Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-09
BROTHER OPENS
BANK ACCOUNT;
SPENDS $4,000.
Brother-in-Law Feiens
Heart Ailnent Charge;
Specialists Summoned.
Ford and Defendant 5
Counsel Agree Elec-
tions Costs Are Huge.

Washington, June 8.-Senate
inquiry into Henry Ford's con-
test for the seat Of Truman H.
Newberry, of Michigan, grow
ing out of the 1918 election,
began Wednesday and ran
through a brief but stormy
session. 5
John 8. Newberry. brother Of the
senator, testified that because Of
''love, affection and loyalty" he mad
opened his bank account through an
agent for unlimited and unsupervised
campaign expenditures, concerning
the amounts of which he had never in
quired. The total drawn was placed
at $4,000 by the witness.
Evades Probe, charpe.
Henry B. Joy, a Detroit capitalist.
was celled, but an attorney presented
physicians certificate declaring that
the absent witness was suffering from
4 heart ailment which might kill him
II be were put on the stand. Alfred
Lucking, counsel for Ford, jumped to
his feet, with a demand.
we W0ut AAAs Guy. Lag was Jul
on his yacht when the process server
sought him." Mr.. Lucking continued
HE gave $4,000 to this campaign.
and he is q brother -in-law Ct Senator
Newberry. I1l-never agree to proceed
without him" ".-
Dsputtzs Specialists.
After three lawyers and five sena-
tors got into the discussion, tenta
tive agreement was announced by
Chairman Spencer, under which two
heart specialists will be deputized to
examine Mr.. Joy and determine
whether he can be called without en-
dangering his life. Mr.. Lucking de-
handing that the committee pick the
doctors.
"No. we will not" Senator Watson, |
Republican, Indiana. declared. We
might pick horse DOCTOR" The law
yers were told to select the medical |
authorities.
There was a partial agreement to |
the effect that the Newberry cam
paign and advertising expenditures
were to be classed as every large"
and that the committee should take
the record of the criminal case against
Senator Newberry, which was invali-
dated by the supreme court last
month, as to the facts, with Mr.. Luck
Ing permitted to prove larger amounts
than the $4,000 admitted there. if
be could. Paul II. King, the Newberry
manager, was called for preliminary
statement, but was excused tempor-
arily. All Of the expenditures, he SAID,
were never accounted for because Of
delay in the presentation of bills af-
ter the election.
Dummy" Battleship.
Thomas e. Phillips, a Detroit pub
licity man, told of the taking of no.
lion pictures photographs during the
Of Senator Newbery-then
navy officer-standing on the deck
Df a wooden imitation Of battleship,
md engaged in inspecting war gar
lens" in Central Park, New York. Mr..
Lucking further produced q copy Of
Michigan farm paper, with half a
dozen Newberry campaign advertise
nents in one issue.
:. THAT was one on u.s." Judge Mur-
IN, counsel for Newberry, explained,
During the campaign, q monthly pa
per got by mistake on the weekly list
II the publicity committee, and they
sent it copy each week Being thrifty,
he publisher used it ALL"
The hearing adjourned, after ar
'angements were made for night ses-
',ons p TO expediate the inquiry after