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A Wire to France! Hot-ofF-the-Cable The Enterprise War News is I direct, first and authentic. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE Help Win (he War Can vegetables aris d f r u i t for winter use* Enterprise advs tell you where to buy. UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917. Weather: Ihroibably showers tonight. TWO CENTS A COPY CANADIANS MAKE GAINS IN HOT FIGHTING AT LENS [FRENCH GUNS SET NE^ACE [The Hail of Fire From Their Guns Out of Verdun is Furious. SENATE BATTLE ON T A m RICH NEARS OIMAK DO BIG DAMAGE. Surpass in Their De structiveness “Busy Berthas” of the Early War. (By Henry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Corporations Alarmed Trend of Opinion of 'Senators—Lob- b 5 dsts Active GET VOTE TODAY ? Defeat of LaFollette Amendment Will Check Charge on War Profits W ashin^on, Aug. 23.—The spec tacular battle raging about wealth conscription to pay war bills' ap- iproached a climax in the Senate to- ■ day. I Incomes of the wealthy and vastly rich were the marks of growing num ber of senators determined tp fat) the tills of the moneyed men before JAPAN IN PARLEY WITHD.S. Commissioners’ Viat to America May Mark Important Turn in the War. RUSSIA NEEDS AID. CONKLIN CASE GOES TO JURY Spicy Summing Up Mar'ks Conclusion of Trial of Lawyer Here ENOS AT NOON Japan Can Give Ity^and May Do So, if Right Understanding is Reached. ug. 23.—iNippon and preliminary confer- the poor are touched. With the French Armies in. the amendment, designed iField, August 23.—A new zenith hy income Washington, Auj America held ences on war today. .Members of the LaFollette s commission saw Secretaries to raise Baker and Daniels, and to- tdX6S or rrviosfc T>rociidAnt l i n destructiveness is being set to - ?25«,<)0<) OOO more tta n the finance ■ ® , com mittee s revenue bill would re night will be the guests of President Wilson. The commission comes oflBcially only as a fellow worker in the war and to welcome this nation in the . a., c, X .T, X. . -X -.a I against Germany. So did the Still allied comm issions-hut all Iday hy French artillery fire out of turn, was expected to bring the first I Verdun. ' real test ■vote. The hail of fire which French' Once incomes have been disposed I gunners have poured and _ vigorous than the I Germans today has far exceeded present one. fin its pulverizing damage to the increasing “alarm’ -------- ^ratio: VI. wxxx allied commissions—out au COtttmued to pour against the be’’ momentousteps s bolore they left. This will be true of the Japanese, too. It is 'believed. . ^ manifested their visit Is of particular In- f enemy the unprecedented horror corporations as the trepd of sen- tQj.ggt. Russia’s military machine I nf the CTTPat German unnc at T ipcrp opmion bas veered more and ; bolstering up—with punch if a L fo increasmg tax on the rich., with munitfons. The Japanese I and Brussels as those “Busy Corporation lobbyists are at work [ Berthas” in the early days of the fnll blast in the halls of 'Congress, f war surpassed any previous artil-,^'^'®^^^^ conscription advocates are [ demanding the government Prom vantage points in the former I German line reached today, the I French found villages literally ground fr grom to pieces. Moreover 'they had been vill^es converted, into concrete and , steel fortresses by the enemy. Frencu mortars crumbled the great German citadel on Itead Man's iHlll. Their sheila bored far underground there to explode and destroy complicated galleries. Looking at this destruction today, French officers understood how it happened on the first day of the great drum fire preparation, several score Germans deserted to the FrencTi Tines, unable to stand the strain, CTh the d a y following a hundred more sur rendered. One entire platoon of Germans de serted and arrived at the French lines marching in regular o r ^ r , with a fuil oomplement of men, in command of German officers. The hills of Dead Man and TJTe T rrre taken by encircling movements after the pulverizing French artillery fire. Then the infantry advanced to Hwis- seaux des Forges. There they de stroyed eig?*t German mortars and captured two German army majors, one captain and a chief officer of en gineers. The same French troops which on December IS captured the bloody Pepper ridge, was granted the honor Of the victory beyond Dead Man’s hill against Talouridge and Hill 344. This ■was r^U y the center of the great drive. The Germans had built their strongest defensive -works there. When they sa-w the advancing -waves of French they literally drenched the whole territory with gas. The Poilus donned masks and went on. They penetrated t-wo miles in exactly one hour, encircling the promonitories. German prisoners were sent back to announce this victory and i>ersonally to testify to the supremacy of^rench artillery, PrsrtKt^ <^ensTve 'constituting the second battle of Verdun is Petaiifs fi-rst concerted attack since becoming commander-in-chief of the French army. It is over the exact ground where Petain -won his laurels in re pelling the 'Cro-wn Prince’s drive. The French army chiefs immediately in charge under Petain, of the victorious French offensive -were Generals Fay- olle and Guillanmat. The latter cap tured Maureipas and Combles and is next in c h a r ^ under Petain. PRESS .FEEDERS WANTED. Good i>ay the shortest hours of any person in the city. Apply at Enterprise Job Printery, 283 Main Street. tf IF YOUR SHOES NEED REPAIRING Phone 168. Goodyear Shoe Repairing Company, 228 Wafn St. from 60 to 100 per cent, of the war profits before placing any additional consumption tax burden whatever on the people. -Senator Simmons, in charge of the tax 'hill, today said “LaFollette’s amendment must be beaten.” He expects a -votg today. XTpon the fate of the LaFollette amendment will depend the trend of further bat tles a ^ i n s t the rich. Passage of the provision will swing increased num bers on the side of those attacking war profits. Its defeat will check the coming charge of excess of profits. As it is the wealth conscription forces have added $73,000,000 to the income tax approved by the commit tee in adopting the Lenroot and Gerry amendments yesterday. Res toration of the Lenroot provision particularly took friends of the com mittee hill entirely by surprise. “Wfiere were you fellows when this party was pulled off?” Penrose de manded of some of the committee members after the amendment had passed. He urged that Simmons re-open the Lenroot provision, hut Simmons said it was all right. “But the LaFollette amendment is another matter. We’ve got to heat ’that,” Simmons added. If the LaFollette proposal is beat en, Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, says he will introduce an amendment to conscript every dollar of Income over $l-0€~~00 during the war. We Want a Young Man Who Wants to Learn the newspaper business. He ought to be over sixteen years old. through the High School and ready to go to work and stick to it, • He •will be given every opportun ity to leam the art of reporting, ne-ws writing, etc. If he feels the desire to go into the mechanical end of the business, he will be given the opportunity. Don't a-roly unless you mean business and mean to stick. We hold out no temporary meal- ticket to any body in this offer. Enterprise Publishing Co., 283 Main street. might deliver this—have offered to— and wait only word from the allied governments to hurl an army against the Germans along the east front. It might prove the big spectacle of the war—but the allies hesitate, presum- -ably on account of the price Japan demands. Japan has demonstrated her claim of “paramount interest” in Far East ern affairs. This interest has proved a stumming 'block in many instancgs during the progress of the war. There will be some plain talk among the allies—^Japan included— while the commission is here. It may mark the beginning of a new and very important participation by Japan in the closing chapters. Viscount Ishii today told Secretary Lansing of his pleasure at the recep tion accorded the commission and brought a message of good -will from the Mikado to the president. s p e c i a l p r i c e s For July and August on all our suitings,, fancy mixed cheviots, un finished worsteds, cassemeres, home spuns, flannels and serges. We are specializing on Palin Beach Suits to measure. See window display. Meara, The Tailor, 20 Washington POCKET BOOK LOST. Small black bill pocket book, containing bills and two keys; large key a hank key. Reward if returned <o Enterprise office. CAR SMOKED, HE ISA R R ^ Henry 'Cl (Jackson, of this city, was arraigned in the city count this morn ing on charges of violating the Motor Vehicle Law, driving a machine witH but one license plate and 'filling the street with smoke. Seuitence was su^>ended on the latter riiarge, but he was forced to pay a fine of ^ on the license plate v*iolation. Jackson, who was apprehended yes terday afternoon by Traffic Officer Galbraith, is the first to be arrested on the smoke proposition which is de termined a violation under the new highway laws. When arraigned this morning Jack- son told the court he was driving the machine for Ifie Patterson garage owners. Matthew McCabe to 'Regain Otie Eye Matthew McCabe, the bKnd news dealer, who went to ManhattiOi Bye and (Bar Hospital last -week for an operation, was operated on Tuesday. It is said at the hospital he will re gain the sight of one eye enough at least to see objects. The Kew Yqrfe Btate Commission for the 'Blind which set up Mr. McCabe in his ne-wsstand in front of the old, Reformed Church, has aided him in haring the operation performed. Mr. M-oCabe lost his sight through illness. VETERANS AT LIBERTY THEATER 'Mem'bers of Hamllton-Sieight' Post, No. 20, G. A. R., were guests this af ternoon of B. Granby Dodds, of the Liberty Theater, where the pictures of Company K are being shokna. The veterans turned out In full force^and marched from their rooms oh Garden street, headed by Oel. H. B. Murray, The fate of Fred Conklin, who was tried before County Judge Arnold and a county court jury yesterday and this morning on a charge of inter fering with an officer in performance Of bis duty and aiding a prisoner to escape from the deputy’s custody, is in the hands of the jury, who have been out since noon. District Attorney Aldrich, repre senting the people, and George Wor- rall the defendant, closed their re spective cases 1-ast night, but the summing' up did not take place until this morning. Mr. Worrall laid spo- cial stress on the fact that George Oavls, the deputy in question, was drunk on the day in question, and that this fact was made clear by sev eral witnesses called. He also point ed to the fact that Justice Loope, in cross-examination, admitted that he did not know then, and does not know now, whether or not a crime was committed. He further brought to the attention of the jury th(% testi mony of Justice Loope in cross-ex amination in which he stated he raised no objection to the departure of Mr. Wofse, the individual Attorney Conklin was charged with aiding. ■Phe district attorney paid special attenton to the fact that Mr. Wofse had been guilty of rec\less driving, and hence guilty of a misdemeanor, and ITence Attorney Conklin had no right to advise him to leave before arraigned before Justice Loope. Attorney Conklin was indicted fol lowing an occurence on Ju^s^ 5 last in which George Davis of Millerton, a deputy sheriff, arrested Wofse, charging him with reckless driving o n . the road between Amenia and Millerton. He brought Wofse before Justice Loope. in the meantime Conklin was retained as counsel by Worse and Is alleged to have told liis client to go home. ITALY HAS GUN EACH 30 YARDS Over a Front of 37 Miles Artillery Line- Up Is Concen trated ENEMY WAVERING With the Italian Armies In the Field, Aug. 22.—A gun every thirty yards over a front of thirty-seven miles was the concentration of Ital ian artillery achieved today at one place in the great line where Gen eral C&dorna’s men pressed onward. •Approximately 2,000 artillery pieces of every conceivable calibre were unceasingly active in this sector to day. Prisoners declared the fire ha4 silenced numerous Austrian hatter- The enemy is resisting desperately but headquarters today detected signs of wavering morale in the face of the Incessant Italian artillery fire and the superb dash of the attacking infantry. Charles H. Madison Had Made No Wifi According to the petition for ad ministration made yesterday after noon Charles H. Madison, superin tendent of the Union Rescue Mission, died intestate. The instrument states that the deceased left an estate of $1,900, $400 personal and $1,500 real. This wfl.1 he di'vlded between his wife, Mellie, and his three'^chil- dren, James H., Charles H: and Nellie M. Wickes. AIRMEN IN THICK OF FIGHTING The Lafayette Flying Squadron, Made Up of Americans, at Verdun. NEW TEUTON BULLET Aviators Are kdignant At Use of Explosive And Incendiary Pellets. PRESS FEEDERS WANTED. Good pay and the shortest hours of any person in the city. Apply at Enterprise Job Printery, 283 Main Street. tt AUTO STORAGE. $2.50 per month. Special rate for the first 25 machines; all conven iences; two wash stands, electrid trailers. George Stickler’s Garage, 113 Noith Cffintcm St. a3-s4 W ith the Lafayette Squadron in Prance. Aug. 23.— As the land fighting today on the western front is the greatest of all battles on the earth, so are massed aerial fighting forces on both sides flight ing the greatest of all battles of the In the thick of it Is the Lafay ette Squadron of American fliers. They are around Verdun. Here at their headquarters today it was. declared the squadron had never before in its history experienced such fierce fighting or flying. G e r man aviators around Verdun are thick. They are vigorously aggres sive. Germany has concentrated an unprecedented number of an ti-air craft guns. Her gunners are in finitely more accurate than ever he- Nevertheless, the Lafayette re sults are daily gaining new honors and making new scores. The fliers make several .patrol trips daily over the entire 'Verdun front and. likewise participate in bombing far behind the German lines. The Americans’ planes have been re equipped with homib droppers for big missives and they carry, in ad dition a quantity of small bombs for band throwing. Fliers today expressed the utmost indignation against the German air men’s newest atrocity--using ex clusively in their machine guns ex plosive and incendiary bullets. Corporal Stephen Bigelow, of Boston, was recently slightly wounded <by one of these explosive pellets during a raid far to the rear of the enemy lines. Comrades of Sergeant Harold Willis, of Boston, officially missing and believed a prisoner of the en emy, said today his machine was seen to fall after a German shell struck it. Just before the wound ed plane Reached the ground, how ever, it righted and made a perfect landing. From this Willis’ friends dieduce he was only slightly wounded. Immediiately after the incident, -Sergeant Edwin C. Parsons, of Springfield, Mass., flew over the German aviation camps, dropping messages asking for news of his comrade. All German airmen since captured have been questioned as to W illis’ fate. No definite word has yet been obtained. One satisfac tion here is that during the very raid in which Willis was presumably captured. Corporal W alter Lowell, of Concord, Mass., avenged him by bringing down a German plane in flames. Willis had just been recommend ed for promotion to a lieutenancy. He was ranked as one of the very best In the squadron. Inci dentally, he was the United Press correspondent with that unit. Sergeant-Andrew C. Campbell, of Chicago, and Sergeant J . F. Doolittle, of New York, have 'both been a w a rd ed the French war cross for brav ery. Corporal William B. Dugan, 'Of South Orange, N. J., have been granted three weeks’ 'leave for a visit to the United States. Americans in other French fly ing units than the _ L afayette Squadron have figured splendidly in the fierce fighting of late. Corporal Caleb Coatsworth, Jr., of 14H Delaware avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., is reported -wounded. Corporal Leon ard M. Reno, of 123 W. Madison 'srtieet, (New tYork, and Marthas Vineyard, Mass., brought do;wn his first Gorman plane ‘last -week. WOMEN IN FIST FIGHT Mrs. Alulis Vs. Mrs. Bero—Both Appearing To Be Meml>ers of This Club JUDGE CALLS HALT W ar times and war terms sta r t ed a fight in the Second W ard and -as a result the m atter will be settled in the city court Thursday m o rn ing, August 30. The principals in the affair are Mrs. Julia Alulis and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bero, all liv ing at 30 Prospect street. The feud came to the attention of the police yesterday afternoon when the police -were called to the house and the Alulis woman lodged a complaint of assault third degree against Bero, alleging that he punched her in the face and other parts of the body. Bero was brought to the station house. Minutes 'Bero’s wife appeared at the station house and furnished the necessary ball for her hus band’s release. Then she tried to tell of the happening, but was told 4o save it for the Judge this morning. The warring parties -were in court this morning. The Alulis woman said that Bero attacked her in her kitchen yesterday and beat her uip. At this point Mrs. Bero jumped up and bared her shoulders. “There is ’what that nice woman did to me on Sunday last,” said Mrs. Bero, pointing to a number of discolored spots. She then went on to tell the Judge that on Sunday las-t the Alulis wo man walked cautiously to her a p a rt ments, opened the door and struck her several times stating she was a spy. After the assault she ran to her apartments and locked herself In. “I told her it might be one day or -five days, hue she had to come out and when she did I was going to lick her,” said Mrs. Bero. “SUe came o a t yesterday,” con tinued Mrs. Bero, “and I gave her a good licking and had no help from my husband.” The Judge adjourned the case for a week, telling Mrs. Bero to stop her fighting. Mrs. Bero answered she would fight no more. “She licked me Sunday and I evened m atters yesterday,” replied Mrs. Bero, as she left with her husband. TEUTONS YIELD TO NLLIES' OFFENSHE 100,000 Dead and Wounded, It Is Estimated, on British, French and Italian Fronts, and 21,000 Prisoners. /GERMAN DRIVE AGAINST RUSSIANS GAINS. Britidt Hieory Is This Move Is to Keep Disastrous News From Other Fronts Snhordinated Before the Pecqile. London, A ^ u s t 23.—Lens was still tlie hottest point in the fight ing on the British jfront today, hut despite all resistance the Canadians adyanced their circling lines slightly. Field Marshal Haig’s report said the slight advance was southeast of the French coal city. “On the Ypres battle front, east of Langemarck, a hostile attack at a strong point under gun fire, -was repulsed,” the British commander- in-chief averted. “In the neighborhood of Lombartzyde the enemy raided a forward post. Two of our men are missing.” The allies’ great offensive unceas ingjy boring“^head today has already cost the Germans and Austrians close to 1(H),(K>0 in dead and wounded and at least 21,000 prisoners on the Brit ish, French and Italian fronts. But despite these staggering losses and no let up today in the ffeluge of bor!ih shells and men against their lines on the west and Italian fronts, Germany is starting's an offensive of her own agai(nst the Russian lines The drive has already gained ground on the Riga fronit. The British theory is that the Ger man war chiefs, Apprehensive of a loss of public morale 'because of the enormous losses and” forced to give avray on the western and Italian fronts, have started a military move, which they will use to keep other front news snbortBinated. The Rus sian army’s weakness in munitions and su'pplies permits a relatively small force of well organized G'Srmans to make a strong impression against them. The British and French onslaught on the west front and the Italian drive on the south gained more ground today, after enduring a night of the most violent counter-attacks. 30 MORE MEN ACCEPTi)HERE FOR NEW ARMY As the result of the work of 'the lo cal draft board for the last two and ope-half days thirty more names have leen added to the list of those accept ed for the new national army. This brings the total accepted up to 99. These names were gained from those who were given a re-examlnatlon or whose claims for exemption were re- Those on the new list are Samuel Jager, Wfiliam Diehl, 'William J. Len- ahan. Charles V. iPelnse, John J. Chs- sidy, Maurice 'J. Keddell, Morris Gay- nor, Anthony Petrenella, Roger O. 'Y/illiams, 'Robert 'C. Daniels, Fred Soucek, \William Card, Benjamin Keperman, Richard D. Leaf, Charles W. 'Albrecht, :Ralph T. Stearns, Frank Cardenas, Harry A. Lestqr, “Morris Laufer, Robert T. Christmas, Henry A. Madsen, Prank Jacow, Prank Jacovinas, Harry A. Morey, Harrison Depew, Oioseph Young, Pranklyn E. Stockholm, iprocapions ESIan Lamptrin- or. Prank J. Ryan, Charles m ilcer, Joseph Diacalo. Anthracite Coal Price to Be Fixed Washington, Aug. 23—•‘Brices for anthracite coal will be fixed by Presi dent Wilson probably within 24 hours, it was officially stated today. Simultaneously, it was announced the president -wiU appoint a \copper dictator” to direct the purchase and distribution of copi>er products. It has not yet been decided whether a “steel dictator” will be added to the list, but it appears unlikely now, offl- LETLAND LINER “DEVONIAN” SUNK Boston, August 23.—The Leyland liner Devonian has lieea sunk, according to a cable received today by the local agents of the line here. She was west-hound from Liverpool to Boston and carried no pas sengers. Details of the sinking are lacking, hut it is believed ^’ere she v/as torpedoed. The Devonian -wsa a Leyland liner, one of the associated com-- panics of the International Mercantile Marine. She -was of 1 0 ,3^ tons; built at Belfast in 1900> and registered at Liverpool. 8,426 PRISONERS TAKEN BY FRENCH Paris, August 23.—Prisoners in France’s great drive taken since Monday were increased today to a total of 8,426, according to the war office statement Of these 7,640 were unwounded; 600 were hospital cases, and there were 186 officers. Other fruits of the French 'yictory were 24 cannon and more than 200 machine guns. GmANCHIfl^ HARDPU» Nb Prospect of Great Russian Success Brit ish Director Gen eral Says London, Aug. 23—Germany’s official statements are beginning to-'betray efforts of her -war chiefs to manufact ure confidence at home, while the al lies successes con'tinue. Major Gen eral Maurice, director general of oper ations, declared today. 'The military result of the Russian disorgani 2 ation has been leps disas trous than the allies fear and than Germany hoped,” he declared. “There is no Immsedia^ prospect of real German starteglc success on the RuMiaa front. “In thp 'Flanders’ figMdng w© have British Seaplanes In Mighty Raids London, Aug. 23.—^British sea-, planes nightly bombing expeditions as announced for hafit night by the Admiralty today comprised; Zeebrugge; The Mole, shipping and batteries attacked. Some hits ob served. Ghistilles; Aerodrome the aim of bombs. One shed set afire. All British machines returned, v compelled the Germans to w4thdra.w more than double -the number of di visions since July than we\Yrere -com pelled to take out on account of cas- •ualties. “The Italian success may develop into a very important factor. “German communiques show an ef fort to keep the Gerrafan people ‘go ing.’ German rtiilways are breakiiig down. Supplies are lacking. The IHrbliq_ie begging to feel this, with tufi effect of allied offensive.
