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r THE WEATHER i 16 Pages Tp-Day Rain Sunday and probably Monday, moderate northeast to east winds.; .1 TivoSections i . i; vol. xcnai no. 6(K , VVTIiMINGTOlir, 2ST. C, SUNDAY MOENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1913, WHOLE KITMBEB 13,49 3, "' i T mi i i in n-j- fj mm ' : - .... , ';;- ;';.wVyr .- .- - ' . ' ' J : '. .X - . LADIES DETERMINED ON EARLY in Washington m GOHsmirnou in Soon to Launch Fight for Araendmht to Federal Constitution That Wil Enfranchise Women: . Men's Club. Washington Nov .s 29 .With t,tie an nounced intention of - starting speedly on its way an amendment iq tiiej Ind eral constitution that; will ; enfrancnlsiei women, suffraffots ' by tie' . huhdeds arrived here todajr to attend the 45tb: convention of 1 the ' .National Aniericn Woman's Suffrage' Association J .The woman's right to such ari I amendment is to be urged- .upon Congress-' with; vigorous determination; say the; suf frage leaders." i" They alsoi assert thejr ill attempt " tqs ; obtain durtng1 their week'& stay ' here; an expreasioa from President WSlsori . which might be- re garded as, the, Jiemocratlc party s 'pol icy on the woman;, suffrage question. Hotel lobbies buzzed tonight with discussion by groups of delegates on the questions, which1; will come before the convention when it begins its ses sions Monday.' Arrival ; and certifica tion of delegates," meetings of theuf ticial board and ofthe executive com mittees and a luncheon by the Na tional College Equal Suffrage League, at which Dr. Anna- Howard Shaw, pres ident of the National association; Miss Jane Addams and other -prominent leaders spoke, "were features of -to-d ay's preliminary prof ramme- Enthu siasm will be kept alive over' Sunday by a mass meetings tomorrow at which; Dr. Shaw, ' Miss Addams. and State Senator Helen; Ring rRobinson, ;of Colorado, will be speakers. The executive committee at a meet ing tonight took vp for cOnsideratioa two important matters which will come before the .convention. One was the proposal to' adopt a new constitu-. tion for the association in accordance with the recommendation of the:con-stitutioiiatevisic- other was as torthe founding pf abus iness , corpoionxapitalized,-t 50 000, to be-iaewHMh.e National Suf frage JPublishing - .Confpany, WAfch would liavevcnargQ of the printing of suffrage literature -both for the Na tional ami for affiliated and. other, suf frage associations.'! " -: ! . : Th e purpose of the . proposed, new constitution ia to place the organiza tion on a flxetl financial basis with a budget to -be" presented each year, to the convention.: for -approval and, as sessments made on affiliated organlza-. tions. . j-- . . ' -iS - At the college' - women's meeting, Miss Addams' declared that the recent-, ly acquired franchise in Illinois al ready has been given the women of that State great influence in needed reform. , A "Men's League for Woman Suf frage" whose main:, object is to wotk for the suffrage amendment, has ben organized here with -Dr. Harvey W. Wiley as president; . AFTER DESPERADO. Gun Fight Underground Two More -. Dead. , , A Bingham, Utah.r Nov. 29. In a fight under ground with only the flash of rifles breaking' the darkness; Ralph Lopez, Mexicans desperado.-wadded possibly two more , names to msilist of killed late todaywheni he drove a posse of deputy- sheriffs from ' the Utah Apex Mine; - '.it -r- - ' , " On November 21st Lopez killed: the chief of police of Gingham, two depu ties and a fellow-countryman, :. He shouted from the depths of his strong hold tonight: wili est many more lives before youvget me." ,:--- Lopez . shot Deputies Douglas Hul zey and Tom Mandrich. who at a late hour tonight still lay where they fell. A half dozen, deputies penetrated 900 feet into the. mme this ; afternoon... to light a smudge to smote the deSperar do out As soon as Hulzey . struck , a match he was shot by Lopez. In the exchanges that followed 'Mandrich fell and then the deputies retreated.. Sev eral deputies who Jiad gone , ahead of the smudging party ? were cut-off,; by the desperado who . is now between them and the outlet CRACKSMEN ROB BANK , . AT LLENBORO, U. C. Secure &J0Q0 anc I Mke Siiccewful : Qet-Away v Charlotte, N. C:, -Nov. 29. Cracks men last night blew; the -safe of the Bank of Ellenboro and secured $3,W0 in currency; The'losa was coyered by burglary insurance.; 1 " f-r; :- Nine charges of explosives were ap plied before "the cracksmen succeed ed in securing; th&'cash. ; r s--v It is believed there. were three four members of the party oft robbers, but so far no due to their identity has been found.- . - " ntff.:- .uivA-n A number of - the townspeople were awakened by thevi explosion. Mr. Green, who lives near, the bank, .rush-, ed out . but was forced back ; to his home by the robbers. . . ; j ; . Bloodhounds were secured, and put on the trail, but it was hard to. fol low. The trail led towards the South Carolina line. ' ; ' , . CHAR LOTT E MAN FOUND . WITH HEAD CRUSHED. Whispered Narrte Before rests Follow. Dying Ar- Charlotte; N. C.,: Nov. 29. Contrac tor B. B. - Carter, was . founds In his room at .308 West Sixth street at . 7. o'clock tonight, his, skull chopped to pieces with a carpenter's adze. -Rush ed to a hospital eying, he whispered a name to a -physician, -who reported to the police. John i,McQuary,; Nick Johnson, James Griggs and -Brady Mc Nelis are held without bail. - . AMENDMENT EHO EXTRA SESSION Longest in History of Con- ,' gress Adjourned Yesterday .Begin. Regular .Session of . Congress , Monday Democratic Leaders Urge r Speedy, Passage of Currency Legislation. : . Washington, November , 29 . The longest, continuous' extraordinary ses sion in the history of Congress practi cally: ended tonight and; the regular session will begin at noon next Moh day. . .; o., - ' : Democratic leaders,, acting in con cert with President Wilson j would not peftnit an "actual finish to ' be written tor; the special session although - the House adjourned finally! The Senate will 'meet again at" 10. o'clock Monday, and adjournment will not formally tome nntu a few: minutes before ' the time for . the regular i session to con vene. : -K '-, ',.. --.' - JTwo great projects have held the at tention of Congress and the' country throughout the unprecedented work of the year. . One of these, revision of the tariff, crystalfzed into law in Septem ber:' The Either, currency -reform, still is the chief subject of legislative in terest, and will remain so until dispos ed oj in the regular session. The . special . . session, opening a month after the Democratic forces took complete control of the govern ment, began .with a re-organization of party leadership in the Senate which overthrow precedent and brought the so-called progressive forces into con trol; Throughout the contests on tariff and currency, - the session has been marked py solidification of the Demo- jt : Demand, of - the Democratic' leaders that the currency bill be passed at once brings the extra session to a stir ringi close. Day and v night sessions of the Democratic currency conference have . marked . the last week and day and night sessions of the Senate are promised for the new session until currency .'legislation is": concluded; -t vAithpoih; f President .Wilson: urged tevCgrBia.' jtrsvjclosingv ito;.iold;4tj self torthe two., chief, jiroiects.Utacff antT cjirericyVrseveral other ' matters, of general importance have been con sidered." - One important legislative act' was the' so-called 4 Newlands law for mpiHfttlnrt nnd conciliation in labor dis- rputes. - tJnder-this1 enactment Federal arbitrators were a Die xo aveix ine threatened strike of trainmen on East ern railroads last Summer. ;. which threatened- tp; tie-up : American , com-mercev;- ?:x: : ' .-- The 'bsliment-Vof "ahev United StatesCommerce Court also was ac complished through an amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill. An other appropriation- bill (rider) took out of the - classified civil service most of the deputy United States marshals and deputy. collectors of internal reve nue. Exemption of laoor unions from prosecution under the anti-trust laws, so far as certain funds were concern ed also was .accomplished. . Many legislative acts aside from the re-adjustment of import- duties .were embraced in the tariff bill. Most important or tnese was tne section providing for. the levying of an income tax. Other provisions in cluded the prohibition against the im portation . of feathers ;f birds, ;a spe cial rebate on . eoods: broueht inAmer-- lean ships, an act designed to encour-. age'-American snip Duiiaing ana '..to strengthen the American r merchant marine.,..;.. a ta.mrx ;Tixe long: fight over the proposedtax on cotton futures, to prevent" "cotton gambling, failed in the finaTdevelOpv meatsTPrtbr' to, the "passage of the tariff billM The cotton tax subject; wasmlso thoroughly, ., discussed, however - anl the -advocates or it came to sucn an understanding, -that-it i isr expected ca measure" to regulate trading in iutures wlli'be Cpasied before- the new session ends. -.A.V-.r V.,..'-V v--; '" t.'i;-; Vi . aotherbills -which underwent preliminary., preparation in Kthe ' com-' mittee rooms will Tie pushed to conclu sion in, the new Congress. These in clude the "seaman's servitude bill." which -passed , the Senate : the Hetch Hetchy bill to grant San Francisco wa ter supply rights in that valley, which passed theAHouse, and is to be voted on by tjie Senate December 6th, and the Alaskan .Railroad bill, - which the Senate has agreed to take up in De cemben :i " : ; - t -The investigating activities of the special session were confined chiefly to the 'nrobine of lobbying activities and to the inquiry into causes and con duct Of-the strike in the west Virginia coal ' fields The special .committees that conducted ' these - investigations have not'ompleted their work, and will not report., until early next year. :-..V ;'' ,.'t;.. . . ' : V FtsMaiantg : Ont Nov. : 29-rThe tugf Arbutus returned : today after a search--along- the -coast of -the . Manitoti Islands: for-the, missing steamer Lei field i A -piece Jof -topmasf ." was found flowing tiieax' jSagle Harbor, but there were no marks .by which It might be identifledi . The : Liefield . - carried - a $ ENGINEER WEEPS WHEN f : & 4- TRAIN KILLS CHILD. 4 4 - - ': "- 1 - '. --4- 4. Iienoif, K. C, Nov. 29. The 4 J. IS .months' bid child of B. N. 4 A Annan, while playing on the .L -track of the railroad near- the JL residence of its parents at Saw-; mills," a. nag station ten miiea 4'from Lenoir, was. instantly kill s. Ad bt a Tassenser train, whose 4 engineer, saw the little-one too late to stop. The body, was fear- 4 4 fully mangled and the spectacle 4 was so sorrowful ; to , the engi 4 heer that he burst, into tears as 4 he- looked -upon the .fragments 4 of the. corpse; ; v 5 U.- ALL DAY WRANGLE CURRENCY Slow Progress Made by the Democratic Conference PMCiiwr no cbhiise Delay All Consideration of Number of Regional Reserve Banks Floor Programme to be Arrang V r ed Later. Washington, Nov. 29. Subjected to an all day wrangle in the conference- of - Demoiratic Senators: today, the administration currency bill pro1 gressed slowly, in its preparation for final consideration on the floor, of the Senate. ' . v-;': Practically no 'change was iuade In the administration draft - of the bill as presented': by. Senator Owen, and the five administration Senators of the Banking and Currency committee dur ing the day, but fo several hours the conference discussed ' a technical in terpretation "'bf the provision of the bill relating to the retiring of the new currency to .be issued. Senator Reed, of Missouri, criticised the wording o the section. - The Democratic programme- for day and night sessions of-the Senate until the bill is disposed of probably will be delayed until the 'conference cbn cjludes its work next Tuesday or Wed nesday. The principle upon which the committee split, the public ownership and government control of the pro posed regional reserve banks, .was not brought before the conference and the administration plan for regional banks capitalized by . enforced . subscriptions or tne. hanks ana controlled by bank selected directors was endorsed. ; It was provided, however, that the Fed eral reserve board should have the power to remove all directors of the regional banks. . The conference passed over the pro vision nf th hill fi-rinp- tho mimhor of regional, banks. At tne instance of the conference, Democrats of the Currency commit tee are framing a guarantee of bank deposits provision. - which - may be .written into the bin.- . ; ; . Whether the .xcoiixereneevwnixld Irim o Wrtfffrtcr 'oeK!r(MriT . tn. ntt. till of the -Democrats behind the Owen mil as a party measure, arose today, but the leaders did not hurry to force an issue upon it. Several Democrats have . taken the position that while they -favored the bill generally, they desired to be free to vote for any amendments ' . - - -" :. Adopt an Amendment. The" - conference referred back to the f Democrats of the Banking committee-the section of the bill relat ing torthe. retirement of Federal re serve notes-and a new proposition was suggested for the refunding of the 2 per cent bonds on which the present currency is based. The plan would ; ;s (Continued on Page flight) AN ELABORATE BILL To Restrict Cold Storage of Food and Penalize Corners All Firms Must Qlve;t3overnmeht Dai . ; jjr ;Report of AIL Meats, Vegeta- ' '. bles, and Other Perisha- ? ' - - bles on Hand. i Washington Nov, 29. An elaborat ed anti:hIghjtost of. living bill not ott- iytofeatrict cold, storage 'of food but to 'penalize agreements for storage, pooling, division of- territory inter ference with, competition or other re straint df trade in foodstuffs, was in troduced today by Representative Mc- Kellar, of Tennessee. The hew bill, which will be urged immediately before the House .Com merce committee, would make the maximum period of storage on beet or its products seven months; veal two months;' pork four months; 'sheep or goats four months j lanxb or kids three months; poultry and game three months? fish two months; eggs three months to six months, with provision for labelingr all over three months old after inspection; butter three months. .- The; bill - proposed that cold storage articles-, must be labeled with ; the datess Of production, killing, packing or manufacturing and period of stor age. . It would bar thawing out scold storage 1 products, : would have regula tions r issued -by - the Department of Agriculture and provide, other precau-tions'!.-vf---:-.': V: ,'.--t". - Renresentative - McKellar has re cently conferred freauently Vwith. At-; torneyr General McReynolds on the cost t living proDiem ana. is under stood to have - f urnisned some .infor mation Which- Department of Justice agents -now are investigating ; in their pursuit of " an alleged- cold, storage comoinauon. . it was generally in ferred at the capital that his new bill has the approval of the attorney gen erals . The bill also provides that packers of meat, poultry butter and eggs and air cold storage concerns must, fur-J nish t to, the 1 government dally state ments of goods on hand, shipments, receipts and. deliveries in violation of which - heavy- penalties may be impos- Representative Fowler, of Illinois is collecting- data" to present to the Judiciary.: committee when it takes up a long contemplated investigation . 01 an alleged 'beef trust. He intends to ask. the committee to investigate par ticularly whether meats " kept in cold storage are, treated with chemicals. . PORT OF TACPICO fffl HAVE. FALLEN - " -- -Report ta Thai Effect Cur rent in Mexico City VILLA ATTACKS FEDERALS Washington Confident That : Financial - Blockade of Hyerta -Government . is working to Desired End. Train Blown Up. ' - Mexico - Cityt- Nov. -2&r-San Luis Potosi, the .fergest town ietween the capital and Sfimterey;. iaia the most important railroad center' In Central Mexico, appears to ?be -tne .objective point of those? labels who -recently be gan concentrating. soutlr-Af. Saltillo. Reports indicate1 that morts "than 6,000 rebels have emicentrated ?at Victoria, and ..that Geitr itubio Taarrette, the Federal commander, who Jntended to recapture.. Victoria, r iSjte difficult situation ndrth f that J?townJ v J . There is aKmiconflnned report that Navarrette's .force' . has been cut to pieces, although according; to War De partment advices, he has re-taken - Victoria. . .. , , f . ; '. . -. .- J Another troop, train was blown up near San Luis Potosi yesterday. Pri vate advices indicate the presence of 1,000 - rebels within striking distance of that, city. A?assenger who arrived-: here today from San Luis Potosi told a story of the' wiping out of a military , escort of 50 men . on a train bound from Tampiccr to an Luis Po tosi i four daya. ago. Heysald that the train on whicba he was rjdhrg ran into a cut guarded : by rebels.. Machine guns on both sides concentrated their fire on the train.' Wncn3ne .engage ment was over: every soldkfr.n board the train -hade been killed iand 45 pas-' sengers wounded. ' ;- .' - Some teporta here say'mmplco has been taken,, but" in best i informed cir cles they are 'discrediteol, .although ? it is known that' the rebel circle is" slow ly tightening,-about that pcat. a v A . Saltillo andMonterey?coeatinue iso lated and Tepqrts from &Zi&x mparts of the country indicate . successful rebel .activity ,v e-; -jSimi : v Si - PasO, Texas, JNov. 29. The" van guard, of Geh. Francisco -Villa's rebel forces which left Juarez on Friday night, is reported tonight-at Los Me danos, about 35 jniles north of a col umn of Federal forces which have been at Villa Ahnmada since the bat tle of Tierra Blanca. . ' Gen. Villa will leave for the south in 'a day or two with the.; remainder of the rebel forces now in Juarez.'- Federal) officials" in V Paso report that Gen. Pascnal Orozca with 5,)00 Federal , troops is -moving- northward from Chihuahua to . attack Villa's van guard. Huerta Loosing Out. Washington, Nov. 29. Under pres sure of Constitutionalist armies in the north, advancing on Chihuahua, the most ' important military defense that now stands between the Mexican capi tal and the border, and the menacing activities of the : Zapatistas to the south, the situation of the Huerta gov ernment in Mexico City was believed by officials here tonight, to be more critical than usual. Efforts of General Huerta to obtain funds for the payment ofr accrued in terest on National .railroad, bonds were regarded as demonstrating:: the deter rent effect- upon-foreign . capital of the attitude of the American; government towards - speculators ' who would risk their money at this stage; in the great National tragedy. - Mexico City, .accordingr to advices here, is- almost .isolated. . . from: the northern Vhalf of Mexicov State De bailment reportsshow that: while rail communication isstill open; between Laredo and Monterey, mail and tele graph matter cannot get southward beyond the latter -point except to Sa- ( Continued oa f age Light I"!"!"!"!"!1 I-I-I-I- -I"I"I-Z"I"I"X- GOVERNOR CRAIG TO HOT SPRINGS FOR TREATMENT Raleigh, N. !., Nov. 29. 4 Upon : leaving Raleigh - Sunday 4 morning for Hot Springs,- Ark., for treatment for rheumatism , A Governor Craig ; turns over the , A office of Governor to Lieutenant Governor E. L. Daughtri.dge. 4 Governor Craig will be absent 4 two weeks from Raleigh, and Mr. 4 Daughtridge, who is a farmer 'of 4 Rocky ; Mount .will be in .charge. JU 4. 4. O U T M I N JB -S - The extraordinary session-; of Con gress adjourned last night." The reg ular session will open for "business Monday morning.,' .' - , : . The-football game between the Ar my and-' Navy; rplayed on, the : Polo grounds yesterday was the finale for the season, 42,000 peoples saw the game.-- .: . , "'.i.K : :.' .. - A bill has been introduced limiting the cold storage -people and, in connec tion also ruling out all combines in storage and prices on storage goods. After an all day wrangle over the currency bill, very little adyancement was made by the Democratic Sena tors in conference over it. The con ference may last well Into next week. The conditions in Mexico are about the . same- Washington is confident that the financial boycott brought to bear upon Huerta and his government is being felt.- - . New - York markets : Wheat easy No. 2 red 98 1-8 to 1.00 No.-1 -Northern Duluth 96 1-2. Corn firm 85. Flour quiet. " Rosin easy. Turpentine' quiet. Money on call nominalno- loans. Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 13.40; middling gulf 13.65; no sales - - RADICAL CHANGES IN CONVICT POLICY Declared for By State Prison 'Board Yesterday TO AVERT IMPENDING DEFICIT Board Called Together in Special Ses sion Convicts to be Withdrawn 1 From StatesviHe Air Line. Fewer on Farm. (Special Star Telegram.) v t " Raleigh, N.-: C, : NOv. 29 Called here in special session today on account of serious developments as to the .finan cial condition: of the: institution, the board of-directors of ; the North Caro lina State's prison declared .for' a radi cal change In" the policy, of the man agement to aVert an impending deficit of large proportions and for sweeping changes in tie distribution and em ployment of the convicts. . - . .The meeting , was called '-. because I-the ; State Treasurer had discovered that a defect in the act providing for the construction of the StatesviHe Air Line, StatesviHe to Mt. Airy, re lieves the State Treasurer from cred iting the State's prison with cash face value for certificates of stock ,in the StatesviHe Air Line for convict labor. Up to the time the defect was discov ered in the act a few days ago, some thing like $65,000 in - cash had been credited out of the State Treasury to the prison for StatesviHe Air . Line stock. ' When the discovery was made all this- back credit was chanted against the prison again and the pris on ' -authorities notified that no more credits could be allowed and that this construction- work must be . done by the prison- without any credit benefit from the sstate, the prison to hold the stock . for whatever , it ' could realize out of it in future. - - Deficit Already. Thia"-charge against tne orison of uie oiaiesviue ait une stocK leaves the prison with a deficit of $18,508 st this time and a prospect and practical assurance, if the. present , -policy is ll A. A ' r 1 1 - TT i 1 m . v maintained,, of a deficit ofj. not less than probably 14010 JDecberi.lsLl ii.7,ri'ne, prison assets xor tne u&xv year, , including casn? credits, ior, .con-. Vict labor in railroad : construction through certificates of : stock and all outstanding solvent redits, is $181,097,; while the estimated expenses of-the prison, are $202,459. -: New Policy Declared;: v On account of these conditions, the directors declared through resolutions adopted,-the following policy: - That the superintendent is- directed to curtail operations at the State farm . for the next year to 100 able bodied convicts, together with - the in- nrm population of the prison, only crops that this force can cultivate to be planted, this cutting the crops from (Continued on Page Eight.) Believed That Glenn Will Be Appointed v : ' Selection of l. C. Commissioner Most ; Important Patronage Job" Yet for- ' Wilsonr Klutfz May" Get -';--'':. . Big .JobJ - . ' (Special Star Telegram.)- : Washington, D.d; Nov:: 29iDem- ocratic and Republican: Senators alike believe that in selecting meh for the Inter-State ; Commerce Commission to fill at least two vacancies, and- three, should Commissioner Clements be not given another term, Presfdent Wilson has one of the most responsible jobs which he has had to contend with. It is certainly the most important patronage job. r . .. .- : . Because of the great importance at tached to these appointments . Sena tors nave let it be known that they propose to scrutinize most carefully the record of each and every man se lected for a place on the commission. It can be stated positively . that no nomination which the President send! to the Senate will be confirmed until a thorough . investigation " has : beefi. made" of the record 0f the .man , so selected. - " -'--.-- :: . r'K- (-- - Alreadyt protests 'have;been-entered against - Former Qovernor. Robert ,B. Glenn and others, mentioned for the commission. These'protestS, however. will not assume a concrete form until the ' nominations are sent - in. -..-,:--. ' a Glenn to Succeed Marble. - " Commissioner Clements; it" is bellevv ed, will be re-appointed ; a New : Ehg-; land man will be selected to succeed Judge Prouty, and Governor Glenn wiU be nominated to succeed Commission er -Marble.- - - . - ' E. L. Auman was confirmed ras postmaster at Ashboro by the Senate this afternoon. Had this action not been taken, the President would have been forced to have sent In the nomi nation again ; as under the , rule all nominations .unconfirmed at the - end of , any session of Congress die r with the Congress. . - : ' ' v-- - Beasley Not a Quitter.: - , It is believed R. F. Beasley will at tempt - to take the cause of George Beasley who wants to be postmaster at Monroe to the President. Secretary Daniels is a Strong supporter of Beas ley, and may aid him in the fight "higher up." Such action would ;count for nothing : more than to allow the RepubUcan incumbent to draw salary !-f. ; ''::.':: .: -xht4-? : (Continued on Fage Eight.) v TO SUCCEED MARBLE SOLDIER BOYS TAPS OVER 42,000 Football Fans See Sturdy Lads Nail Colors to Navy Goal PostsPresident and Many of . Cabinet Members in the Grand Stand, and Divide Time Between Two Crowds Hard Fought Game Results in Score of 22 to 9. . New York, Nov. 29. Forty-two thousand persons saw the Navy go down in defeat this afternoon before the' Army eleven on the Polo grounds. No greater throng has ever seen an Army-Navy game. The multitude which crowded . the stands included President .Wilson, the secretaries of war and of the navy, other cabinet officers, Senators, Con gressmen and the flower Nof the mili tary, and naval service. Every seat was occupied and many more persons. Would have been there had space to seat them beeit available. Set in an oval of humanity was the re-made gridiron, protected from the. ralh till this afternoon by a 12-inch blanket of. straw. - ,To the south o'n': the side line was the Army stand, to the north sat the Navy with the. field between, raked by a cross-fire , of cheering. ' President Wilson and his party fol lowed precedent in aividing their time at the game between the contenders. The President was a few minutes late and the game did not start till he had taken his seat in an upper grand stand box almost directly over the Army stand. When the first half ended he was escorted by Secretary of War Garrison and Secretary Dan iels to the Navy side. , Rain, threatened during the first three periods of the game and in the last quarter a drizzle began. The Conquering Heroes. - As the Army battalions marched upon the field, headed by the Cadet band, the crowd cheered. Down - the side lines marched the band, the bat talions, of grey and gold followingtin columns 0 of four. . Around the field they, marched, then followed the band the length of the field down the cen ter, 50 abreast, turning by fours, re forming in long' lines and halting be fore the south stand. As they marked time,' the navy eleven ran on the field Anotbet' cheer ' weflt up. - The" .Gadet bandauickeneff-itfit tuneitOm jiiL -and the Hnesri reand anarl Meantime nounced . the "approach-: of the naval battalions. .' It was nearing time for the game . and they marched straight down the. center pf , the field Across the shoulder' of each; man's long blue overcoat gleamed a bold band ; from each man's hahdaved a gold pent nant. When they made the stand the blue was almost hidden, by. a . moving forest of golden standards and stream ers. : -' A ', . " The Army.5 eleven ' scurried out on the "field. --A great shout went up. Across the field-,' the Blue and" Gold cheered the Army; and the Army with the blare of many bugles and the roar of . many voices, gave back a greeting to the Navy. Blue coated and gray garbed cheer leaders, swing ing megaphones, darted out to the side lines and took their stand before each' battalion. Then came the tu mult of rival cheers and songs drown ing the torrent of applause from mere civilians as the elevens took their places. : . A field goal by the Navy in the first quarter set the streamers . of gold snapping, wildly In the second per iod when the Army tied , the s:bre by scorings a field goal, .the Army, stand went wild.-t-ns. .nui.--- zvl::it izsvtd DeHghtl- But the greatest delirium was saved for the Army touchdown' in the same period.1 : iSix1 hundred West pointers rose to : their? feet 'as-dhe man,- tossed their i Caps oh high; unloosed their voices in.. wild- hurrahs .and forgot to give tbeir college yells In ' their, de Ught. ! iu- .I,. . ;.- -:.-' ' ':. '. At the end of the game, the Army celebrated: . with the Usual1 rush to tbe colors: ' From the stand they stormed the . field and danced in a great circle over the gridiron. The circle widened till a: line of gray clad men surround ed the field. In the center were plant ed the army colors. As the crowds surged out on the field two stalwart youths in gray overcoats climbed to the top of the Navy's goal post and nailed the Army Colors tlirGu ' ' ' President WWson, who had waited for the last act of the encounter, saw them. He turned to Secretary Dan iels: "That was worthy of a sailor," the President said. And Secretary Daniels agreed with him. - ' Hard Fought Game. . I The Army footbaU game, furnished a spectacular and confusing finale to the Eastern- football season - of 1913 bv defeating ,tbe Navy eleven at the Polo grounds today by : a score of '22 to 9." 1 -r-i-r .-..-';$ it .; -. i Comoletely outplayed - during the opening periodf; the cadets swept the sailors off their feet' in the 'second half : by a oombinatloil: of -brilHaht in dividual and ppen-afteam: piay -. mat quickly "rolled up and - overwhelmed lead. 'v-i ,-: :---:t - v - With victory in sight for the first time in! four, years, the West ' Point team scored . rapidly and finished the game 'with : a otai that has not - Deen exceeded by .either, academy-; in .tenv; - Despite the -annihUatlon of the Na vy's, hope of a fourth consecutive vic tory over-the Army the game was fought out desperately until the clos ing moment. ... - 4 From a technical iootDaii stana point the playing of neither team was above the1 usual calibre of the annual Inter-academy gridiron struggle. Much of the work of coaches - went for naught -wheni the battle reached its height and there was the usual man-to-man struggle, with team ..work more or less forgotten. ' ' - From the standpoint . of persons, however, the game and its setting lost' nothing of its thrilling grip and the 42,000 spectators present gasped and cheered by turns at the kaleidos copic playing. JThe use of the forward pass: repeatedly by the Cadets open ed up the -play to a far greater ex- SOUND NA VY TEAM tent thanthe more conservative line attack and runs of the Middies,, thus furnishing the spectators many bril liant football pictures. It was in the execution of this play that the Army advantage lay and the final score dem onstrates , hpw successfully it was worked. ' ' . .. '., ' , . Played .Straight. Game. In the opening quarter the two elev? ens played. the usual Eastern game, with the attack, directed principally at the line and outside tackle. At this period : the advantage ' lay . entirely witn the Middies, o who used their Weight and speed for; consistent gains. Near their own goal line the Army held firmly and , Brown, the Middies' right -'guard, .was called back to the CadetsT 20-yard line, whence, he kick ed a ; placement goat In : the second period. 1 he 1 duplicated the feat after Hodgson : dropped one 'of Nichols' punts and Gilchrist recovered. The Army !got T into action-. in this, quarter also,, with a field i goal and touchdown. .. Early in the period the soldiers gained the baU on the Navy's 10-yard line as a result of a blocked punt from Nicholls. ; The West Point backs could make no impression on the Navy Une and Woodruff, who re placed Jouett for the occasion, kicked an easy goal from placement on the Navy's 25-yard line. Just before the quarter ended Pilchard caught one of Nicholls' high punts at mid-field and raced 15 yards. : Then three times in succession Prichard hurled a ; forward pass. The first two were uncomplet ed, but the third . shot squarely Into the hands of Merrillat. the Army right end who ran run across the Mid dies' goal: line. -The score atjthe end of the firBt half remained . 9 to 6 In favor of the 'soldiers, for McEwan failed to kick - the 1 goal from, touch down. v . ' : ' - .; ' The Navy added; another, goal from placement in the , third period - when ' Nicholls, :by clever running' back of Jouett's punt, placed ithe .ball- on the Army's 25-yard line. fCheckedf by the; srnlrHftrs" Vlpfpriso i Hrhwni wwril- hla") .thiifd - goal ?from7 placement .- stanpUng' 4. ine .poinxsrniine : ail. taet caoetv I onened : another VbrilHant . attacks MoiH- hllat, with jlittte onr no interference, , ran' from tne: Army's i. 45-yard . une to the ; Middies' . one-yard; mark before he was tackled: from ther rear by Gil- :. Christ. : Two, line, plunges with Captv . Hoge' carryihigr rthe : ball, scored the . i ; second touclidQwn jahd ' McEwan kick-. -. ed the goal, making the ' score Army 16; Navy. 9. , ; r . . .. ; - ... - . : ?.JSbi -satisfied "with this -lead the Ca dets set out to revenge themselves . for their defeats of, recent years and v succeeded in adding another touch down. Immediately lifter the opening of the final periodv Capt. Hoge caught one of Nicholls' low. punts on tbe Ar my's 45-yard line and ran unaided to the Middies' 20-yard. mark. On the next line-up Hoge tore - through the fast weakening sailors' line for eight yards. Again Prichard elected to try for a forward pass, and again it was Merrillat who caught the flying spher oid behind the Navy. goal line for the , third touchdown of the game. The punt out was a failure,, leaving the final score, Army 22i Navy 9. During the 60 minutes of play the Navyi eleven failed to- show the con- sistent advancing power . that had - '' ' brought them seven-.-victbrtes by -big ; scores in the. eight preliminary games of f.the season? . While the ? Army did not, as a team, diagnose the attack" successfully, the - desperate charging and tackling of the Cadets' upset the interference .- and- brought ."'downjt the -runner with little x or- no gain. Nich- ' oils,? who played-'. under the handicap ; of 'running the team and the ball, re peatedly r was- out-punted by Jouett. The Army ends excelled In covering punts. ';..; v-.j AVi"'"''. f,.;,:: '-. u.:..,-- " Forward - Pass" Responsible. ' : ' It was distance 'gained by exchange ;. of kicks and-in running ; back punts that usually put the army in a posi tion for a score. Once Within the scoring zone, the Cadets relied mainly on the forward. pass and the records, show that they tried , 12 during the game. ' Three were completed and two resulted in touchdowns. A fourth was intercepted and. eight , were un completed. The Middies tried six for ward passed, one being - intercepted and five grounded. . Although the : attack and defense of the two teams lacked the cohesive- ness seen in some' of the preceding games of the Eastern . season, there was no 'lack of individual brilliancy and daring play. J Brown in kicking , three placement' koals in three tries from ' an x average distance of 24 2-'i .. yards,-' gained a place in the 1913 foot- " . i ua.11 11u.11 ui laiiio tua rriKuoru uiu Merrillat - for their operation of the . forward pass. 1 Nicholls, the ' Middy : quarterback, shouldered a heavy bur den of iplay- and' responsibility and came 'through the contest with much credit.- - Markoe and Merrillat more than' held their--Own with the famous;;, Navy ends, Ingram'-' and 1 Gilchrist, , while "Wynn and McEwan did. yeoman wort inthe Army -line.- ; - - t';Laud Michigan Coach. In the Navv back - fields McReavy. paired honors with- Klcholls, while, Prichard and Jouett . were - effective, both on the offense and defense in the Army , backfleld. Coach ""Hurry Up" Yost, of Michigan, 'who spent several days at West Point this week, is also mentioned by Army men" in their songs of victory tonight The line-up: ARMY (22) NAVY (9) Markoe. . . ,LE .;Y..;.. -Ingram . LT v. . ; :; '. . Ralston ' .LG.V;Wf Howe 'O ' Pcnry ' .RG. 'Brown' Wynne (c) Huston. .. McEwan . . Jones.-... Weyand.., . . . . . . RT . . w . Vaughan . ; RE. . ; ; Gilchrist ' (c) , . 4 . . .".QB. Nicholls' Merrillat. . . Prichard:. Hose (c). .v . .v.LB...V..lcReavy; . . , RB . . . , .". Falling . . . FB . -iVi j : Harrison Jouett...... Benedict. Referee. W. S. Langford. Trinity;: umpire, Dr. Al Sharp, Yale; linesman, i' 1!' "3:, . . i ). if -r :;-: ? ; . -
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