Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-07
HERE'S LIST OF RICH MEN
WHO ARE BACKING HUGHES
Names of Contributors to
Campaign Fund Sound Like
Wall Street Directory
BY MILTON BRoNNER.

accounting showing that it already has
collected S1,667,757, in the campaign to
elect Hughes. An examination of those
who gave $4,000 and upward, shows
list that reads like directory of Wall
street.
Here are the names of the biggest
donors, with the amounts they gave and
the principal sources from which they
derive their huge incomes:
Harry Payne Whitney-$SO. 000-heir
of the great Whitney estate, director of.
Guaranty Trust company. of New York.
one of the biggest in the world, director
in Guggenheim Exploration company,
greatest mine owners in the world, and
director in National Bank of Commerce.
George F. Baker. Jr.-$25. 000-asso-
ciated with father, George F. Baker, who
gave $4,000. The senior Baker is direc-
of the Central, Erie, Lehigh Valley,
Northern Pacific, Big Four, Lackawanna,
and Philadelphia and Reading railroads,
and director in United States Steel, Pull
man company, American Telephone and
Telegraph and in numerous coal gas and
electric light companies.
A. c. James-$25, 000-director North
ern Pacific and Ell Paso and Southwest
ern railroads, First National and Han
over National banks. and in numerous
copper mines and railroad enterprises in
the southwest.
Edward S. Harkness-$2O, 00O-director
and vice president of the Standard Oil
company.
Clarence H. Mackay-s20, 00)-presi-
dent Postal Telegraph company and half
dozen other telegraph and cable COM
panies.
]. S. Bache & Co.-$15, OO0-wall street
bankers.
A. D. Juilliard-s15, OOO-director in
u Gr1ar 81
company, Central Trust company. New
York Life and Mutual Life Insurance
companies.
William B. Thompson-$10,0 0O-direc-
tor Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany, Rock Island railroad, Utah Cop
per- Nevada Consolidated Copper and In
spiration Copper.
T. c. Du Pont-$1O, 00O-who made his
fortune in the Du Pont gunpowder trust.
J. p. Morgan-$10, O00-head of the
greatest banking house in America
Hornblower & Weeks-$10,O 00-New
York attorneys for countless multi-mil-
lionaire corporations.
w. H Moore-$10, 000-formed the
Moore group of steel plants, sold for
$1S7, O00, 900 to United States Steel; or
ganizer of and director in Diamond
Match, American Can, American Tin
Plate and National Biscuit companies,
Valley railroads.
n b. Duke-s1O, OO-maln owner of
American Tobacco and Continental To-
bacoo companies, the former at one time
known as the tobacco trust, and dis
solved by the supreme court.
Cornelius Vanderbilt-S10,O 0O-of the
famous Vanderbilt family, which largely
owns the New York Central system.
SPENCER PENROSE-$10.O OO-broth-
er of Senator Boies Penrose. Republican
boss of Pennsylvania, director in Utah
Copper, Chino Copper and many mining
and railroad enterprises in the Cripple
Creek region of Colorado, where there
have been many labor troubles.
w H Crocker-$10, 00O-head Of
Crocker National bank of San Francisco,
and richest banker on the Pacific coast.
]. & w. Seligman Co.--$1O, 00O-Wall
street bankers and participators in some
of the loans to the allies.
Mortimer L. Schiff-S10, 000-partner
in Kuhn, Loeb & Co., next to Morgan's,
the greatest banking house in America.
Schiff is also director in the Union Pa
cific and Oregon Short Line railroads,
and the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany.
great meat packing firm Of Armour d
Co. biggest in the world; director in IL
linois Central and st. Paul railroads
and countless banks.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr.-$S,OoO-as-
ISOLATED with his father in control of
STANDARD Oil company and Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, the latter notorious
on account of the Ludlow massacre.
Ogden Mills-$7, 500-heir one of the
great New York City land-holding multi.
millionaire families.
7. Horace Harding-$5, O0O-head OF
the great banking firm of c. d. Barney
& Co., and director in Southern Pacific,
New Haven, and Wabash railroads.
Robert Bacon-$5, O0O-former part
ner of ]. p. Morgan, and multi-million-
aire.
r. w. Goelet-s5, 0OO-another scion
of a multi-millionaire land-ho'ding fam
ily in New York City, and director in
Illinois Central and Union Pacific rail-
reads. Guaranty and Astor Trust COM
pa MES.
Vincent Astor-$5, OOO-fell heir to AS
tor lands in New York City, richest land
estate in the world.
II. P. Davidson-s5, 00O-another part
ner of ]. p Morgan and director of
Liberty National and Bankers Trust
company.
Charles Steel-S5, OOc-another part
ner Of ]. P. Morgan.
F. L. Illness, 000-president First
National bank, director in many other
and in National Biscuit, American Car
and United States Rubber.
w. N Cromwell-s5, 0O0-lawyer ana
director in twenty of the biggest cor
porations in this country.
w. L. Harkness-S5.0 00-Standard Oil
director and millionaire.
T. N. Vail-s5, o00--presidert of Amer
lear Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany, which virtually controls telephone
situation of the entire country.
Willard Straight-s5, 0O0-partner of
T. P. Morgan.
F. c. BoIrne-s5, 00O-director in
Long Island railroad and one of the
main owners of Singer Sewing Machine
company, and Aeolian company.
A. Z. Carlton-s5, O00-director in
First National bank of Cripple Creek
Colo. and director and owner of many
coal and mining enterprises in that la
tor-troubled region.
S. P. Colt-$5, 000-president of United
States Rubber company, biggest in the
world. and director in forty other cor
porations.
E. r. steeinius-s5, 00o-partner of ]. p.
p. Morgan.
w. ]. Porter-$5, 000-partner of ]. 2.
Morgan and director in Mutual Life and
iruited States Life Insurance COM