Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-25
BANKERS AND OTHERS WHO "a.
NoREo coMMiTrgE suo. n
PoENAs Musr ANswgR.
MUST APPEAR sEFoRg IAN
OF ILLINOIS sGNATu
Relative Of HInes Called go W,tne..
Before Bribery commitsss-cen.
tempt Hearing Set for "Wednesday
neutrality-suspicious. Involved In Lori,
NOR Contribution.

springfield. April e5-.Thc atatc hr,h.
cry investigating committee went inta;
executive session immediately upon -
eohvenins at o'clock this morning.
AT that time the members OF tho com.
nliteee mad not decided upon what rec
win Tilden ~
Aster tho committee had been In ex-
seu.ee session half an hour Attorneys
is Ssais ana Rathcrews. OF Chicago, rep-
resenting Tilden, walked into tl,s rnn,,,
lot private conference with members
or the committee Among tho wit.
nesses who appeared this morning In
answer to subpoenas were w. r. wtehe.
brother-in-law OF Edward Hines. for-
mer State Senator Downing. and for.
n1er Representative MdNfackin.
lhe committee decided that Mr., TIL
den, George M. Benedict and William
Z. Cummings be summoned before the.
committee to show why they should
not be held in contempt Of that body
for refusing to appear In response to
subpoenas.
Immediately upon reaching this de-
cision the committee adjourned until 9
o'clock this afternoon. The rccom-
mendotions Of the committee were TAX
en- from the supreme court building to
the court house by tho chairman. At
II o'clock the matter was ready for
presentation to tho house
At 10:45 George NJ. Benedict and
George c. Cummins. Chicago bankers.
were called by Attorney j. J. Fealy.
OF the commission. into tho corridor
outside the court room. Neither Mr..
Benedict nor Mr.. Cummins was pres-
ont.
The coI,nnittec reported t. tho body
OF the senate at 1890 recommending
that Edward Tilden. George NJ. Ben
edict and George G. Cummins be- naado
20 appear before tho bar OF tho senate
and there explain why they do not
stand In contempt OF tho senate. o
Tho matter was made AsGp0cial bus
,ness tomorrow morning Immediately
following the reading OF tho journal.
Packers Involved.
| Chicago, April 25.-F Fl. Elwood OF
Rockford. ILL.,. former private secretary
employed by Schwarxsch!ld q Sul.-
berger. will, II Is declared. appear to-
day before the Helm COMMITTEES In
Springfield ant; relate a sensational
story Of Il $4,000 contribution to the
alleged 100000 Lorimer election fund.
According to the story said to have
been told by Mr.. Elwood he wrote and
mailed a check to Edward Tilden at
the request OF members OF the stock
yards packing firm. Tho story told by
E.lwood Is said to corroborate the tess
timoney OF Clarence S. Funk. man
ager of the International Harvester
Company. who declared before tho
committee that no had been asked by
Edward Hines to send a check for
$4,000 to Edward Tilden rs an elec-
ton contribution from the harvester
concern.
Repeats Year Old Story.
Mr.. Elwood, the latest witness to tell
OF the collection OF tho fund. lives at
Al Irving avenue. Rockford. and -
secretary OF the Barber-Colcnlan Man.
ufacturing Company. He Is said to be
ready to tell the Helm committee OF
the sending OF the $4,000 check to Til-
den. This story w.s first told by him.
1t is said. more than n year ago.
shortly after the election OF Mr..
I.orimer," Elwood Is said to have de-
clared, II mailed Il check for $4,000 to
Edward Tilden, president OF the Ma
tional Packing Company.
II was not told for what purpose the
check was to be used. but 1t was made
out shortly after Lorimer's election
and I sent 1t to Tilden and know that
he received it."
When told Of tho statements OF his
former secretary yesterday NJ. ]. Snlx-
| berger, vice president and treasurer OF
the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Conf
pany, denied all knowledge OF any
checks sent to Tilden for any purpose.