FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
BELLMORE CAMPAIGN MOST SUCCESSFUL
$16,300 Qaota Topped Fonr Times
'¦EfRcient Worh of Chairman
Vanderoef Praised.
Renultu in the last Liberty L:)an campaign, particularly in Nas.iau County, were most gratifying and in no place is there ijrcJUer opportunity for expression of gratitufle and appra- '•iation than in Ihe Hollmore, Wan¬ tagh, Smithville South anrl Seaford districts.
In the four communities ll') resi¬ dents subscribed for $1)7,200 worth of bonds, exceeding their quota of $1(),- fiOO four times.
The g.neral committee at 120 Broadway have taken cognizance of this and expressions of appreciation have heen extended to Charles .M. Vanderoef, chairman of the committic of that district. '
• Mr. Vanderoef is cifshier of the re¬ cently orgarrized First National Bank of Bellmore, and through his untiring efforts in the short time which he has been a resident of that village the civic enthusiasm has developed beyond expectation?.
The task w^hich confronted the Boll- more committee was to .some extent a difficult one. But few residents live in the central section, and it required a tremendous amount of work to can¬ vass the scattered district.
'When the committee began its work there was little, if any, organization left from the former campaigns, which were directed from the main commit¬ tee at Freeport.
The work of the committee bespeaks the enthusiasTO of not only the men hut the women and the children who worked diligently in behalf of the loan. In the schools and the churches speeches were made and literature dis¬ tributed, all of which played its part in the remarkable success.
The headquarters of the committee were at the First National Bank at Bellmore, where one of the women of the committee was always present to take subscriptions.
The material and-experience which has been secured and gathered in this campaign will he of great service in future work.
Bellmore may well feel proud of the leadership which it has assumed in a remarkably short time.
WOMEN TO ENROLL THIS SATURDAY
\
Personal Registration Required for
Primaries-!-Party AfRliation No
Voting Restri<;tion.
,, Tomorrow (Saturday, .May 2.t) will b: an important one for the women, particularly those who reside in Free- 1 jrt, Rockville Centre and Hemp¬ stead. It i.i the day which has been set apart 'jy legislative enactment wlien women are privileged to go to the rrspective polling place.s and en- ) 11 a« riU'mb3r3 of eithi?r of the po¬ litical parties whose platforms and ac¬ tivities may best meet their approval. The polls will Of open from H a.m. to 10 p.m.
Under the law, it is necessary for th? women in these village.s to enroll ncr.sonally and in .so doing they will be enabled to participate in the pri¬ maries which are held on the 3rd day of September.
The Woman's Suffrage Party of the
Liberty [ state is advising all women to affili-
,ate with the political parties, revising
' their stand against such enrollment.
The primary has been heralded as on i of the greatest of the political reforms within the List decade, enab- linir, as it does, the mem'bers of the party at larg? to have a share in the choice of candidates whom they would have lead the party and head the vari¬ ous tickets at the various elections.
It is essential if the women intend to exercise this influence that they en¬ roll in their respective parties to¬ morrow. iSome of the women of Freeport
have ibeen under the impression that
_ , ^ . ., , , r, I if they were to enroll in either one
Track mge.ts for pupils of the Free-1 ^y ^r the other on Saturday that
port High School and grammar school. t^ey ^ould be compelled to vote for
grades have been arranged respective- that party's candidate on election,
ly for Saturday, June 1, and Satur- .^^.^i^j, j^ held on November 5
CHARLES M. VANDEROEF Chairman of the Bellmore Loan Committee
TWO TRACK MEETS FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
Freeport Boys and Girls to Com
pete Jane 1 and 8 for the
Red Cross.
CAUGHT BYMARKED COIN
Soldiers Accuse Freeport Woman Arrested on Liquor Charge.
Mrs. Elizabeth .Anderson of 87 Smith street, Freeport, was arrested Saturday evening hy Capt. Tobin and other military police from Camp Mills upon a charge of furnishing into.xi- cating liquors to soldiers.
Soldiers, it is alleged, went to the private residence of Mrs. .\ndersi)". with marked *n«ney to purchase the liquor, iind when she was searched it is claimed that some of the money wa.s fourd on her.
A niantity of liijuor and beer was found in hiT home, it is reported. Jlrs. Anderson claimed it belonged to her son. She was locked up at F'reeport police head<iuarter3 to await arraign¬ ment before U. S. Commissioner Fe- li\. lleifachm 'der, Jr., in Brooklyn.
day, June 8, on the Boulevard between Grove street and Ocsan avenue. Arvid N. Kjellander, supervisor of physical training, will have charge of the boys' contests, and Miss Helen E. Wicks, who has charge of the physical train¬ ing for High School girls, will direct their contests.
Entries close with Mr. Kjellander
That idea is erroneous. The mat¬ ter of enrollment has nothing to do with party binder and need have no influence on the voters' choice elec¬ tion day.
There is printed in another column of this week's issue a political calen¬ dar which sets forth the events so far as they efTect the electorate during
for the High School events on Friday'^he coming seven months
at 4.30 p.m., and for the <rrammar j -p^e calendar is worth while cutting
school events on Friday, June 7, atl^j^^ ^^^ pre'serving for reference.
4.30 p.m. Grades eligible for Gram-
mar Schools contests are the Fifth, | *
Sixth. Seventh and Eight. Class i QpCIl HOUSC fOr Military MCD.
weights are from 70 to 90 pounds [ ^^^ ^^^^^ g^^^^ pj^^^,^ p^^^^ ^^^^^^
""'^ °^^''- ^and Long Beae'i avenue, Free'port
-At the events, programs will be sold . j i r^ .. i v „i„ „«,! vi,a
at 10 cents each and a collection taken ¦ ??''^",^^red:l>y.Georg. J. Boyle^and^Mrs^
for the banelt of the Red Cro?
, E. Minor, will hoid an open house ifor military men ii. uniform tomor- 1 row ((Saturday) evening. I Summer resid^^nts )f Freeport who i are engaged professionally have vol- ; unteered their services for the affair, i and there will be mu.sic, dancing and ' refreshments. Boys fv»om the avia¬ tion field and from Camp Mills are i specially invited.
The Service Flag
on your stationery tellswith- out worda your pride in your boy in our land or sea forces. We have in
Hurd's Service Correspondence
in pads at 30c and in paper or cards at 50c the box. A fine quality of paper with a handsomely printed fiag with one, two or three stars Drop in and look at it; also at our complete line of fresh and modish
Writing Papers
A few bar£:ains in rem¬ nants Qf jlast year's boxes.
The High School contests for boys will be as follows:
KlO-yard dash, 20n-yard da.^h, 440- yard dash, pole vault, running high iump, runiiinj>- broad jump and inter- :-lass relay.
For the g-i'ls, there will ho the fol¬ lowing;
.'.O-yard dash, basket ball throw, 60-
yard hurdle, inter-class relay. | "t
The Grammar Schools events for ! SChWab Held tOt Grand JUiy. l.-^ys will be: • !»¦<-.,,
Dashes at 40 yai-ds, '>0 vards, 75 Louis Schwab, proprietor of the vards and 100 yards, runnini; high Boulevard Hotel, Freeport, against lump, running broad jump; hop, step ; whom the military police preferred and jump, and a 6-te.^m basket ball! a charge that he had permitted acts of j-elay. ' 'disorder such as singing, piano play-
For the girls there will he a potatoe ing and loud language, in his place r:yce, relay and 6-team basket ball re-1 after 12 o'clock at night, was held last
lay.
Besides the contests on June 8 there will be a two-minute drill wi'th wands by al'out 200 pupils from all classes.
On June 1 at the High School contests, the girls will give two folk dances and a costume drill in calis¬ thenics.
Points will decide the winners ofVies.ses for the people the contests, as follows: First place, r> points; second place, :'> i>oints, and third place, 1 jwint.
Police Justice Flint for County Grand Jury in Schwab's wife furnished
aturday by the Nassau bail of $250. the surety.
Rev. Saul 0. Curtice, of Hempstead, former pastor of the I^reeport M. E. Church, which is not far from Schwab's Hotel, was one of the wit-
Red Cross Contributions.
Appoint New Town House Keeper.
John C. Hendrickson of Valley Stream was appointed keeper of the Town House at Uniondale on Tues
CHUBBUCK'S
Quality Drug Store
Thi Freeport Branch acknowledges day by the Hempstead Town Board with thanks the following monthly to succeed Benjamin Sprague, resign- contrihutions of $1 each: : ed, and his wife was appointed ma-
.Mrs. Charlotte L. Hartt, .Mrs. Her- tron. 'bert O. Reast, .Mrs. M. E. Powell, j The Over.^eers of the Poor recom- Mrs. Jere Brown, Mrs. Jesse M. Hew- mended the appointments.
lett, Mrs. Robert H. Earon and Mra. j ^
Miles Southard; Mrs. Clarence M. i Iih1««*C/.i.hha» /•«•««, »- p...^. Mix. $3 (monthly); Russell Park] JMge^SCUdder GOUlg tO FranCC. Helpers, May 20, weekly, $2.20; 5001 Supreme Ck>urt Justice Townsend Club, Mrs. Kiiabel, treasurer, 50 cents; I Scudder closed his term of court at Nassau County Review, $1; ."iOO Club, Mineola last week, after disposing .Mrs. H. R. Johnson, treasurer, $1.50; of a case that was held over from the Charles Johnsen, $5; Charles C. Cope-i April term. As soon as he can land, bi-monthly, |10; Soldiers' Wei- straighten out his affairs in Brooklyn,
fare .Ass'n., $10; collection, Presby¬ terian Church, $18.18; total, $57.38.
Justice Scudder will leave for France, I where he is going on an important I mission for the Masonic fraternity.
Piano Gift by Hiram 9. Smith.
The Infant Department of the Free- ' ^^^ Shearer WiUS VcrdlCt O! $371 port .M. E. Sunday iSchool ia now I A iury of the County Court on euuipped with a line new piano, the j Tuesday rendered a verdict of $371 in
tine new gift of former Superintendent Hiram i favor of Robert Shearer vs R. Smith. The instrument is in token | F'errara. of the memory of his mother, Mrs. Catherine J. Smith, a life member of the Sunday School, attending it from childhood. It had been expected that the piano would be installed on Moth¬ ers' Day, May 11, biit a delay occur-
Dominick
This litigation rose out of dissolu¬ tion of the firm of Shearer A Ferrara last May. Shearer brought suit to re¬ cover $350 which he invested in the business. Elvin N. Edwards appear¬ ed for the plaintiff and Harry G. red. It was used for the first time ' ClcK'k for the defendant.
last iSunday. The gift is highly ap- j f—
predated bv the teachers and schol- "isu* nrAn..n DaK/^ •» c^.^.^.* ats of the Sunday School department. "WO Womeil PoUce tt FreepOrt
-f ¦ I .As a result of the curfew ordinance
adopted by the Freeport Board of Trustees, Mrs. Annie B. Raymore and Mra. Phebe A. Scholey, both of whom are prominently identified with the Keigliborhood Workers, have been ap-
Annual Episcopal Convestion.
The annual convention of the Epis¬ copal Diocese of Long Island was held at the Cathedral of the Incar-, ..
nation. Garden City, openiajf on Tu*s- j pointed police officers. They are the day. Biahop Frederick K. BurgtMs nrst women to be honored in this ca- presided and in hin annual address to pacity Iry Che Freeport authorities, the clergy aivd laymen made impur- Oiherb may be appcinted if the situ- t.-nt references n the war aituatiaa. atiun warrants.
WALLACE ESTATE GIVEN TO FAMILY
Former "Observer" Owner Be¬ queaths Balk to Widow-Chil¬ dren and Others Share.
The wil! of CJeorge Wallace, who died at Freeport on May 7, was filed for probata on Monday. While the transfer tax affidavit accomjiany- ing the document recites that the estate is valued at over $10,000 in real and $10.00(1 in personal property, the total e.^tnte is vcriously estimated at from $150,00(1 to $200,000.
The bulk of the estate is willed to the widow, Mariana Wallace, who re¬ ceives the Freeport homestead proper¬ ty and its furnishings, the house oc¬ cupied by a son. Archer B. Wallace, in Church street, P'reeport, and $1,000 in cash. In addition she is to have a life estate in the residuary, excepting such of it as may be invested in mort¬ gage, stocks, bonds and other secur¬ ities. Upon the death 6f the widow the trust estate is to be divided be- ' tween a daughter, Harriet R. Wal¬ lace, who is to receive a one-fourth share; a son. Archer B. Walla«, alio willed one-f»urth, and the children of the latter, who are to divide the re¬ mainder when they are twenty-one years of age. Harriet iR. Wallace is bequeathed SI.OOO, the library in the Wallace home and the automobile owned by her father.
Ar(!her B. Wallace is given the of¬ fice library, office furniture, safes, all papers, clothing, and $1,000 in cash.
Two nephews of the testator, Roy S. and Clyde C. Wallace, are devised an undivided one-fourth interest in the corner plot, together with the buildings thereon, known as the Ob¬ server Building, in Rockville Centre, each to have a one-eight share.
In referring to this devise, the tes¬ tator writes in his will: '"This bequest to my said nephews is intended to mare than cover any possible dis¬ crepancy in a settlement made with my said brother, Charles L. Wallace, in bis lifetime by me concerning our bfusiness transactions, although I do not think there was any discrepancy in my favor. However, Charles was a very dear brother to me and we were long interested in business to¬ gether, and it is my desire to give recognition of his two boys.
The Nassau County Trust Company of Mineola is the trustee and executor of the will, dated September 20, 1916.
ELVIN .\. EDWARDS.
TO OPEN CHAPTER HOUSE J MAY 30
Prominent Red Cross Officers to Speak at Special Cer¬ emonies.
The new chapter house of the Nas¬ sau County Chapter, .American Red Cross, will be opened at Mineola on Memorial Day. (Special ceremonies will mark the occasion. In the afternoon there will be a military band concert, followed iby addresses by Henry P. Davison, chairman of the War Coun¬ cil of the American Red Cross; Har¬ vey D. Gibson, of Washington, D. C, manager of the American Red Cross; A. T. Tamblyn of Manhattan, direc¬ tor of Chapter Development of the Atlantic Division, and Ethan Allen, manager of the .\tlanic Division. Mrs. Henry Davison, who gave the funds for the erection of the new chapter house, will also speak on the work of the Nassau County Chapter.
A flag raising by the Boy Scouts, under the direction of Scout Com¬ missioner Howard Covey, is expected to prove one of the features of the program. At the conclusion of the speechmaking Rev. Charles W. Hin- ton, secretary of the Nassau County Chapter, will formally accept the chapter house.
It is expected that the chapter house will be ready for occupancy on the 24th of this month. It will be one of the most modern and complete structures of its kind in the East.
RED CROSS DRIVE ¦ OPENED WITH VIM
Parade and Speeches at Freeport—
Expect $11,000 Qaota to be
Overtopped.
Roosevelt Urges Self-Denial
In Aid of Red Cross Drive
Nassau Co. Workers Enthused by
Patriotic Appeal at Garden
City Meeting.
\'oicing an urgent appeal for every man and woman in Nassau County to do their utmost and not to stop short of self-denial in contributing to the Red Cross, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt addressed an assemblage of over seven hundred Red Cross workers in the ball room of the Gar¬ den City Hotel on last Sunday even- in^'. The meeting marks the inaugu¬ ration of the Red Cross drive in Nas¬ sau County to obtain this county's quota of $300,000.
Bishop Frederick Burgess of the Episcopal Diocese of I-K)ng Island pre¬ sided at the meeting and spoke in glowing terms of the character of the men that Uncle Sam is sending to the otlier side.
Colonel Roosevelt said that Ameri¬ ca'.s destiny will be decided- by the valor of the men that it is sending to Europe and that this country's destiny will be d.'cided for good and !iot for bad.
"Even the poorest should contrihoite to tho Red Cross," said Colonel Roose¬ velt, "even though it is only a nickle
or ten'cents. I expect the rich to give a great deal." The Colonel reiterated hi.s oft-repeated assertion and de¬ clared that the United States ought to enter the war against Turkey, and declared that he does not believe in a ,">()-50 war. "In fact,"' said he, "I j don't believe in war, unle.ss it is neces- sary, but if you go to war, go into ' it to the limit and see it through."
The Colonel said that he was ask¬ ed recently 'by a woman who heard one of his speeches as to what he meant when he said that he believes all men, physically ifit aad of fighting age, I ought to get into their country's ser-' vice. "I replied," said the Colonel, j "that the fighting age is between 16 and 70, and anybody between those j ages ought to make dead sure that he can't get in, and if he is in the | early twenties or thirties, and is in doubt as to what he ought to do to | serve his .government, let him have ' Uncle Sam decide that for him." j
In concluding hia speech the Colonel.. said: "It is no use for any citizen | who is asked to give to the Red Cross to .say, 'I haven't anything to give. \ I put all my money in Liberty Bonds last month.' That excuse is not ac¬ ceptable. If you haven't anything else to give, give the Liberty Bonds. Thoau bonds would be doing a double duty in the winning of the war."
NEW SUPERVISOR SEATED
E. F. Craft Represents Glen Cove- State PoUce Want Quarters.
Edward E. Craft, recently appoint¬ ed by the Glen Cove Council, to suc¬ ceed Ward Dickson, as (Supervisor from that city, took his plaee as a member of the \^ounty Board of Su¬ pervisors last Friday. Supervisor r>ickson submitted his resignation to the Glen Cove City Council last week, stating that he was physically unable to discharge the duties of his posi¬ tion.
The Board received a request from the State Constabulary on Long Isl¬ and asking that the state police be given a room in the Court House for headquarters. In the absence of the Sheriff, the request was put over until a later meeting. Sheriff Sea¬ man has announced that he is in fif.vor of having the police located in the Court House and wiahes to co¬ operate with them in every way.
The Supervisors received a com- niunic|ition from Supreme Court Jus¬ tice Townsend S<-udder that the sal¬ aries of the court attendants at the Court House be increased to $1800 a year. The matter <was laid aside for future consideration.
IDENTIFIED BY BONDS
Wandering Baldwin Man Carried Uberty Script-Solves Mystery.
Thomas G. Duncan of Harrison ave¬ nue, Baldwin, aged about 60 years and well dressed, was found early Sunday morning b^ E. E. Newton, a trolley conductor, wandering on the MerrJ£k road in Rockville Centre. He was unable to tell where he came from, his name, or where he lived.
The conductor took him to the Rockville Centre police headquarters, where Captain John Kircher succeed¬ ed in ascertaining that Duncan had ' come from Brooklyn by trolley but could not tell his name nor give any other information.
A search of Duncan'ti pockets dis¬ closed some Liberty 'l>onds and deeds to property issued in the nam.; of his sisiter, Jennie C. Duncan of 526 Macon street, Brooklyn. Duncan was de¬ scribed to her over the telephone and shfj informied Captain Kircher that her brother,.whom she identified, had a wife living in Harrison avenue, Baldwin.
Mrs. Duncan waa telephoned and ahe said tbat her huvband was suf¬ fering from anaesthesia. H^ was tak¬ en h«ne in a taxicab by ()fh<er Need- ham of the Rockville Couire jjolice.
Freeport opened it.«i second Red Cross fund campaign on .Monday evening with a vim similar to that di.»played for the Liberty Loan. A parade featured the opening of the drive to raise the village quota of .?11,()00, and was participated in by various organizations, principal among which was the local Red Cross Branch members clad in white, led by a fine collie dog with the Red Cross insigna. Miss Liberty was rep- re.sented by a little girl in full patri¬ otic co.<>tume.
The l^cal p(»Iice, Village Trustees, mounted squad of State Cadet Corps, the 218th Aero Squadron Band and Marshals French, Ackerman and King led the parade.
.Mrs. Henry L. Maxson led the Red Cross delegation. Chief Randall of the fire department and Franklin G. Hill the Home Defense. Three troops of Boy Scouts were in line, one from the Holy Redeemer Church having ita drum and bugle corps. Among the Scouts were four boys on bicycles with another lying on a stretcher to represent a wounded soldier. The bi¬ cyclists had the stretcher fastened to their machine^ one at each comer, and carried the supposedly wounded soldier along with them. The Girls' •Service League and High School Ca¬ dets were also in hne. In automobiles n,ear the front of the procession rode some Grand Army veterans.
The paraders started from the Bou¬ levard near the Freeport Club, where the band played selections and former Sheriff iStephen P. -Pettit* conducted a novel sale. Mounted on a spirited horse and wearing a large, broad- brimmed black soft hat, he sold to John W. Bailey at $50 and to Super¬ visor Hiram R. Smith for $20 tho privilege of depositing the first coin in the pockets of a blanket worn by the Red Cross collie dog. Great cheering accompanied the sale.
After parading the principal busi¬ ness streets and some of those in the near residential section, the marchers returned to the Freeport Club, where Alfred T. Davison, chairmen of the public meeting, and M. Feltenstein gave spirited and urgent addresses in behalf of the Red Cross fund. Mr. Feltenstein's talk was a fine oration, and as a result of open solicitations, $4,157 was raised.
The Girls' Service League of which Miss Helen Wieks is the head, sold copies of a waltz composed and pub¬ lished by Leonard Mabee. From the sales and others of the girls have net¬ ted to date $18.
There is no doubt that the local committee will secure the quota of $11,000 by the end of the ' week. (School children have collected, ac¬ cording to reports, over $3,000, which added to the subscriptions obtained on Monday evening and others ob¬ tained since, will leave no doubt as to the outcome. Indications are that the quota will be "overtopped" by a substantial sum.
Elvin N. Edwards is chairman of the local committee, C. Milton Fore¬ man, treasurer; Mrs. Harry Beebe, assistant secretary, and Raymond Ackerman, secretary.
Among the women of Freeport who have worked very hard in the present Red Cross drive, and among those which time permitted us to get a list of are the following: Mesdames lloib^ ert Earon, A. T. Davison, M, L. Max¬ son, Thomas Lucas, Harry Beebe, W. T. Cornell, Charles Reach, Leonard Mabee, Neeley and the Misses Stella Foreman, Helen Wicks, Tutle, Cope- hind, Annie Eldri(lg:», Mrs. Robert G. .\nderson, Mrs. Sidney V, Gibson and Mrs. Parke.
Elvin N. Edwards, chairman of the Freeport branch committee, made the following statement Thursday morn¬ ing: "There is great danger of Free- port's not getting its quota unless a big effort is made on Saturday and Sunday. I appeal to every citizen in this community to appoint himself a committee of one to canvass and »e- cure subscriptions and contributions."
Mr. Edwards also announced that a unique auction sale would take place in front of the Freeport Club on Sat¬ urday. Former Sheriff Stephen P. Pettit will serve as auctioneer and will dispose of articles of value which have been given to the local branch by prominent citizens of Freeport. Among the article are household fur¬ niture, one horse sleigh, buggy, phon¬ ograph records and a trotting horse. It is anticipated that there will be a large attendance at the sale.
Five Eligible (or Copyist Job.
Mineola ((Special)—The Sute Civil Service Commission has certified to County Clerk Cheahire a list of eligi- bles for the position of typewriter copyist, an examination for which was held in New York City on April 27. There will probably be two per¬ manent and one temporary appoint¬ ments made.
The list of eligiblea and their rat- ingii are: Gertrude E^. Crook, Hicka- ville, 89.90 per cent; Winifred Rahilly, Oyster Bay, 83.'25; Fr^d D. Baldwin, Hempstead, 79.50; Minnie Baer. New Hyde Park, 79; Charles H. P. Smith, Freeport, 76.10.
