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Washington, October 31.-Citine
the amazing and almost unprecedent-
ed action on the part Of the Admin
istration in continuing it's prosecu-
ton again Truman H. Newberry, who
was elected to the United States Sem
ate last fall in preference to Henry
Ford, the Republican Publicity As
ISOLATION, in a statement issued by
the President of that organization,
Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., recalls
the public service record OF Senator
Newberry. The statement says:
announcement by the Administra-
ton that it will conduct prosecu-
ton of charges Of improper campaign
methods in the Senatorial contest In
Michigan which resulted in the cleo
ton of Truman H. Newberry, makes
It pertinent to call to the attention
of the public some of the demonstrat-
ed qualifications and characteristics
of the man whom the people of Mich
igan chose in preference to Henry
Ford-the Administrations selection
for the position.
'Tt will be remembered that after
terminating a visit at the White
House, Mr.. Ford remarked that ne
had no desire to be a candidate for
the Michigan Senatorship, but had
consented at the solicitation of the
President. Of Mr.. Ford's qualifica-
tions the public was amply informed
during the trial of the million-dollar
libel suit against the Chicago Tri-
bune, as a result of which Mr.. Ford
secured judgment for six cents, af-
ter having been called an anarchist
and an ignorant idealist.
"Admiral Fighting Bob Evans
once said. Truman H. Newberry is
the greatest Secretary of the Navy
the country has ever had He might
well have been the greatest Secretary,
as his training had thoroughly equip
ped him for the responsibility of such
an office. After graduating from
Yale in 1885, he took a course in the
school of Hard Knocks He worked
with a construction gang on the old
Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Rail-
road. Demonstrated ability won him
the position of general freight and
passenger agent, and, later, the presi-
.dency of the Detroit Steel and Spring
Company and the Detroit Steel Cast
ing Company. Study gained him rec
ognition as an authority on ships that
locked on the waterfront of Detroit,
and by actual experience he secured
the training that earned him license
as first-class pilot. In 1895 his prac-
teal knowledge was put to use for
the benefit of the nation when he as
sisted in organizing the Michigan
Naval Brigade, in which he enlisted
as a private. After two years of drill
and scrubbing decks, he was elected
Lieutenant and Navigating Officer of
the Detroit Unit, and when war was
declared with Spain he was sent by
the Governor of Michigan, in response
to the call of Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Theodore Roosevelt for a
complement of naval militia officers
and men, for service on the u. S. s..
Yosemite. He was in the thick of the
engagement of San Juan on June 20,
1893. He was one of the first men
ashore when the Marines landed on
Spanish soil at Guantanamo Island.
Because of his thorough training
IN the details of construction work
and in the management of large man.
ufacturing enterprises, his practical
experience in seamanship in every
branch of the service and his demon
strated courage, President Roosevelt
selected him for place in the Cabi-
net as Secretary of the Navy. It is1
no wonder, therefore, that in 1917,
when the United State needed men of
ability to aid in the prosecution of
the war with Germany, President
Wilson commissioned Truman H.
Newberry as Commander in the
United States Navy. Not once from
the time of his appointment did he
Leave his post of duty. Not only did
Truman H. Newberry render per-
sonal service in the fighting forces
during the war, but he gladly consent
ed to the desire of his twin sons
Barnes and Phelps, twenty-four years
old, to enlist for active service, the !
former as an Ensign somewhere on
the Atlantic, and the latter as Ma
jor in the Aviation Corps. His SON.
in-law, the husband of his only daugh-
ter, saw active service in France, and
his wife devoted her time almost ex-
clusively to Red Cross work in the
city of New York, abandoning her
home in order that it might be used
entirely for the work of the Michi-
gan Red Cross contingent in the
Drsparation of bandages, dressings,
sRd other necessities for the relief