w I' it pi 8 , EVENING MDaKE-PBtrnABELPSrA, WEDNESDAY, DEGEMBEB 20, foiC ZamW J&VrJevt3t. PEARL EARRINGS " A fine col lection of large pearls of more than fcriy- grains cadi C artier brlc I mniiiinuwwiiwpii 712 HflhAverutc .New York -. ffiNDEMNED YOUTHS' LAST CHANCE TODAY Stato Pardon Board Deluged With Pleas for Mottcrn and Haines $ PENROSE TO LEAD FIGHT IN PERSON U. p. Senator Engages Head quarters at Harrisburg for Speakership Contest BOTH SIDES LACK VOTES Bnldwln Claims Much, but Writ ten Pledges of Support Are Insufficient United States fienntor Holes Penrose will take personal chnrgo of tha light agnlnst tho Brumbaugh Stnto administration when It Is launched In earnest Just beforo tho session f the lglslaturo opens January 2 noxt, ami will personally direct tha campaign of Richard J. llnldwln, of Dolawnro County, tto Icnrosa candldata for Hpoakor, I'cnroso haa engaged headquarters at tha Senate Hotel In Ilnrrlaburg, mid Ih oxpected to go to tho Capitol and assumo direction of Ms forcoa In tho factional fight tho mlddl f next wook. In splto of claims by tho Baldwin cam paign managers that tha Penrose candldata la certain of at least 110 votes In tho Re publican caucua that will be held on tho Bight of January 1, and tho aosertlono mado ky Republican Organization leadora of both factions that Cox Is facing an uphill light for tha speakership, It has daveloped that either of tha loading candidates for Hpeakor feas sixty votes plcdgod to him In writing Uatdwtn, according to Republican leadero, lias tho personal nssuranco of support from a majority of tho member of tho IIouro, but tha number of votes pledged him In writing Is far below tha neceosary elghty-lhe to make him tho majority choice of tho Repub lican caucus. Rebellion haa brokon looss In Governor Brumbaugh's camp In Harrisburg as tha result of tho proposed plan to havo In entrance Commissioner O'Nell and Stato Highway Commissioner niick trado places In order to glvo tho Administration addi tional strength for tho Cox speakership campaign. It wan reported that tha Oovemor con templated tho chango because the pouorful political machinery of tho Highway De partment could be used more effectively by CNell than by Black. Tho latter, however, mado It plain. It Is said, that he would resign rather than permit himself to bo mado a party to such a political trado. MANY CONFERENCnd ' Nearly eery department of the Adminis tration appeared somowhat demoralized, and yesterduy was filled with conferences. Uncertainty wan In the ulr. Tho Governor after a lengtSy conference decided that Slack should retain Ills present post, nc sonJinr to word rocelvod from Harrisburg There wera wild rumors currant through out tho day that other political heads wera about to fall In tha Cox-Baldwin speaker Ship fight. One mora head has fallen In tho Governor's effort to wlpa out "disloyal" employes. James McKlrdy. of Pittsburgh. assistant director of tho Legislative Uofcr- enca Bureau, tundored tils resignation yes terday. He was asked to resign a week ago. One of tho featuren of the Cox campalgi against Representative Baldwin, tho Pen rose candidate, Is tha detailed, State-wide C&nvasJi being made for Cox by Congress'-tnan-at-largo John R. 1C Scott, In Pen rose headquartora the statements were bluntly mado that Bcott was utilizing the present occasion to develop his guberna torial boom, with tho special object of win ning Progressives, returned to the party, to his sldo far the fight that will mark tha next State-wide primaries. GOVERNOR DENIES RUMORS Rumors of other decapitations were nu merous, but the Governor took no publla action along that line, Ho declared, on the Other hand, thero was no truth In tho story printed at Pittsburgh to tho effect that ho contemplated making changes In the heads ef the State Health Department and tha Department of tho Secretary of the Com monwealth. The Governor refused to discuss the pos sible removal of Banking Commissioner Smith and Chief of Mines Roderick. Mr- Cox after conferring with tho Gov. ernor, 'Attorney General Brown and Publlo Service Commissioner Magee left last night for Pittsburgh, from which point he will visit several counties with Congressman John R. It Scatt. Mr. Mageo believes tho majority of the Allegheny delegation yill bo for Cox. Longport Bea Wall Assured ' AT1ANTIO CITY, Dec, JO. The long- 4forfd project of erecting a sea wall for k tha protection of longport against the tides la about to bo realized, Tha estimated cost of tho project has been brought down to JJ6O.Q0O, which Is well within tha financial resources of the borough. It Is considered' certain that the contract will be awarded early in the new year. s I30IO Watches For ladles and gentlemen. All reliable timepiece. Elf-in, Waltbora, Howard and other standard models, Diamonds and Jewelry Comprehensive collection of beautiful designs, ah moa- r priced, Fred G. utor 1030 MARKET STREET Tie eratelj fliL3 HAnnisnunO. Dec 20 When the four members of the Stato Board of Pardons Lieutenant Oovemor McClaln. Secretary of Internal Affairs Houek, Attorney Genera Brown and Secretary of tho Commonwealth Woods take their seats today to hear the third appeal for clemency In tho rases of Henry Ward Mottern, seventeen years old, and Krnest Haines, Jefferson County boy sontonced to die In tho electric chnlr, they will bo deluged with n mass of pirns for mercy. The pleas, In tho foitn of lotters. tele grams and petitions, como from oery sec tion of Pennsylvania and bear the nnmei snd opinions of hundreds of tho most promi nent men and women In tho State Many of tho documents nro from civic societies, women's clubs, religious organizations nnd social servlco bodies, and they set forth n multiplicity of reasons, ranging from tho extreme youth of tho condemned, their un fortunate environments and lark of train ing to tho decadence of tho death sentence as on Institution of punlnmnt. why tho sentences of Mottorn and Ilnlnes should ba commuted to Ufa terms In prison Secretary Houck said today that ho ban never before been led to such serious con templation of on oinclal act ns he has of tomorrow's session of the Board of Pardons Hundreds of communications, mall and wire, havo piled In upon him, both In his omco hero and at his homo In Lebanon Counsel for the two boys arrived In Har risburg to bo ready for tho hearing. They aro Raymond 13 Brown, who reproeents Mottern. and William T Harr. who will pre sent Hnlnes'n plea for Ufa Both nttornoyn nro from nroolallle, whero, in tho Jefferson County prison, tho Inds aro prlsnncrn nwnlt Ing transfer to tho deathhouse at Rockvlow penitentiary. A well-known Pcnnsylvnnlan, not di rectly concerned In tllo case, also nrrhed to do what Is In his power to Impel tho Board of Pardons to a merciful attitude Ho Is Representative Lex N Mitchell, of Jcftor son County, and ho Is prepared to Inform tho Board of Pardons thnt tho people of Ills county aro unanimous In their nppcal for n commutation of tho death scntonca to life Imprisonment "Tho county Is aflame with sentiment ngalnst tha execution of thesa boys," he said "No one believes Mottern capable of realizing tho horror of his act, and Halncn Is n victim of nu unfortunato home en vironment, as woll as of tha natural result of Isolation In the barren Oliver township region." Mr. Mitchell has written a letter to tho board, detailing his personal knowlcdgo of tho circumstances In tho ensa of Mottern, whom ho has talked with In prison Ho believes (Irmly that tho ladn am tha lctlmn of environment, plus hcredltnry montal weaknesses, which, rcgardlesi of their age, should explain their wlllngncns to commit murder. WHAT'S ONE FLIVVER FOR NINE "KIDDIES"? Mrs. Dannnhcr Wants No Do mestic Warfare, So Prize Package Is Sold Fifteen men might havo been able to tangu on n, doad comrade'n chest, hut nlno kids, somo of them Blzabln, could hardly expect to Jam Into a flivver. Thus ends the droam of tho younger memborn of tho Dnn naher family for Joy rldeB thin summer in un automobile which alght-ytar-old Cather ine Dannahor won In a radio at a Darby Church fair Monday night Tho Dannahor family llvo at 888 North forty-sixth street. Tho father died threo yaara ago. Several months ngo Kllzaboth purchased two tickets for tho ralllo, laid them on a uhclf and forgot thorn Ah n matter of fnct, tho dog got ono hut not tho right one Thon when rather t'ltz gcrald camo to notify Hllzabeth of her luck, olio offered to sell tho machine to him and ho gave her Its nluo of J3G0 "Thore's no one starving around hero that I can sec," said Mrs Dannahcr yes terday "But of a summer night, when everything ban settled down, nnd I'o gotten tho family adjusted, I don't want any wir faro to break out over who Is going to ubo tho family car that's all " Jersey Officials Seek Fnkc Scales TRENTON, Deo. 20 Because of tho number of schemes for defrauding tho pub lic discovered about this tlmo Inst joar weight and measure officials throughout tho Stato will pny particular attention thin week to tho uulo of poultry Stato Super intendent William L Waldrou, of thu Weights nnd Measures Department, has notified each official to be on tha lookout, it Is also urged by tho superintendent that housewives be on tholr guard Trenton Teacher Quits to Join Army TRUNTON, Dec 20. Prof. Hottry Worth Ington, of Lancaster, Pa., a teacher In the Junior High School of thlH city, has re signed to accept appointment iib second lieutenant of Infantry In tho regular army Ho recently passed an examination for tho position, and will probably bo nsslgnod to duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kan NAMING OF APPRAISERS HELD UP BY DEADLOCK McCoach and Powell Can't Agreo on Personnel Clash Over Varc Men The appointment of n new Board ot Mereantllo Appraisers, which was to havo, been made during (he Innt few dayn by City Treasurer McCoach nnd Auditor tlen oral Powell, will bo held rip Indefinitely nnd may be thrown Into tho hands of Gov ernor Brumbaugh. Tho City Treasurer nnd Auditor General, who hae tho power to appoint tho board, havo held several meetings, but so far have failed to agreo upon tha personnel of the new board McCoach, who Is a Varo follower, wants at lonst ono mora Vnro man named on tho board At present Select Councilman Wil liam K. Klnley, ezecutlvn director of tho Republican City Committee. Is tho only Varelte on thn bonrd McCoach wants J'rnnk J Rynn, Vnro leader In tlui Thirty sixth Ward, appointed In plnco of either tho McNlchoI or the Penrose member of tho present bonrd Auditor General Powell, however, is hold ing out for tho reappointment of tho pres ent board In nrldltlnn to Flnlcy, tho board la now composed of V A Vnn Vnlkcnhurg. brother of 1J A. Vnn Valkonburg; John J 'Tout, Jnmcs A Cnrcy and IMward A. Devlin. Vnn Valkcnburg nnd Crout wcro np polnted throa yoars ngo ns Washington pnrty men nnd havo tho support of 13 A. Van Valkcnburg nnd Powell, who Is also a Progresilvo Carey In tho McNlchoI mem ber of tho board, and Dovllu Is Ponroso'n principal lieutenant In tho Eighth Ward, Penrose's homo ward. Should McCoach and Powell disagree on tho nppolntmcnt of tho board, tho naming of tho body would automatically pnss to tho Governor whon tho terms of the present bonrd expire Tho Governor undoubtedly would nppolnt tho men favored by tho Vnres Scrim Data on Itunianlnn Booty LONDON, Dec. 20 It is reported In Uudnprst that Vnn Untookl declared: "I ntlll hava no detailed dita concerning thn Rumnnlnn booty ccrenls, petroleum nnd other nrtlclcs of Importance Tho booty obtained In Rumania ought not to bo over estimated " , Ducks Lawyer (Joins to Wnr Zone BRISTOL, Pn. Dec 20 Hugh 1. Hast burn, Jr, n prominent young member of tho Bucka County bar, who ban been practicing law In Bristol, hnn enlisted In tha French Ambulnnco Corps nnd will snll for Franco on Saturday. NO KAILWAY STRIKE SEEN UNTIL HIGH COURT MILES Juiljro Chnmbcra Says Brotherhoods Will Not Call Wnlkout Deforo De cision on Eight-Hour Law WASHINGTON, Bee 80. The four big hrolhorhoods of rnllrond men will wait for the Supreme Court of tho United States to boss Upon tho latldlty of the Adnmson .ilght-hour law beforo taking steps toward calling another strike, In tho opinion of Judge William I Chambers, head of tho llnttcd States Board of Mediation nnd Con ciliation. Judgo Chambers Bald ho did not expect tho brotherhood to force tha Issuo beforo tho court ruled, nnd ha based his statement in Information from tho councils of or ganized labor. Tho work of tho Mediation Board brings It In constant touch with tho labor unions nnd Judge Chambers today explained that ho had been Bounding out sentiment at ovory opportunity, and hsd como to the conclusion that no railroad lnbor disturb ance would nntlclpato tho court's decision. Should tho Supremo Court take a stand contrnry to tho dcslros of tho railroad brotherhoods, tho Mediation Board Immedi ately would step In nnd nttempt to prevent rt now strike, Judge Chambers announced Ho dec'ared tho affairs of tha board had boon gni In readlnoss no thai, quick action could bo had as soon ns any threatened dlsturbanco nppearH Will Ask IJids lo CIcnr Parkway nHtlmntcH for domollnhlng tho remaining bulldlngii on tho lino of tho Parkway, In cluding nix saloons, will bo asked for In n few days by Director Datesman, of tho Department ot Publlo Works. Tho Di rector hopes to let tho contract for tearing uwuy tho buildings ently noxt enr. Build Ingn to bo razed Include the Medlco-Chl-rurglenl College at Seventeenth nnd Cherry streets, nnd p.irt of a largo building oc cupied by tho otncoB of tho Pennnylvanla Railroad In Fllbort street near fifteenth All of tho properties como into tho posses sion of tho city on December 27 under notices served upon tho owners three months ngo A fflanscom's Beautiful Lustre Candy Pure and Delicious The IJest Candies for Sunday Schools 28c lb. or fi-lb. box 51.25 If He S Give Hi moKes n- , im cigars nnd if the Cifjars are a reliable brand your good wishes will be doubly appreciated for few Rifts are more appreciated by Mr. Smoker than GOOD Cigars. Our carefully selected brands combine finest smokinj? qualities and attractive appearance. All smokers recognize the ' Merits of Ackers Cigars Imperial Pcrfcctoa $G.50 Box 100, $3.25 Box 50, $1.03 Box 25 A ctimhtmitlnn nt rich frng rnnro and IianiUome appear ance. 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A com of destitution wss discovered In tho plno bar rens, two miles from tho McKea City nnll road station, whon ex-Senator Iewls i:vns, Aislslant Cny Treasurer ChArles 1'arsons nnd Charles Tllton, a contractor, on a Runnlntr trip In tho snow, found Mrs. Nicholas l'lanto and six smalt children starving In a hovel, without either warmth or food The woman said her husband, had abandoned them and (tone to Philadelphia. Mrs l'lanto wa wearing a shapeless fjar ment, made from battRlntr, In which other gunners a week airo saw her itklrmtahlng throtigh the woods for fuel Sho had neither hat nor stocking and her shoes wcro with out soles Tho six children woro garments made from flour sacks They were crying for something to cat After starting n flro and procuring a tem porary supply of food, tha first the family had eaten for more than n day, ex-Senator Hvans and hla companions hurried hero and notified Prosecutor Mooro of the case. Itte yesterday afternoon Mrs l'lanto and her brood of six little ones, wrapped in heavy robes, wcro brounht to tills city by County Probation Officer Scull In nuto mobllos nnd tnkon to tho Crlttenton Mission ir"" i ii Wrtte or colt for our nna and InttTtnttiio Joofclil "iooktiiB Into Vour Oien KviS A Series of Vo. Ill Eye Talks Our Neit Tulle Tuti, Pre 20 IJy Joflcph C. 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