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Many NOTABLES ABOARD
Well.Known Americans Among
the THAMES Passengers.
isidor Straus. G. NJ. Hays and }. j.
AstOr 1ncluded-Others Are w. r.
Stend, Major Butt and
Henry y. Harris.

Never have so many famous and veal
thy men lost their lives in time of peace.
as when the Titanic went to the bottom.
Probably half-dozen of them taken to-
Eether. stood for as much as four hun
drch million dollars. and among the rest
perhaps the sum could have been dupli- /
Gated. And among the rest who stood for |
something besides dollars were builders |
and instructors and leaders Of every kind |
Following are sketches Of the careers of ,
some OF the more conspicuous.
IS1DOR STRAUs. PHIL.ANTHROPIsT. |
Isldor Straus. merchant and phiian- |
thropist. was born in Rhcnish Bavaria,
February g. 1916. and was a brother OF
Nathan and Oscar s. Straus. He came
to this country with his parents in 1854
and received an education in several pre-
paratory schools and Washington and
Lee University. In 1868 he was sent abroad
by a Georgia company to assist in the
purchase Of steamships and supplies for
the Confederacy. With his father. he
formed the firm OF l.. Straus L. Sons,
importers of pottery, in 1866 and later.
with his brother. Nathan, became a part
ner in the firm of r. II. Macy e. Co. OF
New York, in 1855 He is member of the
firm Of Abraham e. Straus Of Brooklyn;
first president OF the New York Crockery
Board of Trade; director in several banks
| and financial institutions. He was elect
ed to the FiftyThird Congress in 1898
and became interested In tariff legislation.
| later becoming a member Of several in
vestigating boards and sound money
movements, besides having an important
part in the construction of the Wilson
tariff. He is president Of the Educational
Alliance. vice-president Of the J. Hood
Wright Hospital of New York. member
of the Chamber Of Commerce and Is on
one of the visiting committees Of Harvard
| University.
| Mr. Strauss home is in New York. Mr..
and Mrs. Straus had been travelling in
Europe all winter. and the last word
from them was that they expected to
return on board the Titanic.
c. NJ. HAYS. PRESIDENT OF @. T. r.
Charles Melville Hays. president of the
Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway Companies. has been regarded
as one OF the most successful of Ameri-
can railroad officials. He was born at
work in the railroad world was in the
passenger department of the Atlantic O.
Pacific Railroad in St Louis. He was
soon promoted to an important position
In the office Of the auditor Of the road.
and later was transferred to the general
superintendent's office. where he re-
manned until 1877 That year he was made
lsecretary to the general manager of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1885 he be-
came assistant general manager OF the
road. One year later he was appointed
general manager of the Wabash St.
Louis & Pacific. and later became man
ager of the Wabash Western.
When the consolidation OF the Wabash
lines took place. Mr.. Hays was made
vice-president of the company and gen
eral manager OF the lines Of the whole
system. This position he retained until
his Grand Trunk appointment. At that
period he held the following director
ships and important railroad positions
Director of the Chicago & Western In
diana Belt Railway of Chicago, Detroit
Union Railway and Station company.
t keokuk Union Station Company. Kansas
City Union Station Company. Terminal
Railroad Association of st. Louis and
chairman of its executive committee. He
, also represented the Wabash Railroad
at the meetings of the Central Traffic
Association. Western Passenger e. Trunf
. Line Association. On Dec. g. 1895 h.
| resigned from the service OF the Wabash
S Railroad. of which he was then genera
manager and vice-president. to accept
the position of general manager OF tn,
Grand Trunk Railway Company Of Can
y ada. at Montreal. In 1897 he completed
I the reorganization of the Central Yer
. mont Railway Company. subsidiary linz
= of the Grand Trunk.
a Upon the death Of the late Coils p
l Huntington. the president and larg'
! owner in the Southern Pacific Compan,
h and steamship lines. controlling upwar,
of l0.0D miles, Mr.. avs was the frs
choice for his successor. and the appoint
ment was made Jan. /. 1901. In the au
tumn OF the same year. ne resigned ant
Il was recalled 10 take charge Of the Crane
4 Trunk Railway Company of Canada. be
r coming second vice. president and genera
o manager Jan. L. 1902.
4 The same year Mr.. Hays conceived th
,. project of the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail
: way, which Sir Wilfrid Laurier and hi
Il Government made possible by the pass
e nEe OF the necessary legislation in ign
e and 1904. This line will he the only trans
I continental railway wholly within Cana
d dian territory. 1t will run from Moncto on
S n. b., to Prince Rupert r, c., abou
5000 miles. On Jan I. 1910. Mr. avs wa
u elected member OF the board of direct or
u of the Grand Trunk Central Railwa
Company, and or that date was mad
president OF the company and it's consol
dated lines and subsidiary railroad an
steamship companies. Mr. Hays has bee
% In full charge OF the company's affairs il
=" America.
= WILLIAM 4. STEAD. PU RLICIST
a William T. Stead is the editor of tn
u English Review of Reviews. and is wide
~ ly known as an advocate OF internationr
peace and as an Investigator of psychica
= phenomena He was born In E,mbietoI
~ England. July 8, 1919. His father wa
Rev w. Stead. Congregations, minis
ter, He was educated In Silcoats schoo
:, Wakefield. and upon leaving that inst
. tuition at the age of fourteen was mad
w an apprentice in merchants office. II
y, entered journalism and at twenty-five
80 years OF age was edition or The Norther
in Echo. published at Darlington, later be
., coming an assistant editor of the Pa
Mall Gazette IN 1870 Three years lats
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