New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-17
Aid Says He Heard 1t
Called police Trial"
by Instructors.
ADMITS ATTEMPTS
TO GET BACKING
cnrsrintcndcnt Called on Navy
Oficials-Makes Charge
of Espionage.

,.,,,olis. June 1G.-Oficers at the
v.roI Academy resent the appointment
- N, court Of inquiry, Rear Admiral
ro,Ism. superintendent, and his aid
I;or-erant II. z. Manley, testified to-
J,v The superintendent made tins
s..,or,or+ on cross-eXamination by
Preventative Carlin, Of counsel for
-. Attendants, and explained that his
c,jnion was that the inquiry was IN
ttE..,-ate and it's trend unfair 70 MN
end the academy. He added that ne
Al not intend his remarks as a crltl-
Cism OF Secretary Daniels, =,
lieutenant Manley said ne had Iol-
! lived Superintendent Fullam's orders
In advising midshipmen called as WI
resses not 20 put themselves IN the
80 nositiou as the seven midshlp-
So So commended for dismissal Mr..
Csrlin questioned him about several
S.,orted conferences Of Rear Admiral
TIliaw and his officers in reference to
80 nresent inquiry. Il was then that
.be witness said the Investigation was
areserted and regretted at the Naval
Academy" Lieutenant Manley testi-
fed that ne uaN "e0-N
a police trial o;,
Rear Admiral Fullam was again
I,r;Iled nv Mr. Carlin. The testimony
ssbowed That Rear Admiral Fullam had
yisited several officials IN Washington
:-.iw4irg Secretary Daniels, Judge Ad-
yocata General Mclean, the chief OF
49, Rrraau of Navigation; Admiral
Henson chief Of operations, and Com
mander WurtsbauGh, aid TO the oeSre-
Nv of the Navy. The superintendent
..ddr!it-e5 no had not hesitated to urge
mat his action toward the seven orig
nal defendants be approved.
Fullam Charges Espionage.
The court ruled that Rear Admiral
rrIlar might be questioned about his
conversations with the Secretary OF the
Vayy. the chief Of the Bureau Of Navl-
cation and the Judge Advocate General
I'M held that questions about the SUI
nerinterdent's other actions and con-
yersations were irrelevant.
Rear Admiral Fullam made the
charge that all mis- movements had
do YOU mean to say that any one Is
Swing on you for the defendants :!
Nr. Carln asked.
~ do not know who is spying on
mo said Admiral Fullam, "but your
cyestiors Indicate that you know as
much about what I have done and said
as If everything had been reported 70
Under the questioning Of several en-
SIGNS who were graduated at the acad-
emy less than TWO weeks ago, thor
cugh explanation Of the dope system
vas Given by several midshipmen OF
The present first class. The witness
said from 90 TO % per cent OF their
,Iass had dope" on the recent eX--
animation in modern languages and
hat half of the class would have
.Austcd" without it, They said that
tIcv did not know its source, but re-
rarded r. i- The same light as the
done" which always comes before eN-
aninatious.
N.d,hipmen Hugo Schmidt and H. P;
EarIs. Of the new first class, both OF
whom had high rating in French, teSi-
.i6eG that the last examination IN mod
lers languages was different IN physlcal
iarpearauce from any previous eXamlna-
ton. Schmidt said it was the hardest
French examination he had ever seen
Could Not Pass Without Hints.
Nidshipman !. Z. Blue. Of the new
first class. testified that he didn't see
how any one could have passed the last
examination I'm French and Spanish
without having had advance intorma-
ton.
The midshiomen said that while some
instructors were liberal in giving out
hints on examination, some gave none,
and that the members Of the latters.
sections would be at a disadvantage If
the midshipmeu did not pass their
dope around. They said that mid
shipmer took their dope" TO breakfast
with ttem and studied it between
breakfast and formation, not giving 1t
I'D until just outside the examination
room. This was I'm explanation Of the
fact that papers on the examination
were found near the examination room,
evidence which convicted some OF the
defendants az the first investigation.
A strong effort Is being made 70 OBJ
tain The testimony Of all the midship-
men on the practice squadron, so that
the ships may leave for San Francisco
by Sunday morning If there is no in
t,rrupt.on 20 the regular order II IS
hoped that after a delay Of exactly two
weeks the squadron may sail Sunday
loorriug