The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-04-19

Thus the stream of women with tod
ding infants or babes in arms, per-
haps most of them soon to be widow
ed filed up from the cabins and over
the side and away to life. Then men
by far the greater part of them-re-
manned to die, millionaire and peasant
and man of middle class alike, brave
ly, it must have been, sharing each
others fate and going down to COM
mon grave Of glory.
Of the survivors what? Their story
of peril and suffering, with the rev.
elation they will furnish of just what
happened on board the stricken ocean
g.ant-Lictul IS which will leave the
imagination nothing to draw upon
still remains to be told. How quickly
they will be able to tell it and clear
up all the mysteries Of identity which
the limited carrying capacity Of the
Carpathia's wireless has left the world
in doubt, seemed tonight to depend
largely upon atmospheric conditions.
Untold Wealth Represented.
Untold wealth was represented
among the passengers of the Titanic,
there being on board at least six men,
each Of whose fortunes might be reck-
oned in tens Of millions Of dollars. A
rough estimate of the total wealth
represented in the first class passenger
list would reach over half billion dol
lars.
The weathiest of the list, Col John
Jacob Astor, head of the famous
house whose name he bears, is reputed
to be worth $15O,OOO,OOO Mr.. Astor
was returning from a tour of Egypt,
with his bride, who was Miss Madeline
Force, to whom he was married in
Providence on September 9.
One of Guggenheims.
Benz. Guggenheim, probably next in
financial Importance, is the fifth of the
seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim, who
founded the American Smelling and
Refining company, the great mining
corporation, and is director of many
corporations, including the Interna-
tional Pump company, of which he is
also president. His fortune is esti-
mated at $95,O00,O0O. His wife, whose
name does not appear on the passen-
ger list, is a daughter Of James Selig-
man, the New York banker. Geo D.
Widener is the son of P. A. B. Wide
ner, the Philadelphia TRACTION king"
whose fortune is estimated at $780,,
100000.
Isador Straus, one of New Yorks
most prominent dry goods merchants
and notable for his philanthropies, has
fortune estimated to be worth $780,
100000. He is a director in various
banks, trust companies and charitable
institutions.
Founder of the Line.
]. Bruce Ismay, president and one
of the founders of the international
Mercantile Marine, who has always
made it a custom to be a passenger on
the maiden trip of every new ship built
by the company, is said to be worth $40,-
100000. 1t was Mr.. Ismay. who, with
J. P. Morgan, consolidated American
and British steamship lines under the
international Mercantile Marine con-
troll.
Col. Washington Roebling, builder
of the Brooklyn bridge, president and
director of John A. Roebling's Sons
company, is credited with a fortune
of $25,OOO,OOO.
Among others of reputed wealth
who were on board are: ]. P. Thayer,
vice president Of the Pennsylvania
railroad; Clarence Moore, a we'll
known sportsman, whose wife was Ma
bel Swift, daughter Of E. C. Swift, the
Chicago meat packer, and Chas. NJ.
Hayes, president of the Grand Trunk
Pacific and vice president and gener-
al manager of the Grand Trunk rail-
road of Canada.
Other persons of note on the first
cabin list are: w. T. Stead, writer,
Journalist and war correspondent; JAG
ques Futrell, the short story writer;
Frederick NJ. Hoyt, a well-known New
York yachtsman; Henry Sleeper Har-
per. grandson OF John Wesley Harper,
one of the founders of Harper Bros
n,,b1ichino houSe: William E. Carter,