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Show I'IIY LORIMER VMS Sf .UCDED jVRWVELT Kohlsaat Had Told Kim of Ulnes' Request for ; jio.cco. m aaaaBaBwaaaaaaaaBaaaa WASHINGTON, Juae That Coloae( Roosevelt haa known aiace early laat fall the entire story of kow Edward Hiaea ia alleged to hava- asked Clarence 8. Funk, general aiaaager of the International Harvester company, fora 10,000 contribution to a 1100,-000 1100,-000 fund to be used "to put Lorlmar across at ctpringfield," waa tmtified to today before the senate Lonmrr eommittea by Hermsn H. Kohlnaat, publiahet of tha Chicago Record Herald- - . Mr.rCokl.aat told the storv to Colo-ael Colo-ael Soosaielt just before the Hamilton) Hamil-ton) elutt riinaer at Chicago, wbich Roosevelt refused to attend until Lor-imer's Lor-imer's iavitatioa was withdrawa. It waa upon .tbia informatioa, Mr. Kohl-aaat Kohl-aaat said, that the former president based hia action in declining to ait at the same table with the lllinoia senator. sena-tor. Mr. Kohlsaat further teatified that ka had wltten aa account of the conversation con-versation between himself and Kunk, but wUiiout mentioning Funk's name, to fteaatora LaFollette and Root. Tbia waa done at the request of Waiter L. Fisher, now secretary of the interior, and others. . . . - "Senator Root wrote me I replv, 'f said the' wftnese.' .'and thanked he for the lafermatioa. He aai.l it hd greatly tnf'uenced him'ia making his neeeb against Lorimer oa - the floor ai the tenate." Whatl"' welalmed Senator Gamble, Gam-ble, -"do rtm mean to aay that eess tors were influenced la arriving at their rtr-rtaloa, by natters aot in en-doBcef" en-doBcef" , "I did' not discuss that question with Beaator Boot," replied Mri Kobl-aaat. Kobl-aaat. - - . The witaess aald that Senator La-F6llff'et La-F6llff'et ffied very hard to get him t- " "i Washington to tell about l.-.tav.iutioo, even threatening to end a aorgeaat at arms of the areata after him. Mr. Koblaaat aald that, bealdea Colo-ael Colo-ael Roosevelt, ha had only divulged Mr.' Funk's same In connection with the conversation to Victor F. Lawaoa and to Mre. Kohlsaat. e |