Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-04
REINSTATEMENT ARE: FIRST WITNESSES AT
 TRIAL OF NEWBERRY
Tell of Hackers Announcement Big Fund Would be
 Spent
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
 ALSO MAKES STATEMENT
He was "Worked" into Making Race Against Ford, He Testifies-De- fense's Opening Statement
 Made

Grand Rapids, Mich, Feb. B. Preceded by an appeal to the jury by James W. Helme, candidate for Unit ed States senator in the 1918 demo- cratic primary. the first evidence was introduced in the Newborry c:ec- tions conspiracy trial today. Helme's appearance was unheraid- ed. It followed statement by James 70. Murfin, who opened for the defense that Helme had been work cdaW by the Newberry cam2aIen committee into making the race against Ford. Murfin explained to the jury that this was done to prevent den1ocratic votes being cast for Henry Ford in the republican rr- mary. "I was worked as Mr. Mur- fin told you," said Helr1n. II ain me4@ng this statement because I s"v,sl to occupy position apart from the o.hsl defendants, but the recital IS bitter humiliation. He said he had confidence in. William J. M .h,,i, the tther democratic defendant in the tria. who persuaded him to run sol senator, because when Ielme was state dairy commission ne kept Nickel as deputy several years ca- spite efforts of other politicians to "get his job".
 Helme said that Samuel ODeE. another defendant and who was state treasurer in 1918, told him that if he "beat Ford in the democraric primary and Ford won the republican nomination, all the republicans would turn rc me in the general e.cction.'
 Aftel s:.me legal ss rinishiag the introduction of testimony started Two witnesses were call .l today, J. G. Hayden, Washington correspond ent of the Detroit News, and James F.. Swine hart of the papers New York bureau, Swinehart related that Frederick Cody, conversing in New York regarding the Newberry cand;- dacy had said:
 "It will be great time for the boys in Michigan. because they will spend a bunch of money" -.-
 Hayden testified to conversations in December 1917 with both Cody and Truman H. Newberry, then a lieutenant-commander in the navy. He said on direct examination that Cody tried to hire him as cam paign manager for Newberry On cross examination by Martin W Littleton, he agreed that the job was that of "political secretary" with headquarters in Detroit and du- ties of examining political senti- ment in Michigan.
 Advised Against Big Fund.
 Hayden said Cody told him that the Newberrys were immensely wealthy, but that he had advised 1 both Cody and Newberry not to make "barrel campaign" He said Newberry agreed with him and they mentioned the Mitchell mayorality campaign in New York and the Her. rick campaign in Ohio as examples of wasted expenditur,s.
 Hayden also testified that he ad- vised Newberyr to get the united support of all republican factions in Detroit as necessary. start to a successful campaign.
 On cross examination Nr. Little ton brought out that Newberry had told Hayden he had been urged to run for the office by Gobcrno- Al bert E. Sleeper.
 Swinehart told of meeting Cody in New York in January 1913 and of being told that Hayden would be made such a financially attractive offer that he could not afford to re- fuse it."
 One of the striking legal points of the day, came when the defense ir- dicated an intention to link several provisions of the state election law with the federal statutes. Judge Sessions had previously ruled that by the union of federal and state laws proper campaign expenditures III Michigan for United States sena, tor were limited to S3,75O.
 Assistant Attorney General Daley said tonight even if the state law were applied generally it would not let down the bars beyond the federal limitations of $10,000 for senatorial campaign expenses. He also pointed out that federal laws forbid cam paign purchases of newspaper ad vertising space and reports filed by the Newberry organization ack- had been used for that purpose. I Yielded to Pressure
 Truman H. Newberry entered the 1918 senatorial campaign in Michi- l gan at the solicitation. of others and I not in furtherance of 8 scheme to get a seat in the senate, said James 0 Murfin of Detroit, in outlining te the jury in United States district court the attitude the defense will assume toward the charges of con, spiracy and fraud for which 123 rer are on trial.
 I MT. Murfin explained the defense's 2 view of the specific details of the offenses charged in the six counts of the indictment, emphasizing that conspiracy is the essence of tht charges.
 It was pointed out that on the first four counts "the gist of the charge is not fraud in the election corruption in the election, or any. thing of that description, but that l these respondents are charged witE conspiring to aid, abet and assist and encourage Truman H. Newberry to commit an offense, to-wit: the offense of expending more of hie money than the law alIpws."
 It was further arguid that unde'