The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-11
AMBASSADOR AND PUBLISHER LEAVES ESTATE OF s2o,ooo, ,ooo
 WHOLLY TO WIFE.
WANTS SON TO SUCCEED HIM
But Leaves Disposition of New York Tribune Entirely in Hands of His Wife-Makes Many Char
 table Requests.

New York. Jan 1.-The entire es- tate of the late Whitelaw Reid, ann bassador to Great Britain is left un- conditionally to his widow, Mrs. Eli zabeth Mills Reid, with the exception of specific bequests totalling S110,- 900, under the terms of the will made public this afternoon. To Og- den Mills Reid and Jean Templeton Reid, now Mrs. John Hubert Ward, his son. and daughter, there is left outright not penny, although the late ambassador indicated unmistak- ably his wish that they should be we'll provided for by their mother
 The value of the estate has been variously estimated at from sl0,000,- 900 to $20,000.000 No hint of what the appraisal will show is given in the will, however The widow is made sole executrix; and special re- quest is made that she may serve without giving bond The will was executed Nov 3, 1894.
 Mrs Reid thus becomes the owner of almost the entire issue of the stock of the Tribune Association, publish CTS of the New York Tribune, whose affairs her son. Ogden Reid, has been directing for year. A statement is- sued by Henry w Sackett, counsel ier. the estate, asserts that Ogden Reid will continue as the head of the association.
 In Mrs. Reids hands is placed the management of the entire estate without hindrance or suggestion fur ther than the late ambassadors ex. pressed wishes that his son. Ogden. should 'lhe display capacity and apti- tude for the work should ultimate ly' succeed to the control of the Tri- bune; and that certain parcels of real estate should ultimately pass to his son and daughter
 ogden Mills Reid, whose control of t--e Tribune is thus described as be- ing dependent upon the aptitude he should show for the work and his mothers wishes, was boy in knick- erbockers when the will was written. He is now somewhat under 30
 The late ambassador employed no lawyer to draft his will but sat down in the library of his New York home and penned it himself on three sheets of paper. The document in part says:
 Tt is my desire that the homestead and my adjoining land in Ohio, shall ultimately pass to my son, ogden Mills Reid; and that my daughter, Jean Templeton Reid, shall ultimate iy have my property on the upper St. Regis lake in the Adrondacks.
 Should my son, ogden Mills Reid, display capacity and aptitude for the work it is my desire that he should ultimately succeed to my control of the Tribune but this and the disposi- tion of the property must be left to his mother. 1 desire that my execu- trix shall so arrange the division Of my estate that in the end Ogden and Jean may have shared exactly alike.
 "AIl my property of whatever sort or description l leave Subject to the payment of specific bequests) to fhy beloved wife, Elizabeth Mills Reid" Among specific bequests are $50, ,000 each to neice, Mrs. Ella Spencer Reid Harrison, now living in Ohio. and the Tribune Fresh Air Fund As sociation; 5000 to Robert Everett Smith nephew, and individual be- quests of from sl0O to s1.O00 to em- ployes.
 The will was filed today with the surrogate. at White Plaines. N. Y. MT. Reids daughter Jean Temple. ton, married the Hon. John Hubert Ward. of England, since the will was written.