The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-16
Six on Board Whose For tunes Are Reck0ned in
 Tens of Millions
TOTAL WEALTH IS
 OVER HALF BILLION
Col. J. J. AstOr and Bride, Benjamin Guggenheim, George D. Widener and IsadOr Straus Were
 on Board the Ship

New York, April 15.-Untold wealth was represented among the passengers of the Titanic, there being on board at least six men each of whose fortunes might De reckoned in tens of millions dollars. A rough estimate of the total wealth repre- sented in the first class passenger list would reach over half a billion dollars
 The wealthiest of the list IS Col John Jacob Astor, who is reputed to be worth $15o000,0o0 MT. Astor was returning from a tour of Egypt with his bride, who wus Miss Madeline Force, 10 whom he was married in Providence on September g. 1911.
 Benjamin Guggenheim, probably next in financial importance, is the fifth of the seven sons of Meyer Guggenhem, who founded the American Smelling and Re hning company and is director of many corporations. His fortune is estimated at S95, 0,000
 George D. Widener is the son of P. A B. Widenef, the Philadelphia "traction king" whose fortune is estimated al $50, 900 600.
 lsador Straus, one of New York's most prominent dry goods merchants and notable for his philanthropies, has for tune also estimated to be worth S50,o00,J0O.
 J. Bryce Ismay president and one of the founders of the international Mercad- tile Marine company, who has always made it custom to be a passenger on the maiden trip of every new ship built by the company, is said to be worth si0 e00,0OO It was MT. Ismay, who. with J. r, Morgan consolidated American and Brit ish steamship lines under the 1nterna- tional Mercantile Marines control.
 Col. Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn bridge, president and director of John A. Roeblings Sons company is credited with a fortune of $25,00O00O.
 Among others of reputed wealth who were on board are J. P. Thayer, vice pres ident of the Pennsylvania railroad: Clar- ence Moore, a well known sportsman, whose wife was Miss Mabel Swift, daughter of E. C. Swift, the Chicago meat packer. and Charles NJ. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific and vice pres ident and general manager of the Grand Trunk railway of Canada.
 Other persons of note in the first cabin list are W. T. Stead, writer, Journalist and war correspondent; Jacques Futrelle, the short story writer; Frederick M. Hoyt, a well known New York yachtsman; Henry Sleeper Harper, grandson of John Wesley Harper, one of the founders of Harper Brothers publishing house; Will liam F. Carter of Philadelphia and New port, and Thomas Pears, d Pittsburg steel manufacturers
 T. w. Cayindish of England with his American wife, who is the daughter of Henry Segel, the New York merchant, were first cabin passengers.
 Christopher Head is London bar lister and son of the senior member of the firm of Lloyds Underwriters. Mrs. Edward $. Robert is from St. Louis as also are Miss F. w. Allen and Theophile Pahin, Jr. Mir. Pahin IS noted as an art connoisseur.
 Paul Chevre, the well known French sculptor, who made the Champlain tnonument, was in the first cabin on his way to Canada to complete the Mer cier memorial.
 James Clinch Smith, a brother-in- law of the late Stanford White, is well known in New York society cir cles. He married Miss Bertha Barnes of Chicago.