Arizona republican., 1912-12-16
ONE WEAKNESS
 OF O|L KING
As a Republican Attache Recalls it John D. Rocke- feller Always Grew Peev- ish in the Presence of a Camera

They soaked Jack Johnson fifty plunks for smashin' a photographer" remarked The Republicans telegraph operator the other night, as he was gathering the news from the wires
 That's just twice as much as they soaked John D. Rockefeller for smashin' my camera" replied Simp- son the telegraph editor, who being questioned further regarding the cal amitous attack by the oil king said: Several years ago l was doing the AdirOndacks for the New York American. It was in the winter time and Mir. Rockefeller came up to Sar- anac Lake to spend a part of the Christmas holidays There were coasting parties. The cOasting place, or the best one, was down a long gentle declivity to the lake which was then frozen over The coasters had a long sled on which they rode tandem, each holding his arms about the merrymaker in front. The mo- mentum the sled gained in coming down that hill carried it about two miles over the ice.
 There was a pretty widow, stop
 
 thought then that she was the hand somest woman I had ever seen. She was small and dependent looking, a woman who looked as if she ought always to have a strong arm about her and there were many strong arms at Saranac that winter
 One afternoon, armed with my camera I was standing at the edge of the lake as cOasting party was coming down. The widow shOne in the midst of it like a diamond. The long arms of MT. Rockefeller were about her and she was leaning back upon his breast. There was nothing wrong about that; that was the way all coasters rode.
 q never saw MT. Rockefeller look ing happier than at that moment The scene was a pretty one and l snapped it. l think it was the best picture of Mr Rockefeller that was ever taken but he was hard to please and I have reason to believe that he was dissatisfied with it when he saw it in the American.
 When a copy of the paper came to the Lake. Arthur Rudd a nephew T. expostulated He was a very pleasant and gentlemanly fellow. His manner was not angry. He merely said that Mr Rockefeller was averse to having himself photographed when he was not looking. He had a weakness for always wanting to know what people were trying to do to him. MT. Rudd hoped that I would not point the camera MT. Rockefeller's way again.
 My opinion of MT Rudd was such that I made up my mind at the time that l would not repeat the of fense. but some six months later l yielded to temptation. l was at Sar- anac again; this time for the World. MT. Rockefeller came up for few days and one day was out on the Algonquin golf links when the oil magnate was playing. l had no in tention of snapping him then, but once when he assumed the pose of a practised golfer I couldn't resist the temptation and I caught him. I think he heard the click of the ma ch?ne. Anyway he turned quickly and saw me. He advanced upon me, saying, You will, will you?" with hls golf stick raised. l don't know whether it was a cleik, a brassy nj biirk or what but from the effect urcn the camera n instant later. rather believe it was a mashie.
 q left the grounds and hurried to photographer who explored me wreck and we found that the plate was almost intact. Only little cor her of it had been knocked off. w. g,t fine picture which l sent 50 .he World
 "The next day MT. Rudd called again He said he was sorry about the incident of the day before and wanted to know what the camera was worth. I had paid $13 for it but time had proved it's greater worth to me. I added SIP in my mind for eX- emplary damages and told Rudd it was worth $25. He paid me, hoping that I would be careful in the future of cameras when MT. Rockefeller was around.