SCHOOLS URGED
TO WORK FARMS
State Board of Education Asks
Army of Students to Help
in Food Production
Following a meeting yesterday the
State Board of Education has issued
the following statement:
"The State Board of Education, con
* vlnced of the imperative need of hus
banding all the resources of the Com
monwealth, urges upon the school of
licials and the great army of pupils
who have talent or capacity for ser
vice of any type, the patriotic duty of
making their contribution in this hour
of national need. Since there is great
scarcity of help on farms and since
the school code provides that directors
may excuse the absence of pupils for
urgent reasons, therefore oe it
"Resolved, that in the opinion of
the State Board of Education during
the present crisis the need of a pupil's
service on the farm and in trucking
and gardening and allied industries
should be construed as a valid excuse
for abence from school and that in
such cases compulsory attendance
should not be enforced against any pu
pil for the time during which he may
be employed in work upon the farm
and in the garden.
"Bet it further received that the pu
pils in thepublic schools above the
age of twelve years, whose standing
is such that there will be no question
of their promotion or graduation and
who may regularly engage in agri
culture or industry, shall have these
facts considered in lieu of the full
completion of the term's work, this
provision to apply only to the work
of the term ending June, 1917. School
authorities are urged to assist pupils
in making up work essential to pro
motion; this right to promotion to
be based upon the ability to do the
work o fthe next grade and
"Bet further resolved, that
State Board of Education, through
proper officers conduct a careful sur
vey of the industrial and agricultural
schools of the State for the purpose
of ascertaining in what way they may
contribute through their equipment,
machinery and products during the
continuance of the present war."
MINE KILLS TWO AMERICANS
By Associated Press
New York, April 17. The loss of
the American steamship Zealandia oh
the British coast early this month was
due to striking a mine, and two of the
crew were scalded to death, accord
ing to officers of the vessel who ar
rived here to-day on an American
steamship.
LOOK AT CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK
CROSS, FEVERISH
Hurry, Mother! Remove poisons
from little stomach,
liver, bowels.
•Give "California Syrup of Figs"
at once if bilious
or constipated.
Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, it is a sure sign that your
little one's stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
coesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomachache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give
a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and In a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, undigested
■ food and sour bile gently moves out
of its little bowels without griping,
and you have a well, playful child
again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative;"
they love its delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle of "California Syrup of Figs,"
which has directions for babies, chil
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. BewaVe of coun
terfeits sold here. To be sure you get
the genuine, ask to see that it is made
by "California Fig Syrup Company."
Refuse any other kind with contempt.
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too frequenti ' too copious, accom
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burning, Irritation, pains in back and
groins and when the passage Is foul
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ctoppage of secretion followed by
fever, chills, pains, headache, depres
sion, etci
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
Dr. Charles Inglis Who
Is Speaking at Bethesda
Mission Is Widely Known
DR. CHARLES INGLIS
Dr. Charles Inglis, who is speaking
every afternoon and evening at
Bethesda Mission, is one of the most
renowned Bible teachers and scholars
of England and is known in every
part of the world. During his present
trip to America he has been address
in glarge audiences in the western
cities. In Chicago last month he fre
quently spoke before crowds of over
7,000.
Dr. Inglis has crossed the Atlantic
ocean sixty-nine times, being first
brought to this country in the 'Bo's by
D. L. Moody, whom he assisted both
in America and Europe. Dr. Inglis
is neither strictly a Bible teacher nor
an evangelist, but rather an evange
list Bible teacher.
His great interest in City Missions
ind his long standing friendship with
Superintendent John Fulton, of
Bethesda Mission, induced Dr. Inglis
to spend the week in this city.
Large audiences are attending the
meetings afternoon at 3 o'clock
and in the evening at 7.45. Dr. In
glis teaches the Bible at the after
noon sessions and conducts preaching
services at night. His subject last
night was "Paul Before Agrippa."
Big Passenger Ship Driven
on Reef and Sunk by
Torpedo and Shell Fire
New York, April 17. The British
steamship Karmala, an 8,983 ton pas
senger vessel owned by the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Com
pany, was driven on a reef and sunk
on March 17 near Spezia, Italy, after
being shelled and torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine, according to two Am
ericans who were among the Kar
maia's 190 passengers and who arrived
here to-day from Europe. AU on board
the Karmala were saved.
Two Building Permits
Issued For 12 Houses
to Cost $27,000
Permits for two more big building
operations which will mean another
realty development in the city were
issued yesterday. Christian Long took
out a permit for the erection of six
two-and-one-haif story stone houses,
each 19 by 51 feet in the east side of
Second street, south of Seneca street.
The total cost will be $27,000. Late
yesterday a permit was issued to
Charles Barnhart for the erection of
six three-stock brick houses, each 16
by 60 feet, on the northeast corner of
Sixteenth anfl Forster streets, at a
total cost of $20,000. Work is to be
started at once.
Soft Coal Miners to Get
Twenty Per Cent. Increase
Associated Press
New York, April 18. A tentative
agreement to advance the wages of
225,000 miners In the bituminous coal
fields of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and
Western Pennsylvania by about 20 per
cent, at the expiration of the present
contract was reached yesterday by a
subcommittee consisting of operators
and employes from the four States.
HOW TO USE TIRE DOUGH
"Tire dough," says C. H. Claudy in
the Woman's Home Companion, "is
a substance partially composed of
raw rubber and partially composed of
semi-vulcanized rubber. It hardens
when exposed to air. It is applied to
cuts in tires first by cleaning out the
cuts with gasoline and then stuffing
dough in with a knife, very much as
one would put putty in a hole. By
treating cuts in tires in this way anil
letting the tires stand overnight, the
dough hardens and amalgamtcs itself
with the rubber of the tire, thus pre
venting sand, gravel and water from
getting in these little cuts and rotting
out thefabric."
MKT/.GER STOPPED BY GUARD
William Metzger, secretary and
treasurer of tlie Commonwealth Trust
Company, was stopped tills morning by
guards under the Cumberland Valley
Hailroad bridge. Mr. Metzger,' who lives
at 301 South Front street, was on his
way to the bank. At the time he had
a morning paper and a small penknife
in his hand. .. After considerable ex
plaining Mr. Metzger was allowed to
continue on his way. The guard who
stopped him said he had mistaken the
paper and knife for a pencil and white
paper, and that ho thought Mr. Metz
ger was making a sketch.
TELLS SIC.N/W; CORPS PURPOSES
J. W, Hubbell, engineer of equip
ment and buildings of the Bell Tele
fl cno Company of Pennsylvania,
read a paper before the memberj of
the Telephone Societ," to llarrtoburg
In Board of Trade hall iast nii;ht, on
"The Organization and Purpjjo of Ihc
fc'ignal Corps." Other tpb.'ikcri woie
I. 11. Klnnarc!, vice president anu gen-
Cl*l manager; J. H. Crosi.inn, Jr.,
general commercial superintendent;
\V. P. Wattles, trallio scnvluio
n:er. U". cf Philadelphia, and R. M.
Glaspeyi division transmission engi
neer of this city.
WIEI.DS KNIFE IN ARGUMENT
Ray Branch, 1144 Cumberland street,
was arrested last evening by Patrol
man Bibbs, after he had attacked and
eut Richard Femmer with a large pock
etknlfe, Branch and Femmer were
engaged In an argument when Branch
drew a knife and slashed Femmer on
the hand and arm. Femmer was taken
to the Harrlsburg Hospital.
LOUD COLOR COMBINATIONS
JUST RIGHT THIS SPRING
"It's tho combination that makes
for smartness this spring," says
Grace Margaret Gould in tho Wom
an's Home Companion. "To lcoep
within the Inner circle of style you
must wear, Fashion says, a sport
coat. Jaunty and loose, of dark vel
veteen with a big pocketed skirt of the
gayest and most lustrous satin. One
offsets the other/ I
BEIDLEMAN BACKS j
MINERS OF STATE
In Speech Backs Bill Against
Placing of Outside Coin- 1
pensation
Senator Beidleman made a plea for
the passage of the bill introduced by
Senator McNichol, which forbids the
placing of compensation insurance
companies not organized under Penn
sylvania laws. The Dauphin county
senator spoke In behalf of the miners,
insurance of whom under Pennsylva
nia laws, should be impregnable, said
Senator Beidleman. He asked that
senators vote for the measure as a
safeguard foe the men who work un
der the ground. "It is the duty of
the State to carry insurance of the
highest value for Its miners," said the
senator. "There should be written on
the statute books of the State an act
which guarantees beyond question the
payment of this compensation insur
ance."
Lloyd's of London, with whom the
insurance department had placed risks
because of war hazards, was said by
the speaker not only unauthorized to
do business under Pennsylvania laws
but had no sanction under the laws
of any Commonwealth. The only ex
cuse offered in answer to the Senate
inquiry as to why the risks had not
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April Allotment at Old Price
After May Ist, All Cars New Price
Last Chance for You to Own a "World's Non-
Stop Record Champion Car" at the Old Price
Constant rise in cost of steel and other raw materials is forcing up the price of the
Maxwell Car, because the Maxwell Company has refused to cheapen by a single penny
anything that goes into the making of the "world's non-stop record champion car."
The factory has agreed to let us have our April allotment cars (ordered in March)
at the old price; that is why we can give you for a few days more the biggest bargain
in a real automobile ever offered in the history of the automobile industry. f
We can give YOU from now until May Ist to own this world's Monthly Expenses $8.19 1
champion car at the old price. p . V _
For 9,700 miles Mrs. Miriam Sejsley, Professor at the Oregon
After May lßt Identically the Same Car — Agricultural College, drove her Maxwell on a total expense ac-
Rn* of- count, including gas, oil and repairs, of 1 1 /® cents per mile*
But at the New Advanced Price making an average monthly running expense of $8.19.
Not a particle of difference in the car itself, There's a record expense performance-—often lowered by
■ —the same model and design in every detail, hundreds of Maxwell owners every month.
When You Buy a Maxell You Buy a Real Car
the largest factories in the world, You don't have to figure up another two or three hundred
—the same speedy five-passenger, roomy, comfortable, easy- dollars on "extras" when you buy a Maxwell car.
riding, beautiful automobile, You get what you pay for and what you are entitled to a
—the same famous record-making Maxwell motor, thoroughly up-to-date automobile, complete in every respect.
—the same powerful motor that "laughs at hills," You know the whole story now—the story of the increased
—the same Maxwell car that by its many records of 150,000 price next month amf the BtoTy of y° ur la,t chanc * to buy at $635,
miles actual running (which equals 20 years'regular service) has _ r - , _ _ _
earned for itself everywhere the proud title, "The World's Great- . If yOU buy U1 May yOU 11 get the Same
ArfP , F , car exactly. BUT the price will be $665.
A Car or Endurance, Economy and Amazing
Mileage Per Gallon of Gas TODAY the Maxwell is $635.
For 22,022 miles—for 44 days and nights—a Maxwell car , . • ' 0 —•
ran without once stopping the motor. The difference is the premium for
There is the world's non-stop record for endurance, as testi- . . .
fied to by the American Automobile Association. yOUT prompt aCtlOn./
fAll prices f. o. b., Detroit. .
Miller Auto Co. B|sj)
68 S. Cameron St. Both Phones 126 N. 9th St.
HARRISBURG, PA. LEBANON, PA.
I HARRJSBURG TELEORXPH
been placed with Pennsylvania com
panies and given to Lloyd's was the
Insurance commissioner's answer that
the cost to the State would have been
$38,000 additional.
Senator Beidleman recalled the fight
made two years ago to place the min
ers within the provisions of the com
pensation act. He submitted that
there should be no backward step and
that in the. matter of protecting them
the risks should be given insurance
companies within reach and absolu
tely reliable as to ability to meet ob
ligations an*! make good in the matter
of differences, if any.
Senator Vare spoke for the Insur
ance commissioner, disclaiming a per
sonal interest in the bill, but desiring
protection in case of another disaster
similar to the Eddystone tragedy.
The bill passed by a vote of 38 to 7.
Two Important War
Bills Are Presented
by Vare and Buckman
Two Important war- measures were
presented In the Senate yesterday.
Senator Vare introduced a bill permit
ting counties to erect buildings for de
fend purposes in time of war by in
crease of indebtedness 2 per cent, of
the assessed property valuation with
out the consent of tlio electors and
seven per cent, with the approval of
the electors.
The other bill was read In place by
Senator Buckman and provides that
law students of one year's standing in
college without conditions or who
have spent one year reading law in a
lawyer's office shall at the conclusion
of the war, if they serve in the army,
be admitted to the practicje of law
without further examination or prep
aration.
UMBERGER QUITS
PLANNING BODY
Resignation of One of the Most
Prominent Members Necessi
tated by Removal From City
B. F. Umberger. who since the or
ganization of the City Planning Com
mission, has been one of Its most In
terested and influential members, has
presented his resignation to 'Council
due to his removal to the fact that
he will hereafter make his home near
Duncannon.
Mr. Umberger has had a long ex
perience in city affairs and is excep
tionally well versed In municipal law.
His place on the Planning Commission
will be hard to fill.
Mr. Umberger's new home near
Duncannon overlooks the Susquehanna
river and is one of the handsomest in
that locality.
His letter of resignation in full fol
lows:
"To the Honorable the Mem
bers of the Council of the City
of Harrlsburg:
I'By reason of having trans
ferred my residence to Dun
cannon, it becomes necessary
for me to tender my resigna.-
tion as a member of the City
Planning Commission. In thus
severing an official connection
of some fiteen years with the
municipal affairs of the City of
Harrisburg, it is fitting that I
express to you, as representati
ves of the city, my thanks for
the privilege of having had the
opportunity to serve my fel
lowmen. Kor whatever services
I have rendered, the city owes
nothing; indeed, the obligation
APRIL 18, 1917.
is mine. I have been the gainer.
The special knowledge and
broadened view of life gained,
together with the consciousness
of having served well, all place
me under obligations to the city.
A debt exists which gives the
city the right to call upon me
for service at any time.
"You may imagine, knowing
of my interest in the work,
with what great regret I sever
connection. It would be unbear
able were it not for the fact that
my business and interests will
still be in Harrisburg, and the
trials, the progress and the in
terest of the city will still be
shared by me.
"In conclusion, permit my
H Lift Corns Out With Fingers
jjjjjL Don't Hurt a Bit-No Danger!
t f 1,, Few drops stop soreness, tlien tlie corn or eal-
IIJ 1 i lus shrivels and lifts off. Try it and
HsaissK see! No humbug! ,
This tiny bottle holds the wonder
of wonders. It contains an almost
magical drug called freczone. It is
a compound made from ether.
Apply a few drops of this freezono
upon a tender, aching corn or a hard
ened callus. Instantly. the soreness
disappears and shortly you will find
the corn or callus so shriveled and
loose that you just lift it off with the
fingers. It doesn't hurt one particle.
I You feel no pain or soreness when
long service to privilge me in
calling to your attention the
great Importance of the City
Planning Commission, to the
city and its people. Many years
of my life have been given to
the study of municipal affairs,
and thus I do not speak lightly
when I say that no municipal
function is more important. I
trust that you will elect as my
cessor a man of the same high
standing and ability as the other
members of the commission,
and extend to him the same
courtesy and confidence I have
ever had the honor to receive
from you.
Yours very truly,
B. F. UMBERGER.
applying freezone or afterwards. It
doesn't even irritate the skin.
Just ask in any drug store for a
small bottle of freezone. This will
cost but a few cents but will positively
rid your poor, suffering feet of every
hard corn, soft corn, or corn between
the toes, or the tough calluses on
bottom of feet. Genuine freezone Is
only sold in those tiny bottles and
each packed in a round, wood case.
Don't accept it unless it is in a round
wood case.
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