New-York tribune., 1918-10-30
Cleared of Spending Huge
Sum in Michigan Sena-
atorial Primaries
Only One Vote
For Indictment
Henry Ford's Backers Fail
to Smirch Former Navy
Secretary

The United States Grand Jurv
apparently has dismissed the CHARGES
brought against Lieutenant Com
mander Truman II. Newberry. former
Secretary of the Navy and Re-.
publican candidate for Senator !,
Michigan. 1t had been alleged
by Commander Newbcrry's political
opponents that he had deliberately
filed false primary campaign state
ment, and for the last month the
grand jury has been considering teS-
! timony in relation TO this charge
Henry Ford, now Democratic candidate
for Senator, was the lieutenant COM
mander's opponent iii the Republican
primaries.
Commander Ncwbcrry's expenditure
affidavit, mailed to Washington from
this city, deposed that no money had
peen spent with his knowledge and con-
sent IN his primary campaign He was
continuously IN New York during the
cam palgn: Has campaign committee
spent 81 $4,000, mostly for newspaper ad-
mailed here the government beld hat
II was filed here. thus giving iurisd,c-
tlon to the District Court in New York.
sylvester K. Rush, of the Washington
once OF the Department of Justice.
was assigned in charge of the inouirv
ABOUT dozen Of the more prominent
business men Of Detroit. SUPPRESSED ~
know about the collection and spending
OF money in She primary campaign.
"cre brought on to New York and ex,
Back of it all was the shadow ~
Detroit and Michigan politics. and the
DeCiolt newspapers showed not tho
slLentest - hesitation in connecting with
NJ ,atihoSpnere" hostile to Commander
N,e"oerry, the Democratic candidate for
Mayor in the city election in Detro,s
tnIS 1ail. former Judge William Com
"oity, Michigan member of tho Demo
cratlc National Committee, and the
poss OF the Democratic party in Mich.
gan. there are half a dozen other
prominent political mechanicians IN tbs
movement with Judge Connolly. hut fhe
mocratlc candidate for Mavor was
ana IS, the one most talked about in
connection with the inquiry directed
against Commander Newberry.
Oh MONDAY afternoon u stranger to
Gomnander Newberry entered his Office
III inc Stewart Building, where tho
so,iiInahaef is IN charge of the per
Sohhel bureau of the navy for this
district, and spoke to the Sommandsr
SUBSTANTIALLY as follows:
am a member of the Federal
Hrand Jury which has been consider.
ing your case. During the nrogross
OF the inquiry, of course, could not
dlscuss 1t. dropped in TO tell Won
mat we took vote on the question
OF presenting an Indictment against
YOU ana mat out Of the seventeen
members of the grand jury who voted
sl*.eeA voted there was no cause OF
sSeion against you, while one, who
.housnt that Henry Ford is one OF
the greatest men in the world. voted
IN favor Of an indictment. There wers
three members Of the jury who could
not be on hand when we took the
vote, but they sent word that thew
were IN favor of giving you a clean
1T may be of interest to vou.v con-
tlnued the commanders visitor. 80
Know that after a full and fair de-
liberation over the testimony we were
practically unanimous in the convic-
ton that the people of Michigan. on
account of what your campaign man.
! ayers ga IN 'he way of showing un
Henry Ford in his true colors as a
pacitst, should build monument for
your campaign committed"
Martin W. Littleton, counsel for
Frank W. Blair, Allan A. Templetop
and Thomas P. Phillips, the Detroih
witnesses who refused to testify with
reference to the campaign finances,
said yesterday that his appeal from
the decision Of Judge Henry D. Ciay-
ton, who held the Detroit men for corr
zance in the custody of their counsel,
had been duly made to the United
States Supreme Court and that the case
would go on the calender for hearing
IN regular order.