The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20

lR<aO ELI De tJlo lcWtot emu
 "A greatest of ocean liners, mag A hifcent and towering palace Of the sea, a notable list of passengers were on board the Titanic when that ship struck an iceberg which shortly after sent her to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. death list of considerably more than a thousand persons would be appalling under any circumstances, but in this trag-
 c denouement of the Titanic's maiden voyage men whose names are known the world over met a common and heroic fate with others of lesser note who died with equal bravery. The whole world rings with the heroism of those men who stayed on the sinking ship and gave up their
 lives in order that the women and chill eren might be saved. And in the midst of universal tears there Is consolation in the thought that when the critical mo-
 raent came men of all stations were united in a. common fraternity of hero ism, the millionaire and the stoler, the
 great and the unknown Possibly the full details of this catastrophe of the sea will never be known, but the fiDal scenes on
 board the Titanic must have been sub- lime.
 Of Infinitely less importance, though in itself stupsndous, the financial loss is es- timated at $2O,000,0O0. The Titanic and its furnishings, valued at $12.0OOOOo; car 20 valued at s750,000, pearls on board be- lieved to be worth s6ooO0o diamonds (un- verifed) valued ct s1,oo0.000 to s2000,000; S, 5,oco,Oo3 Worth of securities, and s41s bags of mail. valued at something like sl0o,Co0. all went down in the sea. This estimate Is the first made thus far and will prob ably be considerably changed, although 1t will hardly be found much smaller. The total wealth represented by the first class passenger list would reach over half a billion dollars. Colonel John Jacob As tor, whose bride was saved, was the wealthiest man on board, his fortune be- ing estimated, at s15oo0o.Oo0. Benjamin Guggerhim was probably next in impor- tance, being fifth of the seven sons of Myer Grggenheim, who founded the Amerioany Smelting and Refining com pany George D. Wldener, son of P. A. t. Widerer, the Philadelphia traction king; Isidor Strauss, New Yorlx's most prominent dry goods merchant and q
 noted rhilanthropist. worth $50,0o0.oo0; J.
 Bruce Ismay president and founder of the international Mercantile Marine esti-
 mated to be worth s4o.oo0,000. and Col, Washington Roebling, builder of the
 Brooklyn bridge, credited with fortune
 of s25,0O0,00o. were among the i'll fatsd passengers of the Titanic. Of these only Mir. Ismay survives.
 The list of notables in other than a
 financial way is mucp longer. Maj Arch ibald D. Butt President Tafts military aid. whose death Is widely deplored; Jacques Futrelle, the noted writer; Henry | B. Harris, the theatrical magnate; Paul Chevre, the French sculptor. and many
 other well known men fou7d a wa'ery frave with the Titanic.
 Among others on board were J. ?. | TEayer, second vice president of the
 Pennsylvania railroad; Clarence Moore, well known sportsman, whose wife was
 Miss Mabel Swift, daughter of [. c. Swift the Chicago meat packer, and Charles M. Hays. president of the Grand Trunk Pacific and vice president and gen ! era. manager of the Grand Trunk railway of Canada. MT. Thayer was accompanied by his wife and young son.
 T. w. Cavendish of England with hfs Apierican wife, who Is the daughter of Henry Siegel, the New York merchant, were first cabin passengers.
 | Christopher Head is a London barrister and sen of the senioc member of the firm of Lloyds, underwriters
 Mrs. Edward s. Robert is from St Louis, as also are Miss E. w. Allen and Theophile Papin, Jr. Mir. Papin is noted
 as an art connoisseur.
 l Among other prominent Canadian pas
 rcngers were H. Marhland Nelson, a
 banker; Mir and Mrs. Thomson David
 son, Mrs. James Baxter. Q. Baxter H. J Allison. a Montreal financier and Mrs Allison, Maj. Arthur Penchen of the
 Queens own Rifles. Toronto; Mrs. Marl
 rt rune and Mrs. Graham of Winnipeg.
 MT. Davidson is member of the Mon treal stock exchange and sen of Justict Davidson. His wifs is a daughter o President Hays of tho Grand Trunk rail way.
 Quigg Baxter is a well known hocke, player.
 Paul Chevre, the well known Frencl sculptor. who made the Champain monu nent. was in the first cabin on his way l. ! .