The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-25
FORD HEARS PEACE
BILL WAS 100000
Goes Down the Bay to Get
Tidings and Meet His
Tardy Pilgrims.
TO BE A GRIDIRON GUEST

CASTOR Plaintiff. business manage OF
the Ford pilgrims who failed TO get
| the boys out OF the trenches by
Christmas returned yesterday by tire
acknowledgements steamship Nieuw Am
sterdam. which brought in the largest
number of cabin passengers. including
several distinguished Americans. that
has been landed at this port In many
months. Henry Ford went down the
bay in a coast guard cutter TO greet
Plaintiff and II. $. Necly. r. y English,
former Governor J.. B. Hanna OF North
Dakota. Joseph Jefferson ONeil " Point
Breeze, IN. Judge and Mrs. Ben IS.
Lindsey ~ Denver. Mrs. Frederick Holt
Of Detroit and the Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones OF Chicago, all OF
the Ford expedition.
Mr.. Ford was reticent about every
thing on the a down the bay. II he
WAS suffering from nervousness he did
not show IL. He climbed the ladder
from the cutter to the liner IKE a
| youngster. The moment he put loot ON
the deck OF the Nieuw Amsterdam ~
was surrounded by his devotees. vhu
/, had prepared a statement mat tn,y 'eau
| to him and later anded TO the report irs'
| The statement was a confession OF Va
| efficiency in the initial part of the peace
campaign.
THE PARTY. or the literary end OF II,
proclaimed. however. that 1t had sue
| rcedca in doing some things, but msd'
| no mention Of doing Mr.. Ford.
Promoted OiscussiOU.
"rh,y claim the typewritten COPY
saiJ chat a very definite impression
was made on at least four of the n'utraI
| countries OF Europe. They promo'ea =
wide discussion OF the principles v.
neace. They stimulated the pa'ihs'
workers everywhere and. they believed
carried cheer and hopetulness 10 tn'
multitudes in the trenches ana 10 ."'
still greater sufferers In me hoines
In their Anal appeal, the FORD h.eI.aN
nan,r pub,icity has passed. hnf they
,ail I, reveal how oth", wise they n'c
going 20 get any Other publicity Tor 'he
nr,,noiion OF their srremes. IN" sue.
! Cos, ,ha. the further work OF MI f"ru
| and his associates in Europe had better
| hn concentrated ~ The ilaSu" in co.
operation with similar organ1a,ions,
Mr.. Plaintiff appended a personal op.h-
ion to the typewriter array OF eh''erins
! geNefAltles. re Sdlb AAaN -
had cost Mr.. Ford thus faT $too'v"V'
An Advertising agent who heard TINS dec
iar,,ion said thar thereby Mr.. Ford was
in about $4,000. 900. The agent refused
10 Nplaln himself. but II IL surnised
tina, he may have been limiting at ad-
vertising values.
Luncheon with Employed
Mr. Ford escorted MIR. Plaintiff 20 the
, waldorf-Astoria. where abou twenty OF
the Ford representative In the Fast anu
| their wives we're awaiting them n
, luncheon. which lasted o -four hours.
was then served. and AT ITS CONCLUSION
! there was a business talk. A!thougn
all callers were rebuffcd. Mr.. P1antin
! and several other Ford men agreed SOL
| EMMY that Mr.. Ford had nothing TO say
lust now 10 anybody. Mr.. PLAINTIFF I.
! REPORTS will have to be digested first
| before the automobile man can speak
anyway he prefers 10 speak Trough the
| advertising columns.
"Nr. Ford may have something 10
say in a few days" said n OF them
speaking for his employer, while the en-
| Mover stood by. He does not know
when tins will he. lie Is going over TO
Washington to attend the Gr'diron Club
| dinner Tomorrow night and then go
| home. When II was suggested that Mr..
Ford might find himself pari OF the
Gridlron entertainment plot the same
man replied "Oh. he's gsme--he can
stand H."
Mr.. Ford did not see any visitors out
side Of his wi men in the afternoon.
! Judge Lindscy wanted 10 see him about a
little matter Of giving sl.oo0.o 900 TO the
orphans Of Europe, hut up to n late
hour had not had opportunity to un-
1 fold his scheme.