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VOL 1 NO. 15
FREEPORT, NEW YORK. SATRUDAY, MARCH 28, 1914
PRICE THREE CENTS
VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR WHO
CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY IN
FREEPORT WEDNESDAY
AUDITORIUM TO SEAT 1000 FOR FREEPORT
Association Assures Building
Within Six Months-Campaign
for Subscribers Begun
EMUST ASSISTANCE OF THE WOMEN
Public Hall Will Uc One Story Structure Equipped with Gymnas¬ ium and Stage to Cost $30,000
That within six inonthB Freeport will have an auditorium tboroiiRhiy modern and apprporiate with a Beat¬ ing capacity of 1000, a hall In which the villaKo mlRhf kIvC public functions ot an athletic or social nature Ih as-j-, PUBLICATION DAYS CHANGED sured. An linportaut -ineetlnK of the : y^^ Nassua Post from thia day and Auditorium ABBOCiatlon waa held last henceforward will be published on Tuesday evening In the .Miller 15"'1«1-| Wednesdays and Saturdays instead of Ing m Grove strett at which various i q„ Tuesdays and Fridays as hereto- gltes suitable for such a bulldlnK were | ^^^^ yy^^ change in the publication discussed and approved and an fu- days has been made necessary because thuslastlc and vlxorous canipait;n of ^, mechanical difficulties at the print- cooperation among the citizens of the ^^^^ which have caused delays in the village proposed and mapped out. The { past, members of the AHSodation pre.sent including Fiesldeht, K. H. .Mayland,
Father Robert K. Iloyle, Ilaymond .1. FAVORS MUNICIPAL WEIGHING CENTRES Miller, Roland M. Lamb, t^dward .S.
Keogh, Henry J. Raymore, J. Huyler
Ellison and Samuel T. Raynor each
pledged active service in the campaign Co. Sealer Wood Believes People to Becure *6,000 in stock subscriptions I gj^^^jj j^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Weights before July let.
To more efficiently and energetical¬ ly carry Into effect ita program, the Association will enlist the support of a women's auxiliary formed to work ! In harmony with the cltizenft organi¬ zation In the worthy object.
The need of an auidtorlum in Free-1 port that affords the dual advantages ! terested. The state of Massacliusetts of a gymnasium and hall for enter-1 has a number of municipal wei>-'bing talnmentB, banquets and conventions i geales where people cm have their
ROCKVILLE CENTRE DEFEATS ST. GEORGE
Largest Audience ^fyirnes$ed
First Basket Ball Game of
Teams Since Late Dispute
600 ENTHUSIASTS CROWD AUDITORIUM
Hempstead Contingent Began Scor
ing. But Local Players Team Work
Won for Them-Score, 32 24
PROf^lNENT FRECPORTER WHO
IS RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS
ATTACK OF HEART TROUBLE
RAYNOR HOMESTEAD,WHERE CAPT. SMITH LIVED, IS GONE
Site of Land Mark of Early Freeport
Will Become Flower Garden of
Charles Lenker
yhal people should famlllaiize IheniBelvos with correct weight by oh- tabll.shins municipal weighiiin cen¬ ters, is !i pi'oportltion in wliich Fi'ank A. Wood, the Nassau county sealer of weights and measures is deeply In-
of a public nature has long been felt, especially during the last three or four months. The building which is to cost not more than ^30,000 will be a one story structure with basement amply fitted to meet the various needs for which It Is Intended.
The main floor will be of sufflcleut proportions to seat a thousand persons and to allow for the playing of basket¬ ball on a court of regulation size. Musical and theatrical entertainments dances, banquets, lectures, conven¬ tions and other Indoor anuisenients will be given there.
Plans and speclflcatlons tor the au¬ ditorium are being perpared by Chas. Hart, of Freeport and Day Shore. -
cocil and other conimodili(>s weighed at a small cost—ju.st inousli lo oflsct the cost of mainteniiiue.
"Few person.s Ciuc to iiuikc thein- 8elve.s appear so small or mean as to question the exactness of weight giv¬ en by a merchant," sold Mr. \\'ood, "nor do they like to take their pur¬ chases to another merchant to verify weight. Tho municipal ¦weighing cen¬ ter would remove any feeling of deli¬ cacy when weight was susplclonrd.
"Coal Is one of the commodities tiiat could be weighed, to advantage, 1 be¬ lieve. I do not imply by this that short weight is given by coal dealers, but to have the weight of a ton of coal certified would be sati.^fylna; to ' every buyer, I am sure." ~~~~~" ; The sealer has accoinpll.shcd con-
Elaboratc Preparations Being Made j •'*W<'»"»bie throughout .\a8.sau County
getting scales, measures and
ROCKVILLE CENTRE'S EASTER DANCE
for After-Lent Affair
weigjits brought up to standard as re-
Elaborate plans have been made for ; quired by law, since lie assumed hl.s the annual Easter dance of the Rock- duties a couple of years ago, but
ville Centre Club which will be held on Tuesday April 14. The following com¬ mittee Is arranging the affair.
Mrs. Alfred Browne, Chairman; Mrs. Frederick J. Bushnell, Mrs. C. W. I'jnkham, Mies Grace DeMott, Miss Edna Roeckel, Miss Mary Thorp, Mr. Harrison B. Wright, .Mrs. Hlllcry H. Sheets, Mrs. Harold VanUuyn, Miss Cora Roeckel, Miss Ethel Davison, Mr, Prank Erlsman, Mr. David Longe- necker, Mr. Andrew Edwards, Jr.
The patronesses are Mrs. Frederick J. Bushnell, Mrs. John W. DeMott, Mrs. Frederick M. DaCosta, Mrs. Har¬ ry W. Reeve, Mrs. E. R. VanTassel, Mrs. S. P. Bunker, Mrs. Hillery H. Sheets, Mrs. Wm. E. Heyward, Mrs. Jacob Broiiwer, Mrs. Edwin Patten, Mrs. John W. Cross, Mrs. Harold Van Duyn, Mra. Edward Snyder, Mrs. Frank H. Erlsman,
j thinks that llie people owe a duty to ' themselves iu the matter of getting
full weight and measure lor the things
they purchase.
PAHEN APPOINTED AT REDUCED PAY
Rockville Centre Trustees' Economy Angers Wallace
A long existing animosity between trustees Joseph Russ aud Edwin Wal¬ lace of Rockville Centre, i;ea''h<3d a crisis at the recent organization meet¬ ing of Ihe Village Board on Monday evening, when the latter prefiented a resolution authorizing the appointment of James W. Patten, of I'owell avenue, as road commissioner of the vilage al a salary of $400 a year. The resolu¬ tion was brougth before the meeting with a number of others. Freeport Club Plan* Mniatrols. ; Imedlately upon Its prosent.ulon A blK minstrel performance, to be i Trustee Russ sugested tliat tlic board given under the direction of John Ger-] talk the matter over. The trustees meroth. formerly with Gecirge Cohan's i went into executive session and re- "Honey Boy" troupe, has been decided ' niain«d 'or half an hour. When tney on by the Freeport Club. No date | resumed their regular business Patten has ben selecteo for the performance, i *«s appointed, but the salary reduced but rehearsals will be commenced \ *« *350 a year. Trustee Wallace left TTltJiin a short time and the affair glv-1 t^he room immediately afterward. en some time within the next six i The former road commissioner was weeks. , Robert Marvin, who received a salary
I of $450 with an allowance of $60 for
I Buper\'lslng the laying of a drain pipe.
'llie largest audience that has gatlP" eu'd in the auditorium of Ihe Rock- \ille Centre Club wiine.ssed the ba.s- kt-thiill game between the Sl. (Jeorge Club ol Ilt'Mipslead and the invuicible live of the local club on Wednesday evi'ning. The contest wa.^ tlie lirst in a year, since a m«:morabU- occasion Inst winter wh<'n chairs were thrown across the Hemp.slead court and the Itockvllle Ceniie players left the hall without finishing the game. The scoie was '.'.'J to L'l In favor of the local team.
Probably never lias Rockville Cvn- tre become more deeply eniersed in the spirit of. sport than on the occa¬ sion of th(! visit of the Hempstead team. From seven u'cloc kiuuil the starting whistle for the opening of play was sounded, enthusisaiic follow¬ ers of basketball crowded into tlie big auditorium luitil il was literally Jam¬ med to the doors. Tliey came in auto¬ mobiles and afoot. The parking sjiace to the east of the club house was aglaro with more than two hun¬ dred headlights. The streets were lined with cars.
A mighty roar sliook the lafiers as the two teams—the visitors in blue and the locals in yellow—romped onto the lloor. ••I'illy" Uaynor, a Freeport tjoy, was conspicuous in the line up of Ihe llempsiead leaiii. Ile provetl a ihoin in tlie side of Whitehead during ihe entire contest.
The hopes of the audience rose and fell as the game" progressed, but there was no time during wliich the ap¬ plause for either side or the other ceased. The Hempstead players start¬ ed things moving in the tirst few min- uies of i>l«y by scorin.t-r three goals and holding the local quintet score¬ less.
During the remainder of -the first hair the Rockville Centre boys by the same consistent team work that cnar- (Wlerlzed their play throughout the season, scored goal after goal until Ihey had a comfortable lead of six points when the period was over.
Hempstead again rallied in the sec¬ ond half, but it was of no avail, for the locals met,4heir aggressive com¬ bination i»lays and linistied in a whirl¬ wind. During llie contest Smith of the Hempstead team clearly demon¬ strated his exceptional ability by throwing eleven of-twelve possible goals from the foul line. McMillan, who jumped at center for the visitors in place of Malone, was admitted to the game by consent of the Rockville Centre managers. He is looked upon as one of the fastest center men in the game today, and played on the Kirk- man team wliich "sciuhbed" Rockville Centre a fortnight ago. During tlic game he tossed one goal from ticross the center of the court.
Sniolick and Ernst siavred tot the local players In basket-shooting, and E. Kennedy gave' several sensational exhibitions of his Rklll as a guard, blocking the Hempstead forwards at crucial moments in the contest.
The summary: R. V, C. (32) St. George's Club (24)
Smollck Whitehead Ernst
E. Kennedy R. Kenned.v
Goals from the field—Sniolick 5, Ernst «. E. Kennedy 2, Sniith 1, Ray. nor 2. .McMillan 2, Frost 1. Goals from foul—Whitehead ti. Smith 12. Referee—Thomas Thorp. Timers— Perry Rushmore of Hempstead and Charles Mott of Rockville Centre. Scorers—Mr. V'anWlcklen, Hempstead and John W. Cross, Ro'.-kvllle Centre. Blackboard Scorer—Joseph Eustace.
Al t ^ANDf K K RHODE5 -., .Mexander H. Rhodes, a well known resident of Freeport Is considerably Improved in health during the past few days after suffering for soine weeks fiom heart irouble and other alluinls. His numerous friends will be I pleased tn learn of the improvement ' and The Post hopes ^bat "Sandy" will enjoy a complete restoration to health notwithstanding he has pas.sed the al¬ lotted "three score and ten."
CAPTAIN WHITE RETURNS FROM SOUTHERN CRUISE
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R. G.
R. G.
Smith
Raynor
.McMillan
Frost
Beatty
Visited Seaboard Ports From New York to Carolinas—Wife and
Neice His Crew
^¦'—-
Wlii'ii th»' power crtiisei Pacific sailed int oEast Rockaway creek re¬ cently after an ab :ence of three months she had completed a voyage
; of over 1500 miles, .'Islted coastwise ports between New "i ork and Charles¬ ton, S. A., and "neve felt the peed—
I even :n -.Kv-ir; ^....rtijei-- of f "irc'e
• sailor more than the three who man- end her during the trip. The master was Captain Frank White nad the mate his wife, who, by the way is a licensed pilot. The other member of
' the crew was Miss Sophie White who served in the capacity of steward, en-
( gineer, cook and quartermaster at odd times. The Pacific is a seventy-foot power
i boat, shaped very much like a per- fecto cigar, with a broad beam and plenty of cabin room. She is the new-
: est of the White fleet that sails from
. East Rockaway and Wreck Lead dur¬ ing the summer to the Cholera Banks off Barnegat. In the winter time Cap¬ tain White take shis vacation, and it
• is always at sea. He generally starts about Christmas time and remains
; away until the lirst signs of spring appear.
His trip this year was a novel one. Ho sailed from p]ast Rockaway in the staunch litih- craft and made his way south thrnii 11 the inland route to the
: Carolina.". During the voyage his wife and Miss White, his niece, took turuB at the wheel and alternated in the galley. In stormy weather they don¬ ned oilers together and stood togeth¬ er at the engine and wheel.
"We had a remarkable trip," said .Mis. White to a Nassau Post repre¬ sentative recently. "The Pacific wea¬ thered the several storms like an
' ocean liner. We W^nt south by the inside route all the way, but off Ilat- teras we weathered some heavy seas.
' Okracoke. S. C., was our destination.
I It took about ten days going down and
; about thirteen days coming hack.".
Long Islanders Lead at Flower Show
At the international Flower Show in Grand Central Palace, Manhattan, this : week. Long Island exhibitors led In ' the prize winning. Among the Nas- ! sau County exhibitors successful at i the show were Herbert and John T. ' Pratt. Percy Cinib'b, H. H. Charles land W. B. Kimball of Glen Cove; E. 1 Fanlell of the Booth Estate, Great ! Neck and Howard Gould of Sands j Point. Suffolk. Queens and Kings ; County exhibitors also won In various ( classes.
The historic Whiteuead Ravnor homestead, the place in which John A. Smith, Freeport's oldest citizen, spent his honeymoon and the early days of his married life. Is fast vanishing from sight as a landmark of the picturesque settlement t^t once stretched to the east and west of North .Main street. Charles l.^nKe'" the florist, who pur¬ chased the property seventeen yi';:i.s ago has begun the demolition ui' the antiquated dwelling to make room for his flower gardens. The old house Rv..- jolns his own residence.
The picturesque career of the old homestead dates back two full centur¬ ies, to days when Freeport was but a wooded farming coimtry of possibly three houses. The old house was numbered among the first dwellings that were built tn the section, beside the oradway that led from Hempstead to the primeval shore front.
The venerabh' grandad of Freepdrt purchased the farm with eight acres of land for a consideration of about ?400. Some years later Charles Smith. a brother ot Mrs. Smith Joined the nonogenarlan .in the purchase of the remainder of the Raynor farm, running to the east of Main street, in all about sixty acres. Years afterward Captain
.lohn, as tbe old man is <-alIed, and his wife, Susan, now deceased, bought out tbe interests of Charles Smith and left the old house to live in a more pre¬ tentious dwelling. The house was re¬ modeled several times.
According to the old man Vihose life has be*Hr more or less associated with
SAVES SIX BY LADDER AS HOME IS BURNED
Manning Family. Trapped by Flames. Carried Down Lad¬ der From Roof
JOHN A SMITH the place and its traditions, the build¬ ing was originally a one story affair of a Colonial design. Some sevenly- five years ago Captain Smith jmrchas- ed some door and window castings in Brooklyn, and when it was remodeled he used them. They are a part of the building at present. ¦
WILL RECEIVE BIDS ON COURT UPHOLDS CHARGES MODIFIED SCHOOL PLAN iULLER WILL APPEAL
I Board of Education Reduces Heat- Justice Benedict's Denial of Motion tng and Aiiditorium to Keep to Dismiss Indictment May Delay
Within Appropriation Trial Indefinitely
j I'pou luouiried plans »nd specilica- ! tjons which will materially reduce co«t of c( r; truction, the Freeporl Beard ot |ICdU( alien v.ill receive bids for the; • erection of the new school hotise in ' the northeastern section of Freeport I on Salurday, April 4, in the .ludlto.l . .i ! of the high school on Gio.r street. The rew plans while they ar" si p- I Ftar.lia'iy the same as the i ••iginal I show a reduced heating plant and a I smaller auditorium.
The first bids on the building for ' which an apropriation of $70,000 was I made at a special school nu'eting last fall were rejected by the school trus¬ tees because they wei e. considered high. The lowest bidder was the Midtown Construction Company,whose estimate was |47,200. This with the heating and ventilating, electrical' work and plumbing would have made the cost greater than the allowance.
It is the plarr of the Board of Edu-' cation to keep the cost of the new structure below $Hv/,000 so that 110,000 , will remain available for furnishings. This would consuuKv the entire appro- ¦ priation. 'I'he land upon which' the school house Will stand cost |12,000.
-More than a hundred contractors took pari in the last bidding and it is i expected that fully that number will i be present when the board sits again. ' The estimates will be opened by Fran-1 els C. Morse, clerk of the district. . Robert H. Himt. president of the i..s- ; trict will preside. Walter B. Cozzens, i C. Dwlght Baker. Wallace R. Post and j John I). Gunning will inspect the es¬ timates.
Richard MUlcr, one of the ex-jailers who was indfcted T..y lue Grand .lury a month ago, througii Ui;; attorneys Keith <t Vandewater, matie a motion before Supreme Court .Tusllco Bene¬ dict on Monday for tha^smissal of the cliarges against hiiV>/upon the ground that an Interpreter used by District Attorney Lewis J. Smith be¬ fore the Grand Jury was not appointed according to law. The motion was based upon an allJdavlt showing that Sheriff Stephen P. Pettit had appoint¬ ed an interpreter who was also a de¬ puty. Miller's lawyers set up tli(> (im tentlon that the proceedings wi-ic in valid.
.Iitstice Iien<'(li(;f took the paper.- in the case and asked thai hrit-ts ujiou which lie made tin order the foll(i\»-ln).: day denying the motion. The Justice said in Ills opinion that while the law state.H that an ititerpieter must bi; ap pointed hy the couniy judge and dis¬ trict aiioi ncy and file an oUlcial. oath with the couniy clerk, it was his be¬ lief that it has been complied with In its true intent and meaning if not in the letter.
An appeUl has been taken from tne order of the Justice denying the mo¬ tion to dismiss, to the Appellate Divi¬ sion, and will probably not be deter¬ mined for some time. The trial of -Miller will necessarily be postponed for some time as a result.
StoU Fowl; Left Heads Behind Chicken thlevds visited the coop of Louis Leder, South Village avenue, Rockville Centre, Friday morning, blx fowl w«re atolen; that !¦ to lay, all but tte bMLdB. Ttiar w«i« toft UlO&d.
Trustee Wallace argued that Fatten was eutltled to the amount named In the resolution. The reduction, accord, fng to memtiers of the board, was due to tbelr desire to economise. PattWDi haa accsptM th* potltlon.
Edwards A. Levy In Forbes' Block The prominent law urm of Edwards & Levy have removed their offices from North Main street to the Forbes' Block opposite the depot until such time as their rooms In the Realty Building are repaired and oefumlahed. Their extensive practice was but •lishtly iiitwrf*red irlth by lb* fin.
Mrs. Peterson Entertains Sunday
School Classes.
Mrs. Rolot Peterson of First avenue,
j East Rockaway, entertained the six
members of her Sunday School class
j of the Bethany Congregational Church,
I at her home on last evening. A mu-
I slcal programnif was followed By
I games and other amusements. A
I dainty ^eolation was served. .Among
those present were the Misses Llbty
Van Wlcklen, Jessie Burling, Dorothy
Bmerson, Mildred Langdon, Marie
^oluumn and lone Abnnw.
A CENT A PIT AT ORANGE SOCIAL
Baptist Improvement Society of Freeport at Unique Function
I For every pit taken from every or- I ange Inought to-the home of Mrs. An- i na Meyers, Pine street, by some sixty persona last night, a penny was depos- ! ited in a general fund which wlli be used by the Improvement soclet> of i the Baptist Church of Freeport. j The occasion was fittingly designat¬ ed as an orange social, each atten¬ dant brought one gourd fruit, which, after the pitting process had been ap¬ plied, was used as an Ingredient of lemonade. !
A programme of song and recitation was furnished by Miss Constant Lou\, soloist; Miss Ethel A. Moulton, read¬ er; MlsR Gladys Cook, pianist; and the Misses Pitcher, Laux, Qissel, and Werner, as a quartet. Miss Mooltoo's renditiona were particolarly ptaMlng.
Move to Dismiss Clifford Indictment N.eil Vandewater, of the law firm of Keith and Vandewater, appeared be¬ fore Supreme Justice Benedict in Min¬ eola yesterday and moved for the dis¬ missal of the Indictment against Wil¬ liam Clifford, of Roosevelt, one of the live ex-jailer.s In the Mineola Jii< who fifUred In the alleged orgies dur ¦ g November and December, 191?. The motion was denied by Ihe co :rc and a se<ond motion for a stay of ten days with tho privilege of changing the ea- tered plea of not guilty mad-'. The Justice granted thl^ motion.
OBITUARY
Mary C. Vail At 1037 Halsey street, Brooklyn, where she was stopping temporarily, Mary C Vail, widow of Hiram Vail, a pioneer builder of tbe Eastern Dl»- trlct, Brooklyn, died Thursday af the age of 9\ years. Mrs. Vail was the mother of Mrs. Joseph D, Nosworthy by a former husband. The venerable lady resided with Mr. Nosworthy at the Maple cottage on Lena avenue, Kret'ijori, durlim the summer and ex- pf( ed t» ri'bide there again for the • oil:ing season. Three sons survive her. Funeral otrvice" will be held Saturday aftrrnoon at 2 o'clock at the late bouie of Mra. Vail. Interment wiU b« in Cyvr«s« UIUb C«m«tery.
WANTAGH PARISH IN FLAMES ALSO
Occurred at the Same Time—Mrs ; Braithwaite Aroused by Alarm Discovered Church Blaze
Si.\ persons—four of them children ranginp nge from three to eight—nar¬ rowly escaped death early this morn¬ ing ill a fire which partlllay destroyed the home of George A. Manning, a salesriian, in Loines avenue, Merrick, at three o'clock yesterday morning, iiud wrought damage estimated at
: .?l,r;t(0. Almost simultaneously with
I the alarm.Mrs.Thomas A. Braithwaite,
; wife of tho pastor of the Memorial
' Congregalloiial Church of Wantagh. peetinr out of a window of her home
, to viovs Ihe conflagration in the neigh¬ boring village discovered flames issu¬ ing from the parish bouse of the church nearbly. A serious blaze was
' averted by her timely awakening. The damage an'iounts lo about J.'iOO.
The blazes are strikingly similar. A servant in the .Manning home awak¬ ened lntultl\el> sliortly before three (r<lock and detected the odor of siiiokt- In her room. She aroused the household. Mrs. Braithwaite awaken¬ ed her husband after she had continu¬ ed tlie tact that the jiarish house was afire. The alarms were sounded witli-
! In a few minutes of each other iu the two village.
Manning hastened to a room in which his four chlWren, Allison 8, Montgomery 6, Frances 5, and George ;,, weil.' .ilocping noundljK hit< can-led
' endi of thcni .still slinnbering, to his own room iu the jfront of the house. and placed them together in bed. Then he climbed througii the front window to a porch roof and jumped to the ground.
^ Manning worked fast. He hurried to a vacant house next door where he found a ladder and placed It against the porch roof. He climbed into the window and awakened tho children. By turns he carried each of them safely to the ground and then rescued -Mrs. Manning, the servant and a pet dog.
The cries of the childnti aroused William A. G-rant, a neighbor, who hurried to the telephone and sent in an alKini. S<antiiy clad he then ran to Ihe blazing house and climbed uftj he ladder to .Manning's room. There he found him overcome by smoke re¬ clining on a bed.
i
Grant aroused him rtud tried to a.s-
sist him to the porch roof, but Man¬ ning insisted upon going to the hall¬ way to rescue some jiersonal effects. He was driven back repeatedly by the dense smoke and Grant, noting his failing strength, finally carried blm to the window and aided him down thw
' ladder. Mrs. Manning with her chil¬ dren and servant were cared for In the Grant home.
The • Merrick firemen responded responded quickly to teh alarm, but were forced to lay some 800 feet of
i hose to the neare.it hydrant. The
! hose was stretched through a woods to economize in its length, and extin¬ guishers were used by the vamps in
' the building, 'i'he cause of the blaze Is unknown. It apparently started In the cellar.
Had it not been for the fact that Mrs. Braithwaite is a light sleeper, the' parish bouse of the Memorial ("hurch would doubtless have been burned to the ground. Sho was awak¬ ened by tbo Mtrriirk fire wblstif eev eral miles away, and rose to look for tho reflection of the blaze. She awak ened her husband and son, Harry,
; when sh« saw the tongues of flame
j shooting upward alongside of tho
' building.
Pastor Braithwaiio ran to tho lire house near his Imine and gave the
I alarm. In the meantime his son with a large extinguisher undertook to flght the flames single banddo. His activity
, probably saved a portion of the build ing. The department r«flpoDdad Quick- 1 yuiid In less than an hour th« lire
' waa out.
The origin of the fire Im con¬ sidered with a degree ot siuplclonr ^ for it started from ibe outside of tb« I building near the rear. The cbaiwl Is ' worth about 15,000.
Freeport Memorial Library-Nassau Post
