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Show pfilEBr I W ASTI FORM a 0f the f.ate Colonel Gets Bulk of Estate Under I Grandfather's W ill. MATE OF AMOUNT ghter Muriel Will Have to Hpide With Child of the m Second Mrs. As tor. KW VOIiK. A ;t' ! With tiie poKne .lohu Jacob Antor hi A D llulir.ii t.rin..nrfv , with Mr-. "BVniinu' 1f'r liui-nnii: :i.to tIm Kwf;r to Mi if -it. itn.-l will) Mr.-. E Jnrob AstnrV aprr"' ",r1 h Ed in the Astor home in Fift h ave fyprjlaLiJO comverninL' the leima M, tor will bn hrrnme intenHC of th crreat dramas t" present Jgoeial hfe ''M ,ir;iW,r'i-' ,n 11 ''''' jHBtiiAt austere ft.li .)'. enuo matr "Kind its various f r-oitn.p.v. aro C&ic? them-eko- lur :i dual slrugirln T;,It--c ttuiiiv million:, fll thfl Hjof tiJl. ih:u about 1-hem, apparent h rcalu'-.s that the 3e-Bpsnt 3e-Bpsnt in -MmA in pito nf inanv rumors, Iro jKsr learned from a reliable .rEo, Colonel Aator made no will in known of n this rouutry aince jteond OKiriaije; econd. whatever bBwss nuuli:. an the terms aro 'Bb to onlv one I '-r-oji, Lewis Cass Ssrd, will not make am apprecia-KMiffercriO) apprecia-KMiffercriO) in the financial landing .-'.BkT of the person-" t-oucerned. Lent Chief Heir. BoDtatandin fart in the question . 'She Astor inheritance is this: 'Utv per cent of the Astor estate ttt as it was lei't to John Jacob As-his As-his f.-iMier, V. liliarn Aster, ami i to Vincent Astor. BM roroainiiip. 0 per eent 'J."? ti) Bttfr children. At prcseni there is 'Ee eaild, Muriel. 10 years old. U there he issue from the second Sthii child will i-har the J0 per "m with M'.tm'1. 1 1 l ! i.-.-nc? is a :Bcs will have 1 i if the a bio . lurivl v.-ill i -i '.EBui bov more l the terms of this bequcatbal, aiKjacob A.-tr had nothing to do, Rirere nuide by hi- father, Wil- n K Bd hb c her : l!i. HI ti-i' sm - Bl't offiiv . r-;i rs but 'b sever bef'Ti been published. :'lk terms of Mm:; sill of William 'i,mt are uch t h ; i the only property "fJacoh. his sun, mil,! bequeath, 'tK be ui;ii as hi- '"ur'' 1 has ViEi bv pli rrha-f aini ''Id par.-ite Ktlie entailed Astor .--ti'ir which r'.fcnic dowi father to son in puc'S.ioi from I hi lirsi st"r, '-Jfca.V he -..all amoiiiit; " 'arT than anv otie siis- iflfcate of Estate. . ,Bb William Astor ihed the estate "Etd t.i a. . . 1 1 1 1 f"(,000,-VB.At f"(,000,-VB.At the iri-ent tiinu it ainrunts t more than ,m i'nO.MUU and is JMt about sTaKiii.OOi). t ujBW figures hn e 1 1 1 soein d from feaciit:il i vo l a ii I. EJ permit u- mm- .,f hi- name, E"Q is in a nositiofl t" know the EbiK --'- . - s.sii-iOii.riiiii ri f nw millions i . i, i nr. entailed RTluis iiieent Astor "s nilifri-(n)l nilifri-(n)l be ari'icMinaielv BXf tlicre mi t ' arri.-iL'e M-,,, -.,,r will rc.-ei'-c tifC pmaP-i v ' ",-i'hi enii 1 1 inn,-- i MB0m I be M-. ,lio V. ill iclfl pgd to -iia-r,. he.- a i t I, e.piall.'. the child i a girl and mi"qnalv if ThTforc tb tmborn stor riiibl i? v.urth rvducin? r.he startJing situation I,, i-old fica'P's, a; Ifni 7.-T r, But I hi fact, start lint' in Lte sug treated realitTi pttrvoeative of appre-benrion appre-benrion doubt and mjvtery, -oterin the BOpee, fears and lOOginga of ovrr-bfaoeh ovrr-bfaoeh of the familv soon! the bed aide of the aeoond narriaa . Mr- tator i- not mi renuurkable aa the ntuatioo in which Vincent Astor a placed. Fortune in Fee Simple. The voiinjr man in not ff ac. In fiv months be will be 2 1 vcar.-. of a(0. And hr js the first man m the lineal deeeeni of the InmiU who will hold his fortune in fee Binpl to do wit'n :is he pleaeea. There will bo no trueteea to erateh nu t bin, th t re to Mratefa over hia father, and if he ehooeea to moke a sill ur to make BJIJ disposition ol hia property in his own life hi will be in a position to do with it .is be pleaeee. It U believed Lh;:l. the ml imjrrt ant buaineat which induced his father to i-5" l on 'he Titanic was ti arrange paper wbiob yovns Aator ahould -ik'n .in the attainment of his inajori (Chich would maintain the e,tatn iti trim throuffh hi lifetinie and for hia heirs, a- it had lieeri held tOTOUgfa fOOV generationa oi latora. The 1 r:ii,'ie, pnforeaeaD death of the father thus thrust upon the smi a harden har-den that no Aster sinee the first has borne. i he onh persona home of hia own which Uolonel Astor wdf m a position to will is Kemeliff, t h country estate up the Hudson. Its disposition and of such floating moneys rur he might bave noss-rsed was the onlv Volitional power pow-er he had. The remainder of bis testament, testa-ment, in this regard is all that remains for tho contemplations of tbe two fam-ilie.s fam-ilie.s united to him by marriage, the ' ill i n and tho I-'otccs. Possessed No Jewels. lie possessed none of the celebrated Astor faiiiiu jewels, They were willed by Mrs. William Astor to her daughters daugh-ters and their children and in part tO her daughter in law, Mrs. Ava. Willing A si or. ft is also learned tluit at tlie tune ol her marriaco m accordance with the custom of the Astor family inaugurated inaugurat-ed b I he original .Irdm Jacob Astor, Aa Willing Astor ninee; or her dower rights in the estate for a. settlement. set-tlement. This settlement waa the Income In-come on $2,000,000 which nh was to have onlv after the death of Colonel Astor and then only for tier own lifetime. life-time. Thus during her married life with folonel Astor she received nothing noth-ing whatever except; what ho chose to gil a her. EQs allowance to her was $1500 a vcar and this was all the money she had for her own until she received a legacy through the decease of certain members Of her own familv. A i the time of her divorce Mrs. A.V8 Willing Astor relinquished her rights to the settlement and received in place of it. for life, the income on the prop ertv known as the Knickerbocker hotel. The Knickerbocker hotel is worth about $2,400,000 and her income from it 1,,-is been on the average of about $60,0o0 a year, This income she will continue to receive as lone as she lives but on her death it will revert to tho Astor estate, whicb will then be possessed pos-sessed by her son Vincent. This all she ever lias or ever will receive from the Astor estate. Muriel's Share. At the same time it must: bo remem bored that her daughter, now only 10 years old. will have from $4,000,000 to $7,000,000 Hud ber son approximately $60,000,000. Another tc murk a hie fact concerning the Astor fortune is revealed in the statement that when Miss Madeleine Force married Colonel Astor, she signed away nil claims to auv do wot rights 19 the restate for a cash settlement of $200,000. Therefore, birself or her family or her friends will have no opportunity to contest the will and she has but one chance to increase her fortune. That will be in the nresontation of a pos thnmoas heir. The arrival of this heir has been confident Iv predicted as due at anv time after the first, of June. Although tho first Mrs. Astor is hastening has-tening to America in response to cablofl from ber son, it is hardly probable she will make her domicile in ber son's house when it is occupied by the second sec-ond Mrs. Astor. This leaves the scond Mrs. Astor, still a trirl in ber teens, in possession I id" the familv mansion and in close contact with the principal Astor heir, who IB not vet of ae. For the coming Eve months he will still be under the guidance if the trustees of the estate. |
