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THE FASTEST G "1 (TD THE I EE I OR T H CAROLINA NIGHT EDITION PAGES TODAY GREATER CHARLOTTE'S H OME NEWSPAPER" Established: Daily, 1888 Sunday 1910. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1913. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c, NEWSPAP Superannuated y. misters Ud ititntiin of Conference Called to lh Fact That Retired Ministers Do Not Receive jinutniT-g From Fund First Y(Cii At' iT Retiring. "Atf Ore Preacher in Fifty 1 Rectus Sufficient Salary when m Active Service to hovtdt For Needs of Old Age' Says Bishop McCoy. 3 Y MAMIE BAYS.) Tjjp t-ci impressive and touching ;eW -it.ie-ssed on the floor of the rset: so-sloa of the Western North CiTFaa conference of the Metho ,j:st E:-"o;:a! Church, South, was tex of'thi? morning when just atter he nar.iv of two members of the ,i"rfe-;enco had been referred to the cosznttee on conference relations .j" t.6 superannuate relation the announcement was made that neith er cf tiiese preachers had been serv es charges which had enabled them ,oV-e money with which to provide or taeir needs when retired from e active work of the ministry. Attention was called also to the fact that preachers' when retired :rcn the active work do not receive anything: from the fund provided for i j. t-;pi :ort of conference claimants ;-.e first year after they retire. In v;e-v o: this fact, the need of the en preachers in question was pre--emed ati'i the conference was asked o coninl.ute a collection to be di vided iei'-vcen them. The collection l:U!OUirf'd to $157.42. Bisiiop McCoy t peaking of the time viiea a preacher must retire rroai active service said that not :r.o i-'i-eaf'uer in fifty receives saia y HitScu-utly large daring the active tar,-; of L'is ministry to eaable. him to iiroid 'Lor'the heetl'lcPtSd age. He referred them to the endowment mad for superannuated preachers vhkh is bang established, by the church at tiiL time and said that tie ,;oped the time was not far distant when rise fund would amount to enough to enable the church to pro 'ide ample support for retired preach- At the present time the average ;aiount available for preachers who retire from active work' in the Meth fe episcopal Church, South, does tot exceed .?20-. per year. When it is Eemfcered that the average salary of the preachers when in the active o:k is not more than $600 per year, i' is easily understood how it id that itachfrs of Southern Methodism (aaao: accumulate money to meet sieir needs when retired: This fact is tot due to lack of liberality upon part of the membership of the 'inreh, but is due rather to the fact r: the many claims for financial sup j 'torn the church. The official !-:; or" tiiis church is large ancT is I"'- Kovided for and the T-nstant !creace in departments an' o--'anl- ife'ton a consequence reases tnes departments and increases ;'f ''iind for money for the support i'- tec same. .Most of the secretaries the oinxrent boards receive $3,(501) a salary each year and the sal- ?r 01 '-seh of the thirteen active -snops ,s S4 900 a year ttiat of the ;nt ?'J;c-3nnate bishop $2,500 and ;a? of .-acii of the six widows ot ' !fl!'! s ' a year making the rport o! thp episCopacy each vear f1:; ' $72,200 or S288.800 each ,'f''I!r:r,'um' church provides .ore im-raliv for its official life than iio-iist Episcopal Shurch, special effort is being l! time to increase the ' 'otiey available for the i;' the pastors and for the 'ii(jrl ,y I'fctired preachers who v '"u r,'ny years in the service !;!C :, Yf Conference Convenes. i-nce convened at 'J Ky,;.. !,(. .. morning, with Bishop :;u 'lie chair 'it'V nis, of Murphy, con- 1 ' ' ! 1 '; ! I :.r flpvntiATial corviro T!if, i'tc-s of the session of Fri 'ad and approved. The frst ballot for clerical ' ih'i general conference ' showing that Rev. ''li-ham, presiding elder or ion district, had been elect ' s no othe.r election and ;,! l,;1'lot was prepared car-i-'tiK-.s. Seven ballots were !-":'oie the sixth of the lay v'as elected and the sixth Lp v."; sat' "iV 'iei VV,, " , ' eted was Frank M. j, .; ,: Asheville. iou v .-. !,"ol'a!)1o several more bal or "'pessary to the election -at,.!' l,jmaining clerical dele- 'i.dn'V' j ''' ' 01 t,le joint board ot in, or ' submitted by J. S. Mar 'hi ;r ;yil:i,)y- This report showed e.5sment of $12,000 on r. ce lor conference claim- ':'''' hd been paid. The Jf each of the conference vas then announced. "' f alternate lay dele ; ' serieral conference re :1 election of F. E. Durfee, 1 ll-li J hen Support of Headers onville; S. G. Rogers, ot Franklin and -J. W. Harris, of High Point. G. D. Herman presented a resolu tion recommending the co-operation of this conference1 with other religious and fraternal orders in the establish ment of a hospital in North Carolina for feeble minded children, and it was adopted. A resolution was presented by J. C. Rowe requesting the college ol bishops to place the time for hold ing the Western North Carolina con ference earlier so that the time ot the session will not include Thanks giving day. The resolution stated that the special reason for the mak ing of this request was that the pastors desire to ' be with their con gregations on Thanksgiving in order to secure from them contributions to the support of the Childrens' Home. An amendment to this resolution was presented, but the amendment wa.3 lost when the vote was taken and the resolution was adopted. F. E. Durfee presented a resolu tion recommending the working out of some plan that is feasible which shall give to all church property shall be insured against risk. Minute question 6 was called, "Who are received by transfer from other conferences?" Answering this question, Bishop McCoy announced that Frank Siler, an elder of the; rvorth Georgia conference; E. a. Troy, an elder of the Louisiana con ference and A. G. Shaplen, an elder of the New Mexico confernce, had been received by transfer to this conference. On the third ballot for clerical del egates to the general conference, Rev. G. T. Rowe, presiding elder of the Greensboro district, was elected. Rev. John R. Stewart, secretary of the superanuate endowment fund, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, addressed the conference in the interest of that fund. He showed the fund is steadily growing and urged the conference to aid the increase as rapidly as possible. The next speaker was Rev. Gross Alexander, D. D., book editor of the church and editor of the Methodist Re view, and he spoke to the conference in the inteerst especially of the Re view whici is a bi-monthly publication of highest -grade. .... The fourth ballot for clerical dele gates to the general conference re sulted in the election of Rev. J. H. Weaver, D. D., pastor of Central church, Monroe. The report of the board of publica tion was submitted by D. B. Coltrane, of Concord. This report had refer ence to the North Carolina Christian Advocate of which Rev. H. M. Blair is editor. The report showed that twelve years ago when the present board took charge of the management of the paper the number of subscrip tions was 4,000 and that 7,200 is the number of subscribers at this time. The net increase of subscribers dur ing the past year was shown to be 1800, but that this number falls short zy 1200 of the number of new subscrib ers pledged last year. The present plan of the paper was recommenced as a wise one and one that should be continued, and it was stated that in order to make this plan a success greater co-operation upon the part of pastor and official boards is necessary. The report called at tention also to the fact that a large number of the officials of the churches are not inclined to take and to read the paper and that the increase in financial receipts is due largely to the job department of the paper. All ad vertisements of patent medicines have been eliminated from the paper the report showed. The receipts the past year will not, according to the report, allow the board of publication to make an appro priation to the conference fund this year for conference claimants, . but this will be made up as soon as possi ble. Rev. H. M. Blair was nominated as editor of the Advocate for the com ing year. Rev. J. L. Cunninggim addressed the conference in the interest of min isterial training and supply. He is secretary of the correspondence school of the church, and he pleaded especially for a better equipped min istry in the way of educational advan tages, showing that less than one half of the preachers today have re ceived college training. The anniversary of the conference board of missions will be held this evening. Rev. H. K. Boyer, D. D., was elected a delegate to the General Conference shortly before adjournment of the morning session, this making four min isterial delegates thus far chosen out of six to be elected. Bishop McCoy announced an after noon session of the conference in or der to 'dispose of the pressing business now before that body. Rev. Frank Siler. The report which Is no doubt au thoritative is that Rev. Frank Siler has been nominated by the board of mis sions for missionary secretary of the conference... Also that the trustees of the Children's Home have nominated Rev. J. H. West as financial agent of the home. n : : Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 29. Con ferees reached an official agreement for settlement of the strike at the General Electric Company plant today. A copy of the agreement was sent to the trades alliance for approval. VISITING MiS TERSTO OCCUPY CITTJULPITS .The city pulpits will be filled to morrow, by visiting ministers attend ing the Nestern North Carolina Con ference, the appointments being as fol lows: , METHODIST. Trinity 9:30 a. m., Love feast, eon ducted by J. W. Jones and J. D. At kins. 11 a. m. Preaching by Bishop J. H. McCoy, followed by ordination of dea cons. 3:00 p. m. Memorial service 7:30 p. m. Preaching by J. C. Rowe, followed by ordination of elders. Tryon Street 11 a. m., Dr. Gross Alexander 7:30 p. m. Dr. John B. Stew- ard. 4:30 p. m. Dr. Chas. D. Bullard to Wesly Adult Bible class. 5 p. mi C. D. Bullard to Y. W. C. A. Brevard Street 11 a. m., B. M. Hoyle 7:30 p. m. J. E. Woodsley. Calvary 11 a. m. H. C. Sprinkle, 730 p. m. Reunion of former pastors. Dilworth ll a. m. Loy D. Thompson. 7:30 p. m., C. M. Pickens. Seversville 11 a. m., J. P. Hipps. 7:30 p. m. J. L. Smith. Chadwick 11 a. m. P. W. Tucker. 7:30 p. m. Scott Owens. Belmont Park 11 a. m., R. M. Tay lor. 3:30 p. m. G. A. Stamper. North Charlotte 11 a. m., M. H. Ves tal. 7:30 p. m. W. E. Poovey. 3:30 p. m. Preaching and dedication of church by J. E. Thompson. All form er pastors are requested to attend. Duncan Memorial 730 p. m., T. C. Jordan. BAPTIST. First Baptist. 11 a. m., Dr. C. D. Byrd; 7:30 p. m., George D. Hermon. Pritchard Memorial. 11 a. m., J. P. Rogers; 7:30 p. m., E. M. Hoyle. Ninth Avenue. 11 a. m., S. F. Barber; 7:30 p. m., M. F. Moores. Allen Street. 11 a. m., R. L. Melton; 7:30 p. m., J. A. Bowles. Statesville Broad Street. ffrank. Siles Weddington, S. W. Brown. Monroe Central. F. J. Osborne. Big Springs. C. M. Short. Theato, WTest Trade street, 5 p. m., Loy D. Thompson. Y. M. C. A., at 5 p. m., G. T. Rowe. Y. W. C. A., at Tryon Street Metho dist church at 5 p. m., Dr. C. D. Bulla Steel Creek Presbyterian. D. A. Newell. McAdensville, J. J. Barker. COLORED. ' Methodist. Clinton Chapel. 11 a. m., M. H. Tuttle. Grace A. M. E. Zion. 7:30 p. m., M. T. Smathers. Simpson's Chapel. 3 p. m., W. L. Dawson; 8 p. m., R, A. Taylor. Congregational Church. Corner Caldwell and Stonewall streets, 11 a, m., J. W. Ingle; 8 p. m., G. C. Brinkman. Little Back. 11 a. m., M. T. Steele; 7:30 p. m., E. W. Fox. Ivey's Chapel. Corner Crocket and Stonewall streets, S p. m., T. A. Grace. Stonewall A. M. E. Zion. 11 a. m., A. R. Surratt. St. Paul's Baptist. 3 p. m., A. P. Rutledge. PRESBYTERIAN. First Presbyterian Church 11 a. m., J. H. Barnhardt; 7:30 p. m., Dr. S. B. Turrentine. Second Presbyterian 11 a. m., P. T. Durham; 7:30, J. E. Abernathy. Tenth Avenue 11 a. m., E. L. Bain; 7:30, D. M. Litaker. Westminster 11 a. m., D. H. Co man; 7:30, W. H. Willis. Knox 11 a. m., R. M. Courtney; 7:30, C. G. Kirkpatrick. St. Paul's 11 a- m., R. G. Little; 7:30, W F. Womble. West Avenue 11 a. m., A. L. Co burn; 7:30, R. F. Honey cutt. Pegram Street 11 a. m-, J. W. Clegg; 7:30, O. J. Jones.. Amity 3 p. m., O. P. Ader. A. R. P. First A. R. P. 11 a. m., E. E. Wil liamson; 7:30, A. L.. Stanford. East Avenue Tabernacle 11 a. m., L. F. Mann; 7:30, A. W. Plyler. Chalmers Memorial 11 a. m., W. M. Robbins; 7:30, Z. E. Barnhardt. Villa Heights 11 a. m., H. H. Jor dan; 7:30, J. C. Harmon. Forest Grove 7:30 p. m., J. F. Armstrong. CAR IGNITES WHILE BEING CLEANED IN THE BUICK GARAGE A sudden ignition of gasoline at the Buick garage, 209 South Church street, at noon today resulted in a hurry call to the two up-town fire de partments and considerable excite ment for awhile. Employes in the garage were en gaged in cleaning up a handsome Buick car carried in stock when a short-circuit it is presumed, ignited the gasoline and in a moment the car was enveloped in flames. Hand ex tinguishers were brought quickly into use by a number of men and the fire was put out with little damage to the car. ic-'c '4 r -i c--i '4 v-' c-'i r -k--v v- "v,'t"'"rf'stfs"i."(:' -js' X THE WEATHER. Forecast for North Carolina: it Unsettled tonight and Sunday it with occasional' rains, somewhat warmer in interior. Light to mod X erate northeast and east winds. CRACKSMEN Secured Three Thousand Dol lars and Made a Successful Get-a-vvay Bloodhounds Put on Trail Which Led To wards South Carolina. Loss Was Covered by Burglar Insurance Nine Charges of Explosives Were Used Posse in Search of Robers. Special to The News. Ellenboro, N. C, Nov. 29. Cracks men last night blew the safe of the Bank of Ellenboro and secured three thousand dollars in currency. The loss was covered by burglar insurance. Nine charges of explosives were ap plied before the cracksmen succeed ed in securing the cash. It is believed there were three or four members of the party of robbers, but so far no clue to their identity has been found. A number of the townspeople were awakened by the explosion. Mr. Green, who lives near the bank, rush ed out but was forced back to his home by the robbers. Bloodhounds were secured and put on the trail, but it was hard to fol low. The trail led towards the South Carolina line. A large posse is now scouring the country for trace of the robbers. New York, Nov. 29 The elusive white heui3e bride and bridegroom Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre avoiding tha gaily decorated gang way and bunting bedecked pathway arranged for them, slipped quietly on the liner George Washington through the second cabin today and sailed away for Europe on their honeymoon. A great crowd that gathered on the docks at Hoboken was keenly dis appointed at not seeing them and even President Wilson., did not know of his daughter's and son-in-lay's ar rival on the ship until he found them in their cabin five minutes be fore sailing time. Mr. Wilson accompanied by Miss Eleanor Wilson and Dr. Cary T. Gray son, reached the boat half an hour before the George Washington was due to start. The ship's officers stood at attention as he came on deck and the band played "The Star Spangled Banner." . . The crowd cheered. There was a wait of 15 minutes for the Sayres. Nobody seemed to know where they were. The captain of the liner was growing nervous. Finally the president entered the siute assigned to the pair and to his surprise there they were with a few friends and many flowers. The band struck up Mendelssohn's wedding march as the hawsers were cast off. Among the floral pieces presented to Mr. and Mrs, Sayre was a cluster of American beauty roses given by a committee representing the Hoboken Letter Carriers on behalf of all let ter carriers in the United States. G G. C. C. OFFICE FTERNOON A meeting of great importance to Charlotte is to be held this after noon at 5 o'clock at the Greater Char lotte Club office. It is in reference to taking steps to secure Horner's School for Charlotte. The agitation begun by The News and taken up by the Greater Charlotte Club and Mr. S. B. Alexander, Jr., an alum nus of Homers, is widening in inter est, a vision of the possibility of se curing the school becomes possible. Mr. Alexander's interest and enthu siasm expressed itself in the call ap pearing in yesterday's News, dupli cate copies of which were mailed to the Horner alumni last night. Mr. Alexander's call stated that Prof. Horner will be here Wednesday next at which time the Greater Charlotte Club will lay before him a proposi tion. To discuss the matter fully Mr. Alexander requests all old Hor ner boys to meet at the Greater Char lotte Club office this afternoon at 5 o'clock. ROB Mil ST EUEMO SET FORTH OH HONEYMOON 1 T I! T- THIS EMOGRATS HASTEN II CURRENCY By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 29 In an effort to complete consideration of the ad ministration currency bill by tonight the conference of senate democrats today hurried through minor details, devoting attention to the disputed fundamentals. Some details were re ferred back to Senator Owen and the administration democrats of the bank ing committee. Whether the conference would adopt a binding resolution to put all of the democrats behind the Owen bill as a party measure arotse to'day 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. Senator Lewis, of Illi nois, democratic whip, said he expect ed to present a binding resolution. Other senators said that should such , a resolution fail the democrats would consider themselves bound by a gentlemen's" agreement to vote for tha bill as framed by the conference. SEVERfiLHQiE PITV TUIC IA mill iiiu s Two white boys, Clarence Black well, aged 15, and Arthur Blackmon, aged 13, were held under $300 bonds this morning by Recorder Hamilton C. Jones on charges of breaking into three different residences in the city this week and ransacking these from top to bottom, taking therefrom quan tities of various articles including pis tols, razors, trinklets, Confederate money and other articles. , ' The. honfgs "ehtered r were - those -ot Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Feares, on Grove street; Mr. E. J. Hennessee, mail carrier, and Mrs. J. C. Lanyoex, on Graham street, near Seventh. There were three or four warrants against each of the youths and in most of the cases they pleaded, guil ty. ' Mrs. Feares testified that she was away from home until about 3 o'clock Thanksgiving afternoon and that upon her return she found the keys of most of the ifoors gone and nearly every bureau, dresser and closet in the home ransacked and turned topsy turvey. She missed keys, trinklets and other articles, while Mrs. Lany oex stated that her home was ran sacked in the same manner on the same afternoon and numerous articles taken therefrom. Mr. Hennessee said that he had lost a razor and knife and other small articles Tuesday evening. He had re covered a part of the property from police headquarters. The two boys were arrested near the city hall some hours after the robberies had been reported to police headquarters by Patrolman Mack Earnhardt and Wilson and were lock ed up at the police station. The youths took the affair with no show whatever of fear or of peni tence, and both admitted that they had been arrested in the past, and had been charged with taking things that did not belong to them. Mr. Hen nessee noticed the boys sitting on the curb in front of his home before leaving Thursday afternoon. He was in the habit of hanging the front door key to a nail on the porch and said that it appeared that the front door had been opened with this key. There are other cases which the police say are in the same class as the above but warrants were issued only in the three cases mentioned The trouble into which the boys gotten is of a serious nature and their cases will be disposed of in su perior court. Both boys live in Char lotte. Approp riation Bills To Be Taken Up By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 29. The approp riation bills for the coming session of congress will be gotten under headway in the house next week. The approp riations committee has resumed hear ings on the District of Columbia bill, estimates for which aggregate $14,000, 000. This amount will be cut when the bill is reported next week. Representatives Sherley of Ken tucky and Johnson of South Carolina in charge of the fortifications and leg islative, executive and judicial approp riation bills have said they would try to get both, measures passed by the house before Christmas. NOVEL CASE BEFORE .SUPREME COURT. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 29. Whether a judge may refuse to accept a ver dict of involuntary manslaughter id a murder case is to be decided by the United States supreme court. ILLIV Thousands Witness The Army - Navy Football Struggle Annapolis Rooters. Annapolis, Md., Nov. 29. The brig ade of midshipmen more than 7C0 strong, together with several train loads of Annapolitans left here early today for the scene of the big inter service football game at New York this afternoon. Because of the great distance to be traveled before the trip to New York and back Is concluded an extra early start was necessary so it was not et daylight when the buglers sounded ireville and turned the naval rooters out of bed. This was at 4:15 and two hours late:- the last train load of mid shipmen had pulled out of the station. Captain John P. Gibbons, superinten dent of the naval academy, and Mrs. Gibbons; 'Jommandant of Midshipmen Captain George W. Logan and Mrs. Logan and others cf the local naval contingent, got away for New York! yesterday afternoon and with the de parture of the brigade this morning but little more than a corporals guard remained .o watch over the institu tion. Baltimoreans Attend. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 29. Special and regular trains leaving Baltimore this morning carried hundreds of foot ball enthusiasts bound for the scene of the annual Army-Navy game at New York this afternoon. The exodus which began on' Wednesday only ceas ed .with the departure of the last train which could set its passengers down in the metropolis in time for the con test. Conspicuous among the throng of Marylanders who went to New York to see the games was Governor Phil lips Lee Goldsborouh. The presence of the governor of Maryland at the army and navy game is always an institution, -arising from the. intimate social relations existing between the state administration and . the Naval Academy. By Associated Press. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 29. Suit was filed here today in the United States District Court to dissolve the Ameri can Can Company, the so-called tin can trust which the Department of Justice alleges controls a large percentage of business in the United States in tin cans, containers and packages of tin. The Amreican Sheet and Tin Plate Company also was made a defendant because of an agreement it is alleged to have with the American Can Com pany to sell it tins for cans at a pre ferential rate. lesed practices in restraint of trade, agreements by absorbed companies not to re-enter the field, contracts by con summers to buy from alleged trust ex clusively and arbitrary fixing of prices. Attorney General McReynolds asked in the bill for dissolution other than on a pro rata basis by asking for a sep aration into units of different own ership to insure the restoration of competition. IXlilEElS FUNDS IN BELGIUM By Associated Press. Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 29. Mexi can agents have sought and are still seeking loans here. It is understood that Luis de La Barra, the financial agent in London of the Mexican gov ernment, has entered into negotiations for advances but has not been very successful. xne mmppson aaim wmcu is u- nmu ue oeuuuuaii "lua"sf,m. 'ft ny, whose concessions for 3,200 miles of railroads is pending before the Mexican congress, is considered as the ZJL1ZX5L IX JJiUat J.IIVCIJ' Ll n ex. xv c uau w 'Provisional President Huerta's admin- WOULD CAN TRE "CAN TRUST" lsaTn" R ; oiPP U 7 several original service yells were pre told the Associated Press today that a d fQr use fQr the firgt Ume t0(J Mexican loan could not now be. floated the accompaniment of tne rival in Belgium as the situation was too bandg The n musiciang had the uncertam. PRESERVE ORDER By Associated Press. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 29. The first police action to prevent disorder INDIANAPOLIS incident to the unsettled labor conai- to provide circus features as side tions in Indianapolis was ordered by shows to the gridiron lattle. Last year Acting Superintendent of Police Cof- the navy goat died on the eve of the fin when the police appeared at roll game but the loss of the mascot was call this morning. The patrolmen followed by victory. . Superstitious were inrtructed to prevent the con- members of the navy team who be- ' gregating of .vds upon the streets lieved that their luck depends on the and were told tiat three or more per- goat's early death suggested his sac sons would, constitute a crowd. rifice before the game today but it During te -t few months many was decided to let him live, riots have occurred here when large Time of game: Start at 2 o'clock numbers of persons were . permitted with play divided into the usual four to gather upon the streets. periods of fifteen minutes each. ; Forty Two Thousand Tickets Were Gobbled Up in a Eur. ry Weather Conditions Un favorable President Wil son Attends. New York City in Gala Attire Odds Slightly Favor Navy A Graphic Stoiy oj Tht Great Sporting Event. New York, Nov. 29. The line up and ouibianaiug leatures which attend!5 the playing of the Armv-Naw font. ball game in New Ynrlr ritv inAo-c for the first time in the history oi football rivalry between the two ser vice schools were epitomized as fol lows: Weather Conditions. Weather: Rain forecast officially, it amendment to yesterday's assurances that the day would be only partly cloudy. Some rain fell during the night but not enough to affect the field, which was protected with a straw cov ering and only a downpour at the last moment could make playing condi tions altogether intolerable. The Scene. The scene: The New York National League baseball stwdium on the meadow of the Polo Grounds undei the shadow of Coogan's Cliff, near the upper .extremity of Manhattan Island where the modern horseshoe grand stand of steel and concrete and the ordinary baseball bleachers wero re inforced by temporary stands almost completely enclosing the gridiron. 42,000 Spectators. The crowds; Provisions made foi 42,000 spectators with nearly every ticket sold, the largest crowd that ever witnessed ah army-navy game. The tickets: Regularly priecd at $3 each, tickets sold yesterday as as $25 apiece' but 'speculators who ha5.. any left this morning were letting them go as low . as $10 apiece or $15 for two, the slump being due in great part to the threatening rain. Celebrities Present. Distinguished box holders: The pres ident of the United States, whose in terest in the game brought him from Washington last night, along with the hundreds of other enthusiasts in ad ministravtive circles, and army and navy branches of the government, in eluding almost all of the generals and admirals in the service and a host ol pretty maids and matrons from the capital. Official Washington, Annap olis and West Point were all virtually transferred to the metropolis for a football holiday. The Favorites. The favorites: On paper the Navy's f representatives were credited with maiivcu Bucpiiuiity uvbi uie aim; team this season and history records navy victories in nine of the 17 for mer games between the two schools, wjth a string of three navy victories during the past three years. On the morning of the contest, however, a few football critics in New York asserted that the army eleven had a good chance to win and that in any event a keen battle of football brains and brawn was assured.' The betting: Odds prevailing for a week past at 10 to 7 in favor of the navy were reported as ruling even higher today with confident navy men freely offering 2 to 1 at which ratio army men were eager to indulge. The Camps. The camps: The rival squads, with 40 in the army list and 33 in the navy, were quartered at large hotels within gunning distance of each other in the theatre district. Almost every man was reported in perfect physical con dition. Color scheme: The city was full of gold iace, more of it than can be remembered at any time since the Dewey naval parade. The rival col ors, the navy blue and gold and the army black, gold and gray, were also displayed by the thousands of wives an(J daughters and sweethearts in the footu croW(j . oJ Songs and cheers: A number ol ' honor of making the first entrance to the grounds, through their being vic tors in the last game. They afforded a gorgeous picture in their blue coats, with lurid red lined capes, with eight companies of cadets arranged accord ing to their size following with the many flags. The West Point corps of about 600 in traditional gray uniforms followed, ithe corps parading around the field. ' The mascots: The active Navy coat, nearly smothered with gold lace, and the stubborn army mule in his every day clothes, were in readiness