Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
PROBE INTO SUTTON CASE
Congressman Good Of Iowa Not Salts
fled with Court Martial.
WILL ASK CONGRESS TO ACT
New Hudson-FuItOn stamps Are Now
Ready for Distribution and Are
said to ne Finest Yet Made
by Government.
tFrom a staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Sept 15.-(speciar Tele-
gram )-Following the exhumation of the
body of Lieutenant James N. Sutton, u.
8. NJ. c., and an autopsy on 1t, It is
learned that the batteries Of a congress
ional investigation will be turned loose
upon this now famous case next Deem
Der.
Sutton died nearly two years ago and
when his mother forced a recent reopen
ing Of the case, as well as his grave at
Arlington, 1t was generally accepted the
young lieutenant was a victim Of sui
eide.
This case has created great attention
throughout naval as well as army cir
cles during the past summer and It APP
pears that practically, though the origi-
nal suicide theory has not been absolutely
disproved by an autopsy, there appears
to be sufficient elements of doubt to
cause the mother Of the deceased to probe
stil further into the real causes Of his
death.
Congressman Good Interested.
Representative Good of Iowa has an
nounced that he will introduce at the
opening of the December session a reso-
luton instructing the naval affairs COM
mittee to Investigate and report on the
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death, the conditions at Annapolis at the
time it took place and the conduct Of
the court-martial which recently examined
into the affair, and found no reason to
change the former verdict Of death by
suicide.
Mr.. Good became greatly interested in
the case during the court martial inquiry,
and convinced himself that young Sutton
did not take his own life. He became
also, long before the court martial had
completed its work, that its verdict would
sustain the suicide theory, and determined
If it did so, he would undertake to OBJ
tain a congressional inquiry.
When the decision of the court martial
proved to be just what he had expected,
Mr.. Good declared his purpose, unless
somebody else should take the action
ahead Of him, to Introduce a resolution
for investigation by some proper com
mittee of congress.
New HudsOn-FultOn Stamps Ready.
The new Hudson-Fulton 2-cent stamps,
which experts claim are the most beauti-
full things which Uncle Samuel ever put
together, nave arrived at the Postoffice
department and are practically ready for
distribution throughout the country
This stamp shows the Palisades, near
New York, a canoe filled with Indians,
and both the Half Moon of Hendrix Hud-
son the Clermont of Robert Fulton. The
detail is executed so well tina by using
a glass the names on the pennants flying
from the two vessels can be deciphered.
There are to be only $4,000, 600 of these
stamps issued, and the department has
received many requests from postmasters
from all parts of the country, so thai
the whole supply is likely to be COB
bled up shortly. The first block will be
sent out from Washington Monday. This
block will go to the most distant points.
The first sales of the Fulton
stamps will be on September %.
Iowa Man Appointed.
John w. Titcumb, for a number of years
connected with the United States Fish COM
mission as assistant in charge of the, divi-
sion Of fish culture, has resigned to en-
gage in private business. r.. S. Johnson,
superintendent Of the Manchester DAD
fish station has been selected to fill the
vacancy.
Minor Matters at Capitol. 4
Rural carriers appointed; Nebraska,
Plaipview, Wilbur G.. squlres, carrier; no
Iowa, Glenwood, route 2.
James M. Bennett, carrier; Nellie f.. Ben
nett, substitute. South Dakota. Roswell,
route l, Thomas L. Buck, carrier; no sub
Tabor, route 3, Adolph Mach, car
rier; Frank Smart, substitute.
Elvln M. Howard has peen appointed
postmaster at West Grove, Davis county,
Ia, vice c. G. Gleason, resigned.
A civil service examination will be held
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- A ma naoca ma Tfehnp To e. u,,.o1
carriers.