Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], May 29, 1913, Image 8

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AClLLNE WLXJnXT KrriXCXCn, ABSXEXE, KANSAS, MAT 3, iOtS.
ROOSEVELT NOT
A TEETOTALER
Asserts Urn He Uses' Only Wine
and Champagne.
MILK AND BRANDY FAVORITES
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la Forty Minute Statement Telia
of His Life and the Kinds of
Liquor He Likes Mid
Dislikes. r
Marquette, Mich, May 88. Theo
dore Roosevelt gaT ' In court to
day, almost In detail, a list of the
Alcoholic drinks be had swallowed
In the course of his life.
Before a Jury drawn from this
.hard-drinking country, he Jerked
cut a crisp, detailed denial that be
Is a drunkard or ever has been unV
der the Influence of drink.
The colonel's seat In the witness
chair was on a level with the faces
of the Jurors and as he talked he
leaned toward them, punching the
air with his fist and biting off the
ends of his words, somewhat to the
astonishment of the slow talking
woodsmen, who ' speak seldom and
gesticulate never.
George A. Newett, of Ishpemlng,
the editor whom Roosevelt is suing
for $10,000 damages for publica
tion of charges against the Colon
el's sobriety, sat grimly listening as
the witness told his story.
When Mr. Pound, his counsel,
after a brief outline of the plaintiff's
case to the Jury, called the Colonel
to the witness stand, the latter, who
lad been inconspicuous among a
number of prospective witnesses
and visitors, stepped brlskfy for
ward. "Now tell the Jury" Instructed the
lawyer, and Jthe client who had
teen president twisted his chair to
-face the Jurors in their box, and
proceeded to "tell them" as directed,
"At public dinners I aome times
drink, a glass of champagne, per
haps two; on an average I may say
one glass of champagne a month."
The witness snapped his words out
to ihis pjecullar distinct, choppy
enunciation, and added, after a
momentary pause with emphasis,
"and I do that in public." At this
Judge Richard C. Flannlgan, pre
siding over 'thjcourt, rebuksd an
uiburst of laughter.
'Tbere was a fine bed of mint at
the' whtye house" continued the
witness, who was fett pretty much
to tell his own story. Then, his
yes sparkled and he said:
"I may have drunk a half dosen
mint Juleps in a year." .
A light supply of wine and liquor
-was taken on the African expedi
tion, and of this i bottle of brandy
was. taken along-for the Colonel.
The physician of the expedition
measured It out to him from time
1 to time for chills or other reasons.
" "I touched nothing else In the
eleven months," continued the wit
ness, "and the doctor, apparently
out of a whim at the, end of the
trip measured what was left and
Cound that I had consumed Just sev
' en ounces." ,
Horace Andrews of the defense
devoted little time to cross1 examina
tion. Mr. Andrews' manner Is aua
wlty itself. He treads and speaks
aoftlr. Only when a witness tries
to enter into further explanations
than his questions require does his
voice rise. At such times bis tones
aeem to have claws.
'Colonel Roosevelt, however, was
a tractable witness and Mr, An
drews made no great attempt to J
change his testimony. He interpos
ed severa objections of a minor
nature, but the witness, deeply in
terested and stirred as lie seemed to
be at refutlng-what his suit alleges
was a Jibel. always . stopped short
and waited for the ruling of , the
court.
The witness expressed a detesta
tion for whisky and beer. Of the
latter he could remember having
taken only one mouthful In his life.
That was at the Deutchers club In
Milwaukee, where he was urged to
pay the tribute of a swallow of the
amber brew which forms one of the
city's leading Industries., A's for
whisky, he got it mostly under pro
test unon Insistence of his doctors
who put a teaspoontul of It in gob-
' lets of milk wnlcn tney sometimes
Dressed upon him on occasions of
' extreme fatigue in the midst of poli
tical campaigns.
Henry Rauthier, city assessor of
Ishpdmlng, was the next wttnesa
He testified concerning the publi
cation of the alleged libel.
Attorney for Mr. Newett said they
would concede -the publication of
' the article', but Colonel Roosevelt's
attorneys said they would Insist np-
proving it.
Jacob A. Rils, the 'writer, called
store.
high
store
' 4 2 1
as the ; first important witness for
Colonel' Roosevelt, testified he was
64 years old and was born in Den
mark. Riis said he became acquainted
with Roosevelt becauseof their mu
tual interest in the welfare of the
poorer classes in New Tork.
"I made him my brother," said
Riis.4 "For days , ana nights we
walked the streets together, watch
ing whether the police were on duty
and looking into the condition of
those desperate tenement houses."
"During the flfteejn years you
have known Mr. Roosevelt did you
ever see him under the influence
of liquor?"
"Oh, Lord, no," replied Mr. Riis.
"The statement that he 'is a free
user of liquor is a Jle. I have seen
this man under the greatest stress
and never have seen him resort to
liquor."
"Is he is blasphemous man 7
"No,7 he Is a gentleman," '
Dr. T. N. Rlxey, surgeon general
U. 8. N., retired, who was the offi
cial white house physician for Presi
dent McKlnley and for Colonel
Roosevelt when the latter occupied
the mansion, spoke in so low a voice
that Attorney Pound from time to
time admonished him to "please
speak up."
, Attorneys Andrews, whose voice
is smooth and low, on cross, examin
ation rather played even with the
doctor. . ,
Dr. Rlxey testified that he saw
President RooBevelt practically 'ev
ery day and sometimes oftener. He
kept an anxloua eye on Mm, owing
to the heartiness of his appetite and
his fondness for violent exercise. It
was necessary 'also to guardagalnst
a slight fever to which the former
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president was .subject
"Did you ever In your life see
him under the influence of liquor t"
asked Attorney Pound. ,
Dr. Rlxay's voice for once, be
came clearly audible as he answered,
"Never."
"Is he a frequent drinker?"
"He was as moderate a drinker as
a man could be who drank anything
at all."
Depositions of Dr. John B. Mur
phy and Dr. Arthur D. Bevan of
Chicago, were read as confirming
the testimony of1 Doctor Lambert
hhat while at Mercy hospital In
Chicago, suffering from " the bullet
wound, Colonel Roosevelt showed
no bIkds of having been ati exces
sive user of alcoholic liquor, Doc
tor Murphy testified he was called
to attend Colonel Roosevelt Octo
ber 14, 1912. after Colonel Roose
velt was shot, at Milwaukee.
Doctor Murphy gave five reasons
for , saying that1 ColoneL Roosevelt
did not use liquor, as follows
"The absence of alcoholic odor on
his breath.
"The absence of enlargement of
the liver.
"The absence of tremor of his
hands In this period- .
"The absence, of blW.
"He bad to have no stlnfulants
of any kind during the progress of
his case and hie nervous system was
evenly . balanced."
On cross examination Doctor
Murphy said he had heard gossip
about Colonel Roosevelt being a
drinking man, Wit that here re
ports had been dnly Incidental and
that he had paid no attention to
them until he came te examine Col
onel Roosevelt.
Doctor Beva testified that he had
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ch and
Home.
ABILENE, KANSAS ;
been called to attend Colonel Roose
velt with Doctor Murphy.
"Was the condition of his nerves
such as would result from the with
drawal of alcoholic stimulants from
a person addicted to their use?"
"On the contrary," said poctor
Bevan, "our thorough physical ex
amination showed Colonel Roose
velt In magnificent physical condi
tion and good shape to resist the
effects of a gunshot wound, so much
so, that this was marked and In
a bulletin which medical consultants
issued, we made the 'statement that
his excellent physical condition was
due to the habitual absteminousness
from tobacco and liquor,
"If the colonel had been a drink
ing man, the medical attendants
could easily have recognised that
fact during the time we had him
under observation."
At 4:45 p. m. Judge Flannlgan
adjourned court until morning.
Fab ring-Funk.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Miller this morning at 8 o'clock
occurred the wedding of Howard
Funk and Miss Bettie Fahrlng, two
well known young people of near
Abilene. Mrs. C. W. Miller, a sis
ter of the bride, plsyed the wedding
march, and Rev. Dr. F. 8. Blarney
performed the wedding1 ceremony,
using the ring service. The house
was decorated with' daisies and
roses.
After the wedding a bountiful
four-course breakfast was - served.
The young couple went to Kansas
City to complete the occasion with
a "short trip, after which they will
be at home on the groom's fine farm
southwest of Abilene. Gifts were
numerous and beautiful.
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FOR COUNTY AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Organization Should Be Formed in
Dickinson Bounty.
A Dickinson County Automobile
club should be formed in this coun
ty. During the past few months
clubs have been formed In almost
every county of the state and the
owners of cars In - the respective
counties will work together for the
good of the auto owner. The state
auto tax is due the first of the
month and In Dickinson county over
$4000" new money is to be turned
Into the 'county treasury for the
use of road work. The new law
states the money Is to be used on
the roads of the county and the
owners who pay the tax are organis
ed and will see how the money is
spent. In many of the counties the
fund has been divided up, a cer
tain sum set -aside for the work of
certain roads each year and it will
be but a short time nntil the roads
over Kansas will be as fine as ,can
be found any place in the west.
WHERE AUTO TAX MONEY
GOES FOR THE ROADS.
The attorney general has given
a ruling fon the automobile . - tax
fund. The law ears it shall gO to.
the "county road Tund for main
tenance." There is no such thing
as a road fund for the county. There,
is a fund for bridges, etc. but the
townships levy the road funds for
each township. The attorney gen
eral holds that the automobile tax
'can be used only for "maintaining"
(araggmz; ana KTBUiagf ut coun
ty roads; that It Is a fund for
"county roads" only. Coontles that
a a v
Specially
the
too
the
have no county roads can not use
the money until such roads . are
designated. Dickinson last year laid
out county roads connecting the
principal towns and these will have
about 14000 for maintaining them
in good condition.
MANY SPECIAL PULLMAN (
TRAINS FOR TURNFEST.
Germans from all parts of the
United States are getting ready to
attend the quadrennial international
German turnfest in Denver, June 25
to 29. Most of them will go la
large parties, traveling by special
train. So many of these specials
have now been booked that the Pull
man company will send a corps of
representatives to the Colorado city
to handle the parking of the hun
dreds of sleeping oars. Denver Mil
have a regular "car city" in its sub
urb for a period of more than a
week. - ,-''..
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Helianthus Is Out.
The high school annual for 'IS,
the Helianthus, has been published
and Is a handsome publication. It
has a brown cover with the name
embossed In gold and Is filled with
interesting material relating to the
schools. The drawing are original
and clever and the editors did a
good Job.' The editor le Ames
Rogers; associates, Chauncey Hun
ter. Gladys Sbadinger; artists, John
Haskell, Ben Haskell, Rachel Has
kell. The book Is dedicated o
Supt. W. -A. Stacey and contains a
memorial tribute to P. G. Hoffman,
member of the, board, who d:'e3
Oct. 2, 1S12.
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