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latereatlag Freeport Men in Projf^ II«wl«|Hart((>n Mjijr B« Opened ta tke Tillnfe.
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"I believe it would be an admirable tbing from every standpoint if you could develop tbe county work of the T. M. C. A. In Naaaau and Suffolk counttoB, and I earnestly b6pe it will be done."—^Theodore Roosevelt.
If plans now' under way are con- sumated, Preeport, within a rcason- aible time, will be the center of a Y. M. C. A. home. At a meeting of the Survey and Organizing committee of the T. M. C. A. held at th^ home of Samuel R. Smith, on Smith street, Monday night, tentative arrange¬ ments for the formaflon of a Y. M. C. A. center were made. No definite statement was made that tiie Y..M. C. A. will locate in Freeport, but since this vllage Is the largest on Long Island and the attention of the asso¬ ciation oflBcers Is focussed here, ii is hinted that Freeport will be the place.
The probability of estab^shlng a Y. M. C. A. in Freeport is not remote. It all depends on the interest manifested by the people of Freeport. The authur- itles plan to establish nine centers on Long Island, one 6f which will doubt- ess be in Treeport. Some of th • most prominent men in both counties arc inclutted In the various commit tees appointed, men who make the study of youth a hobby, and they pro¬ pose to interest as many as iKissible in the propaganda.
At the meeting Monday night Fred M. 9111. general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., addressed the following on the subject: Roswell Davis, Harold Brown, William Seaman, Samuel R. Smith, Sidney ~Sweezey, "^'ard C. Moon, Fred Story, Charles M. Hart, Cbarles D. Smith and Charles Mar¬ tin. Mr. Hill told of the various meet¬ ings biiiif held all over Long Island for the purpose of popularlzlns the project and of the wide spread inter¬ est shown wherever it has been broached. The need for a Y. M. C. .^. In the larger villages has long been a keen one.
At flrst the movement will be car¬ ried out along the line of co-opera¬ tion. The authorities will co-operate with the various clubs and societies
G. 0. P. CONFERENCE.
The Republican candidates for county oflices in Naasau County had as their guests at dinner, Monday evening, at the Westbury Gardens Inn, the members of the North Hemp¬ stead Town Republican committee. In addition to the town committee. State Committeenuui George Wilbur Dough¬ ty and County Chairman ' Jeremiah Wood were also guests.
The dinner Monday evening was the flrst "get Together" meeting of the candidates and the organization work¬ ers. A dinner will alio be given by the candidates to the members of the Oyater Bay and Hempstead Republi¬ can Town committees.
The candidates who were present and made brief addresses were: Lew¬ is J. Smth> Leone D. Howell, Phineas A, Seaman, FaH J. Bennett, Claude C. Vandeusen, Thomas A. McWhinney, William E. Luyster, Charles R. Weeks and Thomas S. Cheshire.
THE COIMY LANDS
Committee Will Inqnfre Into Their
Use and How to Make Them
More Avaiiable.
PETTIT ASDETECTIVE
With Only Hat as A Clue Sheriff
Finds Aatoist Who Kan J>own
Couple.
If there is one thing tbat never in¬ terested Sheriff Stephen P. Pettit until Monday last, it was hats. Steve outside the purchase of a fall derby and a spring strawkady, never gave the head gear a second thought. Or Monday, however, Steve took an un¬ usual interest in hats and bcause r this interest he succeeded in adding another big catch to his long list cf arrests, as sheriff.
The hat! Steve found it along or of the roads in the vicinity of West¬ hiiry and thereby hangs a tale. Fi-"' It must be told that there were three initials in rh hat, namely "C. M. B." Secondly, It must be told that there had been a serious acident on the road. A wonian, Mrs. Klla M. Taylor, while walking along the road had been struck by an automobile driven by an unknown person who made his escape. Sheriff Pettit, asisted. by Dep¬ uty Sheriff Phineas Seainan, began an investigation into the facts of tbe killing of Mrs, Taylor.
When Pettit began the task it seemed hopeless. No one had seen a license nuniber on the care. No one
now formed and will lend supervision | 'i-, 'act had seen 'he accident al aH to them. After the people will have ]*Jtj»,t*><= ®^!r*P"?°^ °? ,* ^"1*!' ^^^^^' been educated up to the needs for a - and with the evidence of
Y*M. C. A
enthusiasm paramount the thing will be launched. There is a monetary consideration at stake, however. The project must have funds and if the people will show that enthusiastm by arranging a financial movement to get $38,00?! In the nine Long Island cen¬ ters the thing will be a surety. It will require that sum yearly to keep it going, but a large amount toward this sum couli^ be raised by subscrip¬ tion in the forjn^of membership.
Another meotlfig will be held by the local committee in the near fu¬ ture and a more elaborate explanatioii of the facts pftrtainlng to the project will be laid before the committee. Public meetings will follow at which tkne the general public will be in¬ vited.
William P. Kraft, Jr.. paying and receiving teller of the First National Bank has been enjoying a week's va¬ cation at North Adams New YorK.
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and he could tell nothing of interest. However, Pettit went ahead. Steve knew that a great detective in in.'il:- iiis his in vst igation always goes to the source of trouble flrst. There¬ fore Steve went to the scene of the accident. There in the roadway he found two soft hats. This alone meant very little, but one thing that deeply engrosed his mind was the in¬ itialing inside one of the hats. It contained the letters "C. M. B."
This clouded the situation at a flrst glance. What affect could three meag¬ er initials have in such an instance where the driver of the automobile had covered up all his tracks, with the exception of having left his hat behind. Steve did !?ome deep think¬ ing. Said deep thinking developed into an inspiration. When our sher¬ iff reached his office he seized a tele¬ phone book and turned to "Hicks¬ ville." ,
"Surely," he said to himself, "the owner of this automobile was not far away from homo. Maybe he lives in Hicksville."
No sooner had he cast his eyes on the page in the teiaphone book tl'^'iig- nated "Hicksville," than he saw this' name: Charles M. Baumach. C. M- B. Sure enough. Those initials flt such a name. Strangely it was the only name in the book containing these ini¬ tials.
"If he owns an auto, he must surely have a telephone," soliloquized Steve. Forthwith he went to the home of Charles M, Baumasch, in Hicksville, only to be met at the door by Mrs. Baumach, who Informed the sheriff that her husband was ill in bed.
"Well, we will talk to the sick man," said the sheriff flashing his badge,
"How did you get your injury?" asked Pettit of Baumach, as he no¬ ticed the bandage around Baumach's bead.
The man admitted everything. He stated that be and his son Freder¬ ick W. Baumach were out in an au¬ tomobile Saturday and that they struck a woman, but neither be nor bis son thought she was badly hurt. Because of his injury sustained by having struck the wind shield at the time of the accident he' stated, his son drove bim horae and then tele¬ phoned to lhe deputy sheriff's oflQce to notify them of the accident.
On the father's statement young Baumach was arrested and was tak¬ en before Justice of the Peace Frank Seanian, where he was held in 12,000 ball, pending an Inquest. "Hats ofl to Sheriff Stephen P. Pettit."
WANT W400 FOR INSTITUTE.
The trustees of the Jones Fund have requested the sum of $6,300 to run thc Jones Institute April 17. 1917, to April 17, 1918. This money is to be collected from the towns of North Hempstead and OysteiVBiy. They also ask the town of Nortb Hemp¬ stead to appropriate the sum of $597 for a deficit Incurred two years j^re- Tious.
William S. Pettit, of Far Rocka¬ way, president of the Civic Federa¬ tion of the Town of Hempstead, has appointed the committee of Town Lands, composed of Messrs. Dayton, Rufus Smith, Dr. Schmuck; Cammann and C. E. Marshall.
The work of the committe is fully outlined in the letter of Mr. Pettit to the gentlemen named above and is printed herewith.
September 18, 1916. Dear Sir:
In pursuance of the resolution passed at the last meeting of the Civic Federation of the Town of Hempstead, I have appointed you and the follow¬ ing gentlemen on the Town Lands Committee:
.Mr. J. H. Dayton, Lynbrook, L. I.
.Mr. Rufus Smith, Ocean Side, L. I.
Dr. J. Carl Schmuck, Lawrence, L.I.
Mr. H. Schuyler Cammann, Merrick, L. I.
Mr. C. E. Marshal, Garden City. L.
Your committee is td:
(1) Ascertain approximately the quantity of iand owned by the Town of Hempstead.
(2) Where sucb land is located.
(3) For what uses is it most avail¬ able.
(a) Designate approximately that land most suitable for bungalow sites.
(b) That portion of the public lands most suitable for factory and commercial development.
(c) That portion of tbe public lands which should be held for a high class residential section.
(4) Prepare a rough sketch of the Town lands, showing thereon piesent navigable waterways, and also those waterways which can, at the least ex¬ pense, be made navigable. Make sug¬ gestions regarding practicability of dredging deep water canals from the main body of water to each of the villages on the south side, where such canal does not already exist, and note on such diagram where it would be practicable to construct bathing beaches at points near such villages.
(5) Recommend to the voters of the Tovra the best method to develop the Town Lands; so as to put the same on an inoom'3 producing basis.
(6) Ascertain the approximate coat to complete the survey of all lands owned by thc Town and make rec¬ ommendations to the voters of thc Town aa to the wisdom of' having this work compieled at once.
(7) Recommend the amount which should be raised annually or at one time for deepening and widening the waterways of the Town and for the development of the Town lands.
(8) Recommend the location of pro¬ posed highways across the Town lands so as to make the present wat¬ erways and beaches accessible, and also suggest the best method of dis- poi-iing of the fill taken from canals and waterways.
(9) Make such other suggestions and give the residents of the Town such other information as your com¬ mission believes will be of interest and profit to them.
T feci confident you will get valu¬ able suggestions and help in your work from Supervisor Smith and oth¬ er members of the Town Board, and also from Mr. Jackson, the Tdwn En¬ gineer. Dr. Schmuck, your chairman, will call a meeting and outline the manner in which you will proceed to acquire the Information sought. If possible a preliminary report should be made at the December meeting of the association.
You are undertaking a commission of no little Importance to the residents and taxpayers of the Town of Hemp¬ stead, who unfailingly show their ap¬ preciation for work well done.
METHOIHSP MEET
,1 I' li Biskop WilMB Prasides at Qnarterl) I Confereaee at FrM^ort Church— CoBstfiictlve yrogrram.
Before a packed tudience Bishop Luther B. Wilson, h«^d of the Meth¬ odist Episcopal Chm^ in New York, spoke on matters pertjklnlng to churcb work, in connection .With the joint quarterly conferencs 'of Group 2, at the Methodist Episco^^l Church, Wed¬ nesday evening. '
The conference aM workers' con¬ vention of Group 2 lOet at the Free- port Methodist Eplacdpal Churcb, on Pine Street, Wednesday afternoon and was conducted the saiAe evening. The afternoon program opened at 2.30 and closed after 6 o'clock. The ses¬ sion was opened witi devotional ex¬ ercises which lasted for thirty min¬ utes. During the period the Rev. Geo. Adams, of St. James .M. E. Church, Lynbrook, and WilHrnn G. Miller, chairman of the ofllctst board of the local church, were the speakers. Their theme was "Pwaonal prepara¬ tion for spiritual work."
At 3 o'ciock Alf. P. Sloan spoke on "The quarteily conference, its pur¬ pose and possibilities." He was fol¬ lowed by William Nv Ridge, of Lyn¬ brook, who spoke on the "Responsi¬ bility of official p<»sitlan.' The later afternoon procedure of business in¬ cluded departmental activities. It was given in thre^^purts, nameiv, "Sunday scbool wdrk in the New Ydrk area," by the Rev. Frank Wade Smth; ','the Epworth League," by the Rev. Victor G. Mills, and "Women's Work," by Miss Jessie E. Arbuckle. Beginning at 4.15 the program of work included that, of administration and flnance, given in three parts, namely, "Business methods in the t-liiirch," by Frank A. Home; "The Underpaid Minister," by J. B. Morrell, and "Our Local Benevolences," by the Rev. James E. Holmes. An interest¬ ing part of the afterjijon program was the constructive suggestions for church and district submitted by min¬ isters and laymen, but only construc¬ tive suggestions were solicited.
The roll call of the quarterly con¬ ference was taken at 5 o'clock fol¬ lowed by the presentation of confer¬ ences to Bishop I^uther B. WiUon. D. D., LL. D.. resident bishop of New York, who honored t^ occasion with his presence, Thc afternctin work was summed up by thc Hev. William ii. Kldd. A socia! hour followed during which sandwiches and coffee were furnished by the ladies of the church. The evening program which opened at 7.30 that evening proved to be of exceptional interest and invitations were extended to tTte laity fo attend. The feaure of thc services was an ad¬ dress by tho bishop on a subject of his own choosing. The Rev. Saul C. Curtict, the home pastor, began the devotional service. This was followed by inspirational retnarks from a num¬ ber of clergy on "what shall I carry back to my home chifrch from this joint quarterly conference?" Some of the clergy who were called upon to make remarks were: the Revs. E. D. Bassett, B. F. Oilman, I. L. Smith, A. G. Boynton, M. O. Lepley, Henry Blatz, Jr., George Adams, O. B. Colt, Richard Hegarty, S. A. Sands and C. W. Severance. The supplies men¬ tioned are B. F. Ray, E. H. Cooke, R. R. Roberts and S. G. Williams. The bishop's address closed the confer¬ ence. '
SUFFRAGISTS PARADE
in
FRKEPORT LOSES AGAIN.
The Freeport A. A. went down to defeat last Saturday by the score of 10 to 9; Rockville Centre trimming them again.
Both teams played loose and rag¬ ged ball. The local boys were minus j three of their heavy batters, Lewis, ' Soper and Ellison. Rockville didn't
, —1 j have as strong a team as the pre-
Saturday, October 7. has been des- ^*°"^ *^«'^ either,
ignated by Mrs. Catt as "National Suf- ,^1*^." ^'""^, T"""*' "'*.*'',*' '!^*^"' ^'"
feeiri, n.ar" o.,/! Ml u . w V. '^^ Frccport boys, as it is Impossible
frage Day, and will be celebrated for them to get their regular team
throughout the United States by pub- together.
Will Start st Port Washiofrton -4at«s and Toar Most of Nassso Conaty.
Uc meetings at which special atten tlon will be drawn to all candidates to be elected In November, and their at¬ titude on woman suffrage.
Nassau County women are fortu¬ nate in having a majority of the can¬ didates of both parties frankly in fa¬ vor of suffrage. Frederick C. Hicks, the present Congressman, and As¬ semblyman McWhinney, have helped the suffragists in very possible way.
The suffragists of Nassau County are planning for Saturday a parade of decorated autos, starting at 9 o'.clock from Port Washington, reach¬ ing Roslyn at 10.00, Sea CTlff at 10.30, Glen Cove at 11.00, going through Oyster Bay, East Norwich, Jericho
The score:
R H F"
K- V. C 5 3 2 0 0 0—10-5— 2
1"'. A. A 12 0 14 1— 9—7-11
Batteries, Gallagher, Vetter and Breenan: Bedell, Edwards and Ray¬ nor and Pettit.
A PREm WEDDING
Miss Elisabeth Allen Seaman and
Harold 8. Kropp Were Married
on Wednesday.
and Hicksville. and reaching Mineola r.^J'^L^"*'/""' ^°'°" "^^""^ "«^** *"
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be held In front of the court house.
At 2.30 they reach Valley Stream, Woodmere at 3.00, Lynbrook at 3.30, Rockvllie Centre at 4 o'clock, going through Ocean Side and Baldwin 'o Freeport at 5.00, Merrick a» 5.30. Bell¬ more at 6.00, Roosevelt at 7.00, ending at Hempstead for a street meeting at 7.30 corner of Fulton and J*ain streets when the women will thank the pres- 'Mit (listi ict atforney, Lewis .1. Smith for his favorable attitude toward their cause.
Mrs. James Lees I.Aldlaw will speak at the north shore towns, and at the court house meeting at Mineola, and will also speak at the final street mass meeting in Hempstead in the evening,
-Mrs. William Huber (Dorothy Ni¬ coll) will speak at the .sijpth side vil- laj-oa, and al.so in the evening at Hempstead.
All loyal puffra0(st» who are ahle to join the parade anywhere along the line of march,'even though -they may
Elizabeth Allen Seaman, daugh ter of .Mr. and .Mrs. Wm. A. Seanian and Harold Seanian Kropp, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Frederick Kropp, bo.li Of Wantagh, which was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Wednesday evening at eight thirty o'clock. The ceremony was per¬ formed by the Rev. Charles B. Chap¬ ln, D. D., of South Bethleham, Pa, formerly pastor of the Freeport Pres¬ byterian Church. Only the members of the immediate families and inti¬ mate friends witnessed the ceremony.
.Miss Seaman waa handsonioiy gowned in white crepe de chine which was i rimmed with duchess lace and wearing the bridegroom's gift, a diamond la.elier, and carried white ri.ses .and lily of the valley, and was attended by her sister, Miss Henrietta .M. Seainan, who was attired in white braided net, over pink and carrying Ophelia rose-s.
The best man was James .M. Sea¬ man, Jr., cousin of the bridegroom. The ushers were Charles Lewis and
WATERWAYS NEEDED
Secretary of State Hugo Points Ont
the .Necessity of Snpplemeating
Hailroad Faculties.
autumn
POST SUCCES8FUT. BUILDER.
Mr. B. Frank Post a few months ago bought two lots from W. G. Mill¬ er on West Lincoln Place. These lots facing each other on either side of the street. On the south side he built'a cottage, the lower part being clap board and the upper shingles.
Mr. Post sold the cottage before it was fully completed to Mr. Elvin N, Edwards,
The cottage on the north side was sold hefore being fully completed to Mr. Elwood Meyers, the popular let¬ ter carrier.
Those who are acquainted with Mr. Post know that the quality of his ar¬ chitecture and buildings attract the Investor and home seeker, as is evi¬ denced by the sale of these properties before being flnlshed.
.Al bani dance was given by the "left-overs," a number of members o' the Lights Club, In the. bam In tv rear of the home of Mr. and Mr- ti'i-nnXr Bradley, on Bay View Aven- Friday evening. The I.«ft-over8 are artors who either have not signed up as yet. or whose engagements have not taken them from the city. The bam was decorated with pictures of Frank Kaufmann (Bradley) in triclt bicycle poses, taken at Soutb Africa About one liundred persons attended and bad a pleasant evening.
VUIAGE BD. MEETS
have to drop out at the next town, are John V. B. Bryant. The house was
req'iested to offer themselves and tastefully decorated .with
their cars to their election district i leaves and hydrangeas.
captain. Thoie who can't parade, are ¦ A reception and dinner followed tl-c
asked to meet the paraders in tlie ceremony. At an early hour .Mr. and
center of tbeir town with api)la:iiv Mrs. Kropp left for a three weeks'
for fhe speaker?. Those who plan to trip in Nova Scotia. Upon their le-
Fitiy with tht? parade until the Hemp-, turn they will reside on Wantagh
stead meeting should provide them- Avenue.
selvt^s -with lefreshments. | The marriage had a double signifi-
• cance for Mr. and Mrs. Frederic
WIN SCHOLABSHIP. ' Kropp, as it was just thirty years
ago this October that their wedding was solemnized by tbe same pastor the Rev. Dr. Chapin.
The State Education Department has winners of tho University Stato Scholar.ships for Suffolk and Nassau counties. The scholarships are award¬ ed on the basis of fhe average stand¬ ing in Regents examinations leniiired for fhe college
SI I'KKVISOllS MEET.
At the meeting of the Board on Fri- ontranoo diploma.' ^^y '^st the work of E. M. Underhill Tliose who have won these scholar- , '*"<! Sons, of Glen Cove, in Improving ship.s are: the Glen Cove-Locust Valley Road.
\asan County. was acepted. The County Treasurer
Henrietta M. Lee. 84,2, Lynbrook, N. I ^as directed to transfer $14,411 from Y, S, C. T.; .Iohn H. A. Koehler. 81,0!),; the Highway Fund to Road Mainten- South Side, Cornell; Lncile Cooper.: ance Funds, as follows: 80,4, Hempstead, St. Lawrence; Lll- Hempstead $5,764,40; North Hemp- Han M. Weyant, 79.04, Lawrence, Bar- "tead $5,043.85; Oyster Bay $3,602.75. nard: Addle R. Jackson, 77.39, Ocean; Sheriff Pettit reported 59 prisoners Side, Barnard. 1 '" the ail for thp week ending Octo-
.SnlTolk County. '"" 2nd. The estimats of Underbill
Dorothy Bume, 91.73, Huntington,' ^^^ Sons for the improveinent of Do- Barnard; Helen A. Gulrii, 90,44. Sav-1 sorts Lane, Glen Cove, and Crampton
A gist of small business was trans¬ acted at the regular meeting of the Freeport Board of Trustees held ysterday. After a lengthy discussion It was decided to Inaugurate a spe¬ cial patrol system In the Bay View section of Freeport. Upon the pres¬ entation of a petition signed by 27 residents of that section, Henry W. Street, of 397 S. Bay View Avenue was granted a permit to act a^ a spe¬ cial policeman, without compensation. He will patrol between the hours of 9 p. m. and 6 a. m.
Resolution was passed giving per¬ mission to the Standard Bltulithic Co. to make repairs when necessary at Main Street and Merrick Road, at a nominal charge of $5 per month.
A resolution was passed directing that all property owners notifled to flx their sidewalks be ordered to do .«io within twenty days from date of notice. Applications for BJLdewalltP from W. G. Miller on Rose Street, and
ville, N. Y. S. C, T,; Adelaide H. Noll, 88.9, Sayvlllo, Elmira; Eugene W. Conklin, 88.2, Huntington, Cornell; Dorothy M. Emmel, 86,32, Pierson, Syracuse; Victor William Ritchie, 85.44, Easthampton, Columbia: Will Willcox, 85.13, Shelter Island, R. P, L; Emanuel Hirsch, 84.99, Amityvllle, Cornell; Nathaniel L. Leek, 84.23, Easthampton, R. P. I.: Marlon D. Hunting, 83.10, Easthampton, Syra¬ cuse.
Bros,, Great Neck, West Shore Road, were approved.
OBITUARY.
Albert W. Searoan.
Albert W, Seaman, 29 years old, a .brother of Everett Seaman, editor of the Rockville Centre Herald, and son of Nelson L. Seaman, prominent as a Democratic committeeman, died on Saturday, from neuritis, at his resi¬ dence, 252 North Village Avenue, Rockville Centre, L. I., where his fimeral services were held Tuesday evening, the Rev. Richard Hegarty, nastor of St. Mark's M. E. Church, of¬ flciating. The interment was in Greenfield Cemetery.
SFABl KY TOIRING NASSAU.
Friday, October 6th, Judge Samuel Seabury, Democratic candidate for Governor, and William F. McCombs, candidate for United States Senator, will tour Nassau County by automo¬ bile speaking at the following places: Mineola 9.15 a. m., Westbury 10.00. Hicksville J0.30, Oyster Bay 11.15, Glen Cove 12.00, Sea Cliff 1.15 p. m., Hempstead 2.00, Freeport 2.30, Rock¬ ville Centre, 3,00, Lynbrook 3.30, Val¬ ley Stream 4,00, Cedarhurst 4.45, In¬ wood 5.30.
In the evening there will be a mass meeting at Port Washington, which will cover Great Neck, Great Neck Station and Manhasset and both can¬ didates will speak. There will also be another meeting the same night at Rockville Centre on the South side and at which thc candidates will also appear.
ment was present and presented a re qulsltlon for supplies. The clerk was directed to obtain estimates for tbe
NEW TAILORING SHOP.
Harris Cohen, a furrier, ladies' and gents' tailor, and habit maker wlsheB to announce to the public that he has opened a high class ladles and gents' tailoring establishment, at 44 West Merriok Road next door to the Vil¬ lage ofBce. For many years in this particular fleld, he feels confident that is capable of satisfying any pa
Flcbard L. Gibney.
Richard L. Gibnev, 62 ye&rn ot age, W. G. Miller on laong Beach Avenue, ^ ,,]erk In the New York City Flnsnce and for water from W. O. Mllier on) r>«.partment. and a former resident Long Beach Avenue, were gj-anted. , j^^, ^^j^^ y^^^^ )„ Brooklyn, died
Chief Pearsall of the flre depart- Mondav at Ms summer home in Free-j he ., „ ^...^
port. His runeral was held on Wed- j trons as 'to workmanship and price nesdav morninK. with a requiem j jjg ^Iso has a special department mass in the R, C. Churoh of Our I^dy j for pressing and repairing, fancv of Victory. Throop Avenue, near Mc- j cleaning a socclslty. Goods are called
ir4m«Av r vvrvnn vn tpptitif i ^''""'^*' ^'"®*;, *»*«""™t following ,,or and delivered. MAOLSOJi t. FKTKKf* TO LEtTlKh j^ poly Cross Cemetery IN FREEPORT. •
On Wednesday. October 11, at 8 p. m., in the Baptist Church, Dr. Madis¬ on C. Peters will lecture on "Can America Remain American?"
The lecture Is under the auspices ^^^ ^__^^ „_.,... ...
of the Men's Thib fti& tbe program , - ^ y »^ University Law 1 "^^^ '""'"^ ''*" *''** "' 8-vear old ITsr commUtee Invite all to f.tt*.r^ on this "•** "' 7^ ^°'^* Jl sTtl cZaI^ "»" *" Seaford, the first since occasion, as no one can afford to miss S*"^**^' »'»*' "* « member of Alpha Oml- Saturday morning. Tbere were no tbis treat. crln Pbi, a national fraternity. iiew cases In Suffolk.
"Search where we may throughout the civilized world and this will be apparent—that the greatest develop¬ ment of Industry and commerce la found in regions which are the most abundantly supplied with water transportation facilities," declared Secretary of State Hugo in his address before the New York SUte Waterways Association in'session at Troy, N. Y,, yesterday. "Moreover," said he, "such condition is not a mere accident—the two facts stand related as cause and effect—for supremacy In commerce is consequent upon econ¬ omy of transportation and the im¬ provement of our waterways consti¬ tute at once the greatest opportunity and the highest duty confronting the people today.
Secretary Hugo spoke on "Water¬ ways as Promoters of Prosperity," citing flgures to show that the econo¬ my in water transportation surpasses even that of the railway, although, he asserted, road, rail and river form an Integral and Indispensable part of our transportation system and that if any of these were lacking, it would cause radical defects in the highest possible efflciency of this so-called "Transportation Trinity." "Water¬ ways," he explained, "produce bene¬ flts by a direct saving In the cost of goods actually carried by water, by an indirect saving through the reduc¬ tion of railway rates due to the com¬ petition and by what may be called a creative effect, which largely de¬ pends npon the other two."
"From time iininemorlal, the favor¬ ite means of transportation has been by boat nnd at present, the greatest and wealthiest cities, containing the largest voliiine of hiisinc?.s and com- •nei-cial activity are to be found on deep waterways. In fart, the ppblic sentiment in favor of improving our inland waterways has increased so rapidly of late (hat many organiza¬ tions such as this one have heen formed to protest against their neg¬ lect and consequent curtailment of coininercial opportunity. Besides, tho immediate .idvania.tces of water trans¬ portation to the people of Ncw Ynrk would be tremendous, as the area here sought to be improved conntltulos part of the oldest portion of thc couni- try. While it extends only abniit nno- tWelflh of the total ari-a of the State, it contains nearly 90 per cent of the population, eighty per cent of the wage earners who produce over three- fourths of the manufactures."
In consequence of our limited area, and density of population, we are obliged to pay heavily for every com¬ modity which enters Into the i^ost of living. While only eighteen per cent of the total farm area Is located in this State, yet we have much vacant land which. If opened up, would aid materially In solving the problem of profitable employment and rlieapcr food. This neglect Is chiefly one of transportation-ability of the produc¬ er fo get to a market—a nroblcin re¬ sulting from concentration of popula¬ tion and husiness activity aloni; rail¬ way lines while vast stretclx^s of country have been abandoned be¬ cause waterways formerly serving them, have not been kept up to mod¬ ern standards."
"Although there is no doubt that the rapid growth, material wealth, and unexcelled prosperity of tiie county is due to the great railroads, these "alone cannot do all the work to the best advantage of the railroads themselves or the neonle at large. The conclusion reached, therefor. Is that the use of improved inland waterways for transportation will result in a great saving by reducing the cost of the products of the mine, factorv and field. It will also bring into practical use our great rivers and lakes and provide a powerful means, which, e- operatlng with our magnificent rall- ,way facilities, will result In bnlldlng up and making more prosperous the whole country."
"In the great race for commercial supremacy, the position held by any nation depends chiefly upon the char¬ acter, efliciency and economy of Its transportation facilities. Tho growth nf t^e United States has been wonder¬ ful but that iirowth Is not flnlshed, It Is scarcely begun. If we shall have the wisdom and courage to supple¬ ment our magnificent railway svstem t^lth 3 '¦pio'^dld svstem of waterways, he progress of the past will be as hut a nrolncriin to the mightiest drama of notional development which the world has over neen and lurwnvd all doubt Improved watifrways will be the promofor^ of T>ro"nerlty for cities, states and nations."
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