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i anal Sntwn MM today that the State
, foar t r-araVma, In refusing- clemency
' rerer4ay W Menry "Ward Mottern, a
( ervtrtaefi-year-ola' Jefferson County boy.
. trader death sentence for murder, that the
1 Hw of tha eae u considered rather than
, ttte murderer' aia.
' "MoUern had a fair trial and was atvjn
reiy advantage tha law allows," aald Mr
. Brown. 'Tha board gave tha case eery
oneMeratlen.'' . .
. i Tha cam na presented to tha board by
Mettern's counsel n baaed entirely upon
' Mm boy's aira.
i Meitern la tha son of B. P Mottern, an
Wlra township farmer. In August, 1915
I when the boy waa alxteen year old, ha
t atiot and killed William Haines a neighbor-
In farmar, at tha request of Krnest Haines,
I a ion of tha murdered man Tha aon tttcn
, robbed hla father's body of 1250.
' l According to Uottern'a confession, Krnest
. Haines asked hltn It ho "would do him a
favor." Thla favor, ha explained, was to
hoot Haines' father tha next day.
"What would your mother sayT" Mottern
ays ha asked the Haiti- boy.
, "Oh. that wilt ba all right," younr Haines
replied.
i Accordingly, Haines got a shotgun and
. -. . afcells and placed It under n bush near a
. l ath where his father would pass. The
next day Mottern shot Haines.
Counsel for Mottern allege that he had
' tha mental development of n boy of four
I teen years when the crlmo was committed
While no action has been taken, It Is re
( ported hero that a new appeal will bo
i Died In a second effort to save the boy's
' Ufa.
, nrtOOKVHJ,!:, Pn., Oct. :0. Henry
Ward Mottern Is a little mora than Bccn
, teen years old, Mottern contesscd tho mur
der of William Haines, who mm shot to
death near tils home at Spranklci Mills tan
March. Mottern was convicted at mo
August term of court.
Krnest Haines, nlnoteen yenrs old, a son
of the murdered man, was also convicted
of murder In the first degree at tho August
term of court, and Is under sentence of
death. Young Haines was convicted mainly
on this strength of the confession of Mottern.
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FOREIGN CRISIS CLIMAX
ARMENIAN RELIEF
TWO "LITTLE BOY BLUES' RUNAWAYS,
POUND UNDER HAYSTACK FAST ASLEEP
Youngsters Fancied the Outdoor Life of a Hermit and Dug
Cave in Straw Stole Several Bicycles and
Explored the City, Police Charge
A hermit's life appealed strongly to Sam.
uet Robinson ahd Charles Magee, thirteen-year-old
boys, who, Ilka "Little Boy Blue,"
were found under a haystack fast asleep
by a 1'ernwnoJ policeman.
The youngsters took to tha outdoor Ufa
quite by accident Later they realised that
It required food to live, nnd to obtalri tha
necessities of life, according to the police,
they stole sevtral bicycles In different parts
of tho city.
They used tho wheels to Inspect tha sur
rounding territory and tako little Joy rides
when not sleeping or eating.
When a cop pulled tha two Juvenile her
mits from their cave of straw today aach
was wrapped In an expenslvo automobile
"Well, brother Armenian, how rocs it?"
"Well, tho Russians aro frccinR mo of what tho Turks left mo."
from Nebelapalter, Zurich, by Cartoons Maiatlne.
I Continued from Fate On
I Tlrpltx party In the Reichstag has serl-
eusly threatened the power of tha von
I Bethmann-Hollweg party, which apparently
ne.ks to retain the friendship of tho. United
I Btates. State Department official admit
I this to bo true, but are hoping that come-
I thing will happen to avert an actual test
of strength between tho two parties.
' Tho sentiment of tha Oerman people,
I which has never been too friendly to tho
. United States In tho last year or so, In
1 easily Influenced by any slight decision or
4 action of tho United States which seems to
affect Oerman Interests adversely. As n
' consequence, the Administration Is up
I against the problem of exercising the great
est care In Its relations with Germany for
' fear of arousing this latent distrust on the
part of the Oerman people for the United
States.
It has been reported on apparently au
, thorltatlve Information that the real reason
why the United States does not take up the
' LusUanla negotiations at this time Is not
. because of American politics, as wnn re
ported, but because of Oerman politics,
t which have reached a much more serious
tags than the average person In thts coun
try Is able to realise, ,
, Ifot only this, but the American Ooern
w jnent constantly has before it the threat,
promise or request call It what you please
I contained In the last Oerman note to this
, country, In which Oermany made certain
promises In regard to Its conduct of sub
i marine warfare, with a condition attached
that the United States should do Its utmost
' to sea that Or eat Britain respected inter
( national law. While the United States, in
Its reply, politely said that, relations bo
t tween tho United States and Crcat Britain
I were none of Oormany'a concern and
thoreby closed the case as far as this Gov
1 ernment was concerned, this action, did not
I close the question as far as Oermany was
concerned.
HOLDS EXCUSE IN RESCnVK
It is pointed out that Germany, never
, having replied to this note, Is In a position
' whero It can use the fact that the United
J States never compiled with the condition
under which it abandoned submarine war-
' fare as an excuse for a resumption of such
1 a warfaraT It would be perfectly easy for
, Oermany to say, "You were unsuccessful
I In seeing to It that Great Britain did not
. violate International law, so why should
1 this Government make any concessions to
I youT In the future we shall conduct our
submarine warfare as wo see fit,"
It Is for thts reason that the recent Brit-
4 Ish reply on the mill seizures and the
j Impending; unsatisfactory reply on the
' blacklist are causing so much concern to
J tho State Department. Nof only does tho
department fear tho effect of tho British
' notes on Oerman public oentlment, but It is
, also chagrined that It Is unable to obtain
' from Britain any recognition of what this
J Government regards as invlolablo neutral
rights.
Oreat Britain has apparently takes a po-
f sltlon far from that adopted by tho vnlted
1 States and has shown no Inclination to
r ' give way in tha slightest particular. In
"'". I order to appease publlo sentiment in both
'. j tha United Btates and Oermany, it Is felt
that a strong reply should be mode to
'Britain on tha mall seizures question, but
K is also felt that such a note would ac-
man In the Administration. It Is well
known that Oerard has somo definite Ideas
on tha approaching trouble. As related two
weeks ago, theso Ideas embrace three sug
gestions, First. A tightening up of American
relations with England and an In
sistence by this Oo ernment that
Britain ceaso to violate International
law.
Second. Tho construction of a fleet
of 1000 submarlno destroyers to show
Oormany that tho American coast
would not bo helpless beforo tho attack
of German submarines.
Third. Tho construction of a wcll
cqulppcd and powerful mlatlon service,
ablo to do duty In scouting for sub
marines. What tho Administration will do In re
gard to tho first suggestion remains to bo
seen. It Is a Bort of preventive suggestion
and It seems entirely probable that after
tho November election some such step will
to taken despite tho fact that the State
Department Is suro that such a protest to
Great Britain would mall nothing.
Tho other two suggestions nro antici
patory of conditions that might nrlse If
complications with Germany should come.
Tho recent activity or mo uerman bud
marine U-B3 has been Interpreted In somo
quartors as Oermany's warning as to what
might happen snoum tne unuco. buuoh ue
como involved In the war. This submarine
and the Deutschland showed that they
could enter two of tho most vulnerable
ports In tho United States without observa
tion nnd It Is said that Germany's Inten
tion was to havo the United Stntes obscrvo
that Its own shores were not Invulnerablo
to attack.
DESTBOVEUS POWERFUL WEAPON
It has been found In England that the
so-called submarlno destroyers, known In
time of beaco as motorboats, have hunted
down more submarines than all the British
warships and nets put logeiner. j.o jr
Department has already built two model
submarine destroyers as a suggestion to
private owners who wish to build motor
boats. The Navy Department suggests that
owners follow the Ideas Incorporated In
theso two boats If they wish to enroll them
selves and their boats In tho naval reserve.
Of the two boats ibullt, one Is a seventy-flve-footer
nnd cost about (28,000. She
mounts n six-pound gun, which. It Is ex
plained, Is sufllclent to put nny submarlno
out of action. The other typo of boat Is a
fifty-footer and cost only 112,000, mounting
a three-pound gun. Tho department says
that nbout twenty-five of theso boats will
bo built by prhate owners this winter, with
tho prospect that forty or fifty more will
he built next year. Add .to this the num
ber of private boats already available which
could mount guns of sufllclent size to put
n submarine out of commission and tho
United States would Jiao several hundred
boats capable of use as submarine destroy
ers. Tho Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
whllo not having been apprised of Mr, Qo
rard's plan, thinks it is a perfectly feasible
and entirely deslrablo one. He says that
steps aro now being tak(n to. organize the
powerboat owners, so that they would know
JUstf what to do in time of -war.
As for Mr. Gerard's third suggestion.
It probably will be some time before It
can be fulfilled. There aro now only
twelve aeroplanes In active service at tho
border. Yesterday 120 more machines wore
ordered, all of which cannot be delivered
for moro than a year. This brings tho
total of aeroplanes in the United States
army and navy up to fewer than 160 ma
chines, not enough to make a dent In the
number required.
However, preparedness advocates are al
ready planning to go before Congress again
this winter and urge the necessity of a
strong 'aeroplane corps. It Is hoped that
appropriation may bo obtained for at
least 260 machines for next year, for by
that tlmo the facilities for manufacturing
the 'machines will havo betn doubled and
the number of available pilots will alBo
have Increased greatly, owing to the new
rules under which civilians may receHo
training as pilots.
GIRL SAYS MAN FORCED
HER TO LIVE WITH HIM
Accused Believed to Bo MlBsing
Son of New York
Minister
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1' I eompllsh absolutely nothing and might
s, joako tha breach wider than it is.
U, S. DRIFTING HELPLESSLY
, Thus the United States is placed In the
position of drifting Into an international
I crisis without being ablo to turn a hand to
j save Itself. This is an Intensely serious
I matter with the State Department, which
... i i recognizee) with concern tha growing power
' ef tha Oerman war party. Administration
cfltclals have been Hying- much thought to
, , the question, but so far without deflnlto
I results.
, Ambassador Oerard, however, has been
n the scene In Oermany and knows what
it going on there better perhaps than any
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I'.fipme oi uiib vast coiieeuon or
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country, as well as abroad!
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Iiary's Book Store
mam MM IMov Nutet
A collector for a charitable organization,
believed to be the son of a New York
minister, Is under arrest hero accused of
mlitreatlng a runaway girl.
He Is Charles Wesley, living near Eight
eenth and Cherry streets. His accuser is
Julia Pezulls, seventeen years old, who ran
an ay from her homo In Shenandoah three
weeks ago with sixteen-year-old Blanche
Gobert. She told tho police that he forced
her to live with him and sent her out as a
collector for his organization. Tho where
abouts of the Pezulls girl became known
when Mrs. Itobcrt Elmer, of Wayne, who
en ployed tho Gobert girl, Informed the po
lice. The pollco believe that Wesley Is the
mltslng son of tho Ilev. S. J. Winchester, of
New York, v4io aBked that a search bo mado
for his son, Charles Wesley D. Winchester.
The prisoner will bo arraigned In the Mu
nicipal Court today.
MUST PROVE INJURY
TO GET COMPENSATION
Commissioner Rules Workmen
Must Make Out Valid
Claim
HAnniSIIUnO, Oct. 20. Claimants for
compensation under the new workmen's
tomponsatlon law will hereafter bo required
to prove their disability, according to an
opinion handed down today by Commis
sioner John A. Scott, of the compensation
board.
In awnrdlng n workman for a Philadel
phia glue factory fifty per cent of his wages
as a result of his having lost the thumb
and Index finger of his left hand while reg
ularly emplojed. Commissioner Scott ruled
out tha claim of the tnjurtvl man that tho
loss of the thumb and finger was equal to
the loss of n whole hand.
Tho ruling Is that the loss of the whole
hand is not proved because the remaining
Angers can still be used.
FUNERAL OF NORMAN PRINCE
American Aviator, Killed in Action,
Honored in Franco
PARIS, Oct. 20. Impressive funeral
services were held today for Norman
Prince, the American aviator, who died as
a result of an aerial battle on the western
front.
The ceremonies were attended by a rep
resentative of the War Minister, the Amer
ican flying corps, many French and British
aviators and almost all the Americans now
in Paris.
GET FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE
Court Decides Tenure of Bronx County
Officials
' ALBANY, N. Y.. Oct. 20. Bronx County
officials are not to be chosen at the elec
tion next month, tho Court of Appeals de
termined today. The court confirmed their
election for a term of four years.
The Court also decided that a successor
to tho former president of tho Board of
Aldormen, Oeorgo A. MCAneny, of Manhat
tan, should be elected at the next general
election. McAncny resigned last year and
F. J. Doullng, vice chairman of the board,
has since been acting president His con
tention that he should servo the Unexpired
term of Mr, McAneny was not affirmed.
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- "I had them installed on all the gas fix
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"Isn't it wonderful what a difference it
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shows the furnishings off to much better
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"In some cases the ligh'ts were placed
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cost for gas of 1 cent for 8 hours. ,'
75c to $1.40, according to equipment H
A special Service Man will call upon you to
demonstrate the "C, E-Z."
The United Gas
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tha blankets from autos In the neighborhood
of Fortieth and Cheitnut streets.
.m.- ..- m-.... -ia t. 1Uft at 413
North Forty-seeond street and Christopher-!
Magee at ill Nortn rony-prim .ic.
The boys said they had been away from
home since last Friday.
They "barged" school to see the soldiers
returning from the border and were afraid
to go horns. They finally drifted out to
Fernwood. There they spied the haystacks
In a field near Fernwood Cemetery. It was
an easy msttUr to fit them for living pur
poses. The boys said they "had a good
time." They were sent to tha House of Do
tentlon, whera they were both held for
court.
HELD AS WIFE SLAYER,
BUT RUNS FOR OMCE
Missouri Prosecutor Submits
His Case to People
at Polls
ST. JOSHPII. Mo., Oct 20 Charged with
wife murder, County Prosecutor Oscar Mo
Danlcl, who Is a candidate for re-election.
Is carrying his caso before the people before
his trial gets under way,
"I hope there is no ono nmong the audi
enc who believes Crawford township Would
produce such a character an I have beon
painted by the gossips," the accused man
told an nudtenco of homo folks at Wallace.
McDanlel outlined the history 0 his life,
duelling upon, the years w,th his wife.
"When I was going to St Joseph High
Befool I loved her," he Bald. "Later we
wcro married and were very happy. I have
three children of school age. I crave that
thelt father may have such a name here
nfter that they may not bo pointed at as
children of one unworthy,
"I crave re-election to tho office I now
hold. Unless I can depend on tho gray
matter In your brains to base your opinions
on facts, the name of a son of Crawford
township may bo dragged In tho dust and
humiliated." .
U. S. Collects Evaded Taxes
WASHINGTON. Oct 20. Accordlnc to
Commissioner of In'crnal Itevcnue Osborn,
f22.G09.S76 In taxes fraudulently evaded
but collected In the last threo years has
moro than paid tho running expenses of
this department, which collected Internal
revenue of $1,10M13,20S In that period.
MAYOR AND OFFICIALS
INSPECT PORT WORKS
View Improvements Up nnd
Down Both Delaware and
Schuylkill Rivers
Having as their guests Mayor Bmlth and
ths heads of a number of munlrlpal de
partments, the members of Councils' Com
mittees on Finance and Commerce nnd
Navigation today made their annual In
spection of the port .
The party left Itace stroet pier aboard
the police tug Ashbrldge and first visited
the dredging operations at Frankford and
Holmeeburg, From this point a leisurely
trip was made along the city's waterfront
and recently constructed piers and bulk
heads were viewed.
Director Webster, of .the Department of
Wharves, Docks and Ferries, explained his
plan for the proposed city piers at Cherry
and Kenllworth streets.
At League Island the party left the Del
aware Illver and made an Inspection of the
Schuylkill Ittver, paying particular atten
tion to the plans for a new bridge at South
street
Trof. David N. Camp
NEW DHITAIN, Conn., Oct 20. Prof.
David N. Camp, for many years one of tho
most prominent educators In Connecticut,
died at his home last night nt tho ago of
ninety-six. Ho was New Britain's second
Mayor, and represented the town In the
General Assembly. Ho was president of the
Skinner Chuck Company, and Identified
wltit other business concerns. Vale gavo
him an honorary degree In 1853.
BOLD "BABY Bj
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nf nttimntwl Mrh. -i 'vl.
the youngest "highway robbers" tkl.
have ever arrested. William D.bl
vears hid. ml I'(i- lti ..""
jears old, of C3S Catharine strut S
cused of hav nr held tin .. !5l !
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It Is reported by the police that Um
(inn irmiiru inm -tv na" . .
"making a splurge" with a sola iiJL '
h.vv cold chain and rh.!. .. r." I
borhood of Sixth and Christian utJ
Is churned that when viiii. Jr7
heard the Vosher boy had tha itlik
mado up their minds thev om IS
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and Peter Ucolffero stepped out anjIL
him down William Voiher tmM
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the "baby bandits" were running -!
held fast to his big walch.
W1TTPCNN IX ENEMY CA-
Democratic Candidate for
Tours Republican County "
ATLANTIC CITY. Oct JO.-M',
ernor. Is In tho enemy a country tod
io muting ii!iiiiu t-uuniy jg Sni B
was at Hammonton, where ha aiWrtLu
largo crowd. ""M
Tonight tho. candidate will address k'&
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