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CHICAGO AND Unsettled weather to-day and to-morrow with rain and possibly snow moderate temperature variable winds Highest Lowest 36 Mean 40 Read Over 0-DAYS WANT AD PAGES Carefully You ill find straightforward statements of people who ha- something ou want or want something ou hac Mminer Circulation Books Open to All Largest Morning Circulation THURSDAY Rr-gisti-red )d Patent Office PRICE ONE CENT VOL IX NO A THURSDAY CHICAGO APRIL 6 22 PAGES LORIMER FUND TRACED TO EDWARD HIN VX'ASHINGTON April 5 Senator Borah or Senator La Follette will introduce a resolution intended to reopen the Lorimer case The developments at Springfield to-day and the radical changes in the personnel of the Senate encourage the progressive Republicans all of whom are against Lorimer to hope that with a new investigation by a committee bent upon getting all the facts the close vote by which the Illinois Senator was at the close of the last session will be reversed kenalor Robert La Follette Senator Borah NEW CULT CHIEF IS ACCUSED US Lumberman Solicited Donation of $10000 CSFunk estifies Before Lexow Committee Oglesby Attempts to Block the Investigation Mother and Girl Are Held Up and Beaten Young Good Looking Well Dressed Highwayman Flees When Neighbor Shoots Wealthy Kansas City Woman Shields Culprit Who Robbed Deposit Box CLARENCE FUNK $30000 HIDDEN IN KENNEL o' 'Albert Sidney Raleigh Called hSham" by Husband of Money Spent for Pictures and Gems 'Recovered Secretary Says Is Settled" 34 STUDY Pubiic School Instructor Found Among Young Children in Sanctum Mrs Joseph Stern 5160 Michigan avenue and her daughter Claia nineteen years old were attacked and beaten by a highwayman at Fifty-third street and Michigan avenue late last night Both were thrown to the ground and Mrs Stein was kicked and struck several times The men attempted to grab their purses and rings Mrs screams attracted the attention of hundreds of neighbors and one man fired several shots at the fleeing highwayman None took effect and the man escaped man was young good looking and well said Miss Stern a word he grabbed me by the waist and threw me down Then he grabbed mother and threw her I was carrying a small liver purse and he wrenched it away and grabbed a small handbag mother screamed loudly but I was too frightened The man kicked mother several times Then I heard the shots and he ran dropping the A crowd of at least 1000 was soon at the scene and the avenue for a time was blockaded by automobiles SEEKS HEARST AIR PRIZE Charles Hillman Orders Biplane for Coast-to-Coast Trip KALAMAZOO Mich April It was announced to-day by the Kalamazoo Aeroplane Companv that Charles Hillman a well known aviator and mechanic formerly with Glenn JI Curtiss has placed an order for a biplane to be ued by him in an effort to win the $50000 prize offered by Hearst for the first flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific The machine that will be built for Hillman will be a powerful one with an engine of 100-horsepower and a speed of seventy miles an hour It will be a two-passenger machine and ready for service in two months Hillman is expected to arrive here to-morrow to supervise the construction of the machine KANSAS CITY Mo April Securities worth $103000 belonging to Mrs Armour of 4420 Warwick boulevard were stolen from a safety deposit box and the theft -was not discovered until to-day Mrs attorneys learned the identity of the thief a person In Mrs Armour's confidence but the aged woman decided against prosecution and all connected with the case are shielding the offender Of the $105000 stocks and bonds stolen a laige part was recovered when the thief was accused by the attorneys One package of $30000 had been hidden In a dog Lenuei other mftfteEeaIied from the sale of the bonds ha tajn secreted in various places while some had been spent Sent Stocks to Brokers According to Downing president of the New- England National Bank the theft had been going on for some time The papers were kept In a box In his bank Tbe thief had access to them and on various occasions extracted securities and sent them to a firm of brokers asking that tbey be sold Tbe brokers believing that Mrs Armour was taking this method to obtain money for varlona charitable enterprises sold the bonds and turned over the cash The first suspicion that all was not right was when it was noticed that a person in Mrs confidence was spending a good deal of money Much of the cash received had been deposited wdth the Fidelity Trust Company but it was always promptly checked out to pay for purchases of fine etchings engravings high-priced Oriental rugs and jew elry Silverware and tea sets were sent to a storage house giving the impression that they were for some one out of the city Sees It Mistake at First An investigation by the lawyers resulted and Mrs Armour was confronted by the evidence of the theft She is seventy-six years old is very feeble and refused to believe the one accused had taken the money declaring over and over that there must be some mistake Finally the suspect was questioned broke dovv and admitted the theft telling where the money and valuables were hidden Then and then only would Mrs Armour believe but when her attorneys suggested prosecution she pleaded against it Finally they consented in order that she might not have to appear in court Mrs Armour refused to discuss the case but her private secretary and companion Miss Harriet Byington was at her home to-day and when asked concerning the embezzlement declared: matter has been Miss Byington has been with Mr Armour for three years and Is a graduate of the Scarritt Bible and Training School Mrs Armour is the widow of Simeon Armour of the Armour Packing Company who died in 1899 Told Me to Send the Money to Edward Tilden but I Declares Manager of Harvester Co Day9 Developments in Lorimer Case Senator Lorimer said to be rushing home from Washington to prepare his defense against the charges brought out by the committee inquiry at Springfield 2 Senator Borah or Senator La Follette within a few days will introduce a resolution in the United States Senate to reopen the investigation into election Subpoenas reported issued for half a dozen mil- lionaires to appear before Helm committee and explain their alleged part in raising fund to help elect Senator Lorimer 4 Clarence Funk swears Edward Hines told him $100000 was raised to elect Lorimer and asked $10000 contribution from International Harvester Company to be sent to Edward Tilden 5 Lieutenant Governor Oglesby in a last effort to check the Lorimer investigation demands names of fifty men subpoenaed to appear before the Lexow committee 6 A search yesterday by process servers and the Ex- aminer failed to find Edward Tilden president of the National Packing Company either at his home clubs or office SPRINGFIELD III April 5 Aa a climax to the last uespert stand of the Lorimer forces to check the investigation of the Helm committee Lieutenant Governor John Oglesby last night demanded of Ser-geant-at-Arms George Zinn of the Senate the names of fifty men who have been subpoenaed to appear before the committee Failing in the attempt he went to the members of the committee and de manded as President of the Senate that he be given the list of names He was flatly refused and plans were set to work to have a motion made in the Senate to-morrow to make him ex-officio member of all committees There is a disposition on the part of the Senate to allow the Lieutenant Governor to become an ex-officio member of all committees but to exclude him from executive sessions The Republicans held a conference and near midnight decided to postpone for a week the attempt to force Oglesby into the committee Both the Lorimer and Deneen forces held several conferences during the night and any sort of explosion is expected to-morrow Zinn defied the Lieutenant Governor who tried to use his influence as President of the Senate in making the demand of the Sergeant-at-Arms He gave Oglesby a verbal resignation but members of the Helm committee persuaded him to reconsider and the matter may be fought to a finish to-morrow The scene of battle is expected to shift to the House to-morrow when the bill passed to-day by the Senate appropriating $15000 for committee expanses comes up for passage This is intended to relieve the Helm committee from financial embarrassment It is doubted whether the Lorimer leaders of the House will dare make an open fight on the appropriation in view ef the sensational progress made by the committee to-day Of PRINGFIELD 111 April 5 Following sensational testimony before the Lexow committee by Clarence Funk manager of the International Harvester Company that Edward Hines was 1 lie for an alleged $100000 LOrimer election fund subpoenas are said to have been issued for half a dozen millionaires who in tlm ords attributed to Hines were in having the right sort of men in The fate of Edward Tilden president of the National Packing Compauj and Hines is a matter of doubt The committee held a short executive session after the close of Mr testimony and suddenly decided to adjourn until one week from to-morrow It is Intimated that Mr Hines may again be a witness before the committee either voluntary or otherwise and will be asked the same questions which were asked of him at his first hearing Then he denied any knowledge of the use of money in the election of Lorimer and surprised the nation with the statement that Senator Aldrich as the envoy of President Taft had been instrumental In placing Lorimer in the Senate The committee has refused to discuss what action will follow the introduction of name into the case The week will be devoted to the following up of ragged ends of the trail and the serving of subpoenas The hearing did not open until noon Attorney John Healy former Attorney Gouat liwtifl SORORITY GIRLS WIN OUT Oak Park High School Students Sus- pended Are Reinstated With the 'reinstatement of three gnl students of the Oak Park High School recently suspended for activity in onnection with the secret societies the fraternity question in the Bcbool has been settled to the satisfaction of the school officials The girls suspended were Isabel Sullivan Ltieile Ruckelbausen and Margaret Leonard When the girls were suspended members of the Greek letter societies threatened to quit school The reinstatement of the girls however lestored peace DR MURPHY IS DOING WELL Dr John Murphy who was stricken with typhoid fever on his return from Florida was declared last night to he doing well A daughter said his speedy recovery was looked for His temperature is 103 Dr Murphy first prescribed for himself but later Dr Charles Mix was called Is Torn Off Inquiry Into Election Another new comes out of the North feide this morning furnishing fresh excuses for moral laxities through teachings that advocate the breaking up of homes and the disruption of all family ties Alieady one indignant husband has threatened the raiding of the headquarters of this at 1926 Liucoln ava- iot-teida the Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago through Special Officer Laura Ebel took the eouimunity of men ami women and children in banji for the sake of the three little daughters of one of most respected schoolteachers in whose name the cult is housed The rather shabby brick house is leased in the name of Professor Arthur James teacher of German In the Lane Technical High School Here lives Professor James his wife their three daughters Arabella who is a high school student her sister Goldie and the little six-year-old Matilda Miss Antonia Lackey fourth grade teacher in the Lafayette School Otto Kar Beesler Irvin Jefferson Clague Rudolph Bausch a man named Clege and Albert Sidney Raleigh the and founder of the "American Christian Esoteric Order of as the little brotherhood there resident is named Is 6000 Years Old Altogether there are about six Initiates in the ordec eight neophytes and some twenty other followers of the preachings of Raleigh The declare that he ie a member of the Grand Order of Mystics of Asia that his metaphysical teachings have come down to him through the terrors of the Inquisition and the valiant Brothers of the Line through monastical tortures and that his doctrines are 6000 years old James Knoblock court reporter 1403 Ashland Block his wife Jessie In wood Knoblock and their eight-year-old son Kernes formerly lived with the brotherhood in the Lincoln avenue Lete last Autumn Knoblock disgusted with the practices prevalent in the house left Iu an affidavit filed yesterday with the Juvenile Protective Association Knob-lock charges Raleigh with having alienated the affections of his wife Jessie Innood Knoblock and the boy Knoblock adds that he intends to file suit tor divorce from his wife secoffs at Raleigh's claim of celibacy and sets forth in detail the customs and daily routine of the home Calls Further he admits to haring given Raleigh a round heating aided by two stout Hindoos one of them a young Yogi Nan Dudkar who is a student at Northwestern University and charges the with being a and a plain bum Knoblock is fifty-four his wife Jessie Inwood Knoblock Is forty-two and Raleigh is tw ent v-nine Knobloi and his wife weie irried in Denver where as Jessie Tuwood she had son ed ns matron in Wolfe Hall the most exclusive Episcopalian school for girls in that section Later Mis Knoblock studied medicine at the Denver Homeopathic College and Chisago Polyclinic and Natmal Medical col-Itgw Letter still she taught kindergarten in school nt Harrison street and Hoyne avenue Raleigh is a tall slender man blue eyed and chestnut haired with a reddish beard LONDON TIMES CHIEF DEAD Special Cable to the Examiner LONDON April Charles Moberly Bell managing director of the London Times died to-day Mr Bell expired' suddenly in the office of the Times A Treasury tof Talent BY ROSWELL FIELD PRINGFIELD 111 April' 5 If the lid of the Helm investigating commission did not blow off entirely this noon with a bang loud enough to be heard from Chicago to Cairo it was raised sufficiently high and loud to enable the sitting committee and others interested to discover some interesting conditions of the Lorimer elevation to the National Senate Editor Kohlsaat supplied the introductory divertisement and his friend Mr Punk of Chicago supplemented the performance with the important development of the day For making a long story short Mr Kohlsaat introduced Mr Funk to the Senate Committee as the gentleman responsible by his information for the editorial which brought Kohlsaat to Springfield and Mr Funk contributed his share of the excitement by testifying to a conversation he had enjoyed with Edward Hines wherein that ambassador had politely hinted that the International Harvester Company might be persuaded to give up $10000 to the patriots who had advanced ten times that sum to help a "friend at court" Clarence Funk Is the general manager of the International Harvester Company The fact that he is a solid business man that he has 97000 men under his supervision and that he told a straightforward story with the greatest modesty and simplicity greatly impressed the five Senators sitting as a committee and gave an impetus to the inquiry which promises speedy and important results As one of the Senators said after adjournment is no turning hack now there is too much at DRAMATIC SCENE AT OPENING OF INQUIRY Evidently the plans have not been widely divulged for there was a small attendance in the Supreme Court Building at 10 the hour of sitting But a railway wreck had delayed the witnesses and it was nearly 12 when the two conspicuous features of the drama appeared in the chamber And dramatic the scene was in the highest degree though there was no apparent evidence of unusual excitement no outburst no raising of voices beyond the ordinary conversational tone But everybody in the and there were thirty perhaps fill told realized that a supreme moment In the unclosed Lorimer incident had arrived and that after two EDISON SNUBS A HURON Mich April That scienee is of more value to the people at large than missionary work in the opinion of Thomas A Edison is the inference drawn from a letter received here to-day from the gieat inventor Edison spent his bojhood days here Tbe A building campaign committee Tecent'y sent him a letter asking a subscription Edison sent $100 would do he wrote It not for the fact that I can use surplus money to greater advantage for all the people in conducting When harrassed employers for trained minds and lands for craftsmanship faithfulness and seal for the qualities that make good in all lines of work they go to the columns headed Situations in the Examiner Ad" Pages If you are short of help answer some of the ads un- der Situations in to-day's Examiner Want Ad Pages Chicago Examiner PAGES UGLY FALSE TEETH MADISON Wis April The State Supreme Court to-day decided that a woman who bought a set of false teeth 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