El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-07
lST0R WILL GIVES
$4,000 TO SCHOOL
Silver City, n. NJ, Man Is
Given $4,000 by
the Codicil.

New York. y. Y, May Counsel for
! the family made public last night the
] will of John Jacob Aston, as drawn IN
{ this city in September last only rev
days after his marriage TO Miss MADE
line Talmage Force and approximate
" seven months before he perisned on
the Titanic
Vincent Astor. a son. who viii come
TO age within the year, is made the
principal beneficiary and residuary
legatee.
Valuation Of the estate run any
where from $4,000. 600 TO $4,000, 600.
Aside from provisions for Vincent
Aston, the viii provides for uncondi-
I tiOnal requests Of only $Zto,9Ou-
Among these there is but one OF
charitable nature This Is $oO,OUO 70
St. Pauls school OF Concord, y. H
The rest Of the legacies are to rela-
tives. friends and faithful servants.
Nearly all other provisions Of the viii
deal with the trust funds Of when
there are three. 100000 for the
young widow. 100000 for the col
onels young daughter, Muriel, the child
of his former wife, Ava Willing Astor,
and S3.OGOOO0 for the expected
posthumOus child Of the present widow
This latter clause provides for each
child who shall survive the testator
other than his son William Vincent and
mis- daughter. Ava Alice MuleL'
No provision is made for the wife
who divorced him; and If the young
widow dies or marries again, the So
00C. 600 trust fund together with the
town house and other property LETT
TO her reverts to Vincent Aston she
receives. however. 100000 outright.
without further stipulation, and until
the income from she trust fund shall
become available the trustees are d.
r5cted to pay her an income Of 100000
Further Provisions.
Aside for the details OF the provisions
for the wife. son and daughter, the
other requests are as follows
al na|
who went TO Halifax with Vincent
AstOr to claim Col. Astor's body, re-
ceives a legacy OF 10000. Robert n.
NJ. Ferguson. close friend and a Eus-
tee OF his fathers estate, ana now liv-
/ ing in Silver City. y. NJ, gets $4,000;
Douglas Robinson. a DrOtherlnlaW OF
Theodore Roosevelt, is bequeathed 500
coo. and a SIMILAR sum goes 20 the tes-
tatOr's brotherinlaW, James Roosevelt
Of this city James 5. Armstrong, Of
Rhinebeck, y Y, cousin, is be-
queathed $4,000. a sum which Col. As
tors father also left him.
Other requests are $4,000 TO his
secretary, William A DObbyn. OF this
city in recognition Of faithful serv-
ices $4,000 TO his steward, Ed
ward Hade. in appreciation Of his
many years OF devoted service" and
$4,000 to Herbert A Pinlham. su
perintendent OF his country place at
Rhinebeck.
The executors are directed to pay
the New York Yacht club $500 a year
until vincent AStOr snail become OF
age, this sum to be used by the club
for the purchase of two silver cups
TO be sailed for by the yachts OF the
New York Yacht club at Newport dur
ing the annual cruise.
II is suggested further that Vincent
Aston having arrived of age, shall
continue to offer these prizes. thus per-
petuating the famous Aston cup.
Named as executors are James EoOse-
Velt, Douglas Robinson. Nicholas Bid
die and Vincent Aston upon the lat
ter attaining the age OF p. The same
are appointed trustees of the sew
eral trusts created by the will
The Will was executed in New York.
September II, 1911. in the presence OF
Lewis CaSs Ledyard, Philip c. Browne
and John F. Kane as subscribing wit
nesses- 1t viii be filed for probate in a
few days
There was no reading OF the will TO
assembled relatives As soon as Col
AstOr's death became known. they
were informed Of the provisions OF the
document.