Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-04
ROCKEFELLER WILL ].
GIVE TESTIMONY
But Illness Will Prevent His Go
ing to Washington, Says
Doctor.
ACCEPTS SERVICE AFTER
D0DGING FOR As DAYS
Pujo Investigators to Question
Him About Copper
Transactions.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
JAcKgONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 4.-Win-
lam Rockefeller. 1t is reported. passed
throuuh Jacksonville New Years Day
On q special train which started from
Fernandina. coming from Jekyl island.
The special train went down the east
coast from here.
NEW YORK, Jan. Although
william Rockefeller. through his
counsel, has accepted service Of the
subpoena requiring him to TESTIFY
before the Pujo committee, his
whereabouts today remained as much
a matter of speculation as 1t has
been at any time during the 40 days
enpIovees of the House Of Repre-
sentatfves have been trying to reach
him.
The small army of deputy sergeants.
alarms of the House and private
detectives which besieged the oil
nilIionaire's homes here and at Tar
1-vtorn was disbanded last night
when it became known that service
Of the subpoena had been accepted
Charles F. Riddell, sergeant-at-a
Of the House, in active charge of the
attempt to serve Mr.. Rockefeller. left
for washington immediately there
after.
Whether Mr.. Rockefeller will be
able to testify before the committee,
notwithstanding the acceptance of
service, was still regarded as profile
NAUTICAL today. His physician, DR..
Walter +. Chapel, asserts that the
millionaire is i'll with a throat af-
fiction, and that undue excitement or
the use of his voice might result Sc
riously.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Members
of the House, particularly members
Of the banking and currency COM
rnittee. heaved signs of relief today
when they found that it would not
be necessary to exert the full au-
fhorifv of the House to force the
service of a ENTHUSIASTICALLY sub
poena on William Rockefeller. The
acceptance of a subpoena by Mr.
Rockefeller's lawyer does not mean
that Mr.. Rockefeller will come to
Washington to testify.
The committee will consider his
plea that he is too i'll to testify, and
a subcommittee may be sent to his
home to take his deposition. Even
that course may be opposed by the
oil nagnate, and he will probably ask
to be excused from furnishing any
information to the committee. But
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
committee, is anxious 10 get into the
record testimony regarding certain
transactions in Analgamated Copper
stock in 1906 and 1907. Testimony
alrNady before the committed con-
nects Mr.. Rockefeller with these
transactions, and the committee may
insist that his testimony be given.
The committee will resume its pub
lic hearings Monday, and will exam
inc during the next week several
representatives of banking firms from
Chicago, Boston and other cities.
They have already been subpoenaed.
Chairman Pujo expects to end the
hearings by January 10.
When the committee met informally
and considered the question of Mr..
Rockefeller's pleading ill health as an
excuse for not answering the sub
poena. Chairman Pujo announced that
the matter would be allowed to rest
until January 10, when Mr.. Rookie
fellers subpoena provides for an APP
Insurance. If the oil Inagnate is not
present at that time the committee
will endeayor to find out why.
The cost of the search for Mr..
Rockefeller will amount to something
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