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have Just completed. found the most
pronounced optimism on the part of
business and agricultural interests gen.
orally which gives a reasonable basis
Tor hoping for an enlarged business
That Will be relatively profitable to the
railroads. since handling It should not
correspondingly increase their costs.
But while II Is proper to mention these
factors II must be admitted that in the
midst OF the present period Of post
war readtustment II Is impossible to
make any confident statement as to
the results OF railroad operations for
the remainder of this calendar year.
The present unfavorable results
naturally lead TO agitation of the ques-
ton whether there ought to be an in
crease In rates. My own Judgment is
that the present conditions are too alb
normal to serve as n basis for any
general change In the level Of rates, and
That II Is preferable to defer action
on that subject until there shall have
been fuller opportunity to get n more
reliable and possibly more normal
resorting to every practicable economy,
studying the situation with the great
est care and keeping the public fully
Informed as to developments"
The Director General explains that
there has been included in January,
February and March returns $4,000. 900
back pay accrued on the Increase in
wages recently granted the brother
hoods. He also explains that a further
deficit may have to be added in the
figures as result of the express COM
pany operations under Government
guarantee.
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PERSHINC TO BE
GUEST OF BRITISH
Extensive Entertainment IL
Planned for Yankee General.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, May 6.-Gen. John J. Perish
ing is coming to England on May 20 as
the guest of the nation. He will off,
cialiy thank Britain for what she did to
make comfortable moro than a million
troops passing through England and on
the way TO France. For two days he
will be the official guest OF the nation.
but he will remain here several more,
during which he will be extensively en-
tertained.
With several other American Gen.
erals the commander in chief will cross
on British destroyer. He will be met
at the London station by a guard OF
honor and will pass through troop lined
streets to the hotel, where he will make
his headquarters.
At the parade Of the Horse Guards
Gen. Pershing will decorate, with the
American Distinguished Service Medal
British officers who won honors with the
American army. On May "a tthe ami
y rsary Of the birth OF Queen Victoria
a full regiment of Americans. accom-.
panied by an equal number of British
will march through the city past Buck.
ingham Palace, where the King will take
the salute. This regiment has not beer
selected yet, the American officers say
but II Is likely to be one from the army
OF of occupation, which will return tc
Germany.
The programme, except for the first
two days has not been completed. but
Is likely to include functions at Buck.
ingham Palace and a banquet or recep
ton by the Lord Mayor.
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RED ENVOY NOT RECOGNIZED.
l.. A. Martens Has no Omcial
Status Here.

WASHINGTON. May 6.-Fornal an
nouncement was made to-day by the
State Department that 1t had not rec
ognized L. A. Martens, now at New
York. as a representative Of the Russian
Socialist Federal Soviet Republic.
'The department feels II to be It's
duty to inform the public that Mr.. Mar
tens has not been received or recog-
mixed az the representative OF the Gov
eminent of Russia or OF any other Gov
eminent" said the announcement. "As
the United States Government has not
recognized the Bolshevik regime at Mos
COW as a Government extreme caution
should be exercised as to representations
made by any one purporting TO repre-
sent the Bolshevik Government"
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PERMITS BURLESON
TO BOOST RATES
Supreme Court Stays Tele.
graph Injunction Granted
by Lands in Illinois.
ARGUMENTS ARE ENDED
Final Decision Expected Be-
fore Summer Adjournment
Next Month.

WASHINGTON. May 6.-Arguments in
the telephone and telegraph case, in
volving the authority Of the Postmaster
General to increase intrastate toll rates,
were ended to-day in the Supreme Court
and the cases taken under Amusement.
In Wow of the Importance Of the uues-
lions involved. both In the wire cases
and railroad rate cases argued yester-
day. 1t Is believed the court will give
decisions In the two cases before en-
tering upon the summer adjournment
next month.
Tho court. before recessing to-day un-
I'll May 10, issued an order permitting
the Postmaster General to continue to
charge increased telegraph rates in I'LL
nois and temporarily stayed the carry
Ing into effect OF injunctions issued by
Federal Judge lands. enjoining the
Postmaster-Generalf from making the in
crease effective. The order. announced
by Chief Justice White. remains in eff
feet until the appeals have been finally
disposed OF and continues In operation
a similar order granted by the lower
court for the purpose of permitting the
appeal to be brought.
With the ending of the hearings to-
day arguments in all pending cases
closed for the term.
The court, however. after giving opin
Ions on May 10. will recess for two
weeks. and final adjournment for the sum
men will be on June 9.
Arguments to-day were made by W
H. Hitchcock OF Boston, Assistant Attor
ney-General of Massac husets: Oliver L,
Sweet. Assistant Attorney General o.
South Dakota; Fred s. Jackson. repre-
senting the State OF Kansas. and Ray
mond s. Prultt. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Of Illinois. all in behalf OF proceed
ings attacking the Postmaster-General!
order brought in their respective States
Henry s. Robbins of Chicago made tn
closing argument for the Government.
Attorneys representing the States con
tended that adequate provisions haC
been made by the States for determining
the business Of intrastate wire rates
that the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion had authority to regulate rates, al
though this power had never been exer
cised, and that Congress had no inten
ton and no thought OF any one attempt
ing to exercise the Jurisdiction over tn,
wire properties the Postmaster-G Genera
is exercising.
Mr.. Robbins commended that Congress!
conferred "one man power" upon tn,
President to enable him to take over tn,
resources Of the country for the success
ful prosecution of the war; that he O,
his agents had ample authority to a,
rates. and that Congress had no inten
ton Of hampering him in the operation
Of these utilities.
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the name should embody some reference
to the great war.
This weeks caucus is to PARALLEL for
this country a caucus of oveaseas civil
ian soldiers held in Paris March Is. It
is planned, after most of the men now
overseas shall have returned, to elect
delegates from every State to a national
convention. whlch\will open November
IL, either In st. Louis or In Chicago,
and which will be the first thoroughly
representative body.
1t became known to-day that fight
developed at the opening session over
the question of putting the convention on
record for universal military training.
The faction favoring this action is COM
posed Of the Western delegates, headed
by Leslie A. Miller. Wyoming oil man,
who was a private in the marines. The
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POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN 9P. C.
Burleson Diagnoses Prosperity in
Report for Four Montb..

WASHINGTON. May 6.-From January
/ to April 80 receipts OF the fifty largest
postoffices. yielding about one-half of
the total postal revenue. showed an in
crease of more than per cent. as
compared with the corresponding period
last year. Receipts for April showed
an increase of nearly II per cent.
Postmaster-GeneralB urleson said to-
day that this record verified the opinion
expressed by MIN two months ago that
the country was on the threshold OF a
period OF pronounced industrial pros
perity."
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other faction, OF which Col. Roosevelt
+. the recognized head. will take the
stand that any matters OF policy should
not be settled at this meeting. and VIII
insist that this question go over until
the November meeting.
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SANTIAGO, Chile. May 6.-Joseph X.
Shea. the American Ambassador TO
Chile, said farewell to-day to the Chilean
Foreign Minister. The Ambassador will
leave here tomorrow afternoon for
New York on a four months leave OF
absence.
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Soldiers Getting Weary.

tnat IOTce hlOne VIII not Drlng per
manent order.
Soldiers Getting Weary.
Added to this is the statement to me
by Capt. Pabst, Chief Of Staff of the
Luttwitz Division, the elite corps Of
Noske's troops. that the soldiers them
selves are beginning to show symp-
toms Of growing weary Of being
dragged around from one section Of the
country to another. Still another dis
quieting feature is the growing feel
ing among the troops that the power
Of the present Government rests en-
tirely upon them. resulting in a show
OF independence that might prove crit
ical at a decisive moment.
A manifestation of this feeling was
shown by the Luttwitz Divisions re-
fusal to abide by an order Of the Minis
ter Of Defence to do away with their
shoulder straps and to adopt less con-
spicuous insignia OF their rank. The
Governments helplessness is best IL
Illustrated by the fact that 1t did not
dare to put into effect a resolution to
reduce the pay Of the troops for fear
they too would go on strike.
Germany to-day has the highest paid
army in the world. The men in the
ranks receive or marks-$1.25 or
S1.50-a day. together with their food
and free equipment while on active
service. During strikes or while on
duty at the frontiers the men get an
additional dollar or dollar and a half a
day. This applies to the men but not
to the officers. This means that the
men are being paid from 81 to So a
day, while some in the technical
branches get IS or Sc day.
Term Of Enlistment.
The enlistment Is for a month. but
continues automatically until either
the Government or the soldier gives a
fortnights notice. To encourage en-
listment when the Bavarian trouble
became most threatening that Govern
ment offered basic pay Of 81. so day,
with double pay for fighting days. The
effect OF this was SO demoralizing on
the Berlin troops that the Ebert Gov
eminent mao 10 dSh TIC DdihDciB Sdo-
met to reduce the pay of their men to
the Berlin basis lest the Noske soldiers
strike or 60 over to the Bavarians.
This Is but a sample Of the incred-
ible financial tangle in Germany. On
March Is the army OF 100000 under
Noske and Field Marshal Won linden
burg. exclusive of the Bavarians and
the home guards, was costing much
more than the whole vast standing
army OF the old regime. and 1t Is the
unanimous opinion that this state Of
affairs cannot continue.
Nobody. however. can offer solu-
ton OF the problem. since it is agreed
on all sides that the moment an at
tempt is made to cut the pay of the
soldiers the army Will dissolve and
leave the Government at the mercy Of
the radical elements.
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Expect Blame Anyway.

Those who oppose holding the line in
Russia contend that whatever happens
Germany will get the blame, whereas
any good she accomplishes will not b
appreciated by the Allies. They conten'
therefore. that since Lenine has an
nounced ne does not intend to attack
the troops should be withdrawn.
A long conference was held at tn,
Berlin peace bureau, presided over b
Count Won Bernstorft. to-day for the dis
cussion of the impending terms. The
subject of giving up the former Kaiser
was taken up and the view was ex-
pressed that the present Government
would be justified in refusing to sign
terms that called for Germany's app
prevail of a request to Holland to give
UP Wilhelm. In that question the Inde-
pendent Socialists probably would show
little hesitation.
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New Uniforms for Discharged Men.

WASHINGTON. May 6.-Only new uni
forms or reclaimed ones as good as new
and suitable for wear on parade and at
ceremonies will be issued to eoldiers on
discharge. under an order to-day by the
War Department
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DRAFT EvADER AIDS LOAN.
Passport Forger in Prison Buys
$1,000 Victory Notes.

PANAMA. May e.-An American serv-
ing n years term in the Canal Zone
penitentiary for violation Of the espion-'
age act Is among the purchasers Of Vic
tory notes to the extent OF $1,000.
This man was convicted of altering
his passport to evade the draft.
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WANAMAKER'S

never lost sight of sub
stantial requirements.
For, speaking Of homes,
he says: 81 would have
our dwelling h ouse S
built to last" Please note
the three little words,
built to last" With
out any desire to
preach, we do believe
the world Of craftman-
ship had better keep the
Morris and Ruskinian
traditions we'll in mind,
because it is vain to look
for a convenient substi-
tute. There is no sub
Stitute and there cannot
be a substitute for good
quality in furniture or
for sincerity Of purpose
in the making Of it. No
man can build a chair,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
Preserving and
Other Notes

A colander on a bracket
that clamps to the table is
particularly good for seedy
fruits, but may be used for
all others, likewise for vege-
tables. Price $1.75 and
$3.50.
Perforated tin covers to
place over the food during
frying haven't been on deck
since the war. Now we have
them-prices 15c, zoe, 25c
and soc.
A bread and cake box with
roll-top cover is the latest.
1t is easy to handle and there
is a sliding tin box inside.
$3.50.
A vacuum clothes washer
which can be used in a COM
mon boiler for the lighter
articles, such as shirtwaists
and towels, is 81.
Little fruit pressers with
removable caps are 40c COM
plete. Fine for mashed po-
tatoes and so on.
A kitchen fly trap is in
geniously constructed of a
plate to hold the sweet mix
ture which wins the hearts
of flies and two wire covers
which trap them. 60c.
All standing foods need
protection from flies-here
are round and oval covers of
black wire, 10c to 60c.
Light cakes, such as
sponge, are preferred in hot
weather, and the best tin to
bake them in is the tin with
a tube. soc.
Shallow jelly-cake tins
with an ingenious device
which turns them out in a
most clean-cut manner are
Zoe.
A breadpan much used by
bakers is one with rounded
edges and slanting sides. 1t
comes in three sizes and is
as good for biscuits and cake
as for bread. Prices 35c to
45c.
Blanching baskets for
fruits and vegetables are
made of heavy, good wire
and cost 45c for a 9-inch
size.
Lots of women even now
don't know how easily they
can handle the fruit jars
with a wire holder. 10c
each; $1.10 a dozen.
The famous pressure cook
ers for the people who like
to use steam are here at $22,
complete.
(Fourth FLOOR, MarkeD
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NelU From, Paris
The oldest of
Stationery

Can you picture pale blue
paper edged with black and on
the black, scrolls of gold?
The envelopes are lined with
the black and gold. 1t is a
French idea and very smart.
Or you may prefer a soft
plain paper in rose, tan or
green with lining of the plain
color to match.
There is another, a white
paper with a lining of bright
nasturtiu red showing
through it in a rosy glow.
No two boxes of this new
stationery are alike, but each
in its way is delightful. Prices
are $1.75 to S..
Also there is some quaint
French pictured stationery for
tiny children. 1t is lined and
priced 75c a box.
(Main Floor, Chestnut)
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Sale of
Cotton
Remnants

There were $4,000 yards
of remnants to start with
and they are all the new
f "a S h ion materials that
women are buying the most
of for Summer and early
Fall frocks.
Many of these remnants
would do for children's
school dresses, small boys
suits, Women's blouses,
skirts, and there ARE plenty
of lengths for women's
dresses.
Prices start as far down
as 1212c and go up to 81 a
yard.
The savings average
third to a half.
(First Floor, ChcstnuD
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Redfern COrsets

Guaranteed not to rust tear or break '
One model for short figures has low bust and short
skirt and is made of cool batste, 81.
Another of fine batise has low bust and long skirt and
is SIS.
pretty pink broche with low bust has skirt strongly
boned over the hips in the back, $3.50.
Redfem of fancy pink batise is dainy finished with
ribbon and lace and costs SIS.
front-aced corset of white coutil heavily boned is S.
Cool white batise with very low top and long skirt is S.
Floor
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Speaking of
Baskets

Now that tall flowers, such
as gladioli, dahlias and tube
roses are blooming, the tall,
trumpet shaped wi C k er
stands are in favor. Cream
colored with ivoroid finish
and tin Innings, So.
Wicker hanging baskets
lined with tin, and wall
pockets ditto, are $6.75 and
$2.75, respectively. Filled
with trailing green vines,
they add a cool and pleasant
note to porch or living room.
For the lady Of the garden
a flower basket with a spike
to stand on is as necessary as
gardening gloves and flower
scissors. $4.75.
Wicker sewing stands for
the porch come in shades to
match porch furniture and
have covered tops and two
under shelves, and cost
$11.50.
Waste-paper baskets Of
gilded or white enamel have
composition garlands, oval
and round, upon them.
Price $1.25.
One of the strongest and
most beautifully, made mar
ket baskets ever seen is of
wicker and well worth its
$3.50.
Japanese sandwich bas-
kets made of that strong
trailing vine we used to call
wistaria are SLIPS.
Fourth Floor. sCentraD
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August Furniture Sale

Workmanly and beauti-
full furniture to be
found in any one store
for selling at legitimate
price reductions.
We mean to prove to
you that our effort has
been successful, and on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

2Sth to 31st, inclusive.
So far as we are con-
cerned, the sale and all
the furniture in it rep
resent a great sincerity
a sincere effort to as
semble the largest col
lection of lasting and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
GOOD CHOOSING
IN
BOSTON BAGS

For shopping or business,
Boston bags are convenient
things, with their wide
mouths, double handles and
surprising capacity. The
soft leather they are made Of
permits stuf1ing them to the
limit.
We have these bags in
black, chocolate brown, rus
set brown and tan. in II to
1G inch sizes.
Prices are SIS to $15.
(Main Floor ChestnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
For Now, a Woman Wants
Gloves Like These

COOL lightweight fabric gloves that comfortable on
the hand it's pleasure to wear them
SOC pair for chamos lislethread gloves in black,
white champagne chamos color mode gray washable,
too.
55c pair for silk gloves in black white, gray or brown
75c pair for still better quality silk gloves in black,
white TAM gray mode and black with white stitching
All have clasps for fastening and the silk gloves of
course are double finger tipped for longer
lain andWe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

that is, a chair worth
the name, without an
ideal Of some kind in his
mind, and, with average
skill, the only ideal
needed is the sincere de-
sire to do it as we'll as
he can. No store can
conduct a sale which
will develop into a great
public utility without
merchandise of the kind
that is made upon the
right principles, made
to serve, "built to last. "
In storekeeping, great
things develop from
serving p Ople with
goods that are "built to
last"
The greatest thing to
come from it so far is
the
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Store Closes at )
In the Building of a Chair or of Palace O
First Essentials Is Sincerity
THE lifework Of Will

THE lifework Of Will
IL liam Morris was a
protest against skimp-
ing. He saw, as any
thoughtful m an or
woman can see, that the
first essential Of good
workmanship, or indeed
Of any performance Of
the hand or brain, is
sincerity, or an I'M
feigned desire to do the
thing as we'll as it lies
in one to do it.
Ruskin's feeling for
tastefulness and har-
mony in the things that
surrounds us, we all
know; but it is worth
while recalling that he
which will open in this
Store on next Friday,
August 1st, and which
will be preceded by four
days of courtesy and
Inspection, M o n d a y,
Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, July
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

"Shike" is the name the
Japanese give it, and you can
scarcely imagine a softer, more
graceful material for sash cur
tains, table covers, pillow COW
ers, lamp shades and so on.
The weave is somewhat un-
(iifth Elu
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

Monday next we shall
be ready.
On that day, or on
any Of the other three
days Of courtesy, selec-
tions may be made and
all transactions dated
from August 1st.
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WANAMAKER'S
Store Opens at 9
This Store Is Open Book and Many Read EUeyy Day

NEVER were better
cotton dress goods
and never were better
savings than in this
years
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
Handsome EVOra and Bolivia
Goats at Last Reduced

They have been reduced before, and these two
materials among the most desirable coatlngs for all
Also both and bolivia growing scarcer and higher
in price the season advances.
Now that only few of each style in this group
we have made the prices lower There beautiful coats
wraps and capes lined with plain plaid silk and IN coors
of dark blue black taupe chiefly at $50 to $95
They all of very fashion and many women Will
welcome such an opportunity as this
Floor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
HAND
CROCHETED
SLIP-ONS
INEXPENSIVELY
PRICED

Lightweight woolen gar
ments of a type much in de-
mand among women during
the vacation season.
In such a wide color range
as white, turquoise, Copen-
hagen blue, peacock blue,
navy, pink, salmon, rose,
cardinal, Kelly green, dark
green, purple and brown.
With belt, $3.50.
Without belt, Sc.
lFIrst Floor. aIarket,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
Organ plays at 9, II, II :55
and 4:50
Chimes mt Noon
WANAMAKER'S
There Are Few Books That
Are Read More Than Once

Some books will stand two readings but hardly
any book gets three readings.
Every day many men and women come to our
big book store of $4,000 separate volumes and say:
81 have read through all my books. Give me
something new."
Thousands of people pass through this store
every day, because in some particulars
1t Is New Book
Every day there is something that was
not there the day before.
We like to be read through every day, if it is
only by visit for a look.
If your visit did no other good, it would be sure
to make us keep on getting in fresh goods promptly
that you might be disappointed.
''','.'' &~A<
July Fl, 1919
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200 White Tub Skirts
for Women-Special
at S. Each

Because some few need pressing otherwise they're
quite fresh and the others are broken as to sizes we've
All of white gabardine of good quality made in
era Styles some button down the sde some have clusters
buttons for trimming have others two pockets
and all well cut and carefully made.
Plenty of sizes in the whole group24 to 80 inch waist
bands and just the kind of skirts many will be glad
to get at this new, lower price
CHRIST Floor, CENTRALLY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
Men, Sum- m er Shirts
With Soft Collars
Attached

A style that is very popular in warm
weather with men who like comfort. All
soft cuff plain negligee shirts, of course.
OF percale, in fancy stripes, So.
Of white silk, $3.50.
Of Fuji silk, in rich creamy white,
SO.
(Main Floor, Market)