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ISSUED ON FRIDAY.
GENERAL CIRCULATIOI
VOL. 8. NO. 22.
FREEPORT. N. Y. FRIDAY JANUARY 4. 1918
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE SUPERVISORS
SALARIES RAISED
Several Employes Will
Get More ?tj in
Future
UST OF JUIORS FOR COMING COURT
HLE YOUR INCOME WITH COLLEaOR
FIftrcn employijea of tho Counly wiTo K-lvcii iniToascH in Bal;iry hy Iho .Siipcrvlsiors at iht-ir iiioi'iJnK on Triflay, I.ihI.
AiDoni? IhoHC wlio rec(!ive a boost in Hillary ar(! \Varfl«'n William Hull.s, \s hoRo ,ialiiry koi's from $1.5(i0 to n,H(»(i. I'nder Warden .lohn T. MillH, whose yr.'irly Hiipend will he jumped from $1,200 to $1,400 a .>.-;ii anrl liv.- Jallcp whose salarie.-i ait! raised froin $l,2(iO to $l,4(io a year oach. Ailhiir Itinlon, the cook ,.i the counly .jail whose rlclectatii''. (.ih'hi's .'lave (iiv riiaiiy yit.ir.s licliifd' IJn' palale.s of ihe .jail ;iiilti()rltl('s jind inniales tins reifiied a raise of 1220 a ycitr. Georj^e A. (Jreenc, ( hief clei'k ill the Shi'iiff's ofTice lias ihad liis l'l iiitiiieralidii aiiirnieiiled •trom .'fl.Hno to *J.lii(i, .I)a\i(l Van Wick 1(11, (leplil.v .si.eril'l' eiiiplnved in the Slierifl's ollice is siiiilliimly loi;- iiiK his fritiiil.-^ ahoiii an increase of |2(i() a year. The salaries of tl',( TiK'ii in Ihe Sheriff's Lidice weie raised after Increases had lieeii re- ('oiiii)ieiided liy .Shiilff .Seaman iind Siiprenie Coiirt .liisilce ToiMiseiid .Scudder. TJie latter also recoiii- incnded an Increase of fi'oin ,'fl,.Siin to ,$2,(100 for his court attendi-ni which was Kranted by the Supervis¬ ors.
Olhri',s who -will enjoy additions •January 1, are W, Fred Starks, County Siiporiutendeiit of Highways, .*!',,'iOO a year. County Attorney, H. Kicwart McKnijjlit, ,f;j,500 a year. .Minnie Aldrich, clerk and steiio- gr.-ipher In th(> ("ontrollers ofllee $],- 4."i(i. Catharine' A. lii.-eii, tekiplione operator at the Coiiit Iloiine $l,(inn IK-i anniiiii.
The Hoaid were iinaiiiiiioiis In their opinion that tho iiu-nases •were ¦well deserved- new duties liru- ing been placed upon a niiniber of tLiose in the list and leii.irth of ,^er- vico being rocoBiil/.ed in other cases.
TiAllY WITH CA.MJ'M:
The cold weather did iiiiicli iianiage in Kreeport, as well as in the cities. .Many families were niihout water Saturday and Sunday. Water pipes were all frozen up •VNhich carried niiich inconvenience lo h()us(>wl\ o.s and iiiani' long faces. T!ie p(M)r man had lo wait for his diiuiei'. Willie the jioor wife was on the run willi a kettle of hot water In one hand and a candle in the < ther ih.'iwin.ii out pipes to save a pluiiiber's hill. Don't for.s;ct to let the water run soniewheit' In the J'.oiise this cold weather. The cdhl- <'St*. in thirty years.
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The Columbian nronze Corpor.i- tioii, whose factory Is locateil on Main Slreel, has removed its neneial oltlct's from thi> factory building to ?)'• Church Street, .Manhattan. '
Brother's Responslbilixy. |
Twins, 1/oy aiid :;irl, luul never been [ separated, ,\t l.liuler,';irt.'ii they were j put at dllfert'iit tnlilc-^, and the hoy siiM, "T.a.'li.-r. ymi Mitistn't put U.s f.'iii)-t. 'cmise 1';. -s(i.,'i';iM.' f.ir .Inn-".
Tho following list of jurors for the .Siifireme Court have been chosen for the term which opens at .Mineola on Monday, January 7. Supreine Court Justice Williani-J, Kelly will pi'« side. There are about one hun- dri'd and fifty cases on rTit) calen¬ dar.
SupTemc Court .liirors.
(teorL;e W, Soiier, Itoosev. It ; P'red S, i-'alse, i'oii WasiiingtoM; I-;dward K. iJalton, I'ort Washingt.»n; John \'.. Hamilton, I'ort U a.-^hingl.m; .'ohn I>. i'j. Schulz, Hiyisivelt; AT** I'. Duncan, Ht-iiipstcad; William S. liar.'-.tow. (ileal .Neck; Charles '), .'*>.ilos, I'Tcejiort; Thomns *^l'hotiipson, t.>.\si.r I!ay; Adam (1. llelKans, Hicksville; Horace Velsur, (Jysler liiiy; Allieit Hart, Jr., Lynbrook; W'illiam C, Chilson, Ilooscvcli; Jas. T. (loud, Jr., .Mt'i'i'lck; l'.;(lwai(l C. Carmichael, Uockville Ccntir;
¦i''raiik Dii'kor.'-'.oii, '(li'cat, .Neck; Ceoi'Ke W. Abl)ott, Glen Cove; Ed¬ ward SprlnKinann, Gk-ii Cove; \v m. Yearicks, .Manhasset; J^lavid J. Sciineiilei's IJIi-ksvlle; William J. IJiVKfi'i Heinpsti-ad; Kobert 1-^ Jack¬ son, l.yiilirook, ' .lohn I'itz, Lyn- lii'ook; George 15. Kai rington. Rock¬ ville Centre; Williani 11. I'liuien, Ilock vllle Centre; Samuel V. .Mann, .'r.; Daniel Kraft, Oyster Bay; Weii- /I'l T. Dul'ek, Farmingdale; Sniilh CaniKin, WOofiniere; George 11. Wood, Glen Cove; Frederick Ortell, Freeport; I';iiiery .M, I'latt, Jr,, J'^asl Uockaway; Arrender Fowler, l.ynbrook; Jost-ph N. Pearsall, Uockville Centre; George Sesslor, :r.. Glen Wood Landing. Griiiul .liirors,
.lacob ('(K'ks, Port Washington; 'iliiir ScMitt IJurden, Jericho; W'lu. 11. WedlaKe, Lynbrook; Wesely I'owell, l-'ariningdale; Charles T. Iliich, liellmore; i-'ieenieii C. Uow- ,lier, Inwood; JoCin .\. Townsend, Massapequa; Robert N. Dibble, ^'.-illey Stream; Andrew J. Vernon, Syossi-l; Josoiih Kaiser, Lawrenee; Saimu'l J, .'seaman, Glen Cove; Howard I!, liishop, Lawrence. Geo, I. (iuiiin, Rockville Centre; (Jeorge W'. Covert, l-;iniont; Andrew
Wright, Fldial Park; Jlcrbert C. iJ.'ivlson, L'ast Rockaway; Allrcd V. .^¦aiirel. Oyster Hay; John ('. Raker, (jieat .Neck; Samuel V. Fleet, Oyster Hay; James I>. Abrams, Inwoud; L>aiilel L. Weeks. Last Norwich; (ieorge i). Hegerman, (Jlcti Head; ( harles W, Roll, Glen IRmd; ¦Wil¬ liam K, Rail, Rockville ('ciiire.
TO DEMONSTRATE HOUSE-WORK AIDS
HERE ON JAN. 9-10-11
A Deputy Will Be at
Freeport to Assist
With Blanks.
the in-
retiu'i'rti
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I YOI WILL FIND IT A I I PLEASURE TO PIR-i |: CHASE YOUR DRUG|^ |STORE NEEDS AT |
i CHUBBUCK'S!
I for here you gel not only the best ol quality merehaa- dise. but courieous and pleasant service that makes you feel that your patron¬ age is really appreciated. We want to serve yen and we know that we can satisfy you at all times. Let us couvlttce you.
CHUBBUCK'S
QUALITY DRUG STORE
A .Moving Ficlure Lnlci taiiuuent and Tea will he gi\en uu Janiiar.\ joiii al 2 p. 111. by tiie Ladies' \ni t^oi lety.
The eiil( rtuiniiieiil cunsisis of: .-\ most amusing thi'i-e-reel lilm, written armuiii luoricni convenien¬ ces in such a way as tt> di-monsti.'itc llie actual op<-ra',lon of machinery iu doing liousework. If anione is iTi doubt as to the prai'iicabllity of the was:iln,« machine, the iioiilng ^ machine, ihe electric dishwashing ' I'l.u'iiiiu', the sewin.g iiiachin.' iiuiior, etc, s'e can see theiu all In opeia- tioa for herself.
A short talk on ho-usekueping inellioils, at whicli time nuesllons i''.'eiii the audience will lie answered.
Tea served by The Loose-Wiles Iliscuit Co,, which gives a pleasant hall-hour afti'r the pieluro.
Iiifonnation given regarding coiiti'Nts lieinj:; held by three nianu- taeliuei's inii'rest<.'d in the work, i'oi' pii.'.e that any hoiisev^itV would lie glad to will. Your adinissi-rii tilket entiiUs you t<i eiitei' the con¬ test.
Ti.ie eiiUM'taiiuiieiU is devised to aciiuaiiil women with the actual operation of Ihe \aiiniis labor-sav- uig devices and to eiliuati' women in their uses. It is as good as a \ isit to the Lleitrical Sliow, a course iu domestic .science and a Tea Party .ill roll.'d into one. .No w iMiian who has the best interests of her home at heart can afford to nii.--s it.
Tickets nuiy be had for twenty I cuts althoii^ih higher juices have been charged elsewiiere lor this same enteriainnieiit.
THK nTI.IU IIOV.S .\T FKONT
Lieutemuil Stuuit I'liilcr was oue .)r a stpiad ot the army iu Fiance to l'l Hig down the German Zeppelin l.-l!'. He sent home a piece of Uie - ilk bag of liie air-ship, which his tuiher, Timothy R. Culler, has find V, ill be pleaft'd to show it to any resi- I'.t'iii int. letUt'd. Cutler is now on the tiring lines in France.
.Merrill, another son of Mr. Culler, is locatitl at Camp Wailsw.iith, at Sparianbui'K, South Carolina. He obtained a fiiilough to eome home tor the iiolidays. Furloughs were evidently at a premium dowu there, tor .Merrill was offered JlOO cash for IS furlough, but ho figured that it v.as worth uuiru than tkat to I'Oiue borne to visit hiu p&renta.
A Federal Inc-onie Tax ofTicial wili l)( in Freeport to assist in making the return on January il, Id and 11.
Collector of Revenue Henry P. Keith, aiiiiounees thai a Federal lii- coine Tax offleer will l>e here on the dates mentloneti, ready and willing to help persons subject to (ome tax make out their v.ithout any cost lo I'.iem services.
lieturns of income for the year I'll" must be prepared on forms pro¬ vided for the purpose before Marcli L lill8. A number ot people are not acfiuainted wiflh the law and do not understand how to prepare returns. The Collector Is sending these Depu¬ ties lo assist theni. The duty, how¬ ever, falls upon the lax-payers to make himself known lo the (.lovern- mont.
If he fails to report his income when due, ho therey subjects him¬ self to penalties ranging from $20 lo $1,000 fine or iniprisonnient. In order not to take the.se chances a \l.sit should be made to the Income Tax Deputy Collector. However, if you are subject to tax, a return should be ni.ide 'whether you see the Income Tax Deputy Collector or not. The Collector sugesls thai everybody I'ommence figuring his Income .ind expenses so as to be ready with tlu' figures when the Deputy arrives.
Address where De|)iily wil lecclve eturns during January;
Baldwin, .Manhatlaij Country Club,
9, 10, 11. Freeport, First National Bank, 9,
If), 11. Freeport Hank, !l. 10, IL Post OOicc, I). 10, 11. Llks Club, 0,
10, 11. Farmingdale, First National Hank,
.5, 7, S. Bank of Farminndale, .^), 7, 8'.
Floral I'ark, Floral Park Hank. !», 10 .11. Post OfTice, !», 10, ,11.
C.l.'n Cove, Olen Cove Hank, !», 10,
11, Nassau Union Hank, H, l", II. Post OfTicc, 0, 10, 11.
Great Neck, Hank of Great Neck, :i. 10, 11.
Cireat .Neck Station. Biuik of .Nas¬ sau Counly, 9, 10, 11.
Hempstead, First National Hank, M. Ii'l. 10, 17. Hank of ll.-nipslead,
HOWARD OSTERHOUT TELLS OF VOT¬ ING ABROAD BY ARMY AND NAVY
1;-,, 1(1,
rosi oin.'.', 1-1. !.'¦>, H'l
lllcksviKe, Hank of llicksvllli
Lynbrook, Hank, r,, 7, 8
Lawrence, 15, 16.
.Mineola, 18,*10, L'l, Company,
Lynbrook
Bank of Lawreme, 11,
First National Hank, 22, .Nassau County Trust IS, 1!(, 21, 22. County Court House, IS, 10, 21, 22.
Oyster Hay, O.vsur P.ay Hank, 11, l.""!, 16. North Shore P.ank, 11. l'l, 1(1, Town Hall, It, 15, Kl,
I'ort Washington, Hank of Norlh Hemiistead, 14, 15, IG.
Koi-kvlllp Centre, Fli'st National Bank, 5, 7, S. Hank of Rockville CJentre, 5, 7, 8. Host Oirice, 5, 7, 8.
Roslyn, liempstead Harbor Hank, r>, 7, S, lio,'-lyn Savlnt;s Bank, 5, 7, S.
Wvsiliiiiy, Bank of Weslliury, .'i, 7, S.
Garden City, Garden City Hole 15, Hi.
.¦\laiihasset. Town Hull, 11. 15,
XMAS AT ilAniSi « 111 IMH
The Christmas Tree and enU'i- t.iiniiieiit at the Maptist Cliurch, was a splendid success, the cliurch was tilled u) the doors. The chiKlien vteit* in jovial form and did ihem- sselves inuch credit. Little .Miss Doiotha Wei'd is a tine little ariist, (ir.i.e Caiiiion, .Mar;.;i'eile Verbuck, liuth and Oil ive Gufst, all did fliu- \.i)ik. Klinor and William Winshi]i ^^ ere a wonder and made the aiidi- anee roar wilh laughter. Hwing <".nest as a fanner boy made ginid. Koy Guesi did line, Gilbert Flint, 1 lein is Vtrbeck, Aithur Verbeck r.aiie line soldiers. Other childreu were woitli nu-ntioning if the writer kn.-w their uames, Hanold Guest and \elland Ashdown and others did themseves credit. The teachers aud superintendent ceruaiuly did line work for wiiJi theiu lay the re¬ sponsibility for the enlertainmvni Marjori.- PiUhei and her Mrs. Cook furnis'ied the
which as .usiyil was flne.
Read Ihe Kassau Post for local and viciuity news.
Reprinted from State Service Intereating story of the firs'. American election commls.iion in foreign land--Dangerous wfirk in submarine zone and on French hattie front- Ily How¬ ard Osterhout, Secretary to Francis M. Hng;o, Serretary of .State, and member of Ov«'rsens IHertion Commission.
Mr, Osterhout who has just returned from Furope, tell.; of some thrilling experiences ho had while abroad. The fact that he was a member of t'.- first election cammlssion to go oiilside of the Unlt(>d States, to pf)II .Vmeriean votes of soldiers and sailors is an event of hls- tf)ric iniportanr*;.- I'^dltor, When Secretary of State lingo, his parting injunction, told ii,< to 'get the votes of the .New Yoil; lio.vs iilu-oad," we had little conceptiou of what lay ahead of us. If we had, perhaps we would not have a. temp.- ed our didlcuit task. The coii.<litu- tional duty of voting the Nev\- \ oik men "In the ariiie-i and naval Vor.es of the Ciiited .States" on tlie oiher side of the Allanlle const it,ited an Innovation in tlie history of both the Fnited Stales and llie Slate cf .New York. It was with the confi¬ dence and enthnsiasin of ignorance, therefore, thai we departed ."rem au ,\thintii' port, early in October, wllhoiit any precedents or ''ules of coiidtict to guide us, but with our pert folios j"iill of credentials, <iur ballots in the hold, and the com¬ mand of the Secretary to "get tlie votes" ringing in our ears.
Our (-ommis.sion of four, divided into two parties, Captain Amos J. Pen-;Iee and the writer going ahead on the first boat, while) Crosby L. Grant and Captain Tatrick Walsh followed on the next ship. Kach party carried duplicate blank bal¬ lots, instructions, collapsible ballot boxes and other necessary para¬ phernalia, the pu.'-pose of the diir. Irip biing to ins lie the arrival of ai least one party in case a suh- iiiarine should so:-ceed in rinkin'^ um the other. H.ih parties, aow- evor, arrived ai ^ their de.stii^atiau without any inisDaps, Our ship was one of a tleet of ten vessels, aoe- ({iialely protected and convoyed by tho Hritish Admiralty. The feats of the art of camouflage, practiced diii- ing this ocean voyage, reflect'd great credit upon the riiitish li'in ami it was no wond.M' to us that the Canadi.'ins have? been so siiccessl':il in the Iranspori ation of t:,eli' trmjis (¦vei'seas, without th.- loss of a man. We noticed Ihat Hritish and Aiiieil- can naval ingenuity outwitlod the undersea terror.s at every turn.
Off the Irish coast, onr destroy¬ er (-onvoys picked us up .nd took us into port. I^ll^ihing up on .le. k about four o'clock one afrernuon, the writer beheld ))erhaps the mos; spectacular sight of the ¦;>iiti!'e trip. There were eight or ten small ''sea- hlrds" eoiiiiug head on t'l nu Lie south, ill parallel foiniution, at about thirty knots per hour. Th.y ini.ghi liave been siibmailnes, for all tne world. Soon we could make out their three stacks and tvljon Old Glory and Ihe Fiiion Jack showed— and we knew that we were safe. It had been a trifle tense aboard the ship until they arrived. 'Many slept in their clothes and the rule to wear life belts "at all times" did iu)t have lo be very ilyldlv eiifori'- ed.
Arrived in London, we presented onr credentials at the American eiii- bufsy, were cordially received ihere and immediately opened headquart¬ ers, to prepare for the taking of tile soldiers' and sailors' \oies in Lngland and the adjacent wat.'is. Hire, Captain I'easlee took charge of Lie naval forces while the v.'i-iier crossed the ciiannel to map out the main work for tbe rest of the commission, so that llie .New York men on the coutinent, in the American e .xiieditioiiary I'oices,
would all receive the right of suf- frag.' on election day. Our lime was necessarily short: from this pr)int it I'.Hiul red endless iierfisti uce, l.ic employmcrit of tact, and plenty of inirini^ht e'il to cope successfully ' with Iho problems that I'onfronted us.
Hefore going to France, we calli-d upon .¦\dmlial Sims, presented oui: | letter of iiilrodiieilou from Secre¬ tary of t'le Navy Daniels and were, \cry coiiileoiisl.v treated by the American naval commander. I j liave a picliir* of him fioiii my j Hary, taken down at tho time, part i • )f which is as follows: '"We found ' a tall, well-buili. powerful-looking j man facing u.'^. He had a somewhat ] rtiunded face, wiih shait iray ] b-ard, presenting feahires full ofi ( ntbii^lasm iind determination. I ! sh(-iild not class him as a man of great reserve hut more of the type containing dat-h and abandon. The i-olor mounted to his clii-eks as he i gavi directions to siiliordinates, (). K.'d .some cablegrams and made a ] few minor coi'ectlons and suggest- , ions. I could not help hut fiel as tliough wo were in the presence of ' a fighter worthy of our American i traditions." i
The trip across the channel i Sisti-r I hioiight nie to a French port within | inuslc j^ ffvk- hours' run of I'arib. I was | cielayeii, however. In this town a '' whole day by customs officials, , French and Fnglish governmental ugents and the French railway ser-!
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vice, which was anything hut pleas¬ ant and cominodions, particularly for civilians, Helginns policed the town, while (Jerman prisoners could 111 seen doing manual labor ahoul Iho wharves, Paris was ns dark as a country vlllnge at midnight, when arrived. The sound of taxicab iiorna nent the air continually, for t'le streets only showed illumina¬ tion at thr s(|nnres and Intersec- ilnns, and vehicular collisions were frequent.
.My work nf preparation at Gener¬ al I'ershinj'.'s headiiuaiters laateii 'e.irly a vscek. The general staff Heated me with c^very courtesy, were mo.st eflicient and painstaking and, i:- my jiiilgiix'tit, relhcled great credit :ipoii the Army and the Fnited ijtates gnveinnient. After plotting out ihe number of .New Voi'k men nnd their exact 1 leations ,n the continent, I found tiiat tie only piatcical way to cover the VV l(ii territory they occupied v, as by the use of a.iitoniobiles. Three motor routes, taking in the nm th¬ en, central and western pans of FcTTice, were laid out for tliiee of the cnmnilsslonei's, the fourth beinu left In Lnuland to coiuiu. t !he| elections there. I was in formed that, as Aniei'lcan aiitos were very scarce, 11 would re(|iiir(- an ordei' fi'oin General I'er,''hlng t.i secure the necessary machines. T'.iis led UK hack lo I'aris to find the Ameri¬ can command'C(r. Af(ier vaitinu' fonr hours, I wiis ushered Into his pri^sence, T will never forget thai meeting.
He was all business, from start to finish. I could readll.i see that the be.Tvj' rcwiionsihillty of the success¬ ful conduct of the war by the Ame¬ ricans bore heavily upon him. While he spoke at once of his ¦will¬ ingness to assist t^e commission, he made It clear that he did not want .llir work to intorfeic witJi the gen¬ eral pieiiaiations of the army.
I presented my requests briefly, \vhi( h were two in number. First, I asked him to set a special day for the election of Mie New York men, by a general order or pixK-lamallon, this iieing iii'ovided for in oui elec¬ lion law. Secondly, I made a re- Quest for the three automobiles. The C.eiieial spoke slowly, tblnkin-.; everything out carefully hefore he .'¦ix.ke at all. There were poise and deliberation ii^ his manner. After I y!ad made the necessity of my two requests clear he drew up two 11'. "iioranriiims .iisini; a blue pencil, and singing each "J. J. Pershing." Tl ey were addressed to the appro¬ priate officers and gnve (he necess- aiy directions for compliance with my requests. ^Ve talked for five m'miles l)efore f left him.
The next ilay, two of the other commissioners reachfd Paris- with ballots and a<-conipanyim; Instruc- litins. AVe spent a whole day sort- in.g these out, as the law provided lor a different ballot for .-ach <if N'ew York's sixty-two counties, Ac- c.-rding to our plan, eaeh of us seli'ct(>d a route and, with the aid of onr automobile amlnilances, we vere lo carry the ballot,s to the different New York units, allow i them to hold their election on the (l.i>- meiilioned in the proclamation of General Pershing and then re- tuT'n by the same route, collecting the voted ballots. This scheme worked out satisfactorily. We re¬ served ,'i lalev day for the election ill Paris, the American general lieadipiarters and one large sea¬ port town. This allowed us to pei- soiially supervise t':e voting in the larger centers and thus give these onr own attention.
My route carried me out along the Allied fioiit, piael ie.-illy froin Calais to .Nancy and return. In whiih I crossed the the historic rivers of northern France: the Soiiiiiie, the Aisne, the .Miusi, .\nci'e, and the Marne.
Itt was my privilege to visit battlefields of both the .Sonime tho Marne, where I witnessed such desolation as I 'lave nev^r seen be¬ fore. Th(> towns vi.sitcd included Arras, I3apa(im.\ Amiens, Noymi, Soil-sons, Kpei'nay, Rheiiii.--. Chalons, P-.n-le-diic. Verdun and .Nancy. .'M (;ne lime I was wlthlu five miles of ('i.iiibrai, where General Hyng's le- oent drive has taken iilace.
In Noyon we fell victim to a moonlight air aid, but the Hoche pi'iiies were driv. n off, with the aid of the anti-aircraft guns. Hack of \« rdun 1 had my only haplism of r.r«'. It was while descending a road near St, Mihiet, which town the Germans occupied, that t'ae assault of their artillery wa.s dirinled against a bridge across the .Meuse river that I l.ad to cross. This bank road was usi d by the Fivnch to transport sii|)i)lies and munitions to Verdun and the Gemians had smashed Ihe main bridge already. A temporary wiKKleii structure had then been erect, d and carefully t-anioiiaged, and it was this bridge that was shelled w.'iile v\e cros.sed it. Our Ford ambulance lost no time in leaving the s(-en", liowever interesting as it might appear in re- tiospect. Eaeh of (lur cars was driven by an American army driver, while the French government fur¬ nished us with an officer eonvoyer who tarried with him the necessary passes to get us througli the barred
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CAPT. PEASLEE ON THANK FREEPORT
DUTY AT CAPITAL
<'aptaln Amos J, I'eaalee, Assistant Ut the Adjutant General of .Nrw Vork who recently returned from France where he was sent hy Secretary of State Hugo to conduct the elec¬ tions among fhe men at the front, ha.s been summoned to Wawiiington by the War Department and will take over important duties under Lie chief of Ordnance commencing January 1st.
In caiiying on the executive work of the CoinmLsRlon in Hiirope,, Caii- tain I'easlce not only came in close jiersmnal touch with General rersli- iiiK. Admiral .Sims and other Anieii- cari oflicers, but also met many ofli¬ cials of the Hritish and French War OfTlcer,s and was consulted exteii- :-i\ely by meinbers of Hritish I'ai- lianieni regarding American election Methods.
He traveled over Ihe entire weslein front, visited every Important Ameri¬ can naval base, and became thorough¬ ly familiar with foreign conditions and problems to be met. The War Deiiaitmeiil wishes to utilize this ex- t)erlenee In coniiectlon with some sfn'cinl new work thai is to be under¬ taken.
Before enleiiiig I'.w iJcrvice. Cap¬ tain I'easli-e was a..'Sociat»-d in the practice of law with .Mr. Paul D. Ci.-ivatli, who is now coun.vel to the Unitid States Treasury and was a member of Colonel House's Commis¬ sion to the ^Mlled ('.inference at rails.
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Satisfaction
The quota assigned to Freeport and .Merriek was 2,,')(i(i and when the books were elo,sed .Monday, Decem¬ ber 31, 2,o;}0 applications for 11118 memberships ihad been obtained, vhich gave Freeport a rating of 81 per cent.
While we are grateful that .so many have joined the Ited Cross, the fai-t remains that there are too many individuals in onr village v^ho h.ive not done their duty in becom¬ ing inembei's of Hed Cross and ap- Piiieiitly have no interest iu this .great Army of .Men-y,
The necessary efforts of the loyal workers who have canvassed and re- canvassed fi'-om house to house in these cold bitter days merit the gieatesi praise.
The following; Is a list of tJie nieieliants and stores in the village 1(1(1 ])er cent, of whose employees hiive .joined Hed Cross In this Drive:
Whitney \'an Wlckler, Plumbing: Sydney Swezey, I.aw Offu-e: Ii,'ir- iholoniew AL- .Me;ide, Drug ¦¦I'homas Lucas, Heal Kslate; Dry Goods; Host .Millinery ("asassa Fruit Store: Chas. Supplies; Charles D, Smith, Ptoie; Clarence l';dwards. Real l-:s- i.ate and Insurance; Woolwoiih's Five and Ten Cent Store.
UEUT. OSTERHOUT MAY GO TO FRANCE
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Howard Osterhout, !-on of .Mr. and .Mrs. Williain Vj. Osterhout, of this village, has for a number of years been private secretary to Sec¬ retary of State Francis .M. Hugo ai Albany. He recently returned from I lance, wheie 'ho had charge of col-
iinu the soldier vote from New York Stale.
.¦\flei' having been "somewhere in France" he coiibi not resist the call rmy for his country, and he has been commission) d a lieutenant in the army, lie has tills we. k begun active duty with the Ordnance Divi¬ sion of the War Departnieiit at Wash¬ ing! /ii. He thinks he may be lieiil to I-'i'aiic(> within a month or tvvo.
11 was Willi reluctance tliat he ;;ave up his i)osillon with tho Secre¬ tary of Stale, i'lid S.irei.uy Hugo was sorry to have iiim Ijave, but Nvoiild interpose no objcKiion to an.v young man, who so desires, serving his eounliy.
The I'oKl congratulates Lieutenant Osterhout mioii his advancement. We know he will make K(Kid.
M:>V YKAILS' AT IIKin^KirK
Friends of .Mr, and .Mrs. Peter Peiger gathered al their hono- New Year's Day for a_h!g seventeen pound turkey dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. J, W, Phillips, Kathryn Philips, Rinado PiiUips, of .Merrick, -Mr. and .Mrs. lx.'0 GiieKt and .Mrs, Augusta Whittermore, of .New York in attendance. We re- giet to say that .M|-. Phillips, after satisfying his appetite was quite unable to rise and it was necessary to move the table to extri(-ate him.
However he was able to smoke !iis cigar-and furnish music, both \ocal and instrumental. We cer¬ tainly hoiKj he will suffer no ill errcts fioui his dinner. The turkey was the Hiiest ever tasted and giv«« great credit to Mrs. IJeiger's e(K)k, "Miss Hedwig Woerner" who knows .'list how lo cook a turkey. Tj.e joy bells were ringing when the coiu- pany broke up. Eaeh takiug, and leaving the very best wishes (or a Happy Naw Year.
The Freeport Hranch, Nassau Chapter has rea.son to l)egln the New Yeans' work with a good deal of encouragement from a letter just m-eeived by Mrs. Swezey, tha ,: (iiai.rman, from the headquarters ofl the Atlantic Division of the lied 1 Cross, complimenting the Freeport ' Hranch on the quality of tiie sup¬ plies which Ihey have sent in. Tha htter in part advises: —The stip- 1)1 les iceived from the Freeport ¦ Hranch are of a high grade of Avoikmansbip, your hospital gar¬ ments hein.n especially well made, of siipeiior ,|iialily and made f^x- actly ac('( rding to .speelflcatiima. Wo wish to congratulate you on tha splendid quality of the gannenta and supplies .von have sent in."
.Now thai ihe busy holidays are over The Hed Cross drive finished and we are back again to the regni- larily of living will not the woin««n el FreeiKirt do and give still more freely to tlip great needs of the Red < loss. .Many are working and trese workers are working very hard but Oh, there are so many who are not doing their bit .
And a few hours of each woman's time at the Red Cross rooms mean* so much in accumulation at the end of a week. As one member express¬ ed the situation at the last meeting." "The people of Freeport are not awake to the needs of the moment. They do not realize that our sons and brothers, many of thorn will soon be) broken and bleeding and . forely in need of our help. The greater number of Freeport women do not realize that our boys 'will bei needing much more than we can ever give them and the least we might do is to give them the sama treatment that wo would give to a man who had come to our doer bleeding and tom Uinough defend- ,i ing us from a burglar."
Women of Freeport will you give a few hours each week to making simple hospitiil garments for L'le in¬ jured boys—dressings, knitted goods i whatever you can do. Make a New Years' resolution with younself ta go to the Ked Cross rooms In the' Olive liuilding a few hours eacn wei'k—on any day you wish—bring ' your thimble and a determination to help on some garment for a bleed¬ ing hei'o wVio is to feel the comfort of the Ked Tross oquipmenL
MORE aRMENTS - NEEDED BY ARMY
Ked C10.SS workers in Nassau will consider the following quotation from a letter received at the Chapter House al Mineola, from the Atlantic j Division of the American Red CroBS a very auspicious beginning for the new year and strive lo go beyond It: "On behalf of the Atl.antic Divi¬ sion, I have writien to several of your branches eongnatulating them ui)oii the spendid quality of work which has been acoinplish- ed them. The supplies whieh ' have passed through this De¬ partment from your Chapter are exceptionally fine. The Surgrl- - cal Dressings are especially oommendable, they are nioBt cai'<'fnlly made, wrapped and packed, and altogether up to the, sLandard. The quality of the hos¬ pital gariiienls is excellent,— thej arc- of good materiul, and -^ tinned out according to the prop¬ er specifications. In fact all the supplies which have come to UB fi'.om your Chapter are of an ex- c.'cdingly hig(h grade, and it is .; a privilege to be able to Liauk .' you for it." '¦
The knitters is .Nassau County alao (leiieive the highest eonimeiidatlon on' their work as was demonstrated ta the Wl iter recently by a coniparlBOn j between s<nne on hand at the t'hapter House and others sent from thft Wai'uJouse al ."iTth Street to fill an emergency call. The work of Nassau County knitters reached ' In every detail the high mark attained by workt r.s In Suigical Dresi^ings and Hospital garmeatss.
Some of you may not know that while fully equiped otherwise wltjx knitted garments, the 41lh Dlvis'—' left Camp Mills and tliis Coum sliort abuut 6,00U helmets and 5.004 l.'alis of wristlets which it was ab«^; liiiely impossible for Headquarters to supply. M'ould it not be wonderful thing for , Nasau C!ount; uiili its iuci'iased membership till this need and a.sk the Atli Division to forward them to 4lBt Division at the front?
Francis V. Arguimbau, son of and .Mrs. Fiauk M. Ar^hubau^ Pose Stret^, wiho returned months ago from France, wbera served with one of the Fnaueh lance corps, has be»eu coomusst a lieutenant iu the United Htat anny, and will be attached to transport division. He expecfta |||| Im» Iu FYance.
