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RICHMOND BLUES HONOR MAJ. BUTT Badge of Mourning to Be Worn by Officers as a Mark of Respect. Aj a mark of, redact for the soldier woo died an a aoldier should, who looked dealt) io the face with a smile, bhe officers of the .Richmond Light ln Caalry laluca' Battalion will bear ujjoj their sabres a bow of crepe (or iuu next tiiirty days. With Ibis In view, .Major 1C. W. i>-?t. 1,?., yesterday issued tau following general order: "la honoi ol a biuvo man and a gallant soldier, who suorUloid bis life in tbo cause of humanity, and whose deatli lias cast a shadow of sorrow over the soldiery of tbla great nation, be they regulars or volunteers, the officers of this battalion uro ordered to wear thi usual badge of mourning as a mark of respect to the memory of Major Archibald W. Butt, Called .States Army. (Signed), -E W. BOWX11S9, "Commanding." The heroic fortitude and death of Major Butt appealed more strongly to the imagination and aentlment of tho nation than almost any ether f;aturo Of :' B i--re.it disaster, and this feeling Aas been particularly marked among Bold!erS. The general staff of tbe War Department In Washington haa p I illshed some short but puagemt records of bis brief career: "A military etudent at the Unlver ? ly t.f t:-,e s . ith. .-V'.v.irn*. Tenn.; an author of novels, magazine articles and abstract nrmy plobleros; a quar tcrmaster who earned tho highest com? mendations from William If Taft, who, ?'" Governor of the Philippines, oom mended l.Im for appointment in the regular army; an exceptionally tactful md diplomatic aide-de-camp and gen erally efflcleni officer, according to the testimony Of Theodore Roosev ?lt. and line of the best quartermaster* and ilttnteer captain* ever se?n. aceoifd* Ina to Major-Qeheral McArthur." VIRGINIA REPRESENTED Delegates Mtend Sessions of National < oiuiru-rcliil ttoastress. (Special t? The Times -1 ?I spa tell. 1 Washington, I >. c. April 22.?Full of enthusiasm, delegates from almost every part uf Virginia were in their .-eats here to-day when the meeting of the National (jonirncrcial Conference began; Vl!,r:r.:i delegate* came from Alex? andria, Lyuchburg, Newport News, Richmond and Rbanoke, the following having been appointed: o Alexandria ? Chamber of Commerce, .1. V. Williams, J. Louis Loose, J. T. Preston. LyilChburg?Board of Trade, John C. Dabnoy; Chamber of Commerce, C. a. i rnridock, VS. I?. Miller, R. T, Watts; I' i: Dowe. P.<lail Met'h.in'.H' Associa? tion, Norman II. Ife. ? n. l>. B. Ryland. Viewport News- Chamber of Com ineree, W. n Llveaey, lt. I. Mason, D, I W. Williamson. W. 8. Cpshur, W. iZ. Barrett. Richmond?Southern Hardware Job? bers' Assoc.at Ion. John DonnUn. Bounokc?Chamber of Commerce, William 1? Shafer. Those present from Virginia said ti/.it they thought the meeting would b< frulttul of results because of trie wide exchange of Ideas and opinions nil various mutters touching commerce and Industry. P. H. McO. RESULT OF INQUIRY SECRET I M Ickershani Refuses In Disease i barges \_,-. in-i Judge Arehliiild. Washington. _ April 22.?The result o| u rigid Investigation by '.he Depart? ment of Justice Into certain charges against Judge Robert W. Archbald, of tin Commerce court, is being Kept ttccret. Attorney-General Wlckersham to? day flatly refused to comment upon the case. " It Is known, however, that the De? partment's Investigation Is complete, and the result:' are nee. awaiting the si tlon of the Attorney-General, should Mr. Wlckersham conclude that the . targes have been sustained tha wholo . ase probable will be referred to Pres? ident Taft. Tl.,' investigations were conducted in the neighborhood of Scranton, Pa.. :,nd are sal,i to have ;o do with certain . -ml property. SEQUEL TO RECENT RIOTS I ndli'i mests (barging Asiutilt With Iclrnt to Murder Served. P.ock island. 111.. April 22.?Indict? ments charging assault wltn Intent to murder were served to-dr.y on K. H. Gardner, a Socialist editor; Harry Mc Caskyn, Republican nominee for State's attorney, and PhM H. W?lls, a lustlce of the peace. Tho arrests are n sequel to the recent riots nere that resulted In the killing of ?wo and the wounding of nine persons. Tho throe men Hfo held responsible for nbling In brlnglns about the 'ntal clash between the police and the mob that attacked the City Hall. There me twenty-six other indictments, but tbeFe have not vet been made public. M0NEY~SPENT*FOR COLONEL statement of Disbursements by Roose? velt League. Albany, N. v.. April 22.?Ames R. 13. Plnchot. treasurer of the Roosevelt League, who worked for tho election of the New Yorlt State delegations to the National Republican Convention favorable to the nomination of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, to-dny certified to tbe Secretary of State that he received $11,810 and spent $11.513. The Roosc voll committee of Now York, organ? ized for similar purposes, filed a statement last week showing It spent $69,128. Among those who contributed to tbe Roosevelt League fund were the following: Roosevelt committee, $?1,619; Ames n. H. Plnehot, $3,949; Henrv L. Stoddard, fS.KBOs Charles H. Duell, $500; I.Inden Bates, Jr., and Oscar Strauss, each $tJ0. Malor CDaudtns I.ee Godwin, [Special to The Tlines-Plspatrh.] Baltimore. Md., April 1:2.?Major Claudius I.en Godwin, n member of the Staff of General Wade Hampton, of tho Confederate army, and who was pres? ent at iho siege of Fort Sumter, died here to-day. He was born near Smith, field, Vn? ?eighty-one years ago. 2 ?S TRADE.' MAftK slW f? ? G. P.S. PAT- OF F. and ?dGui AS:an? evid Jhec o{ reliable.quality /-X we giv* an unlim ted, uncoD jguajantee} bond?as snown Dciow?with each garment bear? ing our label. Money back if.youiai? not saliificd. Coal, Dsilic,- Perfett-Fiitipf Qurmtntf 25c Uak*. Suiu?$1.0p,fw Mrtf K ? toe Boy^ CHALMERS^NtTTlNG '(pCjMP?rlY i? V;,iMn(ioo Sittr:, A v.,^id t a. N. Y Chalmers Guarantee JJ, ja your opinion, U*? j?frotn<,i?boal *j tewvr. aaiisiiiaattMBiiaJ bittlo jWyoVrli tort v?h* in uaoerwur itrWxtrfon, Tehm 'it oarxl jo i? tod wc will ?t|J?.js it or lelund your money, including pWtytu Triii cuirtrJM ?pp?e? to tvrrf genuine " Porodtrul' girroerU not mmped ?Secoodi' or 'Imperfect' ocron the ?Porotluiil' Libel, .'Uwi Knittinf Coaipanr. A?,t*rd?r*.. New York FRANTIC APPEALS OF STRICKEN SHIP ARE NOT ANSWERED _ (Continued from Sixth PaKC) BY It WOUlJ mean R message had come from him." Franklin testified that he received & message from Ismay on the Carpathlu. u little later on th? morning of the ISth to Join tho Carpathia at Quaran? tine, and that several other messages camo from Llm urging that the Co<S rlo bo held. After all theso had come In franklin cabled Ismay, "Think 11 most ur.v.Uo to retain Cedrlc in New York." This was followed by a reply from Ismay. which doncluded, "Unless you have good and suftlclert reason not to hold the Cedrlc. kindly do no." Franklin then acut a message, ex | pressing his regret that tha Cedrlo could not be held, and added, "e.\p<ict I to Join you at Quarantine. I'.cgret cannot move the lifeboats ut Quaran? tine, as ell arrangement 3 made lor Car? pal hla at dock." Franklin said he esnt several other messages to Ismay, which he thought I were not delivered. One was, "Con? ds? Marconlgram giving details Titanic disaster greatly needed for lnforina i tlou of public und o'.rst-lvea." That was not answered, he said.' lviter. a message was received frcm 1s ' may, saying he hoped to see Franklin I at Quarantine and for rranklln to cable Ismay'a wife. "I answered that I whs extremely sorry that the authorities would not permit me to board the Carpaihla at Quarantine," Franklin continued, "and 1 sent him a short message of sympa? thy over the terrible catastrophe." "1 euppofio I arn warranted in as? suming that the Cedrlc was not held?" said Senator Smith. "The rhlp palled at noon Thursday." "And the Carpathla docked?7" "At approx'matoely 9.30 Thursday night." In an effort to connect the at? tempted departuro of Mr. Ismay and the Tltanlc'a crew with the Senate's Investigation, Senator Smith asked the witness When he had learned the Senate had decided to investigate th.> disaster. "I think about 2 o'clock Thursday." "Did you communicate the Informa? tion to your company?" "I did that night by cable I think." "When did you advise Mr. Ismay?" "I told him of it when I got aboard the Oarpathtn." said thi* witness, il next lencd by l'crkln*. Senator Berklrt/j took Mr. Franklin In hand and questioned him at some length as to the safety equipment of the Titanic. "The Titanic?? equipment was in excess of tho lnw." said the witness. "It carried lt3 clearance in the snap. of a certificate from the British Bo^rd of Trade. I might say that no vessel can leave a British port with? out a certificate that tt is equipped to j care for human lives aboard In cas.2 ( of accident. It Is the law." Senator Bourne took up ths same line of questioning. "lias anything been done with the equipment of other ships as a result of the disaster?" he asked. "Most emphatically," answered Mr. Franklin. "On last Friday Mr. Ismay authorized that all our vessels he equipped with boats and rafts sufficient to take oft every pnssenger and ever] i mombir of tho crow In case of aocl-1 dent," "Do you know of any one, any officer or any official, whom ycu dee-a could be held responsibio for the aocldont and Its attendant loss of life?" "Positively not. No one thought such an aceldmt could happen. It was un? dreamed of. i think It would be ab? surd to try to hold sumo Individual responsible. Every precaution *as taken. That tho precautions were of no avail is the source of the d-jepost sorrow. But the accident waa una? voidable." "Were ther<s any scorohl'.ghts on the Titanic?" Senator Smlt-h uskod. "Not that 1 know of. 1 never havi heard of searchlights on a transatian tlo liner," said Franklin. Congressional measures oontemplate requiring searchlights on all ocean liners. ? Mr. Franklin rolunteertd a state? ment relating to criticism* of the White Star Company for attempting to return tho crew of the Titanic to i:urapo Immediately, Thinks It Awful Mlatake. "I think then has been an awful mistake made about that matter," sukl Franklin. "I would llk-s to clear it up. The criticisms have been made that we were trying to keep Irioss men from testifying. That la not so. It was not tho reason at ail. Aa far as the crow are concerned, it was our duty to return them to tlielr honu.s. If they we.re permitted to roatu around here men w-ould besiege them for news, gl\-2 them presents, take them away, and many of thorn would gi t lost We assured you that wo wou'.d hold any officers or men that you wanted for this committee. We made that promise to you, Senator Smith, as soon as the i boat docked. Thsro was no attempt on our part to spirit away any member of the crew, to the best o? my knowl? edge and belief. "What possible harm could theso men do via In an Investigation? Thjy could not tell any morn than the pas? sengers, many of them probably not as much. The worst they could say couldn't help matters." Survivor Ttearhen Home. Auburn, ST. T., April 22.?Rev. Sid? ney S. Colett, a second cabin survivor of the Titanic, reached his home In Fort Byron this e\*enln?T, r.nd was greet? ed by practically tho ent'.rG popula? tion of theicity, He we , too tired to narrate his terrible experiences, and newspaper men were t irn'd away. He was unable to recall Reginald Hale, the Auburn man who was lost, and stated that he had not met htm. Hartford Companies Caught, Hartford, Coan., April 2.?The Titanic dis? aster will cost lusurar.ee companies of Hin - ford nearly ll.oW.'s?. according tr. state? ments by officials of fiie companies. The loss will fall chiefly. It I.-: itatrdi on those companies which do an seldom business, while the companies IsMitns only life poli? cies will tiHvf .unal! loss. May Refuge Payment. Berlin. April St.?A proposal Is riosr being discussed In circles In Germany Interested In tiie reinsurance of the Titanic jointly to r.fuse payment on the <rroun.i that tho While Ptnr lane wa? responsible Uf tho accident. Services Over R?mains of Ti? tanic Victims Conducted on Mackay-Bennett. Halifax. April 22.?1-m.tc reports ro celvod here Indicate that before dark? ness fell to-night the cable ittamor Mackay-Bennett had recovered the bodleu of fifty-three victime the Tltanlo disaster. How many of these haye been Identified la not clear, but that some have not bocn was mado oertaln when the Maokay Benuolt sent A wtrele?a message say? ing that thoso bodies not ombalmed would be burled at sea. to-night. The Intention of the Mackay-Beunult was to bring back oidy auch bodies as wero identified or identifiable, while unknowu bodies would be returned to the sou. The Kov. j?. c. Hind, of tho Church of .England, waa taken along, and to him to-night fell the .duty of conducting the services for those we ho were again consigned to the sea. Hush orders wer? received here to? day to prepare another steumer to go in search of the dead. The cable ship Minia was ohartercd, and local under? takers placed l.'.u cotllns on board, while 100 tone ot lea were stored away In the holds. A ?juanllty of Iron was also plitced on board lo be used in burying the unidenlitied. The Minia is under orders to meet the steamur Maokay-Bannet, Mr. Hind will be transferred to the Minia, und the Mackay-Bennett will then proceed to port with the dead. The M>nia satlud lato to-night. She will estaoiisii Wire? less communication with the Mackay Benue.lt at Uui first practicable mo? ment and endeavor to relay all Im? portant information to the shore. TRIBUTES TO Vs. T. STEAD. Christian Cong res? Devotes Session to Me? morial bvr\ Ices. 2s"ew i'ork, April M.?The Christian Con? servation Congress of the Men and Religious Forward Movement tou'.t? Iis sessions lo- | m?ht to memorial sorvtccs for William bteud, lb* ringlisb editor ana author, who perished In the Titanic uisasicd. Mr. Stead wus on hli way lo adelt??? the movement on U-.e aubleot of "Universal Peace," and was on the program to ap.ak to-night. Addresses in prajse of Mr. S-.ead's life and | character were made by the Rev. IV. A. Cameron, of Torouio; the Bev. George Shor ivood Bddy, a missionary of Jr.d.a, and the ltev. Newell Dwight Hlllls, uf Brooklyn. Archdeacon Madden, ol Liverpool, nuid the Hev. o. tj. llavla, president of the Chicago I Theologies: Seminary, oiii rcd D-lbutu? la | praise. The chief address a.1 to-day's leaslon was | made by Warren II. Wilson, l'h. D., "The Rural Church." Mr. WIllOD told whai I the couniry church w.i doing, and re com- j xnend-.d "a study of farm tensor Ln order U> lormuia-ie a ai-l of iasa which snail make the American tenant at least aa stable as Ihe tOnftllsh peaaftnl. for sbouid our pres? ent conditions continue all rural Institutions j Will be destroyed from the outlaw condi? tions under which the, tenant Urea." He alao urged the promotion of financial I co-operation among the farmers "Without Hi; farmers u.:,.- i,.,.e. and .ach man's band lj ug?!n?t hie fol.ow," the speaker da e!u_-ed. "With co-opera:!,;n boih leadership I and onedleuco and honor, and every necdee morality will be made Doaslbta ln the coun? try. In a third recomme.dt'.lon the speaker I advocated a "Protestant syndicate" to lake over the property of weakened country tohurrtefea anil traaaf-r ii to the atroag! or.es. This would prevent, he said, "the present scandal of over-churching in 'im;; places." Una ]Yo Definite News. London, April 22. -In response to a wireless message to the Russian Steamer Birma, which was reported In the vicinity of the Titanic at the time of the disaster, asking If the steamer reached the scene of the wreck and for a repoit of her experiences, Cap? tain Htolpln has sent the following reply to the North Foreland station: "The captain has no definite news, but will communicate at Rotterdam."! ? Ask International Conference. Hamburg-, April 22.?The National Marin* Association to-day forwarded an appeal to the foreign office In Berlin to convoke an international conference to draft regulation* I regarding the llfc-savlng equipment of ocean-go!n|* vessels. Hellet fund Most 9700,000. I^ondon. April 23.?The relief funds for the .-.??:-:ar.ce of tha sufferers by the Titanic disaster now amount to upwards of f7&>,0H. ANNUAL CELEBRATION WILL BE ON BIG SCALE Yorktown HfMortcnJ Society Ap? point* Committee to Make Ar? rangements. (Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1 Yorktown. V.l., April 22.?The York town Historical Society of the 1'nited ; States held a meeting here on Fridav. It was called to order at 13 o'clock by : the president. Major Henry Reed Hat Held, In the historic old Nelson man? sion. Colonel Oswald TUghman. of Maryland, the first-vice president, ad? dressed tho meeting, nnd also read ; iome interesting papers on the slego of Yorktown. one paper. "The Diary," I kept by his grandfather, Colonel Tonch : Tllghman. being particularly Interest? ing. Colonel Tench Tllghman was aide to General Washington, nnd the officer sent by him to convey the news to the Congress at Philadelphia of the surrender of I/yrd Cornwallis, This "diary" kept hv Colonel Tench Tllgh I man of tho siege of Yorktown will be published and distributed by tho society. The society resolved to have the annual celebration here on October 19, 1912. on a much larger and more elab? orate scale than heretofore, nnd ap? pointed a committee, with Conway II. Shelld as chairman, to make the ne'ceR. sary arrangements. The following officers were elected: President and Treasurer. Major Henry Roc! Hatfleld, of Philadelphia; First Vlce-Prosident, , Colonel Oswald Tllghman, of Mary? land; Second Vice-president, or Henry Monis, of Philadelphia; Historian, nr. ? Georg.- Washington Dame, of Ballt I more; General Counsel, Conway H. 1 Shelld. of Yorktown. and Secretary, "?'.rs. Carroll Van Ncss. of Baltimore ; Mrs. J. A. Bechtel, of York, was elected assistant secretary. The board of governors remained as formerly, with tno addition of the Count de Chambrum, an attache of the , French embassy nt Washington, and a lineal descendant or the Marquis de La fayette. The president reported Several new members. After the meeting e.n elab? orate luncheon was served. MTX GUTS FIRST PIMXE. , Represents Emory and Henry In ora? torical Contest. I (Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1 Lynchburg, Va.. April 22.?At the session of the Intercollegiate Prohlb tore Association here to-day. lit which half a dozen colleges were represented in an oratorical contest, the tirst prize was awarded to Thomas C. Lit*, oi Emory and Henry College His sub? ject-was "Economy and Prohibition." Other colleges represented were Vir? ginia Christian, King's. Rosnokc and Brldgewater. Marriage Licenses. The rellowlnu marriage licenses tveie Is med yesterday In the office of the clerk of the Huallngi Court: Benjamin Grand, of Baltimore, and .t.me ft. Manning, of Itils city: Bryan S. l?*e ami Rdna May Dempieyi Walter IT, Jaeger and OIks Aherns: Wilsen D,?Coshy .ind Kthel AHklns; Joe Trnyn.i ond Llllle Brook; Edwin L Nnah and ftuih O. Peckham. Seeking Missing Boj .The police yesterday were nskvd lo search for Walter B, Smith, sixteen years old. w has been missing from his home. t?l No Thirty-third Street, since last Friday. i< believed thai he ran away with two enm punlons, Ilnlph Decker and fionry Curry. 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Ask for booklet explaining tho ayitem and giving other information of value to travelers, COLLEGE STUDENT HEADS ASTQR HOUSE Heir to Probably $150,000,000 Not Yet 21 Years Qid and is Btginning His Course at liarvard. New York. April 22.- A month ago the student community at Harvard was stlrrod by a repot i that Vincent Astor was engaged to be married to Ina Claire, a musical comedy star, to whom many a Cambridge youth had lost his heart. .Miss Claire denied the report, but not too pointedly to take away Its ad? vertising value. Astor himaelf denied it as pointedly as he possibly could. "1 have my entire college career ahead of me,'" ho said. "That Is get? ting ull my consideration at present. Until that Is finished 1 shall have lit? tle time for anything else, let alone matrimony." The tragedy of t'.ie Titanic cbangedall that. He may complete his course ut Harvard, but there are Infinitely more Important mutters to claim his con? sideration and euguge his time, for Vincent Autor haa becomo the bead of his house, the possessor of one of the greatest fortunes in America and the inheritor of a tradition that he must occomo so in fuel as well as in name. No Aator has ever succeeded to neadshlp at so young uu uge as this boy, who will not be twenty-one un? til November 16 next. His father was twenty-eight before he succeeded, and his grandfather was sixty. Ills great? grandfather, John Jacob 111., was lifty thrce, and his father. William llatjk houae [., was fifty-six. Seven years ago expert appraisal valued the es-| late that has oncu more changed hands at SlOO.uOo.'JUO. To-day It is worth at lcasi 1126,00(1,000, with the probabil? ity that J150,000,WOO is close to the ex? act figures. for the moment, at least, Vincent! Astor Is solo heir to his wealth. Ills stepmother, by the workings of an? other family tradition, waived her claim to It by accepting u marriage portion. Until the present expecta? tions of society hove been justnied or proved false, Vincent Astor will remain solo heir, as he must, in any event, remain the principal heir, by the workings of third family tradi? tion thai the fortune must not bo en? dangered in 11b bulk. No such rugged physical figure as that wnleh hus Just passed has en? tered upon this tremendous responsi? bility, Vincent Astor normally looks rnoio boyish than ho is. He has his father's height, but not his weight by lorty oounds. He has not his breadth of siioulders by three inches, and the father's doggedness shows only in the son's chin. For the past three years father and son were almost Insepar? able companions. On first view of them together people were wont to remark how strikingly the relation? ship was shown. A second view sel? dom failed to show how slight tho resemblance really was. Vincent Astor was christened Wil? liam Vincent. He was born In the old homestead at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, f've months be? fore his grandfather died and his father becamo head of the house. Ho was so frail a baby that only unremit? ting care kept him alive. He lived the loneliest Of little-boyhoods because of this, and when other children romped In the open air he .sat over a toy piano in a nursery to which no play? mates ever came. Servants saved him every exertion; nurses were always with him; physicians awaited calls to him that had precedence over all otliors. When Vincent Astor was twelve l>r. William T. Bull saved hUn from death by appendicitis. In less than a year he | was saved Irom death by another sur- | pica I operation, this time for a growth i In the throat following an attack of | mumps, lie was taken every year tiicn i to Saint Qdorlta or the Riviera because of bronchial trouble, and his education was being directed by a tutor who lived with him in a house tak\n for his ! exclusive use at Tuxedo. Six years of this unceasing attention brought Vincent'Astor t<> a degree of health It had been thought he never , could attain. Newport was astonished to see him come there five years ago and take an active part in the sports of the summer colony. It was still more astonished at the Importance au tomoblllng had In his Intorests, for be drove his own car, and drove ii With daring skill, although he was only Six? teen, Ul.ln'i Slny l.ona nt Bton. Then Vincent Astor went to Blon, hut soon returned?to be followed by Strange tales of tlw amusement of th ? r.ngllsh public school at his manner of living. Friends of the hoy said he had done nothing; more than take aii ample wardrobe with him. but t>e gos? sip was that he displayed his wealth In a dozen other ways. ,?t rworge's at Newport gave the boy t'le rest of the paining he needed for admission to Harvard, where he began a three years' course last September. Iflis ideas had taken no vary definite form ihm. but be toM his friends he meant to study law wh.ti h* had taken his bachelor's degree, His friends were interested, hut not convinced, for he ?lad heen as sure a year before that he wanted to be ?? physician. He may well end by being only "Head of the House of AstOr," bill lher> is (.very i treason to believe he will complete his education, for since William n. Astor I t, th? Astors have been college-bred men. I l^ast fall it was Bald that Vincent Astor had entered Harvard "with Hie distinction of having more clothes then any man at the university." Student correspondents sen, forth tales of his "twenty suits for outdoor wear." of his "ten pairs of?shoos, live of which are polished every morning." and of the six trunk.t that were tilled with his "shirts, scarfs and neckwear." College Life One of Luxury, Jt whs a fact. However, that Astor had his rooms ln Cleverly Hall, the UlOSt expensive of the "gold coast" dormitories, and that he lived luxu rlously In every way. It is said to be no exaggeration that bis allowance Was $5.'lu? tor the ten-tnonth year? all his billa going for payment ut his father's office. Other things than clothes interested] the young man .Tt Harvard. He inher? ited Iiis father's love of the water, i and since yachting did not come In any way within the schedulle of col-! lege sports, he wus among the first of the year's candidates for the var? sity navy. He entered the competi? tion for the freshmen eight, being put at stroke In the sixth boat. After two weeks he Intimated to Coach Steven son he thought he deserved something better. The coach shook his head doubtfully, whereupon Astor quit. Automobillng, however, has been young Astor's passion. Since that first car of live years ago he has had a lone line of machines, each a hit more powerful than that which preceded it. Newport has not wholly recovered yet from the race he drove lr.st August against Hermann Oelrlchs along Iii? shore drive. They had come close to a speed of 110 miles an hour, when Oelrichs's machine wrenched Itself from bis control and plunged into tho sen. Before he could recover himself a wave bad broken over his bead. It took four horses lo drag the car from the grip of the sand that had packed about It. In Police Records as Speeder. That same summer Astor. with Oel Hcks and George Henry Warren. Jr., was reprimanded by a police magis ? - trat? tor "furious driving" thronen New. Streets. Hll name I? on tho police records of Fall Ilivor. Mass., for a si m I la i reason, nnd ho has been warned In New York. He was one of the most skilful drivers In New York, and It Is only the Iura of speed that lias taken him Into trouble. It is said he has had bul one accident?a collision with the rider of a motor- ? cycle near the Astor country place, Ferncllp, at Ilhlneheck, In which the other man was quite as much to blame as he. yachting has never engaged the young mans attention as automob'Tng has. He la Intensely fond of the sea, and In has crossed the Atlant'c al? most as many limes as ha Is yeara old. When his father was divorced nnd he remained here?while his ten year-old sister. Muriel, went to live abroad with Mrs. Astor?he came to spend more than ever of his time ntiont. He accompanied his father on the West IQrlian cruise aboard the Nourmahal, which gave rise to tho report that the yacht and all on her had been lost. A lively three-daya' search by wireless found the Nour mahal al San Juan, Porto Rico. The Incident hns been recalled wjth'n the lust few days as having heon prophetlo of the death Colonel Astor did meet. Ofteu Reported n Engaged. Korlety's matchmakers have never had such a subject to deal with as they have found in Vincent Astor. Two years ago Iiis engagement to Mar? garet, daughter of Paul A. Andrews, of Newport, was "announced." Tho fact that Miss Andrews was then but six? teen seemed to her parents sufficient reason for only laughing at the re? port. A year later tho rumor waa revived, and still more beralatently spread. Tills time It win denied moat positively. Just a year ago society confidently expected an engagement between young Astor and Catherine Hnmraors Icy daughter of the late J. Hooker Harnmersley and opo of the famous "twins.'' Then It was said to bo Nancy Irishman, daughter of tho dip? lomat, to whom he had given his af? fections. 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