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was not at in Jersey hedge; no, "ont" “ont” heart and moved to again. hear it!” = “It'll be him! He tuck when Just hoped fine, fine!" to speak. ould the reporter, who gazed for a moment around the bare kitchen of the little house in which the Bolgers ° we sabe up from ta Enis cry 1.609 and 170) unlons, while! which the horsemen appeared four}and out to the barn and got a farm| J ; A ponent, “George Mercer, uit ieatead parked -| horse the zood day’ seca ‘cu aba Side happy,'"| street. My windows aiways are [statistician of the Uiinols district: min-|testdent of Homestead parked them we ae ay cone A Koo See 's eid Mrs. Bol im, after th wide open at the top, but they ers’ organination, was nominated by 128] elves In a@ clump of woods. Soon | wor! hen came the parade t Sees tie's Be ae now tar tee} cannot be opened from the out- [local unions. While balloting on aften ten ck the three night (had excited and thrilled and « " i Wok eat 3 dates does not begin until December, years and unable to work much and olde. The ond ist the Lewis's election is conceded. — lately, while he's been looking for] bed the windows. Hanging % = steady work, he's been « gardener. on the bedpost | keep a poli “He's fifty-seven years old and we've bee! years, and ever had. Jet to us.” Here Mrs. Bolger smiled happily. Sick Man, Out of Work, Wins ‘Ford a Day’’ Prize Nicholas J. Bolger, Whose] } Kitchen Is Bare, Can Now] » Get Some Joy Out of Life.]}) fore dinner; mind saying what he wanted with She put a hand over her “Oh, but Nick'll be ‘glad to back her powers of speech. Again Mrs. Bolger seemed unable seers nolee. | cursed the clock and 1 cursed the stool, but to-day | am glad it turned out as it did, for if the old looust had landed there would have been a dead body on our front poreh. annem THOUSANDS DROWN IN INDIA FLOODS Cholera Adds to Horror of j Situation. Mrs. Mary Solger answered the CALCUTTA, Oct. 4.—Floods in knock of an Evening World reporter Northern Bengal have taken an enor- to-day at the door of her home at No. mous toll of life, according to passen 56 West 20th Street, Bayonne, N. J., gers on the first train to reach here from Darjeelih in eight and smiled a welcome at him. 7 Shae GES. Melgcs, wer bratend, (1 It is Impossible to estimate the extent of the disaster. Travellers estimate its tenia a ores y that several thousand persons have ~ [been drowned in the affected area he would not be home be- . other thousands made homeless and would the young man jestitute and valuable crops destroyed The floods are sald to be the worst in orl seen il the history of Bengal. cereale Seeeereny oe Many refugees are living in hovels ce haged Mahe aed bade toned constrycted on high land. An out wis contribution on The Mvening break of cholera is adding to the dim eeeae What IG; XOe) Bee te sulties of the relief workers. day?" page, and— _ exclaimed Mrs. Bolger. LEWIS TO HEAD MINERS FOR NEXT TWO YEARS ¢ Administration dj Election Conced: CLEVELAND, Oct. 4.—John L. Lewis, who led the 600,000 coal miners in the recent strikes, United Mine for a moment seemed too speak. Then she smiled wir he exclaimed when she got such a fine surprise for didn't expect such good he wrote the piece. He to win a little prize. It's will again ‘head the kers as President for earn cially announced that Mr. and his entire administration h renominated for office by an ing majority of local unions. it was stated, received thi ; eo NICHOMAS J. BOLGER was sound asleep and dreaming of robbers. All of a sudden | was . 1 heard somebody ut on the front Neither, for that matter, |SUBWAY CONDUCTOR FALLS OFF OF TRAIN club. | reached for dlub, stepped out of bed, and just as | touched the floor saw a hand and forearm reaching over the top of the window. | saw a man’s head and shoulders. p pulled well down over his he m married nearly thirty this ts the best luck we've Sure, the Ford'll mean a Promptitude of a passenger tn pulling the emergency brake cord on a south bound subway express train in the * ‘ood day when |Nick Broadway tunnel at 133d Street fast started reading The Evening World| (My wife was snoring.) I leaped, evening probably saved James McCarthy, twenty years ago, just after landing meaning to bring the club down thirty-five, conductor of the train, trom im this country,” aie waid: on the fellow's bean with all my | being ground to death by another train “Will I tell him! about it when he comes in? I'll be thinking of nothing else till he gets here!” And here is the story which won fer Mr. Bolger the Ford: ATH At 2 after he had fallen to the tracks frum the one he was on, He was picked up unconscious, with a possible fracture of the skull and severe lacerations of the scalp and taken to Knickerbocker Hospital. In the con- fusion it was not learned who had seen McCarthy fall. Other employees jumped to the tracks and Hfted him to the tral might, and tripped over the stool Mrs. B. places beside the bed Sure, I can hardly wait the floor with a terrible noise. | heard the thud of my burglar, as he dropped from the window and made oft. My wife woke up complaining about the IEF IN THE NIGHT. Yeleck in the morning I cA Service Booth for Bankers’ Families Visiting Bankers and their families are cordially invited to make use of the booth we have established for them this week. Con- veniently located just inside the Fifth Avenue entrance, it is attended by competent shoppers who will gladly help in the selection of merchandise, give ifformation or arrange appoint: ments. Make this your meeting place at any hour of the day. Imported Ballymena Homespuns $3 yd. A choice of colors such as we have seldom seen in homespuns and every one a lovely soft shade that is most alluring to \see. Shades of green, brown, blue, tan and grey, orchid, rose, ‘henna, navy and black—these give you only a small idea of the color range. The homespuns are a charming soft quality in plain colors. 54 and 55 inches wide. SECOND FLOOR ‘David and John Anderson Flannels $1.50 yd. A striped flannel sports frock—any- one who has owned one knows what a useful and comfortable possession it is. These new imported flannels made in Glasgow are exactly the kind for smart, simply tailored sports frocks. 31 inches wide. A New Frock !—Qn the floor is a frock, just to show how charming this flannel can be. SECOND FLOOR Black Silks for Autumn Inevitably, when you consider your wardrobe for a new season, at least one black frock finds a natural place there. The black silks listed below are all excellent values, qualities that will give you splendid service whether for morning, afternoon or evening. Satin Sublime $2:15 yard —Black satin of a beautiful quality with a fine high lustre. 40 inches wide. Canton Crepe $2.95 yard —-For the frock you cannot do without. A soft unusually drapey quality. 40 inches wide. Satin Canton $3.95 yard —With a satin finish added to Canton crepe, the result is a delightful material. This is a heavy quality. 40 inches wide. Chiffon Velvet $3.95 yard —For the dinner gown or handsome evening gown. This is a lovely quality. 40 inches wide. GROUND FLOOR Lord & Taylor FIFTH AVENUE ") home after midnight THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1922. — Night Riders Rode Once Too Often And 0h,Whata Spanking They Got! But They Had a Pile of Fun Scaring Homestead Folks Sheathed in White on Their Dads’s Nags. This should be read at night just before bedtime, after a heavy, meal, in an old house with a creaking door and a window shade that flaps when the wind blows, the cry of a hoot ow! should accompany the reading. They have all these taings up on the fringe of Homestead, N. J., whére the story comes from, In addition, they have a meadow that is sunken and a clump of woods that Is dark. For several nights recently when it@ was the hour for all good commuters he idents’’ to retire there oving slowly across the a w three horses. Seated h was a figure wrapped in meadow in the moénlight. From behind shades. jowly the horses made their} The three horsemen entered the way across the mendow and disxap-|@rove of trees. One of them said peared into the woods. Soon after, hoa Gal’ whoa and the tired horse the tion they had been last was riding stopped as he slild off there came the screech) of an back. The others did the same. e I'll bet they sure war at was the signal for timid per- to-night. — Didn't ‘ there wasn't a ight anywhere," s the leader And then the four intrepid investi- sons to lock the windows and for children to hide their heads under the covers, Little else was talked of on th inge of Homestead. It was] gators of Homestead said ‘Throw up ed that the Ku Klux was op-[your hands’ and the three Koo-Koo- ind that any night might see] Kluckers dropped thetr sheets and person dragged from bed and|declared they didn't have a cent and taken, away by the silent horsemen|didn't mean any harm. They turned dressed in white. Every man infout to be George Kerthasha, fourteen, Homestead crossed his heart and] Alexander Davis, thirteen, and james swore t was nothing on him, even| Forte fifteen, sons of truck farmers though at times appearances might|in the neighborhood. have been against him, when he came It was their own little Penrod y field Ku Klux, Supposed to b in bed they organized a week ag then each with @ sheet crept from bed Lust night there was a moon nearly full, and hours before the time at riders, clad ih white, came across the] , darkened houses the populace watched} apprehension in Homestead. “Gee, dad will be mad when he hears I had the old mare out," sald one of the boys ns they promised the Investi- gators to quit Ku Kluxing In that par- ticular neck of the woods. LORENZ’S SON IN COLUMBIA. Conrad Lorenz, nineteen, son of Dr. Adolf Lorenz, ,the Viennese physician, entered Columbia University as @ pre- medical student yesterday. 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The Millinery Department on the First Floor will place on sale to-morrow (Thursday) a new selection of Smart Trimmed Hats embracing an interesting diversity of up-to- the-minute Autumn models, including jaunty toques and various becoming brim “effects (among them being many in black) every hat a special value at $12.00 Madison Avenue: Fifth Avenue 34th and 35th Streets Reto Pork ro OL OK OL FOS OK OG OSS eS OPPENHEIM.CLLINS &C 34th Street—.New York os & S A Special Offering New Colontal Pumps For Women and Misses s 5 a S <x ok a 2S Ss a A Smart Innovation for Street and Dancing xe 4 This attractivemodel is shown in Patent Leather, Brown Brocaded Satin, Black Satin, Bronze and Rose Taupe Kidskin. sD Very Specially Priced 8.50 Also oni Sale im Our Brooklyn and Newark Stores oa > er <> SOS SD. STORE OPEN 9 TO 5:30 REARN Founded 1827 FOURTEENTH STREET DISCONTJNUED NUMBERS Tenderfoot Shoes for Stout Women WEST OF FIFTH AVE. 4.85 Were $10.50 Surely a rare opportunity for the woman who wears extra wide ankle s and wants them to be comfortable as well as good looking and serviceable. These are laced shoes of dark brown kidskin,with medium opera toes,Cuban heels, ard extra wide ankles. They have been reduced more than 50% to close them out. Sizes 514 to 9, E and EE widths. No Phone or Mail Orders See Pages 10 and 31 for Other Hearn Advertising 'It Makes Little Difference What You Need— A World “Want” Ad. Will Go and Find Ik