The evening world., 1912-05-01
Vincent Astor Watches Over
Fathers Body in Lonely
, All Night Vigil
so BODIES UNCLAIMED.
Many Disappointed When Re-
mains of Relatives or Friends
Are Not Brought Back.

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funeral trains that will leave this city
OK mourning In the mex few days was
M Intercoloniai Express. which starsed
fee the West at SIS o'clock this morn.
'ns. bearing many bodies Of the Titan
tos victims. Every train out Of Hall.
faE during the rest Of the day carries
~ quota Of the dead and Of thu living
mourning the dead.
The body of Col. John Jacob Aptos
~ al night in the private car Oceanic,
N which Vincent Astor. accompanied
~ Capt. Richard Roberts, who had
BEEN Co. Astor's sailing master, and
Nicholas Biddle Of Philadelphia. came
here. 1t had been impossible to attach
the car to the night express for the
West. and the son Kept vigil alone with
the body Of his father all Of the night.
The following Is the official descrip-
ton Of John Jacob Astor and his effects
a. complied BY the officers OF the
Maosay-Bennett.
Nc. 12-Male. estimated age. 20; Hight
hatr and mustache; clothing. blue serge
sudt. blue handkerchief with "A. w.
wv WIN bOlu AtblutS pio"h OOONw Will
red rubber soles. brown iannAl shirt
J. J. A. on back Of collar.
Effects. gold watch. ouf links. gold
and diamond. diamond ring with three
stones, Is pounds in sterling. English.
~ IN notes. 8 pounds sterling In gold.
: shillings In silver. 5 ten franc pieces,
rold pencil and pockerbook. First class
Name J. J. Astor."
Some time to-day Col. Astor's body.
- well as those of Isidor straus.
Frank D.. Mlllet. the famous artist. and
II. J. Allison OF Montreal will leave
Halifax on the fnal stage OF the jour
ney from nid-Atlantic to the grave. ,
HOPES OF FINDING MRS. sTRAus
ARE DESTROYED.
Maurice Rothschild Of New York and
c. ]. Riley. relatives Of Isidor Straus.
received his body from the Curling
Rink morgue last Mig hi, but they de.
aged their departure in the vain hope
hat Mrs. Strauss body would be ons
Of the four women's emains brouZh,
in on NJ Mackay-Bennett. All those
bodies. however. had been Identified.
George Widener jr. OF Philadelphia,
son Of George ID. Widener. who had
haNtened to Halifax IN the hope that
his fathers body would be among the
10 brought in By the saving ship. left
Halifax in his private car last night
when he had learned positively that
he body taken from the waves ant
.rSt believed by Capt. Larnder and
lie officers OF the Mackay-Bennett to be
.rat of the multi millionaire vas In fact
.'tat OF his valet. Edward Heating,
.isotAng's remains had been consigned
,1atn 10 the waves in one OF the sea
1ur1als on the deck of the cable ship
Major Blanton Winship, u. S. A. sait
,o-day he had seen the unidentified
aad. and had given UP all hope of find
az Major Archibald Butts body.
Many Of those who departed from
Halifax last night and on this morning
,,rsA train westward had suffered keen
1t disappointment. Fathers. wives ant
',.iends of those who had lost theil
ives in the %engulfng of the Titanic ha'
,yaited for days that the ship OF dealt
uaght bring them the bodies of thos,
,ear to them. These had passed tn
trying ordeal Of the morgue only t
md that none of the sheeted form
,hAr> was the one they sought.
One woman whose burden OF grie
was topped by final disappointment va
Mr.. II. Il. Rood Of Seattle. She ha
seen her husbands name In the list q
jde%ntifcatlons sent By wireless from IN
Atlantic graveyard and had hurried o.
TO Halifax from the Pacific Coast TO b
there when the Mackay- Bennett cam
In.