New-York tribune., 1918-07-04
BENEFITS Will
Home to
Journ alists s
Residue Of Great Estate to
Aid New York News
paper Workers

The long-awaited and ch-discussed
Will OF James Gordon Bennett, proprie-
tor of the "New York Herald" the
paris Herald" and the "New York
Evening Telegram" was filed for pro-
bate yesterday in the Surrogate's Court
of Manhattan.
Backed by the earnings of the Ben
nett newspaper properties, which are
to be operated under a trustecship. the
bulk of the publishers fortune is left
for the establishment and maintenance
of home in which superannuated or
lncapacitated New York newspaper men
are to be free to live out their days.
This institution, his sons memorial
to the Bennett who founded the "Her-
aid" is to be known as The James Cor
don Bennett Memorial Home for New
York Journalists. AS soon as they have
decided on successor to the post OF
trust for which the late James Stillman
was named, and have carried out the
provisions of the will in regard to
other bequests, the surviving executors,
Rodman Wanamaker and Eugene Hir-
gins, are instructed to form the James
Gordon Bennett Memorial Home for
New York Journalists Corporation. In
to the treasury Of the corporation the
residuary estate is then to be paid.
May Run to S25,OOO,OOO
The extent of the estate is a matter
of doubt, but certainly vast income
will remain after the s163,0OO of an
nuities provided by Mr.. Bennett shall
have been paid. An accepted figure for
the aggregate value of the various Ben
nett holdings has been $25,ooO,oo0
OF the annuities the greatest one
goes to the widow. Mrs. Maud Potter
Bennett, who was the Baroness de
Reuter-. The widow will enjoy an in
come of $4,000 year from the estate
Ronald de Reuter-, the only one of her
two sons who has attained his ma
jority. is to have $4,000 year. The
younger stepson IS not mentioned in
the will.
When he founded the home and gave
over to the corporation controlling it
the outright ownership OF the two
"Heralds" and the Evening Telegram -
Mr.. Bennett was almost content to call
quits. Among his numerous individual
bequests but one name is to be found
which belongs to an enlploye Of his
newspapers. This exception is Percy
Mitchell, long on the editorial staff of
the Paris Herald" Mr.. Mitchell re-
ceives an annuity OF $4,000 year.
Officers and sailors Of the Lysis-
trata, the yacht aboard which the
Commodore practically made his
home for years, are remembered in the
will, but Of the others who spent many
years in the Bennett service there is
no mention.
To his nephew, Isaac Bell, Mr.. Ben
nett leaves an annuity Of $4,000, and
;.nnuities of $4,000 each 80 to his
neces, Norah Ricardo, whose husband
was q major in the British army, and
the Countess d'Aramon.
Old Romance Recalled
Further down the line, among a
group Of "pin money" annuities, creeps
the ghost OF romance long dead. One
of those named to receive $4,000 Il
year is Mrs. Carrie Wright--who
many years ago, was Carrie May.
Carrie May was a Maryland girl, a
celebrated beauty, when James Gordon
Bennett was one OF the great bachelor
Catches" Of the country. The engage
ment of the two was the big society
news of the day. How it happened d
that the engagement was broken is