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VOL. 9, No. 18 FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR HICKS TELLS OF N. Y.'S PATRIOTISM Give Summary o f Enlistments Navy and Army From . State. In a little more than a year New York State has sent to the colors 185,260 men, or more than eleven per cent of the total sent by the entire country. Of this number the various naval branches of the service have received 47,803 and the army 137,457. New York State's contributions to the naval forces exceed 13 per cent of the total. In the House of Representatives re cently Congressman Frederick C. Hicks, referring to a letter and two general orders of Adjutant General Charles H. Sherrill relative to New York's recruiting, s a id: “Mr. Speaker, without any spirit of braggadocio or any desire to be considered obsessed with narrow state pride, I have thought, in justice to the efficient service rendered by the The entertainment to be given in officers and the civilians who have , , „ . , „ . generously contributed their time and the Warrtagh Parish House on Satur- their efforts to the administration of I day evening by the Good Cheer Club the law, a swell as to the splendid pa- ,f0r the benefit of the organ and heat- ORDER BAYVIEW W A G O N ^ KNOCKS OUT SPEED ORDINANCE Freeport Awards Contract for New Motor Hose Costing $3,300. After considerable deliberation and discussion by the Freeport Fire Coun sel and the Village Trustees relative to awarding the bid for a motorized wagon to be used by Bayview Hose Company No. 3, a contract has been signed with the American I-a France Company and the apparatus is to be de ivered in 120 working dajrs. With delivery of the wagon, the entire Free port department will be equipped with motor apparatus, strictly up-to-date. The Bayview wagon will hold 1,200 feet of hose. It will have a 40-gallon chemical tank, 10-foot extension lad der that will reach 20 feet, a roof lad der and other accessories. The con struction will be of steel with centre partition to the body. The taxpayers voted $3,500 for the wagon, but it will cost about $3,300. COMEDY A T WANTAGH Good Cheer Club in “ The Farmer- • ette” and Other Attractions. triotism of the men o f New York and the unquestioned loyalty of her citi zens, that it was proper to set forth what they have accomplished and to show how steadfastly our boys are upholding the honor of the flag in foreign service, afloat and ashore, as well as protecting lives and property without our borders. Unmeasured ing funds, promises to be the most at tractive given in years and a crowd ed house should greet the perform ers. A three-act comedy, “The Farmer ette,” under direction of Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Thomas, will be one of the program features. The cast of characters will be local, including credit is due them for their unselfish- Miss Lida Van Nostrand, who is to ness, and unstinted praise for their appear as Jane Wellington, sixteen noble purpose in serving both in the nation and the state.” Congressman Hicks included in his and still “unkissedM iss Emily Box, who will appear as Elinor Welling ton, a born home-maker; Miss Agnes remarks a detailed statement of the Box, as Jocelyn Wellington, a little bugologist; Miss Bertha Box as Mrs. Beckwith, an unfriendly neighbor; Mrs., Grover C. Siems as Nan Well ington, “The Farmerette,” Miss An na K. Grimm as Minette Wellington Lawson, an admirer of soulful eves, and Mrs. Harry J. Thomas, as Gra cious Ann Bean, a colored “pusson,” and a believer in “calicothenics.” Besides the comedy, the Paultons, “Ted\ and “Jack,” will give a musi cal sketch entitled. “ The Blind Beg gars,” accompanied by Miss Con stance Paulton, Other musical features will be vio lin selections bv Oswald Krause and songs by Miss Constance Paulton. The accompanist will be Miss Helen A. Jackson. --------------------------- ♦ ------------------------ — number of men furnished to the vari ous branches of the army and navy as follows: Number of New York men in the service: D e p a rtm e n t of th e Navy May 1, 1918 Total in R e g u lar Navy .......................... 198,653 From N e w York .................................. 21,928 Total in N a v a l Reserve F o rce .............. 101,083 From N e w York .................................. 20,226 Total N a tional Naval V o lunteers . . . . 15.000 From N e w York ................................... 2,050 , Total in M a rine Corps .......................... 37,126 From N e w York .................................. 3.800 D e p a rtm e n t of th e Army April 10, 1918. Total sent to camps under selective draft. National Army ................. 871.213 From Ne'W York ................................... 92,949 Total enlistm e n ts in R e g u lar Army, April 1, 1917, to A p ril 10, 1918. 404.941 From N e w York ................................... 44,508 “New Yrork, with a population of nearly 10,000,000, has furnished more than 10 per cent of the total number of men who are now serving with the colors. You can always depend upon the loyalty and patriotism of the citizens of New Y'ork, and the figures given above demonstrate that now, in this hour of crisis, as in the past, when the call of country sounds throughout the nation the Emnire State has responded with more than her full share in defense of the Re public and for the honor of the flag:.” TO MELT OLD JEWELRY Prominent Nassau Women Plan Treasure Drive for Aviators. ,5F The Vacant Chair Turn to Music as a Solace ’Till he returns from “ Over There.” Music will ease the aching heart and recall the happier days of peace. Music is what you need to while away the lonely evenings until he comes back. Not an imitation of music but real music—music actually Recreated as is possible only with The NEW EDISON “The Phonograph with * Soul” The marveloui Instrument which Re-Creates the singer’s voice with such fidelity that no hum an ear can detect the artist from the New EdiZon. Let l Ts Demount rate CHUBBUCKS Quality Drug Store EDISON AGENTS F R E E P O R T A treasure and trinket drive for Nassau County, the first effort of this kind on Long Island, will be undertak en by prominent women within the next two weeks, under the direction of the National Aid Society. Mrs. James B. Hendrick of Glen Cove, sis ter of Supreme Court Justice Town send Scudder, leader of the drive, is appointing aids in the several zones into which the county will be divided. Mrs. Edward Willets of Wejtbury will be in charge of the Westbury and Roslyn zone, Mrs. John F. O’Rourke of Great Neck will have the Great Neck, Port Washington and Manhas- set zone, Mrs. Henry W. Warner of Syosset the Oyster Bay, Syosset and East Norwich zone. Freeport Counselor Defeats Lyn- brook Auto Charge, Proving Failure to Follow Law. Seaman Protests Against Road Money Apportionment In Friendly Joust With Doughty, Oyster Bay Man Is Outwitted. TWO YOUNG WOMEN STRANGELY MISSING Counselor at law George Morton Levy of Freport, recently exonerated by Justice E. T. Neu of Lynbrook from a charge of violating the speed law by running his automobi.e 30 miles an hour, delivered a knock-out blow to the village ordinance and the signs placed as warnings to automo- bilists. The Counselor represented himself and another defendant named Weiss. It was the second offense for the coun selor, as he was accused of speeding about a year ago and defeated the charge. Testimony at the recent hearing was given by a motorcycle officer who admitted that both defendants were driving carefuky and that he would not have made an a rrest if it were not for the fact that his speedometer showed a rate of 30 miles an hour .for the automobilists. Under Section 287 of the Highway Law Counselor Levy contended no crime whatever had been committed unless a proper and le^al village ordinance had been violated. He raised the question whether Lynbrook had a lege! speed ordinance for motor vehicles which cou.d be enforced and contended that so far as proof went, there was nothing be fore the court to show that the vil lage of Lynbrook had any such ordi nance. The contention was raised that unless the court could take ju dicial notice of the existence of such an ordinance, that the first step in the cases had not been complied with and therefore the motions for dis-' missal should be granted. Counselor Levy pointed out what Section 941 of the Code of Civil Pro cedure specified as methods of proof ; /. COMMUTERS EASED of a village ordinance. He a iso showed i what the highway law stipulated as Mineola (Special)—Judging from a discussion which took place a t a meet ing of the Board of Supervisors last Saturday, Oyster Bay township, if the views of its supervisor, William H. Seaman, can be taken as a guide, is not readily going to recede from the position that it took early in the spring, when Oyster Bay and North Hempstead politicians vigorously op posed the scheme to apportion county road monies with respect to assessed valuation rather than with regard to the mileage of county roads in each political unit of the county. The dis cussion refered to was participated in\ by Supervisor Doughty and iSupeyi- sor Seaman, the latter claming that the state does not apportion its road maintenance monies with respect to assessed valuation, but with regard to the mileage only. As an example of the state’s policy, Supervisor iSea- man cited figures which show that Leave Roosevelt Homes for Work, Bat Disappear--Lore of S o l diers Saspected. as a unit for basing money appropri ations. Supervisor Doughty expressed the opinion that Suffolk County has been getting more patronage from Albany than Nassau County, saying that Nas sau is just now coming into its own. $h.L7ut:u*„\;,r / „ ,ii7h;, X ’,-tnhm j 1” \»*«•.t *><>.,-, h„,, a few years ago, said the supervisor \le mystery in the disappearance of from the branch, and now we are get- Mrs. Edna Hava, aged 22 years, and ting back some of the things that Miss Lillian Wider, the 18-year-old were taken away from us, beginning daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman as far back as the days when the wjder Democrats controlled the Wueens, The'youn* women have been miss- County Supervisors and Hempstead ■ gin'e Monday| May 27 when they township got on.y a ittle of what it ]ef* ^ home/ for ^he mrpose, as was entitled to, Oyster Bay getting th sUted work in [he Curtice some of the juicy slices in those days .Engineering Corporation’s plant at Of course Supervisors Seaman and GarKden Cit* Neither have been seen Doughty did not come to an agree- nor heard 9ince doubtful if they ever will Supervi- ^ X i a l s . T v f ^ endeavoring f ° ? , l T th’ * er en. Craft paV to locate the missing young women, but little attention to the argument. , Mr„ Hava left an infant daughter One pointed question was put by Su- when ghe d isappeared. This is in care pervisor Doughty toward the end of of her paren[g. It is reported that the debate which rather served to she hag not ^ livin wi'th her hu9„ bring the question to a sudden end- j)and e ing. It was this, in substance: \Did Misg Wider has been known as a you, Mr. Seaman when you were h(>me irl having refrained from go- . . . u inn c° p t y superintendent of highways, j out much- §he is fairiy attrac- while Suffolk County has over 100 submit your estimate of road moneys y ®e ag js ^ rg jjava miles of county roads its assessed val-1 needed with regard to the mileage of There is » snenieinn that the vmimr uation i. ojly about nin.ty-eieht mil-! the county roads in each township?\ f L l m e b? lions of dollars. Nassau County has ] Supervisor Seaman was forced to ad- soidjer uniforms an assessed valuation of about 139,-1 mit that he did not. Of course, con- wiH when she left h«me 000.000 and only about fifty-five miles tinued Supervisor Doughty, it makes ‘ ’ , •, .• t •, ,h / of county roads. The supervisor from I a difference to you now, Mr. Seaman, waiste of old rose color and laced Oyster Bay quoted these figures to j that you are a supervisor instead of ^ a’ g She hadTnlaTn gold rin^ ^n ibo-ster his opinion that county road ; a superintendent of highways. Of ^er jeft kand marked “L^W” g monies ought not to be apportioned course, you are eager to get all the , with respect to assessed valuation, but [ votes you can and the more money you j — — — —— — — only with respect to the needs of par- get for county roads in your town “ x ----- L the more votes you will probably get. Your re-election depends to a consid erable extent on matters of this kind. ticular sections, the territory to be supplied with roads, using the larg est division, such as a county or state to the kind of signs to be placed con spicuously on each main public high way at the village line. Argument was made that no evidence had been adduced to show signs of the type prescribed by the highway law, Sec. 288, had been erected, and further that the complainant’s witness ad mitted he did not know what the signs contained. The essence of the crime, according to Counselor Levy, was reck ess driv ing, presumptously created by driving at the rate of more than fifteen miles an hour. The alleged ordinance was void, he maintained, because it at tempted to make a violation a mis demeanor, which invalidated it. SETTLING FREIGHT RA TES Co-Operation of Shippers Sought in Adjusting Higher Schedule. Learn That Jane Tickets Will Be Honored Without Raise. All questions of freight rates to and from Long Island points, arising un der General Order No. 28, have been Haeed under the jurisdiction of the Trunk Line District Freight Com mittee, H. C. Burnett, chairman, with headquarters at 143 Liberty street, New York City. Regional Director A. H. Smith an nounces that the Director General of Railroads invites the co-operation of the shipping public in working out a satisfactory adjustment of the freight rates on the higher level now neces sary, Ad shippers who desire to make suggestions as to the maintenance of established differentials or the re-ad justment of freight rates under Gen- ConM»uters from Long Island vil lages have been at ease since Sat urday when word came from Wash ington that their commutation tickets for June would be honored until us ed up, despite the announced increase in cost of mileage. Several days ago it was reported that all commuters would have to turn their tickets in on June 10, when the three cents a mile rate goes into effect and pay an increased rate for the remainder of the month. That this was only a rumor ife evidenced by the orders of Director General Mc- Adoo that all such tickets, purchased before the day of the increase would be good until used up! The rai,roads are considering es tablishing a universal mileage book good for all parts of the country at the new rate of three cents a mile. DIVORCES WRIGHT Wife of Former Banker Obtains Decree in Pennsylvania GREENFIELD THRONGED Hundreds at Cemetery Daring Dec oration PerioJ’—Effective Scene. FREEPORT SCHOOLS FIELD DAY EVENTS Greenfield Cemetery, the pictures que burial spot near Hempstead, had hundreds of visitors during the Me morial Day period. Great interest was manifested in the graves and plots this year, the result being that they never present ed a better appearance. The field day events of Freeport High School pupils on Olive Boule vard last Saturday afternoon did not attract a large assemblage, probably on account of the warm weather and other affairs, but the contests were interesting, honors in a majority of cases being fought for with excep tional zeal. e A jumping Jack drill by over 40 girls under direction of Miss Helen E. Wicks, physical directress, an Ir ish dance in costume and dancing of the Italian tarantella with tambou rines by a number of girls, elected much approval. To-morrow (Saturday) afternoon eral Order No. 28 may present their | views through the freight traffic of- During the last week of June the | fleers of the railroads serving them, residents of Nassau will be asked to i but if shippers feel, after presenting deliver to the zone headquarters any I such .matters to their home roads silverware, jewelry, gold coins, or that they want their views given fur- trinkets of any description, either sol- ther consideration, the freight id or plated ware. The proceeds of j the sale of the articles will be used to provide comforts for the aviation branch of the service. BRILLIANT CONCERT Given by Hempstead Society Girl Assisted by Miss de Laney. com mittee for the territory or district involved will be glad to hear and con sider any proposal or suggestion the shippers have to offer. SHORTEN B. A . COURSE At Amherst College for Men With in the Draft Age. Mrs. Ethel Jayne Wright, wife of Warren Wright, has been granted a | decree of absolute divorce by the Court m e y r ^ l r r g e M c r o / m e n we^e | ^ a m L ^ c h o o l s 0 ^ ! hoTdTei?’firs! kept busy putting plots in order and i fieid day events. with other details, while many work- j Superintendent Ward C. Moon will ers were hired privately. I be the referee and J. W. Dodd, direc- A dramatic feature of the Decor- tor. The starter will be H. R. Tucker ation Day visit of the Grand Army j and the clerk of the course, C. Ryan, men from Hempstead was a guard ’20; L. Cummings, ’20, will be the an- of honor formed by 35 soldiers in nouncer. The timers will be Dr. the present service. As a few o.d Julien Dean, A lb in N. Johnson and “boys in blue” marched with slow H. Smith. The track judges will be and feeble step under the cemetery .'Mrs. Robert H. Earon, Mrs. Stanley arched entrance, the boys in khaki lin- 1 Smith and Miss Wicks. The field ed up on either side of the roadway, judges wid in? Rev. R. Heber Scott, stood at attention and saluted. Tears August V. Johnson and D. Sutherland, filled the eyes of many witnesses to Jr.; Sam Lieberman, ’18, will be the the affecting scene. chief .scorer. _________ 4. ________ There will be 19 events in all for A nirthi t , boys and girls, including a wand drill MARION, A LIEUTENANT by ',n girls from each of the four S _____ ! schools. The proceeds of the meet will be ap- rorm er Ocean Side Boy Advanc- plied to the Junior Red Cross. ed in Army Service. County Spelling Bee June 15. of Common Pleas in Chester County, 1 Anothei bong Llami boy who has , . , , , risen from the ranks to second lieu- The county school spelling bee will ., i-u ogvu .™ uru- be held at the Hempstead High Pennsylvania where she has been jn the ]ar arnw is Ra]ph School on Saturday, June 15, at which residing with her son, Malcolm, for ' , , • ‘ time the county championship will be the past two years. J Mai ion, who for two > ears ran a decided. There will be seventeen stu- Mvs. Wright was formerly a Miss farm owned by his mother in Ocean dents from schools in the First Dis- Jayne. Her parents reside in Baldwin, | Side. Lieutenant Marion is 26 years trict of w-hich Dr. James A. Cooley where her husband engaged \ \ ~ in the mushroom business after severing connections with the Bank of Rock ville Centre, where he held a responsi ble position. The couple married seven years ago, but separated after a period of differences, according to reports, Mrs. Wvigilt going away and her hus band not knowing of her wherea bouts, according to a statement by him. DRILLING TO SPELL The costume concert given in Hempstead on May 27 by Miss Lou 'Stowe, one of the village’s local so ciety girls, was a distinct triumph, worthy of older and more experienoed women trained in the profession. There was a large local attendance, evidencing Miss Stowe’s popularity aside from any program features. Miss Stowe was assisted by Miss Jos ephine de Laney, pianist. The program grouped in five parts, enabled Miss Stowe to exhibit her ability in Colonial songs, southern songs, love song tunes, little girl songs and little boy songs. Her cos tumes harnHmijfed appropriately with the role in each group. As might be expected, when one plays in their “own home town,” the audience was appreciative and en thusiastic. But an outside critic could well recognise Miss Stowe's ability and her work tie serves a lot of credit. Miss Stowe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles U. Stowe of Hemp stead. “The world-war has transformed Amherst College,” said Ward C. Moon of Freeport, recently to a Post reporter. The conversation was about colleges and higher education. “ Not that scholarship is suffering there. The devotion of the college to its for mer standards and ideals is too de^p- rooted for that. But military drill has a place on the curriculum, and day after day the entire student body drills on the campus. “Many of the classrooms are meet ing the emergency demands of war without any sacrifice of the original purpose# of the course. There is a practical course in topography draw ing and military map making. “The most striking modification of the work at Amherst is the addition of a two-year course of study for students with twp years of draft age. The two-year course is established to meet the conditions resulting from the draft law, and no student will Jbe admitted to the course after thews conditions cease to e x ist” Pupils Rehearse for County Contest —Five Qualify for Cornell. Pupils of the Nassau County public schools are drilling in spelling for the contest to be he id at the Hempstead High School on Saturday, June 15, for the county championship. The pre liminary contests will be held a t East Rockaway in the second district and in Mineola in the first district last week. The result of these two contests will furnish forty-five good spellers for the county championship. Five high school graduates in the county uualified for the examination for a scholarship to Cornell College. The examination was held at the Court House in Mineola on Monday with the following competitors enter ed: Miss Ada Edaell of Far Rocka way, Miss Jennie Kinsey of Hemp stead, Julius Dworachak, Jr., of Rockville Centre; Felix Reifschneider, Jr., ef Garden City, and George Flint •f Great Neck. of age and a decendant of the famous 1?,. t^le District Superintendent, and r. , M ., „c „ , fifteen from the South Side, of which te. ?; Riverhead and when he enlisted lived f n i at 81 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. Hempstead, Rockville Centre. VreV- H,& i r S l!onnnWeac8tiornaPin-the service ^ *> « Washing- was with the Spruce Lumber Pro- The preliminary contests have been duct ion Division of the Signal Corps concluded and the big event will bring ast November. On his arrival at out the best spellers of the county. In Vancouver Barracks State of VVash- the contest be about twenty chil- ington he was made sergeant and dren who have 100 per cent in spell- soon attained the rank of master sig- ? fb f F K nal electrician, the highest non-com- > “ s ' . missioned rating he could obtain. His * work as yard foreman in the cut up FlCfiport Police to Hold DfiOCC. mill attracted the attention of his i _ . ^ superiors and he was recommended , '* of the P reeport Police for a commission. force-. «!h<> a,re bandei1 together in an Lieutenant Marion is a specialist ' assf ' atlon’t havel,ar[an8^d ^ antIan: in lumber, having attended the Col- nua! dance to be held In Brooklyn Hail lege of Agriculture at Cornell Uni- Wednesday evening of next week, versity and also worked at landscape !J 1 , ,, „ . t i r ”\ L«\i- 1 V.Wn«w,' S i Si y ________ 4 ________ j the patrolmen. The price of tickets | has been placed at fifty cents, and ! they may be purchased from any mem- Five Take Cornell Examinations. Five high school graduates from the north and south side villages on Saturday morning, June 1, took schol arship examinations at the Court House, Mineola, to qualify for admit tance into Cornell University. They were: Felix Reifschneider, Jr., of the Hempstead High School 1 Julius Dworsehak, Jr., of South Side High School, Rockvide Centre; Miss Ada Edsell of Cedarhurst, a graduate of the Far Rockaway High S c h o o l; Geo. Flint of the Great Neck High School, and Miss Jennie Kinsey of the Hemp stead High School. The number of couleetaats exceeded that of last year. ber of the force. -4- Red Cross Donations. The Freeport Branch o f the Ameri can Red Cross ssknowledges the fol lowing contributions: Anthony Kipp, $5: Mrs. Annie J. Rider, Mrs. Charles Young ami Mrs. Elizabeth Hewlett $1 each monthly; and Miss Lillian Nstfie, $2 monthly; Mrs. Charles Combs, 91; Miss Edith Magnus, |2 ; Miss Bertha Colburn, 910; Thurs<lay Social Club, Mrs. Jaa, Han.>e, treasurer, 912.60; contribution from friends, 925.
