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New-York tribune., 1919-07-13

of Treason. 1t is largely due to him
that Bolo, Duval and the lesser
scalawags have paid The penalty of
their crimes, and it is rumored that
he will be called upon to assume the
role Of Advocate General when
Caillaux appears before the Senate
High Court.
Capitaine Mornet is quite as ex-
traordinary personality as Maitre
Moro-Giafferi in his way, but it is
a very different way. He is as reti-
cent as Moro is loquacious, as spar
ing of eloquence as Moro is prodi
gal of it, as simple as Moro is
theatrical, as nonchalant as Moro is
vivacious, as quiescent as Moro is
acrobatic. He wastes neither words,
gestures nor energy He gives an
impression of immense reserve
force.
Capitaine Mornet-and therein
lies the supreme secret Of his power
conveys the impression that he is
a patriot first and lawyer after
ward. He pleads less with his tai
ent, which is great, than with his
conscience, which is, in very truth,
the conscience of France. He never
seems (as does Moro at times) to
be straining to score points merely
for the professional glory Of scoring
points. On the contrary-avenge
Of society though he be-he does
rot hesitate, upon occasion, to rec
ommend clemency.
"Neither soldier, despite his uni
form, nor prosecutor, despite his
functions" writes an habituc of
the court martial "M. Mornet is
simply and solely conscience.
His voice, hoarse with indignation,
lashes and bites. He is the living
image of righteous passion. He
talks directly to the judges. He
employs neither finesse nor irony.
He develops the intrigue of his
drama as he conceives it, and he
imposes it. He grips He speaks
with head and chest thrust forward.
hands clutching the rail. His
very aspect terrifies, for back of
the compact, crouching body you
perceive this terrible thing, con-
science in quest of its prey"
The room of the Cour d'Assises
in which the Lenoir-Desouches
Humbert-Ladoux court martial is
sitting has been the scene of the
trials Of practically all the cele-
brated cases of several generations
and is as familiar to Parisians as
the opera, the Longchamps race
track, the grand hall Of the Sor-
bonne or Notre Dame. 1t is an ap-
propriately sombre and dignified
auditorium with heavy, richly
groined ceiling, monumental wall
clock, the regulation dusty bust Of
the Republic and big gilt frame
bcreft, since anti-clericaIism got the
better Of the venerable traditions
Of the Palais de Justice, Of it's
painted Christ.
Seven army officers in full uni
form resplendent with decorations
and insignia replace the jurors of
the civil court. Each prisoner is
in the custody Of non-commis-
stoned officer, and picket of poilus,
in the horizon blue and the steel
helmets Of the front, mount guard
in the rear Of the hall. When the
officcr-juro enter tho picket pre-
sents arms and everybody present
rises and romans standing until
they are seated.
Tho proceedings bsgin with the
reading by~s captain, acting ~ clark.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13
NJ Moro.Giaferi, Attorney for the Defence

In sharp contrast to the comparatively simple pro-
cedre Of the American court MARTIAL that has come ner
the fire of many critics. is the oaring eloquence and
meodrama of the French military tribunal that Just
tried Charles Hmbert and three lesser diudals charged
th treason Uarious Degrees The eloquence and drama
preceding the acqaal Of Hunbert IN mann avas as
good theatrical entertainment. From past experience
the Partisan public hne that 1t avould be- and therefore the
Paris public focked to the court to be thrilled by the fqhts
Of the prosecution and the Defence
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All Is Still

Throughout the proceedings -
whether they last hours. days or
weeks - the officer-jurors remain
absolutely motionless Exchanging
neither word nor sign in their
chairs. The poilus Of the picket
strain horolcally after an equal
statuesqueness, but over and anon
ono Of them, lulled by conversations
tho drift Of which he is too far
away to catch, falls, in his own de-
,spitcs into a dozes let's drop his mus
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pulence does not prevent him from
being tremendously active-"this
man with the bulls neck" some one
has said, "works like an ox"-and
his "bon- -garconisme" is curiously
blended with imperiousness and
downright brutality.
Charles Humbert is defended by
Maitre Moro-Giafferi, an exceeding
ly brilliant advocate, upon whose
shoulders the mantle of the late
Fernand Labori seems to have
fallen.
Eloquence is Moro-G -Giafferi's strong
suit. He fairly exudes eloquence.
With or without provocation, It just
oozes from his every pore. He lit
orally browns the considerations
that initiate against his client in
flood of words.
Lean, wiry and agile, Moro -Giaf-
feri is the complete physical antith-
esis of his client, Charles Humbert,
whom he nevertheless resembles in
energy, tenacity and capacity for
work. He is a human demonstration
of the existence Of perpetual motion
He is constantly gesticulating, con-
stantly tossing with graceful gest-
ure Of impatience the flowing
sleeves Of his advocates robe off his
wrists, constantly leaping to his feet
in protestation, constantly marking
his approval or disapproval with
mods or shakes of the head, con-
stantly giving either plastic or vocal
expression to his immediate senti-
ments and emotions. He fuses. fid-
gets and fumes, he "capers and
cavorts," he "jumps about and
snorts," not from sheer nervousness.
as might appear at first sight, but
with definite end in view, for he
always has his eye on the gallery.
In fact, he is SO consummate an
actor Of the romantic type that one
day, when head cold occasioned me,
without warning, an hour or 20 of
deafness, was able to follow him
with very close approach to com
prehension, as the theatrcgocr, igno-
rant of French and italian, follows
"a Rerrhardt ar a QaIv;pf
The Foe Of Treason
Moro's Antagonist, the Public
Prosecutor (Com,nisssire du Gou-
vsrnsmsnt). Cspitains Mornct, has
becn made = natisnsl celebrity By
'2dsgnsstsr3u posduc1 p1~tho Affairs
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13

The defendants were Pierre Le-
noir. young man about town, opium
fiend and general rake, so indolent
and prodigal that his father. the
late Alphonse Lenoir, head of an i'm
portant publicity bureau, had beer
constrained to place him under
financial guardianship; Maitre Gull
iaume Desouches, lawyer obsessed
by get-rich-quick schemes and un-
willing to live within his comfort
able income; Captain Ladoux, at
tached before the war to the editori
al staff Of lie Radical" and during
the war to the counter espionage
service Of the Ministry of War, and
Charles Hurnbert, Senator Of the
Meuse, president of the Army
Commission of the Senate and NOM
inal owner of the big daily I4e
Journal"
Lenoir and Desouches stood &C
eused both of trading with the en-
emy and intelligence with the en-
emy (the latter equivalent to espion-
age and punishable with DEATH ;
Charles Humbert of trading with
the enemy, and Captain Ladoux Of
completely in trading with the en-
emy.
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country but Of having accepted
money that came from Germany,
millions which he knew to be suspect
and which it was his duty to refuse.
Neither his role as a journalist nor
his interventions as a member of the
commission Of the army proves that
he did not accept It,"
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Observation-Disclosures, spicy, violent
pathetic and dramatic.
4 Com1rade T'estifes


A Comrade Testifes
For instance, a trench comrade
of the prisoner Desouches (who en-
listed as a private early in 1917, at
the age Of forty-nine, and served
for several months in one of the
most perilous sectors Of the 'front.'
Pierre Barbet by name, takes the
witness stand, with splendid loyalty.
in his favor. Most simply and yet
dramatically, Barbet, who is a typi-
cal poilu -four times wounded. five
citations, medailIe militaire), ovokes
the sutferings, the fatigues, the
dangers he shared with "p6Dere
Desouches" in the Douaumont region.
They became acquainted in the for
est of Caurieres The weather was
abominable.
'In seeing this old man pass,
was surprised" says NJ. Barbet. "I
asked him, What are you doing
here? My duty, like the Others
Desouches answered me.
And the witness, with voice
quivering with emotion. terminates
his deposition thus: Il would not
come here to defend a bandit But,
in the name of my comrades who
knew him at the front, | do come
here to say that not one of them be-
heves Desouches guilty Mon Colo
mel, in the name of my comrades, /
would like, it would be real COM
fort to me, to grasp the hand Of
Comrade Desouches, who suffered
with US"
Il grant your request for the in.
termission," the President replies,
''and l thank you for your test
mony"
The public prosecutor declares ::
II render homage to the testimony
straight from the heart which the
witness has just offered in all sim
plicity."
By this time Desouches is ia
tears and the whole room is on the
verge of tears.
Scarcely less arresting have been
the attitudes, gestures and grimaces
of the combative, believing mass Of
flesh which bears the name of
Charles Humbert, whom the carica-
turists have tried in vain to render
more grotesque than the reality; the
financial and amorous adventures
of the degenerate Pierre Lenoir, who
Dragged, while the flower of France
was dying, that a fellow with thirty
millions would be a big fool to get
his head broken at the front. the
cynical correspondence with his
mother of this same Pierre Lenoir
correspondence characterized by
Capltalne Mornet as "lettres dem
poisonneur" and "proses d'assas-
sin'), which iterates and reiterates
his consuming desire to hasten the
slow but certain death Of his mis-
tress, the pseudo-baroness Nine.
d'Arlix; the frequent evocations of
the spectres of the executed traitors
Bolo and Duval the get-rich-quick
schemes of Desouchcs and his brazen
assertion that his sole occupation in
Switzerland was looking on at trout
fishing; the resentment Of President
Monier, the high magistrate, whose
career was ruined by his friendship
for Bolo, at being made to serve as a
lightning rod" for Charles Hum
bert; the implication in o plot tc
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L axicab Driver
Now a BritisI,
General

E r HIS last dispatch-one Of the
s most remarkable historical
e documents ever published
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Not a Grazing for Scandals


But am inclined to believe that.
in the last analysis. the fascination
which the trial of a celebrated case
possesses for the French is due less
to snobbishness or to a morbid crav-
ing FOR scandals and thrills than to
legitimate appetite, grounded in
the Incompatible national sense Of
form. not only for what is common
ly understood by cloQuence. but for
the beau parler,' which comprises
all the refnements and niceties of
language. Nowhere, AT any rate.
are the splendors Of the mother
tongue more in evidence. The vefr
Act Of Accusation, $50 PAGES in the
Humbcrt case, far from being
dry-as-dust affair. contains, moro
often than not, clever character
sketches and profound psychological
analyses q la Bourget that render it
close approach to literature. And
not only the formal pleas, bat the
casual intervcntions Of the lawyers
are usually capital examples Of
clear, logical cogont exposition or
Of ardent lyrics Furthermore, the
utterances Of the defendants and
the witnesses-in this country where
pretty nearly every orc is born
artist in words-are not infrequent-
~ admirable from a purely literary
point Of view.
French Jurisprudence. in practice
as well as in theory, allows de
fendant to say Everything that he
may judge useful TO his defence"
and comedies to the witness a lat,-
tude that is almost incoaceivable
to the Anglo Saxon. Enthusiasts
profit by this opportunity, in some
cases the opportunity Of a lifetime,
to present to an audience Of more
than average intelligence the ideas
and the ideals that lie nearest their
hearts, whether they have the slight
est connection with the issues Of the
trial or not, and they do 50 With the
clarity and the zestful artistry that
are the special and peculiar appan-
ages of the Latin. The result IS =
series of we'll ordered discourses
upon q wide variety of themes thar
would do credit to the lecture room
Of an institution Of learning.
In the Humbert ease roo4ly num-
Der Of celebrities tno.ab'y zen
erals) have testified most force
fully TO the patriotism Of Charles
Humbert and to the great utility of
the national defence both Of his SCR
wees on the senatorial army com
mission and Of his newspaper cam
paign "Des Canonsl Des Muni.ions.''
These tributes, which one would d
most be willing to be q prisoner 20
hear uttered about ores self.
provided several afternoons of high
grade entertainment Bat Capitaine
Mornet, inipeccably and implacablp
logical, after listening to them pa
ticntly and approximately, disdain-
fully brushed them all aside in his
requisitoire as having nothing more
to do with the case than the flowers
that bloom in the spring.
"Humbert," he explained, 'is ac.
cused not Of having betrayed hi,
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M. Charles Humberf, Senator and Publisher

antagonize England and America
of a journalist idolized by the
masses, Jacques Dhur; and the
vicious attack of -Giafferi on
the good faith of the President Of
the Republic.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13

concluded the of Lieutenant
I1umbe by military
known the Troisme Conel which
the Boo and Bonnet Rouge affairs prelude Caux
that to be submitted the Senate sitting
not overshadowed by the of the
negotiate the pmnaries
passionate attention of the entire world
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13
BY Alvan l.. Sanborn

<<HOR ALL THOSE SINISTER INTRIGUES CAME PER
ssH ILOUSLY NEAR COMPROMISING THE RESIST
Il ANCE TO WHICH OWE OUR VICTORY THE
HOUR OF JUSTICE HAS STRUCK"
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
WAR LOAN MEDALS TO EDITORS
Every Newspaper in Eighth District Will Receive Uncle Sam's
 Token

In every county in the Eighth Fed eral Reserve District q group of men have been consistently lE4 unceasing- ly helping Uncle Sam put ever his big war work enterprises. These men have no official connection with the govern ment nor the War Loan Organization ;. Without their help the great things that have been done in this coun, v and the world could rot have been achieved
 They are the editors and publishers of the newspapers They are the men whose lives are devoted Ju leading fub- Hc thought to telling the people h. truth oa all questions Of public m terest. te presenting both sides of lie story that the people may hn99 nd asede iHse.LigentlY
 H4air Work throughout 'he Var, especially in the Interest ot fhe Lib erty Loan drives. has been invaluable 10 the government
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
N EST FORk

Miss Bcttie Moies has the flu the second time.
 Aunt Amanda Wells is no better at this writing.
 Mrs. Lotion West of West Fork died Sunday of the flu.
 We are having real warm weather for the last few days.
 Miss Bea Moles is able to go around some by using crutches.
 0len and Edith karnes visited at stirman Karnes' Mondaynight.
 Mrs. Bill Vim and Miss Elsa Por- due visited at ye scribes Monday evening.
 There was a spelling match at Pit kins Saturday. Several of the girls and boys went from West Fork.
 The Greenland ball team came up Saturday evening and played the West Fork boys. The West Fork boys showed they were the best stuff.
 Mrs. Webber received card firm her son stating that he had landed in New York from over seas and that he woul abe home right away.
 George Stoekburger of West Fork and Miss Clara Fawbush of Sulphur City got married Thursday evening We wish the young couple much hap piness.
 John Malone received q letter from his son. Osea Tuesday morning say ing he had been operated on for ap- pendicitis and was now up again. He is in Germany.
 Ira Underhill visited home folks from Friday until Monday morning.
 Red Harden, Ben Boren, George Latham and Ed Hope started to Oklahoma Tuesday morning on q fishing trip.
 One day last week White Curtis was hauling ties and the year old son of Mrs. Ida Bullion tried to catch the wagon and was thrown un- der the wagon wheel and broke one of his legs in two places He is now at the city hospital.
 ". H. Underhill had the misfortue of getting his truck tank stolen Sun day night. The driver went to Fay etteville Saturday and broke some of the rods and had to leave 1t south of Greenland when they went down after it Monday and found it had been cut up with an ax.,
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09

much luck at convincing these men who did the fighting for the rest of Us that there is anything American about quitting on Uncle sam when he Is mak. ins his last call and needs all that fe can do for him.
 Frankly. there isnt much use in polishing up the excuses You may try to believe in them yourself but down in your heart you know them for what they are-just excuses to help you dodge d plain duty that is yours and yours alone. May as well make up your mind 10 subscribe every dollar that you honestly and conscientiously can, and let il go at that
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
SULPHUR CITY AND BLACK OAK

Some have begun to blow corn.
 Several from around here have gore to picking berries.
 C. L. Palmer took dinuer with ]. c. Terry Sunday.
 Miss Dolly Hill of Carter attended church here Sunday afternoon.
 Rev. D. L. Hood of Elkins and Rev. Chandler of Springdale held services here Sunday.
 There were some parties out from Fayetteville Sunday looking at the J. L. Mcconnell property.
 Mrs. Ben Hicks and little daughter Maud of Carter spent Friday night at the home of her uncle, H. F. Head and attended the big singing was giv- en for Mayo Head.
 Mayo Head arrived home last week from overseas but had to return to Camp Pike before being discharged. Jim Ray and Stuard Boaz took dinner with Mat Boaz Sunday.
 c. E. Stockburger of West Fork and Miss Clara Ethel Fawbush of Sulphur City were married Thursday, May 1st. Miss Clara IS one of our best young ladies and was reared in our midst She wore a lovely dress of white crepe de chine trimmed in white rib bon with a white panama hat and white shoes The groom Is one of West Forks most popular young men. N A. Stockburger said the words that made them man and wife. May no cloud of sorrow ever rise to dim the horizon of their sky of mar ried bliss.
 one Star
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
OAKLAND
Mr and Mrs Polk Bookout visited at Springdale Sunday

Mr. and Mrs Polk Bookout visited at Sprngdale Sunday.
 Mrs. Ed Iyey visited her mother, Mrs J. T. Boyd, near Springdale Sun day.
 Chas. Graue of springdale is in this vicinity this week looking after his strawberry crop.
 Tom Roberts of Baldwin was in this vicinity Tuesday of this week inspect ing the berry patches.
 Mrs. Geo. Ragis and children of Fayetteville visited her sister, Mrs. Claud Cardwell Sunday
 Mr and Mrs Roy Graham and lit- tie daughter Al Louise visited at the Ivey home Friday evening.
 Mr. and Mrs. W. A Fritts and daughter of Fayetteville visited Mir. and Mrs. Geo. Gulley Sunday
 Mrs Garland Ivey has been em- ployed to teach the fall term of school at Spring Valley. This is her third term at that place.
 Owen Tunstill who has position with the railroad company is at home for a few weeks to harvest his berry crop.
 Mrs. Joe Ragsdale and children left last week for Crum Greek, Okla, to join Mir Ragsdale who has employ ment at that place.
 Blue Ewes.
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
,,saD, Noric E TO eoNTRAcrops
R J Koche.I

Washington " County oiokS No. Hoad Distfr- Sealed bids will he r..., adnt office of the State Highway na.. at tl D. m. May 31, 1919. ''s's' anti l! They will then be publielr re- read, !, The work contemplated teasa !. ,'' pu,ld'Rs poas of 22.2 miles of nsos.s. s '.. road between springdale ,,ail's' and a Madison County line. Bids @ra ~,n s' compared upon a basis of the "a a.l neers estimates, copies of wbi,s ,s eng be secured free of charge 'oa frona aa' :. engineers or the attorney of i+4n tba | th' trict. VI the ds. Plans and specifications ca, b. cured from the State Highway n n.,. N at the office of the Board of psa, ea mlssloners, springdale, Arkansas ss., ', at the office of the engineers p sas etteville, Arkansas. ''7. Bids must be accompanied by .. flied check, payable to the oriss ,s''. ;, the Secretary of the District is sum of#5 per cent of the amop,, 7. 7. the bid, and construction boas @ 7, ? per cent of the amount of tbs tract. will be required of the suec.s. ful bidder. The right is reserved to reiec, ... or all bids.
 Board of Commissioners Wass., ton County Road District No.
 N. B Brogdon, Presidert
 |. D. Petross. Secretary
 J W Grabiel. Attorney
 Fayetteville, Arkanas Hamilton X Shreves, Engineers.
 Fayetteville, Arkana. May $. 1919.
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
LOAN EXCUSES OO
 NUT GO WITH 0uR
 RETURNED ISiaaaap| 5
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD ONES YOU
 WILL NEED THEM.
DOUGHBOYS CAN'T SEE FEM
If Could Afford to Face Death You Can Afford to Subscribe"
 Says Soldier.

If you are framing up any excuses for yourself as to why you are not going 10 take any Victory Notes" you had better make them mighty good ones They will need 10 be vital ly important 10 really excuse you, as there are thousands Of mighty sharp critics listening fer those excuses.
 Maybe you think you have some pretty good ones-if go, you will need them. Dar't worry trying to decide just which is the best excuse you have
 In one day recently 24, ,000 American soldiers landed in New York The country is filing up with others who are back from the front. You may have seen some of them. Some of them have empty sleeves Others are walking with crutch instead of the sturdy leg they had year ago Some of them have that gray and drawn look of the man who has tasted Hun gas Some of them. have lost an eye
 These boys know what that war game was. They have looked on the doings of the Roche in France aau Belgium. They know what the Ger man did to those countries. Looking al the ruins Of nations there in Europe they got pretty clear idea of what the Hun had planned for America when our time came.
 Furthermore, these men are going to want 10 know just why any man who calls himself an American is hunting up excuses for not subscribing to a Liberty Loan. They know that il WAS Americans who signed the death warrant of the Hun overseas and they are going to ask some mighty pointed questions of the stayat-homes, who stayed 5000 miles away from the danger and went calmly about their businesses in war time
 The fighting man is going 10 argue this way. If l could afford to leave everything that made life sweet to me and go overseas for America 1 could afford te take my chances with sudden death to get there and sudden dea th after l arrived; 1 could afford 10 face nlth, disease. gas, shrapnel and ma
 
 face cold steel and showers Of hand grenades and fight hand 10 hand with the Hun in dirty ditch And these Americans who stayed at home tell me that they cant afford 10 subscribe to Victory Loan."
 You can begin 10 see that you need some handmade, copper.riveted ex. euses. can't you2 You can begin 10 see that these excuses are going 10 have to be little above the average run, cant you?
 These armless, legless. eyeless men Who have come back from overseas VIII be glad 10 listen to your excuses. Try some Of them on the first one you run across Try them all on him, if he has the patience to listen 10 them
 If yoa can convince ore of these men Who las looked uFan Hell with the hd of. on that smoking Western Front and can make him believe aast you have done everything gon ought 10 do and ai fhat yea can possibly af- ford 10 do-why then you ought not 10 have SO very much trouble standing of The Victory Loan salesman when he comes around with the subssrjDtjon blanks for the Fifth. last and Victory Loan.
 But people who have already tried II on the returned soldiers are not very enthusiastic They havent had
The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
Use Time to Advantaoe.

will not allow any one of us to stand still. Ii delivers into our hands sixty minutes every hour and compels us to dispose Of them in some WAY. Whether We will ar nat. constant accounting has to he rendered. One who falls Into the habit of dissipating time dissipates not only opportunity but happiness. for the spendthrift of lime becomes a spendthfift If the other things which make life worth Whiie.-Forbes Mnga- zine.