The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-01
Not Mistaken About State ment of Former Sena-
 tor Aldrich
LIJMBERMAN TRIES
 TO PROVE AN ALlBI
Documents Purport to Show. He Was Not in Chicago at the Time of
 the Alleged Interview
 With Funk

Ia
 south, whose name has been connected x..,,n an alleged Lorimer election fund.- un- aerwent cross-examipation before the Senate Lorimer committee as to his part in the election. When the committee ad- journed until tomorrow the witness was told that his ordeal was ended. The com ,mittee probably will take recess to- morrow for several days.
 Roth Senator Lorimer's friends and op- nonents expressed satisfaction with the result of the cross-examination.
 A H Marble, who conducted fit for the committee, during the day announced t at he would follow out all leads which had been suggested to him, always with E view of getting at the truth and not to persecute anyone"
 To the list of those whose testimony MT. Hines contradicted yesterday he to- day added the name of Herman H. Het- tler head of a big competing lumber company bearing his name who testified at Springfield c. H. wiehe, MT. Hines hrother-in-law, and Secretary Edward N Hines Lumber company was stated to M have misunderstood a conversation when Ma discrepancy between the witness testi- Mmony and MT. wiehe's at the recent Helm # investigation at Springfield was dwelt k upon.
 H Time and again up to the hour of ad- Wjouinment the witness was asked if he Knight not have been mistaken about Sen Nator Aldrich having told him that Presi- Adent Taft would do anything possible to Aassist MT. Lorimer's election. ut 3Aldrich's Words Very Plain / t"Nere Senator Aldrich's words so plain tthat you could not be mstaken?'' insist led Mr Marble.
 Tt was impossible for me to have been k. mistaken, because I put the substance of 4 ssbat he said in a telegram which I Save replied the witness. He said he ad never seen denial of his testimony v rom the White House after his testimony Springfield. fh
 H The conflict in testimony between MT. NWiehe at Springfield and the witness came Nout in connection with MT. Hines sending mNMr Wlehe to a hotel in Chicago to get VI MT Cook to stop talking about the ia ,% nous telephone conversation.
 Mr Hines had said he wanted the talk stopped, because it would be embarrass ing to have the states attorney get hold of the conversation MT. Wiehe testified that he was to see both Cook and his as- sooiate. MT. O'Brien, while MT. Hines sai6 today he was merely to see MT. Cook k Hotel Bills Introduced k Hotel bills for rooms in Washington Shduring last tFebruary were introduced Ay Mir Hines to show, if possible, that ht Twas not in Chicago that month, whief Twas about the time he is alleged, in tn, Testimony of Clarence S. Funk, genera Nnanager of the International Harvester l. T.ompany, to have called on Funk to re l Fresh Funk's memory of the Uniol 5League club conversation between the tw' smen.
 On cross examination MT. Hines sal, he was at New York, Baltimore and Phil adelpha during the period he had a room in Washington. MT. Hines insisted, how ever. that he was not in Chicago unti March,
 There was long cross examination re garding the Union League club converse tion in 1909, at which Mir. Funk charge that MT. Hines asked him to contribut s10,000 to a s100,000 Lormer election fun and at which MT. Hines said MT. Fun asked for the privilege of contributing t MT. Lorimer's election fund.
 The witness described how Funk too hold of Hines elbow, maintaining ths position three-fourths Of the way to tn ! door,
 Funk Touched His Elbow k Did any of these other gentlemen, Ser Aator Aldrich, Senator Penrose, MT, LOT t mer, etc., ever touch you on the elbow? " asked the attorney
 M | Mot tlfat l recall.
 How do you happen to remember s distinctly that MT Funk did then?' "Because I have gone over the occu kence very carefully in my mind. ! With his pockets bulging with doe fuments, Edward Hines. the million Esire Chicago lumberman who is charge rtwith having expressed knowledge { M Lorimer fund, today resumed tn Eitness stand before the Senate con Snittee Investigating the. election {
 tenator Lorimer sf.
 tMr. Hines counsel sought/to sho
 y these papers that MT. Hines ws
 lot in Chicago last February about tf
 'lme Clarence s. Funk. general mai ger of the International Harvest' A Company, claims MT. Hines called upo
 iim to refresh his memory in regal
 the famous Union League conve htion in which, MT. Funk testified, M
 Ines asked him to contribute SIC
 to reimburse a $1oo.0oo Lorim
 .ction fund.
 Bills for service rendered him ne Washington hotel for the month pr
 ling March were presented.
 
 Wife Alone at Hotel
 f"wasn't it possible as far as tl1 ybill is concerned, for you to have be Eabsent from the city and for your wi tto have remained alone at the hotel
 hsked Senator Jones.
 "Yes, sir; went to Philadelphia ont 4but never to Chicago"
 Cross examined by Attorney Mart Xfor the committee, MT. Hines said tn Nat the exact moment MT. Lorimer W Xelected he (Hines) was at the Uni fIeague club at Chicago telephoni the Associated Press, requesting 1 \ formation as to- the result Of the bs 1loting at Springfield The witne | could not definitely fix the hour, sa ing 1t was between 11:3o and
 m. He related how he was told [
 voting was on at Springfield that \
 I,ori,ner had 1O3 votes and finally. aft
 %c held the wire, al moment. came
 News that Senator 1-orimer was elect
 Attorney Marble asked If the witnt [ SId not feel very happy over the
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