The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
Tilden, Chicago Packer, Refuses to Produce His
 Bank Accounts
"PUT LORIMER OVER
 BUT TT COST A LOT"
Herman II. Hettler Tells Committee That MT. Hines Boasted to Him of Electing Lorimer and
 Corroborates Funk

Springfield. H., April 1s-Two impor- tant developments occurred in today's hearing of the state senate committees which is Investigating the election of Will liam Lorimer to the United States Senate.
 The first was the disclosure of cam raign by the attorneys and investigators Of the committee for the apparent pur- pose of discrediting Edward Hines. Chi cago lumberman, charged with having collected a large fund to elect Lorimer. MT. Hines testified two weeks ago that he had no knowledge of any such fund
 The second development was the practi- cal refusal of Edward Tilden, Chicago packer and banker, to produce before the committee his accounts in the various banks through which he does business.
 MT. Tilden's attitude on the witness stand resulted in the issuance of second subpoena by the committee. This was served upon MT. Tiden as he stepped from the witness chair in the supreme court building late this afternoon. The subpoena commands Mir Tilden to pro- duce before the committee next Thursday the records of his various accounts in the year of 1909.
 Refusal to do so. MT. Tilden was given to understand by Attorney Healy of the committee, will result in an order of con- tempt being Issued against him.
 One witness and three affidavits were used before the committee today in re- newed efforts to break down the denial of Edward Hines. It is understood Attorney Healy has a dozen more witnesses at his command to be used for the same pur- pose. It is said to be the plan to present two or three of these witnesses in each succeeding session of the committee.
 Will Recall Hines
 When MT Hines testimony has been oontradicted by dozen or more men it is said the Chicago lumbernan will be re- called and cross-examined as to each indi- vidual story disclosed before the commit
 Attorney Healy considers the testimony given a week ago by Clarence s. Funk. general manager of the international lar vester company. was today corroborated to considerable degree by Herman II. Hetter of Chicago. president of the Her man H. Hettler Lumber company.
 When it became known that former United States Senator Albert J. Hopkins of Aurora could not reach Springfield, as he had expected, tonights session of the committee was postponed until next Thursday.
 Members of the committee now plan to hold meetings on two or possibly three days next week.
 A dozen former members of the legisla- ture will be served with committee sub poenas tomorrow.
 Former State Senator Cyril R. Jan dus of Chicago, one of the democratic members of the legislature who voted for Lorimer. was examined by the com mittee along the line of a possible distribution of the alleged slush fund
 Jandus admitted under cross -examin- alton he had paid $500 for fourth share of parcel of Montana land in May, June and July. 1909.
 He produced a bank book which showed deposits of s1250 on May 20; s3O10 June 5 s1025 July 8; 5000 July g, and S1096 July IA. 1909.
 Jandus told the committee he had previously kept this money in a strong box in his office vault. He said 1t rep resented the savings of a number of years. He stated that his only req son for taking it to a bank was to get checks to pay for the Montana land. At the same time he admitted that he had used a bank account for other moneys for several years. This par ticular sum, Jandus told the commit tee, represented an accumulation Of bills of Sl000 denomination. The wit ness said he had been m the habit, whenever he received a $100 bill to place it in the office vault, rather than in a bank.
 MT. Hettler told the Helm bribery in- vestigation committee today that he had met Edward Hines in the Union League club in Chicago on May 20, 1909.
 MT. Hines was apparently elated and happy. He said, I have just had a tele- phone call from Springfield and l have elected our next senator
 MT. Hines was emphatic In his re- marks that he personally had effected the election of MT. Lorimer.
 q was not much interested in the sen- atorial fight, and with a view of changing the subject I brought up the subject of the tariff.
 Beat MT. Taft
 "Mr Hines said that he had been hav- ing great time in Washington, and that he (Iiines) had beaten President I ait on the tariff.
 Mir Hettler declared under .cross-exam- naton that MT. Hines had said nothing to him regarding the money or the use of improper methods in the election of Lorlmer.
 N C. Coan. special investigator for the senate bribery committee, related his ex. periences a recent trip to Marquette Mich. He told of talking with Frank J. Russell Robert C. Lowe. F. D. Moser Rush Culver and Shelby B. Jones.
 Coan said that he had secured affi- davits from the first three The investi- gator stated that these men had met Hines in the Marquette hotel in the sum mer of 1909 and that Hines had boasted of putting over'' William Lorimer as federal senator from Illinois.
 MT. Jones refused to make an affida- vit," said Mir Coan, but he told sub stantially the same story as the oth&S men. According to this story, Hines, while drinking with these MarquettA men. declares that he had financed tho election of Iorimer and had personally raised a large sum of money to effect this election.
 Attorney Healy then read an affidavit from Frank J. Russell, which stated that Hines had declared.
 We put Lorimer over and it cost us lot of money, but he is well worth all of it to us.
 According to the affidavit this decara- i ton resulted from a discussion of tariff