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Show WILL HEAD THE WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY NO heir apparent to man millions has shown himself him-self less to the general public than William G. Rockefeller, eldest son of William Rockefeller and In lino of succession as head of the oungcr RockefcllfT family William G. Rockefeller Is now :;J, and among nJl the sons of very wealthy men he hap the distinction if having confided directly to his friends his personal ambition. It Is to be worth n billion dollars before he lies to b" "richer than Uncle John is now" and his friends bellev that he will make good William G. Rorke'eller lives In Greenwich. Conn., where his father first settled after moir.g to Xew York from Cleveland to take rharK of what was then the Standard Oil's Kastern branch. He I? different from his better known cousin, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as Ms father William Is from his brother. ilu great Baptist. William ones described himself aa the "bad Rockefeller.'' rn 1 1 1 i 1 1 Hint In- not ,-it; 1 nth us las t ic snpporier of the ohurchi and possibly referring also to the fact that he did not Incline to spectacular gifts of money to missionary 1 in i s or the foundation of universities. William G. Rockefeller doesn't ie.-d a Sunday-school, ho doesn't worry about the personal molars of the Standard Oil's clerical force, and he doesn't push himself to the front In any way whatever. Rut he Is a better citizen in some ways than most rich men for he Is al-n al-n .ui t.irtc d u iiis journey toward the billionaire mark or poor ones, cither. For, when summoned to serve on the New York grand jury a few years ago. he not only complied with cheerfulness, cheer-fulness, bi;t filtered upon his duties with real enthusiasm. enthu-siasm. Most men do everything possible to get out f? jury duty, even being willing to pay a line if they efoj afford It, rather than serve. William G. jt fellow grand jurors made him foreman, as a sort of tribute to his wealth, possibly, at all events, they were really surprised sur-prised -ii the efficient end businesslike way h went about his task. As a foreman, it wis his place to examine ex-amine the witnesses, which h did with such thoroughness, thorough-ness, directness tnd Ingenuity as miiriit be expected only Of a skilled and seasoned trial lawyer He did something else that few grand Jury forerri n eer tried to do, let alone accomplish He finished up the day's cases before adjournment In every Instance, examining exam-ining .ill the witnesses furnished by the District Attorn dally, even If it was necessary to hold sessions till plater hour th.m reaulred by law. in one thine he is like all the Rockefellers, lie pays no attention whatever to smart society and probably doesn't know or car.- whether he could or could not enter the "1 harmed circle" if he strove to do so. Nor does he ride to hounds, or dri.- on the box .sent of a public coach He appears to have plenty of sporting blood, for he shoots, fishes, drives and pia golf, but he dors these things as he Is already piling up his millions, so quietly thai nbbodj ever hears an thing about it. Ho married Kisio, the daughter of James Stlllman, famous fa-mous as "Rockcfe. r's banker," In lV?i. and they hae .1 little son upon whom great hopes are built by them and all their friends be tuse of the child's remarkable leaning toward mechanics JVll children nk- to "see the wheels go round," but tins mite .,1 a third cent ration Ro. k' f I l-r he Is only 4 or 5 Shows no little insight Into the reasons for their turning. Me Is especially Interested In steam locomoth es, and delights to Bpend hours watching th ponderou machines that haul the through trains in and out of the Grand Central Cen-tral passenger station His desire to do this amounts almost al-most to a manln, and a trusted servant Is occasionally detailed 10 take the child there ,-incl remain with him till bis curiosity about locomotives 1 satisfied for the time being On such occasions his Questions about tho ' arloilS parts of the locomotive are said to be such as few save a practical locomotive builder or engineer could an-iWor an-iWor They drive the servant nearly wild " "' 'his is ma,n, lt 8 marriage was greater ?au ihf 3 K'" !u f, ller wed line Mh;'n G Percy s courtship ,,' i the ihws so often follri(rfaid "1 IS was an lllne9S, during ,b53 ! 1 ' slsl r oft bIS ' gun the young ponlr rc cti3 th. engagement 8 was aW1 a man s health was It may be added thot o. special social link betwl W derbtlts. sln, a,s,,srn'n'RS brldeRmalds at the mt, ,ll,man. fred Gwynne And "bin Vr0'! Wjmam RockcfellcraSd ,vJjJ |