The Unofficial Newspaper of Nassau County
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TME WCATHCR
FAIR TONIGHT AND THURS¬ DAY; WARMER
VOL. 1 NO 30
FREEPORT, NEW YORK. WFDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1914
PRICE THgEE CENTS
VAMPS MAY PARADE WITHOUT A BAND
Rockville Centre Trustee^ Ad
mit Fire Fund is Small When
Chief Requests Cash
BOARD WILL KC\ AT A FUTURE MEETING
Street Connmissioner Reports That
He Was Obliged to Advance a
Small Sum to Laborers
When t;iilef Ktcd (Jiillm of llie Uockville CenUe Fire Dcyartment aeked permlBBlou of tbe Village Board Tuesday nlsht to take thf Woodlaud'a nt^w ayimiuiu.i to the Baby iou tournaineiiL ou June 11 Uie request wad rt-iiilily Krantod. Bul whea he asked ior a hundred dollars to yay for a band it wuh another mat ler. TruHlee liufs, who had aKs-unieil llie clialr lu Hie ab.'^etice of I'resident Bulson, stated tliai llie lire lund was low and that the board would have to HCO about it. The matter was Iinally deferred until the next lueeiing on .luue 2.
The clerk read a coianiunlcaUoii from a moving ijicUiie concern a.'^kiiiK jieruilHHlon lo erect an oi.fn air thea¬ tre ou the corner of Front and Cliuuiu iiveu ies. This brou.^lu 'i'rusU!*; Wal¬ lace to hlH feet. He yaid 'Thai's lirel- ty close to John l.yon's odjce." The iipphcalioii was laid over.
ii. VVaHliiiiKton Weeks, of Moni.s avenue saked*to have ilie tliaiKe of ilvo dollars on IiIh water hill cancelled as he had removed a ho.se bib for which the charge v.as made. His re¬ quest wa.i granted
.Street Coninilssioner James Fatten reported that he had been unable to Kvi local conlraclois to do any work on the streets and mat he had ad¬ vimced a small sum of his own money to laborers to hav- certain work done thai, was absoluU'iy necessary. The board sanctioned his action.
i;dward Werner's bid lor laying 1972 f(.et of 4-inch water main vva.^^ :f 1170..'")8. The Modern PlumbinK Company's bid lot the same work was ;$li;51*.:il. The aw. rdiuK of the ront raet was laid over for future coiit-idcialion.
i.oor>;e S. Vaiulewiiier of ^ Lenox IU. .d, asked the board to return $2.50 wi ..'dl he had paid for connecting a S(..ice wire with lhe underground Cil ..e which had been cut by cleclri- clv.n Charle.=i Becker while installing «'( , trical service in lhe premises of Jo i:i .Martin, one of his neighbors. V.n ik Utter was ordered to noiify Mr. V: ude Water that ihe boc^ird had no jtildlction in lhe matter--
I'iie V\'ater (."oinmissioiier reported tl, ,t 29r> feet of waler mains had been iil 1 on South Centie iiveiiue iiml Hi;! fr , on Judson I'liice.
• le Board then luijoiirned to iiieei I,. I ,-hl.
Court Rtinstates Laborers :'-.>ur men employed sa lahdiers in I' ¦ Oepartnieiii of Water Supply, who j'V-e ,ed that they were removed last . y. i, for "polithiil reiisons." have been I i.stated by Supreme (."ourl .lustice I.l)/. ,They are Charles .M. .Nash of }.. ir. Jon, L. I., .Iohn .S. Buck and Clar- e. e E. Noon of Oceanside, L. 1.. and 'tr^nsend Wright, of Auiilyville, L. 1.
MISS IfTER WED^HENRy UlTSCH Q^J^Q^ ^JQ^ J^
HENS DIE IN FIRE
SHERIFF PETTIT HAS SCARLET FEVER
Popular Peace Officer Missed at
Mineola and £lk|' Club
Nuptials Were Secret — Followed
Romantic Example of Cousin
Bertha Leder. daughter of Louis ' The .Adonis Mike form and smiling
Leder, a well known furniture dealer ' Boy ScoutS Do Valiant Work ''"""'*'"'*"*'* °^ ^^^'^" "Steve" Pettit of Village avenue, Rockville Centre. : . . '** "'"'^'^ niissed about the Court House
at Blaze in Smithville
South
of Villag
was married on Thursday evening to Henry Fltsch, a uiachlnlst employed in Gardner's (Jarag<;, Merrick Road, ot the same vlllaf;o. The ceremony was performed at Far Uockaway and was witnessed by 'the bride's brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Leder, Jr. Soiuetinie ago her cousin Miss Ks
ther Uavis waa married secretly. The ; Cows. Horses and Pigs Taken From Idea appealed to Miws Leder. She re- i cently remarked to a friend at tbe
at Mineola these days. The good na¬ tured peace officer is laid up at his home in Freeport with scarlet fever, : something that he should have had
I years ago. How he escaped it Is as FARM BUILDING TOTALLY DESTROYED j deep a mystery today as how he
] caught II recently at Hempstead.
) Sheriff Peltit is resting as comfort¬ ably as can be expected. His doctor says he will soon be able to attend to
time "that ia the way to do It; give people Boiiielhing to talk about."
The newly married couple will re¬ side with the bride's parents on Hen¬ drickson avenue, Rockville Centre, for the preseut. ^
EAST ROCKAWAY TO HAVE NEW SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Committee of Citizens Secretly Per¬ fecting Plans For Fine Ciub House in'Village
Flames Starting In Haystack
his official duties. The principal topic of con vernal ion at the Elks' Club Free- port, Is lhe popular ofTlclal's condi¬ tion. VVhen a favorable bulletin was received liist night It cai &ed rejoicing The outbuildings on the premises of among his lirother Elks. David Gale. Newbridge road In Smith
vllle South, occupied by Townsend | rUDICT U/III FYFrilTF lltaff, were totally destroyed by flre j *'"'**"* It ILL LACLUIC . Ihls morning. The flames started In I a stack of salt hay and spread to the j outbuildings consisting of barn, hon- j uery, cow house and pig pens. I A troop of Boy Scouts under the I coiHinaiid of .Scout Master Blukle, I were the first to respond and ^id ' heroic work until the Smithville South Hook and Ladder Conipany arrived. They were followed by the Bellmore i Flre Department. I The horse, cow, chickens and pigs
COURTHOUSE CONTRACTS
Board of Supervisors Gives Author ity To Chairman—Ardrews Bros. Get Contract For Roads
Some Observations Of The L.I. Waterways Conference
LONG ISLAND MEN FOR-INLAND CANAL
It is a matter of record that the first subject to engage the attention of the delegates to the conference had noth¬ ing whatever to do with waterways.
If anyone is better informed on the inland canal project than Elvin N. Ed¬ wards he did not establish the fact by word of naouth.
So far as could \>e seen no one pres¬ ent at the conference wore a watch on bis wrist.
Plans conteiiiplming the organiza lio of a club of the cliaracter of those ! were taken from the burning building:-: at Freepori and Rod'kville Centre, and ( f,v the Boy Scouts, but six setting tho ereciiou ol a club hou.se ii^ every i ,^; ,^ overlooked and roasted in
way e'iiii|>|)ed lo meet the in eds oi .
lhe members, are b. ing worked out ; their nests. When the flames were (juiie .sccreily by a co,,iiiiittec of IiJa.sl i extinguished it was found that four Koekaway ciiizens. ..\n ai.uouijce-i (.i.jpj^f, ha,i picked their way through
menl of p'lospeciu.s of lh(> project vvill probably be sent in form ot a circular to the re.sidents ol the' village and other adjoining places within the nexi several days.
It is the object of the-meu who are fathering lhe club plan to perfect the organiziition of a non political social- athlenc club and to provide a club house of sutllcjenl size to accoimidaie iin assembly hall and dance door, bowling alleys and pool iiud billiiiKl room.
While The Post's infoiuiant dediut-s
Ihey shells. They were found in good condition, lively as crickets.
The loss is aboul $1,000 and partly insured. The cauae of the flre is 1 bought to be spontaenoiis coiubus- !ion.
TO OPEN SEASON IN NEW UNIFORMS
Chairman Philip Christ of the Board of .Supervisors was autho ized on Mon¬ day al the regular me'ling of the board to e.veciite the f dlowing con- tiiicts for the i^dditions to the Court House Building: Libiiiai i'ontracting Company of 1;10 West ifith Street; Wells, Xewtoii Co., 292 Avenue B, for Ihe plumbing work: Ja^nes H. Mer¬ rill and Company. 4« C'.il streel for heating and ventilating: Commercial. Construclion Company, <i Bridge St., for electrical work, Manhattan.
Andrews Brothers of .Mineola re¬ ceived a contract to pave Nicoll and -Marie streets, HickFvilb , with Ber¬ mudez Lake Road Asphalt at ?L20 I>er Kguare yard.
On resolution of the bo.ard $100 was transferred frotn the geneial fund to the (ounty road snow removal fund and $42.riO from the general fund to
Freeport Baseball Team To Meet i "'^ l>isirict Attorney's und to pay
I ihec lalin of the Floral .'ark Garage to muiiiou J.I1C Jiainvs oi. Jtlvo.se .whu^,Bellewood A. C. on Decoration Day I and Machine Shop for -.,|,j)ii^s fur¬
nished Motor Cycle Oflicer Willis F. While the base ball season has been Seaman in the year 1912 on for some weeks and local fans have i The coiitract'to lay 1000 feet of 12 been treated 10 some e.\ct<llent e.\hibi-I inch sewer pipe connecting lions by hie champion Fieeport High : buildings, i, caUli basins of
have unfleitaken the project, it is un derstood ilial me.v pioiiiineii' in thi' affairs of ilie village are luieresled. Several plots ol land have been dis¬ cussed SIS sites i'lr lUe" i)ii,,.(j.:ed dub house and there has heen some talk of building a waterfront swiniiiiing liool on one of the creeks that inter¬ sect the village, probably in the Angle Sea seel ion.
The idea of a club in whicii villagers would be brought together upon a basis of .social eiihality will doublle.ss other teams. The line-up for the sea-,,]
School team, the Freeport Athletic Association team will not begin its schedule of giimos until Decoration Diiy, wlif>n it is to meet the Bellewood A. C. team of Brooklyn.
pipe connecting county
caUli basins of 24 inch
sewer pipe 6 feet deep was awarded
to Walter N. Brindley of Rockville
("entre for lhe sum of |f;SO.
.Sheriff Peltit lejiorted si.vty-seven prisoners In tlie county jail for the
The statement was privately made by one of (he fifty delegates that if he had money he would take the Demo¬ cratic leadersiilp away from Harry Keith. Hero's a chance to do aome guessing.
John A. llenueBsy, who went afler Taniniany'B niayorality candidate Mc- Call with true Irish grit in the last campaign was an interested spectator.
It may or may not be significant but the heartiest sponlaneous applause —applau^^e being frequently not spon¬ taneous—was for Mr. Bailey.
Before the conference began Con¬ gressman Brown with gracious cour¬ tesy In person passed up and down lhe aisles with a hox of cigars.
The iuteresting fact that East Rock¬ away was once a prosperous port of entry was unknown to teveral per¬ sons present until the statement was made on the floor.
At the instance of Congressman
Brown a rising vote of approval was unanimously given Mr. Bailey for hav¬ ing at his own expense provided for the employment of an expert to pre¬ pare a brief on the waterways situa¬ tion. As the call for this vote was made In a speech of tribute one ol> server said that il had large political signiflcance.
Congre.ssuian Denuis U'Leary ol Queens County admitted that what is commonly known as log rolling was the method by which many locality bills are passed In Washington.
Discuss Project of South Shore Waterway With Congress¬ man Brown in Manhattan
Dr. Bulson and tbe delegation from the Pequot Club of RockvUle Centre fraternized freely ou two floor*:' '
Supervisor Hiram R. Suilth was the one man who did not have to be in¬ troduced to somebody. He knew every one present and naturally be¬ came a special committee of one on making everybody acquainted with everybody else.
Incidental to his work as Chairman Congressman Brown read extracts from a private letter niiturally omit¬ ting the name of the writer. The next speaker obligingly provided the omit¬ ted name much to the Congressman's embarrassment.
A delegate who knows ilempslead politics was authority for the state¬ ment that had not a certain man won a certain goose at a certain raflle the preaent postmaster of Hempstead would not have been chosen.
The Freepori bad lossers are get- week ending May 18 ting into condition by playing with ! The hoard will meet again on Thurs
epworth League Elects Officers Tl e Kpworth L^'ague of the Free- |i ¦; .Methodist ("hurch have elected 111- iOllowing otiicers for the ensuing ,\( ir: President, Charles .1. .Marlin; i-'l.tii Vice President, Miss Anna < . .'Sifleld; Second Vice President, i(.,r«ld E. Brown; Third Vice Presi- <U ;il; Fourth Vice President, Miss M •i'i')n Bedell; Treasurer, Harold B. .Sl iCi; Secretary, Stanley Raynor.
Walters-Smith
Mi ;s l^Ua Walters of North Centre
;\v;'ti le, Rockville Centre, was married
lo .A'len Smith of thc same village by
lhe Kev. E. B. Richmond on April 30th.
have the eudorseiiient of the village aulohrilies and the Civic Association, several of whose niembers are in the forefront of the movement, for much such an organlzallon will fill a long felt want in ilial coiiiimiiiiiy.
TIh^ club will he established on the broadest social lines and meuibers will be admilled upon the iiiiyiueiit'of iiioilest dues. It is the puipose of the conuuiltee to make Ihe club popular and of general benelit to the village. !
QUARANTINE BILLS ARE ORDERED PAID
Town Bojrd Acts After Hearing Dr. Rhame's Explanation
Although the Town Board of Audit 1 rejected a number of bills from phy¬ sicians for the care of quaianline ca.s- es prior to the meeting on Tuesday, all of them weie ordered paid by the Trustees after they had listened to the explanations of Dr. William Rhame, the lowiislilii's health officer, upon whose aulhority most of them were contracted.
ROOSEVELT WIU NOT BE A CANDIDATE
;on will probably be Freddie Bede
aud .¦Vriliur Abrams, pitchers; Claude
Soper, catcher; Arlhur Cook, flrst ,
base; Will Cheshlie or Joe I'eltit, „
second base; JeroiiiC Nolan or i'ettit,. '
short stop; Bert Edwards, third base; !
Sam Cheshire, Cuihy and John .Meany j So States Bonheur Former Leader
as intielders. j
New uniforiiis of grey with green 1 and Personal Friend
strliuis, black caps, grey and green i ,. ., , ,. , ,. „ ,
stockings and black belts have been I /'P"" 'I'^-^v^ of the return of Colon- ordered lor the team. The players : 1* ^'""^f'^-^!' fo'" ">« ^ '1'1« "f South expect to make their flrst appearance ' A">erKan jungles, the announcepient io them on Decorauon I^ay.
The Fieeport A. A. made a record lasf season hut expects to do better Ihis year.
OCEANSIDE CHURCH IS RE-OFENED
Elaborate Services on Sunday— Memorial Window to be Unveiled
j comes from Paris through Lucien ' Bonheur, ouce his leader in Nassau ; County and a close personal friend, I that und^r no t in'imsiances will the former Presideni t e a candidate for I the Covernorshii. .>l' .New York at the coming election. This statement Is taken as aulhoritive particularly in view of the fact that there will be no demoiisiration as lhe Aldan, upon which the Colonel Is a passenger, comes up the bay.
! 15onheur declines to say whether he ; is authorized to make the positive [ statement as coming from the Colonel ! or nol, allhough he declares that it is iiiithenric. He asserted also that Col¬ onel Roosevelt will in no way interest himself in the selection of the Pro- will make an ITort to have his views incoriioraled
HANDSOME PRIZES FOR FIREMEN AT BABYLON
Southern N. Y. Volunteer Ass'n Has Many Entries For Tourna
ment on Jime 11 j
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After undergoing reconstruction for .several months pi si lie new house of worship of tue Oct imside Presby¬ terian I'hurch is lo be re-opened for services, Sunday. .May ."^Isi. Al 10.30 Jt'apiiears that the refusal to audit I''i the morning the Burr Window iu ^JiesTive'nominee but the claims was based upon a techni-| "'" chancel will be unveiled and a bi- cal violation In the form of the bills. | ographical sketch given of the founder j,,,^, (,,p p,^i„„.,„ „r ,,,,, p.^,.^
Seveial of the patients whose names a'id hrst pasior of the church. .At:
appeared on the bills appeared on the ^ 7.;{0 iu the evening there will be public I
assessment roll as property owners | «^or«hiP a sermon by the "«v. ^ Qgsyjygp sy,^££y,j,pjjQy£^,£j|y g^g^
A bill of $;"> from Dr. A. D. Jaques of "arcus isurr. \
Lynbrook, for the diagnosis of a case j (J'l Tuesday evening, June 2nd, the
of diplheria was among the others. \new pipe organ will be opened. At
A long discussion of the bills follow¬ ed their presentalion before the meet¬ ing. The Trustees sitting as a Board of Healih passed them for payment.
7.30 there will be an organ recital ex-' m„, , c; j„. ,„ii » i -j o i tending unlil 8 o'clock when the ser- ^ew Sidewalks Are Laid-Parkmg
Soon to Begin
BABY BOY BEAT WAY TO BABYLON
tending
vice for worship -will begin, at which an address will be given on "The Im¬ portance of the Musical Portions of the Service for Worship."
On Thursday evening. June 4th, the reconstructed house of worship and It
Earl J. Bennett. Joseph Felton and Edwin G. Wright are laying new ce¬ ment sidewalks and curbs on their property easterly side of (Jbserver
! equipment will be dedicated, the ser- '.itreet, Rockville Centre. They are the Twr.-.nH«halfvpAr nhi c„u-=u-_ i vice beginning at 8 O'clock and indud- flr.st evidence of extensive (mprove- Iwoand-a-haltyear old Schreiber, j^g i„ addition lo the cat of dedlca- ...ents thai are to be made to the
tion, a sermon appropriate to the occa- street.
sion. ! The taxpayers at the last village
Prominent clergymen and laymen election voted to spend |:'500 for the will participate in all the servic.-s and purpo.se of p.irkim; the center and a cordial Invitailou is extended lo the ,,ra'eling the roadway. When these general public to he present -
Returned Safely
Johnny Soluelber the (wo and a half year old son of the Hiiilioad Avenue, Freeport, Tailor by the same name took his first joy ride on Saturday morning by boarding the ten. o'clock train ut Freeport without the know¬ ledge of the trainman.
Just before the tarin n'iiched Baby¬ lon he was recognized by the conduct¬ or who took care of the little fellow and sent him back to his parents.
Dr. Hillis Will Lecture In Freeport Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis. of Brook, lyn, widely known as an oiiitor upon religious topics, will address wn audi¬ ence in the Freeport .Methodist-Epis
ly presented- his name to Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo. He wHl have as opponents for the Job A. I.
copal Church on Wednesday evening, I Nova, LeRoy W. Ross and Edward
June 3. The subject ot his lecture " ' " ''
will be "John Ruskin's Meusage to tbe
TwwUstb Gaatury'"
Keith May be Successor to Maxwell Henry P. Keith, Democratic leader of .Nasisau County is mentioned uh a [lossible candldatt- for the appointment as Intelual Bevenue Colieclor lo sue ceed William J. .Maxwell, of Brdoklyn, whose term in oflice has expired. .„„ „ „^„ ,,.,,.
Keith will h*ve the support of Con-^| .>,erlrck Hoad and i'ark arenue. Rock gressnian X.athrup Rrown, who jecent- (-/Ule Centre.
Iliil lovniiieiits are completed it Is au- ilci.inietl will relieve the traffic con¬ ges ion. Hi the junction of Merrick ro;u . Centie and Lincoln avenues.
O.ivlson Homestead s N'ew Piazza J'lhn T. Davison, vice [(resident of the Bank of Roi k\ ilie Centre, is build¬ ing a uew iilazzi on his residence,
Firemen who go to Babylon on June 11 to take part in the tournement of the Soulhern New York P"ireiiien,8 AssocialioiL will double their effoils lo without ill some of the eventii when Ihey see the i'ine arrayof prizes that have b en secure^tj by the committee, Jusiice Walter H. Jaycox, Congres.s- iiian Lathrop Brown, Supervisor Fred Shei^le, the Long Island Railroad and well known men throughout the Isl¬ and have respond" d lo a request for iroiihies.
11 there is any village in the terri¬ tory embraced in the southern N. Y. As.-.ocialion desirous of getting the Pjif) convention, that village had bet¬ ter lake heed of the prearationsbe- iug made by Hempstead to secure the privilegei Heuipsiead has voted to send a band and five fire companies ill their best strength to make a show¬ ing In lhe parade and games.
Other companies a:id contests they will enter are as lollows:
Cenlral I'ark Fire Co.. cbeniical en¬ gine coniest; Lynbiook Hose Co. No. 1, hose contests .Nos. 1 and 2, and horse hose contest; West Sayville Hohe Co.,hose con les I s 1 and 2, depart¬ meni coniest and individual ladder .scaling; West Sayville Hook and Lad¬ der Co., hook aud ladder contests 1 and 2, departm'.ut conlesl and individ¬ ual ladder scniiiig: Liberty Hose Co., Lindeninirst, cliemical engine contest; Bresliiu Fngiiie lo., l^indenliuisi.steam and gasolene eugiiie contest; Islip Hook and l^i.ddei Co., hook aud ladder coniest and di iiariiuent contest; I'ro¬ teclion Hose Co., iluntlnglon, individ¬ ual ladder scaling; Alert Hose Co., Hoik\ille Cenlie. hose contest No. 2 and individual h:dder scaling.
The track will be laid out on Cooper stieet in Babylon. This decision was arrived at afler Uie properly owners ou Carll avenue hail protested against using that thoioughfaie for the track. The coniraci tor ilie grandatund ha.s been hi and the work of construes ion will CDiiini'-'nce wiitiln a week. The Twenty-second Regiment Band will furnish the music for the Babylon Flre Deiiartment.
Curtis A: McGarirty were the only persons who bid for the privilege of erecting the grandstand. They bid ill', iiud v.ere awarded ihe privilege.
Reiglemann of Brooklyu. who will have the backing of Congrsiiman Fitx<«rald.
This Is the first change of any kind that bas been iniule in the etyle of ar¬ chitecture of the house since it was built, forty-live years ago. The old piazza was In i einarkablo state of pre- Borvation and the workmen had con- •Idvabl* dlfflaulty ia Vifiriivf It dowa.
Freeport Suffrage Club Meeting Persons interested iu "Wotes for Women" aud others who arv uot *'"' be iidmltted alike to the mtijilnK of lhe Fieeport Suffrage ('lub which will be held in Brooklyn Hall on Monday aflernoon. May 25, at 2.30 o'clock. MtB. Weeks aud Mrs. Comstock, botn of New o'Yrk. will address the gather-
KEROSENE AS AMMUNITION IN WAR ON MOSQUITOES
Freeport Man Calls Upon Village
Authorities and Residents For
Co-operation in Crusade
By the J\u1IcIouk use of crude or kerosene oil on the surface of stag¬ nant ponds In the lower meadow land, Alvin A. .Sealy, of Bayview hopes to rid Freeport of niosqiiitoes this sum¬ mer. In "a letter to the Board of Trustees which will come to their of¬ ficial atlention al the next iiieetlrig; the well known r(»alty man siiggesis that the village join hands wilh inill- viduals in an effort to exleriiilnate the dreaded insect. It is entirely probable that the authoriiies will iici iUliiiim lively. Dr. William II. Itiincie for the health deiiartmeiit has already order¬ ed that oil be used by scavengers when cleaning cesspools.
"This is the time to war on the mosquito," said Mr. Sealy to a repre¬ sentative of The Nassau Post recently, "It is at this season of the yejir that they propagate. If the proper pre¬ caution is taken now fhe larva can be killed before the bot weather aiilve.s. It will not be long before mosquitose are buzzing about aud stinging and annoying everybody. The people ol Freeport should see to It that In this village they are exlerminated before It Is too late.
"I aru advocating the use of oil on the surface of the small stagnant pools and over the meadows where these dreaded and poisonous Insects breed. They can be wiped out In this way. When the mosquito pest became unbearable in and about Jamaica Bay the government experimented sucoess- fully with kerosene oil. Conditlofis thero were much more »si;revaied than at Fieeport, but the attempt was made early and during that summer there was no annoyance from the buz¬ zing, biting and very annoying In¬ sects." \
In the plan of warfare advocated by Mr. Sealy, he cials upon the villager:-' to cooperate. His suggestion Is that everyone use at least a gallon of the oil In cesspools and low places oli their property where stagnant pools are likely to form, especially in the southern section of the village. U ',s probable that the campaign again.st the mosqullo will begin wiliiln a wt-ek. and there Is ever^ indication that It will be a vigorous one.
Appropriate Funds for Veterans Justice .E T. Neu presided at the meeting of tlio Tov.n Board on Tues¬ day, owing to the absence of .Super- \ isor Smith, who was at Wa.shliigion, D. C., (onferrlng with the Hon. I.jitli- rop Bkjwu on th<s Inland Waterways project. The board passed a resolu¬ tion giving the Moses A. Baldwin Pos' of Henipslead, and the D. B. P. Mott Fotit of Freeport $50 each for use Me¬ morial Day. This custom has been followed (or yeara.
ENTHUSIASM MANIFESTED AT MEETING
Nearly Every Township and Vil lage Represented-Comtnittec Be¬ fore Army Engineers To-day
Belore the United Statea Anuy Board of iieview lor itiv'eia and iiai- oorii a commlllee ot Loug isliuid uxea. several ot tiiem oihcluls of towushipt, vtlla«,es aud counties boideriug on the Ureal South Bay uud v«ai«nt cuutigu- uua LU it alou£ the South Sbore, are arguiug agauist tue uutavorabie re- iiori Ol Cuiuuei itu^ttslei' ou Lhe iAmg isiaud iuiauu caul piujeci today, lu a aual aueuipt lo rtopeu the ^overn- uieiu's luvebilgdiiou ol lUe long deier- led waLetA\u> Lual wouid liuk lUe vsaiers ol Jitmaicu Bay wilb luose of I'ecouic Bay. Vviin a iborougu unuer- siauuxug Ol the suuauou wuicu has aoveioped since tho reporl ot the Army i:;ugiiietr, luey are piepared to meet evry oujeciiou sei loiiu aud to speak ior all ol lUe greai Souiu Side. It aceuis piobable Uom repoi is itv-elved cuily luia aiieruoun from \\ asfuiigiou lUai llieir uusbioii would uot be Ituii- luss.
The delegutiou which joiued Con- gressuiau i.aUiiop Biowu, Loug isl¬ aud s Coui^i ebsuuiii, at the SuuieUam xioiel, \vus euuic'ly repiebeuiaiive. .iiuong tbem watt i'ledenca Uilberi, of CedaiUuibt; LeRoy J. Weed, Assem- blymau from Naosau County; Dr. Wil¬ liam A. Strong, presideut of East Uockavwiy village; loiiuei Jusiice El viu N. KdwaiUs of I'lecpori; Joseph liailey, ot I'aiciiogue aud W. W. Hulse of Bay Shore, repieseuiiug the Long islaud Waterway's League; Hiram It. Smilli, supervisor ot tbe town of ilempslead; aud others representing waterways leagues ou Lung islaud, llie Jamaica Biiy imiirovement Associ- aiiou and tho New Vuik Waterways 1.^0111 mittee.
.1 -iO men who are present at the hearing in Washington were most of liiem al the couleieuce arranged by I oiigressmau liiowu at the Hotel Ivnickerbocker, .Mauhailan, on Satur¬ day, wheu lhe waleiwiiy project was discussed by some litly Loug island¬ ers. There were uunierous aud force- lul reasons advanced at this confer¬ ence as to the necessity of such a waterway along the South Shore. The various speiikeis who addressed the galheiing brought ilieiu all out. They evidenced au enlhusiasm tbat cou- irasied strangely with the pessimism of the Congiessiuan. W. VV. Hulse, who slood near the lable from which an array of maps were displayed, hurl¬ ed fiici after fact at the meeting with the vigor of an advocate. He coutra- ' dicic'd that part of Col. Roessler's re- I>ori which says that there was no loniiage to warrant tho building of such a canal along the .South Side and sho'tved that the op](ortuiillleB for commerce would be irtcreased enorm¬ ously by the oiieiiiiig of such a water¬ way.
AssiTublyman Le Roy J. Weed, of Carden Cily told of his efforts in Al¬ bany wllh reference to caual legisla¬ liou, acticulaiing the sylliibles of his long words witli the clearness of an elocution teacher. He loo touched ujion lhe waterway as a new revenue of coiahiCrce and ventured the sug¬ gestion that the government would make uo mislako lo built it.
Klvju .V. Edwards, of Freeport, for cleiuiiess and illrecUK.ss ol slalement show Ills Intimate fanitllariiy with tbe project. He told lhe Long Island men something of IIk^ history of the water way iiiid showed ihal nolhlug bad beeu left undone by those wbo undertook 10 fill her the project.
Ex-Congressman V\'. W. Cocks told of tfie elloiis lhat were made during bis term in Washingioii to further the inovemenl for a Long Island canal aud coniiiiendeil the efforts -of those who are at present engaged In tlie under¬ taking.
James Cocks, of Oyster Bay, the heaU.'ile.st looking man at tbe meeting, admitted that he came from a sectlou of the Island thai was truly progress ive and said tbat the spirit of pro¬ gression that lay In ihli k hunks In bis town was the charattier that should be extended straight across the island in the interest of the canal. He pledg¬ ed OvHier Biiy to the movement.
Supervisor Hiram R. Smith, who was received with a hearty hand when he rose to speak said that the people of Hempstead were always ready to do aliyllflag to help build I>oug Island lie believed that It would be shown were a vote to be had. Tbat the town¬ ship would cede such lands necessary lo the l.'nited Stales government for a trunk canal there seemed no doubt from tho remarks of the supervisor.
Village i'resident Roland M. Lamb. of Freeiiort; agreed With Smith as to the temper of the people in their at tliude to'^ard imponant Improre¬ ments. And he particularly called at¬ tention to the fact most important to the canal project, that Kreeport had slroady eutabllshed later canals ¦fvbich were called for Id the general scheme. He stated that tbese Uter- i ContliMMd cn pao* 4
