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Jury Gives Him a Verdict of Six Cents Against the Chi cago Tribune BOTH SIDES ARE CLAIM ING A VICTORIOUS END Tribune Counsel Says Failure of Jury to Give Substantial Dam !: ages Vindicates Tribune Mount Clemens, Mich., Aug. 14.? A jury tonight awarded Henry Ford 6 cents damages against The Chicago Tribune for calling him an anarchist. . Orvy Hulett. foreman of the jury, said that they took "nine ballots that ,1 can remember," the first one, accord ing to Leonard Measel, another juror standing eight to four in favor of awarding Mr. Ford some damages. Attorney Alfred J. Murphy for Mr. Ford said: ? "The important issue in this case has been determined favorably to the plaintiff. He has been vindicated. "Money damages were entirely sub ordinate and were not sought by Mr. Ford. He stands not only vinidcated, but his attitude as an American citi ;?en lias been justified after a trial wbich raised every issue against him which ingenuity and research could could present His friends are entirely satisfied." ; : Weymouth Kirkland of counsel for the Tribune, said: "We consider it a victory for the ?reason that Attorney Alfred Luckling, in ? closing. for Mr. Ford, stated that anything less "than substantial dam '^Sfeea. wounld be a defeat for his cli ent" ^ - - . "The> jury was out tenN hours. Offending Editorial. It was on June 23, 1916, after Mex ican bandits bad raided Columbus, N. 3t, and military preparedness was a , burning issue, not only because of the Mexican menace but because of tbe conflagration in Europe, that The Chi cago Tribune printed its famous edi torial haeded "Ford an Anarchist." 'Editorial writers of the Tribune testi fied that they had followed Mr. Ford's paciflstic propaganda, but had not rec ognized it as a real danger of the country until a news item was receiv ed from Detroit that Mr. Ford was drying to discourage the recruiting of the'guard which had been ordered to the Rio Grande. The item, au thenticity of which was denied by 'Ford witnesses, stated that the Ford Company would not pay the salaries of employees who went to the border, hold their' places for them nor care for * then? dependents. ? It was then that the editorial was written. It called Mr. Ford an "igno ' rant idealist" and remarked that his views on disarmament might be dif C ferent if his factories were on the Rio Grande instead of the peaceful Cana dian border. - Counsel for the manufacturer at first filed suit in the federal court at Chicago, but later withdrew it and fhjstituted proceedings in the State eoort at Detroit. Here the Tribune applied for a change of venue and Judge James G. Tucker of the circuit court of Macomb county at Mt. Clem ens, was agreed upon to hear the case. * Selection of a jury began May 12. It consisted of eleven farmers and one road builder. "Witnesses From Border. A feature of the case was the pro duction by the defendant of more than 20 witnesses from the Mexican bor der to testify to raids, murders and other acts which, to the mind of The Tribune counsel,^ established the fact that there was a condition of anarchy along the border. Professor Reeves of the University of Michigan, appearing as an expert, ^testified that rrany-of che Ford utter : ahces correspond with the teachings of well recognized anarchists. He : uave definitions of the word "anar chist" which contained no reference to bomb throwing, but which denoted one who works to overturn the govern ment. Counsel for the defendant argued that government exists only so far as it can enforce its decrees and protect the lives and property of its citizens, that without force there can be no government and that where there is no government there is anarchy. Therefore, they sought to establish that in opposing recruiting of soldiers, Mr. Ford opposed the government it self and, by the same token, sought to establish anarchy. Hence "Ford is an anarchist." they said. The defense throughout was one of jurisdiction and the right of fair comment. Bishop Charles D. Williams. Epis copal bishop of Eastern Michigan, was one of the principal witnesses for the plaintiff. Many of Mr. Ford's ut terances which the defendant had called anarchistic, he said, also were to. be found in the scriptures and in the writings of non-anarchistic phil osophers. As to the Ford propaganda he drew the distinction that a man n>:.~ht mistakenly advocate policies wb:ch would result in anarchy, with out himself being an anarchist. If his object was to establish anarchy, then he could be characterized as an an archist. Mr. Ford's object, it was stat ed was to establish univprsal peace. Council for Mr. F^rd attempted to prove that the editorial was written in malice?specific mali'-p?as well as the malice assumed in the m*?re pub lication of the editorial. To this end, they charged that the tribune wa.sj pro-German and that, its advocacy of! intervention in Mexico was a mask foj hide friendship for Germany. Tb^ theory advanced was that by interven tion American munitions would be diverted from the enemies of Ger many. Mr. Ford did not accept the defini tions of anarchy given by Professor Reeves. He, personally as a witness, and by other means, insisted that by' Premier Lloyd George Gives Official Assent to Rati fication ENGLAND HAS ACCEPTED THE VERSAILLES TREATY England Acts Without Refer ence to Attitude of Republi can Senators London Aug. 15.?Lloyd George has assented to the parliament bill ratify ing the peace treaty, which thus be comes a law. WARRANT ISSUED FOR PROFITEERS Governor of Ohio Orders Arrest of Forty Food Grafters Columbus, Aug. 15.?Governor Cox announced that forty warrants were shortly to be issued by the state for the arrest of food profiteers; also that he would ask permission of the fed eral authorities to confiscate two mil lion pounds of meats and poultry in cold storage. TOBACCO MARKETS OPEN BY MONDAY Railroads Lift Restrictions From Tobacco_ * Washington, Aug. 14.?Several days ago the railroads notified the ship ping public that certain goods includ ing tobacco would be received with a clause in the bill of lading stating sub ject to delay on account of labor trou bles. The tobacco buyers were with drawn from all the markets in South Carolina' because the tobacco- houses of America refused to buy and ship with this clause in the bill of lading. The result was the closing of all to bacco warehouses in the State threat ening ruin to all the tobacco growers. Senator Smith was appealed to to see if relief could not be had through the railroad administration. He took the matter up with Mr .Chambers, di rector of traffic; Mr. Chambers took the matter up with the Atlanta office yesterday. Mr. Smith being himself a tobacco grawer, went again before Mr. Chambers and gave him a detail ed statement of the danger that threatened the tobacco grawers. Mr. Chambers got into communica tion with the Atlanta office over long distance phone. While in Mr. Chambers office Sen ator Smith received a telegram from the tobacco growers' organization of South Carolina, stating that a delega tion would be here this morning. They also laid the matter before Mr. Chambers, who said he was just wait inj? for a reply from Atlanta. A few minutes after the delegation left, Mr. Chambers called up Senator Smith's office and made this statement: "The railroad administration has today or dered all restrictions and limitations on bill of lading for tobacco removed at once and that the railroads shall expedite the shipping of tobacco as rapidly as possible." The warehouses will reopen Monday. ITALY PAWNS INDEMNITIES England Concludes Financial . Deal and Gets First Claim Rome, Aug. 15.?The newspapers announce that Italy may cede to Eng land a part of her indemnity from Germany through a recent financial \ agreement. PERSIA MORTGAGED _ I John Bull Strengthens Hold in The East I London. Aug. 15.?The British and Persian governments have concluded I an arrangement by which England will help to rebuild the Persian states. WILSON VETOES DAYLIGHT BILL Washington. Aug. 15.?President Wilson vetoed the bill repealing the daylight saving law. It is daubtful if a two-thirds majority in Congress nec essary to offset the veto can bo ob tained. Paris. Aug. 15.?Tim supreme coun cil in a note to the Rumanian govern ment said it does not ask the Ru manians to leave Budapest immediate ly. The note is considered likely to avoid a breach as Roumania has de clared that it regards itself as an ally of the Entente and a member of the peace conference. Saloniki. Aug. 1"?.?-Frank Polk, head of tbf" American peace delega tion at Paris, is endeavoring to ad-! just with Premier Venizelos tlm Bul garien demand for an outlet to the Aegean Sea. anarchist, th?- Tribune meant the old fashioned bomb thrower of the Hay market Square variety. That, his law-; ycr asserted, was the impression that Tribune readers would get from the editorial. The hearing was one of the longest on record, according to counsel. Tran script of testimony approximated 2. 000,000 words. To Discuss Disputed Points in Treaty of Peaece and League Covenant MEETING IS ARRANGED FOR NEXT THURSDAY If President Fails to Give Infor mation Wanted Col. House May Be Called Washington, Aug. 14.?President Wilson's offer to talk over the peace treaty with the Senate foreign rela tions committee finally was accepted today. At the suggestion of Republi can members and by a virtually unan imous vote the committee decided to inform the President it would be glad to meet him at his convenience to go over the disputed points in the treaty and the league of nations covenant. At the same time the committee voted to call additional witnesses and con tinue its hearings. The President set 10 o'clock next ?Tuesday for the meeting and wrote to Chairman Lodge that in line with a suggestion by the committee he would not consider the discussion con fidential in nature. In notifying Mr. Wilson of the committee's decision. Senator Lodge had written that mem bers did not desire to be bound by secrecy as to any information they might receive at the conference. The President chose the White House as the place of the meeting al though the chairman had left the way open for him to come before the com mittee at the Capitol if he preferred, writing that the committee would see him at any time or place hV might select The letters were not made public but Secretary Tumulty made this state ment: "The President received Senator Lodge's request for an appointment to meet the foreign relations commit tee to discuss the treaty of peace. Ot course the President welcomes this opportunity to meet the foreign rela tions committee and has fixed Tues day morning at 10 o'clock as the time for a meeting at the White House. The unprecedented condition of the conference as set by Senator Lodge in his letter to the President, fits in with the President's own preference as to publicity, so that the people of the country may be put in possession of all ?he information he has about the treaty of peace." Senator Lodge had suggested, it be came known, that owing to the ab sence of some members, the appoint ment be made for some day subse quent to Monday next. Mr. Lodge, told the President that it was assumed by the committee that nothing said at the meeting would be considered confidential. He recalled that the plan of the Senate was to consider the treaty in open executive session and in view of this plan the committee felt that any information in regard to the treaty which came into their possession should be with held from the public. It was to this paragraph of the let ter that Mr. Tumulty referred in stat ing the President's desire for pub licity. v The proposal to consult the Presi dent grew out of a general discussion whether the committee should con tinue its hearings to proceed to act on the facts already before it. Sena tor Johnson, Republican, of Califor nia, it is understood first to have men tioned the President as a witness, but the formal suggestion that the com mittee meet him was made by Sen ator Lodge. Democratic members, promptly sec onding the suggestion, pointed out that the committee had been told in its hearings that only the President could reveal certain features of the peace, negotiations, and declared that Mr. Wilson's inforjnal offer to receive the members of the White House re mained open. This offer was made through Senator Hitchcock, of Ne braska, the administration leader, when the committee first took up the treaty a month ago. The decision to act on the proposal was taken without a record vote. In deciding to call additional wit nesses the committee reversed its de cision reached yesterday to speed ac tion on the treaty. It was voted to request the appearance of five persons, advisers at Versailles who resigned, it has been reported, because they dis agreed with the decisions of the con ference regarding Shantung and Rus sia. They are E. T. Williams, S. K. Hornbeck and William C. Bullitt. The others summoned are. John C. Fer guson and Thomas R. Millard. sug gested as authorities on far eastern affairs. Dividing nine to eight, the. commit tee rejected a motion to question Gen Tasker H. Bliss. Col. E. M. House and Henry White, who. with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, made up the American peace commission proper. It was said afterward that, the action with regari to Col. ?Totioc' might be reconsidered should mem bers fail to get from Presiden? Wil son the. information they desire about the league of nations negotiations. Some of the witnesses summoned are understood to be abroad and some members thought their appearance would make a report on the treaty impossible f<<r several weeks. In t>.at connection it was intimated at ?he White House that Seua.:o" HitehcocK acted with the backing of the 'Ma in dent yesterday when he.toM '.he com mittee that unless there was s-.m? action micrht develop on the Senate tb?or. Consequently Senator.-; saw in the committee situation some inter esting possibilities. eneva, Aug. 15.?A Prague dispatch states that a large section of Socialists are working for the creation of a< monarchy in Czecho-Slovakia, * State Authorities and Attorney General to Cooperate in the Work TO SEIZE ALL FOOD FOUND IN STORAGE All Attempts to Transfer Goods in Storage to Meet Drastic Punishment Washington, Aug. 15.?Close co-oy eration between state authorities who possess detailed information of food and price conditions and the attorney general and his staff of assistants, empowered to enforce the food control law, is being established as part of the government's fight to reduce the cost of living. Instructions went out today from Attorney General Palmer to the two district attorneys in Ohio to proceed immediately to assist Governor Cox in the seizure of large quantities of meat, butter and eggs, alleged to have been held in storage in the state for more than six to ten mon'hs .the legal limits. Criminal prosecutions will be instituted, it was said, if it can be shown that the foods were held from the market for tho purpose of boost ing prices. Officials here were inclin ed to think that the long period of storage indicated some other reason than an effort to spread the abundant supplies of a producing season over the lean part of the year. Acting on a telegram late today ,from Governor Cox '.saying that a Cleveland concern in order to escape possible prosecution for hoarding was moving its meat products to ware houses in Chicago and destroying its records, the department of justice or dered the district attorney at Cleve land to look into the matter imme ditely. All attempjts to effect trans fer of goods in storage, officials said would be summarily dealt with. Seizure of large stocks of foodstuff: in storage continued 'today with re ports received of libete filed in Cleve land and Detroit and preparations foi such action in many cities. The de partment was informed tonight tha' the district attorney at Detroit hac filed libels in three cases and seizec approximately 10,460,000 eggs anc 300.000 pounds of butter, all of whicl had been held in storage for some time. Statistics announced by the bureai of Markets, showing a great increase in the amount of food held in stor age were said by Judge Ames, as sistant to the attorney general, ir charge of enforcing the. food control law to bear out the department's con tention that a prime reason for en hanced prices was the holding of sup plies, from the market. ? "We are going to force these hoard ersc and profiteers to disgorge," Judge Ames declared, wherever they arc found to hold greater amounts thar are necessary for the conduct of theii business and the safeguard ins of th? food situation during the winter." The agriculture committee of both Senate and House continued work to day on legislation asked by Attornev General Palmer extending the provi sions of the control act and giving a criminal penalty for violations of it. Opposition by several senators balked an immediate report by the Senate committee, which now plans to act Tuesday. Judge James appeared before the house committee, explain ing why the department of justice thought this legislation necessary. Another witness before the house committee was John D. Miller of the National Board of Farm Organizations who urged that farm associations should be exempt from any regula tions as to the price and distribution of food prod nets. L. D. H. Weld, of Swift & Company, testifying before the house interstate commerce com mittee, which is considering cold stor age, declared that to force stored food on the market now would create a serious situation next winter. Through the putting on sale today of 2.000,000 surplus army blankets, the war department made another at tack on high living costs. Telegrams reaching the department late today indicated remarkable response to gov ernment offers. Long lines of would-be purchasers gathered early in the day at each of the sixteen distributing points and large quantities were quickly disposed of at prices ranging from $6 to $1.50 a blanket. Officials here were anxious that the distribution should be widened so that persons remote from the supply cen ters might be able to take advantage of the sale, hut they couid see no way in which this could be effected. In quiry was telegraphed, however, to those in charge of the sales to report, the number of blankets remaining on hand with a view to making the sale subject tc mail orders when accom panied by the full purchase price. WILL FORCE LOANS i TO GOVERNMENT Rome, Aug. 16.?The government has decided that it will force wealthy persons to grant leans to it at a very low rate of interest Copenhagen, August 15.?An ad vance on Petrograd by anti-Bolshe vists, which is hoped will be decisive, is announced in messages from Hel singfors. General Judenich is in com mand of the Russian volunteer troops supported by the Esthonians. London. Aujx. 15.?The Bolsheviki have been defeated by the Esthonians "oil the South coast of the Cftilf of Fin- j land. The Bolsheviki admit their .re-j treat to the Luga river. 1 LUMBER PAINT ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? We sell everything for any building BOOTH & McLEOD. Inc. BUILDING MATERIAL BUILDERS* HARDWARE CONGRESS SPEAK Campaign Meeting Was Held Today in Court House With Fairly Large Attendance COOPER AND DUNCAN SUPPLIED THE GINGER Meeting Was Generally Good Humored and Without Partic ular Features The c. ldidates for election to Con gress, to fill the unexpired term caus ed by the resignation of A. F. Lever, i spoke to about 300 voters of Sumter county Saturday at 11:30 a. m. at the : court house. The meeting was presided over by Mr. J. H. Clifton, county chairman. The meeting was characterized by the good order that prevailed. Mr. C. S. Monteith, of Columbia, was the first speaker who told of his . hardships as a young man. Since . 1914 he has been city attorney for . Columbia although the council; has . been practically changed. While not a farmer he claims to know the need . of the farmers. Warehouses are need ' ed to keep- the cotton off the market j when it should be. He i? opposed to immigration at this time, since it is absolutely necessary to have 100 per , cent. Americans at this era in the his tory of the United States. Something : must be done, and will be done by , Wood row Wilson. The speaker told the audience that he was opposed to universal military training, but favors a strong navy to enforce the rights on the sea. In conclusion Mr. Monteith urged all voters to register and vote in the general election in order to defeat Cole. Blease and his bolters. J. T. Timmerman, of Lexington, told of his past campaigns for solici , tor in his district and of the endorse ment he had from Lexington county , officials. Mr. Timmerman stated that the gentleman named Smith, who had a statement on Mr. Fulmer's cards, and who signed it as a member of the legislature from Lexington county, was not from Lexiington county, but rather was a bookkeeper in Mr. Ful mer's store at Norway. The speaker told of what he be lieved to be the big issues of the cam paign and explained his position. J. H. Cooper, of Columbia, who spoke third, began by saying that the best man should win. Public honesty is the very character of any govern ment. Mr. Monteith's affiliations make him unfit for this public office, since he was a member of the W. A. Cole man gang, which has tried to corrupt not only Columbia, but Richland county as well. Mr. Cooper ended his discussion of Monteith by saying that he (Monteith) was in fast company and was warned by the speaker to drop Colemanu and his gang. He be-! lieved in federal aid to education. Ed- j ucation is the tool which enables a j man to live as he should. Organized | labor is a good thing as long as its actions are decent, but no longer. Mr. Cooper received much applause. Mr. John T. Duncan, also of Co lumbia, told of the condition of poli tics in Columbia and South Carolina. He explained his efforts to try to rid the state of these corrupt political bosses and told of the death ttf poli tics of Clark, the head leader. Mr. Duncan told of his efforts to try to help the farmers and finally discussed Cole. L. Blease and the negrbes. A large number of those present left af ter the speaker finished. Mr. K. P. Fulmer ,of Norway, be gan by explaining that Mr. Smith, who I was said by Mr. Timmerman to be a resident of Orangeburg county, was a former member of the legisuature from Lexington county and at present was cashier at the Bank of Swansea in Lexington county. However, Mr.) Smith was at one time a bookkeeper j for Mr. Fulmer in his store. Mr. Fulmer told of his qualifications for the office. He had been a success ful business man and farmer, as well as a banker. He is making the race [ on his merits as a man and not on knocking his opponents. He paid a tribute to the work of A. F. Lever in congress. Mr. Fulmer told of the fine harbor at Charleston, and not the nec essary ships to make, it a truly great port. He believes in good roads, but say the professors at the Citadel. University of South Carolina and Clemson College were not capable to spend money to the best advantage on the roads. The speaker spoke very , favorably of the American Cotton As sociation wbieh is being formed to protect the farmer from the buyer. ; The last speaker was Ed. C. Mann, of St. Matthews. Mr. Mann is solici tor from the district in which he re- ] sides. He paid a tribute to Sumter h as the most progressive town in the . state of South Carolina. Mr. Manul, STILL RIOTING IN IRELAND Attempt of Soldiers to Break Up Nationalist Demonstrations Has Disastrous Results MOBS STONE SOLDIERS IhHHHHmHHHHBHH WHO CHARGE CROWDS [Property Damage Estimated at Thousands of Pounds and More Trouble Feared Londonderry, Ireland, Aug.. 16.? Rioting and looting followed an at tempt of soldiers to break up a Nar tionalist demonstration. The mobs stoned the soldiers who charg f http crowds and shots were fired the rioters. The property damaged is esti mated at thousands of pounds. More rioting is feared. POLITICAL PARTIES CLASH AT BELFAST Ten Nationalist Excursionists Injured in Fight at Lisburn Belfast, Aug. 16.?Ten Nationalist' excursionists were injured in a fight with Orangemen at Lisburn County Down. There was rioting at Coa Island, County Tyrone, also. CITADEL ALUMNI TO RAISE FUNDS To Canvass For $100,000 Fo* Alma Mater Columbia, Aug. 16.?The steering committee of the Association of Gi..X~ uates of the Citadel met in Columbia yesterday to outline pJ.ans ,for the campaign among alumni and students of the institution for the subscriptions to the amount of $100,000. This fund is to supplement an approbation o? $300,000 by the general asembly and a donation of 200 acres of land by Charleston as a site for the Greater Citadel on which the new institution will be built Only preliminary mat ters were considered at the meeting yesterday. Col. O. J. Bond/ of the Citadel faculty came to Columbia to meet with the committee. The plans for the development of the citadel are very ambitions. Char-, leston has donated to the institution a splendid site of 200 acres for ex tension and the legislature last ses sion appropriated $300.000 for im provements. The alumni now propose to supplement that $300,000 in order to enable their. Alma Mater to be come in size and equipment, as well as in tradition, one of the truly great er institutions of the South. The campaign committee which has just been appointed by the president of the assocition of graduates, con sists of the following named well known business men. W. S. Lee. vice president and chief engineer of the Southern Power Com pany, Charlotte, class 1S94, chairman. ! D. G. Dwight. treasurer and man ager of McCabe Fertilizer Company. Charleston, president. Association of Graduates of the Citadel, class of 1890 ex-officio chairman. William Godfrey of William Godfrey & Company, lumber merchants, Che raw, class 1890. H. W. Fr?ser, cashier of the Peo ples Bank, Georgetown, class of 1891. . J. R. Westmoreland, president of' Employees Savings Bank, Pacolet, class of 1900. W. J. Murray. Jr.. secretary and as sistant treasurer, the Murray Drug Company, Columbia, class of 1907. - stated that he had no* promises to! make, that he intended to stand by the Democratic platform, whatever it. may be. He believes in good roads, and liberal support of educational in-. stitutions. He would help not only the Seventh district but the State of South Carolina and the United States at large. He thinks that the masses should be educated, but is opposed to the universal military training because when the League of Nations is rati fied it will not be needed. The speaker is opposed to immigra tion for the next five years. Every man admitted should have a certifi cate to testify as to his character. The raee question, said the speaker, was of the utmost importance in this country. Mr. Mann told of his opposition fo Cole Blease. He had always been igainst him. The speaker received much ap plause from his hearers throughout his speech. Mr. Mann seemed to be the favorite speaker, although all were given a good hearing. No speaker ivas interrupted during his speech.