THE NASSAU POST. FREBPORT. N. Y., FRIDAY, JUNE 7. 1»18 pg^pf 4
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PnbllDhMl Fri<l*y« by
TUB KAiWAU POST CORPORATION
JAMBA B. .<ITILF:<«, PrmMt-nt.
tt floBth Orert 8tr«et, Freeport. N. T.
¦ntarwl •* ««eMu!-«liiM matter April t, 1»14, at th« Pn«rt Omr.^ »t Fr«^t)ort. N. T., w Act of M*reh », 1S7».
Nnrn Editor RI.WOOD V. BALDWIN
AMrmt all eomniimleiitinno to
TUB NASSAU POST CORI'ORATION
lain 04Re«, 22 .Snuth Drove Street. Freeport
Telephone (1
FRinAY, Jl'NE 7, 1918
Profiteering From Commutations.
Rfports in newspapers and in cir¬ culation otherwise that bijr sums of money are realized from the renting of commutation tickets issued by the \jong Island Raiiroad, indicates that trickery for the sake of profiteering is rapidly becominj? a manipulation of the shrewdest kind and should be stopped if possible without delay.
Business men in Freeport and Rockville Centre have been mention¬ ed as the principal parties engaged in renting the tickets. There may be other places where the traffic pre¬ vails, not yet heard from. Those who rent tickets made, according to esti¬ mates nearly 100 per cent on the money invested and if they use 30 tickets a month, as it is claimed some do, the year.y profit is in the vicinity Of $2,000.
The Long Island Railroad Com-1 pany evidently knows of the profiteer : game, as oni of its officials was re-
POLITICAL CALENDAR
July 2—First d«y for sipiing
petitions. .1 iiy '.W to August <>—T>ates for
lii'.nii designating pet.itions. .'. ixust 16—Last day to decline
(icsignations. • .:¦, 1 . -'0 - Last day to fill va¬ cancy aft*r declination. .Augu.n 22—Certification by Sec¬ retary c»f State to the cus- tolian of primary records of iPMgnations fil^d. September 3—Fall primapies in .Nassau County 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Outside of New York City. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Spjitembei- 9- Last day on which custodian of primary records can^ertify results. ¦Autfusl 27 U> September 9— Dates for filing town nomina¬ tions. September 3 to SepteTnber 12— i>ates for filing independent nortiinations. ."^entembpr 14—Last day for de¬ clining town or independent r.otninations.
S ntnmbcr 17—Last <Iay for fll'ini? vacancies for such. October ri, 12, I« ind 19-Per. tonal registration In cities and villsget of ^Freeport, Rockville Centre and Hempttesd, 7 s. m. to 10 p. m. October 12 and 19—Non-per¬ sonal reg-istralion outside of citi s and villages of 5,000 or more, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. November 5—General election dsy. Polls open 0 a. m. snd close 6 p. m.
lakylM Cents tt Life. | R^^oos, «1so in th« state of New J«r-
_ , , ,„ • . ... I *ey. There may b* some prejudice in-
Babylon vdlsffe, where complaint Solved by the cour.s^ taken, but it is
has been made by the newspapers [justified under present conditions.
. ,. ^. - . , . .There is no valid reason why any
about old-time firms g-oing out of bus- ! community should countenance the
iness and other deadening causes, has | C.erman language in its schools when
,. ... .ithe Unit.^d States is in conflict with
got a live one in an epidftnic of ^j,^ Teutons, who stand before the
whoopinig cough. The epidejnic has ' world a*a nation of unwarranted and
unlimited .cruelties so far as they ap-
kept the doctors busy, a.so the health officials, to prevent the malady from spreading.
_ ^ _
Newspaper Men as Soldiers.
{Frnm the Bahylnn I.en'ler)
ply to warfare.
A call for 24,674 draft rejristrants of grammar school educations, to be sent to specia, training schools was is.'ued today by Provost CJeneral Crowder. The men will be taken from thirty-six states.
The order directs the mobilization
Among the young men who left!of all except 1.3(m of the
tufte l.^. The 1,300 are to go on June 20, 27 and 28. The boards were in¬ structed to accept volunteers until .June 7. .Afterwards the quotas will be filled by draft.
Brtbylon on Wednesday to enter the
I military service of their country was
j Warner Frevert, for nearly four years past editor and manager of
, the Lindenhurst department of the Leader. If .Mr. Frevert acquits him¬ self as a soldier (as the Leader^ Although Hempstead village issued believes he will) in the same manner ^ore than 700 jitney licenses as a as he has as a citizen, the federal result of the traffic to Camp Mills. th> government wid find in him a faith- first woman driver to seel< a permit ful, obedient and loyal defender of ^as Mi.ss Alma C. Reid of 2ii2 West the flag, and the enemy a foe as brave .-jsth street, Neir York City." She and determined as any they ever en- received her licoiWe'on .May 2,5. r>
countered since the war began. Mr.
frevert worked with commendable "Protecgon produces prosperity," zeal in the Liberty I>oan and Red ggyg the Amerirnn Economist. Noth- Cross and Y. M. C. A. drives, besides jn^, new about that. The old saying attending to his various duties. that "Self preservation is the first
Mr. Frevert has many comrades law of nature' holds good now as it from the newspaper field in war ser- ; did when first orieinatcd. The only
of th» town poor farm at tlniorwIaV, has become a resident of Freeport. "Ben'" has a host of arquaintancef- in the south side village, as he has e.se- where in Hempstead township, and will therefore h? at home wtthout formal introductions.
Walter Raynor, under-sheriff, is go¬ ing after the position now held by Phineas .A. Seaman, nis chief. "Tot" says that he thinks he has a good chance of landing the nomination.
Tf O. Howard Tuthill can put through the Mill River improvement scheme at Rockvil,e Centre he will do something that should entitle him to be placed in the hall of fame among Hempstead township notables. But, it is a stiff proposition, especially as it has been tried before and failed and war times are on. The main thing needed for the project is money, only a few thousand, but with Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other drives, the gam/e{ of raising funds for any local improvement is .ike climbint? a mountain.
vice and a numiber of them have al¬ ready achieved success. The news¬ paper profession afTords exi'eptional opportunities for training in exact-
difficulty about protection sometimes it is overdone.
that
Giving the time of day or night to subscribers or any other persons who
tage to the hundreds of Long Island residents who travel to business in the city and have played fair with the railroad while the unscrupulous ones were permitted to get away with their trick.
ness, quick ^hinking and action, that ask it, has been abolished by the is why, as a rule, its followers make telephone company. The claim is made
IN FRATERNAL QRCLES.
.IR. O. U. A. H- Nine applications for memhership, , two of them beinir for reinstatement, were received by Freeport Council No. .57 last Friday evening. The can- /rtidabes are expected to be in a class initiation this (Friday) evening when Woodmere Council ia to bring over several men to receive the de¬ grees of Virtue, Liberty and Patriot-, ism.
B. P. O. E,
Last Saturday evening Freeport Lodge of Elks held its last dance of the season, the clubrooms being crowded, not only by citizenry, but by soldiers and sai.ors from nearby camp.s. .Stag events will be held cer¬ tain Saturdf^y evenings during the summer, particularly to entertain the soldiers and sailors.
good, loyal citizens and tary men.
FILTERED FRAGMENTS.
Trolley Tra0ic Congestion.
The New Y'ork and Ixing Island Traction Company continues to fill its
Hempstead village had a clean-up last week and 125 loads of refuse were gathered from residential and busi¬ ness premises. In addition to the rub-
that thousands of calls for such ser vice are mad;; daily. The phone com- I pany has been very obliging and it i is too bad henceforth that requests : for correct title will be refused. The company, however, will not t;.' entirely relieved. There is nothing to prevent subscribers from calling their, local jewelers or some other oflicial time .'ourci for information, and the traf¬ fic on the phone lines will probably
bish, a vast amount of garbage was ^ increased that much
cently quoted in a city newspaper in ! smail-sized, narrow platform cars relation to it. The company loses i ^^''^h pa.=s?nfrer5 to the limit without nothing by the tickets being rented, i attempting: to run trailers in rush
caried and burned at the vihage sewer farm. The authorities and lesidents are entitled to praise for their effi¬ cient work and co-operation to maki the community cleaner and more san¬ itary. Kvery village should do like¬ wise.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
Ward C. .'^loon, superintendent of ?chc'ol5 in Freeport, has put in one f'f the bu.siest tarni.s .«;nce he ac-cerited
Soldiers are usually credited with be¬ ing brave and there is little reason to doubt the accuracy of such an appli¬ cation, but an incident which came to the observation of The Traveler on Memorial Day indicated that at least one of Uncle Sam's boys who may go across the sea soon, was not sufficiently brave to withstand the sight of an undertaker's sign. With two Sthers he was walking in Free- port and arrived in front of an un¬ dertaking establishment. One sug¬ gested a halt to view the Grand Army men and others on parade. Two of the three walking together, stopped,
The lodge has appointed Clarence A. Edwards, I/ouis H. Cohn and Charles A. Sigmond as a committee to consider the purchase of a per¬ manent bronze memorial book for the lodge, in which to perpetuate" on bronze plates the names of deceased members of the lodge. During its nearly seven years' service the lodge has lost fifty-one memibers b;.' death.
I. O. O. F.
Beginning next Monday, Freeport I.K)dge No. 000 will meet until further notice at 9 p.m. instead of at 8 o'clock. A special dispensation for the change was granted the lodge by Dis¬ trict Deputy S. P. Shea. The lodge conciuded that the later hour would be desirable, as during the summer it will be light until 9 o'clock under the new arrangement of setting the clocks an hour ahead.
.M the meeting of Freeport Lodge No. 600 last Monday evening one ap- , ^ ^, ... . , - ., , , -,- .- plication for memibership was re¬
but tlie third man said, as he beheid ceived. More are expected before the
the sign:
"Gee. Don't stop here. Get a move away from this spot," and on the three went.
Whether the one who made the remark had some unpleasant "hunch" about halting in front of the place was not evident, but the sign plainly "got on his nerves."
term nds this month.
The money for them has to hi paid in advance. This is possibly the rea¬ son why no attempt has been made to stop the money-making game. One important feature of the situation is
hours to relieve the cDngestion,
Last Sunday evening, some of t'nc cars were noticed with soldiers hang¬ ing to the brake b,»ani, platforms so
( The first victim of the anti-lo.ifinir law recendy approved by Gova-i.or Whitnian, was Henry ^IcDoiiahl, age 21), of Providence, R. I., who received a sentence of six months at hard la¬ bor in a penitentiary. He was ar-
r.a?t Wednesday was chronicled by
the weather bureau as th6 hottest
his pre.>ent nositiun with the re^u t |'^^^y 29 in twenty-three y^ary. Hu-
crowded that no one could get in or : rested last Saturday at Ba.dwinville,
a suburb of Syracuse, and immediate¬ ly arraij^ned before a magistrate.
that every person who purchases a! °"*^ °^ ^^^ '^^^^ without great diffi-
conimutation ticket, which is sold at ''"'^>'- I"side, the conductors were, —
, , , u • ..I. ¦ i. 11 i. 11 i. r Federal control 'of ice distribution
a reduced rate, makes an agreement h^^''"K their troubles to collect fares, ^^-^ summer with equalized supply to
in accepting it, that none other than i Jostling against women, men and { all communities so far as possible, has
1 , .,, „., , , ; been undertaken by the Federal Food
the one to whom it is issued shall ; ^''I'l'l^''"- ^^^^"e^-e'- a stop was made , ^^j^^j^i^^^^^i^^^ conducted Iby Mr.
be permitted to use it In case of a ' *" take on more passengers, which ! Hoover, it was announced on -Monday.
violation, the purchaser agrees to \ ^PP^ar^d impossible, ,but in some way | ^^tll^ sald.'Thh'wtll'le'a S
accomplished, the conductor
that the public educational institu¬ tions of the villag,? were never on such a high basis of efiicijncy. Sys¬ tematic and unified organization has been the theme of Superintendent -Moon in his constant efforts to build up the Freeport schools coupled with enthusiasm and deep interest in the staff of teachers ancl the hundreds of pupils who come under his jurisdic¬ tion.
forfeit the ticket as void. . was
Every purchaser of a commutation would shout: ticket ia supposed to sign it as sub-1 "^^akp room forward,' and the un-
sfribinir to the conditions covering its use, but some instances have b^en noted where the signatures have not been applied. This does not, it is contended, vitiate the agreement. The user of a commutation al.so agrees to write his or her signature whep
comfortable, thickly-herded passen¬ gers would try to squeeze up a bit to accommodate a few more humans rid¬ ing under conditions worse than ac¬ corded cattle.
move if the prices are kept within reason. But as profiteering is evi¬ dent in almost everything, it wi.l prob¬ ably be a difficult proposition to en¬ force a square deal for the public even with maximum figures for ice.
be
".Tune came in like an inc-.-ndiary."' —.V. Y. Sun.
Y'es, and if it keeps up its record of the first few days, everybody will be suffering from excessive caloricity The trolley situation should ho( i before the month makes its departure, brought to' the attention of the
According to an ultimatum from requested by conductors or other rail-1 ^'"'^''^ Service Commissioners, as they . Washington, the .\nierican publi
road transportation agents.
From Freeport and Rockville CSn- '''"• Every community should act on This wih not be such a ditbcult saeri
tie there aro hundreds of persons '^^ o^'" initiative and get after the
who purchase commutation tickets company direct by petition to better
regularly and who adhere to the con- conditions.
ditions imposed. With the prevalence *
ol promiscuous renting or "scalping," Loafers Must gO to Work.
would likely do nothing for the pub- ^"^ ^^'^'''" from using wheat for ten
weeks, or until the new crop arrives. This wih not be such a ditbcult saeri- fice if people can get rye Hour, corn tlour, or some other substitute of rea¬ sonable nourishing value at fair prices. Many householders have l.een unable to purchase wheat fur some time and have submitted to usin^' sub¬ stitutes without much complaint.
The death of Thomas H. Bacon, ; for more than a quarter century '. treasurer and general manager of the Queens-Nassau .Agricultural So¬ ciety, takes from the community in which he was widely known, a man of extraordinary intellijience, integ¬ rity, and uprightness. He was a smooth, easy-going man. but sys¬ tematic and progressive. He was of the genial type, made friends and held them, but posse.ssed a firmness of principle which the unscrupulous were made to feci keenly and for a lonu' time. The county agricultural society owes much for its success to Mr. Bacon, especially in the mana.sre- ment of its finances, its fine property at -Mineola and its horse department. He will be missed.
Benjamin Sprague, former keeper
niidity reached 100 per cent., accord ir'g to records nr.d the mercury soar¬ ed to 00 degrees. .\ numijer o^ rec¬ ords were broken by the weather last winter and it is evident that summer, which' is not scheduled to arrive until several weeks, is anxious to equal or outdo the cold months.
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY Progressive Council No. 66' nomi¬ nated candidates for oflices to hs fill¬ ed by election next month, at its reg¬ ular meeting on Tuesday evening. For Councilor, the candidates are Jean Midmer and F'lorence Fuldgar; for .\ssociate Councilor, .Annie Ritchie and E. Maude Corwin; for Vice- Councilor. Elizabeth Edwards and E. Claude Corwin; for Associate Vice- Councilor; P?arl Southard; Guide, -Annie Willets, -Annie Grumple. Eliza¬ beth Edwards and Joseph Behrings; -Associate Secretary, Lila Scudder and Freda Combs; Inside Guide, Louise Smith; Outside Guide, Li.lian Carpen¬ ter, Hattie Smith and Lila Scudder; Trustea for 18 months, Effie C. Dun- The Rt. Rev. Chares E. McDonnell. ^>^^-
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese for
Long Island, is <iuoted as saying in a
recent speech at the graduation of
St. Joseph's -Academy, Brentwood: "Everything in a uniform is not
safe to invite to the sanctity of your
home.'' The Bishop's remark was coupled
with a warning against going to the
extreme in extending hosi>itality to
soldiers. H; said he was shocked in
the South last winter when he entered C"- -^- ^¦
a church and found posted in a con- In connection with the service flag
spicuous place a sign reading: "Take gift by the Woman's Relief Corps,
a soldier home.'' j on Saturday evening. May 25, a check
The Bishop is perhaps right about j for $20 was received from the Treas-
every soldier not being a safe per- j urer, Mrs. Bentley, and accepted on
son to invite home, but so far as the behalf of D. B. P. Mott Post by the
local situation is concerned. The Trav- Acting Commander, William H. Tabb.
The initiatory degree was conferred Tuesday evening on Stephen Carpen¬ ter.
-At the next regular meeting, June 18, the council will hold a pinochle and domino party. Participants will be charged 25 cents.
ler has heard of no breaks in the sanctity of invitations extended to
fmd Huns
batt.e against the war-crazed
He also received the service flag for the Post. -After the acceptances. Mrs.
the "boys" who are to go across seas Frank Johns, President of the Relief
Corps, called upon Surrogate Leon D. Howell for a few remarks.
it does not appear fair that the rail¬ road should place any cunimuLation tect Saturday in a nominal way, but user undi-r restrictions un.cs the
The anti-loafing law went into ef- Beginning last Saturday the prices
for ice cream sodas and frappes were
increased 5 cents. The prices took a
Governor Whitman's proclamation jump simultaneously, giving indication
profiteering sho.!., be stoppe,!. j .iying idlers thirty days in which to ^^^u^rr'^w ^^i^^'-luS:
I" rom a legal vi'.»wpi)in', ticket ; ti'i'l work or to register with the during wnr times and the soda foun-
".scalping" o^- proiitciring is an of-1 State Employment Bureau practical-, ^^'" is one of them.
fense liable, to paiii.shnieiit. ly postpones its enforcement until ; One niihion four hundred thousand
It was- reported las^ week that Jul.v L The interval is to be used P'"'^^ "V"'"'- ^T*"'''"^'^'^ ^'"'^ •^'"''''¦"
•^ lean soldiers in I-ranee in response to
United States agcnis wee investi- by the State Bureaus in organizing the ".Mothers' Day'' appeal, accord- gating U. The r:r!roiuU are now un- for the employment of the men who \^^. *° •» message receive^ by the Post
Otrice Department at Washington, der federal contnl ai'd some dr:tstie ("oiie to them and by sheriffs and po- telling of the safe arrival of ths mail.
steps may be take:i to cut oif' tho ' I'ce ottleers in preparing lists of the i ^ «, Z •
' ¦' ; Summer resort sensations have eom-
nioney grabbing jriniii. , idlers who come within ths operation menced. A .Manhattan daily newspap-
Persons who buy the tickets, it of the law. er headed a dispatch from White Sul-
^ '!„,,..,... iPhur Springs, "L^gs Fad at White
would appear, are oiTenders as much ' The law is drastic in its terms, ap- Sulphur' and another, ".Atlantic City
as the manipulators. They have no ! pljing to all abe-bodied men between )?. Modest—Send Bar«-legged Bathing
I Gins .Away from Beaches. ' The an- right, under the conditio i which they I 18 and 50, requiring them to be en- nual sea-serpent tales may soon be
agree upon in acc>i)tln^- t'ne monthly ' gaged in some "lawful, useful and ,**P*'^^*'^- |
commutation caid.^, to let anyone use j recognized business" and to work at! A. Red Cross drive for 25,000 nurses j them. Trainme I hrxonie ac luainttd it for thirty-six hours a week. i started on .Monday. It is iitated that j
, I rpv 1 t .¦ ' there are now 10,000 nurses in niili-
with a great many of tlieir daily nd- There are classes of occupations ^^^y service and that by January 1, |
era, knowing them by name, and it i which are neither (^seful nor desirable li>l^. there will be need of 15,000 i
V , i J * 11 u . ¦ ^ .i_ i mor* by the .American troops, would seem that tlvj i)ractice of reut- and it will be a great gam to the 1
ing tickets indis.i.miaatoly couM r~e state's productiveness to have the fob j Among 1,300,000 men called for ser- !
broken up by th. train hands if they i lowers of these doubtful calliners «wt j J^^^Vw%"oo'"Lvr**bLn''LntS'ly '
went at it. at some honest work. classified as conscientious objectors.
„,. • . , , , I ..¦ ..V , 11 ^, xi. They are to b« examined by a special
The money proposition Involved, as In practice the law will enaible the tribunal and those found honest and
referred to, is fully protected so far authorities to deal with a good many
«a the company is concerned, Ibut i niischevious and troublesome fellows
the questiosi arises whether or not i who are too "slick" to get cauifht in
the corporation has a moral oblii^a- j offenses which would send them to
tion to perform in placing all commu-1 J»il '>ut whose presence at lange tends
ters on an equal basis au faNas living , to increase vice and crime
up to their ftgreement. i
If the profiteers ar« permittod to L ''^* »>»^f«' f«5»'" I^"**"" «>"-
•^ tinues so acute thnt toe governiH*nt is
eontinue, Che abuse of the commuta- being urged to save nuother hour of
tion vrivil«ti« is bound to inci«,a«. ^^W. ^ t"^*i ^fJi'^it^ •^*!li* ' »«t-— I ^^ ^ i^g hours duruig the auninwr
£v«HiMlly It will x«sult in • diiadvau' i atoatiM.
WHO AM I?
sincere in their objections wiil be as¬ signed to duty which is not antagonis¬ tic to their conscience.
The price of loose milk has been cut one cent a quart. Purchasers <An cbtain it only at stores. There ig no disgrace in taking the milk can to a grocery store. Thousands of persons in cities, particularly, carry cans to sakions fur beer many times a day, so why debate when it is to be useid for milk?
Gernuin as a study has iteeo order¬ ed «liiuiu»t«d tv«m New York City
I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than all the wars of thenatious.
I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes thajr 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.
I AM CARELESSNESS
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