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A Wire to France! Hot-o€B-the-Cable The I Enterprise W ar News is direct, first and authentic. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE Help Win the War Can vegetables a n d f r u i t for w inter use. Enterprise advs tell you w h e re to buy. lUNITED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. FRIDAY, AUGUST 34, 1917. W e atlier—(Probably thunder showers. TWO CERTS A COPY 'ope Gives Views of Democracy lAMERICA HELPS RUSSIA AS GERMANS DRIVE ON RIGA InGHTING IS FIERCE AT LENS German Trenches Held Northwest of Green Grassier as a Result TEUTON LOSS GREAT. iayonet to Bayonet Fighting as Canadians Edge Up Into J London, Aug. 24—South of Liens, ■here was fierce fighting,” Field M larshal H a ig reported today, “as a Pesult of w h ich we hcdd German Iren c h e s im m e d iately xorthw e s t of p reen Grassier.” “T h e enem y losses were p a rticular- ily heayy,” the statem e n t declared, p r e e n C rassier is a huge hea® of slag mum PASSES FWH) BILL 99-31 Senate Reassembles to Take Final Action On Measure in Albany BILL W AS~¥ e VISED Commissioners’ Names Dripped—^Whitman Will Make Ap pointments Albany, N. T., Ang. 24.—A fter an all night session the Assem b ly today passed tbe state food control bill by a vote of &9 to 31. Tile L e g is lature probably -wfll con clude today th e work\ for which it was called in extraordinary session in the l a t t e r p a r t of July, th e A ssem bly baying passed th e m u ch discussed food control bill this m o rning as the Senate reassem b led to take final ac tion on the m easure. Governor W h itm a n had urged d u r ing the regular session legislature action to give the state authorities i 4 Ifew blocks from the m a in railway p r o d u c ts, b u t it was deciCted to p o S tJ^ ■fftation of th e city itself. Canadians 1 Congress Wad j H I doggedly pressed forward to it T h u r s - 1 P assed a F e d e ral food law. The ■fisbtj'' ■ day night, d e s p e r a te counter-attacks | a g a inst state action was m ade chief- - ■succeeding violent further assaults b y ! ground th a t G o v eriwr ■the C anadians kept th e line here in a ^ W h itm a n would appoint George W. I constant battle all day yesterday ami ^’erkins at tbe re a d of th e food con- lla s t night. ' commission. There was opposi- I F o r the”'m o s t p a r t it was bayonet toj tion among th e _farmers_ and produc- I bayonet fighting, w ith guns playing I s^s to Mr. Perkins, who took ah ac- I &n m a ssed reserve troops behind. , cam p aign for the The slag heap is actually in Lens i p assage o,. the^ fegislation. The orig- I Itself. H e retofore fighting has been iual bill contained th e nam e s of the I in th e suburbs. FRENCH DRIVE ON A j n i E Make Further Gain Be tween Avocourt Wood and Dead Man’s Hdl. HOLD ALL m 304. The War Office Officially Announces New Vic tory in Verdun Offensive. ISSUES STATEMENT BY HIS SECRETARY United Press Gets Remarkable World News Scoop From the Vatican, In Which Pope's Recent Plea Is Qualified. GOVERNMENT BY ARMS MUST DIL Pontiff Denies His Appeal Was Made at Suggestion of a Warring Nation or In Behalf of Any Belligerent [CAMP WmilAN TO BE DEERTED food com m issioners, but these were 1 finally dropped and a provision for the appointm ent of the com m ission ers >by the governor was insePTSi?;’ FRENCH OFFENSIVE RE- VEAJ-S NEW ARjTIlLLERY ON BOTH SIDES. H e n ry Wood, United P ress staff correspondent, reports today use by the F rench of new artillery, of 400 m illi m e ter calibre, in th e ir V erdun assault. T h is would m ean a field piece of 1B.76 inches di ameter. Previously Wood reported the G e rm ans were hurling 381 m illim e ter shrapnel shells at the F rench attackers. This would m ean a shell of 15.01 inch diam e ter. New York, Aug. 24.—Pope Ben edict, in a statement issued through the papal secretary of state and the United Press, today gave the world his views of democracy in rela tion to the world war, as follows: ^ “History teaches us that a form -f I of government imposed by arms ^ j does not and cannot live. ^ j “Democracy will receive such an ^ ' impulse from the war that wisdom ‘ must prevent it deterioting into ex cessive forms such as anarchism.” The statement wa^ in response to a request from the United Press that the Pope amplify his appeal for peace with special reference to the American demand that “the world be made safe for democ- At Least So Far as Federal Soldiers Are Concerned It Will Be Idle (Special to The Evening Enterprise) Camp W h itm an, August 24—'Within another tw e n ty-four hours Camp W h itm a n will officially have cea&ad to be a federal m ilitary camp gro-m i and will be turned over to the state m ilitary authorities for their use. J^s to ju s t wbn-t tiisposition -will be made of th e property in the future was not announced here today. It is certain, however, t h a t th e federal officials now h e r e will leave for o.thef stations to m o rrow som e tim e and at th a t tim e the cam p site will be in tbe ha'nds of th e s t a t e authorities once more. L ieutenant Colonel Collis, who has te e n in com m and was in Poughkeep sie on business today m aking final a r rangem e n ts for the transfer of the cam p site. The w o rk of plowing up the p a rad e ground which is located on two farm s owned by M ajor W eaver, has been started. This move gave rise to th e supposition Huat the owner in tended to devote the land to agricul tu ral purposes. This, however, is not th e case. I t w a s said here today that the purpose o g th e plowing was m erely to tn m und e r the sod and th a t the Parade ground would then be rolled to give a plain d irt surface, m aking it far less slippery for th e use of troops. POUGHKEEPSIE BAKERY. 35c—'One of those popular Layer Gake.s—35c. 525 M ain St. Phone 1557-J. Itl No Warrant Issued In City Probe Case No w a rrant has been issued in the m o tor fire apparatus bribe charge which is now being investigated by D istrict A ttorney Aldrich. T h e h e a r ing was continued last night and six witnesses were examined. The D is trict A ttorney stated today the h e a r ing would go o n again tonight at which time other witnesses will be ques tioned as to information concerning the allegations m ade by Alderman D’Arcy th a t he w a s offered a bribe of ?500 to boost a particular machine. The six w itnesses exam ined last night w e re A lderm an Jam es B_ Way, F rank B. Ridgeway, W a lter S. Leach, Charles M erte, Fred Bowne and for m e r Alderm a n H a rry Stibbs. Saturday Specials: SPR IN G LAMB A N D BRO ILERS. For Saturday, extra fine Siprlng lamb, tender broilers — delicious squabs, fresh killed Long Island ducks, chickens to ro a s t or a nice juicy rib roast of steer beef. Veal in all cuts. Any of these m e a ts will be fine for the* Sunday D inner a t The Pierson M arket, 449 Mladn Street. ’P h o n e 1040. Paris, Aug- 23.—French troops advanced more than a mile further today between Avocourt wood and Dead Man’s Hill in resumed fight ing of the great Verdun offensive. The war office oflicially announced the new victory. It was stated also that French forces now occupy all of Hill 304. W ith the F rench Armies In the Field, Aug. 24.—Dead 'Man’s H ill was aptly nam ed. From w h ere the form e r French line was, titat half way down its slopes, ahead to the sun»mit, every inch of the ground today is soaked with blood of Germ an defenders. The place is a sham b les. INot a blade of grass o r a vestige of vegetation m a rks th e awful scene. Bits of hu m an flesh have been ground into the very soil itself. It is as if some gigantic convulsion had ground the earth together leaving a sm e a r of reddish, tinged d u s t A few hundred yards down, behind the form e r F rench lines, wild flowers bloom profusely. T h e ir colorful (Continued on Page 16) s p e c i a l p r i c e s F o r July and August on all our suitings,, fancy mixed cheviots, un finished v?orsteds, cassemeres, home spuns, flannels and serges, w e are specializing on Palm B each Suits to measure. See window display. Meara, The Tailor, 20 Washington St. i t VEGETABLES ARE RIGHT, to eat during dog days. They are al ways healthful, containing the natural salts and chem icals which fum lsh nourishm e n t and building qualities for tbe body./ T h e s e are especially fresh. Look them over. Pickling onions, cucum bers, cabbage, egg piant, beets, squash, sw e et potatoes, btring, wa.x and lim a beans, Imnch beets, carrots, green com , celery, kohl rabi, lettuce, peppers, squashes and extra fine to m atoes. C a rpenter & Parkhill, 390 Main street. p o c k e t b o o k ix jst . Sm a ll black bill pocket book, containing bills and two keys; large Interprise office. IF Y O U R S H O E S N E E D R E P A IR fN O Phone 168. Goodyear Shoe Repairing Qcmpany, 229 Main St. His holiness stated that his inf erence to disarmament and free dom of the seas were based directly on President Wilson’s address to the Senate. We took up cism from Entente nations as to his reference to Belgium in the peace appeal, the pontiff today declaared that “it is necessary to remark that as to condonation of damages caused by the war, there is an ex ception applying particularly to Belgium.” point in his appeal, explaining that it was chiefly based upon the pub lic speeches of statesman of the warring nations. Rejection of the appeal, the P o n tiff declared, would mean reversal of the sentim e n ts previously expressed by these of ficials. He denied emphatically that it was inspired by any war ring nation, thus directly repl 5 ung to the charges that the appeal was made in behalf of the Central Powers. Explaining why he made no ref erence to democracy in his appeal to the rations, the Pope said he re frained because of the foregoing views and “out of respect for the free will of the people themselves, who, having the 'right of univer sal suffrage may choose whatever ^ form of government '^ey please.” the kaiseris Obviously in response to criti- war. New York, Ang. 24.—-Pope Beiife- dict’s explanation, through the U n ited TTess, of Bis peace plea, is the m o st Im p o rtant move to end th e w a r th a t any n e u tral pow e r h a ^ m ade, because it endorses, a t least by effect, aH Cite ' important Uemands of the allies for restoration. In his original proposal, th e Pope created th e im p ression th a t he was n o t in favor of an y kind of re s to r a tion being exacted from eith e r set of belligerents. H is Hollne&s now, however, am p lifies his statem e n t in words th a t wiU be given th e closest attention 'by th e statesm e n of t h e al lies: “I t is necessary to rem a rk, as to condonation, of dam a g es caused by I the w a r, th a t th e r e is an ex V p tion every applying particularly to Belgium.” In other- words, the Pope in ti m a tes th a t dam a g e inflicted on B e l gium m u s t certainly be m ade good, and possibly th a t dam age on o ther •territory as well. If th e Pope is able to secure endorsem e n t of his p rin ciple .by Germany, the end of the w a r is In sight. Lloyd George recently said, “When th e y have learned to th in k end say 'restoration,’ then peace by negotia tion will he m o rally possible.” T h e Pope^has seen the significance of the B ritish prem ier’s declaration, and now accepts it as the real basis of peace. Everything else in the Pope's new statem e n t is 'subordinate in im p o rtance to his apparent ac knowledgem ent th a t dam a g e m u s t be paid for the cStitrages inflicted upon Belgium. Ereedom of th e seas is a m a tter of definitions; a n d 'S s 'f o r dem o cracy. MARTIAL LAW IN HOUSTON Known Dead 12 as the Resdt of Rioting— Numbers Are Wounded. FOLLOWED ARREST. Two Negro Soldiers Are Arrested — Later, Ambulance Was Fired On. Tex., Aug. 24.—H o u s ton nartlal law today as the it cannot he enforced upon Germans ■written . term of peace, b u t m ilitarists to win the Saturday Specials: ACADEMY MARKET, \ 3-5 Academy S t. ^ O n e -eighth sack flour, $1.75; 7 lbs. sugar, 68c; S nice m ackcral. 25c; large can S n y d e r’s soup, 11c: larg'e can sauerkraut, 15c; rubber rings, the best, 8c dz.; large stalk celery, Ific; large head lettuce, 12c; large sw e et w a term elons, 50c; three nice large sw e e t m u skm elons, 25c; black b e r ries; peaches, l6c qt.; com , 18c dz.; carrots and beets, 5c bunch. Pull line Grocferies at reduced p r ice s .' Phone 1918, F ree delivery. Itl William O’Hara Not a Slacker Followiing a com m u n ication receiv ed here 'I'day from .the Brooklyn au thorities, Judge Overocker discharged Walliam OlHara, aged 33, of Brooklyn. The m an was arrested on August 9 and gave a t first his age as 22. Then he changed it and said he was 33. The local authorities thought he m ight be a slacker and held him until they com mimicated with the Brooklyn police. The answ er stated the man was 8S y e a rs old. FIN E S T OF FR U ITS HERE » I. W URTZEL,, . , V • TO.,, • fo*’ Saiturdiay’s buym g and Sunday’s ^ 25 C a tharine S4v eating. Musk and w a term elons, ap- (Piwne 255. Free Detfivery., peaches and pears; grapes an-* Gold Medal .Flour, 1-8 sack ..^.^.^1.79. blackberries and hucklebor- ,Compound Lard, lb ............................. 20c, yelhJw bananas; or- Condensed Milk, can ............... I^^^anges; lem o n s; limes and pineapples. -Fancy Rice, 3 lbs .................................... 25c Qgjj.pgjj.^Qj. & .parkhill, »90 Main street- Green Lima Beans, 4 qts ............... 25c _________________ Large Evergreen Gom , dz .............. ^20c Large S w e e t “Potatoes, l(}c qt.; pk.75c RED RIPE TOMATOES WANTED Fancy Large Potatoes, pk ....... 42c j for canning. For further particulars Also full line Groceries and Fruits [ apply R. U. Delepenha Co. at lowest prices. Itl aug2i3,24,iZ5,27,2-8,2a,30septl^4,u,6 2 Young Men Steal Ride on Train H o u ston, was under rai search b e ^ n fo r th e dead in the T w e n ty-fourth U n ited S tates Infan try, a negro regim e n t at Camp Lo gan, thfe new national cantonm e n t for Illinois Troops. The nilnoiB guardsm e n on th e scene this afEemoon rounded ■ up m o re th a n 1-00 of th e rio tin g negroes. At least 50 are believed to still be at -large. Those captared surrhn- dered immediately after they -were surrounded. T h e know n dead were 15 early to day, b u t m any m o re are believed to have ibeen killed, especially in the San Felipe negro district. Of tbe known dead 14 are white men, including civilians, police offi cers and national guardsm en, and two negro troopers. U p w ards of a score of persons, m en, wom en and- children, were wounded. It is not y e t known how m a n y negroes w e n ' killed. The negro soldiers had been s t a tioned a t Cam p Logan to act ar guards during th e construction wor’ A u thorities believe today th e o u t break originated over a difficulty be tween two negro soldiers and policem en who arrested them fo r d is turbing the peace early in th e after- paring began as an am b u lance started through a s e c tion w h e re there were negro soldiers. The am b u lance was stopped and riddled w ith bullets from the negroes’ rifles. Police re-serves w e re sen t out, but were m e t by volleys from th e n e groes. Civilians went to the assist ance of th e police officers and firing continued for nearly two hours. C aptain J. W . M attes, B a ttery A., Second Illinois P ^ ld A rtillery, was am o n g the dead. M attes was killed when he tried to rem o n s trate w ith the negro soldiers. lA Nu-mber of Wegrocs R e e . D allas, Tex., Ang. 24.—'Houston police early t< officials tha a t MONEY, SHIPS AND SUPPLIES ARE SENT Every Mort WJB Be Made to Help Her Comipete Democratization and Figure in liberal World Forces After War. TEUTONS PUSH TOWARD SEAPORT. Objective of Offensive Appears To Be Riga and Allies’ Eyes Are Turned Toward ^^Baby Republic’s” Newest Oisis. Washington, August 24^—^Moral and material forces were thrown into the Russian situation by the United States today to tide over an other crisis. While rumor painted dreary pictures of the struggle in the “baby republic” government and embassy officials here proceeded in a businesslike manner to help. Money, ships and supplies have been made available, and a new note of confidence in Russia will go forward from the State Department today. As a potent force toward winning the war, Russia has long since lieen discarded. Every effort will be made, however, to help her com plete the democratization of her country and figure in the liberal forces ruling the world when peace comes. Having completed his price fixing work for the prerent, President Wilson turned his attention to answering the Pope’s peace appeal. He expected to discuss this, together with tlw Russian situation, problems arising through the .visit of the Japanese Commission, and other war work with his Cabinet this afternoon. In tiie Senate, the fight to tap big incomes continued, with Senator Hollis joining the ranks for conscripting riches to pay the wajr hills. He has introduced an amendment similar to that of LaFollette’s, de feated yesterday, which would raise $200,000,000 more from incomes than is possible under the committee hill. AMERICAN ZONE WIDENS i FRANCE Barracks Appear Like MusKrooms to Ac commodate Men Tkis Winter A BUOTLINC ZONE to d ay uotiified Dallas “a num b er” of arm e d th _ _______ n e ^ o soldiers of th e T w e n ty-fourth i auxiliaries’ W ithin a few days the Congressman Medill Me Comiick I n s p e c t s American Camp Totfeiy W ith the Am erican Expeditionary Array in France, Aug. 24. —The A m erican zone of influence in F rance is perceptibly widening. One day a French village -welcomes the invasion Lond,<on, Aug. 24.— The allies’ eyes were turned to B u s s ia again to day. iGermany was driving pow erfully tow a rd R iga. A num b e r of Petrogxad d.ispatches, adm itting considerable advansce in this o f fensive, su;gg©sted th e posBibility th a t the govern-men-t w o u ld m o v e from P e trograd to Moscow. •Petrograd is less than 400 miles from -Riga, and Baltic seaport is one of th e key cities to th e capjital. All R u s s ian advices characterized th e front situation as grave, but not necessarily w ithout hope. Sunday’s conference of all p o l i t ical factions in Moscow Is looked to f-or energetic action. R u s s ia's wh-ole interna.1 and m ilitary situ a tion -will “be discussed. M ilitary chiefs w ill .be th e re to rep o rt in person. So w ill all (Jabinet heads. 'The direct purpose of th e g a t h e r in g Is th e 'form a tion of a coalition governm e n t w h ich w ill accurately represent th e w h o le people, and whi'ch, .by this pow e r w ill (be able to extend its iron hand m e thods to sweep out disaffection in th e arm y as weU as a t hom e. On the w e s tern fro n t th e C an adians w e re still driving on Lens. F ig h tin g is now w ithin th e city lim its. It centers on a dom inating ____________ last night a t Camp Legan, n e a r Charged with car riding, Leonard I ® °««ton w e re on theijr way to D a l- Bowes, 18 years old, and Herl>ert Place, 23, both of Medford, Mass., w e re arraigned before J u d g e Overock- ™ readiness, to _ T „ ipacity host of dem o cracy’s new e st crusad- j this m o rning and were held until the local authm ities com m u n icate with th e ir parents. The youths were taken from a fast t r a i n in this city by New York C e n tral speclaL agent Tucker. The F rench w e re p e r fecting th e ir Stole Callakan’s Gold Weitch F ran k J. -Callahan, of 590 Main street, employed at the H u d son Limch, reported tq the police that someone entered his locker at the restau ran t and m ade off with a gold watch in g in make. 2 ‘ BOYS w a n t e d . E n terprise Publishing Company, 2>82 Enterprise I Main Street. JOB W ORK THE ENTERPRISE PRINTERY BOOK WORK The negro soldiers m ade th e ir es cape* on a Houston and Texas C e n tra l train, according to. th e Houston police. It was troops were com'feg to Dallas. j ^jgg PoUee reserves were rushed from h e re to -Hutchins, twelve mlTes south utmost capacity, to accommodate a I , drive w h ile an artillery duel in - ers. B a rracks appear like m u shroom s , intensity. In f a n tr y ac tions w e re rare. of Dallas, to m e e t the negro soldiers and a i r e s t them . Umbrella Mender Gets Drunk Here -Cyrenius Brill, 51 years old, of Kingston, was arraigned in ahe city court this . m o rning before ■ J u d g e Overocker ^n-d sentenced to the coun ty jail for 10 days. Brill stated he was an umbrella mender and came to this city yesterday. W o rk was slack and he had a few pennies and bought a few drinks w itn tb e resnli he was intoxica.ted- when he reported last night at the station house fo r lodging. I shelter the w a r students in the coming winter. The whole zone was a booming, hustling, hurly-burly of stated why th e j today. R e alistic sham h a t- fr, TVali^a . - progressed on th e fields w ith drills of open order form ation, -gren- ading and bayoneting. The original contingent, now an ticipating it, wil soon know all the war novelties th a t it is possible to learn w ithout actual experience, hopes th a t new com ers will prevent them going stale. Congressm an iMedlll McCormick of ■Hlfnois inspected the A m erican camp Rom e dispatches indicated G e n eral C a d o m a ’s troops were still a d vancing, th e re being no ab^atement in the fierce fighting along this whole A u s tro - J talio n front. I BOYS WANTED. •Aipply Bn'terprise Office, 2i83 Main S-t PR E S S FE E D E R S W ANTED. Good pay and the shortest hours DO YOUR BIT. in helping to m ake a success of the dance to he given tonight by your ohi entertainers “T h e Chapel C o rners Grangers,” a t their hiHl on Vioflst avenue. Admission 35c. L; P R E S S FE E D E R S W AN T E D . Good pay and the shortest hours of any .person In th e city. Apply a t E n terprise Job Printery, 283 M ain S treet, tf Bnterprise Street. AUTO STORAGE. $2.50 per month. Special rate for th e first 25 m a c h ines; all conven- person in the city. Apply a t iences; two wash stands, electric r Job Printery, 283 Main trailers. George Stickler’s Garage^ tf 113 North Clinton St. u3-s4
