Show WITNESS TELLS OF VAST TOTAL Election of f Newberry NC Cost Nearly Alleges Al M leges Citizens Citizen's Story By Sam Sam- Blair Universal Service Start Staff Corre Correspondent Grand Rapids Mich Feb 11 tt ll It cost nearly nearh to elect cJ ct Truman II 11 Newberry United States senator from Michigan lIchI Un This statement was quoted quote to today Ja as coming comins- from irom one of oC the principal Newberry New New- berry campaign managers manas It was re repeated re- re In tho the forum form of oC testimony to the jury which Is trying Senator Nc berr and an political associates tes on criminal charges o of or violating the federal election election elec dee tion ion ia law which limits senatorial cam cam- pal JI expenditures to The witness was as Frank Frnnk M. M Sparks associate editor of oC time the Grind Grand Rapids Herald Ho lIe was recalling un an interview interview inter Inter- view with Fletcher state statu commissioner loner of or labor la or and a defendant defend defend- Lint ant In tho tue ca case cape c. c The fhe ers con conversation occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc In Mr Mm h Fletchers Fletcher's office about a ay y year ir r ago JIRO Tho Thu newspaperman and tho campaigner vero discussing i tho the report entered h by th turn Newberry admitting campaign expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- l- l tures of oC I Huge Ju Expenditure Charged In m my opinion Jt t cost r to half halfa a n million dollars to put Jut Newberry across oss Mr Sparks quoted himself as as' as 8 mentioning I Halt Half a ft million hell Is what Mr 1 Fletcher was alle alleged c to have ila said In I answer It cost COtt nearer and ancI and andI I 1 know whit Im I'm talking about Martin l AV Littleton one of oC the leading lead lead- j inc ing attorneys for tho thu defense Jumped l to his feet feel and entered strenuous ob ob- ob- ob Jl Judge C C. AV W. Sessions ruled that lint the tho evidence might stand so far tar farus farus tarU U us It affected time the conspiracy charges against the defendant I Fletcher Further emphasis was laid by the government So In the tho afternoon on tho time fabulous sums ns alleged to have e been at t the disposal l of Continued on IH page 3 WITNESS TELLS STORY I I OF VAST T EXPENDITURE Continued from PaS Page 1 I tho Newberry campaign n committee One Ono of oC tho the dc defendants who appeared be before before be- be fore rore the grand g jury juno Roman Homan I F. F GlocheskI o of Grand Gran Rapids was quoted b by C C. R. R Higbee grand Jury clerk as tolling the tho Inquisitorial bod body of or a table In tho Detroit offices of oC Paul II King Ne berry campaign manager Arabian 1 Story Slow Heard The wh whole le table was wag about feet Mr tr was reported to have ha sworn It was half hale covered b by bya a pile Mlle of bills bUts of denominations of or 20 O. O 50 0 an and I figured thero hero was as much as million a dollars on the tho table Tho The manner In which James NV W Holme was treated by the tho Newberry campaign strategists who hot got his name nameon I Ion on the D Democratic ticket and thereby I cut cul Into the vote ote of the chief Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic candidate Benr Henry Ford was further further fur fur- ther thor emphasized toda today by the testimony testimony mon mony of John Moran manager of tho the Hotel Hermitage e. e In this city The witness witness wit wit- It ness told toM how William J. J Nickel 1 Democrat Democrat Dem Dem- and one of the defendants defendant In the case ass opened campaign headquarters for or In his hotel lIe He got Jot a room for 3 5 i a week weel the witness stated Ho said ho had to have o a room cheap Charles J. J rot No a a. Grand Rapids printer testified that he ho had handled tho rho actual printing printing- of or GOO petitions in behalf behal of the candidacy of oC James W W. H HI lie s declared that arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments mentIS for tho the printing of the petitions W were re made mado by tho the defendant Mickel el These Helmo Helme petitions which man many defendants admit represent the hardest hardest hard hard- est esl element clement of ot tho the governments government's ease case to combat were features in a a. lar largo o way at atthe the tho morning session The rha government o I I I put witnesses on the tho stand from whose testimony su suggested that many signatures signatures signatures signa signa- I tures upon the Helmo petitions were actually forged forg-ed Ono One of oC the tho witnesses Charles Charle L. L Pratt Introduced into the case tho name of ot Tom Toni Read speaker of tho the state house hOURC of representatives Mr Read is a a. definite Republican and his participation in tho the circulation of ot petitions pe petitions petitions pe- pe in behalf bahal of oC the admittedly duped Democrat Heline Helme caused a stir in tho courtroom Tho The witness said Mr 11 Read had requested him to circulate Helmo petitions He received no re remuneration remuneration remuneration re- re he s swore ore witnesses In all took tho the stand In the tho morning examined their own o names upon Helmo s petitions and swore that the signatures were vere forged and that they thoy had not authorised the signing of their names Ono One of oC these witnesses was rot not a D. naturalized citIzen citizen citizen citi citI- zen at the time his signature was supposed supposed supposed sup sup- I posed to have been placed on the voters' voters I petition |