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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
ROOSEVELT DENIES EIIEfl
Continued From Pago 1.
and thlevoa. If any one rails him
names he roars terribly, yet he is a
pretty good liar himself. Roosevelt
lies and curses in a most disgust
ing manner. He gets drunk, too, and
that not infrequently, and all his in
timates know about it
y. Have you ever been amnk" A. I
have never in my life been drunk or in
the slightest degree under the influence
of liquor.
Q What ti.se do you make of liquor
A I do not drink either whisky or bran
dy. save as I shall hereafter say. or un
der the direction of a docua*. 1 don t
drink beer I do not like It. I do some
times drtnk light wines I have never
drunk a high ball or cocktail in my life,
hut sometimes I have drunk a mint
iulen There was ;i bed of mint in the
White House yard Perhaps I drank
half a dozen of them a year,
y All at one time?
Judge Command* Order.
There was laughter and Judge Flannl-
gan interrupted sternly.
"IT there is am furtiier demonstration
the Sheriff will clear the court room
1 will not have any disorder. Under
stand that ”
A. Never but one mint Julep at a time.
1 doubt very much if 1 drank over half
a dozen In the seven years 1 was in the
White House In the four years since
that time 1 have had two mint juleps --
one at the Cincinnati Country Club and
one in Arkansas from a loving cup. At
dinner or at banquets T occasionally
drink one or two glasses of light wine
or champagne. 1 drink it publicly and
openly. ..
Q. In the White House were there
given so-called diplomatic dinners. A.
Tea. and there was served and 1 drank
openly wine or champagne, one or two
glasses of champagne. At state dinners,
diplomatic dinners, at my dinners to my
Cabinet, light wines and champagne
were served. They were kept in the
White House. I would not usually drink
while alone, and It was not usually
served unless there were guests. If
there were guests, light wine was
served and I would frequently drink one
or two glasses. If there were diplo
matic guests there w<?uld be champagne.
1 would drink about the same amount.
Drinks Brandy for Fever,
y Now as to the instruction of the
doctor to which you referred, will you
explain it? A. Yes 1 Miring the Cuban
eumpaign I had the Cuban fever and
s.nce that time I have had recurring at
tacks of it. These attacks usually come
as the result of over-exertion, and at
the direction of Surgeon Uixey l have
occasionally used brandy in teaspoonful
doses to cheek It I had a severe attack
of this illness while In Africa and had
prepared for it by having a supply of
brandy along
I also had such attacks while in the
Rocky Mountains and several touches of
it during the political campaigns in
which I made speeches. Usually brandy
was luken along In case of need and
there was champagne in my private ear
for the use of members of the party
that used it.
I made it a rule never to drink any
thing at all during the day while on
these trips and rarely anything at any
time What 1 did take on such trips
was invariably on the advice of my phy
sician, who always accompanied me.
Attorney Andrews for the defense con
ducted the cross-examination. He asked
olonel Roosevelt if he was paying the
expenses of the prosecution of the libel
>uit against Editor Newett, or If the
Progressive party were hearing It
Colonel Roosevelt shouted his denlnl
that any one except himself was paying
Hlght of the colonel displaying his feel
ings caused a commotion nmong those
in the court room, and Judge Flannlgnn
ordered a bailiff to rap for order. The
direct examination then continued
Q. Are you a teetotaler or a prohibi
tionist ?
An objection was overruled
A l am neither a teetotaler nor t pro
hibltionist. I never drink beer, ale,
stout, porter or any malt liquors. I do
not like them. Frequently when I am
a guest I am invited to drink beer or
drink whisky, and I always, If I take
anything, take a light wine or cham
pagne instead.
Q I ‘escribe yourself as to your use of
intoxicating liquors A. I am not a total
abstainer, but am very abstemious, per
imps it would aid you to understand
•hat if 1 were to describe the routine of
mv life at the White House.
Q. Yes; please do so. A. I usually
rose rather early and had break
fast with the members of my fam
ily K..r twenty minutes I would walk
in the White House grounds, often with
one of the children or some member
of my Cabinet From my walk I would
go directly to my office, where Secre
tary Lioeb and I would go through the
mall and receive Senators. Representa
tives and diplomatic officers Unless 1
hud shaved myself. 1 would he shaved
by the barber In the room between my
office and Mr Loeh’s I was very busy,
and It was necessary to save every min
ute of time, so l would dictate letters or
talk to some callers while being shaved
No Drinks Before Luncheon.
I would then he busy w' i confer
ences and correspondence cnt.ll lunch
time Then I would wash my face and
hands ami walk down the terrace to the
White House, where I would have lunch
with my family. Never under any cir
cumstances did I touch a drop of liquor
of any kind before luncheon. If we
lunched alone there was rarely any
liquor, but if there were guests there
would be served either light w me or
champagne, and in either case I would
usually drink one or two glasses of that
After luncheon 1 would return to my
office and be busy with my mail and
callers until 4 o’clock At that hour I
went for a walk or rale, frequent!'
with some, member of my Cabinet I
would walk or ride until 6. w'hen I re
turned to the White House. 1 would
spend a half hour with the children*
and f hen would bathe aid drefcs for din
ner
At dinner there were usually guests.
Rnd wine waft usually served. Occa
sionally I drank, a glass or two After
dinner 1 either returned to my ■ ffioe
<-r ha<l Mr. l»eb in nn library, where
we went over mail and worked on mes
sages and the like About midnight I
would read for twenty minutes some
bool* to take my mind off public busi
ness Then 1 would go tn sleep TM
Rlxey usual!' was in to see me at bed
time.
Q. When you was mustered ouJ of the
army, what was your rank?
Attorney Belden. We object That
is irrelevant
Court It is relevant to show the
plaintiff’s position
A 1 was acting brigade commander,
and was recommended to be brevet ted
a brigadier general
Didn't Drink on Trips.
Q Now. w hat were your drinking hab
its while on speaking trips? A T nev
er drank any thing during the day. and
never anything at any time except ui
the advice of Dr. Rlxey or my tnroat
specialist, Dr. Curtis After a hard da\
I often took one or two glasses of milk
with a teaspoonful of brandy in each.
Then 1 would read twenty minutes, see
Pr. Rixey and go to sleep. I would
.-ieep soundly to feel clear in the morn
ifig.
Q When you speak of a hard day, just
what do you mean?—A I mean a long
“urney and many speeches, or either
Many of these trips were very exhaust-
t.^. and that was the reason Dr Rixey
accompanied me When you are Presi
dent you «an not be ill, and a Presi
dent’s work must go on, regardless.
Here the direct examination ended,
and Horace Andrews, of Cleveland. Ohio,
began the cross-examination.
Q You are not a resident of Michi
gan?—A N «dr. I have always been
a resident of the State and city of New
York, although ever since 1 was a boy
I have usually spent a few summer
months in the country. As a boy my
time in the country was usually on a
Uar r ’ ' .rv.r- place • ■{ rr:> fa'.her s
N HID LIFE
Q Then your vlsita to Michigan have
been flying trips" A. They have usual
ly been brief trips.
Enumerates Hia Frienda.
Q I)o you know; any bod' .e Mar-
quette County?—A
1 know several peo-
ple; Mr Hhlraa I" at of all.
y. You know that Mr. Shiran is not
really a resident of Marquette; that he
lives in the Hast and only spends his
summers here?—A. 1 know that he is
frequently away during the winter on
natural history work As to his legal
residence I can not speak
y Who else do you know In Mar
quette" A I know Mr Hill there
y Mr Hill of your counsel?—A. Yes.
y Just met him since you hired him
as your lawyer, did you not? A I think
I met him last summer.
y Think? Don't you know? A I
don’t remember certainly
Q Who else do you know In Mar-
quette Count) ' A i have met A hum
her of people at various times.
Q And have promptly forgotten them,
eh" A No sir. but when one meets so
many people one can't Always recall
names unless one Is reminded by seeing
the person.
Q. Ah. 1 see. Do you see any remin
iscent faces In the court rootft? A No,
air.
y. Your entire ]1fe has been given
mostly io politics, has It not?—A. I
should not say that. I would say that,
previous to the St»antsh war, I wan as
much of a naturalist and historian and
writer as anything else.
y. As President yon met Senators and
entertained them and were Invited to
their homes Is that not true? A. I
knew every Senator and entertained all
of them at the White House. I was
rarely Invited to their houses.
y. And you met members of Congress
and received them at your house, did
you not? A. 1 knew every Representa
tive In Congress and received all who
called
Q. And in traveling you attended
many banquets given in your honor, did
yon not" A 1 attended some banquets
Q Where Uquoi was served? \ Fee,
certainly, where liquor was served.
Q Yet. in all the fifteen years you
have been in politics you have never
drank anything except a HttlC brandy
and milk? A. I did not say that.
Q. Just so, now as to the wines that
you speak of as light wines. Just what
Wind of wines were those*' A. Light
white wines, California wines or Sau-
ternes; once in a while I took a little
Madeira.
y. is that all? xA. Once In a while a bit
of sherry; 1 never drink red wines.
Q. Oh you will swear that you have
never taste*! red wftie? ' A No, certainly
not. You know L did not mean that
Wnat I mean is that I do ’not like red
wines and that 1 never drink then). 1
do not mean fhat I have never tasted
them. Probably I have and probably
when they have been passed I have
touched the glass to my link.
Q Do you keep wine, brandy and
whisky In your house? A. Yes. sir all
three.
Q. Did you keen liquor in the White
House? A. Yes. 1 kept the stock left
me by Mr. McKJnley.
Mr. Andrews; ‘M move the last part
of that answer be stricken out as not
responsive to my question.”
Mr. I'ound "I think It is competent (
to show that he merely continued a cus
tom already established."
Showa Signs of Anqer.
The Court; “It is proper to show that 1
if he will answer it in the way you I
indicat • ”
Mr. Roosevelt,: "Thun may I revisC I
my answer? i
Sir Andrews: ••Certainly you miy |
amend it. Mr. Roosevelt, If you can not
wish to answer It. directly or would be
embarrassed to do no/'
Mr. Roosevelt: "I ran and will an
swer It directly."
The former president showed signs of
anger
A. I did keep wine, whisky and bran
dy of several kinds in the White House,
as my predecessor bad done before me,
and art President Cleveland ami Presi
dent Car-field arid others had dope
Q And Is it true that you kept two
butlers to take care of this stock of
liquors? A It is true that I kept two
butlers, but they took care of the wines
merely as an Incident to their employ
ment.
Q. Do you know Mr. Wallace, National
Committeeman <«f the Progressive Party
in Michigan" A. 1 do.
Q Did he institute this prosecution, I
this suit*.’ A. 1 don’t know.
Q VVhat ? Y<m don't know who start
c«l this important piece of litigation for
you? A. I was in Mercy Hospital when
it started and I < »tv. not. say
Again Denies Knowledge.
Q Did Mr Wallace have anything to
do with filing it? A. 1 Could not say
Q It was reported in newspaper In
terview's that he had started tills suit on
yoyr behalf. DM you see those inter
views or articles?- -A. Not that 1 am
able to recall.
Q. Have you borne all the expense of
this suit personally, the cost of finding
and summoning witnesses and bringing
them here and taking depositions fend
the like? V. l have borne all the o% I
pense.
Q Was not .a portion of that expense I
borne by the Progressive party of Mich
igan or by the Progressive national
j commit!cse° * A. It w as not. I paid
everything
Colonel's Voice Squeaked. i <
Colonel Roosevelt was thoroughly :
angry now, • Ills fee* fldshAd. his voice
squeaked and he clenched his lists and
half rose from the qhalr.
Q Would you know it if any expense
in this suit were borne by any person
other than yourself?— A l certainly
would., anti it has all been horns hv my
self
Mr. Andrews announced that this I
completed the cross-examination
Mr. i’ound,. on redirect examination. I |
,?,?ked two .quevt’iPbis- ‘ both HhvlgmtJ to
bring out the faci that Colopel Roosg
volt was trying the etpfenjjnti of the-
proton! non.
g. This suit was brought by tyouf,di- [
root ion. was It noL at your expense? ‘
\, If has • ’ * • ’I
j Q. Did The iVogroKStve* party or any I
• b’nneh of its organization or any, of its j .
officers or workers or any other persons, |
v Any time ermrritjiito wnytfittnr ro- <h«> i j
• ■xpense of this suit A No. I bore Hlie i I
nitre expensr myself. •
Pledged Speaker’s Health.
Q Tell us about Fneaker ("ftnnon’s
birthday party. A I drank a glass of
champagne on that occasion in pledg
ing the Speaker’s birthday health
Defense Score* “Eulogy.”
“Hunting exploits gnd public acts
are improper in an opening state
ment.” was the objection raised by
Attorney Belden, representing Newett,
to the opening address of Attorne
Pounds for Colonel Roosevelt. Two
minutes after Judge Flannagan over
ruled his objection he was again on
his feet, protesting ;vgalnst the state
ment which, he declared, was “an
oration a eulogy.”
Judge Flannagan again refused to
check Attorney Pounds’ address, but
ruled that the defense might save
their objection. When Pounds, how
ever, referred to the time when "this
plaintiff was in.power,” the court up
held the objection of the detense and
qrdered Pounds to confine his re
marks to a statement of what he in
tended to prove. The defense an
nounced it would defer making a
statement until after taking of testi
mony.
Before court session began. Judge
Flannagan ordered all the witnesses
on both sides out of the room. No I
person connected with the case w as j
admitted to the court room during
the trial, except the principals, theirl
attorneys and the witness who was on |
ike eland
T. R. Inclines
To Champagne
Defending himself against a
charge of drunkenness, Colonel
Roosevelt, gives the following as
an epitome of his drinking cus
toms ;
I am neither a teetotaler nor
a prohibitionist. I never drink
beer, ale, stout, porter or any
malt liquors. I do not like them.
Frequently when I am a guest
I am invited to drink beer or
drink whisky and I always, if
I take anything, take a light
wine or champagne instead
New Libel Charge
In Marconi Scandal
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 27. The third
criminal trial growing out of the Mar
coni scandal began in Old Bailey
Court to-day. It Is the libel esse of
Godfrey Isaacs, managing director of
the British Marconi Company, against
Cecil Chesterton, Journalist and
brother of G. K. Chesterton, the fa
mous epsaylst
Chesterton Is charged with libeling
Isaacs in an article he wrote on the
connection between certain officers
of the British Government and the
Marconi Interests.
Hill’s Market Basket
Bond Sale a Success!
The Kim! You Have Always lioivlit has borne tlie signa
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personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
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tlust-M-good ” are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
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ro
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MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN NO. 57
Atlanta Upholds Chief Beavers
The “Itching Palm” And
The Character Assassin
Have No Place Here.
The itching palm.
Judas Iscariot had it.
Thirty pieces of silver upon his hand, and Judas betrayed his Lord.
Poor Judas, learning too late the curse of the itching palm, threw
away the money and killed himself in shame and sorrow. jf
Notwithstanding itching palms are here to-day.
And again and again would they betray Christ, our saviour, and rear
for him a cross.
Their pay coming from the betrayal of girls matters not to them.
If they get their hire, they care not that their success would mean the
dishonoring of motherhood, the blinding of babies, and the spreading of
disease, insanity and death among innocent children and women.
These they ignore with a sneering curse.
But you do not; you care and understand; you recall.
Annually seven hundred thousand dollars and more poured through
the white slave market of Atlanta into the itching palm.
The lie of segregation so prospered seven houses that their reputed
owners received forty three thousand and seventy-four dollars in the form
of. rent every year, more than twice as much as the rental of thirty-three
other houses scattered throughout the city.
Chief Beavers closed them all and ended the ghastly farce of segre
gation.
Eight months have passed and the owners of the itching palm have
become frantic.
For eight months the “unbreakable bank of the corrupt politicians”
has been hampered by the honesty of a man whose palms will not itch.
How much have the owners of the houses and the liquor dealers lost?
Eight months is two-thirds of a year; two-thirds of seven hundred
thousand dollars is four hundred and sixty-six thousand, six hundred and
sixty dollars and sixty-six cents.
How their palms do itch!
And they have despaired of corrupting the Chief.
They have to get rid of him, if they ever open again their market with
its unspeakable pimps and procurers plying their trade of debauching
girls.
IS THIS CONNECTED WITH THE RECENT STUDIED EFFORT
TO DISCREDIT THE CHIEF AND ATLANTA’S POLICE DEPART
MENT IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD?
Consider this before you answer.
The Chief can be removed from office only for inefficiency proven by
trial before the Police Board. ,,
Incorruptibility is not inefficiency.
And an unwillingness to violate one’s oath—a refusal to let crimi
nals live upon the shame of women is no evidence that a man is incom
petent to be Chief of Atlanta’s Police Force.
Hence the plight of protected vice and its servants.
THEY CANNOT CORRUPT; HENCE, THEY SEEK TO RUIN
WITH LIES.
Their itching palms know not how to labor honestly, though they are
skilled in squeezing money from helpless fallen women, their “meal
tickets.”
Being hungry, they snarl and snap.
Cod pity them and open their eyes to their unutterable degradation!
The outside world is pointing to the fearless honesty of our Chief of
Police and the efficient way in which he is handling the most difficult of
all city problems.
AUd in this age of graft he will not be sacrificed to put into office a
dishonest man satisfactory to the owners of brothels and bars and their
henchmen.
Never!
AND ATLANTA WILL REMEMBER FOR FUTURE RECKON
ING THOSE MEN, IN OR OUT OF OFFICE, WHO TRY TO HAM
PER THE CHIEF AS HE DOES HIS DUTY.
Recall the itching palms of the servants of protected vice and be
on your, guard.
“A lie turned loose put Christ on the Cross.” Nail their lies!
Note those who are trying by the most foul of all means, character
assassination, to bring back upon Atlanta the disgrace of a traffic which
demands for its existence the sacrifice of innocent girls.
For the day of accounting is coming.
Vice is fighting to regain the privilege of making dirty dollars by de
filing women. 7
Chief Beavers is battling for decency and health, the welfare of our
families and your loved ones.
He does not fight alone. You are with him.
Thank God! You are awake and watching.
Chief Beavers and his men will be upheld by Atlanta.
The Executive Committee of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement
ID