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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. CIRCUIT RACING HERE TOMORROW Noted Drivers and Horses Here For Three-Day Meeting—2:11 Trot Feature of Opening Day. ROUMANIAN ARMY, NEWLY ORGANIZED, READY TO STRIKE DECISIVE BLOW AT GERMANS TOMMY MURPHY TO RACE FOR RED CROSS. Mabel Trask-St. Frisco, Special Race, One of the Week’s Attractions. W itli a card of tlie best light h a r ness racing ever offered the lovers of the game in this city and vicinity the Poughkeepsie Grand Circuit -will gat under way a t the Hudson River D riv ing P a rk tom o rrow afternoon. W ith good w e ather, the meeting, although taking up only three days, should trtn g out a record attendance. The leading stahles of the country arrived here Saturday and yesteruay every thing was hum m ing at the driving park. The stables of Thom as Murphy, W a lter K, Cox, E. F. Geers, Fred! Janfison, W . D. Snow, A- S. Rodney, The Valentine Racing Stable, Pastim e Stable. Old Colony Stahls and m any others arrived from P h ila delphia and are now established at their local quarters The Saugerties Stock Farm and the Brook Farm reached the track last week. ST. FR ISCO -M ABEL TRASK EVENT One of the biggest attractions of fered the local adm irers is the special tro t betw'een Mabel Trask, 2:03 1-4. and St. Frisco, 2:03 1-4, which will he staged on Thursday afternoon^ These two horses, of alm o st equal speed and racing qualities, have provided more hair-raising finishes than any ttvo tro tters in com p e tition in the history of the turf. The m a re beat the geld ing at K iilad e lp h ia la s t F riday, but in the previous b a ttle betw e en the two St. Frisco was the winner. TOMORROW'S CARD Tom o rrow's card, with three big races, is likely to prove one of the best of the m eeting. The Poughkeep sie, 2:11 trot, for a $3,000 purse is the feature event and has 21 eligible to start, including Im a Jay, H a rvey E r n est’s noted trotting mare. Tommy M urphy has four horses entered in this event, including 'Royal Mac, P e ter Chenault. H a u m fast and Baron Robin- hood. Cox’s entries are Biisy’s Lassie and P a y re Rosamond. .\lm a Forbes will he the Saugerties Farm starter and the Pastim e Stable will probably s t a r t Baeelli. w inner of the 2:13 trot a t Philadelphia last week. The other races of tom orrow are the 2:21 trot and the 2:13 trot, each of which has Ifi entries. M URPH Y TO RACE FOR RED.OROSS As an added attrac^'on for the Dpe.iing card B u tt Hale, 2:03 1-^. driven by Tommy Murphy, and R u s sell Boy. 2:110 1-4, piloted by \E. F. Geers, will m eet in a special race. The race will be the best two out of three heats. Im m ediately after the m atch was m ade Mr. M urphy announced that if his horse was the winner he would donate $2-50 to the Red Cross Fund. SECOND DAY’S RACING The feature of W ednesday’s big card will be The Knickerbocker, 2:07 f o t . for a purse of $5,000. This event has fifteen noted tro tters eligible and there is m uch speculation as to w h e ther A1 Mack, 2:05 1-2, owned by Pdehard Delafield. of Chester, X. Y., and driven by “'Bud.” Murray, will be able to repeat his perform ance at P h iladelphia, w h e r e h e tvas a stake winner. Busy’s Lassie, 2:04 1-4, w in n e r of the two $10,000 stakes this year is entered from the Cox stable, while M urphy has nam ed P ittsburgh and Lucille Spier. Others eligible are H a rrods C^pek, W ilkes Brewer, W - rector Todd, Howe Constantine, M. Ii. J., Royal Knight, Brescia, Ridgem ark, E a rly Donn and Donna Clay. The V a ssar tw o -year-old trot, purse $2,000; also on W ednesday’s card, h<as tw enty-tw o colts eligible, inclutiing Ruth M ainsheet, P e ter June, Mlria-m Guy Truxton, Dark P e a rl and m any ether prom ising youngsters. Then there are The Hudson Valley, 2:17 trot, purse $2,000, with tw enty-tw o horses eligible- and the 2:fl'S' tro t with eleven eligible. On T h u rsday! besides the Mabel T rask-S t. Frisco race, there will be the 2:05 pace, the Directum I., pui'se $2,000 with ten s-tartei's, am o n g them The Savoy, 2:02 1-4, Young Todd, 2:02 1-4, P e ter Pointer, 2:05 3-4, Zom- hrino, 2:0-3 1-4, General Todd, 3:04, Hal B. Jr., 2:02 1-2, H a sel H. 2:04 1-2, L ittle F rank D. 2:04 1-4, w inner at Philadelphia and Goldie <C., 2:02 1-4. The other events of Thursdiay will be The Guy Axworthy, 2:17 class for fhree-year-oM trotters, with fourteen horses eligible and the 2:17 tro t with fifteen entries. Scofield’s Twen-ty-first Regim ent Band will give a hand concert daily. The racing will start at two o’clock. BRYAN FAVORS TAXING THE MONSTER INCOMES. A|So W°uid Have Those Profiting From War Help Pay the Cost oH the War. Litchfield, 111., Aug. 27.—Unequivo cal approval of the move to increase the tax on w a r profits and large In comes was given by W illiam J e n nings B ryan in an interview here to- “I am in favor of allowing the in come tax exem p tions to stand as they were before the w a r,” he said. “T h e tax on large incomes, however, shouM be increased. the young men of the coun try are giving th e ir blood to* save their country, there's nothing unfair in asking the m en who are taking pro fits from war to pay the cost. “1 also am gratified to notet the in creasing tendency to put restrictions on the greed of those endeavoring to take advantage of the w a r to get m o re than a ju s t profit.” MUSTER IN. The first D u tchess 'County hoy to claim exem ption because he is en gaged in farm ing was recorded in a list th a t appeared before Commis sioner Charles E. H u g h es last week. H e is a son of John Irving of H u g h - sonville. Irving received an exem p tion of six m o n ths on the sjrena^h of affidflvits th a t he is the superin tendent of his fath e r’s farm of 170 acres in \Wappingers Palls. W ith the French Armies in the Field, Aug. 25.—F rance took 7,600 prisoners, 2fil of them Germ an ofiB- cers, in th e V erdun drive. The Sixth Germ an division of reserves, form e r ly ranked as one of the stro n g e s t enem y units, ”was literally wiped out. charge of th e G e rm ans, ju s t After the first ilTencIl assaults the ' though th e w h o le th in g had been d ivision w a s reduced to th r e e re g i- ' p r e a r r a n g e d , m e n t s (approxim a tely 3,750 m e n ) , Otir m e n ha-d COme from , and of these th e F rench took 2,794 looked good to m e ,” R o u m a n ian soldier and enchnch haveave reorgai the G e rm ans w h ich will The F re h six-inch gun hidden In -nized the Roumanian forces which are now ready the drive them out of th e i r country. tremch “ S o m e w h ere on th e R o u m a n ian fro n t.” to launch an offensive ag a in s t HIGHLAND NEWS COLLINGWOOD OPERA HOUSE Pays to Advertise” at the Collinjjwqod Wednesday evening. Highland, August 27—The lire alarm -was sounded yesterday m o m iug about 11 o’clock, to call out the hose com p any to extinguish w h a t a t first was thought to be a fire. iMrs. A tkins, who occupies p a r t of the Dobbs buUdang at the low er cor ner, had left h e r r o a s t of m e a t on the stove while out to take her husband’s The m e a t started to burn and smoke began to pour forth from Cie windows and doors. W. C. T. U. ELECT OFFICERS The annual m eeting of the W'omeii’s [Christian Tem p e rance Union was held at the residence of Miss Adeline Ter- williger on August 23. 'The repor.s of the officers and superintendents were very encouraging for the past year. $109.41 had been raised during the year, with a balance of $4’2.16 in the treasury. At the election of officers, Mrs. Sarah C. P ia tt was ©lectoii president, Mrs. Theron DuBois, fir.si vice-presiident; Mrs. Alphone Koonp, second vice-president; Mrs. E. S c j- field, secretary; Mrs. D. A. Sillim an, treasu rer; Mrs. F. L. Metcalf, L. T. I . secretary, assisted, by Mrs. L B. M ay nard. The su p e r intendents’ electel were: Mrs, J. Smedes, Evangelistic-■ Miss Terwilliger, Hum ane Education: Mrs. T. Ahi-ams and Mrs. G. J. E ltlng- Plow er .Mission; Mrs. E. Sccfielil. M o ther’s M eeting; M rs A. P ratt, Sab b^th O b servance; Mrs. -Melius, M edi cal and Scientific Instruction; Mis W. Constable, Soldiers and Sailors; Mrs. S. A. Perris, Sunday -Schoo;; Mrs. E. Scofield, Press. Mrs. J. Smedes, Tem p e rance P u b li cations and L-ites^tnre; Mrs. L . ' Schantz, Miss M artha Sdhantz and Ida | Sillim an, Social Meetings; Mrs. J. D.; 'Rose, L e tter L e tter [Days; Mrs. S . , P r a tt, C o -operation with M issionary! Societies. j The Presbyterian Churcli opened oii i Sunday for preaching services after being closed for a m o n th during the pastor’s vacation. Special m u sic was rendered a t both services, the solo ists being Mrs. George P r a t t in the m o rning and Carol cTofield in the evening. The m o rning prayer was offered by\ Rev. Wm. Wilcox of B a lti more. The pastor. Dr. G. M. Scofield, touched upon w a r conditions in both sermons. The services were well a t tended. August Johnson and fam ily at Spring Valley spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. WTiitney. The Gamp F ir e Girls held a fanev sale Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. J. W, Blakely and son John left for S y racuse yesterday, ha>'- ing been called there on account ol the d e a th of the doctor’s father. Frank Simpson spent the week-end m New Y'ork City. Mr. and Mrs. NewtCTn Ham lin, ot Rhinebeck, were guests of M rs. M ar garet Mack Sunday, PARIS HAS WAR MUSEUHL P a ris, Aug. 5 (B y M a il).— P a r is now boasts o f a m u s e u m u n like any o th e r in the w o rld. T h is is th e “M u see de G u e rre,” the w a r m u s e u m of M. H e n ri Leblanc, and contains th e m o s t com p lete collection of doc um e n ts re la tin g to th e w a r consti tu ted anyw h e re. The idea of form ing a w a r co l lection first occured to M. Leblanc on the last day of July, 1914, b e fore hostilities actually b ro k e out. He began w ith g a th e rin g all the p u b lic pos-ters co n c e r n in g w a r m e a s ures posted in P a ris. Today h is col lections fill tw e n ty -tw o room s. Every aspect of th e w a r is here represented in <locuments and p ic tures. P o s ters show ing the devel opm e n t of A m erican sen tim e n t till the final in tervention, have a p r o m inent place. Every form of paper money issued in France and the Colonies is represented. T h e re are also countless s p e c im e n s of “ tr e n c h - craft” and w a r souvenirs. He has p resented the collection to th e State. EXCURSION A SUCCESS. One of th e m o st successful and en joyable excursion sails of the se a son was th a t sconducted by tbo D u tchess County Scottish Siociety the steam e r H o m e r Ram sdale y e s ter day. The .pail to P a lisades P a rk and N0W York was very beautiful, the w e a ther being all th a t could be de sired an'd the boat alm o st Crowded to overflowing. The com m ittee who a r ranged it are dieserving of great praise. They Avere: John Baleam chairm an, assisted ’oy J. MitcheP. Gordon Bonalo, Jam e s Mitchell. A. J. Taylor, A. Kirkwood, D. MOcKenzie. FRANCE TOOK 7,600 GERMW SOHOOL-BOY CAiPTDRES FQBTY , GERMANS. 201 Officers Prisoners Captured in Verdun Drive, a Large Percentage London, Aug. 4.— (B y M a il)— J . R . Johneton, a London schoolboy, is wearing the Military Cross for hav-1 ing cap tu red fo r ty G e rm ans. H i s ' i ow n sto r y o f h o w h e did it fo llo w s : j j ‘T got seperated from my m en and [ A m o n g ' ^ G e rm an d u g -o u t, a sort AHOSPrlAlSSO FAR m O ) ‘ I' h i; ■With th e FrM ich A r m ies in. the Field, Aug. 25.—Proof th a t Germ any d a r k tnnnel. I decided to ex- , re it. A f ter w a lking a long way deliberately attack in g field leard .voices and tu rn e d on my ; p itals in aerial raids was obtained flashlight. I th o u g h t I saw only i today. A G erm an av iato r b rought j h a l t a dozen m en and I ordered i , j ., , , i.v • 1 , down behind the F ren c h lines was I them to p u t up th e ir hands and , ^ com e along. W h e n I discovered as ; they filed p a s t m e th a t th e re w e re I , , . . . „ , a good m a n y m o re th a n a h a lt dozen I began to get uneasy, th i n k ing of w h a t m ight happen w h en , ^ „ ... they got o u t. The fo r tie th last m a n was an officer. W e w a lked T®Siou at Dugny, a font 'Hai . Be - out to g e th e r and th e r e w e fou n d ' Vadelam court. They have several B ritish soldiers had taken nurses and and , w ounded 55. 'Most of th e ir bombs tb e ' th o u g h th e w h o le th in g h a d b e e n |^ '® ’^® incendiary. N e a r ly al^rays t#ie 4 . . p r e a r i^ n g e d . I don’t k n o w w h e re i aviators SW6pt clOSQ tO eaitfi and {jyt they '< m achine gun buHetn a t fieem g i n u r s e s and p a tien ts. bund to be carry in g a photograph the hospital a t V a d e l^ncourt , insignia on the roof. * To date the Germ ans have bom- men and 69 officers prisoners. Even the regim e n tal band was taken. T h e m u sicians had been forced into the front trenches for fighting. P rison ers from this B ixth division declared today those of th e ir unit not captured by the French had been Idlled. The large num'ber of officers cap tu red by th e F rench is strik in g proof of a decreasing G erm an m o rale. In th e French assau lt on V e rdun De cem b er 16 only 208 officers were taken out of a total of llfOOd prison- W itb a checking up today of p ris oners and Germ an casualties it d e veloped th a t of one G erm an regi m e n t the F rench captured 850 \feolV diers and 28 officers. This was the 16Sth Germ an infantry. Prisoners declared today th a t while w a iting for the (French attack Ger m an officers distrfbuted to them a copy of a letter purported to have i been received via Sw itzerland from | a Germain soldier im p risoned a t V e r- j dum D e cem b e r 15. It described al- j leged horrors of the F rench prison j cam p s and exhorted the G e rm ans not j to surrender. JOB WORK THE ENTERPRISE PRINTERY BOOK WORK The F rench governm e n t has b e stowed the Legion of H o n o r and the W a r Cross to h a lf a do;en women nurses for 'bi^very during these a t tacks. COLLINGWOOD Ju s t What You Have Been Waiting For Myrkle Harder Stock Co. TONIGHT , “COMMON CUY” A play brimful of human interest' Be a First lighter—Come and See a Great Play. Tuesday—“.MHe-a-Minute Kendall” Wednesday—‘Ut Pays to Advertise.” Thursday—^“The Lie.” Friday—“The Heart of Wetona.” Saturday—“Little Peggy O^oore.” MATINEE DAILY \ “ BEGINNING TUESDAY. ariT C H E L Ii F U R N I T U R E CO. M IT C H E L L PU R N T T U R E CO. M IT C H E L L F U R N I T U R E CO. M IT C H E L L F U R N I T U R E jn-io.ooo.ooo s t o c k : i s s u e . P lans fo r the new financing of the B e thlehem iTteel C o rporation are g radually n e a rin g com p letion after several w eeks of conference betw e e n the com p a n y ’s representatives and New Y o rk hankers. T h e re w ill be a m e e ting of the D irectors of the corporation on Monday, at which tim e final details will be determ ined upon and an official announcem e n t m a d e |o n c e m in g th e arrangem e n t. It is understood th a t the proposed plan calls fo r th e issuance of $30,- 000,000 of 8 p e r cent. preferred stock, convertfble Into B slock at 115. It is s a id to b e t h e present in ten tio n to offer th is new stock to holder.^ of A and B shares at p a r . T h e new issue will pi'obably be u n derw ritten by a syndicate headed by , the Guaranty Trust Company, the , B a n k e r s T r u s t Coonpany, and J. & i W. S e ligm a n & Co. I It is said t h a t the corporation doe.s ; not need new funds for its cu r ren t ■ business, but th a t the additional li- ’ nancing has been undertak e n to p r o vide capital to handle the huge o r- ! der.s th a t the comixany expects to receive from the U n ited S tates Gov- I ernm e n t. | Follow ing the adoption of the plan , to obtain the consent of th e stock- ' holders to the new issue of capital by th e D irectors, i t w ill b e necessary \ stock. Mitchell Furniture Cb/s Great Columbia Grafooola Club Sale This Week No. IS COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA. This No, 15 Columbia Grafo- nola and $5.00 worth of Co lumbia Records. All for $20.00 CLUB TERMS $1.00 Wlfh Your Order and $1.00 Each Week. EVERY COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA t GUARANTEED Every Columbia Grafonola is guaranteed. It is tlie Stan dard machine of the world The Columbia Grafonola has the most perfect tone con struction cf any machine made today. 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No. 2 7 COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA This No. 2 7 Columbia Graf onola and $5.00 worth of Columbia Records. All fo r ........................$32.50 CLUB TERMS $1.00 With Your Order and $1.00 Each W eek CLUB LIMITED TO 99 MEMBERS Only 99 Machines will be sold in this wonderful Club Sale. Come early and have your machine delivered. You -r’’’'' '—'io'C' it all this wi’s’-ter and for many years to come. No. 75 Columbia Grafonola If You Buy From The Mitchell Furniture Co. You Get Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back. Mitchell Furniture Co., COUPON! 383 Main St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (If you cannot come personally, mail coupon.) Gentlemen:—^Please s e n d without any obligation on my part, full information regard ing your Columbia Grafonola Club. COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA CLUB A d d r e ss .................................................................... OVER 5,000 COLUMBIA RECORDS TO SELECT FRO>M Mitchell Furniture Co. 383 MAIN STREET. PHONE 2384. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 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