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Show COLONEL IS TRAPPED UK MRS. FJUSOfJ Accused Army Man Betrayed Be-trayed Into Utterances at Tea Party. Special to Tlie Tribune. WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. Whether or not tiie nomination of Colonel Carl licich-mann licich-mann to be a hrigndicr general will he rejected, the investigation bein conducted con-ducted by tlie senate military committee Is showing 1 va. S;i imn-l Ij. Ka imn, lecently of Fori Doum1:ih, in the lilit o!" having: arranged a social tea parly for the evident purpose of trapping Colonel Keichrnami into making pro-Cer-man statetnens and then veeiin in his defence after tlie matter became public. The testimony of one of the witnesses indicates that Mrs. Kaison arranged a lea a ( the Chicago hotel at which she was stopping for the purpose of having Colonel Iej -hmatjn attend ar.n have him quizzed by Mrs. James Anderson, wife of a Canadian army officer. Mrs. Faiisnn and Mr?. Anderson hod become be-come ar-tjiiainteii during a rfl i I road li a in journey, during which Mrs. Kaion told -Mi s. Ander.snn the army gossip about Colonel Heichmann's views. Itr her testimony before tiie senate committee, com-mittee, Mrs. Anderson said; Mrs. Fa I? on told me she would invite in-vite Colonel Ilei'hniann to her hotel to tea and wonted me to come to t lie tea with her, but I declined. J .ater Mr. Faion said thn t she had t 'dephonf d her ( Jenna n acqua i n (a nc e and asked him to come to tea and that a brother officer was enniing with him. and sb- final! v persuaded ire to po to (in- tea. At :bc lea party Colonel i :ei--; , ,, ,a n rr v. as led into a discussion of tiie war and mnde I sla lenient s which lonn the basis of the I (Continued on Page Twa.) C0L01L 15 TRAPPED " ny mm (Continued from Page One.) present inquiir, Mrs. Anderson n:i'.ln' written Senator rolu-lexter. telling Mm of Hit: ltl''jrl.-Jit. U'h.-n the matter been me public through senator 1'ofrvioxWs oir.wit!"n lo rmirirnilrur the jiomlniHion oi t.'ulnnrl Ji.-u-hm:i Mrc. I'aison wiote Mrs. An- 'ii.iaon as follcjw.s: This Is a MiKwlut' dc-layerl ilne to r'-a.surr about our Gorman friend. Ai.pam-iitly lie has been tried out and i.s In i-ve-ry r.-spert loyal. His r-'ina rls ;ere t-ei tainly I ndl.si.reet , and Im- will I.e warned about expiessnK siwli s. utiinent.s. Frankly. I am still Ik. frilled, and I ueslam the wisdom of Ids lioldinj his .r.-sent ofil.-e. It Is not w.lhout highest ofrhdal im-derstandin'. im-derstandin'. however, and I am as-F as-F sured it is all rlslit. A second letter from Mrs. Faison to Mrs. Anderson contained, amonK other tlnnp.s, the following: I wrote you from Fort Douslas to the Kmpress hotel. Victoria. In it I told you Colonel Faison had said almost al-most wold for word what I .said he would sav, that he would as sour, believe be-lieve Colonel Keiehmann Kullty ot disloyalty dis-loyalty as be would himselt. Also J was sure that our first 1 mprestiions werf wroni? and that those In authority au-thority understood the situation tlioi-oushlv tlioi-oushlv nnd there was no otiestlon whatever of Colonel R.'s loyalty. In the course of the letter the statement state-ment was made that the announ, em . U of (Jolonel K. ichmann s aupomtmen t , i Th.n It eontlnues. yiven us Keen j". . NothltiK that he said ', us, ,th,Vlien can honestly be ealle. It I soy .1. I repeated our 'ea-table c m om.e, to Colonel Faison he ' ,lltlie ,e-and ,e-and still savs, there .,u motest connection 'ft', ,d dlsloy-Colonel dlsloy-Colonel Relclimann said brhlg ally. What he W;s !', are Kl.ilty out was that bo 11 s" l.e ,,,-e prone of wronsdolns ano i on the Ger. to make niuoli or i - that on the man side and W be" eMe of the nlf?j remarks were in-I in-I admit that U)Ste ,)lU nQt discreet and " RS he ffu,t that nearlyso-' t.onversatlon to take thai turn- |