8 SERIOUS EFFECTS OF WAD PASSING Ut S. Officials Believe Crisis to Business in This Country Has Been Met ARMIES' NEEDS HELP SITUATION Orders for Military Clothing. Harness and the Like Have Flooded Fac tories in Some Districts—New Banking System a Factor Washington. Nov. IT.—Officials of the various government departments which touch the country's business ac tivities feel confident that the most se rious effects of the European war on American business have passed. The restoration of tiie credit balance with Europe has greatly eased the situation, the increasing demand from Europe for American supplies and also tx> the sud den development of an abnormal trade in articles needed by the huge armies now in the field aiding to that end. No accurate figures on the contracts of the latter character are obtainable, fcot orders for horses, mules, army clothing, harness and the like have dooded factories and stock men in •ome districts. It is said that includ ing ammunition orders, this business leaches the huge total of over 200 - 000,000 of dollars. In several line's factories are straining to the highest capacity to meet the demands. Other factors which have aided in clearing up the situation are the open ing of the Federal Reserve bank sys tem, upon which business experts look ss the backbone of the country's re sources, tie opening of the Panama canal, which has alreiady increased freight traffic t-o the west coast of £ direction uot in t.'.e direction* from which it had advanced. It was forced along a road running from Ktitno to Contain, while the Northern Russian army, operating near Soldau, w»s forced back to Plock by way of Lipuo. The Uermaus remain now standing on the right wing of the main Russian armv; consequently they have won a tactical sucvess. iu additiou to creating a favor able strategic situation. News reaching here from Vienna is to the effect that all aloui; the Gali. ian border the military activitv loads Ger man observers to suppose that the Aus trian* also have taken the offensive. BRITISH REPORT ON WAR SITUATION Cob tinned Prom First Pace the Germans have gained some ground, but they have not captured Ypre>. "In repulsing the enenn so far we I have suffered heavy casualties, but bat ties of this tierce and prolonged nature cannot but be cost I v to both sides. We have the satisfaction of know-in- t.ia we have foiled the enemy in what ap pears to be at present his niai;i tbjei in the western theatre of operations and have inflicted immenselv greater losso* on him than those we have suffered ourselves. "Wednesdaf . the eleventh, was an other day of desperate fighting. A day broke the Germans opened tire on our trenches to the north and south of the road from Menin to Ypies. This] was i robably the most furious artiilerv . tire which they have yet emploved ■ ngaiust us. A few hours later" they followed this ii an iufantrv assault ' in force. Attackers Met by Fronti.l Fire "As the atta.-kers surged forward; they were met by our frontal fire and. since they were moving diagonally' across fiart ot our front, they were also attacked on the flank by artillery, rifles and machine guns Though theirfas unities before they reached our liue must have been enormous, % such their resolution and the momentum of the mass that, >n spite of the splendid resistance of our troo; s. the" succeeded in breaking through our line in three places near the road. They penetrated some distance into the woods behind | our trenches, but were counter attacked again, entiiaded by machine guns and driven i.n-k to their line of trenohes, a certain portion of which they suc ceeded iu holding, iu spite of our efforts to expel them. What their total losses must have been during this advance may lie gauged to some extent from | the fact that # tfle number of dead left in the woods behind our line alone amounted to "00. Effort Checked in South '• \ simultaneous effort' made to the south, a part of the same operation, although not named out bv the guard corps, failed entirely, for; when the at tacking infantry massed in the woods close to our line, our guns opened on them with such effect that they did not push the assault home. As "generally happens in open wood and countr;-. the fighting to a great extent was carried on at close quarters. It w-as most des perate and confused. Scattered bodies of the enemy who had penetrated into the woods in the rear of our position couid neither go backward nor forward and were n?arl vail killed or captured." | WHOLE OFTHENORTHSEfI IS' NOW IN THE MILITARY AREA London. Nov. 17. 3.13 P. M.— Premier Asquith stated in the House of; Commons to-day that the British gov- 1 ernment had decided to declare the whole of the north sea to be in the mili tary area. All subjects of the enemv found on neutral vessels, the Prime M'nister also said, would be liable to detention as prisoners of war. Mr. Asquith also announced that oil and copper would be declared contra band of war. FALLING OFF IX CRIME SINCE BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN WAR London. Nov. 17, 1.33 P. M.—"The; falling off of crime 1 in this country since the beginning of the war has been truly remarkable. As compared to three years ago there has been a diminution of 30 per cent, in indictible , offenses." said Justice Robert Wallace to-day in charging the Grand -Jure. j The .justice explained that he at tributed this decrease partly to public'! restraint in war time, but principally to the reduction in the number ot hours saloons are permitted to stavjl open. South American Neutrality Washington. Nov. 17.—Questions of neutrality of South American coun -;j tries do not concern the United States in a strict sense. President Wilson de-' | i-lared to-day. He expressed the hope I ; that assurances of neutrality given by j K uador anil Colombia would be suf-' t tbient to satisfy Great Britain andjt France, which contend that the Ger j t man's fleets hav e been receiving aid r roui ports of those nations. I HARRTSBITRG STAR,TXDKPEXPEXT. TUESDAY EVEXTXfi. XOVEMBER 17. IDI4. GERMANS FICHT ON IN THE EAST AND WEST WITHOUT REGARD TO WINTRY WINDS I London, Nov. 17, 2.22 P. M. —Gen • uihiiy s remarkable persistent offensive in blizzard-swept Flanders in the west . and the stability of her hasty defense along her eastern froutier were issues tlie outcome of which still was uudo . tided to-day in the great European J war lu Flandeu tie allied liue refuses 'to yield, while in the east the Russians L j continue to push forward. The batrk l I line in Prance seems for the time being : forgotten and the actions there prob ably will continue to be of a sporadic j nature until the allies in Flauderg prove conclusively that they cannot be bat j tered in or until the Hermans by some mighty effort prove that they can. German Invaders Persistent A nftmrh of futile righting, entailing 1 losses the extent of which perhaps will 1 never be fully known, has not convinced r ] German leaders that the French coast ' i towns are unobtainable, and, while si ow and rain and wind and cold have i during the past few Jays so tried the .! troops as markedly to reduce tliei • lighting capacitv, there 5s nothing to j show that the invaders will not try I again. How valiantly the Germans have been meeting -death in what to date | has been a hopeless task is recounted |by the British army's official |Pyewitueß< ! at the front t'olouel Swintou. who, de ' scribing the recent tiglifing around l | Vpres. said- ''Their dogged persever ! ance claims our whole-hearted adntira j , tion.'' This tnb.ite was not qualified, as; i heretofore, by the query wl.ether disci , 1 pline or sheer bravery prompted the men so to die. for the troops referre i to were the guard corps, the pick of the German army, which has. according to Colonel Swinton, •• retained the con tempt for death" which it showed in j the Franco-Prussian war. Situation at Other Points Reports that Cracow was in tlames after a Russian onslaught: that the populace of both east I'russia and Si iesia was fleeing, and that the Servians , had been driven furthe- into their owu : country by the Austriaus figured in > the dispatches received in Londou to da\ from the cast and. though what I really happened at Cracow is no; i known here, the trend of news would ; seem to indicate that the Germans and j I net Austrian* are for the moment a: rhe bottom Berlin is interpreting the retreat of the German forces from Warsaw as a strategic masterpiece, much the same as the allied governments hailed Gen eral .1 off re s retirement in the early stage of the German invasion of France, but the German people, accord ing to travelers rea-hing here, are ex pressing widespread chagrin at the German retreat. It will be recalled that similar .-riti- M ,--sm-s were voiced when the French and : Enjlish armies continued to fall hack., i That this was strategically a proper, ' moi e subsequently was proved and. ar coid'iig to those who recentl," have j been at the German captal, the German j army in tiie east must similarly justify action if Its retreat from Warsaw is not to go down in history as a defeat.] RUSSIAN ADVANCE MAY NO! YET BE CHECKED BY VICTORIES Of GERMANS Berlin. Nov. IT, (by Wireless). — j : Whether the latest German victories in the east have stopped the Russian advance cannot yet be foretold, but j German military officials say, they un doubtedly have resulted in giving the • Germans au excellent strategic position i and at the same time increasing the difficulties of the enemy's situation. The Russians near Soldau, according to reports from the German army headquarters were driven [past Lipno to Plock. and the Russian arinv de'- feated by General von Hindenburg, at Wloclawek, was forced southward ovev Kutno instead of back upon the line of its advance. The Vistula river is now between the two Russian forces and it is pointed out in military cir cle* that the river is likely to prove a great barrier in case of further Rus sian .defeats. Victory Not to Be Overestimated In itself, the German authorities say, the victory must not be overesti mated and the people should wait un til it is known whether the Russians have been made to retreat or even brought to a standstill. The Russian losses, including pris-' j oners, are reported to have exceeded a i whole army corps but the German of-1 1 tibials say that it must not be forgot ten that the Russians are operating in great force. A report received in Berlin *"roin Vienna, that actions took place at dif ferent points along tlfe front in Gal icia appear to show that the Teutonic allied armies there have now made the dispositions of their forces aud are rea iy to reassume the offense. Thousands of Prisoners Taken General Potiorek. commanding the Austrian forces in Servia. declared in , an address to his troops to-day that , thousands of prisoners bad been taken , in the last nine days. An official announcement made in , Vienna reports that the Servian j>osi- , tions at Valievo and Obrenovas have been taken by- the Austrians, therebv i removing another obstacle to the ' Austrian march on Belgrade. From Constantinople come reports of a Turkish attack on a British force 1 at Fao, a port of Asiatic Turkey in the ' I ersian Gulf, in which a thousand ' English are said to have fallen. i The situation in the western ar?na ! of the war seems almost to have been j forgotten in Berlin in view of the Ger-1 man victories in the east ami became; of the lack of fighting in Fland?rs,' owing to the bad weather prevailing' ! there. I ] I . S. WARSHIP PI TS STOP TO ABUSE OF ALLIES' SIB.IECTS Paris, Nov. IT. 2.13 A. M.—Au > Athens dispatch to the Ha\as Agency ' says: " i i "The American warship Tennnessee i c has arrived at the port of Vurla, Asia j Minor, and has put a atop to ill treat ment of British, French and Russian residents. The authorities of Smyrna, fearing a bombardment, have left for: h the interior. j g "'The garrison at Smvma at present,S consists of 35.000 Turkish soldiers." Ih LICfiTS OUT IN LONDON ARE CAUSE OF MANY MISHAPS Coile»i>ondence of the Associated Press. Londou. Nov, 17.—The lowered lights oroder issued to hide London from marauding airships 'has now been ex tended to tie whole country but the restrictions in the provincial cities are not as right 1 as those prevailing iu the capital. Oue of tiie peculiar features of the 1 order is a clause providing that the cur j aiius of passenger train coaches must I be drawn while trains are traveling -at night. The authorities evidently be lieve that sir,h trains uiigfht act as guides to t ie enemy's airships which could follow them into t'he cities for which ithey happened to be bound. Here in London the majority of the ,ovulation apparently is beginning to be resentful instead of appreciative of the precautions takeu bv the police. Vow that the short davs have 'begun when artificial flights are necessary as earlv as 4 o'clock, the discomforts of a darkened city are increased. Three persons have been killed on t'he streets at night during the past week. The (ommisaiouer of Police has issued an appeal to motor drivers to lessen the burden of the police. there is a large spirit of rush and recklessness arising from the excitement of war times which a> -omits largely for careless driving. Hundreds of mo tors are employed on military duties, and these carrying the magic s.gn "<). if. M. S." 'His Majesty's Service) dash through the streets at high speed aud perhaps set s demoralizing example to the drivers of taxis and private cars. GERMAN CRUISER BERLIN IS REPORTED CAPTURED Christiana, Norway, Nov. IT, by Way of London, 4.30 P M.— it was officially announced hero to-day that the disarmament of the German cruis er Berlin, which has put in at Trondh jeni. a seaport of Norway, has been commenced. The Berlin appeared off Tt-oudnjem which is on the northwestern co.ist of Norway and well outside of the North Sea yesterday. It. was then reported that she was endeavoring to escape from the North Sea to »ct as a -om nierce raider iu the Atlantic, very much as the cruiser Emden did in the Indian ocean. BELGIAN REFUGEE COLONIES MAY COME TO UNITED STATES Washington, Nov. IT.—Whiie Presi dent \\ ilson has decided not to appoint an all-American central committee to take charge of Belgian relief measures, he is considering the advisability for forming such a committee iu au indirect way. He may write to some oue sug gesting the organisation of such a com mittee. The does not desire to take auv official action on the ques tion. Mr. Wilson learned to-day that ef forts are being made to bring groups of Belgian refugees to the United State? to establish settlements, especially in the South. He does no; think the im migration law preventing likely public charges from entering the United States would interfere. Assurance could be given, he said that the Belgians would oe cared for after their arrival. HORSES AND MULES VALUED AT *2.491).000 SENT TO WAR ZONE East St. Louis, 111., Nov. IT.—Horses and mules valued at $2,499,000 have been shipped from the national stock yards here to the French and British governments since the war began, ac cording to a statement given out at the vards to-iiav. The English - have bought 5,020 horses and t'he French T.4T6. 'Hhe aver age price has been S2OO a head. Con tracts have been let for 6.000 to 13,- 000 additional animals. A horse dealer said to-day that the British government was willing to buy 100,000 horses under contract calling tor the delivery of the animals free on board at shipping points. RUSSIA TAKES OVER SINGER SEW INK MACHINE FACTORY Petrograd, Nov. IT. Via Londou, 4 P M. —The huge factory in Russia of the Sewing Machine Company has been taken over by the and will £>e devoted to the manufacture of small arms. The factory of the American Phonograph Company also has been requisitioned for the same pur pose. while smelting concerns operated by Americans are now being used to make steel billets for military purposes. The taking over of these factories, it is expected, soon will remedy the ex isting deficiency. BERLIN REPORTS FRENCH REPULSED SOI TH OF VERDUN Ber in. Nov. IT. By Wireless to Lon don, I.OT P. M.—German army head quarters gave out an offi ial report this afternoon as follows: "(ienerally speaking yesterday pass ed quietly in the western arena of the war. To the south of Verdun and to the northeast of Cirey the French made several attacks which, however, were unsuccessful. "Operations in the eastern arena ma.ie further favorable progress but detailed reports are not yet at hand. ALTOS \YITH,OIT LIGHTS KILL MORE THAN ZEPPELIN BOMBS New York, Nov. IT.—"Automobiles ' running without lights through the streets of darkened Loudon kill more 1 persons than bombs dropped from a (raiding Zeppelin would," said Lord Riehurd Neville, of Loudon, upon his arrival here to-day. "There are many persons who be lieve that the darkening of the oitv is unnecessary." continued Lord Neville. "On moonlight nights the enemy would not have the slightest difficulty in lo cating it.'' Heavy Sea Fighting Beported Petrograd, Via London, 2.10 P. M., I Nov. 17. —Heavy lighting is reported here to have taken place in East Prus sia in the vicinity of Neidenburg and Soldau and the advantage is declared j here to be entirely with the Russians, i ORDERS CENSUS OF TREK IN THE CITY Coatiaurd From first Pace. that the cost of that work should b borne by the property owners and that the expense or plantiug should average not more than s:t.so a tree, including the cost of the tree. After that, he said, the property owner would have no further expeuse in connection wtih the trees, as the Cjty would pay for trimming and spraying them. The Question of Lighting Replying to queries from the Com misaioners, Mr. McFarland, who reallv is the father of the Pennsylvania tree trimming act. declared that the tree commission could not remove or replace a tree Without first giving notice to the affected property owners and permit ting them to make protests, if thav had any. Asphaled streets, he said, do not at" Asphalted streets, he said, do nor af of street lighting was discussed in con nection with the care of trees and it was hinted that the Oitv now is work ing toward the abolition of all su*|K>nd ed arc lights at.d the installation iu lieu thereof the light standards. To the Mayor was referred the pe tition of seventy-five business ami pro fessional men for the establishment of ; a Detective Bureau with Joseph Ibach, ! one of the present City Detectives. a« the Captain or Chief. The author of the petition is un known to the Commissioners, they said. Spencer (iilbert is the first signer to the paper. Only recently Detective lbach succeeded in recovering valuables that had been stolen from the Gillnr; home; apprehended the thieves, and la t?r refused to accept a reward which Nli. Gilbert tendered him for his "good services.'' Praise for Detective Ibach The petition states that the Harris burg detectives have within the last three years recovered stolen property valued at $32,025.78, that Detective Ibach during that time alone made 2 75 arrests and he assisted in arresting 137 others. He has devoted to duty, the pe tition continues, an average of fifteen hours a day, and during the last three vefrrs lias been absent from duty but twenty days, on five of which he was detailed out of the city. On eleven he was confined to the house through an accident or illness. He had a vacation of four days. A resolution introduced bv Commis sioner Lynch provides for making re pairs to the I'axton street bridge, ovor the Pennsylvania railroad, the expense to be met out of $2,151.68 to be trans ferred from the unexpended balance of the fund from which the Dock street bridge eonst-uetion work was paid for. Action on the resolution under which it is proposed the City shall take over the ground on the west side of Front stieet, between Kelker and Maclay, was deferred for anothei week. It is planned for the City to accept deeds for the ground, in return for the pay ment of paving assessments which had been levied against the proper!.' own ers. These assessments cover only the paving on the west side of the street, the property owners on the east side of the highway having already paid their portion. j HOOF AND MOUTH DISEASE | Commerce Commission Will Afford Be lief to Losers When Practicable 87 Associated Press. | Washington, Nov. 17.—T0 assist in j prevention of the spread of the foot and mouth disease, the Interstate 1 Commerce Commission announced it I would '' contribute whatever it can ti | ward affording relief at the present , juncture.'' « Applications had been made for re lief from the assessment of demurrage | charges upon embargoed shipments of live stock, hay and straw, held by or ! ders of the Agricultural Department. The Commission's announcement says: "Carriers are required strictly to ob serve their published tariff rates and regulations and may not deviate there from. This Commission may. however, upon application mode to it permit changes in tariffs upon less than ordi nary thirt days' notice. Should the carriers, or any of them, petition this Commission to make effective upon one day's notic • tariffs which will suspend ! the assessment and collection of demur rage occasioned by the order of the Department ot Agriculture, this Com mission will be glad to give prompt and fa vorablt consideration to such ap plications. " SENATOR BEIDLEMAN IS HOST Entertains With Sauerkraut Dinner as Result of Winning Wager With the proceeds of one of several pre-election wagers he made with Mer j cer B. Tate. Senator E. E. Beidleman ; last evening entertained a number of friends at a sauerkraut dinner at Cold ; Springs Cottage. Williams' Grove. The guests included .ludge George Kunkel. Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, Judge Albert W. Johnson. W. Harry Baker, Mercer B. Tate, Henry W. Gough, Karl Dey, Charles Boil, An drew 8. Patterson, A. H. Hull, W. S. Tunis, W. W. Caldwell, George H. Dun ham and Frank A. Smith. WILLIS FUNERAL TO-MORROW Select Pallbearers From Various Lodges and Fellow Workmen Tbe following have been selected to ast as pallbearers to-morrow afternoon ! at 2 o'clock at the funeral of John G. Willis, who died Sunday night after a long illness: Two from 801 l Bros.' Man ufacturing Company plant, two from the Mt. Pleasant Fire Company, one from the Knights of Pythias and one from Corn,planter Tribe of Red Men. The funeral will be in charge of the Rev. Thomas Reiseh. Burial will be in the Oberlin cemetery. Arthur B. Clark Spent 11305.15 But one expense account from a State candidate in the last election was filed at the State Department this morn iug. Arthur B. Clark, Democratic can didate for Congress-at-large, filed a statement showing that he did not re ceive anv contributions and spent $305.15. Hu gave SIOO to State Chairman Morris and the rest was for personal expenses and advertising. More Duty on Beer in War Zone London, Nov. 17, 5 P. M.—David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, proposed in the House of Commons to-day an additional duty on ■ beer of 17 shillings. 3 pence per'bar ; rel. This is equivalent to about one cent on each glass Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. BIG DAM IS DYNAMITED Fifteen-Foot WUI of Water Is Liber *ted Mysteriously in Greek Near Goldsboro •GoMsboro, Nov. 17. With a roai that was hoard for miles the 'Hess mill dam in a creek, one aud a half miles above this 'borough, was blown opeu with dynamite about 10.45 o'clock Sun day night, liberating a wnll of water fifteen feet hig'h that swopt down the ereflk and into the §nsqoctiuoiia river without doing much damage. The dam is about two hundred feet wide at the 'breast. W'ho plante.Y the explosive is not known, tint it is thought that it was I ho u"t of some one who 'had sustained damage from the water during time of a flood. This dam has burst ou several occasions. Jacob Went/ is t'ue miller. Hearing the explosion he dressed 'hurriedly and investigated. A gaping hole in the 'breast of the lam more than twenty feet wide, tliroiuii which the water was surging, told the story. The large spill gate was opened, there'bv relieving the [•"•jssnre, and atter several hours the level of the water had fallen to sucii au extent that danger of the dam being washed away was removed. The breach in the dam- will be repaired and au (investigation will be made by local an | thorities. |COUNTY SI PEKVISORS To MEET Road Building Will Be a Topic of Dis cussion Here on Thursday The Dauphin County Supervisors As sociation will nieet in the Court House on Thursday, morning aud afternoon, at which times talks will be given and dis cussions had on road building and main teuance, drainage questions and the du ties of the supervisors in general. After organization in the morning an address will be made by .1. D. Mess ner, president of the association. Of ficers will be elected. John C. Niss'.ey, one ol the newly elected Representa tives in the Legislature from the sec ond Daupliin district, will make the ad dress of welcome, and Frank B. Bosch, of the Central Construction & Supply Company, will give a talk on good roads. d. W. Hunter, first deputy to State Highway Commissioner Bigelow, will open the afternoon session with » talk on township highways. He will be fol lowed bv M. ft. Brinser who will discuss the split-log drag and its possibilities. .1. B. Howe and s. H. Grove will inako addresses on road building, and after committees are appointed, District At torney M. fi. Stroup will define the du ties of the township supervisors. HE SPENT SB,OOO TO LOSE What It Cost Ambassador Gerard to Run for U. S. Senator By Associated press. Washington, Nov. 17.—-Ambassadorj Gerard at Berlin to-day filed his report I showing that he had spent SB,OOO in | his unsuccessful candidacy for Senator from New York. Of that amount lie! contributed $5,000 to the Democratic State Committee and so,ooo to the New York County Democratic Commit tee. President Wilson to-day character | ized as au "idle invention'' a report j that Mr. Gerard would resign his post j as a result of his defeat. i Thaw Conspirator's Conviction Affirmed By Associated Press, Albany, N. Y., Nov. 17.—The judg- I ment convicting John N. Anhut of «t --j tempting to bribe Dr. John W. Russell, j former superintendent of the state Hos j pital for the Insane at Matteawan, to I bring about the release of Harry K. Thaw, was affirmed by the Court of Ap peals to-day. State Highway Contract Awarded Highway Commissioner Bigelow this morning awarded the contract for 850 teet of brick 'block paving in Neshan no.-k township, Lawrence county, ad joining the City of Newcastle, to the Woods & Golder Construction Company, of Newcastle, at their bid of S2 - 924.44. Steal Groceries From Vestibule Mrs. Henry Dunmoyer, 1316 Cow den street, reported to the police the robbery of $2 worth of groceries from the vestibule at her home this morn iug. She had instructed the grocer to leave them there, she said, and when she returned they were gone. Miss Gordon Heads W. C. T. U. * lift Associated Press. j Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17.—Miss Anna A. Gordon, of Evanston, 111., to-day was ejected president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at its gen eral convention here. American Authoress Betrothed Paris, Nov. 17.—The betrothal was | announced to-day of Bessie Van Vorst.j (the American authoress, and Hughes! I Leroux, one of the editors of " Le Ma-j | tin." The wedding will take place De cember 26. Charles Payne Billed Big Moose j Charles Payne, of Rochester, Pa., I who has a number of friends in Har j risburg, recently killed a moose weigh-' j ing over 1,600 pounds, while on a ; huntiug trip i n Canada. Stores Open Before Christmas The Retail Merchants' section of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce has decided to keep the retail stores open ■ the four nights preceding Christmas j Exaggerated Evils of Insomnia Of t'he five minor exciting causes of functional nerve disease insomnia is the chief, and its intrinsic evil effect is ! invariably exaggerated by the impor tance attached to it by t'he sufferer j himself. If a man docs not mind lying! awake quite half the mischief is oib ! viated, but in nervous people the idea ; of fatigue doubles the actual exhaus- j tion.—Schofield "s "Functional Nerve I Diseases.'' Ground Flat An old cou-ple from the country were, in town on a holiday, aud on gl»iug along one of the streets they saw above { one of t'he stair doors "James Simp-' son, Ground Flat," when the old woman ! was heard to remark: "Sic a death. I Surely he's 'been run oor wi' a steam j roller.''—London Mail. Making Sure "How »ha!l l express my sentiments i toward youf" said the infatuated young man tenderly. "On pa, er, please." said the lovely, j but clear sighted, girl. "Then there, can be no vhance of your "'rigging out of it."—lx>ndon Telegraph. THE SITUATION IN MEXICO Gutierree Hardly Will Be lusta'led Un til Both Carrania and Villa Have Left the Country i Hi/ Associated I'ri si, Washington, Nov. IT.—flccretarv Bryan announced to-day the receipt of a message from American Consul S;lli uian at Mexico City, saying the news papers there had published the text of a telegram from (ieneral Gutierrez, ap proving the conditions set by Ceneval Carrnuza for his own retirement. Mr. sillinian reported that a tele gram trom General Carran/a to Gcueval Gonzales, which was transmitted to General Gutierrez.. stating the willing "ess „f the first chief to deliver the executive power under certain condi tions, also were published. Mr. Sil i | man s dispatch made uo mention oi : .nisi what the conditions were. Secretary Bryan said he ha.l no ad vices from any, other source to show what stipulations finally had been agreed upon but that there na< been discussion in previous .iispatehes of the wish of t'ar.anza that he ana General \ ilia leave Mexico. When the Cabinet met it considered these latest phases of the situation. The lee ling of officials wa.* that au under standing had been reached which would bring peace. In some quarters it was suggested that i arran.ia ■> conditions of retire uient would not be made public and thai Gutierrez actually would not be in stalled into office in Mexico Citv until both Curranza and Villa had left the cou ntrv. A. K. 1.. RESOLUTION CHANGED So As to Urge Unaffiliated Unions to Join the Federation My Associated Press. Philadelphia, Nov. 17.—The resolu tion which Samuel Gompers, president, of the American Federation of Urbo:. attacked in convention yesterday us a declaration of war on the railroad brotherhoods and other unaffiliated unions, and which was recommended to the committee ou organization, was again reported to-day in modified form and adopted. Instead of instructing i iio executive couiujil to organise unions in those organizations which refuse to affiliate with the federation, the resolution waa amended so as to instruct the executive council to "in vite and urge" all unaffiliated national and international unions to join the federation. Two amendments to the modified resolution were defeated. One provided that a committee ot' three be appoint ed to visit unaffiliated unions and the other sought to insert in the resoln tion that only eligible unions be in vited. RETAIN' VERA CRUZ CUSTOMS U. S. Will Hold Money Pending Stable Government in Mexico By Associated Press. Washington. Nov. 17.—The United states will hold the several million dol lars in customs collected at Vera Cruz until a stable government is establish ed in Mexico and will not turn it over to the French bondholders. President Wilson said today the money would be delivered to neithei faction in Mexico under present condi tions and indicated that only a govern ment recognized by the United States would receive the money. He feels that responsibility for which faction gets control of A'era Cruz after its evacua tion by American troops does not rest with the United States. Mr. Wilson does not construe the message as a bid for recognition. No confirmation has been received of re ports that Villa had promised to leave Mexico. DROP BELOW THE RECORD Sixteen Bicycle Teams Still Biding ill Six-Day Race New \ork, Nov. 17.—9ixteen bi cycle teams were still riding to new rec i or.lb in the six-day race at Madison I Square Garden to-day. Nine of these led in a cluster at 686 miles 7 lacs at 8 o'clock this morning. Four followed a lap behind; two more trailed the leaders three laps and even t'he tail end j era had tallied 686 miles, 4 miles and seven laps more than the previous rec ord. I 'For the first time sink-e the third hour j of the race, the leading teams dropped below the record this morning. At 11 o dock the nine leaders were bundled with a score of 743 miles. The record for the thirty-fifth "hour was 74 3 miles J aud 5 laps, made in 1913. BICYCLIST HURT IN COLLISION Charles Shorge's Ear Almost Tom From Head When He 'Strikes Auto j Oharles Shorge, 25 years old. 529 j Muen eh street, was knocked from Ihig bicycle at Forster ami Green street-) i lust evening when he collided with an . automobile, said to have been driven 'bv j Paul Porter. His right ear was almost torn from : his head and he suffered a severe lacer ation of the fine. He was taken to the Harri»burg hospital for treatment and later taken to his home. To-day's Cabinet Meeting Topics B>i Assoi iated Press, Washington, Nov. 17.—Foreign af lairs and domestic business conditions were the chief topics at todays Cab j net meeting, l.atest news from Mex | ico, Secretary Bryan said, gave prom | ise of early peace there. Secretary Ked field said official reports showed a increase in exports and that busines» generally throughout the country wa« .steadily improving. Secretary McAdoj reported on the opening of the new Federal Reserve system. Cotton Loan Fund Not Abandoned ! f By Associated Press, Washington. Xov. 17.—Secretary McAdoo reiterated to-day that tue SI 35,000,000 cotton loan fund has not been abandoned and characterize predictions that it was likely to faij as emanating "undoubtedly from cer tain selfish interests opposed to the fund.'' Giving Proper Credit Two I'hiladelphians were talking oi the fortunes of a third denizen of that city when one said: "His first lucky strike was in eggs; He bought 10,000 dozen at a low fig! ure, put them in cold storage and soli them at a profit of more than 300 per cent. That was the cornerstone of h:> groat fortune.'' "Ah!" exclaimed the other. "The# tht hens laid it!"— Harper's .Magazine: