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VOL. 9, No. 23 FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR BOTELHASSiU TAUBN i 2lm VOTals FOR AR»Y HOSPITAL j Government Acquires Famous Long Mineola (•Special.)—A summariza- Beach Betiding for Ute After ti(>n ^ the ,ist* of the enrolled elec- L _ . torate of Nassau County, including Stpiem o e r O, both male* and females, was made at the election commissioner's office on Saturday, last. The figures show that there are a total of 21, 969 people of the county who will be entitled to vote at the primary on September 3. The division of those enrolled by political parties in the respective townships is as follows: Town of Hempstegd—Republican, 8,986; Democrat, 3,360; Prohibition, Announcement was ma<tp on Mon day that after a series of negotiations, the War Department of the United States had entered into a contract with Willard H. Baree, lessee of the Hotel Nassau, Long Beach, to acquire it for hospital purposes after Septem ber 5. The contract between the govern ment and Lessee Barse was announc ed as approved by the authorities in Washington. Beyond an admission that he had received a letter on July 2 from Washington in which it was stated that the United States would take over the hotel on September 5 or shortly after, Mr. Barse was non-committal. The communication was signed by Surgeon-General W. C. Borges. It is reported that the hotel will be transformed into a hospital for con valescent soldiers returned from the battlefields of Europe, and that sev eral new buildings adjoining it will be I constructed for government use. •Soon after the United States en tered the war, Mr. Barse expressed the opinion that the Nassau would be an ideal place as a hospital and declared his willingness to turn it over to the,] government for whatever use it saw j fit. Early this year army engineers 1 GOVT. AGENTS HDNT Nassau County Firemen TICKET PROFITEERS Working to Stop Money Making Scheme-Nearly 100 Commu tations Reported Seized. at Woodmere July 24 Profiteering from the rentals of Long Island Railroad commutation tickets will soon be broken up, it is expected, through activities by gov ernment agents, now at work in va rious sections and co-operation by the company. This week it was reported that near- lican, 2,308; Democrat, 1,417; Prohi bition, 45; Spcialist, 16. Town of Oyster Bay—'Republican, 3,087; Democrat, 2,325; Socialist, 66; Prohibition, 61. The enrollment this year is light, owing to it being what is known as an \off-year.” In 1916 those who enrolled for the Presidential election numbered 18,976 in the county and this number parties and utilized by business people engaged in the rental game, had been Seized by the federal investigators and many more are expected to fall into their pos session. The activities of the government men, it is claimed, have alarmed a number of the ticket dealers, who have Arrangements are rapidly ap proaching completion for the annual parade and tournament of the Nas sau County Volunteer Firemen's As sociation, to be held in Woodmere Wednesday, July 24,. The Woodmere firemen are making preparations for handling the crowd of visitors expect ed for the day. From present indica tions, there will be between sixty and seventy-five fire companies from all parts of the county present to parti cipate in the parade and tournament. 1 ne tvents will be divided into three divisions, hand drawn, horse drawn, and mo.or driven apparatus. The pa rade will s tart at Hewlett and pass through Hewlett and Vyood nere, dis banding in front of the grandstand and jtrch, which will be erected in Broadway at Conklin avenue. The tournament events will be run off in Broadway, beginning promptly at 2 p.m. A feature of the parade will be a participation by all of the fire de- Red Cross, Boy Scouts, andim twowv. Warren K. Haviland, Elmffurst; Fred erick Scheide, Lindenhurst. President William S to (Tel of Hemp stead, who foi years was chaiman of the prize committee, has been work ing hard with Secretary Schiffmacher to make the coming parade and tour nament a success, and from present indication it will he such. Both offi cials are well-known for their thor oughness in looking after details, which is an assurance that all firemen women registrants were published in the Post last week. been making from $2,000 to $3,000 a ' partments, — .. ^ , , , . i year from rentals. The Long Isl- , New York Guard, a u uum- Wa’r i m'fiie UP ? y °/i, ma ° v'aters- and Railroad is now under govern- . panies of soldiers from Camp Mills. The figures showing the number of in.ent control,. and profiteering from ! The-local committee plans to turn tickets or any other offense would be 1 the proceeds from the affair over to against the United States and not | a committee to purchase an ambulance the railroad. Fear that federal prose- j which is to be donated to the Wood- cUtion would be drastic and convic- mere Branch of the Nassau\ County tion result in heavy sentences has led Red Cross. some speculators, it is reported, to ! The various committees are as fol- give up the practice of dealing in tick- lows: ets for the accommodation of people Parade—-T. Krumland, Woodmere, who wanted to travel to the city at chairman; Eugene P. Parsons, Hemp- _____ j a “cheap John” rate. 'stead; George Ebling, Lyn brook; J. , , J From various sources, it 'is de- D. O’Keefe, Woodmere; Jacob Frerk, induction into the war service of1 clared that the custom of using com- j Woodmere. WAR UNITES SISTER AND TWO BROTHERS made surveys of the property, as well i , \ ~ ciarea tnat me custom oi using com- as of other buildings at the beach, and j Joseph and William Hunter, age 21 1 mutation tickets possessed by the pro- | Tournament—George H. Hoffman, soon after government representatives and 18 years, respectively, and their fiteers has been practised as much by j Mineola, chairman; ^Dayid H. Todd, were sent to secure data on every piece locating in Camp Mills, brought about women as by men and that the Mon- 1 1....................“J tt |,r0Perty f0r the PUrp,,Se , • reunion with their sister, Jennie, the ‘ . K “ 2 A t thet time it was said that the j adopted daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. W ar Department intended turning the Chester A. Fulton, who resides in entire beach into a training station for Freeport, after a separation of ten aviators, and negotiations for the tak- j years. ing over of certain properties were started. This plan did not materialize, the government taking the Mineola F a ir Grounds. The Hotel Nassau is one of the largest resorts on the Atlantic coast. It was built nine years ago by its 'present owners, the Westiipgihouse, Church, Kerr Company, at a cost, in cluding the site, of over $1,000,000. It is an absolutely fire-proof structure, constructed of brick and steel. There are over 400 guest rooms, most with baths, and sleeping accommodations for about 300 employees. The La Salle Yvette, or main dining room, has a seating capacity of 2,000, and is on a Poor level with the boardwalk. Its kit chen facilities are modern in every respect. Army officials who recently visited the beach were favorably impressed with the idea of turning the big ho tel into a hospital, claiming it sur passed several other contemplated properties for that purpose. Its prox imity to New York City is also in its favor. ----------- * ---------- Sockdologer Blue Fish. iBluefish have already appeared in the bay, quite a few being caught this week. Some real \tSockdologers” were caught outside this week, averaging about eight pounds each .—Bay Shore Journal. NYL0TIS TALCUM MAYFLOWER BOUQUET ROSE LILAC VIOLET An especially smooth, non shining toilet powder, delightful ly perfumed. You will like it can at 25 cents a CHUBBUCK’S Quality Drug Store The brothers and sister parted when they lived in Corona, the boys going west to Sebetha, Kansas, where they located on a farm, and the sister, not yet in her teens, locating with her adopted parents. She corresponded with her brothers at intervals until they entered the war service and were sent to a camp in Tennessee. Then their letters were not so frequent. One night, recently, Miss Fulton was much surprised to receive a tele phone call from “Joe” in Camp Mills, telling thait he had just arrived. Upon going to camp to see “Joe,” Miss Ful ton was overjoyed when she met him and was told at the same time that he had discovered “Will” in camp. Neither brother knew of the other’s presence in camp until a fter their ar rival. The trio had a happy reunion and the brothers visited their sister in Freeport before going across the sea. “Joe” is with the Seventeeth Machine Gun Company and William with the Fifty-first Infantry, head quarters staff. PUBLIC HEALTH STATION of the activities. Recently on one train, it is claimed that four women had commutation tickets that they did not own, and the federal agents in sisted that 6he conductor take posses sion of them. At first the trainman is said -to have balked on the proposi tion, but before the train reached Jamaica be took the tickets from the women! Barber shops, dry goods and cigar stores have, it is said, been the prin cipal headquarters for rental of the commutations, some places holding as many as thirty to peddle among peo ple at a rate, about one-half the regu lar fare. The Nassau Post recently called at tention editorially to the profiteering from commutations, and put the ques tion of stopping it squarely up to the railroad, asserting that it seemed un fair to other comrtmters who adhered to their contracts not to let anyone else use their tickets, while the renters were peddleing them promiscuously. Freeport Relief Agency Willing to Aid the Needy Sick. The regular clinic of the Freeport Public Health Station was held on Friday, July 5. Dr. Rhame, Dr. Run- cie and Dr. Dean were in attendance. There were two mothers with children seeking medical advice. It is apprehended that the people who need the clinic most do not know of its existence. If everyone reading The Nassau Post would spread thfe Hempstead; Edward Dagnan, Lyn- brook; John J. 'McCarthy, John Boyce, George H. Schiffmacher and Robert Murray of Woodmere. Prize—'Charles A. Schiffmacher, chairman, Woodmere; H. A. Town send, Oyster Bay; Arthur L. Nichols, Hempstead. The officials for the day will be: Judges, Joseph Eaton and Henry von Wheeldon, Babylon; Joseph Cum mings, Brightwaters; Charles P. O’Donnell, Jamaica; Judge John M. Cragen, Corona; John L. Havens, Centre Moriches. Timers—'Carl E. Burr, Jr.,. Com- mack; William H. Harris, Jamaica; Philip Peter i, Maspeth. Starters—Clarence Boyd, Jamaica; SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGED Freeport and Roosevelt Alter For mer's North Lute to Convenience Attendance. After,working for several years on a proposition to straighten the boun dary lines between the Freeport and Roosevelt school districts, an agree ment was recently arrived at, and beginning August 1, next, the line between the two districts will became altered at the northerly Freeport boundary or south end of the Roose velt district The new arrangement will in future make it obligatory for some children who have been attend ing the Freeport schools to attend in Roosevelt and some who have been attending school in the latter village to attend in Freeport commencing the September term. Heretofore the boundary lines be tween the districts at the south end of No. 8, Roosevelt, and the north end of No. 9, Freeport, took an ir regular course a fter it left Main street to the east. The boundary was in the vicinity of Forest avenue near Main street, nearly a half mile north 'of the Freeport village line, but near the Hempstead- Babylon turnpike, at the eastern end.* The boundary cut off a number of children who lived within I a short distance of the Seaman ave- I nue or Columbus avenue schools near the easterly line. These were obliged to attend in Roosevelt, a distance of more than a mile. Dissatisfaction was expressed at times by both parents and children and remedial action urged. The boards of education serving Freeport and Roosevelt entered into a discussion of the plan to change the «'Tr>i?T?irr boundary line, and after much delib- WILLIAM STOFFEL eration and upon recommendation of President Nassau Co. Firemen’s Ass’n ; District Superintendent W. C. Meph- — ; ------------- ; ------- ; ---- -- l am, it was decided to establish the di- who go to Woodmere on the 24th will; viding line in the middle of Evans find arrangements for convenience, comfort and pleasure satisfactory in every way. The Board of Supervisors last Fri day voted to close Broadway, between Hewlett and Woodmere all the after noon of July 24, to insure against accidents while the contests are being held. * The board voted $50 so that police protection could be* provided by the sheriff. SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED Nearly 400 Have Enjoyable Time at Freeport Rooms. TOWN BOARD LEARNS OF LIQUOR ORDER State Promulgates Restrictive Man date-Pound Fishing Investi gation-Other Matters. Hempstead (Special).—The Town Board on Tuesday was petitioned by over a score of Freeport residents to TOP-HEAVY AUTO UPSETS AT BALDWIN Injures Men and Boy Occupants --Father McGoldrick Rescue Worker. was spent in the Soldiers’ and Sail- \K from Freeport to the bay. The pe ers' 'Rest Rooms in ^Brooklyn avenue, tition was referred to Engineer Bird- Freeport, by nearly four hundred of ^ n’ P°Wer to place the the ’’boys” who were entertained dur- , DU“ys- ing the afternoon and evening. I S^perv.sor Smith reported that he An interesting program was fur- was investigating the fish pounds lo- nished by'Miss Bertha Plisner, violin- +c£tefd n-ear Jone,s Inle> Ifc. 18 said ist, and Miss Edith Mills, pianist, both tha a P»u\ds are of Springfield; Miss Anna Smith, vi- the.fish ^ at come into the bays, olinist; Miss Elizabeth Patterson pi- f everal complaints to this effect have anist; Helen Leonard and Dorothy de* currently reported Valentine, vocalists, and Albert K. that lo0 barrels of mackerel were tak- _ ujjuii _ S i r d yA0rftiUeerdj Cal Department’ S ixty\ The°matter ofTaying gaT matns in! the autoists. He was soon joined by -Thr/ in ,.Uar<r0 a # Anfon Fulton avenue, Roosevelt, was refer-1 others, and the car lifted to free those ta i li n g consisted of: Mefdames Jes- ” d ^ P ^ tion ' beneath it Finding Nathan Schloss- An automobile spill caused by the top-heaviness of a road car fitted up as a truck, occurred Sunday morning in the Merrick road, nearly opposite 'St. 'Christopher’s Church, and injured some of the occupants, numbering nearly a dozen, and included several children. The car was badly damaged and some of the occupants thrown be neath it. 'Rev. J. A. McGoldrick, pastor of St. Christopher’s Church, rushed from the rectory upon hearing screams of e s i 'H® 1MBE3FS homes made happier. The clinic open every Friday between 9 and 11 a.m., under auspices of the Freeport Neighborhood Workeis. Two Military Aviators Killed. Sergeant Gianfelicio Gino, a noted Italian aviator, was killed while at tempting the “tail spin” last Sunday Gino’s accident was the same as that which caused the death of Mayor John Puroy Mitchel. Bruce JN. Culner of Martindale, Ind., a radio expert at Hazelhurst Aviation Field, was killed Wednesday afternoon while flying with Cadet Forster. The plane which Foster was driving dashed to the ground and Cul ner, who was in the front seat, land ed beneath the wreckage. Forster es caped with a few bruises. Town Road Money Received. Mineola (Special.)—County Treas urer Luyater has received from the state treasurer a check for $112,646.- 52, which the state this year contrib utes toward the maintenance of town roads in Nassau County. The sum is based upon the amount which the towns raise for town roads. The money will be divided among the three towns as follows: Town of Hempsteed, $49,500; town of North Hempstead, $30,000; town of Oyster Bay, $88,146.6$. committee. I tion from State Commissioner of Ex-;'Leo Halpin of Freeport. He respond- cise Herbert S. Sisson, advising that ed quickly, revived Schlossberg, and the latter, with the approval of Gov- ! treated the others injured, ernor Whitman, had promulgated an | These included Leo Schlossberg, age order suspending privileges under liq-, 6 years, son of Nathan; David _ - _ or tax certificates and directing that ‘ Schlossberg, age 9, another son; C. FOR BENEFIT SHOW ‘ | of the township shall be exclusively to be drunk on the premises where sold, PHALANX OF STARS „ the Hazelbum A .l.ti.n Fie,d. G.,1 ..... avarlable for an entertainment in sale or distributing business in the Freeport as will appear at the big township may continue the sale of li- annual vaudeville in aid of the Church quors in bottles or packages to other of Our Holy Redeemer at the Ameri- i holders of liquor tax certificates in can Theatre, South Main street, this the township. The order directs that (Friday) evening, July 12, at 8.15. no alcoholic beverages shall be sold The phalanx of stars who will ap- to anyone who at the time of sale pear in aid of the worthy cause are shall be in a bathing suit, members of the actors’ colony in j The board received an invitation Woodcleft, and have established repu- from Hempstead village officials to tatkrns as head-liners. attend services on July 14 in com- An exceptional vaudeville treat is memoration of the national French assured and no one should miss Abrahamson, age 6; Walter Diamond of 117 East 111th street, Max Fore avenue and 'Colonial avenue. Neither district will suffer any losses nor acquire any material gain in assessed valuation by the new ar rangement, the exchange being about even. It is anticipated that the arrange ments will result in a satisfactory termination of a preplexing problem which existed for years. OIL FOR NASSAU ROADS Assemblyman McWhinney Gets Of ficial Pledge ot Large Quantity. Mineola (iSpecial.)—Assemblyman McWhinney, who recently returned from Washington, D. C., where he saw the federal fuel administration offi cials, with a view to getting an allot ment of oil and material for Nassau County roads, obtained official prom ise that Nassau County would be sent as soon as possible 3,000 gallons of petroleum, 117,000 gallons of tar- via, and 691 tons of asphalt for use on county roads. Recently the government ordered that no oil should be given to coun ties for road purposes unless the roads to be oiled are used for military pur poses. The assemblyman pointed out to the officials the peculiar needs of Nas sau County and the exceedingly heavy traffic that passes over the county roads. 300,000 DRAFT MEN CALLED FOR AUGUST 'State draft executives have been di rected to Provost Marshal General ■Crowder to have local boards call up for physical examination immedi ately all new registrants under the selective draft law who have been placed in Class 1. , District and local boards and medi cal advisory bodies will be instructed to speed their work so as to have new man of 215 East 112th street, Man- Class 1 men available for call to the hattan, owner and driver of the car. colors in August. All members of the party except J Draft executives were also asked Schlossberg, went to Ixsighton’s Gar- j to report at once the approximate age, where another auto was obtained I number of registrants brought into to take them home. Schlossberg board- Class 1 from the deferred classifica- ed it at the rectory. It was learned that the autoists were bound for Camp Upton to see friends, and had their lunches in the wrecked car, which was towed to the garage for repairs. The wheel* of the auto, it is claimed, struck in a Sandy spot beside the Merrick road as :he driver pulled out to avoid another ma chine, and the top-heavy load caused it to tumble over on its side. H. holiday. Tickets of admission have been placed . at the reasonable price of $1, and ------ ---------- ■ ■ -------------------- - --------- -------------- Freeport’1.,i^ro«d! ™rtj-Two Bikc.s Summoned. | All Towns Overtop In Loan Drive station, Railroad avenue; from mem- A. D. Weekee, Jr., deputy food ad- j Acoata Nichols, chairman of the bers of the committee, or at the the- ministraUpr for Nassau County, has | Long Island district, including Nassau atre box office on F riday evening. The sunmfoned thirty-two bakers to ap- and Suffolk Counties, in the recent artiste who will appear at the au- j pear before him on complaint of vio- I Liberty Loan drive, has made public la ting the baking regulations. Upon ! a summary, giving quotas and sub conviction a baker may loee his li- j scriptions for banking and non-bank- cense, which means the discontinuance i ing towns in both cobnties. The sum- of his bus i;• ass for the duration of ! mary shows that every town went, the war, and any evidence of hoard- “over the top” in subscription returns, ing is d;»ck>sivd it may lead to his | The lowest percentage in quotas raised prosecution under the U. S. Food Ad- is 162 per cent, while the highest is ministration Act. 1,834. perb entertainment are: James C. Morton A Co., Leighton Brothers, Reve Da visa, McKay A Ar- dine, George Clark, Johnnie Ellsworth, H arry Breen, Albert Von Tilzer, H a r ry McCormack, Frank Moore, Emil Sulers, Harry Puck, and others; olfi- etal announcer, Law Kelly. tions by the recent combing out and rectification of those classes under the work or fight order. It is estimated that large percent age of the nearly 800,000 men who registered last June 5, will go into Class 1, since relatively few men just attaining 21 have dependents. The draft program thus far made public indicated that it was planned to call at least 300,000 men next month, and most of these will come from the class which enrolled last June 5. Hildreth Sells Freeport Business. Hildreth’s lunch room and restau rant on Railroad avenue, Freeport; has been sold to C. H. Kerr, a resident of the village. A. Stater-Price, who has been in the employ of Mr. Hil dreth, will be manager for the new proprietor. Hildreth will continue his eating <entre.
