The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-19
Tcstifics Attorneys Make Him
Say Things That Are Not
in Ills Mind.
MOBILE ARMY LARGE ONE"
Is Big Force "Mobilizcd," lie
Explains Further, but Jury
Learns Differently.
EXAMINATION is BRUTAL"
Auto Mans Attorneys Come
TO Rescue but Ford Admits
Questioning Is Fair.

MT CLEMENS. Mich July rs
Although Henry Ford today com
pIci'I week ON the witness Bioud
Iu na libel suit against the chicago
bJIIN Tribune. Elliott g. Sl'yunf ON.
fYr ih, defendant who began queE.
uouIur him las. Monday. showed No
sign ~ r'ucu.uE u conclusion
The examination ~ the witness ON
me contents of 'he alleged ltb"lous
editorial Iu the Tribune ON June %.
1915 houdrd Ford b. aU anarchist
was Uh" important feature Of The
day Alfred. Lacking, senior r1un.
pol FOR me plaintiff characterized
the exam nation as brutal" nui 'hr
witness pressed 10 admit the editor
al charge OF being an ignorant
Id,nIIsf." ana reminded that ON pre-
NIou. urrlHouB he had admitted o.
remarked.
You ere good enough attorney
20 rrf me to Fuy this or that but
81 would not be in my mind
Haven't tried To- be fair with
you NJ Iurd2'
absolutely
mo z,r.-
&, Va. horc that MT Lucking
made us charge of brutality. AL
ding.
You take a modest witness. Mr.
Stevenson, and ny 10 pound him Into
saying That he la an ignorant ifeal.
isi n seems 10 me that his should
ho left 90 argument II ls no. right
TO- pound a man Of Mr.. Fords type,
retiring ana modest, who doesn't
like To appear IN public and push
hum into saying things against him
sclf lie II The easlea, man In the
world 10 get 70 say a hing
Have ] been pounding you Mr
Ford7' asked Nj Stevenson "Mr
Lacking H talking through hiH hu;.
Isn't hc7'
He Is talking as though you
may was how he stenograph"r
caught the reply OF Mr Ford. who
speaks IN 80 low and mufflod tone
that his own lawyer rarely hears
him
Nearly two hours was consumed.
while Mr Ford was excused from
the stand. iu reading into the record
testimony of Gen Erasmus Weaver.
in 1916. before the house committee
un military affairs IL bore on one
0f the Ford advertise mrnts. written
hy Theodore DE lavlbne. formerly
tho plaintiffs peHS publicity man
4ger. lu which p~quotsuon made
ihr general appear 20 state that with
200 additional mon the const De
fpuBc system would he adequate. II
appeared from further reading that
GENERAL Weaver admitted that the
GUNS were obsolete and outranEcd hy
al ha VnRfifI
cations were too far apart, and that
with a mobile army they could be
taken hy landing partie- operating
fTuIo tho rear
'Whnt do you understand by n
mobile army" asked MIR. steven
- large army" replied Mr..
Ford.
a largo army" asked Mr.
stevenson.
~ large army, moblliEod.
$50 That n your understanding
of mobile army"
- large army ready TO bo
mobiliEr,l"
AN right then, ulst was what
you thought a mobile army was
when this adv ortiscmcnt was
printcd7T
n don't know" said the witness,
MIR Stevenson let the subject
drop after explaining ulRt mo-
bile army was one utAt could ~
moved quickly, and took up the
editorial.
what is the office of the headline
of nn editorial. Mr. Ford
.. q don know what you have ref
Ercurs fU'
Mr Stevenson explained a head
line suggests what is In tho body of
the article under u and reminded M"
witness that ln previous testimony
Nr hal defined an anarchist as q
bomb ihruwer. or one who seeks TO
pyrr'uru government
What was lu tho editorial about
bomb throwing Mr. Ford goo
Nothing that 1 know of only In
rho headline.
The lawyer then began reading tho
editorial and asked Mr Ford 90 stop
him n hr came 90 anything about
bomb throwing or overturninE tho
HE road the first para
graph and reminded the witness that
he nll NOT been stopped
"Nuu have read the headline, Mt
S'eEunHon.
eyes. Wr Ford
"WeU. sou can stop right there D."
""Tne headline Mr. Ford, you said.
was fn indicate what was ln tho
ur..l, IsHw reading tho article go
..u can compare % with tho head
.rn ru. DONE find anything about
Bomb throwing or oyrr'urnlng the
government
..r.. . Inc headline"