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LS Enes Death Knell of Speakeasies in Rockville Centre Sounded by Mayor Richmond ' Phone Rockville Cen tre 1800 for. M. Offices and Mechanic Plant Weather Forecast Showers today and tonight; clearing and colder tomorrow; snow. on Greenly Island. el. XXXI No. 89 NNINGTON PARK OT. \ROTTEN\ M ANION OF COPS Members of Freeport Police Department, Facing Village Board, Repudiate Charges of District Attorney D REPORTS ARE MADE TO HARTMANN hief Not Notified of Any Dis- orderly Houses But Detective Bureau Is; Priest Denies Testimony Bix patrolmen of the Freeport po- department were brought before village board last night by Chief Police John N. Hartmann at the quest of Mayor Clinton M. Flint and oss-examined relative to conditions they found them at Bennington rk, and in the department itself. All officers testified that conditions the park were not \rotten\ as de- ared by District Attorney Elvin N. and that the district in ques- xf was not littered with speakensies the district attorney had said. First Hand Information Mayor Flint in bringing the officers fore the board said: \I think we are ptitled to<the 'benefite of-the district torney's experience and wisdom to t at the bottom of conditions which > says exist in Preeport. However, If wishes to take the stand he has sumed I think the only thing we n do is to question the officers who lve patrolled that district and get hat information we can get at first land from. them.\ The officers to appear before the cardwere Ralph Yogen, John Pad- @tt, Chris Hanson, Nelson Smith, ugust Preiss and Tony Fierro, Each, turn, was asked by the mayor if e had at any time seen any places fhich might be termed speakensies in Bennington park. To this they all mswered \no.\ Then came the question of whether here had been anything about the rk which might bring about its aracterization as \rotten.\ 'To: this hey all answered in the negative hen asked if they had seen any- hing that looked like a disorderly buse they declared they had not, and he same answer was given relative \crap\ games. Denies His Testimony [Patrolmah Preiss came under the eatest gruelling by Mayor Flint. Md you testify before the district torney there were m dozen or so eakeasies in Bennington park?\ ked the mayor. \As far as I know I did not. 'The trict attorney tried to pin it out of that there were 18. speakemsles we. I told him that if we knew of y such places we would certainly id them. I said there were probably I® a dozen places under suspicion,\ Preiss *You say you reported them. 'To om?\ asked the mayor. [\To the officer on the desk and to ie intelligence department.\ \By the intelligence department do i mean the detective bureau?\ ['Yes, sir,\ answered the patrolman. [\Did they investigate,\ asked the yor \I do not know. 'The report was de through the regular channel. No Rotten Conditions \Did you see conditions there that ght be designated as rotten?\ \No.\ 'Did you in' the course of the trial anything to the effect that there te six spekeasles in Bennington tk,\ asked Mayor Flint, ['No sir. 'The district sitorney also ested to me there were as many 30 drunks there on a Saturday ht. That is not so.\ \How many arrests did you make hile you were on duty there?\ find things- there 'Very quiet,\ answered Preis, Chief Hartmann then wad: \I want brought out that the men never ve me any information as to dis- derly houses if they found them.\ This statement was corroborated\ by he officers who uid that all their ports were made through ‘urrmrh other than (directly to the hie Know of No Graft Patrolman Preiss then said: \The ors) conditions at Bennington park | re no worse than in any other see- fon of the village: 'The only différ- ce, is the people are' in the main nar and give that impression mored' Eich of the officers brought before mayor had done a tour duty in Bennington park within past year between the hours of 7 m. and 3 a. m Trustee John P. DeLorme asked the (Continued on page 2) Today's News anadian ship gost to Ayers' rescue 1 5,000 prevona it at Mitchel Field 1 benningion park pura, say cope .., ist binte Hartmann is through., peaksazies to go in Reckville ven hurt in auto crashes .. we of Lynbrook it dove Valley Btrowm Jones in midseason form j 4 iden s Saturday, April 14, 1928 ANADIAN SHIP GOES Snapped as Crowd Eagerly Awaits Daring Fly:m T -__.__._._-_-% greet the big sliver plane that didn' Top picture shows some of'the great crowd that jammed Mitchel field yesterday afternoon, waiting to t arrive. Lower smap shows a group of German-Americans scanning the sky for the Bremen. They had jst been cheered by the report that the plane had been sighted at Nova Scotia. Go in His Village; The declaration of war made by Judge Lewis J. Smith from the bench mt the Minecia Court House Thurs- day, the breaking down of Robert Fer- ris, chief of the Floral Park police force as he told, between sobs, of his theft of a bootleg car, and the cam- paign of District Attorney Elvin. N Edwards to \clean up\ the \rotten\ conditions at Bennington Park in were followed today by the declaration of Mayor Charles E. Rich- mond of Rockville Centre. that the speakersies must go in his villag General Out © Although no raids: were reported, mb least two reputed liquor dives in the village were visited by. Mryor Charles E. Richmond and the village board of trustees last night, the e- sult of which, the mayor indicated will mean a general elemni out of all \speakeasiers\ in the vil Liquor Dives to Be Closed Up in Rockville Centre Mayor Richmond Declares 'Speakeasies' Must Resents Statement by Edwards There Are 14 Now Running Information gleaned indicated that at least 14 \speakensies\ were heing operated in Rockville Centre. It is sald county cops have been watching the village for several days and the visit last night came as a result of evidence secured during the vigil. Death Knell Sounded The mayor sounded the death knell of speakeasies in Rockville Ccn- tre this morning after his tour of in- spection of all the places in question, He plainly resented the alleged statements made by District Attorney ivin N. Edwards at a boy scout din- ner in Valley Stream Thursday fight, | there were at least 14 speak- eesies in Rockville Centre that op- erate with knowledge of the local po- lice and the heads of the village. \This is the only. village that (Continied on page 2) Newly Wedded Couple Leave Hempstead Court With Dif- ferences \Patched Up\ A newly wedded coupfe's differences were patched up and a.. disrupted Waiter R. Jones, meting as percemak» er, induced Harry Wrowl of Roosevelt und his young wife, Josrphine, to be- [gin their matrimonial carver all over again Wanis Meals Conked The huiband wis in court for trim on a charge of non-support broughy by his bride when they separated after a quarrel les» than three months after! their marringe, | After hearing the twal Hiden to their marktai strife, the judge] SheiAgrees to Cook His Meals, Their Strife Ends Mrs. Réow! said she bad always been willing to cook his meals didn't want to quarrel any more her husband did. The cause of \I want you to stai where you left off, along,\ anid Judge advise. all yourig -ma tive by themselv®, not with be and his wife and their left the court room ~together. were married) January 31, Review photo Flint Denies He Was Told to Go To Hottest Spot \Nobody has ever told me to go to heli\ So declared Mayor Clinton M. Flint of Freeport last night The remark came about when the mayor was cross examining members of the police depart- ment relative to the statement made by District Attorney Ed- wards that to his knowledge m certain village president had been told to \go to hell\ by a Freeport policeman. Chief Hartmann declared he knew of no such incident, or at least nothing to that effect had been reported to him. 'The patrolmen a'l stated that they knew of no such event. The mayor explained that when he said no one had told him to take to warmer climes \ he referred strictly to police- \men, for, at some time during his life, someone might have Issued the invitation. FLINT INTIMTES YOUNGER MMN 1s WANTED IS CHIEF | \the announcement that no :.ews had | |feld o leers did not take wnytming GROW! AT EJELD ESTIMATED AT 25,000 PERSONS Strange in Attitude, It Remains Until 4 O'Clock in Afternoon for Sight of Trans-Atlantic Plane HANGS ON HOUR ON HOUR FOR NEWS Mayor Walker Causes Brief? Flurry as He Arrives; Hope} Starts to Wane at -3;-All Orderly ° The throng at Mitchel Field, that had waited the trans-Atlantic merni since early morning, some as carly as T o'clock, began to change sometime after 4 o'clock in the afternoon and many leff the field with downcast countenance sure that more lives had been sacrificed in an effort to cross | the Atlantic by airplane. A Strange Crowd It was a crowd strange in' attitude that came early and remained until, convinced even against their own hopes, yet fearing that It was true come and that the fiyers may have been lost. It was a strained watched throng, peeririg eagerly into the skies, as the day wore on and the clouds seemed to tome lower and there was none of the really jovial feeling that marks the average crowd. Estimated at 25,000 The attendance at the field was estimated variously from 10,000 and upw-=ds but those who circled all parts of the field and heard the re- ports of trained observers said un- wards of 25,000 persons had com: to give m welcome to the Junker plane and her crew should they arrive. Those early comers did not expect to see the plane until hours after they reached the field but they were content to wait and they remained all day. While other places were getting un- confirmed reports of the plane being seen here, there and other places, the that came unless it had some offcial ring to it. The crowd hung on hour after hour but with each pc ing hour their hopes sank and the fuel- ing, plainly evident in the attitude of the spectators, grew that the> were lost. All Well-Ordered Still they were well-ordered and quiet for the most part and even in the few brief dashes they made to overrun the landing are.. they sx ed to welcome, rather than resent, the pressure of the county police s they joined hands and slowly pushed them back again.. 'They even entered in this as a sort of a game because it seemed to relieve the edge of the tenseness that was apparent all day. The police did well and won many favorable comments was a brief flurry of excitement but the \travelling mayor\ got but little attention except that his trip through A hint that John N. Hartmann, chief of police of would rey :mced Mayor . Flint during was indicated. by the lines served as an cxcure for some to follow until they were sent back. Mistakc: {Beach police force and a fireman from \500 Telephone Calls Received at Review Office, Tnterest ~in ~ the- success of the | Bremen's attempt to span the At- | lantic Ocean, westward, was shown | yesterday afternoon and last night | | in- the receiving by the Daily Re- view of more than 500 telephone calls from persons anxiously in- quiring for the latest on the two | German aviators and their Irish | co-pilot. The large number of phone calls | also showed, incidentally, that the reading public of Nassau now | knows it has at its service, through the Daily Review, two of the great- ist news sources in the world,. the Associated Press and the Interna- | tonal News Service, both of which | furnish the national news for the | Review. I SEVEN HURT M - TWO COLLISION NONE SERIOUSLY Two Injured When Cars Come} Together at Lynbrook; Hempstead Crash Shakes Up \Long Beach Policemen # Seyen persons were injured in $wo\ nutomobile aceidents, one at Hemp- stead and the other at Lynbrook, yes-| terday, A crash of two machines b tween the Lynbrook and Hempsterd| village lines resulted in injury to three | when two members of th: Long that city were slightly hurt when two cars came together at Hempstead None of the injuries were serious. Three Badly Hurt Three persons were badly injured when two automobiles came together | in collision, causing one to turn over | and the other to crash into a tele- graph pole at the intersection of Hendrickson and Hempstead avenues, between Lynbrook and Malverne vil- lage lines at 6:30 o'clock. | The injured were Joseph Lynch, 44 years old, Prospect street, Cedarhurst, driver of one of the, machines, who re- ceived bruises on the right side and chest; and two passengers in his ma- chine Mary Lynch, 44 years old, same address, who suffered lacerations of face, arms, hands and shock, and Mary O'Ne!l, 578 First street and Oakland avenue, Cedarhurst, broken right collar bone, cut head and shock. | The other car was operated by John J. Leonard of South Grove street, | Preeport. No one in this machine was Injured. {spent the night in quiet sleep, radio dispatches stated ---# Sixteen Pages Price Two Cents O FLYERS' RESCUE Conquerors of Atlantic In Westward Flight Are Now Marooned on Island Steamer Fighting {Va} Through Ice-Caked Straits of Belle Isle; Captain Expects to Have Flyers on Mainland Tomorrow Night or Early Monday Merning AVIATORS SPEND NIGHT IN SLUMBER Not in Least Worn by Hazardous Flight That Ends With Forced Landing on Barren Greenly Island; Plane Being Dismantled for Shipment Aboard Rescue Boat Montreal, April 14-(INS) -The Canadian government ice- breaker Montclam is proceeding today under forced steam for Point Amour, Labrador, to pick up the three trans-Atlantic flyers who were forced down at noon yesterday on barren Greenly Island, seven miles off the mainland, according to a radio received here from the captain of the vessel. 'To Reach Point Amour Tonight The message from Captain Mercier of the Montcalm stated that the Montcalm was now in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, between East Point and Cape Ray. Captain Mercier stated that unless he encounters most unfavorable ice conditions he will reach Point Amour by- tonight, and will have the flyers ashore in Canada by late tomorrow or early Monday morning. According to the latest word received here today, the Bremen, the first plane to travel successfully in a westwardly Atlantic, is mantled and prepared for shipment aboard the Montcalin. direction over the treacherous North being dis- Flyers Not Worn by Experience Commandant Huenfeld They did em in the least bit worn by their experiences, and ap- peared to take their hazardous flight and its precipitous ending as & matter of course. The three flyers, Captain Hermann Koch, James E. Fitzmaurice and Baron Ehrenfried von not se Dispatches were received here from Point Amour, Labrador, to which point they had been carried by dog-sled from Greenly Island, the barren piece of rock and ice where the flyers landed. The north Atlantic ocean has at last been spanned in a west- ward flight. The silver-gray monoplane Bremen is at Greenly Island, seven miles off the coast of Labrador, after an epochal 34-hour {light, during which it battled grimly against sleet, snow, rain and headwinds. Captain Hermann Koehl, Commandant James E. Fitrmau: rice and Baron Ehrenfried von Huenfeld are safe but they are \ marooned on an ice-bound island. Lack of Fuel Forces Landing The Bremen was forced to alight because it ran out of fuel in its exhaustive fight against the elements. In landing the plane's propeller was smashed and its landing gear was slightly damaged. The- Canadian government has ordered the -breaker Montcalm to proceed to Greenly Island to rescue the fliers. The Montcalneis now on its way and its captain radioed he expected to reach the island before nightfall. According to reports at Merrick Precinct, Nassau county police given | was at the accident, Leonard said} that he was driving his sedan easterly on Hendrickson avente and crossing | Hempstead venue when he was cut | off. by Lynch's machine which was going southerly on Hempstead avenue | and did mot slow down at the inter-) section. Lynch, on the other hand, claimed the Leonard car did not slow down at the crossing and struck the rur-dng board of his ear causing him to drive over to the south side of the road onlw the sidewalk and into a telegraph pole. The Leonard machine turned over on its side, but no one was injured and the car was not badly damaged.] The Lynch machine was badly wrecked. The injured were treated| by Dr. Gallaway of Lypbrook and then taken to their homes Two Cops Injured Two Long Beach policemen were! slightly injured, a fireman from tnat city was badly shaken up and a Hempstead man sustained a minor in- jury when automobiles in which they were riding crashed together in Hempstead yesterday The Long Long Beach men were on their way to. await the ar- places fast-s» the others left .. 1d mo real thinning of the crowd unt after @ o'clock when It was «..nounced it, wis doubtful 1f -the fipere could . Meyers of! Long Beach, who escaped injury. rd Dosher, Jerusalem avenue, Hemprtead, a pmssenger in the other Involved in the collision, was cut shoulder. Both he and Horton were taken to the Professor. _! bufld- where their injuries were dressed car in which Dother was riding was driven by Orrin Dosher of | Jerusalem avenue, Another passenger was John H. Dosher, also u» that 8t-| dress. Both machines were badly wrecked The right side of the Long Beach car was damaged and an atle was bent damage to Dosher's mutomobie in by Patrolman Jonannemann, wno|. |lund. The surrounding country is bleak Germany and leaders throughout. the Greenly Island is in the Straits of Belle Isle which are frozen oter and closed to ordinary shipping. News of the flyers' land- was brought to Point Amour, Labrador, where there is a adian government wireless station, by dog-sled. ing Can When the flyers landed they were fatigued but jubilant They slept through the night at the home of the lighthouse keeper of the island. Rescue Ship to Leave Mitchel Field An attempt will be made to reach the flyers by airplane Mitchel Field, L. 1., officials announced today, The flight will be made in a sister plane to the Bremen, the only other Jun- kers plane in the United States. It will be plioted by Fred Melchier and Fraulein Hertha Junkers, daughter of the fore- most plane manufacturer in Germany. Should the efforts to rescue the Gremen {lyers by ice-breaker and plane fail, the flyers may have to resort to dogaled. In that case they face a journey of many days, The Straits of Belle Isle separate Labrador from Newfound. and snow-covered. However, there is fishing station on Greenly Island which is plentifully supplied with food and the flyers will be comfort- able regardless of the length of their stay. Canadian government officials are averse to sending a plane to Greenly. They say the attempt would be too hazardous and a landing-might be impossible. The successful termination of the figiht was hailed all over the world as an historical achievement. The flyers had almost been. given up for lost when news of their safety was finally flashed around the globe. Fear inspired by the tragic endings of the seven other air- men who dared to venture westward across the stormy north Atlantic, has-given way to rejoicing everywhere Miss Herta Junkers announced at Mitchel Field at 7:15 this morning that the relief flight to the Bremen at Greenly Island would not be made, says the Associated Press, Reports of no- favorable weather conditions prompted her decision, she said She said that she and Fred Melchoir, who was to have piloted the Junkers F-13 on the northward flight would taka off for Washington some time today, but did not state the object of her flight to the capital Germany Overfeyit April | I Ofein President Mndenburg talegraphed a Koehl congratulating nim pon the ess of ils feature Heartiost Berjin, the ations the included the left side, broken fenders, country were overjoped toduy at comgra o their grea Reich achievement of Captain Koehl, Baron|during ocean filers on hand t ded on * m,“ x3“; mt“ who [von Huenefeld ahd Commander Hindenbaorg ident, repérted|maurice in spensing the north A-| president. tow i. r Mots lnntie ocen in a westward fight for| a> frit Une, f on (pege 23 Kot Beam Lighted \They have mot been this entiiient,\ \«nd mare us. pape 30 anked 'them why they coulda't \Win) «nd mabe uy?\ \tm aniing if shel bthave- Bere \wobt,\- cabd | Rovere of . { Reaiwilté Contre page ... 14 14 parted Marsh 8. . 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