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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1917. THE EVENING ENTERPRISE POUGHKEEPSllS, N. Y. lASTDAYAT HOME FOR MANY they are in doubt as to a m a n ’s fit ness, he shall be accepted as fit. Also th e re will be a num b e r of m en who did not rep o rt fo r exam ination who were certified into th e m ilitary service of the nation by th e local boards who will n o t prove fit. A num b e r of m en equal to the n u m b e r rejected by the arm y s u r geons v/ill have to be supplied by th e local boards. BIG NEW ARMY IN THE MAKING First Quota Men Are Arranging Adairs and , BIG OEMANl) All Over the Country Boards Are Laying Plans To Send Men •REALVDRAFT NEAR NATION WIDE CALL FOR TESTAMENTS From Maine To Cali fornia Today Homes , Are Experiencing Farewells ^ B y GEORG-E MARTIN ''(U n ited P ress staff correspondent) W a s b ington, Sept. 4.— This is the j ilast day at bome for the first of lAmerica's drafted recruits. „ . Thev are quitting their jobs, a r - ' ^ pocket es am e n ° ranging th e i r personal affairs and today if they could be found. Organizations That Sup ply Them Swamped With Orders Incident To War 500,000 WANTED “Five hundred thousand copies of W a shington, Sept. 5—^America’s first N a tional Army is actually in the m a k ing today. F o u r thousand, five hu n d red and fifty-seven local exem p tion boards th ro u g h o u t the land plunged into th e task of m o b i lizing the first shipm e n t of drafted soldiers to^cam p . R o u tings and en train m e n ts, a c cording to th e p resen t plan, will he secret. All th e local boards have is th e ir o rder to h a v e th e i r quota of m en a t specified \ c a n tonm e n t cam ps a t a certain tim e . They are m a k ing th e ir owm plans for the h o u r and place of en train m e n t. » Notices to the men selected by each local board to go first are being of the ; m a iled or have been m a iled to the m en. L ists of d rafted m en in this DRAFTED MEN TODRUHERE New York Guard Man Will Direct Them In Army—^C. F. Close Interested MEET TOMORROW A plan has been brought forth by •C. F red Close, one of the youn^ men included by the looail board in the draft arm y , to have all conscription- ists of this city m eet weekly from •dergoing a course in m ilitary instruc- now until they depart for a m ilitary encam p m ent for the purpose of un- BRIG. G€N. JOHN P. WISSER, U. S. A. retired, has been restored to ac tive duty by Army orders and ordered to H o n o lulu to replace Brig. Gen. iCharles G. T reat as com m ander of the tlaAvaiian deTfartment. t r s c s rsSs.“,i'iK w « ! - . ....... , -------- f e l w bavonets m defense of tHeir <Jemande of the lo n n g M e n s | The;- are heing ordered to report 'KOVernment C h ristian Association alone, in this ] m person Thev a r e 'a l l und e r orders to re - ' direction, and has not yet been able p o r t in person to the m em b ers of ' to supply the camp buildings in this f'ihe local exem p tion boards w h ich country w ith th e ir norm a l equip- «hose. them . By early afternoon »“ent, let alone m e e t the th e entire num b er wid be mobiUze.L of the- Association buildings ^at exem p tion board h e a d q u a rters overseas. * The Young M en’s C h ristian A s- .ffrom M aine to C a lifornia and from e G reat L a k e s to the Gulf. m issi sociation standard building outfit aodgings or given pen n is s io n to ' only one for about every th irty m en CTend t o n ig h t a t hom e, the m en will ^ in camp. It was the. in ten tio n of N d 8 a t liberty until 5:30 p. m. w h e n ' the Association to depend on the ^thev Will again be m o b ilized at Am erican Bible Society, th e Pocket lliead q u a rters of the local hoards for ; Testa.ment League and the S c ript- x e tr e a t roll call. j nre G ift M ission to fill this quota A t th a t tim e one m e m b e r of each nnd such additional co-pies as m ight group will be chosen by the local he needed. All of these organiza- liboards to com m and the p a r ty on th e . tions have been swam p ed w ith d e w a y to camp. m auds. The Pocket T e s tam e n t All k)cal hoards have strict orders i League could deliver only h a lf of an from the W a r D e p a rtm e n t to w a tch , o rder for 100,000 placed for July ' t h e i r m en carefully and, in case any [ and A u g u st. T h e ir Testam e n ts are '■of them fail to report, or reporting, p rinted by the Oxford U n iY ^ s ity idica-nuAnr affprw a rd. in s titu te in - Press and in England the Bible I fam ine is as great as in this coun- I try, for the S c ripture Gift M ission j ivhose T e s tam e n ts are p rin ted on j the Cam b ridge U n iversity P ress is j also helpless to aid the situ a tio n in Am erica, The American Bible Society’s presses are running sixteen hours a ; day and have tu rn e d out 400,000 Testam e n ts since May 1, but they -disappear afterw a rd , in s titu te in - ' s t a n t and vigorous search fo r them ''an d tu r n them over to the U n ited S tates Army for trial and p u n ish m e n t as deserters. T h o u s a n d s of m o thers, sw e e t h e a rts, sisters, fathers and bro th ers accom p anied the hoys to local h e a d q u a rters today. In m a n y places arrange-m ents had to be m ade to ro-pe off sufficient space around ^ board head q u a rters to m o b ilize and 1 have still im m e d iate orders^ for tak e account of th e m en. j -^00,000 and one order of a m illion An even g reater mob of relatives from the Y o u n g M en’s C h ristian an d friends is expected tom o rrow , A ssociation alone, w h e n the me-n say th e i r final good- U n p recedented dem a n d and com - ■ b y es and are off to cam p . P recautions were taken by the i g o v e rnm e n t today to m ake sure ' t h a t no drafted m a n escapes m ili- plexity in production are resp o n s i ble for the shortage. The Pocket T e s tam e n t is p rin ted on India paper and because af its .size requires service in this and follow ing j m o re than the. usual care in ^ the groups by startin g to camp w ith th e ! folding and binding of th e delicate -others and disappearing on th e ! sheets. The p resen t dem a n d , of I course is chiefly fo r the new A m e r- At each m o b ilization camp will be ; arm y b u t even those troops al- Itept a list of the num b e r of m en ready in F ran c e cannot be supplied, each board is to furnish. A copy of | One of the largest English houses th e m en actually sent will go w ith i could fill only o n e - tw e lfth of an o r- .the leader of each group and be ! d e r recently cabled from the XTnited -chetsked u,p at the camp. And if for ' States. It would take six to eight any reason the numiber of m en is n o t right, or if any of them have absconded enroute, the local board responsible fo r th a t group will have m o n ths for them to send the r e m a inder across the channel so th a t the Young M en’s C h ristian A s s o c ia tion is planning to ship as m any as , to find the m issing m en and also j possible from its very m e a g re sup- im m e d iately send others next on | p ly here. th e i r lists to take th e ir places a t ' P a p e r and ink, how e v er, are vis- cam p . j ible in th e distance and w ith suffi- “ Only m en actually repf>rting and - c ie n t financial support on the p a r t finally accepted for m ilitary service ' of the public, every soldier w ith the a t the m o b ilization cam p ,” says the ; N a tional Army should have a T e s - -official order, “ Will be credited to ' lam e n t availm e n t before the end of th e quota of any local board.” i w inter. M ost of these will be given “ A lthough passed and accepted ! by the Am erican Bible Society but by the locQl boards, these draUed j d istributed th rough the Young m en will be subjected to a final, | M en’s C h ristian Association centers rig id exam ination by arm y surgeons | in the cam ps. They are not given a t th e m o b ilization camps. None of | out w h o lesale b u t as a m agazine ■ th e m will be finally accepted for 1 w riter said recently: \They are on service until they have passed th is hand in case of trouble and dis- ezam ination. It is probable rejections will be num e rous a t the m o b ilization -camps, because th e local and d is tric t hoards’ orders arc th a t when couragem e n t.” J O B W O R K THE ENTERPRISE PRINTERY BOOK WORK th e local board “ for m ilitary d u ty ” a t a fixed ho u r nam e d by the board, which shall be not m o re th a n 24 hours n o r less than 12 h o u rs before the h o u r fo r e n train m e n t. F rom the m o m e n t the d rafted m en receives this notice he is actually in th e m ilitary service of the U n ited States. P o s ting of lists and m a iling of notices to each m a n called up co n s titu tes legal notice, and if the m a n doesn't get it and fails to re port, he m u s t answ e r before a m i li tary co u r t if the local board so di- If the local board is convinced th a t th e m a n did his b e s t to answ e r the call, it can exonerate him . If the board feels th e m an is to blam e fo r not rep o rtin g , !t can place him u n d e r m ilitary arrest and place the deails of his case before th e proper- arm y officer. Tfie m a n will then he subject to trial and p u n ishm e n t b e fore a m ilitary court. CAPT. DENNIS BDRIED TODAY Services Held For Well Known Boatman Who Died ‘Sunday A^IERICAX BAR ASSOCIATION M E E T ING. S a ratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 4. — Boris A. B akhm etieff, R u ssian A m b a s s a d o r delivered the annual addrc.se; at the fortieth annual m e a l ing Of th e A m erican B a r Association here today. B akhm etieff .spoke on “ T h e R e lation of the Ju d iciary to the M arch of Democracy-” He v isu a l ized th e past, p resen t and proposed fu tu re of the c'ourts of R u ssia. E d g a r T, B rack e tt, S a ratoga Springs, welcom ed the m e m b e rs o f th e association. T h e m e e ting w ill continue th ro u g h Thursday. George S u therland, pre.sident of the association, In his annual a d dress today spoke on “ P riv a te R ights and G o v e rnm ent C o n trol.” S u th e rlan d , w h ile com ing out flatfooted ag a in s t G o v e rnm ent ow n ership of various public u tilities an-d. o th e r business explained th a t it ‘‘m a y be justified in tim e of w a r.” -He pointed out th a t governm e n t ow n e rship of telephone, telegraph, and railro a d lin e s w o u ld “ e n large the legislative pork barrel.” “ If to the annual rivers and h a r bors pork b a r rel and the biennial public buildings pork b a r r e l we should add an an n u a l railroad pork b a r r e l” S u th e rlan d said “ the public expenditures would increase to such a sum th a t the th ree billion dollar C o n g ress w o u ld be looked back to as an exam p le of political self r e strain t and econom y .” S e n a tor Tho-mas H a rdw ick, G e o r gia, will address the m e e ting late today on “The In tersta te Comm erce Clause of th e (Constitution of the U n ited S tates.” T o n ight’s program includes a r e ception by the New Y o rk S tate B a r A s sociation. C h arles B. H u g h e s, of New Y o rk, will be the principal speaker to m o rrow . W illiam H. B u rgess, of Texas, will speak T h u rsday. Funeral services for Captain W e s ton L. Dennis w e re held a t 2.30 o’clock this aftemoon a t his late re s i dence, 36 South Clinton street. The Rev. Hough Houston, pastor of T rini ty church, officiated in the presence of a large attendance of relatives and friends. The floral tributes w e re p ro fuse. The casket was carried by W a l ter M ontfort, CJiarles Hoyt, Captain F, L. Simpson and W illiam ]\rontfort. Captain Dennis passed av-ay at his hom e on Sunday, after a short illness. He was in his 46th year, and was one of the m o st po’pular boatm en of the Hudson river. He v.'as for a num b e r of years in the service of the C e n tral Hudson Steam b o at -Company, being enptain on •^he .steamer Jacob Trem p er, Hom er Ram s'!ell and M artin. C a p tain Dennis -was a son of the late Benson J. L. Dennis, a well known resident o f this city. He survived by his m o ther, and two brothers, C-omelius, of th is city, and WilUam Dennis, of Florida. He belonged to T riune I^odge, No. 7-S2, F. and A. M., to Poughkeepsie -Chapter, Poughlceepsie Commandery, end the Albany Shrine. He also was a m em b er of the M a s ter Pilot’s As sociation. Interm e n t took place in th e Rural Cem etery, in charge of A. A. Schoon- m aker, undertaker. tion. This plan has been sanctioned Vy Captain G. B. W a term a n of Com pany K, New York Guard of this city, and th e use of the armoi-y for sem i- weekly m eetings of the drafted men has been secured by M i| Close. It is jilanned ‘,o hold these m eetings every W e d n esday and Friday night. C a p tain W a term a n has further con sented to furnish one of the officers of his company to drill the men, an-I partially prepare them so th a t when they arrive at camp they will not ap pear quite so aw k w ard as they would if they should go without any training C. F red Close, who is at the head of the m o vement, is the com m ander of the Sons of V e terans and has taken an enthusiastic -interest in the draft. -He is confident th a t there are over half of the m en who are anxiou-s to study up on w h a t is expected of a sol dier and they will he at th e m e e ting W e d n esday night. OPERATING A COAST SEN T IN E L —^R-ad'io signallers, who receice tfiS observations of aviators hovering aLsthe enem y and transm it them to the “plotting room ” of the fort. The portable radio outfit shown in th 's photograph can he erected in 60 secon ds or less. retu r n hom e this week. B enjam in Ban was in K ingston last The Epw o rth League Union will a s sem ble in Clintondale. Frid'ay evening, Septem b er 7. All m em b ers are urged George P e h e r of Jam acia, L. I., spent the w e ek-end in town. 'Mrs. Ja-mes Douglass and Charlotte and Gertrude are visiting relatives in Pine Plains. Col. G. W. W e b s ter of New York, has been a guest at M ajor Gregory's (Charles W alker, W. tChipp Tamnt D. C. Storr and Mting Har th e races in Poughkeepsie Miss R u th Cahill is visiting in -New York. Mrs. A. J.. Hardekop-t and daughter of Ridgewood, N. J., are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. C, W. Tamney. attended LSt veek. WOMDOUST MAYOR B m G. F. Patterson, of Sa-| loon Elimination Com- ' mission Refuses to Sign Report MAYOR SELLS BEER I Beacon, Sept. 4 —^The Excise ’Com- | m ission nam ed by M ayor Beskin to I elim inate t e n t y - t ^ of tfie fort; three saloons in Beacon has sent i report to th e Excise D e p a rtm e n t Albany. The commission, was nam ed over a m o n th ago and is composed of * John H. Lynch, chairm a n ; D a n ie l .11, Sullivan and George F. Patterson. It is alleged th a t Mayor B eskin f u r nishes beer to m o st of the saloons in the city, ffbe r ^ » r t sent to ‘AHsany last night was signed ,by Lynch and ^ I l i v a n . P a tterso n refused to sign ^ It is said no m a tter w h a t the out-g come of the co m m i ^ o n ’s work ( move will he m ade to im p each MlayoJ B eskin because, a s bead of the policJ departm ent, be cannot be connectetj in any w ay w ith the traffic In H( Beacon has a population of 10,1 One galloon is allowed to every 50(| persons. So3 A.W.JAMAN BRIG. GEN. HARRY FOOTE HOD GES TO COMMAND NEW ENG LAND'S DRAFT ARMY-— Gen. Hodges sa)w service as a Colonel of Engineers in th e S-panish Am erican W a r. He also rendered valuable service in th e construction of the Panam a -Canal. He was a m e m b e r of the commission and assistan t chief engineer of the Isthm ian C anal Commission. Admission 10c; Children 5c. T O N I G H T B L U E B IR D DAY— -BLUEBLRD PRESEjN?!^ FRANKLYN FARNUM AND “BROWME” YERNON In a F iv e - P a r t D ram a of R o m a n ce and A d v e n ture “ THE CAR OF CHANCE” MUTT a n d JEFF in “CHEMICAL CALAMITY'' AMERICAN WAR NEWS The Finest Fictures in tte O ly SUDDENLY ILL Npffs Thursdayf Sept, 6 Vilagraph Presents ANTONIO MORENO and MARY ANDERSON In a tale of of h u m o r and m e lodram a The Ma^ihcent Meddler MOLLY KING in the 14th episode of **The Mystery of the Double Cross” RALPH HERZ m \TAe B l a e k H a n d * * Friday, September 7 T riangle presents NORMA TALMADGE in ‘^Going Straight** Johnny Ray Comedy I^Muggsy in Bad** Latest Patke Weekly W e d n e s d a y , Sept. 5- World Film Oos^*. presents the eccentric stage comedienne M A R IE DRESSLER In a five-act boarding school comedy entitled \Ti7Zie W a k e s RU T H RO L A N D i n the 13th Episode of ‘The N e g lected W if^* A Sidney D rew C o m e d y “M r. P a r k e r Hero” Saturday, Septem b e r 8 Daniel iFrohm an P r e s e n ts beautiful an d talen ted PAULINE FREDERICK ■f- - vivid picturisatron of M ary Jo h n s to n ’s C e lebrated •‘A u d r e y * A Travelogue “Bread Line in Occident” K e y stone Com e d y ^‘Her Nature Dance’* ■■.■r.m:--” ■■Trr ^ ENJOYING THEIR FAVORITE DRIN K— -American sailers at “Tho E a g le” the new Y. M. C. A. h u t In Aldrwych I lehich i s -to be headquarters of th e U. -S. A- forces in Lopdon. I t is already well patronized. Has Brain Hemorrhage W iile Riding in Auto Is In Hyannis Mass, Hospital IS BETTER TODAY Allison W. Jackm a n , who le f t or an auto trip \6 New H a m p s h ire about tw o w e eks ago, Is in a hospital in H y a n n is, ,Mess.,> tod»ay as a resu lt of suffering a hem h o rrage of the brain. Mr. Jackm a n was on h is way hom e yesterday Tn the auto w h e n fie was stricken. He .was rem-oved to the hospital atH y a n u is. He is a b ro th er of DUvid K. J a c k m a n and a b ro th - er-in-ISw of Judge Hasbrouck. W o rd from HyHnnis today w a s ' to th e ef fect th a t H r. Jackm a n was restin g a bit m o re com fortably. ■Mr. and Mrs. P. W. C rittenden of Syracuse are spending a few days at j the New P a ltz hotel. Miss May Douglas, who has been ‘ CUT OUT THIS PROGRAM- -SA VE rr (FOR THE WEEK THE BEST ‘“Souls in Paw n ,” featu rin g Gail K ane, shown at the B e s t T h e a tre this evening, is the sam e qi^ality a l w a y s shown at ‘the Best; that is the best money can buy, ‘backed by Mr. Cohen’s skill in picking out films, 3 ' experience in due to eighteen years ’ exper: th e a tr ical business. ‘‘Souls in Paw n ,” a story of a young fFTench m a tron whose husband h a s been killed as re s u lt of scand*al. She sw e ars to avenge his death. In doing th is she betrays h e r country, aiding the spy system of another n a tio n w h en he w a r breaks out, and is sentenced to death. This story involves a th r i l ling series of adventures, which dis play the activilty of the enem y spy system in P a ris and France genei»al- ly. In the period im m e d iately p re- ceeding and following the outbreak of w a r there is a pleasing vein of love running through the story. This picture we guarantee to please and satisfy our patrons. Miss Kane is supported by a n all-star east including Douglas iMadLean, -Robert Klein and Ashton Dearholt, and other famous stars. Don't fail see th e picture a t the B e s t to night. United States Government OPENING OF INDIAN LAND In Southeastern Oklahoma HAVE YOU EXERCIZED YOUR GOVERNMENT RIG H T ? 500,OOQ acres of rich agricultural, grazing and timber lands in the greatest undeveloped oil territory in the United States to be thrown open to th e public- m is does not interfere with your hom estead rights. IMPORTANT POINTS __ You do not have to live on th e land. You do not have to improve thte land. The land is close to railroads and m arket towns. No irrigation necessary—-40 inches of rainfall. Ideal clim a tic conditions- Sel dom below freezing in winter; no excessive heat m summer. No reservation of minerals. YoU may aCQUifO 160 acres of land. It’s yoiir last big land opportunity. You obtain this land direct from the government- 1 OU m U S t act now. Car here for few days only. You do not have to go to Oklahoma to file on this land. The govem snent has never offered its people a better investm ent with as great a prospect of tremendousgain as this last allotm ent IS en tirely sxurrounded by developed oil fields. G o v e r n m e n t Indian L a n d D e m o n s t r a t io n C a r N o 3 Under supervision of M oAlester Exchange from M c A lester, Oklahoma, is here to give you information regarding the land and the m ethod you pursue to exercise your rights. This opportunity is lim ited and im m ediate action is necessary- Pullman car equipped with maps, plans, agricultural and geological reports and display of products in charge of skilled demonstrators w ill arrive and open for demnostration Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1917. L o c a t e d in POUGHKEEPSIE on Track Ju s t E a s t o f N . Y . N. H . & H . D e p o t Regular Hours, 9 a. m. to 12 m., 1 p. m . to 5:30 p. m ., 7 p. m . to 9 p. m .
