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S h e VOL. 8, No. 25 FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1918 —» ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR “GOOD N E W S ” FROM FR A N C E SPEND $451 WEEKLY IN L E T T E R FROM W ILSON pQg q HI l D WELFARE We and Condition ol the American Soldiers Across the Water Seemingly All T h a t Could Be Desired. Perry J. Wilson, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, of Freeport, one of the first in the vil lage to heed the call of President _ . W,l.,n, and now .U.ioned in ! ^ \ » , S has written to his parents most en- — thusiastically of his work, of the peo- |iic and the country. The letter, which the N assau P ost is able to print here through tine cour- 250 FREEPORT SONS IN FEDERAL SERVICE are fine large stone buildings. are right in a good-sized cuy, »na i n • have tnmgs very nice. T-nese towns KepOTt to duptrvtsors oflOUS CJC- are much different from the States. The stree.s are very narrow and the stores all look about the same from the outside. There arc lota of cafes. Don’t get these mixed with a n Amer ican bar. There is nothing similar a t all. A cafe over (here is a regular meeting place and club room for the under tesy of his family, is one of the most cheerful and interesting of the sol diers' letters which we have ever read. The address of Mr. Wilson is as follows, and he would l>c glad to hear from his hosts of friends: Perry J. Wilson, Private, 1st Class, Co. A, First Depot Battal ion, Signal Corps, U’. S. It., Amer- ' ------- Forces, ican k,xpeditionary France. The letter.ifollows: Somewhere in France. D ear M o t h e r : , I wrote a few line this a. m. to get it off in a hurry. I have more time now. so I am starting a letter. I will ., mv try to write a little every day or so t 1?” 6 you arc. The money ,s just wine and beer. This town army rules, and very strict. The country around here is fine. We had a good look at it from the train. The ground seems to be very rich, and in some cases things were still green and growing. 1 have seen so many things that I can't seem to think what to write about. The cli mate, I guess, will interest you as much as anyvhing. I know it does me. The ground is covered with about six inches of snow and packed as hard as ice, but it doesn’t seem to be cold. I go o u t without an overcoat and do not feel cold at all. The air is very dry and usuadly clear. 'I think we are up quite high. We have a lot of fun trying to get what we want in the stores. The keepers can’t speak any English and most of us can’t speak French, tent of Charitable Work in Nassau County. On Friday the Supervisors received a report from the Guild Welfare Com mittee slhowing tha-t at present $451 is allowed each week by the committee for the support of dependent widows and children in the county. Those as sisted by the committee are distribut ed among the three towns as follows: Town of Hempstead, widows 45, chil dren 142, total $277.50; town of North Hempstead, widows 12, children 42, total $76; town of Oyster Bay, widows 12, children 47, total $97.60. and then mail it when I have enough to fill the envelope. As much as 1 have seen of France I like very well. The only thing I don’t like is that I can't speak the language, but I hope to be able to soon. about as hard to handle. It looks like U. S. cigar tickets. The cash box in most stores looks ju s t like the box I had to keep cigarette cou pons in. We get a good exchange for oUr U. S. money. We get five francs 60 centimes for $1, but this kind of money doesn’t last very long. I still Upon application of the president of tine County Farm Bureau and of the Home Economics Department the Village Trustees at Regular Meet ing Discuss Plans for Raising Service Flag. What do the stars on a service flag represent? This was the query put up to the Freeport Village Board last Tnureday afternoon by citizens, representing a committee of volunteer citizens who are soliciting dollar dona tions from the villagers with which to form a fund for the purchase of a vil lage service flag, but how many, will be determined by the official answer to the query propounded. Village Trustee John H. Mahnken suggested that there should be a star for each enlisted or drafted man from the village serving in the army or navy. Village Trustee Henry L. Max- son agreed with him. Trustee Silas Boi*-il granted permission to have the Williams thought that the stars room in the Court House basement ' ^hould be placed on the Hag for those formerly occupied by the Farm Bu- service in foreign territory. The people over here seem to think 1 money uuesn u ia8i very mng. i sun that we are loaded with money. Some ^ f.^ 5 kids came alongside today in a small | ^ hold ™ >t- We get fine dates, boat and were selling applies, candy i ^CF*. f ^ ! f and such like. They wanted about1 a ^°ut ' 4 cents for a pound and a quarter, and they are very good; figs are 17 cents for a pound and a quar ter. Monday. Had a regular French feed last nigiht. We had liberty from 12 M. to 9 P. M., and believe me, we made good use of it. We just did this town from one end to the other, and 1 never had mofe fun in my life. I am getting this talk little by little. I t ’s a case of have to; if you can’t talk you can’t eat, and you know how I stand on that question. I haven’t received any mail as yet, so I can’t answer finy. Write as often as you can, and send a local paper, too, if you can. -— -v - ----------- 1 I have gained 8 pounds, and am today? We had a nice little hike this | feeling just great. We are getting morning, and a turkey dinner this, very good mess and lots of sleep, noon.^ I am s£ill feeling great and Your helmet has been very useful, 40 cents a bar for chocolate, and the apples were 2 for 5 cents. It was more fun getting the stuff than it was eating it. We would lower a pail ever the side with a rope, and they would put the eats in it, after a lot •f yelling back and forth. This is a very pretty town we are in. Everything is so different from the U. S .. The houses are all built in rows, and the streets are very nar row and poor. Things are somewhat Americanized for the /benefit of the loldiers, I guess. You see plenty of Flivers and Dodges and some real ■outhem niggers. December 25, 1917. Merry Christmas. How are you all j enjoying life. Sunday, December 30, 1917. We are now in what we hope are to be our permanent barracks. They as has the rest of my knitted outfit. Love, I >ERRY. (Censored, Frank Ferera, 1st Lieut. Signal Corps, U. S. R.) GRAND ARMY VETERANS PLEDGE SUPPORT TO PRESIDENT WILSON AND ADMINISTRATION Solifit A id of Cong. Hicks in Effort to Increase Pensions. At e nerular meeting of th e D. B. P. Mott Poet No. 627, G. A. R., Freeport, N. Y., Jen- e»ry 12, 1818, the following reeolutions were adopted: A m P a triotie Instructor of this Poet, and 1st. That it is the desire of the D. B. P. Mott Post, Department of New York, and of each and every member of the Poet to Germany and A u stria, and as far aa lies in our power, we hereby pledge our undivided support in the fight that America is now wag ing against the barbarous and cruel acta, and the unjust and inhuman warfare th a t is be ing waged by th e Central Powers, aa set forth and approved by the Kaiser of the Ger man Empire. W e re we younger, not a man Nassau County, I respectfully offer the of ue would be in this Poet room tonight, but following Reeolutions: express o u r hearty and perfect accord with ths President of the United States in de- eleiing thie eountry in a state of War with GET A TRANSFER “If you are on the gloomy line,— Get a transfer! Lf you are inclined to fret and pine, Get a transfer! The cheerful cars a re passing through, And there’s lots of room for you— Get a transfer! One thing you will find to be a good “transfer” la P e n s l a r A p p etizing Tonic Indicated in all cases where there is loss of ap petite and dimunition of the ordinary vigor of body and mind. A great cheer-producer is a hearty m e a l, well digested, and the Appetizing Tonic will do that for you $ 1 the Bottie “somewhere over there,\ doing our beat for the cauee of human liberty. 2nd. Especially do we commend his Peso# Proclamation of the 8th Inst., for w# felt th a t he was measuring up to the high vtaa- dard of our im mortal Commander when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1111. liny its effect be as beneficial Ird. Resolved t h a t the eitisene of Freeport and of Nassau County, and especially the teachers In our public schools, be. and are hereby requested to make ali neceesary prepar ations for a fitting and patriotic observance of the birthdaya of Waefcingtoa end Lincoln, which occur next month. And aa member! of the Grand Army o f the Republic, w e hereby pledge our eld and support in carrying oat and assisting In eueh exercises. 4th. The pensiona that havs been granted to the members of the Grand Army have been of very g r e a t eeeistanoe to ue In the peet. but owing to the two causes of. 1st, our lack of tam in g capacity, owing to age and infirmities, our average age being about 74 years, end, 2nd. to the greatiy increased coat of ail the neeeaeariee of life, w e hereby aak for an increase of pensions in accor dance with these facta. We hereby ask our Representative in Congress, Hon. Fredertek rcau used as a demonstration room for canning and cooking. The work will be under the supervision of Mias Olga Goehler, W'ho is in charge of the Home Economics Work in this county. Raymond E. Martin, of Lawrence, was appointed as civil engineer to take charge of the improvement and repair of Mott Creek Bridge at a com pensation of 5 per cent, of the total cost of construction. The work will be under the supervision of the Coum ty Superintendent of Highways. CAN JOIN NAVAL SEhvICE ANY TIME The Surgeon General of the United States Army calls attention to the following regulations in reference to tihe enrollment of registrants, under the Selective Draft Law, in the Nav al Reserve Force. Considerable uncertainty lappears to exist as to the status of the en rollment of registrants under the Se lective Draft Law, in the Naval Re serve Force, since December 15, 1917. The following is quoted from the Se lective Service Regulations operative from that date: “ (c) Any registrant at any time, regardless of classification and order num'ber, may become commissioned in therafter, on presentation by the the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps and registrant to his I^ocal Board of a Certificate of his Commanding Of ficer, stating that he has been so commissioned, such certificate shall be filed with the Questionaire, and the'registrant shall be placed in Class V, on the ground that he is in the military or naval service of the Unit ed States.” Registrants can present themselves for examination and accept commis sions in the Navy regardless of their classification and order number. The Navy is urgently in need of men, and candidates found qualified will be as signed to immediate, active duty, if so desired. Candidates found qualified and serving as internes will be, as far as practicable, left unassigned, until in ternship is completed. The Medical Examining Board is in session at the United States Navy Hospital, New York City, N. Y. TO AID BUSINESS MEN Misses Southard and Wilier Open Public Stenographers’ Office. Already there are evidences of in creased activity among the ladies in our village attributable in part to the success of the suffrage cause on Long Island. Misses Mary E. Southard and Ber tha A. Wilier have opened a public stenographers' office in the Hanse Building on Railroad avenue. Miss Southard is well known on the South Side of the Island among at torneys, and Miss Wilier has had con siderable experience in the city, hav ing worked with Assistant Corpora tion Couneel R. Percy Chittenden, and Oswald N. Jacoby, Assistant District _______ _ ________ ____ ________Attorney of New York City, also the Hieka, to do whatever lie in hie power I attorney for the German Savings Bank of Brooklyn. The venture will lie a great conven ience to our business men. s t C H U B B U C K ’S , Quality Drug Store F B B E F O B T to procure eueh legislation ae ha may approve of in giving this needed relief to the old eotiiem. In this connection it may be need- leas to remind Congress that the pane ion roll ie being decreeaed by something over S00 deatha per week, and none of the vetwrane will need thie measure of relief for an y great length of Ume. 4th. Resolved th a t the Adjutant of title Poet be requeeted to place thme resolutions on the minutes aa peased, and to lend eoplea of the lame to: Hon. Woodrow Wlleoa, President of the United State ; Hon. Frederick C. Hieka. Member of Cce- e*w: John MrMIriy, Editor a t the Afeteeaef IX teae/ And to the 41 *ereet m b ir> e* Naeaee Mof AM of which to f g t f t t o (Btomed) 0, J. T$* Cemp Fire Otrto ewt aft tto Fuel Administrator's Authority. Authority granted by tihe United States Fuel Administrator for the State of New York: I hereby grant permission to both distributors and consumers of coal where necessary to prevent injury to health or destruc tion of or injury to property by fire or freezing, to distribute and use where neceesary a minimum amount of fuel sufficient to prevent such de struction or injury. ---------- » ...... loy Scoet Dance en January 25 U l A dance for the benefit of troupe 1, 8 end ^ B. 8. A.. wiU be held at Hi The question of the'status of the Coast Guard was raised. Trustee Maxson thought they were not intend ed to be included, but A. B. Wallace called attention to the fact that they are working under naval orders. Pres ident Sidney H. Swezey thought that included in the list should be the mem bers of the New York State Guard, who are out on actual active duty. It is estimated that exclusive of those in the State Guard Freeport has be tween 225 and 250 of its “favored sons\ fighting for our country. After considerable discussion it was admitted that no one knew of any au thority as to who are entitled to be represented on the service flag. I* was generally considered that the Vil lage Board should be the responsible custodian of the flag, both now and subsequent to the war, and they, through a committee of public-spirit ed citizens, will arrange for a proper public celebration at tihe time the nag Is raised. Discussion as to an available site for the erection of the flag or banner was had, and it seemed to be the sen timent th a t the plot west of the Long Island Railroad station, and north of the First National Bank was the beet that could be selected. It was also suggested that tihe Vil lage Office is the proper place in the village for the names of all men to be filed, who are entitled to be repre sented by a star on the service flag. It was suggested that the newspapers, clubs, citizens, churches, schools, fra ternal organizations and any others be, invited to file with the Village Clerk the name of every person en listing or drafted, who is now in ser vice, or whoever may subsequently be drafted or enlist. Thus there will al ways be a place of permanent regis try, which in later years may become a most valuble public record. Per sons sending such names to Village Clerk Sylvester P. Shea are also re quested to state what organization the local man is serving, and mailing address, if known. Permission was granted S. Bau mann, the well known fui-niture house on South Main street, to erect a street display sign, subject to the approval of the Street Commissioner. Edward Rice offered to sell certain supplies to the village for $165; re ferred to committee with power. TOWNBRIDGEDESTROYED INDICTED FOR RIOTING Grand Jury Condemns Resistence to State Troopers at Hicksville. On Wednesday the Grand Jury handed up several indictments to Su preme Court Justice Leander B. Fa ber. On Saturday a number of the men indicted were arraigned for pleading before County Judge Smith. Among them were seven men who are accused of rioting at Hicksville on tihe night of December 24, when two members of tihe State Constabul ary entered in bo a controversy with William Duffy regarding the lights on Duffy’s automobile. Dr. Elwood A. Curtis, a brother of Osborne Curtis, one of the men charged with rioting, was also arraigned charged with pub lishing an alleged libelous article re garding one of the State Troopers. All of the men, including Dr. Curtis, pleaded not guilty and were released on $500 bail each. Edward Taylor, of Rockville Cen tre, was indicted for assault in the second degree. Taylor is charged with stabbing a soldier named Wright, at Rockville Centre on December 22. He pleaded not guilty and was released on $1000 bail. William West, of Hempstead, who was charged with stabbing a member of the Military Police at Hempstead last October, pleaded guilty to assault and received a suspended sentence. MOSQUITOES TO GET PERSONMMENTION Nassau Commissioner Anxious to Tell of Their Many Vicious Traits and Habits. Spans Pine Brook Avenue North o f Rockville Centre. The recent floods which swept with torrential -force through various parts of Nassau County, almost totally de stroyed the concrete bridge spanning Pine Brook avenue, near Woodfiela Road about a mile north of Rockville Centre. The bridge was completed during the last year of the term of office of Robert Brower as Town Superintend ent of Highways and cost in the vi cinity of $2500. The bridge was a substantial structure, but the ele ments broke it down. Highway Superintendent Archie Patterson will immediately take steps to reconstruct the bridge so that trav el can be resumed as soon as possible. ----------- » . --- Mrs. Clark Appreciates Cooperation. Mrs. Charles E. L. Clark, chairman of the Hempstead Suffrage Club Com mittee, which conducted the Infor mation Bureau at Camp Mills, desires that full credit shall be given to ev ery member of her committee. The ladies who rendered this patriotic ser vice for the soldiers, their friends and The maxim, “In time of peace pre pare for war” is as applicable to the war on the mosquito as it is to more sanguinary conflicts The Nassau County Mesquito Extermination Com mission, as a prelimilary measure to its 1918 campaign, is ready to ar range an illustrated talk on anti-mos quito work with anyone interested in tihe movement. The lectures will be given by William V. Becker, Chief Engineer of the Commission, and will cover the progress of mosquito exter mination in various sections of the country, the methods used, what has already been accomplished in Nassau County and what may be looked for in tihe future. Address the Commis sion at 39 Railroad avenue, Freeport. In connection with these lectures tihe Commission has published a bulle tin on mosquitoes for the information of the people of the county. It Indicates the heavy financial and economic loss throughout the United States that is caused by mosquitoes and shows how the development of Nassau County is retarded by the siame causes. The annual expendi tures needed to eradicate tihe mosqui to are small and are returned many times over by increases in health, property values and general prosperi ty. The development of the mosquito through its early stages in standing or sluggish water, either fresh or salt, clean or foul, is explained. The malar ia-carrying mosquito, the common house-mosquito, and other prevailing types found in Nassau County are described and illustrated. ELKS TO BANQUET BILLIARD PLAYERS On Wednesday evening, January 30, at 7.45 o’clock what is considered to be the meeting of crack-<a-tjack players in the pocket billiard tour nament will be held in tihe club room, the contestants being Tom Plunkitt, the champion of Brooklyn Lodge, and Ferd Uuger, champion of tihe New Jersey Lodges. Neither of them has been beaten in the tournament thus far. A large delegation of members of Brooklyn Lodge will accompany Plunkitt. Immediately following the game a banquet will be held in the Lodge room upstairs, at which the guests will be the contestants, Messrs. Tom Plunkitt, Ferd Unger, Phil. Toale, Charles A. Sigmond, Leo Fish- el and Clarence Edwards, and the . , . manager, Rudolph Domschke. At the the public at large at tihe sacrifice of | banquet the prizes for the tourna- their own time, comfort^and conven- ment will be awarded. Members and eonven lences, are: Mesdames E. L. D. Sey mour, Done Id Wilson, William Brew ster, Thomas Homans, John R. Her rick, Theodore Ritson, Edwin Lewis, Harry Maule, Clifford Sterrett, Misses Marjorie Brook and Alice Lewis. Smith to Lecture at Freeport Club. friends with their ladies are invited to attend the game, banquet, and the dances downstairs in the club room following the banquet, for which a special Jazz Band will furnish the musk. The tickets are $1 for each person, and no tickets for the banouet will be sold after January 28th. Brooklyn Lodge members have al- Harold W. Smith, seaman on the ready purchased thirty tkkets, and S. S. Newport, will show stereopticon have asked a representative of tihe slides depicting \Training for the banquet committee to be present at Seas,” and “Ships of the Navy,’* at i the meeting of Brooklyn Lodge this fill Freeport Club on Tuesday, Jane- | Friday eveniiy with more tickets. It ary 29, at 4.3# p.m. Everyone in behooves local meadbers and friends the village la moat cordially Invited j vsbo desire to participate to procure S » ^ | | ^ W t o 1 «S^«aS»riw«wa^|l**'ehw l ^ g^ » q it o to a t o j J ! lgjfea% tolritoi«a«e 4 wto RAISE SERVICE FLAG IN M. E. CHURCH Thirty-two Methodists of Frtepor in Service o f Uncle Sam and Country. Last Sunday a very interesting pa triotic service was held in the M. E. Church, giving recognition to thirty- two members of the cnurch and con gregation who huve been called to uhe colors—either in the army or navy. T he pastor, Rev. S. 0. Curtice, gave a brief patriotic address as the cnurch Hag was unfolded, showing that the true church is always truiy patriotic and loyal to the country. A goodly number of old veterans, from the G. A. Post, were in atten dance and were given seats of honor in front. The color sergeant then un folded the starry flag and put it in its place. This flag was some tinva ago presented by the Post to the cnurch, as its annual Decoration Day services are usually held in this church. Next, the service flag, with a star for each of the thirty-two who have gone to the war, was unfolded before the altar, where it will remain during the war. It was expected that Capt. Burgess Osterhout would be present and deliver an address, but he could not attend. William G. Miller, presi dent of the Board of Trustees, de livered a brief patriotic address well fitted to the ocasion. An address was delivered by Har old W. Smith, one of those who have joined the navy. This young man’s speech was very interesting and in structive. He gave important facts in reference to the work to be done by the navy, and showed the great neces sity that now exists for trained men in the naval and marine service, men able to command a vessel. For this purpose the Navy Department is es tablishing training schools for offi cers, hoping to have enough ready t# man ships as fast as they are built. Mr. Smith's address was heartily ap plauded. STAR FOR ALL MEN IN FEDERAL SERVICE Committee Gets Official Statement from Ellison at Washington. In accordance with instructions, un officially, from the Village Board, the Committee on Service Flag wrote te the War Department for information as to the stars on service flags. Be lieving the answer would necessarily be slow in arriving and having confi dence we could get as accurate an answer by so doing, another similar letter was sent to J. Huyler Ellison, secretary to our Congressman Hicks. Mr. Elljson replied at once, as fol- Mr. Smith F. Pearsall, Freeport, L. I. My Dear Smith: Replying to youri of January 18, permit me to state that the Service Flag is in no way official. It has become the custom, however, to add stars for eaoh one in the Federal Service only. I under stand that there will be a bill present ed to make the Service Flag official. Members of the Coast Guard are now under the Navy Department’s super vision, and would be considered in the Federal Service. State Guard and Home Defense would not. Very truly yours, H uylek . This would seem to include a num ber of members of the New York Guard in active service, they being under Federal supervision, but would not include members not in active uniformed service. To Discuss County Coal Situation^ Every effort is being made by the coal dealers of Suffolk and Nassau Counties to supply necessary fuel te their customers. To unite still fur ther the individual efforts of the deal ers and the work of the Fuel Admin istrators, the following item will per haps be of interest: IMPORTANT MEHTING. In view of the vital situation in ths coal industry and to meet the present emergencies, a general call has gone out for all Nassau and Suffolk Coun ty distributors to meet at 1.45 p.m. at the Mineola Hotel, Mineola, L. I., on Saturday, January 26, 1918. The notice is signed by Walter R. Pettit, Secretary, Long Island Coal and Building Materiel Dealers* As sociation. ------------- 1 ------------- Catholic Smoker on January 29U l A smoker and entertainment will be held under tihe auspices of the Holy Name Socierty of the Church of the Holy Redeemer at the Parish Halt Tuesday evening, January 29, 1918. An excellent program has been ar ranged, and the event promisee ta excell all other events in the history of tihe society. Refreehments will be served. A cordial Invitation is ex tended to all the nen of the Pariah. Tkkets for admission are 60 cents. ,+■ ----- ,, The nee* stated swat tug s i the Freaper* Chanter of the Festitrn
