The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-19
SUPPORTS Illness TESTIMONY
III NBER COMPANY BUYER
GOOD WITNESS FOR LOREMER.
Four More witnesses Testify before Sen.
ate Committee rrObing Charges
Against Illinois senator Elm.
piOyee C0rrObOrates llettler story >.


piOyee CorrObOrates l1ettier story.
WASHINGTON, July ls-The Senate
committee which is investigating charges
of corruption in the election OF William
Lcrimer as Senator from Illinois made
rapid progress to-day. Four witnesses
were heard. Most Of the testimony was
collateral and did not bear directly on
Senator I,orimer's election. Two wit
nessea. Charles Mc(iowan. young
Canadian Of Regina. Saskatchewan. and
B. A. johnson OF Chicago. an employee
Of the American Lumbermdr, denied the
testimony of william NJ Purge~s Of
Duluth. who yesterday told the COM
mittee that c. r. Wiehe. secretary Of the
Edward Hines Lumber Company. boasted
in the smoking compartment Of a train
Ell route from Duluth to Virginia. Mimi,
last March that he kne a 100000 fund
he'd been raised to elect Lorimer because
he (Wiehe) had contributed $4,000
Isaac Baker of Chicago. buyer for the
Edward Hines Lumber Company. gave
testimony in which he corroborated the
story of his employer. Edward Hines.
"a TO the latter's movements and tele-
phone conversations in Chicago on May TO-
1900. the day on which Senator Lorimer
was elected.
Donald NJ. Frame. clerk OF the cigar
stand in the Union League Club in Chi
cago, who was the first witness. corrobo-
rated the testimony of Herman II Hettler.
the Chicago lumberman, who yesterday
tol the committee that Edward Hines
on May 20. 1909. the day on which Senator
lorimer was elected. boasted at the cigar
stand in the club of having personally
brought about the election Of Lorimer
Mr. Frame said he heard MIR. Hines say
to Mr.. Hettler. Il elected Lorimer'
Mr.. Bakers testimony was a surprise
| to the committee He was present at the
conversation at the Union League Club
on May %. 1909. between MIR Hines and
Clarence $. Funk. general manager OF the
| International Harvester Company. 1t
was in this conversation that. according
to Funk. Hines said fund OF 3iOo. 600
had been raised to elect I.Orimer and
asked Funk for contribution OF SO 600
from the harvester company. Hines has
denied this version OF the talk and con-
tends that Mr. Funk voluntarily offered
to contribute to the Lotimer election fund
| DohCt tCstttuouS vas eo BtfbhISlN
similar to that of MIR Hines that several
members Of the committee suspected he
had read Illness testimony Mr.. Baker
denied ever having seen Illness state
ment before the committee Several
members of the committee however.
were curious to know how his story came
to he 20 notably similar. even to the use
of Identical words, phrases and estimates
Of distance.
DO you not regard it as remarkable
coincidence" asked senator Kern that
you should repeat this conversation in
almost the same words used by Mr. Hines.
end you say that you have not read Mr.
Illness testimony"
NO" replied Mr.. Baker
Nj Mct;owan the young Canadian.
appeared before the committee without
being subppnaed. He is a new witness
and did not testify before the Helm COM
mittee OF the Illinois Legis stature. which
last spring Investigated the Lorimer
election. Mr.. Mc(iowan said he was in
the smoking compartment on the train
going from Duluth to Virginia last March
in company with several other gentlemen.
among them ". G. Wiehe. McGowan
denied positively that Wiehe said he
knew a fund Of siOO.OOO had been raised
to elect Lorimer because he. WiehS( had
contributed $1,000 McGowan added that
Wiehe was called out OF the smoking room
by Hines and did not return. The Can
! adian told how he had been located at
his home in Regina by a man named
, Shields. who wa, acting for Mr.. Wiehe.
He said he had given Mr.. Shields an
affidavit of his knowledge of the con-
versation in the smoking room OF the car
, In his conversation with Mr.. Shields
the name Of Senator Lorimer. the
Canadian said. had not been mentioned
to him Later, however. the Canadian .
story was somewhat shaken by John H
/ | A. Ia (,. hn ..aA-
read the affidavit in which Senator Lori.
mer was mentioned by name. Another
apparent discrepancy in the affidavit
pointed out by Attorney Marble was a
section in which McGowan averred tha,
Mr.. Wiehe was continuously with some
, Duluth TO Virginia. Mr.. Marble pointed
, out tnat III his direct testimony Mr. Nc
Gowan said that Mr. .Wiehe was called out
Of the smoking compartment by Mr.
Hines and that he lWiehe) did not re-
turn. Counsel Marble wanted to know
the reasons for these discrepancies in the
affidavit and asked the Canadian II these
! statements were not untrue Mr.. Nc
Gowsn declined to admit that they were
untrue and said they were probably due
) TO misunderstanding
Mr. johnson, who was also in the smok
ing compartment denied positively that
Mr. Wiehe said anything about any
} 500. 900 fund to elect torimer Mr. John
son is a large man weighing about two
hundred pounds Where did you sit in
the car before going TO the smoker.
he was asked,
oh Mr. johnson replied, Il sat in
two or three different seats"
The audience, and even some Of the
members Of the committee. laughed
) AT different times OF course" Mr.
johnson explained
Mr.. Johnson's direct testimony va,
finished late in the afternoon and hil
cross xAmination will begin when ths
committee resumes tomorrow mornin 5
Army and Navy Orders.
wAsHISoroS. July h-rhese army order
were issued to day:
Major Armand l. I.asseigne. Fifth Infantry
: ! and Second Lieut.. Oliver a. picktnson, Fiji
Infantry, to Camp Perry In connection with tn,
Col Thomas w. Grifnth Twenty eighth In