Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-07-28
OIL KING AND HIS
BROTHER FRIENDS
AFTER LONG FEUD
Standard Magnate Once Ac-
cused by Frank of Skin
ming" Him in a Bust
ness Deal.

| ome recOnciled and the remOrseless
eud which has kept them bitter enc
MES for over 80 years has come to an
md.
Just how the reconciliation was eff
| 'eCted will probably never become
Known. The Rockefellers will not dis
,uss it. The brothers have come to-
gether and clasped hands and vowed
20 entertain none but kindly feelings
| towards each other hereafter.
Friends do not hesitate to assert
shat John D. Rockefeller has probably
made restitution to his brother Frank
Of the thousands of dollars OF which
Frank has always claimed the oil king
cheated him. These friends point 10
! The fact that Mr.. Rockefeller has been
1isposing of his millions in an apparent
effort to get rid OF a major portion Of
| MS immense fortune before he dies
that he is trying to make his peace
! With his fellow man and pass into the
great unknown leaving a better feeling
for himself behind He has been en-
lowing universities and hospitals and
contributing enormous sums to
churches, and what, his friends say
| would be more natural than for John
D. to square the one big quarrel of his
life, that which existed in his own fam
tly among his own flesh and blood.
Begins Removal of Bodies.
The existence of a truce in the fam
lily became apparent when Frank
Rockefeller began a few days agO to
restore the bodies Of his children to
| LakcVieW cemetery, from which they
! had been eXhumed and removed sew
| eral years ago in the heat of an aCri-
monious quarrel with John D.. who is
the real owner of the plot and who is
trustee of the cemetery. There are
light graves in the Rockefeller plot
With headstones ranged along the arc
IF a wide circle. Four times a" many
graves can be laid out before the
circle is complete. The base OF the
monument bears the name "Rockefel-
err on each side of its four sides.
When Frank Rockefeller removed
he bodies of his children from this
plot he placed them in a plot not many
yards distant At that time he was
so incensed at the oil king that he an
jnOunced publicly that he would not
nave the bodies of his children in the
same plot with those of John D.
Frank Rockefeller openly declared
war against his brother. Their bust
ness relations he brought to an end
| The Cleveland millionaire said:
1T is all over between my brother
and myself so far as associat ting with
zach other in business is concerned.
Why? When a man tries to get the
better of you in a business deal would
you remain in business with him? Not
many would. John has more money
han l and he seemed never to get
enough l wonder where il will end
his desire of his for more millions?
Have I got enough? Well, l am en-
joying life with mine. I manage to get
away from the office the greater part
of the time.
Since 1897 1 have been determined
to get out Of my partnership with
John. He gave me the worst OF It in
a mineral land deal then, and 1 pledged
| myself that all would end as soon as
r could get out. At that time James
Corrigan and l were Jointly interested
In mineral lands in Michigan. Corri-
gan gave his notes to John for money
to develop the land. When the notes
became due COrrigan could not meet
| them and John became interested in
the land with me. l was barred out
Of the management by John as soon as
he gained control of a majority Of the
shares, and he also tried to shut Cor
rigan entirely out. | took the part of
my old partner, and this angered John.
| We were enemies from then on.
The papers say l had the bodies OF
my children removed from the family
plot because OF my hostility TO John
! This is not true. l only wished to es-
tablish burial plots of my own. and did
not care to have my children buried
with the others. Each member Of the
family intends to establish separate
burial plots in the future"
| QUITS Brothers Church.
At this time, also, Frank Rockefeller
got out of the Euclid Avenue Baptist
| church in Cleveland.
| Regarding this he said:
The trouble in the Euclid Avenue Bap-
list church has been magnfied. / know
that John wanted to run the church tc
suit himself, and I think he was mainly
responsible for the pastors resignation
but quit attending the church mainly be-
|
| 40 objection to belonging to the same
church or associating with the same peo
| pie socially with my brother, because he fs
my brother and / cannot say that | hate
aim. But one finds many with whom ii IL
not agreeable to associate in business, and
MAT is what | found out about my brother
Yes, 1t is true that we may meet in
opposition in the business world once liz
while, and when we do I shall look after
ny own interests. He would just as soon
lake my money in a business deal as he
you'd take the money of anybody else
Hereafter. If occasion demands, I shall
treat him likewise. John is a shrew6
inancier, and there are others Just a.
Ihrewd. I am out with him for all time
10 come. We have little business affairs
~ common now, and these will soon be
separated
Frank Rockefeller was shortly after tina,
frozen out of the Standard Oil company
~ his elder brother. He had been a bis
Sockholder and active in the management
# the affairs of the company. When hi.
connection with the concern ceased he
vent into the business of raising cattle In
Missouri.
Frank Rockefeller frequently made at.
Icks upon his brother, and on one of
.hese occasions Mrs. Harold Mccormick
laughter of John D.. undertook to defend
her father She declared that jealousy
Fas the motive of Franks antagonism to
lis brother
And now peace has been declared and
he Ratchet has been forever buried Both
men are sufficiently wealthy and advanced
N years to be glad to refrain from bust.
| less disputes.
The combination referred to was one In
which the Standard Oil was said to be the
principal figure.