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Official Paper, Village of Ft—port
FREEPORT, N. Y.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1920
VoL XXm, No. 44
•UBLICANS CONFIDENT AT END OF CAMPAIGN -ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO SWEEP OF YEARS
G. O. P. WOMEN MEET
A conference of women votei-s was held in the Freeport Club. Wednesday afternoon when they were told the party issues and received instructions on matters connected with voting. Mr». Theodore Rooaevelt, Mrs. Robert Bacon and Mrs. Travis Whitney were the speakers of the afternoon.
GOOD BILL AT THE NEW AUDITORIUM
"Local Acts" a Featare of Bill—Big
Array of Tal cnl— Finds Favor
With  Large  Audience
The vaudeville at the Auditorium Saturday preseitted .an array of acts suited to the tastes of all classes of theatregoers, a most difficult thing to
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Topping: the bill were Gray & Gra¬ ham, who are local to Freeport and who presented a his^hly entertaihini? otTt-ring.
Wilson & Wilson, a "black faced" real colored duo, wore received favor¬ ably and luid an amusing act.
Williain and Gordon Dooley as bur- ie.sque hand balancers and singfers, were very funny
Edwnrds & Parkes had a clever ski", and Jack Hanley juggled some old tricks in a clever manner.
Other :ict8 on the Bill were the Mc- Kinley Kids presenting clever little girl dancers: P'reeman & Lewis, in sonps ol" the minute; and Al Shayne & Co.
The bill for the comintr Saturday promises to be another entertaining one.
LITTLE MOTHER" A HEROINE
Tot, Age Five, Saves Three Year Old Sister When Home Burns Down
^arty Has Had Great Sopport inlSpeakers, Such as Mrs.Vanamee,Wadsworthy Hicks, Roose¬ velt and Others-''Article Ten" Bared , —Extravagancer and High Taxes
JpHie Republican campaign in Nas-4- Mu County Will end this week and is without doubt, the most ^bor¬ ough and far reaching of any that has ever been held within a number of years. Headquarters has been very busy and no detail has been neglected to see that every voter within tbe county, was made familiar with the dilferent candidates, and what tbey stand for. In addition there have been meetings held in all villages, and the candidates hkve all addressed the voters. ^
Big Vote Looked For
One remarkable thing, and one that is to the conclusion that there will p-'^be an overwhelming Republican vote this year, is that there has been no heckling of the candidates at any of the meetings. Whenever the opposi¬ tion has thought that they had some good. points on which to annoy the speakers, they have not been slow to have someone present to try and con¬ fuse the various speakers,Tiut no such conditions exist^id this year, and all meetings have been crowded and have been more than harmonious.
There has been new blood in the management ox the Republican cani- ^^11. Robert L. Bacon, state com- nKteeman, has had charge of this end of the business, and, as he is a busi¬ ness man, he has run the campaign Along business lines, with the result that the people have had just the kind of .speaker.'5 they wanted, and have al¬ so had all questions of national issues fairly and squarely put before them, and in such an intelligent manner that they are not in the dark as to any big que.stion of the day, but are familiar with all the issues, and not only awail. Election Da^i to express their feelings
?8 to the present method of conducting he government.
Extravagance Bared The extravagance that has existed for the la-it three years, not only in ""^he conduct of the governmental busi¬ ness, but ill the camps where our sol¬ dier boys have been held, before and after returning from overseas, has al- to interested the people and given them an idea of why their taxes are kept up. With thousands of valuable ,Airplanes and other useful govern- 'ment property destroyed on the other side, because the government had not had the foresight to purchase with economy, they realize why they should vot* for a change, and bring back the Republican administration, baUi the Presidency, Congress and tttf Senate, so as to enable the party toTvork in harmony, and restore the normal conditions that existed eight years ago, when a dollar could pur¬ chase its full value in merchandise.
The late John Lyon, one of the best known lawyers who ever practiced in Nassau County, and who was at one time Comptroller of the county, once said "that the people get just the kind of offlcials that they want to rep¬ resent them." So Mr. and Mrs. Vot¬ er, it is up to you to-get out and drop your protest in the ballot box against the conditions as they now exist, that is the only way that it ?an be done, if you do not change it, you will have the same kind of living, high prices, shortage of coal and necessities, and all the inconveniences that we have had to put up with for eight years. Register your Americanism by voting the Republican ticket next Tuesday, and make conditions better for your- ; self, as well as your family.
Xassau Banner County 'The   workers   in   the   Republican party in Nassau County are not con¬ tent with the many evidences of a Rc- tilican sweep for Harding and other ablican  candidates,"   said   Robert [Bacon,   chairman   of   the   Nassau Bty   Republican   Campaign   Com- _   ee, today.   "They want to give the ipublican   candidates    the    biggest (te in the State in Nassau County, ^proportion to population, and they working day and night to reach summit of their desire to make county the banner county of the „Ate on Election Day." "ijAJl reports from district leaders and ' jtlon district workers, and this in- les the women as well as the men, ,^ch havo come to head(^uarter3 tell ! signs of a big Republicap sweep, number of Democrats in Nassau ^ nty who are bolting Cox is report- "^to be the    biggest    swing    ever Vurious  reports fromS other ions of the State and country tel! same story, in  equally creditable 'The Republican workers have _.. drawn  into the Republican fold ^Itthre independent vote which vrill _ larger between now and Elec-
^on Day.
"Credit To Speakera >ne reafion for the remarkable sup- that is being given the  Repub- M   in   Nassau   County   and   else- is the clear way in which Con- nan   Robert  Bonyiige,     .\3sem- Theodore    Rposevelt,    Mrs. Vnnamee, U. S. Senator Jar,. |r«dsworth, jr.,  and  others who ^ken  in  this    county,    have ont the  real  motive  behind Sgwe of Nations and the real ng of the infamous Article X 'the •Covenant of the League^' These, and many other subjects of importance at this time are be- hali throughout the coun':y this, I; last week of the most successful tifgn of its kind ever conducted sau County.   The last meetings campaign will be October 30, fjieck, Station;   speakers,  Hon. pedgfia, Assetiiblyioan Tn«o- ^'~ yelt, Hon. Jeremiah Wood, ^candidate for Lieutenant »ngTessmln Fredericlc C. Iters.    At Lawra«eel«a |t« tho speakers.w^O be:/
A PASSING  BIRTHDAY
Oetober 27 marked the birthday of Our Beloved American. His invisible leadership will guide us in the right way when we settle the affairs of the Nation at the ballot boxes on Elec¬ tion Day.
WADSWORTH DAY IN NASSAU CO. BRINGS FOR¬ MIDABLE ARRAY OF SPEAKERS TO FREEPORT
The trials and tribulations of the Papke family of Merrick reached a climax last Monday when their home was destroyed by fire. They live near the old camp ground AH^-JiSifiaA '^^ weeks ago Mrs. Papke was Taken to the hospital. She was to have re¬ turned-Sunday, but the doctors decid¬ ed to keep her a little longer.
The head of the family works for the L. I. R. R. and during the absence of the mother the care of the family had fallen upon the oldest girl, age five.
Last Monday she was playing with her three year old sister when she discovered flames licking the fumish- in;fs of a nearby room. She ran out of the house with her baby sister, but the home was burned to the ground.
POLICE OFFICER WANTED      i
The Police Commissioners of Roose¬ velt have sent out a call for a police¬ man who knows how to ride a motor¬ cycle. The commissioners have only been appointed recently themselves and are anxious to fill out their organ¬ ization as soon as possible.
CHARLES COZINE HAS BIG FUNERAL
Impressive Service Ovar Man Elec-
trocDted in Rockville Centre—
Organizations   in   Line
.The funeral of Charles Cozine of Rockville Centre, who was electrocut¬ ed on October 20 while working on top of a pole, was held Sunday. It was a most impressive sight as al- ')io8t everv brganization in .Jhe village was represented.
Tht! Elks Band led the way. follow ed by several members of the village board and a detachment of police. In line were members of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Machine Gun Co. of Hempstead, G. A. R., Red Men, the fire depart¬ ment and a detachment of the 102nd Pioneer Infantry.
Cozine was a meniber of all of these organizations, with the exception of the G. A. R., and had been elected cap¬ tain of his flre company shortly be¬ fore his death.
The funeral was in charge of Major General Bell Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the ceremony was held in St. Marks" Church. Inter¬ ment followed in the soldiers' plot at Greenfield Cemetery.
Pastor Richard Hegarty paid trib¬ ute to Cozine at the church. Flowers were '>! .abundance. The Red Men and the Veterans of Foreign Wars per¬ formed their rites at the cemetery. Co. M fired volleys over the grave and three separate "Taps" were sound¬ ed by buglers, one Co. M, one Boy Scout and onc-of the Elks Band.
Congressman Hicks, Congressman John McCrate, candidate for Supreme Court Justice; Assemblyman Thomas McWhinney, Hon. Job E. Hedges and others. On Monday, November 1st, meeting at Oyster Bay with the fol¬ lowing speakers: Hon. Job E. Hedg¬ es, Hon. Robert Bonynge, Assembly¬ man Roosevelt, Hon. Jeremiah Wood an(S others. On Wednesday evening the Roos-eveh birthday dinner will be held at the Garden City Hotel, Col¬ onel William Haywtjrd, Mrs. May Gooderson and oOMrii will speak.
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BOY GETS DAMAGES
Run  Into By  Delivery    Truck    Last July and Suffered Injuries
A case brought^by Torfin Spelina of Roosevelt against the B. & S. Mar¬ ket Co. of Freeport has been amica¬ bly adjusted.
Spelina was badly injured on July 26 last when one of the company's cars, operated by Clifford Hunt, crashed into his car on the Babylon Turnpike.
Peter Stephen Beck of Freeport was the attorney for Spelina and F. C. S. Knowies of New York City rep¬ resented the defendant.
ELEaiON RETURNS AT AUDITORIUM
Fire Department to Have Basket¬ ball aad Dance—Games Every Friday, Starting Nov. 12
Election returns will be heard at the Freeport Auditorium on election night when the flremen will open the basketball season, loUowed by danc¬ ing.
The game will be between two pick¬ ed teams of the department. "The Nasaau Young Republican Cl^iib will have charge of the election returns.
Starting the 12th of November the firemen are going to have basketttall games and dances every Friday even¬ ing. There will be inter-company games and a picked team represent¬ ing the department will play outside teams.
PLAN HOSPITAL ADDITIONS The Board of Supervisors has adop ted as^eeolutian authorising the Board of Managers of the County Tubercu¬ losis Hospital to have plans drawn for the additional buildmgs deemed necessary, and that there be issued whan neeeaaary bonds for the pny- ment for sueh additional buildini^ This aetiiMi was taken fbUowtast eon- feretaces between thf) BoavAe^ 8a- p^Arrisom and the Board of Itatia^i- ers of ttie hospital.
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At thd Polls
He speaks to us today. Do you not hear him say— "America?"
Do you not hear him say— "Brave hearts, do not betray "America?"
Do you not hear him say— "You must not barter away "America?"
Do you not hear him say— "You must not slay "America?"
Do you not hear him say— "Preserve—until   the  judgment
day— "America?"
Sidney Austin  Witherbee.
A. B. WALLACE HONORED
MEDALS FOR NAVY
Men Can Get Victory Medals By Ap¬ plying To Recruiting Offices
Lieutenant 0. E. Bennett, U. S. N., in charge of the Navy Recruiting Sta¬ tion, 8 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, de¬ sires to inform all ex-Navy men and Naval Reservists who have been dis¬ charged, that Victory Medals may be obtained upon presenting their dis¬ charges at the Navy Recruiting Sta¬ tion.
Naval Reservists who (have not re¬ ceived their discharge need not apply for medals, but will be furnished one bj^ the commandant of their district without application on their part.
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Do Not Forget
When you retire Sunday ev¬ ening, October 31st, be sure to attend to the little matter of turning vour watch baek and hour, thtid marking the rttnm to normal on the time (laeattsn.
Presented    With    Ring    As    Retiring President of  Volunteer Firemen
The State Volunteer Firemen's As sociation honored the retiring presi dent. Archer B. Wallace, of Freeport at a session of the executive commit tee held in the Firemen's Home at Hudson, N. Y., last Thursday after¬ noon.
Mr. Wallace was presented with a diamond ring and the presentation was made by W. S. Gedney, the newly el¬ ected head of the Association.
It is claimed that during the admin¬ istration of Archer Wallace the as¬ sets of the organization have increas¬ ed materially and the presentation of the ring was a sign of appreciation on the pari of the members.
DEFENDS WILSON- ISM AT BIG RALLY
SUtemcats of Wadtwotth Attacked
CoBceraing Extravagance of
Preicat   Admiaistratioa
At a public meeting of the South Side Democratic Ciub, hekl at 32 So. Grove street last evening, Ralph Stout, who was in the purchase and storage department of the War De¬ partment during the war, and who js now a large manufacturer, made an address in respect to the conduct of the war and from first hand informa¬ tion gave a complete answer to the charges of extravagance made against the Democratic administration at the Republican mass meeting held last Thuniday. Mr. Stout described tbe statements of Senator Wadsworth and lesser Republican lights who spoke at that meeting as uut^Mtble and declared that the conduct of the war was the most efficient, and the moet scientific and the moat honest in history.
iamad J. OTtaaemxi and John M. Harrincton wQI saaAmaont the club at dM Jptat dabata JBSlnMi the Repuh- Hean-^wcty and Ota Dcsioeratie party this watk. >
Issues of the Day Brought to Light in Conviilcing
Manner-1500 People in Hall-Elks' Band
Leads-Wadsworth, Roosevelt, Hicks,
Miss Vanamee, Jaycox, Speakers
HOUSE BURETS TO GROUND
An unoccupied house in Rockville Centre burned to the ground Monday night at midnight. Although the fire was outside the village limits, the Rockville Centre apparatus respond¬ ed. Lynbrook recently voted not to attend- fires outside of their village limits. ~
MEN INDICTED IN I     FREEPORT CASES
I Twenty-Eight   Indictments  Found
by the Grand Jury—Men in
Smith Case are Included
Among the twenty-eight indict¬ ments handed down in Mineola Fri¬ day were several that are of interest locally, being the result of cases that have gone through the Freeport Police Court.
Leo Goldberg was indicted for abandonment. He deserted his wife while living in Rockville Centre and was linally located in Chicago.
Edgar Cornell was indicted follow¬ ing a charge made by a young girl who has registered with him at n lo¬ cal hotel. ,
Richard Thamm, George Rich, Claus Bundrup, Edward Powell and another (John Doe) were all indicted in con¬ nection with the robberies in Freeport and the assault on UlTicer Smith. It iti understood that Powell and his father cannot be found, and that Thamm has enlisted in the Marines since the cases first came to notice.
DEBATE SUGGESTED
"Pro-Leaguer" Wants One On League of  Nations
Edmund T. Cheshire of Portertield place, Freeport, who is organising the I'ro-LeaKue Republicans, ProgrebHivcs and Independents in Freeport, has .«'.'nt
tho   following   identical   letter  to   the   word, "Chan^vc." That is what the peo South Side Democratic Club, the Hard¬ ing and Coolidge Campaiijii Club and
"  "Wadsworth Day" at the Freeport Auditorium proved to be a wonderful tribute to the man and to the Repub¬ lican party, for over fifteen hundred people were present in order to lis- teVi to the formidable array of speak¬ ers.
Music was furnished by the Elks' Band which led a parade before the meeting. Howard Osterhout, repre¬ senting the Nassau Young Republican Club was chairman of the evening and introduced the speakers.
Prominent among the array of tal¬ ent were Se^lator James J. Wads¬ worth, Assemblyman Theodore Roose¬ velt, Jeremiah Wood, Congressman Frederick Hicks, Mrs. Grace Vana- niee of the Women's State Commit¬ tee, Judge Jaycox and Judge Dike. Frederick C. Hicks
Congressman Hicks received the re¬ ception that he always receives in Nassau County and elsewhere on the Island, namely, a warm one. In a speech full of bright and trite say¬ ings he attacked the wasteful extrava¬ gance of the Democratic Administra¬ tion.
"This audience foretells the story Maine started to tell with her splen¬ did majority," he said. "The story that speaks of a tide rushing along and carrying on its crest Warren G. Harding to the White House.
The war is .supposed to be over but the Deniocj'ats do not know it yet. We do, by the courage of the soldiers and sailors who stood shoulder to shoul¬ der on the firing line. Thoy were Re¬ publicans and Democrats there, for it was an .American war, won by the An:ericans.
"The Deniocr.itic atlministration has been a tragedy. The war cost us more than it did France for four years und aln^ost as much as England for four years. The wa.stu in the bilMons spent on jiliiiii^s that never reached the other .side, shells that never hit (jt'rnian soil, ga.s that never was used, nitrates that never were delivered and artillery th;it never wa.s asseniblod. The cost of the.se things totaled bil¬ lions, a pure unadulterated waste Biggest Issue
"The biggest issue in this cam¬ paign   friends   is   summed   up
the Young Men's Republican Club of Freeport, suggesting a joint debate between Republicans and Democrats upon the League of Nations:
"Gentlemen:—
"The League of Nations is accepted by both parties as the real issue in this campaign; and it seems to me that the publie interest will be best served in our village by arranging a debate upon that issue between two representatives of each of the Repub¬ lican and Democratic parties to take place on Friday, Saturday or Monday immediately preceding Election Day, at tbe Grove Street School.
•fl feel quite sure that both sides will eagerly and promptly accept this suggestion in order that the voters of our village may measure the mer¬ its of the position taken by the two leading presidential candidates. "Yours very truly,
"EDMUND T. CHESHIRE."
THREE COUNTY OF¬ FICIALS INDICTED
Smith.Cassidy, McWhinney, Dough¬ ty and O'Keefe—44 Indict¬ ments   in   12   Months
With a perfectly set time fuse the bomb that the people of Nassau County have been waiting te hear ex¬ plode, went off in Mineola Tuesday afternoon when the October Grand Jury named three officials and two prominent  politicians  in   indictments.
The indictments follow ftve months of investigation and the men named are: , Charles W.- Smith, Sheriff of Nassau County; Thomas A. McWhin¬ ney, Assemblyman from the Second District, who is seeking re-election; George W. Doughty, Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead; Joseph Cas¬ sidy, former Democratic boss of Queens County; Thomas O'Keefe, former senator and now postmaster at Oyster Bay.
Divided PoIiUcally
Three of tbe men are Republicans and two are Democrats. Cassidy had served a jail sentence for the seme thing before and was restored to citi¬ zenship by Gov. Smith.
Gambling History
The history of gambling in Nassau County dates back fifteen years ago when the first automobile road was built. And Manhattan sports have patronized the places ever since. The first professional gambling house was «.t Hewlett, opened in 1906. Since then they have spurng up all over the county and each has tried to outdue the other in the elegance of tbeir appointments and fnmi»hings.
A few are still operating, but not in the same old way. Forty-four in¬ dictments on charges of common gam¬ bling bave beei\ the reeord of Nassau County for the last twelve months. Thirty-five men 4uive pleaded guilty and totitroen have plead«d not gnilty and are awaiting- tnai. The record is bard to equal in the United Statea. The most sensational raid was msde last July and almost caused a breach between District Attorney Weeks and Neil Vaadewatefv Sine* theft tAay htra baan woskias wfethar.
pie demand, and it is wh:it the people aro goini; to have."
Vote Straight Ticket
Hicks i)aid a high tribute to Nas¬ .sau County and mado a strong plea fur the straight ticket. "Vote from top to bottom and if no one is looking vote from bottom to top. I am in tho mid<lle so you v.'iil catch me cither way."
Roosevelt Honored
The entrance of (Jol. and Mrs. Theo¬ dore R<i()S('velt at this point was the signal for a great ovation He re- spoded in a style characteristic of hia illustrious fathor.
National  Issues
"/\11 oyos are turned to the national issues, for after all they nre the para¬ mount one.*. We hoped to see some¬ thing out of the Paris Conference that would minimise wars in the fu¬ ture, but we found a League for War, not peace.
"The League contains seeds for fu¬ ture wars, based on two things, Shan¬ tung and Article X. Shantung was the fairest province in China and was given to Japan for her part in the war, a fair example of the 'spoils of war.'
"The great is,sue in this campaign is Americanism and we ought to roll p an overwhelming Republican major¬ ity for the'straight ticket, America free and America first!"
Col. Roosevelt received another ova¬ tion on his way out and he waved his hat and shouted "Cowl-bye all." Jeremiah Wood
The candidate for Lieut. Governor said that he had brought a message of optimism after touring the state.
"The   Republican   party   saved   the country under Lincoln, McKinley and now we are called to do it again. Judge Jaycox
Judge Walter H. Jaycox remarked that the public all seemetl happy this year ^iM that it must be on account of the Tact that they had seen the sun of victory rising over the pine clad hills of Maine, an augury of the victory we are about to achieve. A Woman's Voiee
Miss Grace Vanamee of the Wo¬ men's State Committee made one of the best speeches of the evening. The men and the wome^n are working to¬ gether for the first time this year and there are no trivial issues at stake. The only trivial issues are those of the Democratic party.
"The reason that the women have lined up with the Republican party is because we realize that the League of Nations must be voted down and that the United States Govemment must be put safe before the nations of the world.
"The situation in Europe today is very applicable to the words of the Greatest American, Thaodore Rpose- velt, when he said 'I sae that peace is still raging in Mexico.' . a
Strong for Wadsworth
"Retom Wadsworth to the Senate. He is one of the most able men we 'Aave in Washington, and I speak as a suffrage leader and a Progressive leader, following the invisible leader¬ ship of Roosevelt.
There is no sueh thing as sex dis¬ tinction any more iii politics; a can¬ didate is fit for office or merit only. Smith is a vote gftter and a food fel¬ low, but in Miller we are offerinf a food candidate as the time Imw coma when ft needs more than a food fellow, (C<»tlhMd Wl Page 10}