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OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1918 FOURTEEN PAGES.
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DEMAND INQUIRY BY
CONGRESS OF WILSON
LOBBY ALLEGATIONS
Resolutions Calling for Invcstiga
tion of Charges Introduced
in Both Houses.
CUMMINS PRESENTS MOTIpN
Wanta Committee of Five Named to
Look Into Matter.
SAME ACTION IN LOWER BODY
Republican Program for Debating
Bill in Senate Outlined.
TWENTY MEMBERS WILL SPEAK
La Follette Plana to Talk (or One
Whole Week on Vnrioim Fea
ture of Undrevrootl Tariff
Measure.
WASHINGTON, May 27. Senator Cum
mins today presented to the senate a
resolution to direct Vice President Mar
shall to appoint five senators to Investi
gate President Wilson's charge that a
lobby exists In Washington to Influence
legislation, particularly the tariff bill.
and to report within ten days.
An investigation of the activities of the
tariff lobbyists was proposed In a reso
lution Introduced today by Representa
tive Tavenner of Illinois. The resolution
recites that "It has been charged bythe
president that a powerful and Insidious
lobby, hostile to the pending tariff bill,
exists In Washington."
The resolution provides for a committee
of five members, appointed by the
speaker, to Investigate and- report to
congress.
Port of the republican program for de
bating the tariff bill In the senate was
outlined today.
More than twenty senators have long
speeches In preparation. Senator La
Follette plans to talk for one whole week
on many features of the bill.
Senator Burton will make one of the
first speeches. Senator Oliver will dis
cuss the Iron and steel schedule; Senator
Lodge the textile schedule: Senators Mc
Cumber, Oronna, Norrls, Nelson and
Clapp the agricultural schedule; Senator
Smoot the wool schedule, while Senators
Borah, Works and Cummins are prepar
Ing lengthy arguments.
The resolution would direct the com
mittee to report the names of lobbyists
who attempted to Influence legislation
and the methods employed. If the In
fluence was shown to be exerted on the
tariff bill the committee would be In
structed to report on the Items which
"the lobby" desired to have changed.
Senator Oummtns further proposed In
tits resolution that the .committee take
statements of senators to whom any rep
i,, presentations concerning legislation -had
been made during tho session and to In
quire Into the character of the repre
sentations with a ,vtew of ascertaining
whether they were proper or Improper,
The resolution also requested President
Wilson to furnish the committee with
names of lobbyists to whom he referred
and any other Information In regard to
the lobby In his possession. The resolu
tion went over until tomorrow without
suction.
SWISS LOVERS FIGHT
DUEL BY AVALANCHE
GENEVA. Switzerland, May 27. The
remarkable story of a duel by avalanche
between two rivals for the hand of an
Italian girl, Is told by travelers from
Mount Blanc The two lovers, who lived
at Courmayous at the base of the moun
tain, decided to settle their claims by
standing for several hours evsry day In
the path usually' followed by avalanches
on the mountain side until one or the
other of the men was swept to death.
One was finally struck yesterday by an
avalanche, but he received only slight
injuries.
Chafing under delay of a fatal term
ination, the rivals are now looking for
some other method of settling their dis
pute. FORGER PLEADS GUILTY
TO GRAND LARCENY
DULUTH, Minn., May 27, W. H. Allen,
aged 26, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with grand larceny In thi
second degree before Judge Dancer, in the
district court here today. He admitted se
curing $200 from a local bank on a Eight
draft on a subsidiary company of the
Standard Oil company of Houston, Tex.,
and signing the name of A. N. O'Brien.
He confessed that he had participated
In deals at Aurora, I1L, Kansas City, Mo.,
and Lebanon, Mo.
His arrest here May 11 brought to an
end his operations extending over a
period of a year. Sentence was post
poned for a week.
Asks Raise of Assessment.
IOWA CITT. Ia., May 27.-8peolal.)
An unprecedented event occurred at the
meeting of the city council here last
evening, when William Musser, one of
the wealthiest residents of the city, ap
peared before the members and asked
that his property assessment be raised.
Mr. Musser explained that the assessment
had not been changed for years, while
property values have risen steadily. The
council accommodated him with a sub-
etantlal increase.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Fair and warmer.
Temperature at Oraana Yesterday.
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I NEWLY ELECTED STATE REGENT
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Greek and Servian
Delegates Refuse
to Sign Peace Pact
LONDON, May 27.-A plan Is under dls
cusslon hero for solving the deadlock in
regard to the signature of the peace
treaty between Turkey and the Balkan
Btates.
The European powers recommend that
those states which are reodv slirn Sir
Edward Grey's draft treaty without wait
ing for their allies. It Is pointed out that
Bulgaria could thus conclude terms with
Turkey and tho powers could then devote
their attention to Inducing the recalci
trant states to sign.
Sir Edward Grey, the British fnrnlim
minister, received the peace delegates sep
arately today and urged them to sign tha
draft treaty, but the Greek delegates re
plied that they must refer the question
to their government.
The Servian peace delegates also refused
to sign tho draft treaty.
Sir Edward Grey then sDoke stromrlv to
them, declaring that u week had passed
In futile negotiations and the powers now
expected tho belligerents to sign without
further delay or attempt a modification.
Sir Edward Grey's statement took the
tone of an ultimatum and the dWa.t
promised to refer the matter to their gov
ernments Immediately.
Coaster Brake Trust
Defendants Enter
Pleas of Guilty
. , ... .MJ MTAIIBnit.
i" mo case ot wie government
against the Coaster Brake trust all
pleaded guilty In federal court hern tn.
day.
The companies and Individuals In th
case were the New Departure Manufac
turing company, the Miami Cycle and
Manufacturing company, Corbln Screw
corporation. Aurora Automatic Machin
ery company, Eclipse Machine company,
Buffalo Metal Goods compan and eight
een Individuals.
A decree of perpetual Injunction was
agreed to by both defendants and tho
government and was signed bv Juds-e
Hazel.
"Dogs is Dogs When
They Kill Chickens
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 27. "No man Is
obliged to stand idly and speculate as to
whether the animal pursuing his poultry
has within Its veins the ordinary blood of
a cur, or the blue blood of well bred
stock," sold Superior Judge Gosbey, last
night. In deciding a damage suit against
Mrs. Irene Merrill, daughter of a mil
lionaire of San Francisco. Mrs. Merrill
hod sued S. M. Smith, a Mountolnvlew
rancher, for $300 damages for the shooting
of her imported Russian wolf hound. In
addition she domanded $1,000 as punitive
damages.
Rancher Smith testified that he shot
the dog to save his poultry and the court
held that when engaged In the nefarious
business of killing chickens "dogs Is
dogs," regardless of their pedigree.
Chinese Republic
Defers Organization
PEKING. May 27. Tho adontion of th
constitution and the definite election of a
president of the Chinese republic have
been deferred for an unlimited period.
Owing to the deadlock, amonar th turtles
In Parliament the assembly Is unable to
exercise Its functions and there Is seldom
a quorum of members In attendance. '
uovernment troops continue to march
toward the south, but It Is believed here
that they will only attemnt to surround
and not to attack the rebellious faction
In the province of Kiang-Sl.
Provisional President Yuan Shl-Kal to
day received twenty-nine Americans who
are proceeding by way of Japan and
China to the world's Sunday school con
ference to be held In Switzerland,
MRS. LINCOLN'S LETTERS
ARE SOLD AT AUCTION
NEW YORK. May 27. The bitter letter.
which Mrs. Lincoln, widow of Abraham
Lincoln wrntA mnm than rnv
.w. g J net,
when In despair of getting congress to
pass an appropriation for her assistance
were sold at auction yesterday. Most of
the letters went to dealers for less than
$50. A letter In which Mrs. Lincoln of
fered to sell a black lace dress, whlnh
cost over $2,600 brought $30, the most
acrimonious Utter of all, one In which
Mrs. Lincoln wrote that General Orant
and his wlfa treated her with "utter
heartlessness'" brought $60, the best erica
of the lot
A letter of Martha Washington, a
simply, kindly letter to an old friend.
with love kisses and remembrances,
sold for $300.
TWO KILLED IN A
RAILROAD
COLLISIO
Drivers of Engines Crashing To
gether on Missouri Pacific
Road Are Victims.
MANT INJURED BY WRECK
Twin Passengers, Both Fast Mails,
Meet Near Brant, Mo.
TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED
Locomotives Plowing Into Eaoh
Other Are Demolished.
MISTAKE CAUSED DISTASTER
trains were tollnve I'nuarU on
Slillnir nt Nearby Station, But
One Failed to Walt for
Other.
BHANT, Mo., May 27. Two engineers
were killed and several other persons, In
eluding a number of passengers, were In
jured In n head-on collision between pas
senger trains No. 11, west bound and No.
12, east bound, on the Missouri Paoltlo
railway near here early today.
Tho dead:
ALBERT FORD, engineer, Sedalla, Mo.
liqh M LAUQnlilNi engineer, scaailu.
MO.
No. It and No. U were twin trains, the
two fast malls between St. Louis and
Kansas City. The trains were to have
passed on a siding at McGirk, Mo., the
first station cast of Brant. No. 11 failed
to wait at McGirk. Going at a high rate
of speed the two locomotives plowed Into
each other. Both were demolished and
the engineers crushed and scalded. The
trains, alike tn makeup, consisted of
three steel mall cars, a chair car, a din
Ing car and four sleeping cars.
Marconi Scandal is
to Be Threshed Out
in London Court
LONDON, May 27. The Central crim
inal court was,packed with distinguished
persons of tho 'political and literary
worlds today for TrHTopentng of the trial
lor criminal uovl oi teui ineaieriuiii u.
brother of O. It Chesterton, the author,
and one Of London's picturesque person
ages.
The prosecution arose out of articles
written by tho accused, who Is editor of
the Eye Witness, In which he charged
Godfrey Isaacs, manager of the Marconi
company, with corruption in connection
with the British government's wireless
contract.
The whole Marconi affair, which Is
now one 'of the foremost Issues tn Brit
ish politics, Is likely to be reviewed In
-the '.coura.-of-the-trlakr '-.-' - -
Bryan is Very Fond
of White Radishes
WASHINGTON, May 27. Secretary
Bryan Is not too busily engaged with
affairs of state to do the marketing for
the Bryan household. Almost any morn
ing the secretary pf state may be seen In
a local market place with a large basket
swinging from his left arm. Colonel
Bryan seems to enjoy the marketing to
the full. He elbows the crowd and ap
parently does not mind It any more than
ho did when making hU political cam
paign tours. Becretary Bryan's fondness
for the radish of the white variety Is
now generfally known among the mar
ketmen. The other day, however, much
to Colonel Bryan's disappointment,' his
favorite vegetable was not to be had.
"You know I'm Just crazy about white
radishes," said the secretary to a woman
shopping beside him. No other kind
will do."
And he continued his search among the
stands.
Suffragettes Try .
to Wreck Express
READING, England. May 27. Two loud
explosions occurred and great columns
of smoke rose from the platform as the
express from London to Bristol rushed
tnrough the station here at noon today.
A workman was, struck on the neck by
a small piece of metal, but no other dam
age was caused,
A sheaf of suffragette literature was
found under the platform. The explo
sion is supposed to have been caused by
a suffragette bomb. The police think tho
intention was to wreck the train.
Aged Couple Run
Down by an Auto
NEWARK. N. J., May 27.-John Hunter,
widely known In theatrical circles, and
his wife, both aged and frail, are In a
critical condition today from Injuries re
ceived when they were run over by an
automobile late last night
Hunter, who was treasurer of a promi
nent theater, became blind twenty years
ago when his fingers transferred, poison
from tickets to his eyes. Ever since
then, however, he and his wife have
regularly attended all of the Newark
theaters, at each of which box
seats have always be en rMitrvnH tnm .1..
aged couple. They were leaving a theater
last night, when In sight of several hun
dred persons they stepped In front of an
ttuiomuDiia wniie aodgtng a trolley car.
Saline Sunday School Convention.
DORCHESTER. Neb.. Mav Yl-iOr,
da!.) The annual convention of the
Saline County Sunday School association
win De neia at Western, May 27 to 29.
Paul Detrick Simpson. W. it ifimt,..i
nnd Miss KImberly, all of Lincoln, will
pe me principal speakers,
fteeelvrr for Chlcnsro Railroad.
CHlfiAon. m.v rr u....i..
pointed for the Chicago & Northeastern
railway today by Federal Judge Carpn.
ter on complaint of the Railway Steel
In the appointment William J. Jackson.
&cVErSldenS S nl Edwin
W. Winters at Nur VnrV. u...
receivers. ' '''v"nTO
From the New York American.
LIMIT FIXED FOR CLAIMS
All Applications for Relief Must Be
in by fourth of June.
WISHES TO ADJUST THE FUNDS
Committee" BVm tll r'fi,.:iT. -t:ir
- -.., a m 41 VUCIsi
Miry tliut it May Do Its Work
Intelligently anil Equitably
to All Tho.- In Need.
The cltliens'
iia.sj iluu
June 4 as the last date when applications
for relief may be filed with the commit
tee. To exDlaln Itn ontinn ..
has Issued the following statement:
Wfl tvlcti .
, i ' " 7 ttiiiiuuiiuo mat au uDpllca
must hfu8",latnnc? ,rrom th0 r fund
K be . ',ed "t later than Wednesday,
nn fJl..1?3, ?hla..18 not '"tended to be
tuVliv tn "n" ior,th08? who we not ao
nHPntinni "f6"1.. n8.Bltance to file ap.
Fn mil "h in dlsbur'ng the funds placed
tiom th "ft"'? "AS. """Orel
thospwhn22 1 res,oro tna homw ' aI
tlioso whose homes were damaged. It
alms, as t& as funds will permit to a"
slst those who cannot otherwise rebuild.
lMch application will receive tho same
2?LeuL 'nvestlgatlon and will receive the
samo consideration on Its merits as has
viovious applications.
This action Is necessary In order that
is umj uu iui worn intelli
gently, promptly and equitably.
CITIZENS' RELIEF COMMITTEE.
T. J. MAHONEY. Chairman.
C. C. ROSiaWATER, Hccre tary.
Mysterious Death
to Be Investigated
CHICAGO. May 27. The coroner will be
asked today to Investigate the death of
Hower Edward Morrison, who was In
volved In a mystery whlcn may rival
that of Johann Hoch. Morrison died last
Thursday at a hospital of what wits
dlugnosed as acute nephritis, but Dr.
Darwin B. Pond, who will demand the
Inquiry, now suspects his patient was
poisoned.
Two women already havo appeared
who say they were defrauded by a man
named Morrison f who posed as a real
voiAia ucaici aiiu nit? (Junto nave a record
of a third wornan who claims also to
have been victimized.
Mrs. Pearl Devitt, a widow, asserts
she gave'Morrlson $1,600 upon his promise
to marry her. This money Included her
husband's Insurance.
The second woman says she was Louise
Beak before she married Morrison three
years ago in Hillsdale, Mich. She states
that she gave him $15,000.
Will Ask Receiver
for 'Frisco Road
ST. LOUIS, May 27. Attorneys for the
St Louis Sc San Francisco railroad were
In consultation during the noon hour
preparatory to the filing of a petition
for a receivership In the federal district
court at 2 p. m. ,
Judge Sanborn of the Eighth Judicial
circuit came from St. Paul this morning
to receive the petition.
Farmer Mysteriously Missing-.
ABERDEEN. S. D.. Mav 27Rn.li,i
Marshall county authorities are wimh.
Ing for Tom Hol'lday, a young farmer
rcoiaing near iintton, wno mysteriously
disappeared on Sunday even'lni-. anil whn
cannot be found. Holliday Is an English
man by birth and came to Bourn Dakota,
about twelve years ago. He Is In pros
perous olroumstancea. has Mjt . a
6-year-old son, and la believed to have
naa constaeraoie money about him when
he disappeared. He Is 33 years of age.
His family relations were cleaaant. nnd
It Is feared he has met with foul play,
ratntr tna deserted his family,
Dissolution Plan for
Harriman Merger
Not Yet Perf ectee
NEW TOIUCTMAy S7.-Roberf'S.-l.bv6lt.
chairman of tho Union ttioiflo Railroad
wumpaiiy. announced today that no agree
ment had yet been reached botween the
union x-acino and tho Southern Paelflo
company In the rtnnmm.Mii. ,n..ni...i
oaao against tho two roads. Judge Lovett
inn a statement might be is
sued later In th wuir n h .
- hjiu UOV4.I1UU lO
discuss details in connection with the
u.tun in pians.
WASHINGTON. n iv ...
Chalrrhan Lovett of th -ini t.ii
has advlsod Attorney General McReynoldn
" wouio. suDtnlt within a few days
a plan for the dissolution of the two
ruauB wnicn WOUId roDMimnt h l
of 010 Union Pacific officers. No agree-
meni.nas oeen reached with Southern Pa
clflo officials, he suldr
Mr. McRoynolds. In n .on.n.iv ......
has contended that anv nlan .t .., i.'.
jjtvvmioii tor me wouthern Paelflo to re
linquish Its control of the Central Pacific
i uiiroau.
Member of Famous
Jayhawker Partv
Dies at Age of 99
STOCKTON, Cal., May 27.-Mrs. Julian
Brier, a member of the famous Jay
hawker party of this olty, five members
of which left Galesburg, 111., April 15,
18, to make their way across the plains
to me goia fields of California, died
lost night In Lodl, aged 93. Her son.
ev. j. w. Brier of Lodl. and an other
person are tho only survivors of that
party.
Enroute to the gold fields the party
was practically fifty-two dav ithnn
food, and of the entlro party three suo-
.umoea to nungcr, thirst and fatigue
and one went Insane from aturvntinn
wandered off In the night. He was,
lanun prisoner Dy Digger Indians, from
whom he was rescued fifteen years
later by a United States surveying party.
MILLERS ARE FINED FOR
VIOLATING SHERMAN ACT
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl.. May J7.-The
Hunter Milling company of Wellington,
Kan., and tho Blaokwell Mill and Ele
vator company of TllnrUweii nii
cently convicted In federal court of vlo-
mmiH tne onerman anti-trust law, were
fined $1,000 and $500, respectively. In fed
eral oourt here last night. Frank Folts
cr the Huntor Milling company, Jndloted
for the same offense, was fined $.100.
The National Capital
Tuesday, 3Iay 2Tf 101a,
The Senate.
Finance subcommittees continued hear
ings on tariff bill schedules; hearings
close tonight.
The House.
Leader Underwood obtained unanimous
consent to Inorease Indian affairs, Irriga
tion and nnhlln hulMlnira nm,n(t...
create a new committee on expenditures
in laoor department.
Representative Borland discussed Wash
ington's so-called slums and recom
mended abolition of alleys.
llenreaantatiVA Rtmi IntriHn. vm n
abolish commerce court.
jiopresentsuve Tavenner Introduced
reanlutlnn tn Invention,. nnHiin..
. .,. u v V. 1 , t O u,
tariff lobbyists.
Agreed to adjourn until Thursday.
f0 CHANGE STREET NAMES
'hree Members of Commission Beo
ommend Changes in Titles.
'.fca-vHY. STREETS. 1ASE AFFEQTED
ainu f the Fault. In the Noiucn
oluturo of the City Thorongh
fares to lie Rectified hy
Wholesale Uhsuget,
A committeo of three members of the
o ty commission has reported to tho coun
oil in favor or wholesale change of
names of stieuU and boulovarus. Tn
committee consists of Joo B. Hummel,
nark eominlsaiuner; Police Commissioner
Ryder and Thomus McOovurn, head of
the department of publlo Improvements.
The report or tlw committee has been
rofcrrod to the meeting, of the commis
sion Monday. Following are the recom
mviidutlonsi Webstor avenue to Auburn street.
v?,l ".'.aHntt tty?U8, to Laurel avonue.
Jort itoitd to Camden avenue,
Keia2tfeeLlU Arbr r,a0e to
to'SuSS.irVtrSJIi 'treet ,n Arbr P,4M'
'toTai,ey.Ct,r,e,ott,., Arbr
De1anB"trcet"Ul 8tre0t' Arbr riaCe t0
.iT.h"?leth .treet- 'n Arbor Place ExUn
slon, to Arbur street.
y,7 '." u iaruii uvenue.
tmhh enue to Clarkson uvenue.
Thirtieth strevt, between Railroad
'xriui' Vw:ate.d ,und Walnut street. In
Arbor Place, to Bancroft stieet.
i i,nut .8tet' betwoen Alartha street
and Uancrort street, to Elder street
Carter uvenue to Thlrteoilth street.
. ut,1.'.,arHia "treet, between Thirtieth
street 1,1 ,,,eet9 t0 Dupont
first street, south of B street, between
Chtrry street.
iia r rimries street to Oi chard Lane.
Half laard stret to Irving street.
Muple avtiiuo to Twenty-fourth avenue.
Hulf Duvenport street to Capitol
avenuo.
IJull avenue to Orant street,
l-lorence uvenuo to Twenty-sixth
street.
Unoolti street, In Park Forest addition,
to Fifteenth street.
Firestone boulevard to Twenty-eighth
avenue.
Central boulevard to Thirty-third street.
Highland avenue to Read street.
Islla Court to Read street.
V fglnla avenuo to Thirty-ninth street.
Wing avenuo to Ida street.
Hnllthttnu. Km 1 1 . . . ti..-.
park to Bancroft street. "lllverview boulo-
mu, iiiiin nuicinn Bireet to r.ievenin
street, "Bancroft street boulevard," and
from Ftnnnrnft mirent tn ollnv nn.tli .F
Mason street. "Bellevue boulevard."
Bouth Central boulevard from Rlvervlew
park to Thirtieth street. "Deer Park
hniil.uawl.il n.kii..L .. . , , . .
wu.an,u, iiuiii Aiiiiiiciii nircoi IU m
Crelghton avenue; "Hanscom boulevard."
UT.. . I . . . 1 . . . ... I
"i wiiiiui Muuiovaiu iium vv IHJI-
worth avenue boulevard to Burt street,
'T. . . V. . . I I , I
IUIIICI UUU1CV Ut U.
street to east lino of Bemls park and
jjiituum iiumovaru ill uemiB parit. uemis
boulevard."
KTn.t. n....-,, K n . I . ., 4. . 1 rn II.
l.uilll VCIIIIA. UVUICIIIIU ,,UII1 JlllliUll
street to a point on Thirty-first avenue
between Sahler street and Boyd street,
where boulevarV turns west, "Highland
boulevard."
.'VM..M.M .IVIII ailHIB
point on Thirty-first avenue between
Hahler street and Boyd street to Fonte
nelle park, "Fontenelle boulevard."
Northwest boulevard from Military ave-
nim tn Vnntnffllft nnrtf. "flalpmnnl Kniil.
yard."
Florence boulevard from Twenty-fourth
street to east line of block 2, Norwood
addition, "Miller Place."
Grand avenue boulevard, from Florence
boulevard to Levi Carter park, "Carter
boulevard)"
Nominations by tUe President.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Presldent
Wilson today sent to the senate the fol
lowing nominations:
First Assistant Sacretnrv nf th Tni..
lor Andrleus A. Jones of Las Vegas,
N M.
Commissioner of the General rnd Of.
fl e Clay Tallman of Nevada.
Assistant omm'ssloner of the General
Land OfficeCharles M. Bruce of Art-
.OLONEL ROOSEVELT
SAYS HE IS A MAN OF
COIfLETESOBBIETY
Former President Defends Himself
Under Oath Against Charge
of Drunkenness.
SOMETIMES TAKES WHITE WINE,
Never Drank a Highball or Cocktail
in His Life.
HE DOES NOT LIKE BEER
Occasionally Drinks Glass or Two of
Champagne at. Dinner.
IS NOT A TOTAL ABSTAINER
Witness Says He Does Not I.lka
.Brandy or Whisky nnd Takes
Them Only When Pre
scribed hy Physician.
MARQUETTli. Mich.. May 27. -In tho
elaborate but small court room of this
frontier city, Theodore Roosevelt ap
peared In what Is probably an unlnue oc
casion In history, when In effect he, al
though a former president of the United
States defended himself under oath
against an allegation of drunkeness. His
dlrct tstlmony lasted' about one hour and
cross-examination Immediately began.
In substance Colonel Roosevelt defended
himself as a man of complete sobriety,
although not a total abstainer. The lead
ing points In his testimony may be quoted
as follows:
"I am not a total abstainer."
"I havo never drank a highball or c
cocktail In my life."
"I don't smoke nnd I don't drink beer
and I don't drink red wine."
"I havo never drank whisky or brandy
except whc,n tho doctor prescribed It, or
possibly on some occasion after great ex
posure when I was chilled through."
"Tho .jonly wines I have drank have)
been whlto wines, Madeira champagne,
or very occasionally n glass of sherry.'
"At home at dlnnor I often drink a
glass or two of whlto wine and Poland
water."
"At publlo dinners I sometimes drink
a glass of champagne or pcrlinp? two.
On nn average I may drink one glass of
champagne a month."
Occnalnnnl Mint Julep.
"There was a fine mint bed at tha White
House, and I may have drunk half &
dozen mint Juleps there In a year.
"On the African trip the expedition
took along a case of champagne, a casa
of whisker and a bottle of brandy, Ths
brandy was for me, because I do not
drink whiskey. In the eleven months
of the trip the doctor administered Just
soven ounces of It to mo for medical
purposes. I never toucjis it except on
his, advice.' Tho champagne was used
for three of our party who were III of
dlsentary, and for some sick strangers
whom we met.
"On speaking tours, by direction of
Surgeon General Rlxey, I sometimes took
a goblot or two of milk be Tore retiring
and In each there was a measured tea
spoonful of brandy.
"Since leaving tho White House I think
I have tasted mint Juleps twice part of
a glass at St. Louis and a sip from a
loving cup at Little Rock, Ark."
When Colonel Ioiosevelt remarked that
he might hava drunk a h'alf dozen mint
Juleps In a year at the White House, a
titter went round tho room, when At
torney Ppund, on direct examination,
asked If he drank them all at one time,
or mora than ono at'a time. To the best
of the plaintiff's recollection ho had never
In his life taken more than one on the
same occasion.
UrosN-Hxanilnntlon Is Brief.
Cross examination of the colonel only
occupied twenty minutes. It was con.
ducted by Horace Andrews of the defense
as follows:
Q Y6u have never lived In tho stafe
of Michigan?
A I havo never lived In tho state of
Michigan.
Q-Outslde of a flying trip made through
the state of Michigan you have never
been In the state of Michigan during the
last ten years?
A I have never been In the state o.
Mlohlgan within the last eight or ten
years except upon flying trips I mado
through the state.
Q Bo T would be correct In saying you
have not been within the state of Mich
igan within the last fifteen years?
A Yes, sir.
Q Your acquaintance Is somewhat
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Advertising an
Effective Tonic
For Trade Dullness
A discerning writer In a re
cent artlclo declared that "Ad
vertising Is the surest, quick
est, cheapest meana of market
ing merchandise-. i 1,1
vertlsers in the dally papers
are reaping harvets.
And yet, strange as It may seem
there are merchants in all naVtM
thatthlr ffiJl b
that it Isn't necessary to adver
tise, except at rare Intervals T
onoe or twice a year.
The advertising merchant ,s
wideawake, purposeful, ambitious,
eager to build a big business.
The keener the attention he
pays to his advertising, thtt
belwr th value ho Elves the
public, the more people that
know about It, the quicker will
h'" bu-l"ui prow.
t11 '"J1 imth tht' Proved a
thousand different ways seven
times a week.
You have simply to refer ta
THE BEE to flSd tho successful
business houses of this commun-
-.dvertlslng is a buslnm
topic a vltallrer that no pro
gressive man can under st -mate.
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