The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-08
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ant 8 bar rs 81 At1es SAID tonight ae
w4azd &annofE bis wife e me action
she Naz Instructed her attorney 10
institute against superintendent
HnEh Hcelz and other officers 81 tie
Hest Etznt military academy
lza4neI A{Hes returned his ETE1-
Ing from New York AID found tie
letter from Washington awaiting
him Nnile declining &c dlsenss is
contents. be 1nkimated thai they
touched npcn the course adopted ~
Mrs Ayfes He made L plain that
he proposed g zee his wife through
70 the Hnish
Colonel Ayres said that be would
not make public the letter from the
war department unll he had first
shown Il to his aIle's attorney In
whose hands Il would be placed to-
morrow
Mrs. Ayres attorney. Mann I Rice
81 New York. has been instructed to
flfe damage suits aggrega4ing $780,
000 against Colonel Scott. lieutenant
ColuneI Robert 7. Howe. command
ant Of cadets: Captain IIeHellyn r.
Oliver. assistant Instructor Of tactics.
and Lieutenant Colonel Stephen G..
Mills, inspector general
Mrs Ayres. Il Is understood; bases
her allegations upon alleged discour-
fesIes resolved At West Point. and
which eliminated IN me coionel.s
vie being forbidden to enter the.
reservation The Ayres home ad-|
joins the academy grounds
VEST POINT. \. r. June Tin
the absence OF her husband, who had
gone to New York for the day. Mrs
Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres declined to-
day to discnss the details for the
suit for damages. which Il Is said she
is about to bring against several Of
the officers at the United States MILF
tary academy. Hrs AFres SAYS the
case IS nov in the hands Of her law
ger and the formal papers in the
suit soon win be served II the case
comes to trial II IS believed that some
interesting sidelights VIII be thrown
upon the social life at the academy
Under ordinary circumstances any
misunderstanding IN which the ON
GERS Of the academy or their wives
might become involved would be
threshed out before court martial
ana the testimony would never be
published. IN this case, however,
appeal Is to be made 20 the civil
courts and any testimony probably
would be given in public Mrs Ayres
is the wife of Lieutenant Colonel
Charles g. Aynss. who returned Sat
urdag On leave Of absence following
duty Ia the Philippines and Is now
stationed at the academy She re-
sides just outside The reservation. II |
Highland Falls. and under q recent /
order issued upon request Of the /
academy officials. Mrs Avres is de-
MED the privilege of visiting the
academy grounds The order Of pro-
hibition. which IS said 10 have a |
large place IN Mrs Ayres' complaint |
IN support Of her suit for damages:
does not apply 70 her husband OF to /
her son. who is cadet at the aeade- |
my. The order of prohibition against !
hrs. Ayres. which was issued before
her husband had returned from the /
Philippines. followed long period of |
misunderstanding between Mrs |
Aynes and the academy officials The
facts are disputed. and It is believed /
that Interesting testimony may be in |
tnoduced by both sides to the confro- |
Versy sspuld the case come to trial. |