The Washington times., 1920-02-12
SAY NEWBERRY.
SPENT HEAVILY.
Witnesses at Grand Rapids Trial
Tell Of Vast, Campaign
Expenditures.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. IL
81 went into the Newberry Senatorial
committees headquarters in Detroit,
and on a table In the office OF Paul
II. King / saw great piles OF money.
There we're bundles OF tens, twen-
tics, ffties and hundreds. To me 1t
looked like 81 100000"
C. B. Higbee, of Benton Harbor, a
wit-ess on the stand at the Newberry
trial. was quoting from the testi-
mony of Roman Glocheski. a grand
Jury witness. when he painted this
alluring picture for the jury.
Grand Jury Clerk.
Higbeo was the clerk of the grand
Jury which returned the indictments
,nder which Senator Newberry and
IS4 others are standing trial.
II is evident at the sessions or the
Newberry trial that rural Michigan
vas greatly impressed by the splen-
dor OF the Newberry campaign. The
farmers. lumber-jacks and small-town
characters who are threading their
way to the stand to tell the tiny part
they played in the election of Senator
Newberry, speak in hushed tones
when they tell how they received 80
for peddling bills. They go from soup
to nuts, when the court will allow, In
describing luncheons in the "at home
which Newberry agents were said to
have furnished the local celebrities.
One old village store crony pounded
the table and yanked viciously at his
whiskers as he hurled this startling
at "A TODAY.
II met Mr.. Harris and he sez to me,
he sez, Sam, do you want to make
some easy money? / said 1 reckoned
7 did. and got SO for goin' out to
get some o. the boys to sign the Sen
ator's petition. An, do you know, /
got a personal letter from the Senator
thanking me for it,"
Run Into Thousands.
Sandwiched in with this testimony
prominent men in Michigan take the
stand and talk Of sums running into
many thousands being spent.
Chase S. Osburn, former governor,
Yesterday testified he knew Milton
Oakman, Detroit politician, received
s25,OOO for his work for Newberry.
The next witness was John E. Mey
crs, a barber.
"How much money did you get?"
questioned Prosecutor Frank E. Dai-
ley
"Seventy-five dollars" the witness
replied.
what did you do with IT."
Paid it all out"
What for?"
For automobile hire and distribut-
ing literature"
who tor"
my SON"
Helme In Alleged Plot.
The most DISCUSSED man at the New
berry trial is James w. Helme. who
was candidate for United States Sen
ator on the Democratic ticket in 1918.
The Government claims Helme was
induced to run against Ford by the
Newberry leaders and paid $1,000. He
is the only Democrat among the 13o
accused men. HeSappears bewildered
by the proceedings and admitted in
his opening statement to the court
that he was "worked" by the Newber-
ry men to run and that he was be-
1rayed by friends. He said he knew
nothing of the plot-which the de-
tense makes no effort to deny-to
servo their end.
The prosecution introduced five
witnesses who testified that their
signatures on the Helme petitions.
which the Government contends were
circulated by Newberry workers, were
fraudulent.
Reading from the account OF money
acknowledged spent by Newberry,
Frank c. Daley. prosecutor, showed
that $4,000 was spent for publicity
and advertising.
Frank NJ. Sparks, associate editor
Of the Grand Rapids Herald. testi-
fled that he was told by Richari
Fletcher, a Newberry leader and State
labor commissioner, that 'Newberry
spent 100000 during the campaign
and I know what am talking about