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Show oo MORGAN ART TREASURES Interest Now Centers in What Disposition the Son Will Make of Vast Collection Value Val-ue of Estate Unknown New York, April 21. -Interest in the will of J P. Morgan, made pubiii terday. centered today In the question j of the value of the art estate and in ; what disposition his son would tnaki I of the vast collection of Morgan art I treasures Less than 120,000,000 as accounted for in ihe specific bequests made by Mr Morgan, the rest being the residuary portion left to the son without mention of the amount Some estimates made toilav placed the total estate as high as $125,000,-000, $125,000,-000, but according to a member of t!i" firm of .1 P Morgan - Co. noi tven the son himself can tell within man) millions the actual alue of the for tune Until appraised by the sta'e for the purpose of collecting the Inheritance Inher-itance tax, the question win remain npcii Disposition of Art Treasures J. P. Morgan, Jr., declined today to say anything In regard to the disposition dispo-sition of the art treasures, but it w.is InMmated that he migh' have B state rnetit some lime this week The treasures treas-ures were left to the son with tli-hope tli-hope that "he will be able in sin h b manner as he thinks best to make a permanent disposition or dispositions of them or quch portions of them ay will be a substantial carring out (,f the intention which I have cherished to render them permanently available for the pleasure and Instruction of th.-American th.-American people." Mr Morgans will was filed for probate pro-bate shortly before 11 o'clock this morning J P. Morgan the testators son. Herbert L Satterlee and V P Hamilton, Ham-ilton, his sons in-law. and Lewis Cassj Ledyard. the Morgan attorney, attor-ney, filed their oaths as executors today Mis Morgan, the widow, and three daughters. Mi.-s Morgan, Mrs Saterlee, and Mrs Hamilton waved citation and the will probabl) will be admitted to probate tomorrow The petition to the surrogate makes the formal declaration thai the value of the real estate and personal property proper-ty involved is "over $10,000" in each case. |