The Prescott daily news., 1913-05-28
sweARs IN LIBEL SUIT EDITOR % HE RARELY rAxs' 1us',
 WHISKY OR BRANnv "'' !
p'Sl'KeS TASTE OF RE
Uses Champagne in Mod.,,.. White Wine and Mint .u,... Takes Strong Drinks ony '''' z,
 Advice of Physicians.

Marquette, Mich, May 2s-n,,.I ing himself from the cbareo ,,s' us's a a drunkard, as made by ceor,a a' Newett, editor of Iron Ora <. paign editorial last fall, Col TAs,s Roosevelt took the stand in ,ha M Y court and told what he docs .ns ! not drink. O
 The colonel declared that Dev., his life had he drunk a bishh.n } cocktail, and that he never had N under the influence of liuuor evss| the slightest degree.
 Roosevelt swore he had mi tol.l drink at a bar n 20 years. and tb..| his African hunting trip, altho' there was brandy, whisky and cs, pagne in the stores of the parv| drank seven ounces of brandy whisky and no champagne.
 Marquette society and smart from the surrounding country tu' out to the trial in their party td They were in the seats when the a nel took the stand. Hundreds N unable to get into the courtroom doors were closed when all the ss had been filled. Col. Roosevelt excused from the stand after he been testifying one hour and 55 n utes.
 The colonel was guarded by m Tyree and Jimmy" Sloan, forj United States secret service opl tives, because a wire had been1 ceived from Minneapolis by the jnd presumably from a crank, asking the trial be delayed until the sen arrived. Roosevelt passed the dent lightly
 Before he went on the stand colonel handed to James H. Poa his principal attorney a digest of testimony Mr Pound then began address to the jury.
 Attorneys Clash.
 Attorneys for Newett objected VI Pound told O the public services dered by Col Roosevelt, and ten his remarks an oration. Clashes tween the opposing attorneys re- ed. At the conclusion of Pounds dress Roosevelt was called to stand.
 Then came the meat ot hls dence. After telling of his terms president and his African lion ? the colonel said he rememoered tober 12, 1912. very well. ms the day on which Editor Newell p' ed his alleged libel charging lnas colonel gets drunk, and that hv' Y frequently. and all his intima'es \ it." ,,
 Roosevelt identified the copy ol Ore. Newett's paper, which con'a' the charge. NJ,
 "I think l saw that nrs' m hospital" he said, later was It may have been in MllWsuAs'I day l was shot. u.
 Never Drinks Hishballs'
 "I have never drunk a cOcklaa \ hiehball in my life. With eA',ps ~. noted. I never drank whisky O' '. \ except under the advice ol a Y, 7. elan. 1 don't care for the lasa sa either. I do not smoke ana " 7, drink beer, because l dlsilA, . sos, ing and dislike the taste ol Dss, s,, never have drunk whisky oi ., y'l except when the doctors pisss,, ,s. . it. or possibly on some 0ccasl'r uss enI great exposure. when l was .'al sI' through. But it has been cel.a'It .s < or er' % years since have drunk run n \ cause of being chilled through sriaE k oeusr Oever drunk beer nor do dr'Il wine The only wines Una. nat. rII drunk have been either Mn '. oces, u, madeira ura champagne or very . .ns o'Il, Io ally a glass O sherry Al no Ot mad, drink a wineglass or two ',', 0r madsII Id, In summer, instead Of tue ,e.s If V will wi often drink a tall glass .aoly Y, ] wine and poland water, J' ' .onslI ter' At public dinners :, ! sas' '''lp' or drink a glass of ehampastbs ,bs sye hans two. I think that on ,ri0E ,I q this means that 1 will .,h" u pagne about once a mon',L 'c,oloa..
 Interruption Bother r.,U',0tlOnsl
 The colonel took interiur 9'ns cou his attorney and oppO''D'
 with some impatience' :. inc Tlt
 The coIonel's seat i,s T, inc inc fad chair was on a level wl,n ,,,od 'I he ls tbe jurors. and as he laiAI ,he air toward .u them, punchi.nss, s,a 'up ends Q his fist and biting oil l,u 'ns ssstonish words. somewhat to ls,b tns woods os inc slow-talking Nol'a sestic who speak seldom anu
 never,