Albuquerque citizen., 1907-08-17
NOTHING TO SAY"
SAYS OIL KING
Frank. His Brother. May DRAG
Old Family Feud Into Lime
light Many Queer State
ments Made Concern
Ing Peculiar Case.

Cleveland, Ohio, August IA bit
ter feud war to the knife between
John ID. Rockefeller and his young
est brother, Frank Rockefeller, with
VIM. A. Rockefeller, the middle
brother, in the background, and
alongside of him young John d. and
his three sisters, all of whom have
married into wealthy families-such
Is the feud now raging between the
famous Cleveland brothers, with the
wealth of the richest man in the
world as the object OF attack.
The story came out through the al
legged statement of Frank Rockefeller
few days ago, that John ID. Rocke-
feller is keeping his aged father, VIM.
"A. Rockefeller, Sr., in hiding The
reason was not clear, but it was sup
posed to connect the fact that the
life of the elder Rockefeller in and
around Oswego, n. Y, was not all
that so pious a man as John ID. would
desire.
AS outlined by Ida Tarbell in her
famous history of Standard Oil, the
life OF the elder Rockefeller was any
thing but heavenly dream of light.
He was pictured as a patent medi-
cine vender of loose methods, a trick
horse trader and general country
sport" and Is credited with two
daughters, born out of wedlock, who
are still living in that neighborhood.
Frank Rockefeller declares that
he does not know where Iiis father
Is, but that John ID. does, and that
the elder brother is keeping him In
hiding
Nothing to Say.
At his home in Cleveland. John d.
Rockefeller, when asked about these
matters and about the aspersions
Frank is said to have cast upon his
character, replied:
81 will not discuss that matter"
On the other hand, Mrs. Harold
F. Mccormick, who was Miss Edith
Rockefeller, declares that the health
OF John DIS father Is largely respon-
sible for him being kept out of sight.
She says:
81 have seen my grandfather many
times. He Is one of the most inter-
esting men i have ever known. 1t is
several years since l have seen him.
Between my father and my grand
father there always existed the re-
spect and love that should prevail be-
tween father and son. My grand
father watched with the keenest in
terest the successes of his SON"
DIR. e.. ID. Burton, formerly the
family physician, says that he met
the elder Rockefeller at John D.
country home about eight years ago,
and that the father at that time was
a fine looking old man in perfect
health.
In what purported to be a very
recent interview with Frank Rocke-
feller he was made to refer to John
ID. as that man. and "the other
fellow" and to depict him as
monster" Also he was made to
say that he was writing a book which
when printed, would show his broth
erup i'm such light that his native
land would be too warm for the ia
nous golfer.
He Says She's Nervous.
In reply TO these reported state
ments Mrs. Mccormick said:
II think there is no danger of my
father being stoned" she continued
even should his brother publish a
book on my fathers 'monstrous life ,
l have no doubt that the book would
be monstrous-that 1t would portray
my father in a monstrous manner
but / believe that the American peo-
pie, or any other would see the real
motive back of such a work and be
disguised with the brother, rather
than enraged at the principal char
acter."
The whole trouble with Frank
Rockefeller she further declares, is
that he is extremely Jealous of his
brothers Unprecedented financial sue
cess.