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Show NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL IS MWS FIGHT Some New Develop men Is in Case of Auld, Charged With Assault. BOSTON, Feb. 1. It's a woman's tight," said a. naval officer as he left the court-martial trial today of Paymaster George P. Auld. after hearing the wife of the man that tho young Burlington of-tlcer of-tlcer Is said lo have attacked testify that sho ma do a special trip to Washington to get Secretary f 'ho Navy Meyer and Senator Lodge to press the charges against Auld. Women predominated in tho court room today, while tho presence on tho witness stand of half a do?:en young women of tho naval dancing set pave tho procedure of a naval court-martial a decided feminine fem-inine touch. From th testimony today thnt the quarrel which the men took up originated over a photograph of Miss Dorothy Hosier Hos-ier of Evnnston. 111., which Dr. E. S. Co wins of Boston Is said to have carried from the room of Dr. A. S. Robnctt. who is coupled with Mr. Auld iu tho charges and who will bo tried later. Vague Explanation. Pr. Cowles. whose claims as a physician wen' repudiated by tho state authorities today, said that he carried tho picture away by mistake, and that, when about lo return It. Dr. Robnett called him by telephone and ordered him In emphatic language to return the picture at once or take the consequences. Dr. Cowles accepted ac-cepted the latter alternative and said that Mr. Auld carried out tho orders of Dr. Robnett. which resulted In tho alleged assault on December 11 at the "hop." Miss Jleslcr corroborated the story of the taking of the picture nnd said that Dr. Cowles asked her lo meet him and wanted to send her flowers. She disliked him and so did her friend, Miss Virginia Swift, a daughter of the former commandant. Roar Admiral Swift. Then Mrs. Cowles went on tho stand. She tcstlllcd thai she was surprised to learn, nearly a month after the Incident, that the matter had been closed. Mr, Cowles is expected lo finish her testimony tomorrow. |