THE DAILY REVIEII!
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Of Nassau County
Of f icUI Paper, ViUage of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16. 1921
VoL XXIV, No. 19
m EXPENDITURE CARRIED IN ROCKVILLE^CiTRE ELEaiON
Water Extension, Road Oil, Garbasfe and Ash Re¬ moval and Fii-e Hose Propositions Approved by Voters—Municipal Headquarters Site Beaten by Four Votes—Wallace, Village President
Ropkvllli» Conlre, Mnrch JB—Interest In tbe vlllnge floptlon yrsterdny renter- ml In the seven prot>Ofi|tlons whirh rail¬ ed for a tot.'il expenditure nf $04,850. Four were f.Trrlod and thr<>e were lost.
f)nly 4(i6 votes wern ciist for tho pro- pfisltlons while .154 wus tho tot;il cact for ofTlci.nlH, indlrnting that m.nny ignor- pd tho opportunity lo vofo mi vlllugo Improvomonts. Some voted only on a few of tho .m'von.
Tho close.st vole wnK on Iho .sito for the momoiliil building iiniT villugo hall. It wiiR loHt by four voles. The total was 217 In favor and 221 oppoHcd. The vote In the second dlstriet. whieh is on tho .sotilli Hide of the r.iilroad tracks. WHS 6.5 in fiivur and 111 opposed and in tho first district which is on tho north side of the tracks, 102 In favor and 110 (ippo.sed. This proposition curried a l)ond issue of $20,000. rodoomalilo, $5,000 year¬ ly for four yenrs.
Tho proposition fnr tho widening of l.rfikevlow avenue wns lost hj' a margin of only eight votes. The totals were, 211 In favor and 219 opposed. The llr:^: district vote wns 49 in favor nnd 115 op
Vole
Wnllaco
Krisman
Iloynold.s
Dalsley
Doolev
Flanagan
on Vninee Offlrers
1st. Dist
.110
270
280
K
311
311
Vote nn (he I»
No. 1
" 2
" ;!
" 4
" r.
" B
.. 7
yes
.1)i9
380
267
24«
217
184
211
2nd Dint.
202
193
184
4
200
199 •oposilions
No
G8
•17
IOO
IS."-!
221
227
219
Total
r.i2
463
404
12
.111
.510
Total
447
433
327
431
4.SS
311
4.10
COM, ir INF, ABOUT TO BE FEDERALIZED
Although approximately 1,700 rosi dents were entitled to vote, only 554 did so. Tills howpver, is nearly live times as many as voted last yj-ar, whon the total was 112. Women were numerous iu the balloting yesterday which perhaps accounts for tho larger number of votes cast.
The poll clerks in the First Dl.strict wore: Charles K. McCarfon, chairman;
IJobert I). \Voo<lrock, Fre<l .1. Helmuth tiosed and in the second district, 162 III and l.o\ils Werner. In the Second dis¬
favor and 104 opposed: An expenoiiuie of $7,350 was involved In this propo.si¬ tion.
The other proposition wliieh failed of nri|>roval w:is tho mncadamizing of Dris- eoll avenue, at a eost ol' $r).0O0. The totnl votes cast was 184 In favor and 227 o))- posed. Tho second dlstrlcl vote was close on this. 88 bi'ing In favor and SO opposed ivhilo the first district rccoid was 96 in favor and 147 oppo.sed.
Tlio extension of tlie water ."lyst^m, whiih aullioriziMl Ihe use of $8,000 from the Water Fund created by earnings from tho water plant, carried by a vote of 389 in favor and 58 opposed.
Proposition two authorizing tho piir. ehnso of $2,500 worth of tire hose, was carrU>d by a vote of 380 in favor and 47 oppn.sed.
Apparently disgusted with the condi¬ tion of the streets and realizing that il was cheaper to buy oil than pay for automobile reiKiirs, the proposition t'l expend $12,000 for olUng streeta was carrie<l by a vote of 267 in favor and 160 opposed. The vote in tho first rtistrict wns 178 in fnvor and S3 opposed which compares with 89 in fnvor nnd 77 op- riosed In the second district.
A progressive jjj^p wns taken when proposition four was carried by a vote of 240 In favor ai^d 185 opposed. It authorizes the Village Bourd to iirovidt! for the removal of garbage, ushes and rofu.se, by contract, at a cost not to ex¬ ceed $10,000. The vote In the first dis¬ trict waa ir.8 in favor and 110 opposed nnd In the second (Matrlct, 88 in favor nnd 75 opposed.
Tho propositions carried, roprosont an expenditure of $32,500 of which $8,000 will come from tlie earnings of the water iilnnt nnd be used for wntor ex¬ tension. Thi.s means that only $24,500 will be rnised by taxation.
All the candidates for village office wore elected. Edwin W. Wallace wua choson president by a vote of 512, re¬ ceiving 310 from the first district and iJ02 from tho second. .
Frnnk H. Krisman for tru.stee, polled 270 votes in the first district and 193 In tho second, making a t^nl'of 463,
Frnnk ,1. Roynold.s, for trustee, ro- rolvcd 464 votes of which 280 were from tho flr.st district and 184 from the .ipoond.
Chnrlos .T. Dooloy, for treasurer, re¬ ceived a total of 612 votes and Arthur J. PInnngan, for collector. filO votes.
Itonald C. DalHloy, who wus defeated nt tho primary, received eight votes in tho first district und four in tho second district. W. Ray Wood, Ooorge A. achaefrer and I^rry Waterman, each rooolved a vote in tho first district, for truatef. Jfarry A. Curley received one vote for Vlllago President nnd Charles E. McCarton also received one vote. Nel- llo O'Noill rooelvod ono vote for collector.
ROOSEVET UGHTS TO GETATTENTION
Town Board LeaTW Matter With
Sapenrisor Douf hty With
Power to Act
trict. William H. C.iim. chairman; Henry W. .MacV'icnr. Charles A. Crossman and W. (1. Kenscherf.
Village Clork TUter found It impossible o purchaae election booths and have fhem delivered In time for the electibn so eight were borrowed from the Coun¬ ty.
Hempstead National Gnardsmen Told by Their Commander, Cant. R. L. Vande Water, That Only Six More Members Are Required Before the Coiibpany Can Enjoy the Benefits Available
Uompstoad, Murch 16.—Company M, National fSuard of this village, with members frnm Froeport. Rm-kville Cen¬ tre and other placea, Is alxiiit tf) be foderalizojl. Announcomenl to this ef¬ fect wna made at a company dinner, held in the armory last night.
Cnptnin VandeWater told the men that, unfler the orders he hud received, federalization would take place Just as aofin as he reported ready. Ali that is holding up the matter ia the fact > thnt he wants six more men to iiring the company strength to eight full .squads with the full complement of non-com- ml.ssioned ofTl<era.
It is' exiiected ^thoro will bo some rapid recruiting to get the six men neede<l. Ooing Into federal aervice nienna considerable to the members of the company. They will receive pay for drills and all ordered duty, ranging for enlisted men from $1.25 lo $3.40 a drill, according to rank. It means also that the coni))any will go to camp in summer, and there will bo other ud¬ vantages not obtainable under state rule.
The dinner last night w.aa very eu- joyable, .served under the direction of Sergeant Peterson, and consisted of roast chicken and all the trimmings. Following the dinner un enlerlalninent WUH given. I
FI-V THE FLA« HIID.W
Tho American Legion men request thnt every public ahd business struc- turo tn the city and private homos al.so fly tho American flag noxt Fri¬ day. There is to be a general rally of patriotic spirit coincident with the Americanization mass meeting at M.-idi.son Sauara Oarden that evening.
MINEOLA SEES BETUR TMES FROM NOW ON
SEE REVIEW INHIGHERCOURT OF TAX DECISION
Nassau Coanty Attorney McKnifht Going to Appellate Court Friday —Latest Ruling Affects 50 Counties Where Titles Would Be Invalidated Should It Stand —Assessors Dodge Responsi¬ bility
! Minoola, March 16—To carry the mat-
n I J J. L UfJ I C 'fPf "f tl"" validity of tax sales In
Boulevard to be Widened from ^,„,^„ ,.„„„^y ,„ ,^^ (.„„„ „, ,,,j,^,,
L. I. R. R. StabOn to Post OinCe, ICounty Attorney II. Stewart McKnight Supervisors Having Approved {will go before the Appellate Court on
, Residents Hope This WiU Bring 7'"''^, '" '"'«; <<"t^'" "ecessary legai
, . ij J J D 'steps to pave the way for a review by
About Long-Needed Betterment lthe higher tribunal.
of L. I. R. R. Station Recent unnnimous doclaions of the .Apppllato Court, in tho action of Harriet
Mineola, March 16.—The matter i.tiMc(^oun against Amy Pierpont and widening Mineola Poulevard from the EUzaheth Cranz which held that the rullroad tr.K-ks to the Post Office opens .plaintiff could nof take pos.session of cer- to the residents of this village a pros-!tain property In I^ong Boach bought at poet of many villngo Improvements a .sale of lots for unpaid faxes, threat- they would like to sec. ; ens to affect fjix sales aggregating
Chief among those Is a new railroad'$1,225,000 of which about $600,000 was station to replace the dirty, unsightly, jrpceived in back tnxos on lots almilarly rat-infested "House of a Thousand |taxed .-ind sold In the same manner as Smells" thnt now .serves the folk of this'the Cranz property, village whon they travel. j To save the county from possible lo.ss,
Tho widening of the street will bO|in the event that a refund to buyers done by the county, the Hoard of of this property must be made, Mr. Mc Supervisors having acted favor.ibly on! Knight as counsel for County Treasur- that project nt the meeting on .Monday. !,.r William I.. I,uyster will ask that the One of the resident points out that isJAppcllate Court complete tho record of Is not only a necessary imi)rovemeBl j findings of fact so that the case on be but a aafeguard against accident, .sime taken higher on an apeal. The Appvl- part of the street encroaches on th.- i,ite Court decision aupporls tbe conten roadbed now. jtion of the trial court in which Justice
The wider street would hd a fine ap- \'anSlclen found for the defendant
CHRISTIE IS ELECUD PRESIDENT OFFREEPORTWniI554MAJORnY
Big Surprise for Edwards Faction As Nominee For Reelection Did Not Carry a Single District— Other Administration Nominees Returned to Office—^Lively Campaign Conducted All Day
NOAD.ONHEMPSTEAD'SMEMORIAL TOMENWHOSERVEDINWORLDWAR
Village Trustees and Legion Post Succeed in Ef¬ fort to Keep Chamber of Commerce Mon¬ ument Out of Fulton Park—Protest by Samr uel Cohen As to Any But Taxpayers Voting
hiroach to the railroad station. It ia Cninz.
I hoped th.it some day the railroad com- It is now said that if the decision of
pany will improve its iiroporty to the;the Appellnto Court in this c.ise is to Cxfent of building a .station in keeping Istnnd and that the omis.sion from the
with Ihe important village it serves, jtnx rolls of certain ditto maritft by the The village folk have talked about >town .¦i.sse.ssors ia the ground for hold-
tiip condition of the present station | ing the .sale void, then all f.ho village
at different times and .'ifter one -such iand town a.ssossmenfs in many towns
Hempatead, March 16.—On recom¬ mendation of the Town . Overseers of the P(K)r. tho Town Bourd yesterday appoint«>d Miss Isabelle Stegclmolor of Frooport stenographer In the t^Kco of the Ovorsoers at $100 a month.
Tho mnttor of obtaining an extension nf time from the Nassau and Suffolk IJghtlng Company In which the com- jvany will light the streets of Roose¬ velt, was Veferr^d to Suporvl»m-s Doughty with power.
The gas company's ronlract expired some time ago and the contract was awarded to th« Nassau Light and Power Company, on rocomniendutlon of the district lighting commlttPe, to llgtht the streets with electricity.
Tho latter compimy has not yet In stnlleii thp liglitri.
Hempstead, March 16.—Ry a vote of 394 to 101. Hempstead people stated in yesterday's election that Ihey do not want the soldiora' and sailors' monu¬ ment in Fulton Park In Its pre.sent con¬ dition.
This was tho only matter contei stod in tho election. Aa there was only ona ticket In tho field, tho voting for vlllnge officora waa only pcT;functory. '^
Village Trustee Howard S. Rrower re¬ ceived 430 votes for Village Preaident.
John S. .N'ichols, tho retiring president, who waa not a candidate for re-election, received a complimentary vote of 34.
Thomas P. Taylor and Ernest C. Muncke, for village trustee received 427 and 396 votes respectively, while Frank Mnrtling and Chnries E. Akley were re¬ elected treaaurer and collector respec¬ tively with 406 votes «»ach. There were a few scattering votes.
The flght over tho monument ques- tioii hns been fought hard nnd long. It begun months ago, when Village Presi¬ dent John S. Nichols and the Village Board refuaed to permit tho Chamber of Commerce to erect the monument in Fulton Pnrk with the in.scrlptlon con¬ tained on the tnblet, which stated that It was "erected with contributions rained by the Hompstead Chamber of Com¬ merce." The Chamber refused to change the Inscription by obliterating Its own name and decided to go beforo tho people on tho queatlon of placing It in the pnrk with the Inscription as It atanda.
A petition wna flled calling for sub- miaaion of tho queatlon to the voters, and Hempstead Post, 390, American I.*- glon not only went on record ugalnst it. but worked actively to beat the pro¬ position, on the ground not only of the name of the Chamber of Commerce ap¬ pearing on the tablet, but that it was otherwise Improperly Inscribed.
The Legion objected to the living be¬ ing honored on the tablet first anrt tri¬ bute being paid to thp memory of the dead second. It was alao pointed out that the dates on the tablet were wrong being 19171919, Instead of 1917-1618, In which ye«r8 this country was In the war.
The legion further emphasised one of the cardinal principles of the organ Ucation, that of standing for )aw and order and abiding by the rules of ponstl tilted muthorlty.
In an effort to show the people wlist they were voting for. tho Chamber caused tho monument to be placed on Pulton avenuic. near the tUage bulU- liig, where all boiilrt see It. As a counter attraction, the I-ieglon placed a large
of
board nearby allowing photograph.'- numerous other monuments.
The question who should he allowed to vote cattle up at the meeting of the Village Board Monday night. The Board decided to allow all residents of the village to vote, in order to get an ex¬ pression nf the popular will. ViUage Counsel H. Wlllard Crifflths read an opinion he had written, holding that legally only taxpayera. had a right lo vote.
Yesterday aftemoon at 2:15, after the polls hod been open an hour and a quarter, a paper signed by Samuel Cohon, a member of the Board of Direc¬ tors of tho Chamber of Commerce, waa pro-sented protesting against allowing any except taxpayera to vote. The Village Board, which under the law acts as Inspectors of election, paid no at¬ tention to the protest, except to receive and file It.
Whether any further action will be taken by tho Chamber in its effort to have fho monument placed in tho park had not boon decided today.
*rhe protest .signed by Mr. Cohen fol¬ lowa:
March Ifith. 1921 'ta John E. Nichols, Esquire,
Village President. Ralph Formhn. Howard S. Brower, W. Taylor Chamberlln, Thomas J. McLaughlin,
Esquires, Village Trustees In charge of the PoU.s nt the Village Bullthng:
On behalf of myself and all other owners of property in the villugo of Hempstead, I protest againat any person voting on the question to be considered at the annual vllla{,'e election on this date, except duly quallfled vottrs, namely property ownera. It has been rumored about the village that all persona living in th^ corporatlori will be allowed to vote. Thl!^ Is not fair to <tho tax¬ payers as this question If decided In the afllrmatlve by the voters will give vlllBKO property for a particu¬ lar use. If you read the village law you will see that
First—You cannot give away any property rljrht except by a vote ^ tbo taxpayers.
Second—No lohabltattt of trils vil¬ lage has any rlsht to vot* what ahall be done witb the public park except taxpayers. j i
Third—Only taxpayi?rs oan vote
incident, a mnn was sent with a l)room, a bucket of water to gi/o the place u "lick and a promi.se" and called it a day—the station waa. cl;antd.
The railroad company wlien asked to build a new station gave its aten'o- lyped reply—it will hulld when it has the funds. In the meantime the village .¦iuffeis from the appoarnnce of the lail- ioa(l property, .
Said one mnn who knowa the value of advertising:
"The railroad people seem not to con¬ sider tliat through thia atatt^f^-come and go a great share of the people at¬ tending court. They come from .ill over the country und go away with a distinctly unpleasant recollection of the i.ong Island Rairoad station where they left the train or w.Tited for one. Seema to mc the railroad compuny should reulize that the Impression car¬ ried broadcast by these people Is not good advertising."
It is told that a man waa offered a position in .some real eatate concern. Ho camo ns far as the station and de¬ cided that he did not want the joli. Of course, this man waa short sighted, but It Is easier to sell real estate, boom buslnosa, Increase the traveling popu¬ lation and bring returns to a railroad and the village If ono doea not havo to overcome lan unfavorable Imprestdon created by a sight ns distressing aa the local railroad station.
ORGAN PIPE BUILDER BUYS KAYSER FACTORY SITE, ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Rockville Centre, March 16.—W. J. Elliott, manufacturer of. organ pipe.s, has purchased from W. R. Cocks, the two-story frame factory building, on the west side of North Park avenue, juat noi-th of Front street.
The building wa.s formerly occupied by Julius Kay.ser & Co. for the manu¬ facture of gloves. It has a frontage of about 30 feet nnd a depth of 80 feet. Possession will be given soon. The property has been vacant scvenil month.s.
5YEAR-0LD GIRL FALLS INTO CESSPOOL: SOON OUT EAGER TO GO TO MOVIES
(Continued on page 8).
Rockville Centro, March 18.—The timely wai-ning of a playmate saved lit¬ tle Silvia Oai-Hon from probable death by drowning, when on Monday after, noon she foil through the covering of a cessjKiol in the rear of her fathers store at 84 North Village avenue.
Paul MolinI, son of an adjoining atoro- keeper, saw his chum disappc^ar, and ran In frlf.'ht. shobting that Silvia had fallen dow^ a big hole. Mrs. narscn ran to the t>lace indicated. She saw her child and raised a' ery. Mrw. Miller and Mrs. Dreslng, neighbors, responded. The frantic mother lesn.ed and reach<id Into tho cesspool for her baby, while two other women kept hor from fallirg in.
ill many
and vlllagea throughout tho stat" will be affected and thnt .some llfty counties in New York State will suffer a great lo.ss by reason of the omission. It is held, hy the court, that th" fillure to put ditto marks under tho mnp column on the asaeasora" rolls mennt the prop¬ erty wns Improperly describe 1 and was not auffleiently described for the pur¬ poses of Identification.
The town a.ssesaors claim thoy do their^work from a form prescribed by tho la'nnylffiing faulty In the rolls it is not State Tix Commi.saion and th.i' if fheio thWr fault but rather th" fault of the commission from which *hev Cake their guidance.
It is said also that if tho village and town a.ssesamonts are sucoessfulh- attacked the asaesaments for school tax¬ es will ulso be invalidated.
MCCARTHY ELEQED VILLAGE PRESIDENT WITHNO EFFORT
Slight Flurry When a Few Voters
Tried to Vote Out Kinde, But
He Wini, Too
Mineola. March 1«.—There was Just a flurry in the village olectjon today that might be taken to mean a contest fnr offlco waa on. but tho bright Idea died aborning for William McCarthy and hia ticket were elected wltl\ never a chance of defeat.
There were 297 votes oast. Of these the highest vote went to Daniel Har¬ rington, candidate for collector of tax- ea. Mr. McCarthy got 261 votes, PhlHp M. Krug, candidate for village trustee got 2.^>6 votes, while A. J. Klnzlo, also candidate for village trustee was the low man of the regrular ticket.
It was the cut against Mr. Kinzle that Indicated the little feeling that all was not harmony. Some 19 voters wrote In tho name of Thomas Rush- more a"d thit In part explains why Mr. Kinzle did nof get aa high a vote as his colloaguos although It Is evident, from tho figures, 'hat some even voted against him without writing in the name tf anyone else.
Henry Von OehsJn got 257 votea for vlllnge treasurer. All three protHMl- tUtna, tn fake over tne flre houses aad to have Hecond sliest improved as countv read, were carried.
There were 17 void and blank ballots .
The ladles nf the village showed (hey were alive .to their new opportunities and exercised their right of fnuichlse. Thnt there had been a little election¬ eering going on among them was ap. parent, but for the most part tbey came, voted and left the polling places much after the manner of the veterans of many a hard fought political battle,
Freeport, March 16.—Tho village elec¬ tion in Freeport, held yostertlay, le- .sulted in a total upset of all the "dope," when Robort L. Christie defeated ('lar¬ ence A. Edwards for village president. The tot.il vote ea.st was, Christie, 14.'),"), and Edwards. ffOl. (Christie won by .").'>i. Hilbert R. Johnson, running for vil¬ lage trustee, polled the largest vote in tho election. li)73. Henry 1.. Max.son just no.sed out Silns H. Willinms hy 94 votes. Willinms leoeived 120."i and Max¬ .son 1290.
Clarence Edwards did nol carry a .¦single election district In the village. It wa.s a tieinendouH surprise, as it wns thought the vote would bo very clo.so In the race for vlllnge president. A.s a result of the balloting yesteiday, the new Village Board will be as follows: President—Robert L. Christie. Village Tru.stees—Hilbert R. John.son, Henry L. Maxson, Howard E. Pear.sall, R<iymond J, Miller.
D. Frank Seaman, tax collector, and S. ninion Smith, as treasurer, had nn opposition, and were un.iniuioii.'^ly elected.
The vote by districts was us follows: Di.strict 1—Edward.s, 253; Christie, 431; Johnson, 440; Williams, 363; Maxson, 376. District 2—P^lward.s, 3I")3; Chrislie, 479; John.son, ri63; Willinms, 476; Max¬ .son, 40.-). Di.strict 3—Edwards, 295; Christie, 445; Johnson, .170; William.s, 366; Maxson, 57(!. ' I
Totals for all three districts: Kd- jt was evident .soon after the polls closed wards, 901; Chii.stio, 145S; Johnson, 1573; ,h„t Christie had won.
village presklent, waa voted down, 843 to 308.
Proposition 2. asking for pay for tho village tru.stees, was voted down. 812 ta
Proposition 3. a.sklng nn ajiproprlatlon
for street lights, was carried, 74.") to S82.
Proposition 4, asking an niipropriation
for cement siilewalk.s, was carried, 7.53
to 3(!,».
Proposition 5, asking for authority to expend from the Light Fund $5000 for extensions, was carried, 801 to 292.
Proposition 6, asking for authority to expend from Ihe Water Fund $10,000 for extensions, was carried, 680 to 385,
Proposition 7, n.sking fiii' $10,000 fop the removal of ( arbage jiml ashes, wa.s curried, 718 to 509.
ProiKJsiiion S, asking for nn appro, priatlon to pave Cliuich street, waa losl, 456 to 622.
Now it Is all said and dono. Results were so overwhelming thnt there Is no room for alibis or excuses. The lot of a village president i.s no path of ro.ses, and from the comments mado around the village, il wa.s quite evident thai Kdwards lost many votea because of the fact that he was blamed for nol putting a new iJKht at silch and such a street, and that Ihn .snow plow did not pass her house.
There—you've guiss.sed it! Vindictive.
nesa of thl^ fair sex. They will turn on
off the nixt mnn just as quickly.
Kleclion ii'turns were announced nt
tha American and the Aiiditorluni, uml
Viiliam.s, 1205; Maxson, 1299.
The Propositions Proposition 1. asking for pay for tlie
DEATH MEAT ABOUT GIRL; THEN^SSAULT
Theodore Smith of Roosevelt Bad¬ ly Injured—Letters Turned Ov¬ er to District Attorney Weeks Show He Was Warned Four Times to Cease Attentions to Catherine Brand of Roosevelt
BEKZOSUnVT
Hm drpMitebi* iiuswhald rtaaaiy. tar aorm :praat aai tnnsltitt*. Mamt cenTeolcat. tmr tt rtavlTr-m im msaUam- -< UaaMnr tkat ilmuld b« Ll •wry hem*. Ott a k«(U* at iTDur drua atoim.—AAr,
Mineola, March 16.--IJecau.se ho in sisted on going to see his sweethenit. Theodore Smith, of I.akewood uvenue. UooseveU, wns beaten into insensiliilitj and left uncon.sclous all .Monday niglil on the porch of the homo of the girl, Catherine Hrand.
Smith, District Attorney Weeks learned, had been thre.-itened wilh death unless he ceased his uttontions to the girl, according to letters turned over to the district attorney by Frank A. Wood, county sealer of weights and measures.
In the letters the writer, who gives no signature, aaid:
"The girl looka good to mo. You .stay away from hor or you will be killed."
Then came n fourth lettor, in which it la aald:
'This is the fourth and last time I have U-arnwl you. 1 wnfi* the girl. Get away from her."
This last letter was delivered to him by a boy whom ho did not know, when he alighted from a trolley on his way home from work ono night.
Instead of stopping his attentions, he continued. He callod on Mias Itrand Monday night, as was his cuatom. and left her about 10.30. His home was only a block away.
Aa he passed through the gateway from her homo, Smith saya two men jumped on him. Ono hit him between the eyes with a blunt Instrumenf. He was knocked out ao quickly that he was unable to gel any description nf tlie men w'Ao assaulted him.
Ho was carried lo the porch of the houae which ho Just left, and there he remained until S o'clock the next morn¬ ing, when Anna Brand, aiater of hia Bweetheart, found him.
He was attimded by Dr. Kdward Car. man, of Preeport, but he did not regain consciousness until 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He la still conflned to his home, and Is milTering from th'? beating he received.
Charles Hansen, of the district at¬ torney's ofHce, is making an investii^- tion, and expects to develop additional information that may le.iil to an arrest
.\ll day long taxi driveis ami cms be¬ longing to friends were on tho go, col. lecllng voters and inddllng sample votea, Irt'an effort to swell the to},nls of various cundlilati's.
Iileal weather was responsible In a niensiiie for the heavy vole ea.st. Tt vas old-fashioned election weuther, when qroups of men could stand around Ihe polls nnd utter prophesies, nnd dellber- ato long and heaitlly before stepping in to cast the nil iinportiint vote.
Cars bejuing the in.scriplions, "Vote For Edwards." "Vole For ChrLstie." nm through thi' streets all dny long, and It was evident. Ibng before dark the tellers were lo have a task on I heir lianiis.
.Aigiiments nnd bela of all kinds wero cast on llii> outcome—something that would leniain nn unknown (luaiilily un¬ til several hours after polls closed nt X.
Candidates were hero and there and everywhere, appearing In stores where they hnd never been seen beforo, nnd wishing everyone tho time of day and the best of health.
Stolid bnyinen, who hnd made up their minds before they .set out for-'tho polls, stared nt'the opposing candldntes with flre in their eyes, and pas.sed them In haughty grnndeui-.
Aa the aflerdinner activity com¬ menced, Iho atioets of the village wero the scene of great activity. All proiier means of persuasion wero called Into effect In a last effort to get In the votes that hnd not been cast.
STSTE'S $10,000,000 PAYS FOR 19 MILES IN NASSAU COUNTY
County Sopt. Starks Ready to Act
When Routes Are Fixed by
State Commission
Mineola, March 16.—A proposed act of Legislature, Ititroducod In the ."Senate by Senator Hewitt, calls for an appropri¬ ation of $10,000,000 for atate highways, in which Nassau County will share to the extent of about 19 miles, ."ays W. Fred Starks, county superintendent of highwaya.
Juat how much of tbts state highways moneys will como lo Naasau f'ounty It Is not poaslblo to say, hut vurloua sec. lions of highways have been approve*! by the State Highways Commission. From this fund tho slate will pay a part tor the construction of state and county highways. The county and atate share the expenae oq'ially, while the towns and villages through which the high¬ ways are constructed pay for all that part of th«. highway moro than 18 feet' wide.
This year It la expectwl that! the I.Ake-, view-Seaman avenue highway or the pipeline boulevard, whichever route Is deslgnatcil by the Hlate Highway Com mission, will be built; the Woatbury sta. tion road, the Middle Neck road In North Hempatead southerly to tho Soar- ingtown road southerly to tho slntn rood, OS well as two piecea of road in the town ot Oyater Buy,
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