.' v- V tf i , .J ,, i i ii I.1!'' US'. i.w-' UT& V-if REPUBLICAN "; MRN A f.F. P s L J. . IX A -w . )- if' . . Former President Sees Knox Resolution as violation m' nfP. n D RornrH vi u. v. i . nvwiu in iiwH. Qtatocmnnchin puMt'can Senators in favoring the ijW. ,Anox rcjoiimon rioiarc pn"i rraunnm A. eoiMfrucm-e Mfejmn)Mif. occora- irtff ci Ex-President William Howard 5' Ta, commenting editorially m Ae JPoblio Ledger forfni. l'nrtiaamhip in the present world crisis is a danger in the Republican party, trnrfii Mr. Taft, who sees danger in the failure of Jtepuolican Senators to appreciate their responsibility. The editorial foliates "Chairman Hays, of tho Republican national committee, properly refuses to be led by the Democratic chairman, Mr. Cummlngs, into making n partisan issno of tho peace treaty. Senator Jodge asserts that the Issue is not n party one. It is unfortunate that the action o the Republican committee on committees in the Senate should she lu u ?'" .renl T , "y " P'"" i .- ,. ,- . . ,,... I1 mui inv iiiiviKU rruiuuin niminii n- should have Republicans enough to give j them a majority without the vote of I Mr. McCumber. known to be favorable, to the treaty, and by a careful selec- i tlon of Republicans for that innjoi'ity whose opposition to the treaty has been pronounced. "Senator Kellogg would naturally have been taken before Senator Moses, j a new senator, and one whose term . expires in two years. Senator Kellogg, however, ventured to make a speech in,Count, run the risk of dulling the line favor of a league of nations even be-jodge of that course by present action, fore the covenant was agreed upon, which, many will contend, ghes support and declined to sign the "Round to the ungracious word-, of the Prcsi- Robln." "More than this. Senator Rorah, who Jnsists that Republicans who decline to mako this n party issue and fight the trentv are cowards, had sufficient influence with the Republicans in the 'affairs. The lingering tenncit of bol committee and with both the chairman Nei ism, tho bickiring and lighting be ancl the author of the resolution to tween the newly established states in strike out of it the only section offering ft hope of constructive and afflrmntUe aid to the world from the Cuited States I '"- " 'K"'c mi m.s smi, smmui cmu whencver again the world got into the,""""11'? attention of all world states Mime condition which brought us into j"10" 'n ,1" w,t,,.t,,w ,m,tJ' ... I the senators cannot escape respon- luis war. "It must give those Republicans who now find themselves supporting the! Knox resolution a Icat-in-a-strauge-garret' feeling when they think of the KTcat traditions of their party and of its historical attitude toward every critical step forward in the history of this coun try nnder our constitution. "They must feel as uneasy as thoc Federalists who fought the Louisiana purchase ns unconstitutional because it was made by Jefferson. For the Repub licans arc the legitimate heirs of Wash ington, Hamilton nnd Marshall. They have always maintained that this was a nation with a big X, able to meet every responsibility thnt nations should meet, able to do for its people and the world as much as any government, aud cour ageous enough to do it. "Read John Marshall's opinions. Not a line Is written in them by which the usefulness of the United States under the constitution Is restricted. The glory of thnt instrument is the way in which its simple comprehensive terms include i.. oini ,wr iimiD fnenlties needed to discharge its duties and work (hefoic them for their advice and con out Us destiny ns one of the great famil , som of nations "Always, heretofore, it has been the Democratic party which, as new prob lems bnve presented themselves, has sought to limit the sphere of our gov ernment by nice interpretations and strained applications of our fundamental law. "It was the Democratic party which lilted states' rights to protect slaver; It was the Democratic party which gave thrniintrv a President and an attorney general who found thnt secession was unconstitutional, but tuat it was un constitutional to suppress it. It was the Democratic party that declared the Civil War a failure and lent the weight of its party machinery and its con stitutional objections to making it so, a circumstance, one might add, which kept that party out of power for twenty years. "It was the Republican party which took over the burdens of readjustment after the Civil War and encountered Democratic constitutional objections at every turn. It was the ItepuDliean party that put through the war amend ments against the bitter obstruction of Its opponents. It was the Republican party that gave us the joint high com mission and the Geneva arbitration. It was that same party that declared gen erally in favor of arbitration as a means of settling international disputes. "It was the Republican party which, after the Spanish War, bravely faced the Cuban and Philippine problems, put Us shoulder under the load nnd met the solid Democratic opposition which piade imperialism the paramount issue, nnd rested its case again on a strained con struction of the constitution. "Then, too, we neard much of the radical departure irom our irmm.uuu. American poucyoi isoiuuou , - 1 lne surrender of the Monroe Doctrine. Tl... . . . mit h Tlenublicans. recognizing its worm responsibilities and with n courage born of past achievements anu hum u "" ditional constructive nbility and energy, caried its Philippine policy through, nnd the awful prophecies ot ruin are for gotten. "The Republican party pioneered. The constitution is inviolate. The Philippine episode has passed into his tory and the country is still safe. "Again it wns through the opposition of the Democrats and Senators Borah, Lodge and others that the so-called unl yersal arbitration treaties with France and Great Britain were wrecked, though generally supported by regular Republi cans led by Senators Root and Burton. "Whether It be true or not, it will be exceedingly difficult, if this treaty is henttn bv Renublican relators, to satis fy the country that If has not been beaten because It is law Deiore me ocu ,ate by a Democratic president. "Such Republican senntors are conn j i t,-fr,rv tn 1020. Thev are sure Xnl ti,.f ir,lent Wilson has lost ponu- m ..' , tarity with Democrats and Republicans n.. ,miice S"H.fc fThey find much to Justify them both fcij 'in their resentment against Sir. Wilson tor his partisan treatment oi mem anu In their certainty that a Republican vie- ? torr awaits them in 1020. Rut are they S).;.5 ot, from a mere party standpoint, i.i panuuDg eugcu iuuidi r i,. ti,Ato ufrr.,l Ia m TiflfnrA tnn rat" . v.M"im wwim ,u ev v..- -.-- Es'f Tvuntry and uphold their course m de t.'.' ;,i n. thn ir.nrv when there is a ueen Jsectd Iropreselon that they are in part, SENATORS A RT Y T A FT ..... . .m. - ... ...... in P.rmctriirtiP tional procedure, by personal and parti san motives? "Will not many say that had this treaty been proposed by n Republican President, or by n l'rcsldent who had consulted the Senate or appointed on the commission leading Republicans or senators from the foreign relations committee, no such obstruction would have been offered? "Tho present strength of the Re publican pnrty before the people is due not only to irritation at the excessive use of arbitrary authority and a nar rowly partisan administration during a great war crisis, but also to the pa- triotic course of the Republican mlnorl- ties in both Houses in helping in ever, way the Democratic President to carry through the war, in tpite of his exas- orating failure to use Republicans of I tried ability when the county's cause npiMi.i MlpM1 "When he gave specific oxidenec of his attitude by bis appeal to his coun try men to elect mil Democrats to Con gress and reflected on the patriotism of Republicans as 'pro-war but anti- admiuUtrntion,' n most remarkable .., .lt .., :.......,. popular rebuke followed instantl "Do not Republicans in the Senate, after their most patriotic course in the fighting of this war nml their fine standing before the people on that nc lent? "What is most dangerous to the present Republican position of vantage is the failure of Republican senators to appreciate their responsihilit) in world central and eastern I.uiope, the feet li unrest nil out Kurupe. rellected in "' ""' .-. ....i ...-. ii.-,i.-. .-. in,iisti. f,,.. ,!. ...... i..,n. :.. : ..,.i..i :.... lUHI.J ...I VIM" J.Vtl, ,", IfUUl 111 in IVHIllOII .. t,;.. r.n, ..... n...i :.n ii :.. .. .. ii..i ' ' """: .'."" A",''"""" """," wuwu. me iwu relations are inuis- solubly united. ..:.!. ,i. :..i t e t.,,1, 1,11- 1,11,- I'McpilHII Ul OC11- ntor Lodge's luminous speech in the Senate on the necessary scope of the treaty, made shoitly after the armi stice we luue little constructive sug gestion to help solve the many dillicul ties presented to the I'eaee Conference. And even Senator Lodge's .subsequent course seems unmindful of the problems he then discussed. "The argument will be further pressed that the Itcpublicnu opposing senators have done much, consciously or out. ,',.- 1, ,i-,i mi, -muni, 1 wu.-nmsi,, cjr unconsciously, to hinder the making of n.-treaty at all ny a cour.se tending to weaken the lawful authority of the President iu the conference. "He is vested with the power and charged with the duty of formulating mm lmiiiuing me treaty ior me con sideration of the senntors. whose func- J ''"" unless invited by the President, I '"" "ot begin until he Ins the trentv ., .nt iiiiiii'smuii .spreads mat tne Republican senators are impairing the country's force and influence for good in the world by nn attack in the rear upon our constitutional representative among the nations, the llepuhlicnn wave now curbing the party to victory may lessen. "Those Republicans in the Senate, not now committed, should therefore avoid being hurried into embarrassing ''I'liiutment by the Knox resolution and should wnit until the treaty is pre seined ami until tlipy can. after a full discussiou, not in anger, but after a calm, courageous, self-restrained consideration of their responsibility to this country, the world nnd to their party, decide what the situation de mands of them. "The plea that they, by voting for the resolution, may induce the con ference to repudiate Mr. Wilson nnd accept their informal suggestions ns to separation of the league from the treaty is, of course, without the slightest weight. "The conference will certainly not change the treaty now perfected after such great labor and difficulty. The only possible effect of the resolution on the other side, therefore, may be to benrten the Oiermans in delaying or refusing signature. Certainly the Re publican senators do not seek nwh a result and do not care to be made responsible for it by their country men. "On this side, if the treaty should be amended or rejected ou its merits, the senators should have the courage to Aote their convictions. The tem porary embarrassment to the country iuwilved in such action cannot be , , t if their renfi0ns nro j i .ui. ..,, :...,. . liinl, n.l 1 ,, nncl thir motiVes- are high and EOOU UUU llli'll nmi,-ra ,.. ,,i.i. ,..i u.n. nf Ttnrtiinnslihi nr ncrsonnl feel " -:- , .... . , I.' . . i,i,i ings. Hie emoarrassinuiiL nuuuiu mm n.. I . ..1 1.1 1 will subject their reasons anil motives to severe nnd careful scrutiny. "Meantime the Republicans ot the Senntc should not pass the Knox reso lution. The reasons for not doing so nre clear, and they will be clearer as the Inexorable order of events pro ceeds. Shantung is the shirt silk of 1919 More men nre wearing Shan tung Pure Silk Shirts this year than ever. It's a practical fash ion. With collars attached or the separate soft collar, you can buy, at a special price, these Shirts ' $5.00 1114 Chestnut Street Next to Keith's Theatre 920 Chestnut :j 57 South lith EVENING PUBLIC Council in Deadlock Over City Loan Issue Con I In nM rrom Tarn Onti and member of the municipal affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce, said it would be "n crime, If the defeat of tho loan in Common CouncJJ meant that tho appropriation for ex tending the water system would fail." "We have gone over the ground very carefully with Chief Davis of the Water Itureau," said Mr. Chapman. "Chief DaUs assures us thnt S.1.000, 000 is the minimum amount which he can use to advantage. "If only S1.OOO.00O were appropri ated it would not bo sufficient to start any work of a really constructive sort. It might be expended on repair work highly necessary, of course but not comparable to badly needed new con struction. "Chief Davis has planned n compre hensive water system of which the work for which he wanted the $.1,000,000 would be n part. If he got but $1,000.- 000 the only way lie could proceed would M " ""'' n '"' 7" ' !" of '" M " 7 or. in ihet I'1""' "rn .k off. Ihis s impract cable. Our ml,',Ml1 ' $ nno nno " , npproprlntmn of the entire ?3,000,000. Danger of Kiro i Mr. Chnpman called attention to thft danger of tire resulting from luade- ,lny brforc the latter part ot heptcmoer quate water serice. lor October. "If the defeat of the loan bill means! ii-i that there will be no money for the ex-1 ew a nn rlanniC? tension of the water service, then it is On the other band lrnncis i. isurcli, . 1 .. .1. j. . . "1 i. e !. Tiwlniinmlfinf PVltl tinl n crime. 4n n rmnzt" wnni itiikiii 'ensue here in Philadelphia In ense of ! . . . . .. . . .., ' (Irn. A cxrlnii hmnk in the wnter mains' might cut off nn entire section of the, make would probably be to introduce a cit. Such nn occurrence is looked for. new lonn bill proiiding funds for high nny time. Here is a condition of nbso-.way itiipnnemcnts, wnter extensions, Into danger." eto., thnt can be placed under contract Chief Davis would make no comment' this yenr, but no money that cannot be on the defeat of the lonn bill. He ad- used to good advantage within n cnr. niitted, when pressed for nn answer, In the event of the Independent thnt the bill's failure necessarily would icounciliiieii taking the lead any bill in mean the fnilure fur the present of his troduccd would have to be referred to comprehensive scheme of water develop- the finance committee. The bill they ment . plan nnd will approve of is many nul- "We shall continue operating to the!on J-"'in the one sponsored by the best of our nbility," said Chief Davis. are leaders. Though the loan nlmost certainly is1 Mr. Cnffney as chairman of the lost, according to the best informed of, finance committee has the power to call the leaders, the city will have to pay a'n meeting for the consideration of such bill for $4000. the cost of ndvertising the lonn. Thorp will bo a further bill fnr tho printing of ordimncrs intro- iluced in the bolief that the bill voiild , tm .J v ., k...i..t . i v. oiiiiiMMi tniiuu I'liirriaiiit'u nu u-i ,1 . - nn iii . . .1 . ' '. " couungeni . . i.. ,. ss- age of tins loan legislation. 1 niei U'lork 1'clton sent these bills to the ' n.i : ,i, i.. ,-.,in0 (..in,. 1 11113 iit'ii iii.i, ,n .tit i.i.i V.1J.....O Leaders- Itetirent I ..mK ... -..;,,... ,,,.-.., ......S-..L ...a. mvcrs ot Sonntor Penrose. This con- the only purpose they were destined . ,, rMult , the rcport to ever to serve was to crowd the covers, Ccmn(.n, t n , i)iU similar to the , of a volumne of Council s appendices. t,mt wp-nt ,,. to (ll,fl,nt. The leaders have been strangely reti-;,thc event of the introdu.tion of an in cent concerning the loan defeat. Ma or dependent loan bill, the measure could Smith, who bonsted that the loan would lie buried until fall and then be so emas go through when first the plan to de- culated as to bear no resemblance to its feat tho measure was disclosed, had original form. In fact the committee 'nothing to say" about it today. The " Mayor was out of town, but replied over the Imig-distnncc telephone that he had no comment to make. He is ( jn int looks to be improbable event returning this afternoon, however. of coml,IOmise, n new loan bill could Whether the defeat of the bill had any- 0 jntrnduced net week, or the motion thing to do with bis determination to()t Ootineilmnn Mentzinger jestorday rush back to his- office is not dis- miK,t Ue construed ns valid, and the closed. 1 on,, nnmmitiwi would reiiort favor- Koch political faction blaming the other. Common ( ouncii is deadlocked .111 me question ot n municipal 10.111. t'ntil a compromise agreement is reach- ed or a new body elected no highway improvements, no hospital enlargements and no water extensions can be author. i,n,i Ti. ... 11 i.!... .i..i fight, the loan has gone down to certain defeat, newr to be revived at that figure or with the items it oricimillv contained A similar fate has been meted out to the compromise loan sug- gested by the Independent-Penro- fnree, calling for the expenditure of $10,r,70,00(t of the city's money. 1 ' Wants All or None A lust-minute effort made by W. W. Mentsiuger to introduce an entirely new loan for the latter figure was lost in the midst of the fighting at yesterdav's session nnd will hnve to be revived ifl the Independent-Perirose forces mean to place themselves on record as faor- ing n loan of any character. This move Is possible at n meeting Are your Freight Claims Paid Promptly During the last 9 years we have handled, to a successful conclu sion, thousands of freight and express claims. A postcard or telephone call will bring our service man without obligation to you. Industrial Traffic Association Perry Bldg., Philadelphia Phone: Spruce 1622 Race 588 l'i Harper's Ferry Excursion SCENIC POINT OP 3 STATKS Sunday, June 22d $3.00 Round Trip (INCLUDINO TX) Special Train Leave 24th Bctarnlni, Sprclal Train VtUl BALTIMORE LEDGER-- PHIEADELPHIA, -PBID AY of Common Councils next Thursday and may be tho course adopted by the fac tion' after a conference scheduled for this week. Joseph I. Onffney, tho Vare floor leader, declares that this hill will not meet tho demands for Improvements and stands flatly on tho $14,750,000 proposition or none at all. Robert R. Lambcrton, floor leader for the Independent-Penrose forces, offered (laffney an opportunity for a conference at any time on the lonn proposition, but declared that bis friends will jrcver stand for n loan that will hamstring the Incoming administration, no matter what Its polltlcial complexion. The bitter faction row In Common Councils was the chief topic of conver sation among politicians at City Hall today and bets were wagered that no Improvements would be put under way before the close of the Smlth-Vare ad ministration. Followers of Senator Vare ay their oppouents defeated a bill that was designed to provide for sadly needed Improvements and thnt they would have to share the blame. Robert R. Smith, chairman of Coun cils' hlghwny committee, which some days ago approved millions of dollars' worth of street implements to be mndc out of the items in the original lonn, today said that nothing could bo done this summer. lie called attention to the fact thnt next Thursday is the closing session before the summer j-e-cess, and that eien if the independents should introduce a new loan bill it would probably not see the. light of prowicm m uh im"i"""1 v..... mnnic Association, declared that the .. ,. .. ...1 1.!.. ftnnu WM,11 next move he nnd his friends would n measure, in ttie event nnai uujouiu- mciu ior uir Mn.m-i - ,m.i,v.,. . special ineetiiiRS are provided fortius consideration of the problems arising out of the political deadlock. Tho. Vare foicos in the finance eom- , . . , . .llrt . m V":;;. ,,,! i,nvn thn nndoubted nowcr to lttCC nrc OMUIMU'IHIIUHO m m - ,; ,. . - ,, . rj-arrnnge any iteiiis th at may bt 1 eluded m a loan bill sponsored by the if the finance committee saw fit, in might, in the present frame of minds " . , . ,, of many of its members, report tlic whole loan proposition negatively. nl)ly thp $io,.-,70,000 measure. If the nUcr collrsc wc,.0 found practicable the ,in couU, ,)0 rpportP(i eXt week nnd , C(, allriug ti,c Pnri5- Ceks of July, ,. ., , 1 . t T !lc rae(ot the introduction of an I entirely new loan bill the law IS plain lie law is pain ( ised for thirty uncils. Several I i.i .1.. 1 , that it must be advertised davs before action by Con thousand ilollnre were expended on the advertisement the deteate,, on nn. this course wood have n be followed -'" . Tlu" T11 .woll,a. ea"J. '?'!." h'Ki'.lntion oer into August nnd the bill oiild be passed late ... the summr ' , Independent members who defea ed the Vare follower, jesterday say the 1 loan money would not be expended 1111- til fall. The advocates of the loan claim it is the authorization they want I for the improvement items that the ! money could for n time come from tho consolidated loan funds. Independent coiincilmcn announced today they will insist on n smaller loan or no loan ac iwi. Itobcrt V. Lamberton, common coun- ' cilmnn from the Twenty-second Ward 9 & Chestnut St., 8 A. M. late Harper's Ferrr 0:30 P, M. & OHIO R. R. ' ln.lnnnnilnnfc mid their nllK's, tllC I0l and spokesman for the nntl- administra tion forces, said t "We. arc ready to reconsider the vote on the loan at the .next meeting of Councils If tho organization Is will ing to accept our amendments. Then, too, we offer the loan ordinance Intro duced by Mr. Mentzlnger. "If the administration forces insist on all or none then we will not have a loan. We reduced tTle loan to the amount which wo believed would cover everything that was necessary and from our position on thnt wc do not intend to recede." If the city Is to have available funds available for greatly needed street re pairs, for water and hospital Improve ments, a compromise must bo reached, Thi amendment ofTcred by W. W. Mentzlnger, Jr., Common Councilmnn from the Twenty-second ward, provided a loan cnlled for n $10,570,000 loon. Independents pointed out todny that the amendment docs not slash Items for urgent requirements. The substitute ordinance offered by Common Councilmnn Mentdngcr leaves intact the $8,250,000 item for wnter. The comparative figures of the I Smith-Vnrc lonn and that proposed by the Independent couucllmcn show this result. Vare-Smlth Jl.000.ooo 2.000.000 400.000 ar.o nnn Pndpnta tSOK.OOO 1, (IflO. 00(1 200,000 30O,(Hrfl eon 000 I'on.oon l.noo.ooo l.'ld (Sill 3011 no ! 73,0011 3,000 non 2. 0,000 ao non 10.000 Main sewers . .. Itrnnrli nwers New bridge T'nrkay Ilenalr aspnRii aireeis 1,(100.000 4no.oon l.ooo.ono mo.ooo coo. 000 rnvlnit strrrtR llfpavp ptrpeia lmiit-or country roads O.radlnp strerts Improve ueiawnre Rve- nufl tmprov water supply Wnter mntriH. etc... 175.000 B.ooo.onn 2."in.noo ao.ooo 10.000 Motor apparatus .... Police motor launch.. New nni motor equip- mpnt ror oiu ure np tmratus B00.O00 300,000 250,000 50.000 Repairs, remodel flro poris Purchase of ground, erection and con struction, oquip ment. repairs police arid flro stations. . .t Kxtenilons. Improve ments for Ktectrlcal rturenu Hospital huildlnKS. He. BOO, 000 250.000 151.000 300.000 a.ivnoo 3UO.O0O (Tor contagious dls- oaspsi Lnimrpnn Hospital. Philadel phia General Hoa tiIIhI 4S0.0O0 1. 500.000 450.000 1.500,000 Ttefund madamunes... Municipal court uuild tnes Boo.oon None Totals . . . .114,730.000 J10.B70.000 MASARYK REPLIES TO fUN Declares Czechs Will Fight Until Hungarians Cease Attacks Zurich, June 20. (Uy A. P.) Pro fessor T. G. Mnsark, president of Czceho-SIovnkia, has replied to a mes sage from llela Kun, foreign minister of the Hungarian soviet government, pointing out thnt Hungarian troops re pentcdly took the offensive after the note of the Council of l'our had been sent to Budapest, nnd declaring that when the Hungarian troops have com plied with the demands of the Entente the Czecho-Hlovnk forces will cease hos tilities. Latest reports show that the Hun garians attacked the Czceho-Slovnks ns recently ns June 17, having mnde an assault upon the right wing of the I'zoeho-Slovak nrmy, which put up n stubborn resistance. amznKMWmawmwrmrmimmmmwK m Place a thin, linen-backed A. F. j W 1'ierces lorn, i-iasicr on yuur cum. w. m It will stop the pain, remove the M wi ,nt,ii,(, and in a few hours the 4k few hours the ifr p corn rubs olt. This is the clean V7, w--h harsh iiquids that m,y burn -m, gg the flesh and injure your stock- gg f? ings. A.F.Pierce's Corn Plasters have , been successfully marketed for 16 'M. nygicn.c way. Take no chances I 2f years. .Always nacked in a sreen Wj j box ,n .2, , or uc a,rug or gg $ 25c. InttrSp Salei i box. at 25c, or 10c. Drug stores gg rvfrvlra sell them, or by mail if m. 9& you prefer, for 25c. Winthrop Sales & Co., 116 West 32nd St.New York. fa im RETAIL SO.-Mfo r IL S. NEEDS LEAGUE, Texas Sonator Terms Covenant Mightiest Advance Since Day of Bethlehem KNOX GROUP LOSES HOPE By the Associated Press Washington, June 20. Supporting the league of nations, Senator' Shcp pard, Democrat, of Texas, told the Senate today that objection to ODy war making power of the league was en tirely groundless. Tho covenant only pledges the member nations to co operate in repelling Invasion, he said, "but confers no powers on the league" in tljnt regard. "Viewing the Covenant as a whole," said the Texas senator, "it may wcTI bo characterized ns the most effective instrument for the maintenance of pence nnd the prevention of war the heart aud brain of man hove ct pro duced. It has not attempted the im possible; it is based on a clear recog nition of the fact that we have not yet reached that stage where war may be entirely suppressed, It makes war re mote and improbable, however, by organizing the public opinion nnd the mornl force of civilization in one great international unit, pledged to the peaceful settlement of international controversies. "Hut we nrc told that the United States should not enter into nn arrange ment of this .kind because our geo graphical situation nnd our inherent strength make us independent of for eign broils, nnd they say this with fifty thousand graves in foreign soil bearing trngic testimony 10 tne cueci ot a Kuropenn situation on this republic. League or Aiiiiani"ii(s "Tlicy tell us thnt If we subscribe to this covenant wc do so -tfs n matter of favor to other nations; that they need us, but we do not need them. I tell you (hat there was never n time when it was more necessary for the civilized nations to stand together for the pence and liberty of the world thnn now. It Is cither this or the piling of nriunmcnts on armaments until the people'n backs nrc broken from the strain. "The covenant ofTcrs the firmest bar rier against war humanity lias yet Why do so many have their developing and finishing done at HAWORTH'S (Eastman Kodah Co.") 1020 Chestnut St. JtfNE What Salary Should a Merchant Pay Himself? This question seems to have "started something.". It was put to a number of representative merchants. Their answers have stirred up a most interesting argu ment one that no retailer should miss. Its "first round" is in the current issue of the Retail Public Ledger. Other Interesting Features TlHAT is a "telephone voice" toortht '" There's one in Philadelphia that brings tSO.ono a year in sales to the store that em ploys it. lloto and xchy arc told on page 8. rpiIE story of Ann Havlland, ''the woman with the most wonderful nose in the world,'' appears on page tl. She makes and sells perfumes at t'JO an ounce. Could yout 11' se only one corkscrew 'or umbrella ' or clock or pack of cigarettest" asks a retail sales expert on page 8. "It's just as easy to sell more" and then he tells how. rpttE Quacklnbush Pharmacy, In New York, was founded in 1817 When Broadway .was a cowpath atwl the site of Orand Central Statfon a farm. The story of this, the oldest drug store in the United States, appears on page 0. The Retail Public Ledger is a news-magazine exclusively for business men.and women. It is published twice a month, on the first and third Wednesdays. The second June issue, now on sale, is filled to the brim with entertainfng articles telling how merchants, clerks, salesmen and others in retail lines are getting more money and more fun out of life by improving upon old ways. On sale at downtown news-alarids and at the Public , Ledger dffice, Sixth and Chestnut streets, at 10 cents a copy. Year's subscription (34 issues) $1,00. &. gijau, Address subscriptions to 218 Public Ledyer Building, Philadelphia "i . known. It builds fresher end stronger foundations 'for trie civilisation and progress of mankind. It Is the migh tiest advance townrd a higher cxlstcnco and a better day since the cry of the angels in the Okies of Bethlehem for peace on earth, good will to men." Knox Men Lose Hope Hope of bringing a roll call on the Knox resolution virtually hns been abandoned, and some leaders think It might bo permitted to die without even coming before the Senate for formal action. It was designed to give notice of op position to accepting the league coven ant along with the peace terms, and in tho general opinion It will cense to serve its purpose after Germany has accepted the treaty. Whether any other expedient would o adopted to show Senate sentiment today or tomorrow also was unccrtnin. .4, Choose Your Own Style Special While They Last Guaranteed spring back, spring cush ions and spring seat. 6 ft. Davenport. We will have this special offer on sale until our present stock of frames is sold. Prompt Autocar Delivery Anywhere H. S. ATWOOD & BR( I CASH OXI.Y ESTABLISHED 1859 .11 if . I' The tSouse that Heppe built FOUNDED IN 1865 ADOPTED ONE-PRICE SYSTEM IN 1881 C. J. Heppe & Son 1117-1119 Chestnut Street 6th & Thompson Sts. Heppe Victrola Outfits These outfits have been especially arranged for home use. Each outfit contains a Victrola and some records. The supply of these instruments is very limited. You should make jrour purchase NOW. Special Heppe Outfits VICTROLA IV-A $22.50 Records your selection . 2.50 Total cost .$25.00, VICTROLA VI-A $35.00 Records your selection 2.50 Total cost VICTROLA VIII-A Records your selection Total cost Call, phone or A PHOTOGRAPHER'S sore fingeis led to the invention of the -Moore Push Pin, one of the fastest selling small ai tides in the country. The story appears on page !. rjJHE average grocery clerk should sell H,000 worth of goods a year, according to the Harvard Bureau of Business Research. Full details of their investigations are con taincd in the article on page 7. ADVERTISED brands have increased the " sales of a pharmacy in St. Joe, ito., mora than 100 per cent. The proprietor tells all about it on page 3. iplLlPINOS won't buy fish with straight tails. The reason, for this, and more than '100 other interesting facts connected with retailing and advertising, are contained in this one issue. LEDGER 4 ' if. -iV"- Various' 'proposals' for co-ordlnallng, the ftnpfllttne tours of senators, who aro. to renlv to President Wilson were much discussed during tho day. There Is corf-' sidcrnblc sentiment favoring a special car to fo'low the President on his speak ing trip, but several leaders nrc opposed to It, and the general prediction was (hat tho senators would go out sep arately. CORNELL PLANE HITS EARTH Filers on Way to Exercises Unhurt but Machine Is Wrecked Ullca, N. y., Juno.20. (By A. P,) Drifting south of the course followed by his four companion planes, Lleiiten nnt Jesse O. Creech, of the Cornell fliers commanded bv Malor Matirlco Connelly, former Iown congressman, $ crashed in a landing between Ced&rville and Illon yesterday afternoon. Vlctroln IV-A. RiM' .$37.50 $50.00 5.00 $55.00 ivrite for catalogues , 40 & 42 S. 2d St. J j I ' A fclt;iwa,ia,tfclr.metiiods, un- .ifW"1 j"" i!1 .Tsii ?. , a, . fa-rwmrflMg (rf Cltnuta ''"'vr- H m W A t. ' " 'W r. r K V.L.uij v ,V - ' !,'; -' r, 1-m ' KL w. ?l .. . t
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