THE THURSDAY, JuLy 10, 1919. ~ THIRTY- FIVE YEARS "AGO. Paragraphs of News Taken from the Files of the Reporter of 1884, November 12, 1884. Centre Hall Grammar school will open on Thursday, 13th, with Michael Shires as instructor. The new Lutheran church to be erect- ed in this place, will be put on the cor- ner across the alley from the burnt site, Esquire Duck and lady, of Millheim, and A. F. Harter, of the same place, have returned from their western trip. The station agent for Centre Hall will be a gentleman from Selinsgrove, it is said. Mr. Gilliland, a son of Samuel Gilliland, wtll be the agent at Oak Hail, The railroad company is making prep- arations for putting up statidh buildings at Centre Hall and Oak Hall Centre Hall within a week has added an express office, coal yard, telegraph, regular passenger train, and will next have a grain house, with other improve- ments, Johp Snyder, on Monday, met with an accident at Centre Hall which might have proved fatal. He had stopped at the store with his two-horse team to get a cigar, and on attempting to get on the wagon, starting the horses at the same time, he lost foot-hold and fell off, the front wheel passing over his head. He was taken up senseless, with his head somewhat bruised, and brought to his home here. ANARCHY EXPERT DISCUSSES FORD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR CALLED TO POINT OUT “RED” DOCTRINES. a—— WHEN IS MAN AN ANARCHIST? Plaiatiff's Views Are Shown to Be Ti.cce of Best Loved American Thinkers and Writers. sesm——— “ANARCHISTS.” ssor Jesse B. Reeves says Henry Ford's dectrine that Human- ity is constantly on the upgrade and that while it makes mistakes everything tends toward good, Is “A fundamental principle of anar chy.” Ford's counsel reads quotations from Emerson, Whittier, Lowell, Holmes snd Abbott, showing that they held the same view, Question: “Were these men anarchists.” Witness answers, "No." Proie a ay Mt Clemens, Mich.—Who is an an archist—and what is anarchy? The Chicago Tribune, which called Henry Ford an anarchist, and was promptly sued for $1,000,000 as a re sult, introduced an expert witness on anarchy in the trial now going on in Mt. Clemens, Mich, in an effort to establish definitions of anarchy and anarchists which would convince the jury that there was no libel In the newspaper attack on the manufac turer. Prof. Jesse B. Reeves, head of the lepartment of Political Economy of the University of Michigan, was en gaged by The Tribune to support its contentions by His testimony. Under direct examination by coun gel for the Tribune, Professor Reeves declared that the views credited to Mr. Ford by journalists who. had in terviewed him were identical with the views held by such well known an archists as Emma Goldman, Tucker, Proudhon and Tolstol. The Tribune introduced as evidence of Henry Ford's anarchy the following quotations, attributed to him in ar. ticles which have appeared in news papers and magazines: Fundamentals of Anarchy, “To my mind Humanity may make mistakes, but cannot do any- thing worse. 1 think that every. thing tends toward good. ‘Even this great and bloody war is help ing toward permanent peace.” “l think war is largely the re- sult of greed on the part of those who profit by it.” “The moment we get people not to acquiesce in war, refuse to go to.war, there will be no more war." These views, Prof, Reaves testified, were found in the works of every an archist of lnternational reputation and were, in fact, fundamental prin. ciples of anarchy. Thereupon counsel for took the witness, “Professor Reeves”, sald counsel, “was Denjomin Franklin an anarch. fat?” “No. “He sald, “There never was a good war, or a bad peace.” Was he an an archist because he sald that?” “Certainly not.” “Professor, {a the idea that Human. ity is on the upgrade, as Mr. Ford be. lieves, a fundamental of anarchy?” “Yes, anarchism holds that Human. ity is all right, it only needs to be lot alone and jt will work out its own salvation” Were They Anarchists? - “*¥et this iden was held by Emerson, Mr, Fod Lb ’ als . whittled, Broad, Abbatl; Wl James, John Fiske, Oliver Wendall Holmes and James Russell Lowell, Were they anarchists because they be- leved this?” ’ “No.” “Ign't it true that many wars in the past, not all but a majority, were brought on by the quarrels, greed and avarice of rulers?” “1 think many wars have brought on, 1 think this war was.’ “Do you agree that it is very foolish for the people of the countries involv- ed to allow themselves to be slaugh- tered in such wars?” “Ag we look back on it now, yes, we would say that” “well, that is precisely the sent! ment you call anarchy in Mr, Ford.” Much testimony having been offered been eB pat ¥