The Unofficial Newspaper of Nassau County
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The Unofficial Newspaper of Nassau County
VOL 1 HD. 3
(Coiorncht 1914. by The Nawan PoM Publshiof Co)
FREEPORT, WEW YORK. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1914
PRICE THREE CENTS
PEARSALL NEW TOWN TREASURER
Sriday-tbE ThiRiEehtH HEADLESS GHOST
Decision pf Lynn Bruce An¬ swers Legal Question as to Town Treas. Standing
APPOINTMENT EXPECTED ON MONDAY
W. S. Hall of Freeport Made Ac¬ tive Campaign For Place—Bjit Plum Cannot Come To Him
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The unQuestloned decision tbat Er¬ nest E. Bosca Is out of offlee and has been since Saturday night at midnight was reported over the Nassau Post telephone at dawn this morning. Tht Town Treasurer ceasea to be an ofll clal, automatically, when he fallec within the given ten days to provide additional bonds of |100,000. ThI.-j ii the unofficial declaration of Lyni Biuce, former Lieutenant Governor ol the State, who waa retained by thf town authorities to pass finally upon tbe perplexing matter.
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The decision of Bruce wbo is called an authority on town laws brief am simple. It states tbat Bosca Is ou of office and tbe town board can nami bia successor. The report will bi made officially today either at a spe clal meeting of the town trustees oi to Supervisor Hiram R. Smith.
While the appointment of a succes i^r to take the placo of tho relirei treasurer has been the subject of con siderable speculation aniong politi clan of the town and county, tho au thorltlve Information reached Tht Naasau Pott today that the man wil be Sylvester Pearsall, of Lynbrook wbo ten days ago retired as postmas ler of tbat village after thirty foui years In the service of tho Unltec States government.
Pearsall Is In Virginia on a huntinp trip In company with his wife anc several friends. Telegraph moasagei have been forwarded to blm and it It altogether likely tbat he will accept If he sbould not however, the appoint ment will go to a yet unnamed mar from the "branch," and not to Wlllian S. Hall, of Preeport, whose candldacj for tbe appointment bas been but tressed by dally newspapers. IlaL held the office (or some sixteen year! and waa a candidate against Boscr- for the nomination. When the Rock ville Centre man won he Joined tut ranks of the Democrats and ran at bis opponent and was defeated.
The office of town treasurer wat created in Hempstead -following tbt doa^i of A. T. Stewart by a special h&f of th© Legislature. A large fund l*ft by the philanthropist was placed In charge of this officer for purposet of investment The fund has increas¬ ed to enormous proportions in the past decade. The position carries with it ax: emolument of 1750 a year. It is tbe only one in the State.
Bosca loaned himself $36,000 on his property, the White Cannon Hotel, at East Rockaway, In two mortg&ges. These acts the auditors of tbe town- ahip have construed as improper.^ One of them, Fred S. Bennett of Hemp¬ atead, began criminal proceedtngs against ^osca and be was arrested. lAter the auditors asked that be in¬ crease Ms bonds $100,000, but the ar¬ rest likely bad its effect and he could not secure the additional bonds wlthia the time set by the auditors.
Wright va. Doughty Counselor Edwin Q. Wright at the Town Board meeting to the effect that some prominent members of a cer¬ tain political party were active in at¬ tempting to delay the proceedings against Boaca, later quoted as saying b« meant tbe Republican organiza¬ tion in general, and specifying u. bur Doughty, the leader x>t tbe or <Coiitinued en Pane 4)
U. Luck and A. Jinx are clasping bands today—Friday—the thirteenth, and the first in the year. So watch out—everybody. It may be that you as well as anyone else will coir.c to s;rief on this—the fatal day which ^oston's Tom" Lawson Imorlallzed.
An this Friday of III omen follows Ihe coldest, fiercest weather in the last half century. Tbe thermometer ,138 been pushed down, down, down r>y some invisible force to add to the xorrors of the only real "Black Fri¬ day."
If you missed the uiornlug express tnd were late at woik In the city, ind ran Into the boss in your rush, 1 Is easy to fix the Dianie. It will be .he same If the furnace goes out dur- ng the wee sma nours ana you step- .n a tack on the way down to lix it. ell and killed the pet angora then )roke your promise.
There l.sn't anything that has any iiore signliicance than this day itself, .veil the passing of a load of salt hay, ollowed by-a colored woman with red lalr may bo expected. Even the obins may have on overshoes before tight.
The best prognosticators of gloom mvo been at work for two days try- uK to get Boniethlug "on" the weather lan. and hlark cats, open umbrellas ind the stars have been watched from I thousand points of vantage on fjong eland, particularly outside of Queens.
One well known pervader of dark- \es8 predicts that people will become videly extarvagant even to the pur- :hase of two dozen eggs, and senaa- ional divorce cases will be heard in he courts. He adds that there will •e- a death or two in.Mexico «nfi meli- ) eone In tne president's cabinet, and Escrts than another Coxty army will .e formed to march on the capital.
"Stout" Mr. Scarr, will be called a limon Legree today.
Ernest Bosca will be called a lot of lames until the people read this edi- lon of The Nassau Post and learn hat he Is out of office. Also "Ves" 'earsall of Lynbrook, will remain in 'irglnia until after tho dreadful day las passed.
"Curley Joe" Cassidy, of Queens, is r.atching his luck in the outcome of lis case against the increased orders imong all the coal dealers on Long sland. Roosevelt Is mentioned for rovernor and Job Hedges has already mnounced himself.
The suffragists of Long Island who ¦ave planned to take part In the forth- •omlng dramatic tea n Manhattan In lonor of the birthdays of Dr. Anna >haw and Susan B. Anthony, are hop- ng against hope that nothing will hap- )en In England to interfere with the )lg event.
But all Is not gloom—Heaven's no. There must be someone happy. Who Golly, tell everybody about it!
I Elijah Raynor Claims He Saw j .,
opook on Washington Ave.
Two Successive Nights
IT WHACKED HIM
H!S BACK
SUCH ADO AS THIS Q'RLs who are to appear in LETTER DID CAUSE freeport s lady minstrels
Freeport Training Class Build
Plot for Minstrel Upon It
and Will Give Show
Old Residents Say Presence of Ap¬ parition is Connected With a Crime Committed Years Ago
The village of Roosevelt is aspiring, apparently, to outrival WInsted, Cou¬ nt cticut, in the way of sensational incidents, the latest In the line being a headless ghost, which Elijah Ray¬ nor claims lo have seen, ye, behind him while walking to his home on Washington avenue late at night.
Elijah bas a reputation for veracity that has never been Questioned and when he related the incident of the headless ghost to his numerous friends, everyone took it for granted lhat p:iljah told the Irulh. The ghost uot only followed Elijah, he asserts, but gave him a whack on the back with a force more human than spooky. Elijah has followed the bay for most of his life and encountered all kinds of experiences, from battling with giant fish to warding off an army of mosfjuitoes and gnats, but the headless shost routed him completely, and shocked his nerves so that he did not .slop to look morei Ihart once at the aiiparllion, but started on a record run for his home reaching It breath- loss and speechless.
The second appearance of the spook unto Elijah, was Jess.exciting than the first. lie armed himself with a good sized club the night alter he had seen it. Reaching a point opposite the Rooaevelt school house, the headless spectre appeared, but at a safe dis¬ tance. Elijah watched it for a brief spell. The spook dodged behind tiees and did a sort of Tango for his benefit. Finally it vanished upward and was no more, according to the truthful Elijah. Wh(3ther it was a male or female ghost, no one knows and no one seems to care, not even Elijah.
The only connection that can be es- tnbllshed to make the presence of the ghost In the vicinity where Elijah claims to have seen It, Is that some old residents remember a crime was com¬ mitted near where the school house stands, yeara ago. A woman was the victim.
Th^ dally newspapers heralded the fact that Elijah had seen the ghost, and this had sufficed, as Roosevelt obtained publicity such as brought ll into the llme-Ught during the recent past.
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$50,000 HARVEY SUIT READY
Claim of Fireman's Widow Against Freeport To Be Heard Monday
In the Supreme Court at Mineola aext Monday before Justice Jaycox the irlal of the action brought by Mrs. Henrietta Harvey, of Gceand Side, to recover from the village of Freeport, $5U,000 for the death of her husband, ^\'alter L. Harvey, at tbe electric light power station is expected to begin. Negligence in falling to provide prop¬ er protection for the employees at the power clatioS" and violation of the tabor law are charged.
Harvey met his death on the night of September 18*last, by receiving a heavy shuck of electricity from part of tbe machinery near the swllcb- board, it Is r.Ueged. No one was pres¬ ent except assistant engineer John T. Cotter, who also received a severe shock while attempting to assist Har¬ vey. His testimony will, therefore, be Important iti determining the issue as to whether the village of Freeport was liable for the fireman's death.
In testifying before Justice Norton, acting as Coroner, Cotter stated that he did not see Harvey come in contact with any electrical machinery or wires. He beard bis fellow-workman scream and saw him fall face forward, •trUcbu; a rehoetat at he fell.
URGE A PLANNING COMMIHEE
Freeport Taxpayers' Ass'n Further¬ ing Civic Center Movement
A planning committee Is being vjrg- ed to further the movement for a clvc center at Freeport by tho Tax¬ payers' Association and others Inter¬ ested In the proposition. Under the Herrlck law, signed by former Gov¬ ernor Sulzer, such a commission Is' permitted in vlllage.>< of the class oc¬ cupied by Freeport. Seven members aie permitted to serve on such a Com¬ mission.
Some of the offlcals and other Free- port residents have been urging the establishment of a civic center for some time, with a municipal building of suflicient size to accommodate the various departments of government and a suitable headijuarters for the tiiemen. Several sites for such a building have beon proposed; one at the northeast corner of Brooklyn ave¬ nue and Main street, and another at the soiitheastem corner of Grove sireet and Olive Boulevard under which Is located the pipe line of the Brooklyn water system. The triangle at the intersection of Main and Church streets with Olive Boulevard bas also been mentioned in addition to several others. All the sites are in the ge¬ ographical center of tbe village and duelrable for a municipal atructure.
GIRLS WILL APPEAR IN BURNT CORK
"An Evening in Old Virginia,"
the Home of Comedy—Local
Songs and Hits Features
All through an Imaginary leiter which may or may not have been writ¬ ten somellnie during January by an unnamed yoimg woman iu the Free- port Training Class, telling of her con¬ templated return lo ihe "Old Virginia" ri-m.irkable preparations are being made for a minstrel show which strangely enough will take plnce right here on the South Side, or to be more deflnlte, In the Freeport High School Audllorium, In Grove street on Tues¬ day evening, February 17. The "show" 'vlll be In the nature of a reception 10 this particular young woman, even if the aceue Is laid on the Carlton plantation. And all the parllcipants will be girls. Think of il!
Yes, fellers, all the giils *ill. be there—there right on the stage in a .ureal semi-circle, black faces, wigs, jokes and songs and all. There Is no .suggestion as lo what Ihey will wear. but of course It's going to be a.^oally. truly lady minstrel, and If there t hould be browsers In evidence, why they'll he of that latest rr^odel from Paris which New York lately accepted so enthuslaslicauy aa just the thli gs to do tho-Tango ifl; IUU ihero is no an- aouncement. Y'understand?
This minstrel and olio is to be call¬ ed "An evening in Old Virginia." In Its cast there will appear all the four¬ teen girls who attend the training .school with the Bin.tjle exception of .Marie Byl. And even she will be there.
In the center of the seml-circlo will be Emily Werner, charming, devine; the only member of the company whose beauty will be unmarred by burnt cork. She will talk with Mr. IJones and Mr. Tanibo or Miss Bones and Miss Tambo at eilher exlreniily of the stage with all the ease of a Lew Dockstader. And her conversa¬ tion will be quite as poignant and very exceedingly local. She will ask about you and me and Bones ahd Tambo will answer in the third person singular.
The black-faced damsels who will sit at the end.s are Delia Cheshire, ."VTarjoRle Pitcher, Constance Loux and Myrtle Gissell. And the others all arranged about are to be Eleanor I'rayer. Ixjulse nullpaan, Deatricr Vall, Clara Peterson, Fanny Devlin, Hazel Seaman, Magdellne Hoffman, Josephine Finger and Louise Byrne.
Preceding the old time minstrel per¬ formance a playette that sparkles with local hlls and jokIs will be giv¬ en. The opening chorus will be "Swanee River," in which all of the cast win sing in concert. Then Flor¬ ence Thomas will come to the fool- lights and speak in her usually pleas¬ ing manner, "Her First Recitation."
But that Is not all. There will be a quarette of plccannlnies with Topsle wigs and short skirts—and red stock¬ ings? This group will consist of Ixjulse Rullman, Hazel Seaman, P'an- ny Devlin and Clara Peterson. The 'show" will Include these musical ni'mbers: "Mighty Like a Rose," ' Doan Ye Cry My Honey," beside pop¬ ular melodies with a real Tango swing and some more local hits. The minstrel wlH close with a "Virginia Reel."
Valley Stream School Appropriation The new addition to the school house at Valley .stream which will contain eight clas.- rooms, ample base¬ ment and space for a^embly room Is nearing completion ttT the original appropriation no iiovision waa made for the finishing oi he a^.^cmbly roorj. It has seemed ad'i ab'.i lo the school trustees to have is ii sembly room complete at the am- Ume aa the rest of the addltioii .md ihey have call- a meeting of the < izecs ©f the school district to be heli. on Tebruary Igth, to appropriate the ueeessary funds.
NONEZ BABY BORN
IN SOUTH AMERICA
PATRIOTIC PASQUEllA BITTEN BY MAD DOG
Former Miss Amador, of Freeport, His New "Benny" Torn Cy Canine Bride In April, 1912, the ! Dashing East Through Rock-
Mother , ville Centre Village
From Carlheginla, South America, comes t|ie Inlelllgence that a bounc¬ ing baby girl was born to Mrs. Gerar¬ do Nunez, formerly Miss Alvena Amador, of Freeport, whose marriage 10 the South American nobleman was an intwnalional function in April, 1912. The charming young woman was well known here and the visit of the^ filork makes another epoc in uer interesting and romantic life in which the nunaeral ten has had such a mis- tic significance.
The romance which culminated In Ihe marriage of Miss Amador lo Nu¬ nez began Just len years prior to her >iecond visit to South America. On the occasion of her first visit she was ten years old. With her mother she :ipent len weeks In Columbia. On her return Nunez, made the acquainlanci uf her mother and at'the time of lheir separation in New York he asked for her card.
Alvena was deeply Interested In the stranger ana when tho caxds were exchanged she reached child-like and look her mother's card from his hand. Then she Insisted upon writinif her name on It. The privilege was al¬ lowed her, and Nunez placed the card carefully away in Ills wallet.
It was ten years afler that Mrs. Xur.ez visited Soi\th America, and ap¬ peared as a debutant al a royal func¬ tion. There she met Nunez again. This time he fell In love with her.
Miss Amador's grandfather was tbe presideni of Bolivia and her uncle the first executive of Panama.
Wifl Increase Club's Duet The Rockville Centre Club will in¬ crease lis yearly dues from $12 to 116. on April 1. when the membarfi will be entitled to all privileges free of cost. Under tbe present Bystem a small fee is charged. The admission fee to the banket ball games next season will be fifty cents to non-members and twen- ty-flr« cent! for ladies.
Patrick Pasquella, feeling very pa¬ triotic and all encased in a new $15 overcoat was Klrollint; along Lincoln avenue, Rockville ('(:nlre, yesterday morning, liiil'vas the artistic blasts Hwoped down even the now "Benny" f.'tiled lo keep oul the Fling which the Icy wind carried. Panquella, shiver- in;;, drew his garment lighter. In ad- \ertantly his thoughts turned towards the land of his birth—Sunny II!
At about this lime a largo red dog might have bene seen upon Ihe high¬ way between the villages of I^ynhrook and Rockville Cenlre. The animal was travelling east—possibly in search for w.arm weather—and with the wind at his^back "ziiaking lime."
I'resenlly J^Jasquella. as he passed the Kelcham Lod.Me, descried a shape upon Ihe horizon. Tho object ap¬ proached with fearful rapidity. It r.as a dog—large, red and wooly. Pas¬ quella luined out lo give the canine a runnin;^ lane—but tho animal had observed Pasquella. 11 may have re¬ cognized a kindred spirit, but at any rale it made for the Italian.
Pasquella resisted the dog's advanc¬ es. The dog. incensed, gripped I man's hand. pHsqueila threw him The animal returning to the attack bit the Italian below the collar button.
The dog, revenged, sped on his east¬ ward way.
The overcoat is a total loss.
About an hour previous to the at¬ tack on Pasquella the same animal bit a boy by ihe name of J. Cecil Emer son in Lynbrook- A, Mr. Hemingway, ol East Rockaway, is said to be the ow ner of the 'flog.
PREACHING POOR PAY SO EDWARDS SOLD BRICK STOCK
The Nassau Post's Investiga¬ tion Reveals Startling Facts About National Electric Enameling Company-Whose Worthless Shares Oceanside Preacher Disposed of to Communicants
'DEMONSTRATED" TO THOSE WHO
T "FALL" FOR PROSPECTUS
Story of Short Existence of Wall Street and New Rochelle Cor¬ poration Reads Like That of Magnesia-Asbastos Company— Isaac Terrell Received Urgent Letter
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.\ searching Investigation into the 'iiielhods" and "dealings" of ilif Na- iiinal Electric Kr.air.cling Company. •t Manli..ltau and New Rochelle, vhlch The Nassau Post has been cou- ucilng for a. fortnight brought Ihese iibclosures yesterday:
The Rev. Nelson Eilwards, once lastor of the Methodist Episcopal 'hurch of New Kochelle, was as igned in 1010 by the New York East onferciue to the Oceanside Church, ! cliargu lhat carried ^*i<h ll a salary 'I :fSO() a year.
During the year of his paBtorale
he Rev. Edwards disposed of $5000
.torlh of Ihe stock of the company to
ght of his parishoners, upon repre-
enlations set forth in a wordy pros-
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Prior to the sale of the slock sev- 'lal parlies were "shown" the plant (£ the company at New Rochelle. 11 •onlalned a number of niiu'liines and ¦:11ns which were "demonstrated" to he prospective purchaseis of th« lock.
Uy the same "method" a larg* iniotmt of the slock was sold to wl lews and friends of Pastor Edward* ,n .New Rochelle and elsewhere.
The stock Is now valueless and pro¬ bably was at the lime of Its sale.
The stockholders of the corporation 'lave tried in vain to sell the slock uid have never been able to collect I dividend. The comjiany Is now out it existence and its ollicers are «cat- lered. The plant is dismanlled and in iuins.
The Rev. Edwards is preaching In I'linlon, Conn., and has declined to as- iisl those to whom he sold slock In lheir effort to recover.
A number of the investors have be- .(un eriminal proceedings against the .National Electric Enameling Com- jiany.
Cooper Wanted as Navy Deserter Inquiry Is being made In Rockville Cenlre for Charles William Cooper, 18 year old, wbo on February 3 de- Berted from the United States Navy. Cooper gave* his address as Rockville Centre at the time of bis enlistment about two years ago. He was an ap¬ prentice on the U. S. S. Arkansas prior to his desertion. The inquiry Is made through Captain Ray Smith, In com¬ mand ot Um vesseL
The story of ihe short existence of !he Nalional Electric Enameling Com- ;'aiiy reads like thai of the Maj^nesia- A.sbestos Company into which numer- )u« persons were inveigled and B*ln- lled at about the same time. The iiev. Edwards lold amazing slortcs to (hose he tried to interest In the pro- ;)osltlon, and eloquently assorted lhat Ihe company had solved ihe problem jf manufacturing enameled brick at .-mall cost.
He did not confine his operations to Oceanside, but wandered from his pas- loral limits into Rockville Centre and flsewht-re singing not only the praises of God but of the National Electric ICnaineling Company. Among his fel¬ low preachers of the South Side he "talked" the money-making possibili¬ ties of the stock, but most of tbem declined to chance their small earn ings.
Bui the Rev. Edwards was Inslslant. visiting Freeport, Lynbrook and other Long Island villages.
To those with whom be vlras friendly he told the story of his "up-hill" flght a.s a preacher. He said his Income has been small and bis faintly large. He found It necessary to pursue more lucrative employment than preaching the gospel. Many of bis pastor fi lends warned him against dealing In stocks.
The Rev. Edwards found a fertile field on I.A)ng Island, and worked It always with the company's prospec- (Continued on Page 4}
