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Kotrtt'm Nfw Torlc.'-^lTnii^tlcd w«atl>r>r tonlirht and Friday, prob- nMy .«<how»>r»i; wnrmer tonight: trc-sh cMfltorly windfl.
THE DAILY REVIEW
Of Nassau County
IHE UAM aEVlEl
2c
at ymnr Newa Stand •r IieliT«re« at Te«r Hanw '
ISc Per Week $S Per Tear
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
fREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921
Vol XXIV. Na38
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HARRIS STORY
STARTSPOUCE
INVESTIGATION
RECORO ESTABLISHED IN INVESTIGATION OF NEED FOR SOLDIERS' REUEF
I x^'oDhinKton, Ai>rll 7.—PrPBlden'
i HanllnR'H fi|terlBl comnjlttfe to InvPKtl-
i gate fwliilp- rc-llPf. after u two-<lay In-
i vi'dilgatliin. today «'«>ini>U'tf<l Uh i-ei»'>ri
\ and reoommi'nrtitllMiui.
I Under thi- U-udiTShip nf CharlPH G.
! I>uwi>f» of ChloaKo. thc <'onimllt«>p ha«
I net u now icrurd for HjHM'dy Investlga-
I tlon.
I The reiMirf, It Ih imdorBtofHl, will
j emlKKly thi- followInK:
.V conmitldatlon of .nil soldk-r-rellct ar'tlvitU-it, imdfr a RinKle udniiniatra- 1 live hfad, who. will lw> rcsponHlblc to I thf i*ro«»ldPrtt.
'!>('icntrallziitlon of all otllfos 8o that all ' i)artH of tho countiT will i>e i(>iii-h«'d.
.\ppropriatlon of moro fundn for a pcrinani'tit ho«pitalir.ati(in program.
There ar" varlouH IcHSfr dt'tailn per¬ taining to tho threc^.^ifundamcntala, whioh woi'e worl<od out on HUKKOHtiona from tho fxpertu who appeared l)eforo the comtnltloo, but iKith Amorioan Lc- Kion otftciula, and the head.s ot the Ciovernment buroauH ronoerned, ox
Opinion Divided As to Trathful- neu of Confeition of Roy Har¬ ris That He Shot Joseph B. El¬ well in New York Last Jnne At . Instigation of "Mrs* Fairchild"
New York,^ April 7;—Dcteotlvo Ser- Kcant Henry riswairt of the New York I'lilloe l»<ii>artmont, left to<lay for Buf¬ fnlo to ((uostlon Roy HairiH, held thore after hiH I'onfoHHlon that he and nnoth er man l<llled .looeph Bowne Klwoll. Iiridk'e whi»t king, in hin ainirtmenl, hr>ro .lune 11. at the inntignation nf a' ".Mrn. Fairohlld." |
Offlolalx of tho department, although I detormini'd to invoNtlgate Harris' Mtory! thorouK'hly. are frankly wkeptical. Thej attitude of m'oHt ofJlcijilH waw ex pressed ,'^gj,j^^ by ln.Mpeotor John i). Ooughlin. chief of the detective btireau, who wnid;
"I think thi.H man i.** looking for a free trip to New York."
liiHpector Coughlin snld that there w;iH several ili.screparxie.M in Harris' slory timt maki' th<'m lieliove he in not tolling Ihe truth.
S<'veral detectives were n.^signed to¬ day to run down all .angle.'i of Harris' story. Kvery address hc mentioned will l)o •vl.slted nnd every effort will be made to find out If his movements <'an be, <'hocked. {
Kdward Uliodes, chnurrein- for KIwell.' when seen by a reporter t«Klny, express¬ ed hi.s belief thut Harris was telling the
truth.
"I think the confession is straight." , | ""
ho aaid. "I always thought Elwell was Ccunty Sopervisor Wisely Suggests' nn a trpri FIDM CT k 11I\
Be Laid 1 ARtb HKM MAND
the feeling that the accom. plishnient of the three main itoma of the plan will 1h> a long step towards solution of the iirobloni of caring for diK<dile<l veterans.
HIRAH R. SMITH AGAIN SOLVES ROAD PROBLEM
(MTY JUDGE LEWIS J. SMITH, NASSAITS CHOICE FOR APPODmilENT TO SUPREME COURT BENCH
B»)^
Nassau'
LEWIS .IKKOME SMITH
Choice For .\ppoititmei> t as .liislice of Ihe Supreme Conrt
Tunporary Pavement mGrove and Other Streets Over Trolley Route in Freeport Unti After Sewers Have Been In¬ stalled
killed by gunmen, f don't know any Mrs. I'-airchiid. I-Uwell know so many women it was impo.ssible for me to keep tabs on ihom all. He never told mc their names and the only way I learned their identity was when Elwell cjilled on some oftener than others. I'xlo always believed this iime would 'break.' The police have certainly pPP torcd me enough and I'm glad to see thom gel after somebody else."
After he liad made a sludious survey of the sketch of the KIwell nixutments made by Harris, newspapermen _a«ked ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^,.^^
This suggestion, .said tho suporvi.><or,
J Krecpoit, April 7,—A solution of the 'ii)aving problem in Orove and other [streets ovei- thc trolley route to the 'dock is found In tho stiggostion by Hu-* I pervisor Hiram R. Smith that n mod-1 ,.,> oialc inicp road be liijilt now instead, of
IN COAL STRIKE
Abrupt End of Conference Signi- I fies Complete Break_ With Miners' Representatives
(ny Intrrnatloniil N>»-» *l»rvU'e.)
I.ondon. April 7.—"No . governinont
could |)ossibl> accede to the ctlallonge
Iho .Miners' Federation," I'lomiei-
Hhcrwood, the Hums' detective, for un opinion on it.
"That sketch is practically a perfect plan of the interior of the Klwoll res¬ idence." remarked Hheiwood. "1 was in New York at the time. I had occa¬ sion to learn the full story of the mur¬ der of KIwell, and all details sucfi as hou.se design.
"I would say that these plans are us nearly perfect in regard to general dia¬ gram of the Klwoll houso as can be drawn."
KIwell was found shot through the head in his Wesl Seventieth streot home by his hoimokcepor, Mrs. Marie Larsen, on thc morning of June 11, l!i2f». He was seated in an arm chair, wearing a dressing gown. A bullet from a 45-callbre revolver had- been lived Into his forehead, presumably dur¬ ing the early hours of tliut morning. An open letter from one ot the trainers of his horses—he owned a string of ihoroughbred.s—lay on the floor beside him. He wus rushed to Bellevue Hos¬ pital where he died without regalninffj consciousness. j
It was established that th* poatmair had left several leters at the house andi the police believed KIwell hud answered| tho door bell when he heard the post-1 man ring. It was reasonably establish-[ ©d that the bridge king waa shot as hei sat reading the letter. I
Further investigation hy the police I doveloi>ed the foot that KIwell had at-1 tendetl a jmrty at the nitz-Cnrlton the; night before the shooting and that: later the merry crowd went to tho Zleg-[ feld Frolic On the Now Amsterdam j roof. I
Included In the imrty waa Miss Viola Kraus. who had just heen jrranted ai divorce from her husband, Victor Von | Schlegel; Mr. and Mrs. Walter l.ewlsohnj and Octavio FlRuerosa. It was proved I that when thif party left the theatre] KIwell took a taxicab alone to his aiiart- ment. From the tlmo he entered his! home until found by his housekeeper' his movements have never been traced.'
l.loyd pcorge told the Miner.s' Execu- live Committeo at a conference today, when pr^s.sod for an answer lo Ihe prob-i the abrupt ending of which signified a loin today, is ba.sed on what other im-1 ooi-„piote break in .-ill negotiations for a provemepfs mnst como in tho cour.so | setllemont of tho coal strike, and of time. Tho moderate prico road, in- |„.„„^ih back the mon.-xco of a tromend- stead of concroto paving, would .serve; ous national industrial upheaval, all purpo.scs now and for tho noxt flve | Tj[,e piemior's utterance, was quoted years, when then, or some time before, j in j,,, official commiquo this afternoon, the street will in ^11 likelihood to torn j ho admitted having- boon mi.stakon in up HO sewers may be ^id. | his hope that an under.standins could
If a permanent paving of concrete | ho ro.ichcJ. The miner.s' .stand, he .said. were to br laid now it woul.l bo wholly niade this utterly impossible. Thoy re- de.stroyed when sewers wore construct-1 f„.s,.,] to guaiantoo continuance of pump¬ ed, .said Supervl.sor Smith. | jng at the mines.
The route jiroposed to be imi.roved i-« i The rtiiners them.selves sland 'pat. tWit ovor Woodcleft avenue, to Homp-j Thoir executive committoe will not meet .stead turnpike, through Orove .street j again until Friday morning, and Broadway, and Ihe project ha.s boon .Me:mwhile the di.sastrous flooding of corthilicated because the trolley route ^ the niine.« continues. Military protec- covers part of the diatance ancl the com-! tion of the punip.<? appears inevitable, pany officials .sny that there arc noj The cabinet Is in .session discussing that funds, that tho concern Is "broke" andj step. c
cannot do its part in paying for per- ^ ¦'
manent paving. HEMPSTEAD CLEANUP WEEK
Thero has been some talk of having!
the trolley company .surrender its fran-j yi,|„jjp ,{„.„.,i Designates Last Week In cliiso over the route in question if iti April
cannot pay its .share. The trolley com- _—_ »
pany carries many people. |
Some of the village folk havo main- j tained that the trolley company .served, the people well and SpporvLsor Smith' .said today Ihat all thc people were an-
HempstoaJ,- .\pril 7.—The Villag* Board Tuesday night' designated ihc- iBSt week in April as clean-up we«k. The village will remove all rubbish placed ahniR the curb und the sumo xious to have a means of getting to the I 8t.»,t.dulo will be followed as Is now docks and the water front and ho heid | followed by tho garbage and ash col-
that for the beneflt 6f the.se people that, any connection between the village] proper and the water fmnt was a val-! iiablft a.sset to tho community.
Tho.se who claim to know, seem to 1 think that the moderate price road, would solve the problem and that the I
. ¦t^MHHg
Th6 Board also granted the reiiuest of the l.ong Island Itailroud Company that the rental for tho land occupied by Victory Hose Company's house be mado $3(» :i year, the amount of the taxes i>aid by thc company t>n the plot.
trolley company would have .some fund^sj The rental is now a nominal one of thnt could be put into such a road. | one dollar end flfty conts a year,
HELD FOR GRAND JURY !
PAfLESS POUCE FORCE
.tutomoblllHt Who .Striic,k Woman,: Waives Kxamlnatioii
Hempstead, April 7.—Robert W. Post, whoae car struck and killed Mrs. Anna '¦
Provision For .Salary ilooHevfll Creates Pnsitiim Withoat
It was deducted by the police that he; .;, «, .la no
,,..-.- -„,-„„ „,,..„i„„ I Harnon and injured Mra, Anna Ruff of" ' was murdered about 7.<n in tne morning. 1 ' <
Heiypstead, April 7.- Hce commissioner
VOI'KK WORTH 3« CENTS MORE TOUAY TH.\N .« VEAR AOO
"Washington, AprU 7.—You should have had thirty cent* mofe on April 1, 1»21. than you had on April 1, 1920, nccoitllng to the United Stati-s Treasury, which announced thnt the t>er cftpita wealth of the United StKtes OP April } was S6S.80, as com pared with »88 30 a year a«o.
The total money In circulation oh April 1.4»5!l. mtam $«,OM.50«,<M>0, a« compckre«l with 5,9«».8SO,000 a y«sar ago.
Vll I, ¦,„ i' illl I.ll I ¦—^—»»—'
•Roosevelt has and a police¬ man, but half i^o Way to pay him. The trouljlo is that' the police commission- ahd policeman idea came up after the iinnuul budget of the town had
i-ri.»»..„ 1 r.,.»r .,».- .. n . .[il! beenljidoptod and no money could be
[Thomas J. ( urr, attorney. He waived i IL :
iexatplnatiofi^and was held to await thel'''^'!^f^'T' *'"^°''' . , « .
I.. ,.!„» /. .»,„ _j 1 ,. The^only way to pay the offlcer Is
'action o'l' the grand jury on a charge:, 1 ... . •...,
I-.* ....««-J A... — 1 u. for Boiie citizens tp "dig down and
of second degree manslaughter. i .. \ .,, ,. „ _. . .^
,, _ ._, .. .,, , ,_ . , i w^it uVitil the collection of the nert He was taken to Mlneola where his j ,./;., ,X._ ,„ ^ ,.i,„k..™....i T
ball bond of |B,000 wns dontinued until
j BrookIj-n, on Fulton avenue Uist Satur-j
I day night, was before Justice of |he|
I Peace Walter R. Jones for hearing this!'
morning. lie was represented by
1 Saturday morning, when,County Judge 'Smith will de+crmlne wh^it It shall bo.
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BRNZOMmr
riM . 4a|>»n4Kbl« IwvMbaM ramcdr, for ¦or* ^aro^t Ktid lonailUia. Moa: c^vaniutt. fcr It rwtalrM no sanrHnc. A xandby that liioillil b« 1.1 •v*ry Iiomm. Oat a botli* tX wur. iliug stor*.—Adtp.
xes to be reimbursed, cauxed the police commlijsloner, Dixon, to write to the town . asking if it were not possible tCt oei-tiflcates of indebtedness pend- \e oollectlfn of taxes, cltrk will wTite to tlie. secretary te to asc<.>rtatn If a law permlttioig thi^ course haa been pikssed tiy the )e«- islit-jre.
U.S. NOTE TO POWERS LEAVESJUO DOUBT
Diplomats Interpret Hughes Me»-
sage As Challenge of Extent
of League of Nations Rights
(By liitrrniitlonul -News Service.) A\'ashingtiin, A))ril 7.—'i'he dear issue of the Tnited States vs Ueaguo of Nations has boon raised by Secretary ot States Hughes in his forceful note to the Governments of Japan, (Ireat Britain, Franco and Italy on tho ques¬ tion ot mandated torritorlos, in tho oi)inlon of diplomats and senators who i •wore engaged in studyiiis the communi¬ cation to(^ly.
fit deeper and more far reaching im¬ portance than the mero dispos.il of the Island of Yap itseJf is the issue raised by Secretary tlughos as to whether the League of Vjations, as a World Super-CoVorning body, bas tho right to make decisions nffocting tho lighls nf a powerful nation not a momlwr of the League without consulting th;it nation's wishes. Diplomats saw in the Highes note today a direct challenge to the leagne. and tho solution of thc ques- | tion thus raised, thoy believed, will I have nn important bearing on future I decisions mach' at Geneva. i
Secretary Hughes has flatly informed the League's princi|)al stockholders that tho T'nited States cannot recognize that thoy havo iiny right yvhatsoever in deciding questions where American rights ;ire concerned. That right ot decision, it was firmly pointed out, Is a right that this govornmoht reserves entirely for liersclf. . "
H. W. GRIFHTHS GIVESDETAILED EXPLANATION
States Entire Legal Proceedings Relative to Proposed Under¬ ground Passage Beneath Raih-oad Tracks in Hempstead — De¬ nounces Objections of Railroud Representatives Before Commis¬ sioner As Aainine
Hempstead, April 7.—Declaring the objection of the Long Islund Kailroad Company's representatives to proceed¬ ing with the hearing on the Van Cott Avonuo-Kendig Place underground pa.ss- ageway as puerile and asinine, formei Village Counsel H. Willard Giifflllis. in a slatoment tndu.y, holds that thoro i.s no doubt that hud tlic case been properly fought out bctOic ('ommissioner Van Namee lost WHoU, ho would not have dismissed tha case, hut would have considered both lix'alions and made his do<i{ii()n accord-j Ingly. The railroud men contended that pinper notice of the appli<-atlon to con struct the tunnel in the new IcK^ution ; had nol been given, und tlie commis¬ sioner look this view and disniis.sed thc j firocooding.
: yir. (Jriffitlis, in his statement, siiys; "To clarify the situation relative Kp tlio tunnel, it may be well to state the situation that actually existed so tha no tiiiihcr iiiisun<lerHtanding niay arise. -Votice was given to tho railroad com pany in accordance with Section HO of tho U!!ilrir.id Law, that,a hearing wouhl be held ut the Villuge Building on a coiiuin date to consider the advlsilillity of laying out a passageway under the ruiiioud .•ompany's tracks connecting Mooro avonue with .Miller placo. This healing was held iK'foro thc Board of Trustees and the railroad Comimny at Ihaftlnie presented a map of the pro-, posed tunnel, but there worejilso several objectors lo the pt'ftposod loialion, whereupon the trustees decided to change the location so that the lunnet would c<uinmt \'an Cott avenue with Kendig iJaco.
"Tht- railroad's representative ob- jtMled to this change, which ho had a perfect right to do. aa woll as the truslees had a right to suggest tha change of location. No other property inleiosls were involved, the railroad comiiany being the owner of tho land in both instances at the place where the cntiancos to the tunnel would be built, as well as all land used in the <'onstiuclion dt the tuiwiel.
Strong Republican County Now Without Rep» resentation Feels Justified in Asking Governor to Make Judge Smitli a Justice—He Has Un¬ blemished Record and Undivided Support of Residents
Mineola, April 7. — Lewis Jerome Smith. Juilge of the County Court, is tho choice of the Nns.sau County Kepubii- o.ins for elevation to the Supreme Court bench, and the> voice the"general senti¬ ment throughout the t^unty.
Judge Smith, in reply to the question today, said that he was a candidate for tho appointment to that high ofllce. Thero is a vacancy in the Supreme Court of Iho Second District, of whiih Nassiiu County is a part, l)y the resig- nalion of Justice Jenk.s. presiding jus¬ tice of tho .¦Xppeilate Division, and tbu.
CORNERSTONE CEREMONIES ON SATURDAY
Elaborate Program Arranged to Commemorate Erection of $100,000.00 Rockville Centre School—200 School Children and Boy Scout Troop to Partic¬ ipate-—Will Serve South Side
Rock", ille t'ontre. April 7.--Willi in¬ teresting exercises the cnrner.stono ol Rockville Centre's now »100,000 grjid, .school ,it Riverside r)iive and I'urk ave nuo will bo laid Saturday afternoon at :t.:tO o'clock. It is expected a large leathering of people will be prosont. a.-^ the public is genorall.\ invited, end as ibout 1:00 of the public schiiol cb.ildren will participate ni tho piogram Miat ha.-- hoon arranged.
Tho now school, which it is expeclod, will be completed by next September, is intended for tho children living south of'tile l.,ong Island Rnilroad tiack.s. and Illl' .Morrick road For yoars Iho lesi- denis of that section of Rockville Cen¬ tre havo boon looking forward to the day when they would havo a .school Ihal would make II possible for tlnii younger children to attond cla.s.ses wilii out crossing tho railroad traiks and the busy Merrick road. Tho new .school, which is lo be known as the Hivorside I Si'hool. and whli h wili be tho fourth
CEDARHURST MAN MISSING 10 DAYS
PoUce Asked to Try to Find Lewis
P. Toorscher, a Well
Known Contractor
Mineola, April 7.—Lewis P. Tourscher of Cedarhurst, has been missing from home since March 2!». necgrding to the report made by Justice of the Pejict Raisig to Sheriff Charle.s Smith.
Mr. Toura.scher. who Ls a well-to-dr contractor, is .said to have been missing on a previous occision !or' .several days.
At the county Jail, where the i-(jt>ort of thejmlsxhig mnn Is now on rei'ord. the information conc*i7»ing h|j*i is meagre. The de»cri|>tion of hinr, says that he is of dark complexion, wore P dark suit. Fedora hat and black', Iace<I aboes. He Is, according to the import, 65 years old. weikhs about 1<3 pound.s and had a mustache. I
He is married and the family has a.sked the authorities to make a-,search for him.
The report filed does not Jtay wheihv he had any considerable sum of money when he waa la.st seen, nor does U .say at.what time of the day his family last knew of hla whereabouts. The authori¬ ties do not think he had any enemi,;* who mixht have harmed him. They say he was fn good health and that he suffered from no nervoux disorders, that might have caused him to wander away.
rXftor this hearing, at whioH thc Board nf Trustees J;,ulilic .school building in It changed the IfKaiion, which ch.i/ige was' objeji^ed to by the, railroad company, all papers wore senJ to the Public .Ser¬ vice Commission, also pursuant t.i Ser tion !I0 of the Railroad Law, for it to (uH II hearing upon the proposed new pa.s.sageway. This hearing: was oalled nnd dlsini.ssed as we all know, because the railroad company raised a puerile and asinine objection which should have been over-ruled by the commission.
"When the railroad company's at¬ torney raised the objection he did at the hearing liefore the Public .Service Com¬ mission, which must tie assumed ho did without any idea of getting away with It. .Mr. Reifsihnelder should have aii- post^d it upon the ground thut every¬ thing hud been done by the village au¬ thorities that should have been done and the mutter was now before the Commission to decide on the location.
"Why are these mutters presented to the Commission if not to have oontr<?- versiea settled such as arose In this case? 'What more could the village au¬ thorities have done; call another hear¬ ing on the change of location? Such a contention is all rot. Here we had all the parties before the board, the location was changed by the trustees nfter due deliberation and objection hy the railroad lompany; Ik then remained for the Public Service Commission to decide and fix the location.
"The safne'question would have-been presented to It had another hearlnc heen called as the railroad company would try to have us believe was nejBaf< sary. There Is no doubt that had the point been properly fought out before Cciinmliwloner \'an Namee last week, ha would not have dlsmiiMed the proceed¬ ing, but would have considered botb lo(-ations und ina/le his deciaion acjiord- Inrly"
WO.MIAN .MAYOR IN MISSOURI
.81. J;ime«, Mo.. April T.-^Mra. Mfeyme Pualey is Mlsaourl's flrat wom¬ an nuijiOt ,> according to complete ua- ofnoial returtl^if from Tuesday's mufil(.-i- pal eie<'non. Mrs. Ousley . defeatad Roglr Umli by a sMght majority. Both were non-p^rtiaan Candidatai^
kville Con-
wili have aevon cla.ss-rooms. and
will accommodate about SOO pupils from
lllc kindergarten to the sixth grade.
.\t Ihe cornerstone exorcises M. J. Madigan. as chairman of tho coinmittee of ari'angements of Ihe Board of Kdu¬ calion. will preside. There \*!iH be ad- di'o.s.ses by Alfred K. Ives, president of Iho Board of Kdueation; Kdwin Wnl- iice, viliaga pre.sident; Dr. F. T. Delrfino, a former. Piesidenl of the'Bounl of Kdu¬ calion. who served for eighteen y<'ais as a school trustee in Rockvilie Cen¬ tre, nnd A. J. MacKlroy, a former prin¬ cipal of the Rockville ,Centie schools, who was president of the Board of l<klu- cat ion when he resigned to go to lh< war.
The Rev. .\lexander F. John.son. pas¬ tor of the Baptist Chunh, will tfive the invocation, and thc Rev. Fre<lerick H. Handstleld, rector of the Kpi.scofial Chuicb, will give the benediction.
Two hundrod children of ages cor r< sponding to those of the pupils wbi. will attend the now .school will sln(> patriotic and other songs, uccom[iunie< by Cornetlst Jack Hartmann. An Im
pie.ssive feature will Ih' a flag .salute
with a Boy Scout troop as a guard iS^hen-h In tiie mimo mcKlest an<l unus
honor fo the flag. In arranging th< children's part in the exeivises, thi Parent-TeachelH' A.ss<Kialion, Mrs George Vhelps, president, has given val uubie assistance.
HOSPITAL COMMISSIONERS RESIGN AT LAST MOMENT
Albany. N. Y., April 7.—J>«Hlerlck A Higgins and Dr. Charles W". Pilgrim re Higned as State Hospital Cohimis^lonerr today. *
Their action meets demands of Gov ernor MUler who publicly ccnsurec them for crittclzing the work of tlv LeglHlature. ^
The fiovernor Bled formal charKet against them and directed tlw«n te ap pear before him today.
Their rcsigiuitlenfi were received si the Kxecutlve Chamber just liefore the time set for the hearing.
promotion of .lustice ISInckmar to tako the place of the retiring juri.st. -
Governor .Miller is called u|)on 10 a|>- point a man to till Ihe vacancy and Na.s.sau County wili ask that Judgt» .Smith be given the place.
Tho Republicans and Ihe people gon- ernliy in this co,unty M-iil, .sny those who know, npinovo tho appointment of Judgo Smith on Iho ground Ihat ho i.-« pre I'minoutly filled for tho liighor beiuli and bocau.so he Is tho kind of jurist who is particularly roproKentn- tivo of all that is host in Na.s.sau (."ounty.
it is entire within the range of pns- siliiliti"s to speculnte upon whu will lill lhe (.'ounty Court bench if Judge Sinilh is iippoUitod to the Suprenu> Court bench and the man who is tho logical candidate to smiceed Judge Smith is Distiicl Attorney Charles It. Weeks. Going further, the man lo suceoed Mr, Weeks will bo either .\ssls- tant District .Attorney Kh in N. I''.d- wards or Assistant District .\ttorne,>' Chnrlesl. WimmI. Governor .Miller ha.s Ihe power to appoint a successor to the County Judge in tho event of a vacancy and ho-would also appoint the succes¬ sor to the DLsti ii.t Attorney if a viicaiuy existed in that ofiice.
The Republicans of tliis county, .siiid a man higli in the party coiiiisols uiul a man who hus his linger on tho pulse of the political situation, will press Ihe claim of Nas.sau Couuly for locog- llitlon in this appointment ut the hands of tho Governor.
They will poliit^'out that Nirsmul County is a counly witlioul a rosldont Justice of tho Supremo Court. They will insist that' us one of the iNtnncr Republicun connties ol lhe slalo, put¬ ting forward a mun for the pluce who is qualitled In every wuy and who hue a fine rocord of achlevoiiu'iit behind him, that tliere is none more enlilied
10 lill the vacuncy than Nassau's man. '' It is well knoWn, said this wise political observer, thai .Nassau Repub- Ucuiis uro a force to be reckoned wllh In state uffalrs und coming out with their man so well enireiiched from every angle they cannot Imt , iieliovo that Governor MilK-r, knowing Judge Smith's high siunding wllh tho bench and bar and the iieople of bis home county, wiil give an allciilivo ear to theli- claims,
.\assaii ('ounty is one of live that make up the .Second District of Su¬ preme CouiT: and King's County is known to have a cniididule In District- Attorney Lewis whilo it is more than likely that Iho other counties will al.so hnve candidalos. .None of them stand in the position of Xussag, "which lost its resident justice when Justice Scudder failed of 1 eeloclioii. It is also likely that some of the other counties may join with Nassau for Judge .Smith's appointment.
The man who Is appointed will b- the man to get the suplxut of the Ke- publiians for the nomination und election when In the ffil! of 10:;'.' ho must st.uid ffir eleclioii al the polls. Molldiy Keliinti .ludge Kmilli
There 'have lieen sevoiai posMibiiittos rnontlone<l in the last few days for the jiiatk'e vacancy from this cwunty btit today Ihe sentiment cryslalllzed be¬ hind .ludge Smith and it Is undcrstooti that his name will Is- presented with
11 solid deU'gutlon behind ii to the ,lovemor for his consideration.
Put squarely to Judge Smith ttxlay by thc writer the distinguished jiirlst declured hlnuM-lf a cumbdule for thn vacant posl on the Hupreme (Nnirt
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^mlng manner that Is so character¬ istic of him. His dec'iarutliin was all the more forceful for coming In tbi* niannor since It was Kuly the Jiwlge Smith who is so well known and so highly regarded In Ihls community.
It is not hard, sal<l one of his friends, to understand just why Judge Smith haa attained his flne reputation. He haa always l>o<;n a "doer" and tho tale of his life from boyhinxl to the present Is one that the hardy folk from wbenci' he came irdght well be proud, want on (his friend and neigh* bor of the Judge.
The alory ot fhe life of I,.ejris Jerome Smith Is one of rejiU-eflftleavor from oarly life rlsht uptc the 4r) years to which the judge confesses now. The results ht has attained does credit to the hardy Yankee stock from whi. h bm apmng.
Judge Smith oame from an Irish mother, who came from County Cork,
