Evening star., 1922-06-24
VIM. ROCKEFELLER DIES;
ILL ONLY SINCE SUNDAY
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that he had between 800. 10000 and
$3.50. 100000. concentrated in various
Standard Oil companies. Anaconda
Copper, Consolidated Gas. brooklyn
Union Gas. st. Paul and National
City Bank.
A friend recently stated that Mr.
i:ockefeller's death. when 1t came
should have no appreciable effect on
he stock market. as none of his
market
announcement of his death was re-
ceived in Wall street nearly an hour
oefore the market opened
Mr.. Rockefeller returned to his
home last Thursday after a visit with
they were born, at Richford, in Tioga
county.
Drenched In Showers.
Friday Mr.. Rockefeller complained
of not feeling well. but the follow
ing day he insisted on going out. and
was drenched In a heavy shower
sunday his cold gave his family con-
Germ. and pneumonia quickly set in.
During the week relatives were
summoned.
William Rockefeller had been in
III health for many years. The state
OF his health, in fact, and his where
aoouts, became a matter of intense
public curiosity in 1928. when the
congressional committee Investigate
ing the money trust" desired him
as a witness. He could not be found
For months the sergeant-at-arms of
the House of Representatives led a
search, which was fruitless.
when attorneys representing him
finally capitulated by accepting the
subpoena for him, it disclosed that
he was at Nassau. Bahama Islands
but his physician emphatically MAIN
tained that to ask Mr.. Rockefeller
10 answer questions on a witness
stand was to invite his death. He
was subject to such spasms of cough
ing. that speech above a whisper was
likely to strangle him.
The Puto committee, still determin-
ed to get his testimony concerning
an alleged manipulation of the cop
per market with H. H. Rogers sew
aa,. erai ;. years previously. arranged a
tage at Jekyl Island. but had pro.
ceeded with less than a dozen ques-
tions when the witness was seized
with laryngeal spasms and palsy
The committee was unable to con-
tinue without fear of causing his
death.
Suffered From Cancer.
1t was then that his physicians ad.
mitted he was suffering from a can
Ger of the throat
They were both born at Richford
Tioga county, N. Y, on their
fathers farm-william on May 81
1s41. two years after the birth OF
John. In Cleveland, Ohio. to which
the family removed while the broth.
ers were boys, William began hi.
mercantile career in the produce
commission business, as did hit
brother, and Joined the latter soor
after he became interested in oil
about 1862. The establishment, soor
afterward, of a branch office In New
York led to the removal of William
Rockefeller to that city to take
charge of 1t. From that time until
his retirement in 1911 he was the
active head of the New York com.
pany.
In almost every respect, except his
| success as an oil magnate, William
Rockefeller differed from his broth.
er. He was club man, his brother
belonged to none. He was interested
but slightly in philanthropic work
of any kind or religious activity
Alongside the blocks of millions his
brother gave away. William Recke.
feller's largest known gift was $780,.
900 to Wellesley College. He was
an enthusiastic motorist and saw
nothing in golf, of which his brother
was such a devotee. He did not en-.
Joy the latter's rugged health. AL.
though there was no known estrange.
ment and they both had summer
! residences at Tarrytown, N. T., the
I brothers were seldom seen together.
On May Is. 1864, he was married
to Almira Geraldine Goodsell OF
Fairfield, Conn. He had two son:
and two daughters. William c., Perc.
A.. Ethel G., wife of Marcellus H
Dodge, and Emma, wife OF DR.. DaviG
H. NcAlpin, jr.