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OFFICIAL.NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY
VOL. 8. NO. 21.
PRIKPORT. N. Y. r>illDAY DEOEMBER 28, 1917
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE SUPERVISORS
Compensation Is Fixed For Selling Tax Par¬ cels-Road Matters
The Board ratified the action of the County Treasurer In employing Stephen P. Pettit, of Freeport aa auctioneer In connection with the sale of land for unpaid taxes for the year 1916. The Board alBo ratified the contract between the County Treaa¬ urer and Mr. Pettit fixing the auc¬ tioneer's compensation at 15 cents, per parcel for each and every parcel sold, no chargo to be made for any parcels that were s'truck down to the County.
Tho Board voted to place Into the County Hlg'.iway Ry.itom the road known as Weat Broadway at Odar- htirst from a point near Holly'd at Hewletts to tho Broadway Turnpike, a distance of two milrsi. Th«^ high¬ way known as tht> Houlevard com¬ mencing at tho Intorsection of t.io Old Country Uoad at .Mineola and running northerly for n,RO0 fret was also acccplcd as a County Road, pe¬ titions having bri'n filed by the Mineola Village Tru.stees.
SUFFOLK CO. TAX LEVY, $1,634,586
The total amount of tho ton ta.x warrants for Suffolk County lo'wns is |1,()34..586.!)5. Tho tax 'warranis have beon signed, and in most cases tho hooks have already beeu turned over to the collectors.
Tho individual tax wairants are as follows:
Sculhhanipton Shelter Island Smithtown .. Riverhead .. . Brookhaven .. Easth.ampton ..
iRlip
Southold .. Eabyloii - • - - Huntinfi;ton ..
$272,075.15
21,83-1.21'
73,7:{0.0!)
81,472.38
2!18,471.(I1
108,010.2.';
302,8.';2.74
lii<),3:!S.02
lor{,;{3o.,'".;i
263,520.411
Total |1,f)34,586.1)5
Tlie tax rates for Iliis year aro as follows: Soutliuinpton. $1.94, incor- poratert villaKis. .'fl.o!!; Shelter Island, $1. incorporati d villam-, 75 centa; Siiiillitowii, ?1.3f); Hivorliead, $1.47; Brookhaven. $1,i:'.; iiit-oi'poi- ¦ted villages, 88 cents; Easthanipton, $l.f)li, incorported villa.nes, ilfi c-cnls; Islip, $1.1102, incorporated villages; .75fi conts; Soiitliold, $1.52, incorin)- r.-Jod villaye, 07 cents; Babylon, $1.4!l, incoporateil village, .$1.00; HuntinKton, $1.G4, incorporat.od vil¬ lage 82 cents.
Tho aggrof;alc of the ton war¬ rants this year is $238,482.36 greater lliaii last year.
WATCH PRESENTED TO CHIEF HANSE
A 20,000 BLAZE AT LONG BEACH
Flre destroyed four buildings, ahont an eighth of a mile east of the Naasau Hotel, I/ing Beach, early Wednesday. The damage is about ?2.')0,000 partly covered hy insurance. The buildings completely or partly destroyed are the Rlalto Moving Pic¬ ture Theatre, owned by Arthur SchloBs; a concrete apartment house, owned hy John C. Hammand; a building owned by Dr. Bierwlth and occupied by Caswell and Maasey, drupgifltB, and a store owned by C. W. Kiiller, who is now at Miami, Pla. About 200 feet of the board walk have also been destroyed. The buifilings adjoined one another.
The I>ong Beach firemen, with llioir gasoline engine, worked hard to check the blaze and were aided by two fire companies from Rockville Centre. The firemen were greatly handicapped hy tho low water press¬ ure. Although the village has an up-to-date engine, it haa hut few men to use it. The police force numbers only four men. Including tho chief, and these four had to do most of tho fire-lightlns before the Rockville Centre contingent arrived.
OLD VETS PASS IN ANNUAL lETIEW
ELECT OFFICERS
Mott Post Has Smoker
and Oyster Supper
on Saturday
CENTURY CHANGES HEMPSTEAD TOWN
Ilpsidrntial conditions in the south side of Nassau Cotinty and the town¬ ship of Hempstead generally In this time of univer.sal war afford a con- tia.st with conditions there during the HovoUitionary war that is lin- PKs.sivo. Whllo Hempstead village is one of \'i\o oldest comniunilies in .¦\inei'ica, the township was .sparsely populated and the wonderful present development and growth of its south side -wore iiiithoiight of.
W'jon the colonies issued the De- l.naiioii of liKb^pondence. hundreds of natives of Ileiripsteaii, Freeport and afljaccnt areas declared tlieir loyalty to Iho rrown and iiiip;rato(l lo <"'anada and l-^n.^land. In 1783 the fioiing auaiiist the I'niled Stales be¬ came so strong that 3,OuO residents of Nassau County went to Canada, l.iiniiin.u; at th<^ inout'.i of SI. John River, New Brunswick, under the loa(l(>i'slii|) of Colonel C.abi'icl I.udlow of Hempstead, the band settled on a traci, near the river, which cvoniual- ly l)ecame the city of St. John and Ludlow—native I.ong Islander—was its first Mayor.
Nowadays the ties hotw^een the United States and Canada are so strong that 'uany (\'iiiadians who are in business in Nmv York are residing in Nassau County, which is imme- c.iaiely east of the city line; and natives of t'lo eoiinty and of I-;ngland are loyalists together against Ger-
Chief of Police James Freeport was "watched" Siilar and special nienibi Police Deparlnient C'.iristinas He generally arrives at l''olic(» llead- (iiiarloi's al :• o'clock oach evening, when the night patrol .coos on duly. On Monday evening of lliis week lie received a message to be at lioad- (liiarters at 8 o'clock for a ".si)(^eial police investigation." When he ar¬ rived he found a banquet table Bet up in the eoiut room, and Police Jii.-sticc Clinlon B. Plinl and about twenty meinbers of the Bolice Department wailing to Older him to "fall in." This ho did.
After .ill hnd heen seated, ex-Chlef \i'cher B. Wallac(\ who has heen a iiieiiibor of the Police Departineiit of the villa'-To for nenrly nineteen years consecutively, presented Chief Hanse, ou bi'lialf of Ihe iiieiiiliers of the De¬ partment, with a gold watch, and Capt. John . Dunbar with a f;old ring. Both were taken l>y surprise.
l«KI»n.l, ACTIOX
The action hronglit hy Charles Southard of Paldwin against John J. Bedell of Hellmore and tried in the County Court at Mineola on Friday, last resulted in a disaKre<>ment by t.ie Jury which heard the case. Soulhard sued to recover $135 for damages done to his building on ths Merrick Road, when Hedella auto, following a collision with another machiue crashed through the front of the building. This is the second time that the ease has In'on heard and the second time a disagreement Yas been recorded in the case. It was said unofflcially that on tlie last ballot tho jury voted seven to flve iu favor of the plaintiff.
In Baldwm southern Nassau Coun¬ tv. f')i' example, are numerous natives 1 ol' St. John, New Rrunswick, whose j lorhears in 178:5 loft the same part of I the rounty lo go to the Canadian pro- Hanse of I vince an '.listorieal coincidence, by the re-JAn^ ns Cnhriel I.udlow of Nassau 's of the County hecamo Mayor of St. John. Kve. ] ,\,,\^ Hruiiswick. so if. it i)Ossil)'.e for some native of New Rninswick now in Nassau County to become .Mayor ot Baldwin or Hempstead.
Last Saturday evening was the lime for the regular meeting of the Mott Post, O. A. R., and the veterans managed to put In a full evening. In addition to the regular business, there was Annual Inspection, elec¬ tion of officers, and the annual smoker and oyster B'upper. Going some for men every one of WLom is well beyond the 70th milestone.
Past Commander R. .1. Seckerson was Inspection officer, and after his work was completed he pronounced the affairs in good order.
The following otncera were elected for the coming year, there being no contest In any instance.
("ommander, W. H. Patterson; Senior Vice, W. H. Tabb; Junior Vice, James H, Johnson; Surgeon, Albert Rhodes; Chaplin, R. S. Secker¬ son; Quarter-.Masler, Isaac Post; Ofli¬ cer of the Day, John P. Smith; Offleer of the Guard, Peter Berger; Inside Sentinel, John Bookman; Pat¬ riotic Instructor, C. J. Greenleaf; Adjutant, KIbert 13. Rose; Quarter Master Sergeant, Daniel Washburn; Sergeant Major, George Kellogg; De¬ legate Slate Department, Con. Elbert B. Rose; Alternate, R. S. Seckerson.
Installation of ofBcers will take place on the evening of the second Saturday of January, 1918.
Commander Patterson has been confined to his homo for nearly three months with thai enemy of the vete¬ rans, rheumatism, but with the aid of a taxi and friends he manaKed to bo present and presided with his usual ability and feeling. Over 20 comrades were present, which is a good showing for a total momber- fhip of 30, and not a comrade waa- roixirted ill or in distress. The fine Patterson oysters were served at the supper, and this is simply saying that no better ones could be obtain¬ ed.
Tho State Department of the G. A. R. has sent Comrade Greenleaf his commission as Patriotic Instructor I'or Nassau Co. for the comin'.; yoar. His address is Freeport, or 344 AV. 72nd Street. New York City. Ho hopes that any one wishing to, will coiiiiiiunicate with him on his work.
UNCLE'S CHIPS
Jogging of Rockville Centre, Insists that he is doing 5.is 9Ht to help Mr. Hoover. To a Hieatless Monday, wheateless Wednesday and sweetlcss Friday he bas now ndded a sleepless nlgbt, tjat of Saturiay when he slips down to the club and toyB with the pasteboard.? till all bours of the fol¬ lowing a. m.
The' Kaiser's titles, though not nearly as numerous, by the way as those of the King of England, whose K, C. B., P. D. Q., X. Y. Z., etc.. when stood on end occupy aa entire baggage van Bpecially constructed aad uphol¬ stered for the purpose, have Just been enriched by his good friend, the thiev¬ ing Turk. Having ribbed Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Its many million dollars' worth of treas¬ ures, tbe Sultan'baa »ent its famous Jewelled Monstrance to the Kaiser, a gift automatically carrying with it the title of R. S. P., meaning as we in America understand it. Receiver of Stolon Property. Of course the Kaiser promptly accepted it.
Anybody who can jolly good bar¬ gains out of a crowd at a tax sale, pull off a check for ?2,000 for his own brief labors and win an unengrossed n solution of thanks ¦ from Nassau's
Detroit presprves Its reputation as a. healthy American City. A Federal jury of Its citizens convicted flve Oer¬ mans of conspiring to destroy a local factory and the St. Clair river tunnel and to set on foot In the United States a military enterprise against Canada. One of them was sentenced to four years In the Federal Prison at Fort Leavenworth and to pay a flne of $20,- 000. Three others, Including a woman, were sentenced to two years ImprlBonment and to pay a fine of |10,- 000 each. A second German lady was sent (o the local House of Correction and fined $15,000. They do these things better in Detroit than in New York, for instance.
Th© editor of Vorwaerts is pushing the Wilson idea into the Oermans In good Bihape. "Every war profiteer and millionaire," he tells the nerliners, has hlB kitchen and cellar full of ham and bacon; the middle class ekes out a precarious existence, spending all it possosses on food, but 40,000,000 of the masses aro starving and are un¬ likely to sit silent." Il is these forty millions that our President has un¬ doubtedly had in mind all the while. Such a mass may. In time leaven the tough Prussian Camp, but will thai oomplete co-ordination of German
Supervisors Is a man of ver.sallty, i belly and German mind, which alone
without false modesty and of attain¬ ments not to be despised. Freeport's Jocund citizenry rejoices In the com¬ panionship of such a genius. For the benefit of Hempstead and Rockville Centre "which possess no geniuses at all, let the name be confidentially whispered in this cotjnection of Steve Pettit, Whilom Sheriff of Nassau County. Let it also be distinctly understood hy such residents of those two educational centres as have not mastered their Stormouth that "\)'hilom" is neither a term of re¬ proach, nor the name of one of those new-fangled Hoover dishes.
CHILDREN'S PARH AT EASTERN STARS
$10,(MM> Vi) HOSPITAL
A bequest of $10,000 to the Nassau Hospital nt Mineola was one of the large suras given to charity by the will of William H. White of Cold Spring Harbor, flled In the Surro¬ gate's Court at Riverhead on December 26.
The will dUposes of a large sura of mmty in the aggregate, the total value of testator's property o«ln« Iiii4«r eatlmated.
(JKKFTlMiS Clir.KU ROOSKVI I.T
Colon.1 lUio.scviMl spent a very ^liiiet Christmas, ll was the first Christmas tliat his four hoys wore not "With him. They are all "over lh(M"e" and in the evening the Colonel reci'ived a cable iiiossago from two of his sons, Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Captain Archibald Roose- veU, who arc wilh ("enoial Prs.ling's army, wishing him a Merry Christmas and a Happy N'(>w Year..
Chrisiiiias inorninK the Colonel went inio Iho trophy room, where a big Christmas tree was erected, and played with his two grandchildren. With blm were Mis. RooseveH and his two daughters, ]\Trs. Nicholas l.ongworlh and .Mrs. liicliard Derbx, whose husband is in France with the Rainbow Division.
V2 STiUS ON HO.SIMTAL FIAC.
The Nas.sau County Hospital has a service Has wit'i twelve stars, and it has been flung to the breeze from the hospital flag pole. Six iiitdical nltaebes of the hospital have enlisted So bave two nurses, two orderlies, a ii'aehinist and a pathologist. They aie Or. .\. C. Martin, of l.ynbiook. Dr. 1-. Washburn, of Hempstead, Dr. .Mfred Parsons, of Great Neck, Dr. H. Kice. of Baldwin. Dr, M. P. Breed .of Doiitrhlaston Manor and Dr. J. F. Sullivan of Westbury. The nurses ire: Miss Sarah l.aiiience and Miss Jianette Pringle, who have enrolled us Red Cross nurses; the orderlies are Jo.hn Culliiun and Williani Cas¬ par. Graham Gower Is the machinist and Jack Coleman, the pathologist.
UK It (KOSS MEKTIWG
The regular meeting of the Free- port Branch. Nassau County Chapter of tbe Red Crott, was beld^ on Thursday. December 27, Instead ol ths usual dsy which falls oo Christ¬ mas, at the Freeport Club at thrse o'clock.
The mem.bers of the Eastern Star Chapter gave a party to their own rnd friends' cildren on Saturday evening, December 22 in their rooms Mechanic Hall, where old and young s^i eiiu'd to enjoy themselves alike. There being a Xmas tree loaned by the Commercial Travelers, and our Happy .Mr. Alvin Johnson so kindly consented to come over nd act as Santa, giving to each child a fancy basket of candy for the ('hapler, also marched with them to the Banquet Hall where refreshments were serv¬ ed to all. The children especially enjoyed the fish pond and all enjoyed the fortune telling by our good Sister .Miss Cocila Payne. There was an eniertaiunient by the children, those taking part were. Miss Dorothy Hrown. of .Massapequa. recitation; -Miss Elaine Dunbar, piano solo; Miss Ruth Lindsay, Xmas sonp:; Miss Shirley Fulton, piano solo; Miss«>3 Dunbar Sisters, piano duet; Little Miss Marion Dunbar, reciiation; Master Clyde itandall, recitation; .Master Rundall Smith, recitation; Xmas Box; .Master Walter Dunbar, recitation. As the hours were crei-p- Mig lo midnight all voted a very en¬ joyable evening and a Merry Xmas.
KnVV (iHT.S $9,517
Siipervisoi Smilh reported to tJio Town Hoard this week that Hemp¬ stead's share of the mortgage tax, i-.pporlionod by the Board of Super¬ visors, is ?9,517,.'i7.
The Board, acting under an amondnieiii to the law, increased tlie iiiiiiibei- of days the Board of Audit is ;\I lowed to sit fiom 80 to 150. The ineiiihois receive $5 day each for each day Ihey work.
A resolution was adopted allowing owners of places used for the can¬ vass of the soldiers vote expenses not to exceed J.'i.
The Baldwin water district con¬ tract with the Baldwin Water Com¬ pany was renewed for a term of flve ytars at $25 a hydrant per year.
Summer passengers on that cele¬ brated mundane system, the Oyster Bay division of the Peters railroad, '¦nvo rlwrys been a little curious about the quiet, unassuming gentle¬ man who gets on avi off at Roslyn station, and who is likely to look a little startled and even distressed if ftiuidonly addressed as ''Col." House. Thompson tells in the N. Y. Times the origin of this litle of t.he man who is lopiitcd to be President Wilson's closest friend. Having contributed very materially to the election of Gov. Cul bei son, of Texas., the Gov¬ ernor with the true generosity of the sunny southland be¬ stowed upon Mr. House the title of Colonel and made him a member of his military staff. Tlie Governor, by the way, is herewith acquitted of any such suspicion as attaches to Gover¬ nors of New York, for instance, whose Sf loot ions of meinbers of their mili¬ tary households may be largely re- slricted to the mo.st generous givers of campai.!iTi sorghum. However, the litle could not very -well be refused by Mr. House, litle as he liked It, and h« reluctantly ordered iliis uniform.
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As in New York, so in Texas, the uniform of a member of the Gover¬ nor's mililary staff 'la a resplendent creation, heavily weighted with some¬ thing called bullion which is alleged lo be mined by the peons of Mexico on high peaks and thence transported by jackasses to low lying seaport
It Is Captain Royal E. T. Riggs now, the popular young lawyer of Brooklyn, having received his commission at Platlsburgh and been detailed to Camp Upton. The Riggs family is one of the oldest and be.st known in Brook¬ lyn. The Captain's grandfather was a member of the celebrated Consti¬ tutional Convention of 1894. His father Edward G. Riggs, was the fam¬ ous political correspondent of the New- York Sun, who for years was in the firing line of Stale and National cam¬ paigns without numlier ani success¬ fully carried the secrets of political loaders generally wi»hniit spilins; them. "Kov" Riggs was We of the most promising of Hit-! youneer iiiein- hem of the New York" I:ar. Congra- tuations. "Lddie."
President Boric, is so accustomed to making bulls eyes on the Savage Anns home range that the habit fol¬ lows liiin right into the Senate Coni- niittee. He tells tho ConmiiltPe that the government "ought to have a Di¬ rector of .Munitions, a bis broad-mind¬ ed man, a ho-nian, not a pussefool." Have a hearl, Borie. Lon^ and faith- l)il service in a swivel chair in the Ordanco liurcuu ncod not iioco-ssaiily iinsex a man, and Gen. Crozier has only occupied such a chair sixteen years. Moreover he was "popular and prominent in a social way," as the Brooklyn Eagle puts it. The hard¬ ships, privations and bitter disap- rointnients of Society, one to be home by our gallant Washington Generals unflinchingly if Peace must have her victories no lessi renowned than war. These considerations ap¬ pear to have been wholly overlooked by the gunmaker from saline Syracuse.
ture and portly Prussians who drive oil: brewery wagons, and for moat, liraburger and sauerkraut with an oc¬ casional frankfurter on the side. To put if iinderstandlngly by all Ix)ng Islanders, at fhe risk of criticism for the use of language too distinctly classical, this war is a case, fellow citizens of the first and last families of .Nassau, of Root, Hog or Die. Hav¬ ing no hankering for the society of the Ood with whom the Kaiser colla¬ borates and no use whatever for a hell peopled to tbe limit with Huns, we shall Root.
GENERAL CIRCULATION
Onm DOLLAR PKR YKAR
These dangerous enemy allen.i (who have been arrested and released on pa¬ role within the last few -weeks and are going about the country doing what seems to them meet, con¬ genial and profltable) are men of prominence, mostly bankers. Is that the reason why tbey arc so favored, or is there some other—New York Times.
Whatever fhe reason, why shouldn't the Times with its great resources and legal equipment, discharge a pat¬ riotic duty by discovering It and making it public? It surely f'oesn't expect the newspapers of Nassau to answer its questions? Is the Times afeard of bankers?
The editors of fho Long Island I'ress Association are under lasting obligations to Collector of Internal lievenue Mark Eisner, of New Y'ork, for his llluniinating exposition of jiist ".low much those of theni whose net income is $120,000 per annum must confrihute as income taxes. It sliniild be distinctly understood by liioin tbat their utmost endeavors fo abate his figures a single farthing will lie unavailing. Of course, there are others besides the editors of Nasaau and Suffolk in this richly endowed (lass, but tho figures are the same for all. Why the jocund Collector shouUi select a modest Income like $120,000 for illustration is even more mysteri¬ ous than many provisions ot the law itself. However, here are his figures: Law I..aw
1916 1917
Net income $120,000 $120,000
Exemption
(if married .. .
4,000
2,000
2 per cent tax Surtax .. ... .
$116,000
2,320
. 3.000
$118,000 .2.360 14.700
Total Tax ... $.5,320 $17,060
Orand total tax .. $22,380 Editors balance only 37.G20
It cannot ho said that a Eong Ifland Editor is not doing his bit who contributes so liberally of his sub¬ stance.
It was ever thus in old ages and among all nations. Those nurliirod in peace periods wero near ready for war when war was declared, whether in their comfortable quarters aboard j..v.v.v.,..v .^ •" .-•"" .-ship or their swivel chairs In Wash- Mr. Creel might put if. al some consid- 'ington—berths ashore suddenly con-
The cilizens of Rockville Centre are onio.what sta riled, though none the css appreciative of fhe fact at the nianif(^siaflons of real life and vigor in Ihe ofFico of Village Prosidenf, since "Ed." Wrlsht assumed Its duties. His latest piactical achievement is the saving of a thousand dollars (a whole ioi of money in a village) in coal con¬ sumption by hitching the moon to the village power house and discontinuing the electric street lights on other th.an moonless nights, thus saving a hiin- (lied tons of coal during the last three months. Some of his board associ¬ ates were a little dubious about the (xperiment, and one argument that spooning is likely to Increase in the
RED CROSS DRIIfE BRINC^RESULTS
THROUGHOUT CO*
Port Washington Sets Record-Long Beach c. Also Does Well
For the purpose of pefhilttlnf workers In the villages that did not obtain the quotas assigned them to complete their work the campaign managers conducting the Red Croaa drive for 30,000 new membera In NBFsau County have extended the cpmpaign another week.
The results bbtalned through the efforts of Byron C. Gould, his caiH talns and workers In Port Washing¬ ton are still fhe talk of the Red (ross workers In Nassau (^ounty. Although given a quota of 1,650 from a Slimmer population of 6,500, Port AVashington. Monday evening, when the last reports were received, had 3,276 niemberahlps to Its credit It was originally planned by Mr. Oould to get 3,000 meinbers by Saturday night and then to rest, but after ac¬ complishing this eventful feat the workers could not remain Idle, and continued to go after subscriptions with the hope of getting 4,000.
Long Beach is al.so on the map. Tho managers fixed fhe quota of that vi'lage at 250 judging its population on Slimmer figures. There are, (how¬ ever, only 200 residents now at Long Beach, yet on .Monday night 280 mem¬ bers had been obtained.
The latest figures sent to the cam¬ paign commiltee from different vil¬ lages are as follows: Port Wash- ' ington, 3,276; Plandome, 250; Sea Cllfl-, 757; Brookville 718; Massape¬ qua 236; lAiXig Beach, 280; Hemp¬ stead. 2,500; Floral Park. 534; Westbury 979; Roslyn, 700; Hlcks- vile, 675; Great Neck, 789; Garden City, 544; Lynbrook, 1,144; Rock- ways 1,970; Mineola, 476; Jericho, 223; Glen Cove 1,577; Valley Stream, 370; Freeport, 1,452, and New Hyde Park. 290.
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erable discomfort, not to say peril, to both man and beast. Like most base metals it is extremely r.ieavy and more than one unaccustomed Colonel has been caught in the act of mopping his perspiring brow under the un¬ accustomed weight of his uniform, of course a Colond's uniform is more easily borne than that of a General's, the latter, to again quote tradition, be¬ ing a burden snfflcient for a pack- horse of porchei'on mould. However, to do .Mr, House justice, it was not a question of ruggedness of physique that liothered him, but rather a fe(>ling of abashment at the tlioiight of beinu found in the company of such a bauble.
WOMK.V liXifT MANA(JKR.S.
.Members of the home economics deprtinent of tbe Farm Bureau held their annual meeting December 21st 3nc"( were adressed by several of the State offlcers on that work. The new board of managers are: Mrs. Wilmer R. Kearns, Oceanslde; Mrs. Court- land D. Barnes, Manhaiiset; Mrs. William H. Seaman, Glen Cove; Mrs. John C. Baker, Oreat Neck; Mrs. C'haries H. Heckler, Roslyn; Mrs. John Hiimaaon, Mrs. Jo^n Lewis Chllds, Floral Park; Mrs. Alfred T. Davidson, Freeport; Mrs. U. I. Pratt. Qlen Cove.
Taking his box of uniform from the tailor, Mr. House retired to a remote chamber fo inspect it. The V)n"y gorgeousness filled him with dismay, and calling his ebony coachman, he pointed to box and contents and gave his flrst military command, running aboui like this: "Here, Sam. gel rid of this thing, you may Lave it. Away with it." Thereafter Sam always ap- I eared in uniform at all festive gath¬ erings of Basheba lx)dge of the Knights of Rest of which he was a shining meniber. But fate again laid her hand on Mr. House's shoulder and a.aaln iiolnted hig .way to a military career this time under Governor Hogg whom he had also boosted Into the Texas executive chamber. Again the affectionate mark of gubernatlonal es¬ teem was thruift upon him, and again a Colonel's uniform was purchaaed, again he baoked at the last moment and again was Sam's wardrobe en¬ riched. The chronicles of present liappenlngs somewhere In Europe con¬ tain no reference to a Col. Houae in uniform or even in plush knee breeches and buckles, the latter, by the way, a favorite dress of a late Ambas^dor to St. Jamea which ex¬ posed a pair of long, lean unsdiapely legs to the Amerlcau mirth of tbe late Charles A. Dana, tbe editor of the N. Y. 8uD. anc^ In brfef, la the Uue
fronted with a crisis, they naturally crumpled, an offlciai enquiry complet¬ ed their discomfiture and Ihey fadid away, fated with the other reserves to serve as so many human sand ba^s v/hen all other lines of defence have given way and rout and ruin are im¬ minent. ''Somewhere over llui'*'" tho same thing has happened as that in v.'hich we are discoveiing "over here." New men, rew names, new faces arc coining to the front, if failure is ll'.eir fate, other men, other nanus, other faces will fill their place, and so the process of sulistitulion 'will go automatically on till the end of the (rlsis is reached. Those in upper¬ most stations at that moment even though perhaps on the very verge of cellapse themselvea, becoaio our heroes and National idols
MOON WILUHELP UGHT FKEEPORT
DR. CrKTUJK TO rFATE
The offlciai board of the Freeport Methodist I'Ipiscopal Church have beon notified by their pastor, the Rev. Dr. Saul O. Curtice, that lie wil! not lomain another year. At the end of fhe conference year, which is ia April, 1918. Dr. Curtice completes hi.s fiftii year in the Freeport Church. His iii'cvious pastorates have been in Jamaic-a and Lawrence. A call wUi be miule, it is said, to the Rev. Solon P. Fairbanks, a. member of the New. York I-last Conference, who has just closed an evangelistit.' campaign here. Up to last April he was pastor of the Easi Avenue Church, Norwalk, Conn.,
PA.STOKS TO AID SOLOIEKS.
Two P'roeport pastors will leave their churches al fhe beginning of fhe new year to administer to the spiritual welfare of the soldier. T'.:ey are the Rev. T. S. Breckenridge, of the thirst Baptist Church and the Rev. August C. Karku of the Luther¬ an Church. The former will take up y. M. C, A., at Camp Upton and tbe latter who is the Fire Department chaplain, has been appointed a chap¬ lain in the National Army.
All this does not convey the moi al Ihat one should conserve h'«-lf .^rloUc ardor till the very last iiiomi^nt before entering war. The theory that the last shall be first doesn't fi;''t«' ^^¦«'';^ out this way. The oilier «'««'> '^ more believable that the fiist »-hal often be the last. Goings on in Washington of late confirm it. though it too Jias Us limitations. One for in¬ stance, who wants to be last on the firing line will naturally 'eje^^t " '" toto. And so. after some consldei- able cognltation, we have decidt-d to accept uncomplainingly "f 'lecr^^s ot fate, thus resolving our state of ra nd into complete complacency over the Ihought Uiat Admiral Capps is head¬ ed for the rocking chair fleet and Gen¬ erals Crozler and Sharpe for the rear. Thia war must be won and if their eucceaaora dont make good others will have their names on the ultimate roll of fame.
The jgreat queatlon for ua to decide whether we shall continue to com; mute even crowdedly that art"''"' highway of commerce, the L. I. K.K-. cultivate our garden, saas In o""^/*'
pective ways and «Pr''V'"*,^l . ?ri iV spoken o^ Long laland, each ^ free
s*ter7eithrt;^';rte'm^"of Mar." to '^7Zr ^^^'^^J't^t*^ ^i^K^^ hvnta Mr. House to hto war c^Miot. slavsa •»« »»•>• tor m*Mitrt me skw.
The Village Fathers of Freeport aro determined that the village shall do lis "bit" toward the conservation of the fuel supply. At a recent session of Um board two resolutions wore passed, which went into effect imme¬ diately, that are in line with tho policy recommended by tho Fuel Ad¬ ministrator. One of Ihe resolutions was a "moonlight schedule," and tho other calls for two "lightless nights" a week.
I nlil further notice the street lighting system will be discontinued oil moonlight nights. This alone, ac¬ cording to the chief engineer, will re¬ duce the consumption of coal consid- (lably. Another fact that was taken into consideration y the trustees was that at this time of tho year, when ilK ii't'es iii'o leaflei-s, street illumi¬ nation Will not be missed on moon¬ light nights.
The "two lightless nights" a week is in puiBuance of an order from VN'ashlngfon, 1), ('., which was trans- inlited to the citizens of Freeport In the form of an appeal from fhe Fuel Conservation Commission that all outside eltctric lights should not be burued on two nights a week.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. C'hristina Dowdell Merley, 09 j years old, of 809 Putnam Avenue, widow of I^iwrence Murley, mother of Andrew J. Murley, of Freepurt, a.io a resident of Brooklyn for thlrty-flvc yeara, died on Saturday. Her funer¬ al was held Thursday morning, with requiem mass In the R. C. Church, o.'' Our Lady of Good Counael, Putnam Avenue, near Ralph Avenue, Inter¬ ment following In Calvary Cemetery, Mra. Murley was bom In New York City and her late husband was a Waahingion Market merchant. Bhe ia Burvived by four aons, Edwin C., of the U. S. Naval Reserves. an.1 Joaeph F. of the 10«th Madiln^ Gun Battalion at C&mp Wadsworth, Grover C. and Andrew J. of Freepor*. L. I., aud three daughters , Chriatiua. Irene and Mrs. Harold Cole ol Tor- oato. Out
SOCIALISTS IT IN HEMPSTEAD
The number of voters In the Town of Hempstead who expressed their party preferences In the November eUction totaled 8,256. Of that num¬ ber there are 5,659 Republicans, 2,- 44,'5 Democrats, 103 Socialists, 49 I Prohibitionists, 464 blanks, 13 void and missing. The Republicans show a loss of 1,SC2 and the Democrats 1,494 over last year. The Socialists have gained 70 and Prohibition 5.
FREKPORT m ys SOFT COAIi
Tho Municipal Klectric Ligh Power and Water Plant of Freeport, will rcon have enough coal to last It for several moniliri al the present rate ot consuiniitlon. A week ago Presi¬ dent Swe> zey had opportunity to pur¬ chase 500 tons of soft coal at $5.75 per ton. He lost no time In present¬ ing the matter fo his colleagues on the Board and the result waa that Mr. Swezey was authorized to close at once. Thf' shipment is expected witbin three weeks.
•HSTICE S( I DDKR IS IIPIIKLD
The Appellate Division has upheld Supreme Court Justice Townsend Scudder, who decided tht Ptrick Mur¬ phy, a hotel proprietor of the Jeri¬ cho Turnpike, Mineola, Is entitled to continue hia hotel huMaeaa. Mur¬ phy was one of the hotelkeepers paaaed favorably upon by the town pruning board. State Llcenae Com- ralaaioner Herbert 8. Sisson aubatl- tuted another hotel for Murphy's.
84.000 MOHK JOIN KKD (KOSR
Twenty-four thousand realdente of Nasaau County have Joined the Red Cross as the reault of thj uiember- ablp drive to gain 30.000 meiulwtra in the county, according to reports made by the workers Christmas Bve. Ten villages have exceeded tbelr quota. Port Washington, which has obtain¬ ed 199 per cent, of Its quotR; lead¬ ing. That village has enrolled 3,- C76 oiembera; Plandome, 260; f|^ Cliff, 756; Brookville, 718 Masaapa- qua, 236: Long Beaeb, NO; Weat- bury, 979; Hicksville 776; Onrdw Cily UA. Jertcbo STS.
