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Lith. 31-28 opened 91.80, up 10; 24 toigent utilization of a great harbor , "THERE are three 41-48, 87.40, up .02; 3d 41-48, 91-80.) area which was little more than @ F inall NewYork off 10; 4th 41-48, 88.20, up .08; Vic-| swamp, ‘one of the finest ports in that all brides look upon tory 43-48, 96.10, up .04. existence. And by the system em- ; ‘with a peculiar reverence Westingrowe . ..) 40 DIVIDENDS. ICY Oh rie coy tae: BAGELS DED een —the shop where her ‘Wheaton 6 10% The Oldahome Prod. & Rfs. Corp. ay 1 and that idea be re AES Te Sers\ bought, the Wily Owen’ "1? 4 declared the regular quarterly 2 per| before long and the improved port . florist whose bouquetshe Wires. wit cent, common dividend, payable July, 2 B® Non Oily self-supporting put e¥ carried and Ovington's, ere ca 101% 1 to stock of record June 15, | Staveryaiviot dilay in New cVork x the shop from which her hire ond a counted as lwo days jost, because the : rains days were being utilized by other Hi Bees coarnins wits wary ' the close on Saturday. Bfforts of SEEKS TO QUASH ‘elttes—Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nor- ¢ ie ent . : , Bffor folk, Charleston, Savannah and New bo é ; rar officials to reduce commercial WOOD INDICTMENT Orleans in" harbog " Improvementa, B ’ 5 1 orrawings and improve the te |New York, outside tfe Brooklyn Navy t, OVINGTON’S f Pceseras Witsoe cat ie bs ae . | Yard, hasn't even a dry dock that can “The Gift Shop of Fifth Avenue" t} . not yet met with! Hughes Tells U. S- Court Charge!be dignified by the name. Boston, 1 7 : mich suc But Wall street thor- A ee i (almost as backward as New York in ” 314 Fifth Ave. nr. oughly understands that loans se.| Against Woolen Company's Head | port improvements, can at least show impress Te TH Again June t--There haw been o ge of the former German Fm- Heart affection, due to the emo- of Moving fr: Amerongen. br who ie In attenuance, says | 8 no Imminent danger, bt has Whed the utmost rare nnd has Strict Instructiona that she be up and down stairs in a tit idely Known wate Bg a Passenger Car aN ty ald at the Old Price on my While They Last. + at These cars were purchased recently Ge & tes ote ADF I0 m0 to a $200 ad romome Very iarke e decided to a a follows, = New Old No.n Price. Price. Stock, | Am Am Pass. Touring, $2055 $1820 109)", s. Sport, 2195 1970 SB) aw ve Am Awa am $ 2195 1970 39) Including war tax, . 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New York i generally lower, motor, steel and oil eha a point or more, developed orliniated in losses, the mark Rx: bonds had a dep issues, than 130 points. al INVALIDS’. CHAIRS MAKE OVER 70 STYLES IT CO, 34 GExINGTON Av. W YORK. Botwéen 22d and 234 Streets. ket, liquidation did not at any reach serious proportions, In addition to the advance in | FUNERAL DIRECTORS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Golden Sorrow By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER “Sorrow and Silence are strong,” says Longfellow, and “Wear a golden Sorrow,” sings Shakespeare. “Your psychology is all right,” said a mourner who come to arrange for a funeral, to Mr. Frank E. Camp- bell; “the moment you enter The Funeral Church, and Bean i beauty and the wonderful objects of art, you in to for; ‘get your grief. You realize that only a Life of sefulnesg\is Eternity; that Sorrow lives in golden clouds; that to hottor the Dead is to live right. “If The Funeral Church can do this, then its per- u is assured,’ answered Mr. Campbell, with a smile of satisfaction. You do not realize the soothing influence of the beauty h greets you everywhere in The Funeral Church, dway at 66th Street, until you have visited the You will find “Silence” and you may see “Golden 7’ but you see nothing that is remindful of Death, he Funeral Church is built for the Living to Honor ¢ loved departed, © (e-1980) akg Action of the Federal Reserve Bank in raising discount rates Saturday came a8 a distinct eurprise to Wall Street, and stock prices to-day were In highly speculative es losses at one time ranged from three to more than five points, and stable issues loat What little selling ptefessional quarters, and after establishing early t idly moved wthin | very restricted range, and failed to develop much recuperative power, Raising the discount rate on Liberty sing effect on those They declined from 80 to more But in the bond ms ket, as was the case in the stock mar- count rates, bears made capital out of the poor sHowing of the New York Federal Bank statement Issued after this p had share: priced on a state ernm statement cured by stock collateral are at the. lowest mark in many months and for reason the poor issued ral Re Saturday, and t advance in discount rates did not have the effect they might otherwise have In to-day's sagging market rallroad re the only bright features. This was particularly true of the tow Sw 1 issues, While industriaf we declining all the way from one to flve points, non-dividend paying rails rose n average of a point or m This was due to the fact that valua- tion Feports being made to the Intcr- Commerc ent Commission by Go engineers show that in big majority of cases the capitaliza- tlon of these roads, as represented by time their bonds, notes and shares ig ic than, the actual physical valuation is-} The Cotton Exchang The strom ki hi re va VAIL ny eins oul BANKING AND FI QLMMMAMILULLULLTIILI LIMA Ig Mining and Curb Secu ap Hartford Plladelpaia—Cleveland. ESTABLISHED 1903 NO PROMO suspended the day to give members an oppor- tunity, to vote on an amendment to the present form of cotton contract oats markets were » corn ig, the and former rising a: NANCIAL. 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Tow. 400 ‘Tropical 01 uN ‘ 410) Nien OW ww % 1% A college professor decided to turn criminal! Lon Western seat + 8 4 $ Read this exciting story of his adventures with bite Oo 28 22% «22% . . : | 1000 atwe-tie Cot 1 om 1% $ @ band of daring thieves, led by a beautiful and 100 Atlanta 2 a 2 : : . 1 wer ‘Br ¢ eG) 6§ Mysterious woman. 1 ner 1 oe ia ledge “ “ % 1200 *Booth 6 6 Copyright 1920 By W. J, Watt & Co, ime "Caled Mio 4 ! CHAPTER I, 800 Cons Aricans te HMI ic we oes ny HRE it was again—that faint scraping sound Cortes Milver oe neighborhood; a sound pregnant with pos: ia cuoee ed a ae | unfathomable, violence, tragedy, experien To ares ‘Coven Pee Professor James Xenophon Salwick sat up straight in his chair and 1200 bareka Holly in 1 i allowed bis imagination to soar, a Horhiglind oes i‘. Ls “It is probable,” the Professor mused, “that a board has become dislodg>d| in 49 qo sat the corner of the building, thus allowing the night wind to strike the a i 1 + [edge of one of the windows at an entirely new angle. 10 tata Keane 2 2 | experiments regarding the angie of wind | 2500 « 20% ¢ Prof. Salwick rubbed at the thin % Is Technically Faulty. An attempt to quash the indictment aN, against William M, Wood, President of | ne the American Woolen Company of | Massachusetts, was made this afler- noon by Charles Evans Hughes, attor- ney for Wood, when he entered a mo- tion for dismissal of the profiteerini charge on the ground that the indict- ment was technically faulty. In arguing the motion before Judge Julian Mack in the United States Dis- triet Court Mr, Hughes said “This ease is based on that provision of the Leever Act relating to wearing apparel and {t is on that provision the indictment was returned, By all standards we know the manufacturer of cloth is not a manufacturer of wear- ing apparel, and therefore the Indict- ment should be dismisse Judge Mack adjourned the argument until 2 P. M, to-morrow, Meanwhite he fled bail bond for Wood at $25,000 N.Y. HARBOR FAR BEHIND OTHERS IN PORT FACILIS pl PES (Continued From First Page.) ero or, the Dv- a 83 for first decade of the twentieth century. New York had plenty of examples of what can be done tn port improve- ment at home and abroad. But, while every port in the United States and the most important pores of Europe were being steadily modern- ized, the port of New York—except for the part played by private enter- prise—was allowed to decay, Here is the situation: New York, because of local conditions, 1s the IL LELILL LLL LLALLILLLULLL LMA LL LAA LULU LLL AU LUNDA Dd y LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. Ga Taton Tear, Wert Hoboken, Monday after: ood 3". My lant black leath containing black valuable trek, 14th “ee @ great, modern dry dock which has, since it was completed, been of great advantage to the shipping of the city by attracting vessels. New York is the only port on the North Atlantic which does not possess modern fac: coaling ships. The faci for supplying oil-burning ships with fuel in this harbor cannot be sur- passed, but. the number of oil burning ships small compared with the great total. It is not unusual—in fact, it is common— for cargo-carrying ships bound from abroad for New York to stop at Norfolk for coal, the su- perior facilities paying for the added expense of a stop at that port. DANGER IN DELAYS TO AWAIT NEW LEGISLATION. In planning to save the port New York will have to speed up on the preliminary work. The Port and Har- bor Coygnission bas been working for two ydlts on a comprehensive ‘plan of improvement and development and it has done a remarkably complete and praiseworthy job; but when its rport is issued next month the whole project, insofar as it is influenced by the Port and Harbor Commission, must come to a standstill, Nothing can be done with the Port and Harbor Commission's recom- mendations until the Legislatures of New York and New Jersey meet next January. Six months of valuable time will be lost unless these Legislatures should, in special session, take up matter While the report is fresh. Experience with Legislaturea has shown that if action is postponed un- til Trenton and Albany take up the port improvement matier next Janu- ary more delay will follow, Con ve ling that the plan is indorse® by both State Governments, {t will bo. at least another year’ before the first al work on the plan can be started, As the commission points out, ths Port of New York is not a local trat- ter, It is’a national asset when it jis functioning to the full extent of [its natural advantages. At the pres- ent time it threatens to become a national Nability. A modern port in New York Far- bor fm essential to the upbuilding acd maintenance of the American mer- chant marine. This port alone calla for an immediate revision of the way that Congress has treated New Yor in the matter of appropriation, While there has been plenty of money avail- able for “river and harbor improve- ments at points where the whistle of a steamboat has never been heard, New York has had to drag out tho money needed for dredging the hur- bor/and its approaches by main force, signet 9 SrA & Co. sales for Week » marci a hair on the top of his head, made a futile attempt to. straighten his stooped shoulders, and squinted at | his spectacles to make sure they were ‘polished properly. “On second thought,” he told bim- self, “it is not the wind blowing against the window 1t is the result ,of violence being applied ty the case- nent.’ 8 He did not turn out the light. He | put on his spectacies, made sure that they rested lightly on the sore spot on his nose, und then arose and {stretched out his arms, He was not ja large man—perhaps five feet six inches tall—and his general appear- |ance indicated brains rather than brawn. But, early in his college days, Prof. James Xenophon Saiwick had been assured by an elderly lecturer, who looked us if he had both feet in \the grave to his knees, that a }brain work vould aghieve «reat heights ouly by keeping his body in suitable condition—and Prof. Salwick | fad done just that. One corner of bis bedchamber was @ minia gymna- sium, |, Sv he stretehed his arms and flexed his muscles, and then adjusted his spectacies again and epped to the door, He pulled back one of the irtains and m vedroom, and ten. Sit de his way into the ere he stopped to is evident,” he told himself. “that some misguided individual has invaded my poor apartment.” A moment longer he hesitated, and he reached out and turned t » of the door that openeo into hi thi kn desk he had been investigating with the ald of an electric torch, He snarled like a rat at bay, no mask, and the Professor got instant look at his face. It w brutal face; the eves were smal black and glittering, and set too close together, the ears extended from the head, and the head itself was shaped something like a bullet, Black hair adorned it, but the hair was closely cropped. Professor Salwick rubbed his chin thoughtfully with one hand, and’ bent forward to regard the in- er carefully. An interest declared, aloud. maintained that violence is an attri- bute of a certain type of the human, as craftiness is of another. The char- acteristics are really inseparable as—-" Well?” ‘Brute’ Wilger snarled The Professor cleared his throat “T take it that you are a—er—crim- inal?” “Who? Me? I'm collectin’ for a mis- stonary society, ‘bo! Not wantin’ to disturb youse, I tought I'd just take your little contribution without any wastin’ of words.” ‘Most remarkable!" the professor declared. ‘Will you be kind enough to sit down “T tought this was an apartment house, but I guess it's a nut fac- tor, “Upon my word, you use language!” said Prof. Salwick, sit down—do!” “And rest easy while you calls the cops? Where do youse t'ink I'm from? “why, I haven't the slightest idea, my dear sir!” the Professor assured him, “I am a native of Pennsylvania myself. And I fail to see how the locality of your nativity can interest us at this moment. Do sit down— do.” “'Youse'll be glad to sit down your self, like a Jittle man, and let me fix youse so I'll have a chance at a getawa “Brute” Wilger informed him, “And, if youse don’t I'll just naturally muss up this place with youse: ‘Do I gather that violence towards m wanted to know "You'd better!” “Brute” Wilger bad continued to approach during the Professor's re- cital. And now he sprang—swiftly, silently, his eyes glittering malevo- Jently and his teeth set. His gnarled hands clutched the Professor's throat, his weight struck against the man of “Brute” Wilger realized, when it was too late, that he had made a mistake. Stooped shoulders and spectacles and a knowledge of some- thing more than low life did not in- dicate physical weakness, the Brute discovered. In some peculiar man- ner, Professor James Xenophon Sal- wick accomplished a neat side-step. His handé flashed up and gra “Brute” Wilger's wrists, and he gave a quick wrench. Wiliger uttered a cry of pain. As it left his lips he found himself whirled around neatly and thrown to the floor. The Professor did something to one of “Brute” Wilger’s legs and ono of his arms, ending by getting toes and fingers in such a position that he could hold the Brute helpless with one hand, The Brute tried to move once and knew excruciating pain— and did not try again, “As I was saying,” continued The Professor, “kindly have some respect for the English language. And, should you attempt violence again, I shall feel compelied to deal harshly with you, I now am going to let you up and conduct you to my little study, We are going to have a con- versation there, I believe thi ip a sandwich remaining from my t luncheon, if you are hungry, atau” Wikeer at He wore ap x specimen!” he always have peculiar “Do uu contemplate the Professor vo when eet J tiv room. ‘The door itself was ope an inch at a time, and cautiously, until there was | space enough for the Professor to slip through. This he did, silently, his senses alert. He continued along the |wall until he reached the light switch, And he snapped on the! hte. Brute’ Wilger whirled from the THE MASKED WOMAN — __By dohnston McCulley __ A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure | miratioi face. Brute “Make meet a police one at much ¢ gangster knew he was ax helpless as u babe in the hands of Prof. professor allowed it. respect nm and He haa and a accepted criminal, work. I of my da shall expect you during our cony I don't qu | “Brute” Wilger, | “hew long ba your criminal te acts of crime | INAL in my I have left me interest. inal? “T sur best gan up for “It is to sald the your ea “Oh, I five tho! and “Dear all. Prof. said am a 8 “A mi yous good gan when our boss got the I've been followin . BAND. for about ten years,” ger said frankly. “And yet you made an attempt to rob my apartment to-night! college professor and there that would attract criminal who wished for illegal gain. place a small by a Ar eam! y until a twe an ex e profes rings be: guess I'v usand a me nd there's the Salwick g an that Ment t J 40 foreign ilities, including mystety , the lure of the unknown. te » the I must make some ressure ag regards tone.” in a reput brutal m one Iw have made ta are to SE sation.” get NK fortune, There was a the ation nan, B Salwick bent nted ¢ study of criminology, but [ feel th: i neorre th expr in Srute” 1 is it is quit actua ut he j The protessor threw open the door and motioned, and Whilger went |through the bedchamber and into t little den, He sat in the chalr the professor indicated and wiped the perspiration from his forelicad wi the back of one ‘dirty hand. | “My -Gawd!" “Brute” Wilger said again, The professor offered cigars and the and ward while the professor applied a burning match to its end. yourself comfortable, Prof. Salwick. for- said “T long have wished to I have seen many of them in court, of course, and stations—but n oO see a t. I k the truth ‘ease the game pe incites onthe icone “MADAM MADCAP” THEY CALLED HER, THIS BeauArut AND MYSTERIOUS MASKED WOMAN WHO LED A DESPERATE CRIM. SHE WAS CLEVER, RESOURCEFUL, DARING—YET HER EVERY WORD AND ACTION MARKED HER AS OF ANOTHER WORLD THAN HER ASSOCIATES. Wwil- am a little a tru lative, but it is out at you & successful crim- I belong to one of the in town—that is, tt was a a few months ago five stretch.” 1? pull r, all incom red at You hay can slip ing for a ma e a proper pride in his work, “And how ha right raised the ne tax him. aver gs talk nicked and sent d down about But the expenses are somethin’ fierce.” “And how is that?" “There ain't as many crooked cops as there used to be, and what there is wants a bigger percentage, fences ain't nothin’ but dirty thieves, lawyers have r rates ‘count of the high’ cost of lvi It's a tough game.” The and “I did not ask you to amuse me," he “I am after information, not entertainment five thousand a yea ‘aged Young man, I jentist of wide roputation, I work hard and study continually, and my remundration is twenty-dve ‘hu dred dollars a year.” like ‘I assure you that I speak the truth. | |The school year has just closed, yet 1| must study until the new one bogins, without a thought of vacation, you say that a crook’s lit a And is hard.” haye been studying criminal and id} read’All the fiction of that sort that fe published, It bas come to my mind that most criminals fail because they Jo not use their brains, As to the question of right and wrong, that does not trouble me, A scientist such as myself is above the law. For some time I have been contemplating a cer- tain step, and I feel that this- er visit of yours points to me the way “[ don't quite get this!” said th Brute. | “Crime as a business should lead to | rich rewards, especially at this tim when the ave peace officer is @ man of but ordinary intelligence. I have studied, I may remark, the ‘methods of criminals and policemen, alike, and there are glaring errorg in |both. If a man in excellent physical ondition applied science to thievery e would undaubted!y outwit his foes. The adventure would be commensu- rate with the monetary reward also May I ask your name?’ “[ ain't mentionin’ names,” “Brute Wi r said quickly and with sudden suspicies “quite so! 1 can undewstand our Jreluctance, of course. But T assure you that [ have no ulterior motive in asking. We may meet again soon, under different circumstances, and 1 then should like to new our ae Jauaintance begun so happily to- night.” “Where'll we ever mect again?” the Brute asked. | “Wha knows? Perhaps in some di corner @f that peculiar country desig- |nated as the Underworld, I feel that |C have come to the bank of a sort of | on—and this very day 1 shall ‘hurl myself into the flood and swim to the other shore. I intend to give up my classes and become a_ criminal, Will you eat your R avound und clung clo! ‘head; and, wh ndwich CHAPTER I, ED" RILEY mole, dark * human lived Ip His eves were was a man who npoints, the skin 66 ght vem; were aman ly his ea s of his strong pos. to mole at ote Rit nds that unwieldy, d he fosso; ; sessed two Rigantic red to be clumsy, cum- ert Ry bersome—and were nothing of the sor’ A mole uses his forefeet to dig the arth; “Red” Riley uspd_his* gigant ids to dip into the pockets of other persons and take therefrom certaia articles of value, Luck had-een against him this particular evyéning. Pursued by a de tective he had dodged into an alley~ Mie in a little Known part of tha Here and there little doors with in the alley were dirty electric light bulbs glowing over them. “Red” Riley knew them for what they were—sidea jentrances to cheap saloons, cheape,_— lodging houses. His only chance of ~ immediate escape, he knew, would ba fo enter one of the doors before the elective reached the getpe mouth of tha He did not hesitate. He o ene first door and darted inside, erate the door softly after him. And thea Ne Whirled around Makerios of the neat Tee he e saw instantly that he a sad mistake, that this wan ge ee place he would have Selected }; ‘a there been time to make a selectio, Being @ gangster, “Red” Riley# ed foes—and he had invaded one of their den Mean, snarling taces him. He found himseit Ira er? in a little lozen cheap The waly the place smoke, the floor hodirt, 4 waiter, and who sie possibly once had been @gainst the wall, hia his hips, his brow ag if awaiting a challenge room where ther tables scattered were stained with reeked. with tobacco eon was half covered wit who acted 4n apron that white, stood hands upon wrinkled, to comby He walked alley door. ‘rhe dete, by ‘this time, Riley hand touched ‘the ‘came from the “Moh buzzer!" e were a d around, long the wall toward the clive had pa Supposed, en knob. Then a voice orner of the roow, Hee Exciting Chante ety ANCE a hoe ; Sek come seem, 4 have (Read 7, merrowds