VOL. L.VIII. NO.
1 ft 0 "7, Entered at Portland lOrijon)
iatj Potoff!ce as geeor.d-C'agg Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1G, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CHINA 'SOLD OUT,'
iJGHARGE BY LODGE
Senate Treaty Debate Hot
I on Shantung Proviso.
DOWSEY NOT SLAIN,
ICRUELTY IN ARMY
HEAT IN PORTLAND
RELIEVED BY WIND
SEEKS HELP
PITTSBURG FORCED TO
STOP BREWING BEER
DEMURRERS TO VIOLATION
CHARGES OVERRULED.
IDAHO
FORD ALTERS VIEW
OF 111 PEACE
New Conflict Favored if
League Plan Fails.
oo rnnrM rrvo ninv
Ohio ouruiMcr o jurw i
FIGHTING FIRES
DEATH OF INVESTIGATOR LAID
TO NATURAL CAUSES.
MERCURY" IX OTHER CITIES OF
OREGON" RANGES "CP TO 110.
EORAH SEES AID TO JAPAN
Acceptance of Grant Would
"Help Make Great Power."
HITCHCOCK DEFENDS PLAN
olons Drop League of Nations and
Assail Deal in Far Ea?t;
A&k for Details.
r TVASHIN'GTOX, July 15. The stormy
fcenate fight over the peace treaty
Shifted away from the league of nations
covenant today and broke with a new
tfury about the provision giving Shan
tung peninsula to Japan.
In five hours of debate the treaty
Opponents charged In bitter terms that
'the Tokio government had wheedled
Shantung from China at the peace table
Iwithout a shadow of a cause except
the ambition of conquest, and support
ers of the treaty defended the course
pf President Wilson in the negotiations
by declaring the only alternative was
failure of the whole peace conference.
Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela
tions committee declared Shantung was
m. "price paid" for Japan's acceptance
of the league of nations. Senator Nor
ris, republican, Nebraska, charged that
Japan in 1917 secretly had inveigled
the European allies into a promise to
vupport her Shantung claims.
Borah Sees Challenge.
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, as
verted that if the United States must
either underwrite the Shantung agree
ment or accept the challenge of another
Jjower, the country would choose the
latter course.
Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, rank
ing democrat of the committee, replied
that the German rights in Shantung
were obtained legally by treaty in 1898
and were won fairly from Germany by
Japan long before the United States en
tered the war. Senator "Williams, dem
ocrat, Mississippi, said the president
had to accept the Shantung settlement
r come home without a general treaty
of peace, and that Japan never would
grive up the peninsula unless forced to
do so by war.
In the end the senate adopted with
out a record vote a resolution by Sena
tor Lodge asking the president for any
available information about a secret
treaty allleged to have been negotiated j
fee ween Japan and Germai.y in 1918 I
eniLotiying a plan for Russian rehabill
taticii and promising Jr. pan's indirect i
j i otection of Gcrniai. interests at the j
Versailles negotiations. j
Versailles SccreN Ak.rd. j
A sweeping request for informai'un j
bout the conversations at Versailles :
aiso was sent to the White House by
the foreign relations committee, which
.adopted a resolution by Senator John
gmi, republican, California, calling for
all proposed drafts for a league cov
enant, for reports of the arguments
relative to the league, and for "all data
tearing upon or used in connection
with the treaty of peace."
At its meeting the committee began
the reading of the treaty, covering in
less than two hours about one-fifth of
its stations, but passing over for fu
ture consideration the hugue covenant,
the boundaries of Germany and many
jninor provisions. The reading will
con tinue at a long session tomorrow,
tht; senate having adjourned tonight
until Thursday so the committee would
not be interrupted in its work.
There was no discussion of President
'Wilson's offer to consult with the com
mittee on doubtful points of the treaty,
nor was any attempt made to have the
committee open its doors to the public.
Tt was said these questions might not
come to a head for several days after
the reading of the document was fin
ished. I,odsce Speech Bitter.
In discussing the Shantung matter,
enator Lodge was bitter and caustic
n his remarks.
Shantung was a price paid and all
S.he world knows it," Mr. Lodge said.
"There is no statute of limitations
Midi i u no "boiiui a. fo i - a l niuiig 1 1 a. a
that."
' Reciting how Germany secured the
ohantung concessions and .how Japan
succeeded Germany by virtue of war,
.Senator Lodge continued:
"Kngland and France took Belgium
tway from Germany during the war.
hoes that give them a claim to Bel
gium? Shantung was not enemy coun
try like Fiume. It was handed over
LO J iJ"s.ii ii,iiiiPi. uir . i uicui ui ume UI
nur delegates and experts charged with
this question. It was handed over be-
Lause Japan's signature was needed to
the league. It was done as a necessity.
Jt takes the territory of a friend, an
a 1! v who had been loyal, and hands it
over to a great military power in the
least."
Japan Aided. Is C haree.
Mnnnn Ik hnilriinc nn a Vuf nnvrer in
iChina," continued Senator Lodge, "and
iwe in this treaty are helping her do it."
1 When Senator Hitchcock declared
Kiit whatpvfr China lnt bv I he V r -
lilies treaty she gained "something
nore valuable than all else. prt tec lion
txidT article 10," there was a burst of
aUghter on the Republican side of the
hamber.
"Senators laugh," shouted Senator
ijtchcock. "but they know that in the
jst "China always has been despoiled
nd that under article 10 -he will be
protected. The same senators who now
Coluuiu i;
Government Inquiry Into Alleged
Fraud in Shipbuilding to Con
tinue at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 15. After de
liberating: less than one hour, the cor
oner's jury impaneled to determine the
cause of the death of Frederick A. Dow-
sey, special agent of the United States
shipping; board here. May 2, returned
a verdict that Dowsey died of natural
causes, probably apoplexy, and was not
murdered as had been alleged.
Conflicting evidence was given the
jury by several physicians. Deputy Cor
oner Frank Koepfli of King county,
who assisted in the autopsy on the body
immsdiately after it was found in a
washroom in an office building which
houses the shipping board offices, said
he believed death came from natural
causes and that the wound on Dowsey'ff
head, which has led to the murder the
ory, was caused when the victim fell.
Other doctors, with the exception of
Dr. A. M. McWhinnie. who first reached
Dowsey after death came, substantiated
Koepfli's statement. Dr. McWhinnie
told the jury death came suddenly, but
in his belief not of natural causes.
G. M. Douglas, shipping board dis
bursement clerk, who discovered Dow
sey's body, told of seeing two men
leave the washroom shortly before he
entered, but said he would be unable
to identify them. Dowsey, it is said,
was investigating alleged irregularities
in connection with the northwest dis
trict of the shipping board at the time
he died.
Government agents will continue to
investigate the case, federal officials
declare.
TOSSING OF MATCH COSTLY
Flames Started in Gasoline Ruin
Books of Medlord Physician.
MKDFORD, Or., July 13. (Special.)
Dr. E. H. Porter cleaned up his private
office in the Medford sanitarium last
night. He washed the baseboard and
the book shelves of his medical library
with a decoction containing three pints
of gasoline in a pan. Then he dusted
and rearranged his books and as he
stepped back a few feet to admire bis
work, struck a match to light his pipe,
tossing the lighted match into the pan
of gasoline.
There was no explosion, but the
flames spread with great rapidity.
The doctor fought them as best he
could, but by the time the firemen had
arrived and extinguished the flames
the bookcase had been charred and
most of the $2000 worth of medical
books were ruined.
MURDER CONFESSION MADE
20-Ycar-Old Clerk Says He Killed
Employer.
A VOX, X. X, July 15. Edward
O'Brien, the 20-year-old clerk arrested
here charged with the murder of Gar
diner C. Hull of the Xew York sta
tionery firm of Hull & Deppisch, made
a second written confession today, ac
cording to the police, in which he ad
mitted that the hammer blows which
killed Mr. Hull were struck by him
and not by his companion clerk, Ed
ward E. Paige.
In his first confession he had accused
Paige of being the actual murderer,
and Paige is under arrest in Philadel
phia. Both were employed by Hull &
Deppisch.
GIRL, 11, WADING, DROWNS
Margaret Melendy, Daughter of Port
land Teacher, Steps Into Hole.
OREGON CITY, Or., July 15. (Special.)
Margaret Meiendy, ll-; ear-oId daugh
ter of I, A. Melendy, teacher in the
Franklin high school in Portland,
drowned in the Willamette river at 5
o'clock this afternoon.
Four children were wading. Mar
garet Melendy and her brother stepped
into a deep hole. A younger; sister res
cued her brother, but was unable to
reach Margaret. A call for assistance
was sent. The body was found 30 min
utes later.
The tragedy took place at Peach
Cove, opposite Xew Era. The body was
sent to Portland tonight.
7 BERRY ACRES NET $3300
H. I.. Morrcll of Clackamas Has
Good Year With Strawberries.
OREGON CITT, Or., July 15. (Spe
cial.) H. L. Morrell, one of the straw
berry growers of Clackamas county
meeting with success in growing this
fruit, has harvested his last crop for
this year.
Mr. Morrell has seven and one-half
acres in strawberry plants at his home
at "Willamette, two and one-half acres
of which are two-year-old plants, two
acres in one-year-old plants and three
and one-half acres in plants that were
set out last year.
From these berries Mr. Morrell has
made a profit of $3500 and he expects
to make 15000 next year.
WOMAN SLAYER CONVICTED
New Orleans Widow, 60, Found
t.uilty of Sliootinjj Publisher.
CHICAGO. July 15. Mrs. Vera Tre-
pagnier, 60 years old, a widow of
New Orleans, on tr'al in the criminal
court charged with the murder of Paul
Frederick Vollard, publisher, last night
was found guilty of manslaughter.
Mrs. Trepagnier charged Vollard had
refused to settle with htr for publi
cation of a likeness of George Wash
ington and during an altercation over
the miniature original, she shot him
at his office. The state did not as!:
the death penalty.
CAMPS IS BARED
Assaults on Overseas
Prisoners Alleged.
FOOD AND BEDDING HELD POOR
Soldier Rolled in Mud by Su
perior, Witness Testifies. . i
'HARD BOILED' SMITH TRIED
Former Service Men Tell House
Committee Offenses- Committed
Without Provocation.
WASHINGTON", July 15. Six former
American soldiers testifying today be
fore a special house committee investi
gating alleged cruelties to military
prisoners in France, declared that mer
ciless assaults were committed without
provocation on the prisoners by arro
gant officers In charge of the prisons
and camps. Only one of the witnesses,
all of whom were charged with being
absent without leave, was convicted,
the others having been acquitted of the
charge and dismissed.
"The bastile," "the stockade," "prison
farm N"o. 2," and "St. Ann's hotel,"' also
known as "the brig." were the places
named by the witnesses as the scene of
the alleged cruelties, which were said
to have extended over several months
in 1918. Some officers in charge of the
prison camps, it was said, have been
convicted by courtmartial and others
were awaiting trial.
"Hard Boiled" Smith Convicted.
Lieutenant "Hard Boiled" Smith, one
of the prison camp officers, was men
tioned frequently, while others named
were Lieutenants Mason and Sullivan
and Sergeants Ball, Wolfmeyer and
Bush.
"Did they try the general in charge
cf the camp?" asked Chairman Royal
Johnson, who left his seat in con
gress to serve with the army abroad.
"Not that anyone heard," responded
the witness.
When Lieutenant "Hard . Boiled"
Smith was tried at Tours early this
year a hundred witnesses appeared
against him and he was convicted,
testified Sidney Kemp, New York city.
"Fifty witnesses who I can name
will verify everything said here and
tell more, too," asserted Kemp.
Food and Beds Declared Poor.
Several of the soldiers testified that
in addition to being beaten, food in
small amounts and of poor quality was
supplied and that the bedding was
poor, sometimes the mattresses being
in mud under a small tent.
"A prisoner was smiling and an of
ficer says, 'take that smile off, or I
will.'" A. H. Mendleburrr of Balti-
fConclu1d on Pag 71. Column l.
TAKLNG IT
Koscburg Swelters Under 100 De
grees and Endures Water Short
age ; Pendleton Is Hottest.
TfKJ' AY'S TEMPEHITIRES
' 4" iCIFIC NORTHWEST
7 .d 89 degrees
,rd 104 degrees
.ane ............. 102 degrees
- .cr 98 degrees
ibany 95 degrees
The Dalles 103 degrees
Pendleton 110 degrees
Hoseburg 100 degrees
With a moderate wind sweeping up
the Columbia river and across Port
land, helping to cool the city, the tem
perature yesterday dropped 11 degrees
from Monday's record mark. The high
est point reached during the day was
89 degrees, recorded late in the aft
ernoon. But-while Portland gained relief from
the Intense heat, other Oregon towns
were not so lucky. Medford, snuggled
closely between the high mountains in
the Rogue river valley, sweltered un
der a 104-degree temperature. Yakima
and Walla Walla, Wash, attained the
same record. They were the hottest
places in the United States or terri
tories. Spokane. reached the 103 mark,
while at Baker in eastern Oregon it
was 98.
The eastern and southern cities lived
in comparative coolness. While yester
day was not as hot as the preceding
day. it was far too hot for Ideal
weather, and the Portland people see
little hope in the weather man's pre
diction of fair, and continued warm.
ALBANY. Or.. July 15. (Special.)
The government tnermometer here reg
istered a maximum temperature of 95
degrees today. This was five degrees
lower than yesterday, the hottest day
of the year here. The heat was much
less noticeable today because of a
breeze.
THE DALLES, Or.. July 15. (Spe
cial.) The thermometer here reached
103 at 3 o'clock today and was still ris
ing. The highest point officially re
corded yesterday, 100, was maintained
for several hours.
PENDLETON, Or., July 13. (Spe
cial.) A rise of five degrees in the
half-hour between 130 and 3 o'clock
today sent the theiwmettr to one Ct
the highest points ever recorded in this
city, 110 degrees.
ROSEBURG. Or., July 15. (Special.)
With the mercury bubbling at the
100 mark and citizens sweltering in
the greatest heat since 1911. the city
continues to suffer for a lack of wa
ter, the company apparently being un
able to supply the patrons. Various re
strictions are being made.
Water will be shut off throughout
the city at 10:30 P. -M.. beginning to
night, and lawn sprinkling or irriga
tion will be permitted only from 7 to 9
each evening. The city council has
been asked to pass an ordinance pro
viding a penalty for violations of these
regulations.
APART TO SEE IF EVERYTHING IS
Secretary Lane Asked for
Immediate Response.
BLAZE HAS 15-MILE FRONT i
Thunder. Mountain Region Is
Roaring Furnace, Report.
LOSS OF MILLIONS SEEN
First Time In Ulster)- That May
Has Seen Such Widespread
Danger, Say Officials.
BOISE. Ida., July 15. (Special.)
Governor D. W. Davis today made a
direct appeal to Franklin K. Lane, sec
retary of the Interior, tor assistance in
fighting the raglnc fire in the Thunder
mountain district. He voiced strong
sentiment In favor of quick action, as
the fire Is spreading In many direc
tions and threatens the national for
ests and also millions of feet of lumber
owned by the state of Idaho and pri
vate Interests.
The telegram, which was also' sent
to Representative Addison T. Smith, is
as follows:
Urgent Appeal Seat.
"Fire danrer in forests of Idaho ap
palling, with ever increasing menace.
We must have additional federal aid.
State associations already have spent
$25,000 putting out four fires on the
public domain, for which we should be
reimbursed. The state will co-operate
in organizing and superintending
crews. Great fire raging now on a 15
mile front In the Thunder mountain
district, and has crossed the south fork
of the Salmon into forest reserve. Go
ing three weeks. After the fire was
well started federal authorities tried
to stop It with 47 men.
"Inaction of your department prob
ably due to lack of funds, but It was
appalling to us. The hazard of these
fires la the greatest ever known, and
Involves millions In economic loss un
less handled rapidly and Intelligently.
This Is the first year we have ever had
to fight big fires In May. and the
country Is like tinder through lack of
moisture. We will go the limit. Can
we get emergency funds for fighting
fire on the public domain?"
New Flrea Reported.
Walter Mann, supervisor of the Idaho
national forest reserve, sent an urgent
call to Supervisor Grandjean at Boise
this morning for a force of fire fight
ers to combat the flames In the Thun
der mountain district, which he re
ported to be spreading. Twenty-five
men were secured who will leave In the
(Concluded on Pas -. Column
ALL RIGHT.
New Orleans Bremers, Indicted for
Making Beer Exceeding One-Half
Per Cent Alcohol, Win Point.
riTTSBUP.G. July 15. Brewing of
beer In Pittsburg will end. for a time
at least, as the result of Federal Judge
Thompson's action In overruling de
murrers of officers and directors of the
Pittsburg and Independent Brewing
companies to charges of violation of the
wartime prohibition law, according to
an announcement late today by Attor
ney William J. Brennan, counsel for
brewers and saloon keepers in Al
legheny county.
BOSTON. July 15. A ruling given to
day by Federal Judge George W. An
derson that the sale of beer which is
not intoxicating Is not illegal under
the present wartime prohibition act. led
to the quashing of the government's
test case against Sanford F. Petts and
Leopold 11. Vogel, liquor dealers of this
city.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. July 15. Fed
eral Judse Foster today sustained a de
murrer filed by officials of the Amer
ican Brewing company to an indictment
charging that the manufacture of beer
of more than one-half of one per cent
of alcoholic content was in violation of
the wartime prohibition act. Govern
ment counsel announced an appeal
would be taken.
WASHINGTON. July 1 5. A man's
right to keep liquor In his own house,
which stood the test before the house
Judiciary committee, must take its
chances now in the house. Notice was
served today on the committee by one
of Its members that when the house
resumes consideration of the prohibi
tion measure an amendment would be
offered to make It unlawful for a per-
-v.. v iciitn possession or liquor
stored prior to July 1.
The committee In framing the gen
eral enforcement measure, eliminated
the section which would have made
home storage Illegal, but the big ma
jority polled yesterday by prohibition
ists was accepted in some quarters to
mean that the bill in certain respects
will be made still more drastic
FUNDS ASKED FOR WOUNDED
Rehabilitation Will Cost Not Less
Than $2 "j, 000, 000.
WASHINGTON. July 15. Appropria
tions of at least (25.000.000 will be
needed this year for rehabilitating and
educating wounded soldiers, sailors and
marines, the house appropriations com
mittee was told by James P. Munroe.
vice-chairman of the federal board for
vocaticra! education.
The committee was holdinjg hearings
on the sundry civil bill, which Presi
dent Wilson vetoed Saturday because it
limited funds for assisting the wounded
service men.
$70,000,000JSST0RM LOSS
87 Dead and II Boats Sunk by
Chilean Hurricane.
VALPARAISO. Chile. July 15. Kigh-
ty-seven persons are known to have
been drowned and the loss of life may
have been much greater In a hurricane
which swept this port Saturday and
Sunday.
Fourteen vessels of various sixes
were sunk and about 100 lighters and
other small craft were destroyed. The
property loss is estimated at (70.000.000.
INCEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tti Weather.
TEPTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. Sfl
degrees; minimum. U4 decrees.
TODAY'S Katr. continued warm; a-entl
westerly winds.
Korrlcn.
Strong Polmh state aim of American mis
sion race 6.
Mount Sinai visited by Journalist. Para 16,
National.
Crater Lake mad Improvement appears as
sured. Pare 4.
Republicans to take time tn ae lectins; next
presidential nominee. Face 4.
Shantung; proviso bitterly availed In senate
debate on peace treaty, rape 1.
Cruelty In American prison camps abroad
ba red . Pa col.-
American officer bunclcd. says Colonel
Huldekoper. Pace .
Senator Underwood urces treaty ratification;
N orris launches attack. Pace 'J,
Itomewtlc.
Many Orecrtn boys arrtva on two bis trans
ports. Pace 2.
President talks fntlmately to New Tork
audience. Pace 7.
Ford chances views of peace and war.
Pace J.
Foretrn crews at New Tork Join marine
strike; lakes feel move also. Pace 17.
Plttsburc forced to stop brewing beer.
Pace 1.
ra-rlftc NortbweM.
Frtvilires of prisoners at Orea-on peniten
tiary are cut by warden. Pace .
Donwy not murdered. Is verdict of cor
oner's Jury. Pace 1.
Agricultural er liege officials visit central
Oregon stations on tour. Pace 3.
Clyde Rupert, back In prison, tells of escape
and adventures. Page A.
Idaho acks federal aid to flcht great forest
f t res 1 n rese r ves. Pa c 1 .
Sports.
Iluro Rxdk is making rood as manager of
Pittsburg Pirates. Pace 15.
Pacific Coast league results: Salt Tke 11,
Portland 10; Sacramento 0. Oakland 4.
Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Peach season n-w in full awing In coast
markets. Page 1'3.
Corn tradlnc unsettled at Chicago.
Pace -3
Ellbeck will load here In middle of August.
Pace 2.
Pools In ron'ro! of AVH rtreet market.
Page 23.
Portland and Vicinity.
Prernt parity of rail rates violates rules
of economy. ay speakers. Pace 24.
Strikers hope, for early settlement through
mediation. I'ace 13.
Commissioners cars coat county VX since
January X. Pace
Clty engineer will resign if technical salaries
remain same. Pace 11
Wind cools Portlind while ether cities
swelter. Pace 1.
Packer classea Kenyon bill as unfair limita
tion of bulneM. Pace 9.
Wcailier report, data and Iorccat Page 22.
AGENT WRITES PROPAGANDA
Manufacturer Testifies He Did
Not Read Own Articles.
IGNORANCE IS ADMITTED
Witness at Trial or $1, COO, 000 I.ibel
Salt Reiterates Belief That All
HUtory Is "Bunk."
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., July II
"reat change has come over Henry
Ford's view of international relations
since he blossomed out as a pacifist
propagandist in 1915. for now, according-
to his testimony In his $1,000,000
libel suit against the Chicago Daily
Tribune, he favors another great tr
without delay If the present plan for
a league of nations fails.
Thj Henry Kord. who. in 1916. was
opposing the sending of the national
guard to the Mexican border and urg
ing the United States to take the lead
In disarmament, asserted today that he
is now for "preparedness to the hilt"
if it appears that this new war is
necessary. He took the position, as a
witness, that now Is the time to estab
lish universal peace, r.nd that If the
great war which ceased In the field
last November does not result In a
league which will assure that peace
there can be no better time than the
present to renew the strife.
Articles Wrlttra ty Aaeat.
According to Mr. Kord. most of toe
pacifist propaganda distributed broad
cast In his name was written by Theo
dore Delavigne, a publicity agent em
ployed by him to educate the public as
he put It, to the waste and horror of
war. and tolls needlessly. More often
than not. Mr. Ford said, these argu
ments were sent out without his hav
ing read them at all. He repeated'.'
stated, however, that he assumed full
responsibility for the propaganda, and
in his answers to insinuations pro
pounded by Attorney Elliott G. Steven
son, representing the Tribune, he re
affirmed all of the essential sentiments
put in print by Mr. Delavigne.
He interposed one Important qualifi
cation regarding the use of the word
"preparedness." What he meant, he
said, was "over-preparedness. " In 191.
be said he considered the United States
was sufficiently prepared for defense
and hence he opposed additions to the
army and navy.
Mr. Kerd'a Statrsaeat t rKicl.rd.
Mr. Stevenson pointed out that in not
one of the propaganda articles was the
term "over-preparedness" employed,
but that Instead Mr. Ford urged that
the United Slates should a&sume lead
ership in complete disarmament in the
belief that the rest of the world would
follow this exsmple.
"I still think it is a good plan." said
the witness.
Outstanding features of the day mere:
Production of the "flag of humanity"
or "world brotherhood' flag constructed
by Ford employes without authorisation
by Mr. Ford, but inspired, apparently,
by one of his utterances.
Mr. Ford's admission that he still con
siders wars of aggression as murder
and professional soldiers, not even ex
cepting General Grant and General
Jerxhing. as murderers.
Klulorr Still -nniW to lr. K.rrt.
His reiteration that to him history
was so much "bunk" and an admission
that on many subjects he was ignorant,
although he did not consider himself
sn "Ignorant Idealist" as charged by
the Tribune in the alleged libelous edi
torial of June 23, 1916. headed. "Ford Is
An Anarchist."
He said that when a war Is unavoid
able that conscription Is the fairest
method o obtaining an army.
The witness said he did not know the
cause of the war of 1812 between Great
Britain and the United States, but said
that slavery caused the civil war and
that the war with Spain was to free
Cuba. He did not recall that the sink
ing of the Maine precipitated matters.
"I have read quite a little history,"
said the witness.
"And you consider It bunk?" asked.
Mr. Stevenson.
"It Is bunk to me."
FIg' Kicked lader Table.
While tne testimony was proceeding
the "flag of humanity' was kicked un
der a table, where It remained In a
dusty and neglected heap. Counsel for
the Tribune, Inspired by Mr. Ford's
statement that "flags were something
to rally round' and that there should
be a flag under which the whole world
might live in peace, have been trying
to get this flag ever since the trial
started, two months ago. Mr. Ford said
that he had never seen it before.
Mr. Ford characterised a war of ag
gression as one where one country
wanted to burglarize another.
"Perhaps the kaiser wanted to do
that," illustrated the witness. "An army
might be used to burglarise Mexico
take their natural resources, I mean.
Anything above a defensive army could
be used only for that."
"Isn't It true that you opposed even
the army that we had?" asked Mr.
Stevenson.
"No, It Isn't."
The lawyer countered with this ex
cerpt from Mr. Delsvlgne:
'Even as It stands today, think of
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