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Recognized by readers and adver tisers to be Pough keepsie’s most valuable newspaper. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE This Edition goes mto the nmlodt]^. of homes on every^ street in Pougl&ccpsie.! UK ITE D PR E S S FU L L LE A S E D W IRE. POUGHKEEPSIE, Y. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917. WEATRER— Fair; Tuesday showers. TWO CENTS A COPY ! M =- .. ' ' I AMERICA TO LEAD WORLD IN SUBMARINE DESTROYERS BRITISH GAIN IN F L E E R S line Slightly Advanced Southeast of St. Jansholk Last Night. REPULSE AHACK. Violent Fighting is Re ported Southeast of Epehy By Marshal Haig. London, Aug. 20u—^Furtber -in s in the Ypres sector were jo u n c e d by Field Marshal aig today as the sequel to I fighting last night in gorous fight le Flanders’ PUiPER F m AGAIN PUT UP TO ALOEMEN Will Consider New Bids for Booth’s Machine To night EXPECT HOT TIME LaFrance and Seagraves Factions Are Both Confident of Victory TANKS SPREAD T ^ O R Huge British War Ma chines Perform Such Feats Germans Are Panicky. CRO S S 'm H E YPRES. The com p e titive hids for fa m i s h ing a triple com h inattion m o tor pum p ing fire apparatus for the use of O. H. Booth Hose tCompany will he opened tonight a t the regular sem i-m o n thly m e e ting of the Board of Aldermen. It is expected th a t t o night will w itness one of th e m o at hotly contested fights in the h isto r y , the .British Arm ies in the of the board. Ang. 7. (By M a il)-^B ritish The memibers of the fire apparatus tanks so hedauded w tih m u d and committ'©© ar© >still sxrong for Xli© fii-t-mn ■Fv.n.-m +Tio-f Secret of One of the Great Efiorts of the War is Kept. sector.^ “Our line was slightly ad- 'f '’it. nder-in- ___ „ tly ianced southeast o St. Jans- fcalk,” he declared. I T!he British com phief also related repulse of ack against was iectir. nan counter-attack British positions ^ast of Epehy. There Mo'lent fighting in this secto J SouHi of Lens, the British ■troops made a successful raid. ISEW L M N^CALLED [ExempticMi Notices Are Mailed Today to About One Hun dred Fifty ' MANY RE-CALLED The statem e n t published in this 1 znorning’s issue of a local newspaper to th e effect th a t the notices calling th e second list of d raft m en for physical exam inations would be sent out today was erroneous. It is not y e t known when these notices will ‘ he sen t out hy the local board. The notices of’ exem p tion will, however, be mailed today to those who have been definitely rejected on account of physical disability or who have been granted exemption on ac count of depen-dents, or from other legal causes. This list will include ' about one hundred fifty nam es. About eighty of those who were eith e r rejected or whose claims w e re n o t definitely settled will be recalled by the local board for fu r th e r consideration. It is still uncertain as to just when th e notices will be sent out calling th e second list of men for physical exam ination. It is also still uncer tain as to ju s t how m any will have tOj ihe called in the next list. These points will be determ ined by the local board as soon as it has com pleted passing upon those m en who are to h© recalled. Baby Daughter for. Mr. and Mrs. Dubamel L ittle Clarice Duhamel arrived last evenin® about 7:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. iMaurice F. Duhamel at No. 12 A d riance avenue. Mrs. D u h a m e l and baby daughter are both doing well today. Mr. Duhamel m a n a g ing editor of The Evening Star. Your b u tter problem. Use Good Luck B u tterine, the finest spread for 'bread. A sk your neighbor about Good Luck. Sold by J. Stanley Barnes, U3 Garden street. Prom p t Auto delivery. Phone 2092. jl6 - a l6 . FALLKILL LODGB,, NO. 297, I.O.O.F. iMemhers are requested to m eet in lodge room Tuesday evening a t 8 o’clock to atten d funeral services for our late brother, Jam es S. Cole. Cauades ifte r t , N. G.; John L. P a l- Secretsiry. itl fo r th e Am erican L a F rance pum p er, while the m em b ers of Booth are equally determ ined to stand- for t'r\* Sea- graves’ m achine. 'Both sides will fight hard foy the purchase of th e ir favorite types. Considerable criticism has been m ade recently on account of n u m e r ous cases of trouble reported from tb e L a F rance m achines now in use Ever since th e question of a new pum p er for Booth was brought up the m em b ers of th e com pany have been at odds w ith the fire apparatus com m ittee over th e type of m achine to he purchased. The com m ittee has | claim ed th a t they have the rig h t to select the m a c h ind t h a t is to he p u r chased, while th e m em b ers of the company have contended they have a right to be consulted in the m a tter as they will be the ones who will be obliged to stand or fan on the resu lts obtained by the m achine w ith which they have to work. > w h e n the m a tter was brought to a vote recently, the B o ard of Alderm e n voted to sustain the report of the fire apparatus com m ittee and pur chase the L a F rance type. Its action was,' however, vetoed by M ayor \Wil bur, and the LaiFrance adherauts could n o t m a rtial sufficient votes to carry the question over th e m a y o r’s a la t t e r date the Board of Al derm e n voted to Kistruct the city cham b e rlain to advertise for new bids. This was done, and these bids will be opened for consideration to night. As to w h e ther o r n o t the L a /Y a r/e faction will again be able to carry its point it hncertain. Tt has been suggested by non p a r tisan taxpayers th a t it m ight he a good thing to reject both th e L a F rance and Seagraves’ bids and purchase some o ther m ake of m a - Secretary Baker Distributes Commissicms to 1,800 New Officers at Fort Myer, Va. “FIGHTING CONGRESSMAN” RE SIGNS SEAT TO JOIN REGDfENT. O b t a i n V ictor E. H e lntz of C ln- ciim ati, gave up his seat in Congress sc- th a t he m ig h t rejo in his re g i m e n t, the 1st R e g im e n t of th e Ohio N a tional Guaiid, and serve Uncle Sam in a fighting capacity. JOB WOKK THE ENTERPRISE PRINTERY eOOK WORK slim e from F landers' quagm ire th a t they look like m o v ing m o u n tains are spreading terro r among the Germ ans. The gigantic mud tu r tle lum b e r and creak through tbe bogs, spitting red fleme from th e i r m u d encrusted guns and creating panic w h e rever they operate. One lone tan k today reported th e capture of 60 Germ ans n e a r St. Julien. W h ile wallowing along tow ard tn© enem y line the m o n s ter encountered one of its kind stopped by a direct hit from a German -anti-tank gun. The uninjured tan k charged the gun and literally m ashed It out of com - nlission. E ight Germ ans were cap tured here and turn e d back to the advancing British infantry. The same tank, creeping along, aided in the cap tu re of Pom m e rn redoubt and i P o m m e m castle. It crossed the deep cut, m a rking the redoubt and sent word back th a t it ‘was clear of th e enem y . Meanwhile, another t a n k crashed its way through th e castle defense, while the G e r m ans fled precipitatteiy. Advancing infantry found th e defenders m assed in th e redoubt position which the first tan k had cleared. _ More tanks were summoned. Four slid roaring over the redoubt and took it instanter, the G erm ans su r rendering. Then it was discovered the defenders had first fled from the re doubt to th e castle, and then back from the castle to th e redoubt. T h e re was no other place to flee to arwfl’ the redoubt was for th e second tim e under attack, since th e first tan k which had reported th e redoubt d e a r had covered th e rear. AH prisoners confessed th e ir panic at th e steel m o n sters. C rossing to the Ypres c&TtsU by these tan k s —^nnder constant shell fire and gas clouds—^was one of the great feats of the war. But the se cret of how it was done will not be told until th e w a r is over. The m o n s tiw is strength of the giant tu rtles creates co n s tan t am a ze m ent. One tan k encountered a huge fully laden m o tor Lorry, stuck in a ditch. It stopped and obligingly hitched the fro n t axles on a big chain. Then it lum b ered ahead. T h e re was a crash and wells of dls- from th e Lorry -driver. The tank pulled out th e fro n t wheels, the m o tor and p a r t of the chaste. ^ One other tank, running without lights, crashed into a railw a y engine knocking it off th e track. The tank’k crew, n o t a ' b it dism a y ed, prom p tly w e n t over and pndiedi th e engine ■back on th© rails again, sending It r puffing contentedly. B ritish Tom m ies have nam e d th e m o n s ters curiously. One encd^nters such nam e s as Gog, Ariadne, -Beelze bub, -Bloodstone, Black Arrow, Bally- hackle, Coquette, C rusader and Gon dolier. This latter tank’s crew hea a good laugh a t the expense of a Germ an aeroplane. The flier tried to fight th e g reat lum b ering caterpillar. It swooped and ducked and rattled g r e a t sheets of bullets. All rattled harm lessly against th e tan k ’s im perious Wde. Then th e aent^lane gave It up In disguest. AUTO 55TORAGE. ?2.50 p e r m o n th. Special ra te for the first 25 m achines; all conven iences; two w ash stands, electric trailers. George S tickler’s G arage, X13 N o rth Clinton S t. *3 h »4 T h e m en commis-sioned from Fort Myer w e re graduated on A u g - 13th. 'Their com m issions w e re handed to them by S e c retary of W a r, .Newton D. B a k e r, who is shown presenting a com m ifeion t-o one of th e successful officers. They w ill all soon be j the American military forces. assigned .to active duty w ith BRITISH SHIP WOOLTAN SUNK One Mttn, Lost His Life as V e s s e l Was Torpedoed A BIG STEAMER Poughkeepsie Leads At Big Track Meet ComwaU-on-the-iEDudson, AAig. 20— K e n n o th L. [Russell, of -Poughkeepsie, sporting the coJLprs of the Polbem u s ^ , 1 a . C., o£ th e S ’ridge iOi-t.y, carried off a ‘SteW£arclj> I the individual honoi’s in the m o n ster ^ track and day held here S a t u r day afternoon und'e^ th e au&pices of the local council of -the K n ights of CSohnriibus. The’ Foughkeepoie boy scored two firsts and a s«:ond and scored 13 i>oin±s out of d -pqse-ihle 15, each athlete -was lim ited to -three R u ssell started off his tisajmphs by easily outtslossing a large field in the 220-yards low hurdles. The prem ier honors an t h e high jum p also w e n t to him w ith a jum-p of 5 feet, fi inches. fETIs final th ree points came in the polo vault in which he finished second. An A tlantic P o rt, Aug. 20—Sinking of the B ritish steam ship Mooltan by a G erm an torpedo in the M edaterranean was reported by passengers reaching this jKJxt today. Only one man, a titewurd lost his life. Aboard the ship when attacked were the officers and -crow of the Mongolia, recently sunk near Bombay. The M-ooltan -was a steel s-crev ffteamfff of 9,723 tons, registered at Greenock, fiJngland, FRENCH IN 12 NILE BATTLE Fighting Around Verdun Develops in Their Advantage, is Report. prison M taken On Both Banks of the Meuse, the French Attack the Teutons. b-loo-uy ground n e a r V e r- Paris, Aug. 2 O-- 1 A new and terrific b a ttle was reaching a climax today aroun-(f the bloody Today’s official statem -ent declared 16 fighting had “developed in our advantage.” The conflict was over a f!ront of twelve miles, extending from Avo- oourt wood to Beonvaux. , “On both hanks of the Meuse the French this m o rning atta.cked m ag- nificiently,” the official statem e n t a s serted. “A new battle of Verdun, extending over a front of 12 miles from Avo- court wood to north of Beonvaux is developing to the advantage of the French. \■Numerous prisoners have already been taken. The bravery exhibited by the 'French troops is incom p arable.” The w a r office also detailed a vio len t continuation of the artillery due'' In Belgium. In the Cham pagne sector, the F rench efficaciously bom b arded Ger m an positions and took m any prison ers in raids. Around Bad-onvillers, a Germ an raid •was repulsed. In upper Alsace, th e statem e n t re ported considerable artn iery actSvity. 2 HURT IN ADTO ACOPENT Swerves Near High land Throwing Cou ple From Back Seat H ighland, Aug. 20.—The m o tor am b u lance of -St. Francis iHospital wag called to this village this m o rn ing to tak e two persons, a m an and a woman, who were injured in autom o b ile accident on the N o rth iRoad n e a r th e Percival estate, 'to th e ir hom es in New York City. The two injured persons, together w ith the m an who owned th e car, The Big Fight On in American League W ho’s who tn th e Am'erican League starts in Chicago today when \Bo-w- dy\ iRowland’s W h ite Sox and Jack ■Barry's Red Box clash, in 'th e first gam e of a series th a t will in all prob ability tell w h ich is to m e e t Jo-hnny McGraw and h!is New York Gdaaits, the best bet fh 'the T e n e r Circaft. ith ■'tBabe\ R u th, 'ID u tch” (Leonard and E rn ie Shore in fine fettle the B o stonians are confident of carrying off th e lion’s share in the s e r i ^ . The W indy City crew\ are depending on ■Edle Cicotte, W illiam s and Death ■Valley J-im Scott to stop th e pe3 hos- were com ing from one of th e resorts In t l W’'hen n e a r the Percival place *ln th e 'Catskills. They were on th e ir to- New Y o rk City. In th e next track and field day to be held Sn N ^ - b u r g h in -tb e n e a r fu tu re the flPolhemus A C. intends enter their full team . C'hzirles Ckapman Hurl on Bicycle In turning his bicycle in front of the after noon today 'Charles Chapman, of driver swerved into 64 W o rraH A t ., aai em ploye of the W. ’ T. 'Reynolds & Company, crashed into the IT. S. ■M'ail rig driven by '\Wiilliam Pow ers, CET© w a s throw n 'from ’ his wheel. 'He was rushed in 'the police atobulanee to Vaseerr ‘B rothers’ -Hos- pital w h e re it -was found he w a s isuf- MOST EFFECTIVE U-BOIT WEtPON Secretary of the Navy Daniels Stu.dibs Means of More Than Doubling Contracts for I^- stroyers and Speeds WcM*k WOULD GIVE US MORE THAN BEOTESH Reports From Adimral ^^mms Show That the Small Craft Do Most Effecffve Work Against Subnsarines WASHINGTON, Aug. — ^To make the faaesAcaxL navy foremost in its destroyer force, Secretary £>anie!s today gztda- ered representatives of 25 firms and studied means cif mBOore than doubling destroyer contrabcts. If he succeeds, States will have more des'tz’oyers titan any nation, indbicfingf Great Britain. Danidls asked ihe coodBerees to provide greiater huSdh^ space and more motive power. A ll proseased to do every thing to accomplish the navy*s amhkion. Orders vrere oat today to speed work on present contracts. Constroction o f submarine ohasers will close temporarily when the first group is finished and attention wSti be tconed to tire bigger task of making scores of destroyers. Daniels suggested that private and government yards already engaged in destroyer construction should enlarge their output and that outsiders should undertake new work. Daniels* reports from Admiral Shnms show that the ^ stroyers do the most effective wKn-k aga'inst the U-hoaL SEAPLANES RAID GERMANS Many Tons of Bombs Dropped on. Points Held by Foe Last Night P L A N E S E S C A P E Ixmiden, 'Aug. 2(>—“‘Many tons” of hom'bs w e re dropped on the Ghent railw a y station and sidings, Thourout station and 'Dump and tlie Brnges djocks last night by -British seardanes an Adm iralty statem e n t announced today. Yesterday m o rning\'the Ger m ans attacked the aerodrom e ai Sb«llingl»-ein and tb-© ©nsning battle one enem y m ax^iue -wae downed. A'll B ritish m o ehm es w e re uniinaured. VICTIM OF AOTO IS DEAD Little Boy, Rim Down By Car on Sorth Ave nue, Passes Away in VassarHo^aL MAY BE PROBL HEALTH BOARD WLLNOrffiT Although tomoCTOw afternoon the regular tim e for the sem i m o n thly m e e ting of -the local Board of H e alth, it now seem s certain th a t there will 'be no session on account of a lack of a qnorem. M ayor D. ”vV. \Vnibur and Commis sioners Boucher and Lynch will he _ the only men^bers of th e board in tbe j street. Dahoney and a party of Tt+O __ a_ ^fl 4*V> a ^> ms Witnesses Say Yoongstm? Ran in Front of Car. Tetanus Cause of Death. A victim of tetaim s after >b^ng ruff d-own -bcf an ■,^atomo5^e 2r4v©n by WQUam^ Dahoney of this cSy, JosepSi C allahan, te n y e a r s old, ctf 4 2 'Ijanrel ^ e e t , is dead. It is l i k ^ y t h a t a loor- oner’s inquest ■will he made. The -St- t!e hoy siil'ered great/y before death came. The -tetaTrus dey^oped a3>otH ten days ago. The little boy -was run down, on July 24, on S o u th a'm n ie near SLa ®5ty- left 1 th e re was a congestion of traffic on the road. In tu rn in g ont to escape the side of a culvert. The driver of the car was uninjured, tout the duier two, wno w e re throw n to\ the side of th e road. T h e m an suffered a fractured nose and m any severe cuts the head and face, as well as -braises on th e arm s and legs. The -woman was city. Seven mem-bers constitute the full board and a t least four are re quired to m ake a quorem, friends cam e aSong in th e car ocodi CiM li-ftle -hoy is said to have dashed in front of the machine. iDahOQey s w e rr- 0 d Ms m achine Sharply to th e right and avoided a direct h tt 'but th e 'ten- d&- of th e m achine strue*: iCaaia£haa _______ and hurled him to th e ground. The The annual outing of th e children injured hoy was rushed to V a ssar SALVATION ARMY TO HOLD OUT ING. of the ©aavation Army in this city and Hospital. Fred Hbbs Sues broken bones, although -was re n dered unconscious. She rem a ined in th a t condition until 2 o’clock this m o rning. Both will recover. 'They G. S. Angell ! wei*© taken to the C arrey farm im- ■ _____ I mediately after the accident and re- An unpaid cigarette and cigar bill m am ed there until taken to New den street, was removed To V a ssar and an unpaid loan of $35 wag the York in the m o tor am b u lance this claim of P red e iiek TEbbs in a civil m orning. They were attended hy fiery boys. / Hospital early this aftern'oon suffer- >ing with a serious attack of appendi- IF YOUR SHOES NEED REPAHUNO Phone 168. Goodyear Shoe Repairing Compa 229 Main St. POCKET' BOOK.IXJST. Sm a ll black -bill pocket book, intaining bills aiid two keys; large bank key. Beword if reti containin g bills ai key a bank key. Be to IhiteypriBie office. action brought by hm a few days a g o ' Dr. Blakeley, ag a in s t G. Sherw o o d Angell. The The front of the ca r was badly case was tried before Justice E d - dam aged and th e m a c h ine had to be w a rd S m ith o f th e tow n of \Wappin- tow ard to a local garage for repairs •gers, and judgm e n t for $52.62 was before proceeding on Its way. found in favor of th e plaintiff. In ------ ------------------- — addition to the loan the plaintiff al-1 „ rr, -r. ■ r. 4 . ^ • lleged th a t M r. Angell owed him fo r ' T- B right, of on O t y , is v isit- 1(K) -Pall Mall cigarettes, lOO G rahhm 1his m o ther, M rs. W. H. H'owaxd, C o u rtney cigars a n d , one yatchfng of F e rr is Lane. Mr. Bright' has been magazine. Ronald F . Bogle rep r e - j accepted for the s ^ o n d * of any poor chSdren -who wish to intend, will be held Wednesdsay a t CHochdale. E x tensive p r e ^ r s t l o n s for this event are being m ade 'by A d jutant and Mrs. S. J. Young and all (indications anj th a t th e Ifttie 'tots ■will ^pend a day of r a re pleasmre. Thecre wiH be good things to eat an-d drink and th© com fort and safety of th e little folks wHl be carefully looked- after. -Adjutant Young states th a t he -woul-d a p p reciate It greatly if owners loi! mrtxmvojbiles would offer th e ir cars for conveying the young sters to and from OEbochdale. The start vrfll be from the oourt house at nine o'clock in th e m orning. sented the ‘ cam p a t P lattsburgh, SfE^CSATi PRECES F o r July and August on all our suitings,, fOQCy mixed che-riots, un finished worsteds, cassem eres, hom e spuns, flannels and serges. W e are specializing on Palm Beach Suits to' — ----- ^ measure. See window display. training | M eara, The Tailor, 20 W a shington S t. s t t Surgeons there found him suffermg from a fractured jaw, compoimd frac ture of the leg, num erous lacerations an-d s e v e re shock. The boy res-pond- ed to treatm e n t a t the hospital during the first week but when tetanus de veloped he gradually sank. SHOWER FOR MISS KENNEDY. An enjoyable variety sho-wer -was hel-d at the home of Miss Mary Dryer, of S88 M ansion street, last evening, in honor of^ Miss Johanna Kennedy, who will b&come the bride of Otto Dietz, the papular driver for the Lady W ashington H o s e Co., on W ednesday. Miss K ennedy was tha recipient of m any useful and beas.'tftarf gifts. T h e decxwrations were goideu rod and potted plants. Th© evening w a s spemt w ith cards, victrola aetec- tions aisd solos 'by M is. M. H. liC- Pevre and Miss Kennedy. A bounti ful supper w ^ served. There wera ten guests. ''J /
