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The Adair County news., 1919-09-03

moment, spoke in such a low tone
that he could scarcely be heard. The
clerk read back the formal verdict:
you do say upon your oath that
the said defendant The Tribune COM
pany, is guilty in the manner and
form as the said plaintiff hath in his
declaration in this case complained
against him and you assess the dam
ages of the said plaintiff on occasion
of the premises over and above his
costs and charges by him about this
suit and in his behalf expended, at
the sum of six cents damages"
The editorial in which The Tribune
attacked Henry Ford and branded him
as an anarchist was printed in 1915
The case has been fought through
several courts on one point or another
ever since, finally arriving through a
change of venue asked by The Tribune
in Mt. Clemens.
Tho charge which Judge Tucker
made to the jury dealt mainly with
the laws of libel and contained among
others, the following points:
THE Tribune claims that they care
fully inquired as to what Mr.. Ford's
attitude was going to be as to the
care of his men who Joined the na-
tional guard and that they based the
editorial characterizing him as an
anarchist on that information. They
admit the publication and insist that
it was true and therefore justified:
and that even if not true it was fair
comment upon a matter of public in
terest, either of which defenses are
sufficient if proven true. The burden.
however, is upon the defense when
they attempt to make either of the de-
fenses mentioned. They must estab-
lish either the truth of the charge
they made, or that it was fair COM
ment within the meaning of that
term.
"a newspaper has the same right
as an individual to it's opinions and
convictions-no more and no less"
The court further informed the Jury
rhat if they found that the charge was
untrue they must find for the plaintiff.
He declared that there was nothing
ambiguous about the editorial. It
called Mr.. Ford an anarchist and the
only way the defendant could escape
being found guilty of libel was to
prove that charge. He said further
that the jury must accept the popular
conception of the meaning of the term
anarchist"
Counsel for The Chicago Tribune
made no effort to appeal the case and
accepted the verdict as it stood.
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03
FORD CLEARED;
NOT ANARCHIST
JURY IN FAMOUS LIBEL SUIT
FINDS FOR PLAINTIFF AND
DECLARES TRIBUNE GUILTY.
DELIBERATE TEN HOURS
Farmer Jury Which Has Spent Three
Months in Court Is Out Ten Hours
and Then Finds Paper Guilty
of Libel.

Mt. Clemens, Mich.-Henry Ford is
not an anarchist :.
A jury of II farmers have said so by
their verdict, in which they found The
Chicago Tribune guilty of libel when
it attached that stigma to the name
Of the great manufacturer
I'VE find the Chicago Tribune guilty
and attach a verdict of six cents"
This sentence from the foreman OF
the jury which for three months has
listened to the most famous case of
its kind in history and which debated
more than 10 hours before it arrived
at its conclusion, were the lines Of
the final act in the dramatic event
which has attracted the attention of
the entire country
Henry Ford himself was not in
court to share in the triumph He was
in the New Hampshire woods with his
friends, Thomas Edison and John
Burroughs. Judge Alfred J. Murphy
of Mr.. Ford's counsel made formal
statement for his principal:
"Ford Is indicated"
"The important issue has been de-
termined," said Judge Murphy. Money
damages were not sought by Mr.. Ford.
He stands not only vindicated but his
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03
Ten to so per cent of farm boys

Ten to so per cent of farm boys
who were dissatisfied are now
content to stay on the farm, it is
estimated by the county agents
in the South, as a result of the
club work which is supervised by
the Department of Agriculture
and the State colleges. Boys
who belong to one of the agricul-
turaI clubs learn proper farming
methods and have social good
times. When once they become
convinced that they can make as
much or more money in the
country as in town and have as
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03
Club Youngsters Excel in School.

A boy or girl who belongs to
one of the clubs organized by the
Department of Agriculture and
the State colleges gets better
marks in school than one who
dosen't. This is the testimony
of the county superintendents in
the counties in which clubs have
been organized as brought out
by a recent inquiry in the South
ern States. In Monongalia Co.,
W. Va, for two years a complete
record has been kept of So club
members and of the same grade
and age and from the same school
The record shows that the club
members in their monthly <.ex-
aminations have averaged Is per
cent above those who do not be-
Iong to a club, II per cent in at
tention, and % per cent in at
tendance at high school after
completing the eighth grade. At
the annual spelling contest in
the county all winners were club
boys and girls.
A four-year record in Conan
che County, Tex, shows the
scholarship of the club boys and
girls to be II per cent above those
who do not belong to a club. Of
the 1900 boys and girls in a rural
schools in the county, not one ex.
PEELED or suspended was a club
member. The superintendents
agree that club members are
more active, have more inspira-
tion to do better work and posses
the desire to search for new
things. Very few club members
stop school in the lower grades,
aud those not of their own choice.
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03
Light On The Road Ahead.

You have been motoring-or
wagoning, or walking, or other
wise proceeding-along a fairly
good road with nothing to in
dicate that it would not continue
fairly good, and then you have
run suddenly into an impossible
place, mired down, and had II
assorted samples of hades get
ting out. Everybody else has
had the same experience-road
maps to the contrary notwith-
standing The road map is a
good thing, but it shows what
the road used to be, not neces-
sarily as it is. Roads change
mighty rapidly, sometimes. A
doWnpour of rain and the road is
washed out; a night of snow,
and it is cluttered up beyond pass
ing-though it may have been
perfect yesterday. If there were
some way of knowing what the
road is to-day, of reading it on a
card or map like you do the wealth
er, for instance
Well that is one of the new
things that the United States
Department of Agriculture is un-
dertaking TO arrange for you.
Henceforth, the weather bulletins
will show road conditions. The
work was begun by the weather
Bureau as an aid to winning the
war. At first the service applied
merely to motor transportation in
some Eastern States. Then the
demand for it became pretty gen.
eral and very insistent. So,
without any special appropriation
to take care of it, the Weather
Bureau is undertaking in certain
States to add daily news of road
conditions to its other services.
The work can not be perfected
I all at once. Dependence will
have to be placed, for a while.
on free information from Iocali-
ties. But the service will be
given to the fullest extent pos
sible this year.
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03

attitude as an American citizen has
been justified after a trial which
raised every issue against him that
ingenuity and research could invent"
Outside the courthouse crowds had
gathered during the evening hours to
await news of the jury which had been
closeted in conference since morning.
AS the courtroom emptied after the
announcement of the verdict and the
news of the decision rendered spread,
cheer after cheer Lcalic forth and a
band, returning from picnic. stopped
to add it's brass uct-S 10 the din.
There was tense moment when
the jurors fled into the box for the
last time. Their foreman, In voice
shaking. With tha emntinna- -nf thA
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03
Property Owners.

As the law directs, opened my
office at the Court House July 1st, 1919
Most of you know property is listed
as of July 1st, 1919. 1 beg you to
make list of your property and
come to my Office and be assessed.
/ hope to be able to return one of the
best books that was ever made up on
Adair County. cannot do this with
out the Co operation of the tax pay
ers. Many dog owners failed: to list
their dogs last year. There is heav y
penalty for this neglect of duty.
Please list your dogs this year. 1t
takes but one time to list your prop
erty. so do this at once.
L. II. Jones
County Tax Commissioner.
42-4t
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03
good a time, the clerical position
in the city loses It's glamour.

Il consider the present plan of
cooperation of the State and Fed
eral Government with the breed
er for the eradication of tuber.
culosis AS a great move in the
right direction, and if the breed
ers of the country will take ad.
vantage of it, it can not help but
wipe this disease out of all breed.
ing herds, of the United States. u
Alex Chambers. Owatonna,
MINI.
The Adair County news., 1919-09-03

The War Prohibition act has
again been upheld in Federal
Court. In this instance the de-
cision was on a motion for an in.
junction from a California wine
manufacturer.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-07-10
Trade In Cotton Goods Quiet This
Week.

Trade In Cotton Goods Quiet This
Week.
New York, July 7.--Trading in cot
ton goods was relatively quiet during
the week owing largely to the difficult
ty Of securing all the goods called for.
Prices continue to advance, and sales
are bsing made for delivery t0 the end
of the year. In some houses sales have
begun for tie spring season in wash
goods, white goods, and other season
able merchandise. The staple ready
to-Wear business is Larger than fac
tories can handle for immediate de
livery. Bleached goods have under
gone a further upward revision. Print
cloths are cent Il yard higher Oh
some numbers. Prints and percales
were advanced. Advance orders on
&prine dress ginghamS have exceeded
the allOtmentS of production mill will
be able to g&ranteG. Retailers and
jobbcrs are buying steadily and are
finding deliveries slow and spot goods
hard to lDcate Production is not cont
ing UP to expectations, owing to the
shorter hours of work and ireiiiciCncy
CT operatives, and this leads manufaC-
turers and merchants to predict high
er values.
Prices quoted follow Print cloths,
HS-inCh, G4y64s, II l.2c, G4yGOs, II 1-4c;
38*1inch G4x54s, 18c; brown sheetings,
southern standards, 25c; denims
ZOOS, 35*c; tickings, 8-oz., 35c; prints,
16*c; staple ginghams, 21., Ulcss
girGhama, Z5C, 27#c
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-07-10
FARE NO MORE CERTA|
WHEN YOU CONE TO THIS SALE

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a Eh Fnnng gnr
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Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23
ARREST WON AN
FOR 100000
U. S. BOND Theft
Mrs. Antonio Held in st. Louis
on Charge Of Implication in
Robbery, According to
Secret Service Men.

St. Louis, Mo-. Sept. n.-Mrs.
Fannie Antonio. rs, was arrested to-
day on a warrant issued in Kansas
City charging implication in the
theft of 100000 worth of liberty
bonds. according to secret service
men making the arrest.
The arrest was made by James
Sloan, chief of the bureau of investi-
cations of the Department of JUS
tice, and James Savage, secret serv-
ice operative, who said they recov-
cred bonds and securities valued at
SILL at the same time.
Mrs. Antonio was said by these Of
ficials to have come here with Wal
ter L. Major OF Kansas City, Mo-,
who, with Mrs. Pauline Won Myre,
was arrested Saturday. At that
time, the secret service men say, lib
erty bonds amounting to $4,000
were identified as stolen from 81
banks throughout the country within
the last six months.
According to the statement of the
secret service men, the papers re-
covered at Mrs. Antonie's arrest in
cluded $l4,450 worth of Liberty
bonds; $545 in war saving stamps;
$1,000 worth of travellers checks;
$1,000 in treasury certificates iden-
titled as stolen from the Benton
State bank, at Benton, Kan; $l3e
worth OF stamps; three Madison
township madison county, Kansas
municipal aid bonds, and three $500
railroad bonds of Sedgwick county
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23
NO RELIEF FROM
sue AR famine
Is YET IN SIGHT
Hotel and Restaurant Men
Declare They See No
Hope for Near
Future.

The consensus of opinion among
restaurant and hotel men is that
there will be no ample sugar sup
ply available for at least another
two weeks and perhaps longer. J..
w. WEIGH, owner of the WEIGH res
taurants, operating in both Omaha
and Des Moines, states that there
is no relief in sight He said:
Most wholesalers are exempt
from charges of profteering. 10
get any satisfaction the investiga-
ton will have to be carried much
further. Few of the dealers in this
country have any sugar to meet the
demands of their regular trade, and
they are as helpless as the con-
sumner. The real fault lies in the
fact that the government is unable
to control the supply of sugar in
Cuba and the Hawaiian islands.
Plenty of Sugar. =
"There are piles and piles of
sugar in both places, but the owners
are holding it until such time as
regulate of prices is discontinued.
in order that they may demand
higher prices. Until that time we
can do nothing. Des Moines is
much worse off than Omaha. They
have had no graduated sugar for
over a month.
H. {. Miller, steward and purchas-
ing agent of the Hotel Fontenelle,
says: The situation is absolutely
out of reason. Considerable ship
ments of sugar were made from this
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23

had terrorized the settlers of New
Mexico and Arizona and those parts
of Mexico across the border.
The territory roamed over by
these Indians was at lease 800 miles
in extent north and south, and $50
miles east and west. More barren,
desolate territory than parts of it
do not exist on this continent. The
territory lies within the Rocky and
Sierra Madre mountains, and the
Businesses in which the Indians took
refuge after raids upon the early
settlers were practically impenetra-
bic.
There were various bands of
Apaches led by Geronimo and
Natchez-Yuma, Mohave, White
Mountain, Chiricahua and other
ybranches. And more cruel Indians
than the Apaches of Paris, the most
cruel robbers in the world, get their
name. A few instances of the fend-
ish torture to which these Indians
| subjected their victims were cited to
Jack Pershing when he reached Fort
Bayard. They give some concep-
ton of the Apache atrocities which,
barely quarter of century ago,
stirred the whole world.
There was an Indian named
Schinizene, whom Jack Pershing is
said to have met. For a number of
years this Indian had been in the
habit of travelling past certain
white mans dwelling. On these oc-
casions the Indian was always treat
ed kindly, and was given food and
made comfortable whenever he
wished to tarry. One morning after
having had breakfast at the dwell
ing he leveled his rifle at his bene-
factor and killed him. The Indian
boosted of the crime afterward, in
these words:
why" Schimizene declared, with
grunt, "a weak man or a coward
could kill his enemy or anyone who
had done him an injury; but it takes
a man of strong heart to kill friend
or one who has always treated him
kindly
Such was Apache reasoning, Jack
Pershing learned.
This same Indian, at another time
during Indian hostlities, so Jack
Pershing discovered, captured an
unfortunate white man and buried
him, all but his head, in proximity
to large black ant hill, such as
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23
"SHOE BANK" IS
MEANSOF SAVING
MOVIE MANS $500
Wild Cunning Conceals Money
From Bandits Who Hold
Up Car.

Wild Cunning, publisher of Wid's
Motion Picture Review, New York.
saved $500 from three highwaymen
at 2:30 yesterday morning when in
company with H. M. Thomas, mana
ger of Rialto theater, H. B. Watts,
manager of the Strand theater, c. E.
Hola and E. H. McCray, both of
the Blank Enterprises, 3l4 South
Thirteenth street, he was held up by
three masked highwaymen on the
Carter lake boulevard near Swift's
ice house. Mr.. Cunning was in an
automobile party given by the mo-
vie men.
When the three bandits found
nothing valuable in his pockets,
they took off one of his shoes. Mr..
Cunning had quickly concealed five
$l00 bills in the other. Guess
there's nothing in that one" one of
the highwaymen said.
Mr.. Thomas lost $l2, Mr.. Watts
$40. Mr.. Holah SIS and Mr.. McCray
$1l0 to the bandits. The FIVE men
were returning from midnight
automobile ride, they told police. A
large touring car drove in front of
them and waved flashlights for them
to stop.
Three masked men jumped from
the touring car and at the point OF
guns commanded Messrs. Thomas,
Watts, Holah, Cunning and McCray
to line up.
While one highwayman stood at
a distance with pointed gun, the
other two searched their victims.
1t was while getting out of the
car that Mr.. Cunning concealed his
$500 in the side of his shoe. He
was just starting to take off his
other shoe at the command of one
of the highwaymen when he felt a
gun in his side. well, never mind
guess you haven't got anything
there" the highwaymen said.
The masked trio waited until their
victims were out of sight before
driving away.
Mr.. Cunning arrived in Omaha
Saturday enroute from Los Angeles
to New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23
Death Of "Suke" Mott and Pershing's Chase
1After Geronimo and His Fiendish Apaches

are found in the New Mexico coun-
try. The victim lived for two days,
suffering the most excruciating tor
ture while the ants slowly ate away
the flesh from his head.
Jack Pershing, however, was not
to reach Fort Bayard in time to
take part in the capture OF
Geronimo and Natchez. Before
joining his command September so,
he first visited Washington, his old
home in Laclede, Mo-, and the new
home which his family had estab-
lished in Lincoln, Neb. When at
last he reached Fort Bayard, Ger
onimo and Natchez had surrendered
and with a large number OF their
bands were on their way, under
guard, to Florida, where they were
placed on reservation.
The story of his visit to Wash
ington is worthy of recording.
Brigadier-General Charles c. Wal
cult, jr., the chief of the insular bu-
reau in Washington, told me some
what of it. And Jack Pershing
himself, in a letter written after he
had reached Fort Bayard-written
by a strange coincidence on. the
very day that "Suke" Mott was shot
tells more OF it and of his journey
to his first post" Mott was with
him on that journey.
when we reached Washington, -
General Walcutt told me, Jack and
the others who were with US decided
that while the army offered much,
civil life perhaps offered still more.
We talked over a plan where one
of us should resign from the service
and go west, there to make for
tune in a development scheme in
Oregon. The man who went west
should be supported by the rest Of
us while he was making money for
us. Then we would all resign
Needless to say, the scheme never
materialized."
Continued Tomorrow.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23

territory without regard to our
needs, and now we cannot get it
back, Nebraska raises enough sugar
beets to supply all these states with
the finished product if il were kept
here. By ordering from firms in
Chicago and further east, as we'll as
from Oklahoma and Texas, / have
been able to supply sugar for table
use, though we are using the same
restrictions deemed necessary dur
ing the war. -@
Cannot See Reason.
eve make no ices or sherbet, and
the use OF sugar in our bakery is al
most discontinued. Some difficulty is
experienced in obtaining meats and
various forms OF canned goods. l am
sure that | can offer no explanation
for any of it" 5- -...
Other users say practically the
same thing. The only restaurants
that have sugar at all are those who
anticipated the shortage and laid in
supplies to last them several weeks.
Even bakeries are finding it neces-
sary to send around to the smaller
grocery stores, buying the small
amounts possible, in order to keep
up their products.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23
Gompers Urges Ratification
of the Treaty of Peace

New Orleans, La, Sept. a.
Normal industrial conditions can
come only when definite peace
terms have been agreed to by the
leading nations of the world, Samu-
Ell Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, declared
today to the annual session of the
Associated Advertising clubs of the
world, meeting here. Mr.. Com
pers' address was read to the con-
vention as he could not be present.
Urging prompt ratification of the
treaty as an absolute necessity, Mr..
Gompers said:
That treaty is not perfect, but
it is our only constructive sugges-
ton for dealing with some of the
things which cause wars"
Mr.. Gompers address was read in
connection with triangular discus
sion which marked the opening
session of the convention. Festus
]. Wade of St. Louis will present
the side of capital and Representa-
tive Champ Clark of Missouri, will
speak from the view of the con-
sumner.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23
Giant Lawson Air Liner
Is Due in Omaha FRIDAY

The giant Lawson airliner, carry
ing rs passengers on a flight from
Washington, D. C., via Omaha to
San Francisco, is scheduled to ar
rive here Friday. according to Al
fred w. Lawson, builder of the
plane, who is at present in Wash
ington.
The bureau of aviation Of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce has
prepared the big Ak-Sar-Ben land
ing field on the Center street road,
and everything is in readiness for
the reception of the big airplane.
The plane was built i'll Milwaukee
and has made startling trip east
ward via Chicago, Toledo. SYRIA
, cuse, N. Y, to New York City and
from there to Washington.
The Lawson plane is so far the only
airliner to attempt transconti-
mental flight. 1t is the largest plane
in this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23
File Suit Against Estate
3 Years After Mans Death

Though it is nearly three years
since Edward L. Dodder, Omaha
undertaken, was found dead on a
road north of the city, suit was
filed yesterday in district court
against his estate. The Fidelity and
Casualty Co. of New York asked the
court to award it $1,000 from his
estate.
The plaintiff alleges that Mr.. bod
der drew check for this sum on
the funds of Union Pacific lodge,
No. II, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, of which he was treasur-
er, and that he used this money for
none of the lodges business. The
check was cashed on January 4,
1917, and he was found dead that
same night.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23

The Japanese is fostering the do
mestic production of chemical fer
tilizers OF all kind,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-23

An electric room heater has two
adjustable MIRRORS to divide its heat
and direct it where needed
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-10-24
IN MEMORY OF D0UGHBOYS
Memorial Centers for Social Ac-
tivities Are Preferred to
Monuments.

Statistics just made public by the
bureau Of memorial buildings of War
Camp Community service show that 2o4
communities in the United States have
decided to erect buildings in memory
of their men who served in the war.
OF the memorial buildings to De
raised, 1872 will take the form of COM
munity-houses, each to function as
free recreation and social center. SIX
of the structures will be municipal
office buildings.
More than 700 American commu-
mites are now considering the put
ting up of memorial buildings instead
Of shafts or monuments, the bureau
Of memorial buildings also announces.
It is crusading throughout the United
States for the community building
tyne of memorial. Such an tnstitu-
ton, the bureau head maintains, Is a
living influence In every community,
and serves constantly as a reminder
of the men the community gave
TO the national fighting forces.
Additional figures concerning the
254 memorial buildings already de-
cided upon show that fourteen Of them
will serve as state memorials and
that forty-four Of them will be Of the
auditorium type. These will have so
cial and recreational facilities In adj
dition to large meeting halls, and for
the most part will be in larger cities.
Other memorials will take the form
of hospitals. libraries, school build
ings and church work centers.