The New York herald., 1922-06-25
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ity or education cannot be stated. 1t is
recalled that he was not celebrated for
public gifts, the only sizable gift made
In public having been 100000 contrib
uted TO the United War Drive during
tho war, when seven service organiZa-
tions united to appeal to the public
Nor is there any reliable information as
regards private charities, though 1t was
said by friends yesterday that Mr..
Rockefeller probably accepted many
calls. concerning which he preserved his
usual silence.
$25O.OOO MausoIeum Ready.
The arrangements for the funeral will
be announced to-day. Eventually Mr..
Rockefeller will be laid to rest in a
mausoleum OF marble in Sleepy. Hollow
Cemetery, mausoleum which was de-
signed and erected after plans of his
own and which is said to have cost a
quarter OF n million dollars.
That William Rockefeller was seri-
ously ill-seriously because of his four
score years and more-was understood
in Wall Street and by the public gen.
orally, but the news OF his death came
nevertheless as something of surprise
yesterday morning. possibly because a
suggestion OF enduring vitality clings
to the very name OF Rockefeller, and
probably because II was only a few
days ago that the two aged brothers
were fairly frolicklng together among
boyhood scenes in Tioga county, New
York. and in their birthplace of Rich
ford.
A week ago last Monday John ID.
and William. with almost Juvenile en-
thusiasm, began their excursion to the
old home town, and for several days
they reveled among once familiar
scenes visiting the old swimmin' hole
and gayly reminiscing over their
childhood days, with John d. giving
away bright new dimes and William,
who had not seen his boyhood home
since he was a boy. enjoying the ex-
cursion and holiday as zestfully as his
elder brother. They made the whole
trip of 700 miles in automobiles. five
being used for their party. the two
brothers being driven by John D. Rock
efeller Jr.
It was not this experience that con-
tributod to William Rockefeller's end,
for friends and business associates say
that he had not seemed livelier for
years than when he appeared on the
morning of Friday, June 16, in his
office having returned only the night
before. On Trdat d Saturday he
participated a number of board meet
ings and supervised his vast affairs as
usual, it turday after
noon, hat he con-
tracted cold lght on pneu-
monia.
For a good many years there had
been talk of William Rockefeller's deli
cate health and of his likelihood of
death at amost any time. 1t was. in
deed, topic of comment sixteen years
ago, when he retired from number
of directorates and spent year in
Europe. Again, in 1911. it was reported
that he was suffering from cancer and
that. his throat was affected. He went
to Europe that year. the year, he re-
tired from the presidency of the Stand
ard Oil Company, to consult a special
ist, and his throat actually bothered
him for a long period. part of the
time compelling him to speak In whis-
pers. In 1913 the Pujo Committee, in
vestigating Wall Street and the activi-
ties of capital. called William Rocke-
feller as a witness, and when Mr..
Rockefeller did not appear there were
threats that his arrest woud be ordered.
Nevertheless he did not appear Physi-
clans brought forward affidavits stat
ing that the state of his health was so
precarious that excitement or nervous
| strain would almost certainly Kill him.
Always Kept In Obscurity.
Possibly the most interesting fact oil
William Rockefeller's career outside OF
the celebrity he attained as one of the
worlds richest men was the obscurity
with which he veiled not only his affairs
but his personality. 1t was ever difficult
to obtain reliable information about the
more celebrated John D.. but the massed
attacks of the Age of Undertaking, in
Vulnerable magazine articles. the "Fren-
| zied Finance" of Lawson, Judge Kene-