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i-viyt"-- rr w'lyjF 3tA FORD NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EVE OF PEACE SHIP'S DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE New York, Dec 2. Out of the mad bustle preceding the start of Henry Ford's peace ship came the admis sion today from Ford's secretary and spokesman that perhaps after all he will not be able to "bring the boys out of the trenches on Christmas day." "That -was a beautiful slogan," said Sec'y Louis P. Lochaer, Ford's chief lieutenant "We will not say that it is impossible because the whole peace expedition is really an attempt against the impossible. But Mr. Ford meant it more as a slogan of inspiration." With the sailing time of the peace ship Oscar IL only 48 hours away, Ford's headquarters at the Hotel Biltmore was delirious with activity today. Ford himself hurried into town with his son and a delegation of De troit peace advocates who are to ac company him. He flung hasty an swers at a group of newspapermen. "Have you read Judge Alton Park er's attack on you as a 'strutting clown'?" asked one reporter. "Parker? Oh, the man who tried to run for president?" replied Ford. "No." "Will the state department's an nouncement that it will not issue passports to belligerent countries in terfere with your plans?" "Don't intend to visit belligerent countries." "Then how do you expect to get the boys out of the erenches?" "We'll leave an international court sitting at The Hague, to which any of thet belligerents can turn when they want peace. That court will be made up of delegates, save five from each country, chosen by the peace advo cates who meet at our conference." "Who will finance the international court?" "I will, ni back it to the limit" '-"Will William Jennings Bryan sit as one of the members of the court?" "I hope not," interposed Theodore P. Delavigne of Detroit, described as Ford's "peace commissioner." Ford was asked if he approved De lavigne's statement "The delegates will choose their own members of the court," he said, evading a direct reply. o o EXTRA LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO AID FARMERS Springfield, III., Dec 2. Standing foremost on the program of the gen eral assembly when it reconvenes in special session on Wednesday, Feb. 23, is the demand for appropriations paying farmers for their losses dur ing the recent foot and mouth dis ease epedemic. Both the house and senate adopted resolutions asking the governor to issue the call for the session to pass such appropriation measures. The governor has indicated that he stands willing to abide by the wishes of the assembly. Many other matters prob ably will be included in the call, but the appropriation to the farmers stands foremost AMERICANS ESCAPE MEXICAN GUERILLA BANDS Douglas, Ariz., Dec 2. After de feating Mexican bandits who sought to carry off the women, the small party of Americans who left El Tigre, Mexico, on foot were expected to cross the Arizona line in safety to day or tomorrow. Gen. Obregon, who reported Villa's power broken and his principal gen erals prisoners with their followers, planned to wipe out the guerilla bands who have left a trail of blood in Northern Sonora. o o Indianapolis. George Green prob ably fatally hurt and Robert Hicks suffered broken arm when automo bile truck was hit by 8treet cats