The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-01
JOHN D.. ROCKEFELLER SAILS.
THINKS HE WILL RETURN TO THIS
COUNTRY ABOUT JULY 10.
Accompanied by His WIFE, MS Daughter
and MS Physician-"Take Everything
Quietly and Have q Good Summer" He
says 20 One OF His Representatives Hero

Accompanied by His WIFE, HIS Daughter
and HIS Physician-"Take Everything
Quietly and Have q Good Summer" He
Says 20 One OF His Representatives Here
John d. Rockefeller. accompanied by
his wife, his daughter, Mrs. E. Parmalee
Prentice; his niece, Mrs. W. W. Benjamin;
his sister-in-law, Miss L. M. Spellman;
DR.. H. F. Biggar, his physician; his score
tary. a trained nurse for Mrs. Rookie
Teller and a valet, called for Europe yes
terday morning on the Hamburg-American
steamship Deutschland, which left her pier
in Hoboken at 1890 o'clock.
When he stepped from his cab at the
pier and joined his wife, who arrived at
the same time in an automobile, he seemed
weak. His wife took his arm and young
John D. Rockefeller gave her his arm
Thus together the three walked the long
distance down the pier to the gangplank,
where they were met BY Or. Bigsar, who
escorted them aboard.
The crowd on the pier was very large
and when 1t was known that the richest
man on earth was going aboard the jam
about the g~angplank became 30 thick
that half a dozen husky laborers had to
clear q passage for the party. 1t looked
as though all the people on the pier wanted
to 20 aboard the ship.
Mr.. Rockefeller went to his cabin for a
few moments and then appeared on deck
wearing a golf cap. There he stood In
plain view Of the crowd, while hundreds OF
photographers snapped their cameras at
his immobile c~ountenance. Finally the
Younger Mr.. Rockefeller said he believed
he would 60 ashore.
AN right said his father, and they
parted.
It was Mr.. Rockefeller's first sea voyage
and he seemed a trife nervous over It,,
paving close attention to everything that
went on in connection with getting the big
liner out into the river. He watched the
men haul in the ~gangplank, and when the
whistle blew and the ship backed out into
the river he waved an adieu to his con,
who was standing on the pier.
Mr.. Rockefeller had company AL the way
street house. Snapshot men were at the
| Fifth avenue corner and when. he went to
| his cab he had to run a gantlet OF s~nappings.
He appeared to be resigned to being
photographed, but he would not be inter-
He did say, however, that he was going
| away and would be gone until about July 10.
Mrs Charles A. Strong. his daughter, is
IN in Cannes, and when he vas asked about
her condition Mr.. Rockefeller said she was
| doing nicely when he heard from her re-
Wien II came to talking about pipe lines
| and rebates and such things the old maj
held up his hand.
Il lie you young fellows very much, but
am not to be interviewed.'
On the ferryboat from .Twenty-third
street he was again by camera
sDidn,t you get my picture at the house''
N.Not a good n the light was bad, .
replied q photographer. =.
sWhy don't you take that mans picture?'
asked Mr.. Rockefeller, pointing to q laborer
| With his dinner pail, who stood on the deck.
sHe Is not SO prominent as you was
the reply.
several times remarked Mr.. Rockefeller
with a smile.
On the Hoboken pier Joseph seep, repre-
sentative OF Standard Oil interests in the
Teller and chatted with him for a moment:
When they parted Mr.. Rockefeller placed
his hand on Mr.. Seep's shoulder and said:
sTake everything quietly and have a good
summer, / hope everything will 90 all
| right, and / think that 1t will"
On the Deutschland was Mrs. Potter
Palmer. Gen. Fred Grant and Mrs. Grant
went to see her of. ,
The new French liner La Provence sailed
half 40 hour sooner than the Deutec HAND,
| and II was thought that she would do her
best to beat the crack NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
liner across,