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Show CONNECTING HINfS WITH LORIMER CoeK, Doloth Lumberman, Gives Evidence Along That Line. PLAYED LARGE PART . IN LORIMER'S ELECTION Announced Trip to Springfield Spring-field With "All the Money Needed." WASHINGTON." June 27. Further Testimony Intenuler"to show-lhat Ed"-ward Ed"-ward Hinea, president of th Edward Hine Lumber company of Chicago, playsd an important part in ths slee-tion slee-tion of Hen a tor Lorimer and was iatr-ested iatr-ested is the senator's election, was gives today to th senate committee investigating the election by W. H. t ook, a lumber man of lluluth. Minn. Mr. l ook acknowledged his hitters eas toward Mr. Hine and declared hs hsd never felt very friendly toward him. "I know his way of doing business," busi-ness," he explained. 'Hines haa S wsy of going about business that I do sot think is honorable. Whea he want, to buy timber he gets an option and then goes aronnd trying to hurt the credit of th seller." "Qiv aa inatane," challenged Attorney At-torney William J. Hynes, for Mr. Mines. "John Mellon of the Alger flmith company of Duluth," retorted Cook. Detective "Ditched." Three detective, who sre said to have been employed to shsdow Clsr-ence Clsr-ence 8. Funk, general msnsger of ths Internstionsl Harvester companv, and star witness st the present trial, were ditched today by Mr. Funk. Ditching is the technical phrase for being throws I off th trsil. Mr. Funk hsd the detective de-tective subpoenaed aa witnesses bs-for bs-for th committee, thus leaving him unshadowed for th first time in weeks, it is claimed. There waa ssother dramatic episode whea Clarence H. Funk, general manager man-ager of th International Harvester aompaay, announced that three of th four detectives about whose surveillance surveil-lance he told ths committee yesterday, were present at today's session. Ths committee summoned th detectives ss -wttaeesss. Mr. Funk called attention to th matter st the opening of today's to-day's hearing before the senate committee. com-mittee. No time was fixeS for the testimony of th detactivee, who; Mr. Funk-declared yesterday, were hired to trailhim and one of whom, Mr. Funk declared, had confeaaed th nature of hia em ploy meat and th identity of bis employer. Counsel for Lorimer immediately pro-' eeeded with the cross examination of Mr. Funk regarding the request of Mr. Hines to him from th International Harvester eompssy of a contribution of SI 0,000 for the relmbnrsal of those who had contributed (100,000 to "put Lorimer over" at Springfield. , Discusses Datacttr. Mr. Funk today publicly announced that the detective who admitted that he had been employed to ahadow htm waa named Blaine and belonged to a 'Chicago agency. At the Instance of Mr. Uynes. the witness discussed hla talk with Blaine. Mr. Funk said that when he came to Washington he recognterd a young man standing by him on the etreet. He had la I seen him In Chicago. I "I apoke to htm." declared Mr. Funk. "It waa on Pennsylvania avenue, and I waa waiting for a car. He crossed" th street aa I did, and when I got on the tar he did so. I aaksd him to alt by me. " 'Toy are hack on th Job? 1 aald. " Tea.' he responded. " 'How do you en)oy Itf I aaaed. " tuua not proud of my work. he said. "Then f gavw him some fatherly advice, ad-vice, telling him I did not think much of the detective business and that he had better set Into soma business that had a future. "Juat before we got up to the senate office building be said that I had 'ditched' two of hie associates and he auppoeed that he would lose his Job If he lost me. I told him I thought sr could fix It up all right snd that I would promise not to 'ditch' him." "That Isn't a sweat box." Interrupted Mr. Uynes. "Tell us about that." Used Iwaatbox Methods. The witness said the sweat box proeees waa administered In his room at a local hotel. It waa In hla room. Mr. Funk said, that the detective told him the name of his employers. Attorney Hynes asked the witness further fur-ther about hta testimony that Mr. Hinea did not eem to be under the Influence of liquor when be made an alleged request re-quest for a Lorimer contribution. Mr. Funk aald he had never seen Mr. Hine take a drink nor ven smoks a CiWhat has that got to do with this investigation?" Inquired Senator Kern. "Oh, no offense was meant," Interjected Inter-jected Mr. Hynes. "I amok, too." "I didn't think that It would he of-fenetve of-fenetve to man from Chicago to ask If he took a drink,'' declared Senator atenyon. Mr Funk left tb witness stand and W. H. Cook of Duluth. Minn., a lumberman, lumber-man, waa sworn. HI testimony waa largely a reiteration of hla narrative before be-fore the Helm committee at Sprtngneld, III. He related an alleged conversation awlth Mr. Hlnes at the Orerad Pacific hotel In fhlcaaro In May. ISO. It eras at that Mine. Mr. Cook declared, that Mr. Hlnes remerked he waa "having a a. of a time" at Waahlngton. Wouldn't Stay Flxsd. "Now. for Inst sane. 1 Mr. Cook test!-fWM test!-fWM Mr. Hine said, "there Is old Stephen-sop. Stephen-sop. After I got 4itm elected, he ha fn down there and started working for free lumber. The southern Desaocrata are the worst of the whole lot." He (Hlnes) aald he would have them aH fixed up on day and the next sVsy they would Fhe crowd InVth contraltos room. Including In-cluding Mr. Htns. laughed over this testimony, tes-timony, but not ao Senator Johnston of Alabama, a moorhen Democrat. Finally Mr. Fletcher of Florida nudged Mr.' John-eton John-eton and the Alabama senator joined In. Mr. Cook reiterated hla Springfield testimony tes-timony resardlful an attested telephone conrereattoa Hinea had. from Cook's hotel ho-tel room to Srngneld the dav Senator Lorimer waa elected, or the day before. (Caatiaacd a peg 8.). CONNECTING HINES (Continued from page.1.) Cook testified that It was In this conversation con-versation that Hlnea said he had just come from Washington and that President Presi-dent Taft and Benator Aldrlch were against Hopkins. "Lrorimer must be elected." Cook tea- . titled Hlnes said over the telephone. Tont Ifave aay thing undone. , I will be down on the next train with all tha money needed." More positive than ha was at tha Spring field hearing, Mr. Cook testified without reservation that he answered tha long distance call from Springfield for Mr. Hines and that tha telephone girl said: "Here Is Governor Deneen.". |