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Full Leased Wire-^ United Press service. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE Pro^essive, Cleaft and Fair. Thir Newspaper of Most Poughk^psie Homes. UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1917. W E A T H E R —rFaIr and W arm er. TWO CENTS A COPY GERMANY TRIES TO CUT MUNICATION BIKER CENSORS HL FRENCH NEWS Premature Publication as to the Landing of Pershing’s Troops Leads to Strict Measures at Washington. cen- ciation will questio: o lu n - when th e protection n th e lives is involved. h is au th o rity of Americi 47IHRE(ltENT MOHBER KILLS NEWBURGH MAN Civilian SSiot Down by Guardsman Dies in Hospital Early Today- Two Soldiers Held. RESULT OF SIMPLE STREET QUARREL REV. A. WORTHINGTON. Newburgh, July 5.—R o b e rt Mc- [can ' Greedy, 23 years old, of this city, ! who was shot last nighit in this city by a guardsm a n of the 47th Regi- W a s h ington, J u l y 5.— Wa: soi^hip, fa r b ro a d e r than the ta r y plan recently operated new s p a p e rs, h a s been p u t in to force by S e c r e tary of W a r B a k e r. H e calls it a protective m e a sure. the arriv a l of A m erican contin- ! At p resen t, cablegram s from gents abroad w h ile others w e re s t i l l , shortly after 3.30 0 clock A m erican correspondents w ith in th e danger zone. ’ , this m orning. Theodore Muiloh, 22 P e rsh in g ’s forces are relayed to , C h a irm a n C reel, of th e publicity years old, and C h arles Punck, 19, W a s h ington, in care of the secretary f com m ittee, will go to New Y o rk to - both of New York City, and of w a r, tran m i t t e d to the bureau of night to consult w ith the heads of |jej.g Qf regim e n t, are beir 5 inform a tion, where th« ‘ The new censorship is a _ 1 w h il public inform a tio n , whe re th e y i vised. In q u iries as to w h a t a u t h o r ity S e c r e tary iBaker th is new censorship by him w ith th e statem e n t th a t no p a trio tic nevrsparper or -press asso- bers of the regim e n t, a re bein g held technical charges of assault, the opinion of local authorities press associations in an effort ari’ive a t a satisfactory censor- had in s tallin g . ing ssrstem. , „ t , . are answ e red ! A t p resent, th e re is a g reat delay. Muiloh was a m em b er of the C h a irm a n C reel disclaim s for party which fired the shot which re - SHERIFF IN PiK PAJAMAS NABS PROWLER Catches Frank Hen- nessy with George B. Doty's Rig and Mrs. J. Conklin's Chickens. ^ p h o n e ” c a l l ROUSES OFHCIAL iSberiff E lm e r J. C o n k lin has adopt ed a cap and suit of p ink'pajam a s as Ills official costum e for early m o rning automo-bile pursuits of m y sterious strangers. A t least th a t Is the cos tum e In which he drove early today in answ e r to a w arning from Mrs. John Conklin. A fter a chase of several m iles he overtook and captured F ran k Hen- nessy of the Town of Poughkeepsie ■who was m aking off with a rig b e longing to George B. Doty of Yan W a g n e r’s, his form e r employer, and a bag containing nine Rhode Island Red fowls .belonging to E. L. Sawyer. A t an early hour this m o rning Mrs. John Conklin was aw akened by the Boun-d of the cackling of hens. She arose in tim e to see a m a n driving aw ay in a wagon. S h e im m ediately called the sheriff who, garbed in cap and pink pajam a s, jum p ed into his m o toor car and gave chase. H e n n e s s y said th a t he was on nis w a y to Rhineheck w ltb the chickens in the bag. W h e n he .was near ths farm of IMr. Doty, for yrhom he had w o rked until yesterday, he became tired and borrowed M r. .Itoty’s hor.<5e an d wagon w ithout perm ission. Hennessy is being held on a charge of grand larceny. sponslibility fo r this new consor- suited in )McCreedy’s death, ship; .Secretary B a k e r in fact, d i- i According to the police rected him to do the censoring. OJficials here say th a t Gen« P e rsh in g cannot u n d e r tak e to do all th e -1 c e n s o ring abroad, as th is in volves new s both from the field and from th§ arriv a l seaports, and. the usual B ritish and F ren c h censoring has (proved ’ insuificlent to • shield several storii contain an lives of Ann ernm e n t has This a-ppears guardsm e n , m em b ers of the 47th Regiment, stationed at iSt. Elmo, un der the com m and of C aptain istock- ihridge, were engaged \in an argum e n t illkllklll Junction of B roadw ay and Colden with a civilian from W a a t the lll^ t — r~ - -- stree t about 5 o’clock last night. s control over th e cables. Golden street when they cam e upon a to be the sole a u t h o r - , the soldiers. Ity upon w h ich th e p resen t censor- j \W h a t’s doing here?” K e lsch is shiip is operating. reported to have said as h e ap- In o ther w o rds if a new s p a p e r or .poached the arguing persons. F o r X troum e l e creeled v l t t a sim p ly close down . on its cable rig h t to the jaw which knocked privileges. him down. 'Mc?Creedy, who -walked ---------------------------- ahead when his friend stopped, w h en j he saw his friend struck Is said to have walked back and struck his a s sailant. As he stru c k th e guards- j men, one of the four soldiers whipped out a gun and fired point blank at MoCreedy. One of the bullets pene trated the abdom en, and the youtn ------- - --------- fell tcTthe street. r p . 1 . J , X T ' Following the shooting the four 1 i m m e r s c n e i d t , K n o w n guardsm e n jum p ed into a taxi-cab as Representative of . The pouce j y , , , arrived and after an Investigation r v i c n v a e r m a n in t e r e s t s ^ found a revolver in a doorway In South ■’W a ter stree t w h e re it had evidently been throw n (by one of the lltm g \ “ ‘“l “O'\®” ' +^=it It was an FEDERAL AGENTS PROBE SUICIDE Takes His Life. New York, July 5—lAfter deep gashes In his w rist with a ra?cr . . _ ie. R ichard Adam''Timmerscheldt , to the 47th Regim ent. It was later found arm y revolver and known as R u s s ian' police got busy on the phone and ^ wired the details along the tive of rich Germ an Interesls in the P^°k®d up orient plunged to death from the w in- of the E rie station dow of his apartm e n t In 59th street l^e^e, hut he refuses to state w h e ther early today ' ^ m em b er of the quar- Thore is'considerable doubt es to l*®‘ / ^ f j ^ « c i p a t e a in the fight. the m a n ’s occupation, and in view o f , the hos- the espionage problem, the authorities be identified, but M cCreedy Interest in th e ^ ^^3^- 'However, the local boy in a way m ade signs th a t would indicate Muiloh was one of are taking unusual suicide. The facts of the case -will be pre sented to the Federal agents at once, j party. Tim m e rscheidt becam e an A m e rican' ^ a t e r F citizen In 1914. (He was always ap - parently plentifully su-pplied with money, and his apartm e n ts • were richly furnished. The m an left no note and no reason is known for his suicide. STRIKE AT STATE HOSPITAL TODAY Twelve Men at Work on Water System There Quit, Asking Living Wage. To Give Lawn Party for Rev. and Mrs. Smith Twelve m en at work on the'H u d s o n (River S tate (Hospital w a ter works quit today demanding 30 cents an hour. T h e y have been receiving $2 a day. QUALITY.' Nothing: lyut all wool, 100 per cent, can g e t In our clothes. The styl( th e fit and workm a n ship a r e cnenshlp are all ©vent is com] laranteed. Prices moderkte. Meara. Frost, Mrs. Albert j. Glass, Mrs. W. e Tailor, 20 WaaWagtojx tl W. Luckey, and Mlss Cleona Glasa. tyle, all ‘M embers of the B o ard of Trusteos and th e Ladles’ Guild of the F ir s t j Congregational Church have lnvlt<3d all the m em b ers of the church and the congregation to a lawn party to be held tom o rrow evening In honor of the Rev. and iMrs. R o b ert Seneca Smith. All the m inisters of the city and th e ir wives are to be special guests. The affair will take place from 7 to 10 o’clock, and will be a farew ell party for Mr. and Mrs, iSmltU, who are to leave the city on July ll>. Rev. Mr. Sm ith has accepted the chair of biblical literatu r e at Sm ith 'C'oUeg.3, Northampton, Mass. The com m ittee in charge of the F u n c k was picked up at Iona Island .by m arines. H e adm it ted being in N e ’wburghi, but denied all knowledge of the shooting, said he was in the H illy City wltji th ree companions, but they had had no trouble. He gave the names of fais comrades and he is being held. L a te this afternoon Dfstrifi? A t torney H irschberg and iChief of Po^ lice Brown w e n t to St. Elmo where they hope to learn to whom the re- I Volver was given. In this way the ; io< * - - ■ - ►cal authorities hope to clear up the m y stery. Men’s Kilts Threat For Next Summer Chicago, July 5—Am erican men m ay be w e aring knickerbockers by w inter and kilts next sum mer. The advlsaibillty of so designing m en’s garm e n ts was discussed here today !by the' Congress of tho National As sociation of Clothing designers, who declare clothes m u st be m ade to con form -with the short -wool crop. imposed of Mrs. Alfred M. Alb( A NIEtW .S(EIR1EIS Is now osen for subscription with the Home (Co-operative Savings and Loan AsBoqlation. 47 (Market iSt. B-l|l WORTHINGTON MAY BE BROUQIT HiiE FOR TRIAL Orange County Jury Stood 8-4 For Acquittal, After lOi-Hour Session. ^ 0 ] irthlngton will be tu rn e chargeharge of grand 1 a t answ e r a c ■warrants fo r W o rthing 'th i s hur Worthington, : th e next term of co u r t, it is believed th a t over to D u tchess County au th o rities A t th e : U-BOlTS WORK 800 MILES OUT Operating Off the Azores, Where Important Relay Cable Stations Are .Located—Shell City is Report County, h e p resent tim e th e re are two ^■Ith th e Sheriff of Orange Delaw are. B o th are county and th e o th e r from Dela w are. B o th • g rand larceny. The ju r y in tl delibeirated end M onday •ed the ju ry CABINET WIVES SAViG FOOD In Six Homes “of Mem bers of Wilson’s Of ficial F a m i l y W a r Economy Rules. W a shington, July 5—W ives of six of P resident W ilson’s official family have followed the lead of Mrs. Wikmn and signed H e rbert Hoover’s fooil conservation cards. E leanor Lansing, wife of the Secre tary of State, signed card No. 3. pledges the secretary’s household to one w h e a tless m eal a day, and cuts veal and lam b from the fam ily bill of fare. The Lansings will practice Strict economy In the use of butter and sugar, but fruit and vegetables will be served in abundance. Ju lia N . G regory sta t e s she_ h a s five m em b ers in h e r household, th a t she employs a cook and th a t 't h e occupa tion of h e r bread winner. T. W. G re gory Is atto rn e y general of the United S tates. Mrs. David F . Houston, wife of the secretary of agriculture, w |th eight in the house, will welcome the w h e atless m eal and retu r n to the corn bread of the sunny south, from whence they came. (She will help h e r neighbors conserve foofi, too. Although Mrs. F ranklin K. Lan-3 has a son, Franklin, Jr., In ^he avia tion corps, she pledges the Lane’s to further service of the country by signing into (Hoover’s food conserva tion arm y . ►Mrs. W illiam C. Redfield, wife of the secretary of com m erce and Mrs W. B. Wilson, wife of the secretary of labor also signed the food cards. th e W o r th in g to n case, w h ich came afternoon, delib e 10% hours. Ju d g e Seeger then ordeu to th e court room and asked them if th e re was any chance of reaching i agreem e n t and th e body inform e d the cojirt it w o u ld be nothing but lement. The ju r y -was then discharged and It was learned t; for acquittal. F o llow■ing ing the discharge of th e ju ry , W o r th in g to n asked the co u r t’s perm ission to th a n k th e ju ry . In glowing w o rds he thanked each and .... , , ------ . isagreem ood 8-4 th e discharg e to th a n k th e ju ry . I n glowin g every m e m b e r of th e body and stated th a t he th e ir convictions even if a few of them did decide agaiinst day in his cell he changed his o.pimon of th e fo u r him . H e stated th a t they w e re fo u r typical cranks. m ade The two letters from they w e re honest in g a him . -Yester- who decided asa-iust to good advantage by th e defense (by the D istrict A ttorney sealed in ourt clerk . typic a l era] ,nley to W o r thington and w h ich were Washington, July 5.—Germany has placed a screen submarines more than SOO miles out in the Atlantic in an effort to cut Americans communication lines, acording to Navy Department information. The department announced it had receiv>ed an ofifeial report that h a t it submarines are operating off the Azores, a group of Portuguese islands 800 miles from the mainland. Important relay cable stations ?T6 located there. A submarine was reported to have shelled Ponta del Gada, a city in the Azores. Naval officials refused to comment on a report that an American transport in the harbor helped repulse the U-hoat attack. in th e case w e re upon m o tion an envelope and handed over to NATION-WIDE SPY SEARCH ON G o v e r n m e n t W a n t s Tkose WKo Gave Ger many Info r m a t i o n About Transports Sail ing. New York, Jqly 5—T h a t th e re are several of Germ any’s ablest spies op-' erating in this country is th e view of m any gov8m m ent offi,cials here today who have In the p a s t been busy running down alien plotting. The secret service agencies of the governm e n t are busy in a natlon-wlcle search for the person or persons who gave Germ any th e inform a tion of the sailing transports bearing Am erican troops to France. Officials here b e lieve the®e spies ere listed as “enemy aliens” but as ‘^American declarants,” who have taken out their first of second papers. LICENSED CHAUFFEUR. M rs. DeMel'Vllle. C a reful driver. R easonable rates. * C a rs fo r hire. Call 3 4 3 -J. tf RACE RIOTS IN EAST ST. LOUIS UNDER PROBE War Department Mak ing Thoroug'h Investi gation From the Mili tary Point of View. CITY OFFICIALS CRITICISE MILITIA E a s t St. Louis, ni.. July 5.—T h e W a r D e p a rtm e n t prohe of E a s t :St. Louis riots, resulting In th e death of upwards of 100 negroes and four w h ite m en and the injurin-g of three w h ite men, w a s 'u n d e r way today. ►Colonel George H. H u n ter, chief quarterm a s ter of the central d e p a rt m ent, arrived in th e city as personal representative of General Thomas H. (Harry of Chicago, com m ander of the central departm e n t, w ith orders to m ake a thorough investigation and report to his chief. Alleged laxity of m ilitiam e n is said to have prom p ted the probe. Colonel H u n ter’s Inquiries, It is said, will concern only the m ilitary phase of the tragedy and probably will cover the following points: \W h e ther m ilitiam en watched w ithout interference the m u rder of negroes Monday night. \W h e ther m ilitiam en fraternized with the mob. _ \W h e ther officers in com m and of the troops are to be upheld in their behavior in the crisis.” There Is a tendency on the part of the city officials to place the en tire blam e for the seriousness of the rioting on the ■militia, b u t this m e e ts with little sympathy from towns people. Many of the charges' m ade against the soldiers are su b s tan ti ated b y eye-w itnesses, b u t . b ecause they were greatly outnumbered -hy a mob as Well armed as themselves there is little - tendency to blam e them seriously. F u rth e r astonishing revelations were brought to light a t the coro n e r’s Inquest. Testim o n y by n^gro prisoners showed th e re was a Well organzied plot am o n g negrofes to m ake yesterday, (Independence Day, a day of revenge. F o u r companies of blacks, all arm e d , had been p rac ticing for a revenge m assacre for the killing of blacks late in May, Which was scheduled for yesterday. (When 'one of these com p anies was surprised by police last Sunday night th e -n e g ro e s fired„ killing D e tective (Sergeant (Coppedge and p r e cipitating th e riot b y w h ites which probably prevented yesterday’s al- Bchedulsduled (blacko. onslaught by the KNHXERBOGKER STORYUNSHAKEN Authorities Take Man to Scene of Vosburgh Fire H e S a y s He Started. (Hamilton K n ickerbocker, 8'6 years old, who is now in the county jail fac ing a icharge of m u rder first degree ofllowing his confession of firing the ■Vosburgh hom e in P ine Plains live years ago and in which Mr. and Mrs. George Vosburgh, an aged couple, m e t their death. Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of the fire and m u rder. L a te Tuesday afternoon Distrie'e A t torney Aldrich, iSheriff Conklin an-i K n ickerbocker left by auto and went to P ine P lains. K n ickerbocker point ed out the places he had visited on the nig h t of the Vosburgh fire. Then he showed the way to the Vosburgh home. Along the way the authorietes tried to throw him off iby pointing out other roads, but the prisoner would not have It. As they neared the Vos burgh place, D istrict A ttorney Aid- rich asked him if he iffid started the fire by lighting some hay th a t was tucked In and about the window, K n ickerbocker said he was not sure w h e ther i t was a window or an open cellar, but he was positive about the hay. “As I reached this spot I took a couple of swallows from a bottle of whiskey and then the idea came to me to start a fire” said th e prisoner. *T approached th e house and it'w a s all In darkness”, continued K n icker bocker” and then I started to search for the place to start the blaze”. He walked the offleirs to w h a t was, at the tim e of th e fire, the northeast corner of the building. \Eight here* said the prisoner, “is w h e re I struck the m a tch”. Then tb^ trio went to the m achine and started over the road from tha Vosburgh house to the F inger farm w h e re th e prisoner claimed to have gone. A short distance from the scene of the fire there is a new road and as the m achine cam e to It th e Sheriff steered his car in th a t direction. \T h a t’s not the ■way” said K n icker bocker, “th a t road w a s n ’t th e re at the tim e of the fire.” Down a road seldom used now tho prisoner pointed out th e way and he w e n t over a course of 10 m iles which finally brought them to th e Finger Not once during the entire trip in which he enumerated the facts of the fire w h e re later two pOTSons were found dead did h© show a b it of re- All ho kept saying was that Hbllweg May Speak In German Reichstag Amsterdam, July 6.—^Greatest in terest is centered in the scheduled m eeting of the Germ an Reichstag today throughout Germany. First Berlin dispatches today reported th a t Im p erial Chancellor von iBeth- m a n n -H o llw e g m ight seize the .occa sion to m ake form al reply to B ritish (Premier Lloyd George’s recent G las gow speech am p lifying on the B ritish w a r alm s and asserting th a t there can (be no peace w ithout a victory. Today's session of the R eichstag calls for a schedule of two weeks. T h e 'original plan was for sitting of only three or four days, b u t it was belieyed th a t this would be pro longed. the idea came to him he had to s-tart a fire end he did it w ithout seeUs w h e ther o r not a hum an being was e stake. First Contingent in War Zone Camp Soon Paris, July '5—A m erica's first ex peditionary contingent will be es tablished in its pernam e n t cam p in the w a r zone iby July 15, it was i nounced today. One battalion—that •Which gave (Paris an opportunity to celebrate yesterday left today for th: Paris rem a ined idecorated w ith the Am erican flags p u t up for yesterday’s Independence Day celebration. Mador G e n eral P e rsH n g ’s head quarters on the (Rue 'C o n stantin Is a scene of trem e n d o u s energy—every office from P e rshing down working American .Troops At Hard Training A (EYench Port, iTnly 3— (Delayed)— Passed by A m erican censor—Al though the A m erican expeditionary arm y is to leave the l a t t e r p a r t of this week'for its permanent training camu behiu'd the . firing line It has started “intensive training” here. The training consists of marches and trench practice. The inhabitants here are thrilled V E h lines of troops traversing the streets headed by bands. Hundreds of troopers bathe daily in th e cold sea near the tem p o rary cam p and the dally 'baseball games are a feature of camp life. (Military and naval police patrol the city, m a intaining strict order. Arrival of the last group of tran s ports carrying horses, au'tomoblIe.s and supplies was announced today. Detective at Work At Pioneer Co. Plant A detective has been -at work at the Pioneer Button Company where rumors of a change of management have been heard th© p a s t ■wc'ek Mr. Garland would not comment on the change rumors when asked about it by The (Enterprise Tuesday. BRITISH MDYE FORWARD ON 6D0 YARyRONT Slight Advance of Line R e p o r t e d by Haig Southwest of Holie” beke in Belgium. London, July '5.— C ontinuing his tactics of “m ixing” his blows a t the Germans, Flelfi MarEflial H-algrtast. night struck successfully a t the enemy southw est of Hoilebeke, in Belgium. “We advanced our line s l l ^ t l y over a front of 600' yards,” he re - . ported today. The ne-RT “upper cu t” a t the Geran^A lines found its im p actGn th a t 's e c ti o a near where the British achieved th e ir great gains by the Messines-Wyt- schaete ridge victory. There has •been little fighting In this salient for >ek. Hoilebeke is. three m iles Ypres. It I'S th e noTthern- southa i tim e of th e Mess victory,ictory, Jhh e Gererm iS'Ohaete v J e G ans w e re ig -this angle defending its ly lo-ivlands, and because the ►ported to be e’ lo-ivlands, an d ev a cuatin g -this ang le iause of difficulty In defendin g its m a rsh y two w aterways hem m ed in th e ir forces. The evacuation, however, was m o stly of the southern p a r t of the angle and the German lines held firm . around Oostavernem W a m b eke and Hoilebeke. 7 KILLED, 145 HURT ON 4IH In 1903, a Record Year, 466 Were Killed and 3,984 Injured. 'Chicago, July i5.—iSieven Killed and 14o injured w a s tli|3 toll of Fourth of July accidents throughout the eOun^ try, according to records compiled by th© H e rald today. This com p ared w ith 4i®8 killed and 3,984 Injured in 1903 end 1'6S kiUod- and 5,480 injured in l€*0i8, two high record years and 30 killed and 320. injured last year. Of the injured th is year, firew o rks I were responsible fo r 87; csinnons f o r i 5; torpedoes 5; gun pow d e r for^j and Pistols .20.. '' DR. THOS. LEO MAHONEY Has moved his office and to 92 Cannon St., City. IF YOUR SHOES NEED REPAfB phone lee. G o o d y e a r S h o e R e p a lrjji 229 Mjd
