The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
SOME OF THE GREAT MEN
 WHO MANAGE MARCONI
Statesmen and Financiers Interested in the Marconi
 System in All Nations.

Col Sir Chas. Euan Smith, President of the Marconi wireless telegraph sys- tenn. is the oldest railroad President in the world. He is worth $s5,0o0, 600 and is the President and owner of 1,S00 miles of railway in the Argentine re- public; President and principal owner of the street railway system of the City of Mexico, and an officer and direc- tor of twenty or more large corpora tions in Great Britain.
 Col F. C. Henshaw of Montreal. who is President of the Marconi Canadian system, is a director of Molson's Bank of Montreal and one of the most power full and influential fnanciers of the Dominion of Canada; he is many times a millionaire and a director and officer in some of the largest industrial enter prises of Canada
 Hon. John W. Griggs, who is Prcsi- dent of the American Marconi system. is ex-Attorney General of the United States, a powerful man in the world of politics and finance and too well known to need further statement concerning his standing.
 Among the directors and managers of the corporation are such men as MT. Andrew A. Allan, one of the owners of the Allan line of transatlantic steam CTS; Mir J. N. Greenshields, K. C., of the Shawinigan Water and Tower Com pany, developing the immense power of the great Shawinigan Falls, man of affairs and influence in Canada. The most powerful and influential men in politics and finance in the United States England, Canada, France. Italy, Spain. Portugal, Denmark, Holland and other European States are associated with the Marconi system in the capacity of company directors, and all of their wealth power and influence is at the command of the various corporations engaged in the development of the system.
 Mir. George H. Munroe of the firm of Munroe & Munroe. reached New York January l9, after four months sojourn in the Argentine, where he completed the organization of the Marconi Wire less Telegraph Company of the Rio de Ia Plata. This company has a total capitalize ton of $6,750.000. The entire allotment of shares offered to the pub lie was oversubscribed in ten days.
 The directors of the River Plata Mar conf Company are all men highest in the counsels of the nation and most in- huential in the business affairs of the republic
 Dr. Manuel Quintana. Jr.. President of the company, is the son of the Prest- dent of the Argentine republic.
 Commentators Tomas Ambrosetti. Vice. President, Is d director of the great Italian Bank of Buenos Ayres. the strongest and richest bank of South America. Commentators Tomas De- voto, a director, is associated with Commentators Ambrosetti in the Ital- ian bank Both these gentlemen are large stockholders in the River Plata Marconi Company
 Sig. Antonio Terraross. director of the company is a director of the Banca Popula. and one of the leading states men and diplomatists of the young re- public.
 Col. Sir Thomas Holditch, the English diplomat, scholar and statesman. Is also & director Colonel Holditch has been intrusted by Great Britain with some of the most important diplomatic mis- sions of recent years, His titles are K. C. M, G. K. C. I. E., c. B.
 Fl. Cuthbert Hall. manager of the English company is also director of the new South American corporation
 It Is expected that the organization of this company will be rapidly follow