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Show I ME ASTOR COMES I liOJSRMI H Between Sixty and Seventy Kjj Millions of Dollars His HI Share of Father's Estate. H BIRTHDAY MEANS MUCH H William "Avcrill Har.riman, H Also 21, Looks io His Bj Mother for Money. HRj By International News Service. Bffl NEW YOKK, Nov. 15 Two j'ouns Kn scions of woll-kaown American fain-Hfij fain-Hfij ilies, both, in times past considered po-ESa po-ESa tontial hcira io vast fortunns, cauia fliSu into their majoritv today. But to the B two touuc men tup date, "November RSI 36", 1012,' ' told a vastly different I story. To William Vincent Astor. slender, blue-evod, dark-haired, tho twist of tbo calendar meant that ho became tho absolute master of tho cstato of his father, John Jacob Astor, valuod at about $05,000,000. To William Avorill Harrimun, tall, broad-shouldored, son of America's great railroad wizard, E. IT. Ilarrinian, tho day meant uotbiup more than he had passed from tho period Of boyhood boy-hood into manhood. For by tho remarkable re-markable will of his father, containing contain-ing scarcely 100 words, the entire Ilar-Timan Ilar-Timan estate, aiuassod bv tho Renins of the little Riant, was left to "my wife, "Mary W. llarriman, to bo hers absolutely and forevor.J Both Celebrated the Day. Although they did not exchange felicitations, fe-licitations, both young men ended the day in much tho same manner with a private celebration in the bosom of their respective families. At about iha time that younjr Aslor was enjoy-ine enjoy-ine a birthday feast with his mother and sister. Muriel, at his couutry place, Ithinqback. young ITarriman was dining din-ing with his mother and a few relatives rela-tives and friends at the llarriman Jiome, No. 1 East Sixty-ninth street, irarriman came down from Yale to be with his family on his natal day. Tho young man is an upper classman at Yale, a mcmbor of Psi Upsilon and hns rowod on both freshman and university squads. As though fo cmphasir.o the feeling, of responsibility that his inhcrilanco has brought with it, Viuceut Astor spent five hours of the day which transformed him into the world's richest rich-est youth at his desk in tho Astor estate es-tate office in West Twenty-sixth street. Stepmother's Gift. Among the birthday gifts he received was a box containing twouty-onc Ted roses, a gift from his step-mother. Mrs-I-.radcli.nc Force Astor, find another bnuoh of tho samo number sent iu the name of his baby hali'-brothor, John .Jacob Astor, whose coming into the world was such a vivid memento of the Titanic disaster. "There is uothing for me to sa'y., replied Vinccut Astor, when efforts were made to obtaiu an interview. "T intcud to carr3' out the plans so well mapped out by my father." It is said that young Astor 's recent gifts to charity mouut into the hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of dollars. |