Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-07
BERL|NER LEAVES
TRUST FUND FOR
AID OF CHILDREN
Will Provides Columbia Road
Property and 100000 Be
Left in Trust for Work.
TWO SONS EXCLUDED
BY PREVIOUS REQUESTS
Remainder of Estate Goes to Fam
ily-Widow Named One
of Executors.
Emile Berliner,s desire to lend a help

Emile Berliner's desire to lend help
ing hand to children struggling toward
health and happiness is to be fulfilled,
although death has deprived the world
Of the creative genius of the man.
In his will. filed for probate today.
the world-fan1ouS inventor makes gen.
erous provision for carrying on the child
welfare work of the Bureau of Health
Education.
his home in the Wardman Park Hotel,
had made outstanding contributions to
the development of the radio and pho
nograph, in addition to devoting much
of his energy to child welfare work
The will was drawn up July Is, little
more than two weeks before his death.
Leaves Fund For Bureau.
1t provides that the property at 1864
Columbia road and lump sum of
100000 shall be left in trust, to be
administered for the benefit of the
Bureau of Health Education. The
trustees are instructed to rent the
house to the bureau for $40 year and
10 invest the trust fund. paying the net
income to the bureaus treasurer at
stated intervals.
Excluding two sons. Edgar M. and
Herbert S. Berliner, described as
advances out of the estate" the rest
of the will is taken up with the pro-
visions made for other members of the
family. The full text is as follows:
Il, Emile Berliner, of the city of
Washington. District of Columbia, do
make, publish and declare this my last
will and testament. hereby revoking and
annulling any wills. testaments and
codicils by me at any time heretofore
made.
ITO my niece. Elsie Sanders. and to
our cousins, Amy Adler, Marjorie Ad-
Ter. Lucille Middleman Adler, Leona
Wolfe and Marion Hollander, give and
bequeath each the sum Of five thousand
dollars $4,000.
Son Excluded From Will.
Having given to my son. Herbert S.
Rerliner. special advantages during my
lifetime by means of which he was able.
and will be further enabled. to accumu-
late most ample fortune. now ex-
clude him from any participation in
my estate.
MY son, Edgar M Berliner. having
voluntarily accepted large lump sum
in advance out of my estate. in order
to invest it in Canadian Talking Ma
chine enterprises. I now exclude him
from participation in my estate. have
given to the National Savings 81 Trust
Co., one of my executors. letter dated
May %. 1928. containing certain direc-
tions. under which said company may
determine that said Edgar is entitled to
additional sums.
Should said National Savings &,
Trust Co.. in the exercise of the abso-
lutte discretion reposed in it by the terms
of said letter. which discretion so given
hereby affirm. eventually decide that
my son Edgar should in equity and good
conscience under the conditions of said
letter, be entitled to a portion of my
residuary estate, then in such case, but
not otherwise, I do hereby give and
bequeath unto said son Edgar, such por-
ton of my residuary estate as said Ma
tional Savings &, Trust Co. may, in its
discretion, allot to him in accordance
with said letter.
Leaves Property in Trust.
"My property, known as 1864 Column
bia road northwest, washington, d. C.,
and the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars (Sl00.000) leave to my daugh-
ter, Louise B. Frank, and to my son.
Henry A. Berliner, in trust, to admin
lister as follows:
"They shall rent the house to the
Bureau of Health Education, which now
occupies it, for the sum of ten dollars
(SlO) a year, and they shall invest the
said trust fund and turn over the net
income to the treasurer of said bureau
from time to time to be used in pursuit
of the purposes for which said bureau
was organized.
them should the other be unable to
act, may take such action at any time
as may be advisable to better safe
guard the said house and the said
trust fund for the purposes Of child
welfare work, for which the Bureau
of Health Education was established
by me.
Education cease to exist, then the said
trustees, in conjunction with my daugh-
ter, Hannah B. Sanders, as associate,
shall decide by majority vote what to
do with the said house and the said
trust fund in the interest Of child well
fare.
Remainder to Family.
"All of the rest and residue of my
property of whatsoever kind and char
acter and whereSoever situated, of which
I shall die seized or possessed. or to
which I shall be justly entitled at the
time of my death. l give, devise and be-
queath, in fee simple and in absolute
estate, unto my wife and my children
with the exception of my said sons,
Herbert S. Berliner and Edgar M. Ber-
liner to be distributed among them
In such shares and in such manner as
may be provided in the intestate laws
of the District of Columbia in force at
the time of my death, to the same ef-
feet as though I had died intestace,
with the exception, as aforesaid. tat
my said sons, Herbert S. Berliner and
Edgar M. Berliner, shall be excluded
from all participation therein.
II hereby appoint my said wife, Cora
Berliner, and the National Savings and
Trust Co.. corporation In the District
of Columbia, executors Of this my last
will and testament, and direct that
my said wife shall not be required to
furnish bond conditioned On the faith
full performance of her duties as enc of
my executors.
In testimony whereof, I have .iere-
unto set my hand this fifteenth day of
July, A. D., 1929, to this my last will
and testament, typewriter upon three
pages: For the purpose of identification,
have signed the margin of the two
preceding pages hereof.
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