8 RESERVE INKS k SOOR TO RESCUE W ill Greatly Relieve Financial Conditions Brought on by the European War NOV. 16 DATE SET FOR THE OPENING' Secretary McAdoo Names Day for Be ginning of Business After Confer ence With tie Reserve Board —Big Help to Cotton Producers Washington. Oct. 26.—Steps to set in motion the machinery of the twelve; Federal Reserve banks under the new banking system, the opening for busi ness of which has been fixed officially | by Secretary McAdoo for November 16. j . were being taken here to-day by the Federal Reserve Board. Confidence was j expressed that the early opening of the -Reserve banks would go a long way toward relieving conditions in the South brought on by the European war »nd be of assistance to business j throughout the country. Emergency conditions in the South in particular i prompted the secretary to designate an early date for the opening of the Re-> serve banks. In an official statement on the sub-, ject. Secretary McAdoo who named the *i«te for the beginning of business by the Reserve banks under authority vest ed in him by the Currency Act. said he had decided upon November 16 follow ing a conference with the Reserve • Board and because of the emergency situation in the South, believing that the banks will be of aid to that section and benefit other parts of the country. The directors and governors of the '• twelve Reserve banks, at a meeting in Washington recently, voted against opening on November 1 6 and expressed j iheir preference tor November 30. Secretary McAdoo made it evident; by his statement that under the new; system the Federal government would be able by deposits from the general fund of the Treasury in Reserve banks' to help producers of cotton. The new j Reserve requirements which will be-1 come operative when the banks are j opened, according to Mr. McA ioo, will j release more than four hundred million | dollars of money now held by National! banks as Reserves and will materiallv : increase the loaning power of the i banks. Whi.e Secretary McAdoo and mem bers of the Reserve Beard are fully' <-ognizan: of the phvsical obstacles iu the way of getting "the Reserve banks ready for business on November 16, confidence is expressed that tn e direc tors of these banks will be able to over come the difficulties. COURTHOUSE WILL TAKE FARMERS' LAND Trolley Company Will Not Pay Price Demanded by Owners and Now Proceeds Legally Proceedings under the right of emi nent uonia.u were begun by the Eliza oetatowu ana Deodate Street Railwav Company to-day, by which the coinpanv hopes to -:o5: with :ts proposed rail way, the farm lands of H. F. Keinnard ' and S. It. Sheljv. in Conewago town ship. this county. The trolley line is to connect Hershev an 1 Elizabethtown. Lancaster county, and is being built by ! M. S. Hersnty. the "chocolate kiug." The petition states that Keinnard and Shelly are demanding excessive prices for their laud. John C. Nisslev. representing the farmers, attacked the railway company s oond, which must be nled with and approved bv the court before the land can be taken. • and he was given one week in which to file forma! objections. Granted Charter The Chester Yew Cemetery Associa- . tion was granted a > narter or incorpora tion by the court this morning. Marriage Licenses Go?:i < a'lani and Lina Giaforti. this city. John Mnith and Elizabeth K. Yost. Lebanon Jokoli Beui and Margaret Reinhart, Steelton POI'LTRV SHOW COMING HERE This City Selected for Exhibition to Be Held December 8 to 12 Secretary C. S. Smith, of the Central Pennsylvania Poultry Association, to- ! day received a wire from A. J. Gies, secretary of the National White Wvan dctte Club, stating that Harrisburg has! landed the next annual meeting and show of that club. The National White Wyandotte Club j has thou-ands of members who each' year by vote indicate their choice of cities for their annual show and meet ing. This year the show was claimed by the Eastern members, and Buffalo.i the Madison Square Garden in New > ork City ani Harrisburg at once be canie active competitors for the honcjr. This announcement means that hun dreds of exhibits of White Wyandottes will be sent to the Harrisburg show from every section of this countrv a n 1 Canaia and that the owners of these exhibit* will come here to conduct their annual business meeting. The fact that the ciub will show here will attract ; hundreds of additional exhibits of oth- i er breeds and all factors considered. Harrisburg will have one of the larg-j est and most important shows in the East this winter. December 8 to 12 is the time when this big joint show will be staged at the Chestnut street hall. Coal Screen Law Constitutional Washington, Oct. 26.—The Supreme Court to-day affirmed the decision of : the Ohio Supreme Court holding the so ; called Ohio mine run, or the coal screen. ! law constitutional. • MISS MADELINE M. JOKES BECOMES BRIBE TO-NIGHT Popular Carlisle Girl Will Be Mu(M to Jum Harris, of Philadelphia— Big Reception Will Follow ths Ceremony (Special lo the Star-Independent. 1 Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 26.—The wedding 'at T. 30 o'clock this evening of Miss Madeline M. Jones, accomplished daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Jones. 242 South Hanover street, Carlisle, and ' James Hargis, of Philadelphia, which j will take place in the Allison M. E. church, will be one of the most iuter | esting events of the fall. One hundred and fifty guests have oeen invited to attend the receptiou tJ be given at the home of the bride's parents immediately following the cere uiony. The service will be read bv the Rev. Dr. George Edward Reed, former president of Dickinson College, and now ; pastor of a Wilmington, Del., Methodist ! church, assisted by the Rev. Joseph : Price, the bride's pastor. Both the church and the Jones home | have been artistically decorated for the I occasion. The bride will be attired in a beautiful gown of ivory-colored satiu. ■ Around her hat will be drawn a veil, j the color blending with that of the i gown. The veil will be caught with j orange blossoms. She will be attended by Miss Al meda Jones. ier sister, as maid of [ honor: Miss Edith Beetem, of Carlisle; j Miss Mary Fletcher, of Carlisle: Miss Helen Jones, of Carlisle, a sister, and ! Miss Mvra Smith, of Philadelphia, as I bridesmaids. Mr. Hargis will be attended by Gil i bert Malcom, of New York City, as i best man. The ushers will be: Har j vey Parsons Philadelphia: Phil S. i Mover, of Harrisburg; Clyde M. Hughes, of York, and Frank Prather. of Carlisle. The wedding march will be played by Miss Mabel Klepser, of Carlisle, a close friend of the bride. The maid of honor will wear a pink j taffeta gown and she will carry Kil , larnev roses The bridesmaid's will i wear gowns of blue After the recep j tion. which will immediately follow the I wedding, the couple will leave on an i extended wedding tour. They will be i at home in Carlisle after November ; 15 - The bride-to-be is a graduate of Car | lisle High school and very popular. Mr. Hargis is a bond salesman and is con ; nected with a Philadelphia firm. W. K. Jones, th* father of the bride, is the manager of the Carlisle branch of the Wit man-Sell warr wholesale grocerv i firm. A6ED WIDOW SICCIMRS Mrs. Mary E. Winters. 81, Expired Early This Morning Vlrs. Mary E. Winters, 109 South ! Second street, at which place she had j resided before the outbreak of the Civil i war. the widow of the late George Win . trfs, who was a well-known bank di rector and a prominent merchant of this place for over half a century, died early this morning after a lingering illness, aged SI vea's. Funeral services will be held Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. B. Cooke, pastor of Market Square Presbyterian rfroryh. officiating. Inter ment will be in the Harrisburg ceme tery. Mrs Winters is survived by the fol lowing children: Edward "M.. a promi- I nent Democratic politician and well known notSrv, and Mrs. W. K. Johnson: six grandchildren. Riss. William. Ed ward. Jr.. George. Susan and Caroline. L. E6OLF DIES IN HOSPITAL Best Known Sportsman In Western End of City Expires Ut < A. Egolf, aged 32 years, died last night at the Harrisburg hospital afte- an illness of two months. Mr. was the timekeeper and pav i master for the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works and was also a member of the West End Gun Club and was one of the best known sportsmen I in the western part of the city. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his sister. Mrs. George Jeffries, 520 Forrest street. The Rev. Mr. Williams, pastor of Curtin Heights M. E. church, officiating. Burial wili be in East Har risburg cemetery. He is survived by his widowed moth er. two brothers, William H. and Sam uel J„ and one sister. Mrs. George E. Jeffries. Mrs. Ethel Bergstresser Mrs. Ethel Bergstresser. aged 27 years, died Saturday at her home. 1623 Briggs street. Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. The Rev. C. A. Smucker, pastor of Stevens Memorial eburcb. will officiate. Bum! will be made in the Harrisburg cemetery. She is sur vived by her husband, Roscoe Berg i «tresser. two small children, Helen and ! Robert, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil ! Ham Neyhard. of Carlisle, and three ■ sisters. Funeral of Charles K. Dare The funeral of Charles K. Dare. 52 years old. who died Friday, was held from his home. 1217 Penn' street, this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The Rev. J. B. Markward and the Rev. C. C. Grove afficiating. Burial was in Harrisburg cemetery. Mr. Dare is survived bv his widow and the following children; Kei sey, George. Lester. Ruth ani Joseph; ; also his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Dare, three brothers, Anson P.. of this citv; George, of Los Angeles. Cal., and Law rence E., of New York City. Mrs. M. Bollendorf Funeral services for Mrs. M. Bollen dorf. 54 years old. who die 1 Fridav at her home. 26 North Seventeenth street, was held this morning at 9 o'clock in the St. Lawren.-e Catholic church. In terment was in Mt. Calvary cemeterv. Professor of English Dies Ernest LeC.Tande, the well-known professor of English literature at Mount St. Mary's college, Em mitt s- I burg. Md„ died yesterdav afternoon. The funeral will be held to morrow at : Emmittsburg. Barber Back From Convention Harry S. Poulson, representing the Harrisburg branch of the Journeymen Barbers' I nion. returned Saturday from Indaanapolis. Ind., wnere he at | tended a three-weeks' convention of the national body. He will make his re port at the next meeting of the | union. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. • « HARRJSBTTBG STAR-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 26. 1914. 9TB CRUDE MAY PASS AWAY Huriatarg la Only City in State Not Hftvlng Eifhtyetr Element •ry Course The flrst definite steps to establish an eight-year elementary course below the high schools in the Harrisburg school district will be taken Thursday evening at a special meeting of the Teachers' committee of the School Board. Recommendations of City Su perintendent Downes will be taken up at that time. Harrisburg is the onVv city in Penn sylvania, Recording to Superintendent Downes, which now has a 9-year ele mentary -ourse. F6ur other places in Pennsylvania had 9-vear courses until las: year, when a change was made, leaving Harrisburg alone. Should the change be made it will also mean seuii-annual promotion of students. One advantage, says Super intendent Downes. would be iu ease a student failed he would have but to repeat ha!*' a year, whereas, under the present system, he would have to re peat an entire year. No change will be made in regard to the high schools un til such time as a new building can be provided for. CARAVANS" VISIT VOTERS Republicans Effectively Use New Cam paign Methods in Huntingdon (Special to the Star-Independent.) Huntingdon, Pa., Oct. 26. —"Consul- tation caravans," or political flying squadrons are working for the Repub lican ticket in this county, where, un der the direction of Samuel 1. Spyker, county chairman, a new sort of cam paign is being conducted. Every day these consultation cara vans tour Huntingdon county. Tiie caravans are made up of automobiles, sometime? four, sometimes five and sometimes more, and each automobile carries business men of the county. In stead of the usual set speeches and the customary meetings, these business men meet the voters and discuss with them the issues of the campaign. The ques tions of the voters are met with force ful, effective arguments and each voter has an opportunity of learning to his entire satisfaction the exact meaning of each issue '•The purpose of the consultation caravans is to talk with the voters, not at them." said Mr. Spvker. "The caravans cover the rural districts of Huntingdon county and clarify the sit uation wherever they go. In the ma jority of the places visited there has been an attendance three times as large as we anticipated. It merely indicates that the voters are willing to discuss the issues if they are given an oppor tunity to ask questions and express an opinion or two themselves. "When one of our consultation cara vans visited Franklinville all of the voters in the district appeared. While at Marklesburg we had the entire voting strength, save two or three voters. At Franklinville our meeting was opened by H. H. White, an attor ney, of Huntingdon, who was formerly identified with the Washington party." According to reports from Hunting don county received at the Brumbaugh Citizens' Committee headquarters in Philadelphia, the consultation caravans have beer, a huge success. Mr. Spvker said that a request had been made from I Fulton county that a caravan or two be sent to explain away all doubts ex- J isting in the minds of the voters. $22,000 IX FEND FOR BELGIANS Receipts Gratifying But a Great Deal More Money Is Needed (Special to the Star-IndcDendcnt.t Philadelphia. Oct. 26.—The Belgian Fund for the Relief of Destitute Xon- Combatants. through its treasurers. Messrs. Char'es C. Harrison. Jr. & C om pany. Lafayette building, Philadelphia, announce receipts of almost $22,000. This is considered gratifying, but it is a very small portiou of what will be needed during the coming winter. The committee points out that its labors are increased by the fact that the war has reopened with increased violence in Belgium and that guns o? the allies and Germans are all destroying more property and increasing the number of the destitute. The receipts from cities and towns in Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Dela ware. are very gratifying. Local com mittees are being formed in many places and the central committee in Philadelphia, will be glad to co-oper ate with them. As cold weather ap proaches the suffering is increased. HELD LP BY NEGROES John Ostop Recovering Slowly From In juries Gotten Yesterday John Ostop, 1118 Christian street, who suffered a fra.tured jaw yesterday morning when held up and beaten by two colored men. is recovering slowly at the Harrisburg hospital. His condit.on is much improved this morning. Ostop was found on Eleventh-and-One-Half street near his home toy the police. He said he was stopped by two colored men who demanded his money. Walter J. Lewis, night clerk in Gor gas' drug store, was attacked >"l*"»ti P it of the \ew \ ork Central Railroad fo r permission to merire with several "fher connnn which are now lateral lines of t>he big corporation. Substitate Vo m inees Georsre Ponno.-k anil Howard K. Ash have been substituted for the other two ''ant3iila 4 es for Assembly on the Prohibition ticket in the Second T>ela wore district, who withdrew some time ago. Renuisitions .Tames Robinson, charged with tip. frau-iin? landlords in Bnrlinqton. \, .7.. has been arrested in PhiladeT-liia and to dav a requisition »o take him was honor- ' bv the Onvernor. -'-'oaiU. * \YiHiam«rvort youth, ha'-sre l wit r < r bbevv. has bo»n efl in New York ?rd a remi«ition was sste.l or the r.ovo--of that State for his return for trial. MINISTERS EAT IX OVERALLS Clergymen in Crowd of Tabernacle Workers Which Invades Restaurant Bee Wise the women's work committee did not supply sandwiches and coffee to the workmen at the Stough tabernacle to-jay was no reason why the workmen should not eat. l«ed by Executive Sec retary E. F. Weaver, they inarched at noon to the Busy 'Bee restaurant on North Fourth street, which they com pletely filled during their meal.and made necessary a suspension of all other busi ness. In fhe crowd of workers w-hi<*h at tracted much attention on its trip down town were several ministers in overalls, ministers who yesterday in clerical garb delivered scholarly discourses from dig nified pulpits. The preachers were among tlhe most competent of the vol unteer workmen, who to-day busied themselves wif r n the construction of seats for the tabernacle. BENJ. PRUSB WAIVES HEARING Charged With Maintaining and Renting Disorderly Houses Benjamin Pruss. charged by the po lice with maintaining a disorderly house at 510 Strawberry street, and renting the house adjoining, 512 Strawberry street, to Mary Crawley, for disorderly purposes, waived a hearing for court before Mavor Royal this afternoon and entered SSOO bail for his appearance in court. Both houses were raided Saturday and Sunday nights and in all sixteen persons were caught by the police. City Awards Bid For Scrap Iron Harry F. Bowman, city commission er. to-day awarded a contract to Wil liams & Freedman, junk dealers for the sale of between twelve and fourteen tons of old scrap iron belonging to the city. The iron was sold at a public sale and there were fifteen or eighteen bidders present. Williams & Freedman offered 23 cents a hundred pounds, which was the highest bid. Commissioners May Meet Monday The general election on Tuesday, No vember 3, will fall on the day of the City Commissioners' regular meeting and it was said among city officials to day that the Commissioners may change the date of their next week r s session. The meeting cannot be dispensed with entirely because of pressing business and it is likely it wili be held on Mon day. GERMAN VETERAN OF 1870 MEETS DEATH IN BELGIUM Berlin, via London, Oct. 26, 10.10 A. M.—General Yon Falkenhavn has been acting as chief of the German general staff during the illness of Gen eral Von Moltke, who has been suffer ing from a bilious complaint. General Yon Moltke s illness is said not to be serious. The King of Saxony, while visiting the Saxon troops and the army of the German Crown Prince, advanced sev eral times to the tiring line in order to satisfy himself concerning the condi tions under which the men were fight ing. Lieutenant General Von Rinliardt, attached to the Wuertteuiburg troops, has been killed in Belgium. He was a veteran of 1870 and retired from ac tive service in 1905. He volunteered at the beginning of the war aud was given command of a brigade. The report is confirmed that Emper or William has conferred the decora tion ''Pour le merite" on Comniauder Weddingau of the submarine U-9 for the destruction of the British cruiser Hawke. It is understood that the crew of the submarine have received the decoration of the Order of the Iron Cross of the first class. BRITISH SPIES BLAMED FOR BIRECTINC WARSHIP'S FIRE London. Oct. 26, 2.35 A. M.—A dis patch from Sluis, Netherlands, to the " Express'' says: "All British subjects living in Bel gian coast towns between Mariakerke and Knocke Sur Mcr were summarily expelled and sent to Holland on Satur day. This is the result of the issuance of a German proclamation at Ostend stating that British spies were directing the fire of the British warships. "A trainload of Britishers left Os tend on Saturday afternoon, mostly old men and boys. They were warned not to return to German territory under the most severe penalty. "The entire staff of the Hotel Ma jestic was arrested on suspicion that a spy among their number directed the shots of a British warship whaeh wreck ed the dining room on Friday.'' DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ASSOCIATED PRESS SCRIRES ljoudon. Oct. 26, 4.45 A. M.—The "Times," in an editorial to-day dealing with the censorship questiou, compared the treatment accorded the Associated Press correspondents by the English and German governments to the dis advantage of the former. It sav s fur ther: "Perhaps Premier Asquith and his colleagues never heard of the great American institution known as the As sociated Press. It is the most wonder ful news organization in the world and nothing in Europe can compare with it. Its statementsare generally accurate ami are implicitly trusted throughout North America.'' GERMAN WARSHIPS CAPTURE 4 SWEDISH WOOD STEAMERS London. Oct 26, 5.40 A. M.—Ger man. warships yesterday stopped and captured four Swedish steamers in the timber trade bound for British ports. The German naval commander stated that Germany considers that all wood cargoes bound for Great Britain are contraband. A dispatch from Flelsingborg. Sne llen, announces that one Norwegian and six Swedish steamers have been seized and detained off Falsterbo, a small sea port of Sweden on the Baltic sea. WILSON" EXPECTS AMERICAN TANKER TO BE SOON RELEASED Washington, Oct. 26. President Wilson expressed confidence to-dav that the American tank steamer Briudilla, captured by a British cruiser, will soon be released. He said satisfactory progress was being made in the nego tiations over the Platuria, another cap tured tanker, but that he did not know what the outcome would be. The President described the diplo matic exchanges with Great Britain over the tank steamers as friendly and said he was satisfied that the situation would be cleared up. POTATO BOOTHS STORMED AS PROTEST AO A INST EXTORTION Amsterdam, via London, Oct. 26, 3.10 A. M.—The high price of potatoes in Germany led to serious excesses in Brunswick, according to the "Vor waerts." This newspaper says the booth; of potato sellers who refuse to sell at the ordinary price were stored and the po tatoes thrown into the street and the greater part of them destroyed before the police arrived on the scene. Verdict Near for Archduke's Assassin London, Oct. 26, 4.15 A. M.—A Reu teT dispatch from Vienna, coming by way of Amsterdam, says that in the trial at Sarayevo of Gavric Prinzip, the assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and 'his wife, the counsel for the defense have made their closing speeches aud that judgment in the case will be ren dered next Wednesday. Warning to American Shippers Washington, Oct. 26.—Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the "British Ambassador, by instruction of Sir Edward Grey, is sued a warning to-day to American ship pers, through the State Department, to consign all cargoes bound for neutral countries to the neutral government or a specific consignee. German Crowrj Prince Presided London, Oct. 26, 10.15 A. M.—Ac cording to the -'Star's" Rome corre spondent, the German Crown Prince presided over the Austro-German coun cil of war held on October 14, when the German advance on the Vistula was decided on. which has met with such a decisive defeat. Belgian Flag Flies Over Esschen Amsterdam via London, Oct. 26. 4.26 A. M.—According to the newspaper, " Handelsblat," ttie Belgian flag is now flying a>bove Esschen, twenty miles north of Antwerp. All the German sol diers have withdrawn. SAYS WIFE LEFT HIMFOR POLITICS Coatlaurd From Ktrat l'agr. was hurried to a large extent by the present (European war crisis. The Hunters were married in Decem ber, 1906, and after a sis weeks stay ! in Harrii'ourg went to Baltimore to live. Hunter said his wife for a long time appeared contented although she dome times remarked that since she was a college graduate she thought she should be following some vocation bv which she could earn money, a nd also that she should be working in the cause of women's suffrage. One of the Baltimore neighbors of the Hunters said the Hunter home was elaborately furnished but that the wife complained because of her husband's in ability to purchase and maintain an au tomobile. Unfortunately, said Hunter, •• mv wife's brothers married wealths girls and Mrs. Hunter longed to have thiugs just as they enjoyed them." Ijester Parkeson, manager of a Bal timore transfer and storage house, tes tified that Mrs. Hunter left uncere moniously and that Hunter appeared shocked when he returned home and found men packing the furniture. Mrs. Llewellyn Wade is seeking a divorce from her husband, fitv po licemen said they picked Wade up in a raid in South Cameron street last spring. Hiram B Dry, in h>s suit against his wife, Pearl May Dry, testified his wife, before deserting him, said that she no longer loved him, that she wanted better clothes, was opposed to keeping house land thought she would like to go home rather than remain constantlv at one ! place, A. 6. Foster, another husband seek ing divorce, alleged desertion as the ground. BRINGS KARLUK SURVIVORS U. S. Revenue Cutter Bear Arrives at Victoria, B, C„ With Members of Stefanison Exploring Parky By Associated Press. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 26.—The United States revenue cutter Bear arrived from Nome, Alaska, yesterday, bringing Captain Kobert A. Bartlett, master of the wrecked Stefanssou exploring ship Karluk, and eight Karluk survivors who were taken off Wrangell Island by the power schooners King and Winge, which transferred them to the Bear"in the Arctic. Captain Bartlett and his men were landed at Esquimalt and the Bear pro ceeded last night for Seattle with for ty-eight officers and men rescued from the I nited States revenue cutter Ta hoina. which was wrecked last month on a reef in the Alutian Islands. Of the twenty-eight men who sailed from Port Clarence, Alaska, July 27, 1913, for the Arctic ocean on the steam whaler Karluk, a wooden vessel of 320 tons, eleven perished. Eight, including three of the scientists, were lost on the ice after the Karluk was crushed and three others, including two scientists, died on Wrangell Island and were buried there. TO CONFER ON LEGISLATION President Wilson and Forty Leaders to Map Out Work for Short Ses sion of Congress Washington, D. C., Oct. 26. Plans for the Administration pro gram at the December session of Con gress will be discussed by President Wilson and party leaders at a forth coming conference. The President ex pects the House will be busy with ap propriation bills until February and the Senate meanwhile may busy' itself with other measures—among them the Philippines bill. The bill for the pur chase of a government-owned merchant marine will be taken up, the President said, unless something more important commanded attention. President Wilson plans to remain in Washington this week but to see as few callers as possible, that he may shape his program and keep in touch with affairs in Europe and Mexico. He will go to Princeton next Tuesday to vote. Many invitations to spend a few days at different points in the South after election nave come to the White HOULC, but so far no intention of accepting ar.v of them has been indi cated. Cotton Situation Clearing, Says Wilson Washington, Oct. 26.—The cotton situation, in the opinion of President Wilson, is being cleared up steadily and rapidly. He told callers to-day that while only the end of the Euro pean war would restore uormal condi tions, progress was being made in ef forts to assist the planters. (iOVERXOR-ELECT TO SPEAK Whosoever He Is, He Will Address College Students on Pennsylvania Day Pennsylvania Day will be observed at State College on Friday, November 13. This is an event in the college year that is regarded in importance second only to commencement. Promi nent persons from all parts of the ■State will be present, including Gov ernor Tener, many other State officials, members of the Legislature and those interested in educational matters. The exercises will consist of an in spection of especially interesting class and practice work. A feature of the occasion will be an address by the Governor-igJeet of Pennsylvania, who will be introduced bv Governor Tener. There will be a review of the regi ment of collego cadets. The presenta tion of two flagstaff's by the Pennsyl vania State Camp, P. O. S. of A.;' a glee club concert, and a game of foot ball between Penn State and Michigan Agricultural College. During Friday and Saturday there will be interesting exhibits by the students of the school of agriculture and the department of electrical engineering in connection with the opening of new buildings, to gether with more formal dedications on Saturdav aiternoon. German Evacuation of Ostend Imminent London, Oct. 26, 3.30 A. M.—The •'Times'-! correspondent in Nortern France, telegraphing Sunday, says: "Recent developments have been so favorable to the allies thdt they have the best reasons for stating that the German evacuation of Ostend may be regarded as imminent." CONVENTION WILL I KKKWIOI! Provisional President to Be Substituted for Constitutional Chief, It Is Said MAY ABIDE BY THE DECISION Conflicting Reports As to Carranza't Attitude—He Is Said to Have Is- sued Order Deposing Many Com manders Who Were Villa Adherents By Associated Press, Washington, Oct. 26.—Official re i-orts received here to da\ indicated that the Mexican national convention at Aguas Oalientes would to-day or to morrow depose General C'arranzn as first chief and substitute a provisional pres ident. American Consul Silliman reported he was reliably informed of General Carranza's intention to retire under conditions that no objections would be interposed to his candidacy at a regu lar election hn,l that the tenure of the provisional government should be short. Officials here believed that while Carranzn refused to take the initiative in submitting his resignation he would abide by the convention's decision should it vote to retire him. Evidence of that was contained in official ad vices which reported Oar ran za making no extraordinary military preparations. Conflicting reports had been received by the State Department as to Car ranza's attitude while no confirmation lias been received of reported disturb ances in Mexico official advices told of a general order by Carranza deposing many commanders' who were Villa ad herents at the convention and appoint ing others in their place. Similarly a decree was issued by Carranza inform ing all chiefs throughout the republic that he was still first chief and to obev only orders from him instead of the convention. The convention has dis cussed that in secret session but no re port ot the result of its deliberations has been discussed. The War Department received to-day from Colonel Hatfield, commanding American troops on the Arizona border, a message saying Governor Maytorena of Sonora, was "slowly and reluctantly the Yaqu Indians were detiantlv leav ing Naco." FLAG DAY RECEIPTS S4OO Collections for Benefit of Nursery Home Larger Than Hoped for by the Managers The Flag Day held *Oll Saturdav for the benefit of toe Nursery Home, Third street and Reel's laue, proved to be a much greater success than hail even been hoped for by those w'ho were i n charge, as about.' SIOO was cleared. Children from all parts of the city were busy ' Mlaging people on Saturday un til 6 o'clock at which time they turned their boxes and extra flags into head qua iters. The following officers were in charge and it was due to their hard work and that of the children ehat the day was such a sue-ess: Mrs. .1. H. Pat-ton, pres ident; Mrs. Annie 'McCormick. vice president; Mrs. .1, P. Turner, second vice president: Mrs. .1, D. Hawkins, treasury, and Mrs. H. B. Montgomery, recording and corresponding secretary. The ofticers awarded prizes to the following children: Robert bager, Blair Fasick, Lena Voffe, Helen For sythe, Martha Rice, Glessner Dugan, Ida Garonzik, Bobby Marcus, .John Klawan sic. Rov Crosby and Lewis Morrison. The committee desires to thank the pu'blie for its generosity and co-opera- 1 tion and the children for their help in disposing of the (lags. COKE OVEN (JAS IX FEW DAYS Harrisburg Company About to Turn Steelton Product Into Its Mains The supply of illuminating gas to he obtained from the coke ovens of tno Semet-Solvay Company iri Steelton, will be turned into the city mains for use in Harrisburg within tiie next few days, so L. S, Williams, of the Harrisburg Gas Company, -aid this afternoon. To-day hail been fixed as the time for turning the gas in the city mains, but all arrangements could not be made to carry out that plan. The gas to be supplied to the Harrisburg company will come in crude form. It cannot be utilized by the Steelton company, fcha supply being so great ordinarily as to make it necessary to waste most of it. Tests 'have been made almost daily recently with a view of ascertaining -whether the gas can be used in the city with safety and without injury to the mains. The desired results have been obtained, it is said, and it will only be a matter of a few days until the Steel tou supply will be utilized here. Mr. Willipms said it is likely that ulti mately there will be no need to o cr ate the local com any 's gas making plant. He said, however, it will be necessary to purify the oke oven gas before turning it into the city mains and also it may be necessary for a time to mix it with gas manufactured here. No additional tanks will be re quired. Indictment Against Flagg Stands B;i Associated Press, Washington, Oct. 26.—The Supreme Court to-day declined to direct the Xaw Y'ork Federal courts to annul the in dictment against dared Flagg. indicted with Daniel H. Morgan, former treas urer of the United States and now on trial in New York, charged with al leged misuse of the mails in selling stocks. First Real Snow of Season Chicago, Oct. 26.—The first real snow of the season was reported in thij I.akc Superior region to-day in telfr grams to the local Weather Bureau. At Oreen Bay, Wis., there was snow and a minimum temperature of 20 degrees. A dispatch reported snow and sleet a't Fondulac, Wis.