The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-23
Attempt TO Alter Decision Of
the Money Trust Com
mittee Fails
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE EXAMINATION
Stormy Meeting of Committee Ends
in Reiterating Decision to Hold
mination-Rockef
Physician Testifies
TIE DAY N CONGRESS.

THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
SENATE - Senator ogorman
spoke in answer to Senator Root
on Panama canal tolls
COnferees on irnmi CRATIC bill
agree 10 eliminate provisions for
certificate of character.
Passed Mclean bill to protect
migratory game and insectivorous
birds
Adjourned at 2:44 p. m. until
noon Thursday.
HoUSE-Considered miseellan-
eous legislation.
Hearing on cotton manufactures
tariff began by ways and means
committee
Money trust Investigating com
mittee began final series of hear
ings.
Shipping trust Investigating corr
mittee continued its probe int
West Indian traffic.
Opposition to monetary commits
sion's banking and currency plar
voiced before currency reform e"u-
mittee.
Attorney General Carmoody be-
fore foreign affairs eomplittee op-
posed federal regulation of power
development at Niagara Falls.
President Taft sent message
asking $4,000 approximations for
International congress of school
hygiene at Buffalo.
Adjourned at e;e5 p. m. until
noon Thursday.
Washington, January 22.r-An attempt to
alter the money trust committees de-
clson to insist upon an examination Il
William Rockefeller. despite his physical
conditions was defeated today in rather
stormy session of the committee.
Against the wishes of Chairman Pujo, the
committee reiterated its decision direct
Ing him and Samuel Untermyer. counsel.
| to make arrangements for Mr. Rockefel-
| ler's examination.
Chairman Pujo announced after the ex-
| ecutive session that he would arrange
with the counsel for Mr.. Rockefeller and
endeavor TO make the examination as soon
as the committee concluded its oral hear
ings. lie said he would probably visit AIes
| Rockefeller with Mr.. Untermyer next
week Mr.. Rockefeller is now at Pain
Beach, Fla.
The incident was reopened by the ap-
pearance of Dr. Walter f. Chappell, per-
soral physician 10 Mr. Rockefeller, vino
verified his affidavit setting forth that an
examination of his patient might cause
serious physical results He described ct
| length Mr.. Rockefeller's ailments. DR..
/ Chappel's appearance came as a sur
prise to members of the committee and
his testimony was interrupted by a vieor-
Gus whispered conference which ended in
| Chairman Pujo offering to allow any
member of the committee to question the
witness and in the calling of an execli-
tive session at the close of the hearing.
After the executive meeting counsel fer
Mr. Rockefeller we're notified of the COM
mittee's decision,
Business Methods Questioned
Following Dr. Chappell's examination.
William j. Wollman of the firm of J. 5.
Rache, New York brokers' was ques-
| toned as to the business methods nf
brokerage houses. Mr.. Untermyer asked
him as to the practice of brokers collect
ing interest on stock carried for custo-
mers, after the stock had been loaned to
other customers at interest.
| Counsel Tntermyer placed in the record
mass of statistics relating to the owner
ship of banks in New York, Chicago, Bos-
| ton and St Louis. The tables produced
showed in detail the stock owned by indi-
Gus banks.
A lengthy series of tables was produced
showing the joint operations OF the First
National bank, j. p. Morgan Co., KID
der Peabody K co. of Boston, the Chase
National bank. Lee Higginson & Co. and
| other Institutions in the marketing of rail
road, Industrial, public service corpora
tlcns and state, municipal and govern
rnent bonds. These figures We're placed
in the records to corroborate the volu-
miHous statistics already included to
show the cooperation of the various large
financial institutions in their operations.
DIR. Chappell Testifies
| DIR. Chappell when he appeared before
| the committee today said that his patient
was in condition that would prevent
| his examination as witness.
! DR. Chappell said that Mr.. Rockefeller
suffered from four separate ailments.
These were, he said. first, spasms of ne
larynx, which cut OFF the air from his
lungs Such spasms. the doctor said, were
brought about by excitement
! He said, second, the patient suffered
from oeadema of the larynx. The third
condition was laryngeal hemorrhages.
"Wnliam Rockefeller suffered from 4
| hemorrhage during his recent trip to
Nassau" added the physician. The last
condition witness said was an irritation
of the larynx, likely to be brought on ~
attempts to speak. DR. Chappeli suid
that when DR.. C. w. Richardson examined
Mr.. Rockefeller. the committees special
list coudl not know of the 'lsryngesl
spassns" from which he suffered. Rep
lresentauve Byrnes of South Carolina took
up the examination next.
you know. l)r. Richardson. If he could
stand an examination of an hour!"
| .Yes"
but Richardson never saw Mr.. Rocke-
feller in one II these spasms." witnessed
continued. "as Mr.. Rockefeller has not
talked over quarter Of an hour since
he last operation"
DO you think If the committee mem
hers went to him and had the reporter SIT
at his elbow and examined him with the
utmost consideration he could stand
Ibrief examination?' Representative Neely
asked.
Advise Against Examination
"No; | would advise against It, The
possible effort. perhaps. would bring on
a spasm. This would forbid 1t, in nv
mind. said DR. Chappell."
Pujo told the lawyers for Mr.. Rocke-
feler that they would he informed if the
committee took any further action in the
near future.
/ w. j. Wollman of Bache & Co. of New