-L OTY SCHOOLS OPEN FOR 200,000 PUPILS A WEEK FltOM TODAY b longest Vacation in the History gf Philadelphia's Educational System Draws to ' an End '16,000 ON "PART TIME" "New Pupils of Citu Schools V Must Bo Registered ,, Healthy children must attend school at tho ago of eight They may attend school at tho age "Boys and girls may bo enrolled In the kindergartens at tho ago of four. Mow tin nils will bo registered on Thursday and Friday. Parents snouin appear wim weir children at the school nearest their homes. They should bring with them Jeg that they were successfully vac-rfnatcd. f.ini then the whining schoolboy. -with hi satchel 114 ahlnlnr roornlntr fact, creeping Ilk snail 'feectrlo signals will be flashed Into 5000 ; ejasarpoms in pverjr pan or me city on f . .' Klti.k i9 11 1rw1r n w.Atr fmM - 4r, and 200,000 boys and girls, ranging la age from four to twenty-one years, will fcejln another year of study. Having en jeftd the longest vacation In tho history of publlo education In Philadelphia, be cause of the epidemic of Infantile paralysis, tbty win do requiroa 10 cover me pre scribed coumo by harder work than they '' bars eyer before experienced. A corps or uooo icacners, wnose salaries total more than $600,000 a month, will un dertake their duties today. Although the iew term will not begin until October 2, tho Instructors will spend this week In the 'tchoolhouaes. They wilt abandon tho role of teachers to become pupils again, as a course of lectures, to bo delivered by tha r nuyoniiiouuoui u mo ttpaitfiania, on various pedagogical topics, win no deliv ered In each of tho ten school districts. All teachers will be paid their full salaries for thr time whl3f they we're excused from duty, because of the paralysis plague, r 1S.O00 ON PART TIME Fifteen thousand boys and girls will at tend part-time sessions because of ths In adequacy of the school system to meet the growth of Philadelphia's child popula ' tlo'n. Almost 24,000 pupils wore "on part tjme" when schools wero dpsed last June, ' bat the number will be reducod this term f br the completion of several new buildings. xne new scnooinouses wnicn are expected to be occupied next Monday are tha Kin. ey, Slxtyrflfth avenue and Limekiln pike: the Franklin. Crescentvllle, and annexes to ; the Harriet Beecher Stqwo, Seventieth street nd. Woodland avenue r Sharswobd. Second nd Wolf streets; Hay, Seventh, and Whar ton streets, and the Jacobs, Bustleton. The addition to tho Sharswood School should have been completed many months ago, but the collapse of a large cornice and ether mishaps delayed occupancy of the E structure. In an attempt to fix resuonsl- Blllty for the trouble, controversies fre quently arose In the Board of Education, tut no definite action ever resulted. The William C. Jacob's School Is named In i honor of ths late flunerlnte.nrtent nt Kohnnto yfho died from overwork while occupying ui omce. was in mis Bcnooi mat Doc tor Jacobs began his professional career. .. Other Imorovements will bn rnmni.i. (before November 1, so that the seating : oapaclty of the city's educational Dlant will f (gain be increased. The buildings that will )tjocoupled next. week will contain 98 , classrooms, domestlo science laboratories ErBNIHa23 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER :' fc$, 19l6 ! other rtw.111 ........ cE must nnaisrT and K? V" "VP "" oc enrolled In vSFStiU dMlr? " haV them ?ht pUrp.ebMn M MW9 W'lif"r twlredUSfhn,V"Ciln,,on crtincates are not been suieTrnc' ho have bo nr.:n7.hav? ? vaccinated will i . " .1:".',f " luinil that nual flea. ArJSf.L.h.".'? "mined by Uon V,. I .'-".' "T UCOI h.rUi,n.?lc.1 '"Pe'tor.a Bcholars who munttlV, "and 2K """h.6?1 ? ' ? SLC". "' Placed In the grades for i ;..i; r, . nltM ln tho Philadelphia KV!?if.? U ar ln doubt thelr ntn 'or a SJu "r "?ld wlu p8 determined by written examination. HUJiW!f0 rMld the city limits S2 !J.. iVlTt fh nrollment of their sons and daughters In the Philadelphia schools mu" "Pfy to Dr. John P. Oarbcr. Super ntendent of Schools, Nineteenth street be " Market If hU approval Is obtained their cases will be submitted to the Board of Education, and If the child Is then per niltted to register a tuition fee will be charged. QUALIFICATIONS OF STUDENTS Boys and girls can be enrolled In the Kindergarten at the minimum age of four ana In the elementary schools at tho age ot six years. All children who aro mentally and physically normal must attend publlo or Pvate schools after they attain the nge -. o.Kui. jo.n, unaer penalty or nne or Im prisonment of their parents. The term will begin under the threat of fcn Increase In the school tax rate. Councils Is considering the taxation of the schools ..i waUr th'y urTiew departments of the public school system were recently created; tho cost of textbooks and other supplies Is expected to rise, and new bur dens were thrust upon the Board of Edu. cation when the child labor law was passed. Alt of these conditions may be factors In raising the assessment from Ave to six mills on the dollar. The slx-mlll rate Is the high est that can be charged under the school code. Approximately 10,000 minors who are em ployed In the stores and Industries will be enrolled In continuation schools. They will bo required to attend classes for eight hours a week and thilr employers must allow them time off for that purpose. GIVES UP MILLIONS FQR LOVE Widow of Mayo, Coal Operator, Wods - and Loses Inheritance HUNTINOTON. W. Va.. Sept 25. Mrs. John C. Mayo, widow of the Kentucky coal operator, has forfeited a fortune estimated at J20.000.000 by marrying Dr. Samuel Tt Fetter, of Portsmouth, Ohio. The wedding took place In Ashland, Ky. Under the pro Visions pf Mr.'Mayo's wlU her two children will get her share in' the estate. Mayo attracted attention by his sudden climb from country school teacher to one of the biggest Individual coal operators In the country. He acquired squatters' claims In the Kentucky coal regions, sold them fo S2S0,0',O, and with this began his opera tions. He died two years ago. Mrs. Man had Intended taking active part In manag ing the estate. sHK 7f WW -i lillv D ki. - 'uxm IRsHF' '' aasaH Wm - OaaaaaaaaaaaMJ) BOMB OUTRAGE IN CHICAGO Houses Shaken by Seventh Explosion in War of Rival Unions CHICAGO, Sept 25. Buildings in the heart of Chicago were shaken early today when a bomb was exploded on a fire-escape In the rear-'bf the Orpheum Theater, In tha Loop district The damage was small. ' This Is the seventh in a serlos of bomb explosions In the war of the chauffeurs and moving picture operators' unions. The latter are engaged ln a- fight for control of the city's theaters. P. GUTEKUNST FRED GUTEKUNST 85 TODAY "Dean o'f American Photographers" Marks Birthday in Studio Frederick Qutekunst, said to bo the dean of photographers. Is celebrating his eighty fifth birthday today In his studio at 712 Arch street. But what plnns his family has made for a celebration have been canceled by the sudden death In Atlantic City of Mrs. Louis Qutekunst, widow of the photog rapher's brother. Mr. Qutekunst has photographed Gen erals Sherman, Longstreet Hancock and Meade; authors, Insludlng Longfellow, Em erson, Lowell nnd Walt Whitman, and a great number of notables, Including Presi dents, churchmen and stage stars. "CLEAR DEBT AND BUILD A CHURCH" Slogan of Tnbcrnnclc, 59th and Spruce Streets Plnns Cam paign to Raise $70,000 t , The congregation of the Tabernacle Lu theran Church. Fifty-ninth and Spruce streets, with the,slogan "To Clear the Debt and Build a Church." wilt soon start a campaign to raise 170,000 during October and November. The Iter. William J. Miller, Jr., pastor of the church, nnd Dr. II. K. Freeman, chair man of the general campaign commltteo, have organized the entlro congregation, the men being organised Into three teams and tho women being divided Into ten divisions. Every Tuesday ntght during the campaign the teams will meet In the Sunday school building and make their reports. Every one ot the thirteen teams Is eager, for the start of the campatgn ln order to secure the honor or collecting tho most money. The men's teams have been named the Red, White and Blue teams. C. S. Ooll Is captain of the Beds, O. W. Best heads the Whites and the leader ot the Blues Is Her man Muller, Assistant City Solicitor. The captains of the women's teams are Mrs. John Iieener, Mrs. II. C. Benner, Mrs, Honry Hoehler, Mrs. A. M, Knox, Mrs. F. O Shott, Mrs C. K. Shubert, Mrs. Gertrude Steele. Mrs. O. R. Wengert, Miss Catharine Ilouttlngcr and Miss Anna Sonnefeld. Mrs. II. K. Freeman Is chairman of the woman contingent, while Mrs. A.'M. Foster Is sec rotary and Mrs. Dorothy Jaglelky Is treas urer. . Two large electrical signboards, to be erected In front of tho Sunday school build ing, win tell the progress of the teams from day to day. ino sunaay scnooi ot me church was or- ganizea August t. 1B0S, with nine scholars, two teachers and two officers ln a store room at 23S South Sixtieth street, while the church was organised January 27, 1907, with thirty members. Since that time the work has steadily progressed under the direction of tho Rev. Mr. Miller, with the result that the church has a membership at present of more than 500, while the attend ance at tho Sunday, school averages more man iuv. Twenty-six Lots to Bo Improved The Yocum & Powers Company has sold for the Chester Avenue Realty Comnanv to William J. Krwln nfty-one building lota at Sixty-fifth street and Chester avenue for 281,000. Tho purchaser will build Imme diately houses on twenty-six of tho lots. liif9! JBt tjlTTl IbWs'cifid lOior tMsoTUcksd 2QfhlO eta T I iJK zS ,jv) -4 f From a little shack 'WXjm. JiM$M front, James J. Hill saw H jjfeTffil i V?anifc lfSffarBs8BSaiXJalaaBI idea then, but today a railway system cov- B ' ZZZZ?J $ lrsPI?VHH i today js eagerly looking to just sucli m Mifmi3(twk iw AsPtSS.5 together the actuating plans and methods B ' SMhJ AW rSSi hom b.usbe3S erywjliere. jM r iaMH!nBfS ly Jt-Ww lSS9 Daniel Willard. president of the H ft SPf'-' i i'V2?W5ff35flC' 0Y A JfffmM BalUmore & Ohio, says of System, B r-:' Ei"S pg Jh& pf..vattb,o mm f jjvhA I- lBPHBeaiatWSaiM '"' wt)w8ffiZw'fflr 'DacB n p'11' an methods ftvery B aW'U'' 't l"X "BaaaaaaaaftfV'''BM ' f&Wp I' TW fii& U &4r M wt.d M SB LOOT BURIED IN GRAVEYARD Boys Alleged to IlaVe Robbed Factories to Have Hearing Flye boys who were arrested and ac cused of robbing a doten Frnnkford fac tories nnd mills will have a hearing today, following their alleged confession to Dls. trlct Detectives Barrett and McColgnn, of the Frankford station. The boys, ranging from seven to fifteen years of age. say they burled their loot In an old graveyard in the western end of Frankford. I?dwre? Mrr. Mtom yK old, Is believed to be th left4f of Dm gang. Ills associate are Robert Nixon, eleven yenra old, Paul and Womrath streets; Charles Donney, eleven years old, Church nnd Worth streets; and Bruno Verlgo. Tnckawanna street nenrtChurch. Magulre'a seven-year-old brother nemard Is the youngest membor of the band. 'San Junn Bishop Officiates Here the lit Rev, WUHam A. Jonea, Bishop of Kan Juan, Porto Rico, officiated at the 9 o'clock mass yesterday in tho Catholla 'u. i iiitiSiiii'iltaSi GHartti at OK at Utta' atawt. atteeeo Mion Joam sinlili II la aM to k oMet ln this continent, tia vine been crt4 by Pope Jtritas II In lll, Chteken Tkhw Igre Bf Stopping their e)ivery truest on Paricar avenue In Darby, terd,y morning, two negroes held bb IMward McHelll. a A4 llvery boy employed by Richard Pnrdy, a butcher, and robbed him of two cMohaM. He carried a baktt cotahNf -9M0 choice cuts ot beef, but Hm men. mam m attempt to take anything but the I.ij ' 1 ' ' i !! ---PUTMVier . aaaseaa;aWi "- naV4.igst tl H VUit fho Fairyland of Furniture for Furniture That Makes the Hotue a Homt Van Sciver Furniture Possesses Quality and Style that Far Transcend its Price NOT by ordinary standards can you judge Van Sciver Furniture, for here; here. you have the highest ratio of quality to cost. Here you get the best in ma terials, construction, design and. finish at prices below those charged for the com monplace furniture sold in many stores. Why We can do it may be briefly summed' up jn two words Specialization and Lo cation. The first keeps us in closer touch with the furniture world and gives us a deeper knowledge of the art-craft of. fur niture making. The second keeps down our cost of doing business and assures us an enormous annual saving which Is re flected in all our retail prices,. The steady, rapid growth of our business is a tribute to the discrimination, the selective taste of the people of Philadelphia and for huh dreds of miles about. l-ifel ilS3l3 ij Ifp-""''""-. fiip Mahogany Bed Room Suite in the William and Mary Style, Modernized This attractivo Mahogany Bed Room Suite is a splendid example of how a pleasing Period stylo may bo adapted to ever-changing, modern requirements, while the priglnal lines are faith fully retained. The full-sized Bed is $4G.OO, Bureau $55.00, Chiffonier (which combines tho advantageous features of both Chiffonier and Chifforobe) ?47.50, Dressing Table, $43.50, and Lamp Stand, 518.50. Drawer bottoms aro mahogany and the construction ia dust-proof through out Pieces may bo purchased separately if desired. Office Furniture Business men will do well to get In touch with the Van Sciver store when contem plating tho purchase of office equipment. Wo carry an extensive stock to meet the widest range of dally demands roll and flat top desks, typewriter desks, office and directors' tables, Bectlonal bookcases, "re volting chairs, filing devices, etc., etc. Not only are our prices substantially lower than Is ordinarily the case elsewhere, but our facilities for Installing a comploto equip ment at short notice are unequaled. 5iiraperieg Our Drapery Department offers an unusually comprehensive lino of Por tieres, Curtains and Materials at very moderate prices: also a complete nnd convenient service. For exceptional work we maintain a Made-to-Order Da-t partment, and wo are always ready to submit designs or suggestions for spe cial draperies, curtains or shades. : 1 u R5 Office Furniture Our filing devices consist of vertical let ter flies, sectional and solid cabinets and card index drawers of all sizes. We also furnish special designs and make furniture to brder for oHcea, banks and other insti tutions at moderate cost Our line ot Metal Office Furnishings (of which the letter file Illustrated Is on example), comprises a largo variety of Safes, Cabinets, Desks, eta., eta Equipment ot this kind is sanitary, dust-proof, durable, space-saving, and, above all, flre-reslsttng. Mftttl 4-draw-fr Ver tical Lrtler , K 1 1 e with rollvr pearlnjr extension uspemlon. estatirant The Van Sciver Bestaurant Is main tained primarily for the convenience of our patrons. Here you can enjoy a dainty, yet satisfying luncheon with but little Interruption to your tour through our great store. A la carte prices are nry reasonable and our Coo table d'Hote lunch would be hard to duplicate any lo cirry heavy ld level. rik 130.20. The September Sale of Rugs and Carpets Has Evoked Wide spread Attention by the Number of Unusual Values it Presents Today begins tho final week of our September Sale of Rugs and Carpets, an event "that is attracting widespread and well deserved atten tion. There are many unusual vnlues in Wiltons, Axminsters, Velvet and Tapestry Brussels Rugs and Body Brussels and Wilton Velvet Carpets. Our quarter pf a million dol lar stock comprises tho choicest and widest; variety of patterns and all sites are repre sented. This stock was secured before the advance jn manufacturing costs and in many cases our salo prices are below the wholesale market quotations today. "S Our Mail Order Service is a. Great Convenience to Qut-of-Toivn Patrons. It'liiM Stfeii? Cfe &c&ay? I'n'eiused Market St. Ferryj Camden, N. J. Vi&ftSjrifrBLSrt' wmwmMmiamimmmamwmwMmmmmi&wmM&a SCHOOLSandCOLLEG ALL CLASSES in evening work, just beginning. RegUter .Wednesday or Thursday evening, September 27th or Sep tember 28th, Full particulars in special catalogs. State courso in which you aro inter ested and write, phono or call today for atalog M-19, Day and Evening classes Just begin ning. Office now open either day or evening lor registering siuuenva. Phone, Diamond (ISl TEMPLE UNIVERSITYV I Bread St. below Iierks I rWJadelpbla NIGHT CIABBE8. , UmhsIim and Hook llliutratlng. n ttAr lfi.trurl!on ln kll b-anohea of Ulus tratluo, trie twod drawlnx from salts and ....Inv fMm ,.tiiln,d mod. la. arxaT wII-iuIm4 atudloii . exserlinead taahcra. Mariy aucfut graduate. IS and Tl? 7jtelNJr!lARDBN JNSTITtrrH Uroad and Parlor Qarden Bla. THE PSYCHEAN SCHOOL lailrrLatiaut alree iiKVKLoi- VBtKiJiTiSrr tat.hnts reraaaat Culture, Mlscuttan, Omlorr. Dra- . piawwt Hff , (. .- J. at. noatp PALMS SCHOOL Mrtr yaars at ljth ajw Caeatnat SVa. Iluiitr'T. itorliiaaa ai4 rtarUl Cww OHBMaNTilWlif GSRMANTOWN FRIENDS' 1ff5av school "ri225mi. MJttsfriaWtWMill INhiajil We Guarantee Positions To all who complete our Practical Uualneaa Couraea. riecoma a Stenos rarher. nookkerpar. Secretary or Sales man. Students' area 14 to 40. Uoth Hexes. Day and Night. Chorgea mod erate. ll'gUIar your courae now. Strayer's Business College i.aeaiDui rr, I'niia, FRIENDS' CENTRAt- And Its EJmentary Schools oStr ikl onrBfl of education irom km. rear un u cul cur ou bvuuvu Pfa VI CTSdad t Ml- '"a1 mo. Sd. JOHN W. CftRR, Ph. D., Principal UTH AND BACB STS,,J?IIIMPB,PHIX 5fflL"':. Opena Oct. Z. alontesaorl through College Pre paratory. . tlometio Sctrnr , iatrrmedlala Uiadra and Sailor Scnooi, The principal la new at school dally U lp 4, Dell teleuh'a, Ixxtuat lies. fclUabeth W. nraley. A HnVeTufalei). Jlncl The Holtrtan School Touhg Ladies and Qlrls MISS HILLS' SCHOOL 1K01 Hl'Kliri: hTHKKt MAIN TJNK HKANL'll AKIIMDKi: ELIZABETH IlUXa UYMAN, Principal. WALNUT LANE SCHOOL j BSth year. Oenerat, College Prep. Illnh uchool (Irad. Intermediate Primary. Mualc, IXinieatta Bclence, Interior Hecdra'n. Setretarlal.AtnletTca. ' - " "- ' 1 1 n i i CC Or J CT. 1AHKS BUSINESS COLLEim Hnr U'lV (a Ulwlia Ts.r Graduated aro businena men and women. Qualified by thorough train intr n tho mot modern Imethoda to taVtft anrl tmtrl Vi mncf Vaknn.na.ikt. -pogltlons. Ths dernand for our S-rauuaios is always ahead of Um upply. Cpnunerclal and aeorttarUl courses for young- men and young women. Bpaalsfe oUuwos bow farwlnr. Way bchoel r Mght Heliool Kater Aar lima. 926 Ciwtnut Street rr Y. M. C. A. . ii Arm HI, Wrlla ' BooaTeta Young Men and,oy OKKMANTOWN, PA, 111 ' ' "AV'l r-T The Stevens Seboal far Gkle Stl AV. CheJtefl Avenue, flermantawn evtn year opena Depi, vi, jasaaargari Manuel trng. krtaa Ibaouah ySf9 "Trf -klTf fj"""i T, 4- BishopUiorp Jsfunor Zm$ ift a MMaiap g. N. WTA omXlo4lciiri!'(ete. nTANTt Boa jHW M.l Sprl Young Msa and Boys Grd lBliteiW, PUlikf . -fftft-r aaftHaaaaflafaall etafeaf L ftMarKaaaBBS.BaBBak nFBteTmBnB'iSKSn. ""' PHILAlJKr.l'HIA SCHOOL or I" CUMHtJU'K AND AOOOUKM . Prepare for rileher hualaess ait.," ircuUn poaitlons. ' ' I Uglier Accountancy for P. P. A. eclentlno Management, i-ommtrrjoi ana wr. crwu. conomicB-Kw mrm etr&i ieiate-inveaai ffias atructorai la d<r ?mreae l tBeaaaema, ; resttratory, jTmtc, WejJ JaV4Mvt , U9C- Wk r-r UNIVERSITY M PEMSWABHA WMAMTON BOHOOL. Or VIMAKVJa AJtM OFFERS EVENING COUAAfi zvm-vrzmiirv&znT mmw T t'aJuSmS Vt' J leHAM-4- WmT&P1"1 'y Tpm PUm Ibwsht akfeHi JLl ',si -SSf-p. fa--a-e- WWmFW -aaaaaaaaaaajj "wny-!
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