Show INEXPENSIVE AMUSEMENT COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S skill asan as asan C COLONEL J an advocate has served him again with its traditional effectiveness The jury has declared declare a n. verdict for or him an and against Mr Sir William Barnes in inthe inthe inthe the libel action expressing its belief that tho t everything e Colonel Roosevelt charged is Ig true and therefore the not having been libelled Is f no damages That the Jurors really considered it a n. drawn battle Is shown by their earlier attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to find for the colonel and di divide divide di- di vide ide the costs coaLs a n. verdict the court re refused refused reused re- re fused used as improper To 10 those who have followed the tho testimony testimony testimony tes tes- It Is obvious tho the finding Is not based upon the facts as adduced Mr Barnes was foolish to expect that it would be Everything was considered by the ju Jury without doubt except the evidence e taken in the court room The Tho personality of ot the former President dwarfed to insignificance every other figure in the tho proceedings and filled that little chamber of ot Justice as It has and ma may again a a. nation In s sq far as the details of the tho trial are concerned the cause might as well have havo been submitted to the Jury jur without testimony testimony mon mony or argument Mr 11 Roo Roosevelt t. t did not prove that Mr AIr Barnes had collaborated with Murphy of ot Tammany to fasten a a. corrupt corrupt cor cor- rupt government upon New York which charge was the essence of or the alleged libel He lie established nothing damaging against the Alban Albany leader either politically or personally personal In Indeed Indeed Indeed In- In deed he disclaimed when the tho Issue Joined any an- intention of ot reflecting upon Mr Ir Barnes as an Individual Indi Xo No sensational facts were devel developed ped except except ex ex- as one ma may regard as sensational the colonels colonel's own admissions of or his hilt astonishing responses to Senator Platts Platt's suggestions while governor of New NewYork NewYork ew York and even cven after his accession to th the residency presidency The rhe colonel merely reiterated what he believed with his customary forcefulness and the jury succumbed to his Influence as greater men have hn done for tor less reason The The The- libel case thus has settled noth noth- ing The jurors re responded to the Roosevelt appeal rather than that of or Mr Barnes as might have been ex ex- ex Nobody will be foolish enough to suppose Barnes and Murphy Murph were secret ecret partners merely merel because the Syracuse Jury jun- chose to believe va they I were in the tho utter absence of ot an any evidence evidence evi evi- dence to prove It The general public will be content with the theer er verdict lct although It Is a a. pity the tho colonel was not mulcted for a n ashare ashare share hare In the expense since he ho had all nil the fun lIe He had we feel sure a bully time Chairman Walsh's suggestion that John D. D Rockefeller Jr demand of or orthe the Colorado authorities that they grant tho the convicted John B. B Lawson a new trial Is refreshing to say the least Should Mr Rockefeller do so and the tho authorities demonstrate by their acquiescence that he has Influence once ence with them Mr l Walsh would be bo first to blow how up with a loud report It Is rather amusing to observe Colonel Roosevelt's lawyer pleading with viii the Jur Jury in the Syracuse case caCIe not to destroy destro the colonels colonel's usefulness useful ness More Mora and greater men than could be crowded into a provincial jur Jury box box In New York state have ha found round that Job too much for tor them District Attorn Attorney Leatherwood evidently evi l dently believes that the tho preconceived opinions about this c case e which occasionally Impel an attorney to abandon his client on the eve of or trial consist largely largel- of or preconceived opInIons opinions opinions ions that tho the client cHent Is unable to pay the necessary fee tee A cartoon In the New York Tribune depicts Belgium condoling with Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia and remarking At least they only DROWN your women Belgium women havo have there are misfortunes misfortunes mis mis- fortunes even en greater than death Italy's refusal al to accept the pledges pledge of ot Berlin and Vienna while honoring those of or London Paris and Petrograd ought to b be provocative of or Intense thought in the Teutonic capitals |