The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
GROUP TESTIMONY
 OFFERED IN TRIAL
Nearly Half of Session Is Taken Up In Reading
 Telegrams to Jury
By Associated Pres.

Grand Rapids. Mich, February 17-
 Group tes stimony marked the Newberry
 elections conspiracy trial today. Nearly
 half the time was consumed reading
 telegrams to the jury. For the rest
 there was Q review of the work of Allen
 K. Moore among the railroad men of
 the state; a presentation of politics a $
 praeticed in the village of Dundee; a
 description of how Our Navy" the
 "Dryland BattleSlip Film.- was dis
 trfSuted "a gratis feature in one reel,
 and testimony concerning the cireula-
 ton at Great Lakes III, of some of
 the Helme nominating petitions
 Kenneth Throc k1norton of Grand Rap-
 ids, who was a radio student in the
 havy in the summer of 1918, told how
 William E. Rich, one of the local Sfx
 fendants. called him to Chicago and
 asked him to get signatures of Michi-
 gan boys at Great Lakes to the Helme
 petitions
 Frank c. Daley, assistant attorney
 general, tried to show through Throck
 morton that he had promised a. five
 day furlough to each sailor who
 signed, but he was halted by Judge
 Sessions, who ruled the evidence out
 as incompetent.
 Allen K. Moore, according to railroad
 employees from several cities, paid
 higher than was usual for Newberry
 campaign work. Moore pleaded no1o
 contendere and testified for the zAovern-
 ment several days ago, but said in
 ross-examination he had no intention
 of violating any law in any of his acts. None of today's witnesses had met
 Moore before his first calls on them, but in many instances he was accompanied by George Murray, head of railroad relief association, and in others he car- ried letters from Murray. TUCKED BILL IN POCKET B. S. Desy of Mackinaw City, a car house foreman, told Moore he was not for Newberry and said that on a sec ond csll in company with Murray Moore apologized for having no cigars fand tucked a $10 bill in Desy's vest pocket. The witness said on cross-ex- animation that this incident did not influence him.
 towerman told how Moore twice climbed the ladder to visit him, leaving in all $40 ''to buy gasoline" baggage agent at Bay City received
 se5 from Moore paid out s1O to each of three friends who helped him cir culate petitions, and kept the rest. An engine house foreman of Cray ling received $45, gave s5 to station WOTkeT anu hopt tiS ASSes SApAoiiiAaiS that he passed cards from the pocket" to visitors atahis office.
 John H. Murray of Detroit, brother of George Murray, told of getting $250 from Moore. This witness helped Moore start the nominating petitions and collected them afterwards. He paid out sS2 to men who assisted him and retained the balance.
 The Dundee testimony was aimed at Emory Mills and Fred E. Cronenwett defendants from that village. The men who dealt with Mills gave little in- I formation, burt one of Cronenwett's poll workers explained how he got paid.
 Y "Cronenwett went by me fast and | gave me sS." said this witness. \ Two young women from a Detroit f film exchange, Geneveieve Collins and Helene Ballman. described how "Our Navy" was sent around the state. It ! was offered Gree to exhibitors, the aim, N as explained by Miss Collins, being to r get it shown in every moving picture | house in Michigan. She said it went to N possibly 200 theatres" Miss Ballman referred to the film as ' "a gratis feature" On cross-examina- . f ton Martin W. Littleton asked her ont II question:
 was the Ford weekly sent free to \ theatresT
 Il Miss Ballman answered affirmatively Mbefore the government could interpose | an objection but Judge>Sessions ordered ' both question and answer out of the records.