Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-30
JOHN ). JR, FORTY,
 LIKES CHURCH WORK
 AND MONEY MAKING
Young" Mir. Rockefeller Spends His Birthday With His Five Children in New York Home

. birthday anniversary today, having
 been born January 29, 1874. There
 was no ostentatious celebration of the anniversary at the Rockefeller home ? Surrounded by the members of his
 family, Mir. Rockefeller passed the day
 with little variance from his custom. ary routine. Presents and messages Of good wishes were received from
 relatives and intimate friends While
 some called in person to offer their congratulations.
 1T he lives. and he Is in the best of health now, young Mir. Rockefeller
 will some day undoubtedly be one of
 the richest men in the world As the only son and principal heir of John |. D. Rockefeller he will inherit the bulk
 of the colossal fortune which the lat ter has accumulated fin the oil busi- ness, in coal. iron and copper mines
 in railroad and steamship lines and in almost countless other industries. The extent of the fortune can only be roughly estimated The owner him self is reported to have said that he could not estimate his wealth within ten or fifteen million dollars.
 And yet, the heir to this vast wealth is scarcely known to the general pub lie From time to time. mainly be- cause of his activities in connection with the Bible class of the Fifth Ave nue Baptist church, his name has ap- peared in public prints. but he has attracted far less attention than most men of his prominence.
 The Standard On magnate had al. ready laid the foundation of his wealth when his only son was born. Of the boys early days little Is known. ex. cept to members of his immediate family. He was educated by private tutors and then was sent to Brown University. This university was chosen. it Is said. to keep him from the temptations of larger colleges. At Brown the young man was known as a hard student, but not as recluse. He was fond of swimming and skating and was manager of the football team. He was not over robust at that time and this fact probably kept him from active participation in the more stren. uous sports.
 Soon after leaving college he entered the offices of the Standard Oil Com pany in this city. and for years there after he worked as hard as any of the clerks. Here he gained practical experience in many phases of business and finance and soon became sharer of his fathers business burdens. He astonished Wall Street in 1900 by en- gineering a deal in United States Leather, whereby he is credited with making Sl,OOO.0O0 Following this he directed a copper and transportation deal which largely advanced freight rates and gave the Rockefellers control of the shipping of the Great Lakes. He became a director in many of the great corporations in which his father was arrested.
 The private life of John D. Rocke- feller, Jr, is as correct as his father S has been. He has never smoked or drank. or indulged in any weakening dissipation. He has the same implicit faith. in the Christian religion, as taught and practiced in the Baptist church, that has distinguished his father. He cares little for society, outside of the church. although he does not ignore it altogether. He IS fond of music and loves to fiddle. He plavs the violin very well and it is one of his chief solaces. He Is de voted to his family, but his great pas sions are his church work and the making of money.
 Although keelnly interested in the great educational and philanthropic proiects fostered and financed by his father, young MT. Rockefeller has been very little identified with public affairs. In 1901 he was one of the committee of thirty-siX to arbitrate la bor disputes appointed by the Ma tonal Civic Federation. In 1908 ne was foreman of grand jury. and again. a year or so later, he was made foreman of the grand jury appointed to inquire into the white slave traffic. In this capacity he did work which brought forth many eommenda' tions from fellow jurors and from or ncials with whom he came in con tact.
 Mir. Rockefeller was married III 1901 to Abby Greene Aldrich, daugh' ter of Senator Aldrich of Rhode ls' land. They have had five children the eldest being daughter who was named for her motner porn Nov 9' 1903. The next child Is son. born March 22, 1906. and named for ms father and grandfather, John D. kock' efeller III. The third child is another son, named for his maternal grand father, Nelson Rockefeller. "A thTu son was born to Mir. and Mrs, Rocke teller in 1910 and fourth in 1912. ! liThe imarriage of MT, Roekefellef and Miss Aldrich in Providence was one of the great events of the sea son. One thousand people were pres ent and the gifts were valued at s7oo,' ooO In defprence to Mir Rockefeller