EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1915.
SATALE
A SMASHING BTUKX
By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
Author of "Get Rich Quick Wallingford."
Kopyright, mi. lheDobbs-Mfrrll Company.
SYNOPSIS.
iil Marley. daughter ot the president
."?' VJ Vtv ft-actlon Compsny, at-
?!.i" ik ltentlon of Uosi Slcde,.thi
ay;r..r' Vwner of tha city, a Diurr,
ffii M(orrd , do'lnccrln;M
man, wno
SlniuYicM i his intention nt marrylns her at
,tinouii' ni' ' Molly. aasloWd by h
?& rim fmhank.,. carry In on a
ft!!!. ih lifrt nllder.of the Mary-
PI SHv
i t -niMrr
1 I... fAthaf ffltAri
Slediro Invites himself to
VII'B
VAiincr iiiiii.
Molly'" Prty
, and, hearing that sne i iikm
..u hi nil the red rosea in
tW.1 ID ''Si
ninit City.
ttHlinMiM n irrnun of rromoter
jlln ";'l'v,ii. cltv with tho Intention of
I fff&nlr a o5e' traction line In onro
' ' ft fn that of Marley's comDsny. Sledge,
fli'nktnS of Molly. " scourapes the oroifct.
hitl his brutallt-.hos to admit that he
l"r,dnrS0,-Sr.hone1rclV..l,rvh
S eH".. ft ffiSr Bront.o the elder
W.L .? Pi nn EK "Then h ordcrJ
l urn
orders
bueincss.
i EM :nS,,r;"pXrrtSnamo9nrnno
m K'loei to Molly's party. m.kMWi
T,cS orders Marley to break up Dcrt
SM?A" chan" wit" Volly and IhroJten,
OlW.chn with mow "' "."52
&S&a
"..JXEnt park theT tall. Bert that he'll
" . - -' iha niri rn r iips sin an
i rnaiii" him If Uort becomes tn8t "-
The old street car company Is to bo re
...V,if..i according to a plan of Sledge,
'..!??. SibVJi in. one of those
Snd new lnieitora roped In. c
limta caught is Henry Peter
SI." of Molly. Marlcy's. test frl
ra. father of
friends.
hi threat, ana
SI MM,
nialies
pnnrl
maihed Bert Glider,
who gets lilmspir
drunk in de-nerai on. ,.'? .?,,,;". at
desperation.
trie Allerton house. If aho mirrloa him.
rkUrtey-.efnVcaq Yn Mo
Srl?y "f"' nl Mollle's engage-
SSSs g
?.".'.. heroines engaged to Ulck Jteynyi .
necoiuea eiiKK " "-;,,, nick
SrVSSSSl the ccnTng paper and
findi bad news
CHAPTKIt XIX (Continued).
f'Tm nfrald there la baa news in me
1 .. . . . t ..ltA.l It frnm hlB
paper,' ne sain, nnu iiuu - -- -
rpockct, "Tlio city council hub ,.... .v
franchises to a now street-car cunum..
B"hlch will parnllcl the present lines. II
Jta tacked by Sledge, and that means that
IF,. .,i ........ niHt'nf.M nnninrli tn render
u Will Iliiu t.V.,..k..B-" ""
WflW company almost Inoperative. The
S'stock of tho old company. In the .two
hours slnco tne news wuo imu.vi. .. ....
koard of trade, has dropped from par to
5. People who own are iiiih
Itrlckcn." Jessie's lips turned pale.
' "Poor mother!" she cried. "Dicky, she
K."'" It'" , .. . u
P "Your father niortsoged this house to
Ituy Eomo more ot this stock, didn't ho?
V'Ycs," she acknowledged. "It was a
dreadful mistake. Motner man i uni
blm to. we'll never do that, win we,
Dicky?" , ,
. "Nev-vcrl" ho promised, pressing her
fcand. "The deed Is to be In Jfour name."
"All you'd have to do woum do to as
for It." she smiled fondly up at rum.
I "Also, I might beat you," ho laughed.
E"No, Jessie dear, your house He
stopped abruptly ana ncia uie paper
elnscr. His oves had been resting Idly
ftipon a minor headllno which suddenly
tcciiicu lu tiuuii c.........a. .- -
Bank Gone Under!" ho read; then ho
read the line again with startled Interest,
and read tho Item clear through. "Why,
Jessie, that's tho bank which has my
$6000," he explained. "It's mixed up, too.
In this rotten street-car deal. I've lost
my money! We can't have any house!"
fi
CHAPTER XX.
fr FRANK MARLEV DISCOVERS A
GREAT TEA5I.
ifj'SIolly stopped singing as her father
caiiea ner into Ills aen. aue iiimny ictu"
Blzed his voice, and his face was so
drawn and palo that she was startled.
"What's! the mntter, father7 Are you
111?" the asked, deeply concerned.
"Not nt all," he assured her. "A slight
litadache. Molly, I've been thinking
about your future all night and I nm
Every' much worried ahout you. Dert has
proven himself thoroughly Incapable. His
Bfina old family blood docs not seem to
Riupport him In a crisis."
I? "Did you expect anything else of old
family blood?" she demanded, smiling.
Ki flian i.
As your father, I cannot help being
cencerned," replied Mr. Marley. "Bert
has done nothing but whine and make
l"eak threats, and stay half Intoxicated
mr since Sledge shook him nway from
,the complacent safety of his few thou
sands." t,"l've Elven him two weeks to get over
Itha shock." she lightly answered. "He'll
Come pp all waxed and curled."
m ins time's almost up," her father
jointed out. "Molly, I think Sledge proved
a Very good case ngalnst'Bert. He called
Mm a nlnhenri "
BMolly wanted to snicker, but sho was
iuiznaiu instead
rThat'a better than being a fathead,"
IDS retorted "Tlint'o wlmt Tlot fcllo
fledge. It seems to me that they're about
P'Thafa where they stop being even,"
declared Mnrlpl' "alaln-A IhranlAna tl
hjireak Bert and did It. Bert threatened
I ."J""9 sle,Be, and Sledge beat him
That's mv fntlH ' ah l,air nnrrrltv
aCknOWlcdSTPil 1 hrani..
m, Dert led you to think you might," he
tounter-chargcd. "He even had me be
ljTjng that I could defy Sledge; and it
, P i uo none. Atony. That man's too Dig,
tOO deiMftlvA am tA ..-t m. u,...
H: found that Bert, and. through him,
liul . J' knew that Feeder would prove
Int. ? BU,lt ,n the Public funds case, he
lib? 1. ceaer. Knocked him down, had
fWk beaten half InseiiBlble and arrested
'tell i I uiacumau."
Wr. .lan t Just instantaneous hft'a Immi.
ffW laughed Mojry. "It was a fool
tm . '"""fi". eeaer nas exposea
ra i and saved us the trouble, and Sledge
i!iM VT. WU E0 t0 ,ne Penitentiary, as
ntold him he would."
tm? v ve '""'cent Ideas," kindly ob-
fSS'sges you In thin hn t i. muMi,
KSS?,?!!?1!? Protect you- Here is exactly
Sl Will hannpn- T,f,- ,.,ni nn h.
KS m lanr ror lh crlme no having
SSI- k m.uuln 8hut- Sled" w' be In
M by the Grand Jury, but the case.
fjW? C0Tm; ,0 ,rla'' Ha haa aPP0lnt
U?i!.i? JudBes " the Dench. a"d the
iK'1' aJa afraid of him, His lawyers
biii; fr0.m CQUrt t0 court' on ons
rover i' L,,er mother, until election
U3ut ti dvhen tho Pu',Uo wll 'oret alj
ttSTf. ,t Voi can't fight a roan like
can h it.. ... l . . ..
Eafld h V- ,1 j nu oeihaT in tne
ffi?ii,3.f?J,t J!!3,,."wnd,-' she smU-
EgmTrr? himr- vn" ao you WBnt me t0
Breai ', the unexpected, reply.
rb1urrT?onor! ,ausheti nMr' "Ar
SVorj" he tnM v.- .i.i -j ii.
i!leLwd ?Qn ,n the few ehort pacea
ienh of the room allowed him. He
, v11;?"- newspaper In his hand,
.now he threw It nn h ,nv.i. .r
,"' t0 1"' tufned homelesa Into the
yJ, ,hlverlnir anow, with a little
aawt over mv hH" .,. ni,i.
i,.l'r' pray neaven, no!"
W t B. loke." he lnalstiui- atnnnlnir
' f nd now the mask ot constant
;Jow jht he threaUned to break
. ..vif. h n unni f
m Umt condtUoa te jt astuallty,
OF RED
UF LOVE AND POLITICS
since there was nd halt In their luxury.
"It Is Impossible."
"It Is a fact," he stated as calmly as
ho could. "At the various banks which
Sledge controls I had obligations, wnlcli
I thought were only nominally consid
ered to be call loans, aggregating a hun
dred thousand dollars. These were pro
tected by my traction stock. Last week
the bank called them. I recently received
eighty-seven thousnnd five hundred dol
lars In cash on a certain deal, and I had
considerable trouble to raise tho addi
tional twelve thousand five hundred doK
lars. 1 had to deposit twenty-five thous
and dollars' worth ot my stock to secure
It, nnd yesterday I had to put up twenty
five thousand more."
"But why?" asked Molly, sitting down
nnd considering the mntter seriously for
the first time.
"Because, In one day, merely by an
nouncing that he was financially backing
a competing compnny, Sledge lowered thi.
value of my stock from n hundred do.
lars a shnre to thirty-five. Tho samo
announcement broko the West End Hank,
has crippled two others nnd made pau
pers of n hundred or moro smnll stock
holders." "How horrible!" sho exclnlmcd. "The
poor people!" Then the wonder of suph
power catno to her. "With Just a wotd,"
sho mused. "But, father, I don't see
yet how ho could do It. You say that
your stock was worth a hundred dollars
a share yesterday morning, nnd only
thlrty-flvo now?"
Ht nodded his head In conllrmntlon.
"Each share of stock represents a cer
tnln part ownership of the street-railway
company, doesn't it?"
Again ho nodded.
"Well, th road Is still there," she
nrgued. "You still own as much of It
as you did before. Why. father, Sledge
has Just scared everybody. Your stoch
will bo worth what It was, or nearly so,
nftor this panic Is over. Even compe
tition can't keep you from hnullng peo
ple, and making money at It."
"It can kcop us from hauling enough
to mako anything like our picvlnus prof
its, and earning capacity Is what gives
stock Its value. That ia not the big trou
ble Just now, however. I have a seventy-thousnnd-dollar
mortgnge on this place,
which Is all It would bring nt a fotced
sale, although It Is worth double tho
money. It expires on the first of the
month, nnd Sledgo knows It. It Is hold
nt one of his banks, nnd It will not be
extended "
"You'll have to pay It," she surmised.
"What with?" he demanded. "At the
present prices, at which, by tho way,
nobody cares to buy, It would take every
share of my stock to p.ty off that mort
gage. I would bo absolutely penniless."
"How did jou como to owe so much?"
bIio puzzled! "I thought we wero weal
thy." "That's the way business is carried on,"
he explained.
"Then anybody can be broke," she de
cided, with n trace of awe. "Why don't
some of you good business men get nftcr
Sledgo?"
He looked at her pityingly.
"It can't bo done," he confessed.
"Molly "
"I know what you're going to say," she
Interrupted him. "I won't do It. I'm going
to marry Bert If It breaks everybody!"
"That would bo a very commendable
spirit If you loved him," he quietly re
marked. "I don't think you do, how
over. Nor do I, by any means, believe
Bert capablo of a love worth the sacrifice
of everything. The Maryland Gliders do
not constitute a uulverHe In themselves,
nor la much happiness to be found In n
marrlngo which Is a social triumph. I'm
afraid, Molly, that you're stubborn, nnd
will not yet yourself criticise your own
mind."
"Of course I'm stubborn!" she admit
ted, as If thatvere a virtue. "Tho date
is set, nnd It will stay set. Do all you
men have to give up because I won't
marry somebody? Is that the way your
brilliant business Is conducted? I won't
bo a part of a bargain. You urge mo not
to marry Bert becauso you decide I
don't love him, and you urge me to marry
a man who can bring your stock to par.
Father, you're scared. Can't you think
of any way out of your fluctuation but
having me marry Sledge?"
"He loves you," he told her. with con
viction. "Sledge never gives up."
"TJiat'e why ho wins." sho asserted.
"He tries everything. Why don't you?
Why don't you announce that the new
company Is Illegal, and that It will be
fought in tho courts? Have tho news
paper say It can't build Its lines, then tho
price of your stock will go up again. Why
don't you trade some of your stock for
stock in tho new company? Why don't
you threaten to stop all your cars, until
the mayor or somebody makes the new
company build Its lines nway from your
street? The new company couldn't have
cars running for six months; and there'd
be a riot, unless the authorities did what
you wanted them to. Why don't you go
down nnd shoot Sledge, or hlio It done?
He would! In fact, he'd have done It by
this time. I know! Why don't you go
to the men who nre getting up this com
pany, and see what you can And out?
Then you can begin some planning. I
wish I were a man!"
Frank Marley sat staring at her. Sho
was standing, tall, straight and with
flushed cheeks, her eyes shining. He
passed his hand over his brow.
"No wonder Sledge wants to marry
you!" he Involuntarily complimented her,
"You'd make a great team!"
She laughed, and relented.
"I don't Intend to be mean, but you
drive me to It," Bhe said, and kissed him
and patted him on the head. "Go down
to theso people, and see what you can
And out," she counseled.
"I think I will," he concluded, with a
drowning man's desperation. "Molly,
you're a gritty one."
CHAPTER XXI
THE LITTLE PLAN FOR THE GOOD
OF THE CITY HAS A NEW TURN
Mr. Bozzam. In the privacy of his own
apartments, reflectively broke the ashes
from his, cigar Into his empty highball
glass.
"Is the big chief punctured or la ho
Just enjoying himself?" he speculated,
"It's my opinion that he's picked up
horseshoe nails with all four tires," de
clared fat little Timbers, eying the hated
collar which he never put on until Just
before he went out. "Tho big chief has
wriggled his way through the broken
glass for so many years that he has
thought himself Immune; but his pneu
matics are flat this time. They've got
him." '
"I don't know," considered Bozzam.
"They have to bring him to trial yet, and
for a man who controls the sacred Ju
diciary It's a long way between an Indict
ment and a hair cut."
"They'll hang him," avowed Timbers.
"The people of this town have been afraid
of him so long that the first time they
catch him out without bis big stick ever
man tn the county wil be fighting to get
on the Jury which pronounces him guilty.''
Mr, Moodson' folded the other thumb on
top.
"Possibly you're right," assented Boi
zam, noting the capitalist's sign of ex
treme agitation, "When we first started
tn on this game I wai afraid to think
with my head under the covers for fear
he'd find out and decorate me with a
ball and chain, but now that they've got
him on the run, I think It's the psycho
logical moment to hand him the double
cross."
"Encore!" applauded Timbers. "He haa
It coming to him ifor redueln- us to the
pay of day Haborers- It gives me the
heave to think ot pulling off a quaiUr-of-a-nillUe
burglary and only walklna?
away irltb Qttv thousand at tha velvet"
"ft wasn't sate to l pwseivej wUh we
ROSES
ought to have any more," explained Boz
zam. "I know how we could slip our
friend Sledge the twin X's, but the trouble
Is nobody owns the majority of the stock
In the company which Is to be milked."
"Let me do some guessing for you." of
fered Timbers. "If you'll sift It down to
mo Dottom I think you'll una our Biore
said Sledgo as the principal owner.'"
"You're a good barroom kldder, but you
havo a. skull of solid bone," gently chtded
Bozzam. "Sledge slid from under every
share of his stock while he could cxtluct
a hundred for It. He may own n major
ity of It by and by, but ho'll buy It In
for 85 or less nnd booat It to a hundred)
after tho old company hno bought our
franchises, with the pretty quarter of n
million It got for that new stock. Then
he'll probably sell out and stampede it
agnln so lie can buy It up for 35."
"Solid bone was right," acknowledged
Timbers. "I suppose nobody owns that
stock Just now."
"Not enough of It to do any good," de
cided BozzAm.
"Maybe the wreck has' the biggest nest
egg," suggested Timbers.
"Tho wreck? Whom do you mean?"
Tho telephone bell rang. Timbers an
swered It, covered tho transmitter with
his hand and turned to uozzam with a
grin. -
"Marley," ho answered.
"Marley 7" repeated Bozzam. "Tell him
to conio up. Timbers, duck," ho directed,
as soon as the Invitation had been ex
tended. "Moodson, I think I'll havo to
bo mysterious with President Fluff."
Mr, Moodson aroso amid vast silence,
looked at his watch and went away to
keep a deferred appointment with mel
ancholy sotltude. Timbers Jerked on his
collar with fat speed, removed tho high
ball glasses Into tho bathroom, snatched
a towel, a newspaper and a napkin from
tho bed, patted up the pillows, grabbed
his hat and was gone.
Mr. Marley came In with smiling cor
diality, almost equal to Bozzam's own,
and tho two gentlemen agreed that the
weather was very fine.
"I'm nfrald you'ro too late, Marley,"
laughed Bozzam. "Our subscription list
is ready to close."
"I havo all tho street railway stock
I care for," laughed Marley In return.
"I only camo up to tako your measure
for the battle,"
"It ought not to be so fierce," replied
Bozzam, In the usually friendly manner
of men who are about to cut each other's
commercial throats. "There should be
room for two good car systems in this
town."
"Not on the same streets," objected
Marley. "Don't you think it rather fool
ish to parnllcl our lines, Mr. Bozzam?
Tho route, as published, looks like mal
ice to me."
"I Imvo no volco In that matter, de
clared Mr. Bozzam, eyeing his caller
narrowly. "You should see our majority
stockholder about that."
"I see," mused Mr. Marley. "Who
Is your principal stockholder?"
"I believe tho gentleman's name Is
Sledgc-BenJamln F. Sledge," Bozzam
Informed him, with a smile. "Perhaps
you've heard of him."
"Yes, I have," admitted Marley, whoBo
smile was moro or less strained.
"Friend of yours. I believe," suggested
Bozzam, still smiling, and still studying
Mr. Marlcy's countenance Interestedly.
"Not offensively so," denied Marley.
"Indeed!" exclaimed Bozzam. with a
splendid assumption of perplexity. You
know, I f.nd It very difficult to unravel
tho personal, political an! commercial
relationships of all you follows, r'rank
ly, I havo believed until now that you
were In on tho game."
"Game?" repeated Marley.
"I mean that I thought you were to
benefit by the formation of this new com
pany." exclaimed Bozzam, with an ap
parent trace of confusion.
"Beneflt!" exploded Marley. "Why, tt
has all but broko me. Do you think
It's any benefit to a man to havo his only
valuable holdings reduced from par to
thirty-five?"
"By George, I'm shocked!" sympathized
Bozzam "Why, I thought you ana bieago
wero In perfect understanding: that he
was working for your Interests, and you
for his." ,.,,,..
"I don't know whero you acquired that
absurd Impression, but It Is entirely
wrong," asserted -Mr. Marley with much
vehemence. "Mr. Sledge would do every
thing In his power to hurt me, a3 he has
proven to me In the last week."
"And I presume that you would do him
a like favor. If you had the opportunity,"
grinned Bozzam.
"I would not Bay that," hastily returned
Marley, feeling that he had enough
troublo on his hands, without Incurring
any moro by fool remarks.
"You're think It. though," laughed Boz
zam. Mr. Marley flushed slightly, but kept
discreetly silent.
"I thought so," Bozzam chuckled. "Mr.
Marley, how much of the stock of the
reorganized company do you own?"
"Two thousand, six hundred and
twenty-five shares."
"A little over a fourth.." commented
Bozzam, and drew a sheet of writing
paper toward him, on which he figured
for a moment, "To gain control, you
would need two thousand three hundred
and seventy-six shares additional," he
announced. "How many of the stock
holders would vote with you, In an
emergency?"
'Not very many," confessed Marley.
"Naturally a share of our trouble is
blamed to me, and I am not very popular
at present."
"Certainly not," agreed Bozzam. "Fubs
Ing with pikers isn't safe, nnyhow. You'd
better buy the stock. Sledge has very
kindly made It cheap for you."
"Buy It!" protested Marley. "Grett
Scott, man, what do I want with more
of it?"
"Would you like to win out on this
little game of Sledge's?"
"Show me how," demanded Marley.
"How active are you willing to be?" In
quired Bozzam. "Are you willing to Jump
through a hoop?"
"I'll do anything that Is lawful."
"Then you'll go the limit," smiled Boz
zam. "Your first step will be to buy
those two thousand odd shares, at thirty
five. Let's see." He figured It Out.
"They will ask you a little over eighty
three thousand dollars."
"I haven't the money," confessed Mar
ley. "Sledge haB cleaned ma out of
both cash and credit."
"Borrow It on your atock."
"I carj't borrow over twenty on It.
I couldn't raise enough on my total un
encumbered Block."
Bozzam walked to the window, and
looked down Into the street for Borne
little time, durtnr; which Marley watch
ed him in silent wonder, struggling
against his rising hope.
"I think I can raise a loan for you, at
twenty," Bozzam reported aa tho re
sult of his deliberation. "If that Is not
enough, I might have It arranged to buy
the balance needed, t nd vote It with
you."
"But what Is the plan?" demanded
Marley, "I don't see what good control
of a ruined company Is going to do me;
nor why I should break myself buying
worthless stock."
"Because Sledge Isn't liberal enough
with me," returned Bozzam. ''Why,
tth
afle
Marley, don't you see that this com
pany of ours Is astake?"
"You don't mean XJ" gasped Marley.
"Did Sledge have youBtart this com
pany In order to break met"
"Oh, hush!" scorned Bozzam. "He did
It to aell tho old company our fran
chises, for the nice little quarter of a
million dollars the public haa just put
up for stock in your reorganized company-
Our stock is phony, strictly. The
public has been allowed to buy fifty
thousand of it. wo get two hundred thou
sand, and Sledge seven hundred and
fifty The publio is tho only person who
has put up any money; and h gets bis
back. Th only business we'll do Is to
sell our franchises and disband, with a
MS per cent, dlvtdoad. The public gets
twelve and a half thousand, w get.
fifty and Sledge gels the balance of your
quarter of a million."
He paused to let all the beauty of that
logical tittle plan sink Into Mr. Marley's
Inner being.
"Great Scottl" murmured Mr. Marley,
and wiped his brow. "But how can we
stop him?"
"Get control of the company. Call a
special meeting, When wa offer to aell
you our franchises, stand pat and re
fuse to pay more than fifty thousand
dollars for the franchise. You con defy
us to build, nnd make a fine grandstand
play out of It, when you unow that we
won't. We'll accept fifty thousand, and
then you Jugglo It to slip Moodson nnd
Timbers and me a hundred thousand on
tho side. You've saved your compnny a
hundred thousand, we've dragged down
what we ought to have for our work,
Sledgo gets tho hook, and your stock
bounces up to par. Why, man, you'll
not only be where you were before, but
you'll clean up close to n hundred thou
sand profit on tho stunt."
"Order some whisky, Marley suggest
ed to his host
CHAPTER XXII.
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE THE
LAUGH ON THE BOSS.
Sledge, In tho luxurious little room
which ho occupied for an hour each day
as president of the First Nntlonol, gazed
stonily at Bendlx as ho punched the but
ton on his desk.
"Chambcrlnln's house," he speculated.
"Hunhl"
"Of course, Marley gave notes for It.
Thirty, 6ft nnd 90 days, and four months;
four payments, of 17000 each."
In answer to tho bell, Cashier Davis
came In, with the pomposity of the owner
of the mint mingled with the obsequious
ness of a messenger boy
"Frank Mnrlcy," rumbled Sledgo ac
cusingly. "Ho's got money. Where did
he get It?"
"Not here, sir." smiled Mr. Davis, rub
bing his fish-fat hands together In tho
satisfaction of deeds well done.
"Find out," directed Sledge, and Davis
took his sleek white sideburns and his
white waistcoat out of tho room.
"He's using cosh, even In tho paymont
of his grocery bills," supplemented Ben
dlx. "Young Keonc tells mo that he saw
Into Marlcy's pocketbook nnd It was
Btuffed with big bills; thousand"! and flvc
hundreds. Kccno estimate; that ho must
have had WO.tWO with him."
"Why don't the stack go down?" de
manded Sledge, tho accusing look this
time boring into Bendlx.
"I pass," declared Bendlx, turning both
palmB upwagd. "I've had stuff In tho
papois cvcrj-tay about tho new equip
ment nnd belter schedules, nnd the gen
eral crippling of tho old line, but in place
of going down to ?5 tho stock's around
3" now, nnd at that I can only find a
llttlo of it. After a hard day's work
chasing It down yesterday. I picked up
less than n hundred shares. We started
after the control too late."
"Who's busing It?"
"Cheap young brokers nnd has-beens
whom wo hnven't kept In line. They
won't say who It's for, except that It's
scattering orders. Tho general Impres
sion seem3 to be gaining ground that, no
matter what happens, the stock Is bound
to bo worth more than 83. Speculators
havo grabbed It, I guess."
"They'd make a noise," objected Sledgo,
glaring down nt tho cuspidor. whlcTi, In
this room, took tho place of tho hand
holo In tho gale as a source of Inspira
tion. "How about Bozzam?"
"I've tried my best to traco something
back to his crowd, but I can't find a
connection nny place."
Sledgo was silent for a moment.
"Bozzam's In It," ho stated, decisively.
"I don't like to think so," defended Ben
dlx. "Ho seems to work clean."
"You found him," explained Sledge.
"He's In It. He's a crook."
Even Bendlx grinned.
"I don't deny that, but he's too wise
to start anything with you. That's what
I bank on."
"He thinks I'm on tho pan," Judged
Sledge. "Ho's a stranger."
Davta came In.
"We have telephoned all tho banks,"
he reported. "None of them has made
any recent loans to Mr. Marley, nor have
any checks been drawn In his favor."
"Hunhl" grunted Sledge. Ho stolidly
walked out of tho office, followed by Ben
dlx, and climbed Into his waiting run
about, over which tho crossing policemaiv
stood guard "Don't buy any more
stock," he directed Bendlx, and drove
off "Sell It."
He strode Into the office of the trac
tion company, and stopped at Hunt's
desk.
"Marley drawn any money hero?" he
wanted to know.
"His salary." replied Hunt, fawning
Bervllely on the big man who stood at
his side.
"Is ho selling any Btock?"
"Not that I know of, sir."
"Making any flash?"
"Not particularly. He has been whis
tling." -t
"Making any threata?"
"Not that I heard."
"Huhn!" and Sledge turned from the
desk. "Anybody In with him?"
"I think his daughter, sir," smirked
Hunt, "and Mr. Glider, unless they have
gone out the other way."
Sledge looked down at his lapel. Tha
red rose was an excellent specimen, ex
cept that it had one straggling petal In
which was a worm hole. He Jerked off
that petal, and walked unannounced Into
Marley's office, pausing just Inside the
door, struck dumb by a tableau being
enacted at the opposite entrance. Bert
Glider, In the act of departing, was kiss
ing Molly good-by, nnd Marley, at his
desk, was looking on unconcernedly.
Bert grinned Impudently at Sledge, and
departed Molly grinned tantallzlngly
at htm, and sat In the big leather chair
opposite her father. Marley grinned
cheerfully and offered him a cigar.
"Fine weather," he observed.
"Who give out the dope about extend
ing the Rldgewood Avenue line?" Sledge
gruffly wanted to know.
"I did," returned Marley calmly. "I
thought It might help the price of my
stock. It's been going down of late."
"Who gave you the word?"
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
D. A. K. EXPECT KEEN CONTEST
Mrs. Story and Mrs. Guernsey Rivals
for Presidency.
Keen rWalry exists among the factions
of the Daughters of the American Revo
lution in this city over the coming elec
tion for president general, which will
take place during the convention at
"Washington next Monday. Members here
would not say whether they would sup
port Mrs. William Cummlngs Story, who
now holds the office, or Mrs, Oeorge T,
Guernsey, her Kansas opponent, but It
was not denied that the members were
preparing for a sharp contest. The elec
tion Is held every two years.
The boom for Mra. Guernsey for the
olllce started In a movement begun last
June by western "Daughters to haye a
president general chosen from that sec
tion. SPRING nESOBTS
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I MARRYING PARSON AT ELKTON
SHIFTED FROM LUCRATIVE JOB
The Rev. Howard T. Quigg, Who Tied Many a Matri
monial Knot, Found Himself Transferred
When Smoke Cleared at Conference.
The Rev. Howard T. Quigg, who. ns ona
of the main cogs In the Elkton, Md mar
riage mill, has United hundreds of Phil
adelphlans In matrimony, has lost his
sinecure.
Like Othello, his occupation Is gone
an occupation which brought him the
revenue Involved In tying wedding knots
for from 10 to 30 couples a week, minus
only commissions paid to cab drivers and
chauffeurs for their diligence In bringing
these couples from the "Honeymoon Ex
press" to his parsonage, If the official
board of the Elkton Methodist Episcopal
Church Is to be believed.
When the clergymen In the Wilmington
District wero appointed to their charges
for tho ensuing car, tho Rev. Mr.
Quigg was shunted from Elkton, the
Gretna Green of six States, to Greens
boro, Md, The Rev. George P. Jones
was named to fill tho lucrative Elkton
pastorate, with tho Implied request that
he bo less active In marrying elopers than
was his predecessor
Behind the shift lies n story of how the
official men of the Elkton church threat
ened to go on the floor of the Wilmington
Conference and tell a sensational story of
Mr. Quigg's pitrt In the thousands of mar
riages which annually take place In the
Maryland lown. They complained, of tho
minister's actMtlcs to tho Rev. F. L.
Hoffecker, the district superintendent, and
demanded Mr. Quigg's romoal. When
Mr. Hoffecker failed to treat their pro
MINISTERS DIFFER ON
TRUTH "IN THE NUDE"
"Hypocrites," an Allegorical
"Movie" at The Globe Thea
tre, Causes Division.
About 70 ministers of this city nre dis
cussing today the merits nnd demerits of
Naked Truth symbolized by a nudo
woman appearing In "Hypocrites," a
"movie" now playing at tho Globe Thea
tre, and seen by them at a special mati
nee for clergymen.
There was much difference of opinion
na to whether the photoplay was one that
could bo Indorsed by the pastors. One
remarked, "What difference does it
mako one wny or another? The board ot
censors has passed It and that's all
there Is to It " Another observed that,
"if tho censors havo passed that film,
what would tho photoplay companies put
before the public If censorship were re
moved?" On the other hand, the Rev. D. E.
Welgle, pastor of the Messiah Lutheran
Church. 16th and Jefferson streetB, was
pleased with the performance.
"I thought it was line," he said. "The
way truth Is presented Is entirely un
objectionable and there Is no excuse for
finding anything morbid In tho picture.
One thing Is certain, thnt such n film
brings home a lesson to many people
who do not and will not nttend church.
It Is a sermon in pictures, and a force
ful ono too."
Almost nil of the ministers agreed that
tho play did present a strong moral, but
CONFLICTING IMPRESSIONS OF
"WOMAN MOST WORTH WHILE'
Particular conceptions of "the woman
worth while" vary widely, and each
person has his or her own Interpreta
tion of the meaning of tho term. "The
woman most worth while," according to
Miss Susannal Cocroft, the famous Chi
cago beauty specialist and lecturer, "Is
tho one who does most for the greatest
number of people." John Stuart Mill and
Miss Cocroft seem to think alike, for
Mill's Utilitarianism breathes forth this
principle of ethics from Btart to finish.
Miss Cocroft spoko at tho Bellevue
Stratford yesterday.
"When I chose the title of 'The Woman
Worth While' for my lecture, I didn't
realize the fact that to write on her was
just to writo about the American women
of today ror the American women oi to
day are the women 'worth while.' And
so I changed the title of my lecture to
'The Woman Most Worth While,' and In
my opinion she Is the one who labors
nnd accomplishes most for the greatest
number of people.
"The conception, of course, has changed
with the passing of the years. Our grand
mothers were busy with material things,
and led what to us -would appear monot
onous lives of eternal baking, flowing,
cooking and housework. But in the eyes
of our grandfathers they certainly were
worth while! Today our clothing Is
mostly made outside the home, and when
one thinks of the thousand and one con
veniences that the modern housewife Is
blessed with, such as vacuum cleaners,
flreless cookers, electrical appliances and
all manner of labor-savins devices, one
sees that to be worth while sho will strike
out Into a broader field.
So many women today lead unsatis
factory Uvea. The round of card parties,
dances, dinners and everlasting social
functions are all very well In themselves,
but when they become the sum and sub
stance of a woman's life there Is some
thing radically wrong, and ehe Is living
too narrowly. For she Is not fulfilling
her part tn the world's work, sho is fall
ing to take her place as tho woman truly
'worth while.'
'There Is a feeling that the woman who
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tests seriously, the ofllqlal board declared
they would take the matter to the Gen
eral Conference.
The gist of tho allegations against the
"marrying parson" was that ho spent
too much time In furthering the Interests
of elopers nntl too llttlo to matters con
noeted with the church. They told how,
In tho midst of a pastoral call, ho would
leave abruptly when a strange couple
walked down tho street, to follow them
and llnd out If they were In search of a
clergyman, and eager to be married.
Mr. Quigg Is a brother of former Con
gressman Lemuel E. Gulgg, of New York
city. One story told by tho official body
of tho church was thot ex-Congressman
Quigg Induced a friend of his to go to
Elkton to be married and havo the cere
mony performed by tho Rev. Mr. Quigg
Tho New York couple nrrlved on a Sun
day and had to drive several miles to
And a county officer to issue a marriage
license. After paying Mr. Quigg a mar
riage fco of $15, It Is declared, the bride
groom was reminded by tho clergyman
that ho still owed $10 for cab hire.
The official board averred that what
was common talk In Elkton, namely, that
cab drivers wero paid 60 cents each for
bringing bridal couples to the parsonago
of tho preacher, Is true. They said thnt
when Incoming prospective brides and
grooms specified no ptcfcrencc, they were
apportioned almost equally between Mr.
Quigg nnd tho Rev. Mr. McElmoyle, the
Presbyterian minister.
many found It hard to accept the pre
sentation of a minister being conductod
In spirit through tho world by even a
transparent Truth when that quality Is
represented by a nude and a woman.
"It all goes to show that the theatre of
today Is forced to resort to something of
the leg-show variety, or worse, to attract
t'io people," said tho Rev, Dr. Samuel W.
Stcckcl, pastor of tho Falls of Schuylkill
Presbyterian Church. "Ono docs not even
havo to nttend bucIi a performance to
know that such a thing is bound to ap
peal to tho baser passions of many, if
not all of thoso who attend "
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Warden McKenty Would Not Permit
Instruction in Telegraphy.
Warden Robert J. McKenty, of tho
Eastern Penitentiary, is not favorably
Impressed with tho plan of tho Western
Union Telegraph Company to aid In the
education of convicts by the establish
ment of schools of telegraphy In prisons.
No such proposal has been made by tho
company In regard to tho prison hero,
ho said, ani if it were It would not bo
accepted, "I do not bollevo instruction
in telegraphy would bo practicable in a
prison," ho said, "and while I appreciate
tho company's motives In Its offer to
estnbllBh classes at Sing Sing, I think
such an offer should bo refused. It
would bo refused hero at the Eastern
Penitentiary,
"If telegraphy hart been considered
practicable for use In prisons, It would
have been adopted here long ago. What a
man doing time needs Is nn opportunity
to learn n trade whereby ho can support
himself at an honest living when ho gains
his fieedom. For this reason painting,
plumbing, carpentry, masonry, Bheet
metal work, weaving nnd cobbling are
taught In nil the prlnclpnl Institutions
of the country."
works outside the home is masculine and
unsexed and altogether out of her proper
sphere. But this Idea Is a mistaken one.
For homo is In your influence, in the
thoughts your husband has of you, in tho
attitude which your children and your
friends hold toward you. Woman's force
is to keep the atmosphere of tho home
beautiful, and this she can do while ac
complishing much outside Its sphere.
"In the matter of chlld-tralnlng. tho
plan should be constructive. Nowadays
we refrain from saying 'don't' to the
child, nnd substitute tho word 'do' In
stead. The worth-while mother follows
this plan closely, and seeks to develop
the child's Individuality In every possible
way. Love and kindness should be tho
principal factors in the training of tho
child.
"Tho woman who wishes to be most
truly -worth while should memorize and
live up to the lines of a great thinker,
and they are these: 'I shall pass through
this world but once. Any good thing,
then, that I can do, or any kindness that
I can show to any human being, let me
do now. Nor let me not despise It, nor
neglect It, for I shall not pass this way
again.' "
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LONG WAR EXPECTED
TO RAISE JEWEL PRICES
Diamond Cutting Virtually at
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Prospective Benedicks had better buy
their engagement rings now, for within a
few months they may have to pay a gootf
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nuptial articles that Is, If the war com
ttnues.
Colonel J. Warner Hutchlns, president
of the Philadelphia Jewelers' Guild; said
today that tho supply of cut diamonds
and cut stones would last at the present
prices for about six months. There are
enough rough diamonds stored In this
country and parts of Europe, he said, to
meet the demand If the war continues for
"Tho principal diamond and stono out- fit
ting centres are Antwerp nnd Amster
dam." said Colonel Hutchlns. "The ma
jority of the diamond cutters plied their
trado In Antwerp. At the outbreak of tha
war all able-bodied Belgians joined the
colors and the Industry was paralyzed.
It Is true that some diamond cutting Is
done over here, notably In Brooklyn, tout
on a very small scale. The supply of
rough diamonds has been conserved ao
that now there are quantities stored tn
Amsterdam and London and scattered
among dealers throughout this country.
"Tho big diamond mines aro controlled
by the De Beers syndicate and the supply
has been carefully conserved for just
such a happening na tho present war.
Enough rough diamonds are on hand to
last a year without Increasing tho price.
Tho mines In India aro almost exhausted,
but of course tho great Klmberley mlno
In South Africa still continues to yield".
Tho demand for diamonds has not been so
great slnco tho war began, and this ds-'
presBlon will make our stock last longer."
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Bamo month tn 1913.
EDWARD BRECK TO SPEAK
Expert Will Discuss TJ. S. Navy in TJ.
of Pa. Auditorium.
Edward Breck. former assistant naval
attache of the United States embassy ia
Berlin and secret agent In Spain for tho
United States during the last few months
of tho Spanish-American war. now field
secretary of the Navy League of the
United States, will address the faculty
and students of the University of Penn
sylvania In the auditorium of Houston
Hall at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
He will relate the hlBtory of tho United;
States navy, describe the present needs
of tho navy and glvo hlB views as to what
would bo gained by a more progressive
nnd liberal policy regarding tho marine
defense. The address will be Illustrated.
The Navy League is a nonpartisan pa
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awaken and increase interest tn the
United States navy.
Osborne Accusers Held in $2500 Bail
NEW YORK, April 13.-Dora and Rose
Tanzcr, Bisters of Rao Tanzer, who were
indicted by a Federal grand Jury ipon a
perjury charge because they had Identi
fied James V. Osborne, the famous law
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Cushlng today and pleaded not guilty.
Ball was fixed at $2500 and tho defendants,
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sel until this could be secured.
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