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.
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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 <by three
men at the foot of the Dock street
bridge Saturday night. He suffered some
bruises and lacerations but was able to
continue oo iis way to work.
GIRLS HOLD SERVICES
Prayer and Music at Moorhead Knit
ting Company at Noon
Services were conducted at noon to
day in the recreation room of the
Moorhead Knitting Company for the
girl employes by Miss Josephine Colt
of the Stough campaign party and sev
eral representatives of the Y. W. C. A.
Miss Mary Evans led the singing of
hymns. Miss Kinzer gave a vocal solo,
Mi«s Graydon a piano solo and Mrs.
Stitt, Y. W. C. A. secretary, led in
prayer. A brief talk was given by
Miss Colt.
WILD DUCKS HERALD WINTER
Flock Passes Harrisburg Flying Low
Over Susquehanna
Cold weather is coming despite
gooseibone prophets aud tfhe United
States Weather Bureau. A flock of wild
ducks flying in the well-known wedge
shape migrated to the South this morn
ing passing Harridburg, flying low over
the Susqaehanna river. It is an unfail
ing sign, rivermen say.
Price of Oil Takes Drop
Lima, 0., Oct. 26.—A drop of three
rents was registered in Lima and South
Lima and Indiana oil irten the market
opened this morning. Lima is now
quoted 93 and South Lima and Indiana
a; 88.
CAPITOL
COMPLAINT AGAINSr YORK
WATER METER ORDINANCE
Public Service Commission Asked to
Restrain City Officials From En
forcing Law Requiring Company to
Conform to Certain Regulations
The York Water Company has peti
tioned the Public Service Coinuiissiou
to request the Attorney General to pro
ceed in the name of the Con - .monwealth
by injunction or other appropriate
remedy, to restrain the City of York,
its otn.-ers, councils and employes from
enforcing the provisions of an ordi
nance passed by the city requiring the
water company to conform to certain
regulations in regard to meters.
• It is held that there is no such viola
tion of the Public Service Company act
shown as the Attorney General could
be asked by the Commission to restrain
and t'liat, if the ordinance of the city is.
as contended, in conflict with the law.
the remedy of the complainants is in
the courts.
The municipal authorities are the rep
resentatives of the people in their local
affairs, and it is held that the Pirblic
Service Commission ought not to assume
any control over the officers of the mu
nicipalties in the performance of duties
imposed upon them by municipal au-'
tihority. unless it appears with sufficient
clearness that this is the meaning and
intention of the legislation conferring
powers upon the Commission. If the
I Commission were to undertake to re
strain municipalities in every instance
where there is a possibility of infringe
ment upon the authority of the Commis
sion. its jurisdiction would'be indefinite
ly extended. The Commission has no
xywer to supervise or control municipal
legislation or its consequences.
Taking Account of Stock
The commission appointed by Gov
ernor Tener to take an inventory of all
State belongings, real, personal aud
otherwise, is hard at work in order to
finish the work in time for the Governor
to include the findings in his annual
message to the Legislature. The work
will be most complete ami thorough,
and fanges from the valuation of the
Capitol building down through every bit
of real estate owned by the State to
the smallest article to be found in a
State institution, even if its value be
onlv a nickel. The various State insti
tutions have been charged to make their
inventovv as full and complete as pos
sible. giving the valuation of everv
thing, and some of the reports sub
mitted ••over pages o' typewritten mat
ter. including everv item from real es
tate to needles and pins. The commis
sion expects to see a total footing up
of many millions.
Public Service Hearings
The Public Service Commission is
hold several meetings in Philadelphia
this week nrior to the regular confer
ence here next week. On Thursday the
Com mission will hear the apnltcation of
♦ lie Blue Mountain Telephone Com-imnv
for an anoroval of its charter, which
is onposed bv several companies al
ready existing. On Friday there will
he a hear in pon t'»e •> >"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.