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Show I NEW SPLIT IN HILL FAMILY fWalter, Youngest Son, Said I to Have Joined Forces With His Brother err. PATJU MMnn., Jan. 7. Reports -wura enmnt eonigrft that Walter J. Hill, youngest son of the late Mm. Jani J. Rill, has broken relations with th. heirs opposod to Louis W. Hill in the fight over the administration administra-tion of their mother's estate and Is prepared to Join forces with L- W, Hill. This Is the first hrea.k In the ranks of the allied heirs, who, tinder the leadership of James N. Hill of New York, eldest son. are .-coking to oust L W. Hill from tho management ol ho Hill properties where he VU plne- 1 by his father before tho death of the 'empire builder." The allied heirs arp in the majority without Walter, and Mrs. Man H. Hill, who originally joined with IxuiIm. The reported withdrawal of Walter Hill from the opposition Is Ntld to be occasioned by .the failure of the allied heirs to elect him a director of the Northwestern Trust company as agreed upon A settlement of tho controversy be-foro be-foro January 27, when the probate court will hear opposing petitions lor appointment of L. V.. Hill and tho trust company as administrator of the $15.-000. $15.-000. OftO estate was declared remote, tonight. |