Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-17
FORD'S H|RElNe
Trore All of Manufac-
| nre-s War Views

l.. -s asmsmbsrs 8ea-esiy
.rrhns Publishes voieins His
|v,.xr-=ora lawyers Busy Put.
emf y ohiertions-Admits and
..e-.s-1s berries He 10 ignorant
lsssIIs'
s,.r,- .e1.ns. Men. July 6.-Eenrv
L. -sg--rnnav Today n his 1.gm. GOT
H. 81. .ga.ns1 ne Chicago Daily
l-,r.. resented the picture of one
\, az 7snhie into a body Of water.
-u-e. away without a look al
i applss
h. Fn-a. Z, appeared rom his stprv.
" M. war YES z wasreful horror I'M
e..t Of If common people by self
Iese-r. --,u-.-ans makers. bankers ana
kns-s VI, night profit Accordingly
car II: 7ennle hv employing a pro-
Iss,ous w--,=r n me person Of Theo-
b-s NJ : = Eae. q educate The public.
/. .ner ~a-~ largely left the writer
-rra!s anu: ~ hinsel.
AZ v-ness NJ Ford remembered
tarce.v a-s.,aIns mat M de Ia vigne
4aa -a-eir knew what was
nt pu--snea.
Q-sz-l--ea -ouay 5v Elliot G. Steven
T.. semi .ounsel tur the defendant.
Z F2-c -e3saT edlv took refuge N the
z.s--le-, max Il II is n the book
Is "a Eae corqliauon) III say
Z, 4 g. ne public my view
ne wnc.e eftec: Of ms replies was
q ~ l-e1a-edness ne meant a pre-
lredIess greater than WIS necessarv
: dstsr.s ana ne regarded the army
Il nEv" n tg1s when President VII
r VIZ -aE.nE q TOUR Of the country
s,;-s ne necessity for increasing the
II anu INV as quite adequate.
-:-roagnru; ne session the air was
lcz w.a ne directions Of the Fora
v'e-Y Attorney Stevenson stated
Z, py ac-ua. count there were = or
c.lonE -a4seu On behalf II the plain
resrs tn and ne had thought ma;
,o-u would 1e broken TO-DAY.
Z -re curse IF !ts alleged Nbeious
Ip-:2. headed Ford Is al Ana--
81 ne manufacturer was referred
Is an |gnoraat ideallst. THIS d.
--eu ING phase Of the testimony M
srenson replying 70 allegations. ar
~ as M. Ford had set himself ~
II educator NJ had 4 night 10 prove
L Mr. Ford was ignorant. The law
liked witness for definitions Of an
~. idealist. "haIly-hoo" and some
rc-netcal questions. all in connection
L ne De la yigne propaganda
: ne course Of his answers. while
arvers ware arguing excitedly. M
y ,rrer7ected
=. : vii, DO an good. III admit That
1T az Encrart idealiSt.
II vou ADMIT i ina. will forecluse
question. SAID Mr.. Stevenson.
. WI ADMIT II Just 70 close il
M -usr 70 close II # You Will ad-
i i * a fact we viii stop the in
~ NJ Stevenson said eagerly.
MT surprised objections from Mr..
ucklnr ana M Murphy, counsel
NJ Ford.
y no~ Know whether il is a fact
nUt MAJ for the jury to decide.
nc NJ Ford.
-aler Il he examination. when
p question vas repeated. Mr.. Ford
luok -.s mead slowly and declared
IL n 4ld not consider himself IN
nu-an. deallst
Tins WIS aut the only volunteered
stimu--' with which the manufac-
TER 7uro-,sad his counsel. The
-astlon n preparedness was under
lscassl7n ana Mr Stevenson was
'-sE.n- NJ F1rd's Characterization
preparedness advocates as muir
s-ers
! ac"aca-ed preparedness after We
o I'M ne war said Mr.. Ford.
BIZ was speaking IF 1915 and 1915.
he iawyer The witness IN
app4ren' distraction ignored the
a'es a2a. Glowing his own train of
aougr-. added
W. d murderer Just as we'll as
-Tn7cv a!sa.
-0L wars d murderer 80 gasped
L S1-'arsnr.
-o0' Vas party 70 il, one of the
F.l'esS. aa-o he witness. calmly.
u ''0c mean that IN 1917 thar you
III anne kind Of a murderer
Z. ac''1ca-eE If preparedness were
II 4ra MS"
No ~ we're n the war IN 1877. n
" rs rare ncr
~ described an idealist as
y "aa ae.as 70 make people pros
We N anarchist. ne said, with
,-'iEI',.11. vas enc who throws
- ~a1 seeks 10 overrurn gov
re thought tina. a 'ha!ly-
: vas oiackguard" until coun-
!. EXPLAINED . him that II is a BIT
-.isA ~ ja-gun applied 10 the
outside The shows. Questioned
!. ~ltoess with Arnold Bennett
!. 1-'l1 aazarded the opinion that
Al-tlOna-v traitor Benedict
- vas a writer He had for
- WA year the United States
=: S1'''1t-6 as nation and asked
-. ne country was before that
a.. ~, SAID nat ne GUESSED il was
aehne1 reason as anything
- 80 ne government" and saad
s,, altor. n his opinion, was
~, s1s WY advocates Qverprepa-ed-
~ u var tor ag-essiun.
-. LII witness said Mr.. Steven
r., "as candidate for the Cni.ad
!. :, senate; ne was an educator
Ia. PHopie, Surely the standard