wmmKLmmmammmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimm EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGER PHIJJADELPHIA, wmTTJMHTtA v.; Ajimiesx.' no. ww . '-..., '3311 v,-,- j f RUSSIAN POLICY IK FRANCE .iHjn- hii - V ' Mrflerand Would Recognize the Soviets' If They Promise f vCbnstituopt Assembly . A 1 f GErWANY APPEALS TO POPE .Anmmarr of upeelM enMe fllroaUhe to pMaf'i Pnblle Ledser. (Copyrlfht. 1020. bjr the rnblte Idser Co,) Pads, Aug. 18. "Premier MlJlerand Vould recognize thr- Soviet Government ornprrow 11 tno soviet leniu'is wouiu rolrmn)j promla to hold a genernl anil lonent consultation with the Russian cople." This statement tn Wvtho 'Vt'llllnm't for thfe Puni.10 LrfVoEit j-nterdny,. by M. Pnleologiio. netlng B-rcnch minister 1 foreign affair. In the absence or tno remicr. Is the first definite nnnounce- cnt of it chanee In Franco's Huislnn ollcy. M. Paleoloetie rnlcl such n Prom pt was the "sole condition" of French Recognition. I "AH others are of secondary Import- nee,"' he confined. "Let a general usslan election be railed for a con ituent nssrmblv and Franco will rcr- gnjze tho Soviets now." "Then France no lnnier demands as preliminary a snarnntce of thn nav- ent of tho Russian debt?" It was sue- ested. 'No. that Is a secondary consldera- Ian which will solve Itself If a point! 1ltI0h.il jrnvernment Is established In ussln. You have noticed the Soviets Irendy have offered several times and nother such offer was mado recently y Mr. Kamenev to pay tho debt due ranco, but France has not nccopted It. consideration fa; reore lmnortant in French eyes is tho establishment of a tussian government on the will of the eoplc. When Russia has a constitu- onal government it will need to have reign credit, and before It can get that must promise to pay its former debts. "Premier Millerand rccocnired Gen- ral "Wrangel because he had held con- Nation with tlie people and bad set n a popular government, i ranee Is specially pleased with Ocncral "rangers policy of the distribution of nd to tbc peasants. Soviets Aid London Herald Cooenhoccn. Aug. 18. The Purine jKDCIKR Foreign Service yesterday ob nlncd from very trustworthy sources bples of official secret dispatches er hanged by M. Chlcherin, Bolshevist nreign minister, nnd M. Litvlnov, ovlat representative in Denmark. These messages, which were in code. ave'been decoded by experts and their uthenticlty established by full inves- Ration In this country nnd elsewhere. They establish the fart that the .ondon Daily rierald, the only Social- t newspaper in the ISritlsh capital, lilch has been leaning' toward the Left its politics and has been taking a adlng part in Bolshevist propaganda ono of tho hardest problems, facing the Rome government today. Tno ports aro Itsllnn, but back in- tho country aro hordes of Hungarians, Slavs, Slovenes and Croats, who openly hato Italy. PATROLMAN WOUNDS SELF - Pull Revolver Trigger While Ex plaining Mechanism Charles Brown, a patrolman of tho Thirty-ninth stroct and Lancaster avo nuo police station, accidentally shot himself In tho faco yesterday after noon while explaining the mechanism of a .22-callber revolver to two men In a cigar storo. Policeman Brown was off duty and in civilian clothes at tho time of tho accident. Tho cigar storo Is on the opposite corner from tho police station. AVhllo demonstrating the weapon Brown turned tho muzzle toward his head. In somo unexplained way the trigger was pulled. The bullet entered his check and penetrated the fleshy part of lib? nose. Ho was taken to tho Presbvtcrlan Hospltnl. William A. Blewltt. of 807 North Thirty-eighth street, and Benjamin F. Craus, of 4022 Reno street, who were with him nt the time of the accident, were held ns material witnesses. While officers of tho Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue stntion say that they are euro that tho shooting was entirely accidental, they also say that thoy feel it necessary to hold tho men so that the matter may be entirely cleared up at a hcnrlng before Magistrate Stevenson this morning. TWO LINEMEN KILLED Employes of Public Service Electro cuted While at Work on Poles Two linemen employed by the Public Service Llectrlc Co. were killed about the same time yesterday afternoon from the effects of shocks which they re ceived while working ou poles. They were Leon Locke, thirty-eight years old, of Mnple Shade, and Anrou Vecvcrs, twenty-two J ears old, of Col llngswood. The former wnn killed at Highland Park, a suburb of Glouces ter, while Vecvcrs was killed In Col lingswood. Locko was working on n pole at Boulevard and Rosalind avenue. High land Park. He was seen to fall, nnd It is believed he sustained a slight shock. He struck his face and jaw on tho curbstone, anil he was dead when aid reached his side. He leaves n wife nnil thrnn rMlilren. Vcevcrs was working ou n pole and wns virtually electrocuted, no fell to tho cround and ai placed In an auto- 1 mobile, but died on his way to n Cam den hospital. HUCKSTER HELD UP WAN 0 SMASH I 'PUSHCART TRUST Chief Baxter Says Five Down town Mon Control All the Licenses ASKS FOR NEW ORDINANCE Harry T. Baxter, chief of tho Bureau of City Property, has requested nn ordlnonco to smash tho "pushcart trust." Tho "trust,1 ho says, Is composed of five men living In tho Third. Fourth and Fifth wards, downtown, who con trol 700 venders' licenses, virtually nil that nrc Issued by the city. These licenses, he said, are pur chased for $5 a year and then nrc rented to Individual pushcart hucksters for twenty-flvo cents a dny, netting tho owners n handsome profit. Tho largo number of licenses were issued to tho five men, Mr. Baxter said, on tho belief that tho men were extensive oncrators of nushcarts and that they employed men to tend tho carts. , Aliens Cannot Oct Licenses Mr. Baxter said ho had discovered that the great majority of tho pushcart dealers to whom the licenses nro lot nro aliens and are, therefore, barred from obtaining licenses directly from the city, which issues them only to citizens. Of the 187 denlers who lease licenses from one of the Ave men, not more tlinn six nic nnturnlired. he said He pointed out that n material difficulty arising from the leaclng of the vendors' licenses was that the city had no con trol over the pushcart dealers doing business with them. Chief Baxter recently summoned tho five men holding the 700 licenses to his office in City Hall and Informed them that lie would not tolerate their practice. Tho men complained that his interfer ence with their business of letting li censes hnd been inspired for political reasons by Henry J. Trainer, former select councilman from the Third ward and Republican Ailanco leader of that Man Held aa Result of Attempted Robbery of Vender James McDonald, thirty-five years old. 1012 Mt. Vernon street, was held in SlfiOO bail for a further hearing on Friday by Magistrate Carney last night on a charge or attempted highway robbery. Isaac Washman. 1031 North Tenth etreet, n huckster, entered the hullway I of the Mt. Vernon street house yestcr- 1 day, ho bald, nnd wns met by MeDon- aid who requested the loan of 51. 1 Wnuhirinn rpfnvl. fiT")nnnlrl lu fhon 1 England, has been under the special' Ki,i tn hvr. tT,i tn roh tho bu.-ki.ter. I rotective wing of Lenine and Trotzky. The timely arrival of nnothcr prospec- 1 hese telegrams reveal also how propa- tlvo customer from Inside the houe pre- anda was to be sent to America and vented the robbery. Washman said, and 1 lustrate the subtlety of Bolshevist McDonald was arrested. cthods. 1 George Lansbury. the editor, visited Soviet Russia. While there he began negotiations for white paper. His con jersatlons with M. Chlcherin led later 1 a much more Important result. Big Problem for Italy ' Trieste. Aug. IS. The task of "Ital-1 knlzlag" the Istrian peninsula with its Splendid ports, Flume and Trieste, is When Folks Quit Coffee because of cost to health or purse, they naturally drink INSTAII P0STUM There's a Reason ward. Throe of the fivo required In terpreters. Would Put Check In Ordlnanco Chief Baxter sold yesterday ho pro posed a provision for tho permanent prevention of tho practice In tho ordi nance to regulate curb markets being prepared by City Solicitor Smyth at tho request of Mayor Mooro. Tho ordi nance, he said should require each In dividual dealer to have his own license and also a card of Identification. Another abuso of the laws regulating vendors' licenses that had been discov ered. Chief Baxter said, was in regard to the city ordlnanco nnd state net granting licenses to world-war veterans free of charge. Ho sold many hucksters had been found who held licenses for which they had not paid, but who wcro unablo to1 produce discharge papers from tho army or navy. Boys Abandon Car Near Woodbury Woodbury, N. J., Aug. 18. Three young men wero soen to nbandon n motorcar near Israel Black's farm along tho Crown Point road late In tho afternoon. Ah they did not return nt aarK tne srjeritrs otnee was nounea. Tho machine was brouiht to this city. nnd It was learned through tho State Motor Vchiclo Department that license iso. uercuu, tno numncr o: tne car, was token out by Beth Q. Orummond, of HarrlsonvWe. Undersherlff Atkinson tried to get Into communication with Orummond, as It is believed the ma chine was stolen. TIRED NERVES For that fagged, restless feeling too tired to sleep always keep handy iw BAUME ANALGSIQUE BENGUE (Btmt A n-tt-Jvfi Bm-I u) TV... JmIu & C n- Y Oiiir Ffioiifl . Frank B. McClain The fair-price commis sioner complains'in the Publip Ledger that con sumers pay "outrage ous prices" for food in restaurants. The trou ble is he does not eat in the right places; why HanBcbm's price for Sliced Tomatoes is only 15c against his 35c, and he says almost any thing except a Ham Sandwich is in three figures. Now just look at a sample Table d'Hote Dinner at Hans-corn's. Chicken Sout irclnln Ktvl - . . . . I -2 Mashed Potatoes, Ear of Corn Baked Hnm, Vii Stylo Rolls, Pie and Coffee- for 65c Eat at ffanscom's 1333 Wnlnut St. 1232 Market Bt. mt Chestnut Bt. 020 Market Ht. 1105 Cbfstnat flt. 78iMrketHt. V 82 a and Market Sts. LOST-$1,000,000,000 fujiysi! jJCTryngrg 1 I i 1 It is reported that fully one billion dollars were lost last year by people who invested their money in unsound in vestment schemes. Keep your money here where it is safe, where it earns interest, and where you can get it when you want it. 3 Interest on savins s Market and fourth Sts. PHJIADEIPHIA n CAPITAL & SURPLUS $1,450,000,000 jBUrZo rtr 1 Quire Boxes Good Sla At speed, the National Sextet grips the road with satisfying surety. And it holds its course without any of the swerve and sway that often accompany speed. SAMUEL EARLEY MOTOR CO. 675 N. Broad St. Poplar 1901 Phila., Pa. TwtntUth Successful Year HOUSECLEAN1NG G AI r DURING k?-r&a4jL. AUGUST Reductions on This Fine Stationery India Cambric Writing Paper, Blue, White and Gray; 100 Sheets; 100 Envelopei; Value $2.00, Reduced to $1 50. tionery; Value 50c, Reduced to 25c. Advance Sale 12 Chrittmai Cards in Package with Enve lope (broken lots), Value $1.25, Reduced to 50c. Place Cards and Favors (broken lots), Reduced 50. REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS WM. H. HOSKINS CO. Ei Stationers Engravtrs Prmttrs Ouiinos Furnitun f iM m k 902 to 906 CHESTNUT STREET Su)))jB wmimrmmmNMmR& Are Yon Seeking Recreation These Warm Evenings? Refreshing breezes, charm' ing surroundings and excel' lent music furnish ideal recreation in the ROOF GARDEN I 1101" THK Hotel Broad St. at Fairmount Ave. W. B. KUGLER, Manager DANCING After 9 P. M. MUSIC by CIIAZIN Formtrl Conductor of Orchittra KUGLER'S RESTAURANT GRAND-PIANO- Graceful, Charming, Dignified, with a tone quality that appeals at once to every one who knows grand-piano values. ( Length, 4 ft. 10 in. Price N. STETSON & CO., 1111 Chestnut Street YEO & LUKENi Stationers Printers Blank Books 23 N. 13th St. 719 Walnut St. IM'i'iiyi m m Apartments at the St. James Several apartments ranging from 2 rooms and bath to 0 rooms with G baths will bo available, on yearly leaso from Septembor 1st now open for inspection. The Hotel St. James is being thoroughly renovated mak ing this always deslrablo hotel still moro attractive to discriminating patrons. The St. James Hotel Walnut at 13th Street J. Howard Slocum, Manager The Greatest Real Estate Bargain! Quality Lots at Half Price! PHILADELPHIA1. AV- N rv i w W I MAY X Just the Chance You Wanted! I-oolt Bt tta llttlo map plctuta Ara lon'i great advant.ium- Untiling, Boating. Klahlnc and Bliootlnn Then think of thU tho irsatut InvPHtmi-nt, or aahor home-bulldlnir opportunity you vr bad. LOTS AT HALF PRICE Think of it, picture it then ACT QUICK! tor Tia are making thi. very i-pocltl prlcea to clou nalen during this Immedi ate aelllng senon. Price will be much hlffher lutor onl There'll a aplendld Bath Ins Ueaah at Avalon flneat Ashing and Bhuotlnc Artesian Water for all purpoeen. Hlib-frade properties already erected, with advaooed municipal ImproT.menta. Send This Coupon NOW To Avalon Halm AasoeUUa, 4ti Wldener Kldr., Phlla, Send me tbe Booklet and full Information concerning Avalon. You understand that this doea Dot sbllcate me. Tiara. full Address Vast Facilities That Make Rare Savings Certain in This Great August Sale Warehouses crowded to tho roof with hlgh-grado Furnituro in tho handBorn eat doaiffno, bought in great part at the substantially lower prices of months ago. Furnituro. which is being moved to our spacious flalos floprs each night to All up tho spaces left by tho unprecedented selling each da' in this wonderful August Sale. Tho noarly trebled output of our factory, which means the economy of ono price direct to you, and the annual saving of $250,000 alone on our inexpensive location, are likewise converted to tho profit of our customers. There Is not only no dwindling of quantity, quality, variety or values In this extraordinary Sale, but the opportunities grow with the increase in odd Suites and discontinued designs, and In the hundreds of Single Pieces, from Chairs to Bureaus, in Period, Modern and PJaln-Line styles, left from the heaviest selling In our nearly loriy years oi specializing in me rurnuuro business. Reasons why thousands naturally turn to this Great Van Sciver Sale when they wish to furnish their homo, or a room, or to buy even the smallest piece for kitchen, hallway or cor ner. It means more than 'choosing from tho largest stocks at the widest price range. It also means satisfactory service at the greatest savings. HANDSOME QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SUITE, Ten Pieces, $361.75. Sold Separately if Desired. This distinctively artlotlc Suite Is not only rnodaled on the chaste and beautiful lines' of the Queen Anne Period, but It Is also proportioned with a grace that olves to the entire ensemble tho pleasing outline that so harmoniously conforms to the architectural arrangement of the Modern Dining Room. The mellow tonos of the wood and tho beautiful figures of the grain Impart a richness that endows the whole vlth rare and Impressive charm. Buffet Is 60x23 Inches. Table, 4B Inch, with 6-foot extension. Handsome Serving Table and Large China Closet. v GreM Values in Suites and Single Pieces Others, seemingly without number, at proportionate savings on our sales floors. DINING ROOM Room Suite, Walnut XVI Style), pieces, Dining (Louis $402.00. Dining Room Suite, Mnliosjany (William and Mary Stylo), 4 pieces, $285,50. Buffet, Antique Mahogany (Wil liam and Mary Style), $98.00. Serving Table, Walnut (Lout.s XVI Stylo), $24.60. Dining Room Table, Mahogany (Queon Anno Style), 0 ft. ex tension, $67.00. China Closet, Mahogany finish (William und Mary Style), $65.00. j Fumed and Golden Oak Dining Tables, C ft. extension, $25.00 up. Brass Beds, from $19.50 LIVING ROOM Living Room Suites, .Tapestry" covered, Mnhofrany ' frame, 3 pieces. $190.00. , Living Room Suites, Loose cush ions, Tapoatry- covered, 3 pieces, $435.00. Living Room Suite, Mahogany frame, Tapestry-covered cush ion seat and back, 3 pieces, 469.00. Bookcases, Mohogany finish, $24.60 up. Secretary Seeks, Mahogany, $79.00. Golden Oak. $45.00. Boudoir Desks, Muhogany tlnish und Mahogany, $72.60 up. Writing Tables, Golden Ook, $19.73 up. to $79.00 Poster Beds, $57.50 es, uomen Unit, Mahogany flnluh, to Enameled $115.00 BEDROOM Bedroom Suite, Walnut (Queen Anne Style), 7 pieces, $476.00. Bedroom 8ults. Imitation Ma hogany (Modern Design), 1 pieces, $243.00. Chiffonier, Mahogany finish, $05.00. Triple-mirror Dressing Tables, Mahogany finish, $58,00. Chlffonette. Mahogany (Sheraton Style), $85.00. Chlfforobes, from $70.00 to $140.00. Bureau, Mahogany (Queen Anns Style), $88.00. Triple. mirror Dressing Table, Mahogany finish, $59,00. Beds, $8.00 .to $49.50 tl5.pS!& Wffl Bdw Market Prices SAVINGS OF 20 TO 33 PER CENT An opportunity upon which we cannot lay too much stress, if you would tako advantage of the wonderful opportunities in our August Sale. The heavy reductions nro not on tho market costs of today but on our former lowcr-than-else-where prices. In addition those aro standard Rugs only, representing tho product of tho fore most American mills, nnd cannot be sold at these prices after this August Salo closes. A good choice of weaves, patterns and colorings. Prices quoted aro on 9x12 sizes. Other sizes at proportionate savings. High Grade Royal Wilton Rugs, 9x12, $145 Wool Wilton Rugs, 9x12 size, $98.00 Best Grade Axminster, 9x12 size, $72.00 Best Seamless Velvet Rugs, 9x12 size, $67 Good Axminster Rugs, 9x12 size, $59 i IMenfalEii A CLEARANCE to make room for incominer shlnmnntn nf Orinnfni t.,d n,i-.i.n.H nt special prices by our own buyer direct from abroad, a quantity of which aro included in this remarkable under-prico Halo. Standard stocks that require no urging of purchases onco you soe tho fine weavos, handsome designs, rich colorings, and values that wo believe' cannot bo obtained elsewhere in tho country. Good Quality Svamleit Tap. Brussels, $45.00 Grass Rugs, 9x12 size, $9.75 Best Axminster Runners, 3x15, $21.50 Heaviest Woo! & Fibre, 9x12, $24.50 Olatha Seamless Rug3, 9x12, $19.75 gs Kgfae$2IMo 5 Porch and Sun Parlor Furniture Special AJLL OFFBCE FURNITURE at 10 to 40 BELOW REGULAR PRICES IBs! Choose from a wonderful and diversified array of Suites nnd Single Pieces, many beautiful ly upholstcied in rharmlnir cretonnes nil marked at Bav insn which nono who need tins type of handsome Furni ture should miss. Handsome Rocker sit $12.50 Well mado and nicely fin ished1 tn Baronial brown, coverttd with cretonne In floral dsslrn. Loose cush ion seat and upholstered back $13 BO. Armchair to match, $11.76. BLANKETS Van Solver Do I.U1CO UUnkets, 60k 10 pine, 110 00 vnlua new 7 , 70x80 lie, value 112.00 now IM&. Van Octver Spacltl, 60x 10 stst, Vfllun llj.co now l.25; 7010 lis, value 113,50 now 10.11. Tba abovo ar wlilit, wsll mado and dur able with 40 per cant to 70 per ont wool fllllnr. Alio xeopttonal reduc tions In flald Ulank. ets. Bprtadi In this Sale, 20 per ;nt below rerular. M i $93.60 Flat Top Desk now $78.00 Full C0x32-Inch Desk, wuui lori-u "MHO UilK ... j, .,. Top lCj inch thick. Double drawor. right hand pea estal is equipped with vertical letter tiling device. . most unupuai value, Noto Those Values On Golden Oak Desks $40,00 Flat Top Oak Desk, S0k30 In., $41-0-$52.00 Flat Top Oak Desk, 84x30 In., $43.00. $4B.00 Flat Tap Oak Desk, G0x30 in., $39.60. $01.00 Oak Typewriter Desks, 42x30 In., $49.00 $74.00 Oak Typewriter Desks, 84x30 In., $68.0" I A B , Va n Reiver l o. Manufacturers, Importers and Retailers Market Street Ferry, CamdeM, R Jo t 8.30 A. M. . rin.,l All n... C.....J... , ...i... c.,..t Terry . Durlnv Julv mnA A, ,.. I nM,l DnnolltO 9' Storo Opens at 8.30 A Closes at D i', M, Telephone Connections! I During- July and Auimit Dosti lor . Pennsylvania, Call Lorabeid BSO. New Jersey, Call Camdsn 280 pjffL nmvw l,Uji , ..&ii hJl. & -' .MWi'Jtiir. SvY at . fiM JrU -j.. 'rftvrt yf,' r' i iT. u
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