The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-30
Rockefeller Home
In Good Hunlor
DOESN'T Know ANVIL APO uf
THAT OHIO WARRANT
SHAKES HAND 81
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M EeAst9 a
NEW Yols1iy July 80 of@ the ~
hundred Or more caltin passeng
saloon and second class. who crossel
the Atlantic IN the Hamburg Anleri
can lined Amerflta, in Saturday afiert
noon from Hamburg, Dover, and Cher
bonrg, the most popular Of all, ac-
licordfng TO omcers and assengers; was
John D. Rockefeller.
with Mrs. Teller, the oil mag:
nate returned from q short vacation
In Compfegne, France. When lie
came down the gangplank yesterday
those who saw him were tmmediateif
Impressed with the healthy glow In
his cheeks and the sprightliness with
which he walked. Mr. Rockefeller
was said to be in better health than
hetha been in q long time.
Although he greeted reporters pleas
antiy, Mr.. Rockefeller told them that
he really did not have anything to
say worthy publication. Pressed for e
statement about the warrant issued
at Findlay. Ohio, for his arrest, he
smiled and said: AZ
az do not know anything that can
be said along that line; do you"
This was the extent of Mr. Rocke.
feller's outglyings.
on the voyage the passengers said
he spent great deal of time on
deck. varying the montony with an
| occaslonaI game Of Switchboard,
pastlme he seemed greatly to enjoy.
His meals he ate in the Ritz-Carlton
restaurant, and those who saw him
declared that the last ailment that
anybody would suspect him of was
dyspepsia. -
81 only wish ! had an appetite IKE
he has," remarked one of the stew
ards. And the steward pressed his
hands over the spot where indigestion
is most easily detected, and look Of
pain that spread over his face tndt-
Gated that he knew exactly what ne
was talking about.
Mr.. Rockefeller was among the last
of the Amerika's passengers to co1He
ashore. Instead of coming down the
saloon gangp1anl1 he chose the secof.l
cabin way. He came ashore fan:ed
on each side by two large men, who
some people said were friends and
others declared were detectives; bow.
ing right and left to the people whose
acquaintance he had made on the way
over. He tarried on the pier only
long enough to shape hands with those
he knew, although apparently this
included almost all the people wco
came over in the first and second cab
ms.
Perhaps a hundred of these pas.
senEers formed into two lines that
stretched almostto the end of the pier.
Between these lines Mr.. Rockefeller
walked slowly, shaking hands with
Everybody, the handshaVe always a:-
companied by some word OF friendly
interest as to the future welfare OF
the person whose hand was shaken
That many of those whose han'is
were held for an instant in. that of the
worlds richest citizen felt that they
had been much honored was certain
from the expressions their faces wore.
One young fellow almost collapsed as
he shook hands. When Mr.. Rocketei,
Ter released his hand and resumed his
way to the street the younger man
leaned against a railing and looking
at group of people, not passengers,
smiled and looked Just as IL he want
ed to say "This is the hand that SHOOT:
the hand of Rockefeller" He didn't
say it, but everybody knew he want
ed to.
A full brigade Of photographers met
Mr.. Rockefeller, and the swapping OF
machines as he walked out sounded
like the testing of hundred type
writer machines. Mr.. Rockefeller did
not try to hide, and although he Cid
not pose. the photographers had plen-
ty of chances to get all the pictures
Of him that they could possibly wish
for.
outside the pier the handshalira
Tceased, and accompanied by his wife
and son, John D., Jr., Mr.. Rockefeller
was taken to the street in the eleva.
tor. where he Immediately got into
an. automobile and was driven away.
He went to his home at Tarrytown,
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