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RUSSIAN
POLICY IK FRANCE
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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"
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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!
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During- July and Auimit
Dosti
lor
.
Pennsylvania, Call Lorabeid BSO.
New Jersey, Call Camdsn 280
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