Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-30
MIDSH|PMAN C. D. PRICE
Is Given High Praise By The Army
Navy Journal.
THINKS CRUEL MISTAKE MADE.
Midshipman Price rendered His Resig-
nation Voluntarily.

nation voluntarily.
Concerning the death of Midship-
man Charles d. Price October 8, the
Army and Navy Journal, in its is
sue of October 21, had the follow
ing to say editorially:
1.-THE death of Midshipman Charles
Denniston Price, U. S. N, as was
noted in our last issue, was an
nounced in a dispatch to the Navy
Department from Rear Admiral MUIR
dock, U. S. N, received at the Navy
Department on October Is. Midship-
man Price, who was attached to the
cruiser New Orleans, committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the head
with revolver at Olongapo, P. l..
on October IS. While Rear Admiral
Murdoch in his dispatch gave no ex-
PLANTATION of the suicide there is every
reason to believe that it was due to
temporary mental alteration, and it is
unfortunate that in press dispatches
there appeared a report, which is
without foundation, to the effect that
Midshipman Prices resignation had
been requested, and that this, by in
ference, was given as the cause of
the suicide.
Believing that a cruel mistake
had occurred in this press report, Mr.
Charles B. Price, of Oakmont, Pa,
father of Midshipman Price, wired to
the Navy Department from Pitts
burg, and at once received by long
distance telephone a contradiction of
the statement. This was confirmed
the next day in an official letter
signed by Rear Admiral r. F. Mich
olson, U. S. N, acting Secretary
of the Navy, in which it is said
that the resignation of your young
son. Midshipman Charles d. Price, u.
S. N, had not been requested by the
department. He rendered his resig-
nation voluntarily, and the depart.
ment intended to accept it on the ar.
rival of the U. S. S. New Orleans
within the waters of the United
States. l also take this opportunity
to inform you that the department
has no information whatever as to the
reason for your sons act; if anything
is received showing the cause for il
the same will be Immediately commu.
nicated to you
"As Midshipman Prices family
have not since heard from the Navy
Department it may be fairly assumed
that it is still without information a:
to any misconduct or other circum
stance that may have contributed tC
the event. The family believe il
to have been due to temporary aber
ration of mind, produced by pair
and suffering due to lacerated eaI
drums and assesses in the inneI
ear (both sides) sustained during
| target practice last fall. The troubl,
was first mentioned by Midshipmar al
Price last December, again in Febru
ary and again in July, by which latte
| time the pain had become constan
and excruciating He rendered hi
resignation in June. 1t was declined
but was renewed in August, and, a
stated by Admiral Nicholson, had no
yet been acted upon by the depart
ment. An officer on the New Orlean
| during the first year of Midshipmal
| Prices service on that vessel, in
letter to his father, said: Your sol
was young man of excellent charac.
ter, manly and honest, of good habit
and straightforward in all his dealing
with his brother officers, and liked fo
his many good qualities Befor
leaving the Naval Academy, Midship
man Price received the unusual dis
tinction of having a gold watch pre-
sented to him by the 'plebes' (class o
1919 on account of kindness and help
fulness shown by him to its mem
bers."
Price was born in Pittsburg Feb
ruarry 16, 1886, the son of Charles
and Florence Macrum Price; he was
graduate of Oakmont High Schoo
and Shadyside Academy; he entere
Princeton University in September
1904, and at the end of his freshma
year was appointed by P. C. Knox
then Senator from Pennsylvania, t
the United States Naval Academy a
Annapolis. He graduated with tn
class of 1900 and was assigned t
the Asiatic Station and served on tn
cruiser New Orleans, on the coast:
of China and Japan, and in tn
Philippine Islands. He is survive
by his parents and by the followin
brothers: Philip W. Price, assist
ant county engineer; Benjamin NJ
Price, attorney at law; Alfred, in til
senior class, Pittsburg High Schoo
and Francis :also by three younger ST.
ters, the Misses Eleanor, Florence an
Gertrude Price.