The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Springfield.
Springfield, H., April 5.-H. II.
kohlsaat today told the senate bribery
investigating committee that Clarence
5. Funk, general manager OF the Inter
national Harvester company, was the
man who told Mr.. Kohlsaat that n
slush fund Of 100000 was put UP to
elect Lorimer. To the first question
or Attorney ]. ]. Healey, Mr.. Kohlsaat
identified telegram sent by Chair.
man Helm saying his confidant called
at the Record.Herald Office and was
willing to appear before the commit
tee.
Mr. Funk was the next witness call.
ed. He said he had been with the com
pany nine years. His attention was
called to conversation with Edward
Hines shortly after the Lorimer cleo.
ton.
The witness said the conversation
TOOK place in the union league club
1t was an accidental meeting. He
said he had been wanting to see me
and we sat in the lounging room"
Hines said to me without prelim.
inry, Well, we put Lorimer over, but
it cost us 100000 to do it,
He said. we had to act quickly so
that 1T became necessary for us to put
up the money. Now, we are seeing
some of our friends to get 1t fixed up
He gave me to understand that he
wanted to be reimbursed and | asked
him why he came to us, and he said:
You are as interested as any one
in having the right kind OF a man In
Washington
II 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 to think 1t over"
Edward Tilden, connected with the
stock yards 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?"
mo"
Did he give you names of any con.
tributors?"
mo, and | did not ask him" re.
piled Mr.. Funk.
You told him you and your com.
pany would not contribute; did you
talk to any one of your officers"
Yes, | told Mr. Mccormick. Mr.
Mccormick said Good, am glad you
turned him down promptly.
Il told so Edwards Bancroft, gen.
eral counsel 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
"and undertook to refresh my mem.
Fory on our conservation.
He said he had not 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 his company had some
dealing with the Hines Lumber com.
pany. He said he had known him
prior TO the union league club talk.
Funk declared he was certain Hines
had not told him the name of any
contributor TO the fund. He said he
never had any difficulty with Hines
and had no antagonistic feeling to.
ward him
Il am here because | did not want
to see my friend Mr. Kohlsaat 90 to
jail testified Funk.
Funk said he knew Lorimer only
slightly and never had had any trou.
BILE with him or his friends.
He said c. H. Mccormick had no
interest of any kind in the Chicago
Tribune.
To Senator Helm Funk said he had
no idea who Hines meant by we"
Hines Makes Complete Denial
Chicago, April Ga complete de.
NAL of the assertions made before the
senate investigating committee by bar
Funk, was made last night by Ed.
ward Hines, president of the Hines
Lumber company
When | was at the Union League
club at lunch shortly after Mr.. Lori.
mer elected senator" said Mr.. Hines,
"Mr. Funk came to me and asked me
if | would introduce him to Senator
Lorimer, saying he had never met the
senator and would like to do so. I
told Mr.. Funk | would introduce him
to Senator Lorimer whenever he de.
sired
After | told Senator Lorimer that
Mr. Funk desired to meet him, and
Senator Lorimer told me that Mr..
Funk was one of his active enemies
never talked to Mr.. Funk about Sena-
tor Lorimer at any other time or
place.
II did not there or at any other
time ask Mr., Funk or any one else to
contribute anything to Senator Lori
mer's election or on account of his
| election. | never knew that any one
ever did contribute anything for or on
account of his election II ~, Funk
testified to anything to the contrary il