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a “ ~LDURESFROMUS. FIND NO RUSSIAN OR GERMAN BUYERS Clog Scandinavian Warehouses and Must Be Returned, Says Danish Merchant! Grosserer A. C. Willum department store magnate of Denmark, arriving on the'Scandinayian liner Frederick VIII. to-day, declared that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of lux- ries from America sent for sale in Russia and Germany are clogging Scandinavian warehouses because there is no market for them. Tho @oods must be brought back to this country to be sold, he saldy "Germany has gone to work,” he said. “But Germany Is not buying trifies or juxuries; the country ts not thinking of dressing up for a good tithe in silk stockings and fancy no- tions and using scented soaps. American manufacturers who ex- pected a great market in Russia and Germany for luxuries over-reached themselves, When the people are ready to spend money for such pur- poses those goods will be manufac- tured more cheaply abroad. “There are signs, too, that the dis- Position of the workers of Scandina- via to be extravagant is dying. We @re paying department store girls 260 crowns a week where we used to pay them 100. The same advance held for all workers.” chants, is on a ten-day visit. are at the MoAlpin. Henry Runkel of the New York and Chicago Athletic Clubs returned, after six months abroad for the American- Bavarian Relief. He found the friend- Hest spirit of appr ion for Amer- ica in Bavaria. He They uid Germany had years. The most encouraging phase of German Ufe, he said, was he un- popularity of Bolshevist propaganda, Bolshevist leaders of the Spartacists were mobbed when they attempted to organize a parade. Only 1 per cent. of the people voted the extreme Spar- tacit ticket in the general elections tam Hohengollern,” he said, Miss Doris Gnatt, eighteen months old, completed to-day her fifth trip between Scandinavian ports and New York. Sho was born as the liner Heligoland was coming tnto this har- bor, Her father, Kai Gnatt,-is a trav- elling salesman. Tho Frederick VIII. brovirht many Willum, with four other big mer- | > raised its best crop in uwenty-tive | ‘The people generally despise Will-| <_——F = ] Norwegians, who took ‘on her to avert a “dry” trip. Norway ts bone dry and the Nor liners stop at no “wet clade inti U. S. FIXES TERMS FOR SALE OF SHIPS Will Dispose of 1,200 Vessels, Ag- gregating 5,000,900 Tons Deadweight. WASHINGTON, which the Ship: more than 1,200 steel vessels, approxi- mating 5,000,000 deidwetght tons, Is to ports. nounced to-day by Chairman Benson. Bids for the vessels will be enter- said, at minimum prices of $160 a dead- deadweight ton for oil burners, built on the Great Lakes, to $175 for coal burn- over 10,000 deadweight tons. ‘Terms of sale call for 10 per cent. of the purchase price in cash upon de- livery, instalments of 5 per cent. in six, twelve, elghteen and twenty-four months thereafter, and the remaining 70 per cent, dn equal semi-annual instal- ments over a period of tem years. Purchasers of the ships will be re- quired to deposit all revenues derived from their operation in supervised ac- counts, from which the deferred instal- ments are to be paid, . ee ACCIDENTS KILL 2 IN-L.I. CITY Barge Captain Hit by Freteht Car, the Other by Auto. “Two men died in St, John's Hospital, Long Island Clty, to-day, from acel- dents. John Rich, 50, of Stony Brook, Captain of a Qarge of the Long Island Railroad, was Tound with his right leg out off ‘at the thigh and his leftheel cutoff, It js believed he was Injured while freight cars were being backed on the barge. Patrick Menahan, 26, of No, 204 Van Alst Avenae, Long Island City, was atruckby an automobile owned and driven ‘by William White of No. 800 Riverside Drive, in Queens Boulevard, Early to-day Monahan died from fractured sicull. You'll surely regret it later on, You owe it to yourself to protect your seyesight NOW with Ehrlich glasses. Reliable Eyesight Examination by Registered Eye Specialists. Chulich & Sons. b; Betablished 68 Years, Grockiva St,cor.Bond 223 Sixth Avé., open Sat.'til 5 P.M. J at $5 and B widths. “a, each style. “bargain lots.” . Special Victrola Eleven 8150.00 15,00 $165, $9.00 down and balance in small monthly payments 5th Avenue Low Shoes in dozens of styles and colors, including white. All sizes, 214 to 9, AAA to D, in the lot, but not in Our own specially made shoes—not We deliver, but cannot exchange, credit or send C. O. D. Sixth Ave., Cor. 19th St. Victrola Outfit * Records Amounting to a pair 8160 pairs—high and low cut— Boots in all sizes, but only in AA, A dames MeCreery & Co, Neglect Your Eyes ‘gian-American | Aug. 16,—Terms On perman Islang Arsenal, in the Hudson Board fleet of River, four miles soutii of this city, be sold to private interests under tne POWder house, containing abgut 200 new Merchant Marine Act, were an-f tained, an they stand, the Chairman out ‘into the Hudson {tiver. weight ton for coal burners and $170 ® gon suffered from the blast, crs and $185 for oll-burning vessels of “eds of window pan Alexander | - Shoes Clearing Up Sale of Women’s Shoes gs Street EVENING WORLD, Francis Bannerman spent part o! EXPLOSION SHAKES CITIES ON HUDSON) onions ne had realized. trom a | dealings in army supplies, was bad!y Bannerman Island Powder House] wrecked, every pane of slase being Blows Up, Wrecks Arsenal broken. Property. Three motor beats, with rescue | parties, put out from Storm K BHACON, N. Y., Aug. 16.—A terrific |when the smoke was thickest, .but explosion, followed by a shower of|6nly one reached the Island, Mrs, bullets, shook’ the country for miles| Francis Bannerman of Now Yo.k around «nen the powder house at Ban- | HY: a Siva hen sistas’ ware hysterical and suffering from shock Charles Kovach, Superintendent of | island, is in a precarious conditiot.. | —————+ 23D QUITTING UPTON. Tanned from their two weeks’ life! in the open, members of Brookiyns 234 Regiment returned to their ar- mory yesterday afternoon, They were brought In from Camp Upton on two special trains of the Long Island Rail- palatial roné and marched from the Carlton ff summer home upon which the the 23d waa on its wa 1d Hoapital Unit an blew up, causing $50,009 damage, The tons of powder and shells, was com- pletely demolished and the northwest corner of the dsiand was blown far River cities from Peckskill to Hud- Bulla- Ings were severely Jarred and huu- es were broken. Castle, the 18 SHORT! SHOE SHOPS, INC., 120 W, 38th ST. Get,” tn VAve. & Broadway. Bannerman 34th Street—New York Final Closing Qut— Tuesday 95 Misses’ Summer Dresses Reduced to 4,90 Values to 15.00 150 Figured Georgette Dresses 15.00 For Women and Misses Values to 29.75 . 165 Satin Summer Dresses 22.50 For Women and Misses Extraordinary Values , / 95 Baronette Satin Skirts 11.75 For Women and Misses Values to 22.50 OPPENHEIM, GLINS & C 34th Street—New York Extraordinary Underwear Values Tuesday ‘ 1500 Lingerie Envelope Chemises Several Models (Four Illustrated). Tailored and lace trimmed. Ribbon and regulation shoulder straps. Very Special 1.85 1.85 2.00 Crepe de Chine Chemises 3.75 Lace and Georgette trimmings Very Special Lingerie Nightgowns Sleeve and Sleeveless. Flesh and White.. Lingerie Petticoats Lace and Embroidered flounce. 7... Very Special Wash Satin Camisoles Tailored, Embroidered and Trimmed... Very Special Wash Satin Petticoats Double Panel, Flesh and White 4.95 Very Special serra MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1920. : SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK PS ot ‘ Ji sticeC: operction—-Ecoromy— Energy — Service \ dames MeCreery & Co. ON TUESDAY Sth Avenue 34th Street . It’s a Big Event, This Sale Of . 1800 Boys’ Better-Grade Wash Suits 2-95 regularly 3.95 and 4.75 6 for 17.00 That boy of yours will prove to be such a less expensive proposi- tion if you equip him at McCreery’s. _ For instance, during this Sale you may purchase mighty fine little Wash Suits for.a price that is but a fraction above their wholesale cost. They are splendidly made of such dependable materials as Devonshire, Kiddie Cloth, Jean and Beach Cloth, ‘There are Middy, Cliver Twist, Russian and Belter styles. ‘ Though obviously the better sort Wash Suits, they are priced r than inferior Suits are being advertised for every day. Purchase a half-dozen now—he’ll have enough with which to start school and you'll save several dollars. Guaranteed Fast Colors—solid shades and striped effects. Sizes 3 to 10 years. : (Third Floor) Justice—Co-operation— Economy —Eneryy—Seroice James McCreery & Co. 5th Avenue ON TUESDAY 34th Street An Extraordinary Sale Imported Chinese Adjustable Chairs | Made of Rattan and Sea Grass’ 10.75 Purchased to sell for 19.75 When we purchased these chairs we intended they would sell for 19.75. But as they have just arrived, too late for the Spring business for which they were purchased, we decided to, mark them at this remarkably low price for immediate disposal. a There are 18 highly artistic styles from which to choose, four of which are illustrated. The smaller pictures illustrate the chairs when folded for ship- ment or storage. Any one of them will prove a charming addi- tion to almost any room of the town or country home. Rockers to match, 12.25 Tables to match, 12.75 Fifth Floor Rive f & 4 |