The Washington times., 1909-06-25
Assistant District Attorney
to Devote Time to World
s Libel Suit.
IS GOING TO PARIS
FOR MORE EVIDENCE
Vacancy in Office Will Be Filled
by Reginald Shipper
Huidekoper.

Because Of the vast field into which
his work as a special attorney for the
department Of justice will take him in
his Investigations Of the libel proceed
ings brought against the New York
World, its owners, and other prominent
newspaper men, in connection with the
Panama Canal deal, Stuart Mcnamara
has resigned his position as Assistant
United States Attorney.
James NJ. Proctor. one OF District At
torney Bakers assistants, has been
promoted TO take charge of Mr.. Nc
Namara's work, and Reginald Shipper
Huidekoper has been appointed TO MI
the vacancy in the Office of the District
Attorney.
Shortly after evidence was taken
against the New York World and the
Indianapolis News. as corporations, and
their editors and owners, upon allega-
tions OF libel growing out Of the publi-
cation OF the names of such men as
Charles p. Taft. Douglas Robinson,
Theodore Roosevelt and William Nell
son Cromwell with the purchase by the
Government OF the Panama Canal prop
erty from the New Panama Canal Com
pany Of France Mr. Mcnamara was
appointed a special assistant TO the At
toTney General. Mr.. Wickersham-
Goes To Paris.
Indictments having been returned
against the publishers, Judge Hough. OF
the New York circuit court, empowered
the Government to cause the taking OF
testimony from Partisan witnesses, and
Mr.. Mcnamara VIII leave the States
this month and go TO the French capital
for this purpose He viii be accom-
panied BY United States Attorney Henry
A Wise. AS representatives of the New
York World. Attorneys Delaney
Nieoll and John D. Lindsay will make
the trip TO Paris
For the past four years Mr.. MeNa-
mara, who is a Washingtonian and a
member of one OF the best-knCwn fami-
nessof the city, has been connected with
aided Mr.. Baker in some of the mSSt
important cases Of the past few years.
He Is thirty years old, graduate Of
Georgetown University IN both academic
and law courses. and is a member OF the
University Club and the Republican
Club Of New York.
Reginald Shipper Huidekoper. the
newly-appointed Assistant District At
torney, was born IN Meadvillei Pa. on
Nay "a, 1876, and is the second son OF
The late Frederic ". Huidekoper, for
merly the head OF the Richmond and
Danville railroad system now the
Southern railway, and well known as
ore Of the leading railroad officials Of
this country.
Is Harvard Man.
Mr.. Huidekoper was graduated from
Harvard IN 1898 with the degree Of A. b,
and during the next two years took a
postgraduate course at Trinity College,
Oxford, In England. Upon completing
his law course at the law school of
Columbian University in Washington.
he was admitted TO the bar of the Dis
tricf OF Columbia in October, 1901
James NJ. Proctor was appointed AS
aistant District Attorney in 1906 by Mr.
Baker He became identified with the
work OF the office however three years
previously when he occupied the posi-
tioa OF law clerk under former District
Attorney Morgan H Beach. He Is
tWeny-ssVen years old.
Mr.. Proctor has up TO the present
time had charge Of the real estate WORK
Of the office, the preparation and pre-
sentation Of cases before the granG
Jury and the drawing OF indictments
Mr. Proctor viii not succeed to part
of the work formerly done by Mr. Nc
Namsra- That portion of the duties Of
the new position which deal with ap-
pellate work. however, il is understood
viii fall TO Mr.. Huidkoper, the new APP
pCintee.