The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-29
FUNK POINTS OUT
THREE SHADOWS
Harvester Man Identifies Trio in
Senate Committee.
ALL CALLED ON TO TESTIFY
Duluth Lumberman Repeats Alleged
Conversation OF Hines With
Springfield About Use of
Money In Election.

Washington, June 2S.-Clarence s..
Funk, general manager of the Inter
national Harvester company, told the
senatorial investigating committee at
the opening of the session Of the Lor-
inner inquiry that three Of the four
detectives who had been shadowing
him were in the room at the time.
Mr.. Funk pointed out the three de-
tectives to the committee, which, in
turn, caused the men to be subpoenaed
as witnesses. No time was fixed for
them to testify.
Names One as Confessing.
Mr.. Funk went further and told the
whom he had questioned, and who, he
said, had confessed to being employed
by a Chicago agency to shadow the
witness, was E. NJ Blaine.
w. H. Cook, a lumberman of Duluth,
was another witness heard. He re-
peated his testimony given before the
Helm committee at Springfield con-
corning a telephone conversation he
said Edward Hines had with Spring
field from his (Cook's) room at the
Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago. He
quoted Hines as saying:
''Lorimer must be elected. Don't
leave anything undone. l will be down
on the next train with all the money
needed"
He also related the conversation he
said he had with Hines at the Grand
Pacific hotel in May, 1909. 1t was
at that time, Cook said, that Hines
remarked he was having h of
a time" at Washington.
Nov, for instance" Cook testified
Hines said, there is old Stephenson.
After / got him elected, he has gone
down there and started working for
free lumber. The southern Democrats
are the worst of the whole lot" He
(Hines) said he would have them all
fixed up one day and the next day they
would flop.
Cook, in repeating Hines alleged
telephone conversation with Spring
field, said It was in this talk that
Hines said he had just come from
Washington and that President Taft
and Senator Aldrich were against Hop,
kins.
Brings In Name Of Deneen.
More positive than he was at the
Springfield hearing. Cook testified
without reservation that he answered
the long-distance call from Springfield
for Hines, and that the telephone cir!
said:
Here is Governor Deneen."
Notwithstanding Cooks positiveness
all the testimony at Springfield seemed
to prove he was mistaken.
Admits Bitterness to Hines.
Cook, while on the stand, acknowl'
edged bitterness toward Hines and
declared he had never felt very friend
ly toward him.
81 know his way Of doing business,
he explained. "Hines has way OF
going about business that I do not
think is honorable. When he wants
to buy timber he gets an option and
then goes around trying to hurt the
credit of the seller"
! William O'Brien of St. Paul followed
Cook. OBrien was in the room at
the Grand Pacific hotel from which
Hines was talking to Springfield, and
he could merely testify that the Incl
dent occurred. He did not hear the
conversation, saying that he is a
trihe deaf
Jones Denies Affidavits.
In the person Of Shelley B. Jones
of Marquette, Mich, the committee
obtained a witness who established q
record for wholesome denials OF
sworn statements previously obtained
from other witnesses by the Helm
committee. Before he was through
with his short appearance, Jones had
succeeded in denying the sworn affi
davits of Frank ]. Russell, Robert c.
Lowe and e. d. Mosher, fellow citi
zens Of Marquette who declared he
had admitted to them that Hines had
told him of putting Lorimer over
These affidavits were prepared and
signed by each of the Opponents In
the presence OF A. E. M. Bergener and
M B. Coan, the latter the special in
iyastioator oP the Helm committed