VALUE
* What is value?
j> Tou have been told that
ft represents
Style
Quality, and
Service
But it Includes more
than that. .
It includes
Advertising
Salesmanship, and
Rent!
Whose rent (or store
service) do you \yish to ,
pay?— Robinson's Or the
higher.
To-morrow we feature
Suits .$18.50
We invite you to com
pare these garments with
the downtown $25 kind.
Robinsorc"s
"Un.oin Department Store"
Third and liroad Streets.
TWO HUSBANDS AT BIKIt
"Woman of Mystery" Had Two More
—Funeral at Butler, Pa.
Butler, Pa., Oct. 27.—The first and
fourth husbands of Maude Abagail
Bloom, the Bovard "woman of mys
tery," who was shot to death, met at.
her funeral. Husband No. 1 is John
Freeman, a prominent resident of
Omaha, Neb. Husband No. 4 is Peter
Bloom, of Bovard. There are two
other former husbands of the woman
yet to be found, the police say, and
one of these is being hunted as the
woman's murderer.
At one side of the casket stood
Bloom; at the other, Freeman and his
daughter.
CROSS, FEVERISH
CHILD IS BILIOUS
OR CONSTIPATED
sgrok, Mother! See if tongue is
coated, breath hot or
stomach sour.
"California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver, bowels.
Every mother realizes, after giving j
her children "California Syrup of
Figs," that this is ■ their ideal laxa- j
tive, because they love its pleasant
taste and it thoroughly cleanses the j
tender little stomach, liver and bow- |
els without griping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at j
the tongue, mother! If coated, give
a teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit j
laxative," and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and i
undigested food passes out of the
bowels, and you have a well, playful
child again. When the little system !
is full of cold, throat sore, has atom- j
acli-aehe, diarrhoea, indigestion,
colic remember, a good "inside i
cleansing" should always be the first
treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "California !
Syrup ot Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful to-day saves a sick child i
to-morrow. Ask your druggist for a
50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of i
Figs," which has directions for ba- I
bies, children of all ages and grown
ups printed on the bottle. Beware of j
counterfeits sold here, so don't be
fooled Oet the genuine, r-nde by
"California Fig Syrup Company."
AMUSEMENTS
t
f Royal and National
Theaters
TO-DAY
the rplnoilc of
"TheShieldingShadow"
The icrea<et nerlnl ever produced
featuring two of the moat promi
nent Hcreen nrtlMts.
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ISTAMM SHOWS WHY
LOAN SHOULD PASS
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! readily Understand. Hero are the
questions—and the answers:
A. Carson Btamm, president of tho
Hurt tabu rg School Board, to-day an
swered tho following question on the
high school loan;
What is the amount and purpose
of this loan?
"The voters are asked to authorize
the School Board to expend $1,2 60,000
for the purpose of erecting high school
buildings and buying sites for them.
■ Specifically, if this authority is given,
the School Board proposes—
"To buy ground in a central location
| and erect thereon a high school for
| girls;
| "To convert tho Technical high
' school into a boys' high school for all
I courses, and, when the capacity of the
i present building shall have been
reached, make the necessary additions
thereto upon ground to be purchased
out of this loan;
"To enlarge and remodel the Camp
Curtln building for the purposes of a
Junior high school for the uptown sec
tion;
"To remodel the Central high school
building for the purposes of a junior
high school in tho central section;
"To orect a junior high school on a
lot owned by the School Board on
Eighteenth street for the use of the
Hill section.
"AVhat is a ji'nior high school?
"A junior high school includes the
present seventh and eighth grades and
the freshman class of the present high
school. There are now eight years in
the grades and four years in the high
school. With the adoption of the
| junior high school Into tho syslem, six
, years in the grades, three years in the
! junior high school and three years in
j the senior high school.
What is the necessity for this
building program?
! "Primarily, it grows out of tho con
[ gested condition of the Central high
school. This building was first occu
pied in 1893. By 1900 its capacity had
been reached, and then began the
doubling up process and the trespass
ing upon other facilities of the build
ing. In 1904 some relief was afforded
by the organization of tho Technical
high school, which took, and continues
to take, large numbers of the boys.
In 1909 or 1910 the church at the cor
ner of Sixth and Porster stress was
purchased and used for the overflow
for .several years. For the last four
years double sessions have been neces
sary—that is to say, half the pupils
go to school in the morning and half
in the afternoon.
"The Central high school building
lias a capacity of 550. It now has 1,050
| students. The situation in many re
spects is intolerable, but especially be
cause every pupil is on part time, both
study and recitation periods being
necessarily shortened, with the result
that the standard of scholarship must
obviously be lowered. In other words, <
these boys and girls are being denied
something which it is the duty of the
city to give them and which they can
never make up.
"However, it is not only necessary
to relieve tlie conditions at the Central
high school but also to provide further
accommodations for the primary
grades. There is not a single empty
loom in the Allison Hill section. There
are only eight empty rooms in the up
town section. Under the present plan
of the board the necessity for other
grade buildings in these localities will
be avoided.
How will this plan avoid the
necessity for other grade build
ings?
"The organization of the three Junior ]
high schools, taking, as they will, all !
the present seventh and eighth grade !
pupils and the freshman class in the j
high school, will empty approximately
fifty rooms in the grade buildings, i
which rooms, of course, will be avail- !
able for nrimary pupils for a long time j
to rom."
Will the school tax be increased?;
"The statement has been made sev- i
eral times in the newspapers that it
I will not be. I have never made any !
such statement, and I doubt whether
any other member of the board has. j
It can hardly be expected that the in- j
terest and sinking fund charges on the
loan can be met without some addition ;
to the tax rate. One would have to be !
either foolhardy or have the gift of j
prophecy to say just how this will
work out. There are many elements
involved, the chief of which, perhaps,
is the real estate assessment upon
which the tax is based. It is quite pos- j
sihle that the School Board may be i
able to get along for a year or two, or
even longer, on Its present revenue;
and, in any event, it would seem to me |
that this loan would not require at any
time an increase of more than a mill
in the school tax. If the cltv continues
*o grow and the assessments are equal
ized, it may be that the board can get
along with less. i
"The primary question is, shall our
boys and girls have adequate school
facilities in order that they may enter
into the duties of citizenship without
handicap? It is the determination of
the School Board to administer the
affairs of the district with tho utmost
economy consistent with the highest
efficiency; and if the people want an
adequate system, they will be willing
to pay what it costs on this basis.
There is a minimum below which the
cost can't go, and this cost must be
met bv taxation. Tho rate of taxation
will depend upon the growth of the
city and the amounts of its assessed
valuation.
Would any other plan to meet
existing conditions be more
economical?
"The proposed plan lias been evolved
after a long and thorough study on the
part of the hoard, aided by its own
officers and the best outside talent. Re
cent I v the board retained as an expert
Br. James 11. A'an Sickle, superintend
ent of schools of Springfield. Mass.,
who was recommended by the best
educational talent in the country, to
make an independent survey of the
situation. He spent some time here,
going over the ground with the utmost
thoroughness, and the proposed build
ing plan is substantial'y that which ho
recommended. In his recofnmenda
lions he is in substantial accord with
those made by Dr. Henry Snyder,
superintendent of schools 'of Jersey
City, and employed four years ago as
an expert by the Board of Trade.
"Furthermore, the plan has been ap- -
proved by a committee of citizens se
lected by the School Hoard, consisting
of W. M. Donaldson. William Jennings
Arthur D. Bacon, Francis J. Hall and
George A. Shretner, who will continue
to advise with the board throughout
the building program. It is the judg- I
ment, not only of the School Board,
but of everybody who has studied the 1
situation, that the plan proposed is
the best in every way and tho most
economical to meet existing con
ditions."
Henry of Prussia Is
Made Grand General
Amsterdam, Oct. 27.—Kaiser Wil
helm has appointed Prince Henry of
Prussia, his eldest brother, Grand Ad
miral in the German navy.
The announcement was made in a
Berlin dispatch.
ELI ITOTT ALUMNI HEAD
Cambridge. Mass., Oct. 27. The
election of Howard Elliott, president
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad, as president of the
Harvard Alumni Association, was an
nounced to-day.
BAILEY LEAVES
LIGHTING FIRM
Commercial Head of Harris
burg L. and P. Co. New Sales
Manager at Moorehead
P. H. BAILEY
! New Sales Manager of the Moorhead
Knitting Company
I After ten months of efficient serv-!
ice as commercial manager of the
Harrlsburg Light and Power Com
pany P. H. Bailey has resigned to
become sales manager for the Moor
head Knitting Company and he will
assume his new duties Wednesday,
November 1.
I Mr. Bailey early In the year came
to jHarrial-urg from CoVumbus, 0.,
where he had been the commercial
head of the Logan Gas and Electric
Corporation. He succeeded Robert W.
Hoy as commercial manager of the
local company, Mr. Hoy having taken
over the commercial managership of
the Elmira Water, Light and Electric
Railway Company. Under Mr. BaUey's
regime one of the company's biggest
electric house-wiring campaigns was
inaugurated.
Incidentally the commercial man
ager figured actively in boosting civic
affairs. Among other things he organ-j
ized the Harrlsburg League of
Jovians, the organization of electrical
professional men. He served as the
first tribune of tho order until the
recent rejuvenation when L. L.
Ferree, general superintendent of the
electric light company, was chosen to
succeed him. The Jovians bore a big
part in the city's first Kipona and the
illuminations, particularly the night
electrical effects, were planned and
worked out by the Jovians under the
Values Like We Offer J!!
are only possible at a store of the buying power of
Burns & Co. Being the LARGEST furniture store
means unlimited power for us to your advantage, Ijji*'-
both in receiving EXTRA price concessions, which
Baby Carriages (2.95 we pass on to you and also in having FIRST choice Metal Bed $19.75
of the new things—that's the reason BURKS' furni- A new idea in bed construction, dull
Si!* to select 1 from. lars; va " ture is distinctive. lacquered brass bed. Continuous pest,
teu heavy filling rods.
Blanksts 7.7 Comlorts daVeNPORt'BED *3*s?
Are you ready for the cold nights? D „ 1 k\\\ ,i j i|
A wide range for your choosing Payments 75c W eekly TI j,|| jI |
at^ f : [J
Bed Room Suit :: "7C
s;o £%*&££- I £)
y •%J\l This Bed has oalc frame finished in tlie brown fumed oak. ■ The sent and back is
upholstered with a {rood quality of browu imitation Spanish leather that gives Ion" Very comfortable, solid oak, re-
Three well made pieces of solid oak, unusually service. Can be converted iuto a bed with easy spring. Lets of other good davenport movable seat of genuine leather. An
good value and you'll pay more for them later on. values on our floors. ✓ $ 8 value.
BURNS' | s OAK X
|gn_l SPECIAL CABINET Brussels Rug !>OUBLE ,g|
|jgsS $22 $13.50 H S3Q R fgt
it. 111 "~LL.-i'"^? l ft W 0 rlnnN- +liiv>l.' T, n „ Choice of several patterns and Including necessarv smoke and heat ir
W • • lUIIIJv .you Cd.II colorings, an example of the many pipe, excellent heater, self feeder, ,
its equal. White cnam- values found in our Car- handsomely nickeled. m "
ll*--e ;i| bin, sliding' nickel top, RAG RUG, sizo 9xi2, r/\ nickel name plate, $1 O
|fe |j j metal bread box, roomy heavy chain SO*DU 7-inch covers,
fl I>aSe " BURNS. REGENT ajKESSS^
Payments "SOe Wppklv VELVET RITG, size 9xi2, RANGE, the best range
A dynienis ouc weeKiy handsome patterns, .. .. . $27 you can buy, up- $97 Jr \
- AXMINSTER RUG, size 9x12, Ward fl'Om tP* "
BURNS & CO. -■ RIIRN g on
WILTON RUG, 9x12, <* DUIIIIS Cx 1
CASH OR CREDIT "" $47 28-30-32 S. SECOND ST.
Clothes For Discriminating Men
Sharp mornings, cold evenings—you need a Fall Overcoat. Here are the f N
newest things from f |L
Hart, Schaffner & Marx jlHf
Varsity Six Hundred .
Chesterfields; loose coats; the fabrics are Scotch tweeds, cheviots, in browns, u
tans, grays and blues. , f \[ v n
Many of the coats have belt backs. „ / \ I ft
Varsity Fifty-Five Suits For the Young Men / / /
Come in and see them; get the hang of a Varsity Fifty-Five—see I
how they take the curve of the shoulder; emphasize the waist line. Good I \f I I
tailoring from the ground up—a one style idea, with many variations. 7 /fc=- il| l\
Put Your Hat Problem FURS--
Up to Us A department of extreme in- I
_ , „ , terest to women. Neckpieces, U* JJgrnfe*
Our line of head gear for „ , , _ aJtcr *Mm SX
Fall we believe to be unex- muffs and com P le *e sets m
celled. Here you will see Mink > Moleskin, Red and 1 fSsM lA \
everything new that's good. Black Fox, Skunk, Hudson \ | 3, jjjlSbfS tlsK' u itt
TRULY WARNER HATS, Seal, Ermine and the new
SOFT AND DERBY Klondike Fox. Also Cloth and % 4 Jj*,
SHAPES "... s2.< X) Fur Trimmed Coats. J'
H. Marks & Son
Harrisburg Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx,
Cloth Craft and Society Brand Clothes. „ ,
OopjrlKht Hurt Schaffner A Mara
__ . . . __ , m n i a New "arrivals" in Neckwear Square ami novelty
H mirth Jinn IVI£II"KPT JSTVAPTQ ilks; Mripes, figures; unusual value—the wide-end
X UUim Allu. lUdIACI WUCCIO dollar kind. You'll want a half ee
dozen. Kach ' OOC
direction of a committee selected by i
| Mr. Bailey. The next big civic event '
jin which the retiring commercial i
j manager will take an active part will
Ibe the big street cabaret and mu- i
nicipal dance which is scheduled for
Tuesday evening, October 31 the
city-wide Hallowe'en celebration. Mr.
Bailey heads the Chamber of Com
merce committee on arrangements.
GEORGE ZEARS
George Zears, aged 61 years died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
John Free in Wormleysburg Thurs
day. Funeral services will be helil
from Ills home to-morrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
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