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Show liifir TO BEREOPEEO GR08S USE OF MONEY GIVEN A3 REA80N FOR FURTHER INVE8. TIGATION OF 8ENATOR Automobile Builder Clalmi He Is Abls to Prove $170,000 Spent In Election; Investigation to be Thorouoh and Final Washington. Notwithstanding the supreme court decision freeing Senator Truman II. Newberry of Michigan, the senate privileges nnd election com. mlttee decided Tuesday to reopen thu case and thorougly Investigate tho chatges that ho won his seat in the sen. uto by extravagant nnd unlnwful expenditure ex-penditure of money. The supremo court set usldo the conviction con-viction of Senator Newberry on tho ground that the section of tho law regulating reg-ulating senatorial primaries wns uncoil stltutlonal. The investigation now to ho made will cover the cxpendlurei mndo in Senator Newberry's behalf In tho election cninpalgn. Alfred Lucking attorney for Henry Ford, tbe automobile manufacturer of Detrlot, told the privileges nnd clec-tlnos clec-tlnos committee that he would he able to provt that "two or three times $170,. 000 wns spent in .Mr. Newberry's behalf." be-half." It had previously been charged that Newberry's expenditures were $170,000. Lucking declnred that evl denco would nlso lie supplied to shou thnt practically nil tho money enme froai the Newberry estnte. Senntor Townsend of Michigan urged tho committee to drop the case. He declnred Hint Senittor Newberry was tho victim of persistent persecution. When the Investigation wns completed, lie predicted, thero would, bo no proof .of wrong-doing on Newberry's pnrt. Senntor Townsend asserted thnt ITenry Ford's demnnd for n senntorlnl Investigation wns merely n scheme to get Senntor Newberry on the stnnd nnd cross-exnmlnc nnd humiliate him. A special subcommittee was appointed appoint-ed to conduct the Inquiry. It will consist con-sist of Senntor Spencer of Missouri, chairmen : Senntor Wntson of Indlnnn, Senator Edge of New Jersey, Senntor I'omerne of Ohio nnd Senntor Wolcott of Delnwnre. The subcommittee will hold Its llrst meeting Friday to organ Ize the plan of procedure. for tho investigation. |