Nassau County Review 19140116

              Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1914
Vcl. XIX, No. J
Freeport
In the Fraternal Orders  News of the Churches j        Local Topics
HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
(Them  limes uh) for Sundy   Hii«)k.     Dwluct % rninuten for H*-m(>stf>n(t l^ay)
DotBff, ia  tha secret fraternal organixation*  of   Subject   of Fr.oport aad vicBsuty.
and otlier doings i
atsd church societies
Friday. Jan.
Saturday,
Sanday,
Monday,
Tueaday.
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday.
Saturday
16.
17,
18.
19.
20,
21.
22,
23,
24.
10.49 p. m.
11.40 p. m.
12.34 p. ro.
1.46 p. m.
2.68 p. m.
4.16 p. m.
6 26 p. m
6.26 p. m. :
6.30 a. m. !
of    the   week ;hurche^
Fourteen candidates   were   initiated 	
at ths ineeting of Freeport Lodge,    B.
P. 0. E.. Thuraday evening.  The total       Christian Science Society.    Services
memberahip is now 717. ; Sunday   morning at 11 a. m.;   Sunday
  I School, same hour;   Hempstead   Bank
The installation of officers of D. B. ' Building. Subject next Sunday, Jan- P. Mott Post No. .527, G. A. R , was ' uary 18, "Life." Wednesday evening held Satorday evening, Jan. 10, in Odd services at 8 o'clock. Fellows' Hall. The following were installed by Colenei  J.   B.    Lord   and
A reading room with Christian Sci¬ ence literature ib open at the above addreas every weekday from 1:30 to 5 p. m.
Comments and esplsKatlona not entirely of
a new* natura, on villace affair*
br tha editor.
THE WEATHER. Of course we most say a word about the weather -everybody is. Here is a memo from our files: Jan. 1. 1912, 4 below zero, with snow the afternoon before till dark.'
 • I staff from Brooklyn
Single copies of the Review for sale j     Commander, Wm. H. Patterson ; sen- i at   Greenblatt's   and     Braithwaite's, | ior vice commander, Wm. Tabb; junior j Railroad   Avenue;   Kiefer's,    Nassau j vice commander, James Johnaon ; chap- j County   Review,    DaSilva's   and   Go-j lain. Coles Abrama;   adjutant,   James betz's. Main Street;   DaSilva's,   West, G. Cornell; quartermaster, Isaac Post;'A. M- E. Charch. by   9   ladies   of   the Merrick Road. tf. i officer of the day Mordecai   Poat;   offi-   Ladies'Auxiliary, at 9   p.m.,   Thurs
  < cer of the guard, Harlan Crandell; ser-1 d»y evening, Jan. 9.    Nine   selections
E. H. Olsen sends an attractive 1914 ' geant,   John   Hessen;     patriotic   in talendar. ' structor, Elbert Rose;  quartermaster
! sergeant, Daniel Washburn. Mrs. Morris Miller is on the sick list I     Mrs. Jennie D. Cornell   presided   at for the last two weeks with an inflam-   the ination of the limbs. ' Col
Rudman and Cnpt. Harry    Dennis.    A Elwood V. Baldwin has   accepted   a : poem waa recited by   Ella H. Bentley, potition with a weekly   newspaper   in  president of the Corps.    Refreshments New Jersey.—Observer. { were served.
A "Nine Cent Supper" to be served in 9 courses is   annoanced   for   Rethel
will be rendered.
The selection by Mrs.   Maud   Camp¬ bell Fuller in the M. E.   Church   Sun- be
5 piano.    Addresses were   given   by ^«y "'O''"'"^,  /or   her   solo,    will   bi 1. J. B. Lord.   Thos. O'Brien,   John     Come Unto Him    from the Messiah
AS OTHERS SEE IT. Smith Cox, it is announst, seeks re¬ election as   pres't   of   Freeport,    but Ernest Randall and  perhaps J. Huyler Ellison wil oppose him.
—Roosevelt Spectator.
ALL MAKE MISTAKES. Our local contemporary at Hemp¬ stead need not feel so bad about pat¬ ting his Weddings under the Obituary heading. The same thing happened in the Brooklyn Times Saturday evening.
by C, F. Handel
Mrs. Clinton S. Donaldson, Sooth I The installation of officers of PVee- Bayview Avenue, entertained the j Port Lodge No. 600, I. 0. O. F., was *'B00" Club at her home Tuesaay af- ¦ held Monday night, Jan, 12. The offi- ternoon.     Ice   cream   and   cake    were | cera installed were as follows :
served. I
John Campbell has sold his house on i 825 Pine Street, with 220 feet front-; age by 150 feet deep, to Mr. Dellac, i the photographer, of Fifth Avenue, ] New York. i
A. Palermo will soon start the erec¬ tion of a large  automobile   garage   at Freeport, opposite Soper's garage,   on I Merrick Road.    The building of cement block construction, 70x96
Rand W. Sutherland has severed his connections with the Brooklyn Daily Times and will devote his time to edit¬ ing the Nassau Post. Mrs. M T. Jackson, formerly connected with "The Owl." succeeds Mr. Sutherland.
Noble   Grand,   David   H.   Greaves;
vice grand, Henry Vollmer;   recording
secretary, D. Frank Seaman; financial
secretary, Wm. S. Merrill;   treasurer,
S. P. Shea; warden, Fred W. Greaves;
conductor. C. Wesley Golden; chaplain,
Theo. S. Dixon; right scene supporter.
Fred K. Peterson; left scene   support¬ er, Jacob Johnson; right supporter   of
the noble grand, Franklin Bedell;   left   s'^tant pastor,   were preaent.
supporter of noble grand, Harry A. ill be' ^'*"'"K; right supporter of vice grand, {Thos. St. John Baldwin; left support- I er of Vice Grand, Mervin R. Golden; I inside guardian, Peter Cokeley; out- I side guardian, Arthur H. Keens. i     After the   installation   a   bounteous
repast was served,   including a famous
Raynortown oyster stew.
TALKING OVER THE TELEPHONE. j It is rather difficult to talk to an ex- The Holy Name Society of the , cited woman over the telephone and Church of the Redeemer, on Pine | retain your politeness. Last week one Street, held a smoker in the church I of the gentler sex told me over the basement Monday night. During the phone that we were a "bunch of evening several proposals for the wel- rogues," and later when she made a fare of the society were made. James statement and we indiscreetly told her Campion urged that a sick benefit fund I we doubted what she said, she said be started and the society buy a bed in that we had called her a liar, and hung some hoapital to provide shelter and | up her receiver and she had the last attendance for such members as i word, too. might   -be    in    sore    financial   need. ! 	
WERNER NYGREN
Elected President of Freeport Club for
Third Successive term.
Bridal Party's
Narrow Escape
The suggestion was regarded as a good one and a committee will be appointed to take the matter under considera tion. The Revs. Robert Boyle, pastor in charge, and Joseph A. Smith, as Times.
The drama. "Fifty Years of Free¬ dom," will be given in Brooklyn Hall, Thurs('ay evening. Feb. 12, for benefit of Bethel A. M. E. Church, commenc¬ ing at 8:16.
j     The Wilmington, Del.,   city   counci  , has adopted a resolution providing that | ^^'' Company a sum not to exceed   $160,000   be   ap  ; ~"
I propriated for the purpose   of   install-1 ing water meters throughout the city". ' Fire and Water Engineering
Annual Fire
Department Dinner
The third annual dinner of the Free- port Fire Department was held at the Crystal Lake House Saturday evening, I and although the attendance waa notl up to former years, fully as enjoyable an evening was spent as at any of the previous atTairs.
Promptly at 8:30 the members sat down to a splendid turkey bupper which had been prepared by Mrs. Frost, after Hon. George Wallace, acting as Chaplain for the evening, had invoked divine blessing.
As the members took their secAs at the tables they found menu cards, with a picture of the Chief printed on the inside, at every placo.
The dinner served was as follows:
Blue Points Cocktail
Celery Olives Radishes
Salted Almonds
Potage Cream of Tomatoes
Roast Turkey, Thanksgiving
Potatoes Turnips
Creamed Onions
Fruit Salad
Pumpkin Pie American Cheese
Cigars CofTee
! Professional talent had been engaged I for the evening, but up lo the time of I writing had nut been heard from, al- I though reported to have left New York ion the 12 o'clock train on that day.
After the dinner had been disposed of and cigars lighted, Assistant CHef j Pearsall, as toastmaster, proposed a 'toast to the Chief with the follow¬ ing   remarks:    "We   may   have   had
In the Fire Department
Mattari of i nt irpst to and about the knttsmm in our local department brH.E. P.
I Uon't forget the henefit for the j Freeport Fire Company Truck No. 7, I to be held at the Flaza Theatre, on ' January 21.—Owl
Freeport certainly is growing.    Sev- ; en trucks ought to mean stiout 20 hose I wagons. i
j     At the ineeting of the Kire    Deparl- I ment laat Thursday   evening,    we   re¬ ceived a visit from the First and   Sec- ' ond Assistant Chiefs of the    Rockville I Centre Fire Department,    and   during the course of a very    interesting   con- vprsation, we learned that   over   there j they   are considering iaat   as   we  are here, tho   advisability   of forming   an ] organization, possibly confined   to   the South Shore, including part of SulTolk, 1 where the   advancement   of  firemanic I atTairs will be of first importance, and not the running of tournaments,;^which ^ would be secondary if run atall.    Nas- I sau County, with part of Sulfolk, oould ! COI,trol legi.slbt oil in the   .State    Fire- ; men's Assoc ation,   and   atTairs   would ! not neeil to   he   as   at   pre.-ent    where Long Island is not considered in   legis¬ lation, because    mosl  of   the    powers I that be. including  THE   power,   their Counsel, live up-State.
A team of horses  driven   by   Henry Haldp and owned by the Nassau   Lum-
became    uiimanatreiihle ' Chiefs of greater executive ability, we
Fulton    Avenue,    Hempsteail,    at t may have had Chiefs   of   greater   oral
4:30    o'clock    Weonesday     afternoon i ability, but we have n^ver had but one
(Jan. 7) and bolted.    The horses, a big ; Chief Loonam—uur'Barney.'    Here's
powerful team with the empty  lumber
Gradually     the   municipalities   are - wagon started at a terrific pace   down
waking up to the importance of charg¬ ing consumers for goods delivered. Along the lines of the reforms in our own village, it will undoubtedly be ono of the   propositions   discussed   in   the
Fulton Avenue,    the   wagon   swaying dangerously from side to   side   of   the
to Our Chief." The toast was enthus iastically given, and was responded to by a few words by the Chief.
Following Chief Loonam came Trus-
road.    A street lamp post was   struck ' tee Randall, the only   member  of   th and   broken   off.     As    the   runaways i Village Board present, who assured the crossed Washington   Street,   a   bridal ' niembers  that  although   the Fire De-
Freeporters have long known the hardheaded lawyer Harry Maxson, but never until last week suspected that they had a sentimental, poetical Harry Maxaonii) their raidst. The Observer bereby designates him as the poet laureate of Freeport.—Observer.
Dorothy Westeveld, tho 8 year-old daaghter of A. E. Westeveld, of Pear¬ sall Avenue, while playing witb a magic lantern was serioosly burned Monday night. Her face was burned and her eyebrows singed off. She was attended by Dr. Fred W. Fletcher, who dressed her wounds.—Eagle.
The annual election of officers of the Freeport Club was held Monday even¬ ing. Notwithstanding that it was a bitter cold night, nearly 60 membera of tbe Clab were present, and the fol¬ lowing officers were unanimously el¬ ected :
President. Werner Nygren; vice president, Edward B. Thompaon ; sec¬ retary, Edmund T. Cheshire; treasur er. Robert G. Anderson; trustees, William ii. Grace, C. Dwight Baker; Thomas Spence and Henry P. Libby.
The regular report of the treasurer and president showed satisfactory con¬ ditions of the Club, financially and memberahip. The report showed an excess of assets of liabilities of $12,- 416.02, and during the year 21 mem¬ bers have been elected.
The following were appointed a nom¬ inating committee for next year:
H. L. Crandell, Theodore H. Vought, Raymond J. Miller, John D. Gunning, Ward C. Moon, H. L. Cummings, F. Joerissen, jr.
76c Peck & Snyder Club SIcates. 49c Stable Lanterns, 89c Cylinder Stoves, at cost Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98 Kitchen Stoves, No. 8. $16.00 Boat Stoves, $8.75 Griddles. 69c up
DaSilva's, W. Merrick Road. Advertisement.
CHOICE CORNER RESIDENCE PLOT ON FAMOUS WEST MERRICK ROAD, FREEPORT, 100x176. FOR SALE. VERY REASONABLE PRICE AND TERMS. OWNER. P. O. DRAWER D.
AdvertUement.
A prize is offered for an essay by a local store; see adv. on back page..
Advertisement.
Wednesday evening, Jan. 7. the newly-elected officers of the Woman's Relief Corps were installed by Ada G. Mohr and staff of Brooklyn The Corpa preaented Mra Mohr, the in atalling officer, with   a   piece   of   cut
The series of lectures planned by the Men's Club of the Epiacopal Church has been cancelled. This courae of lectures was planned with the intention of asing the new Parish House for the balance of the lectures. bot as the project ot building the Par¬ ish House has been dropped for the present, and   their  being  no   suitab'e
glasa; Mrs. Mary Keens,    president of  ?.'«" »« ^old the lectures, and no   par
the Sewing Uircie and asaistant treas urer, with a cordial set; Mrs. Ellen A. Smitb, jr., vice president, with a salad dish; Mrs. Ella A. Bentley, with a pair of vases; Mra. Jennie D- Cornell, musician, Mrs. Ellen A. Golden, treas- arer. and Msp. Mary E. Spr«gae, sec¬ retary, with gold pieces. Refresh¬ ments were served.
In the list of tbe newly-elected offi¬ cers of the Corps the name of the mu¬ sician, Mrs. Jennie D. Cornell, was omitted by oversight of the press cor¬ reapondent.
ticular reaaon for holding them as at first decided, the aeries has been closed. Those who purchased tickets for the course can secure thei;- money from the persons to whom they paid it.
Young People's Day wili be beld in the First Presbyterian Church on Sun¬ day evening, Feb. 1, at 7:80. A very interesting program has been made up as the young people will conduct the service.    Everybody is welcomed.
The regular monthly meeting of the Presbyterian Church Improvement So' "~~ ciety will be held in the   chapel   Wed-
(Press Committee) j nesday afternoon, January 21, et 1:80.
There was a large attendance at the ; Miaa Helen Child, social worker of the regalar meeting of  Freeport   Council.   Neighborhood Workers, will be present No. 57, Jr. 0. U. A. M.,    last   Friday i and speak of her work in   the   village, evening.    The special order   of   busi-; All ladies are invited, ness was tbe election of officers   to fill vacancies caused by   the   resignations of Cornelius   Braren   and   Henry   A. Robinson,    warden   and   chaglain   re¬ spectively.    Milton Mott  was   elected warden    and    Rodney     L.      Scudder, chaplain.
near future. It would seem thai there P^'^'y drove up in front of the house of ' partment was only one of the many is even more benefit to be derived ' ^^*- ^'^- ^- ^- Kerr. In the party ^ departments the Village Board had to from thia than from the excellent rule were Deputy Town Clerk Franklin H. I look aftor, they would alwaya give of charging a minimum rate for uae of i Gilbert and Miss Maud Cotter, of Free- ', the firemen the consideration due them electricity in the day time    when   the i P*""'' ^^^ were about   to   be   married,   in the administering of their affairs
The others of the party were Mrs. ¦ The ex-Chiefs present then added fo Duruz of Baldwin, Mr. Cotter of Free- j the interest of the evening by a few port, and Bert Gilbert of Hempatead. I worda of gree..ing, in the following The bridal party's auto was directly in ' order: Ex Chief Walter B. Cozzens of the path of the plunging horses and a Hose 2, ex-Chief Clarence M. VanRip collision seemed imminent when the I er of Truck 1, ex-Chief A. B. Wallace frightened animals swerving to one of Hoae 1 and ex-Chief A. James Cron- side    misaed    the    hridul   auto   by   a | ley of Hose 1.
few feet, crashing into a big tree, j George Wallace, who was the first The driver was thrown out but was foreman of Hose 1, and Alexander R. a Post and a. Review bAth esta'blished j unhurt. The pole on the wagon was ' Rhodes, one of the firat members of in newspaperdora, there is no danger snapped and tlie horses stopped in their i Truck 1 with Mr. Wallace, before the of the world being aet on fire—that is I mad dash. The wedding party entered | organization of Hose 1, gave intereai- if there is anything in a name. An- the residence of Dr Kerr and without j ing reminiscences of the times when other paper is   called   the   Messenger,   any further thrills Miss Cotter became : apparatus hatl not been   of   the   latest
ppwer would otherwise be   wasted   en¬ tirely.
TOO DEEP FOR ME.
I've read this item from a Rockville Centre paper six times, but I can't yet discover what they are trying to say:
"A new paper is aboat to be isaued in Freeport to be called The Post.     With
but even that name is of slight portance unlesa it haa a message to de¬ liver that is worth while. The pub¬ lishers of the new paper, Mesars. Stiles and Sutherland, are bright, pushing young men, and if there is a vacant newspaper field in the village, we pre¬ dict they will occupy it".
TIME FOR TROLLEY.
Trolley Franchise
Granted
At the meeting of the Village Board of Truatees  Thursday   afternoon,   the
Past Councilor S W. Hunt acting as application of the Freeport Railroad Special Deputy State Councilor, and Company for permissioii to continue P. C. C. Wesley Golden, as Special j jtg trolley line, now running up Giove Deputy State Warden, installed War-1 Street, thru Railroad Avenue to Main den Mott and Chaplain Scudder to their j Street, was granted, subject to proper officea.       s [ conditions of franchise.    There was no
This Friday evening the firat degree ; objectior> to the application.
team will practice   the  old   floorwork ¦	
which was used ao effectively several i years ago. unde^ the direction of De¬ gree Master Golden. i
Word has been received from   Peter R. Brown, of E. F. Pruden Coancil. of; Brooklyn, that he had been   reappoint¬ ed  as   Deputy   State   Councilor   over i
We are asked frequently   as   to   the   and basenient brick building   that^ ad times the trolleys ran.     We   can   only
Tax Memos
Freeport school tax now payable to Frank Ashdown, collector, at his resi¬ dence, 62 North Main Street, with five per cent for collection since Dec. 10.
East Rockaway. school tax. now due;
say that if you fight hard enough you may be able to get a time-table from the Trolley Company, but after yoo get it do not pay much attention to it. If you want to go anywhere by trolley, find the nearest time that one is sched¬ uled to run, and then be at the place 15 minutes early, and you may catch the one before or the one after as it happens. Our office facea a trolley stop, and we find that is the only way we can catch a car. We would not I avow that they do run lb minutes I early, for it may be the one before, but we have found tbem several inin- I utes ahead of the time they were in¬ tended to run many timea.
Freeport Council, and that on Friday ; g^,,,^^^^^ g^^„„^ p prasick. Ocean evening. January 23 he will make his j ^^^^ g^^t Rockaway; rate SOc per first official visit. Many of our broth- I^iqq. 5c collection fee. ers who have been present on other oc-1 East Rockaway. Village tax, John casions when Brother Brown has been I j Lynch, collector; address. Lynbfook ; with us will remember his Peasant [ ^^^^ gGc and collection fees, greetings and interacting remarka and, Rockville Centre school tax. W. H will strive to be present. Those of our i Co„„e„ 75 Village Ave. brothers who have riever been present j ^^^^ ^^^ ^j 5 p^^ cent. i....,A 1 .1.-   --, e .u..  oppor. I     Merrick, school tax ; collector, Dan-
I iel Landau; 5 per cent fee.
receiving
There is economy and safety in us¬ ing the right cough remedy when the cough begins. See Smith & Bedell's •dv. in this issue.
AdTTti—imm
should avail themselves of this tunity. 	
Fourteen Years Ago
(Items of iuterest from the R<^view files fonrteen years ago this week)
Randall & Miller are building the new hospital at Mineola.
The Freeport Club ia considering the leasing of the residence of G. Wal¬ lace, on Main Street, for a club house.
H. L. Crandell purchased the proper¬ ty from the S. Carman Estate, Grove and Fulton Street.
Mrs. Daniel barker elected president E.
Annual January Clearance Sale at Barasch's Dept. Store begins Satur¬ day, Jan. 8. Everything in the iine [of Ladies' Aid Society of M of men's, boy's, women's and child- i Church, ren's wearing apparel greatly re¬ duced. No reservation; everything must go regardless to cost. Barasch's Dept. Store, 65 S. Main St., Freeport. Advertlseraent.
Roll of Honor at achool; Academic, Bessie Seaman; Third Grammar, Charlea Hamaker, Florence Loonam.
Lynbrook Dist. No. 20. school tax, I payable to Edward T. Talfor, at 6 per cant; rate $1.08.
Wantagh school tax ; David T. Fus- snll, collector; rate 67c on 100 plua 5 ! par cent.
Bellmore school tax, district No. 7, I Joseph Wiemer, collector; residence, [ Grand Avenue; 50 centa and 5 per cent ' for collection.
.   ¦ Smithville South,    achool   tax;   col- corner I lector, George   O.   Pettit;   rate,   79c, collection fee, 5 per cent.
Rooaevelt school tax, payable to John H. Behr. collector, at the Post office; rate, 86c; commission 6 per cent.
1.
Mrs. Gilbert. | factory make and pulled by fast teams.
Their remarks, half serious, half jocu lar, were very well received, and that they appreciated the work of the men of the preaent day, even though most of their work had been done when there were not so many hands to do the work, was well shown.
The last speaker of the evening waa Captain Jamea Hanse, ex-Village President and   an   active   member   of
joins the Club House on Merrick  Road | ^"^'"f '¦    Captain Hanse,   never   in-
capable of  entertaining,   added   much
Elks Open Annex
Feb. 21
The new $25,000 home   of   Freeport' Lodge. No. 1253, B. P  0. E., will    be!. dedicated February 21.    The two-story
and Grove Street is nearing comple tion and will be entirely completed on | or about Lincoln's Birthday. The | dedicatory services have not been ar- j ranged as yet, but they will be elabor- | ate. I
The addition is 40 feet in front   and 100 feet long (on South Grove Street), [ and has a handsome entrance on Grove Street.    It is plain in architecture,   of | red brick.    The top fl^or   will   be   de-! voted to   lodge   meetings.    The   lodge room ia apacious,   accommodating   500 without crowding.    Seata will   be   ar¬ ranged for   200   at   preaent.    In   the apace between the front of   the   room, behind the exalted ruler'a throne seat, will be ante-rooms, lodge room and re- | ception   halls.    The   effect   here,    as | throughoat the building,   will be gray, I with attractive ceiling ornaments.
ALL KINDS OF SCHEMES. A local pastor recently preached a sermon on "The Menace of Poverty." If he will follow this up with another sermon ahowing how to get rid of the menace, the Obaerver will offer him a y^r'a aubacription free.—Observer.
'It is too bad the way some newspa¬ pers try to increase their circulation figares.
REGARDING THE WEATHER. A year ago, on Sanday, Jan. 19, our weather report said :   "A   lovely   day, clear and not cold.    Many   autos   out; roads perfect."
WeeklyWeatherReport
Friday, Jan. 9, overcast, thawing.
Saturday, clear and warm.
Sunday, clear and cool, thermometer | the lodge grew up to the 500 mark and about 20. • I has   kept   constantly   growing   under
Monday, clear, windy, warmer in \ Exalted Ruler Pettit. The member- morning; new clearing at noon,   heavy , ship is now 700   with a large   waiting
to the enjoyment by his characteristic wit. •
Ex-Chief Cronley was chairman of the committee which arranged the din¬ ner, and although the attendance was amall. the auccess was greater than the attendance would ahow. Those wbo predicted it would be unsucceaafnl admitted that if it was a success the annual dinnera would oontinue, and in no senae >'oul(t it be called a failure. The rest of the committee consisted of Edwin Stillwell, Hose 1 ; Henry S. Starr and S. Dimon Smith, Hose 2; •Milton Combs and Robert Patrick, Hoee 8 ; J. Cecil Powers ami John J. Randall, jr., Hose 4; John J. Boland and Stephen W. Hunt, Truck 1; Chaa. Connor and Edward Rice, Engine 1.
Those present, including the   Chiefs
The following item   appeared in the Hempstead Republican of Janaary 10: Preaident Floyd Weekes   told a rep¬ resentative of this   newspaper   Thurs-
' day that tho Fire   Department is coat-
1 ing the village   altogether   too   much,
I and that it waa not as eifective aa twenty years ago. He said that if an alarm of fire ia given the firemen in¬ stead of   dragging   the   apparatus   at
[ once to the scene, that the boys will wait for a horse or   auto   come   along,
land thus lose valiiaUle   time.    As   Mr.
I Weekes has hoon a fireman for many years he should be    versetl   in   depart-
I mental affairs.
I have.a couple of   timea    published
i lettera in these columns giving the Hempstead boys a friendly knock, but we all agree it is too bad that they have tu be thus discourteously   treated
Tiy a village official. No one tloubts that the Hempstead Department is made of as good stuff aa any other vol¬ unteer department, and when they are criticized for not jiulling the apparat- us by hand to 28 calla they had this year, to possibly 6 they had at the time the apeaker refers to, it shows pretty conclusively that their critic has not kept pace with the growth of their village.
A namber of the membera of tho Baldwin Fire Department narrowly es¬ caped serioua injury Sunday evening. An alarm sounded at about H.16, and the hoae wagon was started for the lire behind Otto Payne's automobile. Part way to the fire, which waa in thesouth entf of the village, the wheel of the hose wagon broke, with tho wagtm traveling at high apeed, and all the men who were riding were thrown to the ground but fortunately withoat serious injury, although many ef them are nursing aevere bruises.
The second  floor   will   contain   the i ""''«"««'»''« ^°"'P''"y "'«"• P"'  and cafe and the billiard tables,   of  which ! Present, were:
there will be seven. The billiard par¬ lors will be on the floor off the main entrance. In the baaement will be four bowling alleys. A porch will cover the front and extend to the orig¬ inal building, which ia entirely of frame construction. The flooring of the building will be parquet. The heating will be by a vacuum ayatem which will be installed for uae in both buildings.
Edward Olsen, a brother Elk, will famishing the new addition with furn¬ iture Ten thousand dollars will be spent in furnishings.
Freeport Lodge is about two years old. It started with J. Huyler Ellison as exalted ruler.     Under   Mr.   Ellison
HAVE   $600.    $1000,    $1600   AND $2000   TO   LOAN   ON MOTHERS ATTENTION! 'MORTGAGE.    JOHNSON  &  JOHN-
Children's   Serge   Dresses,   regular I SON. LAWYERS, i7-4*-fiAILROAD price ap to $3.49; yoor choice.   $2.25; | AVENUE, FREEP(C)RT.     I ¦izeii 6 to 14 years.
Children's School Dresses. 59c up      I       _     „   ,. . , .j   ,
Underwear for all-- Qno Vadis      was   produced   at   an i charming Sienkiewicz   romance  while
Infant's. 26 to 50c i enormous     expense. V Thousands     of ! the children appreciate its vast aid   to
20 to 85c ' players wera used   in   the   big  scenes ; their atudy of Roman history and take
Women and children are particularly
_   interested   in George   Kleine's   mam-
BOND   AND   I'o'h   photo-drama   production,   "Quo
Vadis." which is to   be the   important
attraction at   the   Piaza   Tneatre   for
Friday, Jan. 23, commencing   at  8:80
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ful love story that is unfolded   in   the
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and ^« principal rolefa were pl>iyed by | particular delight in the big spectacu- I the leading dramatic talent of Italy. : lar features, the burning of Rome, the j The acting' and expression of these ; chariot races, combats of the gladiat- I artists are worth the price of admis-1 ors and thrilling experience of the j siun in themselves to   say   nothing  of ; Christians when thrown to the  hungry
Uie spectacular features. At the Plaza! lions in the arena, and the grownup I Fri Jay. Jan. 28. Matinee, 8:30 p. m.; children, the men, seem to enjoy it as {admission, 15   and   25c.    Evening,   "7 i mucb as their wives and offspring.    It
and 9 p. m.; admitsion, 26c. haa a wonderful aopeal to ali society.
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anow squall, colder in p. m.
Tuesday, continuing heavy wind, i much colder; thermometer between 5 | and 10 in morning; down to zero at' night; 4 below at midnight. '
Wednesday, continuing cold.
Thursday, warmer, light snow in' morning,  continuing during day.
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!     Hose 1—Asst. Chief James R. Smith, : ex-Chief A. James Cronley ;   ex-Chief I A. B. Wallace. George Wallace,  Fore- I man Edwin  Stillwell,   Aaat.   Foreman I Albert Whaley, LeRoy Smith, Thomas Lucas, Raymond Combs, Rufus Rhodes, Sylvester P. Shea, William S. Merrill, John Kobel, Steven Pearsall,   William Loonam, Benjamin Verity, Nelson Ash¬ down,    Frederick   Greaves      Clarence Williama,   Jame^   Fitzpatrick,   Frank Bailey, William Donaghy,    F.   Harold Loonam.
Hose 2—Ex-Chief Walter B. Coz¬ zens, Foreman Henry .S. Starr, 2nd Asst. F'oreman John Schmidt, Depart¬ ment Treasurer J. R. S. White, Ernest S. Randall, Theodore Vought, W. D. Finch, Albert L. Earle, S. Dimon Smith.
Hose 3—Asat. Foreman Robert A. Patrick, Forrest DeMott, Erastus Johnson.
i Hoae 4—Foreman John J. Randall, jr.. Asat. Foreman J. Cecil Powers, I 2nd Asst. Foreman Forrest S. Dunbar, John S. Sumner, Charles Winston, Frank E. Rose, jr.,  Department Surg-
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Since George Kleine made his en¬ ormous success of the Cines photo- drama, "Quo Vadis," a host of cheap imitators have entered the field of competition. However, as the Kleine production includes eight wonderful No amasement spectacle that has reels and is only produced in the high- yet been devised for the pleasure of class theatres of the country and haa J camera are revealed in George Kleine's the people of thia day and age can ap- never been leaaed for State rights or spectacular photo-drama,''Quo Vadis." proach in massive grandeur, dramatic ordinary moving picture hoases, the j which haa proven the sensation of the intensity and impressive beauty George general public beve been quick to dis-; year in ."^Jew Ycrk, Philadelphia, Bog- Kleine's remarkable photo drama, criminate between the big and the lit-| ton, Chicago and a dozen other imfwrt- "Quo Vadis," which has created such tie "Quo Vadis." In the big cities Df ! ant amusement centers. A complete a sensation at tbe Astor Theatre in the East, Mr. Kleiu'-'s production was | romantic story is told in eight reels ot New York City, in Chicago, Philadel- taken up by fashionable society and ; film that abounds in thrills and dram- phia, Boston and a dozen other import- theatre p.sriies of the "400' were a ¦ atic situations. 'The New York Sun ant amasement centers »,nd is an- frequent occurence at the Agtor The-|8Bid: "Finer pictures were never nounced for a brief engagement in tbis atre in New York. Tbe ?eorge Kleine | seen here." George Kleine's "Qao viiiage, one day only. Friday, Jan. 23, production of "Quo Vadis" will be the Vadia" will be the attraction" at the at the Plaza. Matinee, 3 80 p.m.; attraction at the Plaza Theatre, Free- evening, 7 and.9 p. m. Ticketa now port, on Friday. Jan. 28. Matinee, on sale. 8:80 p. m.; evening. 7 and 9 p. rn.
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The thirty-ninth annual reunion and dinner of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company was held at headtjuarters on Church Street Wednesday evening, and although these affairs are always successful, bringing together the mem¬ bers of nearly two score yeara ago, and those of today, this one topped them all.
Sixty members of the (Company, past and present, sat down to the tur¬ key dinner that was served, fhe diners including Village Trustee Beilell, mem¬ bers of the Company, and Village Trustee Randall, besides Chief I>oon- am, Asat. Chief Smith and Surgeon Runcie.
Each year the wives of some of the members prepare the good things to eat, and they are brought to the house in automobilea when wanted. Aliout 60 pounds of turkey was disposed of this year, besides the usual "trim- mins."
After the dinner, which atarted at 8 o'clock, had been given due honor, I Village President Cox extended a few j words of greeting to those present, land complimentetl Freeport on having a department that was "aa gt>od as 1 ony I know of~~a department second j to none."
Chief Loonam was given the usual , ov.ation as he arose to speak after be* j ing introduced as "Chief of tbe Department that was second to none," I and gave a brief hut interesting talk. I It had been intended to conclude the : speaking with these two Village heads, i but the Company felt particularly fort- lunate in having with them the first ] foreman of the Company, Piatt Conk- , lin, and he was urged to give a few ) reminiscences. Mr. Conklin said he could not help but think that if Com- , radfj Henry T. Bedell, Nelson Smith. Jacob Smith, William Raynor and a lot of other charier   metnbera who had
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George Kleine's glorious photo- j drama production, "Quo Vadis," which I estabiiahed a record run of six months I at the Astor Theatre in New York , City, has exercised a potent influence I in all circles of scciety, religious and 'educational. Large theatre parties were formed from various schools and colleges and in several instances .Sun¬ day Schools attended the performances in a body. The lesions taught by these wonderful pictures are both im¬ pressive and inspiring. Mr. Kleine's I production which is the only bona fide and important production of "Quo I Vadis," is announced for Friday, Jan. I 23. at the Plaza Theatre, Free\)ort.
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