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you. Lill. no.. se )PLETE ELECTION RETURNS WILL BE GIVEN IN FRONT OF OBSERVER OFFICE ON TUESDAY NIGHT SPEDICKS MILITARY BAND WILL RENDER CONCERT DURING EVENING-BE ON HAND AND ENJOY: YOURSELF EXIFF CHARLES SMITH ASSEMBLYMAN THOS. MeWHINNEY REPUBLICAN RALLY ROUSES ENTHUSIASM “LANDSLIDE lN STATE AND NATION PREDICTED or Governor, Is Chan—Stmng Speeches Delivered By Congressman Hicks, Secretary Hugo And ] Several Others | A crowd that filled the audxtonum ofithe Rockville Centre Com- | ook part in the greatest Rembhcan‘LOMMUNlTY It was an enthusiastic | ring, swayed to.applause by the well directed.points successively | Intellect was pronounced among the | dants, their thoughts and feelings being clearly indicated by keen | ity House ton TMy night t held here since; the campaign began. by the vafious speakers. a Lodge No. !2 oh TM-fl‘mfmhm third dogr'k rd class he mom v rd enjoyed. a feteak. dinner of ing .A. HOUSE PLAN «iation of clean cut, striking arguments: 'It was not a crowd that | uded continuously. . came only when the speaker had\ en home. in-clear, concise fashion, a logical answer to a ampmsn' hfllbefmlhpeopleby Tis Mook an himself. a-parade through the atreets of the vil- rehHouk-ndlxider A. Curley, mdleddzrwgh illage avenue to the Mer- y band, headed by Fire SPECT ACULAR FRE RAZES WHITE HOUSE : Large Unnecufued Dwelling In Ocean Ave. Destroyed By Midnight Blaze A fire starting from some unknown cause destroyed the unoccupied dwell-| Ing in Ocean avenue, near the Mer-| {view road last Monday night de dawn” the efforts of the Rockville Centre Fire Department to quench. the fames. | \The alarm was sent in from Finlay- son's hotel after a naval officer who | was passing in a car informed the The dwelling, which has been idle for about three years, is said to be the property of Dr. DeCourcey 'White, who is in the service. It is reported‘ to have been a show place of the sec- tion about twenty five years ago and more fecently was used by a Brook! lyn church as a frosh air home for | sick children. Most of the interior flumxs had been removed during its | | vacancy. The alarm was sounded about 11:30 | at night and when the department am {rived the flames had gotten consider | [able headway. The blaze quickly ate | its way through the foot and the re- for many miles | tem of the vil- sure. About a thousand feet of hose | * was stretched. Two line# of howe were | stretched about a thousand feet along Dcean avenue but It was quickly seen tbat the structure could not be saved. | The department stayed on the job un- il about 1:30. The house.burned to the ground. The building is on the wost side of Ocean 'avents, -and therefore 'Is | technically outslde the village Itmits; The first call from potel, on the corner, was sent to! L¥mbrbok; but the Lynbrook dopa®tment fifled | to respond because the Mullah: was also outside their village limits. There in apparently a narrow strip between the villages of Lynbrook and Rock- ville Centre, while most people have MRS. “E” \l Mru Fred D. Oetjen, of 270. North ENTERTAINS iwenue, gave a luncheon last | m rad )etober 21, in honor of Mrs William .M. Slocum, of Loyalton, Long Branch, N. J., who has been a gu« t the Oetien home, the at the luncheon were Mrs. 8 | ber, Mrs. Federiein, Miss We Miss Mary Slocum. Mr#. Slocum and daughter returned to their home Sat | urday, motoring there: with Mr. and | Mrs. Oetjen, who remained at the Slo cur home over the week-end. CHIEFS CAR FUND SUPERVISOR DOUGHTY, SHERIFF SMITH, ASSEMBLVMAN N‘NHINNNY JOE CASSIDY AND TOM OKEEFE ARE ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY Charged With Aiding Gamblers To Avoid Arrest and Forestalling The Securing Of Evidence- Enter Pleas Of \Not Guilty\-Are Held Under $2,000 Bail-Trial At © Convenience Of District Attorney --Five-indictments-were relumedby the October Grand Jury on Tuesday afternoon. The men indicted include three prominent Nas county officials, former. Queens county official, and D“ NOT m com‘mY pallhcal leader. Th: men indicted are : ® proprietor that the dwelling .was afire. | Presentation Will Take Place M‘ Su Election Day Tournament Contact Popular intereat x. behind the propo- {sition of purchaaing an muto for the fire chief und presenting it to the vif | lage for the fire department. \L am glad to wee so much interest taken in ! | the purchase of a car for our: fire chief,\ maid one of our prominent busi- ness men the other day. The car has miready been purchased, but the fund to pay for it is not yet fully subberibed. It is a matter worthy of the attention ot: every resident of the village of Rock- ville «Centre, The committe® wants .it. thoroughi¥ understood: thit this ear in to be pr¢- Aho ~villeys ot Rockviite Con- id bys the Vilage Board tirned | over to the Rocakvile Centre Fire De- artment for the exclusive use of the tief engincer of the department. The {car may be ween at the Listor & Pour: | sant Service Station, Tt I# painted red- the regulation plainly ] marked \Chief of Rockville Centre Fire Department.\. It is equipped with the necessary extinguishers and lanterns, Subscribers should make their returns before the first of November, since the car is tobe presanted on Wlection Day. (Continued on page 8), Assemblyman Thomas McWhinney of Lawrence isor G. Wilbur Doughty of Inwood Sheriff Charles W. Smith of Inwood \Curley Joe\ Cassidy of Far Rockaway R Postmaster Thomas O'Keefe of Oyster Bay ~ A blanket indictment charging conspiracy to prevent the securing of evidence against gamblers, and aiding them to escape arrest, was | found in all five cases. fore Justice Townsend Scudder, either in person or by counsel, and entered pleas of not guilty to the charge. All were released under $2,000 bail. The trial of the cases will take place as soon as District Attorney Charles R. Weeks can make arrangement. to hold them. O'Keefe,: when arraigned, expressed complete surprise over the matter. None of the others would make any statement. ~*~ The handing in of these five indictments opetis the most spec- tacular incident in the history of Nassau county. What other devel- opment may! follow is purely a matter of conjecture, but that there will be other developments is fully expected by those who have been following the situation from outside the Grand Jury rooms, 'and this expectation is bolstered up by the statement in the indictment that \The defendants * * * did * * * cohspire * * * with others *** \ In the vernacular of the newspaper correlpondentl. however, any fur- \her dwclqpmcnu are likely to include only \small fry.\ The Grand Jury is still in session. Cause Some Surprise | a common boundary line between |* them, On Wednesday evening a still altr- NAME v wont in reporting that the. half wood in the basement of the bulldh‘ wan again ab With Ch. ore BUSINESS MEN CHANGE toad to Li : avenue and W house, rendered several selections. ¢ P‘lyed several selections which were npprecutcd by: those who CLINTON AVE a i yses SITE CHOSEN yers INNNN THEATRE hnhlbma lnt. » Alli-r!u fl hay 30,111: the porch of the hi; evening the “June Emmi-“00?!\- ConT-nnlty | ise is to be abando; his ¢. cision 'was atrivod at after & canvaen' df the residents of: the ¥iEago. The | sum of more than' $9,000 was needed 'to carry on the work and atter tabu- | inting the roturne on pledges, \It wil {and that only about $3,000 had been | subscribed, | R. H. Boggs, Chairman of the Rock- | mu. Centre Community Amsociation wnd others identified with the future Me Cantré Clubhous day Might at the clu in\ to determine what shall be don with the property, Unless some- | thing: nnforessen develops,. the place | will \ba closed: after -November the scene, ordered an .dlarm sound for the station &t Obnerver strest and vil avenue, He urned - and dir that Defouder Hote Cot-uni and Live Oak Engine-Company go to their ore. Soveral froter add spectators while with. d the burning ruins, 1nd ow! from falling. into pool ed in. The | CM“ ard @ boards pmed over 'the hole agd a man warn of the danger,. | Anfther thoudand Teel ot hoge ### mafia: “a, C Thofe m . u nu: in' gotttnig the Pimp the. largo. new“: tey in mm A\ \a \GEM-u it of some } Binterity® J. 0 ©. fl 7m indiort on - Frid: Muir-h tn 1. (0. 0- Mic at Nassau 10d and (h- suite (will. have full\ alum . MacHayt (hand Ohiinin, 1.\ mm Grand Uniide | Guantian) | M. Dot-r Doppty Grand Outside Herald. 1. and toneliitte, Ila-run \ahiont, - fur it [Foquime ne A (standby (that' should | be - in avery bime.. Ont & Bettis AP pour trig. whee. to the fire. The. remainder mull! i ae NF ears stromg wind that was blowing, it wis red that the fire might spread RED as it had already burned seventl trees and Fire: Chiet Curley, After visitl E Am Pw-wvfih Past gush-a Am\ I “q ave h Warriors Nearly two hundréd ;Redmen from tribéa in Brookiyn and various parte of of Lang feland \snoklked\; Into Rockville Centre last Friday night and invaded Oddfellows': Hall in #earch of the soripe about thirty \palefwces which Merle lolkk No. 472; 1. O,\ t. M.; had the smerifice Mchero. Association degree thi of (Able: Brooklyn.. They oue, fifty- atrong, in e tharred /% bi aightsooing' automobile, and. dia- turbed! the quiet of the villa by thate whoopn; war cries and notomobile hornm The remalider of the inviding/ éarse from mix 'of seven tribes scattered . Alffergt para of the Island, Tha term worked the adoption: and warviots' degrees, the two-thrbugh which.. candidates have. to . Daan . before they become real Redmen, Til-1M tribe to the wiyem moth- mummmmm h A. ' 'alter thi wor of the evehifig, Wich C. W. Jed the way, to a fine 'eotthtion, Wfler which grint Benlor Wag» AN Binch: spolue- in o man- ner. only \Indiana\ wai ve Wp the # or in of Ern), Octoiee 30 in the lodge rive, ts Odd Pobowée Mali.] Mavidals . dad o ay. vist .of -the |J. hpe rapier * white no efforts are being made in any quarter of the county to tninimire the serio m of the «ituation, yet It le pointed out the indictment accuses the defendunts of. \consplemey\ Is a mindemeanor, Nelther Is any slim of mn effort to felgn surprize, except in so math-m were supposed. to be ham talk,\ film! with \newspaper something nun to a \dud\ might m\ ”infirm-human while instead \m posed - Will Hold |: Luncheon, Nov. 8. \mt? 21°33: Poringss A# (bang\ the bark of which is monthly bite. The 'trath of. the. alt y (night in directors' room tu- 6 be midway between the Bank. of Rockville Gen m 7...\ not of 6 me irs Dunk-mu Sales 00m Jn now only a matter of a away. Amsembiyman Thomas Mc may, one -of the men Indicted, in w for yeaiection on the Republics Hoket, lt ln <adnérally | nove <tlbat be IK a. vity «close tical Intignate with Supervisor G. Doughty, who is also indicted. Imam-Wu‘s.” Jeader of the Republican party in san county, and has m (EF of one int-t On Wednesday the men indicted put in appearance at court be- -