Show DRUM DREAM OF BLISS COMES TO END ERO II I Wife of Alfred Gwynne Van Vanderbilt VanI Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Brings Action for I Divorce Div 1 I HUSBAND OFF FOR EUROPE NOTHING MADE PUBLIC CON CONCERNING CONCERNING CONCERNING THE AFFAIR t I New York April I 1 Within an hour houi after h lie had hall sailed for Europe today Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was matt made 1 the defendant In a suit filed with the supreme court by his wife Ellen French Vanderbilt The nature of the I action was not immediately disclosed ed and counsel for the plaintiff refused tonight to say SU whether Mrs Vander Vanderbilt Vanderbilt bilt seeks a divorce or legal separation from her husband Justice OGorman nan before whom the proceedings were were in hi appointed a David McClure a aI I local attorney as referee to hear tes testimony tesI testimony and report findings and recommendations recommendations recommendations I to the court I II I Had secrecy for the time been be n wished the action a tIon of counsel could not I haVe hate been better timed time The offices es of the county clerk are closed at 4 9 clock I in the afternoon Only a few moments i before that hour the comparing clerk received the papers By the time he was through with them it was too late for the papers to to be officially recorded corded today toda They The were placed In a safe and will iii be formally J entered tomorrow morning Wife Was Ellen French I Mrs Vanderbilt was Ellen fallen French daughter of the late Francis Ormond French president of the Manhattan Trust company com pan and director of many railroads Her mother has been abroad for several years but is returning for forthe forthe forthe the wedding of oC her granddaughter Miss s Pauline Leroy French and Sam Samuel Samuel Samuel uel Wagstaff to take place at New Newport Newport Newport port on May Ma 5 Ellen or as she was more generally known Elsie was married to Alfred Vanderbilt on Jan 11 1901 A year ear later their only child I I I William Henry was born orn I 1 Mr Sir 11 Vanderbilt as the second son gf of I the late Cornelius Vanderbilt Inherit Inherited ed something like He has been regarded as the head of oC the fam fain family family ily try since the estrangement which fol followed followed lowed the marriage of Cornelius the eldest son to Miss I ss Grace Wilson Spends Much Time Abroad During the past year ar or so Mr Ir Van has spent much of his time abroad But recently he returned from London where he plans plans to drive the coach Venture as a public coach this spring London Landon and Brighton Later he is to be one of the judges at f the international horse show at Lon don where his horses won many man tro tto trophies plies last year yar Mr 11 Vanderbilt sailed at J I this afternoon on mt tho Cunard liner I t Mauritania upon which his cousin OU the Duchess of Marlborough was also a passenger The duchess has been the guest lately of her mother Mrs 1 O 0 H P Belmont Just before the left her pier Mr Vander bilt declined to discuss the report that thata a separation from his wife vas as imminent imminent 1 I nent Half an hour later Mrs Van I attorney appeared before Jus tice OGorman Much Talk but Little Known The domestic affairs of Mr Ir and Mrs Vanderbilt have engaged public atten attention tion since March 24 4 when Mrs Van accompanied by their son and maids left Oakland farm near New Newport Newport Newport port R I 1 and went to the home of her brother Amos Tuck Tucle French at Tuxedo Park this state The Tile French cottage at Tuxedo Park which is known as Tucks Tacks Eden has been put into shape it Is said for contin continued continued continued occupancy i H v while here has lias had apartments at the Plaza hotel Neith Neither er he nor his wife would discuss the reports which gained circulation after her removal from Newport At Tuxedo tonight it was said that Mrs Vanderbilt had left New York and that she might go so on to Newport It was reported that she spent some time with her attorneys here today but whether she remained in the city for the night is not known mown At the Plaza hotel it was said that sent to the Vanderbilt apart ments there remained |