New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
Men Prominent in Many Walks Of Life Among
the Passengers Of the Titanic Whose
Fate Cannot Yet Be De6nite ey Told
FRIENDS STILL HOPE FOR BEST
m Of Those Unaccouned Contains Such Familiar am Names
as Astor Stau Widener Milet Stead Harris Gugsenhem
RoebHng and Scores Of Others Notable Here and Abroad

The day following a disastrous hurricane
broke and for about week the islands and
surrounding seas were practically cut Of
from communication with the rest Of the
world On November Mrs. Astor received
an interlocutory decree of divorce.
When the yacht left Kingston her owner
was presumably bound for San Juan, Porto
Rico As soon as the storm cleared efforts
were made to communicate with the newly
divorced man. and at first It was thought
that his failure 10 appear at any port was
due to a desire to avoid publicity. When
week passed his relatives began 10 worry.
and for more than a week the seas were
secured by wireless telegraph and search
ing expeditions. Several times reports came
in of wrecks being sighted that were taken
for the Nourmahal. At length, after he had
been given up as lost, he was found al
anchor in san Juan where he had been
since November T. The port had been cut
off from communication with the outside
world and he was in utter ignorance OF
the furor he had caused
While none Of the evidence in the divorce
case was given out, the arrangements re-
ported TO have been agreed upon were that
Mrs Astor should have the custody Of her
daughter, Mure seven years old, while
the son, Vincent seventeen years old. was
to remain with the father.
Provisions for Mrs. Astor.
According to one rumor settlement Of
s1O.OOlOO0 was made by Colonel Astor for
the benefit Of his wife and daughter, with
the stipulation that they receive the income
| from that during the life of Mrs. Astor. the
whole amount to 60 TO the daughter on her
/ death. This settlement did rot involve any
OF the vast Astor real estate holdings. how
ever and by many OF Mr Astor's ac-
QUantances ii was not believed 10 be
nearly so large as rumor would have IT,
Mr.. Astors second marriage, OIL septsm-
Der last to Miss Madeline Force, daugh-
ter Of William H. Force. of Brooklyn. de-
spite the decree of the court forbiddlng
such remarriage. caused much comment in
social circles. There were many rumors
after the engagement was announced that
various clergymen had refused to perform
the ceremony. 1t was finally performed By
the Rev Joseph Lambert pastor Of Elm
wood Temple, a Congregational church, o;
Providence.
Besides Mrs. Astor. he leaves two sisters.
! tho widowed Mrs George Ogilvy Haig, cf
England. and Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson. Two
other sisters. Mrs James J. Van Allen and
Mrs James Roosevelt Roosevelt died some
years ago.
His club list included the Metropolitan,
, Knckerbocker. Union City, Army and
/ Navy, Automobile. Authors Church. Pen,
New York Yacht. Racquet a-d Tennis
Turf and Field, City Lunch. City Midday.
/ Transportation. Railroad. Riding, Brook,
| Tuxedo, Country. Westchester Polo Aero
and Newport Golf clubs, the Traveller
Club OF Paris and the Cocoa Tree Club OF
London. the Delta Phi fraternity, the
! Strollers the Graduates Association, the
Downtown Association. the Society of
Colonial Wars. the Military Order OF For
eicn Wars, the Chamber of Commerce. the
American Geographical Society, the New
York Geological Society, the New York
Botanical Garden, the Metropolitan Mu.
scum of Art, the American Museum OF
Natural History and the New York Ac5d-
emy Of Sciences.
Mr. Astor was an enthusiastic automo-
blist as we'll as yaChtsman. and was said
to have owned more cars than any other
private citizen in the country. He scent
much of his time at his magnificent 400
acre country estate at Rhinebeck