The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19
DUNRAVEN NOT DENOUNCED.
HIS CHARGES NOT PROVEN, But
THE EARL LfsT DOWN EASILY.

The Committee Holds That He Had
Grounds Upon which to Base His
suspicious and Thus Relieves Him
OF the Suspicion That He brought
the Accusation in MaIice-The Ba-
sis for HIS suspicious Made Public.
New York. Jan. lS.-The Evening sun
says: 1T cHn be stated with positiveness
this afternoon that the decision OF thu
committee appointed by the New York
Yacht Club 10 investigate the charges OF
unfairness brought by Lord Dunraveu
against the crew Of the Defender is in IA
vor of the Defenders men. The charges
are found to be improved
'The committee, however. finds that
Lord Dunraven had grounds upon which
to base his suspicious, and thus relieves
him OF the suspicion that he brought tho
accusation in malice. In fact the report
lets Lord Dunraven down easily. although
1t is found that the charges are not Prov
en-. This much was learned from meme
Der OF the club at an uptown hotel this af-
tmnoon. 1t Is the first real information
which has been divulged concerning ths
doings Of the committee.
THE committee. which is composed OF
j. Pierpont Morgan, Hon. w. c. Whitney.
Capt. A. T. Mahan, George L. Rives and
Hon. T. J. Phelps. has entirely completed
its labors. It's report Of the Investigation
OF the evidence and the findings forms a
bulky volume of over coo printed pages.
The report is now on its way to England
and VIII be published there at the same
time that II is made public in this country.
Some details of the evidence given be-
fore the committee were learned this af-
ternoon. Lord Dunraven based his accusa-
tons that the load water line OF the De-
fender had been changed before the first
OF the international races and after tho
yachts We're measured, entirely son the
appearance OF the yacht I'm the water. He
declared that certain point on the hull
of the Defender which was well above the
water line when she was measured was
entirely submerged and out of sight on
"The investigating COMMITTEES acknowl-
edges that Lord DunraVen spoke TO La
than Fish about the matter, but the conn
mittee hnds that Lord Dunraven's ac-
ton did not take the form Of a formal
complaint. In that way the fact that the
Defender was not Immediately remeas-
ured ON the night OF Sept. 8 is Justified.
when the Defender was remeasured
on Sept. o IL was found that her load
water line was n little higher above the
water than at the time Of the previous
measurements.
IF the Defender had been measured
again on the night after the first RAGS
there would have been no grounds for
dispute. That such remeasurement was
not made was due TO the fact that Lord
Dunraven did not make formal complaint
to Mr.. Fish, as he should have done-
Lord DunraVcn, 1t Is understood, mains
tained before Abe committee that he sup
posed MS complaint was formal and that
there was plenty of opportunity to let
water ballast out OF the Defender during
the time which elapsed between the race
and the time of the remeasurement.
"The committee, however, did not think
his assertions well founded. The ver-
dict, therefore, is in favor OF the Defend
er II is expected that the report VIII be
made public the latter part of next week"