The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-11
HENRY FORD'S LIBEL
SUIT GOES TO TRIAL
,,.,rn MILLION Dollars p"""Re
,,,,m chicago Tribune ON 'h"s0
Of Dlsloynlty.
WHEN HE PLAYED PAClFlS1
=, u,,Lth Represented on Both
sides Of This Interesting
Controversy.

uotNT CLEMENS. Mich May
Henry Ford's 100000 libel
.,,, .yatnst the Tribune company OF
|ch,eago. publishers OF the Chicago
n.n, tribune. will go TO trial here
yo,1,y before Judge James u
TnrLer M the circuit court OF MN
-, rouuy on change or venue
,,o,, WAYNE county tDetrolp'
nttn the pleas counsel for Mr.. Ford
40 r,pca!cd reference 10 the Iri-
ma trademark. The World g
I",.,,.q, Newspaper" while the de-
I,,rd,pfs ploa speaks OF Mr.. Ford
T. thc worlds greatest MANUFACTURED
automobiles. and estimates his
I,,r,rpe I'm 1915 as at least Sl25. OOO'-
wi, the year 1915 alone the earn
,,rs ~ the Ford Motor company
.moup,ee TO more than $4,000, 600,
-. In excess OF $500 per cent OF its
I,,,st,ndirg capital stock" says tho
5rrbI,, plca Reference to the
Lhip,lfCs wealth and position In
e. industrial world IL made to show
+b,, his corspicui'y and power made
,in, nroper subject OF newspaper
AComment
where Hangs the Complaint.
The meat of the alleged libelous
k,cle was the headline OF an edi-
I,orlsl published by the Tribune
June %. 1916, as follows; Ford
H. An Anarchist"
The editorial was based on n
,,tclal dispatch from Detroit, June
l.l 1915. and published June 22 In
H.. tribune. 10 the effect that Ford
,nployes who enlisted to serve
,ralns, Mexico would lose their po-
stons that their salaries would not
he Maid by the ord company, nor pro
| vision made by the company for
| htlr wives and families.
In tho course Of it's defense ms
shown in rs plea the Tribune invites
attention to tho fact that although
this news dispatch was published
widely I'm many other newspapers
A, the time the Tribune published
II. no denial came from Mr.. Ford In
lhe interim before the publication
Of the tribune editorial on June
-. on tho 3bth, however, Ford de-
| MED the story and the Tribune pub
Aheu tnht uenlhI.
When Ford Was Pactftst.
AZ the time OF the alleged libel,
and for a considerable period be-
u fore. the relations OF the United
States with Mexico were strained.
Foreigners in Mexico had been mur-
dsed, their properties confiscated
or destroyed villa. the bandit, had
raided the American town. Colum-
bus. n. NJ. and all Europe was
nlame with war, The Tribune was
among the leaders in urging univer-
al military training and prepared
n.ss while Mr. Ford was at that
time frankly n pacifist. Mr.. Ford
published whole page advertise
knenta In newspapers setting forth
~ Views, one OF them in the Tri-
bne The Tribune turned the money,
3fN7oi received for this advertise
msnt over 20 the navy league to be
Used for patriotic service.
Mr Ford first filed suit In the fed.
sral court at Chicago on Sept. I,
lsls, but this was Withdrawn and
The suit Instituted In tho circuit
court OF wayne county. To give the
rAtc court Jurisdiction Sam, Max
and Henry Solomon, wholesale news
paper distributors doing business at
trolt as the Solomon News COM
rany also were made defendants,
they having distributed the Tribune
IN Michigan. Their status in the
Is said 10 be purely technical,
The Tribune was granted a change