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Diainiand in Mare ween O0h Sinn & "Co, tern ) Benedict Berm w harden Klizab and Asth” ais, $100. rowan, 20 bar pin Monday Koom or or in ho questions askes, Broadway Mas bay FUNERAL DIRECTORS, handle the body of a beloved depai understand yow correctly: men only handle men, while you have for women only wome: asked Mr. Frank E, Campbell while visiting The Funeral Church, Broadway at 66th Street. “That is true. the same as in life. to the last. For Women Only By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER 120% % % fl | : SEA TRADE BECAUSE 4 + Ay | mands for many wali the Modern Docks Built by the Army Near Bordeaux for’ Wartime Use ae, mG pes J le Wartime docks built by the American Army for its use near Bordeaux, France, showing the great modern cranes and railroad tracks, by tlre use of which it was possible "to unload between 2,000 | acd 2,60¢ tons of freight from a single steamer in one nine-hour | day. New York stevedores call 500 tons a good day’s work. ° NEW YORK 1S LOSING * and mingling with the contents that had streamed from a torn gar bag—and sugar at 25 cents ‘pound retail, | "You can't blame the stevedore, {said J. H. Schuldice, superintendent jot Pier No. 63, just north of the 23d Street ferry house. “No one knows any better than the boss stevedore PORT’ | the criminal waste in the handling of |all sorts of cargo in this pert. Of ‘A MAN-POWER lila (Continued From First Page.) to any austin £ the centage of human labor employed. the | The labor element ts so unwieldly that | |it lacks cohesion and is divided into / to » various unions, each dependent loe | are ac course if we break a package and spoil the contents we are compelled |to make good thi lost produce, but that doesn’t | good when the city and the w large need not the money but tual thing itself, the sugar, creosote, the cereal. Mf course it is the system that is lame—or I should say the lack of on) a system. Consider for a moment what this country did at Bordeaux, one waterfront union affects all tho! When gve went into the war It was a others. Jonce necessary for us to construct a Strikes aro largely responsible for|Sreut docking system at Brest and be led congestion in the|Bassens, near Hordeaux, 1 wus he assistant to the chief stevedore in | port of New York to-day—not only | charge of the operations at Bordeaux. 1 strikes, but the railroad striics| ‘The first thing we did was to ‘i Kountre, 7B construct concrete wharfs, with re- Fae ne oon tttccted by ihe| inforved or /galvanized iron ware- SSaporle. WATS on. C °| houses, railroad trackage ajong the | strikes. w York is. not the enly| wharf front, and huge Gantry. electric place where railway traffic is Ued up nes to help ue load and unlo: ; ae ‘ompare h a harbor wi Lagi ec cba nese other poste -| Nexe In New York. It had few If |B Mas thal p ~; natural advantages of which we Philadelphia and Baltimore, for tu-! Yorkers are so fond of talking atatio expeditiously .and satis-| We overcame the disadvanta Dy |factorily 1 adiing Aud) neers ee tr og eee ances Jana outbound and inbound coastw'se| nore in New York harbor, a gan, That is because their pwt}a hatch, it is possible under ‘most | s ad of the de advantageous conditions to unload | ‘ Seer York between 400 to 600 tons of cargo jupon them, while New York's Wey OR Perera ey eA OBTROTS | ties have beon inadequate to the « ITM Teaa OF heme cor aimee | rs, | cranes at Work, one to each hatch, it |is possible to unload from 2,000 to] Taprovemea nd MARHOK dé 0 tons a day, a difference in favor | velopment for many yedrs and ex- the crane of say. 1,800 tons. j ecuting some projects, but the net There is a total saving should the | result has been of Kittle value. 1uj| Use of these modern cranes become the office of Dock Commissioner Hul- | ommon here, of hundreds of thou- | bert are many beautiful drawings |Sands of tons of freight handled a! and maps showing how things wil!{ day, to say nothing of the enormous | look when they are finished—but 90 | Saving in dockage, wharfage and port | per cent, of these things have never | charges every vessel has to meet and | been started. ‘which in the long run come out of the The Chelsea piers,/almost modern consumer, | in construction but equipped with no In Tilbury, the mouth of the! facilities for handling freight, con- Thames, near London, 'y have | tain hundreds of thousands of square vores of these great crancs at worl. fect of space devoted exclusively to ! can't give you the figures, but the caring for passenger traffic and just time u vessel is @etained loading and outside of these piers thousands of unloading is cut tremendously over! trucks are stalled every day, pro- ‘hat.consumed in this port. gressing a few fect at a time toward ,."The same is true of such ports as/ the antiquatéd docks to the north Antwerp, Rotterdam, Liverpool, and | hind ‘south where freight trafic. is*¢ven to go clean round the world, | handled. The big forelgn steamship Ykohama, Hong Kong, Rangoon,) lines have leases on the Chelsea Singapore and Bontbay. ‘ ; 's which have thirty years to run. ¢pf course it wou a ate eae ‘0 one, who has seen modern ports Wit? theecranes only. We abould jn- in the United States and abroad, tha fill COnVC} ore toe aa ae Galton: In the United States ang obront: disc flour and things of that kind. Galves- ensing epectacle.” Av short "waik ton nas them. and so, 1 understand, *] é, has New Orleans. New ork is years Pra fal side waterfront to- Lehind in these things and getting eT Anelent piers, thelr oor, eee anne ey yea ent of Pier splintered and filthy where not | xo.'¢4, where the Anchor line steamer thagne Mes WY conmen) Mulia t now tied up, said: it he ice re een ER So far as actual breakage is con- Pate eis a see es eb it, | { 7ned I believe that there is very lit- Meigs a ere cir dig tle Waste in this port, comparatively rd t of? wi iy ton and naif speaking, but when it comes to the most of’handling a ton anda haf | waste due to the continued use of to a sling load, : i * lantiquated methods of loading .and at the rate of approximately 400 dhatesatitiare te aka he das tons ‘a day and being, forced to {eidered. It would be Impossible to transfer ashes by band from ihe | install labor saving machinery on whip to dump carts on the pier. | such a pier as this. tor instance. A era aloneside, almost as-primitive, | Gantry crane even the five ton ee ee ee eenac dat Aciiba or | (9, anece UL, MIBEBHOR, alone Ne you N d pe e ie of Southern China, whero the coal is | weig would be almost more than di po aboard on the heads of | ine pier could stand without eonsid- coolles, erable reinforcement. 5. Broken boxes, smashed tubs “It means, I'm afraid, that any con- of butter, litter and waste every- | siderable and worth while improve- where; a carboy of cresote broken | ments would have to begin with tear- |ing down the ramshackle old water front structures that line the city's READY TO SETTLE _| ont sirnetures that line tne ety HARBOR STRIKE placement with modern .concrete - — | | docks and wharves, with concrete warehouses, railroad tracks and the ‘T. V. O:Connor of the Longshoremen‘a/ like, a stupendous piece of V-ion, e lobby of the Hotel Astor | (his stage of the gar {nia afternoon, while the —Merohanes | ‘# Stage of th Association was holding a luncheon, met | | Walter, Gordon Merritt, member of the committee anpointed by the association | ‘fo deal with the harbor tle-up. at aan O'Connor suggested that it was tim! FIRST RAC ‘or ‘that the strikers and the employers get| claiming; purse $800 and ar e the questions it furlongs, straight. Dream Crepe, 107 dispute. Merritt and it was de-| (an sory, , ie hoe Jeided that O'Connor submit all the mat- | ¢2usor), 13 to 10, 1 to 2 and 1 to 5, Iters in dispute between the unions and| Won; Walk Up, 108 (Kummer), 8 to 1, nployers to the National Commis |g to 1 and § to 5, second; George Bovee, races tears Grat step t0-/ 119 cPonce)) $0 to 1, 7 to land 3 to 4, | third. Time, 53 4-5. Hot Stuff, JPading ar, Little Dear and Mary Erb also ran, foi tae BELMONT PARK ENTRIES. The entries for to-morrow's races are as follows: a BELMONT RESULTS. two-year-olds; four and a half sloners ward FUNERAL DIRECTORS. money value of the | k on a ship|t to! Ww work at) The Myste o. Silver Dagge By RANDALL PARRISH > Intrigue, Plot, Conspiracy and Love (Copyright, 1920, by Mandal! Parise.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. A secret service man on leare finds » eestes, ielliog of invermational tatrieve, uo le, the mutery, Ui factory. Entering. be finds 720, Are Hed oy @ beautiful woman. jt it tah ler of the conspirators, and going there CHAPTER XXY. FELT her creep past me with- out a sound, her hand elipping from my grasp as her foot touched the level floor of the hall. She wae invisible, no longer even a shadow in the black gloom. 1 only know she was gone, as I bent anxiously forward, watchful of the red glow of that mysteri- jous cigar. ‘The fellow rose up and |stretched, the silence echoing each sound, Would he come frward or sit down again? 1 could only crouch low behind the newel post, judging his movementh by. the erratic mo- tions of that glow of ash. The girl must be at the foot of the stairs by this time, but not the slightest sound ‘had geome back to’ me from the black gulf below, knto which she had dis- appeared like a veritable ghost. * Then suddenly from somewhere a chajn clanked faintly; the ear could not determine from what direction the sound came, yet it was clear enough to be heard pluinly, The man jstood still, evidently listening; {£ lost) jsight of the red glow, as though he had removed the cigur from between |his lps, and slowly straightened my- self up, braced for any emergency She had ‘reached the outside door and |wag preparing to open it, For an in-| |stant nothing happened; 1, glimmer once more of the’ cigar las the stub was resumed, and the jfellow sucked to get it alight. He took a step forward and stopped, as- sured by the silenge that all was Weil. Then the sharp, resounding click of a heavy lock echoed up from beneath, like the tap of a hammei, | The fellow snapped on tho elec- ity. flooding the large hall, and, | a gruft outh, started forward. met face face, both blinded by the sudden jare, although I was better prepared for the encounter |than he. There was’ nothing else, for | Jit wut to Aight it out. if 1 the act would only expose her before she uid distance ‘pursuit; besides that first glimpse had revealed my antag- onist, and L was glad—it was “Gen- tlemfn George!” “He knew me itl- most at the same instant, spitting out a curse as*he reached back for his ut You, hey! How the hell did you get down here?” But T was qui on the. move, gripping the. wrist and twisting the m back until the torture caused him to drop the weapon, as we strug- gled back a ss the width of the hall. 1 had held him coward, but he fought desperately enough now, ex- hibiting a cat-like strength and agility which tested my power unexpectedly. We we both weapon! » relying only on the efficacy of bare hands, but We turned into a savage, a dangerous fighterewho cared only to disable his ypponent in any way possible. He me no chance to strike, nor to but bored in rélentlessly, ilar bar-room style, using fists few bos, abandoned le, © ‘mentions ao address, tm Jersey City and be h and knees, in the hope of winning quickly. It was like battling with a wild cat, infuriatgd, crazed with hate and fear. And for the moment) the fellow had me, driving me back inst the rail, helpless before the ness of his assauit, 1 could not} athe or think, making no effort ex- cept to defend myself. ; Some one was coming. [ could hear a voice and flying steps on the stairs; | then a woman's scream from some-| where above. 1 broke away, getting # grip on his throat, and feeligg my fect | firm on the floor, He gould see wha! T couldn't and found yéice in spite of | y throttling. 1 ts that damned skunk, Severn, got out, Hit him, Ivan! Smash in,.I've rot the guy—auick now!" Bor Whirled with him, ducking my own head behind his shoulder, gain- ing as I did so one blurred glimpse uf Waldron as he swung full at me with what looked like the leg of a Chair. Hareis caught the full force | of the blow just over his eyes and the power of it, added to the swirl of my hrma, sent him hurtling along the; rounded rail, headlong down the | fairs. Waldron stood patalyzed, | stunned, his hands still on the club, | his eyes following that flying figure. With all my strength I drove a fist fat’ to his face, and, as he reeled, stumbling backward, endeavoring to retain his feet, I sprang past. and} cd down the steps, The body lay} (“the bottom motionless, huddled up |{n such fashion as to block the door. Without a doubt but that the man |was dead, 1 thrust the form to one tide, leaped through the opening, and ¢rashed the door behind me. T had but one thought—to get away from there; to seek immediate secur- itv, and an opportunity to consider the situation, My mind was in a chaos, aware only of the horror I had witnessed, the scene from. which I was endeavoring to escape, This was murder, a murder Waldron would ‘doubtless attempt to swear on me, \But would he? Would the fellow dare? To do so would reveal every~ thing—the conspirators’ meeting, the plot to rob, the death of Alva, the cause of my being there in the house. Yet what could he say otherwise to | account for the killing of Harris? He PURST VCH ‘What I most admire is the delicacy with which you We respect a woman after demise fe. The tender care of a woman is hers While this entails an enormous expense, it is { Swe, 1A 1 ed, 18 | Worstdale, 143; Rovert Oliver, 14 a Belle, M1 THIRD RACE. -The Mincola three-year-olds and 4: ALI, 108 104; Tailor Maid, 90: SOUKEH Ack: ‘old and (wand OS, Sor woman, Do I » for rojan, Lion ‘D'Or, ., 120. ule, foe three. sniuin course ont, 104 thres-year-olts Roant Ravi 100; 1 embalmers?” a lady 0, ACE = Contitions:,t “HPigirorty Gitoat TT live Hook Gray Gables, part of ‘Campbell Service’ and is cheerfully given.” “Women may visit The Funeral Church at all hours, day and night. ‘hey find at all times women attendants ini; Mavourneen, 110: who gladly render any service that may be desired.” “Could wives or mothers be in better hands?” Prices realized om Swift & Company sales of careane bie la New UFR City toy week ctaling Saturday. May ‘axd “on fs salt ‘eat Fane (o> 3090 from 18 ‘cents 10 20 of pound and averaged would have to exp! he could never . or destroy the body Miss e aid there were roomers I had heard the scream of a woman, Whatever hap- jnened, 1 must get away, and learn jater what course he chose to pursue. lif 1 only knew where the girl was T | might hope to arrange some defense, | some excuse for my presence, some reason for the flcht in which I had been enkaged, Others might have j seen the blow struck. But I was sure ' Gf nothing, not even that she would come forward voluntarily when ehe heard of the affair, —) 1 turned to the loft, afraid of ihe bright lights, and the street-cars, and plunged into the depths of an alley, Beyond was a dark street along which I ran for two blocks, then, sud? \denly crouched in an areawa | mit a politeman to saunt {w turned from sight at the next block, saw nothing, but I lay quiet until jone then moved on, sliniing through jel and contato) the shadows, and cutting across an open lot through a tangle of weeds. I may have gone a mile, twisting na turning before I came to what evi- dently was a smal) hotel. Here I en countered a cab, an old horse cab, driver half asieep inside. I h back in the dark shade afraid to awaken the fellows yet I knew Mth Jof that part of the city, and must* find transportation of some kind. ‘Ap old-time.cabby was not liable to eare who his fare might be so long as he was well paid. Encouraged by (his reflection, I stepped over to thé curd, “Engaged, my man?’ He came to life in an instant, Peoress out of his comfortable quac- ters to face me. “No, sir, I never heard you comin’, sir, Bin ‘a bit quiet about here uw night.” He stopped, as though just noticing my appearance ynder the din stroat Nights er bin hurt, sir?* he asked so- licitously. “Yer coat’s all tore, and , there's some blood on yer face.” A small fight, that’s all, in a, saloon over west. Any place around here where I could wash up?’ Sure; right in yere; there ain't nobody ‘round to bother, 1 you. He opened a little side door, and I followed down a nartow hallway to a small washroom, lighted by @ single gas jet turned low, A glance at the mirror proved how badly I° needed the wash, and I flung off my coat, and filled a basin with wat The cabby turned up the light and watched me curiously, He was a chunk of a man, with a red, good- humored face, round ag an apple, evi-, dently delighted to have some one to companion with at this weird hour of the morning. “They got yer one good ‘un, apy- how," he remarked. “Feller whut struck yer must've hed a rings on ter make thet gash. There were two of them,” T an- swered, ggluttering through the water I was ‘using liberally. “f may nave hurt one of the fellows, so you keep still—will_ you Me! Shacks, I don’t talk about my fares none. Thet ain't business. We git some queer ones, I tell yer, on a night cab. I picked one up night be- fore last’down by the West Side dock: who'd been in some kind of a fracas —enyhow, he wus sure scared half ter death. Looked like a foreigner, an’ was draggin’ a grip ‘long with him. Got off at, Jersey ferry, I reckon. uy “When ‘was that?” I was wang the rowel by this time, eying thé lo- quacious speaker,over the edge. ight before last. \ “Yes, but what time?" zs “'Bout midnight; I'd hed a fare down thet way, an" wus drivin’ back empty, when he hollered to me to stop. Gosh, the feller tumbied in like there was a ghost after him, in’ sed I wus ter drive like hell.” “What makes you thing he was fore eign “The cut of his ie mostly; then he didn’t git his English just right—ex~ cited, I reckon—an’ once he ripped off a word er two I sorter took ter be Russian or Polish.” Had a grip with him, did he Yep; black, "bout medium six The fellow wasn't overly big himself, an’ it wuz quite a lug for him; it bumped against his legs when he teted it. I wouldn't a thought nuthin’ more ‘bout it, only T got hol’ of.a paper, an’ read how there wus aj guy croaked that same night ove Jersey. It sorter made me think 0° this feller, just because he wus so damned scared. It wus sorter funny where he had me set him dewn, toe, after midnight thet way.” Where was that?” ‘Colmar Buildin’ on Broad Street. ‘a’n't a darn light from top to bot tom. He didn't let me pull up there— not by a damn sight. I had ter let him out a block away, around the, corner, But somehow I sorter wanted ter know just where the bloke went so I/slipped gff the box, an’ took @ peek, He turned in there, where {ft wus blacker than a stack o' black , an’ thet's the last f seen of him, S'pose he wus the duck who did that Job, air?” “He might have been, of co Did you report it to the police?” “Lord; no; if us fellers told the cops half we Know they wouldn't get no sleep at all. I ain't sed nothin’ to nobody.,, Only pickin’ you up yere just how sorter made me think of the. cuss again. Ready to go now, sir? CHAPTER XXVI, [S horse was not a fast traveller, yet this afforded me time to think over my, own situation, as well as this clew 80 unconsciously furnished me by the loquacious driver, Here was something to start on, at least,’ revealing a new angle, and yielding @ measure of hope, ‘ The chances w that this mysterious passenger otto ‘ nights before had no connection with the Alva case; yet there remained @ possibility. The hour, the place, his evident fear of putsuit, his eager de« sire to get out of sight, the heavy, bag he carried, and his being @ foreigner of some kind, all combined to stimulate my suspicion. ‘Who the fellow could be was beyond guess, No ne ‘answering that description had yet been considered; perhaps Yta! why we had been ied 8, far tray, ‘The Colmar Building! ° Myt recollection of the place wag vague, a huge pile on Broad near Wall, des voted “largely to brokers’ offices, absolutely deserted at night, excep by ecrubwomen and a watchman of two. A tenant might slip in at such an hour, yet he would be fortunate Indeed to escape the observation of some one along the halls, or on the Staircase, T felt confident a caretuh questioning among the night. eme ployees would give some lines on thé identity of the man, even if therd should prove ho other means of lo¢ ing him, I would make the trial way, as soon as I had decided own immediate course of action; ¢ must be figured out first, (Another Thrilling Ch. } Morrow.) abies y