Show t Henry Ford Awarded 6 Cents Cent AUTO MA MAN IN LI EL urr Jury A Awards Verdict r erdi ct After Del Deliberating berating 1 More ore Than 11 Hours 15 Definitions of r Word Tord ord Anarchist By y MOU IV T CLEMENS CLE Mich Aug 14 Henry Ford multi millionaire automobile manufacturer cr was awarded award award- ed cd damages oL cents in his suit for against st the Chicago Tri Trib tine une At jury in it Judge c. James Ta S e court returned r th tho 1 Verdict dict t tonight ig it after deliberating 11 s' s hours hours' and 20 minutes s. s Ford based his hie his his' suit on an editorial published In In Inthe the Tribune on June 23 3 1916 which appeared under the caption Ford For Is an ari anarchist The Thc editorial a attacked t ta cit ed Fo Fords Ford's rd's all alleged ege d pa pacifism c I t ism stressing his pr war pre war B activities and his reported opposition to lo an American invasion of or Chon Change c of ot Venue of tho case cao was first set oel for or Chicago but bul lords Fords attorneys s 's succeeded succeed succeed- cd ed In lu securing ec ring a change of or venue an anthe and time the case was placed In the Michigan court For Fur the past three months the legal fI fight ht w was waa waged without a let up Attorneys for or the tho defense attempted to sli show sho w that Ford Interfered with governmental activities and that thal contrary con Colt to lo reports he had refused to toIve give Ive returned militiamen their former in his factory Witnesses for or the plaintiff testified that t these ese men wore were not only re-em- re cn on their return from the border but that their families in man many instances In ln stances stanc s were provided for Cor by I- I Ford ord during their time of service During the thc la last t few weeks s of oC the Je legal il al struggle the fight tight centered upon tho definition of or tho the wor word anarchist In lii hl his Itis charge to lo the Iho Jury Judge James Tucker read fifteen definitions of ot the tho word lIe Ho told the Jurymen that the Tribune was at liberty to criticize a a. man milan of ot standing but at the same isamo time pointed out that certain uses o of the tho word anarchist rere libel libel- Otis He lie e instructed the Jury jUr to lo dismiss the ca case c against tho the Solomon News c company defendants co after atter calling tho the attention of oC the Jury jur to tho fact tact that the news company compan merely acted as distributors distributor for Cor the Tribune distributing leg ing Issues o of the publication n containIng containing contain contain- In ing the objectionable editorial without without with with- out knowledge o of ot it IL |