Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-14
LoRIMER iNvEsrioAroRe HsG4
CURE STORY OF EAST o.. j
LOUIS TELEPHONE oiRa.
DEFENSE OFFERS EVIDENCE
TO sussTANTiArE DLAckAaAiE
Witness Says White Doastsd rhak Ho
Was Going to Compel -LssimsA
Bunch" to Pay Him Large ssW,-
erandies Argues For LaFollstts AilO
House Rspsals Russian Treaty.

Washington, Dec. 1T am going to
make the Lorimer bunch pay enough
money to keep me all tho rest Of my
life and If they don't I'll make 1t hoe
for Lorimer."
Charles a. White. the former Illinois
| legislator. who made an alleged eon-
fession Of having been bribed to vote
for Lorimer for senator, made the abovo
statement according to the testimony OF
Katherine A. Wood. n former telephone
operator at East st. Louis. ILL.,. before
the Lorimer investigating committee
| today.
II told him to be careful or he woui6
! land in the penitentiary." said Miss
Wood, but White said he had innu-t
entail people in Chicago back Of him
| and he was not afraid
She said White told her he wss y
| bad man and that he killed two mon
| down south. She testified that Just Ec.
| fore the so-called expose In the Chi
cago Tribune by White the latter had
told her to watch the Chicago papers,
Miss Woods testimony was part Of
the plan OF the defense to charge that
Whites bribery story was a means to
blackmail Senator Lorimer.
| kilograms at Government Expsnss.
The existence of hundreds OF secret
kilograms sent and received by Senator
Lorimer at the expense OF the people
was disclosed by the report OF the Sec
retary of the senate. made public to-
day.
These messages passed back and
forth between the Junior Illinois sena-
tor and his secretaries and political al
lies, including many OF those involved
in the bribery charges affecting his
election. The original kilograms Afe
supposed to be pasked away in the
basement OF the senate. under the caro-
of the sergeant -at arms. Some of those
osity concerning the contents Of the
Il Lorimer scandal have evfnced cur1-
osity concerning the centents OF the
messages, but SO far the senator has
succeeded in preserving the mystery.
The itemized account OF Mr. LOr-
liners telegraphing discloses decided
slump in the amount. OF his telegraph
ing at the public expense following tho
publication OF the list OF Lorimer's tele.
grams contained in the secretary.s .ree
port year ago.
Many Messages After Expose.
Mr.. Lorimer charged a prodigtous
number of kilograms up to the public
treasury between Jan. !, 1910. when
the record begins and April 30, when
the account of the White confession
| was published. There are scores OF
kilograms passing between his office
in Washington and his office In Chf-
cago, where he was most OF the time
while congress was in session. There
are messages from Lorimer to Con-
n N RndanS
berg. to l.. White Busby. then secretary
to Speaker Cannon: from Lorimer's
secretary Charles Ward. TO "McCor-
mick. Springfield" one from 'Lorimer.
Crestline o.. to Lorimer. Chicago,
, and on the same day another from
"Lorimer, Crestline. O., to Hines. Chi
cago."
Urges Passage Of LaFoiIstte Bill.
Washington. Dec. 14.-Louis D.
Brandies, OF Boston, today advocated
before the Interstate commerce COM
mitee the I.aFollette bill designed to
, supplement the Sherman anti-trust
law. Br. Brandies said there was no
such thing as natural monopoly in
industry II the law prohibiting the
practices thru which existing great
combines grew should be clearly de-
|
; would arise In the future.
Supporters of the LaFollette bill.~
he said, "believe in competition In In
dustry on economic, social and politi.
cal grounds. They agree that only un-
reasonable restraints of trade shoulA
be prohibited. but they believe the law
is inadequate. difficult OF application
, and unsatisfactory In its remedy. They
propose to let the law remain but b
supplement 1t with provisions to rem-
, edy these defects"
Reyes Under SurveilIancs.
: Washington, Dec. 14.-The depart
ment of justice knows but will not
make public the whereabouts of Gem
eral Reyes Agents of the department
have him under surveillance. Follow
ing his indictment at Laredo, Tex. for
alleged Violation Of the neutrality laws
> he was released on $4,000 bail.
Mistreatment Of Veterans Alleged.
a Washington, Dec. 14-An investiga.
g ton of charges of oppression, negli-
q gence and indifference to the welfare
:. and comfort of inmates OF the ma
e tional soldiers home in Los Angeles
: county, California, was urged. and
h millionaires who made bequests con-
V ditioned on the heralding OF theil
!, names were arraigned In the senate to-
d day in speech by Mr.. Works. OF
t California.
Mr.. Works In dwelling on the debt
owed to the civil war veterans said hs
favored expending to the remnant oi
.the gallant federal army" the sams
care and protection accorded to union
soldiers. He commented on the treat
5 m.,,t as civil war veterans when sth0y
d became old, friendless and diseased ~
L comparison with the prevailing gaftst
s and often vulgar display of wealth And
wild and unreasoning extravagance.
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