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J The Unofficial Newspaper o f Nassau County Etc • Ti' - —. . v - w * ' * v; 19ogt The Weather GENERALLY FA4R TO DAY; LIG HT SOUTHW E S T WINDS VOL. 1 NO. 46 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1914 PRICE THREE CENTS THREE DIE IN SURF; And Now Comes A Trained BODIES OF 2 LOST G ander W h o F o llows M a ster Richmond Hill Excursionists Return Grief Stricken After Day at Long Beach TRAGEDY WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS ‘Dick’’ Is His Name and “Rad Lewis Mis Proud Owner—The Two Are Inseparable as Crusoe and His Dog—Here's an Indulgent Bird 1 hat Doesn’t Tango or Drink. By Joseph O'Neill , down to the Casino to listen to the Four Swept From Log-One Reach i' 1,ave you \D ,ck \ the trained music or m e e t some ot Lis friend,, gander, who follows his master like “Dick toddies after him. He n e \er es Shore Rxhausted-Is Revived u dOK n|l„ ls in lhe oplnon of the ! enters; he’s not the sort of bird that , could do the Tango gracefully, and With rulmotor I summer colony, surrounding lhe C i- sino, one of the siglits in Freeport? You should! \Dick” most interesting he abhors ragtime. But tie is indul gent with IBs master, though per chance a little suspicious, so he sits It was a grief stricken throng u.” excursionists that embarked on the ! You should ! \Dick” is well worth 1 outside.and waits, specially chartered trains of the R lcn-; a visit down lu I he inlet. There have been occasions on which Herbert Radnor Lewis, a permanent \Rad” stayed wilhin the Casino for mond Hill Sunday School Union on Thursday evening after a day at Long Beach, for they returned without die bodies of three of their number—two of them girls and one a youth who were drowned while bathing in llie surf off a raft some distance from tb-- shore. A second young man accom panied the others, but he was able to reach the shore. The dead are Grace Viola Reeves, seventeen, of 1026 Walnut street, Richmond Hill; Caroline Raycratt, seventeen, of 30 Oak street, Richmond Hill and Norman Beach, twenty-three, of 4001 Ferris street, Woodhaven. tVllliam Reeve, aged eighteen, was tin- only member of the quartette to tie saved. He was revived after an hour. A majority of the young people on the excursion took advantage of the mild weahter and the excellent bath- ms during lh« afternoon. The groulf SPEED CRAFT TO COMPETE IN NASSAU Y.C. REGATTA Tars in Lead - Plan Brilliant Season of Social Functions Although it is admittedly an oT of four were cavorting about in the water clinging to a log. During their ^play a wave washed them into deep water. A cry arose from the shm e. but before life guards could reach them three of the party had gon * The excursionists were from the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hie Baptist Bible School, St.- Joi n Evangelical Lutheran, Union Congre gational, First Presbyterian, Trinity Methodist and Pilgrim Congregation al churches of Richmond Hill, the Jamaica Methodist Church, the Union Course Baptist Church and Congrega tional Church of Woodhaven, th'- Forest Park Reformed Churoh and the German Evangelical Reformed Church of Woodhaven, and the organ ization of the Brethren of Queens County. Young Reeve was ulnable to te'i i learly what it ad occurred. He said however that the log had carried tils j sister beyond her depth. As she was , unable to swim she tried to climb up on it. She lost, her hold and the ot tiers in their efforts to se'ze her, lost control of the log. It slipped from their grasp, and all were struggling in deep and choppy water. The girls scream ed and young Ree ves . and Beech shouted frantically Scores started toward them from the Deauville bathing pavilion. 1000 feet away. As they ran Reeves’s desperate efforts to keep his sister from sinking and prevent her from dragging him under. Young Reach was last seen making heroic efforts to save Miss Roycraft, but the heavy sea battered him from her and hewent down. Miss Reeves sank and her brother began weakly striving to reach shore. After going down several tim es. Miss Roy crafts body remained on the surface. It was evident that, she was unconscious. Charles H* Mustor, p clerk in the Hotel Nassau, dashed into the surf, and R. O. Phillips of No. 257 Warburton avenue. Yonkers, struck out for the tumbling log. Others went out to aid young Reeve. As lie staggered updn the sand, he fainted. Mustory brought in Miss Ray c raft’s body. Drs. Rogers, BTumenfeld, Tarley and Johnson used a pulmotor on both, but in Miss Raycraft’s case all efforts were useless. The special train which had borne the excursionists to Long Beach was hurriedly made up and all the women and children departed, some of them hysterical. The men remained to pa trol the beach for the bodies. Deseased Was1 Prominent Rcpttb lican Politician and Once Pres . ident of Rockville Centre By the terms of a will, signed on July 24, 1313, by George W. Smith, who died at Rockville Centre three weeks ago, an estate of more than $ 100,000 in real ami personal proper! «• i- disposed of, a widow to whom lie pioneer developer of Roekaway Beaeii was wedded only a year ago receiv ing the major portion of it. The will was fill'd in the office of the Nassau County Surrogate on Thursday. All the personal effects with a be quest of f 30,0t»0 in casli are included in the share of Mrs. Mary E. Smith. Site will receive also a property valued at more than $ 10,000 in Village ave nue,, Rockville Centre, a plot of land in Riverside Park in the same village Oceanside which has not yet been ap praised. To nine nephews and neiees indi vidual bequests of $200 uer made. The beneficiaries are Benjamin T., Gorge D., Joseph, Di'lno, Minnie and Edward T. Smith, Annie Baldwin, Percival Snedeker and Harry Mulliner. L’e- side these Bertram Davison received $2,500 cash and a mortgage of $3,000 held by tile deceased against him. Be- Finc Clubhouse at W r e c k ’’ More Than Sixty Entrants in Com- [ ^ s i s of $200 are left to Grace Oe- | Mott and Angelin-* Cornwall, friends pet ion* For Places on Cham- j of the old man. A brother, Leona i d C\ Smith, is left a life interest in $ 10,000 which at the tim e of his death J It opening series of m atches in tho j reverts to the widow and on her death year for power boat racing because open single, double and mixed tourm - to the three children. Eugene P . and ' ments of the Bay view Tennis Club , Gorge C. Smith, two sons, will receive the residue of the estate. Probably no figure in Republican resident of the section, is his owner, and is mighty proud of him. So is Mrs Lewis, who is connected with 'he editorial staff of several of the prom inent magazines and is, like her hus band, a member of an old Philadel phia family. But \Dick” doesn’t care for the feminine sex (except among his own kind) and his only human as sociate is his master. When Mr. Lewis—“Rad” as he is known among his friends—starts out. for a walk in the morning to feed his stock, \Dick” trails along at tils heels, first, of course, having got tiis own rations for the day. Then, still just a few steps behind \Rad” “Dick” moves not only all over the Lewis estate, but along the avenrtvs outside, pecially n Frequently, when Mr. Lewis strolsl tin* father three or four hours at a single sittin: engaged with a supper party or some thing of tiie sort. When lie cam * out, on such evenings, sometimes lie had forgotten all about \Dick.” But Hi- faithful bird has never deserted his He has yawned (at least opened his mouth and emitted a faint quack as though of weariness) but he always has followed \Rad” home, and always those two or three steps behind. Some of the New York newspaper correspondents who are here on Ui. Carman case have tried to purchase “Dick” for fabulous sums, as much as $10 being offered for him. But Mr. Lewis will not part with his pet—es- \Dick” recently became of 14 line goslings. 7 , BULK OF $100,000 Freeport’s “N ig h t Life” As INVESTIGATION OF ESTATE FOR WIDOW S een by' a N ew York Denizen BAILEY MURDER IS SUSPENDED OVER WEEK END Mrs. Mary E. Sm i t h Receives Cash Bequest of $30 , 0 0 0 and Valuable Properties MANY RELATIVES NAMED IN WILL A Perspective Word Picture of the South Side Metropolis During the Bailey Murder Mystery, Dealing in Personalities (Not All of Course) In A Manner Wholly Consistent if a Bit Overdrawn i- j i By George Buchanan Fife oflice of the Post who, if they don”. The \night life” of New York is one set sympathy, deserve it and a great j thing, and the “night life” of Freepor . deal °[ srati,ude in ,° tbe b*'Kain. in the words of Potash and Perlmut- I ter, is \something else again.” Bui. let no one say that there is no suen And this goes in proper proportion t'o.- the kid in the grey sweater, the Lord High Office Boy—may his tribe in crease. thing as \night life” in Freeport. M ! In the first place, when the Nv,v has a \night life” just now that is York locusts came down upon the of flee there were Egyptians there. Es mond Stiles, who holds two offices in ilie organization of Hm paper, lliat of TENNIS TOURNAMENT ON AT BAYVIEW COURTS different from anything that it has ever known. It is fast, too, the speediest kind of fast and it is going on every blessed night. Normally, Freeport begins to think of bedtime a bo m hull past ten or I eleven o’clock—midnight usually linds i it fast asleep. Not so these nights. | And if there be a doubter let him, I anytime after dark, take up a strategic position on tile corner where the First National Bank thrusts itself between Railroad avenue and the Boulevard and lies there at night like a grey watch dog. Then ask that he turn his sceptical eye toward the office of the Nassau Post—and the thing is done. I This is the “night life!” He will see j tbe two from windows yellow with • light, and the side window's too, and if j ho approaches the building he will hear a sound like the tick’ng of all the clocks in the world, coming from the open windows. No matter how long lie stands there listening, the District A t t o r n e y Sm i t h . P e t tit, Coroner Norton, and O t h er Invcstigaters Relax for P e r iod of Rest---Mystcry U n changed by D e v e l o p m e n t s of Past T w o Days-- Mrs. C a r man s C o n d i t i o n Much Im proved pionship Team advertising manager and tliat of being the futbei ol bouncing Jim Stiles, Hie business manager Hand Sutherland, the editor with the silver-tipped pen ( Don’t mention it, old man) and Jim Stiles himself. (You know' Jim the Cloak Model, what?) Silting on the editor’s desk with his feet in the edi torial chair (after the iiabit of Ivs kind the world over) was Wainwrlght ' Wemple, Office Boy, etc., etc. Instead of doing what the Egyptians i did, go at tiie locusts with swatters | and brooms and things, these three fairly opened their arms at the same time they opened the offiee*door, and j turned the 'WELCOME” rgh l side up | on the mat. (That had turned n ! over when that fellow who lives on ! --------- street called to sax he couldn’v ! pay his advertising bill. Say Jim I ! guess that ought to help some.) They DOCTOR REFUSES AN INSPECTION OF HIS BOOKS IN SPITE OF PROMISE sound goes on and cn without the leas: j told the locusts that they could have concern that Freeport has gone to bed ! typwritets, paper, desks, chairs, light hours ago. Now and then lie will see a figure outlined a moment at the win dow, a shirt-sleeved figure which gets up for a cigar or a cigarette or just to wiggle its arms and legs for a tem porary relief. Probably tiie watcher in the night will have enough curiosity to ask what —all the comforts of a newspaper ol lice- and that the Nassau Post woo d be only loo glad to be host. And as soon ns the night, season arrived it brought men back to Egypt and the typewriter—and they are ther to this very day. Go into the office of the Nassau of the international cup contests , . , ... L , I w ill begin this afternoon at the newly winch will be held in American waters 1 , . , laid out courts on Rose street. 1 here during September, the Nassau Yacht | ||lore than Blxly nlr.ln,s. rrom whom Club will feature at tlie close of i s will be picked a team of six, that. wi.'l 1 ago than Hint of Mr. Smith. He w.is season a regatta in which ii is ^x-' represent the club in the champion-1 Supervisor of H empstead township politics was litter known twenty it means. If he hasn’t just tell him 1 Post any night and you will see the that upstairs there the New York “gang” at work. Here is Joe O’Neill, I newspaper reporters are banging out i ° f the World, his hair curling tighter j iheir column upon column of the Bail- over an introduction that Is going ley murder story. Tell him, too, tha peeled that many of the fastest cralt shiI> matches at Roc kville Centre fo r . and onc e a candidate for sherlp in tiie Governor's cup in September. The Queens before tiie creation of Nassau in the east will compete. The evmit 1 I winners in the various events will play , County. Cp until hall a dec ade ego in will doubtless be held on Labor Day, oi possibly on the Saturday following. The Nassau tars have taken posses sion of their fine club house on Wreck Lead and are prepared for the most brilLiant summer in the history of their organization. The main recep tion room oi \<he club house has be. n converted into a dancing floor and a fine victrola has been made a part of its equipment. The dancers will do the turkey trot or any other kind of a trot or Tango there to its music throughout the summer months. At the opening regatta the half rat er flotilla from the Keystone Yacht Club, all of them of the same design and build, gave a demonstration, of sailing that has seldom been seen on the broad channel in recent years. The boats sailed over n triangular ers are faster than the aggrgation that is already cm tip toe awaiting the; opening of this afternoon’s games. The courts have been rolle d and re-rolled during the past week, so that they are in perfect condition this afternoon. The rains of the early part of the week have tended to make t 1 h - iii fart- It is entirely likely that the cham pionship of Nassau will come to Free port this year, despite the excellent showing of the Rockville Centre con tingen! and the apparent excellence of the northsdiers. Warren Wright, who was runner up in the final match es last year against Baker, a Rockville Centre man, is looked upon as a da . k tlie elimination semi-finals and li- Jo* was still^yettve in the political f i nals for places on the team. Probably no courts on Long Island are better and surely no group of play- course of five m iles in full view of lhe horse in tiie contest this year. He re throngs that crowded the bulkheads Vent ly joined the Bayview Club and has since been in constant training, and in his present form is considered n match for any of the known entrants at Long Beach and the clubhouse porch. It was a great race. Frank Work, at the helm of his own boat, was a winner by four minutes, cor rected time. He defeated John Lav. - rence and H. Smith in an exciting finish. A schedule will be announced later, but on every week end there will be racing of one kind or another. M0T0RMAN RESCUES TWO KIDDIES Sunday School Picnic at Seaford The annual Sunday School picnic of the Seaford Methodist Episcopal Churoh will be held during the pres ent month on a day not yet fixed. Con siderable preparation has been made for (be event, however, and a large crowd la expected to take pun. Stops Car as Eclair Children At tempt to Cross Tracks The prompt action of a motorman on one of the cars of the Long Island Traction Company doubtless saved the life of little Alexander and George Eclair,- sons of their parents who live on Miller avenue, Freeport, who were about to cross Atlantic avenue, in front of a west bound trolley car. Both little fellow s were within a few feet of the rapidly approaching car before they were seen by the mi> torman. He quickly shut the power off and brought the car to a standstill. T h e children were on tbe tender wtun the car stopped, ^ in the present tournament. The elimination matches in Freeport m e bound to bring out some spirited playing. Clyde W allace, who is* con sidered in tiie sam e class as Wrignt. will he n bidder for first honors, it D believed. However, the field is large and the others are not in any way out classed by the recognized leaders, j ly qualified to make a diagnosis at his Riirs of this section. At the time of the incorporation, o f the village of Rockville Centre, he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for Hie pres- iilncy, but declined only to b unani motisly chosen within two years after ward. It was back in the ’HOa^hat M.\ Smith first went to Roekaway Beach, then a barren sandy waste. He estab lished a colony there and with \Billy'’ Wainwrlght built the first hotei-in that section. The place grew by leaps and bounds. Long before Mr. Smith gave up the active management of bis busi ness interests there, Roekaway Be i h had assumed -its present characted. The estate of Mr. Sm itli is some what smaller than many of his “close friends at first believed. It was free'x stated at the time of his death Hi it he was worth somewhat over half a million. DEFECTIVE VISION REMEDIED Dr. George A. H. Smith Counteracts and oCrrects Faulty Vision Overstrained eyes, neuralgici pains, tiie frequent occurrences of head aches are indicative of abnormalities of the sense of \ is ion, and may result In p c manent injury unless an oculist is con suited at once. Dr. Smith is emin^ut- ibey have been there every night since Hi shot was fired, from a little while lifter n hasty dinner until the city presses were actually ready to “run” wiili the latest developments in the murder story which has set all this part of Long Island by the ears. The descent of the New York report ers uiMin the office of the Nassau Host has hud no parallel since the fila^ie of locusts overwhelmed '.he Egyptians. (Note. Remember to look up whether it was the Egyptians. The man writing this chronicle has no reference books at hand.) The lo custs came off the New York train in a great cloud on the morning after the tragedy at. Dr. Carman's. They had Valises and pencils with them (which is where they had it on the locusts; and without an unnecessary quiver of it wing, they sped into the domain of the Nassau Post—and they've been there ever since. The chronicler does not remember whether any great ■ amount of sym pathy was ever expended upon tho Egyptians (if they were Egyptians) but there are three Egyptians in th« make ’em sit up in New York; there strain which hours is Bill Davenport, of the American, itlj’- C l a i m That Physician Could Clear Mystery if He W o u l d Falk Made by Authorities—- Delay in Notifying of P o l i c e Considered Significant---N e w W i t n e s s Introduced in Person of Harry De Beau-- H e a r i n g to be Adjourned I ill July 24 All investigations into the murder ol Mrs. Louise Hatley of Hempstead in the office of Dr. Edwin Carman Iasi Tuesday evening, are suspended in mid air this afternoon. District At torney Lewis J. Smith, Slump Stephen P. Pettit, State and private detectives. Acting Coroner Corodon Norton, and perhaps a score ol others have relax ed contemplation ot a restful week What may develop with the begin ning of the coining week is purely a matter ol conjecture. The mystery is unchanged by any developm ents of today or yesterday. Mrs. Carman's condition, at first n p o in d serious, is now considered only as the natural result of long mental and nervous of rest will retne- working over a diagram showing ju.<' how ilie shot was fired, his iypwrit< '• cooling off m eanw h ile; beyond is Mac Bond, of tiie Press, all glistening with honest perspiration, (It's all right Mac after you get the first stick); and at his side is Norman Draper, of the As sociated Press (In size. Norm is just what Jim Stiles isn’t. Get me?) and in various postures of hard labor one may see Cy Evans, of the Sun, Lever et t Meade, of the Tribune, Paul Sweir.- hnrt. of the Morning Telegraph, and \Joe\ Josephs, of the Times. Every man jack tins a machine and he’? banging away at it until tiie bearings fairly glow. It is all dark outside, Freeport has gone to bed, but the Nassau Post is all “night life.” And across the dark space is the telegraph office in the low station building where a squad -it operators aie clicking out the letteis as tiie typewriters over the way feed them in. Thse are the only two Ugh' spots in Freeport. Between them trudges the sleepy hoy carrying the LARRY TEMPLE EXHIBITS TANGOING DOG ON STAGE Among the rated players are George O’Neil. William and Edward Thomp son, Lloyd Cutler, Lerrit Cutler, Ray mond W hittaker, Harrq Betzig. Ed ward Cheshire, Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan, Miss Marion Cutler, Miss Lucia Raynor, Miss Margaret Wemple, Miss Marion Jones and Mrs. Paul Halpirv beside a number of others whose fig ures are well known on the courts. It la expected that Freeport society will turn out to witness the congests. Successful Epworth League Cake Sale ^ h e cake sale of the Epworth League of the Baldwin Methodist Epis copal Church, held on Saturday. June 27th, was a profitable one. A substan tial sum was realized which will be added to the general fund for church work. residence, Brooklyn avenue, corner of W allace street on Tuesdays and Thurs days from 8 to 11 A. M, and by ap- pointmnt.—Adv. \Yankee Doodle” CohaH to Celebrate Of all the events of the summer season at Long -Reach, to none does there attach any more significance than the forthcoming birthday of 'George Michael Harris Cohan, the nearly six months old and only son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Cohan. The babe, like his male parent is a really, truly, honest-to-goodnees \Yankee Doodle\ boy, just old enough to he over collie and wise enough to raisf a plaintive cry at dinner t’me. The celebrations of young George’s birth day will occur on July 18. There wifi be fireworks at Long Beach. ! Colored Fx Prize Fighter Makes Debut in Vaudeville With Pup He Trained \Larry” Temple of Rockville Cen tre, 'the well known colored prize lighter has achieved rather remarka- able success in teaching his dog to oa some difficult stunts. Larry has own ed the dog for several years and U 8 “d him to great advantage while train ing for fights. It was only recently that Larry dis co veied In the animal a fondness ror music. He decided to cultivate the trait, and was surprised how easily the dog could carry a tune while he pick ed Hie accompaniment on the \old banjo.” Then he was taught to dance. After several lessons tbe dog mastered the cake walk and actually did the Tango. On Wednesday night Larry and Ills dog made their debut on the vaude ville stage at \The Magnet,” Rock ville Centre, and scored a tremendous success being called before the cur tain several times. The canine, which la the ordinary TO TEACH FARMING BY FIELD DEMONSTRATION Director of Long Island Agricul tural College Prepares to Begin Work on July 15 A. A. Johnson, director of the Long Island Agricultural College and a staff of his assistants will begin, a campaign of extension work among the farmers of Nassau and Suffolk counties on July 15. Practical demonstrations and lectures will he a Hiri of the education program. Fapjfia will be visited and the farmers and their helpers given object lessons in tbe science of mod ern agriculture. The director and his assistants will become a corps of workers. They will treat the ground where it Is necessary and plant the kind of vegetable or grain that is best adapted to the soil. The field work will be continued throughout the summer and until Oc tober 1 , when it is expected the build' Throughout Friday the case remain ed unchanged. The inquiry ot the au thorities which lias penetrated prae tiially every section of the South Si do was again drawn close— very close t i to the Carman home indeed to Hie same room in which Mrs. Bailey fell dead with tiie shot of an assassin in her breast. Representatives of the District At torney’s office were dispatched io Freeport to see Dr. Carman. Their arrival followed the announcement oi Hie chief prosecuting officer that if the physician chose he could clear much of the mystery that surround ' I Hie death of Mrs. Bailey. ThVy came 1 to examine the books of the doctor, ' but their visit was fruitless; Dr. Car , man declined to accord them the priv ilege ot even the most perliinrtoi v glance at the records of his office and practice. \But you promised the District At torney that they would be available at any time lie chose lu ask for them ,” remonstrated the officials. \That promise does not hold now,\ retorted the physician. “I have chang ed my mind. That is all.” “Why nave you changed your mind? Did any one suggest it to you?” Doctor Guards His Secrets. “Tliat I have changed my mind is enough,” replied Dr. Carman. \I sup pose 1 have a right to change it. 1 did so of my own accord.\ “But suppose the District Attorney insists?” “Then let him insist all he wants. 1 will plead the privilege ol a doctor and his patient.*’ The refusal of Dr. Carman to allow an examination of his hooks is regard ed as of particular importance in view of tiie Distrii i Atornoy’s announced conviction tliat lie will he able to prove a previous acquaintance be tween Dr. Carman and the murdered woman. If such an acquaintance can be es tablished the state's case, it is claim ed, will be materially strengthened. The officials did not care to see Dr. Carman’s hooks so much to discover the identity of the two mysterious wo men who left his office Immediately after the shooting, as was purposely stated at the tim e, as to find' out whether Mrs. Bailey’s name appeared upon them, and, if so, when and how often. Mr. Smith said the law of relation ship between doctor and patient lit the same as that affecting lawyer and client. He does not believe there is any legal means of forcing Dr. Car- [ man to produce his books, j “If Dr Carman would tell what w* i believe he knows,\ the District Attor- I ney said, \we would clear up this thing in less than five minutes. ings will be available. I \After tbe shooting. Dr. Carman did type cl . ntoopr*.. rw e m b l,. . y o u ,. K ” *?* “ * P « '« y ’ c l i It bss-r-beautiful coat of snow white. | dormitory to accomodate half a huu 1 ^ * 4 ^ # 1 the police were not oo»> Continued on page 5 io-*'
