tfo
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SEE RUSSIAN POLICY
AS STEP TO PEACE
London Pross Inclined to Viow
Supromo Council Decision
an Compromlso
LABOR ORGAN IS EXULTANT
Ity llio Associated Press
Looifc)". Tcb. 25. Announcement o!
I ,o allied policy toward Itussla hng
peeked conflicting comment from the
London press. Tho Times, a strong op
ponent of bolulivIsin, accuse Premier
ttoyd Georgo with having for more thnn
a vear "sought for his own purposes to
throw weak. Ignorant nud reluctant
nirope into tho venal arms of her llol
ihevilc ucduccr."
u snvB tho council a announcement is
. Indication 6f the "progrewi which
Mr Moid Genrcc now couRldcrK he has
itiado toward Ms coal. Tho .next atop
to compromise Europo beyond recall.
"As the development of thn premier's
tovlet Inlrigtto showa," tho Times con
tinues, tact nnu puucub ycmoveriiuci;
..'- !... Innf ftftnAnta hv tlflllMi tA
Secoy tho unsuspecting to apostasy and
'The' Dally News asserts the new
nollcv bears nil the marks of a com
nromi.e, having manifestly emerged
from ii conflict of views, but that tho
halnnco on the good side unquestionably
'"riic Chronicle, which lias lately ml
crated pence with the Bolshcvlhi. says
vcstenlay's decision embodies a big step
forward, but Is musked under evasive
Mpreiisions.
"Tho Allies,' tho paper comments,
"have plainly entered tho path ut the
end of which is peace. They might,
with ttdvuntage, hnvc taken a more di
rect path to tho same goal."
Labor's organ, tho .Herald, exults in
tho fact that "tho Allies arc grudgingly
and reluctantly taking tho part they
should have taken a year ago' but re
grets that the "language of tbclr mani
festo Is insolent."
Approval of tho nllicd policy is glvcu
bv the Express, but It condemns the
""frankly insincere diplomacy which
camouflages a split between tho Entente
nations." , , .
The ambassadorial council decided to
day to refer Jo the respective govern
ments the appeal of the inter-alllcd
military commission to Hungary for in
tervention in favor of IlungnrJaiiK aeized
by Rumanian military authorjtles and
condemned to death.
Consideration of the Hungarian reply to
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a?Ji rom ''OD'lon. Hugh 0. Wallace
Am5rl5an embassador to rVnncc. ill
powcr7oVct.lL ""'""""'""wltl. full
rumorsIjf cruelty
amuse bolshevik!
Soldiors and Peasants Laugh at
Yarns Circulated In For
eign Countrios
Amsterdam. Teh. 25. (Uj .. I
The soviet pennants nnd soidler? were
greatly amused over tho fitorlcs told
abroad of their cruelty, svh thn inff
SrtJHi0ndonl .f t,,c "ftndelsblad
from which he has just returned. .'
In the course of n trip nboard an
nrmored train with U0iSUCvik officers,
'"jj'fl'oiident wns asked nmny
iJ'u.i drlnli!"R ersatz ("imitation)
tea. sitting around a nice little table."
i n.!'. V nml l m"1 to cll the Itol-
iiiiwnoi people nbrood tliought of
the Red nrmv.
ViT,,rjr ?,K.crt if !t w' ,r" that
iuiuu iriKiiiFiica ineir uhl dren w t h
tho nnmo 'Bolshevik.'
k "" iK nnswer tuat tUis was
nbout 60, otio long, sinister commissar,
1 "ti V, ' y ". i""csiocK natcr or tn
capitalists, looked moro and more
dreadful, but tho others could not stop
laughing.. They mado mo pxplaln verv
carefully their alleged cruelties nnd
stories about alleged eommuuUcd wom
en, unci of men who were slaughtered
nnd eaten. Thow marl,, them choke
with laughter, nml M.Idiers who henrd
it went to other purlin und told their
comrades, who liked It just as much."
RUMANIAN ARMY RETIRES
Withdraws In Hungary to Line Fixed
by Peace Conference
Budapest, Feb. 2,". (By A. P.)
numnnian troops which lmvo been oc
cupying n front nlong thn Itlvcr Thelss,
are withdrawing to the line fixed by the
Peaco Conference from sixty to eighty
miles cast of that stream. This move
ment will bo completed today nnd to
morrow Huugnrlnu troops will cross the
Thciss. They will thus observe nirrec.
ments not to move forward until twenty-
tour nours nttcr tno Rumanians have
retired.
Reports of Rumanian withdrawals
are rcccivid with much relief by Hun
garians, who allege the Rumanians hnvo
sjxteniutli-nlly looted the country. Allied
officers who have been investigating
charges of looting in this city nnd In tho
plain of the Danube will inspect the
Thciss country.
ASPRO COMMENTO
RIGUARDO WILSON
"II Mossaggoro," Clornalo di
Roma, Rllova la Italofobia
del Prosidente
rubllahed and Distributed Under
. . . I'EHMtT NO. 041. . .
Aulhorlj'cl by tho ad nf Oetobv
Ifl7. on nio nt tho roilofflcs of PMU
ItlphU. Pa
a. ft, nunr.nsoN
rentmntr anert.
Roma, 23 febbralo Commcntnndo la
situazlonc rlguardo l'Adrlatlco e la
protcstn del Presidcnto Wilson ul Ku
iremo Conelllo Alleato, 11 "Mcspaggcro"
dice: "Noi itallanl Icgglamo n dlmcu
tlchiamo lo offeso fattccl dulla teuotV
tnlofobla del slgnor Wilson, pcrchc' egll
non e' l'Amcrien c noi ummlrlnmo cd
nmltimo l'Amcrien. nonostnute lul."
In utin cditoriale dcdlcata allu reeentc
dlehiaruziotlo di Krouk A. Vnndcrllp,
rclatlva alio dlfllcoUu' dell' America per
nuovl rredlti ulPEuropn, II glornale
dice: "Lu nostril situazlonc cconomlca
blsogna non sla gludlcnta troppo sevcra
mentc. L'Amcrien devo nvera llduclu
nello strcnuo lavoro dcgll ituliaul. He
essi sarnnno niutatl In tempo con ma
tcrlalo greggto c con crcditl, snranuo
rapnei di intcnsificnro la produr.lono e
limltarc la consumazlone c mcttercl in
grado di pagnro I vccchl cd i nuovl
debit!."
Ln notlzla del rifluto del Seuato tlegli
Stntt' Unitl di aecettiiro le modlllea
zlool sulle riscrve del Hcnatore Lodge
rlguardo II tratto di Versailles hanno
nui prodotto una grnnde Inipresslonc e
Vazlone dol Scnnto o' consldcrata come
II fcigulfiento del crollo della parted
I'izloiie amerlcana ulla Lcga dclle
Nuzlonl.
New York, 25 febbraio. Una strcnuu
e chhiro. difesa dclle aspirazloni Italinne
MiU'Adrlatlco fu fatta, leri strn, dol
1'nronc Romano Avczzona, Reglo Amba
sclutorc Italiano n Washington, durante
un bunchettn dato in suo onoro dolla
Soclcta Italia, America. Egll sfato'
mirdbilmente la lcggendu cho l'ltalla
entro' In gucrrn lspirnta dal dcsiderlo
di guadagui territorial! o per motlvi
Imperialist id, dono esHersl nsslcurata
da qualo purto si sarcb"be schierata la
vlttoria. nimnstrn'. inveee, die l'ltnlia
entro' iml eonflttto Imprcpnrata e
nuando la sortc dell'Iito.sa tembrava
disp'Tiitu.
I'Amba.eiatorr stato' poi unnltra
leggenda. quella. cloe'. die la gucrrn
Oombuttiitii daU'Italiii fosse coinpito fa
cile c die la vlttoria fo.ssn II frutto
dcllo rivolitil' delle imzionalltu cho for
mavano l'lmpero Austro-Tngarlco, e
..U n
con nrgomcntl convlucentl dlmostro cou
quulc ferocln detto tiezionnllta' combat
Icrono conlro git Itallanl, DishO die
iuestl vliiKero tutto lo battugllo nd cccc-
7lone dell ei'crolto nnstrlaco c iiena mo
vlgliosu batluglla del Pinve, t-lvcndlea-trice
ill Caporetto, c la bnttnglla ill Vll
lorlo Vcneto die drtennlno' la dlstril
.lono deH'cserclto nnstrlaco c della moil
nnrchln degli Asburgo.
Pnrlo' pol dcllo condlzloul cconomiche
dell'Itnlla, acccnuo' nlln controversla ch
ora"Bi sta svolgcndo c della nunlo l'ltnljn
lm lu sfortiiua dl csscro uno del princi
pal! interlocutor!, o si auguro' cho In
soluzlono nvvcngu improntntn n qucllo
spirito di frntcliaiizu die ha sostcuuto
gll Allcntl e gll Htntl Tnltl diirnntc la
gucrrn, fratdlanzn cementntn col sunguc
sul enmpi dl battuglin.
SOVIET IN ITALIAN TOWN
Many Wounded In Fighting Between
Workers and Soldiers
Lmnlon. IVb. 23. (Ry A. P.)
Workers nt I'lcvc dl Sollgo, Italy, have
seized tho munidpal bulldlugs nnd pro
claimed n soviet government, uccordiug
to a Rome dispatch to the Ccntrnl News.
In fighting between workers and cara
bineers many persons word wounded.
Disorders knve nlso occurred nt Vlt
tnvio. Montrlielltiun n nd dscwhero, the
dispatch Mis.
VERDUN MARKS" THE SPOT
To Commemorate on June 23 Check
ing of German Advance
Verdun, Feb. 23. Tho municipality
of Verdun has decided to organize a
patriotic f't on Juno 23 to com
uiri.inrolp the extreme, limit of the Ger
man I'fTenslvt' which wns reached ou
Juno 2:i. HUH.
All the rpgimciilM that took part in
tin- light on the banks of the Metiso will
semi delrgntions with their Hugs.
Prcbldcnt Deschnncl will inaugurate
the celcbrntlon.
I ' II A T T, .
oour lou Me Usingf-
;very
r
0
TELEPHONE plant that
is subject to all the wear
and tear of any complex
structure..
A plant which in Pennsyl
vania requires 16,000 people to
operate.
A plant which each year
necessitates big-scale instal
lations and replacements.
Labor and materials, then, are
the principal operating costs.
And what has happened to
them since the war began?
Here are a few examples of
how they have increased.
Wages 81
Telephone buildings ... 1 10
Switchboards and equipment . 75
Batteries 123
Poles, crossarms, etc. . . . 70
Cables 60 to 65
And today the rates are just what they
were before the war.
Is this safe is it sound is it good
business?
Adequate rates will save the. service,
and nothing else will. It is a serious
situation, and it concerns every tele
phone user.
The Bell Telephone Company
of Pennsylvania
Cuticura Soap
The Healthy
ShavingJ Soap
Cutieiir.SoplnYwUbtltrui. EtwrwhanJSt.
Bargains in
Slightly Used
Pianos and
Player-Pianos
Wonderful values for those
who prefer a superior used
instrument to the cheap, new
kind. Our factory experts
have gone over these pianos
and put them in splendid
shape.
Player-Pianos
$759GE0.STECK$
Good tone. Mahogany reme
did
3650 MELVILLE $
Large size. Walnut case
285
$600 VINCENT
CLARK
Larue mahojran eae.
375
UprightPianos
$450 LESTER s0 4r
.10
$230
$225
$195
$200
$275
$215
$220
'225
'175
$225
$200
$235
Kxctllcnt tonr.
Smooth action.
$400 SINGER
Mahogany caae
$700 STEINWAY
Small nlite. Maliosan. casr
$500 HARDMAN
Larco size. Mahogany case
$600 GHICKERING
MaliocaJii (Jootl order
$500 LESTER
Liree sire. Maliotran
$375 LEONARD
Oak case Uoocl condition
$400 00L0NNA0E
Good tone. Oak case
$450 EMERSON
Llylit mahogany Large sire.
$350 SGHUMANN
Largo mahoganv case
$350 REGAL
LIU" not Laifie ' i '
$350 KINGSBURY
Hxcellont condition.
$400 STULTZ
Mahoganj. I.lKe new
F. A. North Co.
1306 Chestnut Street
I'Im.io fend mo a complt descrip
tion of your bargain in sllghtlj uaud
Player-Pianos I
Upright Pianos rn
iut.0 deun or enay-paymcnt
without Interest or extras.
Nuino . .
Address
plan.
i:l -j-'.-o
Other F. A. North Stores
west riiii,.,i aw s. sm m.
KlANAVrNKi 37 Main ht. '
NORTH PIIII.A.i SISB N. I'rniit Sc.
NOKHHTOWNl 23 W. Main St
niiinnci ;ii iinmont tc.
i.N I K31 llroadwnv
OAMOK
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TRKNTONi Jfto K
Stntfi t.
.Mil fit.
Store Hours: 9 to 5:30
Foretelling the good-valuc news
for Thursday.
Gimbel hmtktrs
MARKET
CHESTNUT
EIGHTH
NINTH
Philadelphia,
February zs, iuv.
many lines the Oimoei store
has no Philadelphia rival.
Wednesday.
In many lir
Still Selling Men's Overcoats
Ulsters and Town Ulsters at Very Great Reductions
The confidence of the reader, in the statements made by an advertiser measures the resulting business.
Do you believe? that's the question. If you are in any branch of -manufacturing or commodity distribution
you understand why it is sensible for us to sell down the stock of winter clothing, even if wc do have to pay
more for next winter's stocks. And it seems reasonably certain that we will pay more.
That's the full case,.
The savings run about a third mighty well worth while.
Even Kuppenheimcr and Society Brand clothes arc included.
Overcoats and Ulsters, $33.50, $43.50, $53.50, $65 and $76:50.
Suits, $43.50, $53.50, $65 and $76.50.
Eight hundred London-made Overcoats belated shipment included at $65.
The whole (inc. good, trustworthy range of winter clothing is included. Gimhels. Second floor
Men's Socks
Silk-Plated
65c
Sale of 5 1 OO Men's
Madras Shirts
Save a Third
The saving comes because the shirts were bought a
while ago at a favorable price (would have saved you a bit
in a prompt "turn-over" then) ; and more saved as compared
with the increase in value at today's market.
$2.45
From a.
Regular
Gimbel
Supplier
$2.45
Neckbands
Shrunken
Pearl Buttons
And Every Pattern is a Good One
Soft double cuffs. Light grounds with fancy stripes.
Gimbels, First floor, Ninth Street,
at
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Black, navy, cordovan, 65c.
Women's Stockings
Silk-and-Fibcr
$1.50
Lustrous; made with mock
J scam. Black, white, gray, cordo
van, suede, dark tan. $1.50.
"Two good special
Gimbels,
floor
Bedroom, Dining-Room, Living-Room
Furniture i Also Hundreds of Odd Pieces
HALF PRICE
In the Last Three Days
of the February Sale
Probably thirty-seven Bedroom Suites, mahogany or walnut one or two suites of a hind. Four arc pictured, all at half price
Louis Fourteenth Period, at $225
1 Itn lr 4Eaa
933B
Suite hi Illustrated, antique brown nniKli maliocany.
OrtlGINAL PRICE WAS DOUBLE.
I'our plouoa at
Adam Period at $350
f
Queen Anne Period at $250
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Suit? at. illvstrKted. In iv il o;
llnlsli, oonMructlon. Kour pi -ft
n or wxiiut orvect Queen Ann verlod
02so. ortN.iNu., puicn was doublt:,
Adam Period at $200
Suite .ti llluMra'.ed. four piece ii-ii'Ci bureau 40xSb-ni ,, mirror.
extra l;ir(re clilfforobe, trlpllcntr rclavs t nlet table, rull-nlze betlste.nl in
mahoenny or ivaluut Kour pieces nt ?350. OHIGINAI. Pl'.l' 1. WAS
doubli:
Tliiee-p.e. e suites-, as illusti.u.U e; i due i,, .fau. .lufforcttc f ull-1-l.te
bd-ial in antique bron n umlmsuny or o'd ioi"j flnlsli Throe
pieces t 8200. OP.iaiNAr. TMlK'i: WAS HOLBt :.
o-inbcl' Slvth floor
House Furnishings at Important Savings
The Sale StOCkS Reliable eHouse-Work Helps
ias
Stoves and
Heaters
Oil
v?iulyr"ST i Li j
jfTU: i-sa
S"5 '. 4)
5t.$1.50.
X
Ranges
&"
Peninsular Gas
H'-inch single oven. large j
drilled burners on top, in
cludinc illlUlfllE; lmrner.
Premo Kclipse Cabinet J "liite enameled panel door
n- T-,a, Ww side1 frames and w'.r.te enameled
rotliul top elevated bakiiiR ' drip pans.
ij Krnilmi' uvpiis: white i 'fee
Porceluiu
Tables, 24
sanitary hind
'IK
enameled paneled doors: .1
burners o ' top. (. onnccted
free m nt; limits where
fuel Jine extends to kitchen.
Sold on e.i- pavmenls. at
$39.95.
tan be connected
in cit limits wperc
fuel line cMor.d' to kitchen
Sold (! ru- p.i incut-, at
$27.50.
nurraugh'h roldinu Card
Tables, leutlieretto lop. nia-hoguny-iinibh,
at S2.'J5.
ii Kitchen ) ' "
1 .. - n'ninint 1
',' ic'ies. die J g 1 .r
. ,v SS.95. p,c- " Kettle,.
jj I M I --rtll loss
cgglKyZSSZS I VJ L.S2.75
t- i i aliiinmui"
National Oil
Heaters, smoke-le-i
ami odor
less. Miller
r.ae"t burners,
v ill l""at a 'arge
'nop' nt $2.75
'L
Enameled
.'-quart s 7c,
and bot'oni
Rice Boilers,
lid tils the ' p
vessel $1.25.
b-q.ii
alnmiiu'.i"
i'iii ei cd Coo1:
Pots, t $1.75,
S-oiu
.llul'HIlUI '
covered Cook
Pots, at $1.95,
Gsni Wickless Blue Flame
Oil Cook Stove;, 2 luirncru,
-uiiiiple f'n sittun ' l.ttcll
f -. i $7. . ' 1 burner
iu -, ji $9.25.
New Perfection Sad Iron
Healing Plates, ut od or
ya to e-. at 35c.
--tiimbel.s. I o.:nli floor
Subwav Store Combination Offer of
50-Piece Open-Stock Dinner Set
YJlmir Rnwl Spf Six Table lumbiers
All for
$0 OK
lace
One ot the extraordinary values in the March China Sale
sn.r,. onen-stock. first ciuality Dinner Sets; neat Rold
border design; all pieces full Rold-lined; gold-traced handles.
Complete with bread and butter plates. Every needed item for
complete service of (5 persons; and
A set of Yellow Bowls (kitchen or utility set) one each
5- 6- 7- S- 9-inch diameter bowls ; and
6 thin-blown Tabic Tumblers.
The entire combination for $9.95, complete; as long as any
remain of the 500 sets at this price. Gimbels, Subway Store
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