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Show ' Of the Court UhichTried i Lieut. Col. Ames in Manila I Manila, Aug. 10. The fiudings in the .case of Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Amos, who was court martlaled following fol-lowing the Investigation of the sui- c!do al his home of Lieutenant Clar-i Clar-i ciico XI. Janney. were published hero loiay. Lieutenant Colonel Ames, ao-' ao-' ctrdlng to the findingR, was acquitted cn the principal charges of conduct unbecoming un officer and conduct prejudicial to military discipline, but van found guilty of drunkenness and sentenced to the loss of 12 numbers In his relative tank In the army. General Ramsev G. Pont, command ing the department of Ihe Luzon, in bis review of the 'findings, severely criticized the courti of which Brlga I oier General aohn J. Pershing was j I resident. j Lieutenant Colonel Amos has al- I rcadv returned to duty with his com- I mund. the Twelfth Infantry. j According to the testimony, Lieu i ! tenant Janney an his wife quarreled ; while guests at Colonel Ames house, ; oncl Januey shot himself while in the ' presence of Mrs. Jaunev and Ames, v ho were the only witnesses to tho tragedy. , |