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The First d Leading Evening Newspaper of Dut- cLess Co. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE Ecottomzle Wiselyf Evrary c ^ t , right'l3r| spent, helps the soldien at the fronL Buy from* adver^bers only . lUiriTED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE. PO U G H K E E P S IE , H. Y. M ONDAY, AU G U S T 27, 1917. —SPaeir and waarmer tonight TWO CENTS A COPY); FRENCH HOLD THEIR GAINS UNDER FIERCE COUNTER-ATTACKS MORE SOLDIERS ARE FOUND [Draft Board Gives Out Excellent Report of ■ Its Morning’s Work 26 ARE REJECTED. Board Expects to Get Fall Quota From Second Call of 525. DIRECTORS TO RDNY.ECA. L. H. Shaw, the Secre tary to Be in France Probably a Year GEN. BELL GOES TO HOUSTON SEES OPPORTUNITY WiO Not Recommend The board of directors of the local i Y l l f t t X f O O p S Be Sent to Other Pmnts. CAN CONTROL THEM. Young M en’s •'Christian Association j will care for the duties of Leland H. I Shaw, general secretary o^f the asso ciation, while he is absent from his i post doing work am o n g the soldiers at the front in Prance.. ' According to the present plans Mr. Shaw will sail for iFrance on S a tur- 1 day, Septem b er 8, to join the force ! of Am erican Young M en’s C h ristian : j Association w o rkers in the cam p s of ; j the American Army. j i The duties of the general secretary will he d Aided am o n g the m em b ers | • of the board of directors in such a | m a n n e r th a t each memiber will be ' made responsible for one p a rticular j There Will Be No Fur ther Trouble, Army Man Gives As surance. H o u ston, Tex.. '\ Aug. 21 .—-Major . OOOOOOOOOOOOOOi!’\^^^^- care for the order- _ _ _ _ _ . ......... ..... ^ j m g of supplies, while another w i l l , General Bell, who arrived h e r e today [ Total num b er examined this O ' . J\\ San Antonio to investigate the m o rning ................................ 70 G ' rioting of negro soldiers Thursday I Accepted as so l d ie r s ............... 5 *G i ^ n ight, declared this afternoon th a t I-Claim ing exemption as; j to the work of the association. riorters would he cou r t- m a r- ' Support of w f e and child.. 21 fu n d in g Raymond V. tialled. Support of wife only ............. 5 OI secretary,, .^roops are to be sent Sivppofl at widowed m o ther 5 O ' charge subject to the o r- • Houston despite rioting of negro 2 j ders of the hoard of directors. ' .. t t.! I ■ I regulars here last week, -Major Gen- S-Tipport of m o therless child 1 0 | S h a w ’s a h - ’ gg-j charge pf the situation S u p p o rt o f fath e r of m o ther 7 O Physically cUstiualfflea .......... nnno^n, nut it is pron- Q ; a b le th a t he will be aJrroad for o o o o o o o o o o o o o c ? ! least one year. ___ j Mr. Sh-aw feels th a t the appoint- gtated The work of exam ining the m en In- | to the fo r e i ^ post offers great ..j control them and will not rinded in th e second call of c a n d idates ; °P-Portunities for service and •will | recom m end th a t they be sent else- com p lete th e city ’s quota, of len fo r : ^ ^ great broadening agent. L^-jj^gre,” Bell stated. He says that any man who cannot i be broadened through -work in aj worW -^var is a hopeless case, indeed. §;he new national arm y was started ■omptly at eight o’clock this m o rn- Bng. The exam inations, as on the pre- ^ o u s call, are being conducted at the ‘ooms of the local Board of H ealth, p i W a s h ington street. Five hundred twen'ty-’Qve m en have notified to report for physical Exam ination on the second call. It is >elieved by the local hoard th a t little fiicul'ty Tvill he experienced in filling quota of one hundred sixty-nine |fro m this num b er. The work of exam ining the m en is Bunder th e direction of Dr. John S. iM T Ison, m edical officer of the board. ■ a s s is ted by Drs. H. St. John Williams, |c . J. MeCamhridge, Thomas L. Ma- 1 ony, H e n ry A. Grihbon, Aaron Sobel, I John A. Card and A. L. Peckham. Although but five of those passed I physically fit for m ilitary service made I no claim for exemption it is certain fleclarea today. The Eighth .Illinois^ Infantry, all negroes, are being , s e n t here. Bell “There will be no further trouble.” W E S T POINT CADETS RECEIVING FINAk INSTRUCTIONS PRfOR TO GRADUATION. been shortened one year because of the present w a r situation causing an ffiL ° L d T h r !ad ^ \ \ \ “'b\^ battery m e e iw f t h a^i'Sid''ent over a f t a p a S e T o a d mountaL\ side and the cadets are being taught how to rep a ir th e broken wheel. DOG SCARE ON FORBUS STREET MRS.IIUGHBTO BE CARED FOR 300 COLORED K. OF P. HERE Delegates From All Over United S^tates Here for Week’s Session HOLD PARADE 3 GREAT DRIVES IN PROGRESS A dog, half paralyzed and frothing at the m outh, lay In TPoRms otfeet from som etime Sunday until nearly! noon today despite num erous com - ' plaints sen t in by residents of th a t section. Many of the neighbors feared th a t the dog, which was a strange one in th a t locality, m ight be m ad and injure some of the chil dren in the neighborhood. Several complaints' were sent to 1X1/ CXO-Xill lUl C?AeiAiyiXUU lU X& U«rtcU.Ii -m _ JV , , _ , - . _ th a t a g reater num b er than tat will be ,, ^ auser, special officer for jth e Society for the prevention of and the m en called for m ilitary ser-j®!^, investigate the case, f ' jW h e n ased about it a t th a t tim e he Board V/orking B etter | to look The work of the local draft board is going on much more smoothly and police office was then asked it rapidly than on the preTioins exam ina- • com p laint h ^ been Teceived at tions. P ractically no delay is bein.g ^ ® station. The report was th a t a experienced by the candidates at any ! ^ ™ P |3 ,int this i m o rning and th a t the dog had been The addition of an extra_stenogra- pher to th e force has enabled the lo cal board to arrange to give otu de tails of its work at the conclusion of ’ ea<A half •day's w wk. This -will he greatly apprerlated by the public. Much criticism was beard during the first exam inations relative to the se crecy -whlc was being m aintained by th e board. This uu'pleasant feature is being entirely elim inated at this sitting, and, although the pitTdic is not perm itted to enter the examination room s, ft will he kept fully i>osted each day as to the num b er examined, the num b e r claim ing exemption with the causes and the num b er found phy sically •disqualified. Guards On Duty A detail from the local depot unit •was on guard a t th e door of the Beard of H e a lth building this morning to •event those not subject to the call ring -the building. This action was taken to speed up the w o rk of th e board and give it a free chance to work. !r>*vestigators Desire Information on Claims Inform a tion from the general public is desired in all cases -where d rafte! m e n ave obtained exem ption on false o r m isleading grounds, John B, Grubb. Sam u el H. Brown and Vincent D. S team s , the th ree attorneys ap pointed to conte.st exem p tion claim s in this county, will contest aU doubt ful claim s before the district hoard. K is believed th a t desnite the vigi- lan-ce of the Hiree lo^^al boards a num b e r of unw o rthy claim s have been al- (Contlnued on ra g e 2.) taken to the pound. Newburgh Waiter in Court in Dog Case P e rcy M urray, a N ewburgh -waiter, is one m an w-ho Is never broke when he is in his home town. H e so in form ed Judge -Owerocker in the city court this m o rning and won a smile from the audience. Smithy wbo is col ored, wore a sm ile and a checked suit and carried a cane. H e looked like ready money. H e faced the court on a charge of ha-ving stolen a dog from •iHerman W allace, of this oity. B u t -the sad p a r t of l i e story, M u rray contend ed, was the fact th a t he was charged •with stealing his own dog. In a Neil O’B rien dialect, he in formed the court th a t he loaned the dog to W allace, whom he m ade the m istake of supposing to be his friend. Then he borrowed ?2 because he was “broke.” T h a t was in W appingers Palls. T h a t’s th e j>oint of th e story. W allace says t h a t -the sm iling w a iter- m an sold ham the dog. It -was -worth M u rray said. R ecently he came to this city and took th e dog away. MiUrray asked fob an adjournm e n t until Mofiday, w h e n Tie hoi)e3 to p ro duce w itnesses who -can prove to the court th a t he only loaned the dog to W allace. Asked w h ere his -witnesses w e re he said both were in the Knig- ston jail, hut h e hoped to them to come before the court just the same. ' M E N ^ S H I R T SA L E . ?U50 value for 98c. Luckey, Platt .0; Co.’s. 27-29 Imagines and That She Heard Voices — Sent to State Hospital HAS HEARING Mayor D. W. W ilbur in a few p a triotic words welcomed the 300 /Rele gates of the Suprem e Lodge of th e K n ights *of P y thias and W e s tern P e r s e c u t i o n s I H e m isphere and the Suprem e Court of -Colanthe, who are now in the convention in the city, a t the m e e t ing held this m o rning a t 11:30 o’clock in the K n ights of Colum b u s Council Cham bers. The conference opened at A. M. E. Zion church l3.3t evening, and will continue until F riday night. The response to th e m ayor’s ad- i dress was given -by Chancellor W. Aahbie Hawkins of B altim o re, Md. B enjam in A. Vaughn of this city, chairm an of the local com m ittee, presided at this m o rning’s m eeting. This afternoon a grand street pa- The Brityi and French Strike Again—Italy’s Drive Goes On Today. ALDra PROBE IS CONTINUED District Attorney Keeps Up Work in Alleged ‘‘Gift” Offer Case MANY PRISONERS. Possessed -wdth the delusion th a t she was being pursued by relatives ■who sought to do h e r harm , Mrs. Cora C a rroll H-oghes, widow of George H u g h e s, has been com m itted, to the 'Hudson R iver S tate H o s p ital, rade -was held at 3:30 o ’clock, all of for treatm e n t. W h e ther she will ever i tbe delegates taking p a r t in the dem - recover her reason is problem a tical. 1 o n stration. This evening th e re wiU The alienists a t the hospital d e c lin e ' b e a grand ball and reception In to venture an opinion. j honor of the Suprem e Lodge and Mrs. H u g h es was com m itted by Suprem e Court, at 8 o’clock in Co- Justice M o rschauser after she was lum b u s Institute, to which all m em - exam ined by Dr. George E. Lane and bers of the order and the public in Dr. H e n ry A. Gribbon, both of whom general are invited, declared h e r to he insane. A h e a r i n g ; *7t has always been a pleasure to was held before th e court, a t w h ich ^ m ^ et delegations of colored m en and tim e M rs. Hughes displayed u n m l s - , women in this city,” said M ayor W il- takable evidence of insanity, i ™ address of welcome, “i F o r th r e e m o n ths, it is said, seen with g reat in terest the Hughes bad sho-wn signs of m e n t a l , b u rden of citizenship p u t upon the j .\ “ j. = H e r condition had been i shoulders of tbe African race in the - A u s trian Italian Forces Have Also Infficted Severe Casualties On Foe. London, <A.ug. 27.—^Three great al lied dri-ves assailed Teutonic lines on three fronts today. B ritish and French troops resum e d th e offensive which they started last Monday. Italy continued h e r fierce drive -uninter ruptedly. In a week the (Italians have taken D’ARCY SMILING The John Doe proceedtogs in s ti t u t ed by D istrict A ttorney Aldrich in an effort to learn, if possible, -whether any attem p ts w e re m ade to pass a bribe i connection -with the purchase of an autom o b ile apparatus for Booth Hose Company -was resum e d this af ternoon. There are several m o re w it nesses to be exam ined but Mr. Aldrich would not say who tey w e re nor -what he expected or hoped to learn from It was said today th a t about all th'- m em b ers of the Board of Aldermen had been questioned under oath. H a lf a dozen form e r Alderm e n have also been exam ined and it Is known th a t nearly a dozen others have been call ed before Ju s tice -M orschauser and interrogated as to w h a t they knev/- abont the bribe stories. VHiether he -would ask for a -war ra n t of arrest th e D istrict Attorney would not say today. He said th a t M’QuId d^epend upon th e evidence glveu by the w itnesses subpoenaed this a f ternoon. A s ' all th e other hearings, the one on this afternoon is n o t open to tbe pnb5ic. John Doe inquiries are always held pri-vately because the law so specttifies. Alderman D’Arcy, who hurled the bribery bomb_ when \be said, be bad ___ have h e r ; well pleased w ith tb e ’ p rogress m ade H u g h e s im a g in e d ' the colored people in the U. B. A. aooer omo con-; — — “ —st ------& powder which i bii^dens which will be imposed upon the air and! the citizens, that they win an do unbalance. growing worse finally forced to ask com m itted. M rs. __ _ ___ _____ „ ------ she heard voices m u ch of the tim e ; facing a crisis in which and b elieved th a t relatvies bent o n ' vre a r e aH being drafted into some m ischief were w a tc h ing her' home a t ' k ill‘d o* service fo r the cOimtry, and I night. •She also believed th a t one of i the colored m en and women them had carried a rubb e r 'bulb con - ^ th e ir b e tov?irff sharin g the tabling some sort of had been blown into — ___ which had m ade h e r sleepy. T h e s e ; som ething to show th e ir (belief in tbe things she declared in court to b e ' Stars afi.5 Stripes.** In behalf of the true. I oity th e m ayor extended a m o st cor- ______________ __ [dial invitation to the visitors and PRESS FEEDERS WANTED. ' turned over the city to them , as good Good pay and the shortest hours citizens and fellows, of any person in the city. Apply a t I C h ancellor .Ha-wfeihs, in repsonse, E n terprise Job Prlntery, 283 Main expressed his appreciation of the S tr e e t. tf D^ayor’s words, and ueciffred th a t his ____________________________ ; h e a rers were heaiT\ and soul In th e AUTO STORAGE. j t h o u ^ t s utW red. “T b '\ ’« are no $2.50 per m o n th. Special rate fo r black sladlfers,’* Ife'sSIT iTie conn- the fir.st 25 m achines; all co n v e n -U r y Is to be draw n Into this m a le- lences; two wash stands, ele c tr ic' s trom of m isery we will go down trailers. George S tickler’s Garage, ' with the country. T l ^ 12JK>0,{MK) 113 N o rth Clinton St. and relatives were ^ la s t 50 years, and I a m ' p ersonally I sto re of gnus, mu- and relatives w e re, nitlons and supplies, and inflicted stupendous casualties on th e enemy, estim a ted in sem i-official Rome a d vices at 75,000. The fighting today was on the com p a ratively open B a in- siza plateau. The ragged points o f the m o u n tains having heeif^successfully p a s s ed, Rome looked for eveiT m o re rapid progress, as th e trooiis pressed on to Latbaeh.^ Suddenly changing his point of'^ a ttack from the left bank to The rig h t of the M e a se, General P e tain was atrfldng another blow a t the Germ an defenses out of Verdun, The Initial shock carried the F rench fighters nearly a mile forward* on a two m ile front. On the B ritish front IFeld M arshal H a ig also mixed his blows. H e drove successfully against G e rm an posi tions north of St. Quentin, in a sec tor where'~tfiere has been little fight ing in^^tw o m o n ths. Powerfully fortified'^Gennau posts of t!7tT “H in- denburg line” were storm ed and taken, and th e B ritish front lui- vanced half a m ile over a m ile front. was a t the court house this moraSni 6ERIUNS ADMIT BEAUMONT LOSS Berlin Report TeDs of Desperate Fightmg andB Subsequent Retirement on Eastern Bank of the Meuse By Teuton Troops. NO ADDED DETAILS FROM LENS BATTLE. Field Marshal Haig Merely Reports a Successful! Raid East of Oostaveme^ in Which a Few Prisoners Were Taken. PARIS, Aug. 27.—German counter-attacks of the most violOTt nature failed early today to make the French relin quish any of the ground they gained in yesterday^s new of-i tensive around Verdun. The war office reported today all such attacks arotmdl Beaumont had been ‘‘broken up.” . . retained our gains, but consolidated ouri positions,” the statement added. On Sunday, in tbe sudden shift of General Petain’sf drive from the east to the west bank of the Meuse, the French' took 1,132 prisoners, the war office asserted. Elsewhere, on the French front, the Germans werei bu$y. The offcial report told of great enemy activity east of • Noisy, and west of Ceray, in the region of Monument and? Hiirtehise there were a series of attacks. These were all by! specially picked storming trjoops, indicating a general and! d e t e r m in e d o f fen s iv e m o v e . T h e y w e r e a l l rep u lsed . M v iiiiT GEISEfflMCE Report Successful Raid. London, Aug. 27.—A\ succesv,ful raid, east of •Oostaverne 3S which a few prisoners ■K'ere ta k e n \ was all FieTfi Mffrybal Haig reported today. H e had no additional details from the Lens or St. Quentin sectors, where' h e a v y fighting was reported in last night’s official statem e n ts . B e r l i n A d m its F r e n c h A d v a n c e . Berlin, via London, Aug. 27.—Local! advantages were gained by B ritish! troops around Malakoff and Cologne i farm s, and French assaults fo r c e d ; retirem e n ts around B eaum o n t (V e r - ' dun sectorT, today’s statem e n t said, j “N o rthw e s t of 'Lens violent enemy atta'Cks' broke down,” “ the w a r office ; asserted. j “On the eastern hank of the Meus^e! which m ade Am erican government^ there was desperate fighting in which | officials believe Germ any planned to\ we were pre§sed“ out of Beaum o n t, w a r 011“ the U n ited S tates after de-^ Fosses, and the 'Chaume works. T h e . featTng F rance and England js in the^ French re-captured the village and ' ' ' -m -nistration, - the woods.\ , State Dep’t. Makes An-^ nouncement of Hav ing German Plot Data MAY AID PREST. W ashington, Ang. 27.—Bvidence( aPECTAL FRICESi For July and August on all onr suitings,, fancy mixed cheviots, u n finished worsteds, cassem eres, hom e spuns, flannels and serges. W e are specializing on Palm B each Suits to m easure. See window display, j Broc M eara, The Tailor, 20 W a shington fered colored m en and wom en\ in this country are ready for a n ^ em ergency th a t m u st be m et to m ake dem o cracy safe for all races.” The biennial sermon to the order was delivered last night by the Rev. W. Spencer C arpenter, pastor of Bridge •Street A. M. E. church. The invocation -was of- ty the pastor, Rev. V. Van -? y •tf I B u ren, and rem a rks of welcome were m ade by Ool. R. E. Clarke, grand chancellor. Replies of welcome were •made by Sir W. Ashbie Hawkins, G. C. Tbe service was characterized by the singing of the choir of the church and by organ selections. smiling, but be wouldn’t adm it th a t had been s u l ^ e n a e d to .come ha/Ok and give fu r th e r iestim o n y . H E L P WANTED. On or about Septem b e r 1 we sta r t another floor of m a c h ines; m any operators wanted for different m a chines; good pay; no lost tim e ; com e and see Mrs. M. P. Briggs, Supt 'Poughkeepsie MTg Co., S t, Cottage RED RIPE TOMATOES WANTED for canning. F o r further particul.ars apply R.. XL D e le p cnha Co. aug23,24,2f5,27,2«.2a,30septl,4,o,6 2 BOYS WANTED. E n terprise Publishing .Company, 2S3 Main Street, d, BOYS WANTED. .4.pply E n terprise Office, 283 Main 3-t. Seleeh Jencholl -wishes to announce lhat he is no longer in the wholesale produce business w ith Mr. Ruhdn on Mill street. P a rtnership dissolved Aug. 25, 1917. aug.25-28 IF Y OUR SH O E S N E E D R E P A IR J N O p h o n e 168 . Goodyear Shoe Repairing Company, 229 Main St. Court Appraises Pair of Pants at $2 Two dollars is a fair price for a p a ir of blue serge trousw s which have ceased to pass as Sunday togs, a c cording to a ruling m a d e by Judge i h ave proof of this. h an d s of th e ad i th ai S tate D e p a rtm e n t announced today, f It is believed the e-vidence tending to show Germany’s w a r plans on th e United States was brought here by Jam e s Gerard, on his return as an am b a ssador to Germany. G erard him self has frequently saidJ the Teutons had th e ir eyes -on th is| country, and dLrd Cecil claimed to< ) Ovejw jker in the city court this m o rn ing w h en h e -was to decided which was riglrt in a row between George Sessions, of 100 N o rth Clinton street, and H e rm an Wallace. Sessions was charged -wrlth cutting up a pair of W allace’s trousers and -with having threatened to cut WaHace’s head off It all cam e aljout because W allace won as his bride the dusky young wo m en on whom Session had his heart set. Sessions paid the $2 and. W a l lace -withdrew his charge against his form e r ri-val. **Pay him -?2 for the trotE s e rs and don't go around _ what yon wifi do to WaUace,” warned ! G erm any had plotted, the court as he dismissed the case. j Secretary Lansing refused ,to he \But he w a n ts to stop sneaking specific as to w h a t evidence there around m y house,\ warned Session's, was. “He sneaked In through th e -win-dov\‘ once. If he comes aronnd -when I’m there Fve got a right to put him out haven’t I?\ “Yes, but do it gently,\ adyised the court and Sessions prom ised to try to obey the injunction. V a st a,mounts of data showing thee net intrigue woven about Am erica by} the k a is e r’s agents are filed a-way ini the .State D e p artm ent, including the! clum sy attem p t of (Foreign Secretaryf Zim m erm ann to persuade a n-nhHi o0 Mexico and Japan against this conn-i ry. This and other autocratic dream showed the trend of the mind. They also afford P resident' W ilson th e opportunity he will soon' tae of 'showing why Am erica eaxmot' deal on friendly term s -with G erm any so long as the kaiser reigns. T h e ■State D e p a rtm e n t •eonfinned m aking threats about 1 L o rd Robert Cecil’s statem e n t th a t Young lady -with tltree years’ Higli i&dhooi experience and good character, desires position as assistant keeper or other clerical work, penm an and accurate a t figures, dress H. iS., care Enteiqndse Office. aug27-29 DO YOUR BIT. in helping to m ake a success of the dance to be given tonight by your old entertainers “The Chapel Comers Grangers,” at th e ir hSil avenue. Admissi<m 35c. Small black bill pocket book, containing bills and two keys; large key a bank key. R e w a rd if r e tu r n e d (O E n terp rise office. Now it is said th a t Camp W h i t m an is to be used as an aviation, corps. The tran s f e r of th e train in g camp from H e m p stead, L. I., to th e B eekm a n site is contem p lated. News of th e proposed movse, which is alm o st startlin g a f te r th e recent d e p a r tu r e from Camp W h it- hook-1 m an of the 15th Infan try , reached Good the city yesterday. .5 ■Captain V. B. Edgar, who is th e chief construction m an of the U n it ed S tates Signal Corps and in charge of the aviation cam p at H e m p stead, m a d e inquiry a t A lbany about th e facilities fo r ‘the aviation service at Camp W h itm a n , and was inform e d th a t the cam p can tak e care of 2,000 m en a t once, and if tentage is furnished, 10,000 m o re soldiers can he accom m o d ated. There is on^ fairly level field of about 50 acres, an d o ther facilities for th e flier could he easily p r o -