Freeport News 19210506

              the freepor freeport long island n y friday may 6 1921 price five cents no state road will be built here this year state commissioner sisson de dares pipe line and seaman ave projects must wait efforts to confuse • pipe line improvement issue to be decided la which rout shall ba selected to receive sixtaan foot roadway word was received from albirtiy tlii week hint regardless of whether iln l|p line or tin neiimiin avenue rout in designated for improvement by th slate highway oiiiiiiihhioii that ncltli r rmite would he improved this year altluiiikh i iiim news will be homewha of a dlsapolntment to thow in favor of both routes yet it im homewlnit less of n llhm|p|iolnlmenl to those who him lieen lighting for the pipe line improve nient to overcome the propaganda froi tlie political group lit mint-olii wlu jmve been urkltik t lie improvement i he seiiniuti li veil lie whu'h hklrts tin northern fringes of the rltlcgm rathei than the liiiportiint pipe line artery through tlie heuru of ull the souih hide village there iiiih been u j(rcat deul of mat ler published in oppohltion to hie pi pi line route almost all of it emanntl from polllblll licadipiilllcrs illlll its prlnelpal purpose seems to he to 1)6 cloud the issue wbleh la in fact very otoir rat the pfopuoltlon that is to be decided on is whether a sixteen foot pavement shall he laid by the hline on till1 pipe hue which iiiik an avalhible total width of 100 feel or on the seaman avenue route which will have to be both widened and straight ened in a treat many places the petition favoring hit1 pipe line which have been generally algued through thla section about a dozen of which hear several liuiidrad signatures will bo fonvarded to the 8|ute highway commissioner this week ysute highway oiiimtrihioiifi her f *"**««"•" said that f)e hud not re ceived liny petition asking him to hlgin mil investigation into illinois that cer lain persoim had acquired optlodi along ihe lake vlew-seaiiiau tivuuue hlkhway route in nassau county wk;h u view to discouraging supporters of t | pipe huh m brooklyn city water worus eondiill highway project hi has received b communication u t tit subject from supervisor smith however commissioner sisson says thai in his opinion hie subjecl of pilous is not one his department is disposed in n vesligule as he understands ihe sit inillon ihe legislature having pa skim ihe ii win highway hill wllh us mop ihe choice of a roiile in be adopted for nassau ootffitj is left to his dlscrellnn aiifl judgment as i hi proposed highway cannot in built this year commissioner sisson mjri he has deferred looking into hit mailer boh he could dc\o|e llm oough to hie investigation of existing < 	 iiiions in niuke i be inquiry a thoi ough ima ii may bj necessary he thinks following much an inquiry to report to ii 	 xl legislature purlieu liii'ly if the pipe line route is to be iol lowed us h is bis understanding hint legislallon will be needed to acquire thla property cmnmlnsmtter meem dvclnretl hml hie iiucstion whether any person had acquired options on any . particular route is of no . onsei|iience as far us he is eoncerneil i'he mule to be r(i ioumi he says wiixjh ilelennincd bv iii desirability as a moans of relieving thi congestion on hie highways now existing in nassau county police raid crap game gat money in pot but playora make get away a pair of die ami i&bo in cash ware hclaed by chief llanuian la-t sunday afternoon whoa a raid was mad 	 ¦ crap game which mis in ufogrmm near hie rauvdkd trucks uri of the frelghl hlllllou aboul illlecn men were en gaged in hm au'iitory pastime when the police pill in appearance anil ihey aeh showed a fast pair at heels as they bad down hie railroad irack to ward mei-rlck shots lired in the all failed to halt the players tl itev william coftey pastor of ihe clllhcl william colvey pastor of hie itelhcl iiikuii the ktinie barrett car damaged honor roll needs flag womin'i relief corpe takaa liberty of supplying i mm agnes ahdot of m itrmiklyn avenue ii member of the woman's relief corp of the d i h mott i'ohi (>. a it removed the faded and torn flag from the honor roll on the etatlof pfaitt this week hii'i hip me lief ootpfl will replnce it with h new flag the members of the fotpi de cided that kometliirifc sliould lie dom about th mag considering it a dln gnuc to have it neglected but they could locate no one who assumed re sponsibility for the honor roll ho they took the matter in their own hands mrs peter hunscn president of the corph im arranging to have hie flag re placed mystery surrounds county change bill would permit adoption of any kind of government on trial subscriptions to library fund raised 10,000 announcement of new donations made by chairman smith at ground meeting program shortened because of weather congreeeman lunn delivers inspiring add reae — compliments village on selecting library aa mamorial there will undoubtedly b t consid erable amount of intere t i ve in th bill recently paused by hi1 legluli ure making possible a cluing in hi form of government of nassini county w r.-n hie details of the bill leco.r > kniun there seems to imve bifti qul i.n eil deinlf in the legislature during iik r ¦•- cent session for pausing b in nl.'e<\lng local affairs without lettl ig the i j al constituents in on the secret and jds hill it one of them the much discussed nassau county chillier bill which has been offer d at previous sessions of the legislature did not put in an appearance this year but its place seems to have b.-en taken by a bill introduced ostensibly for the benefit of westyhester county but which has been to drawn as to make it applicable to nassau county hspiiihii's from albany indicate that lids bill makes possible any change desired in the form of govern ment of the county even to khe extent if wiping out the town ilium and of returning to the present form or some ither form for a t'lal rosenburg tog much for young ahern fighter who stopped frankie carpenter meets brooklynite with long reach the auditorium was tilled last mon lay nlglil when dave itoseuhurg of baal new york the cnni[ueror of krankie carpenter niel young ahern f brooklyn the latter is a rangy lighter having ii baboonleh reach and i lot of science they fought the full leu rounds and each and every one of them was a round of pretty getaways lean sharp hitting and nui too much love making to stop ihe oilier mini from delivering thf1 po to steep punch if im had it ahem did most of the ailing but his blows lacked hie pow ¦ necessary to put hosenbcrg nway while the laller depended on thcshori wicked chop hial is fast making him famous ami which he uses wilh telling ii eel the lirsl match of the evening was a baptism of rain was administered to the speakers and audience al the ceremonies preceding the turning over of the first spadeful of sot on the site of the memorial library at ocean avenue and merrlck road last satur day afternoon the yveather man not alone disappointed but the band did likewise but iiotwlthstunillnjf these drawbacks the occasion was marked with suitable ceremonies thui were in keeping with hie event uovernor nathan i miller unable to accept the invitation to be present sent a lelegram felicitating the village upon its undertaking kabhl stephen h wine likewise sent a telegram of regrets ami congratulations major ieneral john i vhyan was unable lo be present on account of other en gagements but sent words of appre ciation of what pie village is doing in the matter of a memorial the boys of mftchel kleld sent tshelr congratula tions via airplane the message was dropped in a mag from an ulrplitne which passed over the library site be fore the ceremonies started samuel it smith chairman of the memorial library association opened the ceremonies with an address in which he outlined the history of the founding of the memorial library and declared that the project has proven a popular one practically every house in the village being represented in the drive at the termination of the ceremo nies chairman smith declared that while the reports have shown that ap proximattely 88,000 has been sub xcrim-d to date 910.000 has been add ed to that amount by a number of ub wrlf»««rm who have previously given generous amounts adiutiu r.luterhllly to them this reduces by iflo.ooo the ti,0<>0 in subscriptions that were re ported as still needed to bring the to lal up lo the amount needed if a brick slruclure is to he creeled on the foundation which will shortly hemuri cd on hie library site village president kobert l diristie in a very urlef bpmcb introduced jon gressmuii jeorge it l.iimi hiiiner mayor of seheneclady who in an in spil'iitliijnil address paid a tribute lo the boys of kreeporl who gave their li\os in the world war and ihosc who returned and to whom the llhriiry will be n perpetual memorial the selection of a library as a me morial was praised by ongrehsintrh i linn if i were delecting a memo rial he declared i would select one ihal would stand as a memorial for kenertttlona ftna thai would not alona lie pleasing to the e e as might a gran ite shall inn one that would also he instructive to the mind rather not tiv impress hut to infoorui and i con gratulaie hie citizens of kreepori on ibelr selection of a lihiary as a me in peculiar accident hutton boy making balloon falls from tr»a albert hultoii jr hip young on of mr and mrs albert hutton of l-ena avenue received a peculiar and e ran injury iis the re uli of a all out of a tree while playing around hi ham liixt saturday afternoon a toy balloon with which he had been play ing with some other youngsters got away but the cord b"eaine entangled in a tree the hutton boy climbed the tree to capture ihe balloon but while doing so fell he struck the ground face downward and one of iiik two front teeth was forced upward into ids gum going completely out of sight the hoy has had a fever all week and us soon as this subsides an x-ray will be taken to uncertain if the bone lias been fractured by the tooth iclween two dusky aspirants to pilgil i morlal latle 1'iniie kid locks of ltelleniore with the speeches over congress mil kid ilines of new york—who man i unii and village president clnls uliatltntflri cm lac mcvay the'y tie took turn in turning over a apafle light hie full si rounds iliucs ' ful f s on the plimform with the commit lee were members of the <;. jl it niembei's of hie village board and leikgly was ilin belter man locke's sloimicli seemed to be cold or pel-imps ¦ had dyspepsia ; anyway his guard wofllrr be sometime giiarcllng ll mid when he received a blow in the face ie would forget his stomach and up would go his bands o cover his hand the referee and judges gave i lines i he leclsion soldier jones of mlichel field and hoy madden ihe allaullc avenue oy gave a very pretty exhibi tion of boxing they both weighed ihout 110 pounds and wen very eyen i malched ll was an even break for hie full ten rounds first one of the iiodern gladiators would shine forth then ihe other ihe olllclals declared draw the ltd id bout was between ruddy r weathtfry who aubetltuted the car of ieor-e v haircii l king street was badly damaged wed nc-may afternoon when ii hiis shuck b hie commercial car q«'nw and p eraied by adiiui 1 llasand of wood haven the hanvti cur wai ctoaalrtf merrlck road liiniiid norlh on n,,,n long ltciich avtillle ami hie i onmier clal car was bound »•¦- 	 m m k road no one vii injured for tommy havey ami happy lack u of wixttlhuvcn why sheldon shi or where he acquired hie cognomen of happy w(js ao learned last nlglil nieiubcrs of the knlghls of columbus kdward thomphon bus been made treasurer of the memorial library as social hft pastor congratulated brooklyn tabarnacla remembers rev dennett's anniversary • lust before sinning hie service last sunday morning the km kdwin l>en ncii pasior of the haplist church re ceived a telegram from the congrega llon of hie haptlst tabernacle in llrooklyn congratulallng him on hie occasion of the twenty-eighth anni versary of his coming to llrooklyn the ue mr dennett came from new kiikhiud to tin brooklyn tabernacle twenty eight years ago on hie llrst sunday in may after serving there ills face showed determination and for wenl seven years he came to expectancy bi he was up agalnsi one i reeporl about a year ago lien the knn of i hose llmo have enough or why they have i li l'htlliln was at bast a half head slimier than bis opponent and his reach much lojsi hut i'1 made up for these dlttcicncics liy all une\plalnalile sonielhlng in the eighth round tilings were goltig nicely lor sheldon when suddenly he dropped lo hie hour lie wns up again in short order but hie only imytj iii.vmi of the evening tad occurred \ decision of a draw wm well rweelved bj ull i a check for ii.ihmi was received by hie pastor from ihe bftptlal stale mi sloiiar.n conference it was voted to the church to be applied toward pay mg off the uiortgage first phe8byterian church sunday school '.) mo a m motllini worship hi 80 a m bvevlnf wejablp 7 in p m meet lug ior uraywr and luidc \\ ediic.silaj mvmllllg s p m plan historical film of freeport all prominent features of village life t6 be preserved for future records l'lans have been started to take a historical him of kreeport within the next six weeks charles c iregson of stony hrook representing the na tloiuil r'ithfcj)ii.v niovement called on represe illative business men and offi cials and announced the plans for mak ing the ill ins similar projects have been carried out in iliverhea.l and hempstead and created a considerable amount of interest mr iregson declared that he expects to start taking the pictures for the film about may ib and that the work will conlinue for about six w«s>ks after the film is completed it will tie released for local exhibition space on the film will he apportioned on a subscrip tion basis among the first signers of the agree ment to support the project were vil lage president ilobert u christie trustee henry i maxson hllbert johnson itaymond miller and howard k pearsall village clerk s p shae village treasurer h dlmon smith po lice chief john n hart man c h johnson and j j o'nelu editor of the freeport news 12 teams inhlck . f pin tournament freeport club bowlers rivals for prizes offered for high scores the annual spring duck phi tourna ment of the pveoporl club is in full sway ami every night a crowd of howl ers and bowling enthusiasts are to be found on the club alleys the toiiriia tnenl started april lilt and will close may 10 all the crack howlers of the club harp been frt>ti|iwl into twelve teams of three each i'liere are eight prizes in all viz a prize to each man on the winning teiim and the second team a prise <<> be individual having the idghem total score and souther prize to the individual having the high est average for the tournament no howler is eligible to rei-eive two prizes jim pitcher is leading with the inili dual high score of iol finite js with in slrlklng distance with i l.'t pins to 4 credit liedell as lallied l.'7 and hows protnlaa of bettering lids mark ialim-r hg%u and "< haniu'.v kli hells are close with !'-'"> to ihe former and l-'l to uh laller . lta,v,u^lt nil plm are deadlocked at 13 apiece the hoard changes exely nighl and tie idea of the llnal stitixllng can be gained al pivscnl tin learns are as follows team 1 uiinby stewjis chiihizo team '-' kelmi-y lhinbur lolmson i'eani :! while ivrvis hrush ieain i itolo ita.vnor sprague team r — kuan lhkeiniiu ilimdall team i wallace chessldre ashlon team t bedell maker cohens team k whltaker cole miim.ii i'eani !> wrhet'k pltchit luest team iff bertie place i.elson team ii cumbell leiikens ltaker team 13 wllles jeukeivt krajer two trustees make protest to police bill write governor miller in oppo sition to having measure become a law declare intent is to affect freeport only offlear affected expacta powar of ra moval will not ba taken advan tage of if bill la signed considerable comment bus been heard during the past week of the bill amending the uw affecting or ganized police departments in nassau county as described in the freeport news last week in police department circles the comment has been strong ly in opposition to the bill as it stands village trustees howard pearsall and itaymond miller have sent telegrams to governor miller declaring them selves opposed to the bill no word has been received from albany con cerning the bill trustees pearsall and miller declar ed in their telegrams that the bill seems to have been drafted so as to apply particularly to kreeport and that there were many bad points about the bill concerning which they promised to go into details in a let ter following their telegrams the part of the bill to which the two trustees particularly object is that it takes out of the hands of ihe vil lage board the power to remove or ap point the police department officers and puts that power in the hands t.t the president although they also ob ject to oilier phases of it in police department circles the ob jections are directed at the ik>wer of removal being recalled nnder any cir cumstances the declaration being made that the previous administra tion placed the whole department in cluding the chief on an organized ba sis and it should be continued in that way regardless of any changes in the village administration one police de mfment official who would be afract m^t the p^wcr of removal eop/erred in the villain prescient in iwfclil ie ¦ i tired that he had infortiifiliijfn tlmt tven if the bill does become a law through the governor's signature be ing attached to it that such power would not be used raise money for ireland generous contributions made at lee ture in auditorium the itev l-'ather quinn of new york gave an interesting lecture on condi tions in ireland at the auditorium last ; i'riilay evening it was illustrated i with pictures which showed the dev astation which is being wrnughl in irekhml ns the result of the civil con flict dial is now being waged there and be told of his observations of the r«*tult on i lie puuplc there of this war fare there waj i large al tendance at the lecture w litch was given under ihe auspices of a local commlhee of 100 many people guve generous donations among them mr carroon !?.*><!; mr i'el lit b0 mr coveney io : mrs t'l.eary 25 and key tatlier j j otoole 125 the funds raised will be devoted to alleviating the suffering among i lie people in ireland asskst business property the village trustees iicllng as a hoard at ass ins made a complete m'.n of ihe business disirlit and it is quite likely that considerable infer si will 1b shown in hie assessment roll by owners of business scclloii properly van riper assistant chief i it-ii 1 clarence van itipor who lias c n aervlnfl aa police detectlfe since bis appiiinlmenl tu llie force during i ii uevii year has been designated lo jut a in him cliiel tlurlug any l i hie i hid bj chid ll.iilinan f h s loses to baldwin kiivporl high school baseball team lost a hard fought giinie in ihe ninth inning to lluldwlu high last wednes day by a score of 1l to 11 , the game was nip and tuck and while a num imt of errors were made well played i'litll the fifth the local boys held ltahlwin in ehmk l>.v •>«, b»j in this franin ifcildwin bunched six of ibelr seven hits and m»»iii elglil runs over the plate things were evened up in tlie seventh but two errors gave the vi-.ii o-s the winning run ivsplie the strong wind stewart pitched good ball but his support was pi mi rest when ne<*ded theinosi hollo and humes did hie best stick work for kiveporl ireenlx-rg played stellar ball for baldwin both in the box and m bat wcntlt turned in u good kiiiue wind uproots tree he*vy blow litter streets with broken branctie ' a in was uprooted and fell across the si nit in itundall veb.uo during ihe heavy wind xlonii of wednesday alieini 	 the streets llirouglioiit the village were stivwn with broken branches and a lot of mtafhlotfth indulged in hi the gale it was one of iin heevleel wind etortna which has islied the island in many tears it wm allowed by a delude which gave |. ii mis f lasting |,, ihc end of llio week forms l t legion mrs etta carman to revive childrati'e orea filiation mr etta j carman of 61 brooklyn avenue will revive the loyal teni|m>r ance legion here and will hold bmoar ings of the organisation at h.*r home children from six to fourteen year are eligible for membership and are invited to join the meetings will he held every saturday hrternoon at 1 o'clock some of the legion children who took part in the exercises at the w c t if convention held recently in the baptist church re clara malm ken who gave a plnno solo mary murlow jessie travis and kllxnhvth travis who gave recitations and dorothy weld who shiig vermouth seized in casino raid police accompanies by two ministers in a hunt for liquor law violators a visit to the casino in front street conducted by dominic kerraro was made by chief of police hartraan and nine regular and special officers ac companied by two ministers on satur day night twelve buttles of vermouth and a portion of a bottle of hitters were seized a search was made of the place on u warrant issued by county judge smith there was a large crowd in the casino when the police made theiv visit a customer had a vermouth cocktail which chief hiirtiuan seized as evidence he laid this down on the bar and ferraro accidentally he says spilled it ferraro was arrested on a charge of violating tiie mullen-gage law as was also his bartender frank mum when arraigned before justice johnson fer aro wus pnrolled in custody of chief hnrtman and muro released under fioo bull on tuesday their examina tion was set down for next tuesday when the raid wns staged the rev r h scott rector of the church qf the transfiguration and the rev erwln dennett pastor of the baptist church accompanied the police women to try aim " on clay pigeons will have special instructors at freeport gun club trapshoot ers league underway t the opening of the traps at hie free port un club took place last satur day a number of'vlsltnrs fnun other sections were on hand to look over hie grounds were fcreally amnzed with hie entire equipment and made the statement that the krecport inn club had without doubt ihe best hnd mosl up-to-date quarters in the country n ben hh new uu.iuliug.si ui'c • oiniilet ed now under contemplation i i ,\ peetcd thai 1'ieepori will hi hie mecca of thousands of visitors from far and near on friday may li at s:,'ti p m the regular meet ing of ihe frecport tun club will be held al the quarters of the shooting grouoda a the fool of south main street freeport the details for ,|,,. ik 1uj v opaning si 	 t of hie club which is booked to be held qujfaj ii will be laid before ihe membership so thai the entire program can ll 	 bo released to ibe press for publication the fred a sloue trophy was received lust fri day and is bow on exhibit 	 u halg & halg's merrlck road the ladies are going to coiue into their own tor the freeport oun dub will have capable instructors for them at the grounds during ihe week and special days will be set apart for any lady who may desire to barn how to shoot well details for this will be published later the uuttee1 auxiliary will be requested to assist the club in taking care of hie visitors on the hth of may at the grounds steps lo torn tlie long island trup sliooters'^i.eague were taken at ibe friday meeting which was held at the clubhouse the llergen lleach qua club the manhassel qaj club the ltocknway inn ( lull the nassau trap alloqtlng association and the lie port cull club representatives agreed to slarl hie league all the clubs will be in f rccport on saturday may i i on that dale all ihe clubs will adopt liy laws etc ami ihe league will then be on iis way ruddy l'onischke ihe secretary of freeporl ciiu club reported thai there had been 110,000 subscribed pro vlded long island would hold a ineei for trapslnmers along aboul sepiein bei lie staled thai be wm assured thai at least tji irapsl 	 lers would liter the competitions from all parts of the t lilted stales which would las in in in io 12 datjra school meeting votes purchase of cemetery davison declares that 10,000 can be saved amount reduced to 55,000 crowded condition of building reported unuaual harmony prevails at meet ing—budget of 149,000 raised without dlsaantlng vote at one of the most peaceful and unanimous school meetings in the memory of the oldest inhabitants the annual budget of u0,s61.8tl was car ried without a dissenting vote and the proposition to appropriate s55.000 for acquiring the old freeport ceme tery tot a school site was carried by a vote of 95 to 3 three trustees were fleeted by the secretary of the meet ing casting one ballot david a suth erland jr mrs agnes c karon and john m harrington were elected trus tees the two former to succeed them selves and mr harrington was elected to till the unexpired term of c dwlghi baker the pressing need for additional school facilities was brought out at the meeting when in response to fineries the information was given that in the archer street school chil dren lu»ve been forced to use the hall stairs in lieu of chairs and the base irent is being used as a vlnss room the saint condition prevails in the rove street school where there are two classes in the attic as well as others using the basement to take cure of the part time classes and those not attending school at all eight addi tional rooms are now needed there is an increased registration of m pupils tjils yeur it was pointed out by president sutherland of the i iard of education and at the pres ent rate of increase in school popula tion it will be necessary to provide u twelve room building every three years to lake care of the increased registra tion the schools now have a faculty of seventy members and there are 1,875 pupils in ihe schools a saving of 10,000 n expected to be made by tl.e school hoard on fin cost of acquiring the site of the old freeport cemetery alfred t davl son in presenting the resolution for an appropriation for the cemetery site madu the amount f.vi.ooo instead of 860,060 and i hen explained that the school board on revising its estimates found that the cost could probabljfc.be reduced when the resolution as put it was carried it.'i to ii there were aboul 17 presenl when the nialter of electing trustees cnine u)i i>u\id fatherland jr und mrs agnes c karon were dominated to succeed themselves john m har rington was nominated to till the un upired term of c dwlghi linker harrington declined the nomination and nominated w living vauderpool ol pgei'terlield place those who put harrington in nomination refused o withdraw bin name mr vnnderpool'h noniimitii.il wus not seconded the three candidates thai remained before ibe meeting were then elected by he secretary listing one bulbil the meel ¦ ing bavin voted to make their he - ti 	 imiiiiinoiis a vole of inauks was extended lo c dwigbl bakec for bis services as president of the school board which posiimn he resigned since tin last uu mini meeting a similar vote w.is au extended to the other members of tliu board * archer h wallace und clarence kd wa'ds were tellers und leonard s mubee clerk of the meeting llliuin.lt smith was chairman ( ! ambulance in crash stnkei lamp poat whan taking pa tient to hospital the private ambulance or comfort cur of c a kultou ft sou met uu emergency in line shape late wednes day nlghi when the ambulance of thu nassau county hospital struck a lump post easi of merrlck on ihe alerrlck road and wus thrown in the swamp while bringing a man with u broken ajg 1 1 urn bcllinoru to hie hospital l>r uaulgwi wbe was driving the ear vmis scwrcly cut aboul the face itolh ibe ilocior ami his patient were lu win lo the hospital in i'lillon's cur hold rummage 8ale a rummage sale is being conducted hjmhe ladles aid society o/temph isruel iii ihih american theater build ing in shflfth main si reel it starteil woilncsdiiy and will coutiniiu lo satur day evening the commitlec in churgo comprises mrs mark levy mrs i miner mrs ii hellions ml'h s itciss ifn i liiciliiiau and mrs ii ta iiisch .