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, NEWS OF FREEPORT SURROUNDING TOWNS 9 Nassau County Review FIV E CENTS A COPY Y O U R N E W S STANDS Official Paper, Village of Freeport FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920 Vol. XXIII, No. 41 MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT AT HARDING AND C00LIDGE CLUB Mrs. Thoedore Roosevelt W ho Talked Here Friday JUDGE SCUDDER INSTRUCTS NEW GRAND JURYONGAMBLING Honorable Thomas A. s e n a t o r c r a n e d e a d McWhinney Speaks on County Affairs The headquarters of the Harding- Coolidge Club gt 39 Merrick road were packed to the doors Friday evening when Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt jour neyed from Oyster Bay with a mess age to Republicans. Another meet ing place will soon have to be found ■ in order to make room for the mert-^feath. He was taken ,1 at the noti- and women who are interested in the|ficaLl0n meeting of Calvin Cool.dge, issues of the present campaign. Republican Leader Succumbs to Sick ness—Was Governor of Maas. W. Murray Crane, one of the lead ers of the Republican party, fell a vic tim of sleeping sickness Tuesday and died at his home in Dalton, Mass. He was Lieut. Governor and then Governor of Massachusetts and was el ected to the U. S. Senate in 1905 and was active in the affairs of the Re- blican party up to the time of his ath. He was taken ill at the noti- pu ilt-i Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., rep resenting the highest type of thor oughbred, clad most becomingly, was presented by President Stephen P. Pet- [ tit as one who needed no introduction. “I am here to represent my hus band,” she said, “and I know that you would rather hear him, but unfort unately he is unable to be here. Brief History of Party “As a foreword, it might be well to go into the forbears of the Republican party inasmuch as we stand today for the things that we stood for years ago. The Republican party established a principle when they abolished slav ery, when they elected Abraham Lin coln and when they paid the war debt of the Civil War. They created a banking system that has never been equalled in the e«itire world. Success in Economics “No government can be successful unless they arc economical. The fu ture must be looked to, and the record of the present administration has been far from economical, ladies and gen tlemen. There has been waste beyond words. Public officials were created and not cut down after the war. Sugar Situation “Let, me touch brifly on the sugar situation. In September 1919 the present administration had an oppor tunity to buy Cuban sugar at 6*£c a pound. A bill was passed, but noth ing was done in the matter. Finally a deal was made with Louisiana grow ers and wg had to pay 17 %c and more. The cost of sugar last year was one billion and a half dollars. Gold Standard “The Republican party has estab lished a gold standard against the greatest opposition of the Democratic vice presidential nominee on the Re publican ticket. PLANNING ANOTHER FREEPORTTHEATRE C. E. Kern is Architect for New Corporation— Other Theatres Planned for L. I. Towns party. “The Republican party established a Child Labor Bureau. This question is something that will have to be tak en up by each state by passing laws that children under age will not be al lowed \to work in factories. Compul sory education bills have been passed in thirty-four States of the Union and twenty-six of them are Republican. League of Nations » “The greatest issue in the present campaign is the League of Nations. We were told by the Democrats that the League of Nations would prevent A spirit of reform has overtaken (Continued on Page 7) A theatre for Freeport now seems a possibility according to the publish ing of the fact that a company has been formed for uie purpose. The name cf the new corporation is the South Shore Construction Com pany with offices in New York and Rockville Centre. Besides a new theatre for Freeport, the company plans to erect similar ones in Rockville Centre and Valley Stream. These buildings will be plan ned to seat 1,200 people and will cost in the neighborhood of $150,000 each. Officers C. B. Bran is the architect; C. W. Van Dyke, a former executive of Du Pont, is the engineer. The financial corporation attorney is Paul Cooksey. C. E. Kern of Camp Mills fame, de signer of the Lights Club of Freeport, his home village, is consulting archi tect for the company. Directors in charge of the work in this village are: F. F. Wilson, James A. Stiles and J. W. Morisse. A meeting will be held at 10 Wall street in the near future, after which more details of the pro ject will be available. ARM BROKEN IN CRASH P. Snedeker of Hempstead was ar rested Sunday on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated. Driv ing an automobile with a depot Wagon top, east on Fulton avenue, Sunday af ternoon, he collided with a car driven by Arthur Haddock of East Orange, N. J., causing the fracture of an arm of Haddock’s nephew, aged 6 years. The arrest was made by Police Officer Combes who was attending to traffic at Fulton avenue and Franklin street. The accident occurred near Hilton street. Snedeker was arraigned be fore Justice of the Peace Walter R. Jones Sunday night and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and serve ten days in jail. FREEPORT TO HAVE VAUDEVILLE SHOWS IN NEW AUDITORIUM Boxing Mondays, Danc ing Wednesdays, Vau deville Saturdays Commencing Saturday evening, Oct. 16, Freeport is going to have vadue- ville in the new Auditorium at Smith street and South Main. Special deco rations and fixtures are being in stalled and it is hoped to have things in readiness by that time. The men back of the new project are Jean Bedeni, well known along the Rialto as a successful producer, and Wally Hii*<;h of Freeport. They have leased the auditorium for the purpose of furnishing high class vaudeville en- tertainmentSj Saturday afternoons and evenings. Later on they expect to have the vaudeville three times a week and possibly to erect a theatre here that will be used exclusively for dra matic purposes. Both of the promoters behind the deal have been irt the theatrical busi- YOUNG REPUBLICANS MEET Mass Meeting In New Auditorium On Oct. 21, With Prominent Speakers At the executive committee meeting of the Nassau Young Men’s Republic an Club held Tuesday evening, it was voted to hold a general mass meeting Thursday, October 21, in the new aud itorium on South Main street. All Republican voters and the pub lic in general are invited to attend. A number of prominent speakers will be heard, among them being can didates in the coming November elec tion. There will also be music. A resolution was adopted to tender the Harding and Coolidge Club the use of a brass band at their banner raising and to invite them to the mass -meeting. FIND VAN LOADED WITH WHISKEY Freeport Police Arrest Driver Who “ Was Stalled” When Guns ness for a good many years and have produced shows all over the United States. Mr. Hirsch will look after the busi ness end of the venture and Bed ini the theatrical end. They have made ar rangements to give the village the best acts that can be obtained with the hope that Freeport and surrounding Villages will be glad of the oppor tunity to see good vaudeville. An eight piece orchestra will furn ish the music for the performances and the building is made so that a clear view of the stage may be had from any seat. This week the usual dance will be held with Potter’s Jazz Band. Com- mencimr next week the weekly pro-- gram will be: Fights Monday^, danc ing Wednesdayar and Vaudeville Satur days. FIRE AUTOMOBILE READY The Rockville Centre Fire Depart ment will have a new piece of appa ratus by Columbus Day. The unfin ished events of Labor Day will also - be run off. « J ------------- 1 ------------- (v '“BURGLARS” HA Vi) ALIBI The residence of Alexander Carr of Rockville Centre was entered Monday and three hoys were found on the in side. They were Max Diamond, Jos eph Benewite and Harold Rosenberg. TTie latter said he was a nephew of Carr’s and was returning a suitcase. and Whiskey Are Found The Freeport police made a haul Wednesday night in the interests of the Volstead act when they confiscat ed a moving van that was loaded with cr-rcs of whiskey. Word Was 'received that a van was standing on Bayview avenue without lights. Capt. Hartman investigated and was told, by the chauffeur that they were “out of gas.\ Capt. Hartman became suspicious and frisked the driver and his com panion. Two revolvers were found on the men and they were taken to police headquarters, also the van load of ,whiskey. > 1 The men gave their names as Jos eph Murgielo, Mott street. New York City; Gasper Maceri, Null street, Brooklyn; Hercules Malea, Hester street, New York-City. They were released on bail and the van and its contents were turned over to Federal agents. ---------- ♦ --------- FLIER KILLED IN CRASH Lieut. A. C. Wagner was killed and Lieut. Commander W. M. Corry was injured when a plane in which they were flying crashed into a tree near Hartford, Conn. Both had come from Mineola and were returning. The ac- the grounds of the cident happened on Hartford Golf Chib. One of the latest pictures of the Roosevelt family after a photo by the family photographer, Everett Scott Shinn SLEG BROKEN IN ACCIDENT OUSTED DETECTIVES Member of Freeport Actors’ Colony RFFIISF TO T AI IC Hurt in Recant Trolley Wreck IXLil U l /L i 1 Vf I / X I j IX f A , r , 7 th \ ! ; £ * h « t f l T g d „*f Virsinia R « f-,,s to Give Up B e l t , - Mrs. F. A. Pisano, one of the victims Shaughnessy Gives Informa- in the interurban wreck of Thursday, j li - r 1 She also is suffering from contusions ( lion in Uatnbling Vases of the chest and cuts about the head, ---------- making her condition at this time the most serious of the injured, remaining at the Presbyterian Hospital. Mrs. Pisano is one of a team of vaudeville performers acting under the name of Pisano & Bingham, and was listed under the name of Mrs. Killian, Freeport, L. I. She and her husband, who form the team, were to have opened at a matinee perform ance on the day of the accident. Mr. Pisano sustained a sprained ankle and is recovering at the Owenback hotel. CASINO HOTEL RAIDED TUESDAY Federal Agents Make Arrests Following Complaints of Vio lation of Volstead Act The Casino Hotel in Freeport was raided by Federal agents Tuesday af ter many complaints had been re ceived regarding the flagrant viola- tioi* - of the Volstead Act in Nassau CouiiL'y. Dominick Ferrara, the proprietor, was arrested after several cases of whiskey had beeA found on the prem- The Argyle Hotel at Seaford was al so raided and Charles Georgens ar rested. At Rockville Centre Frederick Marz, a former fire chief of the village was taken in. The local police in no instance were notified that the raids were to take Some of the places had been tipped off and nothing was fouad. District Attorney Weeks aided the U. S. Dis trict Attorney in the roundup. Ex-County Detective Carman Plant and ex-Crime Investigator Thomas Barbuti have little to say on the sub ject of their dismissal by District At torney Charles R. Weeks of Nassau County. “I do not care about losing the job,” said Plant, “but I have lived here all my life and enjoy a good rep utation.\ ' He said that O’Neil had not told the truth about all of the automobiles he had stolen, but would not discuss the question further. “Spider” Jackson, who was called in the hearing last Thursday as an employee of the Shaughnessy house in Lynbrook, testified that on a day before the officials were to arrive for an investigation, he always received orders to pack everything away and then escort them on a search. It is reported that Shaughnessy gave Judge Scudder a great deal of information Thursday. The State of Virginia has refused to give up Lew Betts and the officials of Nassau County can do nothing. Betts is wanted in Mineola to testify in the gambling cases. ------------- 1 ------------- CONGRATULATIONS! A1 Freeport extends hearty con gratulations to John J. Randall, the “Father of Freeport,” who is seventy five years young today, October 7, and all Freeport expresses the wish that there will be many birthdays yet to SHARK SWALLOWS SHOE Two Big Fish Landed at Freeport Point By Local Fisherman The house of Capt. John Carcich at Freeport Point can always be depend ed upon for record waterfront achieve ments. The latest is a shark that swallowed a shoe. He may Have swal lowed more, but only one shoe was found at any rate. Two sharks were caught in the fish ing grounds and landed at Cupt. Car- cich’s Friday. When one of them was opened a man’s leather shoe was found in its stomach. CLEAN Bil l OF HEALTH The general health ami sanitary con ditions of Rockville Centre have been found to be good in a report handed to the village trustees by the Health Officer. AUTO AND MOTOR CYCLE COLLIDE Man Has Leg Broken in Several P laces- Wife Uninjured — Auto Cut Across Street Another automobile and motorcy cle accident happened in Freeport on Saturday night about 6:00 p. m. when Herbert Lowe of New York City was injured by an auto driven by Paul Myer of the Bronx. The accident happened in front of the Alpine Hotel on the Merrick road. Myer attempted to cross the road and go in the driveway leading to the ho tel. He did not wait for the motor cycle to pass and crashed into him with terrific force. With Mr. Lowe was his wife, who rode in a side ear. She was uninjured. Lowe had one leg broken in four or five places and was removed to the Nassau Hospital. He was attended by Dr. Leo Halpin. The driver of the automobile had no license, but the owner, F. W. Kellre, also of the Bronx, was with him at the time. Photos taken on the beach next to Casino Hotel where several motor boats were piled on the sand VALLEY STREAM BURGLARS Henry Keller of Valley Stream had his house robbe$l Thursday while the family were at dinner. The thieves came away with a thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry and clothing. Con stable Strohson of Lynbrook and De tective Hansen of Freeport are ion the case. DENIED INCREASED RENT Engine Co. 1 of Lynbrook was de nied an increase in the rental of their flm house by the Village Board, due to the fact that no provision had been made Tor such an increase. PASTOR’S WIFE IMPROVING Mrs. A. F. Johnson, wife of the Bap tist minister of Rockville Centre, is recovering from her injuries received in the trolley collision at Ozone Park, and is out of danger. STATE POLICE AT MINEOLA The places left vacant by Carman Plant and Thomas Barbutti, both of whom were dismissed following testi- Montgomery, a member of the tita^e Constabulary. ' LAWYERS ENDORSE JUDGES The Nassaa County Bar Association passed a resolution last week endors ing the candidacies of the following Supreme Court Judges: Townsend Scudder, Walter H. Jaycox and Joseph Aspinall. -------------- 1 ---------i ---- MOSQUITO FIOHTER BETTER James H. Dayton of the Mosquito Commi/ision, who was recently oper ated on at the Nassau Hospital, has been taken to his home in Lybbrook j in order to convaleece. SCRAMBLED EVIDENCE Officer Hahn' Tried On Charge Of Shooting At Dog—Case Dismissed Motorcycle Officer John Hahn of the Freeport police was arraigned before Judge Neu in Lynbrook Monday on a charge of torturing a dog by shooting at it with a rifle. He was ably de fended by Albin N. Johnson. The charge was brought by a next door neighbor of Hahn’s who had sev eral witnesses in court. A miscellan eous assortment of testimony, several dates for the same act and other weaknesses on the part of those who had made the complaint, caused Judge Neu to throw the case out of court without even hearing the defense. WANTED HERE ON SERIOUS CHARGES Leo Goldberg Deserted Family Last June— Found in Boston With Another Woman Leo Goldberg of West Merrick road, who deserted his wife and children on June 7, has been located in Boston, Mass., through the efforts of the Free port and Boston police. He was- found living in Revere, Mass., with a young girl, formerly of Oceanside, and»vho has since become Goldberg. It is expected that Gold- Goldberg, it is expected that Gold berg will be charged with desertion, bigamy, violation of the Mann Act, and still more serious charges. He was' located through information of the banks where he had done busi ness, and upon information furnished by the Freeport police. Capt. John N. Hartman of the Free port police went to Albany personally and then to Boston to serve extradi tion papers, but Goldberg had ob tained a stay in the procedings which were to have been settled by October 1st. FINED FOR SPEEDING Business in the Tuesday Court, which has come to be known as “Speeders’ Court,\ was very light this week. Morris Teitel- Frederick Allenbaeh of Brooklyn $15, Touad Zrack of Brooklyn, $2(1. Teit- elbaum had large shoes on a Ford, thereby changing his speedometer, and was not aware of the fact. ------ - --- » -------- - MISSING FROM HOME Evelyn Tland, the 18-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. H. Higby of Rockville Centre, and who worked in the DaSilva store, is missing from her home. She is a blonde with blue eyes and when hast seen wore a suit of navy blue. The police of the village have also re ceived complaints against “Peeping Toms.” ------- “Investigate the Charge of Protection,” He Tells the Jury Declaring that ever and anon it falls to the lot of a Grand Jury to be come the cynosure of all eyes, and to have the opportunity of performing a deed of unusual service to the com munity, Justice Townsend Scudder, in Supreme Court Monday morning, in structed the new Grand Jury to in- 1 vestigate without fear or favor the charges of protection and tipping off ! of gamblers in Nassau County. .The court intimated that the John Doe proceedings held during the past few months had been fruitful of re sults ahd declared that the evidence there adduced would be laid before | the jury for its consideration. Praises March Jury Praising highly the work of the 1 March Grand Jury, which he said re sulted in pleas of guilty by nearly ev ery keeper of a gambling house whose case was brought before it, Justice Scudder declared that so far they had reached only:,'the professional gam- “The question still remains,” he said, “How did they do. it?” “How- comes it that this nefarious business was successfully conducted \ with little molestation for so many years? “Why, until now, has there been n» prosecution of these professional gam blers who recently pleaded guilty. “What is the reason for the strange coincidence, so often repeated, as to seem almost a habit, that a gambling house would close up and assume the aspect of an innocent, orderly estab lishment just prior to a raid by the District Attorney and resume its gambling activities immediately there after?\ “The problem,” said Justice Scud- der, “has not been solved by the arrest and pleas of guilty of the proprietors of gambling houses.\ He declared that two inferences might be drawn, either that their sys tem of “lookouts” and “ear-to-the- ground-processes\ were highly per- | fected or that they received special I favors which in some way originated \ or eminated from some person or per sons in, or connected with, our county j government. Public opinion, he de clared, demands that this phase of the I case be investigated and the truth as- ! ccrtained. 1 Justice Scudder deferred sentencing Gi leon, Busteed and Shaughnessy, the j three who have pleaded guilty, sup posedly in order that they may tell what they know before the Grand Jury. The Judge’s Charge in Part “The law, defining the duties of i Grand Jury, requires that the Grand , Jury must inquire “into the willful (Continued on Page 7) SEVENTY MILE GALE HITS THE VILLAGE THURSDAY NIGHT CARELESS AUTOIST FINED $5of N. Y. Man Ran Ir*o Team of Horses, Injuring Driver and Companion Reinhold Wernicke of New York City was convicted of a violation of Sec. 287 of the highway law before Judge Neu this week, and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or go to jail. Wer nicke ran into a team of horses driven by William Howell of Lynbrook, and seriously injured the driver and his father-in-law, Jacob Roth. Wernicke’s, defense was that How ell’s wagon carried no light. When cross examined by Peter Stephen Beck of Freeport who prosecuted the case for the people, he admitted that he himself had no headlights, and could only see three feet ahead of him with the use of his oil lights. He w^is fur ther forced to admit that he never blew his horn once while going from New York City to Lynbrook. Judge Neu, in passing sentence, said it was a flagrant violation of the law. GRAND JURY HEARS SMITH EVIDENCE Finger Print Evidence Introduced -Against Men Implicated in Freeport Robbery Cases The Grand Jury started hearing the evidence against the men who have j^een arrested in connection with the recent robberies and the assault on Officer Arthur Smith on Wednesday morning. All of the evidence was not present ed at that time and the hearing will be continued at a later date. The hearing that was set for Thurs day morning in Freeport before Judge Johnson was postponed for another week upon request of the District At torney. The-men who are being held in con nection with the robberies and the as sault are: Richard Tham, Edward Powell, George Rich and Walter Cor nell. Patrolman Smith is improving rap idly under the treatment that he is re ceiving from a specialist of the Seney Hospital, New York. The tjfficer is receiving injections of serum and it is believed that he will be able to pull through without the need of an c i t ation. Much of the evidence presented came from Finger Prim Expert Han sen. 1 ' Jk\ ( ' St, ---------- Boats Sunk—Trees Up- rooted-Fruit Scat tered-High Tide A seventy mile an hour gale hit Freeport Thursday night, followed by a drop in temperature that was more than noticeable. The wind blew for several hours, uprooting trees, litter ing the ground with grapes, apples and pears, and doing damage in all parts of the village. , Boats On Beach Probably the worst effects werb felt along the waterfront and along the various canals. In Randall’s Canal several motor boats were blown high and dry on the be#u:h by the Casino Hotel. A forty foot cabin cruiser, “The Hesitation,” was stern up on the beach, requiring the combined efforts of several men to float her, and the “Corsica\ was high and dry. Other boats that were dragging an chors were attended to during the night, thereby preventing their being piled up or. the beach as well. Small Boats Suiik Many row boats were sunk and a laupch beloning to Thomas Smith of Brooklyn foundered. The tide was the highest that has been recorded in years# Along the canals the water was level with the top of the embank- Coast guards were on the beach all night ready to aid distressed boats and they reported that no damage had been done. In the villages around Freeport great damage was done to trees and fruit. Grape Arbor Wrecked At the residence of Mr. Jenkins on Bedell street a large grape arbor ^vas completely wrecked. Many people alarmed at the shaking of their houses got up and dressed, ready to flee at the first sign of danger,, Shutters banged all night long and altogether R was an evening to be remembered. Not the Record Forecaster Starr, who juggles storms and things at his factory on Whitehall street. New York City, said that the storm of last Thursday was not a record, but that it was nearly so. He recalled on# storm that swejft up the hay when the wind blew ninety-six miles an hour. The weather that followed the storm was more seasonable and over coats,have not been seen in the village since.
