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ISSUED ON FRIDAY. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY VOL. 7. NO. 13. FREEPORT, N. V. FRIDAY MAY 4, 1917 GENERAL C1RCULATIO ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR P R O C E E D I N G S O F TH E S U P E R V I S O R S Michael Williams Ap pointed an Official Crime investigator x at Salary of $1800 The Board of Superviaora on Mon day approved the designation of Dis trict Attorney Weeks for the appoint m ent of Michael Williams of Hemp stead as crime Investigator of Nassau County at a yearly salary of (1800. Mr. Williams began work on Tuesday. He has had several years’ experience In investigating crimes, and sKill prove a variable aid to the sheriff and other officers of the county who are engaged In detecting criminals. Williams will work chiefly among the foreign ele m ent of the county and particularly fn the Italian settlements. Ellwood V. Titus, president of the Nassau County .Farm' Bureau, and a committee appeared before the Board and requested that larger quarters be given the Farm Bureau in, the Court House. The Board assured Mr. T itus and his committee that It would co-operate in the effort to find larger and more suitable rooms. Upon the suggestion of William W. Cocks, of Westbury, the Board visit ed the site upon which a county hos pital is to be erected with a view to considering the advisability of defer ring the erection of the hospital and of tilling the soil of the county land. The Board visited the site on last Fri day afternoon and arranged to rent fifty acres of the land included in the hospital site to Charles G. Kell, of Plain view, at $10 an acre for the planing season of 1197. There will be no postponetpuent of the plans to erect a hospital on the land. The Board Increased the salary of Frank A. Wood, of Roosevelt, L. I., County Sealer of Weights and Meas ures, from $1000 to $1200 per year. Wood is also to have a Ford automo bile for use in connection with hisedu ties. The District Attorney was author ized to purchase a larger and heavier auto than the one now used in con nection with the District Attorney’s department. The cost of the n^w car is not to exceed $1450. The Department of Engineers of the County Buildings filed a petition for ! an Increase of salaries. The petition ! was ordered filed. i On Frday last the Board authorized ! the County T reasurer to sell at not ; less than one dollar per lot all unsold property scheduled in the catalogue of property advertised to be sold on Ap- I ril 24 last. j _________________ PETER STEPHEN BECK SWORN IN AS ATTY Will be Associated With Geo. M. Levy-Office in Freeport The legal fraternity of Nassau County will be pleased to count the rising star of the legal profession as a bright luminary in their midst, and The Nassau Post guarantees Mr. Peck wth his ability to hold his own. Peter Stephen Beck, the son of Stephen Beck a leading merchant of Roosevelt, was sworn in as attorney and counselor ai law by the Hon. A l-' m e t F. Jenks, presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department, on Friday. He will be associated in the practice of law with George Morton l«evy, one of the most successful law yers in Nassau County and Manhat tan. Mr. Beck will not coniine his legal attentions to Nassau alone, but will assist Mv.i Levy in his important M a n h attan cases as well. FIRST NATIONAL PLEDGES SUPPORT 1917. April 24, j Hon. Frederick C. Hicks, Member of Congress from Suffolk and Nassau Counties, Washington, D. C, j My Dear Mr. Hicks: At a meeting of the Board of Di rectors of the First National Bank of Mr. Beck successfully passed bis ex- j Freeport. N. Y., held in their banking am lnatiou for admission to the bar ; rooms on April 23, 1917, the following several months ago, but owing to the resolution was unanimously adopted: fact that the law requires that stu- i “Whereas, The Senate of the United dents complete their clerkship before States of America has passed an act i Sfaf being sworn in, Mr. Beck s honor was tem porarily deferred until last F r i day. In summing up the life of young Mr. Beck as far as he has gone, one m u st draw a human picture. His pa rents, born In Alsace-Lorraine, emi grated here years ago, and Mr. Beck established the village blacksmith shop in Roosevelt, it was in this en vironment that Peter grew up. While other boys were playing folisbly. Young Beck, sitting admiringly beside his father, studed industriously. He belonged to that class of boys called dreamers. It was his wont to spend hours far Into the night study ing and dreaming. Who knows but his love of bis father’s company, the latter being one of those silent work ers did not pave the way for a son who may yet be one of the country's greatest lawyers. TJiis is a picture, but the same picture might have been w ritten about Honest Abe Lincoln when a boy. His history has been written^ and the days and night! of toil and study on the part of Peter parallel those of the Great Emanci pator. W riters like to <Jraw compari sons. and it is a pleasure to paint such a picture of young Mr. Beck. We see him graduating from the Freeport High School in 1912, the youngest hoy In his class. He is the valedictorian. His first achievement. After discussing his future with his parents, Peter associated himself with Mr. Levy as a clerk. Then began the pursuit of his career. He entered the Ford ham Law School .but under great sacrifices. After spending his day Ip toil, he made nightly tripe to Fonl- ham. studying on trains and between hours. Yet he graduated again, the baby of his class, and with honors. Peter la a modest person and balks at notoriety^ but Tiie Nassau1 P ost wishes to chronicle the life of Mr. Beck, feeling sure that he will reap our prophecy. While studying law he was called In on many of Mr. Levy's Im p ortant cases, and his work In the Carman case stood out. It was Peter Beck who, by a match of brains with shrewd detectives, traced down Tramp Farrell, and revealed ithe truth about him. proving that he was a rank Im poster. This revelation convinced a jury of a grievous mistake, and the absolute exoneration of a woman in dletreea. _ \ _■ Mr. Beck '* <*•* athlete, 'v among hie «r to the effect that a state of w ar exists between this country and the German Empire and it Is anticipated that the House of Representatives is about to take similar action, and that the same, when adopted by both houses of Con gress. will be approved by the Presi dent; so therefore, ResoIved: That the First National Bank of Freeport, N. Y., hereby ex press, through its Directors in meet ing duly called its sense of the right eousness of this country’s cause and Its approval of the action indicated In the above preamble, and pledges its resources and support in all lawful ways to the services of -our country.\ Very truly yours, ROSWELL DAVIS, President. la an athlete. He won M ... ...... . LUCAS REPORTS ACTIVE SEASON Thomas W. Lutcas, of 31 Railroad Avenue, reports an active renting sea son for this early period of the spring The Inquiries for furnished houses have been heavy and the regular un occupied rental demands are num er ous. Following are some of the week’s transactions: Furnished houses: Lewis H. Ross's house on Pine Street to B. Notting ham, of M anhattan: H. B. Archer’s house, on Ray Street, to M. Grltlefeld, of Brooklyn; W ard C. Moon’s home, on Porterfield Place, to Albert Con way, assistant district attorney, In Brooklyn. Unfurnished houses rented by the year: House of Martha Raynor, on Archer Street, to Frank Johnaton, of Freeport; home of Mrs. Mary Baxter, on Dean Street, to Frank Quacken- bush, of Richmond Hill; house of E. Harding, on A rcher Street, to Charles Stevens, of Freeport;- house of Elvln N. Edwards, on Pennsylvania Avenue, to John McCarthy, of Bay Ridge; house of Louis F. Cornelias, on Por terfield place, to A Conhaira, of Man hattan. Ftablic Health is Purchasable. Within Natural Limitation Any\ Community Can De termine Its Own Death Bale The Board of Health of the Vil lage of Freeport, N. Y„ earnest ly requests that all property owners or lessees 'of property place at least one gallon of crude petroleum or kerosene In each cesspool, thereby avoiding summer nuisances. Signed S. P. SHEA. Secy. Board of Health. FREEPORT SCHOOL T RUSTEES ELECTED W. H. Grace Chosen as Successor to Sidney H. Swezey TBYEIfi TO GET SEED* the delivery were *1 Harmony prevailed at the annual school election on Tuesday evening. The meeting, despite the heavy rain fall that preceded it, was largely at tended, about 250 being present. The chief order of business was the elec tion of three trustees and a regular order of business transacted was in the passing of the budget for school work for the year. The budget for 1917-1918 amounts to $76,310.59, as against $68,766.35 for last year, but the increased population and the nec essary increase in teaching force, to gether with the increm ents that go with the full equipment of a new school w arrant the increase, which the taxpayers cheerfully passed unani mously. The board has added a new person ality to its membership in the election of W illiam H. Grace, of Long Beach Avenue. He was elected unanimously for one year to fill the unexplred term of the late Rowland H. May land, and succeeds Sidney H. Swezey, who de clined to run because of his multi tudinous duties. Mr. Grace’s election was received with heartfelt applause. In nominating him, Mr. Swezey ex tolled him as a capable business man. who has made a great success In the business world. The contest for trusteeship was in the election of two out of three can didates. Charles C. Moore and Wal ter Cozzens, who were up to succeed themselves, were re-elected. The un successful candidate was Cadman H. Frederick, who made an exi’ellcm showing. There were 229 votes cast. Moore received 181, Cozzens 132, and Frederick _ 107. It was necessary for each voter to write two names on a ballot. Grace received 2 and 36 bal lots were blank, some voters writing in three names. For the first time in many years Supervisor Hiram R. Smith did not preside at the annual meeting. He was out of town. Alfred T. Davison was elected to preside. FREEPORT BANK TAKES $50,000 OF BIGWAR LOAN Patrons and Friends of Bank can Subscribe at Net Cost That patriotism rankles in the breast of onr leading citizens Is once again borne out by the timely move of William 8. Hall, cashier of the Freeport Bank, who, acting on the de cision of the equally patriotic direc torate of the institution .has subscrib- e<f for $50,000 o f the proposed war loan. Nor does this manifestation of high idealism end here. The directors and Mr. Hall offer a chknce to the pat rons and friends of the bank to par ticipate in the subscribing of these bonds. If \the latter are agreeable to this unselfish act the bank will let them have such bonds at cost to the (tank. The Fredport Bank has never failed in showing its true colors in big emergencies, and surely this is the grand and sublime opportunity of placing your money where it will do the most good. When the country calls every true blood citizen should bow in homage. William S. Hall and the directorate, including John J. Ran dall, president, and I). Wesley Pine, as vice-president, have heard the cla rion and have responded only as the citizens of Freeport would anticipate of these sterling guardians of the peo ple's money. The Nassau Post takes especial pride in recording this move and an nounces the fact so ‘hat everyone de siring can avail themselves of the nrivilege\ extended to them through William S. Hall and the directors of Freeport's big institution. ON THE SIDE OF DE MOCRACY “To-day representative de mocracy and miltary autoc racy are In a death struggle on the plains of Europe. One or the other will prevail and be come the standard of govern ment for the future The Amer ican people take their stand on the side of democracy and place their faith in Divine Providence, trusting that the sta r of des tiny will guide the great Repub lic onward to victory and to glory.\ — Congressman Frede rick C. Hicks, of New York. COURT NEWS FROM THE COUNTY SEAT Various Actions at Min- eola of Interest to Lo cal Residents PROTECT SERVICE In connection with the Public Ser vice Commission of the first district, the up-State Public Service Commis sion at Albany to-day annoueed an or der requring the Long Island Rail road to maintain a guard between each two passenger cars of its multi ple-unit trains, to equip all such cars with vestibule gates or doors and trap doors, to keep the same closed except when stopping at stations, and that trap doors may only be left open while the train is proceeding between consecutive ftatir-ns Pt which the sta tion platform s are substantially on a level with the rails. This determination has beep reach ed after a long investigation by both Commissions and after a full hearing and rehearing of the case. The Com missions announce that this determi nation Is necessary to make travel safe in the crowded commuting dis trict affected. THIRD ANNUAL SPELLING MATCH The third annual spelling match for the championship of the Town of Hempstead will be held at the Free port High School building on Mon day, May 7. at 4 p. m. Each school or school system, pub lic or private. Is ezititled to be repre sented by one team consisting four regular students. Any pupil who Is registered _ In the elementary grades of either a public or private school tw eligible to compete. Anv such pupil who has been so registered and ds now out of school on a working cer tificate Is also eligible. Two list* of words a r e to be Pre pared by Supt. Frank Schorr, of Mah- wsh. N. J.. and delivered sealed to Supt.\ W. C. Menhapi. These words are to b» selected from the list of five thousand words prepared last year for the propped State Spelling Bee. The we-** ar~ to he wrononced by some ^ --------- (ed with eny tj*e -• The words aae Anna Chrstina Steers, who died at Milssapequa on December 6th, 1916, leaves bg will, dated March 16th, 1906, an estate valued at over $10,000 in personalty. The property is to be divided huo seven parts, one seventh part to go equally to the children of a deceased daughter of the testatrix, Anna M. Miller, one seventh to the children of a deceased daughter, Ma tilda I,. Sauer, and one seventh part to each of the following sons ana daughters: William G. Steers, Chris tina H. Goess, Catharine' J. Schwart- ing, Henrietta R. Schwarting, and Amedia M. Voight. William G. Steers and Charles H. Voight are the execut ors of the estate. Wednesday was arraignment day In tne County Court. Among those a r raigned were Coles Jackson, of Wan- tagh, who plead not guilty to an in dictment charging attempted assault. Charles Schneider, who wltn his broth er Fred Schneider, August Morgan and Thomas Paduna, plead guilty to burglarizing stores and unoccupied dwellings in Hempstead village, was sentenced by Judge Smith to serve three years and four months in Sing Sing a t hard labor. Sentence was suspended .on the oth er three. Sentence was suspended on Oliver Baldwin and George Hulls, of Oceanside, who plead guilty to will fully injuring property. County Court will open on Monday n e x t There are twenty-five civil cases on the calendar. Among them is an action brought by Benjamin J. Brindley, a plumber of Rockville Cen tre, against Belle Ashl^h Gould, of Freeport, and who Is well known In the theatrical world. Brindley is su ing for an alleged balance of about two hundred dollars due hits, he says, for fixtures supplied for the Gould home. Supreme Court will reconvene on Monday with Justice Scudder presid ing until May 14, when Justice Man ning will sit until the reroander of the term . DRS. PLEAD FOR AH) MEN PROMINENT IN COUNTY AFFAIRS TRUSTEES WANT PEOPLE TO AID Freeport Fathers Try ing to Beautify the Railroad Park The Village Trustee Committee on Parks, Messrs. H. L. Max son and John H. Mahnkcn, are making a special ef fort this year to have what is known as the park, that is, that strip of land north of the railroad station between Main Street and Long Beach Avenue, beautified. Persons desiring to donate canna bulbs, geraniums and salvia plants or nasturtium seeds, may leave their do nations at the residence of either member of the committee or may com municate with either member of the committee, which will gladly arrange to call for same. Perennial or hardy shrubs will also be gladly received, and the Committee will send for the same upon notice. The citizens of Freeport should take a pride in the appearance of these grounds. Nothing benefits a town so much as a neat, attractive appear ance around its depot. This locality is the first glimpse which a passing stranger has of our village, and it Is the first glimpse which makes the first impression • Please help us to keep this land for park purpdses in good order. You can do your share by keeping off the grass and by not perm itting your chil dren and dogs to trample on the grass, flowers and shrubs. It is impossible to keep the mound which bears the name ‘Freeport” in good order when children use it for a toboggan slide and charge up its side as -though cap turing a fort. Some children in the neighborhood of this park seem to think it is a playground for their bene- eflt. Parents are requested to see that their children keep off of this park land. “Keep off” signs will be placed along the land, which all persons are requested to observe. The Committee desires to acknowl edge very substantial donations of shrubs and plants from the John Jay Randall Company and from J. W. Schmidt, who has a green house at Randall and Pennsylvania Avenues. Mr. Schmidt is a newcomer among us, and volunteered most generously to aid in the beautifying of the railroad park. • ELVIN N. EDWARDS. POLICE SAY VOGEL SHOT ACCIDENTALLY GOVERNOR SIGNS WATERWAY BILL On Wednesday Governor Whitman signed the Thompson-McWhlnney bill, paving the way for the construction of a canal along the South Shore of Long Island, between Jamaica and Pe- conic bays. As finally written into the statute books, the measure provides that the State shall furnish the rights of way necessary for the canal route if the Federal Government will appropriate the money Necessary for the actual construction of the waterway, which, the bill provides, shall not be less than 12 feet deep. Thc measure com mits the State to an expenditure of $1,000/100 for 't h e purchase of the rights of way. PASTOR COMPLETES 1ST YEAR’S WORK Editor: Owing to the prevalence of chicken pox and German measles will you kindly urge the public In exercising a due regard In calling in the family doctor as early as possible that we may be enabled to have the cases re ported and taken cere of properly. , By following this sdvlce a consider able number of cases will no doubt be avoided. The Moving Picture The atre* could also be of service by ex ercising due precautions by. making special efforts in w arning children of the prevalence of the sam e Also In giving special attention to ventilation ,USd DR^tUNCIE, Health Officer. , DR DEAN. Medical Inspector V Chief of Police James Hanse, as sisted by Captain John Dunbar, were called out at 1 a. m. last Saturday morning on a case that looked for a time as one that was clothed in piy*- tery. William Vogel, a painter, aged 28, who lived in Randall's Flats in Snake Alley, east of the village, was found in bed with a bullet hole in his left side. An occupant of the house notified Policeman Francis Smith that “man is down there shot.” It appears that Vogel lived with Nellie Jackson colored, in this bouse, and about mldiigbt while looking at his revolver was shot by hinaelf ac cidentally. Vogel told this story the police who wore taking no chances. They prosecuted a vigorous investigation, but after more than twelve hours of third degree work, were satisfied that Vogel shot himself. The injured m an is said to be recov ering at the Mtiteola Hospital, where he had been removed. The first anniversary of the pasto rate of the Rev. William Brecken- ridge, in charge of the Baptist Church, will be observed next Tues day evening, when the Rev. George Caleb Moore, D.D., pastor of the Bap tist Temple, in Brooklyn, will be the principal speaker. The clergy of the village who have looked on admiring ly the excellent work among the young men of the church done by Pas tor Breckenridge will be present to show their appreciation of his fine work. A special musical program has been arranged. In the year of his endeavor in this village, Mr. Breckenridge had labored hard, but with great success. He has taken hold, and the people of the vil lage have come to like him Immensely. He has a breezy way with him which has endeared him to the young folks. His second year, which he now begins, will be harder because of the stand ard he has set, but it is easy to pre dict that next year when lie rounds out his second anniversary he will be on the road to the erection of a larg er church which doubtless will permit him to effect all that his capabilities allow. Assistant District At- | tomey Edwards Is j Energetic Worker THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF AR TICLES RELATING TO MEN OF AFFAIRS When you enter the criminal court* building in Mtneola any day that a trial is on you will no doubt be at tracted by the presence of a well built young lawyer arguing the case for the people in an eloquent impassioned manner—generally successful too—a* the assistant district attorney. See his arms waving up and down and note the intense earnestness with $ which he conducts your case, fellow \ taxpayers. The lawyer for the State < is your village brother, Elvin N. Ed wards, whose offices are iu the Realty Building on Railroad Avenue. Elvin N. Edwards plays the game of business as he plays the game of | sport—on the level, but always in ear nest and always enthusiastically. 1 E verything he enters is the big thing and he takes the same generous in terest in everything he attempts. Thgt ' legal battle that calls upon all the brain mater he possesses i* the mowt important case that has ever been tried In the county—to Elvin N. Ed wards. That is why he is successful, because he is such a plygger. “El,'* as he is affet-tInnately called, gets a whole lot of fun out of his work, because be likes work, hard work. He has acquired that happy nack of combining a genial dlspdsl- , tion and a busy mind. He is resiles* when not actively engaged in doing something of importance but it is a restlessness borne of a desire to serve, not to shirk. Mr. Edward's In creasing success did not come with out many days and nights of self-ab negation. Ask his fond parents where Elvin spent six years of that flowery age of manhood between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six and they will tell you with homely sweetness that they were spent in the attic of that cozy little home on North Main Street. In the days when Nassau County’s assistant district attorney was studyug for a ca reer, which seems to hold out great prospects for Freeport’s favorite son. Everyone who chronicles the ll{e of a lawyer likens him to Abrahatir>Lin- coln, but it is no stretch of the imagi- n.ation to compare Elvin in many re spects to the great Emancipator. El'* preparation for the practice of law was in the words of “Tommy'\ Trad- tiles, of Dickens fame, a hard pull, but that dogged persistency that mark* his whole nature was early j^anlfeat- ed, and his entrance into m e legal profession was with honor. < Almost from the time of his first appearance in public, Elvin N. has been a consistent civic worker, whose aim has been at all times to serve the people. He has appeared very often in the roll of benefactor to the poorer people as their champion against cor porations, and with considerable suc cess. He has taken’v upon himself tasks that would seem at first to be nigh Impossible to perform, but that indomnliable will that rules the mind of Mr. Edwards has always pulled him through to victory. For instance, his fight for the pro- (Continued on Page 4.) LAND IS OFFERED FOR PLANTING Y. M. C A. WORK Fred E. Brooks, who for the p a s t two years has been pastor of the Mineola Presbyterian Church, baa been grant ed a leave of absence to undertake some special work with the Young Men's Christian Association of Nas sau and Suffolk Counties. He grad uated from the Kirksvllle. Miaourl. State Normal School In 1913 with the B. A. degree in education. He served one year as principal of schools in Sllex, Missouri, and then aa in the Kirksvllle State He has taken Manager Truman M. Avery, of the Nassau County Farm Bureau, an nounces that during the past week he has been in receipt of letters from different people owning land In Nas- to eau County who have offered the pro perty free to those who would care to cultivate it. The majority of these people do not even care to reap any profits from the produce of the land. The offers have copie in response to the campaign begun recently by the Farm Bureau and the Long Island Food Reserve Batallion. The following have offered the free use of their land to anyone who cares to till it this season: George Flock, 26 U b erty Street, Manhattan, 600 ■ere* at Nassau Point; Mrs. Sarah M. Vincent, 25 acres at Baldwin; Edward Ward. 16 acres at Smithvllle South; W S Vanderbeek, Manhattan, 500 acres on Long Island; C. E. Gartner, 4 lots, Massapequa; P. H. Schoentag. 5 iota at Patchogue Manor; Cheater Woodworth, of Rockville Centre, has offered to rent tor $6 an acres, $0 acre* at Oceanside, 25 acre* at the same placet 40 ^ J ^ ^ c e a i u d d e . and 67 acres north ef Seaman Jw*- rLjr«w “li l Hist B»l E »UW» Fresh Shipment - O f - Apollo Delicious Candies “The Chocolates That Are Different” Chubbuck’s In l i r S n i Store FREEPORT, L. I. IV .., . : , L ------------- — 1 — m m %
