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| The Senator, he asserts. was always
glad to see him. and assured him that
he was always willing TO aid IL the
1 boy needed help.
J Enlisted In Guard.
Young New enlisted in the Indiana
| Guard-Battery A. an indianapolis
unit-and saw service on the Aexi-
can border He retired from the SER
! vice after becoming i'll. With his
mother he then went to Los Angeles
! for his health.
Before I enlisted with the Indiana
guard for service on the border.
| was down in Texas working" he said
! today. II caught typhoid malaria.
! Ny employer wired Senator New at
my direction and word came back at
once that 1 was to have every atten-
/ tion, regardless OF expense.
The last time | saw my father was
after I had left the border with the
troops and had been mustered out
He was very pleased that / should
have enlisted. He said that was what
he would do il be were younger, that
it was what he had done during the
Spanish American war.
I'VE had quite. a long talk that
time, and he told me again il / were
ever in trouble to call on him. But
have not, personally. He knows the
tx 1 am in. should like him to
knows am sure he does-that I
am not a criminal; that 7 have never
been in trouble before, never harmed
anyone; that what I did was from
an impulse that came so quick I did
not even realize myself what / had
done until it was all over"
TeIegPaPhs To Senator.
Mrs. Burger. who is on her way to
Los Angeles from Indianapolis. has
sent a telegram to Senator New to
help the boy.
Harry S. New. jr., she says. IL thirty
two years old. She says that she and
the Senator were separated four years
after the boy was born. II the boy
was born in 1887; the date given by
Mrs. Burger as that OF separation
from the Senator would fail in 1891,
the same year that he was married TO
the present Mrs. New.
The Senator was hrst married in
1880 to Kathleen v. MiIligRn, who
died. The date Of her death does not
appear in the resume Of the Senator
Directory.
In 1891 he was married to Catherine
Mclean, daughter of a prominent Ca,
madam publisher.
The Senator was connected with the
Indianapolis Journal as reporter, edi-
tor, part owner, and publisher from
1878 to 1903. Later he became presi-
dent of the Bedford Stone and Con-
strltctton Company, NV --r"
Served ~ Captain -.'' =
He served as captain in the Third
Brigade; Secoqd, Division Seventh
Army Corps, in. the Spanish.Ameriean
war. From ISsSTto 1890 he was =
member OF the"Indiana State Senate,
and was elected to the United States
Senate in 1917 His term expires in
1928. His Biographies do not mention
any children.
Friends Of Senator New here de-
clare that they have never heard OF
Mrs. Burger, who Claims that she is
the mother Of Harry s. New, [js.
They recall that when. the Senator
was running for nomination in, 1915,
his opponents caused a story to-. be
circulated concerning 8 mysterious
son" of the Senator. Anonymous let
tiers told Of what purported to be an
unfortunate act OF the Senator early
in his life, from which an attempt
was made to defeat him politically.
Notable Campaign Work.
Senator New has been one OF the big
factors in Republican circles in the
middle West for a score Of years.
Since his elevation to the vice chair
manship OF the Republican national
committee and his notable work in
managing the Republican party
through the national campaign OF 1908,
the career of Mr.. New has forged
steadily ahead.
In the campaign OF 1915 Senator
New polled 337,0s9 votes, as compared
with 325, 5SS for Senator Kern.
An astute politician by inheritance.
and from personal choice q pupil Of
the late Senator Mark Hanna, trained
to the mastership of detail in the In
diana State organization, and a per-
sonal friend of the late President
Roosevelt, Senator New has won his
present position within the party by
sheer force of merit and personality.
He was born in indianapolis, De-
cember 81. 1883: educated in Indian
apolis public schools, and later took
a special course in Butler University
at Indianapolis.
A man or striking personality and
OF some eccentricity in dress is SEN
ator New.
He always wears a black SLOUGH
hat. a common variety in the West