THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
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THE FORD LIBEL CASE.
It was on June 23, 1916, after
Mexican bandits had raided Colum
bus, Xew Mexico, and military pre
paredness was a burning issue, not
only because of the Mexican men
ace, but because of the conflagra
tion in Europe, that the Chicago
Tribune printed its famous editorial
headed ‘'Ford Is an Anarchist”
Editorial writers of the Tribune
testified that they had followed Mr.
Ford's pacifist propoganda, but had
not recognized it as a real danger
to the country until a new item
was received from Detroit that Mr.
Ford was trying to discourage the
recruiting of the guard which had
been ordered to the Rio Grande.
The item, authenticity of which was
denied by Ford witnesses, stated
that the Ford company w'ould not
pay the salaries of employes who
went to the border, hold their places
for them, nor care for their de
pendents.
It was then that the editorial was
written. It called Mr. Ford an “ig
norant idealist” and remarked that
his views on disarmament might be
different if his factories were on
the Rio Grande instead of the peace
ful Canadian border.
Counsel for the manufacturer at
first filed suit in the federal court
at Chicago, but later withdrew it
and instituted proceedings in the
state court 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. Clemens, was agreed
upon to hear the case. Selection
of a jury began May 12. It con
sisted of eleven farmers and one
roadbuilder.
A feature of the case was the
production by the defendant of more
than twenty witnesses from the Mex
ican border to testify to raids, mur
ders and other acts which to the
mind of Tribune counsel established
the fact that there was a condition
of anarchy along the border.
Professor Reeves of the Universi
ty of Michigan, appearing as an
expert, testified that many of the
Ford utterances corresponded with
the teachings of well-recognized an
archists. He gave definitions of the
word “anarchist” which contained
no reference to bomb-throwing, but
which denoted one who works to
overthrow the government.
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 the
recruiting of soldiers Mr. Ford op
posed government itself, and, by
the same token, sought to establish
anarchy. Hence “Ford is an anar
chist,” they said. The defense
throughout was one of justification
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 utterances which the defend
ant had called anarchistic, he said,
also were to be found in the scrip
tures and in the writings of non
j anarchistic philosophers. As to the
iFord propaganda, he drew the dis
tinction that a man might mistak
enly advocate policies which would
result in anarchy, without himself
I being an anarchist. If his object
was to establish anarchy, then he
j could be characterized as an anar
chist. Mr. Ford's object, it was
! stated, was to establish universal
peace.
, Counsel for Mr. Ford attempted
| to prove that the editorial was writ
ten in malice—-specific malice—as
| well as the malice assumed in the
mere publication of the editorial.
;To this end they charged that the
; Tribune was pro-German and that
its advocacy of intervention in Mex
ico was a mask to hide friendship
for Germany. The theory advanced
was that by intervention American
munitions would be diverted from
the enemies of Germany.
Mr. Ford did not accept the defi
: nitions of anarchy given by Prof.
Reeves. He personally as a wit
ness, and by other means, insisted
that bv anarchist the Tribune meant
i
j the old-fashioned bomb-thrower of
| the Haymarket square variety. That,
I his lawyers asserted, was the im
jpression that Tribune readers would
:get from the editorial.
The hearing was one of the
longest on record, according to coun
sel. The transcript of the testi
mony approximated two million
i words.
SMOKERS OF ITALY
PAY HIGH PRICES
ROME. — While Americans com
plain of the advance of one and
two cents in the price of cigars and
'cigarettes, the prices in Italy have
advanced 10 and 20 times what they
were formerly. Cigarettes of the
1 cheapest varieties which sold before
; the war for two cents a box now
sell for 20 cents and sometimes 30.
Cigars have mounted in price al
most to the point where they are
| unmarketable.
Besides the difficulty of import
ing tobacco—which, of course, adds
considerable to the price—there is
increased taxation upon it. The
governmental income from tobacco
in pre-war days amounted to ap
proximately $75,000,000 annually.
During the past fiscal year tobacco
users have paid the government
$170,000,000, while for the next
year the budget anticipates a rev
enue from tobacco of nearly $300,
000,000. The latter will be one
sixth of the entire budget.
Newlywed Wisdom.
“Hello! Is this you, mother,
dear?”
“Yes, Sue! What is it? Some
thing awful must have happened
for you to call me up at this—”
“It’s not so awful.. But, John,
dear, hasn’t been feeling well and
the doctor gave him pills to take
every four hours. I’ve been sitting
up to give them to -him, and now
it’s about time for the medicine,
but John has fallen asleep. Should
I wake him?”
i
! “I wouldn’t if I were you. What
is he suffering from?”
“Insomnia.” — St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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MILITARY SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—What is
i intended to be a nation-wide move
1 ment in advocacy of universal mili
tarv service was inaugurated by
I I
|the Military Training Camps asso
’ ciation with a dinner in the New
I Willard hotel and speeches by Sen
ator James W. Wadsworth of New
^York, chairman of the senate com
mittee on military affairs; Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, and Repre
jsentative Julius Kahn of California.
The prepared speeches of Sena
tor Wadsworth, who presided, and
: of Senator Chamberlain strongly
’emphasized the need for a trained
’citizen soldiery.
It was announced that Senator
Chamberlain and Representative
Kahn would introduce in Congress
a bill drawn by Major Thomas Mc
Iivaine, chairman of the committee
on universal training of the Mili
tary Training Camps association.
This measure is to embody provi
sions for six months’ training in
cantonments of all young men at
the ages of 18 or 19 years, aliens
to become automatically naturalized
by completion of training.
Under this bill the regular army
would be a “small professional
force” and the National Guard
w-ou!d be “restored to its constitu
tional function” and could not be
ordered out of the country without
its own consent or that of the state
authorities. The National Guard
would be recruited from the men
who had completed their six months
of training. A certain number of
men would be permitted to take
their training in the navy, consti
tuting a naval training force.
Veterans of the great war would
be asked temporarily to constitute
the reserve, so as to transmit to the
younger men their experience and
, training.
WAR BOOKS ARRIVE.
A shipment of books, History of
the World War, has been received
:by Joe Fischer, at the Fairbanks
’Clothing Company store, where they
are awaiting delivery to those who
igave their orders to Tom Markuson,
jseveral weeks ago. Mr. Fischer will
appreciate the early acceptance of
the books by those who ordered
them.
COBLENZ CITIZENS
DIG UP VALUABLES
!
i -
COBLENZ.—Civilians in Coblenz j
have recently been bringing to light
their stores of silverware and jew
elry, which have been in hiding
'most of the time since the Ameri
cans came to Germany,
j Preceding the American army of
occupation were wild reports re
garding the khaki-clad soldiers, and
most of the civilians, expecting their
i
homes to be plundered, hurriedly
placed their valuables in safety de
posit vaults in the banks or in their
backyards.
Now that the Germans have
learned to trust the Americans, they
are telling how and where their
treasure has been hidden all these
months.
j
RED CROSS WORKERS
IN SERBIA REDUCED
BELGRADE, Serbia.—Workers of
the Red Cross mission in Serbia,
who have numbered about 175 dur
ing the recent months when relief
work was most urgent, now are be
, ing reduced to about 50. Captain
Harry W. Frantz, secretary of the
Red Cross mission to Serbia, an
nounces that the 50 workers retain
ed will devote themselves to medical
;and institutional work. He adds tha:
| “the condition of the country is so
far improved that general emer
gency relief measures are no longer
considered necessary.”
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FOR SALE — Showcase, feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
GOLD EXPORTATION
BANNED IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY.—New regulations
for the mining industry in Mexico
prohibit the exportation of gold in
any form, but approve the market- ■
ing in foreign countries of silver
and copper.
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