The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
Confesses That She Knows
Not Which Way to
Turn.
SEES HER BROTHER
TO-DAY FOR ADVICE
Is Staying With Friends in City
Until She Decides on
Next Move.

| With her young husband held as a
| prisoner on the Dolphin. at Philadel-
phia. where he faces a court-martiaI
! for desertion. separated from the man
I she loves, without advice so far what
/ 70 DO from members Of her influential
family, Mrs. Ada German Magness.
/ daughter Of the late Maryland Senator,
/ this morning confessed with a woman's
| helplessness that she knew not as yet
/ which way 10 turn but that she must
( DO something to gain the liberty OF
] Charles J. Msgness. who now has pos
! sibiy two years imprisonment star
/ ing him In the face.
Il have not been to see the Navy De-
parment officials in my husbands be-
! half" said the visibly nervous and vor-
| lied wife. when seen at her secluded
/ apartments In the northwest by a rep
| resentative Of The Times. Il must 90
| something. but 1 am waiting for my
I brother, State Senator Arthur Pugh
! German, 70 advise me. / am a woman.
/ and have Reevr seen any trouble ike
! this before; I don't know which way 70
turn 1 don't know how 10 90 about
/ it. If my father was alive he would
know.
Pals to Call.
| Up 70 late hour this afternoon Ar
| thur Pue German, the brother upon
whom Mrs. Magness seems mainly 10
/ rely in her predicament, had not called
UPON his sister. Mr.. German spent sun
day with the family at Laurel, but Mrs.
/ Magness was not present at the family
/ council She visited friends in Wash
ingTon instead AT Laurel this after
noon. II was said that Mr. German had
/ returned 10 Baltimore. OLher members
J OF the family had a Lrs
! Mrs A. p. German. wife Of the dead
senator, Is said 10 be i'll on account or
l the Worry over the affair
Asked just what she expected TO do,
! Mrs Aagness said with just a touch or
/ DESPAIR IN her tone:
Prepares for Worse.
7 am hoping for the best and s-eeIiny
myself TO be resigned 10 whatever may
/ come. ny husband has been in the ser
vice long enough 10 know the serious
ness Of the charge he faces. have not
heard from hiTn yet oon't know how
I he is getting along up therein prison
/ NO, 1 don't want 10 attend the court
martial, II mere must be one. 1 want
/ 10 be IN Philadelphia, where 1 can be
near MIN, DLt l d0-=L believe 1 could
stand - s.-itneSs TIE trial. / saw enough
/ OF this kind CL trouble last week, when
I my husband VS. arrested in Louisville
officers. dstecti rss. policemen. II is all
I so new 10 me ~ so terrible.
I wouldn't mind the affair itself 50
much II IL wash I for The publicity. some
I Of the papers have Printed such UnkInd
things; charges thai were not true, and
/ which seem 70 have been spread by
those who spparontly, want 10 trouble
Charley all they can. The world is pc
cullal you know; some people seem 10
/ Ike q kick a man when he begins TO
/ get down q little bit
Shows the Strain.
/ Mrs Magness toyed nervousIy with
several clippings while she spoke. Her
! lips tN1tched, her hands shcck, her eyes
roved over the handsome furnishings
/ of the drawing room with a restless
ness that indicated that it was with the
utmost effort that she constrained her
| self. That she is bringing to bear the
/ utmost powers of a strong wcDar's
viii in order 10 bear up ulder the strain
| of II all Is evident TO even the least
| sympathetic observer.
| Z understand that Miss Happier, who
/ claims 10 have been engaged TO my nus
| band, says she advised the Navy De-
partment where he might he found 1
| cannot see why sne would DO this as 10
| could not benefit her in any way. II
| seems. The stories about my husbands s
prior love for Miss Happier are untrue.
| so far as they relate 10 any real ameC-
/ tion for her. 4 anything, il was mere
/ Iy a young love affair and no one ever
marTies his bOyish love. Talk Of her
/ bringing suit for breach Of promise IS
needless; she has nothing upon which
] TO bring such suit, as there was never
any real affection between the two.
4 have made but one complete state
| ment regarding the entire affair. that
| printed in The Times Sunday. I do
/ not mind the truth being printed. but
| the numerous reports circulated else
where have been most embarrassing 70
US. My husband has declined 10 be in
| teTViewed.
Is With Friends.
Mrs. Nagness spent all yesterday with
friends in this city. Here she will re-
main for several days until something
definite is heard about the trial Of her
young husband. She may then so to
| Philadelphia, in order TO be near him,
or may spend the ne xt few weeks with
| her mother and sis5ers near Laurel
! Md Mrs. Magness denies that there Is
| any estrangement between hereslf and
/ other members Of the German family
because of her marriage to Magness.
| the sailor-musiCian.
Some of the stories have said that
| my husband never visited my home at
! Laurel. He spent all day Saturday
/ tilere, Just the week before he was ar
| rested In Louisville. He was placed
under arrest as soon as we returned 70
/ LOUiSVi ls.'
/ A more technical indiseretion on the
part o. her husband. Mrs. Magness re-
! CARDS As the cause Of the predicament
in which he finds himself today. Mr..
Maeuess obtained furlough TO attend
/ the Sunday school convention in Louis
/ Wills the latter part of June. He re-
4 turned to the Dolphin in time, but, as
! I understand It, left within a few hours
| 10 come to Washington to obtain his
| release. He deposited the money with
l the Navy Department and was told
| that everything would be all right, 70
! return next day.
Technical Guilt.
When he returned he was told that
ne shouldn't have left his ship within
so many hours after returning from a
| furlough, just what the rule is 1 don't
know, and for that reason discharge
/ could not be given him. That IS the
true reason he could not buy his release.
| II was not that he spent the money