross and all affairs con- mected with St. Agnes' Church had made her well-known, and her ex- ceptional personality established a warm affection with everyone whose acquaintance she formed Mrs. Thorp was a native of Brook- Iyn, the daughter of Mrs. Annie B. and the late Charles W. She graduated from the Mount St. Vincent's Convent school on the Hud- Its advent In- the other towns. This may At Hemp- stead, but Oyster Bay has indigestion -It takes only what it deems best suited to 1 men- morning and conse e dissatisfaction. ndition. quently therp'ls Oyster Bay 'could s dimes if the worst came worst, and consequently it is not quite ready to admit that Westbury and a few ambitious men there should tell it how, by whom and why it should be governed by them, The only conclusion we are enabl- ed to arrive at is this-tbat falling to convince its own immediate ter- ritory as to the merit of its Ideas, it is going to punish the surrounding of Brooklyn friends. Floral living being left to him, as we understand, ville Centre. interment we speak of it without doubt as to the latter clause of the Unable to climb to the he aspired, sought some winding stairs leading to the culmination of his idea, and having advert to the minds of mer whom it is a pleasure, sentence heights to which territory for its temerity in assuming to doubt its wisdom. ing to revolutionize manners and methods-Westbury-Jerichoize world, a la Labor Union tactics. \If we do not get what we want you and some- They are go- Activity in the times an advantage, to meet, he de- termined that the administration of county affairs was rotten; not that he meant it in a way of being crimi- mal, but because it was in contradis- shall not have it.\ Thanks, how- ever, to the initiative and good judg- have tinction to his ideas This certain idea, becoming preva- ment the outlying districts shown in the past, we have been en- bled to pull through, perhaps not with distinguished service medals, but we have pulled through, and when these people awaken, they will lent among this coterie. the great brain was set in motion with the re- sult that a law was prepared, put- ting the county under the domina- tion of this cabal. printed Good win. The law was circulated | by wealthy organization for the inspec- find their efforts have only resulted in aggravating Last Friday, the day of her death, she was on ber way from Williams- aggravated . ar as we can see, tion of the public, and it did not tions, because so meet with the applause which it was few, if any, of these men with self- town, Mass.. to North Adams, Mass., in the automobile of Mrs. Klmess, driven by Fred Bafley, the owner's chauffeur, In the car the owner's son, Raymond and Mrs. Alice Snyder, a maid, Louis Kelly of Jersey City, a brother of Mrs. G. F. 8. Powderly and a friend of Klaess family. The Klmess party had left Rock- ville Centre earlier in the week for a stay at Orystal Lake, N. H., in company with two other cars, in one of which were Mr. and Mrs. George F. S. Powderly of 25 Terrell avenue and a Mr. Noonan of New York; in another, Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Desnoes of 69 Hempstead avenue and their daughter. Cecile | thought It would. although unappreciated effort, died a bornin', so to speak, and something else had to be resorted to. In revoly- difficulties in the t was appar- This brilliant ideas of the next century will ever live to witness their ful- Oyster Bay, North Hempstead and Hempstead are going | Republican. This coterie of \bolier than thou\ people, with the 1d Republican-the only people they ever dealt with. and consequently the acquir several minds of the members, f ently decided that nothing was to be done by the mere exercise of lan- guage in legal phrases up their minds to make us sit up and take notice. This for an introduc- of punishing so they made only people they hope to punish, are going to see the people vote for their own Interests, the Nassau County As- Westbury seems to be the crater notwith- which has vomited sociation to the contrary, tanding. 10 CONTESTS PIXED [TOWN DEPT. HEADS FOR SEPT. PRIMARIES| SUBMIT ESTIMATES Westbury owns The Powderly and Desnoes cars reached Great Barrington, Mass., on Thursday evening. and the Kiness Williamstown, agreed to meet at North Adams on Friday for lunch. When the Powderly and Deannes narties arrived at a hotel in Adams, parties Hempstead (special) -The various departments of the town government on Tuesday submitted to the Town Board an estimate of the expenses that will be required to conduct the business of the town during the com- The Town Board will hold a public hearing on the budget with- The estimates as Republicans and Democrats Each Have Five Among Aspirants for Town Committeemen. North they received word of the necident to the Klaess car. and were told to hurry at once to the hospl- At the hospital they found Mrs Klaess with a badly bruised back, laceration of the face and hands; her son with a broken nose and bruises; Mrs. Thorp with a compound frac- ture of the left ankle and in a seri- ous condition from having swallow» ed a great amount of polsonous wat- er: chauffeur Bailey with a bad cut on his herd and his left leg; Mrs. Snyder with a dislocated shoulder, and Mr. Kelly with four broken ribs From inquires it was learned that when the Klmess car was passing over a small bridge at an \8\ turn, the bridge extending over the mill fume of the North Adams Manufac- turing Company, an appromching car operated by one of the councilmen of North Adams. took the wrong side of the road, struck the Klmess car and sent {t through a small pipe ra{l- ing into the mill race, a drop of twenty feet, the car turning over on its side and plunging into water about three feet deep. Mineola (special) -The filing of petitions for the position of town Ing year. committeeman In the various dis- tricts of Nassau shows that there will be five contests among the Re- publicans and five among the Demo- crate In the town of Hempstead there Is a contest In the thirty-third dis- trict between Arthur H. Goldsmith and William T. Bissell. is the present town committeeman and has the backing of the organiza- thon, It In said. In the thirty-fourth district, at Franklin Square, Peter J. Herman, the regular candidate and present committeeman, will be opposed by George Keifer, In the fourth district of Glen Cove, Frank Johnson, the organization can- didate, will be opposed by Philip Snyder. In the first district at Farmingdale, John I. Green, the present commit- teeman, wil have his opponent. in a short time. submitted are: Highway fund, $100,000; bridge fund, $8000; machinery fund, $500; miscellaneous, $8000 ; $21,000; supervisors, town clerk, $7840; justices of the peace, Walter R. Jones, $2500; Wil- bur F. Southard, $3000; Lewis M. Raisig, $2660; K. T. Neu, $3100. Constables: $2200; Jesse Mott, Molloy, $1950; Fred 8. Miler, $1800 Ansessors salaries, $7500; and expenser, $26,800. Recelver of taxes: Receiver's sal- ary, $3500; clerks and expenses, 40,- Balaries (2), 1mshouse and other town audi- $10,000; Goldemith 'Bmith, $2000; James George clerks Overseers of poor: $3000; relief expenses, $46,900. Department of elections, $20,070; department of Town Hall, $6,300; G. A. R. veteran relfef, $8000. Department of highways: expenses, etc., The water was stagnant with dye from the manul uring pl pants 3? the Klacss under It. nd the occu- r were pinned All were unconscious ex- cepting Mr. Kelly, and had to re- main until ald from the manufactur- ing plant could etricate them. The councilman, who is charged with be- ing responalble for stopped his car, but so far as learn- Office ; Town Board department, $2250; department of school superintendent,. $2400; town health officer, Beir Both are popular in their village and a lively contest \is expected. In the fourth district of Oyster which is in Jericho, Seaman, president of the Queens- Nassau Agricultural Society, is op» Dosed by Lieutenant Frank J, Tap- Four candidates mre seeking the office of committeeman in the fourth Gien Cove district, Only #e com- mitteemen can be voted for. Henry Hults, present Felix Sheridan, Jos- accident, partment of $8000. ed. did not go to the rescue of the unfortunate Long Island motorist He clafmed he looked around after Robert _SPIRITUALIST PASTOR m Mre. Katherine Clements of 213 Miller avenue, Freevort, pastor of te Rose Spiritualist Church, the mecident and failed to see the Kiness car, which was natur hrd disappeared. The injured were taken to the hospital at North Adams in a pass- Mre. Thorp died from polsotious drowning a few hours afterward. Latest reports are that all who survived the mccident are doing as well as can 'be erpected. Mra. Kiness expects to be dia- the hospital on. Sat- MM“ ey, chi on Tuesday Kelly haw discharged from the hospital. . LIGETMING KILLS DUCKS During ih sthrm a bolt of ducks in the of Mrs. B. 0. . as It 28 Broadway, Manhattan, was married to Alfonso Altana, Jr tar \aur Pastor 'of the Freaport ari or, the Lutheran Church, officiated. 'The couple was attended by Vioim bride, and Jacob inx candidates a committeeman ech Bartley and Charles H. Miller. In the first district of township. Hubert Welden to be elected Ruger, niece of t/ : Freed, both of Glendale. There were of the oran, and the other, Ida Ruger of Glendale. seeking over Henry Kreamer, the present committeeman of the Democratic party. In the third district at Hicksville William Duffy is to run agaist J6ha Puvogel, the village lively contest is looked i r Democrat ! two bride, charged urday, Bunday. returned \Wik auffeur, Loule . A , as both position of commi district, hes opposition in ans metas Henry T. In th ville, hafhipee ittoom .
