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T«l«i>hon« 61
FRIDAY, .lUNE 14. 1918
Keep Cool and Watch.
The Civil War had its raiders on the «ea and they wrought consider¬ able havoc. Thpy were as bad as the submarines so far as their intent to destroy was concerned, but havinK ecjuipment no where near the eflRci- ency of the U-boats, they were dan¬ gerous only in a minor degrt'c by comparison.
The ancient raiders caused fear on ¦the sea, but not so much on land as the submarines have apparently aroU'iied by sinking a number of ves¬ sels off the New Jersey coast.
Air raids may be undertaken by the Huns from the U-boats or any other source. They evidently figure out their plans well before putting them into effect and do it so secre¬ tively that it is difficult to obtain clues beforehand.
However, it seems unnecessary to become scared without cause. An at¬ tack from the sea would be ditricult, extremely so, it would seem, under present watchful conditions, and any air raids would likewise be hard to undertake and successfully promul¬ gate.
'Hysteria is a bad complaint. It is Ifar better to keep cool and leave no effort unapplied to watch the cunning, wicked German enemy.
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Milk for Nassau's Needy.
In June, 1916, the Nassau County Association was supplying twenty-five quarts of mdlk to sixteen families.
Mrs. Payne Whitney, Manhasset, aided the association at her annual fair for a babies' hospital in' New York City. Five hundred dollars was the associations share, and a few more than sixteen families were bene¬ fited the ensuing year.
In June, 1917, Nassau County peo¬ ple were more interested lin the wel¬ fare of their needy friends, and $1,600 was raised. This sum has been spent, biut the asaociation has not been as generous with the distribu¬ tion of milk as it desired. Milk is afforded only in cases of sickness, convalescense or malnutrition, and when the immediate need is relieved, it is necessary to discontinue the or¬ der.
The association asks for aid this year and will offer everyone an op¬ portunity to do so at the annual fair, which will be held at Green Tree Farm, the spacious home, on Friday afternoon, June 21.
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POLITICAL CALENDAR
July 2—First d«y for mgning
petitionB. .'m,v :Ut to August fi—Dates for
¦;;r ' designating petitions. ¦An-'H't 16—bast day to decline
dr'ip'n ation*. ¦ : 1 , jn- -Last day to fill va-
cv ?»fter declinagion.
August 22--Ccrtif^cation by Sec¬ retary of State to the cufl- ;<> i.an ol primary recordg of ¦-¦ "• a'inns filed. September 3—Fall primaries in .\a.*»au County t a.m. to 9 • M. (»u'«if!p of New York City. T a.m. to 9 p.m. Spptembor 9 -Last day on which custodian of primary records can certify resnltn. August 27 to September 9— Dntes for filing town nomina¬ tions. September 3 to September 12— Dates for filing irdependent nominations. SVnV'Tnbcr 14- Last day for de- clininff town or independent ii:,mi nations.
¦Si »t ,n'n(»r 17—La-st day for '¦''¦'"L' vficinpies for such. October II, 12, 18 and 19-Per- sonal registration In cities and village* of Freeport, Rockville Centre and Hempstead, 7 a m. Io 10 p. m. October 12 and 19—Non-per¬ sonal registration outside of citis and villages of .^i.OOO Ol" im>ve, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. November 5—General election day. Polli open 6 a. m. and close 6 p. m.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL tions of the ^r+h m this trying hour
_„ Thn> you may rectify ronr .iipiritnal
f, . nr , , ,»._ ., , ,. condition so that you may fe*l that
Floyd Weekes of Hempstead, who a j^ ^^„^, f^^ ¦•CH>vernment of the Pe<v
few years ag-o aspired to the super- visorship on the Democratic ticket, is empjpyed as bnokkeeper at the Cur- tiss Engineering Corporation plant at Garden City. Floyd has been a hard worker all his li-fe, and for years played the anvil choru.« in his blacksmith shop in Main street, Hempstead, succeeding to the busi¬ ness after the death of his father. Walter Weekes. He developed Pros¬ pect Park, one of the prettiest resi¬ dential sections of his ho;ne village, transforming what was an unsightiy spot into an area of beauty.
Former State Senator and Super¬ visors' clerk, James L. Long, of Oys¬ ter Bay, now engaged in federal work, n?aintains his geniality, and frrm hi.^ talk has lost none of his Democratic enthusiasm, although rec- otrnizing that the party in Nassau County is practically lifeless.
pie, By the People, and For the Peo pie," not only for this day and hour, but for all the days while the chil¬ dren of men may live and .ove liberty. C. J. Orrrnibaf, Dept. Patriotic Instruction, G. A. R.
FILTERED FRAGMENTS.
The Campaign for Nurses
Ktforls made thi.s wet-k to obtain a sufficient numlH'r of nurses to meet all the needs of tho army and navy touch every home.
Every registered nurse is needed for service in the field or in hospi¬ tals.
Nurses who have retired from prac¬ tice are called on to return to their profession and devote all time possi¬ ble to serving civilians.
Civilians are urged to refrain from employing profes&ional nurses ex¬ cept in ca:ies of necessity, as every nurse needlessly engaged in civilian practice rt duces the number available for t'lo essential requirements of the army and n.-ivy.
Competent women are besought to prepare themselves as nurses for ser¬ vice here and possibly abroad.
Women generally ai^ asked to take the course of instruction in home nursing that are arranged by the Red Croti, in order that they may b« abl* io care pn>perly for nwmbers of th»lr ffuniiy sufTti-ing from simple ih- «Mea or trivial injuries, on account of which they might in ordiaary |im«s ««U in rejT-ilar numa, perhap* lor «oly • f«w 4*y. i
Residents of Hempstead are re¬ ported to he considerably aroused by a decision of the Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Company to cut off a 10 per cent, discount from bills paid within ten days. The discount has been vol¬ untary on the part of the company. Whether dayiight saving has had anything to do with the comnany s action remains to be seen. It is claimed in newsi)aper reports that the company bases its action on as¬ serted increase of expenses.
Tht> N. V. World of Sunday last had a news item from Laurel, Dei., in which it was related that a rose¬ bush there that was never grafted, has three beautiful roses, one red, another white and the third, blue. The correspondent at Laurel said: "No one here ever saw or heard of anything like it."' The correspondent is right and it is a forgone conclu¬ sion that neither he nor anyone else ever wili see "anything like if The rosebush yarn is about as good as that told oif the Irish policeman's dog, which disappeared, could not be found anywhere, and finally came home on St. 'Patrick's Day with green ribbon tied to his tail. Next!
I What the Democrats of Nassau will do for a leader to succeed Bert fJardner continues a perplexing ques¬ tion, according to information from sources thit shouhf know. There ap¬ pears no marked desire to have Har¬ ry Keith renew activities tfirectly. hut unless a competent candidate for .'State committeeman can he obtained, the organization, it is rumored, may Vje forced to place the Internal Reve¬ nue Collector on the ticket for state committeeman. Former State .Assem¬ blyman Leroy J. Weed of Garden City has been hinted at as the "dark horse" of the organization forces.
The eclipse of the sun last Satur¬ day afternoon was a spectacle df rare interest, clear weather affording a view of the phenomena with the eye ' unaided by smoked glass or other ac- t cessories. iLong Islanders watched the diminishing of the great orb from numerous places of vantage.
"The increase in railroad passenger rates will come hard on the people who travel a lOng distance to buy al¬ leged bargains they can get just as well or better at home.'' says Thr County Review, published at River- head. The Traveler agrees with this assertion, tyut there are many Long Islanders who like to visit the city occasionally to see the sights and get ideas of things modern which the country stores are sometimes tardy in presenting to the trade.
H. A. PARKER HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Harry A. Parker of 80 Windsor avenue, Rockville Centre, was the vie tim of a serious automobile accident nt "Dead Man's Curve," near !¦ .n- layson's on the Merrick road, early Sunday morning, his car turning over, pinning him beneath it and in¬ flicting a number of injuries, from which it is expected he will recover. Two of his rrbs were broken, one of his hipj dislocated and body cut from head to feet. The automobi p was partly wrecked.
Theodore Ilillmer, a newsboy, found the injured man under the wreck moaning, and at times pleading for help. Unable to lift the big automo¬ bile. Hillmer hurrieil to police head¬ quarters, where he obtained the ser¬ vices of Officer Dennis Ijeary and .several taxicab drivers. They jacked up the car and released Parker.
Doctors Hutcheson and .Seaman re¬ sponded to cails for aid and had Parker removed to his homo.
The injure<l man told the physi- ci.ins and his family that his cat; was turned over when he attempted to avoid another that nearly ran him down. He had visited friends in Lvn-
ROOSEVELT
SCHOOL NOTES
Superintendent Ward C. Moon the Ffeeport schools was a visitor ai the Roosevelt schools last Friday and gave thrift stamps to the following pupils who won prizes in the Liberty Ix>an composition contest:
Eighth Grade—first prize, JacoA) Carman; .second pri7.e, David Corker; Seventh GradeW first prize, Simon Nathan; second prize, Mae Behr; Sixth Grade—f^rst prize, Monica Brockmsyer; second prize, Marion Mole; Fifth Grade-^first prize. Paul Florence; second prize, Arthur Hub¬ bard.
F'reparations for the closing exer¬ cises are under way and will be held on two evenings the last week in June.
Regents examinations will begin on June 17.
(Jrade examinations, under the di¬ rection of District Superintendent W. C. .Mepham, for grades five, six and •Steven on June 12 and 13; for grades two, three and 4 on .Monday morning, June 10.
Mrs. A. Schlegel entertainfed at her home in Brookside avenue last Sunr day a number of friends in honor of her birthday. Those present were Mr. and .Mrs. E. Martin, Miss R Ditzenberger of Pearl River, N. J.; R. Seid.er, Mi.ss H. Prades, Wood- cliff Lake, N. J.; P. Palmer, Mr. and .Mrs. A. Seidler of Brook.yn, Charles Zellcr, Charles Zeller, Jr., of Wood- haven, and Mr. and .Mrs. H. Gunther and family of Baldwin.
Charles H. Southard of Baldwin, who for many-years from its incep¬ tion, served as commodore for the South Shore Yacht Club, Freeport, is the possessor of a gold life mem¬ bership certificate given by the or¬ ganization as a tokefi of appreciation for establishing it and for faithful service. .Mr. Southard has been pop- | ular in yachting circ.es along the | south shore for a long period and I with several of his brothers, won many honors in racing events. '
Uncle Sam has called thousands of young men for service, and now the Red Cross is seeking an army of young women to be nurses. This wiil afford a pleasant combination of cir¬ cumstances in the war situation, but the sporty old fellows who figured on a jolly time, as the popular song runs, are doomed to disappointment.
brook Saturday night and was on his I^uis H way home when the accident occurred, this village
Parker is engaged in the broker¬ age business in Manhattan. He is the husband of Dorothy Martindale, eldest daughter of Joseph B. Martin¬ dale, deceased, who was connected with the Chemical Bank, .Manhattan.
aas, a former resident of llage, was a recent visitor. He is'now living in Boston, .Mass.
-Arthur Fay of Port Washington, far many years a clerk in the county treasurer's office at .Mineola, has j.-^'in- ed the Marine Corps at Paris Island, j
"Chickens are High," according to the heading of a paragraph in an e.xchange which (juotes the liirerhead \eivn. Wholesale dealers in New Y'ork are reported to be offering Riv¬ erhead people 90 cents a pound for broilers. Here is a good opportunity for the punsters about "chickens" ;o I'.ave a few spasms.
Excessive illumination of display signs and outdoor advertising, especi¬ ally during daylight hours, has re¬ sulted in a warning from Fuel Ad¬ ministrator Garfield that unless the waste is stopped a lightless night or¬ der will be put into effect without de- .ay. It will be more drastic than any that have been issued yet, according to the .Administrator.
Limitation of retail food prices through the assistance of local com¬ mittees and boards will be undertak¬ en by Federal Administrator Hoover. In each county a price interpreting committee will be established, com¬ posed of wholesalers, retailers and consumers. The t)oard wili ascertain fair retail prices on staple commodi¬ ties and publish them. The whole¬ saler and retail board representa¬ tives will be appointed by men in those trades. One or two citizens will be chosen for each board to act in behalf of consumer^.
.Announcement is made by Super¬ intendent C. D. Baker of the Long Island Railroad that a committee has been appointed to receive sub.'crip- tions from employees for the purpose of purchasing and eciuipping an am¬ bulance to t>e presented to the .A.meri- can Red Cross Society for service in France.
More than 17,000 persons, crowding twelve excursion trains of fourteen cars each, traveled from,New York to Camp Upton last Sunday to take ad¬ vantage of the last opportunity to visit the soldiers U-fore the railway faro was raised. The crowd was the largest since the camp was esitablish- I'd. In addition to the heavy raii traf¬ fic, every road leading to the camp was congested by automobile tratTic.
"Excise Commissioner
(Tod) Raynor, Under-Sheriffa Chas.
W. Smith of Inwood and O. Howard Tuthij] of Rockville Centre," says j the Urookhjn E'agle, "are three Re¬ publicans located in the same oflice j in .Mineola Courthouse, and strangely | all three are being groomed by their friends for the nomination for sher¬ iff. They are the best of friends, never referring to their aspirations among themselves, but all doing a powerful amount of thinking and hoping. Which way will the wind blow?"
A DUTY TO OUR FLAG
The season's first case of infantile paralysis is reported at Jamaica in Queens Borough. Janette Resch, a -1- year-old girl or Jamaica Snuth, died Monday from the disease.
Those Wbe Pay The Freinhl.
From the .V. Y. World.
The rest of the earnera will kindly fork over $300,000,000 to the railroad workers; and the landlords and mid¬ dlemen will kindly proceed to take the ?aOO,000,000 away from the rail¬ road workers. The man who thinks ' he gets away with it is crazy ninety- four degrees beyond plain idiocy.— Huuaton Post.
U gets away, all right, and the I'oat's logic shows that whatever hap¬ pens to it, the 1300,000,000 gets away from "the rest of the earners."
Tie Prlee Please. Mr. iMvrr.
Fram the Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Hoover wanta ua to eat in.>r« \dg«tables. Wul he please boring them on with price-Axing ruayoimiuee? Thry ar* mure palatable (hat way, alio low extravagant.
Editor The Nassau Pott.
^Dear Sir: On the 14th day of June, 1777, and 141 years ago on that day of the present month, the Continental Congress decreed the emblem now known the world over as the American Flag.
Each and every member of the Grand -Army of the Republic hopes to see that day honored |he coming anniversary as never before. While ! the Flag has ever stood for the best that there is in this "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave," let us all realize that this year it stands as the emblem of hope for the entire civilized world, that it stands for more than flag has ever meant before in the^history of the world.
While loyal .Americans need but little urging to do their full duty iri this direction, let us all turn our at¬ tention to the foreigner in oift- midst and see that he or she shad have some idea of what the Flag really means to us. Education in this respect has l)een neglected. Let all industrial plants .set aside ilt least one hour of that day for respect and honor of our symbol of liberty and equality.
.As ever and always, the Grand ~ i-my turns to the teachers in our pub.ie schools and suggests that they hold special exercises tilted to the day and the subject. Let them strive to see that e\-ery littl(!^ foreign born pupil has a flag and realizes some- ling of its glory and history. To do this with the element named, and es¬ pecially with the adult worker, re- (luires tact, sympathy, and an intense love for our P^lag, as we.l as a deep desire to aid those who realize so lit¬ tle of what the emblem really means to the loyal American born. But love overcometh all things, and in this spirit .et us go about the blessed work set before us.
I quote from the Sew York Tribme of June 2:
"The Bethlehem Steel Company has about 30,000 employees. .A. re¬ cent census shows that 10,266 were foreign born, representing 58 nation¬ alities. Only 9.2 per cent had become citizens of the United States. The re-ord showed 55.4 per cent (5,689) had told the visitors that they did not want to becom« citizens of this coun¬ try. Investigations showed the ateel men that a definite campaign was be- •ng fostered among their employeea by Girman agents."
N. w, who is to blame for this state ( f Ji.fairs, the Illiterate and ignorant foreigner, or you and I?
ff it can hie possible that you havent a Flag, get one, and one that ie correct If you have never flung it out where the sun could caress it, do it <i that day and ever after. Get -he vhole family out and salute it and repeat the pledge in unison. If y*.u da not regard it with a feeling close aicin to adoration, read ita gluri- ou: hiatory and try «nd realise ttome- thing of what it sloea meaa io a kiyal Amerlcau citizen, and to all ^ na-
.A.utomobile speeding appears to be Walter \ on the increase as the season for joy riding approaches .its height. The traffic officers keep the procession of cars regulated at intersections of highways, but the motorcycle patrol¬ men are kept unusually busy on Sat¬ urdays and Sundays timing the "road burners.'' Only a small percentage of drivers appear to realize the danger which confronts foot travelers and others not in cars when motor vehi¬ cles are sent along the highways at a speed of from 30 miles upward. In talking to some of the offenders, they .thought it mean that they had been held up for speeding and handed a summons. "We were in a hurry," said the motorists, arid now we have got to lose a lot of time because of that mean fellow who chased us on a motorcycle. They also lost some dollars before they were permitted to start homeward, as fines are im¬ posed in most cases.
Real Purpose of Submarine Raid.
{From the \. Y. Sitti) The real purpose of the submarine raid is to prevent seashore hotel pro¬ prietors from having money where¬ with to buy thrift stamps.
Why not make the statement a bit more ridiculous by saying that the submarine raid was for the purpose of keeping soldiers and sailors from flirting with the mermaids this sum¬ mer?
The Roosevelt school grade exami¬ nations began on -Monday. The high¬ er grade examinations will begin the week of June 17. The primary grade will give an entertainment on June 24 and higher grades an entertain¬ ment on the evening of June 27. Ad- mis.si on to both will be 15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. The proceeds will be for the Red Cross.
The Roosevelt school will be repre- .sented at the spelling contest to be held at Hempstead on Saturday by
Thelma Mergcll and Edward Olek-
siak.
A bumper wheat crop this year, which l>efore harvest may develop into a production of 1,000,000,000 bushels is forecasted by the Department of Agriculture in its June crop report
BabyloB Comes toILile.
Babylon village, where complaint has been made by the newspapers about old-time firms going out of bus¬ iness and other deadening causes, has got a live one in an epidemic of whooping cough. The epidemic haa kept the doctors busy, also the health officials, to prevent the malady from spreading.
'School will close for llie term on June 28.
The Topic of the Epworth League meeting next Sunday will be "Jeal¬ ousy, the Handicap of Team Work,"
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Allentlon, ProhibilioDists I
From the .Amityville Sun. Carl Burr Smith of Babylon was on Saturday morning sentenced by the Amityviile justice to four months in the county jail and to pay a rfine of ^25. Smith .pleaded guilty to the charge of public intoxication, during which he resisted arrest and made brutal assault upon Israel Chiches'ter.
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WHO AM I?
I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the nations.
I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes than the mightiest of siege guns.
I steal in the United States alone, over $300,000,000 each year.
I spare no one, and I find my victims among the rich and poor alike, the young and old, the strong and weak. Widows and orphans know me.
I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shadow over every field of labor, from the turning of the grindstone to the moving of every railroad train.
I massacre thousands upon thousands of wage earners in a year.
I lurk in unseen places, and do most of my work silently. You are warned against me— but you heed not.
I am relentless—I am everywhere—in the house, on the streets, in the factory, at rail¬ road crossings and on the sea.
I bring sickness, degradation and death, and yet few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush or maim; I give nothing—but take all.
I am your worst enemy.
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