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I The Unofficial Newspaper o f Nassau Coynty 19ost ThS Weather FAIR TODAY; COOLER (TOMORROW FAIR VOL 1 NO. 47 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1914 PRICE THREE CENTS PLAN BIG DAY AT ROCKVILLE CENTRE WILL CHOOSE TWO SCHOOL TRUSTEES Labor Day to be Given Over to Firemen For Home Par ade and Tournament MANY FEATURES IN VARIED PROGRAM Course in Observer St. Where Cin- tests Will be Held in Aftcrnooif/ and Demonstration at Night While the full program is not yet announced and probably will not be for another week, the fourth annual home parade and tournament of the .Rockville Centre fire Department on Labor Day will in many notable re spects surpass anything of its charac- Lynbrook Taxpayers Will Vote on Budget of $26,375 Two trustees to takes the places of John C. Barrie and Charles A. Brow- |er, are to be selected and a bud^u amounting in the aggregate to $26,37.'>, probably the largest of the past dec ade, is to be voted on at the annual meeting of the Lynbrook School Dis trict which has been called for Tues day evening, August 4, in the Atlantic avenue school house. The term s of the two trustees expire on the date of the meeting, but It is probable that thy will be re-elected if they run. The itemized budget Is given here In full: ' . Teachers’ salarier, $18,100; janitor’s salary, $1,200: library, $50: improving site, $150; fuel $1,050; supplies, $300. Interest on bonds, $2,100; bonds ma turing, $1,500; Incidentals, $250; ap paratus, $150; repairs, $250; insur ance, $100; medical attendance, $100; water tax, $50; clerk, $75; treasurer, $50; furniture, $250; text books, $650 total, $26,375. Estimated public mon- ter that has been attempted hereto- fore by the vamps of the vlllageHThe to be received. $4,000. Amount io athletic and flremanic events of tb e ! be ral9pd by ,ax’ 122,375. full card of track j day will Include and field sports while the evening will be devoted to a demonstration by the fire laddies and an inspection by the Board of Trustees. The tournam ent course will be laid out this year for the first time on Ob server street between Park and Mor ris avenues. A grand stand will be erected for the accommodation • of sightseers during the afternoon but will be converted into a band stand in j the early evening. Between twilight and dark a concert will be given. In the parade of the firemen, the mew hook, and ladder truck recently purchased from the La France Com pany of M anhattan will probably be exhibited for the first time when it Board of Trustees will review the firemen. L a ter it will be inspected by the village fathers with the other apparatus of the department. The feature of the afternoon’s card of events will be the tug-o-war con test in which the Reliance Hose Com pany’s team, champions of Nassau County, will pull against others teams of the departm ent. For these compe titions the judges will be chosen from a group of men who are familiar with sports. “Big Tom” Thorp, the former Columbia football player; John W. Cross, coach of the Rockville Centre basketball team and A. J. MacElroy will be among them. Elaborate preparations have already been made for the day by Timothy J. Shanahan, who has been elected as chairman of general committee. The committees include the following: Tournam ent—H. Pallme, chairm an; C. P. Farrington, H. Middleworth, H. McMann, B. Brenan, Ray Wood, J. Kleinfeller, R. E. Mais, F. T. Verity, W. Kllelee, W. Behrens. Prize and Finance—F. H. Griffin chairman; T. J, Shanahan, H. Pallme, J, Bucken, Jr., M. Kllelee, F. Verity, F. Richmond, G. Dlllmelr, Rev. D. H. O’Dowd. Grand Stand—John P. Meeker, chairman; Jouis Neff, John Miller, G. Feddey, si\, W. Payn, H. Middle- worth, Ralph Wood, J. Buckley. Music—F. Griffin chairman; T. J. Shanahan, H. Pallme. Parade—F. H. Erisman, chairm an; H. Dillmeler, Joseph Matthews, W. Wlnne, W. Wayne, J. Kleinfeller, C. P. Farrington. Press—F. Grittiin, chairman, C. Macevoy, W. Winnie, F. M. Mais, G. Giroux, H. Curlej;, \ Police—Edward Wallace, chief. NORTH HEMPSTEAD DEMOCRATS’ OUTING Gambol For Whole Family on July 23 at Rockaway Beach The Democratic Associations of the Town of North Hempstead have con- pleted the final arrangements for th“ir sixth annual outing to be held at Rock away Beach, on Thursday, July 23rd. These outings during the past years have been of unusual interest and en joyment, furnishing recreation for the whole family from father to the young est. Games and athletic sports have been arranged for which fifty prizes will be awarded. In order that there may be at least one trium phant march Seaman's i azid Drum Corps nas been engaged. The occasion, from all indications, will long call fortn the praises of the chiefs SPRAGUE A FOUR TIME WINNER Elks Benefit Holy Redeemer Church A group of Inimitable vaudevillians connected with Freeport Lodge of Elks will appear in a varelty show which is to be given at the Colonial Theatre on August 3, under the aus pices of the Church ol_Our Holy Re deemer as a benefit. The program will include many of the Woodcleft colony as well as sodie Broadway stars who haven’t yet developed the habit of living in Freeport. Florida Prieet Visiting at Farmingdale The Rev. Joseph Haldmeier, O. 8. B., of St. Leo Abbey, Florida, has been the guest of the Rev. Michael, O. S. B., at the St. Kilian rectory, Farmihg- dale, for several days past. H e will leave about August 1 for Europe. Sunday Maeeea Held at Long Beach Three maasea a re being said on each Sunday at the Church of St. Mary of the Isle, Long Beach. Bishop Mundel ein and the priests of the Cathedral Chapel. Brooklyn, attend these ser vices. Captures Contests at Baldwin M.E. Church Outing-Crowds at Beach The recent outing of the Baldwin Mthodist Episcopal Church was large ly attended despite the uncertainty of the weather. High Hill Bach was fig uratively captured by the young peo ple. In the afternoon athletic games were the principal diversion. Among the winners were the following: 100 yd. dash, grown young m en— Won by Wesley Sprague. 100 yd dash, boys—Won by Fred Westfall. 50 yd sack race for young men— Won by Wesley Sprague. 50 yd. three legged race—Won by Charles Miller and Wesley Sprague. Relay race—Won by Charles Miller and Wesley Sprague. Young women’s race—Won by Ed- Guenther. Ladies’ race—Won by Dorothy Bock Little girfir race—Won by Elizabeth Southard. 100 yd m en’s race—Won by F. So- bey. RELEASED ON BAIL MRS CARMAN SAYS SHE IS INNOCENT Talks With Newspapermen in Sitting Room of Merrick Rd. Home in Which Mrs. Bailey Met Her Death on Evening of June 30- Returns After Visit to East Rockaway Rela tives Where She Was Taken by Husband From Mincola Jail DR. CARMAN ARRANGED INTERVIEW WITH REPORTERS OVER TELEPHONE Physicians Wife Garbed in a Span White Frock Sat Beside Husband on Green Plush So fa--Restcd up in Prison But Dissappointcd Because Grand Jury Would Not Hear Her Story--Denounces Burns and Manhattan Newspapers--Talks Freely About Plans M rs. F lo re n c e C a r m a n ,W h o W a s Indicted WILL CARRY FIGHT O n C h a rg e of M a n s la u g h te r Y e s te rd a y FOR REDUCED FARES TOAPPELLATECOURT Piping Rock Horse Show in October The announcement comes from the Piping Rock Horse Show Association that the twelfth annual exhibition will be held on the grounds of the Piping Rock Club, Locust Valley, L. I., on October 1, 2, and 3. The show will be confined to hunters, hacks, mili tary horses, polo ponies and children’s ponies to be shown In harness and under the saddle. Professional riders will be prohibited except in the classes of jumpers, hunters and polo ponies. “Billy ' Karn to Get $300 Salary. “Smiling Billy” Karn, who has la bored In the vineyard of love during the feast six months as Street Com missioner of Lynbrook village, will hereafter work for pay. Yes, indeed, $300 a year. The Board of Trustees voted this amount to the commission er a t a recent meeting and a t the same time commended his zeal and nter- prise. He was granted permission to purchase 4,000 gallons of oil which he will sprinkle over the streets wherev er and when he likes. Cake and Breed M e at Baldwin M. E. A cooking demonatration followed by a sale of cake and bread was given at the Baldwin Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday afternoon and evening. The cooking was done In 11- lumlnum w are utensils. Those pres ent received little sauce pans as sou- veadrs. To an anxiously awaiting people, many of them her friends or at least her acquaintances by newspaper in troduction, there came this morning through the morning prints a message from Mrs. Florence Carman, wife of Dr. Edwin Carman, in whose office on the evening of June 30 Mrs. Lulu Bailey of Hempetead was shot and killed by a bullet fired through a rag ged aperature of a broken window. The message was delivered to the four points of the compass. -It was the same that Mrs. Carman had herself given to a little group of four report ers, three of them from Manhattan and one representing the Nassau Post, In the reception room of her home on Merrick road last evening between eight and nine o’clock. And it con- taind all that she felt or had felt since she was hurried from the thresh old of her home in an automobile a week ago under arrest charged with having caused the death of the Hemp stead woman by criminal means. But last night she was a free wo man, in the sense that she was back among her friends In Freeport and with her family. Egrlier in the after noon she had stood before the bar of justice in the Supreme Court at Min- eola charged in an indictment with m anslaughter in the first degree by the Grand Jury of the county. Her plead was not guilty; it has been un changed since the day when she was first submitted to the cross question ing of the Nassau County prosecutor. George M. Levy, her counsel, spoke for her; she was from all outward ap pearances too depressed to give utter ance to the things she doubtless would have liked to say. She merely stood there, erect, stately, dignified, all that she has appeared to b at any time before. But she was deeply af fected. As she stood in front of the rail before Supreme Court Justice Van Siclen, there were deep circles be neath her eyes, the outward m arks of a long endlired inward strain. If any thing she was a handsomer, keener and broader woman than she was on the day she sat in the dingy little court house at Freeport, the center of attraction on a crude witness stand and matched her wits afainst a relent less District Attorney. She was trium phant then; she was triumpham yes terday, though she was crushed, cha grined and depressed by the very at mosphere in which she was forced io move. Yet withal shg was brave as every woman is brave in crises. Following the brief proceedings at Mineola, Mrs. Carman was hurried away in an automobile with her hus band and counsel. No one followed. The newspaper men, who have con stantly dogged her steps, by an hon orable agreem ent with her husband, abandoned the chase after her white clad figure disappeared through the epee door of the awaiting machine. Sh waa taken to the home of relatives Ex-Justice Edwards Obtains , Writ in George Case to Re view Former Proceedings ORDER IS TO BE SERVED ON MONDAY Un(air Discrimination Alleged in Complaint—Claim Wreck Lead is Favored Over Freeport Despite the adverse action of the Public Service Commission, upon, the application of Harvey J. George, tor a reduction of the fare charged by the Long Island Railroad from Freeport to its terminals in M anhattan and Brooklyn, the case will not rest. Through ex-Justice Elvln N. Edwards the complaint will bo carried to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for review. An order has been issued by Su preme Court Justice Blai'kmar for a writ of certiorari which will be serv- ! ed on the Public Service Commission at Albany n.j* Monday, [t Is by this means thai the former proceedings will be presented before the higher , c o u rt 1 he first complain for a fare redne- i Mon was filed with the Public Service Commission on November 10, 191 ^, The railroad answered in April of this ! year. The vase was tried before the • Hon. William Temple Emmet, a mem ber of the commission, both sides pre- I Renting evidence. George was ropre- j sented by Hie Freeport attorney and : the railroad by C. L. Addison, assis tant to President Peters. The deci- The reporters were received in the doctor’s office—the same office In which Mrs. Bailey fell dead—where still smiling, “I have been treated very they awaited with Dr. Carman for kindly a t the jail, I have had a chance several women to conclude a brief to resi up there.’’ visit with Mrs. Carman In the recep- u urfng the Interview Mrs. Carman tion robfti of the house, just across Ml,iie(| often, and not infrequently she broke Into audible laughter. Yet “1 have been very quiet during tin <e Her narrative was dramatic. Sin- sai'U last three or four days,” site replied, j the detective had limed his speech .is i i i . . , 8trut.te(j about the room. the broad colonial hall. As the wo men pas»ed out through the from door Dr. Carman turned to the news paper men. \Come on boys,\ he said in a friend ly tone, “she is ready to receive you.” The newspaper men passed through the reception room and across the halt into a room whose predominating col or was green—a mottled green. The furniture harmonized with the fittings ', > there were times when she became angry vcr> angry especially when I she was talking about the men who , were engaged in fhe prosei ulion .if .Hie case myre particularly Burns the detect l\ e I j “1 hu\e been greatly disappointed .about the refusal of the Grand Jury , to hear jny story,” she said in reply She paused and her Ups were closely compressed. Then site proceeded more slowly. ‘As he came in front of me,” she continued, “he stopped suddenly, thrust his bull dog face forward to ward me aud said. I’ m - come io get ‘‘That was one of the must unpleas ant experiences of the whole affair,\' Mrs Carman said with emphasis. During till the time she was talking about Burns, Mrs. Carman sat erect. her arm s extended rigidly to her ■ to a quesiion from one of the report-1 knees. She was visibly moved by her At one side was a heavy green plush e,.8i ••[ rt(m>t think it was lair, indeed own references to the evening of sofa, and a group of old lashioned j Hln convinced that It was very u n - ! the detectives visit. She said she be- chairs were arranged about a large faj,. that they should have heard oniy lieved that Farrell had been \planted” center table upon which was stacked h. Fast Rockaway—relatives of the by him and spoke of the Frank case number of magazines and soft-eov-1 doctor where site waited until night in Atlanta in which Burns was dis- ered books. 1 he doors leading to the , f^ji io \HymtlThe camera mn and the 1 credited. But her attitude changed EX-JUSTICE fcwiiN EDWADRS ll>\curl< hall and dining room were obscured morbidly^curlous crowds which she by heavy portiers. About the walls felt sure would be gathered about her were groups of Gibson pictures and |lome an antique mantle braced the wall it Fpou her areturn to Freeport Dr. the east side. Upon it stood and or- , Carman, in accordance with his agree- nate clock and several pieces of plan-! ment, phoned to the newspaper men at tlip'Nassau Post office. \Mia. Carman isv back home,\ he when she was asked whether she had any fear as to the outcome ot the case, and her eyes turned intuitively to her husband who al the moment was sit ting with his right hand partially cov ering his face. “No, I have no fear if I’m given a square deal,\ she said, “I have no fear ter and bronze statuary. The apart ment was sombre and still. As the newspaper men entered the j said, “she will talk with some of you 1 if they uon’t frame me up.\ voice of the doctor again resounded boys, I would suggest that say three! “But everybody’s been unfair,” she It was more cheerful in its tone than lor four of you come down to the ' continued, “District Attorney Smith, before. house. She will be glad to see you.'■ the Grand Jury,\ the metropolitan \She will be right here,” he said. Among the group, already at work | newspapers. Yes, very positively, the When the group was seated Mrs. | on the story of the day's developments ' newspapers. I am even considering Carman, more striking in appearance j there was a hasty drawing of lots, the curtains at the dining room en j Three men from Hie Manhattan group trance and stepped Into the room. She | and one from the “home office’’ were was the same tall figure that had 1 picked. They set out together armed in the Supreme Court room m ' with pencils and paper-, inspired with stood the afternoon, though she appeared .U the hope of a complete interview, her ease and her bearing was marked one side of the case. I cannot undev- with a familiar grace. She was still ‘ stand wyh they should have taken the clad in the span white gown she wore I word of a tram p like Farrell or a eol- at the courthouse, save that the yoke j ored maid like Celia Coleman as at the neck was missing. For all the j against that of a white woman.\ world she looked like a matron at a It was at this point that Mrs. Car- summer resort. Her eyes sparkled ! man entered into a bitter denuncia- beneath a group of electric blubs that tion of Detective Burns, his men, nia bunted in the chandelier above her and her fare was lighted with a half smile, Thre w as something just a triflle different about her looks, 't may have been the snow white shoes and stockings, or mayhap the absence of the glasses. Her hajr was arrang ed closely in an artistic coiffeur. She was beautiful to look at and inspiring to talk with. Her rejuvinated appear ance at once struck fhe group of men | seated about the room. methods, his own personal m anner and accredited, to him while her quiet gray eyes suddenly snapped fire, the pro duction of the prosecution’s star wit ness, Farrell, who told of seeing a woman break the office windpw and fire a shot through it on the night of the murder. Then with a characteristic deliber ateness, Mrs. Carman told of her first meeting with Bums, explaining that the District Attorney had told her of cancelling- rpy Subscription to one of them that I tulve read ever since i was p Little girl. \The newspapers should now take their attentions ot me and look for Hie real murderer. They should look up Farrell. He’s a Burns man l*et the papers Investigate him and find how he came into the case. sion of the commission was rendered on May 12. In his complaint George alleged that the Long Island Railroad had been charging an evcesslve rate of fare be tween Freeport and the terminals at Flat bush avenue, Brooklyn and the Pennsylvania station, Manhattan He set forth that the round-trip rate to the former terminal was $1.14 and to the latter $1.24 and that the distance to the former was 22.7 miles and io the latter 24.8 miles. He substantiat ed his contention that there was a discrimination, by alleging that the distance from Wreck Lead (o the Flat- bush station was 24.1 miles and to the Pennsylvania stalion 26.2 hi II ch , It was upon these facts thal George pressed his case. He showed that the rate of fare was more to Freeport than to Wreck Lead despite the fact that the distances were about the same. Specifically, the fare to Freel port was shown Io be twenty-nine cents more than to Wreck Load, and it was alleged that the railroad de- “Have you any theory\ as to bow Hiretl to ai<l iu the development of the m urder was committed?\ one of *a ,tcr place and Long Beach which Is the reporters asked. ’ at the terminal of the division on “Me,\ she replied coyly, “How could ^ hiclt its station is located. 1 7'* ,n his answer the railroad admitted “If you had been allowed to tell your lbat lhe vil|a8p of Wreck Lead, a sta- story to the Grand Jury, wkat would “You look better,\ said one of them, j his coming as a man and a friend who as she seated herself beside Dr. Car-1 wished to talk with her about the case, man on the sofa and half carelessly i “I have come here to investigate placed her hand upon his knee in a ' this case,” she averred he said to her, reassuring manner. j \I am going to find the m u rderer.”' you have said?” came the next quizz. “1 could have told only the same story that L told before the Coroner at Freeport,” she replied, “I would would have said that I was 111 and i upstairs on the night of the murder and that I heard a commotion down stairs. Hat 1 paid little attention to it and was not at first curious. # Then, later, I did go down stairs and into the waiting room, but I did not see Into the doctor's office. \Why did f not look Into the office or go In?** she repeated, “Well, I had ' (Continued on page 2) tion practically the aame distance from New York and Brooklyn as Free port, received a preferential rate of fare of twenty-four cents per round trip leas. The evidence produced at the trial showed Freeport to be a watering place of more than 7,000 Inhabitants from which the railroad received a greater revenue than from Wreck Lead, 1 fishing station. It was alleged by George that passengers were Induc ed to go by way of Wreck Lead to reach fishing banks to the south of Freeport by reason of the preferen- (Continued on page •) I <• ------ ,
