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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.
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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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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. Kcberta Wlllard found her
name linked with him, and when his
father's marriage to Madeline Force
! became known, the Rnssipa found con
I genial occupation In "arranging" a
1 marriage between Vincent Astor and
Katharine Force. Madeline's sister.
His father's death has affected Vin?
cent Astor deeply. Ills always wan
lace has been all hut ghastly In Its
paleness. Ills mouth?which a portra't
painter would call "bad"?has been
drawn Into lines of griert. aYid his
dark blue eyes have bad a haunted
look In them. His usually erect car
rlago has changed to a droop, and
even when seen full-face he has aecm
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