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BADGER CHARGES NAVY
BOARD IS KEPT IN DARK
ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
Adrriirnl Testifies Before Com.
tnJtleo. Chiefs of Fleet Are
Not Informed of Diplo- -
matlc Situation
SEES MENACE OP WAR
My o Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. That tho
general board of the United States Navy 1b
not notified of strained diplomatic rela
tions between Hie American ond foreign
Governments wan Mated today by near
Admiral C. J. Badger, nf the board, while
testifying before the House Naval Affairs
Committee. Thin was brought out by ques
tion asked by Jtepresentatlvo l'rcd Brit
ten, of Illinois, to mow that tho general
board cannot know what tho navy may
be called on to do.
"Wo learn of strained relations very
incidentally," said tho Admiral.
"Were you advised of our relations with
Japan about n year ago?" asked Repre
sentative Britten.
"That was before I became a member
of tho board," said Admiral Badger.
"Have you over thought of tho financial
condition that will confront European na
Hnno tt the close of the present war?"
asked Itepresentatlvo Walter Huntley, of
Missouri.
"Ves, a great deal," was the answer.
"What Is tho likelihood of any of them
beginning another war?"
"At tho completion of our Civil War."
said Admiral Badger, "wo dispatched a
largo army to tho Mexican border to start
another war, If necessary. Then wo had
a dobt greater than any nation had ever
had."
Itepresentatlvo Hcnsley read a state
ment from Admiral V. P. Fletcher that
tho closo of this war would bo an Ideal
time to bring about a reduction In arma
ments. "I Uon't agree, with Admiral Fletcher,"
said Admiral Badger. "I don't believe
that tho end of this war will bring about
a great diminution In armaments. It will
not bo posslblo to chango the nations of
tho world In tholr determination to carry
out their policies."
ANDERSON CONVICTED
OF MANSLAUGHTER
Jury Returns Verdict Against
Young Man Who Killed
Saloonkeeper
"Guilty of manslaughter" was tho ver
dict brought today by the Jury which for
a week haa been trying John F. Ander
son, of Ardmore, Okla., for shooting and
killing James P. Campbell, a saloon
keeper, of 22d and Market streets, In his
saloon September 24, 1915.
I,. P. Anderson, father of the defendant,
a wealthy banker and one of tho Uttla
Oklahoma town's most prominent citizens,
bowed bis head and nobbed aloud as Sam
uel Gerhardt, foreman of the Jury, an
nounced thq verdict. He had been In the
courtroom constantly since the trial
started last Wednesday, had testified as
a witness, -telling of his son's pecularltlcB,
.and the strain proved too much for him.
Tho prisoner maintained tho demeanor
ho bora throughout the trial, calm and
composed, and absolutely without emo
tion. Ah ho passed from tho courtroom
he placed his hand on his father h shoul
der, hut the elder Anderson did not look
up at him. His face was burled In his
hands and bo was wocplng quietly.
Shrift Buck Garrett, of Carter County,
Oklahoma, In which Ardmore Is situated,
sat at the side of Mr, Anderson, who has
been his friend and banefactor, and tried
to comfort him.
The verdict was considered a victory
for the defense, for It was admitted with
out controversy that Anderson had killed
Campbell, and It was evident that ho
grounds of Insanity had been established.
For tho elder Anderson tho Bhootlng
added another burden to his many
irouuies as a lather. Young Anderson,
who la now 27 years old, had never been
quite normal mentally, had been unable
to keep any Job for any length of time
nnd went wandering about tho country,
seldom staying at home. It was testified
at the trial that he was suffering from
a hereditary disease which was re
sponsible for his subnormal mentality.
The father spent large sum"fof money
for medical treatment and for his upkeep,
William A. aray, counsel for the de
fense, asked Judge Henry to defer sen
tence for several days. Tho maximum
sentence for manslaughter Is 12 years.
Mr. Gray will not ask a new trial, but
wllj request a light sentence, It Is be
lieved. It was the contention of tho de
fense that tho young man was mentally
defective, and that the shooting occurred
either accidentally or In self-defense.
The Jury had been out since 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and was ordered
locked up for the night at 7:30. it is
understood they agreed on their verdict
today nnd were ready with It when court
convened at 10 o'clock.
Among the spectators In the courtroom
was Mrs. Helen F. Campbell, widow of the
dead saloonkeeper.
ARRAIGNED BEFORE HIS BIBLE
TEACHER ON LARCENY CHARGE
Magistrate Holds Youth Whom Ho
Instructed Last Tuesday
Magistrate. Baker delivered a lecture on
honesty before- the Bible class at St.
Luke's Methodist Church, Broad and
Jackson streets, Sunday,
Today he lectured one of the numbers
of the Bible class In his office, at 1S34
South 5th. street, and held him In 1600
bait fit- court on a larceny charge, after
the latter had been captured by (he police.
(n an exciting chase.
Tho B.ible student, Edward Barry, 22
years old. of 1239 South 3d street, was
scented by Mrs. Sad(e Hofkln of taking
J4 from the cash register In her' cigar
Store, at S201 South 5th street, today. She
called the police and Barry was arrested
at Hth an4 JaekMn street by Policemen
Hoffman and Sullivan. ot-4he 4th ntri,tt
and Snyder avenue station, and Constable
William Douglas, who pursued him n an
Automobile. He maintained he wa Inno
cent "It f had lime I woujd lecture you some
more ' said the Magistrate;
KJ3NSJNQTON TO EAT TURNIPS
Feast Provided by Demolition of
farmer's Wagon by Trolley TJar
Kensington will eat turnip soup, turnip
stew breaded turnip, tunijpa au gratin,
wuT'p au lait arid raw turnips for bud
per J i.'ght
Th irojp wagon of Pavld Walton. ft
Torrril farraV, drawn by two con
tend Uors w piBieimy rolling ajonjr
mtks .'ud turnup th market today.
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EX-CONVICT HERE,
CAUGHT; HELD AS
WOMANS SLAYER
Joseph Hanel, Arrested in Bal
timore for Murder in Brook
lyn, Paces Long List
of Charges
ADMITS $12,000 THE F T
Joseph n. Hand, Philadelphia cx-enn-Wet,
long sought for the murder of Mr.
Julia Hellner. of Brooklyn, on April 23.
1016, Is locked up In Baltimore' today.
He haH confessed to. executing the $12.
000 Jewelry robbery which accompanied
tho murder, but attributed the killing to
a confederate, whose name tho police
withheld. Ills dramatic arrest ended ono
of tho most pitiless man hunts ever mado
by the police, which Included a t,earrh
of this city's tenderloin after part of the
stolen Jewelry wns pawned hero the nft
crnoon of tho murder.
Hanoi's footsteps worn dogged for hours
by Fritz Schmidt, an acquaintance, for
merly of Ncp- York, before his arrest at
Hollld.iy nnd Lexington streets. Baltimore,
last night.
"Sec that man?" Schmidt asked Police
men Uarncr and Davis, pointing to tho
figure of Hanel slinking awav furtlvelv.
"He Is a murderer. I havo been following
mm since in in afternoon.
For an hour Hanel dented he was tho
man wanted, but finally confessed. His
confession, as given by the police, reads:
"I was employed as a butler In the homo
of Mrs. Julia Hellner, In Brooklyn, N. Y.
Before accepting that position I had been
living In a lodging house In New York,
known as the Seamen's Mission. There I
met (tho police will not make public tho
namo of Haiiel'a accomplice) who told
mo ho had obtained a position as n butler
In tho homo of Mrs. Hellner. but was not
going to accept It. 'Hero aro my clothes,
you tako tho Job,' he told me. I did so.
and afterward wo planned the robbery of
the house.
"On April 2.1. 1910. the maid took a
day off and left about 9 o'clock In the
morning. When she had gone, I telephoned
my pal, and he hurried to tho house. I
opened tho door and let him In. Then I
told him to hldo In tho pantry while I
went upstalrfi, on the pretense of making
inu nous, nui reaiiy to rot) tho house.
While I was upstairs making the beds, ho
called to me, 'Joe, It's all right,' this bo
ing the sign that everything was O. K, I
nurncrtiy placed all tho Jewelry In a
iiasicDouru dojc unu came down stairs.
"We separated on tho pavement In front
of the house and met again at the corner
saloon. Thero my pal told me that Mrs,
Hellner had como down stairs and that he
had killed her. When ho told me this we
decided to leave town at once. Ho did
not tell MIA thA ,1fll)lia rf ,I,a ..h.1- 1....
the next day I rend them In the papers. I
went in .tew i orK and trom there to
Philadelphia. The following day wo
pawned the Jewelry In that city, but I
cannot remember the name I used nt tho
pawnshop. I admit that I planned tho
robbery and really did It. hut I had nh-
solutely nothing to do with tho murder
of the woman. In fact, the first I knew
of It was when my pal told me."
Tho afternoon of tho murder a pair of
diamond and pearl earrings, later identi
fied by Miss Helen Bush,, tho dead
woman's companion, as part of tho miss
ing loot, were pawned at a shop at 137
North 9th street, this city. The Tender
loin, where Hunel was well known, was
searched thoroughly, and 20,000 circulars
describing the man were sent out broad
cast. Since the murder Hanel said ho
had been In Maryland.
Hanel was sent to Moyamenslng Prison,
this city, for two years on April 22, 1913,
for carrying concealed weapons. He was
released In advance of the expiration of
his term, the murder following shortly
afterward.
Mrs. Hellner, who was tho wlfo of S h
Hellner, vice president of the Princess
Corset Company, was killed In her apart
ments at 217 Albemarle road, Brooklyn
In brutal fashion. Her head was crushed
with a bottle, she was choked with a
tight cord and smothered hv n ,n.tM,i,
The body was removed to the cellar!
where it was found.
BROTHER SAVES GIRL SKATER
Breaks Branch From Tree and Saves
Her at Media
MIIDIA, Pa., Feb, 23. illss Ethi
Whlttler. daughter of Mrs. n, b. Whlttler
of Swarthmore. was saved from drown!
Ing yesterday In Broomall's Lake, Media
by her brother Itobert.
She and her brother came to Media
and met several friends, all going to the
lake to skate. They had been on the Ice
but a few minutes when Miss Whlttler
broke through and her ncreams drew the
attention of the others to her plight Her
brother Immediately started for thT
shore and returned In a few minutes with
a. branch which ha had broken from a
tree. This he extended to his sister and
she was pulled to safety by the boy and
others. '
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JOSEPH E. HANEL
taRichEicharrjar'Aimanac
LBI)GBR-PHILAtEliPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBKUAKY 23 191(5.
SOUNDED AT EXHIBIT
ON FEEBLE-MINDED
Dr. Charles H. Frazier Warns'
of Menace to State and City
of Imbeciles at Opening
of Institute
SEGREGATION IS FAVORED
FACTS ABOUT FEEBLE
MINDED EXHIBIT
PLACE WItlcncr Bulldlngr,
Chestnut nnd Juniper streets) ;
under auspices of Public Chnrities
Association. Admission free to nil
over 18 yrnrs of ago.
AIM To show the advantages
of segregation and institutional
life for tho feeble-minded, and
secure appropriations for more
Stnte provision.
TIME Open daily from 10 n.
m. to G p, m., from February 24 to
March 8 (inclusive). Three night
meetings, February 28, March 1
and 2.
PLAY "The Woman Unnwarc"
daily nt .1:30: movinir pictures
ench afternoon nt -I o'clock, nnd
stcrcopticon lectures ench morning.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM
10 n. m. Doors open to the pub
lic. 12 noon Clinicnl talk by Dr.
Lightncr Witmcr, of the Psycho
logical Clinic of tho University of
Pennsylvania.
1 to 3 p. m. Stcrcopticon lec
ture. .'1:30 p. m. Play, "The Woman
Unnwarc," under the direction of
Henry L. Fox, founded on happen
ing in local court.
1 p. m. Talk by Dr. Alexander
Johnson, field secretary of the Na
tional Commission for the Pro
vision for the Feeble-minded. '
Preparedness In handling tho feeble
minded menaco was advocated this nfter
noon, at tho formal opening of the first
cvhlblt on foeble-mlndedncss over held
In Philadelphia, by Pr. Charles II. Frazler,
president of tho Public Charities Associa
tion, who presided. Tho e.hlblt Is under
tho auspices of the Public Charities Asso
ciation. Tho opening was at 4 o'clock In tho
WIdcncr Building, Chestnut and Juniper
strcots. Mayor Thomas B. Smith and Dr.
Wllmor Kruscn, Director of Public Health
and Charities, put their stamp of approval
on tho exhibit, and hald they felt that a
new public nwakenlng would como as a
result.
Doctor Frazler struck the keynote of
tho undertaking when he declared that
the problem of fceblc-mindcdncs.s was
ono of tho mo.st serious any community
had to face.
"The State has provided for a National
Guard of 10,000 men, tho sole purpose
of which is protection for its citizens,
Imaglno If you can," he said, "an equal
or oven larger body of people, potential
of nothing hut harm, Then you havo an
Inkling of tho seriousness of tho problem
of tho feeble-minded. Thero aro about
10,000 In this Stnte, 1000 ofi whom, Jiro
In Philadelphia.
"We aro confronted .with tho ciiiestlon
of feehle-mlwjedncss .In every walk of
life," he added.. "Tho foeble-mlndcd crowd
our courts, nnd prisons, nlmhouses and
reformatories. Tho delinquent, tho mur
derer and the Incendiary aro found In Its
ranks. Feehle-mlnrtcclness is hereditary.
Incurable and a menace to the commun
ity. It costH tho State mlllioiiH in cor
rectional Institutions. What will It amount
to In the next generation if the means aro
not found provided for tho segregation of
these unfortunates?"
Facts which make men and women
stop nnd think, make them reallzo tho
menace of fecblc-inlndedncss to a com
munity, aro being shown with charts,
photographs, moving pictures and stere
optlcons, and explained In lectures at tho
exhibit.
AIM OF EXHIBIT.
The aim Is to show tho advantages of
Institutional life for .ho feeble-minded.
The workers wish to educate tho public
to the dangers of allowing feeble-minded
to reprodueo their kind. They deslro to
emphasize the economic saving of segre
gating the feeble-minded women of child
bearing age. Special effort will bo m.ulo
as a result of this exhibit to secure appro
priation from the 1917 Legislature ade
quately to care for tho feehle-mlnded. It
Is estimated there are 18,000 feeble-minded
In Pennsylvania, 3600 of whom are In
suitable Institutions.
Infinlto care has been used In preparing
some of the charts and photographs. It
has taken months In some Instances to
obtain the facts for one booth.
TOO LATx, TO:t CLASSIFICATION
DKATIIH
Fl'I.MKR-JIKNHHAW. On February S3. 1918.
Ni:i,l,IK V. PULMKn-HCNHllAW. sued 65
years. lUUtlven and frl'ndH ure InWted to
attend the funeral nvrvicta, nn Friday. Feb
ruary 26. at 5 p. m . at the realdence ot her
son-in-law. Jom-ph llonsle, Hr , 70S I.lnden
at., Camden. N. J. Interment private, at
Conffreaalonul Cemetery. Waehtnirton, D. C,
on Haturday, at ip m.
1IKU' WAKTKD VKMAI.K
HUtTBKVYOnK aim, for general homework;
alio Elrl for uritalra' work and help with
cnimrcn .ppiy tu u. ttaveny roaa, or
phone OgonU
BUI.
HOUHKWOHK.
Hxperlenced
whlla alrl In
apartment, Z I
apartment, z in rami y; mint ne eood ei
mly: mint he eood rook:
aleep out temporarily. Apart. A 202. Ilamll-
ton Ct., 39th Cheatnut, call Thursday etc.
HKI.P WANTED MAI.K
CI.KHK Youne man wanted by large banking-
home, tn make deliveries and tor general
clerical work; one -with atenographlc experi
ence preferred; glte details of former employ
ment and aalary dealred, C 335, l,ed, Oftlce.
MAN AND WIFE, white, cook and butlers only
competent, Aral-clans help need apply, 1', O,
Uox 167. Wilmington. Del.
1IOAKI) WANTKI
YOUNO MAN wanta board with private Prot
eatant family) vicinity Qermantown avt,
K ;t. Ledger Central.
Other l'lalnedjAd on rates 17, 18 and 10
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ii3& vW f
WILLIAM II. ARMSTRONG, JR.
Lumber swindler, who today bc
Knn hi3 sentence of six months,
which was reduced from two
years by President Wilson.
Woman Snys Crones Has Left U. S.
WASHINGTON", Feb. 23. Tho Depart
ment of .Ittstlt'o today received an anony
mous letter from a Chicago woman say
ing sho had'posltle Information tlutt Jean
CroncH, nnuiclilst, who Is being sought
all orr the rountry, Milled from tho
United States almost u week ngo. Tho
department Immediately took tho matter
up with Its Chicago agents In nn effort
to leni n tho Identity of the writer.
TERM OF SLX MONTHS
President Wilson Reduced tho
Lumber Company Swindler's
Sentence From Two Years
William H. Armstrong, Jr., of this city,
Whoso sentence1 was commuted from two
years to six months by President Wilson
nfter ho had been convicted with five other
offlclnls In tho International Lumber and
Development Company swindle, nppeared
beforo Judge Dickinson, In the United
States District Court, today for sentence.
Armstrong has been lll-nt his homo, 105
South 11th street, for the Inst 10 months,
suffering from ah acute attack of articu
lar rhcumntlsm, which prevented his com
mitment to prison. Ho was accompanied
front his rcsldcnco today by his lawyer,
John Schwnrtzkopf, and nn attendant,
upon whoso arm ho was leaning heavily
when ho entered tho courtroom.
As the court has received no offlclol
notice of tho commutation of Armstrong's
sentence Judge Dickinson mado out tho
commitment papers for the two-year pe
riod, as originally decreed by tho court.
Tho formalities were gono through rapidly
and .within five minutes of tho tlmo he
entered court Anderson was on his way
to the Hasicrn rcnltcntlnry with Deputy
Marshal Kenney.
Armstrong left tho courtroom protest
ing his Innocence.
"I havo very llttlo to say," he remarked
In reply to a question. "I nm Innocent
and I hellcvo the men who are, now In
jail for the oftenso of which I am going
aro also Innocent. Tho wheel of fnlo
has turned ngnlnst mo, and although I am
innocent I guess 1 must suffer."
It Is expected that Armstrong will bo
transferred to tho Federal prison farm at
Atlanta, On., within n few clays, as ho
has expressed n deslro to serve his term
tn tho open air where ho will have an
opportunity to recover his health,
AniiKtiong wan convicted In April, 1013,
with (lvo other financiers, who sold
Jfl, 000,000 worth of Mexican lumber
stock. After President Wilson nnd twlco
j '(
What Did Happen?
Before she was married she went to church regularly.
But after marriage, because her husband didn't go, she
got out of the way of going. "A wife doesn't want to go
alone," she said.
He had nothing against the church. It didn't interest
him. "Why should I go?" he asked.' "The church has
nothing for me." So he stayed home every Sunday morn-
, ing, just dawdling around, or played with the children or
walked out with them.
That's a neat home question. Vital too. Should a girl
accustomed to church -going before marriage stop going
after marriage because her husband doesn't care to go?
That's the kind of question that The Ladies' Home
Journal takes up and handles not in the usual way.
But it lets a man tell his own story a business man; a
good citizen. .,
This man never went to church. One Saturday eve
ning he saw that a minister was going to, preach on a sub
ject that had a close interest to him. .He announced to his
wife that he was going. She was amazed.
It was the leading church in a city of 45,000. But there
were only sixty-three persons in the church.
"Thunder!" said the man, "this must be a remarkable
preacher nothing." - (
Then something happened.
"I got the surprise of my life," says the man.
What did happen ?
It's worth finding out for every husband, wife, min
ister and church worker. Look the story up it's real
in the March issue of
The Ladies'
ME JOURNAL
Ms only 1$ cents
refused to Intervene during his Illness,
Armstrong was granted clemency by a
coincidence through an argument In n
speech by his father, before tho Penn
sylvania, constitutional convention 42
years ago. i
RECTOR THOUGHT HE WAS SHOT
Camden Minister, Seated at Window,
Struck by Misailo
The Itev, Stephen Welnzyskl, rector of
St. Joseph's Polish Cathbltc Church,
Camden, was sitting at a window In his
study today when he wns startled by a
crash of broken glass, nnd beforo recov
ering from his surprise), found blood
trickling from his forehead. Thinking
an attempt hnd been made to aBsaBslnato
him, Father Welnzyskl called up pollco
headquarters.
Detectives, sent at onco to tho rec
tory, found a smnll stone on the floor
of the study nnd concluded that a boy
with a slingshot was responsible. Tho
wound In Father Welnzyskl's forehead
was llttlo more. than nn abrasion of tho
Bkln.
NAVY YARD ENGINEER OFFICER
Captain Stnnford E, Moses Succeeds
Captain W. Strothcr Smith
Cnntaln Stanford B. Moses, who re
cently wns nppolntcd Hnglnccr Officer of
the Philadelphia Navy Vnrd, entered upon
his new duties today,
Captain Moses, who comes to tho navy
yard from tho command of tho U. S. S,
Saratoga, flagship of the Aslntlc station. Is
peculiarly lilted for his new duties here,
having been formerly Dnglncer Officer nt
the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Ho rcllovcs Captain W. Strothcr Smith
who has been nppolntcd tn special duty
In the7 Navy Department at Washington.
Coal Company Elects Directors
The Susquehanna Coal Company, nt
tho annual meeting held In Its offices tn
tho Commercial Trust Building today, tho
following directors were ro-elocted: Mor
ris Williams, John P. Clrccn, A. J, County,
13. T. Postlethwnlte, Henry Tatnall, C. C.
Fcblgcr nnd Handnll Wllllanis.
SOCIALISTS TO STAND
BYIMKERTILLEll
Parliamentary Chief nMi. J
Socialist Democratic Part,
, Will Not Split on War 1
UEm.ttf ....
Philip Seheldemann, ea;0VL"i
clnllst Democratic t,nri ...... . lh
member of tho Itelchstag, declareT, ","
that the Socialists are detirXt e
on the war until Germany ha,
"rtcports concerning alleged n,n. ' 1
the Socialist Democratic parly"
"shed In the American press arB $
lately without foundation," he said .
tier, thero Is no possibility of nJ.
the party. Wo adhere to il,R Vf1" '
laid down In the hlstoHc ,n '$
Jlclchstag on August t. mw Aof "
gave our support to all the iiU
tho Imperial Government Z '?$$
provoked attack of the Kntcnte Jr'0n
Today wo are just as rto wSmMSfi
stand as we ever were, and will 1? ,'J
It until tho war ends vlcto ! ou lytlrl
many. ' 'r0fig
"Twenty deputies, composing a minlV
who voted ngnlnst nn extension i rsi
credits on tho 21st of Dece ml cr 1
declared at tho tlmo tl.a they Z$l
intently of attempllng XlKSl
"Socialists Indlvlcliiniiv -.. . !
hinges throughout the coun rv JWi
clslvo nctton ngnlnst this smnll mu ,d
nor will tho party bo dlsrSpteH aftf
"There may ho several . . l
extreme right nnd left (political lvW
of tho Itclchstag), who t wfin if'Hi
w . V. .? ,y. '" nU "'Ings. hut ik!-
i'"" nocii win hci ai work win, i "
to perform Its tasks, which th0ll,,Si
tho war will bring. And It lv.d Ml
satisfaction that all differences if? m,M
America nnd Germany are ttTed TJ
llovo every ono else In Germany h.i .I'M
samo reeling." "
f f i ..
t .xi'iing te two!?
wmsjmmmc&smimmy i him 1