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Show NO SWIVEL CHAIR FOR FORD'S SON STAYED AT HOME DURING WAR TO HELP IN PLANT REFUSED TO TAKE UNIFORM. FATHER WAS RESPONSIBLE Deolri H Told Edtel That War Work In Faotory Needed Him Would Not Aocept Safety First Commlsiton. ML Clemens, Mich. Henry Ford, during Uio last hour of bis seven days on the wltnosa stand, took occasion to olalm full reponaiblllty (or his son, Sdsel Ford's, claim for exemption from the selective draft, "He wanted to enlist," said Mr. Kord, "but I told him that ho could do more good whoro no was. Ho was olTorod tevoral cominla-slons cominla-slons which would have permitted him to wear a uniform nnd stay right In the factory, but ho wouldn't nccopt thonO Having raado tholr decision, It wni shown, both Mr. Kord and his son refused re-fused to camouflugo it behind o swivel chnlr commission carrying boots and spurs. This subject, tho introduction of which has been awaited over since tho trial oponod, did not develop Hlong 'Me lines which had bcon gonoraUy ex. ptcted. Mr. Ford's Inclination to ihoulder full responsibility, his state-ment state-ment tint his son was absolutely ossentlal to tho war work being donn In Uio factory and his revelation of the fact that Edsol Kord turned down tovoral offers of a commission, disarmed dis-armed criticism. Tho chargas, spread during a political campaign, and recently re-cently repeated on tho door of the Unltod Statos senate, to tho effect thai tho young prcsidoitt of tho Kord Motor company had shirked his duty woro so fully refuted that Trlbuno counsel did not pursue tho point. It was the first time that a full ox, planatlon of tho facts In connection with Edeol Kord's war work han been made public and It was easily tho feature of the olevonth work of tho trial. Henry Ford spent sovon days on the witness stand and of this tlmo ho gave less than two hours to his own lawyer. law-yer. As long as counsel for Tho Tribune wm hammering him Mr. Ford sat quietly in tho wltnoss chair aij-swexlng aij-swexlng ta constant flre of questloiif with great patience. Dut tho Instai'u his own lawyers took him In hand hA atutude chitngod. He became solt-coniclous solt-coniclous and diffident. He would a(, aooapt th efforts of his counsel to provide him with an opportunity tc rtveal tho full extent of his patriotic work during the war, his humanitarian humanitari-an vlows, or his advanced Ideas of tho rotations which should exist between capital and labor. "It Is all In the records," said Mr. Kord. "I have told It all here onob." Ho avoided, with care, anything that verged on boasting. Ho would not even describe tho oxtont of the wnr work which his factories did and when record breaking performances In Die production of munitions was Mentioned Mention-ed he declared, "we dldyall w coutri, let it go at that. I want to forget about IL I fel Just as the soldier foci. I don't want to talk about my war work.' The witness did, however, after being be-ing pressed, explain that his son had bought out tho minority ttockholdei-4 of the Ford Motor company btcauue these interests bad insisted on Mr. Kord squesilnX tho last dollar out of the public, the government, the work, ers and tho produot. He wanted to cat looso from, bis associates, ho said, so that ho could carry out bis Ideas of the distribution of proAts to im ployoes through Increased wages and to the public through lower prices. It was either buy or sell and Mr. Ford bad considered selling and organising a new company. His son, however, took up the task of buying out tho minority stockholders and succooded, dosplto tho general belief In the flnun. olal world that this stock could not be purchased. On of U?o most Interesting developments develop-ments of Mr. Ford's tsstlmony came out when it was testified that th only legislation h has ever sought was Out for the protection of birds. Othur men of millions, it was shown, kp lobbyists in the national and stat tapttol to urg and work for spsolsl privilege, but th on favor that Mr Ford has over aak4 from th lawmakers law-makers had nothing to do with his wn Interests. It was a curious Mi ot tesUmony and left a dp Impression Impres-sion on the aodlsoo in Ut court cbambtr. Th snbjeot was a mult of questions ques-tions ooaosralng Mr, Ford's list of. friend. H named Thomas tfon ud John Burroughs, the naturalist, a i hi best friends ontslde of his Immediate Im-mediate associates. UUgaUon In which Mr. ford has been interested wo another subject of interest. . It was shown that when the automobile business was In the first years of its growth all manufacturers manufac-turers ot motor oar wer compelled to pay trlbut to what was known as the Selden patent on internal combui-Tlonngflies: combui-Tlonngflies: Mrr-FuTd-f omthr- nrl v -patent tor seven years and won and by his vlotory freed the onljre industry from Its shackles and made possible the wonderful growth which has marked mark-ed the last sw years. I I Mrs. II. A. Frogley of Brigham City, is tho guest of Mrs. Jas J. Thompson. A fino daughter arrived at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bingham Thursday morning of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin G. Smith were tendered a very pleasant Bhower at tho homo of Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hess of Fielding, on Monday Mon-day evening of this week. A delightful evening was spent, refreshments re-freshments wero served and numerous nu-merous gifts wero given tho newlywcds. Quite a number of young people from this city wero among the guests present John L. Baxter & Sons Clear-'ance Clear-'ance Sale will open Monday (Monday morning, August 4th, at 9 o'clock, at Fielding. Must cnako room for tho Collinston (stock. You will sure get bargains barg-ains at this sale Leave youi 'work and get double wages. lt-adv. Yesterday's rainstorm was" indeed welcome after the long-drawn-out dry Bpcll we have had. From now on wo will have cooler cool-er weather anyhow oven if the rain came too late to be of much good to grain crops. It will help tho beeta nnd alfalfa crops and mosten tho ground for summer following and get rid of the dust at least |