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npffPTC flCMrs. Carman Plans to Go on Stage
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To Work to Pay Debts of Trial
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Regrets She Used a Dictograph
Mrs. Florence C. Carman, who is ready to go on the stage to
repay debts incurred in trial. From her most recent photograph.
Undersea .Craft in Navy Almost
Useless, Declares Congressman
Gardner, Challenging Secre
tary Daniels to Publish Truth.
Says Recent Statement of Long
Cruise of Bofats and Their Con
dition Is Misleading, and the
People Should Be Told Facts.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Direct
charges of "uncandor" and issuing
"misleading statements" in regard to
the condition of the submarines of
the navy are made by Representative
A. P Gardner, of Massachusetts in a
letter to Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels. made public here to-day.
Mr. Gardner concludes with "a
challenge to publish certain letters
from the commander of the subma
rine flotilla dated November 2 and
November 23, 1914, These letters
were addressed to Admiral Fletcher
and described the condition of the
Atlantic flotilla.
In support of his charges and in
corroboration of his own assertions
agio the condition of the submarines,
Mr. Gardner cites records in the
Navy Department, which he has ob
tained, together with a tremendous
amount of other official and authori
tative information.
Calls Statement Misleading.
In full, Mr. Gardner's letter reads:
Honorable Josephus Daniels, Secre
tary of the Navy.
Sir—On May 7, 1915, you gave to
the press a notice about the Atlantic
submarine fleet. I desire to comment
publicly on the following passages in
your notice, which to my mind savor
of uncandor. You said:
"After a continuous and uninter
rupted run of about 1,200 miles, one
of the longest steady runs ever ac
complished by American submarines,
the second and fourth divisions of
the Atlantic submarine flotilla have
arrived a\ New York from Pensacola,
Fla., via Key West, which port was
their last stopping place. The second
division consists of the D-l, D-2. D-3,
E-l and E-2, and the fourth division
of the K-l, K-2. K-5 and K-6.
"Last fall when the second division,
comprising the D and E boats, wa§
undergoing its routine annual over
haul at the Norfolk Navy Yard, they
were criticised as being in unseawor
thy condition.
"Their arrival at New York will be
followed in a few days by that of the
G-l and G-2. which have left Charles
ton. S. C., accompanied by the tender
Fulton, bound for New York."
That is without qualification a to
tally misleading announcement. In
the first place, you ought to have told
the country that the submarine fleet
in its long run was convoyed by ves
sels carrying gasoline and other sup
plies. and a repair ship.
One Boat Not in List.
You ought not to have mentioned
D-3 She was not there. She com
pleted a five-months overhaul at Nor
folk on April 23. She was exhibited in
the North River review in the fleet
of twelve submarines and Immediate
ly afterwards was quietly sent to the
navy yard for further repairs in
stead of maneuvering with the fleet.
You ought to have said so. This is
no time for the wretched policy of
silence. You ought to have told us
that another submarine in full com
mission. the G-3. could not he got to
the review at all. She now lies at
the New York Navy Yard.
You spoke of a "routine overhaul"
in your explanation of the sorry rec
ord of the second submarine division.
It was no "routine overhaul which
the second submarine divisioii was
undergoing when criticised for unsea
worthiness and criticised for a good
many other things as well. The sec
ond division was not ordered for
"overhaul" until after the criticism
was made and it was no ordinary
overhaul such as you imply.
Boats Were Crippled.
The criticism began when in re
sponse to Admiral Fletcher’s mobili
zation order for November 1 last, the
Atlantic submarine flotilla reported
with just one vesel fit to take part m
the maneuvers.
If you will examine your records
you will fnd that the "overhaul" was
recommended on November 2. the
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Praises Husband, and U
of Mrs.
rges Solution of Murder
Bailev.
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman. ac
cused and acquitted of the murder of
Mrs. Louisa Bailev in the office of
I)r. Carman, gave out her own spe
cially prepared statement on the case.
In part it follows:
By MRS. FLORENCE C. CARMAN.
Naturally, I am very much elated
over the result of my second trial, and
feel that justice has at last prevailed.
Nevertheless, my past sufferings have
left an indelible impression upon me.
and, although I might, not show' it
outwardly, "still I am conscious my
constitution is far weaker than before
this homicide, and my nerves are al
most shattered.
It is, of course, with deep regret
that I look to the time when I in
stalled and purchased the dictograph.
Even now 1 can not realize why it was
such a terrible thing to do. I was sus
picious and curious, due to the many
remarks I had heard concerning my
husband. I would have regarded it as
contemptible if my purpose was mere
ly eavesdropping and if I had no defi
nite aim in view except to overhear
what the doctor might say to his pa
tients in a professional way.
When l heard him speaking profes
sionally I always put the receiver of
the dictograph down, as 1 regarded
such conversations as sacred and a«
statements which 1 absolutely had no
right to know anything about.
"Not Great Jealousy.”
I think the jurors thoroughly under
stood it was not great jealousy which
prompted its Installation, but curios
ity to determine whether rumors
which 1 heard were correct or not.
On July 3, 1914, the coroner's in
quest was started, and I did not hesi
tate to take the witness stand at a
place where the District Attorney had
full sway, where I could not be pro
tected by any counsel and where the
District Attorney could ask me any
questions which he desired.
Celia Coleman also testified before
the Coroner I was not even present
when she testified, and she walked
home alone, so that it is quite obvious
that no influence on the part of any
member of the '’arman household
could have been exercisea over her at
that time
Upon the test.mony of an unreliable
person I was committed to jail.
The Grand Jury brought in an in
dictment of manslaughter in the first
degree against me on July 17, 1914,
and T was admitted to bail by Judge
Sicklen
In September I was surprised to
learn that bv a second Grand Jury I
had been indicted for murder in the
first degree in a superseding indict
ment, and I was again committed to
jail to await trial.
The uncertainty which confronted
me while the jury was out was some
thing 1 hope no living mortal will
have to endure.
As the second trial approachd, Mr.
Graham. Mr. Levy, Dr. Carman and
myself had a consultation in Mr. Gra
ham’s office, and it was mutually
agreed that Mr. Levy should try the
case. There was no friction between
Mr. Graham and Mr. Levy, or between
Dr. Carman, Mr. Graham and myself.
The jury’s "Not guilty" was like
music to my ears.
Nerves Break Down.
Since the trial 1 have been at my
home at Freeport and have suffered a
nervous breakdown. When 1 look back
now I can not realize how I went
through so much.
My wish is that the citizens of Nas
sau ..County will insist that the Dis
trict Attorney continue to show as
much energy in clearing up the mys
tery surrounding the death of poor
Mrs Bailev as he has done in prose
cuting me.
I have placed the disposition of my
services for professional work in the
hands of a reputable New York man
ager. and I fee! he will wisely shape a
course for me that will aid me to hon
estly return the money that this un
just accusation has cost my relatives
and friends I sincerely trust that a
fair-minded public will look upon my
temporary adoption of a stage career
not as a desire for notoriety, hut sim
ply as the quickest method of paying
my debts.
When my debts are paid I will set
tle down and devote the rest of my life
to my husband and my daughter Eliz
abeth. on whqsp little shoulders fell
the heaviest burden of the case, and
who a» the age of 10 ' ears was called
upon to save her mother's life.
Advocates of Law Curtailing
Spread of Information Limit
ing Families Clash With Ex
perts Insisting Upon Its Repeal
Movement to Abolish Measure Led
by Dr. Abraham Jacobi—An
thony Comstock Says Action
Would Lead to Immorality.
By GRACE PHELPS.
NEW YORK. May 29.-Nation
wide interest has been suddenly-
aroused in the movement to repeal
the law prohibiting the spread of In
formation that will result in curtail
ment in the production of families.
All over the country scientific and
lay minds are at grapples over the
subject, with the partisans of both
sides of the problem unhesitatingly
outspoken In approval or denuncia
tion.
Dr. Jennie V. H. Baker, of the Me
morial Hospital for Women and chil
dren, Brooklyn, la one of the oppo
nents of the efforts to repeal the law
forbidding the spread of Information
leading to family limitation.
“I am absolutely opposed to at
tempts at birth control," said Dr.
Baker. “I do not care to give my
reasons, but you may put me down
for an unqualified NO!"
Dr. Abraham Jacobi, world-known
as an authority on children's diseases,
is one of the leaders of the Birth Con
trol Committee Dr. Jacobi did not
hesitate to support his partisanship
when asked.
Would Control Marriage*.
"The congestion of population has
proved dangerhus even when the na
tion consist of normal individuals,
originally healthy and competent."
said Dr. Jacobi. "The case is much
worse when unhealthy sick, sickly or
infested and contagious children are
born. It should be punishable by law
for persons affected by bad heredi
tary Influences to propogate their ail-
ments.
"It is important that this unjust
law regarding the limitation of chil
dren should he repealed at the ear
liest possible moment. It Is Impor
tant that useful teaching be not crip
pled, that personal freedom he not in
terfered with, that the independence
of marred couples be protected. It
is important that families be safe
guarded in regard to health and com
fort, and that the future children of
the nation be prepared for competent
and comfortable citizenship.
Our Morality Saf#.
Anthony Comstock, president of the
Society for the Prevention of Vice,
recently stated that the repeal of this
law would lead to immorality.
Dr. William J. Robinson, president
of the American Society of Medical
Sociology, said:
"There is a class of people who be
lieve we are all essentially wicked.
They believe the only thing that re
strains us from committing all the
crimes on the calendar is the fear of
consequences. I should like to re
mind such persons that capital pun
ishment in England for stealing a loaf
of bread did not prevent a hungry
man from stealing
"What keeps our unmarried women
moral is the general bringing up, the
general and religious education, the
custom of the country, hereditary in
fluence and the general monogamous
tendency of the female.
Cause of Late Marriages.
•'One of the chief causes of late
marriages with their attendant evils,
is the fear of having to support not
a wife, for two can often live as
cheaply as one, not two or three chil
dren, but a possible ten! The spread
of information on family regulation
would Induce many men to get mar
ried much earlier than they other
wise would and it would decidedl>
diminish the number of bachelors and
old maids
"Our opponents ask, ‘Do you not
admit that there are people who with
this knowledge would shirk the re
sponsibility of parenthood altogeth
er? I answer ‘yes,’ but I hasten to
add that it is better for the race that
such people should remain childlew.
In time by such processes, such peo
ple would be eliminated from the
race.
"From the bottom of my heart I
pity the children that ere horn into
the world against their parents' dis-
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 29 \ sharn
and unequivocal warning will be
served on both Mexican factions by
President Wilson next Tuesday. His
note will not be an ultimatum, hut it
will be clear, and will demand imme
diate compliance.
This was learned from a high offi
cial source to-day. The President al
ready has written his statement, but
will not make it public until it is ap
proved by the Cabinet. It is between
1,200 and 1,600 words in length, and
deals largely with the threatening sit
uation caused by the confiscation of
food in Mexico.
T hat conditions in Mexico are much
worse than the Administration is
willing to admit was indicated to-day.
Many thousands of the people are said
to be facing starvation, and relief
measures are imperative.
Although the President and his ad
visers will not admit there is to be
armed intervention, it is believed
force will be used, if necessary, to
relieve existing conditions.
The movement to aid the starving
may have to be undertaken by the
United States naval and military
forces.
The Administration is apprehensive
of the criticism certain to follow if
anarchy should become general In
Mexico and famine should stalk
through the land. For weeks there
have been reports of crop shortage
this year, which would bring about a
real crisis in the republic. The State
Department has been aware of the re
ports, and President Wilson s appeal
for Red Cross aid and his coming
statement on the Mexican situation
are aimed to forestall criticism
MARK SHIPS
Statement to Gerard First Admis
sion by Berlin Government That;
Submarine Torpedoed Gulf-
light, an American Steamer.
Evasive Reply to Wilson’s Note on
the Lusitania Disaster Is £x-|
pected Within a Few Hours by ;
the State Department Officials.
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Believed Dead, Comes
Back to Claim Estate
BOSTON, May 29.- -Th*» full hench of
the Supreme Judicial Court will decide
whether Charles C. Jones, who was
thought to be dead, but who, after
wandering about the world from 1879 to
1913. now seeks to reverse a decree
of the Norfolk Probate Court, made
in 1901, may maintain a petition to that
effect.
His mother died in 1900 and he was
entitled to $13,764.91 from her estate.
A year after her death it was repre
sented that Jones was dead and the
money was divided among his three
sons by a decree of Judge Flint. If
Jones If able to have the decree re
versed it will give him an opportunity
to begin proceedings to recover the
money.
$1,000,000 Bride's
Drama Venture Fails
PHILADELPHIA, May 29. -Mrs. Keith
Donaldson, one-time "Million Dollar
Bride," and "Little Mary Mack" have
come hack, but not in the usual mean
ing of the phrase.
Little Mary Mack" Is. or was, a mu
sical comedy, In which Mrs. Donaldson
starred. The show, rehearsed in this
city, played twice at VVilmlngton, went
to Scranton and Harrisburg and went
on a reef at Wilkes-Barre. Attach
ments on the scenery and trunks have
been filed by several persons to whom
the company is said to owe money.
Edison Would Have
U. S. Warn Voyagers
NEW* YORK, May 29.—Thomas A.
Edison, in a talk in his laboratory in
Orange, said:
"I feel the deepest horror over the
destruction of the Lusitania. Why should
not our Government warn all Americans
not to go abroad except in American
ships? If then Germany fails to have
proper regard for American rights we
can retaliate.
"We can harm her more by boycott
ing her and helping her enemies than
we can by fighting her."
John D., Jr., Borrows
$1 in Washington
WASHINGTON. May 29. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., borrowed a dollar to |
pay for a subscription to a Socialist \
magazine 'Hie solicitor was so persist-j
ent Mr. Rockefeller could not shake
him off.
Then when he went to pay for it he
found he didn’t have any money. L.
M. Bowers, former superintendent of the \
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, loaned j
him the amount.
DixieBeauty andEich
Fiance Break Match
CHICAGO, May 29.—The engagement’
of the young Chicago millionaire, Rich- 1
ard Reed, now In business at Phoenix, i
Ariz., and Miss Martha Downs, a South- |
ern beauty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs I
William P. Downs, of Shreveport, has !
been broken, it is reported here.
A lover’s quarrel is given as the rea- I
•or ^ reconciliation it like!)', how
ever. friends say.
BERLIN, May 29.—The German
reply to the note of President
Wilson, which was handed to Am
bassador Gerard to-day, expresses
regret for the unintentional at
tacks on the American steamers
Gulflight and Cushing and offers
to give compensation in any cases
in which Germany shall be found
to be rn the wrono."
(By International News Service.)
.WASHINGTON, May 29. A warn
ing to American vessels plainly to
mark their neutral character and bril
liantly Illuminate such markings at
night while in the war zone about
Great Britain has heen suggested by
the German Foreign Office to Ambas
sador Gerard in Berlin as a result of
the torpedoing of the Gulflight. This
was announced to-day in a formal
statement by the State Department.
The statement read:
"The American Ambassador at Ber
lin has been informed by the German
Foreign Office A that in view of the fact
that during the past three weeks it
has repeatedly occurred that neutral
ships have heen sunk in the waters
designated as an area of maritime
war by the German Admiralty on Feb
ruary, 4. 1915, and especially in one
case where It was established that the
sinking was traceable to an attack by
a German submarine, which took the
neutral ship for an English vessel in
the darkness on account of inade
quate illumination of its neutral dis
tinctive markings, it is recommended
that American shipping circles again
he warned against traversing the area
of maritime war incautiously, and also
he urged to make the neutral mark
ings as plain as possible, and especial
ly to have them Illuminated promptly
and sufficiently at night."
This statement to Ambassador Ge
rard is the first official admission by
Germany to the United States that the
Gulflight was torpedoed by a German
submarine. The admission was made
in Berlin yesterday. The commander
of the submarine reported that he was
unable to Identify the nationality of
Lhe vessel he attacked, owing to dark
ness.
Evasive Note toU.S.
Expected FromKaiser
By THEODORE TILLER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 29,—It was
learned at the State Department to
day that a forecast of the German re
ply to President Wilson’s note on the
Lusitania tragedy had reached the
department, and that the. note Itself
Is expected to arrive in Washington
to-night. The character and source of
this forecast was guarded carefully by
department officials. It is understood
Ambassador Gerard. In Berlin, repre
sented the German Government as
evading the direct issue raised by the
President by asking for a diplomatic
discussion of the legal status of the
vessels thus far attacked by the Ger
mans.
The reply by the German Govern
ment is said to-be friendly and by no
means abrupt in its tone, but the ef
fect is to save the face" of the Ger
man Admiralty pending a long period
of investigation in the cases of the Fa-
laba, the Lusitania, the Oulflightf and
the <'usliin^.
To Demand Lusitania Facts.
Much credence is given here to re
ports that before answering ine
United States directly on the future
conduct of its submarine warfare
Germany will stipulate that the
United States confine its representa
tions to the broad subject of the facts
in the Lusitania case before taking
ip .he general policy of submarine
attacks. It is pointed out that if
these rumors be true Germany mav
consume a gryeat deal of time in
reaching an agreement on facts be
fore .“’re gets down to the real point
involved the -«fety of American
lives aboard passenger ships of bel
ligerents or the vessels of neutral na
tions.
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Ex-Gov. Cox Turns
Laborer: Foils Strike
Former Tennessee Executive Fires
Big Lime Kiln on Farm When
Workers Quit.
BRISTOL, TENN, May Former
Governor John I. Cox. of Tennessee,
settled a strike among laborers en
gaged in burning a large lime kiln
on one of his farms in this couVity by
stripping off his coat, donning/his
son’s overalls and jumping into the
task of firing the big mass of lime
stone.
The laborers worked amicably until
the kiln was constructed and the fires
kindled. Taking advantage of a sit
uation they thought would assure
them a substantial increase in wages,
every man walked out and demanded
more money.
"Gentleni.-n,” said the ox-Uovernor,
“you were content to work until you
had {idvalued this kiln to a point
where you felt your services were in
dispensable. I will pay you for what
you have dime, but will not need you
further in this connection."
With this statement, the ex-Gov
ernor went immediately at his task.
When hfs son brought new men, the
ex-Governor made up his mind he
would he no quitter, so ho continued
to feed the furnaces until the lime
stone crumbled Into flakes of pure
lime His neighbors commend him
for his stand.
BIG CROP OUTLOOK.
BRISTOL, TENN. May 27.—Crop
conditions in upper Edst Tennessee
are unexcelled. The season has been
Ideal thus ar Th** wheat has sel
dom looked more promising.
Kaiser’ Making Strong Offensive
but Will Be Unable to Push
Gains Because of Lack of
Troops, Declares War Expert.
Filling of Gaps With Final Re
serves Explains Recent Vic
tories in West, but Close For
mation Means Failure Finally.
By HILAIRE BELLOC.
(Foremost Military Writer of Europe.)
The last week was the beginning of
that critical period in the war indi-
ated as due in the late spring or early
summer.
Briefly, the last reserves of the ene
my are beginning to appear in the
field. He is undertaking his last of- #
fenslve (though no longer with supe
rior numbers) in the west.
Under the momentum of that of
fensive he has achieved three local
successes of very different values,
none of which has a6 yet any decisive
character. The two lesser ones, in
the Vosges and in the Woevre. we may
neglect for the moment. His offensive
In Flanders, around Ypres, is upon
another scale.
In order to comprehend this offen
sive, which he has just undertaken,
and undoubtedly Intends to maintain
(at great expense to himself), let us
recapitulate certain main elements.
r 2,500.000 Men to Call.
In the German Empire alone (ex
cluding Austro-Hungary) we esti
mated some two and a half million at
the most, probably more like two mil
lion men. really available for fighting,
over and .beyond the numbers of
trained men which the empire could
put into the field in the first two
months of the war—say by October 15.
Supposing this estimate to be accu
rate within its rough limits, we note
that the German Empire has a maxi
mum training capacity of some 800,-
000 men. It was to be presumed,
therefore, that, generally speaking, £he
forces of the German Empire during
the war would pass through a sort of
rhythmic movement., diminishing un
der the losses of the first stage, swell
ing again when the earliest of the
newly trained batches arrived, dimin
ishing again by further losses and
then swelling again as a further hatch
of newly trained men came in—and
so on.
Now. if we admit 800,000 as the
maximum number of men which Ger
many can train at any moment, and
if we compare this with, say, 2,400,-
000 it was to be expected that in the,
course of the war three principal ac-
eafflons of strength would be. appar
ent in the forces of the German Em
pire alone, exclusive of those of its
a lly.
Last Accession Is Made.
Upon the appearance of the third of
these accessions of strength, the laAf*
effort of the enemy would have heen
launched and no more was to follow.
It is evident that we are now en
tering this period of the third and last
accession of strength to the enemy.
How he is using this last reserve we
can not yet tell. Much of It must al
ready have been drafted in to fill gaps,
much of It may he on the Hungarian
side. Perhaps he is planning another
stroke in North Poland when the finer
weather has dried up the mud.
But of one thing we can he certain:
He is using a very considerable pro
portion of his new r strength in Flan
ders and upon other points on the
western front. And that is the expla
nation of all the news that we have
been receiving during the last few r
days, and that we shall continue to
receive fur some time to come, in-
ludlng a very possible stroke south
of Lille.
Upon the analogy of w'hat the
Germanic force did in the past we
may expect repeated attacks in close
formation and losses far superior to
those of the defense.
Play for High Stakes.
Whether we may expect the final
failure of these blows and the secure
resistance of the line against which
they are directed only the future can
show, but If this issue la achieved
then we can confidently predict that
the decline following upon it will be
very dampening.
The enemy can not but play now
for high stakes, and attempt at a.
very great expense of men. to obtain
conditions as favorable as possible