Republican farmer., 1920-01-30
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 JURY 10 TRY
 SEN, NEWbERRY
Proceedings Halted Because Snow Delayed Venire-
 men.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 2S-The work of selecting a jury to sit in the trial of Truman H. Newberry, and 123 of his associates charged with violation of the election laws, was begun today, with the arrival here of 8 score of defendants and veniremen whose absence yesterday due to snow bound trains, had halted the proceed ings
 Examination of the prospective jurors was generally expected to oc- cupy the first week of the trial.
 United States Senator Truman H Newberry and 134 other men were charged with corruption, fraud and conspiracy by the federal grand jury which investigated the senatorial election of 1918. When the indict- ments were returned Nov. 30, last, United States District Judge c. W Sessions, who assembled the jury, in- dicated that evidence obtained by the inquisitors disclosed that between $5O0,0O0 and $1,000,00O had been ex- pended fraudulently in connection with the election.
 The conclusions of the grand jury were embodied in two blanket indict- ments. They charged violation of both federal and state laws by use ot sums Of money far in excess of legiti- mate expenses in the campaign, and violation of the federal corrupt prac- tices act, which penahzes payment of money to voters. Use of the mails ito defraud all the. people of Michigan, was further charged against the cam- paign committee. More than s160,0od of the contributed fund, 1t was charged was converted to the personal use ot some of the campaign managers.
 James w. Eelme, former state dairy and food commissioner, who opposed Henry Ford for the Democratic nonn- nation in the senatorial primary, an- other clause of the indictment alleged was compensated by the Newberry organization for making the primary race. The alleged purpose was to pre- vent Democratic voters from lining up' with Ford in the Republican pI'i- mary.
 Attached to the indictments was g l list of more than two score "overt acts.'' These contained charges that a number of those indicted had giver rewards ranging from promised of | "good iob' to payments of sums rang l ing from $5 to s2,750 in return for sup- port in the Newberry campaign. One country editor was alleged to havv received a ton Of print paper. 1 The grand jury investigation wa! conducted by Frank c. Daley, O. Indianapolis, former United State attorney for Indiana. It was ordered
 by the Department of Justice, Oct. IS | and v-as based, it was announced, o1 i complaints filed with the departmen 'sand also published charges of frau' and corruption made by Lieutenant 1 Governor Dickinson of Michigan, ant 1 others.
 1 Senator Newberry and 13 of tn men who directed the campaign worl
 in 1918, appeared before Judge Ses
 sions Dec. s and on the advice 0 counsel stood mute. This was done | it was explained, that the validity o l the indictments might be challenge later, should it be decided to attacl
 them. The right to raise technica
 questions, it was stated, would hay
 been sacrificed by pleas of not guilty
 Senator Newberry and each of the
 men who appeared with him wer held in bonds of s10,00o and $500
 on the first and second indictments
 respectively.
 [ The maximum penalty for the Of 1 lenses charged, is a fine of $10, % | r,-G two years Imprisonment.