The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-12
IS :
VISITOR
IN CITY
President of Rumely Com
pany Makes Inspection
Of Local Factory.
WILL RUN FACTORIES
Future Work of Corporation.
Based TO Great Degree on
the Crops.

The future activity of the Gaar~
Scott branch of the NJ. Rumely COM
pany depends upon the condition of
crops 10 a great degree. according to
Clarence s. Funk, president of the NJ.
Rumely company. who is in this city
today. the guest OF the Richmond
Commercial Club.
Mr.. Funk arrived in this city this
morning in company with r. :. Ow-
ings, treasurer of the company, and
]. II. Guy, another official A COM
mittee composed of members of the
Commercial Club and officials of the
Gaar-Scott plant took Mr.. Funk and
his party on an inspection trip through
the plant and the Robinson Manufac-
turing company's factory.
Luncheon at Westeott.
Following a luncheon at the West
colt the party was taken TO the Hoos-
Ter branch of the American Seeding
Machine company and through the Of
fices of the Richmond branch OF the
International Harvester company. Mr..
Funk was formerly vice-president of
the latter company, which position he
resigned upon assuming the presiden-
cy of the NJ. Rumely company.
When asked about the prospects of
the local Rumely plant for the future.
Mr.. Funk said that he had outlined
nothing definite
On Local Conditions.
Il am here merely for the purpose
of inspecting the factories and ascer-
tanning the general condition" said
he. This is my first visit to this city
but l have been anxious to pay Rich
mond visit for some time. ! hope
to get down here often and meet your
citizens
LAS to the future activity of the
plant, l am unable to make any state
ment The policy of the Rumely COM
pany is to run all its factories. How
ever, IL the newspapers continue the
spreading of reports to the effect that
the Gaar-Scott plant is to shut down,
the plant will be closed We have lost
some of our best men, so l am in
formed, because such reports have
been given undue publicity.
Meets Stockholders.
This morning / met a number of
our stockholders here, although / did
not get to see them all. / can only say
that We will do the best we can by the
local branch"
This evening Mr. Funk and his par-
ty will be the guests of James Carr
OF the American Seeding Machine COM
pany for an automobile ride and din
ner at Williamsburg. Those who will
be in the party are Mr. Funk. Mr.. ow-
ings. Mr.. Guy. s. f. Swayne. Willard
Carr, Henry Gennett, William Camp
bell, A. d. Gayne. H r. Robinson,
Charles w. Jordan, w. T. Carr and
James Carr.
Interrogated about suits charging
blackmail. instituted by the state of
Illinois against three Chicago men. fol-
lowing a suit for alienation of a wom-
ans affections, in which Mr.. Funk
was made the defendant, the latter
said that he had nothing to do with
the matter now. as il was entirely in
the hands of the states attorney.
1t was announced yesterday that the
Chicago states attorney has in his
possession testimony tending to indi-
cate the identity of the man higher
up" who was responsible for the re-
cent effort to blacken the character
of Mr.. Funk by imputing to him i'm
proper relations with the wife OF John
c. Henning. checker at the Congress
hotel, Chicago.
Mrs. W. c. Cunningham. known also
as Marjorie Hamilton. has informed
the states attorney that some time
before the Funk suit was instituted
she was approached by a man who
submitted to her a veiled proposition
to frame up on Funk in order TO de-
stroy his reputation. Mrs. Cunning
ham said that this man wanted her to
make the claim that she had been
wronged by Funk. Pretending she
had fallen in with the scheme, Mrs.
Cunningham notified Mr. Funk OF the
lind of business that was afoot. At
the trial of the $4,000 aliena-
tion suit Mr.. Funk was able to
show conclusively that the action was
based upon perjured testimony, and
the jury Immediately returned a YER
dict OF acquittal for him The grand
jury then indicted Daniel Donahue,
Isaac Stiefel and Aileen Heppner.
charged with blackmail
THAT alienation suit was started
by man identified with the faction
OF Lorimer followers having a partic-
ular interest in having my character
blackened," said Mr.. Funk 1T was a
matter of politics with them The mat
ter is not in my hands now. but in
those of the states attorney"