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Show ' - Admit They Would Use Stolen Papers Two Naval Academy Midshipmen Make Surprising Answer to Question Annapolis, Md., Juno IS. Two naval na-val academy midshipmen ndmlttcd to day that undor certain conditions thoy would uso stolen oxamlnntlon papers for their own advantngo. Theso admissions ad-missions wero all tho moro surprising surpris-ing bemuse they canio from men who havo not been Implicated In tho charges which aro being lnvcBtlgoted by a court of Inquiry. Daniel S. Appletou of tho fornior third class, when questioned by Judgo Advocate Wntt, sa d ho thought that half of his class might bo parties to receiving and using stolen Information. Informa-tion. "Would yo do so?" asked tho Judge advocate. "Yes," was tho reply. Ralph Wyninn disagreed with his classmate as to half tho class being willing to take ndvantago of stolon papers. Ho would not do so, ho said, unless ho wero In tho wooden or low mark sect on and nocded help to mako his passing mark. Tho system whereby a boy, onco ho gots Into tho so called wooden section of his class, finds It lmnl gottlng out hocauso tho marking of papers there Is bo much moro sovero again was brought to tho foro todiy. Midshipman V, B. Mackay said that his personal cxperlcnco had been Hint ho could get bettor marks In tho navy na-vy section than ho could for tho samo excellence of work It ho wero for tho t me being classed In tho wooden section. He was shy of dope, Midshipman Milton O. Carlson said, because of nn unpleasant oxporlenco with It. Onco when ho was In tho hospital his roommate had brought him dopo that ho studied exclusively and ho bustled cold when ho did not get any of it nn nvntnlnntlnn on oxnmlnatlon. A laugh In which tho members of tho court could not refrain from Joining, Join-ing, wns created when Ensign Stru-bio, Stru-bio, ono of tho defendants, cro-js examined ex-amined Midshipman D. J. Davis. Tho witness wns asked if ho had heard of a case whoro n messenger In ono of tho acadomlo departments, wearing wear-ing whlto trousers, sat on a mimeograph mimeo-graph machlno on which oxamlnat'on papers woro printed, and later Bold tho trousers to a midshipman, uavis said ho had heard tho ?tory but did not regard It sorlously. Suspicion that midshipmen may havo combined to purchaso copies of examination questions from somo naval na-val academy employee was hinted at In quostlons put by tho Judge advocate advo-cate to soveral midshipmen who tostl-fled tostl-fled today. Nono had heard oven reports re-ports of such a thing. |