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ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
JuLej
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
THIRTIETH YEAR
14 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1919
14 PAGES
VOL. XXX., NO. 81
110 LESG
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LEADERS ftSSERT
Wilson's Effort to Pacify
Opposition Doomed to
Be Complete Failure Say
Antis White House Con
ferences Are Scheduled to
Start Today
WASHINGTON". July IS. In an ag
gressive effort to rlimnish senatorial
opposition to the treaty with Germany,
President Wilson will begin at th
white house tomorrow a series of per
sonal talks with republican senators.
With bis reiterated offer to consult
with the foreign relations committee
unaccepted and with his opponents on
the republican side, evidencing no pur-
pore to seek his counsel, the president
decided today to adopt the more direct
method of inviting republican members
to the white bouse and laying before
them one after another his reasons foe
,-i.sking that the treaty be ratified.
Asks Senators to Conference
A half dozen senators whose names
Were withheld were asked to meet the
president tomorrow and it was indi
cated that the invitations would be a
daily feature until Mr. Wilson had seen
most of the republican membership of
the treaty ratifying body. During the
day he selected 15 whom he desires to
see this week.
There was much speculation as to
the choice he had made for tomorrow's
conference. In some quarters it was
thought likely he had invited Chairman
1Odge and other members of the for
eign relations committee but it also
was suggested that he may have chosen
to talk first with senators who are in
clined to be friendly to the treaty and
have taken no definite standi regard
ing it.
Leaders Predict Failure
Republican leaders opposing the
treaty in its present form did not hesi
tate to predict the white house talks
would fail to lessen the opposition to
unreserved ratification. Democratic
senators supporting the president,
however, declared his course undoubt
edly meant that he had convincing ar
guments to offer-
Those in the president's confidence
indicated the burden of his appeal to
the republican senators would concern
the league of nations and the Shan
tun gsettlement, the two provisions
which have aroused greatest criticism
in the senate. It was predicted that he
would tell his callers the complete de
tails of negotiations on these points and
on any others that might be brought
into question.
Will Delve Deep
That it might be in a better situation
to consider the Shantung provision, the
foreign relations committee agreed to
day to ask the state department for
copies of all available treaties bearing
on Japanese and German interests in
China. In Its preliminary reading of
the Versailles treaty, however, the
committee passed over entirely that
part of the treaty affecting Shantung
and other former posessions of Ger
many, reserving the whole subject for
future discussion. Shanting will be the
subject of more discussion tomorrow in
the senate.
In its reading today the committee
made slow progress and it was pre
dicted that with daily meetings the
whole text will not be covered the first
time before the end of the week. Still
. to be. read are the financial, economic
and labor sections,- regarded by com
mittee members as the most Intricate
of all.
During the day President "Wilson saw
two democratic members of the com-
mittee. Senators Swanson of Virginia,
and romerene of Ohio, and talked over
the senate situation with them. It was
understood he reiterated his opposition
to any reservations in ratification of
the treaty.
SAYS PROHIBITION
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, July 16. Prohibi
tion is being enforced effectively
throughout the United States, Attorney
General Palmer said today. Sale of
"hard" liquor, such as whisky, gin and
brandy, virtually has ceased, he as
sorted, except for scattering violations
of the law.
Manufacture and sale of beer is also
prohibited except in communities
where the courts have ruled against
the contention of the department of
justice that 2.75 per cen alcoholic
drinks are, forbidden by law and in
those jurisdictions prosecutions will be
instituted if the supreme court finally
upholds the department's view.
ANOTHER STRIKE IN PRUSSIA
COPENHAGEN. July 16. (By the
Associated Press) A general strike
has been started at Stettin, capital of
the province of Pomerania, Prussia,
according to advices from German
sources. The object is to secure aboli
tion of martial law and other political
reforms.
NEWS EPITOME
FOREIGN
Pershing tells England America will
demand fulfillment of every treaty
obligation.
Greek premier seeks withdrawal of
troops from Asia Minor,
DOMESTIC
Efforts of Wilson to pacify opposi
tion to unreserved ratification of
treaty will fail, senate leaders de
clare. ,0CAL
Complete preparations for big Good
year plant on coast which will care
for Arizona cotton.
Coconino county to go ahead with
road work without waiting fed
eral aid.
Visiter here from Winslow is work
ing for road from there to Phoenix.
Ajo "wants American Legion post
I ENFORCED
Early Repeal
of Soda Water
Tax Predicted
I ReDublican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, July 16. Repeal of
the soda water tax was decided on to
rt v hv renuhlican leaders of the house
The decision will b referred to the
wavi and means committee which will
draft a repeal measure. Some leaders
nredicted the tax, which levies an im
post of ten per cent on soft drinks and
ice cream, would be repealed within a
month.
Investigation of the postoffice de
partment was understood also to have
been discussed.
Immediate attention, the steering
committee decided, would be given by
the house to the two appropriation bills,
vetoed by the president, after which
the prohibition enforcement legislation
would be disposed of. Legislation pro
hibiting foreigi ships from engaging in
American coastwise trade also will be
enacted, the committeemen said, as
well as the tax repeal measures, be
fore a summer recess.
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ASIA MINOR LIKELY
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PARIS, July 16 Premier Venizelos of
Greece appeared before the inter-allied
council today to discuss questions
concerning Asia Minor.
After hearing M. Venizelos and
Italian representatives, who also were
before the council, the council asked
both Greece and Italy to report tomor
row the line behind which they were
willing to withdraw their armies in
southern Asia Minor, whereupon the
council will decide whether their plans
are satisfactor.
This line will be temporary and will
in no way affect the final boundary
settlement. II. Venizelos expressed
the willingness of the Greeks to with
draw somewhere. He said Greece was
maintaining 65,000 troops in Asia Minor
and desired to lessen this force.
A decision was reached by the coun
cil to insert a clause in the Austrian
treaty providing that Italy may have
the privilige within five years, if she
so desires, to have the Austrians build
railways at Italy's expense through the
Keschen and Predil passes, the profits
accruing from the railways to go to
Italy.
It was also decided a British officer
shall direct the plebiscite in Schleswig
as the British navy is playing the
most important part In enforcing treaty
condnons there. The French will di
rect the carrying out of the treaty
terms on the west Polish frontier.
The council announced today it will
be imperative to have lnter-allied com
missions in bilesia and at various
points on the Polish frontier when the
peace treaty actually pecomes effect
ive in order to prevent disorder.
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FOODSTUFF ACREAGE
WEIMAR. July 16. Prussian Minis
ter of Agrisulture Braun yesterday
published a memorial covering the con
dition of Prussian agriculture in which
he made demands for an increase in
the production of vital necessities.
The minister said the nitrogen, pot
ash and phosphorus industries must be
improved above all others, as regards
coal supply, so that they may become
immediately productive. Imports must
bo limited strictly to meat and bread,
he added.
Continuing, the minister said that
pork raising must be immediately in
creased also barley and potato growing
must be increased. The minister advo
cated the removal of all restrictions on
agriculture and the dissolution of all
control bureaus formed during the war.
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WILLIAMS STRIKES
BACK AT CRITICS,
DENYING CHARGES
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, July 16. John Skel
ton Williams, comptroller of the cur
rency, appearing before the senate
banking committee, which is consider
ing his nomination, today struck back
at his critics, passed the lie to Former
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, who
bitterly opposed his nomination at the
l'is'. session and denied charges re
cently made that he had caused the
withdrawal of Red Cross funds from
certain Washington banks, t
Mr. Williams announced when the
committee adjourned until r.ext Friday
he would at that time reply to allega
tions made by John Paolo and Frank
J. Hogan. local bankers, r?;ative ti al-
ksfd discriminations aga'nst certain
banks.
Mr. Williams gave his testimony to
day after A. E. Jones, representing
stockholders of the defunct First Na
tional bank of Uniontown. Pennsyl
vania, who charged comptroller Wil
liams with mismanagement of the
bank's affairs so as to cause the stock
holders a loss of $2,780,000.
MAY PROBE MEXICAN CONDITION
WASHINGTON, July 16. The ques
tion of reporting out a joint resolution
for investigation of Mexican conditions
will be determined Tuesday by the
house rules committee which has called
Ambassador Fletcher as the first wit
ness. The resolution, introduced by
Representative Gould, republican, of
New York, calls for a far-reaching in
quiry to be conducted by a joint con
gressional committee. The hearings
will be public.
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BIG CUT IN AIR SERVICE
WASHINGTON, July 16. Under
Secretary Baker's order that all
emergency and temporary officers
must be discharged before September
REEK TROOPS 11
AV the commissioned personnel of the E. P. Swenson, age 74 years, was ar
army air service will be reduced to 234 j reted here today on a charge of oper
officers, said an official statement to- i ating an illicit whiskey still. Swenson
day by the air service. As many of
these officers must be detailed to ad
ministrative duties, there will not be
enough left to completely man one
squadron of airplanes, it was said.
E JACK S
FRENCH FOR
IN DEPORTING
Errors By County Attorney
and Assistants Result in
Postponement of Actions
Scheduled for Yesterday
DOUGLAS. Ariz., July 16. The
cases of James Boyd. Fred Santner
and Phil Tovrea, scheduled to be taken
up for hearing today on the charge of
kidnapping in connection with the de
portation from Bisbee. July 12, 1317, of
more than 1,100 alleged I, W. W. and
their alleged sympathizers, failed to
be heard. Early in the proceedings,
after court had assembled, Robert N.
French, county attorney, announced
that through an error made by his
deputies in preparing the complaints
and warrants, these men were charged
with deporting "the wrong men." He
said he has witnesses who could tes-!
tify that all three had been seen in
the line guarding the deportees, but
that the warrants did not name "the
right party," so he could not proceed,
therefore asked a continuance.
'It is not the court's desire to- have
these men come here every day and
then go back home to Bisbee with
nothing accomplished." said Judge W.
C. Jack, the presiding magistrate. At
torney French said he could have the
complaints amended in the superior
court at Tombstone. He added that
due to bad roads, some of his wit
nesses had been delayed.
The county attorney stated that all
evidence had been offered in the case
of Harry Walters, whose hearing had
been continued from Monday to allow
the prosecution to bring more wit
nesses here. This was the second case
completed. No argument will be made
until all of the original 51 defendants
have been tried. Then, according to
Judge Jack's announcement yesterday,
a week to be devoted to argument will
be granted.
The cases against Santner, Boyd
and Tovrea have been continued in
definitely. The cases to be heard Thursday
morning are those of J. P. Hodgson,
now manager of the Morenci branch
of the Phelps-Dodge corporation, Cass
Benton Minor and Sam Frankenburg,
merchant of Bisbee. ,
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GLOBE, Ariz.. July 16. Cuca Ituri,
Pedro Ituri and Glenna Gatliff were
arrested at Miami this afternoon on a
charge of selling intoxicating liquors
to soldiers in uniform- It is explained
that the defendants sold two pints of
bootleg whiskey to Private Tyler of
the 19th infantry, receiving $20 from
the soldier.
The arrests were made after an in
vestigation following an accident at
the Globe camp in which Tyler was run
down by a slag train. Tyler suffered
the loss of one arm and both feet. It
Is said that Tyler was intoxicated at
the time of the accident.
Cuca Ituri conducted a rooming
house at Miami. Glenna Gatliff, an in
mate of the Ituri rooming house, is also
charged with receiving soldiers for im
moral purposes. The three defendants
will be given a hearing before United
States Commissioner Hechtman tomor
row morning. They are at liberty un-
i der $1,000 bonds.
I admits his guilt and says he served a
term at McNeil's Island for a similar
offense- Henry A. Swenson, age 45.
was also arrested on a federal warrant
charging "moonshine" operations.
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INJURIES TO SOLDIER
FOLLOWED BY ARRESTS
MAKING A BIG CUT
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France Moves to
Reduce the High
Cost of Living
PARIS, July 16. (By French
Wireless). Four definite measures
intended to reduce the cost of liv
ing were decided upon today at a
meeting of the cabinet. A com
missioner was appointed to execute
the ideas agreed upon. The four
plans were:
1. "Clemenceau" or "Vilgrain"
food selling booths in Paris will be
doubled in number and others will
be established in other centers of
population.
2. Cheap restaurants to supply
meals at fixed prices will be start
ed in Pari and in the provinces,
under the control of the ministry
o fsupplies.
3. All war stocks of foodstuffs
will be sold to the public, chiefly
through the co-operative societies.
4. A special service already or
ganized in the ministry of supplies
will seek to curb illicit speculation
in foodstuffs. '
A bill pending in parliament con
tains provisions supplementing ex
isting laws against speculation and
increases penalties.
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Witnesses Hint
Foul Play In
Dowsey's Death
TACOMA, July 16. Additional
light was thrown today on the
mystery surrounding the death of
F. A. Dowsey, the government
agent found dead in Seattle May 2,
with statements, from George P.
Wright and Horace Y. X. Wright
of the Wright shipyards in Ta-coma-
The Wrights in an authorized in
terview, said they were in confer
ence with Mr. Dowsey, who was
investigating alleged shipbuilding
frauds in Tacoma, two days before
he was found dead. After hearing
what they had to say and going
over the evidence in regard to al
legd frauds in northwest ship
yards, Mr. Dowsey is declared to
have said:
"I have now enough evidence to
send at least four men from thm
part of the country to the peni
tentiary." WHEAT PRICES AT
2 TERMINALS ARE
INCREASED TO $2.30
WASHINGTON. July 16. President
Wilson todav signed an executive order
increasing the guaranteed price of the
1919 wheat crop to $2.30 per bushel at
Galveston and New Orleans. It is ex
pected the higner price established for
wheat at Galveston and New Orleans
will divert a part of the crops flow
to export from Atlantic terminals, and
thus relieve the strain on common car
riers and terminal facilities.
In additional executive ' orders the
president approves the licensing plan
put into effect by Director Barnes pro
viding that all persons handling wheat,
with the exception of growers, bakers
who consume . less than 50 barrels of
flour per month and common carriers,
must be license. -
"DRYS" WOULD CURB
EFFORTS OF RADICALS
WASHINGTON. July 16 Conserva
tive members of the prohibition faction
in the house set out today to curb what
they described as radical attempts to
make the pending enforcement bill so
drastic that it might create a revul
sion of feeling throughout the country
on the whole question of liquor drink
ing. Warning was given by the conserva
tives that if the radical element went
too far and added other severe restric
tions they would be certain to invite
defeat in the senate and possibly find
all of their work thrown out by a presi
dential veto. Representative Morgan,
republican of Oklahoma, had given
notice that he would endeavor to make
it a violation of law for a man to keep
a jug of liqnor in his own home for his
own use.
POLICY OF ULSTER
ER
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONDON, July IS. Sir Edward
Carson's speech Saturday has brought
I the Ulster leader under the lash of the
newspapers of all parties, primarily on
account of his references to the United
States, which are criticised as tactless
and calculated to breed bad blood be
tween the two nations, and secondly
because he reiterated his old threat to
call out the Ulster volunteers to resist
any attempt to place the home rule act
in operation.
The labor organs are not slow to
point out how much incitement to "di
rect action" could be improved upon in
the industrial field for securing politi
cal ends. The liberty pro-Irish papers
are equally quick to po:nt out that in
point of tactics there is no difference
between "King De Valera and "King
Carson."
The matter came up in the house of
commons tonight when the speaker
gave John Robert Slynes, laborites, per
mission to move adjournment of the
house for the purpose of challenging
the government to set the law in mo
tion against Sir Edward for a speech
inciting to violence and endangering
the safety of the realm. Mr. Synes said I
there were many poor illiterate men I
now in prison for saying less harmful j
things than Carson had said. It was j
the government's duty to see that the
law was equitably enforced.
Mr. Clynes described Sir Edward as
the "arch apostle of direct action."
Lord Hugh Cecil and other unionist
members condemned Carson's remarks
as indefensible. ,
The attorney general. Sir Hewart.
declared that the allegation that Sir
Edward Carson's speeches incited to a
breach of the law and violence had
broken down. There was nothing in
the speech in question upon which it
was possible to found legal proceedings
he said. The passage referring to the
calling out of volunteers, he added, was
hypothetical and contingent on de
priving Ulster people ot their rights as
British subjects, and this nobody pro
posed to do
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PLARJ TO OPEN FIGHT
OFJ "DRY" LAWMAKERS
Reoubllcan A. p. Leased Wire
CHICAGO, July 16. Announcement
of the appointment of Joseph W. Bailey
of Washington, former United States
senator from Texas, as chief counsel to
conduct an early fight against the
prohibition constitutional amendment,
and of the intention to oppose for re
election every state legislator who
voted to ratify the amendment, was
made today from the wesern head
quarers of the Association Opposed to
National Prohibition.
A statement issued by James Arthur
Seavey, managing director of the asso
ciation bristled with denunciation of
the Anti-Saloon League. Prohibition
advocates were referred to as "the
tyrannical minority which seems to be
carrying the sixty-sixth congress in
its waistcoat pocket.
IDAHO TIMBER SUPPLY
THREATENED BY FIRES
SPOKANE. July IS. Forest fires in
norxnern laano were reported today
burning over a considerable area and
in one instance, valuable timber was
ueing threatened.
a lire Detween the town of Prief
river and Priest lake, believed under
control, broke out again and another on
Jordan creek, near the headquarters
i me voeur aAiene river, was burn
ing over 200 to 300 acres, it was re
ported. .
The fire in heavy timber on Steam
boat creek was burning 50 acres nnil
was said to be threatening a large area
oi government and private timber.
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PARTES
FORD FLOUNDERS
THR O UGH MAZE OF
SIMPLE QUESTIONS
Thinks Benedict Arnold
Writer Idealist One
Who Makes Others Pros
perous Tribune Attor
neys Shower Questions
on Him to Show He Is
Ignorant Idealist
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich.. July 16.
Henrv Ford, under examination as a
witness for the defense during all of
today's session of his suit for $1,000,000 !
libel against the Chicago Tribune, was
led through a maze of questions by the
newspaper's attorney, who said he was
trying to show that the alleged libelous
editorial was correct in calling the mo
tor manufacturer "an ignorant ideal
ist." Answering the varied interrogations
of Attorney Elliott O. Stevenson, Mr.
Ford described an idealist as one who
"helped to make people prosperous," an
anarchist as "one who throws bombs
or seeks to overturn the government."
The witness dirt not recall the incident
of Major Andre and Benedict Arnold,
describing the revolutionary traitor as
a writer.
At one time, Mr. Ford said that he
would admit he was an "ignorant
idealist." if that would stop the line of i
(juestioning, but later said the question
would have to be decided by the jury
Judge Tucker interposed objection to
carrying the line of inquiry too far out
side the case and Attorney Stevenson
then asked about Mr. Ford's knowledge
of governmental relations, asserting
that the witness, as a candidate for
senator, had set himself up as educator
of the people he had a right to prove
that Mr. Ford was ignorant.
Ford Takes Responsibility
Mr. Ford reiterated that his circulars
against war and preparedness were
written by Theodore de Lavigne but
that he was responsible for all the
statements, although he did not recall
all of them.
Following are some of the state
ments published by de Lavigne and for
which Mr. Ford assumed full respon
sibility:: "It (war) is the same old scarecrow
talk by the same old lazy vultures who
make human lives, seldom their own,
the stake in their 60-called battle of
brains."
"I feel that this cry for the training
of men to kill other men and for the
placing of army arjd navy as a burden
on the backs of the people, is a false
conception of patriotism and treason to
the life of the people."
"The United States has spent more
than a billion do.b'rs on a navy ard
army that woul 1 cope with an in
vasion that never occurred and never
v'. occur, and yrt the very war ex
perts who aro responsible for thf-t
butc ensome army and navy admit that
oui army and navy nevr would have
I eei:. able to mee'. with any hope of
success, those of ether so-c:ii'ed
powers."
Defines Statements
Fressed by Mr. Stevenson as to what
ho meant by surh statements, Mr. Fort:
repeatedly remarked that if it wis in
lii j book it was true The whole ef
fect of his replij- tvns that- by pn--pnredness
he meant a preparedness
greater than was needed for deteriS"
and he regarded the army and navy
of 1916 as quite adequate. By scare
trows and vultures he meant those
who advocated an amy and
nivy
guater.than those of 1916.
Throughout the session the air was
thick with the objections of the Ford
lawyers. Alfred Lucking and Alfrec. G.
Murphy. In arguing one of them Mr.
l ucking said:
"I desire a further objection that
counsel has been told by the witness
several times that he hired an expeit
to write this book, that he gave him
his general views, that he told him
to be careful of his facts. Questions
of this sort which might be considered
expert questions should go only to the
man who wrote it, not to the man who.
it is admitted, had the right to hire i
a man to prepare the facts. He has
told counsel repeatedly that he did not
prepare the language.'
Mr. Stevenson in reply said:
"The comments of the Chicago Tri
bune were not based on what Mr. de
Lavigne" did. nor anybody else, hut
what Mr. Ford gave to the public. They
knew nothing about Mr. de Lavigne.
Americans Will Insist Upon
Fulfillment Of All Treaty
Conditions Says Pershing
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONDON, July 16 The government
gave a dinner in honor of Gen. John J.
Pershing and his staff tonight. The
guests included Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig, who presided; Gen. Sir
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, comman
der of the Fifth British army; Gen.
Henry S. Home, commander of the
British army in France; Lieut. Gen.
William Riddle Birdwood. commander
of the Australian and New Zealand
troops in France.
General Pershing and his staff was
presented to the king and queen at a
garden party at Buckingham palace
th safternoon. The American ambas
sador, John W. Davis and other mem
bers of the liplomatic corps also were
presented. -
General Pershing conversed some
time with the Prince of Wales.
Earlier, General Pershing was the
guest of the American Luncheon club
at the Hotel Savoy. General Persh
ing was loudly cheered when he en
tered the dining room. He thanked
the club fo rits hospitality to him and
the American soldiers and paid high
tribute to the Brtish for their part in
the war.
Praises Work of Navy
"It must have been with a sense of
great satisfaction," said General
Pershing, "that you Americans living
in England learned of America's en
try itno the war, and with what inter-"
est you watched the coming of ou
expeditions, the first the naval con
tingent under Vice Admiral Simms,
who quickly recognized that the diffi
culties demanded an increase of craft
for destroying submarines, and unity
of command. I give him and the navy
thanks for their attitude toward the
army, and feel safe in saying that
never before was there such a com
plete unity of action between these
branches of the service.
"I won't undertake to tell you what
the army did. But I want you to know
These articles claim the support of
history and history is something Mr.
Ford knows nothing about."
Most Important Witness
' Mr. Stenvenson stated that he re
garded Mr. Ford as the most import
ant witness ot the case and added:
"I conceive it to be my right and
duty to examine Mr. Ford thoroughly
on this subject so that the jury may
understand just what Mr. Ford's views
were in order to determine whether he
was what we called him or not."
When the question of preparedness
was under discussion Mr. Stevenson
was pursuing Mr. Ford's characteriza
tion of preparedness advocates as murderers.
"I advocated preparedeness after we
got into war," said Mr. Ford. "But
you were speaking of 1915 and 1916,"
explained the lawyer. The witness in
an apparent abstraction ignored the
dates, and. following his own train of
thought added:
"1 was a murderer just as well as
anybody else."
"You were a murderer?" gasped Mr.
Stevenson.
"I was a party to it: one of the
helpers," said the witness calmly.
"Do you mean that in 1917 you were
the same kind of a murderer that ad
vocates of preparedness were in 1915
and 1916?"
"No; we were in the war in 191";
in 1916 we were not."
Mr. Ford described an idealist as one
who hleps to make people prosperous.
An anarchist, he said with conviction,
was one who throws bombs and seeks
to overturn government. He thought
that a "ballyhoo" was a "blackguard."
Mistaken identity
Questioned further, witness, evi
dently with Arnold Bennett in mind,
hazarded the opinion that the revo
lutionary traitor, Benedict Arnold, was
a writer. He had forgotten what year
the United States organized as a na
tion and asked what the country was
before that event, said that he
"guessed that it was land."
i He defined treason as "anything
against the government." and said that
a traitor, in his opinion, was anyone,
who advocated over-preparedness, or
war for aggression.
Having- stated that in his opinion the
army and navy in 1916 were adequate
for defense, Mr. Stevenson asked him
a number of questions as to the size of
the army and the disposition of th
troops at that time, but witness was
able to return only vague answers cr
none at all.
"Did you ever hear anyone talking
about having an American army to
invade any other coftntry?" queried, the
Tribune lawyer.
"Yes, to invade Mexico."
"And men who advocated training
men to go into Mexico and pacify thai
country, you regarded as traitors?"
"Not to pacify; to burglarize."
An objection cut short this line of in
quiry. Mr. Stevenson asked what were the
relations between tne United States
and Porto Rico.
"We keep some of ihe army there, I
guess."
Tribune Attorney Warned
Judge Tucker at this point told Mr.
Stevenson that the question was far
outside the case.
"It is rather an intricate relation to
ask the witness to explain to you,"
said the court. This led to comment on
Mr. Ford's recent senatorial campaign.
"This witness," said Mr- Stevenson,
"was a candidate for United States
! senator. He was an educator of the
people, Surely the standard that ap
plies to the average man who does not
assume to educate the people, or lo
qualify as a statesman, does not applv
to Mr. Ford?"
Mr. Ford interposed to say that in
five minutes, if he wanted to know, he
could get a man to tell him all about
the Porto Rico relations.
"You could rot find a man who
would fill your place in the United
States senate," snapped Attorney Stev
enson. "I never wanted to go to the United
States senate," replied the manufac
turer. "I might add that the people didn't
want him either, but I wont," said Mr.
Stevenson.
Mr. Lucking declared that the remark
was a "dirty slur." and the court cau
tioned the Tribune attorney.
Read Wilson Speeches
Much of the session was taken up in
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that its personnel was imbued wit!
patriotism and devotion to the cause
o flbeirty and filled with an aggres
sive determination to carry out the
will of our people at home. When that
fist division entered the battle linf
and fought a brilliant battle at Can
tigny. its success set an exampe for
the future of the campaign and later
had electrical effect on our allied ar
mies, which had been fighting fo"
three years, and gave them new hope.
"Then came our efforts i n the great
counter-offensive at Chateau-Thierry
and Soissons, where, with the allies,
we too kthe nitiative from the enemy
and maintained it to the end of the
war. 1 need not recall what the Amer
ican army did at St. Mihiel, nod how
it fought an historically decisive battle
in the Argonne, which cut the enemy's
line and made further resistance im
possible. Insist on Treaty Fulfillment
"But peace has victories no lejss than
war. Now that the end has come, it is
for us to look forward to a solution of
great questions at home and abroad.
While carrying on this work and pre
paring for peaceful years to come, we
insist that our late enemy fulfil every
obigation peace has imposed upon him.
It must not be understood because we
are not leaving a large army of occu
pation that we will not Insist on ful
fillment to the letter of all the condi
tions. "
General Pershing said that the
American army was rapidly being sent
home .only about 200,000 being left.
'It would do you good if you could
see those magnficent troops," he added.
"Their splendid showing and morale
have been a great pride to me. They
are returning home with a broadened
view of life and its obligations and an
determined to fulfill their duty as
American citizens. They are entering
on a new life with the same patriotism
with which they fought the war and
made such a glorious record."