Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-03

farm hand. rose in the world to be- come posSeSSor or a. fortune estimated ssst $2eas,e8e;0 ;0eo, died less taan four months after the IAssing of the Laird of Skibo." IL is probable that a large part of the fortune he aInaased by building up the greatest coke busi- ness in the world and becoming one' of the steel kings" will be left to the public
 Following announcement tonight by Elbert H. Gary, directing head of the United States Steel corporation, that MT. Tricks costly are collections, with his home in this city, would be left to the public. other friends de- clared he had frequently told them his children would never be tho rich est in tue world. He had intimateG that although he would make ample provision for them in his will, ne would not leave them his entire wealth. His friends today expressed belief that it will be found many mil Hans have been left to technical cd ucational institutions.
 Funeral arrangements, so far as they had been made tonight, pro vide for private service at the Prick home Thursday morning, at which Rev. Dr. Leighton Parks of St. Bar tholomews church, will officiate. The body then will placed on a special railroad car and taken to Pittsburgh for burial Friday,
 The pallbearers announced tonight are Ebert H. Gary, J. Horace Hard | ing, Henry De Forrest Weeks, Charles S. Carstairs, Dr. John Grier Hibben, Bryce Allan, Gerard Bement, H. C. Leedes J. P. Greer, Alvin w. .Krech, Charles B. Macdonald, W. H. Moore, l ~ IN .lrnv T- tr1I D Lewis Cass Ledyard and George liar vey.
 The career of MT. Prick, one of the most fascinating chapters in the his | tory. of industrial America ended
 without warning at five o'clock this morning, when only Oscar Rodgers 1 the financier's butler was at his bed lside. Awaking, MT. Prick asked for a drink of water and having sWal-
 lowed it, lay back on his pillow.
 T think I will go to sleep" he murmured.
 These were his last words. Failing to arouse his master, the butler sum moned members of the family, whe terination to MT. Prick s illness. Those
 who gathered around the death bed besides Mrs. Prick, were the iron masters daughter, Miss Helen Prick
 and his son and daughter in Jaw, Mir
 and Mrs. Childs Prick.
 Announcement of MT. Tricks deatf several. hours later brought message: of condolence from all parts of United
 States. A host of friends, bearing
 flowers, hastened to call upon the be
 reaved family, but only the most in !, innate were admitted.
 Tonight tribute was paid by the mer I Y, ,1d 1e sr whom I1
 waged financial war. Only, from , Alexander Berknan. the anarchist l. who in the days of the great Home . stead strike, had attempted to assas
 sinate the financier, came a taunt. Tt is too bad he cannot take tn millions he amassed by exploiting la
 bor with him." Berkman said in Chi
 cago.
 l Although dethroned by MT. Prick a. president of the United States Stee : Corporation, Charles NJ. Schwab, pres iident of the Bethlehem Steel Company .. lin a statement tonight had only tn , kindest tribute to pay his one tim , associate.
 "As a result of many years of in innate business association with MT
 Prick, I desire to say that he had tn soundest judgment and one of tn 2 keenest minds that ever knew,
 said MT, Schwab. Being eminenti, fair always and of the highest typ
 of integrity and honesty, hcswon an CT , Iyiable position in the business work , which he deserved. A ; Tribute to MT. Tricks memory als' was paid tonight by Ebert H. Gary idirecting head of the United State | Steel Corpora tion4 and James A. Far irell president.
 In the financial and ildlsstria