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VoL 2 No. 19
FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914
Price Two Cents
lOLDS CLAIMS PROPOSED BOULEVARD WILL NOT BE A BURDETON TAXPAYERS
Pointe Out Urgency of Con- strijieting New Bridge at Wreck Uad-Telb of TesU Made by Supervise/ and Condemnation of Trestle- Shows That Increased Taxes on Ocean Front Property Will More Than Pay Maturing Bonds and Interest.
By Senator William H. Reynolds Do you know that tbe taxpayers of lie Town of Hempstead are both mor- iy and legally responsible for the konditloDs now existing at the Long each bridge, and that sometime hese conditions are going to result a serious- catastrophe, involving loss of life and the payment of heavy |l&mag«s?
The new bridge and tbe new road
|lo Long Beach across the Hempstead
leadows are vital necessities,—-NOW.
rhey have got to be built some time.
The question is whether or not you
ire willing to do it now, or when cou»
Ipelled, through some grave accident,
Ito pay far more money than tats^ ask-
jlng yoii to spend, for lives sacrificed
(through your negligence. There is at
Ithe present time on file with your
(town offlcials a resolution as to the
I Insecurity of this bridge.
This summer your Supervisor per- laonaliy sent cars over the bridge 50- feet apart and at the rate of not more than 4 miles an hour. He did this Iwcause of bis belief that tbe bridge Is unsafe, and I say to you that he personally is not prepared to assume the risk of having this year's condi¬ tions at this bridge repeated when beavy tratHc begins next spring. This Is one of the most important of many reasons 1 have to set forth, why the ltaxi>ayerB of tbe Town of Hempstead •bould vote in favor of the proposi- ]tlan I bave now set before you.
Four years ago 1 appeared in the
I various villages of Hempstead Town-
|«hip and asked for your suffrage on
la proposition connected witb Long
I Beach; it was tbe sale ot some pro-
Iperty to tbe company ot wbicb I am
[president. At tbat time I made cer-
|taln pledges— tbat if you would sell
^hat property I would in return try to
levelop It so as to compete witb At<
itlc City; tbat I would increase rour
bssable area; in other words, tbat
sbould bend every effort to the end
st that waste of sand dunes on tbe
in front would become beneficial
itead of detrimental to you.
Mow I am making atill another ap-
tl to tbe taxpayers of tbe Township
Hempstead. Don't, however, think
Is an annual affair, because I bave
ot been on the platform or made any
squest of you since my campaign of
}ur years ago.. And I would not bave
lie temerity, to, speak now unless I
^It I bad made good my pledges,—
not to the letter, at least to the
ptrit of the agreement with you. I
liy "to tbe letter" for the reason that
lere was an agreement that the chan-
pl should be dredged witbin flve
irs. Tbat is nearly eight years ago,
|id tbe channel is not yet quite com-
Bted. Tbe reason is that the times
Ive been hard, (you know how hard
ley bave been). And, besides, in-
I atead of using the money necessary to pump tbat channel out, thus mak¬ ing a great wide waterway and a ae- aert waste, we pumped only as fast as our development warranted It and apent tbe .balance of the money in I Improvements, such as streets and
[buildings, for all of which you h^ve (taxed us.
Therefore, I" have the temerity to JAsk you again to aid that proposition.
II know there are some people, and I I have already heard of them, who say I tbey are going to be against anything I for Long Beacb; that they gave away
I tbe property to us. that we~ are mak- hng millions of dollars; and tbat no Inan can succeed in this world unless Ihe is fooling or cheating the pubiit..
II have heard all tbis—so bave I TOU probably,—but I feel tbat we bave [stado food our pledges at Long Beacb, land 1 address you from two stand- I points: One is tbat ot appealing to you
Long Beach-One of World's Greatest Sea Side Resorts
[on the merit of this proposition; the other is because of a certain respon- I sibiUty that Is placed upon me. As \ to the last I wish to 'say that when I i have finished I will have put ' some of that responBlbillly upon you I taxpayers of Hempstead. j' For I am appealing to the tax- I payers. This is not a political i proposition. Only taxpayers can
vote on this proposition—wo- ' men as well as rrfbn, so long i as they own real estate in the Town ' of Hempstead. That, then, makes me I somewhat of a supporter of the wo¬ man's suffrage cause. That 1 have I always been, with a qualification, and I that is, that 1 believe no one should be I allowed to vote unless owning some- I thing. I have always had that be- I lief, for the reason that when a per¬ son owns something, no matter how small it is. so long as he or she has title to it, he or she will seriously con¬ sider a proposition and act from the standpoint of whether it is for oi against his interest.
The hardest people in the world to appeal to are taxpayers because when you appeal to tbem you appeal to their pockets. If this proposition I am submitting to you Is not meritor¬ ious, I know you are going to vote it down, and I expect you to do so in tbat event.
When you look at the ballot which will be submitted at the November election, and see wbat is on it, it will probably flash through your mind that It woyld be better to vote every pro¬ position down, The flrst proposition is for a tuberculosis hospital, a county proposition to cost $100,000; another is for the erection of a new Town Hall for the Town of Hempstead, to cost 176,000; another for a road some¬ where in tbe Far Rockaway section to cost $150,000. I understand this road is to connect up Far Rockaway with Queens County. I am not going to advise you as to any of those proposi¬ tions, but will let thQ people back of them speak for themselves and tell you of the respective merits of each. On that ballot you will also flnd the proposition 1 am going to ask you to vote for. It is for an Issue of $250,- 000 30 year bonds, 1-lOth of which shall become due twenty years from tbeir date, and then 1-lOth each year thereafter. The rate of interest will not exceed 5 per cent, per annunj, All this provided I obtain from from the
ARTS CLUB TO MEET NOV. 2nd.
Long Island Railroad Company, after you have voted, an agreement, sub¬ stantial and binding, with your Board of Supervisors that it will stand 1-6 of the entire cost of a new road over the meadows, through property which you taxpayers own, and a new bridge to Long Beach.
I can Imagine that through the minds of some of you the thought flashes, why vote for that? Why not let Long Beach build it, itself? But, in this case, 1 happen to have the mer¬ its on my side. There is no reason why Long Beach should build this road; it la your property; and there is another reason why you should do the buildlig, of which I shall speak later.
Some of you probably wondei why I do not vant to make this a county road, and let the county spend this $250.00. I could have done this, but I would have been doing you a great injustice. Some of the oounty officials have, I understand, been in communi¬ cation with me, and they will be will¬ ing to issue $250,000 for a new road and bridge to Long Beach, provided, however, tbat they olild have $250,000 eacb for the two districts on the north side of the ounty. That is the way Continued on page 3
PLAN "CLOTHES BUREAU"
MEDICAL HEN AT MINEOLA
Nassau-Queens Society at Annual Meeting Consider Big Prob¬ lems of the Day
On Tuesday evening over oas hun¬ dred men were present at tha ban¬ quet and meetfcig of the MedlOal So¬ ciety of Nassau and Queens Counties. Speeches were nade by a number people, includiag Dr. Homell. of Pbil- bdelphia, who is and has been Super- vlspr of Mediccal Inspection. He ad¬ dressed those present on the medical Inspection *f public schools and gave a deUiled flan of such investigation.
Dr. Overton, Health Inspector, also spoke, as did Dr. Stewart, a school physcian. Ir. Cooley, Superintenflent of Schools kt Nassau County, who is president o^ the Medical Society of Nassau and Queens Counties, gave an interesting dacourse. Dr. Rosa Mos- ley. President of The Correct Posture League, connected with the Board of Education as well as being a member of a National Sotiety, spoke on the subject of introdueing a system in the schools, whereby the average height and figure of the different sizes and ages of the student! could be measur¬ ed In order that tie heights of the desks and chairs il the school room would fit the schola*, thereby prevent¬ ing the child from lelng compelled to sit in a cramped position on account j of desk or chair being built too high ! or too low. She clajmed that children had been examined ki the school room and many of them were flat chested, I simply because he or she had been In ¦ the habit of sitting at the desk In a i position that prevented the develop-1 not be able to speak more than twice
MRS. CARMAN SEEKS SEOUSION OF FARM TO RECUPERATE AND BEGIN LIFE ANEW
Prosecutor and Defender of Mrse Florence C. Carman
Accompanied by Dr. Carman, Elizabeth, Mrs. Ida Powell, and Ceorge M. Levy. Mrs. Carman Left Yesterday for Their Pennsylvania Farm. Trial Has Proven Most Un¬ satisfactory. Mrs. Carman Still Under Indictment. Bail was Fixed at $25,000
iROOSEVELrSTOURISCUT
Elxtensive Brooklyn Campaign
Causes Cancellation of
Long Island Trip
it was announced today by Progres¬ sive County Chairman Elvin N. ifio-
The trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman for the murder of Mrs. I^ouiso Bailey on the night of June 30th has been completed. The case went to tlie jury last Saturday evening at 10;-
00 o'clock. For fourteen hours tho jurors discussed and argued the case only to bring in the decision that they eould not agree. They were discliarg- ed. Mrs. Caiiiian has not proven her innocence, in the eyes of tlio law and she is .'^tili indicted for murder in the first degree, although admitted to bail on last Monday, security, 125,000.
The trial, apparently, was fair and impartial. The te.'^timony of Celia I Colem;in was the bulwark of the pro- I secution. Every member of the Car¬ man household including sweet, little Elizabeth gave evidence entirely con- jtradictory to ihat of the former maid. •Some of those familiar with criminal procedure allege that the District tioriiey in his cross examination ell-
ning to hold simultaneous conferences ' ''.''^^ .suflicient testimony from Mrfi
1 arman to establish a motive for such
QEORCoE. M LEVY, Attorney for the Defense
NASSAU SCHOOL CONFERENCE
To be Held at Mineola October 30th. Meeting Public
District Superintendents James S. Cooley and W. C. Mepham are pJan-
of teachers at Mineola and Rockville
wards, that Colonel Roosevelt woulc ; Centre, on Friday, October 30, avxi.
On that day all schools will be clos-
ment of the child's flfure.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
Workers Meet at Mineola Monthly Conference to Plan Work
for
Next Interesting Meeting to be Held at Home of Mrs. • C. A. Smith
November second Is the date flxed for the next meeting of the Arts Club, at tbe home of Mrs. Charles D. Smith, when an interesting programme will be enjoyed as arranged by Mrs. Charles H. Reacb.
The speaker of the day will be Mrs. John J. Schoonhoven, the topic to t>e "The Twin Arts of Music and Poetry." Tbis will be Illustrated by readings from Browning, Tolstoi and others. Solos will be rendered by Mrs. Frank¬ Un a. Hill, of Merrick. Only non- members will l>e charged an admis-
Neighborhood Workers Under Direction of Miss Childs Ar¬ range for Winter Work
The Neighborhood Workers had one of their most satisfactory meetings 4hi8 week at the bome of its Presi¬ dent, Mrs. Fred Story, of Merrick road. Miss Helen Cbild, who was set¬ tlement worker last year for tbe or¬ ganization, is again, in charge of that work, made her report and took up the question of placing wayward girls in a reformatory where they could learn methods of self-support. Miss Hopkins, the trained nurse, connected with the school and neighborhood work, addressed the meeting, making an appeal for supplies for tne sick room of the Indigent sick.
Miss Child has done a great deal of investigating work of the poor, and needy.and, a "Clothes Bureau" win be one of the adjuncts of the work this year. The idea seems to be a good one. All the clothing and other arti¬ cles which are donated to the Organi¬ zation is in charge of Miss Child, who sells It for a nominal simi to those who are in n^ed. The prices range from ten or flfteen oeirt* f<rr* pair of shoes, which has been made wearable, if not in that condition when receiv¬ ed, to fifty cents or thereabouts for a coat. It is an easy matter to discover which are the needy ones after talk¬ ing; or visiting with the purchaser.
The flrst meeting cf he Central Conference took place on Tuesday af¬ ternoon at the Nassau Association Headquarters at Mineola. The object of these monthly meetlnis is the bringing together of all he social workers of Nassau County to discuss problems that come up in fee general investigation and other won.
Tuesday's meeting was i most in¬ teresting one. Reports weie received and read pertaining to thtplan for the much talked of Tubercilosls Hos¬ pital. An address was given by Miss Durkee. wbo has made a su'vey of all facts on Tubercular diBcate, in tbt> cjipacity of investigator o' Nassau County. She told of, the^orditlons In each Tillage throughout th« county, and gave ^jjiecestions as to (he proper care and willuigneBs of patimts to go to such an institution. Much intelrest was manifested by the argunents pre¬ sented and It was the impression of those present that tbere was a hope- ful~mitlook for the coming ebction.
ACTIVE LADIES BOWLING CLUB
in Nassau County on Saturday, Octo¬ ber 31, 1914, as on the evening of that day the Colonel is to make ser¬ eral speeches in Brooklyn.
Therefore, the series of meetings arranged for in Nassau County are cancelled, and one big meeting held at {2:30 p. m., at the Club Auditorium, Rockville Centre, and the other bih meeting held at Mullin's Hall, Port Washington at 4 p. m.
Senator Davenport, Progress 1 v e candidate for Governor, Bainbrldge Colby, Progressive candidate for Unit¬ ed States Senator, Le Roy J. Weed, Progressive candidate for State Sena¬ tor, and Franklin G. Hill, Progressive candidate for Assembly, will also speak at these meetings.
an invitation to all the voters of the Town of Hempstead, to rally at Rock¬ ville Centre on that day and hear tbeir neighbor.
ed and the teachers are expected to be In attendance.
All members of Boards are cordial¬ ly invited to attend any or all sessions of the conference.
Every effort is being made to have an interesting and instructive pro¬ gram a copy of which will be sent later.
PRESBHERIAN "FAIR"
To be Held in Freeport Edifice
November 18th to
Raise Funds
Great preparations are being made for the Country Fair to be held in the
The County Chairman has sent outt chapel of the Presbyterian Church
PEARSALL IN AUTO ACGDENT
Repairing Machine on Road, is Run Into by John Cophie
on Wednesday afternoon and even¬ ing, November 18th, under the aus¬ pices of The Improvement Society of the Presbyterian Church. The pro¬ ceeds of the affair will be used to de¬ fray the expenses of purchasing new carpets for tbe church. The building will be decorated to
a crime. Aston, one of the jurors who said ho could not acquitt Mrs. Oil¬ man, made the following statement whicli is an unusual one. He said, "1 confined myself in my jury discus¬ sions to tho testimony of Mrs. Carman and Celia Coleman. I gave equal cre- ience to each since they both had lied. I camo to the conclusion that MrDs. Carman was a pretty keen, sharp, clever woman capable of get¬ ting away with anything."
Mrs. Carman, her husband, daugh¬ ter, sister and personal attorney, George M. Levy, left Freeport yester¬ day morning to seek the seclusion of the Carman Farm at Raven Rock in Pennsylvania. How long will they remain away from the fingers of sus¬ picion! Perhaps for quite a long peri¬ od of time. Mrs. Carman's past life and reputation have been dastardly assaulted and she has, got to begin anew. Broken in health and in spirit her task is not an easy one. Her bit¬ ter experiences follow always with her.
What disposition of the case will be made is not yet known. Mrs. Carmaa was indicted and the present verdict was most unsatisfactory, to say tbe least The EMstrict Attorney bas inti¬ mated that unless he can aecure more
Weekly Tournaments Gain in
Popularity—;Meet at Frteport
Club
cooperative evidence he will not move
'^^'"'^ °"^ ^^^ i'*** o' ^^^ "Country ,„, , retrial. The attorneys for the
[Fair" and there will be a number of defense have not Intimated in the
Smith F. Pearsall driving his Ramb- ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ i ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ proceedure they will
ler, with Mrs. Pearsall and baby in the ^^^^^^^ ,j,j^^ vegetable booth will follow, although it is assumed that
rear seat was run into on Monday
' have for its chairman, Mrs. A Sidney evening about 6:30 in Roosevelt ou i , ,, ^, , _
„ , . „ .L .. Reynolds; Mrs. Charles Raynor, Chair-
Nassau Boulevard. It appears that I
,, „ 11 I, .> . „ J Ul „„„»,;.,.<. i iii^n of the jelly and jams booth; Mrs.
Mr. Pearsall had stopped his machine '
to adjust something on the car when i ^tegan of the Domestic table; Mrs.
The ladles of the Fieeport Club | have become very active, aid on ev-! ery Tuesday and Friday aft«moon of I each week a large numebr are mak-'
John Cophie of Hempstead, driving a Rtgal roadster ran Into the Pearsaii automobile, injuring Mrs. Pearsall and the baby slightly and i.-maging the car to the extent of $25. Cophie, who did not seem to have
slon, the amount of which will be twenty-flve cents. This charge is made only to defray the expenses of those speakers who an only be se¬ cured by tbe Club at certain costs. A very large attendance is anticipated on account of tbe excellency of tbe programme to be presented.
Ing high scores In bowling ki the al- control of his machine, was not in- lles of the Club House. A jrize will, jured, but his Regal was damaged in be awarder to the lady making the the neighborhood of $100. Pearsall's highest number of points in tx month | car was taken to Bennett Smith's gar- A committee of three has been ap- age and the National Garage loon pointed to take charge of tae meet-1 pare of the Cophie car. ings; Mrs. Elvin N. Edwaids, Mrs. '
M. Firth of the Fancy table; Mrs. J. Sidney Gould of the Apron table; Miss Florence Wright of the Candy table; N*is8 Wyans of the Refreshment Com¬ mittee; Mrs. P. A. Martin of the Gro¬ cery table and Mrs. C. C. Smith of the decorations.
Homemade pie, candy, jelly, fruits and cake as well as other articles and goodies will b»for sale. Blue ribbons
they will use every endeavor to have the Indictment ^quashed.
The scene at the Carman residence in Freeport is a sad one. Mr. and Mrs. Platt Conklin, well along in ybuie, ao- mired and respected citizens, are cruahed and heartbroken over the cjilamity which has befallen their daughter. They alone of the Carman household remain to face the world and defend the family crest. Mrs. Conklin has been seriously 111 for a, long time and the unsatisfactory con¬ clusion of the case has. weakened her
will be given to the prize winners on 1 considerably. Devoted couple, the
Theodore Vought and Mist Gladys Austin. The highest scores In the last two meetings have been won by Mrs. Edwards. 116; points, Srs. Cor¬ nelius with 143 points.
Among those who have leen at¬ tending the meetings are Mesdames George Meadon. Willard Dean Finch, C. Henry Platt, C. E. Cross, William P. Miller. Theodore Vought, B. N. Ed¬ wards, Bertha M. Knobel. Mack,
each table. The entire proceeds will be obtained from the purchases, as there will be no admission. All are welcome to this affair and the mem-
Freeport Successful In Operetta The American Theatre was well fill-1 bers of the church are very anxious to ed on Tuesday and Wednesday even- j make it a success in every way.
Ings when " Night In Dreamland" I
with local talent was presented under i Thankful for Police Service
the direction of Jay Wellington and management of Mrs. Roland M. Lamb. The performance was given for the beneflt of the Winter's Needful Peo¬ ple, and the following prominent la¬ dles of Freeport were Its patronesses:
Southerland. Nichols, Williams. Cor-' Mesdames Lyman Jone^, Earnest Rand- nelius. Cornell, Reach, Austia Misses j dall, Berther KncriDel, Cbarles Mack, Mildred Cole, Gladys Austin, Florence Henry EUiron, Paul Morton, Edward Hill and C. Rielly. I Albles, Edward Rogers, John Shultz.
The Men's Club of Rosedale thanks those who helped make it possible for Rosedale to have a policeman on duty night and day. By their generous con¬ tributions a police booth has been erected which is much larger and more comfortable for tbe occupants than any other hereabouts. If in need of assistance call U03 Springfield. Youll get tbe Roeedale police booth.
hearts of all, go out to them in this hour of remorse.
BAINBRIDGE COLBY'S MOTHER DIES SUDDENLY
It was announced at the Balubridge Colby Headquarters that Mr. Bain- bridge Colby bad gone, to St. Louis to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Frances Balnbridge Colby, wro died suddenly on Sunday.
Mr. Colby's speaking engagemenU for tbe next three days will be fllled by otber Progressives who have been working with tbe Progressive candi¬ date for United States Senator. The candidate himself will be back in New York on Thursday.
Freeport Memorial Library-Nassau Post
