The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-18
The Marconi stations were striving

The Marconi stations were striving
| also to get in touch with either the
| Carpathia or the Allan liner Virginian
to find out If all the rescued were on
board the Carpathia or whether the
| Virginian carries others that were
saved. But the Marconi people were
unsuccessful and it Is not known
whether the Virginian transferred all
| of those she picked up to the Carpa-
! thia.
4 conservative estimate Of the total
wealth represented in the first class
passenger list would reach over bill
! lion dollars.
John Jacob Aston. head of the famous
house whose name he bears, who Is
reputed to be worth $l5O,000,000. Mr..
Aston was returning from tour OF
Egypt with his bride. who was Miss
Madeline Force, whom he married in
Providence on September ..
Gugeenheim Worth ss5,ooo,ooo.
Benjamin Guggenheim, probably the
next in financial importance. Is the
fifth of the seven sons OF Meyer Gug-
genheim, who founded the American
Smelling and Refining company, the
great mining corporation, and is a di.
rector of many corporations, includ-
ing the International Steam Pump
company. OF which he is also presi.
dent His fortune Is estimated at
s95 ,000,o 900. His wife, whose name
does not appear on the passenger list,
is the daughter of James Selgman,
the New York banker.
George D. Wdener is the son OF
p. A. y. Widener. the Philadelphia
traction king" whose fortune is es-
timated at s50,000.000.
lsidor Strauss. one OF New York's
most prominent dry goods merchants,
and notable for his philanthropies, has
fortune also estimated to be worth
S50.000000. lie is n director in va.
rious banks. trust companies aud char
table institutions.
J. Bruce lsmay. president and one
OF the founders OF the International
Mercantile Marine, who has always
made 1t custom TO be n passenger
on the maiden trip of every new ship
built by the company, Is said to be
worth $4O.OOO.O0o It was Mr.. Ismay
who, with ]. p. Morgan, consolidated
American and British steamship lines
under the International Mercantile
Marines control.
Col. Washington Rocbling. son Of
the builder of the Brooklyn bridge,
president and director OF John A.
Roebling's Sons company. Is credited
with a fortune of s25,0OOO0O.
Many Other Famous Personases.
Among others of rcputcd wealth
who were on board are J. b. Thayer,
vice-president OF the Pennsylvania
railroad; Clarence Moore. well
known sportsman, whose wife was
Miss Mabel Swift. daughter OF L. C.
Swift. the Chicago meat packer, and
Charles NJ. Hays, president of the
Grand Trunk Pacific, and vice-presi-
dent and general manager OF the
Grand Trunk railway OF Canada.
Other persons OF note on the first
cabin list are: W. T. Stead. writer,
journalist and war correspondent;
jacques Futrellc, the short story
writer; Frederick NJ. Hoyt. n well
known New York yachtsman; DR..
Washington Dodge OF San Francisco;
Henry Sleeper Harper. grandson Of
of John Wesley Harper. one OF the
founders OF Harper Bros. publishing
house; William f. Carter OF Philadcl-
phia and Newport, Thomas Pears.
Pittsburg steel manufacturer, and Mai
Archie Butt, President TGft's military
aid
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt received
cablegram from Alfred G. Wander.
blt, her son. saying he had not sailed
on the Titanic and was safe in Lon
don. This announcement waR made
at the Vanderbilt home.
The collision of the Titanic with m
iceberg Is now known to have been a
head.on crash that occurred while the
liner was proceeding at little less than
her best speed.