The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18

Mrs Madeleine Force Astor, widow of
Col John Jacob Astor. who lost his life
in the Titanic disaster four years ago.
vice-president of the Manufacturers
Trust Company and member OF a family
long identified with the sugar refining in
dustry. II is believed that the cere.
mony will take place in Bar Harbor. Me
Mrs. Astor Is "a years Old and Mr..
Dick is 2s. They were boy and girl
friends when the TWO families were l!v-
ing in Brooklyn years ago. They are
said to have been engaged for two
months. but so closely did they guard
their secret that even intimate friends
expressed surprise when they learned Of
the wedding plans last night
Mrs. Astor. accompa MED by her son.
John Jacob Astor. now nearly 4 years
old. left for Bar Harbor Thursday. Mr..
Dick had preceded her there. The bride,
II is understood, will be unattended at
the marriage ceremony, but her mother.
Mrs. William II. Force. and her younger
sister. Miss Katherine Force, will be
present Mr.. and Mrs. Force and Miss
Force left for Bar Harbor last night.
The ceremony will be witnessed also
by the bridegroom's parents. Mr.. and
MIS-. j. Harry Dick his sisters Mrs.
, Horace Havemeyer and Mrs. Kingsley
Macy, with their husbands Seth Barton
French. Lyman y. Hine and W. Scott
Pyle. Mr.. Dicks brother. Adolph NJ.
Dick. will be best man.
Tomorrow, II is reported. was origi-
nally set as the wedding day, but a Law
eid ted less than two years ago will
! make a postponement OF at least five
days necessary. Under this act residents
Of another State who go to Maine to be
married must wait i've days after apply
ing for "A license before receiving the
document, \ despatch from Bar Harbor
last night said that Mrs. Astor. who Is
at lslecote. her summer home. declined
to discuss her plans
The couple will 90 west on a honey
moon trip returning in month to a
cottage a, Allen Winden, the Dick coun-
try place at Isiip, l.. I. They will
open city home in Manhattan later.
Bride Makes = Sacrince.
BY her marriage Mrs Astor will re-
linQuish possession % the Astor mansion
at the northeast corner OF Fifth avenue
and Slxty-'ifth street. as well as the
income on 100000 which Col. Astor
set aside for her IN his vii. to be
held AS long as she should rema iN
single. These will revert to William
Vincent Astor. Col. Astor's son by his
first marriage, to whom the bulk OF the
100000 estate was left william
Vincent Astor is about two years younger
than his etepmother. 1t is assumed tina,
he and Mrs. As,or, who was Helen Dins-
more Huntington, will occupy the man.
sion.
Col Astor also created "A trust fund
Of S3,00o,000 for any child who nigh,
be born after his death. The present
John Jacob Astor was born four months
after his father was drowned The
mother Is to be the guardian Of the child
during his minority. but II he dies be.
fore reaching the age Of ~ this fund
also Is to 20 to William Vincent Astor
William X. Dick lives with his par,
ents at 90 Fast Fifty-third street. Hs
has a fortune of between 1000, 900 and
$4,000. 900, inherited from his grand
father. William Dick one OF the pioneer
sugar refiners Of the country. Fac,oiie.
which he built line the WILLIAMSBURG
waterfront. William Dick also organ
ICED and was president OF the Manu-
facturers Bank. now the Manufacture.
Trust Company, OF which william X
Dick IL vice-president and director.
william X. Dick Ia also vice -presiden
OF the Robert Chapman Company, tn,
Mckee Refrigerator Company and Rig
ney & Co, candy manufacturers He /.
a director Of the Broadway Trust Com
pany, the Bi-Products Reclaiming Cor
poration, the Cord Meyer Development