New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
BrotlnerOpened'
Bank Account
To Newberry
Allowed Unlimited Expendi.
ture in Senatorial Cam.
paign, He Admits TO Inves.
tigators; $4,000 Drawn
Doctors TO See I'll. B. low
Will Judge if Appearance
ON Stand Would Endanger
Detroit Capitalists I,;fe

WASHINGTON. June a.--seusts :,
guiry into Henry Ford's contest ao, q.
seat Of Senator Truman II. Ne~be,r.
of Michigan, growing ont Of the tei5
election, began to-day and ran tl,rou,l
brief but stormy session. J,h, 9
Newberry, brother Of the Senator "a
tilted that because of "love, affect.
and loyalty" he had opened his b.,,.
account through an agent for u.n1;,.
tied and unsuperyised carnpa;gn -
penditares, concerning the arnount,, :,
which he had never inquired enS -.
manner of which he knew nothing 50,
cept as read it in the newsnan.,.,
'sae total drawn was placed at 500 .0n,
by the witness.
Henry B. Joy, q Detroit capitaB.+
was called, but an attorney presented
a fhysician's certificate declaring +b,t
the absent witness was suffering from
heart ailment which might kin ~
if he were put on the stand. Alfra1 li,.l
, Lucking, counsel for Ford, iumned ~
his feet, with a demand. ~
Process Server Missed Yacht
eve want Mr.. Joy. He was on. ~
his yacht when the process serve ~.
sought him." MIR. Lueking Continued
he gave $4,000 to this campaign. sns
ne ls brother-ln-law Of Senator New
berry. i'H never agree to proceed wifi.
out his presence"
After three lawyers and five. Senato-,
got into the discussion a tentat;rs
agreement was announced by Chairmsn
Spencer, under which two heart sns-
clailsts will be deputized to examine
Mr.. Joy and determine whether he ran
be called without endangerine his life,
Mr.. Lucking demanded that the COM
mittee pick the doctors.
"No, we will not" Senator Watson
Republican, of Indiana, declared. aWs
might pick a horse doctor" The law
yers were told TO select the medical
authorities.
There was a partial agreement n
the effect that the Newberrv camoairn
and advertising expenditures were Ia
be classed as very large" and that tha
committee should take the record of
the criminal case against Senator
Newberry, which was invalidated nv
the Supreme Court last month, as ia
the facts, with Mr.. Lucking permitted
to prove larger amounts than the S17e,-
ooV auHllCGeq Cnefe, II ne could. Paul
Fl. King, the Newberry campaign man.
ager, was called for a preliminary
statement, but was excused temporar-
lily. All of the expenditures, he said,
were never accounted for because of
delay in the presentation of bills after
the election.
Battleship Faked in Picture
Thomas E. Phillips, a Detroit pub
licity man, told of the taking of motion
picture photographs during the cam
paign of Senator Newberry, then a
navy officer, standing on the deck OF
wooden imitation of battleship and
engaged in inspecting war gardens"
in Central Park, New York Mr. Luck
ing further produced a copy of a Mchi-
gan farm paper with half a dozen New
berry campaign advertisement in one
issue.
"That was one on u.s." Judge Murfn,
counsel for Newberry, explained
During the campaign a monthly paper
got by mistake on the weekly list Of
the publicity committee and they sent
it copy each week Being thrifty the
publisher used it all"