The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-01-27
COURT 10
HEAR STORY OF 4
BALLROOM BRAWL
Encounter Admitted to
Have Taken Place in Home
Of Doctor r

sa5-ga3las@sL - $500
Of Doctor.
Boston. Jan. 27.-The secretary Of the
navy today issued an order constitut-
ing q court martial which will sit at
Boston and air one OF the most recent
navy scandals, in which many prom
inent navy oficers and society folks
are involved and which began with a
fist fight in a ballroom at a navy
hop in Charleston.
h Officers to be brought before the
court are Paymaster Geprxe Percival
Aud OF h receiving shin Wabash in
Charleston navy yard and Surgeon An
sey Hamilton Robnett. The charges
are OF dtsrespect to a superior officer
and assault and conduct unbecomine
an officer.
Dr.. II. F. Ames. inspector of the
United States navy yard, was the host
at the dance where the assault &C.
Cured. DIR. Edward Spencer Cowles, of
Boston, whose recital OF the fight at the
dance brought out the story which
teads TO the court martial. was the
victim.
miral Cowles. a brotheriniaW of ex-
President Roosevelt.
Beautiful Girl in Case.
his beautiful daughter. Madeline' are
involved in the 8 Miss Madeline
Swift was recently in the publfc eve
by reason Of the sudden breaking Off Of
her engagement to Harry Duer Storer,'
OF Atlanta, Ga. It ia charged thet Adj
mirai Swift sought to suppress the
Charleston affair because Of the friend.
ship Of his daughter Madeline for Aud.
who is accused.
n court martial Will convene in
Boston at 10 o'clock on the morning Of
January 81. It viii be composed of
Captain James M. Helm. Commander
John =. Luby, Surgeon Eugene p.
stone. Surgeo George b. Wilson, Lieu
tenant Commander Julian l.. Lattimer.
Paymaster Victor 8. Jackson, Paymas-
ter Herbert E. Stevens, Passed Assist
N Surgeon Frederick A. Asserson and
sPaymaster Edward E. Goodhue.
Captain Herbert j. H%irshinger. OF the
marine corps VIII act as judge advo-
cate.
The story of the fight did not get out
until Mrs. Cowles visited the home OF
Secretary of the Navy Meyer and SEN
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, Of Massachu-
sets.
The fight is described by Dr.. Cowles
In this manner:
Describes the Fiaht.
After my wife and 1 had been re-
cetved and made some engnRement for
the first dance, I was crossing the
ballroom door, when Paymaster Aud
AND DE-. Robnett, arm in arm marched
up to me. Aud asked Robnett. Is
this DR.. Cowles?' He said yes Then
Aud asked me to leave the hall and
eve show up again.
II asked him what he meant and de.
handed an explanation. He said We
were not wanted around there any
MOI ! asked again for an explana.
sion, and there was none. asked IL
miss Ames knew Of and sanctioned the
acts. He. said that she d1dEs
MY wife and met Miss 4Arnes near
the cloakroom, and repeating the con-
~verSations asked Il 1t were 70. She said
that It Was not and was astonished.
Miss Ames said she had nothing to do
with 1t. An explanation was asked of
Aud. He refused to give It. I said:
"'You are aacowardly u IL you re-
TO make an explanation after in
sulting q man in that manner
still refused to say anything and
left the room. =
leave the dance. Paymaster Aud ran
In through a door and struck me from
the back. / did not see him.
My head struck the door. We q
pied and fell to the floor, injuring the
back Of my head. The doorkeeper and.
a civilian ran up. Aud got up and ran
away without saying anything.
II nearly tainted. We went home and
returned later, calling on Doctor and
Miss Ames. They said there was moth
ing that should cause such action on
the part of Aud.
Calls on Admiral for Aid.
I'VE then called on Rear Admiral
Swift. He said he was very glad that
we came and promised to investigate 1t
thoroughly. Paymaster Aud did not
the occurrence until the fol-
lowing Sunday morning. It was q gross
to me and to DR.. Ames."
Mrs. Cowles declared that Rear Adj
miral Swift took the charges to Wash
inEton and must have pigeonholed
them, for. she says, Secretary Meyer
knew nothing of them when she called
on him on January IL.
He said he did not know AUDI said
Mrs. Cowles. but that Swift was ID
personal friend Of his. I saw Senator
Lodge and he said, ut is the most I'M
famous thing I ever heard Of and that
he would telephone Meyer that after
noon and see why nothing was done
about IT."
Through their insistence the matter
has gone into the hands of the Judge
advocate general.
DR.. A1nes investigated the AFFAIR De-
cember IS and sent his report to Rear
Admiral Swift. Rear Admiral Swift
came to Washington two weeks later.
The report did not reach Secretary
Never until q month afterward.
".Dr. Arnes asked me-" said DR..
Cowles, ".as did Rear Admiral swift. IL
there was any way that reparation
might be made for the insult. I
said that I would consent to leave
the matter in DR.. Ames' hands and
have It pressed until Justice was DONE
Or. and Mrs. Cowles returned5to Bos-
ton last night. Miss Madeline Swift is
In Boston at the home Of her brother,
according to Mrs. Cowles.
RAILWAY LOAN
DIVISION AGREED UPON.
New York, Jan. PA settlement has
finally been reached reg ardinp the Han