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XLVL--No. 297. CITY OF KINGSTON, N. FRIBAT EVENING, OCTOBEB 5,1917. dlatriet board for the South: Judicial (District of the state of New Tork has certified one more nwne to the local board of Division I'ICc.

1 of ITIster county lor-service in the National Army. The new certification is that of Matthew Deegan, of 103 Henry atreat. whose order number in the local board records is 146. Mr. Dee- San at present is employed at NI- "agara Tellg ot life at fort laJ, New York: Hwbor Work and Fine GlMM of Boys Colonial town Well Repreaemted.

Life in cantonments of the National Army has been partially depicted by Ulster county boys who are in service a new picture of camp life Is siren by Sergeant llsyer Kaplmn of this city, who is a member of tna Over Sea Truck Train, now stationed at Casual Camp, Fort Jay, New York harbor, in a letter to Lou Merillat, of the Pennington Studio. Sergeant Kaplan writes: "Can-you imagine being on an Island at night and the moon shining clear on rows of tents and barracks, and the mess halls, with boys singing, and worst of all you are only across 'the river 'from New York city, its lights shinin'g bright and you can't go. over? is certainly some busy place. Buildings going up daily, such as i. store rooms, barracks, mess halls, and; soldiers are drilling, daily.

It is i known as the Eastern War Depart' ment Headquarters, ilain Station, i and when completed it will be the main distributing place of the "The stationed' here are all i Casuals. What I mean Is, they come (here and mobilize their permanent before camp. going' to We are -Known' as Sea Truck Train ev.er-organized in country since the beginning of 'war. "We.haye-the finest class of'boys in tKe; boys enlisted for! tne fluratibn' of ana all. fellows frpin of chauffeurs and-other different', island "aiid -certaihly 'it a great thing- in this war.

As enter the building there is a and Write. Home! All the'Paper to They also have a phonograph, piano, all "kinds of records-arid sheet music, plenty of books: to read and a nice fireplace; Outside they have big tent, -and they have moving singing and different kinds of amusement going on every night It certainly doesn't make a fellow feel It is praised by every boy in the ouN fit, no matter what race or creed, and when you leave the man In charge says: 'Don't forget to come back tomorrow and smiles, and everybody leaves him with a smile that never comes off. EIGHT DAY AHAMP SxtfeMM. Axmf Ufa. Working TJaderj Two Schedule--The B.

C. t- te His awl lots of Brerrfse--The Although the Ulster county boys Camp Wi are working hard, it seem to exhaust them, as a personal letter from -Frederick Hoffman, written Tuesday evening, says: "Drilled' eight hours today. Eddie Doyle, (Ferd and I walked over to Wrlfhtstown, three miles, and back tonight for a little exercise." The Ferd referred to is Alfred Schoon- nutker, of Supervisor Charles H. Schoonrnmker, of the town, of Esopns, a young man who came from his home In Union Center to attend nearly all of the drills given by Mr. Rodie at the armory.

The following letter gives the news of the camp: Camp Dtt, Oct. said you wanted to have the truth about the camp. Well, as near as I can figure from what I have seen, tihe work necessary to house the men Is going along fine. Talk about the camp being one half finished Is right, but as far as necessary work is concerned this workisnearing completion. as building barns to stable horses tm mutes is just being started, but barracks are coming- along fine.

There seems to be all sort of mechanics on the-job and the pay is ridiculous for the work done by the men. A good man and poor man all get the same and the -poor- -mechanic is'the-floater, here until pay day. then gone. I understand carpenters get an hour for. Sunday work.

Eats are good. Plenty of them, but different from home. Usually meat and potatoes with all the dry- bread you can eat. For breakfast today, for instance, beef and potatoes, rice and coffee. Noon, beef and potatoes, soup and berries (black 1 with.coffee.

Tonight corned beef, potato salad, prunes and tea. Beans and bacon (have been 'served but once so far. The beans are great and the-boys, when aill --have had a. first helping, can go and get a second helping.so long: as the supply lasts. At mess call we get kit, (frying pan, knife, fork and spoon) cup.

and form, in line passing along in, the. cooks and 'getting a either moved down here 6r" sent a competent Thfi nothing bn the Busy "The island has Staten Island on one side arid Greater'New York on sidei'and Miss (Liberty all lit up at' the entrance to the bay. am writing- this letter by candle light on my bunk in my tent, shared by eight good boys. The light has to go out by nine o'clock and there is a moving picture over to the Y. M.

C. so I will close. 'With best regards to all my friends and to yourself, I am. Yours truly, M.EYBR KAlPLAN. P.

met Harold Styles and Gates here. They are on the island. It certainly seems good to see the boys from your home town. The other Kingston hoys here are Gillette and Sam Mann, so you see the Colonial Town is represented all over In this war- How Catskill Does It. Greene county boys in the National Army arc not being- forgotten by the home folks, says the Catskill Mail, and in this connection it is announced that the Greene County Chapter of the Red Cross is now preparing to send a box of comfort kits to Camp Dix.

Ulster county boys took' their comfort kits with them and kits are ready for the neit who go. Slight Fire in Gardiner. Tuesday a slight fire was discovered in an outbuilding on the prem- of the Rev. and Mrs. John B.

Appel in Gardiner a few yards from the dwelling house. Luckily it was discovered in time and extinguished. It is thoaght the fire was started by Tig Appels were not at come, being in New Brunswick, N. J. Vrtemn Dies in Fflled Boom.

Jacob Ward, a painter. 77" years old, a veteran of toe Civil War and a member of Hajnilton Sleight Post, found dead in his room ia a boarding- bouse in Ponghkeepsie on Thursday morning from gas asphyxiation. Coroner SeUridge. who was called, believes death was accidental. Price Fixing in Orange.

Orange county farmers, through their Pomona Grange, have done a price flxing on their own ac- cOant. They hare decided that $1.50 bushel is a. fair price for potatoes. B. ton.B..S.

the L. deals calamities and Jiorrors. which are always "in the company." When you the next company, they are in the next, and so on. Fcr instance, a company down the street had two suicides last nijrht, says tihe L. That company lias heard same story, only the suicides were in some other company.

I suppose a mile or so away they ara locating: those suicides in our company: Reminds me of the yarns about starvation, mutiny, suicide, pestilence-and sudden death I heard at Camp Whitman over a year ago when spending a dav there. We are drilling eight hours a day and it is hard work for Inexperienced men and those not in training, but just-what we all need if we are to be of any use to the country. Those of us fortunate enough to have accepted Mr. Rodie's offer to drill us at the armory now see the wisdom of our course and feel a debt of pra-titude to Mr. Rodie that we would -like to'repay if we ever had ttm chance.

He taught us a lot of things that put us on easy street now. We have 'the theory and some practice and know what It is all about when they drill us here and so find the work much easier than do those who had no preliminary drill. Mr. Rodie is all rip.M and Company boys he drilled cannot thank him too much for what he did for them. I hope he keeps it up and that the men yet to come take advantage of his kindness.

They will be sorry if they do not. We are working on a schedule laid out to cover two months of work here. Maybe it is only the E. C. but there is a belief tfiat then we are to go south for further drill--maybe to fill )n the regiments at Camp Wadsworth that are now being depleted in order to fill those that go to France first To wash dishes, wash boiler full of hot water is set aside and we rinse off the thickest.

This the captain says will be remedied when we get to our own quarters and towels for drying will be supplied. Kits get pretty greasy at present. It is cold but men are now putting up stoves. I have two blankets, a tick, poncho, which is warm, and I also share a thick comforter with. Steed.

I am warm enough. Some men from this barracks have volunteered for service abroad and leave in a few days. A call was set out for raflroad men and en- i gineers and several responded. They i PRICE TWO CENTS. By Tdesraph Freeman.

The Hague, Ori. damage has been inflated upon the German cfticf of Fra-kfort-on-llain and Sumga.it by Frettsh air raiders, ac- i cording- to advices from the frontier today. Both cities contain many noted buildings, especially Stutt- gart, the capital of the kingdom of Frankfort a bomb on one of the great bridges that span the Main river. By Trfryraph to The Bj- Telesriph to The ttashinsttm. Oct.

The navy de- Chicago. Oct. 5-- -With partment today toot steps increase of the Erst world's serits battle close the Pacific patrol, followinr h.i:r.p!os Set uers that two German raiders are Giants limbered" "up 'sUarv i RICHARD B. aOHXSTON. Richard B.

Johnston, Is of the engineering force of the troop ship Agamemnon, formerly the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He-was born in Kingston, October 25, 1S92, and enlisted at the beginning of the war. He is a son of Richard F. Johnston, the famous old-time baseball player. I do not want to be a so here goes: Frank Steed, wants his coat with a stove in eacih pocket.

He slept in his nighties and sweater, under two blankets and said he was still cold. Grant Brinnier says is sorry he home. He is not honiesick but lie misses the misses in Saugerties. Heard during examination-did you go to Oh! went "How long school?" A "Who me? miles to school and walked every Fin! ey dreamed that he was back home last night Between snores lie was heard to say. it, I'm cents short.

well, let it go," He he was at work in the bank. found his- place- Sunday, 'worked at his. trade' as tailor and. measured- the; feilow's fit." "Cant" Horsfall is Unconsciously Barney iuau, O.L a periect I Albany, N. Oct.

5. (Special to The State Defense Council has Just voted to purchase wool overcoats, gloves and other cold weather supplies for the New York Guard troops now on active duty along canal and the Asbokan reservoir and New York aqueduct. This sum will be devoted to suppling "comfort" lo about 2,000 members of the New York Guard, in addition to the already spent in equipping 10,000 men of the guard. The appropriation LOUIS B. Louis B.

Light enlisted in the United States Medical Corps at Fort Slocum, N. on July 2. After receiving- training iliere for several operating in the South Pacific. Naval officials declare they hare no further information on the deproda- tions of the raiders, supposedly manned by the crew of the Seeadler. Which went ashore some time ago at Island.

But they will take no chances and effort is being made to increase the watchfulness of Ajnerican ships in the Pacific. Japan will play a part in rounding up the raiders, if it is found they are still actually In operation. It was learned here today that Japanese ships are uoing a large part of the work of clearing the sea. The navy department is also taking steps to relieve the men who were prisoners on the Seeadler when she legs and brains fnr the last time today. Clarence Rowland and Ms first lieutenant.

Kid Gleason. seat Sox through their final workout at Comiskey Park after which the weeks he was sent to Fort Benjamin went ashore. They are reported to Harrison, Indiana, whero he con- have been left ou the desolate Mope- tinned in training until several weeks ago when he was transferred to Camp Taylor Unit 13, Sixth Provisional Madinal Battalion, at Louisville, where ho is now stationed. Mr. Light is a brother of Mrs.

M. C. Bishop of No. 104 Henry street, formerly resided at Now- burgh. ha Island.

The navy department will probaibiy dispatch a vessel to the island to locate the stranded men. the Defense Council authorized by with the ap-' proval of Governor Whitman includes $19,700 for wool overcoats; for wool breeches; $14,040 for overcoats; $15,000 for blankets; for wool gloves; and $6,100 for lumbermen's boots which will-be useful in the Catskill snows. This equipment will be furnished within a few days, it is hoped, as the itroops are beginning to get a touch of cold weather in the mountains. There is-available for members of the guard, too, about 1,500 sheepskin coats and other equipment purchased by the state of New York last year for the National Guardsmen on duty in the aqueduct region; which the government did not take over as necessary equipment when the guardsmen went into federal service. ,11 PUT, If on the job.

He had charge of a couple of squads at drill and looks like a promising military man. -Jim Davis says he the Standard automobile durini drill. The infantry is'too slow'for him. Glendenning 'got 'lost in his big bed and had to take out some straw after- the 'first night. No searching- party 'has since been needed and Ralph has slept fine.

Linson continues to smile all day an-d 'at night his merry laugh is heard'long after taps much to the disjrust of the guard. Brinnier furnished the orclhestra for He brought along his harmonica and entertains the hoys. It may be necessary to have Co. men form in line when mail comes Chicago, Oct. and internment of thousands of members of the I.

W. W. are predicted by government officials today after the discovery of an alleged plot by the organization to. foment a nation-wide strike of garment workers and thus curtail or cut off entirely the government's supply of army uniforms. Investigation of this latest plot of the I.

W. it is admitted by government agents, is under way. The' plot. It Is declared, was hatched at a meeting, of I. W.

W. members in Chicago. Government agents are said to have declared that details of the plan to be only part of a ruthless scheme to defeat the war aims of the United States and the Allies. The fact that no activities of the central powers were threatened by I. By Telegraph to The Freeman.

New York, Oct. -Evidence obtained in the investigation of the activities of Paul Bolo Pasha, the alleged German spy, in America, was forwarded today to French Ambassador Jusserand. The evidence was obtained by Attorney General Morton E. Lewis of New York, at the request of the French authorities. It will he used in Pasha's trial as a German spy.

PashaJs now under arrest in Paris. The completed evidence shows how adroitly Pasha, posing as a loyal Destructive Cyclone and Tidal Wave Destroyed Many Buildinjrs 5Ir. Briimicr's Friend Had a Narrow liscape From William D. 'Brinnier, Sr. corporation counsel, has received from George Reinhold, who manages Mr.

Brinnier's large plantation at Isles of Piues, West Indies, a letter telling' of the heavy cyclone and tidal wave that visited the Isle of Pines during the night of September 24, doing thousands of dollars oE damage, livery building on Mr. plantation excepting the residence was blown down. Mr. has also received a letter from A. L.

Grieder, one of the pioneer residents of the Isle ot Pines. In this letter Mr. Grieder gives an in- Frenchman, duped the greatest of teresting and thrilling account his American banking houses by trans- experiences when the wind picked up ferring a corruption of approximately 51,700,000 to hia house and carried it a long distance. Mr. Grieder.

was house Included-in the evidence is a state- at the time and had to climb on top German! of. a cupboard to.save: himself-from subject and 'intimate friend of Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador. He'said Pasha told him of a-separate tieacp nnr.t which and France might agree on. being submerged by the of the tidal wave. Orchards Were Ruined.

auu Liuiii i rumecl I i mi CCL-LCUCU uj 1 i. in. This causes a Digger jam than W. operations is regarded br gov- i TM ACC i -m i Tic- -r-n are men from Kingston men. state bst not the.

mess call. Two mails are received daily, at noon and 7 o'clock. Rffenbary has char.ee of a squad and is now an instructor. He says some men will never learn -how to "snap.it up." "Web'er'says'it's a shame-the way they cut their meat in the kitchen. When, they rind out his talent he'll probably get the job.

Freeman is the most popular thing in camp for Ulster county men. They are borrowed and read until worn out. the men are homesick and they are all a big happy family, but the'lieutenant says he wouldn't give a for a man who did not get a little homesick. Co. has a few men then according to the lieutenant.

Remedy--Send more people at Tiorae. When Cai't. Card announced that the -men would probably see active service before many months, or at least go across the "pond" it caused a numb'er of cases of flat feet and other ailments to develop. However a-little thought soon cured the majority of cases and the men are anrions for the real stuff. Co.

has the finest officers in the regiment and the boys all appreciate the treatment. It is Fleming the ever 'best had. job John M. He says they Tie examination was a pipe. One officer said.

"If yon have grot only one leg tiey will you a wooden one aad accept yon." Few were rejected. Even they are not yet corn- ins borne. The principal test was lungs and heart and in these I got iin fecS chesc ez- pansion. From reading The Freeman and tne in The Freeman office- I learned that no orthodox camp letter is complete withoat a string of roasts on members of the company. won't fire him.

They won't let him resign. He can't quit, and has no lost lime. This doesn't mean a chauffeur's life isn't a snap. "Now altogether make it snappy, men." is the cry in barracks. This is the physical instructors way of lellng to men to use morn "pep." The other lioys from Kingston will fret some reception when they arrive at Camp Dix.

Even Kaiser Bill knows where Camp Irix is. In making letters it is not neccFyarx- to pat on Wrights- ernment agents as significant in view of previous discoveries said to indicate that German money fielped finance the operaton-s of the organization. By Telegraph to The Freeman Chicago, Oct. writing and arithmetic are receiving little attention from pupils of the Howe School today, where an investigation of an attack with sticks and stones by 200' pupils upon Edward E. Taylor, a teacher.

Is in progress. School authorities contemplate a rigid investigation. The attack upon Taylor is alleged to have been made by the pupils ia retaliation for punishment inflicted upon one of their number. Tne assert that Taylor mistreated several of them and accuse him of choking one of the boys of the school. After school 200 scholars waited in ambush for Taylor to leave the building and bombarded him with missiles.

The teacher's face was cut by flying stones and he was forced to run for a street car to escape a fusil-! lade of -sticks and stones. Chicago. Oct- srirls who 1 others entirely on the ground. ver antl was blown except the residence. The -V4.

U.1A\,L A i i I France would give to. Germanv a he on Mr Brinnier's some of her colonial possessions, he a a The letter states that the said Pasha told him. and Germany! st and tb would restore to France parts ot Alsace-Lorraine, besides evacuating northern iPasha first tried to get from American pacifists to influence! In Mr Bnnnier's residence was moved from its foundation several feet to the southeast. ail of the chickens were drowned or killed by the violence of the storm. A small house and barn and other buildings on the plantation were literally blown to.pieces and many of these pieces were washed away.

While others were scattered around the plantation. The storm lasted about twenty- men took the field. The Giants spent several honra behind closed gates at the home of the hostile Sox, for with the exception of Heinie Zimmerman, who Has played against the Rowland men in. several city series. Comiskey Park was new to the N'ew Yorkers.

Following the workouts of the two teams the playing plat was manicured for the opening battle on the morrow and Comiskey Park was closed up as tisrht as a drum. While the rival teams were going through the motions in their last propping exercises, thousands ot Chicago fans were besieging tne White Sox offces in an effort to se- fiiro tickets for tomorrow's gamfa. But those same thousands went away sadly and hopelessly, for with tne exception of the tickets which will be put. on sale tomorrow morning there is not a ghost of a pasteboard to be had. Cool, clear weather was on tap here today with a promise of.

the, same variety for tomorrow, but tno frosty breezes of Lake 'Michigan will have to turn to a blast if the long line fans who will keep an allnight vigil at the box offices at Coralskey Park are to be driven away. On account the preat demand for tickets it is believed that waiting line at the hall park will be longer than ever before. As this is the home of the White Sox. sentiment, regarding the outcome of the big series was rampant for the Sox today. Chicagoans cannot see the men or McGraw with a field glass in so far as the final result of the series Is concerned, though many reluctantly admit that they expect a set of at least six games.

Winning the first game tomorrow is the objective. The team -which gets the jump will enjoy d.decided, advantage and should Giants break even In their two here it is considered a will return to New York as good as 7 to 5 win But winning the first game Is Eddio Cicotte is practically sure to liurl the opener-for the Sox. while McGraw's selection is a matter of much guesswork. Because of -his showing in the recent series at Phil- Every building on the plantation a(1 eiphia. Pol Perritt is considered the loelral choice by critics.

the newspapers of France toward peace, Pavenstedt said. Copies of cables and letters obtained in the investigation indicate that from early in April, when the Pasha account was opened, i 30, when it was terminated with a letter to -Morgan from Pasha, the bankers believed him to be exactly what-he represented himself. of the Royal of Can-i ada told of their transactions with Pasha. They were told by Pasha he ll rs ancl was of the rnost violent storms and tidal waves that has visited the island in several years. Mr.

'Bonnier has been spending bis winters at Xeuva Gerona, and he lri11 a his Property there i it shows a purely social relationship a eam for he expects to leave for would'soon open an account for about $1,700.000 with them, they said, and that he desired to make a contract for a large supply of print paper. "As far as my investigation between Mr. Hearst and Pasha," said Attorney General Lewis today. He described Mr. Hearst's acquaintanceship with Pasha as a "closed incident." there for the winter in January.

Xenrly Loses Ilia Life. The letter that Mr. Brinnier received from Grleder describes how Mr. Grieder's house was carried almost to the Cassa river, which is Others are quite certain that Sallee and Schupp are just as liable to start. The Giants will enter the first game dptormincd to break the basks of the Sox by beating Cicotte.

They claim a if they win the first game, from Eddie, of "shine ball" fame, the rest will be easy. The Sox. on the other hand, are confident that Cicotte will turn the Giants back and that Faher and Russell will be equal to the task at hand. McGraw will not protest Clcotte'3 famed "shine ball" or Davey L)an- forth's He said today. "There will be no protests from this quarter.

I am not questioning a i Rowland or Comiskey are hack of in fhf.se games. If Cicotte has a 'shine ball' he will find us ready to it with 'shine McGraw would make no prediction regarding the opening game tomorrow. Neither would he commit himself regarding his opinion on the length of the series, though he hint- about two hundred a fifty i the jt Is hls conviction that the from where Mr. Grieder's home was! 013 15 are "sure death" in a long located. Mr.

Grieder tells of how he stayed on top of a cupboard for hours, being caught like a rat in a trap, watching much of his property floating away and being powerless to save anything, and i i that any moment he might be drowned. After Mr. Grieder had clung to the for -msnr hours the vrat'jrs are series of games. Got a Wheel barrow Ride. R.

B. Watson, a member of Booth Hose Company, Poughkeepsie, was quietly married a week ago. and Thursday evening he incautiously attended a meeting of the fire com- pany. When the meeting was ad- was Informed by the By Telegraph to The Freeman. Atlanta, Oct.

yards aours me Traiers journcJi ii'- was informed 'i of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. enough for him to wade, i members that thev had secured (Railroad and the Western A The wind was still blowing with! convsyance to see him safely home to lantic railroad were completely tied great velocity and in places the water! wine. He was tied In a wheelbarrow up here today by a strike of vard! V3s up to )Ir Grieder shoulders, an wheeled home accompanied by I but be managed eventually to get to i the firp ladriipq in Tra-Thin--clerks and checkers. Tne strike Is! mumes iu becoming general all along the line,) i according to advices this morninp. Soup House in Hotel.

The men demand more pav and the' Tne IeUer oi Mr Griede described, privilege of organizing. General i now- Burnside Hotel, one of the; formance too. Manager Speilden. of the C. and i few buildings on the island that was! a baw; drum and two snare drums.

It appencl just as the theaters were closing their per- St. is hurrying to Atlanta from to attempt a settlement be fore the freight traffic of the road becomes badly congested. Steel in Poughkeepsie began the manufacture of steel on Thursday when the first pouring was made at the new plant of the Century Steel Company, i The company has bought the old i not destroyed by the storm and tidal I wave, was turned into a soup kitchen for the relief of the residents of the Chnrch Sells Farm. The trustees of the Graham's "United Presbyterian Chnrch. near Pina Island.

la Xcwton, which is the section jj, een la rJi a for the past one hundred and years, to Samuel Mitchell of the -r i re years, amue The tetter stated that the residents town of Crawford, who owas another Trio icl'STirt i i farn, Insurance A property on DeJafleW western, student publication Northwesters University, caaght A Xerve Racking boy ridia? on a bicycle Although the residents or the 5s- wave asd proper of with the man's name..