The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-11
TRIBUNE EDITOR
WANTED UNIFORM
Go, Appointment TO Governor 8
Staff In Order 70 Wear Gold
Lace; Took Cook To
the Border

Nj Aleuttifs AN%As @etr
As Cormick Of the chieAso Tribune.
Ara one Of the editors OF The paper
featured TIE mid day week session OF
he ChieAso Tribune defense In shs
',i 900 900 case for Libel brought
asains, Il By Henry Ford Under Oh
rest examination Mr. Mccormick de
nl.d hat STANDARD on og the inierns
tional Harvester Co. has ever innaenc'
"A the cditoriu policy og the Tribune
Ia ans way Tie denied that he kne" |
,ny o. the owners or officials oi stan
dard Oll and stated thar he DID not
know either II war with Mexico -
urs.d hy the Tribune. would please
the International Harvester Co OF
not
The Tribune refused 10 consider the
as, OF the submarine as cause foI war. ,
the witness testified, because he ieit .
itlat the Unuei States miehi be called ?
luron 10 employ submarines a. de
ifrnsiye measure. The witness also
attempted to explain Why his paper
l.aid no salaries 10 men who were cali /
"a lrtO the service when the nation
went 10 war with Germany. but did I
pay them ON the border Married |
aien. he sEia had been discharged =
IRON the guard and the Ray OF soldiers
had been doubled when The country
entered the great war Therefore The
Tribune decided TO pay no wages 10
lis men WIN were ealied away
His own salary which be drew alter
le went TO France. was awarded him
hy action OF TIE minority stocAhoid'
.rs. Cross examination oi Mr.. Pat
tefson brought forth some interesting
developments concerning the work
which she witness said he did abroad
As a correspondent Nj Patterson
admitted havins sought a position on
GOV. Dunno s;an in order that he
miIhg ses a Uniform TO wear abroad
lie declared that the Russian ambas.
saAog suggested that he go abroad 10
write on conditions.
Upon further examination Il was de-
leloped BY Feacing from a book writ
ten by the witness. that be once
claimed MS mothers activities in his
behalf got MIN the favor which sent
him overseas in the uniform oi AN
officer and the capacity OF correspond
snt
why I'D sou want position On
the governors staff 7" asked counsel
Tor Mr.. Fola.
Everyone Snows what THAI ia
That Is social position replied The
witness
"A uniform gees with il"
Yes, that ~ss The reason lid /,
to have d uniIorm in Russia
There Was other correspondents in
Europe without uniforms al that
simes~
There vele hui they couldn't get
10 the front
You got to the front in France
without uniform didn't ycG II"
Witness admitted that he did
Counsel fu Mr. Ford then began 10
read quotations from numerous Trib-
une editorials some of them so like
uttsrances III Mr Ford that one OF the
opposing counsel enquired: Who
said that. what are you reading
Irom-"
4 am seading a Chicago Tribune
editorial. rsspon led Ford counsel
III sounded like Henry Ford. was
the rejoiEdtr
The expg essaons in question We're
quoted from an editorial headed
What Flag Is Up." described the
great war as @Fos the Allies and not
tot AnAerita Ii said that one could
hardly sse anything but allied fags
in the east But mainly American
flags In Chicago and declared The
east is suburb OF Western Europe
Another editorial declared that all but
the pTodt=eTs were 'nausested hy The
moving psctnTe OF war" Still another
Tribune editorial read we have no
quarrel with the German people: we
have only feeling 0. sympathy and
friendship lot tleM-
Then" said Ford counsel. NO one
Is an anarchist merely because he op
poses war;"
NO" answered the witness.
In describing his service on the
Mexican border under cross exanlins-
tion the witness admitted that two
weeks alter mis- arrival he moved into
house With his own cook and ser~-
ants snd undertook generally TO miti-
gate the horrors Of war. There was
no danger. he said. and be tried 10
make himself as comfortable as pos
sibie-
It is expected that Henry Ford vii
be called 10 the witness stand this
week By tie Tribune which is pre-
pairing to close lis defense.