The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-30
Testimony Yesterday Sub
stantially Repetition of
That Already Given
PROMINENT MEN
TAKE THE STAND
Men of Nation Wide Publicity Testify
as to Temperance of the Former
President-Trial Discontinued
Until Saturday

Marquette Mich, May 29.-After four
days of court proceedings in the libel suit
of Theodore Roosevelt against George A.
Newett, an Ishpeming editor who charged
the plaintiff with drunkenness. it was in
dieated tonight that another week would
be consumed in completing the case To-
morrow being Memorial Day, court was
adjourned until Saturday morning
Colonel Roosevelt said he had no plans
for tomorrow except he would not partci-
pate in public functions.
Attorneys Pound and Van Benscholten
for the plaintiff and Belden and An
drews for the defendant today followed
the coonels trail through nearly every
state in the union. across the Atlantic.
through the Mediterranean sea, the Suez
canal TO Africa; through the wilds of that
continent, back TO Khartoum, through
some of the capitals of Europe and back
to Oyster Bay, iguratively smelling his
breath for traces of liquor
Similar Testimony
Substantially, the testimony was a repe-
ttion OF that recorded at previous ses
sions-the colonel does touch liquor nut
SO rarely and so lightly that he is. i'm tho
eyes of today's witnesses, virtually a te-
totaler Those who testified today We're
| Andrew A. Abel, former railroad h-e-
man of Ohio; former Judge Blair, VINO
DISTINGUISHED hundreds of Ohio voters
| for selling votes when he was on tie
bench; Charles Willis Thompson. New
York newspaper man: James r. Garfield.
| Clifford Pinchot Lawrence Abbott, owner
of the magazine of which he is one of the
editors; Edward Heller, naturalist of the
African hunting expedition; O. Is. Davis,
| secretary of the national committee of
the progressive party: Phillip Roosevelt
| whose father is a first cousin to the for
mer President, and Edwin Emerson, IL
newspaper man who was rield clerk to the
colonel in the Rough Riders regiment.
! Including witnesses already heard and
dispositions and witnesses to come the
test as to his sobriety will cover his life
from young manhood 10 the present time.
The record of tho case will include his
conduct in public offices all the way TO tile
White House, his appearance on public
occasions and on travels, and the Sc
clusion of his private life scarcely without
a break.
i Cross examination today was alert TO
test the memory of witnesses, and partic-
ularly to show that there were real
grounds for their declarations of the
y.
were searched To show how intimate they
had been with the plaintiff the Rough
Rider and the naturalist were asked how
close their sleeping tents were To that of
the colonel. the lawyers trying to dis
cover If there had not been periods when
witnesses could not have known whether
the plaintiff was drinking.
i Distinguished Witness
i Clifford Pinchot. former chief forester;
James r. Garfield former cabinet mem-
Der, and young Phillip Roosevelt familiar
! with the domestic habits of the plaintiff.
We're the witnesses of greatest interest
TO-DAY. Phillip Roosevelt said he was Il
| and a newspaper man.
Asked how long he had known Colonel
| Roosevelt he replied: well, he's known
me all his life" In the midst of the litter
| which went around the room he corrected
his answer and said he had known the
| colonel ever since he could remember
on cross-examination Attorney Andrews
inquired as to the stock of liquors and
| wines kept a the Roosevelt home.
"Champagne?" insinuated the lawyer.
~ don't know. but suppose So"
"Brandy?"
81 don't know; / suppose So
! Andrews continued to name over various
| kinds of wines and liquors to which
Roosevelt returned the same answer in
cluding with yes Rhine wine; every
thing you would find in a sentlemans
! cellar
/ Pinchot was anxious to explain just
| why he was an authority on the colonels
habits The former chief forester then
explained that he was student of eff
fcency and that finding Colonel Roose-
welt to be sample of that quality studied
| him to determine whence it came. To
! this purpose, he observed the colonels
| eating habits, what he drank, how and
what he read; how he exercised, how he
| tra n sa cted business. in short. every de-
tail which might further the study. lie
/ felt qualified therefore to declare that
| the plaintiff was man of unusually alb
/ stemious habits.
Thompson told of campaign trips he
made with Colonel Roosevelt and of hav-
ing been instructed particularly by his
aper to study the coonels habits, how
he said things. rather than to quote his
words and how the crowds and auditors
seemed to take his utterances. Thompson
testified that. having faithfully covered
the assignment, he knew that on these
trips Colonel Roosevelt could not have
become intoxicated without his knowing
it,
Unusual interest centered in Garfield
, the son of a President Of the United
; been President
Mr.. Garfield faced the jury in talking
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