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Tintex is the tfectly simple dye a Use Tintex for— SILK GLOVES bole pal Arsene : Pedieder that gives simply you perfect results! SWEATERS 15 Fashionable Colors DIED. '-—-OHARLES, CAMPBELL FU- CHURCH, Wednesday, 10 A. M, ON,—ERNUST, CAMPBELL FU. CHURCH, Wednesday, 3 P, mM. Ivtand Ont Tovineiiole Oi) f+++e+ we = 1% ite, 100 Mewhatian Shirt .. 201% Maxwell Motors .. 19%, Meswoll Movorw tm 21% May Dept. Stores, tH lL etee © eterrts + Midvale Stee Sinn, & St. 1. 1 i “ Natiogal Aniline Nat Cloak & duit, Nat Conduit , Nat Enamel & National Lead ‘ New Orleans T & M Sacue ae HhteeteeH we F Fergse EEPPETETTEE sine ee Forze ¥ $4444 |44t44 “Sees” re Wabash pf, A West Maryiarmt Wont, Pac, Cory Western Union . Went, Aiforake Westinghouse Wheeling Willys Overland | Willys Overland | White Motors . | Wilson Co Worthington LIBERTY BONDS, Liberty 81-28 opened at 90, up 4; Second 4s, 84.82, up 2; Second 41-44, $4.60, up 4; ‘Third 41-48, 87.80, up 2; Fourth 41-49, $4.78, off Victory, 95.54; 48-40, 95.58. FOREIGN EXCHANGE, Sterling, demand, 3.561 cables, 3.07, Franca, demand, .0690; «able: 0691. Marks, demand, .0192; cal 0193. Lire, demand, 0466; apt. 0457. Guilder, demand, 3200; cebies, 3210. Canadian dollars, demand, 99%; unchanged, SWEETHEARTS (3) FOR THREE (3) To be Produced in the Pictures by Oliver Morosco Production Company Watch the Date! os. zeaaas EVEN WALL STREET Stock prices moved erratically in| to-day's market. Outside Interest, a represented by purchases on the part Of the public was negligible. Prac- Ueally all transactions seam to have originated in profexslonal quarters, Shortly after the opening an at-| tempt was made to lift the rallroad stocks under leadership of Reading and Southern Pacific, In this gon- nection reporta w spread that! plans for segregating Reading's assets | re fast being formulated. As New York Central and Baltimore & Ohio! Will benefit most through any #uoh | segregation, these two stocks also) displayed considerable firmness, Re- ‘ports of important developments in} Southern Pacific's Callfornia oil elds | had most to do with strength shown by that issue { But the rest of the railroad list re- fused to follow the tead of the ghares above named. Neither was strength imparted to the industrial list. U, 8. | Steel moved within h range of a frac- | tion of @ point. Independent steel | shares were sluggish, Mexican Oils were inclined to be heavy. Coppers were almost entirely neglected. Mis- cellaneous industrials generally were irregular, | One reason for the market's hesl- | tancy was the highly volatile price] movement of the cogton market. | There was a general disposition on! the part of stock traders to wait ana | see how far the decline in the cotton! market might extend, In early ings It was indicated that yesté | break of $8 per bale might easily be | duplicated, A loss of*more than $2! per bale was soon established, But the cotton market's strong technical position was a steadying influence. Botton brokers eatimete that the wort Interest now in cotton | the largest in the history of that market. Cotton soon converted its early loss into a gain of similar extent, and thereafter moved in a highfy erratic manner. Grain markets were steady + Another reason for the hesitancy displayed by the stock market was | the weakness of forelgn exchange and fear of a tighter money market. Demand sterling at one time showed & decline of moro than 3 cents at $3.54 8-4, and. all continental ex- changes with the single exception of marks were lower. Money again re- newed at 7 per cent., but jt is known MIRE Bie 2 Si d IN @ wo 7 LD AND PRICES | « | Hig. Low, INDUSTRIALS, Last. 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PLAYS “The Bat” An Amusing Mystery. wen By CHARLES DARNTON realize fully the joys of coun- try life you needn't go to the country, All you have to flo is to go to the Morosco Theatre, as Marie Cahill, Ernest Lawford, Fannte Hatton and a lot of other true home- lovers did last night, and foll through ® week-end murder or tw. This de> | lightful relaxation was afforded by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood with “The Bat." A certain restraint is put upon the eager reviewer of this Long Island thriller, for the programme, like Joe Jackson as he approaches his tive bicycle, whispers "S-sh-h! other words, “The authors and the management request the audience | hot to divulge the solution of the | mystery.” All right! The “solutfon” is left to you. It may, however, be hinted that a bank is Ponaled, 90 to speak, that the banker disappears, and is finally declared officially dead, and that his nephew comes to an un- timely end by dropping into the Long Island home, where all the assets of the oncern are supposed to ,be hidden, Strange as it may seem, the maiden lady who rents thé house on short notice never loses her nerve, Thun- derstarms break over her head and the mark of "The Bat" {s ‘plastered on her door, yet she remains ex- traordinarily placid. To her a mur is merely “a sad occurrence. | She is a supersummerwoman, noth- Ing less. With her to suppart him, the weakest man in the world could be strong, But hold! ‘The inevitable “solution” comes in the last act, by far the best act of the play. The rest | of “The Bat" ix too tricky for words, Good old Bffie Elilsier proved an excellent manager of the strange household, and May Vokes trotted | around as an amusing imbecile in |the role of @ servant, Edward Blils figured mysteriously as a doctor, and | Harrison Hunter was the detective who Wasn't above suspicion, “The Bat" is an amusing mystery that flies back to childish fancy, and then, perchance, flops a SARATOGA ENTRIES. KACE TRACK, SARATOGA, N. y,, | Aug. 21.—The ent 8 for to-morrow’s | | “Dark Mil 10d; | rare Lin: Brederion the Great, 8? Cludereiin, | Yj" Armistice, W0%'; *la Glortows, 110) bast thitian ty Uvertold. i day Thin, Idd, Btu) om 3 108 bs 90; Natural ‘ridge, 304; Docu t Harmadivine, 108; Oey Moxa utt, 11i; Mlewta, 110; Hirer, 140. | ‘si eat AS Misch ‘ilies THORNE BACK —donditions for four-year-olde And wowhrd Sone tase! Cnamentan te, JOM: Lontaaren, 4; dah its iter Be, or SAU RON 2 Thy irvodacies Handicme Curbong, —Tehanen: 16 q ews Laat A Rie Ale | ‘GSO. Selling: farheve yun oe ae : ‘ ee, Te Tay) Mews, 0a “Madden * Fillion’ tWo-vear-okde: Mi Tio; hive Paine ¥oot. te Frees. Tint, : Wreening. 1042 th 5 ye img.” wily“ Witetiet, ‘Dita het abe he W118; Frederik tie Greate” Md ‘oghant ley. 110; Atala, 1} Si a 110; Wemion, Tee Way dior toe ren. 110, Sectiand Yor 110: funkala, 110. mvutice allowance claimed,” Weather’ olear, | |{t would make his work untrue.’ |to be a The Evening World's Kiddie Klub Korner Guoriiahs, 1808, ve Theives Pubiisnins Oo. (The New York Bresing world.) Conducted by Eleanor Schorer \S BY DANIEL DAVIS, AGED NINE YEA MY SECRET. In my No one has it seen; Its just an ugly brown stalk With little leayes of green. now But when Ovtober does arrive My secret will unfold, And toss its petals to the air— A glorious marigold. | By EVA TITMAN, aged thirteen, | Lawrence, L. 1. | THE KING AND THE BOY. | ID you ever hear the story of the| D King and the boy who could carve wonderful figures from pieces of wood with his pooket knife? The King, heard about the boy and sent for him té”come to his palace, The boy put his knife in one pocket nd a small piece of wood in the other and started out, When he came to the King’s palace he was shown into the throne room nd presented to the King, Said the King: “Is it true that you canreally arve figures?” The bey suid that {t wax and immediately set to work to carve a figure of the King, The King was « very ugly looking man, but the boy made the figure he was carving look exactly ike him. “Surely,” thought the King, “this is a wise, as well as talented youth, F knows better than to flatter me when So he kept the boy at his palace, and educated him, and when the boy grew man, he became one of the wisest of the King’s advisors, as well as the greatest artist in the country, By HERMAL VOGEL, aged fifteen, Brooklyn, N. Y, Y ESSAY CONTEST AWARD Mle WINNER, The American Flag. § 1 sat looking out of my class- A room window, my eyes rested upon the American flag, A thrill went through me at the slght of it fMoating on high, It is the one thing that America holds most dear and sacred—her fag. ‘The red, red stripes are for valor and courage the white stripes for purity, and the forty-elght stars, one for each Amert- can State, are againgt a background ue for loyalty, Every American man, woman and child should be proud’ to be living under the protection of that flag. girden there's a secret, t RS, NEW YORK. HOW TO JOIN THE KLUB AND OBTAIN YOUR PIN, Pas eee yous O83, 065, sam sou 3 tag ra RG ANID At § espene euectoan? “ath mechone’ ty preoonted ith & alter gray Klub Vin and memberetiy COUPON NO. 663. or our first flag with its thirteen stripes, the flag has continued to grow until it has commanded the respect of the whole world. | pledge allegiance to my flag. By JOSEPHINE V. PITISAN, aged fourteen, Brooklyn, N. Y. REBUS LETTER CONTEST. AN awards cf $1 each will be given the ten Klub members who write the best Rebus Letters, To make certain that every know what a Rebus Letter is, a sample: here is And: POTATOES = HAVE-MANY EYES- GUT-~CANNOT - SEE The answer must be sent WITH the letter, CONTEST RULES, The letter must be original. Klub members must have thought thelr letters up all by themselves; letters must not be copied or written from memory. The contestee must not ac- cept help of elders. A note from the parent or teacher saying that the lotter ta original with the sendersnust accompany each con- tribution, Send your NAME, AGE, ADDRESS: and CARTIFICATE NUMBER, Address Coysin Bleanor, N. Y, Eve- Since the day that Betsy Ros ning World, No| 63 Park Row, N. jordered by George Washington, made; Contest closes Monday, Aug. 3 one will | ‘By ocer By (Copyriaht, 1920, by Niger Batehelder, SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL- MENT. ( wealthy New York a awh, a iance and locked ‘eedicaiment. by Uptown college. el ote wh Sos ro) Jom O'Con Freuntls appointed Andistant District Attorvey the eonrt CHAPTER 1 (Continued. ) NLESS in what the urchins called a “corner,” the boy was never belligerent. When im such unfortunate situations, however, he proved his right to the “Vice Mayorality” of “the gang,” a title gained only after a turbulent, hair-pulling and biting encounter with “Mike the Wop,” which ended=with a lecture by a city Magistrate. At the age of fourteen; when ac- cording to law and current opinion & boy became a worker and should leave school forever, Joe upset the |traditions of the neighborhood. He had seen enough of the advantages of superiority, even in his child-world of the streets, to convince him that the only way to succeed was to be better than thé next man, The books |in themselves meant nothing, but after a shrewd though unconscious anniysis he decided that they were ‘the sole medium by which. leader- ship might be attained and main- |tained. ‘The district leader, who often wore @ tall hat and had a diamond | stickpin@of such size that he was 5 |puted to carry a pistol with which to protect it, and the Police Captain, twho on duty, was a picture of brass- buttoned splendor, and when in jcivilian clothes a figurehead to whom all men paid homage—these were his early heroes. And perhaps his rea- soning had been correct, for they certainly were respected and hon- ored, regardless of the whispers of thelr doings which never reached the press. As Joe grew older, and his breadth of vision passed beyond the former boundary of Fourteenth Street, his heroes became men of more prominence and more worth, Frum Sirowitz, the tailoy on the Gorner, he | received’ a weekly) pay of $6, five of which went info the family treasury, satisfying his mother, and making it possible for him to attend night i eeConnor won a scholarship to New York University, where he did fairly well. By working in the law office of the Honorable Michael as genera helper and stenographer he subse. quently managed to atten “el school. After his admission to tbe bar his work consisted mostly | of getting the neighbors out of trouble, explaining faults which he juader: stood to a Magistrate who did pos care to understand, and won pathic what was coming next. His mother had worked steadily, and with the aman income which he had been able to give her bad decently, brought Up the rest of the children. The offer of the leader, caused perhaps jib yentance for the rather rough ease ment accorded the father, to, obtain for the young man the office of Dep: ) uty Assistant net a aaa yak 0 it broug! only $1,-% ¥ vreyisevertheless a relief fnanelally and. professionally. it meant less |work for his mother, and lk ne jthoughts Ww: ; 7 did not realize it immy i dletely, de Whispers about the court were that his.was only a temporary position, which would pe filled by & "e influential underling as soon as ‘onnor could oe disposed of to the satisfaction of the press and certain men higher up who embarrassed [h organization greatly by being “on the tense know what else I returned O'Connor to t was pretty raw," So are many things in the world i ‘ sporter we can't hip,” declared the repor' fententiously in rising. ‘I, must be ning, See you to-morroy weiee, pore, Mr. Whiting,” demanded o'connor, “does he mean that T shall have to stand things like that to hold my_ job’ “ie seems in accordance with the resent situation in this city,” re- Parked Whiting dryly. "But things will come to a head soon and per- haps you will be able to hold the job without hurting your conscience. ‘As 1 told you before, If there's any- thing I can do, call on me, and you'll find the other boys feel the same way about it, Goodsnigh ‘o'connor took a Houston Street crosstow) car home, and Whiting went on the elevated to his office. i eT told you,” he declared signifi- leantly to Van Winkle at the club that evening, “that things were go- Ing to happen at iny court, and the |ftreworks started to-day. Was it an Anarchist scare or Jeomething?” inquired Van Winkle. No, Just the same old game. JorConnor is loyal enough, political- liy, but {s unfortunate in having what his crowd calls ‘a mind of ls own, More succinctly, he won't turn out murder because he's asked to, I can't make him out yet—and he isn’t on to all the tricks of my trick court t as though he were a refori or it wouldn't be #0 bad he’s merely an ordinary, decent fe: low, and It isn't pleasant to see them getting ready to shout: ‘Od w.th his bare how is our arom {a8 Billingsley?” aire er, and still after tears and amiles for her sheet, By the way, she wants us to meet some friends of mn." Meri pe there,” sang Van Winkle, You know, I think she ts a very nice young lady, though I only had ono glance at her through the door, But Wituhe’s mind was concerned young figurative sword of Damocies, eaee whieh was O'Connor, A, D. Ab CHAPTER IL ETTDR for you, Mr, O'Con- 6c nor,” greeted Sam i O'Rourke, the attendant, as O'Connor entered Essex | Market Court, The Assistant District Attorney scrutinized it anxiously for a moment, “G. as the envelope bore the Insoription, | | "District Attorney, County of New - ‘ ? York, Criminal Courts Building. “Brom the hints { am getting mused, “there will probably be a little blue slip fn this.” He tore it open and read: , My dear Mr, O'Connor; I want you to progecute with the greatest care the case of Isaacson vs. Soloman whieh comes to your court to-morrow, It has come to my notice and I think that it is one of the series of crimes we are trying to stop, Soloman has a bad record and ts, { understand, one of the leaders* of this particular gang. His brutal assault on Isageson will come up as fe- oniéus assault; if there is any danger of his not being held for the Grand Jury on that charge, change the complaint to disorderly conduct and try to have the Magis- trate send him away for the limit of six months on the strength of his record, Phone me as soon as the case is over. + The letter bore the signature of the rict Attorney himself. ere we have a definite order at last," said O'Connor to himself, ‘It seems as though some one were be- hind me, anyway." “Is this Mr, O'Conno Inquired 4 voice at the dosr. “I am Miss Bry- ant of the Settlement House.” O'Connor invited her Into the finger- Print room, “I wanted to see you #bout a case Which comes to court this morning,” she explained, “A mi amed Isaac~ son, & good Worker, seomy to have ing curred the animosity of some gung in the vicinity. He was badly beaten last Tuesday, and {dentified positively 1ke Soloman, who he says is one of the leaders of the gang. His wife and chil- dren came to me yesterday and d clared that he was still In the hospital, but would be here to-day. They said that he was afraid to appear against Soloman, as the test of the gang would ‘get him’ if anything happened to the leader, On the other hand, the wife says that the gang will be after him anyway, ahd thinks it best to hay: Soloman put behind the bars even If it may be dangerous, The trouble Ii with the father, who {s afraid to te ufy. T thought I would explain It to you and see if you couldn’, help him out, The children are good friends of mine and I know the famNy is thy." . ill do what I can, you may be promised O'Connor. But @ shows clearly the difficul- ties we have to vodery If we can't Bet the man to identify hie aesniiant, we can do nothing, as whatever wit- nesses there are will likewise be afraid, I'll havea talk with him when he co:nes in from the hospital.” “Why don't the police protect him?” inquired Betty Billingsley, who had just come in with Bill Whiting and Van Winkle. O'Connor smiled and shrugged his shoulders, but Whiting explained: “There are many things we wonder about, and thia case in purticular furnishes a good example. Soloman {8 related to Btern, the lawyer, who is @ strong supporter of the leader of this district. The solution is obvi- ous, T realize that,” whispered O'Connor to Whiting, “and it makes it hard for me, too. I haye a letter here from iy chtef, asking me to prosecute, If I don't, another black mark, and If I do—who knows?” “Now stop talking shop." urged Miss Billingsley, “Here T have my vety good friend, Miss Bryant, and a nice reporter ahd his friend, and | you won't give me a chance to Intro- duce you. Miss Bryant, Mr. Whiting. The pair shook hands ‘And Mr. Van Winkle. Mr. Winkle ts very weil known at court," she added mischievously, Van the rassed word of greeting and flushed violently. His near-disruption of the ten. ; The telephone rang and O'Connor answered, | “This is Cassidy, nouncement. "Case man named Soloman. came the an- this morning— He's a good | of the you can The receiver clicked at the end of the wire. “Just a minute, M Whiting, | please,” asked O'Connor, “I am in a mess, as: you prophesied, and want your advice, This ys beyween our- selves.” “Of course,” agreed Whiting. “Here's a letter from the District Attorney telling me to prosecute and a phoae call just came from my leader ordering me to help the de- fendant, Looks like trouble, aud I may want your help when the’ smuke clears away. I'm going to prusvcute as hard as I can, of course, for Sol- oman |s one of the worst. That will fix me with my chief, but will not help with the leader, Get the juea? Whiting whistled with surpeis: “Of course, the D. A. is straight as a die,” he sald, “but they may be able to fix you down below, politically, I mean, “That's just the point.” The phone rang again a few rin- utes later and O'Connor was “alled. He came back in a few minutes. ‘Here's a new angle. The D, A's office,called up and said the chief thowffht it best to let the affair blow jover, When I asked about the letier, the secretary said the evidence was not certain. “What are you going to do?" asked | Whiting. “If your own office says the levidence is poor, they ought to know. Anyway, would be hard to buck your boss. “We'll wall | fully. An hour later, Isaacson was brought in by &n attendant of Bellevue Hos- pital. “He's pretty weak yet,” came the explanation, “but we got orders to bring him here as soon as he could get around, as bis man ts out on bail jand Hable to make trouble.’ “Let me talk to him," ordered O'Connor, "How are you getting along, Mr. Isaacson?” he inquired solicit- ously. The little Jew, whose head was covered with bandages through which one eye gleamed brightly, looked up in surprise. | “Who are you?" weak, rasping voice. “A good pal of yours—from the District Attorney's office. We are go- strict leader. sald O'Connor doubt- he asked in a \ Van Winkle murmured an embar- | court had evidently not been forgot- | j organization man, friend of Stern and | Help him all| | WA . E TCHELDER. All Rights Reserved.) ing to send Soloman to joi! and any- , body else who tries to hurt you.” ‘Jail? Kor how long?” ix months anyway. Possibly more.” Kut he'll get out eome time robably,” admitted O'Connor, “No, | won't talk to the judge about him. He'll get me when he comes out if his gang don't before. “But the police will protect yuu," rejoined O'Connor . “The didn't, did they?” snarled the Jew, Sand I told them a week ago 1 got the letter.” . “He was the man who did tt, wasn’t her ‘Course he was, Hit me on the dome with a jack and then his bunch Jumped me. 1 saw him, though.’ “Well, Mr. Isaacson, here is where I stand. We have got to get rid of those men. You'li/have to testify to the Judge and tell him what you told me “Pll tell him he didn't do wrowled Isaacson. “Think I want I should be killed, me with six kids and a wife? I guess not. You can't make me. I'll tell him he didn’t do 1" O'Connor's tone became threatens ing. “If you do that I have five wit. nesses here who Heard your »tute- ment and you'll g» up yourself for perjury if you lle to the Judge,’ “You can't do that.” “If you lie on the stand £ can, 1 promise I shall," “All right, you got me,” adiitted he Jew, after some hesitation, “11! squeul, but if L gets killed tor cyselt it's all your fault.” “Remember I'm a good friend of ppeated O'Connor, “and we'll t of them later, You and rest till the case and is called. You see,” he explained to WI hiting, "if L can keep te! him away from Stern and the rest, who can't get inside here, he will testify on the stand. They might tell him to say nothing at all, and jt would do us no good to press a perjury charge against him jf he didn’t tell the truth. As it is, he's seared, and will go through with {t, It's a bad case, and [im going the limit with it if it costs me my Job.” ‘The case was called. othing to it, Your Honor,’ clared Stern with assurance. “The complaining witness admits that he made a mistake, You'll soon see that my cilent is not guilty of felonious assault, and I have plenty of wit- nesses for him.” —— “Have the complaining witneas take the stand,” ordered the judge. Isaacson was helped from the fingerprint room and sworn. “Just tell what you know, Mr. Isaucson, that you were mistaken,” urged Judge Stern mildly. “I don't want to get to jal! for no lying. That guy," pointing at the astonished defendant, “done it. He hit me on the dome with a blackjack, and I think 1 know who jumped me, but [ain't so sure, Come here, Levy and Bernstein"—he beckoned to two men in the front of the court—“and tell the judge you saw it. You don't want your old frend should ga to jail, Tell him the big feller, Soloman, Jacked me\" The Judge pounded the gavel for order, and a rigid cross-examination followed, Stern had been so sure of his case that he had not prepared a defense, and his request for an ad- journment was denied when O'Conno: showed His Honor the letter from the District Attorney, a man pot to be despised py any uistratg “I holt the -prisoner,” “said His Honor, 4 “L mové for $10,000 bail,” O'Connor, , de- put eottoed the Judge "whispered Stern. Mr. Stern, cautioned anor in a loud voice. “Iam sure His Honor would not allow a man from the District Attorney's office to be insulted in open cour “Now for the explosion,” he fided to Whi s ig when on ‘his w the phone, “KFranklin, 2204." he tora the operator. "Hello, this is O'Connor. give me the D. A. himself. His ordera* “This is O'Conhor, chief,” he peated when the connection was made You told me to report. I fought the broke down the complaining wit. ness and had Soloman held in $10,000 clear case for the Gra ry, With no chance of a siip-up. pa SUR vis “Good work,” came sponse, “That's th bunch “down ther Thanks, “Good work," repeated O'Connor 1 bb? ae “How about that phone ‘What phone call?” yur secretary alled and that you wanted the cage Grenson? He did nothing of the kind, Did vere Ms 4 one that letter? os, sir, showed it neon to several “Some one must have learned of it outside and phoned in my name, rit have an investigation at once, This la serious. Bu he added, as an ieee pl “even though you be- eved I ordered it dropped, you w: right ahead, did yo: sina me “It was the only thing to do, chief,” explained O'Connor with a tightening lips. took an oath of of- ." he reminded, Fin That's the stuff. And come and see me at ‘five, day after to- morrow, Goodby. O'Connor sighed with reliaf, “That clears things w he tol Whititg, “The phone was a Aig and the chief sayw everything Os fine. And now,” he invited wayly, “1 Want you gentlemen to accompany the ladies and myself to lumen. “That's me,” acquissced Van. Win. kle,- “Mr. Cassidy calling Mr. O'Connor,” announved the attendant, “Tell him I'm out to lunch, ree turned the Assistant District ‘Attors ney. re- the cheery re- Ucket. It's a bad but just stick. ye CHAPTER WT, UCHOW'S, at the lunch was crowded with the busi ness men of the Fourteenth Street district, bat O'Connor, who had phened for a table away from the door, fund one re- served for his party in the rear room, and removed from the bustle of the main dining room, hour, (Read abouts Whiting’s love affair to« morrow, it,” td