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Senator! Italian! Dcvono
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WASHINGTON, 26 Febbralo.
Tl Preftlflftnt Wilson hfl tinrlntn ntrel
vsntll Conpresso ptr domandnro plcnt
HOteri per la protezlone del commorclo e
Aella Ita del clttadlnl Americanl cho norni
' fceatrettl ad attraerrare la zona dlchU
tfata moccnta dal Bottomarlm teucsclil
! II president ha dlclitarato che la dip-
nazla non e' rluaclta a sal aKuardara
1 dlrlttl del clttadlnl americanl gnruntltl
Salle lege nternaionall e the In Kultn nll.i
"fjuerra dl Bottomarlnl ni nl cosldctto lilocco
, II commorclo marlttlmo amerlcano '
J, " non si azzardnno nd usilre dnt port I lon
v irovano. .-onnnneno laiio nperm ii
B$ ostlllta' da parte delta Gennanl.i non M
y o' verJQcato. I'ero' vl sono tanto clrcostanzn
ft (chefanno rltenern che la altuazlono c' tint'
auro cne aiirgra. cosr cne una upcisione
dl aglro potra' cero resa iietcsxarl-i In
qualunque momento, da tin Klonm uU'nltro
per la dlfewi del pin' elmienlurl dlrlttl
dl nazlone neutrnlc.
II preeldente ha ilomandolo qi'lndl die. In
vista delta tirolin.t chhiMjrn (Iplln iiIoii
j!J del ConRrosfo. nuosto Kit dla poterl dl arIi-h
1 In caso dl lilORno. poterl the II tiresldoiilo
,,ln upstanza possible kIh' In hasp alia loill-
tttztone, tup che ckII uole ronrcniiutl dal
W Congrcsso.
SI crcne che II ronBreo accordtrn qiirtl
poterl.
KOMA, 2fi Febbralo
Gil austrlacl liannn tentalo nuoxl at
tacchl nclU zona del Trentlno mi senza
otteners atcun rlsultato 11 irciieralo
Cadorna annuncla Infattl net uo mp
porto pubbllcato lerl ?era dal Mlnlstern
delta Guerra che tuttl gll attacchi degll
austrtacl aono statl resplntl Keen II
testo del rapporto
IartlgllcrH c" stata plu nttUa
rella Riornata di lerl nello valll
dell'Astlco c del TraUsnolo. alia ts.
lata delle alll del Cordexole o del
Suo e nella zona ad est di Gorlzla
Truppo nemlcho tentarono tin at
tacco contro le nostre poalzlonl sul
Monte Mosclagh, sull'altoplano dl
Aslago: nella Val Grande, nell'iilto
But e nella alle del torrente Ponteb-
bana, ma furorib retplnt dapbertutto
e aublrono perdlta conslderevoll
l.o buono condlzlonl ntmosferlche
hanno faxorlto 1'attUlta' detlo sqtia
drlK'lc aeree. I nostrl nvlatorl, ap
pogglutl dallo batterlc antlacree, han
no messo In ruga aeroplanl nemlcl
11 senntoro Mnngllll. nttualmento tiresl
dente della Ilanca Commcrclalo ltallana
notorlamente germanonio lino a tenlare n
fare qucllo ihe la ma FOtnpllce quallta dl
Itallano iwrebbo dovuto impeding! dl nncho
oltnuto pensare, e' ootto procenjio per ret
tantnqtinttlo opl dl accurn. Kssendo cena
lore, egll naturalmento dora' rhpondere
dello Krnvl rccuso cho fill pesano pul capo
daantl nl Senatn tomotato In Alta Corte
ill Gluatlzla. Kgll pcro' non e' 11 solo lm
putato In que'to pcand.tloo processo, iclae
che' nltrl pervonngRl Rono Impllcatl nelln
aporchc inanotro ncrmunoflle In Italia ed
uno del colinputntt c' II fanilBerato tena
tore prlncIpe ill Ciniportale. tognato dil
prlnclpo on Ilnelun
ler ndopoo non l m troppo dl ponltlw)
Intiirno it iieto ncandalo I cul p.irtUolirl
le uutorita' lii(iilrentl tengono Begrdl per
quatito u' poiillillp, ma e' fac Up linmaRln.ue
che e up p irl i in tuttl I clrcoll polltlci n
pirtnmentarl nella capitale e fuoil SI
dice nnche l Mi.l la probihlllt.i i he d.il
momento (he nl tratt.i prnlinliitniinlo di
accua dl alto tradiniento c in tempo dl
guerra, II proceo iioxia solKeri,l lnrco
die (I.nanli all Alia Corte di (llullzl.i
diN.mtl nil un trlbtinile milltare Ad ognl
inodo il Roxcrno non ha deoln ancora
nulla a (iietn rlRUarrin, ed p' nnzi prnhi
bllp die II pnw.esn l i rlintnditu nl dnpo
guerra alio M'opo dl non permetlfie clip
eiiRano refc publilirhe rlrcoiilnnzp die
polrpiihern h nolle enfeie lltlll nl neiiiiin I'
leiio pern chp I ernlorl MaiiRilli p ill
( aniporeale rd I loro cniuplltl tio nrp
jsllatl p teiiull it mchlo della pollrii mm
arebbero dowito escrto fin dall tnizlo
della Kiierr.i
SI n' nppreo cho II pnp-i In falto pspn
iioi a .il goerno Itali.mo l,i u,t Rratliurllup
per ncr teliulo negrelp lo tlnoslnnrn Irla
tle ullo splnnnggio dl iiinnlKnnr !crlah
(he reccntcmenle fu nlUititntiatn dal Vail
cano dopo che si iioperp cho rgll rumii
nlean iol lunilio dell It ill dal Khrdlnl
del Vntlcano loo era rlu(lto nd erlgerc
una tnzlon radloteleKratlca
Int.mto H mampa auRtro ledp(a ki i fa
rendo una (-impigni pet ridarp al papa
II perduto potpro tempoialp nelln t-prinn
di olteneip I approi.iziono n ill sonnRlurarc
la dWapptoi.izlonp del Vntlcano delta cim
pngn.i dl Rottonmrlnl 1'uip pin II rlsuK.H
ottenulo sla I InierMi di (pietlo ( Ik In Mnmp.i
teutoul(.i KperaMi o cloo un i nlu lgorosi
protesta da pirto del pipa contro la guerra
dl barhare lnsldle
Telesramnil da l.ondra dlcono che lo
truppe inglel operanti ullAnore hanno
aianzato ancora LO'trlngemlo i tidcchl a
Tlplegar. Kl hanno conquliitalo I) vlllag
glo dl Serre, n nonl dell'Ancrc, In regulto
a che I tedeschl pono ntatl obbllgatl a rlple
garo RuU'lntrra tinea tra Mlraiiniont e
tferre Gll Inglesl lontlnuatio toal' I loio
aforzl per la conqulsta ill Dnpnumo trno
cul era dlretta la loro grando offcnnUa re
ccnte l.e truppe IngloM hnnno nnclio ottenulo
Importnntl buhofrI In un nltrn lontntio
teatro della guerra, nul Tlgrl, In Mesopo
tamia lie csl hanno pa phi I o II flutuo nl
gomlto dl Shumrnn ed hanno In tat moilo
lidlato I fort! turchl dl Kut el Aiiiua
don tempo fa un oscrclto Ingleso dl 0000
uomlnl fu coMrctto nd nrrpmlcixt (HI
Ingleil operanti nella Mesopotamia si
propongono cldentemente I'oblettlM) dl
tcnero Impegnato fori I innsio turclio In
qucllo lontine, rcRlonl per Impodlro die
esie vadano a rlnforzarp I tedeschl e gll
nuslrlacl Pell.i penlola balcanlca o lull.i
Gallzl.1.
Telegramml da Vienna dhono clip si sono
rlunltl nella mplt.ilp austrlaca 1 mlniitri
ungheresl eil austrliLl nllo sropo d dlmuluo
(Ina la sltua7tono rcouomli i dell linpero
l.e rlunlotil sono preslilulp dnl piehlrnto
del Conslgl t unpherese contn Tlszn, (
sendo asvente 11 inlnlslrn degll lNleii
(omunp ennte Zrernln clie el tioa ninma
a .Monaco dl MaUera
Paulshoro (Iron in tr Uapidlj
I'Atl.SBOIlO ,1 Pl) 21, iho
rate Its pnpulntlnn (s Inerensing I'nnl'-bnrn
lll soon be llio tnrgel lonn in (Ilnucrt i
t'ount Meforr th. titmn nmp l'aul l n .
h a (1 nboul ."no ipsidents ow it iia a
third more and exerv nvmh sIhihb a rnpfl
increase
TWO BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
OFF CEYLONT0KJ0 SAYS
Vessels Victims of Gcrmnn Plotting,
Japanese Say May Have' Ilccn
Sent to Bottom by Raider
TOKIO, Teb 26
The nrltMi sleamshlpi Perseus nnd War
leslerhlro liae been aunk off Colombo,
according In nnnouncoment today No de
tails luxe so far boon receled but It wns
reported there were explosions abontd both
xesiels due lo German plotting
The rercus as reported sunk from Lon
don on February 21 and the Worcester
shire on February 10 It was then as
sumed they fell lctlms to the German sub
marine warfare In the barred zone 1 ho
Tnlclo dispatch Is the first report that they
wire siinU In a section where other minors
hao recenlly reported a German raider
Tliu Japanese Government has a strict cen
sorship on ship news nnd It Is Inrelv pos
sible lhat tliu explosions' due to Grnian
plotting mentioned In the dispatch in ly be
slmplx an Indication thnt these esels foil
iictlins in ihe raider
i nlnmbn Is (lie principal seaport town nf
c pi Ion mi English possession
Dip I'orspus was a uteel screw liner of
f7-R Ions owned by the Ocean Stenmship
i "tnpani Limited nnd registered at l.iier-
p nl
Ihe lAonestershlre wis i steet screw
tr im hip of 7175 tons owned In the Rihbv
steiMislnp ( oinpitH and registered at I.ii
i pool
Did It Ever Occur To You
that when you say you cannot afford to insure,
you are advancing the strongest reason why you
should insure at once?
The
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Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia
FOURTH AND CHESTNUT STS.
FOUNDED 1865
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AUTOCARS ASSIST RAILROADS
S.S-.PIERGE CO. i
I . "Glaoisa. Tea" 1
Dutch Fear Germany
Plots Forcing War
Contlnuril from !' One
ships bv German submarines was tempered
today by realization of the acute danger
with which tho Netherlands are menaced
In these massed forces Just across the
line
Dispatches from arfotis DutcJi cities
today Indicated no nbntcment In popular
anger nt the sinkings, but a general (lis
position to weigh this situation against
the consequences of a sweep forward by
those cver-inenancliig German troops The
(! 01 ma n explanation, as received bv wire
less dlit not sono to quiet thp public
lids explanation details negotlntlons with
Herlln hi Dutch shippers for safe-conduct
of tho liners fiom Falmouth after Febriuri
C, when the last restriction on "subniarlii-
lngs'r w removed, liow permission was
granted to February 13 and bow later the
German Government innounecd the ships
could leave "with full safety" on March 17,
or "only rclntlve safety" on February 22.
The "relative cafety" for the 22d, It Was
explained, was due to the fact that It was
not ccrtnln al submarines would receive
wireless orders to accord the D'ltch ships
passage.
GERMAN RETREAT SEEN
AS MENACE TO HOLLAND
WASHINGTON1. Feb 2G 'Ihe great
German retirement before General Ilnlg's
armies on the west front was In part a re
sult nf a call for more men and materials
for the Holland front. Allied diplomats de
calred here today.
Military ntt.iches of Allied embassies
said thev would be 'far from stirpilsed' If
the present German retirement continue.
These diplomats slid that the Dutch
Government, I nee n ted over recent vit dw
structlon of her merchant ships, moie
belligerently Inclined thah at any time
since the war began, presents a big problem
for the German land forces.
They believe also that the Swedish
menace, ndded to that seen In Holland l.
contributory reason why the German Gen
rral RtnIT Is willing to fall bade In th
west, thereby slightly shortening the Hn
sho musfdefend against Halg's batterlne
and nffordlng nn opportunity to shift th
men lhusi icleased to the Dutch front,
It was .pointed out In Allied circles th.it
Allied wai heads havo alwavs believed that
Germany wns prodigal of lives nnd mui.
rial at Verdun, so that, upon winning theiV
tho Teutons could have then afforded
fall bnck on a virtually Mialght line n?
defenses stretching fiom Verdun norlhwaid
through llrussels or Nnmur or IlrucM
Such a line. It was pointed out. would iiiu
hundreds of thousands less men lo defend
since It would bo inanv miles shorter than'
the piesent clrrullous line.
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Baltimore to Boston by Autocar
Philadelphia Yesterday
ON SATURDAY, February 24, S. S.
Pierce Company, Boston's big gro
cery house, wired us to haul f.or them
from Baltimore to Boston two tons of
tin cans for- their "Choisa Tea."
The Autocar used is one that has just
been purchased by S. S. Pierce Co. to be
added to their present fleet they now
own eighteen.
Running by daylight only, the
Autocar is en route via Wilmington,
Philadelphia, Trenton, Newark, New York,
Bridgeport, New Haven and Providence.
It reached Philadelphia yesterday.
Motor trucks are a necessity Business houses these days are depending
on them not only for city and suburban deliveries, but for long distance shjp
v '.:' ments and for quick unloading of freight cars in crowded yards.
THE AUTOCAR CO., ARDMORE, PA.
PHILADELPHIA FACTORY BRANCH ' '
;The Autocar Sale & Service Co., 23rd & Market Sts.
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Still Three, Bright, Busy
Days in this February Sale
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HE "Sands of Time" have sifted
rapidly down and this morning
begins the first of the three
final days of our epoch-making
Februarv Sale. Three bright,
busy days wo have prophesied; bright,
not necessarily in an external weather
wise sense, but in the internal atmos
phere of cheerful satisfaction which
always prevails in this unique Store;
busy, because every day of the month
so far has been busy and no one who
can possibly help it will miss these
closing hours of opportunity. Trainload
after trainload of furniture has been
rolling in throughout this Sale to make
good the inroads of each days' heavy
selling and those who visit us between
now and Wednesday evening will find no
lack in volume or variety of beautiful
"home-making" merchandise. The ten
dency among manufacturers to reduce
the number of their designs has given
us an unusual quantity of handsome
suites and pieces that may not be dupli
cated again for years, and which, to
avoid carrying into next season, liave
been reduced far below their original
and proper valuation. Final reductions
have all been made, and the greatest
values in furniture and furnishings
offered anywhere in the United States
await your choosing to-day, to-morrow
and Wednesday. Welcome to our Store.
An Adam, Suite in Ivory Enamel. Decorated, (4 pieces) $158
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A charminp suite that really needs to be seen to be appicciated. The refined
Adam style is most attiactiC in the Ivory IJnamcl and each piece is beautifully
decorated. Suite (omptis.es: Bureau, 44x2.1,s in.; full si7e Bed, Chiffonier (not
illustrated) 3(1x121 in., and Tiiplicale Mirror Dicssine; 'lable, 40x19 in.
'ii have an ununial and vancd stock of beautiful bedioom suites, in Ivory, plain and
decorated, Black I.acquei, American and Citcassian Walnut and Mahopany.
Such Low Prices on Floor Coverings
May Not be Duplicated Again for Years
Everything lhat pocs to the making of rugs, carpets and other floor coverings has ad
vanced tapi'dly in price, of late, and the tiend of the market is still upward. Reductions rang
ing' from 10'. to !!:i' n are offered in our Tebruaty Sale; 1 eductions that have been made on
our old pi ices those in effect bcfoie the advance, ho that in many cases our Sale prices are
below the manuf.ictuiine; lost to-day. Wc quote meiely a few items from our unusually large
stock; proportionate savings are offered on eveiything fiom an 18x3G in. mat to an 11.3x15 ft. rug.
Choice Royal Wilton Rugs in Varied Selection
$106; size 11.3x15.0..,
505; size 10.6xKU...
.$87.50
.878.50
555 Royal Wiltons, 9x12
S42 Seamless Wilton Velvets, 012
S38 Seamless Wilton Velvets, s JnIO (J
S3G Axniinsters. 'sl'
.$.'19,731
,S3?.50
$28 SO
$28.50
$70; size 9x12....
$50; size 8.3x10.6.
,$52.3b
.543.50,
545 Best Axniinsters, 9x12 . . .$34.50
S30 Seamless Velvets, 01'J $24.50
S20 Seamless Tapestry Brussels, 0x12. ..$19.75
$17.50 Tapestry Brussels, 12 $13.50
1000 d- Bigelow Bet Body Brussels Carpet, rcg $.'10 for $1.65 yd.
SI 70 Inlaid Linoleum, highest grade, for 75c sq. yd.
bliort length-, m quantities tunable for bathroom and average kitchens; bring sizes.
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A Handsome Colonial Secretary in
Rich-toned Dull Mahogany, $23.50
An attractive, useful piece that fills the dual role of desk and
bookcase and .has conveniently ample drawer space besides. Note
our vety low lebruary bale price.
'A Round-top Library Table
in trie Colonial Style, $12.75
A very good-looking Library Table in
Dull Mahogany, Colonial style. The
workmanship is excellent as is evi
denced in the lines of the pedestal and
the finely turned scroll feet. Size 34
inches. We have a large and interesting
stock of Library Tables in all styles and
at all prices.
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Clearance Sale of Lace Curtains,
Many at Half Price and Less
In order to reduce our stock to the desired
proportions wo are closing out $10,000 worth
of Lace Curtains nt reductions ranging from
25 to considerably more than half. Early
selection is urged for individual lots are lim
ited. t
GREATEST REDUCTIONS
ON 1 TO 3-PAIR LOTS
$1.50 to 35.00 CURTAINS
Now SOc to $17.50
Included in tho Sale arc Ruf
fled Muslins, Antique Scrims,
Clunys, Lacet Arabians, Hond
mndo Arabian. BrugReU Net
Rennaisvince, Irish foint, etc.
MLJwIkL Mr
A little trip acrott the ferry to 'the Van Scivtr factory-etore may save
1ow from SS.00 to fSOO.00, according to the the of your jmrcha$e.
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MARKET STREET FERRY, CAMDEN, N. J.
Store Closes Dally t 8.30 P. M. Market St, Ferry Boat! Land Oppoaite Store.
Supply Your Bedding. Needs
While Our' Sale Prices Continue
We are specially well equipped to supply
your Bedding requirements and yQii will be
specially interested in our greatly reduced
rcbrtary Sale prices. We call your particular
attention to our Hair Mattresses, the most
comfortable, restful and sanitary type of mat
tress in existence.
Hair Mattresses. $20. $21.50.
$24.50 up.
Box Springs, (for metal or
wood beds) $11.50, $13.90, $15.00,
$18.50 ,and up.
Pelted Cotton Mattresses, $8,
$10.50, $12 up.
Silk Floss Mattresses, $16.75.
NOTE: All our Mattresses
have good quality tickings
(striped or fancy), roll edge:, '
and are made in two parts.
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