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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1917. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE POUGHKEEPSIE,,if. Y. MANY ATTEND CEEBRATION (ffEAGDAY ^ \ ^ b S S ess ITAG DAY HERE Patriotism on Tap Observance Held High School Building by Elks and Home De fence Committee. . The card party held by the Star of the Sea Coanoll, Catholic Women’s Benevolent Le&iop. at Columbus In stitute last night was a very pleasing affair. , There.wera twenty tables and favors were awarded to the following: Sarah MciKiilty, Anna-Vemell, M, Kelly, .Ella Wolf, Mrs. C. J. Rook, 'Mra. P. H. Kearney, Mrs. Mary Velie, Mrs. MaryrMorgan, Miss €. Saunders, Mi'iS Miliss X j 6 . Harding, M Mary- MoPeck, Mrs. Nellie Effenger, Miss Alice Whalen and iMrs. C. Bowe. ' The entertainment wak in charge and those be (ECONOMY TALK BY DR. MILLS The public celebration of Flag D. hv , was held by the Poughkeepsie Lodge* of Elks and 'the Dutchess C-ounty Home Defense League in the auditorium of the High School last night. Despite the rain there was a large' aiidience. Patriotism was tap. • The meeting was opened by the of- •* ficers of Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 275, after the singing of “The Star Span gled Banner”. F o r m e r D istrict A ttorney Edward A. Conger gave an interesting history Of the flag, stating that its record dated-back - to -the time -of the -May flow e r in 1620. A t th a t tim e an en sign known as the “King’s Colors” was adopted, consisting of the red and whltg crosses of England and IScotland on a field of blue. Later on G e n e r a l-W a s h ington h o ist ed a banner of thirteen red and white stripes typifying the thirteen colonies, and also bearing on a field of azure the red and white crosses mentioned above. It was on on June 14, 1777, or one hundred and forty years ago that Congress authorized the national flag to be of seven *red and six w h it e stripes, and thirteen stars in a circle on a field of blue: At first a star and a stripe were added for each new state, and the war of 1&12 was fought under a flag of fifteen stripes an .1 fifteen stars. Ohio and Kentuckv having been admitted to the I'nion. Then the thirteen strip e s w e re fixed upon as a permanent indication of die thirteen original states. Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins, of Nyack, was the next speaker. \Better to die at twenty years of lumanity than to live to be a hundred without having contributed anythii to make the world better”, he \If we do our work well as the veterans of the civil viar did It, we n e e d not fear for the jfuture of the country. \The spirit of ’76 and ’61 lives again today in the hearts of Ameri cans everywhere. We are here to up hold the arnT> of the government on land and sea”. P r o fessor H e r b e r t E. JMllls, of Va.s- sar College, m e m b er of the Homs De fense Leagu? gave a talk on the need and duty of econom y . H e called at ten t ion ot the fact that one, possibly two million men will he taken from productive industry in a short time, and put to work as soldiers. Naturally tw o R row Salvation Army Will Solicit Funds for Aid in War Service. Miss Catherine Saunders Tomorro'W will be Salivation Army of tag-day in .this^city. Everybody will ,sf> I be asked to' help. Several ambulances sked to' help. Several ambulances taking part were '-M. LaPenna, Miss | completely manned and equipped, wiU Anna Trabasso and Dorothy Amato, j be proviaed by the .Salvation Army of Mrs. Catherine Rosch, of White‘the states of New York and New Jer-' Plains, formerly of this city, reported ’ sey. The men placed in charge on the C. W . B. L. at Scranton, Pa., {tnem will not only be experienced convention' recently. i drivers, but will be trained also The council voted to supply all. the handle the sick and injured with Catholic young men who have or' who; tender care. They will also know are leaving to join the navy or army bow to direct the suffering to the w ith religiou s articles. Those wbo ’sojjA'Ce of all real comfort and eternal had charge -of the affair last night! salvation. were Mrs. James Morgan, chairman; | The Army plans to establish quart- Miss Sarah MdNulty, Miss Alice', ers at all the mobilization camps Kearney, Mrs. Eva Wolf and Mrs. j which will provide Catherine Bowe. ' ' |tion rooms for the ; camps rest and recrea tion rooms for the soldiers. There will be an auditorium where services will he held, rooms for reading an«l ] writing letters and the adjacent pass unobserved grounds will be utilized for outdoor for the Friend'less. The sports and exercises. These oainp lere took part in pa- headquarters will be In charge of triotlc exercises and the occasion some of the most capable and exper- was a very pleasant one. The enter- ienced officers of the organization, tainment given was under the .di rection of Miss Gertrude A m o n g tfaoise FLAG DAY AT HOME. Flag Day did not lome fc little folks thei EX-RIVERVIEW / BOYS HO NO R ED Po’keepsians Win Large Share of Honors at Montclair A c a d e m y Commencement. jrs galore were won by the five .Riverview 'Military Academy Mrs. Warner Dies In Naugatuck The funeral of . Mrs. Charles H, Warner, a former resident of this city, who died in Naugatuck, Conn., Thursday, w4Jl be held from her la,te hom e th e r e tom o r r o w afternoon. Mrs. Warner’s death was caused by pneu monia, after a week’s illness. Before her marriage Mrs. Warner was 'Miss Emma Ross. She was a sister of Mrs. William Tripp, of North Water street, Arthur -Ross, of Dela- field street, and Alexander Ross, of Bath, N. Y„ and an aunt of George G. Brooks, Frank Brooks and Fred Brooks, of this city, and Re;f. Roelif F.“ Brqoks, of Albany. Bqpides her ihus- band she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Horemce Dock, of Wesleyan, R. and a son -Clark Warner, of Naugatuck . OFCG^MmNE Former King’s State ment oil L ea v i ng Throne Displayed in Atheri’s Streets. REGENTS MXT WE0CATHIGH SCHOOL HE RE at the '1 G e r trude C o n n o r, ) w h o . to o k p a r t w e r e : Florence Marshall, Har -1 Otto Lux, Florence old Wigg and Dorothy Vannemaii. DUTCHESS WOBKBRS LOYAL. T h e em p loyees o f th e Du'ttehei (Some of the fatherless children of ce,. made orphans by the war, will be adopted by the Salvation Army. These little on-e® need help, jand the Army’s workers have haJ much experience in providing what they need. Money^ given for this pur- pose is sure to be wisely expended. The soldiers and the war orphans Bonds- as a result of the ap p e a l be the only beneficiaries of lade by Mrs. J. Frank Hull, pres- the^ Army’s efforts during fthe war. lent of the company. Mrs. Hull Many fallen women, unfortunately 5 well pleased with the ready re- follow thp flag\ to. the mobillaatlon ponse of the workers. 'camps, where traps are set for the , — ’young recruits. No organization is INVESTS IN LIBERTY BONDS, j better equipped to work among these -------- - 1 women than the Salvation Axmy. At a meeting of the vestry of Christ capable members church it iwas decided to put s* will seek to save the fallen ones and of the permanent endowment of t e them to the nearest rescue home church Into Liberty Bonds. j saving hundreds of soldiers, too. ■ ‘ the British . record for itself by work among the soldiers everybody will have to give thing which their labor w( produced, and in fact is no-' ing. 'He urged sen s ib le economy in lains, lines that would contribute to '• and h( I The Salvation Army of tl up some- Isles has made a splendid i >uld h-avs itself bv work among tin produc- sin c e th e war began,' providing chap- recreation huts lOlding services whenever possi- The Salvationists of the Unit'ad He also u r g e d ' states will surely do asi well. Citizens lum p tion oi 1 of Poughkeepsie will have their op- eather ’ ' ambulanc ho] winning of the war and are o-.:tsiae The Salvationists of the Unit-ad the necessities of life, econom y in the consul wheat and wheat flour, leather, wool,; portunity to assist Saturday, Juue cotton, and gasoline. Every dollar Ijg, the Tag Day authorized by the saved and put in a bank is a co n tri- I Mayor. bujtion to the nation’s* industrial cap- j The Salvation Army bag contribut- ital es well as a future asset of tiia following to Prance during person who saved it. Wear old g .5 laplaing', 145 huts, Clothes, .smoke a pipe instead or a| Hos|g}p^ gpo rest rooms, 608 officers, cigar, turn out the J’ght w h e n it is | gg ambulapcqs, and over 90,000 mem- not n e e d e d elim in a te foolish exp e n s e s • •jjgj.g qj th e ^organization w h o are do- for soda-water, chewing gum, candy, fug active service as soldiers in the iges, and such super- trm fluous exp e n s e s , and -the am o u n t th a t can be saved and loaned to - th e g o v ernm e n t will be astonisibing. In preparation for th e program - the platform had been decorated w ith American flags and the flags of all the A llied m t lo n s . Scofield’s orchestra and E . W . ,V a len t in e ’s sm a ll, selected Poughkeepsie High School Glee Club of girls furnished the music of the ivening, ^ and rendered th e patriotic election s . Cao I Afford NOT to Boy A Liberty Loaa Bend? Ask yourself this question: Can I afford not to do my ^ part in shovnng our govern-'’ ment, our army, our navy; and our allies, that every person in the llnited States is solidly supporting them ? Poughkeepsie Trust Company STATE WORKERS BUY^BONDS At Governor Whitman's Suggestion Many of -New York’s Official -Family Are Purchasers NEW AND UNPUBLISHED PHOTO GRAPH OF MAJOR GENE RAL JOHN J. PERSHING. This photo was made recently and RUN GYPSY RUN TpURS_SUNDAY Motorcyclists Through out the Country Using the Day for Bringing Out Riders. Sunday is “Motorcycle Day” and will be observed by manufactures, dealers and motorcyclists • throughout the country. Buns to be known as •Gypsy Day Tours” will be heM. The oT>ject of this event is to bring out every rider in the country and thus promote socialblHty among the vast numbers operating the modem motor- ■ Edward Ryan, dealer iir. Excels'^;- m a c h in e s a w e ll known m o torcyclist pf IPoughkeepsle, has been named by the National Trades Association as manager of this event in this city and surrounding district. Mr, Ryan will have two aides as his assistants while a captain and. lieutenant will be ap pointed for every 10 riders. Each eu- ^ry in this event will be numbered. The follo^ng rules will govern tire ■contest: Rules of the R u n .............. The use of the open muffler will be prohibited and a slow-'speed schedule Is to be maintained throughout. Fail ure to a'blde by the rules will cause a rider to be disqualified; and tb ail who satisfactory complete the cotirse handsome medals will 'be awarded. Tour Manager Ryan has announced th e follow in g sch e d u le for local cyclist^: S tart from P o s t Office '7:20 a. m., June 17th. Amenla, 8:45; Pine P lains, 10; R h inebeck, 11:3-0'; B e a c o n The course is over state roads and leads to Moun't Beacon where a hill- climb and other events will he held at 2 o’clock, riders returning to P o u g h keepsie late in the afternoon. In case of rain the run will be held'one w e e k later (June 24th). Further, information concerning is absolutely the latest of the gene ral. It has been personally approved by him. He will lead the first Ameri can expeditionary force to be sent to France. ________ ____________ ilOOL 3 HAS FLAG DAY FETE Following is the schedule of Re gents examinations at Poughkeepsie High Stchool June 18-22. MOND.4.Y. Morning. . and see the window at John’ Schwartz & Sons, Main Street Saturday morning Albany, June 15—Rejjprts received by Governor Whitman show that iu compliance with his. suggestion virtu ally all of the state employees Jiaye bought Liberty Loan Bonds. The Governor himself bought two $50-0 bonds, one for his daughter OUvs and one for his son, (Jharles, Jr,, ths executive mansion baby. There are twenty-two persons the payroll of the ejsecutive cham ber, and every one subscribed, the total $-8,450 con s t itu t in g fou r teen and one-half per cent, of their annual salary. The subscription buys 16!) of the $60 bomJs. other figures subnsitted for th e sta te departm e n ts are for th e A lbany offices only, the New York, Buffalo and other field offices being taken car© o f locally. In th e attorney gen e r a l’s office the total subscription was $3-0.000, sixty- two persons -participating, about one- third of them being girls and vice commission 107 employees have bought $18,850 in bonds. Twenty employees of the superin- ^ dent of public works took $8,000 ■ Prom the adjutant gen e r a l’s .office' j thirty-five employees. took $4,500, ! ninety of the $50 doillaf bonds,. • Health ‘ department employees aV- i eraged about $ 266 - ' each, forty-eight i of them buying $13,-800 worth, ' Fifty-seven men and women of the 1 ou-vbt si.xty-three liim- - dre(j dallar bonds. i In the agrlcult'iiral department ' about $4 000 worth of the bonds were — ---'.i of the $100 class and Jthe others $50. ' . jscriptlOnsi average more -than $200 an employee, and if the'| , same ratio were maintained* Govern- Whitman will have secured the $3,000,000 of tb® entries, etc., .can .be obtained from any motorcycle dealer in Poughkeepsie. liTiAG RAISING POSTPONED. The heavy rain last night neces sitated the (postponement of the flag raising on the lawn of the Presbyterian church to -Sunday af ternoon, when a brighter day is hoped fo-r. A -large attendance Is expected. CENSUS NOTES. Owing to a temporary shortage of rlstra-tlon- -sttp-pU-eis a't Albany it isary -to keep the en- for a tew days igerg -thaiLthan -waswas -att flr-st ■mentioned. ■will be n e c e s s a r y to rollmen-t deipotS' open lo n e r - - a i AH women who rang© to r e g ister thus making the' i employed women >v at 'the efurollment depots days'and are obliged to can possibly ar- d u r in g ‘th e d a y , my for men an-d 'ho cannot report during the register in The flag day programs rendered’ yesterday in School No. 3 on lower 'Church street, follow: ' School No. 3;‘ Grade 1 A. 1. Flag salute, class. 2. Song, America, class. 3. Recitation, Story of the First Flag, Amma Muecio. 4 . 'R ecitation, F la g D a y , Sarah L in 'S. iS'ong, Columbia the -Gem of the Ocean, class. 6 . Drill, boys. > 7. 'Recitation, Flag Salute, Sidney Siedelman. 8 . -Song, Star Spangled Banner. G R A D E 3, No, 3, M a r g a r e t J . R y a n . Chorus, America, class. ■Recitation, “Our Flag”, Constan'ie Lake, Edith Treat, Elizabeth Dris coll. . Recitation, Which General?, Harry (Recitation, Ouy Own -Red, White and Blue, Ed-ward -Costello, Virgil Song and March, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, 24 boys. Reading, The story of our Flag. May KearZansky. iR eeftation, W a s h in g ton ’s F lag,' J o seph Mihans, Raymond -Lansing. iRecitatlon, Flag Day, Lawrence Hutton. F la g salu te. S'ong, Star Spangled -Banner, class. School No. 3, Grades 2, 3a and 4. Hymn, The Star Spangled Banner, Recitation,. For My Country, Harry Connors. Recitation, Our -Flag, Charles Mc- Crnasthy. R e c itation , -B etsey R o s s , B e a trice Isaacs. Son.e. Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, class. R e c itation , H n ion and L i b ^ t y , Olive iS-ilvernaii. Song, Our Own Red, White and Blue, -'Milton Levine. D r ill, -Soldier B o y D rill, boys o f 2nd and 3rd grades. Recitation, The Flag of the ‘Repub He, Molly Levine. Recitation, The Banner of the Free, Margaret Harlin. Hymn, The Battle Hymn of the Re- puibllc, classes. Recitation, Shine on 0 Flag, Rose Bishop. Drill, Flag Drill, girls of 3a grade. Rp-citation, T h r e e ‘([Jbeers for the Flag, Frank Kish. Flag Day, Helen Linker. Salute to the Flag and “A m e r ica,” ■classes. Honors former students who were members of this year’s graduating clas-s at ‘Montclair Academy, Montclair, N. J. The for mer -Riverview boys who were num- -bered between the twenty-one who graduajted were Charles L. -Dumb, .Jr., .Waldo E; ‘Palmer, Merrill Moore, J o n a t h a n R ider and ‘S t e w a r t P izey. To C h a rles L. Lumib, Jr., w a s awarded the first prize in scientific ■work and honorable mehtipn in mathematics. His name was placed on the S'wetland. (jup 'as .captain and member of the victorious rifle team j of . the school. His name was also engraved on the Sheldon Trophy as a member of the rifle team making the highest interscholastic score and defeating the team of Culver Mili tary Academy. ' Mr. Lumb also re ceived a ^bronze medal as a member of the inning rifle team. W a ldo E . P a lm e r as given th e gold medal as first prize for general -con duct. He wa^also given an honorable mention in mathematics. iHls name w a s placed on th e Sw e tland ‘Cup as a member 8 f tfie undefeated football team of the school. He was also the winner of second place in athletic field events. M errill 'Moore w o n the cham p ion ship in the (first d iv isio n of field events. For this he was awarded a gold medal and had his nam e placed j civics, on the afhtetio trophy, which, when | ’ Afternoon won twice by one man, becomes his spelling, English 4. ’ English four property. He won three first plades ' years, El. algebra, Latin 2. and one second, receiving silver and - ' - - - - WEDNESDAY. Morning. French 1, German 1, Geography, German 2, German 3, ‘Shorthand 1, Shorthand % El. Mech. drawing. Afternoon. E l. D . S . H istory, M odern h istory 1, M o d e m flistory 2, El. bookkeeping and b u s in e s s p r a c tice, L a tin 4, L a tin four years, iFrench 2, -Phys. geog., lut. drawing. ‘ Athens, Juhe 14 (delayed)—form er King Constantine’s farewell to Greece ■was -posted in ail Athens streets yes- iay, -Ob'eyini ment of. the neee^ity ly. duty towards I fuMU- Greece”, “>I am de- the former moarcH wrote, parting from my beloved country with the heir to *the throne, .leaving my son Alexander on the throne. I beg all I will' accept this decision calmly, as j the slightest incident -may lead to» a j great catastrophe”. ^ » TRENCH NOTES. “'No, there’s very ■ little work done by the Boohes,” Scotch sOi^eant ’(Hscussihg methods of fighting,tmg. \i’ll tell you : Germaiij queer thing that happened to a chaA in my lot.’ Some wounded got lef* in a village we got Into. We w e rl not meant to take It but these chapM were eager and went, on too far.J Some of us went up to -bring th l wounded back on stretches. Whe« we were Just outside the -v illa g e , tb’l Germans put over a barrage—some! thing, terrific it was, and we ran bacM to a trench. This -chap -I’m talkinl about jumped down into It witbnu* looking out and the first thing he sa\« was that something had shot througJ his leg and he saw* the point of a] bayonet sticking out of Ms thigh. Tb J trench was full of our reserves and! he had jumped down onto a man’s* bayonet. All the chap that owned 'the* bayonet said was ‘a hlighty one fori you, mate.’ I’ve seen him since an-i| he -said the debitor at 'the clearing Station 'told him' it was only the secon-d bayonet wound held seen dur ing the war. practice, E l. R e p r e s e n ts A f t e r n o o n . _ Elem. English, English 2, English 3, English three years, German 4, Or\rr>'1 rioncrrQ-n'hTr Com'l. Geography, Latin Grammar. TUESDAY. Morning, L a tin 1, A r ithm e tic, Com’l. arith m e tic, E n g . g^ammhv, L a tin 3, L a tin th r e e years. A m e r ican h istory w ith bronze medals for these respectively. He was a member of the wiunig rifle team and was given a -bronze medal fo r this. Jonathan^ Rider won first p rl^ for work in modem languages. Charles L. Lumih, Jr., and Waldo E. Palmer have been, offered positions for th e sum m e r in th e laboratories o f Thomas A. Edison at Orange, N . J. Thp young men expect to accept the Ip the fall Jonathan Rider will en ter,.,Coraell University, -Messrs. Lum'b land Palmer will enter Amherst and Mr. Moore will return to Montclair for post graduate work. W I L L S U E lN \ C O U R T . It Is announced that> hereafter per sons 'Who block th e sid e w a lk s -with packing c a s e s and m e r c h a n d is e in oth e r recep tacles w ill be proceeded against in ^ civil suits by the local lice. , Offenders will not be arres! I sale of more thw 1 Liberty Bonds,* AMERICAN MEDICAL UNIT IN; LONDON.* ’ The photograph shows'th? nurses] and doctors of the unit at the Lon- ■don railway station. MOTHERS’ CLUB OEFIOERS. The following officers 'have t>een elected fr «h© Mottbers’ Club of Schoo'l No. 3. Mrs. Thomas Gilman, presid'en-t; t-.-. 'St. -C-lair L a k e , v i c e - p r e s i d e n t ; A. Thomipson, .secretary, at, treasurer. Reports Mr.-. Mrs. ..and Mrs. W. Treat, treasurer. Re froim officers -and' committees re corded a v e r y sa t is f a c t o r y year. TIHURS'D'AY. Morning. 'Biology, P h y s . and hygiene, H istory 'English’ and language and lit., Phy sics, Cpm'!. Eng. and correspondence, chemistry. Afternoon. F r e n c h 5, El. geom e try, trigonom l- try, type-writing, chorus sip g in g and rudiments of music. 'FRTiDAY. . Morning. ■History of education, History of G reat ^ B r itain and Ireland, A n c ient history, 'Com’l. law. Afternoon, Spanish 1, B u s in e s s w riting. Established 1911. THOMAS J. ZIMMER, Jr. GENERAL CONTRACTOR Coacretfr. . . 35 Market Street. Room 25. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Edward W. McCready ©onsuftfng Accountant. Accountant, Auditor, Systematizer. Cost Accounting S13 Man6ion_5t., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. VASSAR fHEATRE Mat. Saturday—Get Your Pony Votes—500 Extra Slat. Mat. & Night TONIGHT “Baby Marie” in “Joy and th e Dragon.” _____________ Mutt and JefF in “The Chamber of Horrors.” w Pathe News W eekly. Capt. Jink^s C o m e d y * “Geta-way.” _________ ■ TOMORROW SATURDAY M atinee and Night. CHARLIE CHAPLIN In \ThcCoimf Bluebird Feature “Her SouPs Inspiration” Counting Life Stones “The' Collies Market” T A n m h I presents 1 u l l l y 111 theBain^Darling BABY MARIE OSBORNE In a Romantic Five-act -Drama ' **Joy a n d t h e D r a g o n ’^ Baby Marie is the sw e etest, lovliest little girl on the screen today. You w ill fall in love w ith her at sight. See how she is found by the sailor— see the good her smile doesr—5 e e how she transforms a life. You will enjoy this beautiful picture to th e very last scene. It isr the favorite wherever it has been shown. See it tonight. MUTT & JEFF IN THE “Chamber of Horrors” TONIGHT Jink’s Co-medy—^Tonight “Getaway” CHAS. CHAPLIN « “T h e Count” ' TOMCORROW — SATURDAY PATHE WEEKLY Tonight Come to THE VASSAR Tonight! The Best Show In the City j ADMISSION 10c. CHILDREN Sc. j
