Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
AMERICANS Of NOTE
LOST ON LUS|TAN|A
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Worth
S5O.OOO,OC Head of
Wealthy Family.
CHARLES KLEIN. WRITER
OF SUCCESSFUL PLAYS
Justin NJ. Forman. Author of Short
Stories and Fiction Books-El-
bert Hubbard. Puhlieist.

,,t,t,.. t,ru,uipent persons thought TO
h,v. los their lives in the sinking Of
the Lusitania are Alfred Il. Vanderbilt
OF New York. Charles Klein. play
wright: Justus Miles Forman. author;
Ebert Hubbard. author aud lecturer.
OF East Aurora. y Y,
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt
Alfred ,Iwynne Vanderbilt escaped
death on the Titanic only to be drown
ed three wears later. when the Lusi-
tauai was torpedoed by a German sub
marine. He had engaged passage on
the maiden trip of the great White
Star liner. lIich struck an iceberg IN
1912. but changed his mind a day or
So before sailing and Cancelled his
reservation.
With his death one Of the great
American fortunes. approNimatins $780,
900. 900 and dating back 10 old Commo-
dore Cornelius Vanderbilt of Staten Is
land. again passes or. Mr.. Nanderbllt
leaves three children.
The eldest. William Henry. thir-
teen-year-old boy. is the son of the
former Elsie French. his first wife
The others. Alfred Gwynne. jr.. born
September - 1871. and George. born
September IS. 1914. are the sons OF
the present Wife, who was Miss Mar
merly the wife of Dr. Smith Holllns
Mckim.
When Alfred Vanderbilt father, Cor
nelius. grandson Of Commodore oa an
to each of his children. with the
exception of his eldest son, Cornelius
Gertrude. now Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney. Alfred e.. Reginald c. and Gladys;
now Countess SZechenyi, each received
this sum. Cornelius. who had dis
pleased his father by marrying Miss
Grace Wilson without parental con-
sent. received only s1.000.000.
Alfred Vanderbilt. in addition to his
bequest of s1.00o.oo0. found himself Sc
lected as the head of the Vanderbilt
family and made heir to about $4,000
900 more. He gave mis- brother Cornelius
ga. 900. thus making all the other
inheritanceS equal.
Alfred Vanderbilt did not. however,
come into full possession of all his in
heritance at once. He was only twenty
two years old at the time of his fathers
death. When he was thirty he received
half of the residuary estate. and at
thirty-ave years. october 20. 1912. the
remainder.
His fortune has been placed at varying
figures. One of his friends said yester-
day $50, coo. 600 was a suitable estimate.
The dead man was spectacular fig
ure. famous as a lover of horses. He
won prize after prize at New York and
London horse shows. When the auto
$4,000 for racing car for the Florida
beach tracks.
His divorce and subsequent marriage
filled newspaper columns. His connec-
ton with the mysterious suicide of
Mrs. Agnes Ruiz. in London, five years
ago. brought him into an intensified
limelight-
His name came up often when the at
fairs of the beautiful and unfortunate
Florence Schenck were being aired at
his own stable. Charles H. Wilson.
whom the Schenck girl named as the
cause Of her downfall and whom she
sued for breach Of promise.
He was born in New York in 1877,
and prepared at st. Paul's and Groton
for Yale, to which he afterward made
valuable gifts. At his graduation, in
1899. he was voted the greatest social
light" In his class.
A month later he was party in
a world tour Of TWO years but reached
Japan only to be apprised of his faith
srs death. Chartering express steam
ers and limited trains. he dashed back
to New York to find himself the head
of his branch of the family.
He married Miss French January 4.
1901. In 1905 divorce proceedings were
instituted by Mrs. Vanderbilt. The pa
pers were sealed. but mention was
made during the proceedings of a Mrs.
Ruiz, who proved to be the former
wife of Antonio Ruiz, attache Of the
/
was granted. Mrs. Ruiz killed herself
IN London in 1909.
The millionaire's marriage to Mrs.
Smith Hollins McKim was in Deem
yanderbilts have crossed the ocean
two or three times a year.
Charles Klein, Playwright.
Charles Klein. the playwright. was
born in London. England. January I,
1851 He was son of Herman and
Adelaide Klein. He received his educa-
ton at the North London College. Fol-
lowing his graduation he was married
to Lillian DankHert.
For a time Mr.. Klein was a censor
the plays which he has written may
be mentioned a Mile a Minute by
Proxy" "A Paltry Million" The Dis
trict Attorney' FL CAPTAIN: Hearts
ease, The Chariatan, The Hon.
John Grissby. DR.. Belgrar." "a
Royal Rogue The Cipher Code"
The Auctioneer. Mr. Pickw.ck,"
Red Feather" and The Music Master"
He lived in New York
Justus NJ. Forman, Author.
Justus Miles Forman, author, was
born In lie Roy. Geuesee county, n. Y,
November /, 1915. He was son of J.
ID and Mary Cole Forman
Following his graduation from Yale
University in 1895. with the degree Of
bachelor OF arts. he became a student
Of painting in Atellers Julien, under
bouguereau. Baschet and others. He car
RED on his work in this direction until
1901.
He is the author of a number Of short
stories, which have appeared in popular
magazines. well as a writer of . num-
Der Of books
Ebert Hubbard. Author.
Ebert Hubbard was widely known
throughout the United States as a pub
licist through his writings In addi-
zion to many books and short stories
which he wrote he was the editor of
the Phil!stine. a publication of con-
siderable originality.
Mr.. Hubbard was born at Blooming
ton, Ill. June 10, 1856, the son Of Cyrus
and Julia Frances Read Hubbard His
father. a physician. was one of the
pioneers Of Bloomington.
Mr.. Hubbard received his early edu-
cation In the schools of his native
home. He entered Harvard but was not
graduated.
The foundation Of his journalistic
work was laid in Chicago, where he
went in 1872. In 1850 he accepted a
position with small manufacturing
company in Buffalo. n. Y, and In 1889
he moved to East Aurora N Y, where
he devoted his leisure hours to litera-
ture.
His first novel. Harvard Stories
was published in 1891. In the year fol-
lowing he went abroad. where he re-
ceived the ideas which led him to es-
tAblish the koycrofters at East Aurora