The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
VANDERBILT LOST AFTER
GIVING WOMAN LIFE BELT
Survivor, Probably Last to See New Yorker, Tells How
He Surrendered Safety Device as lus-
tana Went Down.

upon his daughter since the nrst woro
was received OF Che sinking Of the Lusl-
tania
There was much speculation yesterday
as to the disposition OF the estate ut
Mr.. Vanderbilt in the event thar Mr..
Wander bilt is dead. and II 10 the gen
orally accepted belief among his rela-
lives and friends that he has been lost.
Henry - Anderson OF the law firm
OF Anderson & Anderson. IS Broad
street. the Vanderbilt counsel, refused
at his home 375 Park avenue. to dis
cuss MIR Nanderb!lt's affairs. lie said
he had Just returned from the country
and couldn't say anything at all. In
view OF the fact that there Ia nothing
20 show that Mr.. Vanderbilt is dead.
Among the suggestions that have been
made as to provisions OF Mr.. Wander
bits will IN one TO the effect that the
bulk OF the property Will probably be
left to Alfred o. Vanderbilt. Mr.. Van
derblt's elder son. by his second wife.
who was Mrs. Smith Hollins Mckim
The boy II In his third year.
j, IL also believed that the will con
tains requests 70 Mr.. Vanderbilt.
brothers ana sisters, Cornelius Wander
bnt. Reginald g. Vanderbilt. Mrs Harry
Payne Whitney and the Countess
Szechenyi. and that provision will be
made for william II Vanderbilt, Mr..
Nanderbilts son by his first wife. for
merry Miss Ellen French
An interesting question was raised as
20 the methods that would be adopted g.
prove MIR Nande rbilts death II hi-
bodl Is not found
Method OF PROVING Death.
Max ID. steuer. counsel for the estate
OF Henry y Harris the theatrical man.
that with MIR IIarris's will were rlei
sf'idavits made by passengers who saw
MIR Harris gee into lifeboat which
was lost. lie suggested that similar
afidaviis sworn 20 by anybody who
saw Mr. Vanderbilt on the deck Of tht
Lusi,anla would DE accepted by tn.
courts IN view Of the fac. that the sink
ing OF the Lusitanis was beyond dispute
When the Vanderbilt estate was dis'r
buted In 1900 the appraisal values placed
the entire estate AZ So 800 900 in PEI
sonaliiy and s2o.0oo.ooo In realty
Alfred Gwynne NaLderbilts share wa.
estimated then a. approximately $50
600 900 The values Of the properties
nave Increased greatly since then.
I, Ia recorded that Mr. Vanderbilt
l-!d direct title 70 the Hotel Wander
Bit q twenty story structure In pari
avenue eNterding from 7'hlrty-third to
Thiry-fuur'h street the Vanderbilt
Building. Nassau and Bee<man streets
2i5 and 2I7 Front street and 1853 and
ii5 South street The Hotel Wander
bit was built about seven years ago.
Mr. Vanderbilt held big Interest
~ the New York Central Realty an,
Terminal Company, which controls tbs
blocks between Forty-second an,
FIttleth streets from Lexington TO Mall
son avenue This tract forms the sit
~ the Grand Central Terminal de
veopnen, and the property Is said q
bee worth somewher. In the neighbor
hood OF 10000 900
Properties along the Hudson Rive
and Riverside Drive from nan stree
~ Spuv'cn Duyvil and 'he ship cana
are also owned by subsidiary OF M.
; corporation. The aggregate values o
the properties held by these corpora
tons have been placed. Il - believed
, conservs;ivelv. az nearly 500. 1000 o"".