Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05
AMOUNT OF ALlM0NY
NOT MADE PUBLIC
Decree Filed Does Not Reveal Many
Particulars Relative 20 che Case,
the Statement Only Appearing the
Marriage 10 Dissolved by Reason Of
statutory onense.
oBy Associated Press,

NEW YORK, March 4.--Beneatn
the signature which made final today
the inteIlocntory decree OF divorce
previously granted Mrs. Ava willing
Astcr. from her husband, Col. John
Jacob Astor. Justice Isaac Mills, ait
ting at White Pains, wrote this al
,ernoon: The clerk of Duchess
county Is hereby ordered not to seal
the above final Judgment"
The decree, however. as filed TO-
night at Poughkeepsie. the county
seat. makes little known that had not
been forejudged In popular estimates.
There appears the bald statement that
the marriage Is dissolved by reaEon
of the statutory offense on the de-
PENDANTS tart. but no money settle
ment Is mentioned. the name OF the
correspondents is not given and none oil
the testimony taken before the rcie-
rec is availble- nothing bat the de-
cree itself.
Disposition Of Children.
The plaintiff may remarry. hut not
the defendant. Custody Of William
Vincent Astor. the son, Is given 10
the father Wits provision that the
mother ma. see him wsen she wAsnes
and custody Of the daughter, Ava
Alice Masril. is awarded the mother,
with provision that the father may
see her ct ali reasonable times. Al
ter citing the motion of the plaiafin's
attorneys asking for the final Decree
the motion is granted by the court,
who adds:
And II Is further decreed that the
custody Of William Vincent Asior. the
son OF the parties. be awarded to the
defendant, bat the PLAINTIFF shall De
permitted TO see him at all reasonable
times and particularly In case OF MS
illness or disability, and 20 consult
As To his education and tina: he SHAH
be permitted TO visit the plaintiff 'or
nj least one month in each year; and
the custody OF the said Ava ALICE
Maur.l Astor, the daughter OF the
parties. be awarded to the plaintiu.
but the defendant shall fe permitted
10 see her at all reasonable times ana
10 consult as TO her education ana
she shall be permitted to visit the
defendant from time to time.
And II Is further decreed that the
plaintiff may marry again during the
life Ting Of the defendant. bH tee
defendant shall not marry again SatIi
the death OF the plaintiff urless tais
court shall. In This respect. modify
this Judgment
The understanding is that settle
ment OF all money matters was ar
rived at privately before the decree
was signed. and 1t Is probable that
the exact amount allowed Mrs. Asfor
will pcye- De known. II has not 6eeR
the policy Of the Aston estate 20 allow
money 10 20 out Of the family Tntre
fore. il seems likely that no lump sum
mas been settled on her. but rather
that she win enjoy stipulated m
ccme during her lifetime, OF 50 long
as she remains single.
Col. Aston Is one Of the richest h1e1
in the Unittd states and the Astor
estate Is one Of the largest holders OF
reel estate in the world. IL has been
repcrtpa on enc hand. that Mrs. Aston
will receive SIC .oeo. 900 outright. and
on the cher that she VIII get tne
coaparafively modest allowance o.
s55.sso a year.
But no one With knowledge Of the
facts Il prepared 20 speak for escf.-
ton. The unusas. interval cesseen
the granting OF the .nterlocutcry de-
cree and the dIine today Of arpiics-
ton for hasi Judgment led to the re-
port thai .here vas hazelinx over the
exact SIM 10 b. awarded and there =
zrouad for btfef that the -ss.eao -
- - han lfn 0I+0 nI0