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Show WASHINGTON, June 29. Intimation Intima-tion that prosecution of certain witnesses wit-nesses for perjury would grow out of tho senate investigation of Senator Lorlmer wns forthcoming today during dur-ing tho examination of Edward Hines, the Chicago millionaire lumberman, whoso .name is connected with the alleged al-leged $100,000 fund collected to elect Mr Lorlmer Mr. Hines contradicted many statements of previous witnesses witness-es and the situation aroused Senator Konyon of Iowa Declares Taft Was Interested. "Now there ought to be some prosecutions pros-ecutions for perjury right hero," ho exclaimed. He did not Indicate whom he would havo lndlctod, but his remark created a profound Impression. All day Mr. Hines was on the stana and his examination was not concluded conclud-ed when the committee adjourned until un-til tomorrow. His first testimony that attracted interest was his detailed detail-ed account of how he said President Taft, former Senator Aldflch and Senator Sen-ator Penrose had him exert his in-lluence in-lluence to have Mr. Lorimor elected. Piled Witness With Questions. At the afternoon session Senators Gamble, Kenyon and Jones plied the witness with questions designed to fahow that he knew nothing directly of President Taft's attitude on the matter. It was announced at tho Whlto House tonight that the president presi-dent would not discuss Mr. Hines' reiterated re-iterated statement that the chief executive ex-ecutive expressed any preference for Mr. Lorlmer for senator. ,Af the time Mr. Hines made his; declaration to the investigations committee of tho Illinois senate that Mr. Tftft. Senators Sen-ators Aldrich and Penrose had w pressed a desire for Mr. Lorlmer s election, friends of the president were prompt In their denial that Mr. Taft was in any way connected. It was said then that the president had merely expressed the hope that the deadlock in Illinois would be broken. Contradicted Cook's Testimony. Mr Hines also contradicted testimony testi-mony given by Wlrthe Cook of Duluth Minn He denied having telephoned from Mr Cook's room In a Chicago hotel on May 26, 1909, that he would be down to Springfield on the next train with all the money needod in the Lorlmer election. He denied a so that he said In a conversation with Mr Cook and a Mr. Turrish about May 1, 190,9, that he had elected ' old Stephenson," or that the southern Democrats In congress "would not stay put" on the lumber question or that he "had it all fixed to put Lorlmer Lorl-mer into the senate " If he had said that he believed he had not read Mr. Cook's testimony about the conversation conversa-tion before the Helm investigation committee at Springfield that Senator Kenyon uttered his exclamation abouf nm-lnrv nrosecutlons. CoDles of Telegrams. During the day Hines put into the record copies of the telegrams which had been sent to him by Senator Lor-iraer Lor-iraer since the latter' election with the exception of one which he said he never received With these he had inserted a copy of a magazine article in which Mr. Hines said it was claimed claim-ed the telegrams would throw light on the elections. The telegrams referred re-ferred to tariff and river and harbor legislation and contained no reference to the election He told tho committee that all his personal checks and those of the companies with which he was connected con-nected were open to Inspection. |