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Show SON REFUSES TO COME BACK Wealthy Father Sends Man After Eloper All Efforts Fail New York, Jan '.Hector Fuller, erstwhile war cot respondent who 'went to Hongkong In an effort to bring bad. T. Lawrence Mott. Ill , son of the Wealth iron manufacturer, who doped last May with Mrs. Prances Pran-ces Hewitt Bokne, an actress, returned return-ed today with his quest unavailing Young Mott is still in HOngkong with the actress He Steadfastly declined de-clined to listen to the pleadings made I by Full, r " The hoy is deeply in love with Mrs. Bowne." said Fuller tonight at his hotel "All my efforts to induce him to give her up failed " Fullei s;ns Mott Is doing what he can to maintain the little home he and the actress have at No 9 Ped-darle Ped-darle Hill, Hongkong. With a gift for writing, Mott has turned this to use. while Mrs Howne aids by singing at the theater or in churches on Sunday The elopers have two rooms in their Hongkong home and have done awav with evcr.v luxury. Mott".-, father has it him off without n cent, but this has not disheartened him. '1 dou i care If I don t i;et anything from mj father," Mott told Fuller the da the hitter left for home six weeks ago. "When I started from home T determined I vnu!d 'make my own va in the world. I am doing It" Fuller's hunt for Moit l,ogan last May. the (oy after the couple slipped away on a frei;,t steamer, the Tn-dradeo, Tn-dradeo, bound for Efongkong Mott had given bis promise to Puller to go on a onc cruising expedition and caused a flurry when he went awav i instead with Mrs. Bo.wne While Mott and Mrs Bowne are In Hongkoni; resolutely refusing to part. Motfs wife with their daughter lives in her luxurious home at Ki-erdale on the Hudson. Mrs. Mott bas not decided de-cided yet whether she will alc for a ; div orce. Mrs. Bovvne's husband maintains main-tains their home at Mlllerdale N I Fie consulted an attorney come time ago to the advisability or a divorce i Last spring at rh0 time Slot fa father fath-er was trvlng to dissolve the love attornment Mrs. Movvne was traveling 10 the we?t with a theatrical company Shortly after reaching South Bend. I fnd., the aetroas broke awav from the I road and came to New York, appearing appear-ing at a vaudeville house. Immediately Immediate-ly upon her advent In town Mott began be-gan Staying away from home nights and his father put detectives under Fuller a charge upon the hoy's trail ; Finding that he was visiting the t . ress. the fatehor. exasperated over his I son's persistent wooing of the xoiin- 'woman, hastened arrangements Tor a 'trip around the Horn. Passage on the freighter was ready for Fuller and Mott to sail on Ma 24. Yotintr Mott pretended to Fuller that he was go ing. Two daya before the time set for the departure of the rhip Mott and Mrs. Itowne escaped the vigilance of I the detectives and boarded th iQ. dradeo, bound for Hongkong The-, listed as L. Wilson and wife.' Mott passing himself off as a purser and the actress as a stewardess Fullei, by the direction oi Mott'a father followed follow-ed on another steamer, but did not j overtake the elopers until thev armed ar-med .it Hongkong oo |