The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-26
WILL DENY ACQUAINTANCE
Of JOHN bARLEYCORN

questioning OF witnesses. Lawyers
VIII try, It is expected, to learn the
political Affiliations OF the veniremen
and fight will come over this.
Roosevelt will attempt to introduce
an his character witnesses at the be.
ginning of the trial, in order to let
them get away about their business
Under ordinary procedure they would
ne Kept here perhaps two weeks to
lestlfy In rebuttal after Newett's de-
tense is done. Sixteen OF the Roose.
welt party. including the colonel, are
quartered at the home of George
Shiras, son OF the former Justice
Shiras Of the United States supreme
court
My lawyers are doing this. am
IN the hands OF a steering committee" !"
laughed Colonel Roosevelt this morn.
ing when asked what evidence he
would offer first. Part of the crowd of
500 that greeted him at the railway
station followed him to the Shiras
mansion and stood watching as the
colonel, on the portico overlooking
Lake Superior, breathed big lungfuls
of cold air
Bully air" observed the colonel.
While Roosevelt consulted with at
torneys James H Pound and w. S.
Hill. his friends were turned loose in
shiras' big library to amuse them
selves.
From Africa to ST. Louis.
MARQUETTE, Mich, May 26.-The
circuit court of Marquette county,
searching for the truth about Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his use of drink,
tomorrow will have a trail that leads
from Africa to st. Louis.
Edmond Heller, the naturalist, who
toured the dark continent with the
colonel, Is here to testify to Roose-
velt's sobriety, and witnesses who
will tell the colonePs habits on cam
paigning tours will carry the court
from Oyster Bay to the Mississippi
river. Picking of the jurymen from
the regular vrnire of thirty-six and
the special venire of fifty occupied
this afternoons session of the trial.
George A. Newett, editor and owner
of the Iron Ore. the Ishpeming paper
which published the charge that
Roosevelt gets drunk and from whom
the colonel wants 100000 damages,
came at noon today to direct his de-
fense. His lawyers were considering
to Roosevelt's petition for
damages and other objections to the 4
placing of the colonel's big witnesses
on the stand until the defense has
concluded It's case.
The men who would be affected by
this second move and marooned in
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for
a possible two weeks, are Clifford
Pinchot, Emlin and Philip Roosevelt,
VIM. Loeb. Jr., Surgeon General
Rixey of the United States navy
Dr. Alexander Lambert of New York,
the colonel's physician; Truman New
berry of Detroit, former secretary OF
the navy; Jacob Riis. Lawrence Alb
pDtI, tNtbSil bdColl anu Six VI SebSu
men whom the colonel has
summoned to testify.
A possible interruption to the trial
is feared in the Ill health of Editor
Newett. He insists, however, he will
be on hand until the trial is over. |
Then he expects to undergo minor
operation for stomach disorder.
One Of the cnriosities Of the case
is the size of Newett's paper. 1t is a |
weekly. with circulation OF pos
sibly 1900 to 1000 The extent of
damages possible to De inflicted by a
Journal of this size will be featured
as a secondary line of defense by the |
editors attorneys.
Newett himself is maintaining a 4
rather grim silence. The colonel
elated over the huge library and Won.
derful collection of animal pictures he
found in the home Of George Shiras, !
his host, refused to talk about any
thing else.
The entire visiting delegation. with
the exception of the colonel. this
was taken out on an automo- |