The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-04-08
HINES MANAGED
L0R|MER FUND
CLARENCE FUNK OF INTERNA.
TiONAL HARVESTER co. GOES
BEFORE COMMITTEE.
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE HEARD
Says Lumbernan Tried to Secure
$780, 0O-kohlsaat Reveals Funk
as Source Of information Re.
garding "Slush" Fund.

Sa'a'' o'No' A'o'
Springfield, Ill.,, April ell. Fl. Kohl
saat. publisher of the Chicago Record,
Herald, told the SENATE bribery inves.
tigHting committee that Clarence {.
Funk, general manager Of the lnter-
national Harvester Company, was the
man who informed Mr.. kohsaat that
a slush fund of 100000 was put up 10
elect Lorimer.
Several days ago MIR. Kohlsaat re.
! fused to name his informant. After
consulting with Cyrus III. 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 a conversation with Edward.
G. Hines, the Chicago lumber mag,
nate, shortly after the i.orimer cleo.
ton. The witness said:
The conversation took place in the
Union League Club. 1t was an acct
wanting to see me and we sat in the
lcunging room. Hines said to me with.
out preliminary. Well, we put Lorimer
over. but it cost us 500 900 to do it. FL"
"Fe 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
q tn,
/ wanted to be reimbursed and | asked
| him why he came to us, and he said ::
| You are as Interested as anyone hay.
| ing the right kind of man In Washing.
ton
Il told him wa would have nothing
| to do wish 1t. 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 1t over"
| Whom did he say they were to send
the money top asked Attorney Hcnly.
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.
| Wub any lIliHS SNIl VI IIIucu col
lecting the fund.-" Funk was asked.
mo"
! Were other names used?"
mo"
Did he give you names of any con.
tributors?"
NO; and didn't ask him" replied
MIR. Funk.
"You told him you and your com
pany could not contribute; did you talk
to anyone of your officers?"
yes, I told Mr.. Mccormick MIR.
Mccormick said: Good, I'm glad you
turned him down promptly 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.
mittee. He said Hines came TO his
Office after the editorial appeared
Hines was disturbed" said Funk,
land undertook to refresh my memory
on our conversation. He suid he had
rot tried TO get money from me and
had talked Of money, just in a general
way. That was the first time 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
he was certain Hines had not told him
the name of any contributor to the
fund. lie said he never had any diff.
ficulty with Hines, and had no antag.
onistic feeling toward him.
II am here because did not want
to see my friend, Mr.. kohlsaat, 20 to
JAIL" testified Funk
Funk said he knew Lorimer only
slightly and never had had any trouble
with him or his friends. He said c.
H. 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 Lormcr election
The witness said he had no active in.
terest in politics.
Hines Denies Charge.
Chicago, April GA denial OF the
assertions made before the senate in.
vestigating committee by Clarence s.
Funk was made by Edward Hines
president Of the Edward Hines Lum.
Der company. II did not at any other
time, ask Mr.. Funk or anyone else to
contribute anything to Senator Lori
mcr's election or on account of his
election. I never knew that anyone
ever did contribute anything for or
on account of his election"
MINERS THREATEN VIOLENCE.