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Show IHTK Chicago Detective Is Looking for Unknown in Connection With Lorimei: Case. CHICAGO BANKERS MUST TESTIFY OR GO TO JAIL Fight Being Matle on Various United States Senators for Helping Illinoisan. a j By Leased Wire to The Trlhun.e. CHICAGO, April 22. A now and important im-portant witness was sought today to appear before the Helm committee that is investigating alleged bribery in the eloction of United States .Venator William Wil-liam Lorimer when it resumes its sessions ses-sions at Springfield next Tuesday. This witnesf-. who docs' not live in Chicago, is being hunted l3' a detective. detec-tive. The identity of this new witness is being carefulh' guarded, but its importance im-portance may be judged by the fact that the detoclivc refused to give the case into the hands of any of his assistants. as-sistants. John .1. Ilealy. attorney for the committee, com-mittee, is said to have heard a report from the detective over the long distance dis-tance telephone today. Air. Hcaly admitted ad-mitted that new witnesses are expected next week. Coupled with this development came the announcement today that flhicogc bankers will face jail Bentences for contempt of court if they again fail to respond to the senate's summons served upon them for next Tuesday. The committee com-mittee is anxious to discover who it was that induced them to ignore the subpenas of the committee. Attorney Healv said that Edward Tjltlen. president of the National Packing Pack-ing company and reputed treasurer of the $100,000 fund raised to elect Lori-mer. Lori-mer. has not yet indicated whether ho will respond to the fresh summons served on him for next Tuesday's hear-in". hear-in". "fr. Til den will be treated with no creator severity than will officials of tho Drovers' Doposit National .bank and the Central Trust company if they again ignore the summons to appear with their records," said a member of the Helm investigating committee to day. "They will be liable for contempt." con-tempt." Harvev Blair, cashier, was the representative rep-resentative of the Drovers' Deposit National Na-tional bank summoned, and Alfred Abbott Ab-bott of the Central Trust company is also under a snbpona to which he has thus far failed to resuond. Representatives of the committee are trying to find the secretary of the lines Lumber company to serve him with a subnena, it is said. 71 r. Healy said that the secretary could not be located today, r. C. F. "Wiehe. secretary secre-tary of the liinep company, was at hi3 home during the forenoon, but said that he did not want to talk to any newspaper men. BECOMES AN ISSUE. Lorlmer Case May Wreck Political Fortunes For-tunes of Supporters. By Leased Wire to The Tribune. WASHINGTON'. April 22 .More than 6nc of the senators In thcUnited States senate Is trombllng In his boots against that day and hour when some aspiring statesman hack home is certain to arise, point a finger at him and oxclaim: "He voted for Lorlmer!" Conspicuous among those conspicuous statesmen arc Penrose of Pennsylvania, Simmons of North Carolina and Bailey of Texas. By a vote of to to 40 the resolution at tho last session, of the congress declaring de-claring Lorlmer was not honestly elected elect-ed was defeated. A fair proportion of the forty-six already had been handed their transfers to the Salt river branch with Instructions to. gel off on March -I last. Now the senatorial aspirants out of the woods have taken up the record and the Lorlmer (iiiesllon has becomo a local issue In at least three states Pennsvlvatiin. North Carolina and Texas. James After Payutor's Toga. Olllo M. .lames, giant in tho house of representatives and personal nuncio of the leader on tho ways and means committee, com-mittee, Is out nfter the scnlp of Thomas Jl. Paynter of Kentucky, who not only was one of the forty-six who voted to retain the Illinoisan, but also was one of the coadjutors or Burrows and Bailey on the committee that passed the absolution abso-lution for tho "blonde boss." When Paynter followed Bailey Into the camp of tho near-protectionists and associate Aldrlehes during the tariff bill fight. Mr. Jamos's fury arose, for his tariff views are modulated on Hie order of Cobden and Bright, nlthough somewhat intensliied by association with Henry Wattorson. But when Paynter again followed Bailey as a member of the subcommittee sub-committee that gave Lorlmer a clean bill of health the James Indignation knew no bounds. Whereupon Mr. James announced an-nounced he would opposo Mr. I'ayntcr for the Democratic nomination for senator sena-tor In Kentucky In tho July primaries which will advise the legislature that will assemble next January who to elect for senator providing snltl legislature shall have a Democratic majority. Tho climax was reached when James discovered Kentucky was being Hooded with copies of the speech Lorlmer made In his own defense In the senate. That Lorlmor should thus aid Paynter in the attempt to "get squnre" with the populace popu-lace of Kentucky rattHCd .Mr. James lo address the Kenlucklans in a speech that was mostly tabasco. Fight on Simmonn. Senator Simmons of North Carolina in the last congress showed his devotion to the twin causes of lumber and Lorlmor. Lorl-mor. whereupon, as his term will expire on March I. I!i:i, sonic folks who wore interested ln neither JLorlmer nor lumber, lum-ber, but who had a mighty yearning concerning the United States sonale. camped on tins Simmons trail. Governor William Kltchln. former Governor Gov-ernor Clarence B. Ayeock. Representative Representa-tive Claude Kltchln and some other North Carollnans are lMtspeeted of a deslro to succeed him. The two Kitchins arc broth- ! ers. Claude is now the premier rough- JH land-tumble debater of tie Democratic IH majority in the national house of retire- JH I .feu tat Ives and there Is a feeling that he would make the strongest race against Simmons. But. his brother was UrSt in H the field and it may bo that he will carry the progressive colors In the race. At any rate, the North Carolina press JH already has made the Lorlmer question fl a local issue. It was alleged that Sena- J-il ) tor Simmons declared he would not tjH vote on the Lorlmer case because he KH was llnancially interested with Mr. Lorl- llH mer In some enlerprlses. But he did jl not vote to retain Lorimer because, his H enemies say. lie was so badly frjKhteiu-d H by the strength of the auti-Lorlmer H Issue in Texas. fl In Texas Hie human race is divided Kl into two species Bailey and anti-Bailey. IH The Bailey issue enters Into every re- Kl la t Ion of life. But there arc so many ll different and conflicting reasons for hat- IH ing Bailey that the anti-Bailey forces , never liavo been able heretofore to agree IH upon one as a casus belli. IH The Lorimer case has furnished the fll missing issue. It is now becoming the nH chief local issue In the Lono Star slate. LH A few weeks ago Representative Han- Kl dell of Texas, now a member of the H ways and means committee of the house H of representatives, announced his Inteu- ll lion of running against Bailey for the H senntorshlp. H Mr. Randell represents Senator Bailey's IH home district In congress, despite the jjl bitter opposition of Bailey and his ma- ItH chine. The fight got very hot. It began iH to blaze up In the Texas delegation In tho house of representatives. The Texas H delegation is composed of sixteen Demo- , M crats. H It developed in a tight oven- the chair- B manshin of the delegation that eight arc B for and eight against Bailey. BVBV The Randell forces, however, hnve de- IHBVB elded to make the Lorlmer case the touchstone and the ''blonde boss" now BVJ Is a loacl Issue on the Mexican bor- Other .states are fermenting- and more than one senator dread the day when some man will ariso and say: "ou voted for Lorlmer." ' BAJJ |