The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-30
EARLE WANTS ID l. SUBMIT HIS CASE TOKANSAS PEOPLE Renews His Attack Upon T. Roosevelt, Greatest Man
 in the Universe MADISON'S FAITH
 STILL UNSHAkEN Kansas Congressman Defends the Colonel and Warm Battle of
 Words Ensues- Sugar
 Inquiry Proceeds

70 inquiry fTOceedS
 Washington, June 29.-George H. Earle. Jr. of Philadelphia renewed his . attack upon former President Theodore Roosevelt today before the House sugar trust investigation. He was es pecially denuneiatory of MT. Roosevelt's alleged failure to institute criminal prosecution of American Sugar Refining company officials after the Pennsyl- vanla Sugar Refining deal was exposed in 1906 Mr.. Earle spoke with such emphasis that he offered to apologize if the committee thought MT. Roose velts inaction was not reprehensible. MT Earle declared he had offered to debatez the issue with Roosevelt in New York last fall but that the latter | declined the opportunity to "over- : whem" him. He said he had ap preached MT. Roosevelt with the feel ing that he was the greatest man in the universe" Now, however he want ed, he said. 10 submit his to the people of Kansas, ''who still think of the former chief executive as he once did. This aroused Representative Mad
 son of Kansas, who declared he still believed in the integrity of Mr. Roose- Nelt and a spirited COiOquy ibiioWtu.
 ''I used to think Theodore Roosevelt was the greatect man in the universe and the people of Kansas still do," de- cared George H. Earle, Jr., of Phil adelphia, when he resumed his testi- mony today before the House sugar investigation committed MT. Earle told how MT. Roosevelt once talked to him in Latin and in a more serious vein discussed the sugar trust and the tariff.
 MT Earle, who was the most active pursuer of the American Sugar Refining company after the wrecking of the Real F.state Trust company and the closing O. the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company, told the committee yesterday that former President Roosevelt had lost his preference for big game" in not prosecuting the sugar trust offi- cials in that case
 Never Had Trouble Have you ever had any trouble with MT Roosevelt?" asked Chairman
 None - all. voted for nim twice
 and stunped for him and when l wrote~to
 him about this case I was sure something | would be done"
 Never had any communication with
 him since?"
 NO I have met MT. Roosevelt but once since l left Harvard, and that was at the White House. He asked me if my career at Harvard had done me any good.
 ''I told him that didn't know. Then in that particular enunciation which he ] possesses he quoted me something in Latin which I couldn't by any chance understand Being examined in Latin by the President of the United States made me feel silly. so l smiled and the President slapped me on the back and said: I see you understand which on the other hand I did not, but by smiling it made him think That's the only known conversation l remember having with Roosevelt in many years
 Has Not Been Prosecuted
 Has your activity in the sugar case caused you any persecution by the sugar trust people?'
 None at all Some of the sugar trust people are my personal friends. MT: Thomas was my classmate al Harvard and George Frazier is my personal friend. In all this transaction l never found any thing that reflected on them.
 In relating the history of the case MT. Earle touched upon the tragic events, in cluding the physical collapse of Adolph Segal. the death of August kissel and the suicide of Frank K. Nipple
 Chairman Hardwck interrogated the witness regarding tariff matters. This precipitated tariff discussion between the democrat and republican members of the committee.
  nent on the sherman antitrust law and reviews of supreme court decisions. 'T have my suspicion of anyone who would change the Sherman act" said MT Earle "It Is the best tested law in the world"
 Roosevelt Defended
 Mir Earle's testimony aroused a vigor- ous defense of former President Roose- welt by Representative Madison of Kan sas, who said the former President re- lied upon Attorney General Bonaparte for advice and there was no evidence before the committee to show he had acted from improper motives.
 You gentlemen will never prosecute anybody If you try to find excuses for officers who neglect their duty,P said MT Earle.
 II offered to debate this matter with MT. Roosevelt in New York continued MT. Earle. "He did not accept my chal- lenge and neglected an opportunity to overwhelm me. MT. Earle read some letters which he said Mir Roosevelt did not send to the Senate with the correspondence in the case.
 q criticised the President for that continued MT. Earle. MT. Roosevelt told the Senate that it was right to send the correspondence to the Senate and then he did not send the communications from me that might have reflected upon him. If that was right then I was wrong"
 Do you have any doubt that MT. Roosevelt was a sincere opponent to inn moral practices of great organizations of capital9s asked Representative Hindes. ''I would rather not answer that ques- | tion,'' said MT Earle. Adolph Segal of Philadelphia, so Ill that his counsel asked the committee to be consderate of him, testified about the | blocking of his efforts to sell the stocks l and bonds of the Pennsylvania Sugar ] Refining company. He declared he be- reved at the time that MT Havemeyer was responsible for his difficulty.
 Borrowed Money From Kissell Washington. June 29.-Mr. Sega told
 the committee he needed money in 1903 | and 50 days before the deal whereby he turned over the stock of the concern to
 Gustav Kissel he had borrowed s250,Ooo | from Kissell in New York | "Eive or six days before this money | was due" said MT Segal "Kissells sec
 retary asked me by telephone from New | York when I was coming there He told l me the money about due. 1 went | to New York and met Kissell. I told him 1 that came to pay him and told of my