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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917, T H E E V E N IN G E N T E R P R I S E POUGHKEEPSIE, H. V. S-S-S-S-H! THE WOMAN IN EACK HAS COME BACK The Dark Lady Who Comes and Goes on the Wind Is Here Again Middletown Paper Tells Us WH O ’ S ‘ SEEN HER? as she app.eared. All efforts to cap ture h e r have proved fruitless. The m y sterious person is tall and slender and moves with great rapidity. On no occajsion has she said anything any person who has seen her. The patrolm en h a v e been instructed ' to arrest h e r at the earliest opportun ity. The police here have not been com plained to about this m y sterious wo m an in black. Now th a t the idea is planted, however, it is a safe bet th a t they get several. Mrs. Abramsky Is Fined $25 Police Haven’t Heard Word But Be on the Lookout for Her iConvicted on a charge of assault preffeiTed by Mrs. N e ttie M arcus, {tw enty-six, Mrs. Morris Abram sky, of ! 35 N o rth P e rry stree t wa.sc fined f 10 ^ by Judge Overdcker in the city court ' last night, Mrs. Abram sky is Mrs. Maxcus* sister-in-larw . A b m m sky w ill be tided on the assault charge next Monday. A counter charge against Mrs. M arcus was m ade by Mrs. Ethel According to The Middletown Tim es-.Press, Poughkeepsie is all “bet _______ ___ _____ ____ _____ up” over the appearance of a woman | Abram sky but resulted in an acquittal In black on th e streets and says t h a t ' for the former. children and timid -n-omen are scared | Many witnesses to th e alleged as- m o st to death. It is apparently the sault w e re examined during the sam e old woman in black who invad- ti^ial, the preponderance of evidence ed the town fifteen o r m o re y e a r s ' seemed to be against Mr. and M rs. ago and bobbed up in Beacon 'two j Abram sky and a conviction resulted, y ^ s ego. Maybe it’s h e r daughter, j w illiam A. Mulvey was attorney for T h e Ttimes-'Press does not offer any ^ th e com p lainant while Edw a rd A. explanation. The paper leaves it all lOonger appeared in behalf of ' Mr. to the im agination of its readers. The woman in black about which T h e Tim es-iPress tells its readers is dodging behind trees and bushes, tip toeing after folks who stay out lato and cutting up generally. .She springe Into being out of the a*ir and vanishes ju s t like that, says the story, which and Mrs. Abramsky. Mr. Magenis At Fort Slocum ibears a Poughkeepsie date line. The paper, however, doesn’t specify as to W hether it is the clothing or the wo- Louis J. M:^gei agenis, form e r m anaging enlisted last week in the regu- B n terprise, of The Evening in army, quarterm a s ters’ depart- appears in black. B a e t Mansion street had a woman in M cCarthy, of The E n terprise staff. Miss Stinson Makes Athens, N. Y. Folks Think of War When Forced , To Land in Her Aeroplane There Girl Flyer Who Soared Over Po’keepsie a Few Weeks Ago Has Ac cident Up River PLANS NEW TRIP have raced Barney Oldfield in his m achine pictured above races last lay L Albany som e- .black a few years ago but th a t m y s tery was all cleared up. About Po’- follows from F o rt Slocum : “Feelingling fine and delighted th a t I evenven thh ee smm allestllest last e t s a p a r t in th e great struggle. No real hardship keepsie’s latest woman in black, The Tim e s -P ress says; sre On several occasions she has loom- . pleasanthings t €d up suddenly from behind trees in ^ dark quarters on the*ir w a y to their hom es. On each occasion she disap peared as suddenly and as noiselessly Miss K a therine Stinson, th e girl aviator who 9,mazed and pleased Poughkeepsians som e weeks ago when she flew ovier the city a m ile over our hfeads in h e r flight from Buf- fa,lo tQ W a s h ington for the Red Cross, tried another trip down the Hudson Valley Sunday. She was to it6 in the the .Sheepshead Saturday. A rriving in w h a t delayed Mias S tinson decided go the re s t of th e way by ae r o plane. H e r plane was ready and she m ade a s t a r t from the C a p ital City. Athens Folks Surprised. The folks of the little village of Athens were nearly throw n Into a tanic shortly after 6 o’clock Satur- evening when an airplane sud denly circled over the village and gradually dropped closer to the earth, alighting on the farm of Adam Schm idt, about a m ile n o rth of the village afid along the A thens-Cox- sackle s t a t e road. The air craft was th e brand new C u rtiss scout plane m ade especially for Miss K a therine Stinson, the daring -Buffalo girl, and 1 it was she who was piloting the air craft at the tim e. The strange airship cam e down the Hudson R iver unheralded and | pan: day GRAHAM INSURANCE FULLY protected? .pensation, Glass, A re you FULLY pr R l ^ # i d e l i t y , W o rkm a n ’s Com- SIXTY-TW O MARKET PHONE Established 1894 C.D. HALSEYS CO. Members New York Stock Exchange MILLS BUILDING, New York City MVESTMENT SECURITIES -C I BRANCH OFFICE s 62 MARKET ST. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. PETER H. TROY RESIDENT PARTNER II The m o s t m o d e rn and date F u rn ish e d H o u se in Poughkeepsl ijp. We have single room s, also suites of 2 or 3 room s, w ith Hot and Cold R u n n ing W a ter tr. every room , also room s w ith P rivate B a ths or Shower B aths. Rooms range from $3.50 per week upwards. An opportunity for ever} H o tel for eryoni to have every convenience of t M o d em II 42.M Catmm A filled ITO serve doset saves you cost criT expensive foods and deliciously enrkihes your menus NOW is the time to SAVE THE FRurr CROP ^^Sweeten it with Domino*^ Granulated. Tablet, Powdered, Confectioneri, Browa m - Cane Sugar SoldinZaad 5 lb. cartons and in 5. 10. XS and 50 lb. cotton ba|^ ^ a n e S t ^ r ' l m ained in the air tw e n ty m inutes longer as h e r supply of gasoline waa Miss Stlnsofl: Retired earjy a t tfba thoughts • of w a r im m e d iately entered I S tew a rt House, and w’as about bright the m inds of all who happened to and early Sunday m o rning. H e r see it or h e a r the steady buzz of the m e c h anic arrived from A lbany in giant m o tor and the whirlin;g peller. The air craft was plainly pro plalnl: seen from the city of -Hudson, ap pearing to be above the Hudson River. Everyone in A thens ran out of doors to w a tch the m achine circle about in the air and the village folks quickly followed it as it cam e to earth TmUer. full control of the driver. Lands in Rye Field. ’The m achine landed on a broad stretch of rye field w h ich had just been harvested, end Miss Stinson stated' afterw a rd th a t it was an ideal spot, said th a t she left Albany at 5:50 o’clock and was on h e r way to New York C ity when th e gas line from the gasoline tank to the motor broke and she had to descend. The brpak in the gasoline pipe caused the gasoline to spray h e r face and clothes com p letely before the m achine was landed, but she said t h a t the a i r craft was at all tim e s under com p lete con- M'iss Stinson said th a t whOn she discovered the break she had to search for a place: to land. At first she feared she was in a m o u n tainous country as' the C atskills lay off to the w e stw ard but a short distance away. She circled above A thens on this ac count and before landing on the Schm idt farm she had looked over the field carefully. As soon as she landed Miss Stinson w e n t to the Schm idt farm h o u se where she explained h e r m ishap and was given every assistance. She had a telegram sent to Albany at once to h e r m echanician, telling him to come after th e air craft at once and ship it to Buffalo. Clothing S a turated W ith Gasoline. M iss Stinson’s felt hood and long heavy coat were saturated with gaso line. H e r h a ir hung loose down h e r back, but her smile was much in evi dence and she answ ered all ques tions. Upon h e r inquiry as to a hotel where she could stay over night she was directed to the Stew a rt House ’■\* — autom o - l having ^nd was taken th e re in bile. A fter cleaning up and supper, iMdss S tinson called up friends in Albany and toldl them of h e r m is hap. Miss' Stinson em p h asized the fact th a t she found th e finest field in the state to land on, and also spoke highly of th e cordial feeling and good will displayed by all the residents tow ard her. She s a i d ’t h a t h e r C u r tiss air scout had been packed at Buffalo and shipped to Albany w h ere m echanics worked all of F riday night and the greater p a r t of S a turday assem b ling the parts and m aking the initial trial tests. -She said th a t she had an engagem ent to race with B arney Oldfield, th e well known auto racing driver, a t the Sheephead Bay Speedway, a race of auto against a i r ship, but on account of the difficul ties she had encountered, had been unable to keep this engagem ent, which she deeply regretted. Said She W as In No Danger. IMiss Stinson said th a t h e r new m achine had worked wopderfully all the way from Albany until the feed pipe broke, ‘She said at first the control levers had been a bit too sensitive, and when she operated one or th e other th e craft tipped-A little too m u ch to one side or the other. She said, however, th a t she qnlckly overcam e this and was just getting the m o tor \warmed up” ■when the accident happeated. She eaid she wai x£o 4uul :h%te t»- the m o rning and was taken to the Schm idt farm , where he and his a s sistan t took th e , craft ap a rt and placing it aboard an auto truck, w e n t on to Albany. It was sent to th e ’ factory at Buffalo for repairs. They stated th a t the m achine needed a few re-ad ju s tm e n ts and the break to the feed pipe was not serious and could easily be repaired. Plans New Trip. A fter leaving final instructions h e r engagem ent a t Sheephead Bay. B efore leaving Miss Stinson stated th a t she would shortly be through this section again in th e sam e air craft. She said th a t she was d e te r m ined to m ake a new flying record of m aking a no-stop run from Buffalo to New York, and intended to, m ake the trip w ithin a few weeks. Miss Stinson is a likable sort of a girl—for th a t is all she is. H e r ch e s t nut h a ir falls in a m ass over clean cut features. She appears to be quite light in w'eight and says That con stan t 6',rDrcise in flying has kept her in the best of health. She had a wonderful laugh, and It rings out with all its tru e m e rrim e n t a t all tim e s during h e r convesrsation. She wAPPiims LOSES TWO BY MATH Mrs. Peter Coffee and Miss Alice MiiCusker Pass Away ■Wapptngeirs M rs. P e ter [ge Pall®-, Aug. 21.— Coffee, an old and re spected resid e n t of th e village, died a t h e r hom e on M ill stre e t this morning. She had been a sufferer from gangrene of the low er lim b s and bad been treated a t V a s sar H o s p ital fo r th e trouble, follow ed by a slight recuperation, but failed to gain stren g th and a decline set in. She w a s a m e m h e r of th e L a d ies’ ■Auxiliary of the A. O.- H and sev eral o th e r organizations. H e r b u s - 'band survives here and two step sons, M a tthew an d C h ristopher Coffee an d ■ two step d a u g h ters, ’M rs. Rose -Speedling, of P o u g h keepsie, and M rs. N e llie H o rton, of ■Wappingers P a lls. T h e fu n e ral a r rangements are in charge of Thos. J . C ashin and w ill b e announced »nS S M oCUSKER PASSES AWAYL Miss Alice M o C u sker died a t h e r 'hom e, co m e r of M esier avenue and A c adem y street last night, afte r several m o n th s ’ of illness. She was highly esteem ed by all who knew h e r and w a s a devout Christian, and a good d a u g h ter and sister. She was also very charitable and did I m u c h good. M iss M d C usker leaves a step-ffather, Patrick Cashin, one sister, Miss M ary M oCusker, and two -step - s is ters, the M isses M a rgaret '•’and Catherii Miss Stinson w e n t to H u d son on th e : r a th e r enjoyed h e r novel experience ferry, and about 11 o’clock left for 'of landing in a stran g e land on S a t- New Y o rk City. She said th a t she * u rday and said before leaving th a t could not go back to Buffalo until j she found the people in th e H u d ^ n she explained to h e r New York Valley from Albany down th e finest friends why she had failed to keep I she ha3 ever known. _______ J. REYEA W0) AT HIGHLAND Takes Miss Mildred Barley, of Port Ewen, As Bride (Highland, A u g u st 21 —K quiet m a r riage was solem nized Sunday afte r noon w h en John Relyea, jr. son of Air. and Mrs. P ran k Relyea, of tM s village was united in holy wedlock to Miss M ildred B arley at th e bride’s hom e in P o rt Ewen. Mr. R elyea has been p r i vate secretary to Hugh Smiley at Lake Mohonk, for the past two years, b u t has been forced to discontinue bis services as be is in th e first w a r draft and expects to be called Septem b er iMr. and Mrs. R elyea are enjoying a ten days’ m o tor trip to L a k e -Cham plain, and on th e ir retu r n will 1‘ive at the (Landing teniporarily. FORD COLLIDES WITH CHALMERS A Ford touring oar, operated by the Liute player of the Chanitauqua held in this village, collided with a 7- passenger Chalm ers, owned and oper ated by, Lewis Smith, of Smith’s Ga rage, yestercay m o rning, in the busi ness p a r t of Main street. S-mith Avas backing out ‘of his garage and Ms car was directly across th e road in posi tion to tu r n wh(\i the driver of the Ford, not paying attention to traffic, ran in the front of th e ^Chalmers, and sm ashed his own ca r -to quite an ex tent, stripping two front Sires, ing the radiator and fenders. Smith's car ’ was subtly scratched. 'The occupant Of the Ford Avas throw n to th'e roadbed, but fortunately enscaped injury. CHAUTAUQUA TO COME AGAIN The i/,'e-day Community C h a u tau qua closed with the last p r o ^ a m last evening, after a very entertaining and delightful week. The residents of Highland and surrounding Country have so enjoyed the excellent program that, a contract has been slgbed for another year. (Highland, August 31— Miss R u th H-ashrouek, of .Poughkeepsie, spent the .past week w ith little B e atrice Hasbi'ouck, aitending the Junior Chau tauqua. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sichuhle and -Mr. and. (Mrs. J o h n ' F is h e r m o tored to Ashokan Dam Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Newton iH-amlin, oi Rhinebeck. were guests of Mrs. M ar garet Mack. Miss Neva \Woods who has finished h e r sum m e r schooling a t Columibia, is staying a t th e Moule -Hoiuse. Miss Proper’s Case Again Adjourned IMiss E d ith P roper, 38 years old, of Livingston, -Columbia iCounty, who is charged w ith p e tit larceny,, was a r raigned in the city court before Judge O v e rocker thte morning. H e r a t t o r ney, Raymond G. Guernsey, asked for an adjournm e n t until Tues'day, A u gust 28. 'This was granted and Miss Proper was adm itted to $200 bail fu r nished by F. H . Lacey, farm bureau The Proper woman was arrested in Am erica last w e e k by D e te ctive Serg eant MoGowan on the com p laint of -Frank Stickles, of Milton. The latter alleges th a t he paid h e r for wMch s-he was 'to furnish him a color ed help girl from th e south, b u t the woman failed to carry out h e r p a r t of the contract. D u ring the week others have cam e to the front, stating they also had paid over sum s to M iss Proper for help, but th e sam e never arrived. tire damai bending bol laying a t th e Moule -Ho was the lie u l Adllor spent, the week-end at] Decker. Leser Sent tp State Hospital Jam e s L e s e r, 40 years old, of Strausberg, Pa., was exam ined by Dr. George- E. Lane yesterday as to his sanity and was com m itted to the H u d son R iver S ta te (B^ospital., L e s e r was arrested S u n d a y afternoon at- the INew Y o rk C entral station w h e re he was acting strangely. Sheepshead Bay. • (Miss A u g u sta P r a t t s p e n t t h e w e e k end In New York. R ichard (Lent, wbo has been on a survey on (Long Island, cam e hom e for the week-end. Miss M argaret Sm ith, of Columbia Sum m e r School spent th e week-end in town w ith friends. ■Mr. and Mrs. George -Relsen, New York, were w e ek-end guests of W, E. Wlilcox and fam-ily. GIVE COMMUNITY EXCURSION A Community Excursion will be, given by the Sunday School and L a dies’ Aid Society of th e Presbyterian Ohurch 'Wednesday of this week, go ing .‘o B e a r iMountaln. The steamer “Albany”, will leave Poughkeepsie at 8 o’clock. EJvery- body is urged to go and m ake it a decided success. Doyd P lass has sold M ajor (EJllis a •Eiodge Touring Car. iHarvey H ildebrand, who has been visiting bis brother George, has re turned to Ms hom e in , M innesota. K e n n eth Bradshaw, of Ossining, w as th e w e ek-end guest of Miss Ethel an d C a the rin e Cashin. The funeral arran g e m e n ts are in charge of Thom as J. C ashin and will be a n nounced later. TH IR T E E N ASK EEM P T ION . The follow ing is al ist of local citizens who for one excellent re a son o r an o th e r, claim exem p tion, or having been rejected, claim an h o n orable d isch a r g e ' from w a r duty: R o b e rt H icks, Jam e s Conlin, E d w a rd H icks, Jo h n O’R o u rke, Percy B row n , H e n b e rt C o ttam , W illiam H e rring, Jo n n Owens, R o b e rt W e is- ner, C h a rles B a r r e tt, Irv in g Clapp; James liyns, Robert Gardener. The list of young citizens who have not claim e d exem p tion follows: Donald S h o rt, Joseph N incatin, M ichael M u lroy, P r a n k B a k e r, Seam an H u n t, J r . , R ichard Poe, C h arles H u b n e r, A n tonio P a lam b o , Jam e s M itchell, Edw in Zitzer, P r a n k Caneo, Jam e s C ru th e rs, Edw in A r th u r , H e n ry Cam p b ell, H a rold Cashin, E d w a rd Lowrey, Van V o o rhis, C h a rles Rush' Oliarles Barrett, lA T T L E ALICE FITZGERALD B aby Alice, th e 9 -m o n th s -o ld d a u g h ter of M r. and M rs. Thom as F itzg e rald , of H e n ry street, died Sunday m 'o ruing afte r a brief ill ness from stom a ch trouble. The little one w a s n o t t h o u g h t to be se riously ill un til Saturday, when her condition becam e critical. end cam e Sunday. T h e p a r e n ts have the h e a r t f e l t sym p a thy Of m a n y friends. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon a t 2:30 o’clock from th e house. In term e n t was in St. M ary’s cemetery. CAKE SALE SATURDAY. The L a d les’ A id Society of t i e M e thodist church w ill hold a cake and pie sale on S a tnrday, A u g u st 25, a t W illiam B r itn e r ’s .’shoe store, M ain street. The sale will open a t 12 o'clock and will continue u n til everything is sold. This is a chance to secure som e first class hom e -, m a d e p a s t r y . . PERSONALS. J o h n .L a f f i n , of the M e tropolitan In s u r a n c e Company, is in P o u g h keepsie today on important bus iness. (Master E a r le F raser, who was the victim of a p a inful bicycle accident recently, is slightly b e tter, although suffering considerable pain. H e was able to be out last evening. Young F r a s e r h a s the sym p a thy and good w ishes of his m any friends for an early recovery. M iss C lara M o rris, of Bayonne, N. J., is being entertained a t the hom e of Mr. and M rs. W illiam P a r k e r of South avenue. The little d a u g h ter of Mr! and Mrs. Welsh, o-f Fult’on street, who has been ill, is im p roving. E d w a rd B a tes, son of the Rev. Mr. B ates, p a s to r of th e P resb y terian church, is am o n g th o s e ’ listed in the selected d r a f t num b e rs pu b lished Sunday. M rs. Alvin Chase, who has been quite ill fo r the past 6 w eeks, is recovering nicely and is ab le to be Dr. O’B rien,' of Main street, is in the m e tropolis and o ther places of in terest for a few w e eks’ vacation. Miss E th e l Howe, of N o rth H a m ilton street, Poughkeepsie, is v isit ing h e r au n t, M iss Jesfsie M a rket street. Theater Folks Are Organizl Poughkeepsie now h a s am o n g ! orgaiilza'dfions a local union o f th e I tem a tional ADlanc© of T h e a tq Stage Em p loyeg afid M otion .pio; M achine O p e rators. The union formed last night by H. W illiams, J regular organizer, assisted by iRownan, p reeld m t of th e Trade ! Labor O o u n ^ l. It h a s tM rtysix m | bers and th e officers are as fblki. A r thur Sherwood, presidM it; J. ( nors, vlce-pres.; G e o ^ Lanfei er, sec.,- Jos. Reiser,\ treasu rer; Alexander, T, Costello and W. D e c l tru s tees; John Dean, serg e a n t* arm s ; V an V a n E tten, businfl Find Dis^brow All Signed It has ju s t come to light th a t < F. Disbrow, of Arlington, who sent to th e M atteaw a n S ta te H o s p J for the criminal Insane, following | arrest o n a ch a ise of attacking a j had beon accepted by the w a r enrption board of the lower Dutohl ■County d«istrict. H o dlid not make ^ claim for exemption. In fact he ■' the m em b ers of the exem p tion I at the tim e th a t he had been a j pointer in th e U. S. Navy. H e ■ anxious to serve In the army. A t { M atteaw an asylum it is said t h a t 1 brow’s form of Insanity is slight, nam e -wIMl have tji be scratched 1 the list of accepted men. FENCE IS GOING. The feoace in Dastm an P a rk , ^ o n l y referred to as the Rlvervi«^ fence, is now being removed and w itll is Howe, of M a few days it will have been e n j tirely cleared a-wey. Columbus Institute D A N C E SATURDAY NIGHT and the Smith Form-a-Tractor no'w being demonstrated at Washington Hollow fair 1 grounds every afternoon, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday I and AVednesd:ay, pulling; two twelve-incb plows at t t o I speed of two and fhree-<fuarters miles per hour, running j in high gear at all times. JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN, Distributor. GRANDCIRCUIT MEETING TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 29, 30 H udson R iver D riving P ark POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. Three Days of High Class Racing FOUR RACES DAILY EVERY RACE PROMISING CONTESTS EQUAL OR SUPERIOR TO ANY OF THE MANY FAMOUS RACES OF THIS C0UR6E. BOXES AND RESERVED SEATS MAY BE HAD ON APPLICATION TO THE S E C R E T A R Y v AUTOMOBILES ADMITTED FREE—FREE PARKING SPACES IN THE INFIELD. DAILY CONCERTS BY SCOFIELDS 21st REGIMENT BAND. HUDSON RIVER DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION JACOB RUPPERT, President HORATIO N- BAIN, Secretary-Treasurer.
