V v ORDEAL TOO MUCH FOR ROCKEFELLER Pujo's Trip to Jekyl Is land Vain. SPASM OVERCOMES WITNESS Whispered Answers Almost Result in Collapse. PLAYING OF GOLF DENIED House Money Trust Committee Gels Xo New Information Except As- . snrance of. Real Illness of Noted Financier. .TEKYL ISLAND. Ga.. Feb. 7. A rpism of the throat that left William Jlockefeller a strangling, trembling old man, on the verge of nervous col lapse, abruptly terminated his exam ination by Chairman Pujo and Counsel Samuel Untermyer, of the House money trust committee, here today. Mr. Rockefeller was asked Just four questions, all practically Immaterial, before the attack forced the conclusion of the hearing. The aged Standard Oil magnate was closeted with the com mitteemen for only 12 minutes. At th end of the time he was assisted to Ms couch by Dr. Walter F. Chappelle. his physician, who declared hla patient exhausted. Six Months Search Ends. In Mr. Rockefeller's apartment In the Sans Souel Club, on the Isolated Island occupied by that exclusive mil lionaires' club, the 72-year-old Stand ard Oil magnate submitted to the ques (ions. There ended the six months' search of the Government process serv rrs, who sought the reluctant witness from New York to the Bahamas and who laid siege to his New York home. The net result of the examination, so far as the'money trust Investigation was concerned, added practically noth ing of value to the record. It did demonstrate to the satisfaction of Mr. I'ntermyer and Mr. Pujo that Mr. Rockefeller hardly was a fit subject Physically for a gruelling examination on the details of his financial career. Members of the Je-kyl Island Club and Dr. Walter E. Chappelle shook their heads doubtfully tonight when asked about Mr. Rockefeller's physical condi tion. Coadltloa of Throat Serious. "Mr. Rockefeller is In a very serious state," said Dr. Chappelle. He said a new growth of malignant nature re cently had formed In Mr. Rockefeller's throat, and that serious developments ' were to be expected at any time. The trembling hands of the once active head of the powerful Standard Oil group of bankers settled on the arms of his chair as he arose to greet his visitors. He did not remain stand ing long, however, and his whispered word of greeting was Inaudible to even those nearest him. The chair of Mr. Rockefeller was moved close beside a small table, at which the official stenographer took his place. "You will please be sworn. Mr. Rock efeller," said Chairman Pujo, but as the oil magnate endeavored with con siderable difficulty to arise, the chair man motioned him back to his seat. Seated, with his trembling hand uplift ed, the oil magnate took the oath. Protest -Made In Writing- As soon as he was sworn the Stand ard Oil magnate handed to the sten ographer a slip of paper, with the whispered request that the sten ographer read It. "I am urgently advised .and warned." read the stenographer, "by my physi cian, that this examination Is preca rious to the condition of my throat. 1 desire, however, to make the effort, as I have not now and never had any disposition to avoid testifying before your committee except as I have been cautioned by my physician that doing so would endanger my life. If I And hat the strain la too great for me to take further risk. I shall have to ask ycur Indulgence In not pressing the examination further. "As I have lost my voice. I would rsteem it a privilege If you would permit me to whisper my answers to the official stenographer who sits be side me and who will read them aloud. It is Impossible for me to write them." i itf.rm.rr states Position. This was agreed to and Mr. Unter myer stated the position oi me com mittee as follows: "Mr. Rockefeller, the chairman will expect you and your physicians to ad vise us if you feel at any time that your condition becomes such as to ren der farther examination Inadvisable." "What is your residence?" asked Mr. I'ntermyer. The strained face of the witness bent close to the ear of the waiting sten ographer, who read: "Six eighty-nine Fifth avenue. New York City." "Referring to the statement Just made by you, Mr. Rockefeller." said Mr. Untermyer. "it Is currently report ed that your health la such that you are able to play golf and Indulge in sports of that sort. What Is the fact s to thatT"' After another pause the stenographer th answer: "I have never played a game, of golf In my lite. 1 try to taae open-air ex ercise every day. That Is the extent 4 WARSHIPS GO TO CENTRAL AMERICA UCMORS OF TROUBLE CAUSE PRECAUTIONARY ACTIOX. Rebellion In Honduras, Unrest in Guatemala, Designs on Nicara gua, Appear on Horizon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The storm clouds over Central America, with the single exception of Costa Rica, caused the United States today to order four warships there. Reports upon which this Government took action came from many quarters, and. though in most cases they were somewhat vague and speculative, they were strongly of the same general tenor that It was no longer thought wise' to permit American Interests in Central America to remain exposed to any dangers. In Salvador the attempted assassina tion last Tuesday of President Araujo by a band of conspirators Is believed K.r.. i. threaten trouble, although he sent assurances today that the country was quiet. . . v.Mln, mrhVAmATltfl in uumora ui ibuwuuuo Honduras and unrest In Guatemala have been current, while In New urieans there are gathering soldiers of fortune j .u.rii rf Zelava. the deposed dictator, credited with sinister designs on the government of President .uiaz. of Nicaragua. To meet the situation so far as it is possible at this time, the Na-y De partment has ordered the gunboat Annapolis, now at San Diego, ai.. proceed Immediately to Amapala, Hon duras. The cruiser Denver will pro ceed from Acapulco, Mexico, to Acajutla, Salvador, and the gunboat Des Moines, after finishing target practice, will be ordered from San Domingo to Bluefields. Nlc. Further to protect the Atlantic Coast, the gun boat Nashville, at New Orleans, has oeen ordered to Puerto Cortez, Hon duras, or Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. r $250 WANTED FOR KISS Woman Alleges Man "Blacked" Her Eyes During Scnffle. For-one stolen kiss, Verne Grover may have to pay $250. provided the Con stable can catch up with him. In ad dition he faces a charge of assault and battery, growing out of the same trans action. Both charges are preferred by Mrs. Lillian Roberts. Mrs Roberts thinks that a $250 Judg ment Is the only poultice that will assuage the pain In a blackened eye, which she declared she sustained In resisting the ardent embraces of Grover. The alleged theft occurred several days ago in a Fulton boarding house, where Mrs. Roberts Is employed and where Grover was a lodger. In her pleadings In .the civil suit the plaintiff alleges that Grover. while fighting to overcome her coyness. In flicted a blow which bruised her eye, "causing her great mental and phys ical suffering." She employed an at torney to further the civil action, while District Attorney Evans is looking out tor the criminal charge. BIG MEDICAL COLLEGE PLAN University of Chicago Stay Become Center for Science Study. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. A vast medical college which would make Chicago the unquestioned center for the studv of medical science is ready for launching by the trustees of the University of Chicago. The millions required for its endow- ent are being sought among Chica go's wealthy men and unutilized land facing the Midway Plaisance will fur nish the site for the array of costly buildings. Announcement of the plans was made In the annual report of President Harry Piatt Judson, submitted to the trustees. Plans for the new school contemplate the absorption of the Hush Medical College and the creation of elaborate facilities for advanced re search work In every line of medical and surgical science. SENATOR'S WORD PLEASES "Flatitudlnarlal Assurances" and "Whangdoodle Haste" Puzzlers, WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Dictionaries were in great demand today In the Senate. Senator Martin declared Senator Clark, chairman of the Judiciary com mittee, had given only "platitudlnarlal assurances" of what was to be done with the Clayton antl-lnjunction bill. Senator Nelson asserted that Senator Martin was going at the question with "whangdoodle haste." Senator Martin retorted he believed there had been "whangdoodle" delay, but he admitted he did not know what he meant. "Senator Williams, of Mississippi, the great authority on such phrases, Isn't here to help me out. he said. BUNCO GAME CAUSES DEATH Man. Worries Over Loss of S7000 and Health Falls Him. RANT A CRUZ. Cal..' Feb. 7. Broken In health and spirit over the loss of J7000, which was taken from him sev eral months ago by a gang of bunco men In San Francisco, Louis Dodero a Santa Cruz capitalist, died today. From the time that Dodero tell vic tim to the confidence men his health hemn to fail. Several men. believed to be the ones who fleeced Dodero, are now in prison in San Francisco awaiting trial. They are said to be members of a band of Italian confidence workers who have operated In cities from New York to HOUSE KNOCKS OUT HOME RULE PLAN Vote of 32 to 25 Nails Move to Submit. INITIATIVE IS NOW PROBABLE Suggestion of Weeks of Mar ion Backed by Schuebel. BIG LOBBY HEARS DEBATE Representatives From Portland Gen eral Ministerial Association on Hand to See Lower Assembly Turn Down Senate Sanction. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 7. (Special.! Notwithstanding the fact that the Senate had sanctioned the sub mission to the people In 1914 of the so-called home rule amendment, passed by the people In 1910, the House this afternoon, by a vote of 32 to 25, re fused so to submit tne amendment and It will not, therefore, go to the people through the medium of the Legislature. It is Intimated here that It will, how ever, be voted on by means of the initiative. A large lobby was present when the debate, which lasted from 2 to 3:30, was In progress, among them a committee from the Portland General Ministerial Association Dr. J. W. McDougall. su perintendent of Portland district of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Kev. w. F. Reagor. pastor of the First Chris tian Church, and Rev. Frank D. Finiey, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church at Portland. The vote was an out-and-out one. only two members being absent by per mission of the House, these being Camp bell and Lofgren. Hill of Polk County was the lone, member who got out Into the corridor and did not vote. . Eaton Changes Vote. Eaton changed his vote in order to move a reconsideration later. The . vote was as follows.- ok- - the question indefinitely to pqstpone: Ayes Abbott, Anderson of Wasco, Applegren, Barton, Carkln, Carpenter. Chapman, Eaton, Forbes, Doerstrom, Hagood, Handley, Heltzel, llinkle, La- tourette. Meek, Mitchell. - Murnane. Nichols, Nolta, Olson, Pcirce, Potter, Reames, Schnoerr. Smith, Spsncer, Stan Held, Stranahan, Upton, Westerlund, Speaker McArthur. Noes Anderson of Clatsop, Belland, Blanchard, Bonebrake, Brunk, Childs, Homan, Howard, Hughes, Hurd, John son, Laughlin, Lawrence, Lewelllng, Mann. Massey. McDonald, Parsons, Porter, Schuebel, Thomas, Weeks. Hill Not Excused. Absent (excused on account of ill- (Concluded on Page 8.) V &HI S sy TVS 84SEMB.NT ' Sk t INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 37 Arm: minimum. 30 deffrees. TODAY Pair; easterly winds, decreasing In velocity. T-Mfslature. - Hons refuses to submit home rule to popu lar vote. Page 1. . Senator Thompson pledges life fight for O. A. C. farm extension bill. Page 8. Widows' pension bill passes Senate and is ready lor lioveruvr b nvi-.vu. . Washington House overwhelminglr supports good roads legislation. Pago Minimum wage bill passed by Oregon Sen- ... XM ft Oregon may stand one-hnlf of cost of Co lumbia bridge, rage s. Foreign- Kurdish raiders terrorize Thrace. Pais 2- British scientists report on bh-tB oi aiom. Page 1. Xatlonal. Four warships sent to Central America on r.r .-niihle. Pass 1. State Department reports on Peruvian rub ber outrages, rase x. MaeVeftch defends order regarding placing of customs receipts in banks. Pago o. William Rockefeller unable to bear "train of examination anempteo. i land, page 1. Domestic. Divorce colony at Reno wiped ont by Ne- ,i T.j.,ialAture. Page 5. Bullets are tired In coal strike riot In West Virginia. Fage . Litigation over will of Mary Baker O. Eddy - .. ... I w ..rnnoromlse. Pago 1. Rosenthal's gambling partner unfolds emas- lng tale or p b'"- " Shipping trust probe witness says Stotea- bury would iurmsu wwiw " business. Page 3. General" Rosalie Jones says doien suffra gists will Join in March to Washington. ..... r. Beach acquitted of assault on wife. Page S. "Shoe Last Trust- aissoivea Dy Page 2. Sport. Beavers to play three games with Chicago White Sox. Page 14. Wolgast agrees to meet Harlem Tommy Murphy FebruSry 22. Page 1. Fair dates arranged for Northwest circuit. Page 14. . Commercial and Marine. Early shorn woo. 1 Northwest Is being marketed, iw - Wheat sells lower at Chicago on favorable crop outlook. Page 15. Stock market stronger, but with less Inter est. Page 15. Industrial and mercantile reports are of activity. Page 14. Dalles Citv unable to ascend Columbia be cause of gale. Page 10 Portland and Vicinity. Commission men prepare for trials on In dictments charging restraint of trade. Page 11. Fire for time menaces Portland's gas plant. Page 0. . , t District Attorney's office will Insist trial of cases when complaint Is ri.ca. Page 0. ' Gay Lombard addresses Realty Board on k.n..mi.nt. Paae 10. Committeeman Williams uncertain that nominations win oe muu-". - Irvlngton Club entertains children and Blaekstone Club has society dance. Page 7. m FEDERAL RECORDS BURNED Fire Does' Damage to One of Agri cultural Buildings. - WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Fire at 2 o'clock this morning broke out in one of the new buildings of the Depart ment of Agriculture. The flames had gained considerable headway before they were discovered by a watchman The blaze was confined to a room in the basement in which were stored rec ords and supplies belonging to the bu reau of plant industry. Most of the records were destroyed. The loss to the Government will not be known until the officials of the bu reau have had opportunity to Investi gate, but it will reach into the thou sands of dollars. AT SALEM THE STEAM ROLLER IS AT MNK Kin ; it u i ii it i i t a- ... .j i i i INDIANS ENSLAVED lil RUBBER REGION Taft Sends Report on Conditions in Peru. CONSUL SEES LITTLE HOPE Profit Depends on Harshest Treatment of People. FREEBOOTERS NO BETTER nogging, Mutilation, Even Death, Inflicted for Failure to Pay as Commanded by Masters of British Corporation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. With the transmission to Congress today by President Taft of a special State De partment report compiled by American Consul Stuart J. Fuller at Iqultos, Peru, on the Anglo-Saxon exploitations of South American Indians In the Put iimnvn district of Peru, conclusions on the same subject by Frederlco Alfonso Pezet, Peruvian. Minister to tne unueu States, were made public by the State Department. The latter statement shows that the Peruvian government has been aware of every step taken by American Con sul Fuller, and the Minister gives as surance that already steps have been taken by his government for the Im provement of "conditions In the Putu mayo territory. Although It was feared at first that Consul Fuller's efforts had been made valueless In many re spects by the espionage of agents of a British rubber company. State De partment officials now aro hopeful that the crying abuses of which the native victims have been long-suffering victims eventually will be ter minated. Catholics Expected to Aid. In bringing the Putumayo. district under the protection of Peruvian law, and the administration of Justice, the Minister points out that -his- govern ment will rely largely upon the co operation of the Roman Catholic hier archy. Minister Pezet declares that the mora! uplift of the aborigines has re ceived special attention and that the administration has decided to direct a bishopric at Quitos and establish five missions throughout the district. With the priests from these missions living among them and Instructing them, Senor Pezet is confident the In dians will be effectually protected form any new attempts to maltreat or brutalize them. He says the govern ment at Lima will keep In touch with the Putumayo country by wireless and that a flotilla of 'gunboats will patrol Concluded on Page 5.) WORK. VOi. Glenn O. HOLM AH, CHEMISTS XOW PROMISE TO CREATE MATTER. Report of Birth of Atom, Made by British Scientists, Declared to Hold Momentous Import. LONDON. Feb. 7. (Special.) The keenest Interest has been aroused In the scientific world by the reports of the birth of an atom made to the Chemical Society by Professors Ram say, Collie and Patterson. If further experiments confirm this. It Is possi ble that the creation of matter spon taneously with the birth of an element like ' helium or neon will be funda mentally more - important than the spontaneous birth of life. Professor Smlthell's declaration that the papers of Ramsay, Collie and Pat terson are momentous, and that they possess greater interest than any hith erto brought before the Chemical So ciety Is regarded as specially signifi cant, because he Is known as a cau tious chemist, and It was among chem ista that the largest amount of skep ticism over Ramsay's previous experi ments was manifested. "My discovery points the way for a change of one form of matter sup posed to be Incapable of it into an other," said Professor Ramsay tonight. "Does It mean, for instance, you will be able to change lead Into gold?" Ramsay was asked. "I do not know," was the reply. "The cost would probably be too great to make It worth while. The Importance of the discovery Is that we have de ciphered another line in the book of nature and opened the door to further discoveries." Professor J. Norman Collie said to night: "Yes, we have finally achieved the transmutations of elements and have also accomplished it artificially. We have now reached a stage whence I am able to say It will be possible to transmute any element, provided we are able to generate sufficient energy. "It is likely now that the future will see the dream of the ancient al chemists fulfilled. , The invention of the atomic theory killed their specula tions, but, now we shall be obliged to discard the atomlo theory.' ACTRESS TAKES ICY DIVE Portland Girl Plunges Into Bay From Tacoma Span for "Movies." TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 7. (Special.) From a poise atop the center span of the old Eleventh-street Bridge today Miss Vivian Marshall, aged 19. of Port land, appearing at a local vaudeville house, dived 75 feet into the icy waters of Commencement Bay and swam near ly 100 yards to the launch where her mother was waiting for her. Miss' Marshall's dive Is unique, it was especially performed for the "movies." Since the old span's earliest day it has been the chosen place for the despondent and unfortunate to end their sufferings, and many have taken the same dive as that of the daring young swimmer this morning, with a far different purpose. No other person will ever take the plunge from the old bridge. It is being fast dismantled. TUTTLE RETURNS TO JAIL Man Freed to Bury Wife Voluntarily Goes Back to Finish Term. After having been released by the Federal authorities from temporary service of a sentence In the County Jail, for selling liquor to an Indian, to attend the funeral of his wife. Clin ton Tuttle gave himself up yesterday to complet three weeks more of his sentence. He had been released previously to make arraigements for his wife's care, when she was critically ill with con sumption, and at her death he was again allowed to arrange for her fu neral and prepare for the care of their children. Tuttle, while acting as a barkeeper, sold some liquor to a Klamath In dian, who was attending the United States District Court as a witness, and pleaded guilty when indicted. POLICE WARN AUT0ISTS Arrests Will Be Made Unless New Iicenses Are Obtained. Days of grace for , the automobile owners who have neglected obtaining their licenses for the current year, are growing few. Arguing that five weeks Is fully sufficient time for the Issuance of the -10.000 licenses required in the state, the police have com menced a systematic course of warn ing the delinquents, and within a short time will proceed to make 'arrests. The number of 1912 licenses still ex hibited on automobiles Is quite large, though it has been decreasing with each week. - The police complain that they have not yet received any list of the new licenses and up to the present the only means of learning the name of the owner of an automobile is by applica tion to Salem: DOLLAR GOES UNWRAPPED Stamp on One Side, Address on Other, Enough for Mailing. ST. LOOS. Feb. 7. A silver dollar sent by parcel post was received to day at the St. Louis postofflce. The stamp was placed on one side of the coin and the address, written on a piece of paper, was glued on the other side. The dollar was sent by M. L. Addlng ton. of Yukon, Okla, to his S-year-old daughter, who la visiting here. LITIGATION OVER EDDY WILL ENDS Natural Heirs Agree to Compromise. CHURCH WILL GET $2,000,000 Massachusetts Legislature Passes Enabling Act. SONS RELEASE COPYRIGHTS Glover and Foster Eddy to Hav $175,000 Now Held by Trustees. Arrangement Is Said to Be Sat isfactory to All Parties. i BOSTON, Feb. T. Litigation orsr the. bequest of $2,000,000 made to the First Church of Christ. Scientist, of Boston, by Mrs. Mary Baker C Eddy ended to day when her natural heirs Joined with the trustees of the churoh in proposed decrees entered In the several courts Involved. Coincident with this action the Mas sachusetts House concurred with the Senate In an enabling aot, which per mits the mother church to accept and use the money for the advancement of Christian Science as directed by its founder. Four stipulations compose the de crees which were entered simultaneous ly in the courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and the Federal Court for the District of Jew Hampshire. Ilrlra Abaadosj Suit a. In these, George VT. Glover, of Lead, S. D and F. J. Foster Eddy, of Water- bury, Vt.. son and adopted son of Mrs. Eddy, abandon their suits for a share in the estate and renounce their claims to money left the church. The trustees on thetr part consent that the administrator shsll pay 15000 for the assignment of the son's con tingent right to renew in their lifetime the copyrights upon their mother's pub lished works. They further consent that the trustees holding $173,000 (which Is the trust fund portion of the 1290,000 settled on them by Mrs. Eddy In 1909 in lieu of their share of the estate) shall not further claim that their rights in that fund were forfelten by their action In subsequent court proceedings. As one of the attorneys representing Glover and Foster Eddy, Herbert Parker said tonight: "The stipulations from the viewpoint of the heirs finally and conclusively terminate all present litigation and preclude the 'possibility of further liti gation by them with respeot to the dis position of the estate. Termlnatlosi la Amicable, "The termination of this litigation has been brought about amicably and voluntarily on the part of the heirs, and all parties have Joined In mutual consent to the entry of the proposed decrees in the several courts." It Is maintained by both parties that no consideration other than that shown in the stipulations influenced the re tirement of the heirs from a contest that has occupied the courts for mora than two years. Mrs. Eddy died at Newton, Mass De cember 4. 1910. Her will, which dis posed of an estate of about t2.SOO.000, left apparently 12,000.000 in trust to the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston. The two sons, who a year be fore her death had received from Mrs. Eddy $290,000 In satisfaction of all claims against her estate, attacked the will In January, 1911, Invoking statutes of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, which limit bequests to churches to sums returning annual Incomes of not more than JiOoO and $2000 In the re spective states. Eventually the ques tion of the validity of the will reached the Supreme Courts of both states. In New Hampshire the will was up held. The Supreme Court of Massa chusetts ruled that the $2,000,000 as a bequest could not be received by the mother church, but at the same time declared that the will of the bene ficiary should be respected. That this might be accomplished the trustees of the church obtained the introduction in the Legislature of the enabling act passed today. CHCKCH ATTORNEY SlTtPIUSED Sons' Withdrawal of Denunciation of Christian Science Pleases. CONCORD, N. H., Feb. 7. General Frank S. Streeter, who represented tli Christian Science Church in the agree ment for the discontinuance of t!i3 action brought to break the will of Mrs. Eddy, said tonight: "In view of the-denunciatory allega tions in the court pleadings of Mrs. Eddy's two sons against her, her re ligion and the officials of her church, the recent proposal of their counsel to end that litigation came to us as an agreeable surprise. It was especially gratifying that Mr. Parker willingly should agree that the sons' pleadings should be so amended as to contain no allegations reflecting on Mrs. Eddy or on the religion of Christian Science or on the integrity and good faith of her associates, counsel and truatees and that all said allegations shall be ex punged from the record." (Concluded en Fas 2. the Pacific Coast. iirni io7.o