Will of Oscar S. Straus is Filed for Probatf

The library of the late Oscar S. Straus was left to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, according to his will disposing of an estate estimated at between $750,000 and $1,000,000, filed for probate.

The public bequests are $10,000 to Brown University, to establish scholarships or to aid “indigent and deserving students”; $10,000 each to the United Hebrew Charities of New York and the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning in Philadelphia, and $5,000 to the Authors’ Club of New York, of which Mr. Straus had long been a member, “to be dispensed for such purposes as the Council may by unanimous vote decide.”

After giving 100 of his books to each of his three children, to be chosen by them, Mr. Straus left the remainder to the Hebrew University, and directed that all expenses of sending the books there be paid by his estate.

Mr. Straus gave all of his household effects, silver, pictures and automobiles, not otherwise disposed of to his wife, Sarah L. Straus, and bequeathed to her all of his real estate and three-fifths of the residuary estate.

The remaining two-fifths of the residue were divided into three equal parts which went to his son, Roger W. Straus; his daughter, Mildred, wife of Edward Schafer, and his daughter, Aline, wife of Leonard A. Hochstader. The shares of the two daughters are left in trust, the principal to go to their issue.

Mr. Straus also gave to his son “all my papers and manuscripts, also my personal property, including my watch which was my father’s, and my diamond ring which was my mother’s, and which I am sure he will treasure as I have always, as sacred and tangible memories.”

The will gave to Mrs. Schafer an oil portrait of Abraham Lincoln and to Mrs. Hochstader an oil portrait of Washington by Charles Peale Polk.

Mr. Straus appointed as executors his wife and son. His will was made January 10, 1924.