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Show V1D0WBEGINST0 CONTESTRYAN WILL Seeks to PreTent Estate Going Go-ing to Actress NEW YORK, Feb. 12. First steps to contest the will of Joseph J. Ryan, son of Thomas Fortune Ryan, were taken by his widow yesterday, when her attorneys filed a petition in the I surrogate court to have herself and Richard H. Clarke appointed administrators admin-istrators of the estate. The petition 'slates that they were trustees under a separate agreement drawn up be-( be-( twwn Ryan and herself. I The will bequeathed $100 to Mrs. Ryan and tOOO each to the two chil-; chil-; dren, while the bulk of the $90,000 Restate went to Miss Lucille "White-j "White-j f nrcl, an actreft. Mrs. Ryan's address was Riven as Washington, but she I and her children are now in Rome. I Ryan's will explained that in be-Iquethinff be-Iquethinff but 9100 to his wife, he hud I made ample provision for her during Ihia life. j Joseph J. Ryan, a brother of Allan 1 J. Ryan, died In New York Novem-' Novem-' ber 23, lttst. He never fully recovered from illness contracted in France dur j ing the war. |