The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
With Moral Victory
the Re al Sta ke,,
Both Side s Line;
Up Notable Array
ofCounsel forLegat
Battle Which Is
toOpen on May Ia

editorial Secretary Lansing's tart
rote to Carranza when he demanded
the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexican soil is quoted at length
to show the need for preparedness
which the Tribune held TO justify it,
characterization of a large employer
reported to have placed restrictions on
his men volunteering for national de-
fence. ri.
After publishing fac-similes of VAT
matter contained in the edition carrX-
ing the offending Anarchist" cdita-
rial the plea concludes "a
And the defendant will insist that
by reason of the matters and thinsp
aforesaid or some one or more %
them, the said plaintiff ought not ana
cannot obtain his said action"
Tho case was removed from Wayne
circuit 10 Macomb county on motioa
of the Tribune Company's attorneys
after an intense three days fight her
fore Judge Henry a. Mandell in DEG
troit. 80
Recent newspaper publicity of tho
magnitude of tho Ford local interests.
which employ $1,000 men in and
around Detroit. and OF welfare work
on the part of the Ford orGanizatiQ1.
and a widely circulated pamphlet Isl
sued in the name of Henry Ford and
purporting TO show the war record q
the Chicago Tribune as pro-Germar,
were considered by the court in grant,.
ing the change of venue an
Legal Lineup Imposing. re.
Judge Alfred j. Murphy, receiving
$40. 900 a year on the circuit bench!
was induced to resign and become w
member OF the legal firm representing
Mr. Ford. 1t was announced that tho
primary object in obtaining his SER
vices was to have him handle the case
before the jury. 'sF
Alfred Iucking, head of the firm o.
Mr.. Ford's attorneys is a former
Congressman and a leading Democrats
The local attorneys for the Tribune
are also prominent Elliott G. Stevens
son being a leading Democrat and
formerly an international figure fNf
Catholic fraternal matters. William
l.. Carpenter, second in the firm, is "a
former Justice of the state Supreme
Court.
Tho Chicago legal battery will be
headed by Weymouth kirkland M
Shepard. Mccormick, Kirkland, Pat1
terson & Fleming. special legal rep1-
resentatives of the Tribune. Mp-
Kirkland is regarded as one Of tho
most brilliant younger attorneys IN
the Illinois metropolis, with a repu-.
tation as a court fighter and orator,
and several large victories TO his,
credit. ,nt
The little court room AT Mount Clcm5
| ems Is expected to be too small for the
| crowds drawn by the trial Metr2-,
polltan newspapers arc planning TO-
| send special representatives., and tho,
millionaire colony of Americas lead..
ing mineral bath city will be at the
height Of it's season.
Judge Tucker, veteran OF tba
Michigan bench, has already taken
steps TO expedite the trial, which has
now been pending more than twq
years A struck jury will be drawn.
Forty eight names will be picked by
, the court clerk from the present
! panel. which would ordinarily so out
of service in May. From these, each
side will have the privilege OF striE,'
! ing twelve names arbitrarily, and out
of the remaining twenty-four will be
drawn the twelve men and true who
will decide what is an anarchist, and
whether the Tribune had a right to-
say that Americas leading 6utomo-
bile manufacturer was one In 1915