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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

partisan method, or dry by constitu-
tional amendment submitted by legis-
latures SO elected.
The submission by Congress Of the
prohibition resolution finds its ex-
PLANTATION in this omni-partisan method
of the Anti Saloon League, for as dry
territory increased in area the league
leaders gave their attention to Con-
gressional candidates. 1t also explains
the rapidity with which legislatures
ratified. For whatever wet leaders say
about it. the fact is that the majority
of ratifying legislatures were elected
on the ratification issue through the
omni-partisan method. Thus the refer
endum for which the vets are clamor-
ing has already been taken.
The question naturally arises. How
did the league secure the money and
reach the people with its appeals? The
answer is: 1t was done largely through
the Christian churches of America.
The Christian citizenship of the ma
ton heard league plans and league
methods explained from the pulpits
Of these churches and responded with
votes and with money to bear organiza-
ton expense.
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The trial takes on some of the
aspects Of q circus. 1t started by
the advent Of two big automobile
trucks in the city. They trundled
in from Detroit, where they were
loaded from a Chicago train. Each
one contained about ton Of para
phernalia to be used by "The Trib-
une" in proving that at the time of
its editorial conditions in the coun-
try warranted calling Henry Ford
an anarchist for opposing prepared
ness.
One truck was loaded down with
files Of ''The Tribune" six massive
volumes to the year for every year
since the Mexicans commenced to
get restless along the border and in
the vicinity of American property.
That makes between forty and fifty
mighty big volumes. They alone
weigh half a ton.
The other carried books and rec
ords covering the entire history of
the period from the standpoint of
the American government in It's re-
lations to Mexico and Europe. It
is all two very clever men can do
just to take care of the stuff and
tell where it is at any time.
Closely following the two came a
truck with q script name Of four
letters on The front of the radiator,
which identified it with the most
widely circulated vest-pocket edition
car in existence This deposited a
big load of documents at the Ford
headquarters in the Colonial Hotel.
Then came the performers, more
like the followers of a championship
prlzefght, or, perhaps. OF q world
baseball series, for they divided
themselves into two distinct camps.
Henry Ford and his son. Edsel.
went to the Medea, the big hotel just
across the street from the court
house, where the editor in chief and
chief editorial writer Of THE Dear
born Independent" Ford's new pub
LEGATION venture, also soon estab-
lished themselves, like commanding
officers, forty miles away from the
activities Of their men.
Fords attorneys were quartered
at the Colonial, to be near the para
phernaha. His staff Includes some
Of the biggest lights of their pro-
fession in Michigan, including Alfred
Lucking, once q Democratic Con-
gresham from Detroit, and Alfred
J. Murphy, who terminated twenty
years on the Detroit bench to be-
come member OF the firm that
handles Eord's legal kinks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

Up at the other end Of town, IN
the big rangy marble and plush
Park Hotel, is a long suite Of rooms,
including a pink decorated sun par
lor. The entire suite, with several
rooms elsewhere in the hotel. is
occupied by the representatives of
1.-The Tribune" who work all day
and sleep among their books and
records at night.
Every day the two sections of
the show gather under the big ton
at the courthouse for the forenoon
and afternoon exhibition.
& third contingent is a growing
bunch Of newspaper men and
women.
Most notable among than Just
now is Floyd P. Gibbons, who lost
an eye in BelIeau Woods and car
ries marks Of two German bullets
IN various parts Of his anatomy.
Gibbons is here as a witness, but he
IS as keen for the high spots Of tbs
legal battle as ever for an engage
ment on the fields of France.
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perance literature. When It was first
established in Westervillc, in October,
1909. the league was publishing The
American ISSUE national edition,
with several state editors. In 1912
monthly magazine, "rhs American
Patriot" was launched, and then later
followed "The New Republic" blanket
sheet published weekly. and still later
The National Daily n the mean
time "The Scientific Temperance Jour
nal" formerly owned and published by
the Scientific Temperance Federation,
Of Boston, VISA added to the list of
publications, and also "Tha Worker"
paper intended for circulation espe-
cially among the laboring classes. On
January /, 1917, all these publications,
with the exception Of "The Scientific
Temperance Journal" were merged IN
Ger the name "The American Issue"
In addition to the rational edition
Of ''The American Issue" twenty state
editions are being published to-day.
some of them weekly, some hi-weekly
and some monthly. The american
Issue" has steadily increased its circu-
lation from 697.38o copies printed in
1909 to 100000 copies printed in
1913.
An idea of the volume Of business
done by the printing plant may be
gained from the amount of paper stack
used. The last available fgures show
that for ten months Of 1917 the cost
of this stock was s77.42A45. Figures
are not at hand showing The amount
now being used, but it is within reason
to estimate it at about double the
amount used in 1917.
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WesterViIIe
Itself

For the moment permit depression
for a brief consideration of Wester-
Vile, the town. For, be it known, this
village of $500 population, located
twelve miles northeast Of Columbus,
Ohio, is rapidly becoming known
throughou the world. It's name is in
dissolubly linked with the national pro.
hibition amendment, the ratification of
which not only astounded some folks
in the United States, but made other
countries sit up and take notice.
1t may or may not be of peculiar sig
nihcance that the population is strictly
American. Less than one-half of l per
cent are foreign born, and that portion
has so long lived in the American en-
vironment that it has become thorough
" Amercanized.
1t is prominently church town,
six strong denominations being repre-
sented viz, Methodist Episcopal, Pres
hytorian, United Brethren, lutheran,
Evangelical Association and q Catholic
mission. The ovcrwhei Inning majority
OF the people are regular church at
tcndants. It is the seat of Otterben
College, which is perhaps the strongest
educational institution of the United
Brethren Church. Five hundred stu
dents are enrolled and the college at
mosphere pervades the town.
The progressiveness of the town is
indicated by the fact that the popula-
ton has doubled in the last ten years
and modern public improvements have
kept pace with the increased popula-
ton. The town has the commission
form of government, with a salared
city manager. The town boasts of ten
miles of paved streets. 1t owns It's own
water system, has splendid sewage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

registering their protest at the polls
because they could not bring them
selves to the point of supporting q
third party He accordingly presented
a method whereby these voters could
vote against the saloon license system
and still remain identified with the
party of their choice The carrying
out Of this method naturally necessi-
tated many years of careful, sys-
tcmatic organization, for it meant that
candidates for the most minor Offices
on up to legislative and gubernatorial
candidates must be found pledged in
opposition to the liquor traffic. It
meant educating the voters to The
policy Of scratching the ticket and
uniting on those candidates thus
pledged.
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But perhaps we should leave the
rest of the story to be told by Ernest
II. Cherrington, general manager of
the American Issue Publishing Com
pany and editor of "The American
Issue:
The stranger on pilgrimage to West
erville, Ohio, unless unusually alert.
would probably pass unnoticed the ma
tional headquarters of the Anti-Saloon
League of America and the general Of
fees of the American Issue Publishing
Company. The reason for this is that
the Offices are located in a group of old
residences, the exterior architecture of
which has not been materially changed
since pioneer residents of Westervile
vacated them. There are four of these
old dwelling houses thus utilized.
One Of these old buildings has pecul-
lar historical significance 1t is known
as the Stoner House and before the
war was stage-road tavern 1t be-
came one Of the most important sta
lions on the Underground railroad"
system and served as the hiding place
of many q runaway slave en- route to
Canada. This fact in itself indicates
something of the character Of the in
habitants of Westerville, for the de-
scendants Of those early pioneers have
inherited an intense hatred for every
form of evil, and it was altogether nat
ural that they offered home to the
national organization that is recog-
nized as the leader in the fight to free
the slave victims of old John Barley
corn.
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Prohibitions Capital Unpretentious Westerville
The Remarkable Setting, in an
Ohio Town, OF the Remark
able Movement of the Time

The rear Of the residences which
house the Office force of the nationa
league and the American Issue Pub
fishing Company is located a more pre-.
tentious building, the printing plant
This, in fact, is a modern structure
built and equipped by the Anti-Saloon
League. 1t has 10000 square feet of
floor space and is devoted to the publ
cation of league periodicals and tenn
perance literature exclusively.
The unpretentious appearance of the
league headquarters would perhaps
startle those folks who are asking in a
dazed way: What brought about this
national prohibition stuff anyway 2"
But appearances are often deceiving,
and facts which will be presented later
concerning the leagues operations may
help to answer this question for those
who really want to know.
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was taking steps TO protect its citi-
zans Oh the American border, and
The Tribune" published an attack
on Mr. Ford AZ an opponent to this
policy
A few months previous to this
MI Ford had equipped the now
famous peace ship" the Oscar II,
and led an expedition to Europe
with the aEuwed intention Of stop
ping the WHY, and at that time he
WIS also using his prestige, which
On account Of his enormous wealth
and full-page newspaper advertise
unsnts Swayed the minds Of hun
dreds Of thousands
Strongly opposed to MI. Ford's
pacific viewsv 1.-The Tribune" had
been making an earnest campaign
for preparedness, and in the course
Of this campaign it printed the
criticism of Mr.. Ford under the
heading, "Ford Is an Anarchist, +"
contending that the auto kings
course tended to destroy the govern
nent, and it is on this editorial
that Mr. Ford bases his claim Per
Sons who read it once rubbed their
eyes and reread lit was exceed
ingly sever and carried bitter accu-
satlons against the well known De-
troiter which would brand most any
man as an undesirable citizen if the
charges could be proven--send 1The
Tribune" counsel says they can and
will be.
But "The Tribune" claims gustia-
cation in the severe criticism, say
ing that Mr.. Ford is u public and
not private citizen. question
which win undoubtedly be argued at
an early date, before Judge James
&. Tucker, in whose court the libel
suit Is being heard. Fair comment,
1.-THE Tribune" claina, is the pre-
rogative which every one, private
individuals and press, has. upon
adequate occasions, to express opia~
ions upon matters Of public Interest.
What Is meant in this connection
by public intereat"g
Tho law on this subject reads:
"TFso person whose language or
conduct Is thus commented upon
must be one who is either q public
gcrvaIh or ono who Is candidate
for public office, or one who ~ O.
writer, actor, painter or tho like has
offered his works for public criti~
cisfn, Or one who has voluntarily
projected hingcH before the public
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Political Methods
And Results

After more than dozen years of
this kind Of warfare results began to
appear. Legislatures enacted local
option statutes, and the voters under
the provisions of these statutes be-
gan cleaning up state after state by
voting cities, townships and counties
dry at such q rapid rate that the
liquor interests began to take serious
notice. This method has been strictly
adhered to. The voters extended their
no-license demands to include state
wide prohibition, so that to-day thirty
two states are dry by statewide laws
enacted either by a direct vote of
legislatures elected through the omni-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

MoGn1 CLs1ufn2, 4ulch-, Meg IF
" THAT Is an anarchist? Is
~ Henry Ford, multimiIli0n-
W are automobile builder
one And if he is not,
vii L cDst The Chicago Daily TrIb-
ms' cnnl million dollars for call
ing him orn2
Ii may talks weeks, Or even
muuths, this raEe, q case that is des-
uned To 30 down i11to history as one
G. the raDzt sensational and bitterly
inugin libel suits ever heard IN the
courts Of the United Stataa- It is
0eng fought cut in the much TOO
Email Macomb courthouse, and Tire
Ns1 legal talent that money can OBJ
TAN is aligned against each other.
Attorneys for both sides number
saaU twerTty, and not T. misplaced
~oro or q possible tecnicality Of
tns law IL escaping them. Both
nass, backed by financial interests
'nas run far into the many, many
nLiionE, are there to win. Neither
aae says III We win" but sFWhen
Wa "in," and the vast amount Of
teaalng matter sent from the little
MEX courthouse during the coming
"se1S - sure to make Interesting
isaa'ng to the followers Of tbs case.
Both principals ere wen known.
nsary forl-but Why tell you who
.eh1y Ford Is? Out in front If fine
a''ns' Office or hotel whers you are
-" reading this stands an autonno-
DAe that bears hiz name, or ono will
s@~a oy within q minute or two. The
"zpapes readers ~ the world
.so~ "fhe Chicago Daily Tribune"
rA'en claims to be the "World's
s'eate@t Newspaper"
run long days n strenuous If
..~ Oh the part cf the counsel were
s.'''ey CONSUMED IL choosing jury
= "s&fay satiEfae>ory 10 both sides
~ posAioie. Tn@ one IL q typical
s s@'ss outfit, eitf,er actively en-.
s@sso m tlliing the soil or being On
- - fs'lfed list. There are but two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
by the expression Of his views upon
a public topic"

by the expression Of his views upon
a public topic"
Does Henry Ford come within the
circle Of either of these? He has
been a candidate for public Office
since the editorial was published
at least his name was on the Demo-
cratic ticket and a minority Of the
Michigan electors voted for him as
their choice for United States Sena-
tor from the state of Michigan. He
is not a painter, All actor, nor
writer, and so the only question is
whether or not he "proj him
self" before the public by the ex-
preston Of views upon a public
topic
Was the question Of preparedness
z public one, and did Mr.. Ford
project himself" by having placed
in numerous metropolitan news
papers fuD-page advertisements,
showing his attitude on the ques-
ton, for which he paid enormous
sums Of money?
Another question of still greater
Importance than whether or not Mr..
Ford is a public or private citizen
will come before the court for
analysis and that question is, What
is the definition Of the word
lamar hist?
This question is one that will
surely consume much time and
after it is settled it will probably
be referred to in future "anarchis-
tic' libel suits and accepted as
authority. When the word lamar
chist" is uttered one just naturally
thinks Of bomb, but a bomb-heav-
ing anarchist, according to the de-
PENDANTS council, had no place in
the mind Of The editorial writer
when he wrote The short article.
Weymouth Kirkland, the brilliant
attorney Of Chicago, who is defend
ing the rights Of ''The Tribune" in
bis address to the Jury late Friday
afternoon explained TO the jurymcn
the meaning Of the word as inter
preted by no Less an authority than
Lirdsay IL Garrison, II member Of
presldent Wilson'S Cabinet in the
year 1915. Here are Mr.. Garrison's
words.
The use Of force 1s the Inherent
essence of government. Where there
ia no force TO compel obedience, that
Is bad government. Where there
is no force to compel obedience or
any force to the government. there
is anarchy"
"And when G. anan attempts to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

pressed in spirit ever since January
16 last, when the thirty-sixth state
ratified national prohibition. For
a quarter OF century Lubaski had
defied the Anti-Saloon League.
When the printing plant of the
league was set up in Westervillc
Lubaski took it more or less as a
personal affront, as the mail bags
grew heavier.
Westerville IS an easy-going vii
lage. IN the brick-tiled sidewalk,
opposite the Bank Of Westorvillc, is
a hole A long time ago there was
q tree where the hole is, and the
pavement makers cut down that
tree and with an adze they "mani-
cured the trunk down to the de-
sired level and laid the brick over
It The old stump "riz up" about
two inches, heaving the brick out
Of level, and the taxpayers are
waiting, before they repair the
walk, to see whether the old stump
IS through with its heaving propen-
stiles before they spend money on
sidewalk repairs.
The official history of the Anti
Saloon League says that the Rev.
DR. Howard Russell has the right
Justly to claim the distinction Of
having founded the league.
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Judge James C. Tucker who trying the Ford Chicago
Tribune case

persuade somebody else from enlist
ing in the militia or the army, or
when he attempts to discourage
men who are in the militia or in
the army at the time the United
States has called them out to pro-
tect the border Of this country, that
man is doing something that is tend
ing toward lawlessness," said kirk
land. "That man is doing an act
that tends to put that government
in a position where it cannot compel
obedience to It's orders; and that
man, using the construction that we
put upon it in this editorial, is an
anarchist.r
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brimmed, light colored sombreros
and toting firearms on their hips.
They are mostly from Columbus.
N. NJ, scene of the slaughter of
March, 1916, three months before
"The Tribune" editorial. They are
grim, determined fellows, who look
as if they would hold their own in a
fracas. To the youth they seem to
have stepped out from between the
covers Of Mayne Reid and other
writer's whose works he has perused
In the garage or behind the barn.
Among them is the sole survivor
Of the massacre Of Santa Ysabel,
when the Villistas drove a company
of American mine owners and
others from a train and shot them
down like dogs
Four women are in the party who
have seen more than the seamy side
of life. Three Of them were at
Columbus and the fourth at Browns
vile.
Mrs. Susan Moore walks on
crutches. She was wealthy New
York girl when she married the
handsome young man from the
Southwest. The wedding was in
Los Angeles and they spent happy
honeymoon in Santa Barbara. Then
they went to Columbus, where Mr..
Moore had a prosperous general
store. When the Villistas raided the
town at 4 o'clock in the morning
they drove the Moores into the
street in their nightclothes. Mr..
Moore was shot dead. Mrs. Moore
received a bullet in her knee. She
escaped by crawling into a corn
field.
Mrs. Robert Richie was the wife
Of a hotelkecper. The hotel was
burned. Ritcfie was killed before
his wife's eyes and his body thrown
into the blaze.
Mrs. Riggs, an energetic little
young woman, is tho wife Of the
collector of customs of Columbus.
Both she and her husband We're
driven outdoors and saw the
slaughter Of their neighbors, but es-
capped.
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By Charles T. White

"HE only thing that makes
Westerville, Ohio, different
r. in striking particular from
half hundred other Ohio
villages of about equal size is that
It is the headquarters, the capital,
Of the Anti-Saloon League OF
America.
Nearly al villages Of this size
in Ohio have "a Methodist, a Baptist
and q Presbyterian church, good
schools, national bank, a restau-
rant, where a meal costs one-third
as much as the same order does al
the Blackstone in Chicago, and a
tranquility that is soothing TO the
spirit Of a reporter on a meTopoli-
tan newspaper.
On Monday, May -, the day The
Tribune man was there. the one
topic Of conversation was that old
frznk Lubazki was dead Lnbask
Was the mail driver, and for about
scure Of years had driven the little
wagon that carried the mail between
ne railway station and the local
roztDffice. Old Frank had been de-
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I system and good electric light service.
An lnterurban system connects the
town with the state capital, Columbus,
and it is also located on a branch of
the Pennsylvania Railroad system, the
e. A. & c., the direct line from Column
bus to Cleveland.
1t pardonably boasts Of being the
smallest town in America to possess
first class postoffice. 1t has more men
with names in who's Who in America"
than any other place of equal size in
the United States. The home of Benia-
min Handy, author of Darling Nelly
Gray" the song that did so much in
creating sentiment against slavery, was
in Westerville. His body lies in beauti-
full Otterbein Cemetery, in the town.
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Parties to
The Action

The fourth is Mrs. Austin, who
was in the thick of fatal raid on
Brownsville, Tex.
So the rheumatic rich and the
townspeople have something more to
talk about than aches and pains and
how much liveler the town was be
fore Michigan went dry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
A Believer
In Publicity

The Anti-saloon League is q firm be-
lever in printers ink. That is why
it built and equipped it's publishing
plant. 1t owns the plant absolutely.
No private individual has penny Of
stock in it. 1t is devoted exclusively
to the printing and publishing of tenn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Start of a
New Precedent

The trial of the million dollar libel
suit is along broader lines than ever
have been followed before by such
"A proceeding in tho United States
and has given this little town mora
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The Beginning
OF 1t An

1, nVsy back In June. 1918, ~rhe
=. hs IN an editorial branded
-. orc az az anarchiSt. Mt that
NsSaias tins tbs United States
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lamps,
Wcaves the heavens
With blue
And black
And presses cold lips
To silence.
Saying Hush. r
Listen and listen
For voices that are stiIled,
Strain your eyes
For faces that are gone
Seek to touch j
The air. 4
There is a ring
About the moon !
And the streets glisten. I
Empty. ~
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Night

By Herbert j. SeHgr1an
n IGHT sits on the house,
tops,
Bends over pale atrces
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By P. ". Williams

Mount CIsrnsna, Mich, Mny 24-
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