20 FORD MOVES INDUSTRIAL HEADQUARTERS TO TOWN WHERE LIBEL SUIT IS ON |n Less Than a Day, Mt. Clemens Becomes the Hub of a Great $300,000,000 Concern, With All Its Subsidiaries Mt. Clemens, Mich., May 30.—The Ifirst day Henry Ford came to town Ito set his million dollar suit agu'.nst •the Chicago Tribune brought to ■rial, he had a headache. He had been "fussing" as he ex tpreesed it, around a motor that Enorning and the night before, and [had inhaled some of the gasoline tfumes. He stated the fact as sim tply as if it were common for mil ■ionaires to put on overalls and ?work around greasy machinery. But it was that headache which nnade Mt. Clemens early aware of •Mr. Ford's pedestrian accomplish pnente. His headache powder is a (Brisk walk in the open air, but •What he knows as a "walk" most Onen would call a hike. He made a bee-line to the town Qimits and struck out cross-country. JBeing a lithe man with not an ounce fof superfluous flesh and very agile lilt hie movements, little impedi tments like farm fences did not im- Spede him at all. He scaled them •easily, even the barbedwire ones, •one hand on top of the fence post, (end then a flying leap which allow led even the tails of his spring over icoat to clear. He saw everything as he went Hi long, noted the character of the isoil, discussed the advantages of •draining, told about the tiling ma chine he used on his farm at home, ille went aside to look at a small MPatch of mandrake growing in the iffence corners—the May opple of or •dtnary fame. He followed with his •eye a bird that passed with a piece of string in her mouth, noting which tree she had selected as the site of 'Sser nest. Walks Off Headache There was no letup in his speed. .Flowed land and sandy soil retard ted him not at all. He seemed to iheutralize the difficulties of the ground by putting more strength ituto his stride. He spoke freely of ihis ideas of life, of the happiness •of making tilings "go," of the satie j-faction of giving people a •chance in life. It may have been on that walk ■hat his plan was born, hut be that tup it may, it was not long after that iHenry Ford had decided to make ■tho city of Mount Clemens the head quarters of all the Ford world-wide for the duration of the ilibel suit. He had strucg into a road and •xvas nearing the town when he saw mr elderly man hoeing in a little igarden, and the two held converse ■ever the fence. The gardener was Wholly unaware of the identity of 3hta friendly visitor. But very soon •after that chat, Henry Ford dropped a. remark. It was a remark which carried lit- , ftlo meaning to the person unac- j ustomed to the Ford method of do- Sxg things. "This is as good a place to work •as any; what is the matter with us .staying right here?" That was the aemark. Presently it began to appear what an apparently casual remark by iHenry Ford meant. Down in the hotels they began *o move furniture out of whole suites of rooms. Over In & business block they to ignn to clean out a whole floor. Trucks and vans of office furni ture began to appear as if by magic, *ll coming overland from Detroit Desks, typewriters, chairs, dicto graphs. filing cabinets, heaps of sta SENATE HOTEL I Under personal supervision of .Fred B. A 1 dinger, furnishes a most excellent .Table d'Hote Luncheon Daily 11.30 to 2.30 —At 75 Cents— Also a la Carte bill of everything tnXhe market dellclously prepared Chicken and Wafflo Dinner Every Thursday iEH lO> HQ i 'QI .Biggest Buy Ever! Known in the | Used Car Market I p Hie Roman Automobile Ce. I Made It | 5 new U offering tor nle tho II entire stork of several of the [II II largeot automobile dealers In n II the I sited State*. Shipments of n pj the hest late-model ears made HI rl to mi are now being reeetved |] ■1 dally and ysa are urged not to 111 N mlas this exceptional oppoi Hu- Q I tty to get something real at a HI m very LOW PRICE. The collee- H n ties consists of every known H| H make of cor and an early in- 111 H ,sp'i Hon Is suggested. B ANY' CAR DEMONSTRATED | SEND TODAY FOR 1 OUR CATALOG 20 □ I ROMANAUTOCO. I I World's Largest Auto Dealers 5 g 303 If. BROAD STREET lfl PklladelpkU | •"*-■- wu=im nun -int= The Wonderful "Horcrost" | Garden \ if Cultivator \ | and Weeder 1 ffft A light, strong I W hand tool that M m cultivates and ~ weeds closer to the plants than any other. Detachable steel prongs. You cannot grow good crops with out properly cultivating the plants. Get a "SORCROSf NOW Five prong, four-foot handle. lIM Three prong, four-foot handle, 73e Three prong, nine-Inch handle, SSe Other cultivators of every kind Walter S. Schell QUALITY SEEDS 1307-1300 Market St. Both Phonrs. FRIDAY EVENING, HmMßßtmo MMf TEHEOmcps MAY 30,1919 - tionery, large council tables, vari ous cases of all sizes and shapes bulging with paper* came under the guard of a small army of men. Linemen were soon busy putting in special telephone and telegraph wires. The vast volume of Ford business began to roll back and forth across them. Swift motor cars kept the road between Detroit and Mt. Clemens hot with their traffic. Then a corps of personal repre sentatives, secretaries and clerks ar rived. Moves Offices in a Day In less than a day's time the cen tral office of a great $300,000,000 industrial concern had been trans ported bodily from Detroit to an other city, and was running as smoothly as if it were tu its specially arranged offices at home. Mt. Clemens is famous for its mineral baths; but in its wildest dreams of greatness it never hoped to be the headquarters of the Ford industries. The Ford business has outposts In every country in the world. Just now new motor factories are being planned here and there in Europe to help give employment and en couragement to that distracted con tinent. But the decisions made, say, about a new factory at Cadiz, Spain, or about the factory at Copen hagen, are w.if made in hotel rooms at Mi. Clemens, Mich. The Ford Motor Co., the Fordson Tractor Plant, the Eagle Shipbuild ing Plant, the various banks which exist principally to handle the Ford finances, the Dearborn Realty and | Construction Co., through which homes are being constructed for Fordson employes, the Dearborn In dependent, which is Mr. Ford's weekly magazine of opinion—all there were surprised to find their headquarters moved within one day to a comparatively small city. This was Henry Ford's way of saying, concerning his libel suit, "We'll fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." It had been said in irresponsible quarters that "Ford doesn't care whether he wins or loses; we'll hardly see any thing of him out here;" and while they were yet talking the head management of all , the Ford industries moved in and settled down. In order that the whole truth about the trial shall go to the whole country, another decision was made which illustrates the Ford habit of doing things with dispatch. The city swarms with newspapermen, who were sent here to report the trial. But Mr. Ford remembered that there were thousands of smaller pa pers which could not afford to send representatives here and maintain them for a lengthy period and which would otherwise be compelled to take their reports second-hand. News Service Established So it was decided to give a news service to every newspaper in the country. In one day a whole floor in a business block was occupied. Special wires and other equipment were installed. Verbatim reports of the trial were ordered. Lists of thousands of newspapers, city dailies and country weeklies, were pre pared. and presently the news ot the trial was finding its way by I wire and mail to every corner of the J United States. Thus it happens that ML Clemens, known for many years as a place for rest and recuperation. Is now the office of the greatest industrial organization In the world as well as the scene of what promises to be the most important libel suit in legal history. And it was all done with such smooth dispatch that few of the residents have yet awakened to the fact. Allies Jointly to Operate the Siberian R. R.'s, Says Jap Diplomat Toldo, May 30.— T. Matsudaira, chief of the Japanese political de partment at Vladivostok, who has returned to consult with his home government, is quoted by the Asahi as asserting that the cost of opera tion of the Siberian railway is to be borne equally by the Allies, not by the United States alone. The railway, he said, forms the backbone of Siberia and its destruc tion would mean the starvation of the troops stationed at Omsk, Irkutsk and other places and also of the Russian population throughout Si beria. British troops, about a bat talion strong, and the French troops, are stationed at Omsk to guard the Omsk government, he said, and they will not withdraw from that place for some time. "Various reports are in circulation regarding the alleged activities or ambition of American capitalists in Siberia, but nothing exists that shonld give concern to the Japanese," declared Mr. Matsudaira. Disabled Soldiers Training For Printers Washington, May 30.—There is a demand for printers and machine operators in many publishing houses and newspaper offices. Fifty-two disabled soldiers are at present tak ing these courses under the direc | tion of the Federal Board for Voca i tional Education, six of them are | studying printing, eleven are taking I typesetting, fifteen are preparing for linotype operators and eighteen for | monotype operators, and two are studying lithography. The board trains men for linotype operators i who have previously been in the 1 printing trade. A few are taking i this course who have had no pre- I vious experience, but they are re | quired to take thoroughgoing pre i liminary training in the printing i trade. A former plumber received a gun j shot wound in the right arm, and I also lost his left eye in the Argonne Forest. His former trade was too : hard for him, so ho is preparing to be a linotye operator. A typesetter, from a gunshot ! wound, lost a piece of his skull 1 about the size of a dollar. Wearing i a plate over the hole, this boy is ! learning to operate the linotype ma- I chine. A Scotchman, living in America, I who was a ranchman before he en ; tered the service, has a stiff knee i the result of a gunshot wound. Dur ! ing his convalescence at Lakewood, ; X. J., he took a six week's course in , linotype operating and Is now con | tinulng the course under the dlrec -1 tion of the hoard. DIFFERENT Bacon—Did you say he awake one I day to find himself famous? Egbert—No, I did not. I said $ l dreamed he was famous and then he I woke up.—Yonkers Statesman. DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART % A Month-End Clearance Brings Notable Savings For You and Your Home 75 Pair Women's $4 Low Crepe de chine, Shantung" Shoes Marked Down to $2.85 and Moire I x r / This clearance lot comprises pumps and oxfords in black $1.75 Crepe de Chine; in * jJ L- kidskin and patent colt skin, medium narrow toes, stitched flesh and white; 40 inches SP'Tmr and we ' te d soles, French and military leather heels, broken wide. Special Saturday, yd., sizes. Month End Clearance Price $2.85 $1.15 kjßKjSyoh \s White Canvas Pumps $ 2OO cre P e shantung; with . -i /-Ni / $2.00 white canvas pumps with white rubber cemented crepe weave. Special Month-End Clearance of sisi a,,d " edse hcels ' sizcs 4 '° B - Month End cl sTso in' S m shade. l nee ......... SI.&U Special Saturday, vd„ $2.19 _ _, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor Rear \ Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor ssx.' M™ n thE!!d acamnc"°pricc " rie ' 7 °' Hosiery Specials for the Family 1,000 Yards Moire Several hundred trimmed hats, sailors, untrimmed hats Men's 18c black cotton seam- T? 11l HOT"! ' and girls' ready-to-wear hats. Month End Clearance Price, ' ess hose. Special Saturday, ' ' 4 * 4 Sl-WJ Women's black lisle sfam- 5 and 6-inch moire ribbon in good shades of pink, Lot of untnmmed hats. Month End Clearance Pnce, 50£ l ess h ose . slight imperfections. / n \ blue, rose, red, purple, electric blue and white. Spe- Boys' cloth hats at half price. Special Saturday 25<* | H \ c ' a ' Saturday, yard 39^ Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor Front Children's white mercerized * ™ fine ribbed hose, slight impcr- W Women's 85c white chamoisette gloves. • Extra # # * fectiofis. Special Saturday. special Saturday, pair 65^ IYI IX/T/Vn-f-Vl Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. IVJLCII O 01111 to 111 Lilt; lViOnill" Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Street Floor. End Clearance Sale, 58c Men's and Women's Summer Hair Nets, Shoe Trees, Negligee shirts in stripes, checks Underwear Darning Cotton C? j aid figures, sizes 14 to 17j4, only six Men's $1.25 white muslin athletic sleeveless union * 5* 5* 4 to a customer. These are regular 85c suits; knee length. Special Saturday 98< Hair nets in cap shape ; all shades except grey. Sab vY shirts reduced to 58£ Women's 65c and 75c white lisle union suits, low urday, dozen —••• • • -----49^ Neckwear neck, sleeveless and knee length. Special Saturday 50£ 10c shoe trees, Saturday . _ . .... Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Street Floor. 10c shoe trees. Saturday 74 Wf2\ . , 2;, c. s, J- k tubular. Sanitary dress protectors. Special Saturday ... 30* yOMW M ° nth ,En d Clearance Price, 12 y 2 p bal] . wh ' ite and colors | s ial Saturday, ball, /ryjMßovs 89c Eton collar blouse waists , dozen 754 \ P'ain white madras, blue cham- Month-End Clearance $3.25 Z fittcd canteen boxes," in black* and "colors." Spc . Dress Goods in V eryDesirableColors WHa Bovs baseball outfits, catcher s . .... i W mit. cap. ball and bat, formerly $l.OO. e 89c ? ran,te ? oth ' 36 , mchcs Wlde - in brown and 1 7 T77" I I v Month End rieirance Prire 4. e * Special Saturday, yard sc and 8c Clunv, torchon and val insertion. Spe ■9&L Bovs' 12V-.C white hrmstitehpd 89c shepherd checks ;42 inches wide. Special Satur- cial Saturday, yard v 3^ handkerchiefs. Month End Clear- da 7' 7 ard - 69 < Handkerchiefs from regular 5c to 17c lines; in lots ' J ance Price 4 for 25d $3.00 stripe and checked suitings; 54 inches wide. Spe- of one dozen only. Special, dozen t V citl Saturday, yard $1.95 Boys' Pajamas $l.OO navy mohair, 50 inches wide. Special Satur sl.3s and $1.50 two-piece pajamas, sizes 4to 16. Month da 7; 7 ard ••; TVTrvnfVi TTuirl to nna End Clearance Price $1.15 $3.50 navy serge; 54 inches wide, all wool. Special IVIOHTH~JLIiriQ V^l6HlclllC6 " t [ " Saturday, yard $2.95 m # # Mens Night Shirts Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. T7L y\ A Q 111"!/ CY VII VI r] vn nri 85c and $l.lO muslin night shirts in plain and fancy styles, " lllC iy JJI IOUIICLnGS sizes to 17, only four to a customer. Month End Clear- .. „ , an eae Month-End Clearance rC6CIUC6CI r,,v„. Pomeroy ., Me.-, si.™. Black Dress Goods & Cotton Lining Djer Kiss talcum powder. Special Sat- __ $1.25 mohair,, 42 inches wide. Special Saturday urday .......33^ Month-End Clearance of Cotton ' & -p. 1 Ti , $1.89 Ricksecker's 25c violet talcum powder. Dress Goods Kemncints 500 yards black satine; 36 inches wide, regular 69c Special Saturday .....19£ ! ... , grade. Special Saturday, yard 55£ 35c compact powder. Special Satur- Fme lot ot cotton voile in lengths from 2to 4% yards, Dives , Pomeroy & stcwart< street Floor . . r v day 15<* lW[W|^3 regular 55c to $1.39 qualities. Month End Clearance Price, Assorted toilet soap. Special Satur- v _U one-third to one-half off. # # day, cake .! 54 ***** Month-End Clearance Price, ; .r® Writing Paper and Books of Fiction 10c hard water soap. Special Satur -59c Ponpree, 36-inch, rough finish solid shades. Month-End Clear- . day O4 . _ . ance Price, 42c Une P°" nd Cairo Hudnut's 50c three flower face powder. Special Satur- In the Basement Section lmen w , nt,n P a P er ' day 43<* two packages ot cn- $1.25 Ideal hair brushes. Special Saturday .98^ ance C p rt ri C *' nKhams ' solid shades and checks ' Month-End Clear- velopes ; 45c value. Spc- Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Street Floor. ance Price - ....10c cial Saturday 254 ::: S Huck Towels Tan and white sta- 11 ijj 11 1111111 11' 19c white huck towels. Month-End Clearance Price, 15c _ViPßtc onrl V/r i 1 -v—i n -w-x i JZJxr?..rr. ~ . °w e" : .. M ™ u ': Ena . . c,e s 24 envelopes ; value ssc. Month-End Basement Napkins— Special Saturday 25£ , _ Heavy mercerized hemmed napkins, 18x18 inches. Month-End Books of fiction, many of which were $1.50. Special Q IC! Clearance Price 13 * c Saturday., 654 kj jJCL/ldlO Dives, Pomeroy A Stewart. Street Floor. Rear. ' D , Pomeroy & Stewart Street Floor. T .... , ~ , . , ~ , Japanese China cups and saucers, gold band and floral decorations, 35c value. Month End Clearance Price... .234 Month-End Clearance of , , ni 9-inch Oriental and Filet flouncing. Special Sat- Clearance Price 25£ Men sand Boys Shoes ur &rthi„A Tl . ~ ~, , ~ —J v & r bbin blown table tumblers. Month End Clearance Pnce, dEOrpm Men's $4.00 gun metal tv „ , c ,. . dozen ....59^ J calf oxford ties, fqll toe and Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart street Floor. 25c clear crystal goblets. Month End Clearance _Prices fi6C English shapes, Textan ~ dozen $2.00 \Ji3Ssoles and rubber heels. PIT J_ $1.40 extra fine brooms, fine polished handles. Month End v YM* lonth End Clearance PlllOW GcISGS • OllGCtSe Clearance Price $1.09 /[ Price $3.00 Large size polished aluminum drinking cups. Month End 1 k Boys' $2.50 gun metal PpflD CF QT|f] Clearance Price 10^ l\ M calf button shoes and black UIICC billy* CIIIU. lTi CI Oil 11 98c 2-quart lipped Aluminum sauce pans. Month-End Clear \ T u- Crrv.,4 chnoc xx .u ance Price 5o \ , 'r, . snoes - yiorun hlMched nillow rases Snecial Saturday 3 rolls 10c cre P e tollet paper. Month-End Clearance Price. 200 V End Price $1.98 4Zxst>-inch Dieacnea puiow cases, special saiuraai, 98e knock down door frames for making yOUr own BCreen doora . / Bovs' $4.00 Federal each &&4 Month-End Clearance Price 7#o ' VV hrand o-iin metal calf Fnrr 45x36-inch bleached pillow cases. Special Saturday, „ * 3 - 98 porch swings, 42 inches long, complete with chains. Month —- iiranu gun metal can ung- Clearance Price $3.25 lish shoes, solid leather cacn •• •• ••• •• • A'"*,* L .* * $1.50 carpet sweepers, mahogany finish. Itontli-End Clearance . stitched soles, sizes 1 to 6. /2x90-inch bleached sheets. Special Saturday, each Price si.2 Month End Clearance Price $3.25 0 , 97 < *1.40 willow clothes baskets. Month-End Clearance Price. $l.lO 81x90-inch bleached sheets. Special Saturday, each, Dries, Pomeroy & Stewart Basement Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart Street Floor, Rear. r $1 59 38-inch unbleached muslin in short lengths. Special White Pajama Checks x***:• s&dii Women's $45 to $67.50 Dolmans yard 69^ Extra Special, at 29c \\Saturday Only M The Government paid 35c a yard to have this white goods . . 50 if 8 H woven. A big stock was in the mill when the war ended Special Attractions in Groceries <PO£ ''— ** and this surplus is now being disposed of. We secured sev- Junket tablets> {our 10c packages The handsomest styles of the season de- J eral thousand yards which will be sold in the Month End Bacon, pound veloped of Silvertone, Bolivia, Frost Glo ruLyjJ Clearance at, yard 294 S an * Flush, can and Silvertip, in mode, Liberty blue, tan, fjL jflQ 59c white striped skirting. Month End Clearance Price, J ell o, package 10< grey, American Beauty and Brown. All yar( j 304 E ' nt J ars P ure c ' over HgHt honey sizes. /wTul .$12.50 Sport Capes $8.50 W 25c chambray in solid shades. Month End Clearance Price. Lobster meat, can 434 Sleeveless styles that are always in good >' ard • XO4 . re .P a prunes.can taste through the Summer months, made EEEI Percales, neat styles on white ground. Month End Clear- Delicious pie filling, 25c package ..154 of knitted fabrics in attractive colors. All yam mj* "• tor misses and vS Di\cs, Pomeroy & Stewart Basement. Dives, Pomeroy A Stewart Basement ' Dives, Pomeroy A Stewart Second Floor. —— . i 1
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