Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-04-07
HINES MANAGED
LOR|MER FUND
CLARENCE FUNK OF INTERNA'
TlONAL HARVESTER co. GOES
BEFORE COMMITTEE.
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE HEARD
Says Lumberman Tried to Secure
500, OOO-kohIsaat Reveals Funk
as Source of information Re-
qardinq "Slush' Fund.

Springfield, ILL.,, April eli. Fl. Kohl
,aat, publisher of the Chicago Record
Herald. told the senate bribery inves
committee that Clarence G.
Funk, general manager Of the Inter
national Harvester Company, was the
man who informed Mr.. Kohlsaat that
a slush fund of 100000 was put up to
elect LOrimer.
Several days ago Mr.. Kohlsaat re-
fused to name his informant After
consulting with Cyrus H. Mccormick.
president of the Harvester Company,
Mr.. Funk released him from his
pledge.
Funk Called to Stand.
Funk was the next witness called.
He said he had been with the com
pany nine years. His attention was
called to d conversation with Edward
c. Hines, the Chicago lumber mag
nate, shortly after the Lorimer cleo
ton. The witness said:
THE conversation took place in the
Union League Club 1t was an acct
dental meeting. He said he had been
wanting to see me and we sat in the
lounging room Hines said to me with
out preliminary, Well, we put Lorimer
over, but it cost us 100000 to do it. y
HE said, We had to act quickly so
that it became necessary for us to put
up the money. Now, We are seeing
some of our friends to get it fixed
IL r. nrcfo n 10
wanted to be reimbursed and | asked
him why he came to us, and he said:
You are as interested as anyone hav-
ing the right kind of man in Washing
tom
Il told him We would have nothing
to do with it. He said he could only
go to big people and wanted to get
$4,000 from each of ten. He left me
and told me think it over
Whom did he say they were to send
the money to-" asked Attorney Healy.
Edward Tilden, connected with the
stockyards at Chicago, is the man to
whom | was told to send the money"
said Mr. Funk, when an answer was
forced by the committee.
WAS anything said of Tilden col
lecting the fund.-" Funk was asked.
NO"
Were other names used?'
No"
Did he give you names of any con-
tributors?"
Ne; and I didn't ask him." replied
Mr.. Funk.
You told him you and your COM
pany could not contribute; did you talk
to anyone Of your officers?"
Yes, | told Mr.. Mccormick. Mr..
Mccormick said: Good, I'm glad you
turned him down promptly l also
told Edgar A. Bancroft, general coun-
sci for our company"
Funk said he did not read the Rec
ord-Herald editorial which caused Mr.
Kohlsaat to be called before the com
office after the editorial appeared
Hines was disturbed" said Funk
land undertook to refresh my memory
on our conversation. He said he had
rot tried to get money from me and
had talked of money, just in a general
way. That was the first time l talked
with him after the first conversation
Funk said that his company had
some dealing with the Hines Lumber
Company. He said he had known
Hines casually prior to the Union
League Club talk. Funk declared that
y 1toi hoI +01l HI
the name of any contributor TO the
fund He said he never had any diff
ficulty with Hines, and had no antag
onistic feeling toward him.
Il am here because I did not want
to see my friend, Mr.. Kohlsaat, go tt
jail" testified Funk.
Funk said he knew Lorimer only
slightly and never had had any trouble
with him or his friends. He said G.
II. Mccormick had no interest of any
kind in the Chicago Tribune.
Answering Senator Burton, Funk
said neither he nor his company gave
any money for the Lorimer election
The witness said he had no active in
crest in politics.
Hines Denies Charge.
Chicago, April GA denial of the
assertions made before the senate in
vestigating committee by Clarence
Funk was made by Edward Hines
president of the Edward Hines Lum
Der company. Il did not at any othel
time. ask Mr.. Funk or anyone else tt
contribute anything to Senator Lori
mer's election or on account of hi!
election. | never knew that anyone
ever did contribute anything for o
| on account of his election