The evening world. Newspaper, September 1, 1920, Page 16

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Willye-Overland yt, White Motom ..... bx, Dividend, o*Rx, Rights, 8 Heese etite ferrets ——__- HAYS ISSUES CHALLENGE. CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Chairman Will H, Hays of the Republican National Committee opening the migwestern con- ference of Republican Party leaders here to-day deplored the “hurling of charges and counter-changes” between Republicans and Democrats and chal- lenged the Democrats to “attempt to solve the prablems confronting the country rather than to take the tme in backbiting, pulling and hauling." “Serious problem# confront the peo- ple," said Mr. Hays, “An honest effort to help the electorate think and act in- telligently on thesy problems is the real duty of a political committee. ‘To the Ajacharge of this duly We prapose to dl- rect our effort and we Invite the opposi- tion to do Pit. 3 aw Altendorf Escapes From Guards. JUAREZ, Mexico, Sept. 1.—Dr. Paul B. Altendorf, who claimed he was a se- cret agent of the United States in Mex- jeo during the World War, was re-| cently arrested in Mexico City and or- dered deported as a pernicious —for- eigner, escaped during the night from two Mexican army officers who were guarding him. _— Policeman and Horse Tumble. Man and Superman fell together in a heap to-day in Westchester. Village Square, after Buperman, one of the favorite steeds of the Police Depart ment, stumbled, His rider, Mounte Policeman Joseph Balley of ‘the Wes chester Station, was contusion: BANKING AND FINANCIAL, _ Liberty Bonds Bought and Sold for Cash PE yy Ry I~ eee aad PURDY & CO, Tel. John 8174-8-0-7, 84 Pine NY, _ HELP WANTED—MALE, rs KEEPIN HE wks pi act pte ge 1 preler man with ti . sh Vigan hooe Circle Mi taken to Fordha n, Hospital suffering a sprained back and) Muitins _THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, WALL STREET tt | Stock prices moved listlessly in to- %| day's session, and for the greater %' part of the day the trend was ddwn- * ward. Money conditions deterred 4, “bulls from continuing the aggressive operations that have been conspieu- ous recently, particularly in the ra‘l- road list, and professional bears lack the courage to attack the market Le- cause of its thoroughly liquidated po- sition. Selling seemed to come prin- | | ” | FINANCIAL NEWS AND PRICES | Open, Hist, INDUSTRIALS, 1000 Aeme Coal ., 100 Actua Kxplos . 900 Auto Fuel .. 200 % W Bites rte. 400 British Amer Tob coup, 1700 Car Light 600 Garland St . 3000 General Asphalt ... 700 Grape Ola. 1400 Grape Ola pf. 200 Hercules Paper. 1300 Perfection Tire 300 It J Regnoles Bi 1(0 Hoy de France 1500 Submarine BoA . Low, Last 2 10% 4% ™ 10% 4% 6 124 1% % cipally from traders who bought last | week and who deemed it best to take | Profits because of the markets failure | to resume its rise, | Most weakness was displayed by the motor and accessory shares. In | epite of the large decline they have | had sentiment regayding them seems ; to be decidedly bearish. The re-| |ceivership of the Owen Magnetic Company, announced to-day, and which closely follows announcement of receivership of the Bethlehem Motors Company, renews attention to the fact that demand for pleasure vehicles is declining rather sharply, | that many of the more important companies have large inventories and | that they are experiencing much dif- | | ficulty in financing their needs. | Railroad shares held well consid-| ering the unsettled tone shown by the motors and certain of the indus- | trials, Return of the roads to pri-| vate control and the fact that they | will now be able to reap full benefits from the increases in freight and! Passenger rates recently announced ;apparently had been fully discounted ‘by the recent rise. However, low priced non-dividend paying shares, such as Denver ami Rio Grande and St. Louis and San Francisco were in| good demand, The public appears to be more interested in this class of stocks than in the more volatile in- dustrials. Coppers were almost, entirely neglected and equipment moved apa- thetically, responding to the whims of floor traders. One reason for the comparative inactivity was that the Board of Governors may declare next Saturday a holiday, and with the pos- sibility of the market being closed from Friday to Tuesday there was small inclination to enter into new large commitments. The ,cotton market showed early losses, extending to as much as $3 per bale. The Government report on the condition of the growing crop placed it at 67.5 per cent. of normal, compared with 74.1 a month ago and 614 @ year ago. A crop of 12,783,000 bales is indicated by the report, which was pretty much in line with general expectations, It caused a sharp rally in the market, which was short lived, and prices soon dropped back to their earlier lows, Foreign exchange markets were practically unchanged. SS aay TO-DAY'S PRICES LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty Bonds 8 1-28,, opened 90.02, up 10; 24 41-48, 8448; $d 41-48, 87.98, up .02; 4th #1-4s., 84.94, off .06; Victory 38-48. 95.44. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Sterling demand, 8.56, cables, 3.56 3-4, Franc demand, .0697 1-2, cables, .0698 1-2, Lire demand, .0466, cables, .0467, Marks demand, .0203, cables, 0204. Guilders demand, .3185, cables, -8195, Canada dollars demand, .8916, DIVIDENDS. The Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co. declared the regular quarterly divi- dend of 2 per cent. on the preferred stock, payable Oct, 1, to stock of record Sept. 16, The Remington Typewriter Co, de- clared the regular quarterly divi- dends of $1.75 a share on the lst pre- ferred, and $2 a share on the second preferred stocks. Both payable Oct. 1 to stock of record Sept. 10. The Standard Oj! Co. of Kentucky declared the regular quarterly divi- | dend of $3 a share, payable Oct. 1 to stock of record Sept, 15. The American Car and Foundry Company declared the regular quar- terly dividends of 8 per cent, on the common stock and 1 3-4 per cent, on the preferred, both able Oct, 1 to stock of record 5. BARN 8. Famous-Players-Lasky Corporation | 1€00 United Ret ¢ 300 Swee® Co .. 1100 Triangle Film 100 U & High Speed 4900 U 8 Steam £00 United Profit ‘Tool 2200 Wayne Coal STANDARD OILS. 10 Of0 Ol... a9 50.8 Ol of NY. 370 INDEPENDENT OILS. 1100 Allen OU .. 1% 5100 Allied Ot 20 800 Boone Ol 2% 40 Boston Mexico 1% 2000 Boston Wyoming 1% 1500 Carib Synd se 10% 100 Citken Service “B etfs, 93% 160 Coaden & CO... seccs TH 16(0 Cushing Pete . 100 Wik Basin Pet. 410 Eemeralda O1L 2200 Federal Ott 200 Gilliland OW 2000 Glenrock Oil 200 Home Oil 100 Int Petrol 100 Kay County Gas 600 Maracaibo Ol 20 Merritt Oil 300 Midwost ef. 100 No Am OM 500 Red Nock O11. 1400 Simms Pet. 400 Skelly OW... 200 Superior Oil 100 Texas \Itanger .... Tex On. ‘MINING. 500 Alas-Br Col 10¢0 *Atlanta . 1000 Big Ledge 1200 *Booth 11000 *Bost & Mont 1500 Caled Min. S50 Calumet & Jerome 3% | for deposit for stock will be stricken | from the list. | | RAILROAD EARNINGS. LEHIGH VALLEY R. R. , July gross, $6,607,630, increase, $876,-| 034; deficit after taxes, $921,017, in- crease, $1,707,506; net operating defi cit, $830,652, increase, $1,730,814; seven months gros, $87,577,071, Increase. $2,620,192; deficit after tax, $6,016,264. increase $7,620,649; net operating defi- cit, $5,809,906, increase, $7,280,911, TEXAS & PACIFIC R. R. ! July gross, $3,323,116, increase, $838,- 543; balance after taxes, $445,261, de- crease, $202,242; net operating ins come, $349,179, decrease, _, $227,309; seven months ' gross, $22,470,689, ins crease, $3,141,144; balance after, tax, $1,635,461, decrease, 5 TWO DEAD, HEAVY | DAMAGE IN STORM $483,3: High Winds Cause Large Property, Loss in New England fowns, BOSTON, Sept. 1.—At least two per- sons were killed and more than a score| injured when electrical storms, accom- | 1000 *wnite % | 12000 Texas Co Ts CURB FLUCTUATIONS IN OILS AND INDUSTRIALS 34000 *Corter Silver 1500 Cresson Gold KL Salvador “Emm Rureka Kurka Holly. Golden Gate "Gold Develop . ‘Goldfield Florence . “Gold Kewana “Gold Silver Pick “Gold, % ne “Great Mend , Hecia Mining, Iron Blossom... “Jumbo Extension *Knox 1 1% 0 % 100 2000 1400 800 1000 North Star Ophir Silver |. Privce Con ....... ‘*Hochester Mines. 3600 Roper Group 2000 "Ban Toy .. 1600 Seneca Copper 2000 *Silver King Divide , 400 8 SiWer Lead 2000 *Stewart Min 1000 "Success Min 200 Tonopah Bel 1000 *Tonopah Cash Bay . 800 Tono Divide 200 Tonopah Ext 1000 *Tono-Jim B 1000 *Tonopah Midway . 1000 *Tonopah Alizpah 1000 *Tonopah Montana 2000 *Tonopah ites Eula 1000 *U 8 Continental #00 United Eastern 4200 *Victory 500 West End © 1000 *White Caps .... we % * ‘ 4 Mh 1% 3 2 ‘4 ah t 12 ‘ lw rT i 15 1% 43 1 1s 8 om 6 an 9 at 9 1500 *Wilbert ...... 2000 *Yerrington ... “ : FOREIGN BONDS. 10000 Cologne 48... 25 Rambure 44s... 15000 Allied Packer 27000 Am ‘Tel Gx 1922. 8000 Amour & Co Ts... 16CO Anglo Am OM TM... 4000 Anaconda 6x 18000 Col Graphophone 8» 1000 Inter RT 7 10(00 Kennecott € 15000 NY Central 7s (000 Kindair © THs. 5000 Swedish Gov 6x 5000 Union Tapk 7s 1000 Western Eleo 7s CONFESSES KILLING TRUNK CASE VICTIM, ow 5 | District. No. 7 colliery of the Lehigh | failed to report. Fifty-three per cent. ! 4 un) 1% 1% | triet No. 9, are idle, | Surgent miners, just before the ins | gents went into session to-daf, said, 1 just me: 30,000 MINERS OUT; INSURGENTS PLAN TO TAKE VACATION Strike Vote Not Likely at To-day’s Meeting, Leader Declares. OPSI8._OF PRECEDING IN- STALLMENTS, | ris Ge ete | Saree | £3 ‘affairs by | id (Special to, The Evening World.) » bot WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Sept. 1.— 0'Con 0°Cont Early reports show that at least 35,000 mine workers in the antracite field failed tereport for work to-day, although the insurgent element has not yet called for a walk-out, Ten thousand men are out in an /unauthorized strike in the Pittston calle O'Connor to bis Work. and ite inates have not ith hi, 38 A, D. A. ‘amidy and Vauratetn. ‘diariet leader of the organisation, lay thelr plana axaivst joule lath, CHAPTER VIL ES, Mr. Cassidy,” promised] the District Attorney; “to-day is Thursday, and I give you my word that shall act definitely by the , of the men employed the Lehigh | end of the week, when O'Connor's Vatley Coal Cotpasas i the Wy | three months are up. I shall elther | se I shall | oming district are not at their labor, | @Ppoint him for good, or else a y, adpoint Mr. Epstein. { understand, onal ¢ cei pehy tocet at eenUebanna | caunstala she afded, “that be is your | Zaunstein,"she ied, “ Coal Company, most of them in Dis-| ton'in-law.” He raised hie eyes in- Barly reports quiringly to those of the Hast Side are that in the Scranton District a jeader, and then smiled. large number joined in the insurgent | “What of it?” growled the leader, pe drag VE woh nothing, laughed Howard. “It “Oh, not! ,” jaug! L. bes Williams, leader of the in-! iy quite the thing in these days to wy | feather one’s nest. Isn't it, Cassidy? joned the faet, that’s all. But you politicians are a fine lot and I never know where I'm at with you,” and Wilkes-Barre was unable to ; Work. A large percentage of the | Red Ash Coat Company employees that he did not expect a strike yote® would be taken. |e continued. “If I hadn't given my “It is altogether likely,” said Will-' word to you in July, when it seemed jams, ‘that we shall decide to take! that your request was reas fort sho! el you no" & vacation. ' Oneweek ago we adopted Gevi\ Cassidy got this appointment @ resolution notifying President Wil-|¢or O'Connor, and, the day after, so that we would declare a strike wanted him fired, saying that his §£ @ decision was not made at once. | Ws only meant to be a three- months’ le ent. Now, ‘That resolution also meant that if the pr Mand Tt Abo wkt tO Bie NG majority report of the Wage Scale you hold up the promise I made, Commiesion was adopted we would! which has absolutely LP le ny c wi a | the present situation. use io be Teg At We have not changed our) (<0 {nxious to please everybody, and pth | afraid that [ might be forced to do “The acceptance of the majority re-! something by populat demand, if I Port by the President has left us in{didn't do it myself. In other words, the position where we must do as we I was too easy and trusted too much promised or back down. We do not | in my sybordinates. I was willing to expect to vote for a strike, but it is!give the next berth to Bpstein just quite probable that our forces will to make everybody happy, and taking not go back to work. We will call|it for granted that O'Connor would it a vacation, not a walkout or a/| fall down, as you predicted. But WIDOW ALSO HELD Bridgeport Man Tells Police How He Slew G. E. Nott —Alleges Threat. ~ BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 1.—Elwood E. Wade, twenty-three, a dairyman, of No, 180 Hillside Avenue, this city, has confessed to the police that he killed George E. Nott of No. 265 Jud- son Avenue, whose body was found in a trunk jn a swamp at Sport Hill. Nott’s wife, Ethel, thirty-two, and John B. Johnson, twenty, of No. 4 Beardsley Place, Wade's partner, who, the police say, alded in taking the trunk to the swamp, also are held for panied by high winds, swept New Eng- land late yesterday, causing thousands of dollars in property damages, reports | here to-day showed. At South Weymouth, Mass,, the wind demolished a dozen hotises, destroyed crops, caused a general disruption of train and street car service. | The St.| Francis Xavier's Catholic Church was totally wrecked and the parish house) was blown apart, Two men were killed and a number injured when lightning struck a fire-, works factory at North Haven, Conn., setting fire to the building. Other New England towns and cities reported heavy crop and property dam- age as a result of the storm. oieeeeancent HIS RENT 20 DAYS IN MAIL. Tenant Asks That Eviction 0: Be Vacated, ‘Thomas J. Ackerman, in asking Jus- tice Squiers, in Supreme Court, Brook+ lyn, for an order restraining the Ster- ling Realty Company from evicting him from No. 214 Kingston Avenue, Brook- lyn, declared the United States mail was responsible for delay ine delivering his August rent check, mailed A¥g. 4, but not delivered until the 24th, An order previgusly given by Munici- Pal Justice Law staying eviction until April 30, , was conditioned upon prompt rent payment. When the August For six months ended June 30, 1920, Famous Players’ Lasky Corpo! reports net profits after expenses and Federal taxes of $2,204,570, against $) 933,253 in the same period of 1919, wlins Body Corporation—Cons. prof. and loss statement of the Body Corporation for six months ended June 80, 1980, shows gross earnings of $723,342, and a dal- ance of $428,062 after all charges and res. for Federal taxes, Profit and loss surplus as .of June 30, 1920, was $2,244,999, THIRD AVENUE SYSTEM. July gr., $1,160,624, increase $139, net af. t. tax, 6174,603, decrease $27,529; def, aft. chgs, Mherease $24,862, NOTES. The Stock Exchange has admitted dealings Nationa®-Cloak & Suit ‘ompany common rights, and has striken from the list Santa Ceollia Sugar Corporation, voting trust ogr- tifleates for common stock. Exchange has admitt@@ to the list Santa Ce- cia Sugar C ion common stock and American Tobacco Com- RAILWAY HELP WANTED—FEMALE. BW. ods BREE, Ch pany Series G. dividend certtficates on yt. 80, 1920, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, & St, Lou's, temporary Chicago | Ponnevivesia Company certificates 4 rent check Was delayed, Justice Law signed a new order for immediate evic- tion | tion, me Says Gypsy Told and Stole Fortune. Stama Barrocco, mother of ten gypsy children, living in a camp on Post Road, White Plains, was held in $300 bail in the West Side Court to-day on complaint of John Rawlinson, of No. 401 West 53d Street, He said the gypsy came into a saloon at Bighth Avenue and 50th Street and told his fortune, His fortune consisted of $22 when the seer began to see, he alleged, wher it was only $12 when the seance was over. Only Maker of Ocarin: Dena, HONEOYE FALLS, N, Y¥., Sept. 1.— Rudolph Tescher, the only manufac- turer of ocarinas in the United States, is dead at his home east of this vil- Inge. He discovered the instrument in-a collection of objects from Pom- ell and succeeded in making one and ntroducing it to the modern mus! Warld. He was seventysthree y ° reas | the murder, When grilled for many hours, each siid that Wade commit- ted the crime. Mrs. Nott 1s in the Bridgeport Hospital, where she was taken, suffering from nervous pros- tration. a According to the statement made to the police by Wade, he went to the Nott home Sunday morning, armed with a piece of lead pipe and a pistol, with the intention of beating Nott, In retaliation for a threat the murdered man had made to “get Wade.” 4 The police say Wade told them that Johnson accompanied him to the louse, and both conversed with Mrs, Nott for an hour, while her husband slept in the atte, Wade says he finally decided to go to Nott's room, and was accompanied upstairs by Johnson, The bed in which Nott lay faced a mirror which was on a direct line with the door. As he approached thé door, Wade told them, the pglice say, Nott saw him in the mirror, told him to get out, and then sprang for him. Wade says both grappled, and Johnson and . Nott, who were awaiting devel- opments, ran downstairs. Wade says they fought on the landing of the third floor and finally tumbled down the stairs to the second floor, where the fight was resumed. The police say Wade told them that the murder @as committed on the first floor of thé house, after they jhad fallen down another flight of | stairs, during which time he drew hia pistol and fired four shots into Nott’s dy. Near the street door he stabbed Nott, the police say Wade told them. An autopsy performed by Medical Examiner Garlick showed that Nott had been stabbed nineteen times, the skujl was crushed, he had show four times and his head was nearly severed. The police have interviewed two witnesse One was Daniel Ferguson of No. 29 Horace Street, friend of the murdered man, who lives next door to the Nott home, | say, Nott home, and her windows ©, ‘Williamson, skirmis! tween mio w. Two ae occurred here yesterday be- nited States Infantrymen and mobs, during which more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition were said to have been fired, and chine une were used "by |watch at her windows. | tore Ferguson's visit, |eaw W: about the of water and even saw Mrs. Nott | Wade tear,down the curtains ‘st floor windows, | such importance. and Pauline Boppo Miss Boppo told them, the police that she lives next door to the face those of the Notts, Sunday morning the revolver shots caused her to keep of infor Shortiy be- | © says, she ciple, de and Mrs. Nott hurrying ! latter's home with basins | ™ Wi and | agreeme of om calla ~ after it weeks hence, cars, belng city property, will be available for any | emergency which arises in New York. A big delegation of Staten Islanders cheered the action of the board and) after the session held a meeting Jn| the Aldermanic Chamber, where they organized themselves into “Minute Men” and agreed individually to be} ready “at a minute's notice” to an-| swer any call needed in the transit cause. Among those subscribing to| this agreement were State Senator John A. Lynch, Alderman John J. O'Rourke, Assemblymen Thomas F. Cosgrove and George P. Reynaud, the Rev. Wiltam W. Mix, rector of St,! Simon's Episcopal Church at Concord, | the Rev. Charles Parks, rector of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Richmond, and Daniel A. Leonard, manager of Midland Beach. The Minute Men were led by Mat- thew J. Cahill, Democratic leader of Richmond. They decided to ask Fed- | eral Judge Chatfield for modifica- tion of the injunctions and restrain- ing orders against operation of an emergency bus service on Staten Island. SHAMROCK IV. WINS BABY CARNIVAL CUP “Shamrock IV. | lifted the silver trophy, the first prize, at Asbury | Park's .Baby ‘Parade yesterday. Under the all-American handling of ten-year-old Edward I. Brown jr, of Ocean Grove, who was captain, skip- per, Sir Thomas Lipton and the crew, the smart green veasel, carrying high on her after deck a huge cup of tea, patriotically inscribed “The Only Cup That He Could Lift,” showed a clean pair of heels to all competitors, “Ponzi,” in a golden money cage, before a cash register that rang up a dollar for every fifty cents, won the di favor of Gov, Edwards and Queen jtania—second and third Prizes—and received both a trophy and the coveted pony and cart. The man of high finance was impersonated by Stanley Dukiet of Asbury Park. One of the floats that attracted much ‘attention was called “A Pearl of Real Value.” It represented an oyster bed enthroning a huge oyster of gray velvet, lined with soft pink. And sit- ting in the oyster was Miss Agnes Tesieg Murphy of Belmar, two years old. NO AGREEMENT ON JAP IMMIGRATION WASHINGTON, Sept, 1.—Press re- porté from Tokio via Honolulu that an |agreement had, been reached here on the Japanese immigration question ap- |parently are premature, Ofticti tho State Department aid to-day that tho discussions in progress betweon jecretary Colby and Ambassador Shid ara of Japan had not passed tho ati conversations for the pu of reaching an agreement on pri altho Mr. Colby last week ted that he regarded the progress 8 favorable, and means to make such an will have to nt effective has Ween reached, | Pose ind strike.” @'Connor, has made good, as 1 said, and there isn't a chance in the world of my firing him.” CITY TO BUY CARS “But you promised,” interrupted FOR STATEN ISLAND Zaunstein eagerly, “that the next berth would go to lpstein if U'Connor ig Sri res aaa didn't berg yee > a I res Dave i | mean tein—in, for O'Connor stimate Board Votes $300,000 for | Tear wmeas r Second-Hand Trolleys for Mid- “I promised, and I stick to my prom- ‘ ises. Cassidy,” ordered Howard sud- land Line, denly, “kindly step outside, I want A ralnbow of promise played across |40 speak to our frend for a moment— the clouds of Staten Island's traction} Cassidy shrugged his shoulders and troubles when the Board of Hsti-|arose ponderously from the low mor- rig chair. mate yesterday voted an appropria- “Well, so Jong,” he sald genially. tion of $300,000 to muy trolley cars to |“Haye some good cigars, Mr. How- Tun over'the now ‘unusued Midiand ard?’ He placed several on the desi road 5 | “Thanks,” sa! jowar ryly. * Railroad Company’ tines. Grover A: | usually give your cigars to Staples. Whalen said he would buy fifty sec-| He says they are good.” Ae Cassidy ond-band care forthwith and hoped closed the door the District Attorney vi serv! turned quickly to Zaunstein an to have the ice restored two shook his finger at him. “Zaunstein, | want to give you a warning.’ ‘he leader squirmed un- comfortably in his chair. “I've been watching you,” continued Howard, from whose face all traces of amia- bility had vanished, “and I think you're up to something. I've seen the light only recently. You and you're Essex Market gang are as crooked as they make ‘em. Since O'Connor has been there things have gone straight as far as I know, and [ tell you I'm going to keep him there, and still keep my promise. You thought when he was appointed that it would be as easy to remove him as it has been in the past, but I reneat, I've just begun to wake up to the way things have been going behind iny back. and I won't shelve any more good men on your or anybody else's say-80, Any of your dirty work at that court and you go up the river to keep company with Engel and Cohn. Do you re- member why Jerome sent them away or shall I have to remind you?” he inquired. “T know all about it,” replied Zaun- ein, hastily, “but let me tell you, st Mr. D. A. “I don’t want you to tell me any- thing at all, I'm telling you some- thing. The firet thing I can fasten on you, out you go, and up you go. Leave O'Connor alone. I wanted to talk to you alone, because Cassidy isn't worth troubling with; he's too good- natured to do any real harm unless some of you fellows are pushing him, Now you may go," he concluded with a wave of the hand, turning his back on his visitor, Zaunstein opened his mouth as if to speak, but as the District Attorney had reached for the telephone, he shook his head angrily and left the office, slamming the door ‘behind him, Howard did not telephone; he leaned back in his chair and sighed with satisfaction. “The trouble has been,” he solilo- quized, “that I have treated them like gentlemen, When I speak their own language, they seem more im- | pressed.” Pie said ‘you were too fat to amount to anything,” reported Zaun- stein yengefully, a8 he and Cassidy took the elevator, ‘Said he was go- ing to get me,” he continued, mopping his face with energy. “He did, did he?” puffed Cassidy, as he reached for his own hanker, chief, “Let's have a drink,” gested, as they left the building and walked up C ntre, Street. “This may be my last day,” declared O'Connor somewhat ruefully to Bill ‘Whiting, a8 the Saturday morning ses- gion at the Essex Market Court drew to a close, “You, and it may not,” retorted Whit- ing. "You've made good, Joe, and there isn’t a chance in the wor'd of your los- ing your job, Howard has been crack. ing you up to everybody, and our dis trict reporter, who goes to the D, A.'s for news every day, told mc the chief was going to give you a regular job with a boost In pay, On the whole, you've cut quite a figure for a new man, Usually the D," A, leaves all the deputies Hike you to the Assistant District Attorney. ‘There's no doubt about Howard's planning a big clean- up, and he hasn't-much faith in the A. D. A. himself. Instead of letting things roll along as usual he’s taking the whole work, from office boy up, (Copyright, 1920, by Roger Batchelder. All Rights Teserved.) on his own shoulders. Joe,” hi Frankly e inquired, “how eee ngoney, ave they offered you here?” “T guedy a couple of thousand, after they saw I wasn't obeying Cassidy but indirectly, ef course. If I'd takemthat I would have had more offers.” are good pickings.” : ‘es, they are,” conceded O'Connor, “And I want to thank you for backing: me. I guess that's all that pulled me through. It’s ten now,” he deel | after a glance at his watch, “and I'm going to ask the Judge to let me Just had a té@legram from my kid ter in Ossining, who was married month, you know. She wants me to fig in at some kind of a party, and I'm ¥ ing to leave at eleven. So long, iit. “Mave a good time,” urged the porter, A few miputes later Whiting sa’ his friend leave the Judge followed by Miss Billingsley, whom His Honor had been conversin in his sanctum about a case-om file, O'Connor waved his hand and left the Court House. “This case that is coming up interesting,” declared the “sob: as she joined her fellow-reporter. “¥ou saw it in the morning papers— a the Bloombyrg abduction? Every. body around here is talking about it. “Yes,” replied Whiting. “They think they have the right man but I’m in- clined to believe some one else di it. Comes up here Monday, doesn't it? By the way, what did the Judg think of it?" “He hadn't looked into it. Hie go on leave for his health to-day, yo know, and there will be another hei Monday, Shortly after 1,’ as the girl er | left a restaurant and turned down Seodnd Avenue, she was accosted by @ ragged, unshaven Jew about’ forty, ‘Miss Reporter, lady?" ‘The girl smiled assent, for sucht greét= ings were common, “What is it?” she asked, “The Bloomburg kid, I want I should tell you,” he answered. ; “The guy what pinched him for hi is almost dead and wants to make th confess. He is shot up like dickens in a fight,” explaingd the stranger, “and won't talk to Mo one except a neWspaper guy which [ guess you will do as well, I seen you lots in court.” “Why don’t you call the police, or the parents?” inquired Miss Billings- 5 He's scared the cops will get him Pinched, and he should make the confess where the kid is before he ia pinched or dead or something. For why should a dead-man get pinched while he ig alive, I should ask you?” The explanation satisfied the: girl, who had a proper respect for news of Here was chance for a “beat” for her and also for the solution of a tery which had baffled the detéetiv: for a month. a “Show me where he is," ht dered. « “Just this way, lady,” fawned the Jew with obvious gratitide. is dying for Dbimaelt only several Blocks off.” Miss Billingsley followed himgiown Houston Street unti] they came Es- sex, where he turned south, and crosfed Délancey. On reaching a spot in East Broadway, not farifrom Rutgers Square, the gu sharply down an alley-way, led into a paved court-yard. The girl picked her way gingerly ough thé accumulated piles of gar- bage and filth, and, though she was somewhat accustomed™to that stench which always seems to rise from the entire east side like a pall, pressed a scented handkerchief gratefully to her nostrils, She rushed clothes-lines hung with dank, dun- colored garments, and entered @ mar- row doorway.’ Two mildly ougio children watched her pase inté, they darkness of the malodorous hall, ‘and as they heard her ascend the ridket; stairs, turned again to their playe On the third floor the Jew knocke lightly on a de by niany evident kicks, several words in Yiddish. looking youth, with pocked face, and the staring,eves of a cocaine addict, opened the door and placed a wizemed finger on bis thin, blue lips. “He tes dyink,” he explained. “Let the Jady come in here inside. nti Miss Billingsley tip-toed through the doorway, as her guide motioned for her to precede him. When she entered the room he pushed her into the arms of the youth, came inside and slammed and locked the door. "Good bizness,” chuckled the young man. “I know she must fall for the fine story if you waits when she Jeefs court.” “what do you mean” asked the reporter, turning angrily upon ' her guide. “Where is your dymg man? And why did you push me?” She felt a cold band encircle, her| wrist and heard a sharp click. As she started to cry out, the youth tightened the instrument and whis- pered hoarsely: ‘Make just the luttlest nolse and! I break the wrist for you.” " To emphasize thig threat he twisted the lever in his hand until the. girl gtew weak from pain, As he relaxed the pressure slightly, she recognized the instrument as a form of handout or “twister,” as the police called used by plain clothes men to Yak prisoners unostentationsly to the! destination. Her eyes became accus tomed to the sem!-dartness of the, room and she saw an iron cot in the, corner, covered with ruffled bianisets, but unoccupied. ‘At its side was a rough table, at) which two men were sitting. Aad on| the table, incongruous in tte squalld | surroundings, stood a telephone, ; mvhat do you want of me? ‘Whyt did you lie to me?” She gasped ques- tion after question, and turned again toward her former guide. “Oh, don’t,’ she erie the twieter agal tl or- ightened, “Shut up, you,” exclaimed the men at the table, “Bring, h here,” he ordered the youth, By the rays of the light which flashed through the cracked the gir) saw the men more plaink One was thick-set and art bearded; the other, also a Jew, | a waxed mustache and thick unoouth Both were well-attired, Maan, who was cafled Adolph by hae ate lendants, “do what I tolls yercand shut yer face or,” he added vlo\ously, “the twister, Give her a little twist Ike, just to show her.” (What Did Betty Billin Read To-Morrow' Thrilling Installment) __.