Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-23

| PARIS, July 22.-William K. Van
derbilt. the American financier. died
here at o'clock this evening At the
bedside were his wife. his daughter,
the Duchess of Marlborough; his two
| sons, William K. jr., and Harold, and
| DR.. Edmund Gros, the family physi-
| clan in Paris.
The funeral will be held on Mon
day next at the American Church
Avenue in the d'Alma. The body later
| will be taken to the United States,
where it will be buried in the family
plot on Staten Island.
Donor Of Vanderbilt Cup"
William Nissan Vanderbilt. son of
William H. and grandson of Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, one of the most
prominent railroad executives, f1nan-
ciers and sportsmen in the United
States, passed much of his time in re-
cent years abroad. The Duke of
Marlborough married his only daugh-
ter, Consuelo, in 1895.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was long a patron
of the French turf, of yachting and
of automobile racing in the United
States. He was the donor of the Van
kings contested a decade or more ago
on Long Island. He owned a racing
stable at Poissy, France. which he
augmented greatly in 1912 by pur-
chasing a number of horses from
James r. Keene. Notable among his
ners were Maintenon. His Prestige,
Northeast, Negofol and Gibelin.
Besides having built the Alva. which
was sunk, and the Valiant, steam
yachts, he was member of several
syndicates organized to build defend
ers of the Americas cup.
Helped Lafayette Flyers.
active in hospital work and relief
abroad and in promoting the work of
the Lafayette Escadrille. On one oc-
casion he contributed $4,000 to the
Neuilly hospital fund and at another
time gave 100000 lire toward war
relief in Italy. Because of his work
for the American aviators in France
he was made honorary president of
the Lafayette Escadrille and present.
ed with the rosette of the Legion of
Honor. During the summer of 1919
Mr.. Vanderbilt was reported to have
of Marlborough, gift of $4,000, 900.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was born on Staten
Island, N. Y, December IL, 1S49. After
receiving an academical education in
America he studied for several years
in Geneva, Switzerland. He married
Miss Alva Smith of Mobile, Ala (now
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont), in 1874. and
to them were born. beside Consuelo.
two other children, William K, jr..
and Harold Vanderbilt. On April %,
1903, Mr.. Vanderbilt married Mrs. A.
H. Rutherford, in London, England
Remarkable Railroad Man.
Upon completing his studies in
Switzerland he entered the Office of
c. c. Clarke, treasurer of the Hudson
River railroad, first as bookkeeper,
and was gradually placed in positions
of trust and responsibility in connec-
ton with the great Vanderbilt rail-
road system. From 1877 to 1883 he
was second vice president of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail-
road.
He was also chairman Of the board
OF directors Of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railway for many
years. as well as a director of the
New York Central, Michigan Central,
Lake Erie and Western, Chicago and
Northwestern, Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul; Chicago, Cleveland,
Cincinnati and st. Louis: New York
and Harlem, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
and West Shore railroads
He was a director of the Metro
politan Opera Company and- united
with his brothers, Cornelius, George
and Frederick, in establishing the
Vanderbilt Clinic in New York at a
cost of more than $500.es0.
His sons, William K, jr, and
Harold Vanderbilt, are directors in
more than $50 railroad and other cor
porations.