Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-05
Former President Regretted He
Could Not Address Veterans
Secluded Himself.
IRAILED ON 3 CONTINENTS
Witnesses Tell of His Temperate
Habits in America, Africa
and Europe and on
the Sea.

Marquette. Mich, May 29.--After four
days of court proceedings in the libel
suit Of Theodore Roosevelt against
George A. Newett an Ishpem!ng editor,
who charged the plaintiff with drunken
ness, It was indicated tonight that an
other week would be consumed in COM
plotting the case.
Tomorrow being Memorial day, the
bailff at the conclusion of to-days ses-
sion announced that court stood adjourn
ed until nine o'clock Saturday morning
The announcement fell gratefully on the
ears of lawyers balliffs, witnesses and
others who have been under considerable
strain Also. there will be no session
of court Saturday afternoon.
Colonel Roosevelt said he had no plans
for tomorrow except that he would
seclude himself from participating in
public functions. He expressed regret
that he could not address the veterans,
but took the position that as a party to
a suit pending, he ought not to take any
action which might be construed as I'M
ethical.
Attorneys Pound and Van Bens-
choten. for the plaintiff, and Belden
and Andrews, for the defendant. to-
day followed the colonels trail through
nearly every, state In the union, across
the Atlantic, through the Mediterran-
can sea. the Suck canal to Afica,
through the wilds Of that continent
back to Khartoum. through some Of
the capitals Of Europe and back to
oyster Bay. fguratively smelling his
breath for traces of liquor.
VIRTUALLY A TEETOTALLER
Substantially, the testimony was a
! repetition OF that recorded at previous
sessions: The colonel does touch liquor
but SO rarely and so lightly that he
Is, In the eyes Of to-day's witnesses.
virtually a teetotaller.
Those who testified to-day were
Andrew w Adele. a former railroad
! fireman Of Ohio; former Judge A. z.
blair, who disfranchised hundreds Of
Ohio voters for selling votes when he
was on the bench; Charles willis
| Thompson, New York newspaper
man; James K. GARFIELD; Clifford
| P!nchot; Lawrence Abbott, owner Of
the magazine Of which the plaintiff Is
one of the editors; Edward Heller.
| naturalist Of the African hunting ex-
petition .. x. Davis, secretary OF
the national committee of the Pro-
gressive party: Philip Roosevelt. whose
father is Il first cousin of the former
president; Edwin Emerson, a news
paper man. who was field clerk to the
colonel of the Rough Rider regiment.
Including witnesses already heard
and dispositions and witnesses to come,
nj
sobricty will cover his life from young
manhood to the present time.
Cross examination to-day was alert
to test the memory Of witnesses and
particularly to make them show that
there were real grounds for their dec
larations Of the coloners sobriety.
CROSS EXAMINATION METHOD.
An instance was the cross examina-
ton of Heller who had never seen
the colonel take drink, or show
signs of having taken any intoxicant
Attorney Andrews ELECTED that Heller
had been Ill in Africa; that the colonel
had gone on side trips after game
or otherwise when the witness was
not along, and that the witness WAS
very busy taking care of tEc skins
of animals. It was brought out that
the expedition took several hundred
specimens OF big game. from antelopcs
to elephants and two or three times
chat number of birds and smaller
animals to care for which He.!cr had
to have assistance.
pinchot former chief forecte,, Gar.
field. former cabinet msmber. and
young Philip Roosevelt, familiar with
the domestic habits Of til plaintiff
were the witnesses IF greatest Inter
est to-day
Philip Roosevelt was asked Nov OLE
he was arC replied: Twenty one"
What business are you in?' inluire.
Attorney Pound,
I'm a newspaper man." answered n
witness.
Since when?"
Since last March"
He testified that he took the four years
course at Harvard IA three Yeas. Aske
how long he knew Colonel Roosevelt, h
replied: Wei, he's known me all al
life"
UTTER GOES AROUND ROOM
IN the midst of the litter which wen
around the room he corrected his answe
and said he had known the colonel eve
since he could remember. On cross-eYar
ination, Attorney Andrews inquired as t
the stock OF liquors and wines kept q
the Roosevelt home.
CHAMPAGNE" insiuuated the lawyer.
= II don't know. but l suppose So
Andrews continued to namo over vurl
Gus kinds OF wines and liquors to whic
Roosevelt returned the same answer con
Guiding with yes. Rhire wine; every
thing you would find In gentleman
7 cellar"
: Pinchot was anxious to explain Jus
: why he considered himself an authorit
3 on the colonere habits and Attorne
: Pound accordingly framed the props
question. Tho former chief forester the
explained that he was student
= efficiency. and that, finding Colon
Roosevelt to be sample of that qualit,
studied him to discover whence 1t cam
To this purpose he observed the colonel
eating habits, what he drank. how an
what he read: how he exercised, how h
transa cted business; in short, every d.
tail which might further the study. II
felt qualified, therefore, to declare ths
the plaintiff was a man of unusuall
abstemious habits
WOULD HAVE KNOWN IF DRUNK
Lake Garfield and like Thompson. I'll