Nassau County Review 19201008

              NEWS OF FREEPORT
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FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920
VoL XXIII, No. 41
MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT AT HARDING AND COOLIDGE CLUB
Honorable Thomas A.
McWhinney Speaks
on County Affairs
The headquarters of the Harding- Coolidge Club gt 39 Merrick road were packed to the doors Friday evening when Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt jour¬ neyed from Oyster Bay with a mess¬ age to Republicans. Another meet¬ ing place will soon have to be found in order to make room for the merf.i and women who are interested in the issues of the present cumpaign,
Mrs. Theodore Roosuvelt, jr., rep¬ resenting the highe-st type of thor¬ oughbred, clad most becomingly, was presented by President Stephen P. Pet-! tit as one who needed no introduction.
"I am   here  to   roprcsent  my  hus¬ band," she said, "and 1 know that you would  rather   hear   him,  but  unfort¬ unately he i.s unable to be here. Brief History of Party
"As a foreword, it might be well to go into the forbears of the Republican party ina.smuch as we stand today for the things that we stood for years ago. The Republican party established a principle when they abolished slav¬ ery, when they eiected Abraham Lin¬ coln and when they psiid the war debt of   the   Civil   War,
SENATOR CRANE DEAD
Republican Leader Succumbs to Sick¬ ness—Was Governor of Maas.
W, Murray Crane, one of the lead¬ ers of the Republican party, fell a vic¬ tim of sleeping sickness "Tuesday and died at his home in Dalton, Mass.
He was Lieut. Governor and then Governor of Massachusetts and was el¬ ected to the U. S. Senate in 1905 and was active in the affairs of the Re¬ publican party up to the time of his tifeath. He v/as taken ill at the noti¬ fication nieeting of Calvin Coolidge, vice presidential nominee on the Re¬ publican ticket.
PLANNINGANOTHER FREEPORTTHEATRE
C. E. Kern is Architect for New
Corporation—Other Theatres
Planned for L. I. Towns
Mrs. Thoedore Roosevelt
Who Talked Here Friday
banking system  that has  never been equalled in the e«itire world. SucccHH in Economics
"No government can be successful unless they are economical. The fu¬ ture must be looked to, and the record of the present administration has been far from economical, ladies and gen¬ tlemen. The.!-' has been waste beyond words. Public officials were created and not cut down after the war. Sugar Situation
"Let me touch brifly on the sugar situation. In September 1919 the present administration had an oppor¬ tunity to buy Cuban suj^ar at G\^jc a pound. A bill w.ts passed, but noth¬ ing was done in the matter. Finally a deal was made with Louisiana grow¬ ers and wp had to pay ITVac and moro. The cost of sugar last year was one billion and a half dollars. Gold Standard
"The Republican party has estab¬ lished a gold standaol against the greatest opposition of the Democratic party.
"The Republican party established ' a Child Labor Bureau. This question is something that will havo to be tak¬ en up by each state by passing laws that children under age will not be al¬ lowed 'to work in factories. Compul¬ sory education bills have been pasaed in thirty-four States of the Union and twenty-six of them are Republican. League of Nations
"The greatest issue in the present campaign is the League of Nations. We were told by the Democrats that the League of Nations would prevent
A   spirit  of reform  has   overtaken (Continued on Page 7)
A theatre for Freeport now seems a possibility according to the publish¬ ing of the fact that a company has been i'orined for mc purpose.
The name cf t>., r.iw corporation is They  created   a i the   South   Shcre   Con-^truction   Com
inmy with offices in New York and Rockville Centre,
Besides a new theatre for Freeport, the company plans to erect similar ones in Rockville Centre and Valley Stream, "These buildinjrs will be plan¬ ned to seat 1,200 people and will cost in the neighborhood of $150,000 each. Officers
C, B. Bran is the architect; C, W, Van Dyke, a former executive of Du Pont, is the engineer. The financial corporation attorney is Paul Cooksey, C. E, Kern of Camp Mills fame, de- Hi^ner of the Li^'hts Club of Freeport, his home village, i.s consulting archi¬ tect for the company. Directors in charge of the work in this village are: F. F. Wilson, James A. Stiles and J. W. Morisse. A meeting will be held at 10 Wall street in the near future, after which more details of the pro¬ ject will be available.
JUDGE SCUDDER INSTRUCTS NEWGRANDJURYONGAMBLING
"Investigate the Charge
of Protection," He
Tells the Jury
SCRAMBLED EVIDENCE
Officer   Hahn ^ Tried   On   Charge   Of Shooting x\t Dog—Case Dismissed
Motorcycle Officer John Hahn of the Freeport police was arraigned before Judge Neu in Lynbrook Monday on a charge of torturing a dog by shooting at it with a rifle. He was ably de¬ fended by Albin N. Johnson.
The charge was brought by a next door neighbor of Hahn's who had sev¬ eral witnesses in court. A miscellan¬ eous assortment of testimony, several dates for the same act and other weaknesses on the part of those who had made the complaint, cau.^ed Judue N'eu to throw the case out of court without even hearing the defense.
WANTED HERE~bN SERIOUS CHARGES
Leo   Goldberg   Deserted   Family
Last June—Found in Boston
With   Another  Woman
One of the latest pifture.s of the Uoos evelt family after a photo by the family photographer, Everett Scott Shinn
ARM   BROKEN  IN  CRASH
P. .Snedeker of Hempstead was ar¬ rested Sunday on a charK:e of driving an automobile while intoxicated. Driv¬ ing an automobile with a depot Wagon top, east on Fulton avenue, Sunday af¬ ternoon, he collided with a car driven by Arthur Haddock of East Orange, N. J., causing the fracture of an arm of Haddock's nephew, ajred 6 years. The arrest was made by Police Officer Combes who was attending to traffic at Fulton avenue and Franklin street. The accident occurred near Hilton street. Snedeker was arraigned be¬ fore Justice of the Peace Walter R. Jones Sunday night and was sentenced to pay a fine of ?50 and serve ten days in jail.
FREEPORTTOHAVEVAUDEVILLE SHOWS IN NEW AUDITORIUM
Boxing Mondays, Danc- ingWednesdays, Vau¬ deville Saturdays
Commencing Saturday evening, Oct. 16, Freeport is going to have vadue- ville in the new Auditorium at Smith street and South Main. Special deco¬ rations and flxtures are being in¬ stalled and it is hoped to have things in readiness by that time.
The men back of the new project are Jean Bedeni, well known along the Rialto as a successful producer, and Wally Hiir»(;h of Freeport. They have leased the auditorium for the purpose of furnishing high class vaudeville en¬ tertainments, Saturday afternoons and evenings. Later on they expect to have the vaudeville three times a week and possibly to erect a theatre here that will be used exclusively for dra¬ matic purposes.
Both of the promoters behind the deal have been irt the theatrical busi¬ ness for a good many years and have produced shows all over the United States.
Mr. Hirsch will look after the busi¬ ness end of the venture and Bedini the theatrical end. They have made ar¬ rangements to give tho village the best acts that CMH be obtained with the hope that Froeport and surrounding Villages will be glad of the oppor¬ tunity to see good vaudeville.
An eight piece orchestra will furn¬ ish the music for the performances and the building is made so that a clear view of the stage may be had from any seat.
This week the usual dance will be held with Potter's Jasz Band. Com- mencinir next week the weekly pro-" gram will be: Fights Monday^, danc¬ ing Wednesday* and Vaudeville Satur¬ days.
FIRE AUTOMOBILE READY
The Rockville Centre Fire Depart¬ ment will have a new piece of appa¬ ratus by Columbus Day. The unfin¬ ished events of Labor Day will also be run off. •
"'BURGLARS" HAV^ AUBI
The reaidence of Alexander Carr of Rockville Centre was entered Monday and three boys were found on the in¬ side. They were Max Diamond, Jos¬ eph Benewitz and Harold Rosenberg.
ne latter said he was a nephew of r's and was retumins ¦ auiteaae.
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YOUNG REPUBLICANS MEET
Mass .Meeting In New Auditorium On Oct. 21, With Prominent Speakers
At the executive committee meeting of the Nassau Young Men's Republic¬ an Club held Tuesday evening, it was voted to hold a general mass meeting Thursday, October 21, in the new aud¬ itorium on South Main street.
All Republican voters and the pub¬ lic in general are invited to attend.
A number of prominent speakers will be heard, among them being can¬ didates in the coming November elec¬ tion.   There will also be music.
A resolution was adopted to tender the Harding and Coolidge Club the use of a brass band at their banner raising and to invite them to the mass meeting.
FIND VAN LOADED WITH WHISKEY
SLEG BROKCrUN ACCIDENT   OUSTED DETECTIVES
REFUSE TO TALK
SHARK SWALLOWS SHOE
Member   of   Freeport   Actors'   Colony Hurt in  R-: .-ut Trolky  Wreck
An x-ray examination disclosed a fracture ol' thf tibia in the left leg of Mrs. F. A. Pisano, on..' of the victims in the inte"'.;ban wreck of Thursday. She also i- .¦¦afTeriiig from contusion.s of the dicsl and cuts about the head,' makinu: her condition at this time the most serious of the injured, remaining at the Presbyterian Hospital.
Mrs. PLsano is one of a team of vaudeville performers acting under the name of Pisano & Bingham, and was listed under tho name of Mrs. KilHan, Freeport, L. 1. She and her husband, who form the team, were to have opened at a matinee perform¬ ance on the day of the accident. Mr. Pisano sustained a sprained ankle and is recovering at the Owenback hotel.
CASINO HOTEL RAIDED TUESDAY
Federal   Agents   Make    Arrests Following Complaints of Vio¬ lation of Volstead Act
The Casino Hotel in Freeport was raided by Federal agents Tuesday af¬ ter many complaints had been re¬ ceived regarding the flagrant viola- tiop.Aof the Volstead Act in Nassan Coul.iy,
Dominick Ferrara, the proprietor, was arrested after several cases of whiskey had beefl found on the prem¬ ises.
The Argyle Hotel at Seaford was al¬ so raided and Charles Georgens ar¬ rested.
At Reckvllle Centre Frederick Marz, a former fire chief of the village was taken in.
The local police in no instance were notified that the raids were to take place.
Some of the places had been tipped off and nothing was foua'd. District Attorney Weeks aided the U. S. Dis¬ trict Attflrney in the roundup.
Virginia Refu?es to Give Up Betts— Shaughnessy Gives Informa¬ tion in Gambling Cases
Ex-Coui«ty Detective Carman Plant and ex-Crinie Investigator Thomas Barbuti have little to say on the sub¬ ject of their dismissal by District At¬ torney Charles R, Weeks of Nassau County,
"I do not care about losing the job," said Plant, "but 1 have lived here all my life and enjoy a good rep¬ utation," '
He said that O'Neil had not told the truth about all of the automobiles he h;i(l stolen, but woald not discuss the question further,
"Spider" Jackson, who was called in the hearing last Thursday as an employee of the Shaughnessy bouse in Lynbrook, testified that on a day before the officials were to arrive for an investigation, he always received orders to pack everything away and then escort them on a search.
It is reported that Shaughnessy gave Judge Scudder a great deal of information Thursday.
The Stflte of Virginia has refused to give up Lew Betts and the officials of Nassau County can do nothing, Betts is wanted in Mineola to testify in the gambling cases.
  	
CONGRATULATIONS!
Al Freeport extends hearty con¬ gratulations to John J. Randall, the "Father of Freeport," who is seventy five years young today, October 7, and all Freeport expresses the wish that there will be many birthdays yet to
Two   Big   Fish   Landed   at   Freeport Point By Local Fisherman
The house of Capt, John Carcich at Freeport Point can always be depend¬ ed upon for record waterfront achi«ve- inents. The latest is a shark that swallowed a shoe. He may liave swal¬ lowed more, but only one shoe was fouad at any rate.
Two sharks were caught in the fish¬ ing grounds and landed at C?ipt, Car- cich's Friday, When one of them was opened a man's leather shoe was found in its stomach,
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
The genera! health and sanitary con¬ ditions of Rockvills Centre have been found to be good in a report handed to the village trustees by the Health Officer,
AUTO AND MOTOR¬ CYCLE COLLIDE
Man Has Leg Broken in Several
Places -Wife Uninjured —
Auto Cut Across Street
Another automobile and motorcy¬ cle accident happened in Freeport on Saturday night about 6:00 p, m, when Herbert Lowe of New York City was injured by an auto driven by Paul Myer of the Bronx.
The accident happened in front of the Alpine Hotel on the Merrick road. Myer attempted to cross the road and go in the driveway leading to the ho¬ tel. He did not wait for the motor¬ cycle to pass and crashed into him with terrific force.
With Mr. Lowe was his wife, who rode in a side car. She was uninjured, Lowe had one leg broken in four or five places and was removed to the Nassau Hospital, He was attended by Dr. Leo Halpin,
The driver of the au'tomobile had no license, but the owner, F, W. Kellre, also of the Bronx, was with him at the time.
Freeport Police Arrest Driver Wha
"Was  Stalled" When Guns
aad Whiskey Are Found
The Freeport police made a haul Wednesday night in the interests of the Volstead act when they confiscat¬ ed a moving van that was loaded with cr-'o? of whiskey.
Word was 'received that a van was .standing on Bayview avenue without lights. Capt. Hartman investigated and was told by the chauffeur that they were "out of gas,"
Capt. Hartman became suspicious and frisked the driver and his com¬ panion. Two revolvers were found on the men aiid they were taken to police lieadquarters, also the van load of .-.vhidLcy.   .
The men gave their names as Jos¬ eph Murgielo, Mott street. New York City; Gasper Maceri, Null street, Brooklyn; Hercules Malea, Hester street, ^ew York ^ity.
They were released on bail and the van and its contents were turned over to Federal agents.
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FLIER KILLED IN CRASH
Lieut A. C. Wagner was killed and Lieut, Con.mander W. M. Corry was injured when a plane in which tbey were flying crashed into a tree near Hartford, Conn, Both had ccme from Mineola and were returning. The ac¬ cident happened on the grounda of tbe Hartford Golf Chib.
Boats Washed Ashore in Recent Storm
I>hotoe taken on the beach next to Casino Hotel wbere several motor boats were piled on the sand
VALLEY STREAM BURGLARS
Henry Keller of Valley Stream had his house robbe^ Tbursday while the family were at diimer. The thieves came away with a thonsand dollars' worth of jewelry and clothing. Con¬ stable Strohson of Lynbrook and De¬ tective Hansoi of Freeport are Ion the caae.
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DENIED INCREASED RENT
Engine Co. 1 of Lynbrook was dt.- nied an increase in the rental of their fini house by the 'Village Board, due to the fact that no provision had been made for such an increase.
PAS-TOR'S WIFE IMPROVING Mra. A. F. Johnson, wife of the Bap¬ tist minister of Rockville Centre, is recovering from her injuries received in the trolley collision at Ozone Park, und is out of danger.
STATE POLICE AT MINEOLA
Tbe places left vacant by Carman Plant and Thomas Barbutti, botb of whom were dismissed following testi¬ mony given in the Nassau gambling cases and rwent auto thefts, has been filled by the appointment of William Montgou'say, a member of the fitdtfi Conataholary.
LAWYERS ENDORSE JUDGES The Nassaa County Bar Association passed a resolution last week endors¬ ing the candidacies of the following Supreme Court Judgea: Townsend Scudder, Walter H. Jaycox and Joaeph Aspinall.
MOSQtJITO FIGHTER BETTER
James H. Dayton of tbe Mosquito CommiMsion, who waa recently oper¬ ated on at the Naaaaa Hoapital, hea been taken to his home in Lytibrook in order to convaleace.
Leo Goldberg of West Merrick road, who deserted his wife and children on June 7, has been located in Boston, Ma-'-'s., through the elTorts of the Free- port and Boston police.
He was- found living in Revere, Mass., with a young girl, formerly of Oceanside, andi^vho has since become Goldberg, It is expected that Gold- Goldberg, it is expected that Gold¬ berg will be charged with desertion, bigamy, violation of the Mann Act, and .still more serious charges.
He was' located through information of the banks where he had done busi¬ ness, and upon information furnished by the Freeport police.
Capt. John .\'. Hartman of the Free- port police went to .¦Mbany personally and then to Boston to serve extradi¬ tion papers, but Goldberg had ob¬ tained a stay in the procedings which were to have been settled by October 1st.
  	
FINED FOR SPEEDING
Business in the Tuesday Court, which has come to be known as "Speeders' Court," wus very light this week. Morris Teitol- F'rederick .Mlenbach of Brooklyn $15, Touad Zrack of Brooklyn, $20. Teit- elbaum had large shoes on a Ford, thereby changing his speedomrler, and was not aware of the fact.
MISSING  FROM   HOME I
Evelyn liand, the IH-vear-old <iaugh- ' tbr of -Mrs, H, Higby of Rockville j Centro, and who worked in the DaSilva | store, is niissing from her home. She | is a blonde with blot eyes and v\he!i ' hist seen wore a suit of navy blue, j The police of the village have also rc- ' ceived complaints against "Peeping i Toms." I
Declaring that ever and anon it falls to the lot of a Grand Jury to be¬ come the cynosure of all eyes, and to have the opportunity of performing a deed of unusual service to the com¬ munity. Justice Townsend Scudder, in Supreme Court Monday morning, in¬ structed the new Grand Jury to in¬ vestigate without fear or favor the charges of protection and tipping off of gamblers in Nassau County.
.The court intimated that the John Doe proceedings held during the past few month.-; had been fruitful of re¬ sults ahd declared that the cvideuco there adduced would be laid before the jury for its consideration. Praises March Jury
Praising highly the work of the March Grand Jury, which he said re¬ sulted in pleas of guilty by nearly ev¬ ery keeper of a gambling house whose case was brought before it, Justice Scmlder declared that so far they had reached onljfc.-the professional gam¬ blers,
"The question still remains," ho said, "Ilow did they do. it?"
"How comes it that this nefarious business was succes.s/ully conducted with little molestation for so many years ?
"Why, until now, has thore been na pro.^ecutio;i of these professional gam¬ blers who recently pleaded guilty,
"What is the reason for the strange coincidence, so often repeated, as to seem almost a habit, thnt a gambling house would close up and assume the aspect of an innocent, orderly estab¬ lishment just prior to a raid by the District Attorney and resume its gjimhling aetivitios immediately there¬ after?"
"The ]iroh!em," said Justice Scud¬ der, "has not been solved by the arrest md pleas of guilty of the proprietors of gambling houses."
He declared that two inferences might be drawn, either that their sys¬ tem of "lookouts" and "ear-to-the- ground-proci'sses" were highly per¬ fected or that they received special favors which in some way originated or ciiiinatcd from some person or per¬ sons in, or connected with, our county guv<'rniiu'?it. Public opinion, he <le- clared, demands that this phase of tho case be inve.stigated and the truth as¬ certained, 'Justice Scudder deferred sentencing Giiliori, Busteed and Shaughnessy, the (line who hnve pleaded guilty, sup¬ posedly in order that they may tell whal they know before the Grand Jur.v.
The Judge's Charge in  Part
"The   la\> .   defining   the   duties   of a Gvinil Jury, reciuires that the Grand Jury   must   inquire   "into  the  willful (Continued on Page 7)
SEVENTY MILE GALE HITS THE VILLAGE THURSDAY NIGHT
CARELESS AUTOIST FINED $50,
N. Y. Man Ran Ii<o Team of Horses, Injuring Driver and Compaaion
Reinhold Wernicke of New York City was convicted of a violation of Sec, 287 of the highway law before Judge Neu this week, and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or go to jail, Wer¬ nicke ran into a team of horses driven by William Howell of Lynbrook, and seriously injured the driver and his father-in-law, Jacob Roth,
Wernicke's, defense was that How¬ ell's wagon carried no light. When cross examined by Peter Stephen Beck of Freeport who prosecuted the case for the.people, he admitted that he himself had no headlights, and could only see three feet ahead of him with the use of his oil lights. He was fur¬ ther forced to admit that he never blew his horn once while going from New York City to Lynbrook,
Judge Neu, in passing sentence, said it was a flagrant violation of the law.
GRAND JURY HEARS SMITH EVIDENCE
Finger Print Evidence Introduced
.Against  Men  Implicated in
Freeport Robbery Cases
The Grand Jury started hearing the evidence against the men who have jjeen arrested in connection wi'.h the recent robberies and the assault on Officer Arthur Smith on Wednesday moming.
All of the evidence was not present¬ ed at tbat time and the hearing 'will be continued at a later date.
The hearing that was set for Thurs¬ day mbmiiig in Freeport before Judge Johnson was postponed for another week upon request of the District At¬ torney. •*
'.The men who are being held in con¬ nection vrith the robberies and tbe as¬ sault are: Richard Tham, Edward Powell, George Rich and Walter Cor¬ nell.
Patrolraan Smitb is improving rap¬ idly under the treatment that he is re¬ ceiving from a specialiat of the Seney HoapiUl, New York. The <ABcer is receiving injections of serum and it i-i believed that he will be able to pull tbrough without the need of an o»,»er- ation.
Much of the evidence preeeatad cane from Finger Print Expert Han¬ sen.
Boats Sunk—Trees Up- rooted-Fruit Scat¬ tered-High Tide
A seventy mile an hour gale hit Freeport Thursday night, followed by a drop in temperature that was more than noticeable. The wind blew for several hours, uprooting trees, litter¬ ing the ground with grapes, apples and pears, and doing damage in all parts of the village. .
Boats On Beach
Probably the worst effects werfe felt along the waterfront and along the various canals. In Randall's Canal several motor boats were blown high and dry on the be^ch by the Casino Hotel. A forty foot cabin cruiser, "The Hesitation," was stern up on tho beach, requiring the combined efforts of several men to float her, and the "Corsica" was high and dry.
Othtr boats tKat were dragging an¬ chors   were   attended   to   during   the night, thereby preventing their being piled up or. the beach as well. Small Boats SuA
Many row boats were sunk and a launch beloning to Thomas Smith of Brooklyn foundered. The tide was the highest that haa been recorde<l in years,. Along the canals the water was level with the top of the embank¬ ment.
Coast guarda were on the beach all night ready to aid distressed boats and they reported that no damage had been done. In the villages around Freeport irreat damage was done to trees and fruit.
Grape Art>or Wrecked
At the residence of Mr, Jenkin.s on Bedell street a large grape arbor i*as completely ¦wrecked. Many people alarmed at the shaking of their houses got up and dressed, ready to flee at the flrst sign of danger. Shuttera banged all night long and altogether H was an evening to be remembered. Not the Record
Forecast^jr Starr, who jucrgles •itorms Hnd things at his factory on Whitehall street. New York City, said that the storm of last Thursday waa not a njcord, but that it was nearly so. He recalled one storm that awejft np the hay when the wind blew nJnety-«ix miles an hour.
The weather that followed the storm waa more seaaonabie and over¬ coats kave not been seen In the villaga aince.
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