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BEUMORE
Th* r«inil*r meeting of t.h« R^pub- llc«n ('lob WM held iMt Friday night January 4th. Tfa«ina1n bu«lneKK brought before th« meeting wa« con- cerninir tlie pmnp«ct« of bnildtng a club hoiiBf. Mr. .)ohn (i. I>ent)€rt, oor renowned pollMrian, offered to do¬ nate the clnb a plot of gronrtd upon irhlch to biilld at mirh a time an they «ee fit. Immediately foltowing Mr. Tienbert'a genenoua offer, a building oommittee wa* chonen ronaitinRg of Mr. Fred Mangel*, Mr, Thos. J. Thornton and .Mr. f haj». W. Smith. This committee iB to have charge of tne fiinrfa which are obtainable foi building. The committee c.ave al¬ ready stArted a nirriting fund, which Ihey hope to multiply rapidly.
ROOSEVELT
John HeiMtrleks, ftirmerly employ¬ ed at nmible^fay PaSf? * Co., ha* talren a position with the Freeport Dank aa clerk.
Simon Nathan returned home after vialt ing in N«w YorK.
On Friday night la«t about 11.48 a flre broke out In the bam of Wil¬ liam I>unlap. For quit« a w.ille Ine flre wan fought by only a fe'w men who reeponded to the tiell and fA«rm extinjnilshed the flre. The Iobr w»« considerable.
EDITH CAM'S % MCOUSINJNARMY
Seeks Vengeance for Brutal Mur¬ der of His Boyhood Companion.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mandlacchia, of npforrt Avrniie, are the happy par- etitfl of a bouncing baby girl, born to ihem January 2nd, 191^. *
Mr. Thomaa U Osieecke formerly of Rockville Centre, bas rented Dr. H. V. Holcomb'a ihioune on Washing¬ ton Ave., Mr. Oslecke expects to move here ia the near future.
Mr. lynilB Cohen who formerly kept the newiipaper, stationery and cigar store in the Self building on Orand Ave. I'las mov«Mi to the store on Beford Avenue near the Merrick Road, formerly owned by Mr. Luce.
Dr. H. V. Holcomb m(»t with an accident Monday morning during the p/jvere icy trav(;lling. The Doctor was driving up Newbridge Road in hla sedan, when unexpectedly the steer¬ ing gear broke and pent tht> car off the road. The Doctor was quite well shaken up, but roceivrxi no Btvere injurie«, and we are glad to ttatc that ho Ih at>out anain.
Among our soldier boys to be homo eometiinc during the pa.st week were: Walter Brockman of Fort Slocum, Albert Melvin of Fort Slocutii anil Clair Bartholomew of Camp .Merritt, Teuafly, N. J.
School will open on January 14, next .Monday after a recese of sever¬ al weekA.
NOW M THE SIGNAL CORPS
Mr. and Mrs. P. Rhodes, have re¬ moved from 'Woods Avenue.
A number of private mains and pipes leading from the mains to the houses have frozen, causing conaid- erable damage and trouble.
The Royal Theatre will be open on WiBdnesday and Saturday eveninps only, until further notice. Show starts promptly at 8 p. m.
Mr. and Mns. H. 0. I>oary and family will occupy the RiLiodea house tn Woods Avenue.
Annual meeting of Stockholders of Roosevelt Water Power and Lighting Co. will be held on 21 st day of Janu¬ ary, 1918 at 7.30 p. m.
Amoa Smith, formerly of Roose¬ velt, now residing In New Jersey, i.q spending several days in this villag.% visiting frienda.
Meeting of Roys Bripade every Friday evening at the school.
Mr. I.,llse Richards, proprietor of the RellnootTe Theatre announces tliat in the future moving pictures will be ishown on Wednesday and Saturdays only, and that there will be but one performance a night, starting at 8.15 p. m. and ending between 9.30 and 10.00 p. m. Mr. Richards was ob¬ liged to adopt this schedule owing to the small attendance due directly to tho flevnere weather wo are having. Mr. Richards intends to resume his eld schedule of Tuesdays, Thursdays ana Satupdays as soon as conditions allow.
Ropiilar services at St. Paul'.s Church, next Sunday as follows: Stinday School at 10 a. m. ;Morning prayer 11 a. m. .Mid-week servire.s every AVednc-sday evening at the home of Rev. A. Smith on Henry St.
Miss Helen Link of this village has secured a position with the Metropo¬ litan life Insurance Co., of New York. Miss Link was formerly employed by Montgomery and Ward Co. of Brook¬ lyn.
Judge Wilbur Southard had one of bib flrst cases last Saturday morning. A man was found sleeping In the pumping station at Wantagh; after considerable questioning, the man eaid that he forme rjy lived in Pitts¬ burg and he had come here In search ot work, but as he had not found any he was compelled to bunk for the nigiht whoreever he could. He was sent to Mineola for a few days await¬ ing investigation. It ia generally bupposed that he is a draft dodger.
The National Bank examiners was In town last Thursday and examined the local bank. He expressed his pleasure in finding the bank In such a prosperous and good condition '30 soon after opening. The bank still continues to prosper. During the past week the bank has opened in the neighborhood of fifty accounts.
Bert F^dwnrds has enlisted in tij.e Royal Aviation (Corp.s and will leave lor Canada as soon as he receives Ilis passport.
Henry Taylor has been employed as a clerk by the Ixmg Island Trac¬ tion Company in their Hempstead Office.
On Thursday afternoon the Ladies' Guild of St. Paul's Church*were en¬ tertained by Mrs. Wm. Heineman at her iJome on Clinton Street. The afternoon as usual was spent iu sew¬ ing and discussing busiinpss.
A luncheon was ser\'ed by the hostess and the afternoon was one of enjoyment. Thos present were: Mrs. Wm. Tapp, Mrs. P. Stuart, Mrs. P. Hoebel, Mrs. C. Bates, Mrs. Chris Binner.
Mr. Wm. Chllsen is serving as a rrial juror for the January term of Court in Nassau County.
The flrst annual meetin,i; of the stockholdoros of the First National Jlank, of Bellmore was iheld Tue.s- day, Jjtnuary 8th, 1018, but was ad¬ journed until Jatiiiary 16th for the lack of a Quoram.
Tho Board of Trade held thcin monthly meeting Monday evening, January Tth, in the Fireman's Hall. The newly elected President, John J. tranKioff, pi'iJWed at the chair for the first tilljp Tho question of in- i'orporation 'mis the main business brought before the meeting. The matter was talked of to a great ex¬ tent, and a coiniiiitt(>e was apiKiinted to obtain stich data as is necessary before further steps can be taken. The up-keep of the park along the railroad was also taken up in detail, and a conunittee was appointed to flud out what can be done to beautify the park. The meeting was flnally ad- jouniCfl with the understanding that lach committee is to lay its plan be- before the Board at the next meeting.
Our village Sel•vit^e Flag has flnal- Iv found .a permanent berth. The Flag is now held in a prominent place between two poles, between Wolfe's drug store and the Railroad ;iacks, by a heavy wire cable. The Flag contains thirty-lhiw stars, was unfurled to the breeze last Thanks¬ giving Day on the flag pole In the park, but as it was not very conspl- cious there, it was changed to its present location.
The Social Club held a Masque¬ rade Ball on. New Year's Kve which «aa well attended by Massapequa folk and their holiday friends.
Tha Adams residence has been leased to an Englii^ Aviator Oflicer.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Adams left Massapequa Friday, December 4th nnd will eiwndl the winter in Ne*' in New York and perhaps part of tie time at some point South, not. yet de¬ eided upon.
Mrs. Hyman Haiglit hu been 111 for some time, but is uow convales¬ cent under the oare of her <lau«hter, lira. A.. U. Barth.
\VlMr* VI«U»ry Cvrnt From. Men ll««»t, bwt Frovldence »!*•• t^
On Saturday evening last Mr. and Mrs. N. Carola, of Debovois Avenue were awakened by their son Moneo, age 10 years, who complained of a severe head ache. The parents im¬ mediately smelt tho odor of gas and opened all the windows, which were n.ot frozen. Witu tho aid of their brother, Albert ("arola, a doctor was qtiickily summoned for the occu¬ pants, who were oblised to vacate the house until Sunday afternoon. It seehied that there was a leak in the gas pipe near their home. The gas unable to escape followed the water pipe leading to the cellar, wheix^ the fltinif-s entered. Only for I he son and the help of A. Carola the family probably would .have suffered.
Tho leak was fixed by the Gas Company on Sunday.
Mr. J. D, Schultz of Forest Avenue lias been stiiniiioned to serve as a juror for tbe January term of Court in Nassau County.
Miss Elsie HiLn.sen will entertain liie Young People's Sociiil C^lub at hor home this evening (Friday.)
Mr. George Juror.
W. Super is a Ti'iai
LIKTlKi; ON THK FAST
Miss -Mury A. Butlerticld and .Miss I-'lizalH.'th I'ssher, American Coniniit- leo for Armenian and Syrian Relief, spoke in Freeport on Sunday, Jan. 6th on the situation in Armenia and Syria today.
Miss Cssher had m.my thrilling ex¬ periences in the Turkish city of Van during the early days of the war. When finally forced to leave the city, .Miss Ussher and her family walked mgix) thau a hundred miles to tho Russian Caucasus where they wcro behind Allied lines. Since her re¬ turn to America she has lK>en devot¬ ing her time to h^ctur'ng for the stricken thousands in Bible lands.
Miss Butterfleld has just returned from Jerusalem where she did relief work until diplomatic relations were broken with this country and it be¬ came necessary for all Americans to leave. Miss Butterfleld is familiar with conditions In- V/estern Asia to¬ day through long residence in the country and was well qualified to tell the story of Armenia and the Near East.
Cased Hie Conscience.
Penn Hucklmid when ut WcRtmln- •Iter used to tell u curious story of • urown pHprr parcel which he received one day by pt)8t. After many wrap- ptngs hnd been uufolileil he found a small black s(>liuter of ouk about an Inch and a half buig. The writer of the unsigned note ac(*ompunylug the parcel said that when hf was u boy, luuny years before, he hud chipped the splinter off the coronation chair. An »g« advanced his conscience grew trou¬ blesome, uud he asked the dtuu to be ktod enough to restore the splluter to •ts place.—Pall Mnll Oasette.
A Life ef Pleaeur*. Mother, nurse put lue rl|^t into tlM coldest part 9t tbe mmu—Fuacb.
Rejected Many Times by Recruiting Offteere in United States and Can¬ ada en Account ef Snrtall Size —Want* Blood for Blood.
Camp Oordon, Oa.—There Is oo« lad wearing khaki In this camp wbo en¬ tered the army with a fixed determin¬ ation to avenge a deeply seated pri¬ vate wrong.
He Is Lawrance R. Cavell of Chi¬ cago, flrfrt coufltn and boyhood comimn- ion of Edith Cavell, the English Red Crom nnrse whose ezecntlon at tbe banda of a Oerman firing scpiad In Brasaels sent a thrill of borror tbrongb the woricL
It wns no easy matter for yonng Ca¬ vell to break into the army. Not nn¬ tll after several vain attempts, both in tbe United States nnd In Canada, did b« micceed In getting himself straight¬ ened ont on the flrst quarter of the course which he expects to lead to the satisfaction of his desire for revenge. At the time of the murder of his cousin he was only eighteen and small for his years. His father had been en¬ gaged In business In Chicago since he had transplanted the family from the nntlve heath in the county of Kent, England, some years before. Kent wns also the ill fated nurse's home, and as a very small boy young Cavell hnd de¬ veloped an admiration and affection for his consin, some ten or fifteen years his senior, tbat bordered almost on adoration.
Rejected by Canada. Inexpressibly shocked by the news of his cousin's atrodons death, the boy immediately presented himself to the agents of the Canadian recruiting forces in Chicago for enlistment in the overseas sendee, bnt be was re¬ jected on accmmt of his age and size— be was many poimds nnderwelgbt. He even went to Canada and brought aU the political Influence be eonld com¬ pass to bear in order to carry ont bis purpose, bnt again was turned down. No one eonld have balled the en¬ trance of America into the war with more real Joy than he. It wonld give blm his long a'walted opportunity to gain some recompense for tbe mtirder of his cousin, he thought He was again doomed to disappointment A re¬ cruiting officer told him tliat be was too smalL Nothing daunted, be car^ ried bis case to Washington In person and the matter was placed before the war department through an Infhzentlal army officer In Chicago.
Permission was given bim to vDlnn- teer in the signal corps, and this be did In Chicago last June. He has Just been transferred to Camp Gordon as a member of the outpost company of tbe 317th signal battalion nnder Major Hemphill. Eagerly devoting himself to his duties and apt to leam, he al- r_eady has been scheduled for the rank of top sergeant In his company. He also has developed his physique until now he Is as hardy as the best soldier In the army. He hopes for a transfer to the aviation section, as it is the goal of his ambition to hurl bombs on the Boches from the air.
A visitor to Camp Gordon this week to see bis son, Cavell's father called on Captain Allen of the outpost com¬ pany nnd recited the story of Law¬ rence's long baffled determination of reveuKe, a thing the boy himself had been too modest to do.
Like Older Sister to Him. The father said the lad had been brought up in the same house In Kent with Miss Cavell, and that her rela¬ tionship to him was rather that of a devoted elder sister than of a cousin. "It matters not what branch of serv¬ ice I am in," the boy told his father. "I shall die satisfied only when I have drawn blood for blood, and I pray God to live to see that day. I expect to. Ue will answer my prayer,
"Edith was murderea without a bearing io cold blood by the kaiser. She was an English girl, and tbey sang the bate song over her dead body. I expect to sing the song of hate over the dead bodies of Germans. No sac¬ rifice Is too great, no punishment too severe, no hardship too trying; death itself a coveted reward. Just so I am permitted to put bullets Into German hearts as that flriug squad nnder or* ders put them Into my cousin's heart I am in the war for a purpose and I shall accomplish It"
Deeply gained as his hatred of tbe Teuton race had grown, Mr. Cavell said that his son bad no quarrel with Individual Oermans. Scores of them in Chicago, he added, had expressed to bis family tbelr horrified reseDtmeot of tbe execution of Miss Cavell.
STATE AUTO LAW TO BE ENFORCED
Chance to Marry Free.
Lorain. C—Mayor L. M. Moore of Lorain bas been mayoring two yean, and has uot yet performed a marriage ceremony. Now be wants to marry some couple befure he becomes an "ex" aud before his powers as a matri¬ monial splicer expire.
"I bave read up on the rsQulre- menta aud believe I can do a good Job," said tbe mayor.
"All that I need Is a couple. To tbe first applying I will murry them free^ aod give tlie bride a lu-eaeat"
.A.rbany, Jan. 10.—Violators of the auto laws will be called to stricter tvccount this year than in the past. Ignorance of the law, real or feigned, is no lonfjer to be accepted as an ex¬ cuse. Automobile clubs Liirouj^houL the state have received notice to tiiat elFect. IMembcrs are urged to Ix-'tter acquaint them.selves wilii the law and through their ortc-anization.s carry on an educational campaign. Thiire will be more cars on the highways tliis year tlian ever before. Likewise there ¦A'ill hii greater efforts to reduce the number of accidents.
Secretary of Stiite liuijo and Major George 1'', Chandler of the State I'o- lice, after several conferences, have outlined a movcnient which is expected lo produce results by getting after violators of the motor vehicle law. i'articular attention will l>e paid to curbing the reckless driver. With the aid of the State Troopers Mr. Hugo's ollice will now i>e aide to patrol a (.•reater mileage. The work wiil be extended to the more remote districts which have l)een more or less inacces¬ sible, and where violations have ex¬ isted both as a result of an ignorance- of the law and ft feeling of immunity '.hrough inaccessibility.
Up to the present time the State Troopers have been rather lenient with violators of the motor vehicle law. A diflferent course will be pursued in the future. Through the press the automobilists should now be familiar with the law. Owners seeking to evade liie law by using illegal plates or who drive in a reckless manner or fail to equip their cars with proper lights, will find themselves traversirvg a road that leads straight to the courts.
Autombile clubs are expected to do their parta in this year's campaign. There are over 410,000 cars in this state, a gain of nearly 100,000 in the last twelve months. This state will probably see half a million cars this year. Something must be done to further curb reckless driving. Warn¬ ings have l)een given. The State troopers will now enfoi-ce the law to the letter.
Extraordinary! "My young friends," said a member of the board of trustees, who wus ad¬ dressing the sihool, "let me urge upon you the nefes.slty of not only reading good books, but also of owning them, 80 that you may have access to them at all times. Why, when I was a young mun I u><ed frequeutly to work all nlgbt to earn money to buy books, aud then get up before daylight to read them."
Might Get the Woret «f It "Dar aiu' many of ua," said Unele Bbeu, "ho free from faults dat we can take a cbanoe oo de arguiueot dat could start if v/« tell other people "boat tbair'B."
Buy Hyacinths to Feed the Soul
If thou of fortune be bereft, And in tixy store there be but left 'Vwo losvea,—sell one, and vf^jth the dole' Buy hyacinths to feed the soul.
"XTNE) thus the ancient Greek betrayed his gfrasp of the -^^^ eternal verities. For it is firom the soul that true happiness springs.
"Why don't you, in selecting Christmas gifts, buy hyacinths? By that we mean buy a New Edison, "The F*honograph "with a Soul'' For when you give this w^onderfiil instmroont you are enriching a life; you are in very truth feeding a soul It is a deep and genuine source of happiness. It is as though you had personally introduced your friend to the world's most eminent artista In this wonderful instrument,
¦ 35^1VEW EDISON
'*Th9 Phonograph with a Soul"
tiM world's greatest artists have given you their aU. Yoa might sit In their own musk: rooms listening to them and tbey could giw you no more. Tbe fanoous tona tests in which tbe living artists sang ia direct cocnpaiiBon with their own recocds have eflbctuaQy proved that
bet Of tbe million who have beard the tone tests, not cane cx>uld ten when tbe artist stopped and the record began. This applied both to 'vocal and instrumental music. Come into our store and aatiafy yourself regarding this.
The New Edison as a Family Gift
Hhv« yoa ever oonoidered the New Ediaoa as a fiamily |lft? Nowadays many ftsniUes are T*"'''-**"g the smaller individual praaanta aod are pooling their hinda for the aoqoiaitiaa of this 'wonderful instrutoant. And each member of the*(roup draws hiyger dividenda in real plaaaure than aver ba woold from mn ajsortmant of laaa wortt>-wfaile gifts.
Chubbuck's Drug Store, Freeport
