Show PUBliSHER ADMITS ADITS HE i PASSED FORD EDITORIAl Mount Clemens Mich 1 July 9 Col R n. R n. McCormick president of ot the Tribune Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une company compan of ef Chicago o. o which Is being sued for Cor by b Henry Ford on a achar char charge e of or libel was on the tho witness stand practically all of or today's session of court Mr lr Ford and his son Edsel are expected to testify tomorrow Mr Ir Lucking adduced that while the Tribune paid salaries of or Its who went to militia encampments or orto orto orto to the thc Mexican border in 1916 InC the tho practice practice practice tice was not followed in the tho European war That wa was because the war department department department depart depart- ment Issued an nn order remo removing married married married mar mar- ried men fr from m the national guard Juard and at the same time doubled the tho pay of ot those who remained It thus eliminated eliminated the problem of or dependents and took the tho burden of or pay pal 1 off ort th the shoulders should shoulders d ders of oC private concerns and spread it over tho the public generally as ns was proper proper pro pro- per said C Colonel one McCormick 1 It was with Colonel lc 1 approval approval ap ap- ap- ap prova that the Tribune published on June 23 1916 tho the alleged ed libel Jibe suit headed Ford is an nn anarchist it developed devel devel- He lie had Just returned d from Crom Canada and it appeared that as aa ho he had formed opinions derogatory to Mr lr Ford he gave Ja the article a cursory reading and said a Go ahead |