New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17
Libel Case To Be Heard in
Syracuse, Stronghold
Of Moose.
l20 WITNESSES MAY
GIVE TESTIMONY
Time Selected After Hard
Fight-ReCordS Will
Get Spotlight.


William Barnos ~ for,rorlv chair
man Of the Ronubl,csr State Commit
tee. in open court in Aprl.
After weeks Of sparrinq and corfcr-
orce betwee, coursol ~, o,nos,ro s,dos
the firm, or WINS Wolff { uo,,,o, ron
r,sor,i,o ~, Rarro. ,o.,orda,. ,o,icod
Tho co.o for tho All torn, Of tho su-
preme Court IN Onondaga. County.
This action was taken upon agreement
with Bowers 4 Sands, counsel Tor
Colonel Roosevelt Mr. Barnes ASKS
damages to the amount OF SoO'Ooo'
Mr.. Barnes as the New York State
member Of the Republican National
Committee took a leading part in op-
posing the nomination Of the Colonel
to succeed President Taft at the Chi
cago convention IN 1912.
Because Of the prominence Of the
principals and the determination OF
each side to 90 cxhaustNcly into the
political record Of his opponent the
trial, which will take place IN Syracuse
promises to be one Of the most famous
actions for civil libel ever staged IN
this country.
1t will last, probably, two weeks al
least Counsel refuse TO discuss the
identity or number Of their witnesses
but it is believed that each side WI!
call not less than fifty or sixty peg
sons.
piors for Rig Legal Battle.
,,..,,. - -. p.u.,ho.or or tho
man, 80 60. .a;d ,as,
hrm OF bowers '""u'' '"'O
night that John NJ. Bowers, senior
roember would handle the legal end of
a.. - 60. Colonol Roosevelt. They
.bo EN-, of Hancock
nave Ie,"',l-' e...,-o g. oct
Spr'eSs i'"''V0'"' ~
as local counsel
William N. WINS. assisted BY other
lac,vers from his Office. will try the
,,. o..
case lot MI D"i' IL.
When the sun was pfo"gn' OF '"'s
% 1qt4 the same day that the alleged
~, ,,- ..o.o,.,,.,s ,.ero nrintcd as
IDeHouS -, Colo
part OF a statement gwen ou' ~ Wv
mol Roosevelt the previous night IN
DE- sing the candidacy OF Harvey u
hlnman TOT 'he Ho''''''''
ernor. both the pialntlH ana lhe ue'
fendant asserted that they wanted the
81 -. tho oorliost uossible moment.
trlal ~ '''e
nOal IlnInETICS lNNOlNliB NbhT
test over a change in venue delayed
H. .oso ,,,ti december /. 1914. Since
'''' -. -. hrsv arquinr
theh couHSel "''' - -,
over another proposed chahEe J." rar Ysrur
that would BRING Ihe RAJ n'eiei
home, and as 10 When II "oIiu DC tbSor
sible for them 10 ShdPe ~. - .bor,
legal business so 40 w
selves to this case
Trial Date Seems Assured.
=. A,rr .boro will be two trial
III -, S,.racuse- presided over
LeI n ~. W;iiiar, s Andrews and the
D! ~, r,st;ce Irving G.. Hubbs and
osoI 80, believe they have "A reasonable
coInse' ch, - meet that the case can go
.e.riol during that month.
II HE statement. on which Mr.
parres brought suit, Mr.. Roosevelt
iHted the plaintiff with Charles +.
wrrnbv the Democratic boss" IN be
ing responsible for corrupt govern
ment.
Friends Of the Colonel saIG ne
coined the suit, as II WouIu t''e nmbl
chance he had long Soueh' W eo tho
licly into the polltlca' IeIoiu b.
former state chairman WIN "no ~ ho
had been at swords points slhce ne
helped defeat the barnes progiai.ii'nIe ii nv
in the state convention OF 1917. o'hcs
then ne nus nto % that record with a
fno-tooth comb. William Loeb Jr.'
has been of great assistance. Inc re-
mort of the committee of the Demo
cratic Legislature which muckraked
tbe municipal government Of Albany
will he used in the defence.
It will be probably oroughI s ln.o we
defence that the RooseveiI s'a.eInenU
was printed IN tulI IN me A'odn.
Evening Journal the same hight ina
the libel suit was brought; II IL can
be established, as generally believed,
that Mr.. Barnes was the maloriI!
stockholder and managing dlreelor az
that time. and had knowledge that the
matter was 10 be used In his paper
that fact might be set up as mltgat-
ING any damages, because OF the TACT
.bat The libel, II such. was circulated
by the plaintiff himself.
Contest over Venue Change.
~. .ho Al;nq OF the suit in Albany
County counsel for Colonel Roosevelt
suggested I'M Ioi lt"'.s lss.,,o,,f 70 change