Continued fair; tcmi>eratur<> un- ?hanged. Light winds.
REVIEW
Of Nauau G>uiity
THE DAar REVIEW 1
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At Itamr Newa Staad 1
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Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1921
VoL XXIV, No. 100
HARVEY TRIAL BRINGS ARRAY OFOMJNSa
I Wellknown Lawyers Appear in
Case of Fonner Qneens Sheriff
Qurged With Bribery and Con-
I Ipiracy—Court Takes Name of
: Fhishinf Man Wbo Expressed
Hope for Hanrey's Acqoittal
r Mineola. June 20.-IJarkod hy a ills
tInKtilshed array of connMl, Herbert
; S. Harvey of Flu.shinR, former Demo-
I' cratlr .Sheriff of (iiufn.^ County, went
to trial tod.'iy tiefort- Hiifireme Court
Jiistloe Cropsey and a jury here.
He is chnrRwl with t»rlbery nnd con- spiraey. He l.^ alleireil |o hnve receiv¬ ed $200 from .Matthew .1. O'Neil for proleotion of O'Nejl, Willl.'im Hotrmaii nnil Siilerno in rerlain ciiminiil enter¬ prises in whlih they w.rc enRjiKed.
The $200 iH nlleR-eit lo have been palil_ to Hiuvey and through Harvey by Ue- vlons ways lo Carman I'lnnt, former rounty deter-tive, for the purfione of li«vln>? I'lnnt "protect" O'.Nell when he rame l)ffor<! l'oll<-e .liixtlce Clinton M. Klint ill Kreeiiort, fin .Seiitemher 16, 19H».
O'Neil nt the time was charceil wilh havinif a stolen automobile in hl.s pos¬ session and was to have a hearing on tlial day. (J'NcIl Hworn he arranged with Harvey to liavt- I'lant "take eure" of him and that when he .saw I'lant at the trial ut Klint'.s Court room or ju.st prior to it. Plant told him it wn,s alright and O'Neil was not held for indirlment nt that tlm(\
O'Neil ha.s .sworn that Plant told .ludffe Flint tlmt (he HIale wiinlc<l to u.se O'Neil to i-atili bi|;Ker Karno in the operatloUH of stolen automobiles.
Htatn Mise i.s jiro.seouted hy ni.striet Attorney C'harlcH R. Weeks, CharleH I. Sn \tfi>~* and liXvln tt, iiidwards, -.'^ sntstmit ^ T)lslrlrl Attorney.
Harvey i.s defended l)y former * Pi.s-
¦'. trirt Attorney Charle.s N. Wysonjr,
?¦¦• Stephen C. Ttaldwin. Wiiliani Itutler of
liulUwm'.s ollii'c, und J. Wdliuin liUM-
iiuin of FlushinR.
Plant, Pettlt, O'Neil, Hoffman, John Jones, Harry H. l^ellsRU, Salvator .Sa¬ lerno are all expected to be witne.sses neainst Harvey today.
Tho selection of the jury goe.s for¬ ward now, it Is ox|)ccted thiiJL the trial will he well underway when the after¬ noon scsHloti besrlns. ' Charles TriSRer of Rockville Centre, who WUH called as tale.sman in the Jury box today, suid he had talked to Wil¬ liam YiitCH of KlushinK and that Yate.s had expressed the hope that Harvey • would he acquitted and hfid told Vates that ho had been called uh a. juror.
J\iNtice Cropsey a.sktnl for Yate.s' name und Trl^Ker jfave 11 to hltn.
LONG BEACH AHRACTS CROWD OF NOT LESS THAN lOMOO
I,onK Beach, inne JO.—Warm sun hrighi sl<l.-s attracted .a great crowd to lA)nK Reach yesterday. It is estimated by Captain Walter J. narri.<u>ale, ihat at least 100,000 persons were on the beach.
GAS EXPLOSION IN STR£n CALLS ROCKVILLE CENTRE HREMEN OUT; NO ONE HMRT
SEA CLIFF VOTERS INDOKSE MAIDMENT VILLAGE TICKET
Four Hundred at Public Meetiaf
Show Desire for Good
Goyemment
Rockville Centre, June SO.—i'Jos ex¬ ploded and .oet flre to planks uxed Jo protect the pit In which a (ang of men had been wnrklnir at Ijtkeview and Southard avenues Saturday evening. The gus company is InstaltinK Dew mains and at thin point three valves were placed.
Word of the explosion was received :U Police lieadqu&rterH and when First ASBlstant Chief Wood was nolifled he directed AJert Hone Com[)any to pro¬ ceed to the scene.
No one wast hurt. The damage wa.s to pl^nklnir. The flamcH were extiftK ulshcd with sand.
SIINDAY FIRES KEEPFREEPORT VAMPS BUSY
GIRLS' MEMORY FAILS; SPEECH NOT CONNEaED. IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION
Mineola, June 20.—With 400 of his fellow vIllaR'ei's unani'nously endors¬ ing him for village president of Sea t'liff Fred 1,1. Maidment und his fellow candldateH, C. 10. Russell und Daniel J. Ilegemnn, seem to have the special election tomorrow already "sewed up." The Ihree men on this ticket arc pledtftHl to good government, .Sea Cliff's betterment and the public wel¬ fare rcgardlcflH of petty bickerlngH and smnll town gosslitlng.
Mr. Maidment and bis colleagues I have yielded to the ImportunltleH of i their fellows and -have agreed to run for village offloe, not hecAuse they seek Ume-light, but because they feel thai .Sen Cliff is entitled to as good govern ment as its people want It to have.
Walter T. J. Dickie and his sbso- clates In the village hoard resigned. .Some of them are candidates for re¬ election asking that they be sent back as an expression of the confldence of the people.
Mr. Maidment addressed the ratifica¬ tion meeting Friday night about 20 minutes, setting forth what he an«l his ticket stand for. When he finished thero was no doubt that he had con¬ vinced his hearers he would give u giKKl accOimt of himself in oflloe.
MNEOU GRADS PREFER HUMOR
TosmmiNEss
Get a Lot of Fun in Burlesque of Their Own Graduation in Com¬ mencement Tbat Hu Real In¬ terest and Individuality—Bac¬ calaureate Address by Pastor Dunhee More Serious
.Mineola, June 20.—Mary Ijee, gi\-ing I
a home address at 662 Ninth .¦ivenue, |
Manhattan, was admitted to Nassau |
Hospital yesterday for observation. Hhej
(sufferH. the hospital announces, from |
loss nf memorv. I
I The girl says she is married nnd that I
her husband's name Ih Steelwood, bul i _| /« J ^^"^^ pressed to tell why she is known !
to Pile of Shingles Garafe and as Mary Lee her replies are either not !
Frank!'¦•'^I>^t"''ve or are not connected. She | was employed, It Is said, at the Brighton Hotel at Ijong Beach.
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Boys Plajrinf Abont House in Course of Construction Set Fire to Pile of Sli
Automobile Owned by Stevens Destroyed in Nifbt' Blaie—Rremen Save Houses ,
VILLAGE PRESIDEirr CUTS TREES APe BY MUHIOPAL EMPLOYEES
Rockville Centre's Chief Executive, Edwin W. Wal- lace. Uses Police Force and Workers from Power Plant to Destroy Shade Trees in Park Avenue-Two Trustees Join the Party
BEACH THEATRE OPENS AT WEST END, LONG BEACH
Knowing him as they do the voters •prenent ratified him and his running mates ancl tomorrovs, they go tf) the polls.
LEGION POST PAYS HONOR TO MEMORY OF ANDREW FATSCH
First of the Valley Stream Boys to
Die in France—ttnrial in St.
John's Cemetery
FELOWCRAH CLUB QIVES LADIES'NIGHT
Masonic Temple, Rockville Centre,
Now to be Made Suitable for
Craftsmen's Use
Uockvillc Centre, Juno 20.—I'^ellow- cruft Club ot Massapequa TjO<lgc, F. A A. M.. (Onductoil a ladles' night In the auditorium of Masonic Temple, IJncoln avenue, Saturday evening. The "Red Cap Jiizs Bund" entertuine<l with .song and music. The offajr was largely at¬ tended.
This Is tho last nffair to be held In the auditorium by the cluh until after alter¬ ations are made. Work of reconstruc¬ ting the building is cxpe<aed to begin July 1.
The entire Interior of the auditorium Is to tx* re-arranged so it can l>« used j for a lodge room and an auditorium. A | great organ, recently acquired from a | Brooklyn church Is to iia placed In a gallery at the north end of the hall, and clothes checking roams will tie placed on either side of it.
The stage la to be enlarged and so constructed that tho new seats can be folded up and placed beneath It when an entertainment has been tlnlshad and the floor Is desired for dancing. ^ Approxi¬ mately $30,000 will be spent for Im¬ provements.
A new electric lighted sign, "Masonic Temple." haa been placed on the front af tbe building.
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BntertaUn Mr. and Mrs. DiUenbark Mr. and Mrs. L. Q. Dlllenback and daughter. Mary Lioulse, of Uiitana. 111., are spending the summer nipnths at the home ot Mrs. Dlllenback'^ mother. Mra. Alexander Mclnteah, Stlj Rocka¬ way avenue, Rookville Centre. Str. Dll- lenbaok Is Instructor and (acultji mem¬ ber in the L!n^'erelty of Illinola. \
Valley .Stream, Jimc 20.~This com¬ munity received another .shattered body of one of Its own boy.-^, who made the supreme s/icrlttce in the World War, the first of the homo town boys to an.swer the call to the "Great Un¬ known."
The body of Andrew Fatscher, now resting In St. John'.s cemetery.
Andrew Fatscher was saile<l In January, 1918 Transport Co. 381. He fought In every i McCord
Mineola, June 20.—The Rev. Ceorge (1. Dunshee, pastor of the Presbyterian t'hurch, last night gave the Ijacculaure ate sermon to the graduating cla.ss of the Mineola High School.
The graduates, the faculty and the members of the Board of Education were present.
The Rev. Mr. Dunshee talked of the requisites for success in life and told the griiduates that courage and monil en orgy were absolute essentials.
The pastor gave an Inspiring sermon that was heard with much interest by a large number. There wus special music.
Craduatlon exercises Will he^ held In the village hall tonight at 8 o'clock, at the conclusion of whl<'h the class will receive diplomas.
Class duy event.* of tho high .school 1,,'raduatlng class furnished an evening of pleasure for the seniors, the Juniors and the faculty on Friday night. The program served as an admirable vehicle to get over some clever entertainment.
Class members burlesqued their own graduation. They took for a class mot¬ to. "Me for a Diploma," and "Hcckcr's" as tho cla.ss flower. For the class animal they selected a "pony" and for the clas.s color they chose "light tan."
There were selections by the s<'hool orchestra and then the full class day program. Robert Bedell gave the presi dent's address and MIbs Kathryn Botto gave an oration, "Life." The dasy poem, especially well done, was by Irv ing Tredwell and Charles Flesch an es .say on "Pies" while Russell Barley's contribution was "An Autobiography of a Microl)*."
Miss Emily Whittard gave "Four
drafted and i .stages of High School," a humorouii
with Motor I thing as the entire program. Robert
gave the class history, Mls^
Freefiort, .Juno 20.—Two flres ,<;poiled
tho peace and calm of the Sabbath
yesterday. lioys started a blaze imder
some shingles near a house In con¬ .struction on .Miller avenue near Wha-j
ley street in the afternoon, and the j
garuea 'and car dt Frnnk H. .Stoven.s, j
186 Crand avenii, burned about ir.io!
o'clock. I
The aftemoon flro was at a location |
where Harry E. VanRlper of Ocean!
avenue Is building a house. Small l>oys,
playing around the building, built .'i {
flre In the yard. Tiring of that, they | built a fire under a pile or shingleH'
lying in fhe yard. The flre .soon reach-,
cd alarming proportions, friphtcnini,' j the boys away. 1
William M. Catter and Charles Ray-'.
nor saw the smoke, rushed to the flre, j West End Long Beach, Juno 20.—Tbc and pulled bundles of shingles to .safe-j sea.son at West Rnd lx>ng Beach was ty. Their work undoubtedly .saved the I auspiciously opened last .Saturday. The builder considerable money. The ar-1 celebration began with a, iiaradc at -» rival of the flre department soon [lUt o'(lo<-k and concluded with a pcrform- the blaze under control. ance at,the Beach T^.catre.
Tho evening flro was more serious.! Headed by the Masonic Club bund of .Mr. and Mrs. Frank .Stevens returned I thirty pieces from New York, the i)a to their home on Cr.ind avenue about ! rade started at tho station und move<l It p. m. and after Mr. Stevens h.ad; through the streets of the village. Six put the car into tho garage he pre-1 white horses bearing l^unners and num- pared for bed. j erous floats and decoraK-d automobiles
Mrs. Stevens glanced out tho back! adde<l splendor to the parade, window and .saw tho garage a mass; Wilfred .M. Thomp.son, jtresident of of flames. Mho West l.ong Boach Civic As.soi'iution,
The alarm was turned in and Free-; delivered an address of welcome and port flremen wore soon on the job. The | was followwl by formor Senator William garage is about 50 feet from tho hou.se. H. Reynolds wilh an address, and the back of the houso was blis- The show opened at 8:30 with three tercd by the heat. The car was de- .selectloii.s by the orchestra directed by
IL I. EDITORS MEET ^ AND ENJOY RARE JUNE DAY SESSION
Officers for Year Chosen—Gen. Passenger Agent P. H. Wood¬ ward Gives Pleubg Address
Street Parade, with Much Splendor, Opens Celebration in Which Thousands of West Enders Show Their Belief in the Present As Well As Future of The Resort— Speeches Enjoyed
stroyed with the garage. Mr. .Stevens has another car that wns .saved.
The excellent work of tho depart¬ ment kept the flre from spreading to adjoining buildings. Chief S. IHmon Smith was In charge and all tho vil¬ lage apparatus was prosent.
The ..cause of the flro is not known and tlie loss Is covered hy insurance.
battle up to the time of hi.s death. At I Helen Wright tho cla.ss will, Charlw Chateau Thierry, he was ga.ssed and Beahler the class prophecy in which hc shellshocked. | foresaw the future for all his class
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fatscher, of New'mates, while Robert Bedell went through York avenue, hfs parents, received the his Interpretation of the presentation ol l)ody of their son Otto, sent home a few months ago, who al.so made the great .sacrifice with honor. *¦
Both boys died the same year.
Andrew was the flrst to answer tho call July 3, 1918, at the nge of 26.
Otto died on November 8, 1918, at the age of twenty-four. Both boys were born in Brooklyn, and had llve»l in the vicinity of Valley Stream flfteen years. Each one had many friends.
The body of Andrew lay In state from Thursday until Sattirday morn¬ ing" In his parents' home, when It was carried to the Holy Name of Mary's Catholic church where a high requiem moss was .said by Rev. McOovern.
From the time the body entered Its parents' home, the American Legion, "Andrew Fatscher Post." had a guard of honor with the body.
As the body of Andrew was lowered, a flring squad fr«fllt Hempstead Ared three volleys and In the distance taps wns sounded.
A letter bad been sent to the parents from his lieutenant, at the time 'of his death, wbleb shows the love and respect the boys nad offlcera had for Andrew, and how he was mourned.
illplomas to the class.
Tho evening was also mnde tho occa ' sion for the presentation to Principal J. I. Allart of a silk umbrella and tC' Mrs. W'arren Clendemy of a handsome lamp.
TWO MEN INJURED ASCARHITSTREF
Nassan Hospital Ambulance ud
Hempstead Police Called to
West Hempstead
(Hempstead, June 30.—Two men wen Injured at 12:05 Sunday ntornlng, whei a Dodge roadster, drhen by Charlei Ptalaer of Munson crashed Into a tree on Hempstead avenue. West Hempatead With Ptalser at the time was Philip Mr Cormack, son of Mitchell McCormack o< Hempetead.
The accident occurred In front of thi McOee residence. Mr. McOee telephon ed Nassau Hospital for an ambulance Tbe ambulance drh-er picked up Patrol man Ricker at the west end police
[MAN AMUSTED AT OCEAN SIDE ^IT ""' '"" " '^ •"" "'"
ON DEPT. OF JUSTICE ORDER I ^*^f- "ho had sustained the worst . Injuries, refuaed to go to tbe tao^taJ
Rockville Centre, June 20^—Tbe local i and both men were Uken to polioe police arrested Stephen W. Csutoios at j heailqxwrters. There t>r; Smith A the Ocean Side Inn last night, la re-jCombea (|lreased their Injuriee. after tqponso to a telecraphed order from which th^y went home. PtaiMr bad tho Department of Justice. He was cut aa the noee. another over the left' notber who returned home frem a hos-
locked up over nlg|ht aad thia mom- UMT. Peter W. Lamb, an agent of tbe department, came and got him.
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eye and hia left ann waa injured. Me Connaok'a injurlea coi^ted of a eut on oiie leg.
HICKSVILLE GROWS FAST. AS BUILDERS INVITE NEWCOMERS!
Arthur H. Hoffman, conductor. Inter¬ national news pictures of events which occurred Friday, Thursday and Wi-d- ne.sday, were first on tho jirogrurn. A comedy und ftvitiire j)iciurc, which had Just been relea.sed, followed.
The theatre has a. sealing capa<-lty ot 750 with a dunce ball adj&iniiig that will ai.-comodato 400. The place is so equip¬ ped with (-xlts that it could be emptied In five minutes.
Tho hall over tho theatre will be used
I MtHlford, June 20.—This Is n big day ; for Medford. Tho lx)ng Islan<l Press As.sociafion Is in session here, with headquarters at Ihc l.,ong Island Rail¬ road demonstration furni, nli.ts "l'ea<-e and Plenty Farm."
The menrihers of the newspaper fral- ernity and their wives ure gucsls'bf ihe day of Mr. and Mrs. Hal B. Fullerion, tx)th memt)ors of the usstH-ialion und both responsible for u share of the growth that has come to I.ong Island, through railroad activities.
It Ih tho annu.al meeting of tho asno- ciatlon. The nominating cominitt(>e ap¬ pointed by President D. W. Murray, (.f Kockaway Bench, offered this ticket:
For President, Vernon .\. Williams, Hompstead; for I'lrst Vice Prpsideni. Francis Hoag, Sayvilie: for .Second Vice President, Oeorge .Sehubel, of UJdge- wofKl; for Third Vice President, Jiiiiies A. Canfleld, of Patchogue; for Secre¬ tary, J. Frod Flugrath. of Rockville Centro; f<ir Treasurer. William .Mc¬ Carthy.
in a memorandum it was stated that tho renominiitlon of .Mr. .Murray was not made, as he had oxi)rcKsed belief that the ofllce should not l>o hold too long by any ono member. First Vice President Hoag had i-xpiessed unwill¬ ingness to tako the higher office. Mr. Williams' nunio was proposed as he ' was next in line, as Second Vice Prosi- j rlent, und tho kind of man the <'ommll- tec would l)c, plad to "l)uck" in the I I'resldem-y.
I Besides many matters of business the I a.s.sociution was addressed by I'. H. I Woodward, (";eneral Pas.senger Agent, , i..I.R.R., who was mentioned us the 1 former "pass" agent of tli.> )ailroa<l. Mr. Woodward said It is indeed .a great honor to be a
as !i community house by tho resident
of West Knd Long Beach, many ofj guest of tlie Ixing Island Press Assocl- whom are sto<'kholdcrs In the corpora-j at ion. 1 have had many ambitions, and lion operating the building. Its u.so has ' 1 can truthfully say that Ibis one ranks been donated to tho Catholic residents I among the top notchers. To be classi- Sunday mornings for church puri)oses. i ficd by the editors of thi- prr-.ss of I.ong _ u J J M u I There will be pictures each afternoon Island as an "esteemed" and "indispen-
Neary Two nimdred New nomesjand evening at the theatre except thaljslldc" Ixing Islunder, puts me way up Built in fhe Village and Taken i'*" '''""'J'^y tltero win be no dancing and in the iloiid.>i, because, if any one on
I pictures will bo shown only ut night. jeurth realizes and a|)pre<>iaies the vlaue I The new American-Lu Frun'-e fire [of friendship of you men, it is myself. 'wagon which was recently acquired for I und 1 can also add my brother ofllf ei s
As Soon As Ready
Minoola, June 20.—While most of the villages in Nassau County have had a fair share of building this year it would appenr that Hicksville takes the palm say tho folk there.
In that village 175 new houses have heen built and .sold in the laxt year. John Relqjj^dt, who through his own efforts iias croatetl Relnhardt Park, has built and sold 87 houses. i
The next largest operator in real cs ] tate of the home type ts I/juls Halley, j who has put up 24 houses, all of them taken. j
Toseph Keller. Jr., has erected and ] ^iold 12 homes, August Schneff and the Jamee McCuilough Inc., have each nine to their credit while James .McOunnl- gle has erected and sold five homes.
It Is estlnuited that more than 700 new people have come to Hicksville to live In the last year and more are com¬ ing. The building goes on dally with more In prospect.
Deputy Sheriff Louis Monico, who knows all In Hicksville, by flrst name, ¦ays ho never has seen anything tbat equals the growth of that thrlvijng com¬ munity and it Is due solely to that fact that the people are progressive, build tl»e homes and Invite folk to buy them and locate there.
MAN INJURED BY SWING
AT OCEAN SIDE CARNIVAL
.Ocean Side. June 20.—A man was In¬ jured Juat before the clase of tbe car- ntvml at stop 102, Saturday night. He had \ forced a swing too htgrh. He struck his head with such feree aa to eaiwe ooncuaslon. His name Is with- baM becauae of tbe condltloa of bis
the prote<-tion of the villago, was in the parade. It is a combination chemical and ho.se wagon and w:is greatly admir¬ ed by the spectators. It cost was $12,- .^00.
pttal recently. The injured man after r«o4vlng treatment at Rockville Centre Saaltarlum, left.
FOR INCORPORATION OF VALLEY STREAM
Special Committee To Report on
June 23 at School 24 As to
Necessary Procedure
Valley Stream, June 20.—A nieeting of residents of Valley Stream is called by the Committee on Incorporation for Thursday, June 23, at 8 p. tn. at Scbool 24, Brooklyn avenue, to advise taxpayers as to the progre.ss mode on the proposed Incorporation of the vil¬ lage.
The committee has studied Ways and Means ttsed in surroimding villages be¬ fore Incorporating and investigated beneflts derived from incorporation.
The a.s.ses.«iors' toll wes obtained from the Town of Hempstead showing the taxable property within the limits of the proposed corporate area.
The committee has had some diffl¬ cult problems to solve, but believe all the necessary data ts ready to make Thursda>-'s meeting interesting and .<iatt<ffactory.
A preliminary map, prepared byi Frederic P. Weldersum. on May 12, baa been posted ia various places toj give It full publicity. '
It Is believed that Valley Stream will; take Its place tsith the rest of the surrounding villages and grow and prosper, as they bave done since they bave been incorporated.
Tbe commltteej earnestly desires the 'iattwidance of eVery taxpayer.
land asaiH lutes in the railroad end of the
1 game.
j The press of Long Island stands for all thut is goo<l and progri'sslve foi Long Island and the p5'ople who reside within its tioundarioH. There is ji con Slant improvement in your meth<')ds und y'>ur work genornlly. You are up-lo date, and have the point and brendih of view that means co<.)peration with your neighbors and a desire to build up and retain good will.
(Continued on page throe)
ST. AGNES SCHOOL PUPILS ENTERTAIN WITH MUSIC AND DANCES OF MUCH MERIT
Rockville Centre, June 20.—There was a large attendance of relatives and friends ot pupils of St. Agnes School at the hall last night when the ftrst of the graduation eserclses were held.
Violin selections by the group of children. Including J. Ferrari, K. WIp precht, Oeorge Flnster, Karl Kuck. M. .Marz, M. Sorentino, E. Walsh and C. Luescbinger, received great applause. The dances of the girls and boys, in cos ume were greatly appreciated.
The Rev. E. P. Curiey, ot Helena, Mont., here on a visit to his parents, was en tbe stage.
The exercises will be continued at the acbool hall Tueeday evening.
''BUD" ROSE, FIREMAN,
IS GREATLY IMPROVED
Rock\"lllo Centre, .lune 20.—Deter¬ mined not to 1x' hi'ld Ull by disinterest of contractors. Village President IMwIn W. Wallace HSsenibliHl several employ- ees of the villago SatitidHv morning und removo<l tho trees frcvm the west side of Park avenue.
Bids had been asked for but no response received. Removftl of the trees was uonsidcred niie.ssary to per¬ mit the construction of a gultci- to drain the p«iol that forms at Ob.server street and Park avenui-. This pool hus been a source of annovanie niiiiiv yeai^s.
When PresUU'iit Wallace took up the question with the board he insisted upon action. Tho contract was T<n Wednesday. He was to henr Iho next day as to what could lie done to re- move the trees. The answer 1« Ing un¬ satisfactory to hini, he arranged lo do it himself with the a.ssistance of several viiiago employees.
Saturday morning, I^residenl Wallai o appeared on tho scene. ' Police Captain Bacon, ami Patroltnan Vouglil and Jackson with several men from the IKiwor pliinl, wore there, too. Itemov- ing their "official dignities" thoy at¬ tacked tho trees with a vim and liofo^-c .'i o'clock hod irlmmisl five and reduced tho trunks to stunijis while tbo others were trlmined, ready for llnishlng to¬ day. Tbc stumps nr4' to be roniovcd by il stump puller.
Trustees Longenocker anil Krisman also visited tho scene of action. It ilid not tnke long, once the axes bogan to swing and tho saws lo saw, for tho trees to go. Throe teams wore Msed to cart awny the debris.
OPEN PARfsHlALL IN FRANKUN SQUARE
The Rev. Father Lutz's Work Wins
Fulfillment — Supervisor
Smith the Speaker
l-'ianklin Square, Jime 2().--Hirani It, Smith, Chairman of the Nasisau Coun« ly SuporvLsols was the special speak¬ er nt-thn opening of thu Catholic I'ar¬ ish Hall /Tore Saturday night.
The Rov. Father Lulz. whoso jier- severance and energy brought about the fulfillment of his desire fo have ji Iiarish hull whortr: his people might Kuttier, was host to Supervisor Smith ami presented hint to tin- peorile of the [lari.sh.
Siiper\i.sor Smilh, in liriif remarks, said;
"What we nied tod.iy aro men nnd women of vision. Not visionary men imd women, hut men and women who can look into the futuio with iho thought in mind that they must build for that future and prepare for the ilay.s that ure to come."
He said "no gri-at reform, no great changes, no great event was ever brought ubout unless soi'iu-ono care¬ fully paved the way, or someone car«>- fully thought out all plans in advance."
in illustrating his point and localiz¬ ing it, Supervi.M)r Smilh said:
"The Rev. Father Luiz lookotl Into the future, .saw the need for a parish hal', saw the opportunity to got It by closo application, perseverance and en¬ ergy nnd tonight is seeing his vision realized."
Freeport, June 20.—Kew came from the ofllc* of Dr. O- A. Kewton, who Is attending "Bud" ftoae, the flremaji In^ired at tbe tournament at Port Washington Thursday, tbat Rose haa shown much ImproviKnent and ex- peeu be will fuUy recover.
FLORAL PARK BONDS. 5 PER CENT. UNSOLD
Village Board Calb Special Elec¬ tion, July 12, to Authorize Higher Interest
Kloral Park. June 20.—Tho Ftoral Purk Village Board has been unable to dispose of the bond Issue of »100,«00 voted at last spring's elecfl<m, Uh no capitalists H<'em»'d to want them at only five per c»nt Interest.
The Board has decided to hold a spe- clal election on July 12 asking the tax- payerit to adoj.t a resolulkm giving the Boanl the right to pay an interest not to exceed hIx per cent. It is thought that the bonds ntay be eold U Shk var cenl. )
Bkls ^ir laying sidewalks were ex¬ ceedingly close this year, more so than ever before. There wer« four bids, two ut Z* cents 't>er square foot, end two at 25 cents.
