Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01
Operator in Hines Office
Heard Deneen and
Lorimer.
KNOWS WHAT WAS SAID
Has Little Recollection, How
ever, of Other incidents of
Sane Day.

Washington. July Miss Francis
s. Carroll. telephone operator in the
Office Of the Hines Lumber company
al Chicago, tod the Lorimer invesig
ators today sle overheard the teie-
rbone talk between Hines and Cove 4
or Deneeu and Hines and Lorirar
Nav %. 1909 he day Lorimer was
elected. Her story was practically
the same as to q, by Hines.
RECALLS NOTHING MORE
While she WAS certain of what was
said in those ,wo conversations, Miss
Carroll could not remember anything
OF the many other calls on the otnce
telephone tha day.
SAW, BIT DID NOT HEAR.
Fred Carney. Of the Carney Lumber
company Of rdarinette, Wis, also was
g. witness. Carneys testimony agree1
with siines' description Of Funk's ap-
preaching Inn at the Union League
club IL WIS in this conversation
Funk declared Hines asked him to
contribute 70 the Lorimer election
fund whereas Hines testified that Funk
asked for the privilege OF contribut;ag
10 such fund Carney said he heard
nothing of the conversation.
DID NOT KNOW FUNK.
Carney testified that he did not know
Il was Funk who talked TO Hines a
the Union League club, but that Hines
after conversation told him it was
Funk Witness said his memory 4
the incident was refreshed by Goa
.yersat-or three weeks ago between
himself ana Hines
ON STAND FINE H0rRS--4~--s--e 4
For FIVE hours yesterday Edward
Zines. the Chicago lumber man
whose rame has been connected wi1E
q alleted I.oriaez election fund. IN
Erweu a c-oss-eXauninatiOn before
IN senate I.orimer committee as 80
hisGat in the election of Mr.. Lori
merA When the committee adjourn.t
until Today the witness was told his
two-dig ordeal was ended.
Botl Senator Lorlmer's friends adt
oppon ants expressed satisfaction with
the result OF ,the investigation 50 fal.
Jobr H. Marble announced Jhat he
woulf follow out all leads suggest'n
TO him always with the idea of get
ting at the truth and not 10 persecrta !
anyone"
LIST OF NAMES.
To the list Of those whose testImcuy
Nr. Hines coutrsdicted in his exsu-
Mation are added those Of Hermsu
Hettler. head Of the big competlag /
lumber company bearing his name. |
who testified at Springfield. The vi /
ness claimed a reporter Of the Chicago +,
IuJer-Occan, which. he said, was gen
orally friendly 10 him. misguoted him (
on two or three points. {. II. Wiehe. !
Mr.. Hines brotheriu-law ami secIs- /
tary of the Edward Hines Lumber /
company. was STATED 20 have misJl- (
derstOod q conversation when dis
crepeucy betv cen the witress' tesu-
mony and Nr Wjehe az the recent
Helm investigation a. Springfield vas
dwelt upon.
Repeatedly up 70 the hour Of ad-
journment the witness was asked II
he might not have been mistaken that
Senator Aldrich telling that President
Taft proposed to assist Mr.. Lorimer
IN his election.
II was impossible for me 70 have
been mistaken because I put the sub
stance Of what he said in a telegram,
o>hicb I have" the witness replied.
Has said he had never seen denial
from the White 1louse, after his tes5i-
nony at Springfield.
CONFLICT IN TESTIMONY.
The conflict in testimony between
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