North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST ZDITIOH 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast FAIR AXD WARMKR. :'!..i3SSfp VOL. XVII., NO ASHEVILLE, N. C, Sfi rilif:, Oil.' NOVEMBER 30 1912. PRICE THREE CENTS ; '. - -A..:S::.U-i i - w - K "V . IS IS PRESS SAG James M. Beck Files with Su preme Court Brief Attack ing the Newspaper Publicity Act. CALLS IT PERVERSION OF FEDERAL POWER Declares Any Undue Burden on Publication Is an Abridge ment of the First Amendment. Bv Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 30. Former As-Bit-tunt Attorney General J. M. Beck, tiled in the Supreme court his brief in the case brought by the Lewis Publishing compnny to test the consti tutionality of the newspaper publicity law. The brief discusses fully the power of the federal government indirectly to censor the press through the regu lation of the malls and reviews at length the struggle In England and America to free the press from re straint, and the meaning of the first; amendment forbidding any abridg ment of the freedom of the press. Mr. Beck argues that as the con stitution did not expressly give any power to regulate journalism, any i-i-lemptcd regulation can only be ju.it: ficd as a necessary and proper mear.s to carry out some federal function, lie denies that the regulation of news paper ownership and the enforced publicity of its business can be an ap propriate means of currying out the federal power over the mails. The brief reviews the decisions of the supreme court, numbering over 20 in which congressional acts have been invalidated by the supreme court and It claims the present law Is within tho doctrine of those decisions. 1 .V..lllfl..nI. H. f..,1lt,W.f . JUS", lb H Uillin l ... 11 ... .iim.i.1 n" Mr. Beck srongly denounces the Idea that congress can so use Its pow ers as to accomplish unconstitutional ends. This the brief calls "nullifica tion by indirection" and It cites the commodities clause of the Hepburn bill, Senator Beverldge'a child labor bl'.l and the present newspaper law as'ron, negro pugilist, has disappeared. striking examples of an attemptel j icrvcrslon of feoerai power 10 accom- plish ulterior and. unconstitutional ends. After reviewing the struggle which led both England and America to the freedom of the press, he nsserts that such liberty consists not only In free dom from absolute prohibition but also of exemption from any burden some or unreasonable restraint. Anv undue burden upon writing or publi cation or other restriction of the full right to print and circulate Is an abridgment of the press contrary to the first amendment. The brief further argues that the appropriation of the newspaper col-1 umns to eniorce me poncy ui iur , ity without compensation violates tneteteJ on'staylng fifth amendment In taking property The (g hclievod to be hldln(f ln without due process of law. w' Chicago. She disappeared Wednesday Mr. neck argues na ine the merit of sincerity that it makes ... " - . , no hypocritical pretense of being n means to carry out any consmuuo.m. power. He quotes the debates of con-' gress showing tnai me auinor, . niu, cenainra ruuruc uu ju - Heprcsentatives Henry, Barnhardt and ol hers, oil admitted that the purpose of tho act was to compel a public dis closure of the ownership of newspa pers and of tho Influences which dic tated their policies. The Supreme court has speclaly net Monday next for the argument of this test case. It Is expected that Robert ('. Morris will open the case for the newspapers. Solicitor General Bullitt will speak for the government and James M. Beck will make the clos'ng argument for the newspaper press. LINCOLN DAY DINNER Koospvplt Will Address Ibinquct lie Attended by Many Pro Cioiwlvo Ijendcn. to B Asonriatcd Press ' -New York, Nov. 80. Progressive barters from all parts of the' United (Mates will meet here on February 12 t a Unjoin dinner under the auspices t the : v National Progressive ciuh - jj Xr(f Vi.rS rllv. C"lnrt"'l Rooseeii f '' iitp ipiiMetlin of init io. The liiHiriimct't i it,v and pri'S'tlt"d - :...-mv of V ' i 1 1 ' ii 11 H II. y,ILL BEGIN WORK ON NEW SCHEDULES Simmons Says He Will Urge 'the Senate and House Ccrl mittees to Get Together Next Week to V re- pare for Tariff Revision. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 30,. Senator Simmons of North Carolina, who had charge of democratic tariff hills In the ! senate last session and who Any he ! chairman of tho finance committee af jter March 4, said today he would urge that democratic members of the fi nance committees and the commttee on ways and means get together ear- Married Eleven Ye ars, . . . - Never Exchanged a Word Vow of Silence After Quarrel by Death in Household Now . They Seek a Separation. y; By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 30. The story of 11 years of married life during which not a word was exchanged between husband and wife is told on papers on file here in a separation suit in the state Supreme court. The pair, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mlntz, were married in 1884. For 13 years they lived hap pily together with thejr fou children. Kleven years ago they quarreled. . The LUCILLE CAMERON HAS DlSRPPEfl Girl whose Conduct Led to theE. L. Brittain Is Cfiosoii Trssi- Johnson Charges Vanishes from Hotel. By Associated Press. Chicago, Nov. 30. Lucille Cameron, ; former white sweetheart of Jack John- Her mother, Mrs. F. Cameron-Fal- conet lnt0 wnose custody she wi given by the federal cotirt, returned last night to her home In Minne apolis. The association of the white girl with the negro pugilist was the cause of charges of violation of the Mann white slave act being made against Johnson. In the early stages of the prosecution the Cameron girl was re garded as a most Important witness for the- government. Later other chargea were made against Johnson and the girl's testimony was valued less highly by the prosecutors. For several weeks Mlsa Cameron was de tained ,ti i- witness In the jail at .,.,.,, in. whre hcr mother in , ht from a downtown hotel, where tl. It. , naA Bne WUB living "Willi HCl iiiumci nrranments to leave the city. d tment of Ju8tIce wll moke investigation to learn whether Jack Johnso or any of nlB frlenUB have hidden the girl. "I am through," Mrs. Falconet said before she left. "I have fought and fought to save Lullo. I would have given my life to free her from that horrible career ipon which she had started when I Intervened." DOCTOR 'DIES AS POLICE : PROBE PATIENTS DEATH Prcmineat Physician Possibly EndeJ Life After Corpner's Autotopsy on Girl y By Associated Press. ' Denver, Col., Nov. 80. liecause of tho death of Maud White, aged 27, a domestic, Mrs. Isabel Howe, a train ed nurse. Is 111 custody, Martin W. Treler Is sought by the police anil an autotopsy will be held ta ascertain Via (rinun t death of Dr. J. F. Cher- i Kington. An autopsy was perform ed on the body of Miss White yester day and It was announced that death las duo to sn'HIIegal operation! Miss White .HT ho "as a houskeeper ' "or Trevler, died Wednesday an I her i'linfral was stopped by her brother v. White. -who reported to I h nniicA that circumstances sur rounding his lister's death warranted , an Investigation. ) Dr. Cherrlngton. a prominent Den ver phyclilan, ntenrte 1 tho girl and i ave peritonitis ns the caue of death, denying that an Illegal opera ton Was ierfortned. The Investigation start Id Wednesday and 24 hours later Dr. ('herrlngkn was found drn In his i oom A liotlie nan n i un fowjer win lying beside the body. Tills Is being n incited. Mr. liowe Is (Hug bnl'1 ;"tlllnR ii. tariff measures to be considered kt the extra session of congress. Whether the tariff questions should be considered schedule by schedule tor in a general bill he was not ready fo say. He thought, however, that a ma jority, should want to take up tjhe schedules separately, using the meas ures passed at the last session as "ji basis for-new tariff legislation, ly next week and begin work on tp Trivial Matter Unbroken Even f: -' .- dispute was over some trivial Jnalter, it is said, but the wife declarsd that she would never address unothar word to her husband as long as hi, I'ved; lie declared that the arrangenklit was satisfactory to him. Mrs. llj ikis -s; serts both adhered to the agrjk'mvnt-: 1 Seven years ago their daughter. Dor othy died, but even at the funeral the vow of silence was not brokf.tr. Mrs. Mints! is now seeking a separa- dent of Southern Educa tional Association. l Assoya Mu Associated Press. - -Louisville, y., NoV. 30. Election of officers and continued discuslon Of varinis phases of educational work ln the south eonstltutcii.the program, fur lhafinal day of the Southern Educa- tiWial association s general sessions, which began here Thursday. The rurul school situation in the eouth wrt'a occupied a prominerft part in tho Jls- cussions yesterday ijnd last night f was the 'subject for further treutmei'. to day. J:-: ,. ,'' The program of tht mornlna i41un was, devoted largely to a 0Vi.lon t a lu'i.jrfrioii tion f;'ii'a- e it A-eriJi.n'nt of tho home In itsielat tlon. I Two members lit the service were among the f :Ta!i I rs today's sessions. tr. Don : il i V had for his subject "Tho, Fo:pi ., uiid the School." ' ' . ' "A Suggestion iow..rd .((i, . 'tol' Uj; of the Rural St'hf I ? - b! In tn., South," was the S- u h," .i'the Jett of ar. address tr J4- l; i'. Cl in ton of the federal; !reau of B ducatloil- E. L. Brittain ,iu AcltiitaV n& tli afternoon elected 'vesidnt of tin- 1. nentional association. W, K. .Tate f Columbia, S. C.lf.'HH Heot S ', presiaem. i ..w ? William Feagin of .Montgc A"i v. whose term wilt no-. e i'V " two years. 1 . i , y ' Tho mcmbersM t:i dlrw-t. y by tata elected to'.." iniln'-' Ah 1 vmi. D w Pulmnr IDI ,irti"'i ' ' -1 ' ir. pl.irti" Svalu, A" Lawton B. E fill Carolina, Prof. eigh; South Care u. s, ' l- Aiken; Tenness Ibi. oil--' I nlila " ? I The report f 'lb-' Mimr:rtt.-, resolutions ex'l ' tippr.vu.H" I ,h honor conlri-i(i u ( 'bi' 1 l .HM M 1,1.1, the United StiO-' ' Other resolU'i ur 1 aslea for sch)l, te.-chei-: creased scope k an l a 1 iirlution bv ciiii'ire s .for I ' ' department o( clmation; i support of ndjtii.il si -hoo!" in , 1 ers colleges; lir nuiiKal lni the schools Inr c.inimiinl. a i 1 imes of the Ive and the . a)'i' mnnt of a standing coininilii-e on trr cnnvrvatlon of vision; for tho proper education of the southern negro. t TO SIGN TREATY OF PEACE I,fiiulon. Nov. 3I (Hiillrtln) ? ' 1,... nUi,.rl III illlUII Uutl ....n ...... . poMce trouty betuwn Tiirkej ami 1 1.. i l .... niu.Hi nlll be signed by Mon day by thi denlMtontliirie at'Bipht ..i. .,.. ,.r,ii,iir tn a news agi'nc.Md imlcli from the' Austrian capital. Damage by ITalrlo I W. By Associated Pre: Rwlft Current, Hak ov pralr.e fire Is sweeping "u'h b a territory 40 mlb" v.l I' tending to the North futkoi ' 'Ine. Munv farm biilldln- - . I , ... I n tl.--.lr..- i OFFICERS TODAY mm .... a. c. r ; dc: L : Vi . . RXjwCLU - On Echoc! mi bock C i : ;.V:L: .adwli:.. :.-. f it , JIT S' m f. i Special to Thr (, (Jrefetiiiboi , Citrullna t - -1 . - lo-Ntip. . so- the .North . ajjf..lt f came to a I close. 2 after1 a RCf KesulutloiiK il o L lOffc 1Mb t morning n eroWiieii lemoraiia' j Vvlth business. if;.the next lg- Islaturo i) givif woweyi.!4i'b,"W i:e(;lji'-; nltiwh the sr-booijlia-ds uiiii text-.) v.....; -JJL .....i ' t,ha proposed "ci.i'i 'v,l jV.-law Vas en dorsed. -A. (' --'cyniOi Ij as'i!hosen as president of u y 'jiue'eeea liC. lii'ooks !ji-.okf C"tf Ukohle "of Chapel 'Hill was e'elt yla , 'lC9 presi dent. . Ka iiisroiait utf ctiosini' Th HA menbers tt ' Wcutiv comil mltteo elected nr.f ulUi are - C. W. Mussia'of DurL.mij un Aj. H.. High smith of Wake Fbrj.st.jiilThe selection of place for meetij ii 1913 wa Vft with the executive', oro'Ltee. :;' A i There was a strpms Ifffort made tfa jpnd the sentimet,.?iori(r teachers sefa.-ned to be inttnVWt the capital city. w$mm Parco'witiiT-Bti'.li ia Fini i --J '., r4 iiv !-... '4 old Dci'5hi3"At3iat ( 7; By Asi 'iHateA Press. , i Melbourne,; Aiistrallu, Notf.i 30. rjnglatxl toilay' won the title trk, the i-.vij,:i: T'( tif ';cup, emblem-1- of the world's eh dnplonship ln i I iwn t nnis, by whuuri a third mato) 'from the Au.itialia'V.defentier. . : ,y t The con i ct otasuts. .of four single match j and I'.-ihj- double ' niat"h:; the turn! winning three out of tai five mrtohew betomi.ng holder 'of the Dwight F. International ; jawn I'-imiii trophy.' ' . t en Ttitiiviiv J. C PftfUw'; and ( harlca P.'lJiwri of England deS'ated "rman Bra Hi r and R. W. Hth of ustrnlia - in v i'ie llrst two ,Mngle i, .Htch.es. u Vjrti--diiy In the d nbles mateh Nor.tind i'a Brookes alidl. W. unlop, Aust'','1ii.' beat John C. j?arke fianJ A. JB. ; J-soi4ilh, British,) "'' i ".n.urutivs (i"J . inlsh, British,! with ( ! 1 bis left tr s 0 Ootitest a f.ilrljj open as It w.ls ' anight that tb Aus- !nli3.S6W i J W Z i t .... . in i I -34 . ..flfl i 7'i r rye - m ?v,.- i . Ah ill til ; , iff i.Jinnf - ri'ri wi r w: r .llans mJbt ' irieve their fortunes j fe of-onnl Terauehl, Japanese gov ni l hrMh two sing e iiJaU.-hes ernor.KeneI.a, , K wag mude t. rry off the v; 'lory. Tiicir nopes. however, wef ..fiptointid. tt Parke uuin won Wm h itch, this AUmi beat- T,g Heath. T second,, between , .rookj and ,V , went to the Aus rallon, leavin f final scores Eng- ' nd three .4''"' Australis, two. The imitih l i fi-n Jinx k'SS and t Kon was t. f ' one to teclded : ny. Th'i jl.Htrali.'T cbimplon's . vitig wan'1, itoo.l f..f !)on, al ... h the tal.f. l. splnidld ral- . in the ( ot ! i liilrd sets. With ii lrui iir r'arl'ng at "i-n nil," the -x' ii, h nt m j.: the 7OU0 s) relators .. 4 lii 'i-nft, ), ) r ath, the Australian, i i ulimbly fi yous when he came a Km tou o meet i'lirke, who . o; r i'sj -jt Jgrier sn, ftppeared ' ' V. by h in' t insistent i V'' rb driving, made vlclo" '(certain. J : re: - i J'b, 7.C. fflik!-, f:jnland, bt n. W. Heath. Australasia, 6-, '6-,'i)-4. Normaif E. Brookes, Australasia, beat Charles P. I'lxon, England, -2, 6'4. 6-4. NO TOBACCO COMING FROM TURKEY NOW Fortnight of the Importers, However, Has IVevenli'd Danger of ' "Clgarelto limine." By Associated Press. , New York, Nov. 30. Ttie Hulknn War has virtually stopped Importation of tobacco from Turkey to this city, but. there Is no fear that the Turkish clgarett will cease to be or that the price will be raised. Importer are ajwaya prepared for emergency by having a two years' supply of Turkish lent stored sway. Just now there are ulout aim. 000 bales plied up In bonded warehouses In this city. The best Turkish tuliin po comes from Msoedo tiia In the district about Mnhsllnh. Heal MuhnllHh or vlnrcn leaf cosIhJ h!ii 12.00 a pound. The duty) irl.thli lol ai-co is ents ' FLEfrCHER EORGEKY oa of Wealthy Georgian, Well ture of Blood Vessel After Arrest at New Orleans and Is Near Death. ' - i By Associated Press. . , iNow Orleans, Nov. . . 30.-John T. Vielch'er, jr., son of a wealthy manu facturer of Georgia, arrested hero lasf night on three charges of forgery. sufTered the rupturi of a blood vessel this morning and was taken from the parish prison to the Charity hospital. Phvsicians say his recovery is doubt ful. " The police say Fletcher is wanted :n 20 cities. Papers found in Fletcher's effects show that -he thus arrested sev eral months ago in Asheville and ho admitted to the police that his father secured his secured his release from the authorities of Kenosha, Wis., in September. i'The police say he Is wanted for possing bad checks in Chicago, Mem phis, Charlotte, Denver, St. Paul, To ronto, Canada; Jacksonville and Pen sacola, Fla. and other cities. Fletcher Is charged here with passing three worthless checks amounting to $20",. He operated under the names ol Fletcher, Thomas and Franklin. Wife's .Vppeals for Reform. Two years ago Fletcher had an of Hce In the Oi Memphis, as "re extlnguisl entral Bank building of the representative of a sher company. His father is said to be president and principal owner of the Fletcher Guano company of 'Columbus, Ga. His wife left him several months ago and returned to His Honor Dodges Shoe Hurled hy Suffragette While Aberdeen Woman Ex presses Displeasure at Court Decres hy Tossing Footwear Her Compatriots Horse whip Divine They Mistake, for Lloyd-George. By Associated Press. Aberdeen, Scotland, Nov. 30. Mili tant sufiragettes today brought about two scenes of extreme violence in which a woman's shoes and a horse whip were used as weapons. The first outbreak occurred when three of the women, Joyce Locke, Fanny Par ker and Mary Pollock, who had been caught last evening in possession of explosives in the music hall, where Chancellor Llyd George was to speak, were brought up before the magis trate. After hearing the evidence the magistrate remanded them for fur- 1 EFFORT TO INVOLVE MISSIONARIES IN PLOT? Korean Asserts Police Ques tioned Him Under Torture As to Guilt. By Associated Press. Seoul, Nov. 30. The first mention of foreigners since the beginning of the new trial of the 106 Koreans ! charged with conspiring against the day by one of the four prisoners on the stand. This man said the police examiner had quesloned him as to whether he had consulted Rev. Dr. Oeorge R. McCune, head of the Syen Chun college, or Dr. A. M. Shnrrocks. chief of the hospital In Syen Chun, or whether he had deposited a pistol with foreigners. The accused men declared that he had steadfastly de nied these allegations throughout, throughout even though he had beer, beaten! The Introduction of the foreigners, names was entirely voluntary on the part of the accused. There was con siderable difficulty In Identifying thj Individual names because the Korean equivalent sounds quite different. Tho court Is continuing Its examina tion of the members of the group al leged to have been at Syen Chun Sta tion on December 29, 1810, to assas sinate the governor-general. Accord ing to tho documents laid before the court 15 of this group were 'ir lied with revolvers and the others with short swords. Pome of the prisoners admit they were at the railroad otttton but declnre they were there under or ders from the prefect to assist Kt Coijnt Terauchl'i reception. I'liroinn Student Sulfide. By Associated Press. Greenville, 8. C, Nov. 30. After being missing from his room at Fur man college since yesterday morning, tho body of W, D. Watson, sited II, a student whs found today In n. patch of woods two miles from the rlty by a party of students, who had been scouring the territory since yesterday afternoon. Watson, who has had fre quent melancholy spells, Is believed to have committed suicide, this theory being borne out by a note found In the dead man elntlies vhlch ra!: "No one else did this but me." Wntson's home was at Nlxonvllle, In lorry county. tin tt'na a irraduate r,f the South Carolina academy at Char- lentim nnd was taking a special course lit Furiuan, IS HELD, IS CHARGE Ke own Here, Suffers Rup her parents in Birmingham, Ala, For the past several months she has been writing pitiful appeals to hiin to re form. In one letter she writes: "John, dear, I believe in you and love you as f have since the first time I saw you, but I can't live with a crook. For God's sake, John, and for the sake of your sick wife, who wants to do something for you and be happy with you again, go back to Columbus and start life anew." Made Headquarters Here. Fletcher was here ior several weeks during the summer, making headquar ters here as a traveling salesman for a fire extinguisher. He traveled over the territory in an automobile and became well known here during the summer season. He was arrested on more than one occasion for exceeding the speed limit with his automobile and for reckless "driving and once for passing a worthless check. On the occasion of this last arrest he explained to the court that his overdrawn account at one of the Charlotte banks was due to a misun derstandlng of his partners, who were supposed to deposit a certain sum to j his credit, and as he bore a good repu tation here he was found not guilty. He left the city soon afterward and has not since returned. He was net suspected here of being a crook. ther Inquiry. As he informed them of this Joyce Locke removed her j iron contest between the two arms of shoes and hurled one of them at the j the national service. In the 16 games magistrate's head and then threw the i played since 1890, the naval cadets other at the head of the clerk of the have won eight, while their army riv court. She was promptly committed als have been victors in seven; in 1905 for contempt. I a tie game was played. In today's The second outrage was committed j contest the navy will be without the by one of the members of a party of ! services of Dalton, who won for them suffragettes who were waiting at the j In 1910 and 1911 by kicking goals railroad station for the departure of Chancellor Lloyd George. The wom an mistook the Rev. Forbes Jackson for the chancellor of the exchequer In dipguise and lashed him across the face with a heavy horsewhip. She was arrested. NEGRO ASSAILANT SHOT OF Man Who Wounded Woman and Attacked Her Daugh ter Riddled. By Associated Press. Cordele, Qa Nov. 30. Chesley Wil liams, the negro who shot a white woman near Rhine and assaulted an- otner, was oraggea .rem ine ui j tleg of frlenaSi were on hand to the clerk at McRae at 2 o'clock this.";. ,fc. ,,, imtrai. ond morning by an angry mob and riddled with bullets. Sheriff Wilcox of Tel fair county attempted to evade the mob with his prisoner by hiding the negro in the vault of the clerk In the court house at McRae but his efforts were unsuccessful. The lynching was quiet and the town Is now orderly. Neither of the victims Is dead, but one Is not expected to live. Tho negro was accused of entering the home of a prominent farmer near Rhine, a small town, ln the absence of the male members of the family. The farmer's wife was shot and his 18 years old daughter was then as saulted. The crimes were discovered when : the farmer returned home and a man- hunt was Immediately organized. Ac oualntam es of the negro Williams are sald to have revealed his hiding place to the sheriff, IiKToano Capital Stock. Special to The flarcite-Nctrs. Raleigh, Nov. 30. The Wrlghtsvllle Reach Hotel company of Wilmington today Increased Its capital stock from J75.000 to 1200,000 In accordance with plans for enlarging facilities on the beach. Joseph H, Hlnton Is vice pres ident nnd George Sloan secretary. The Jefferson Standard Insurance compnny of Greensboro Increases Its capital front $260,000 to $360,000 un der the plan of reorganization and absorption of the Greensboro Life and the Security IJge Insurance compa nies. George A. Grlmsley Is president Ilcd Tape AbollHluid In SonaUl By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 10. Red taps In the United States senate has been abolished. By direction of Secretary Rennett not an Inch of the historic tare was purchased this year and to the surprise of returning senators they ars being compelled to transact their official business with a delicate, -1 rhndn of blue tape which the secre- tury bus seiti ted ns a sultatilo sin.- Ktltulo. ' 10 mm ! At End of Third Period Neith- Side Had Scored Army Seemed Stronger. MANY DISTINGUISHED MEN SEE CONTEST Military and Civil Branches . Well Represented at Frank lin Field The Weather Is IdeaL By Associated Press. Franlin Field, Nov. 30. The army and navy played each other to a standstill in the first half In their an nual football game on Franklin field this afternoon. The army, while it tailed to score, showed superior play ing both In rushing the ball and in punting. The navy line appeared to be weak and unaDie to successfully withstand the onslaughts of the army backs. The ends appeared to be unable to keep the army from making ground around the two wings. Early in the first period, Keyes of the army missed a field goal by a hair and later the army came close to making a score when one of her for wards recovered a blocked kick about 15 years from the navy goal. At the end of ,the third period neither side had scored. In the last ix'rlod the navy scored two field goals. Final score: 6 to 0, Philadelphia, Nov. 30. The sea son's most colorful gridiron spectacle, the annual game between the army and navy, set for Franklin field this afternoon, was favored by Ideal weather. The sky this morning was clear of clouds and the crispness of the air was tempered by a brilliant sun. Both teams were ready Sot the struggle. r . Today's was the seventeenth, grld- from the field, the score in each case being three to nothing. On the other hand the army, which has not won since ' 1908, this year boasts of a "skyrocket" drop-klcker ln Keyes, the fullback. Cadets Seem Stronger. Supporters of both teams are pro fessing confidence at the outcome, but a comparison of the scores made by the teams which face each other to day is somewhat to the advantage of the cadets, whose team has been de feated only by Yale and the Carlisle Indians, while the midshipmen have lost to Swarthmore, Lehigh and Buck nell. The betting Is 5 to 4 In favor of the army, but no one has ever been able to figure out the result of an army and navy battle by referring to scores of previous games. The teams have always developed unexpected strength ln the crisis of their annual contest. While a box had been reserved for the president of the United States in the .center of the Held on the army side, Mr. Taft did not attend the game. The secretary of the navy and the assistant secretary of war, with large I cneer meir iavonies. Auiiurttm miu (generals, past and present, other ac tive and retired officers of all grades : had engaged boxes or had seats by the hundreds in the stands. The battal ion of cadets, who arrived this morn ing from West Point, had two sections ln the center of the south stand and the two battalions of midshipmen, who also came In this morning, had the north stand. Cabinet officers, mem bers of the diplomatic corps, members of the senate and house naval com mittees, other members of congress, .the' governor of Pennsylvania, other state officials and high officers of the city were to attend the game. A pri vate box was reserved for Governor Dlx of New York. Special trains from New York, Washington, West Point and Annapo- j ,(t unloaded thousands of enthusiastic flag bedecked rooters. The battalions of cadets and midshipmen took lunch eon at the University of Pennsylvania as the guests of that Institution. The two teams rested during the morn ing. Tho Line-up. Army. Merrillni Wynne , Weyand Purnell , Huston . Position. Navy. , ,L. T Ingram , ..I. T "all , . .L. G Howe ... ,C. Perry ... R. G.. .. , Brown Devore, capt...R. T Ralston Markoe R. E Gilchrist Prltchard Q- B Rortes, cnpl. Benedict I H Leonard Hobhs R. H MrReavy Keyes F. B Harrison Referee. W. S. Langford of Trinity; umpire, Dr. A. L. Bharpe of Yale; head linesman Andrew I Smith of pennsylvanlo; time of periods. 15 minutes, . " Flrr in Hotel. There was a lot of excitement early todnv In a big Broad street hotel when- the navy team Is quartered, due to a little smoldering fire In the bnw- , ment. Smoke found Its wiiv tlir .u ; the hotel, and "Keotty" Mr M the veteran trainer ;..f the t, s ii.l never fie,-, ' (.Vn'lnu.-l i i 1