Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-05
NOTED men AND WOMEN
. SWING OVER TO WILSON
Many Former Republicans and Pro.
grcSSives Come Out for
President.
HENRY FORD AMONG NUMBER
Jane Addams, Thomas A. Edison,
DIR. Harry y. Garfield, Victor MUIR
dock, Amos Pinchot and Frederick
ID. Underwood Also Included.

NEW YORK, Nvember Among
the thousands OF men and women for
merly allied with the Republican and
Progressive parties. o. independent in
their political preferences. who have
declared their intention TO support
President Wilson and his progressive
Democratic policies. are many known
to national, and even International
fame. The names of Il few of these
follow:
Acheson. DR.. r. C;y0bon. president of
the Acheson Corporation, doctor of sci
ence and inventor Of carborundum and
artificial graphite
Adams. Samuel Hopkins. author and
Journalist, now with the New York
Tribune.
Addams, Jane, leader In the social
settlement movement founder of Chi
Cages famous Hull House and member
Of the Committee OF Nine which Colonel
Roosevelt named as his special adj
visers In the 1912 campaign.
Adler. DR.. Felix, leader OF the Ethi-
cal Culture Society and noted publicist
and educator.
Axtell. Mrs Frances. one OF the
most prominent suffragists in the State
OF Washington, who resigned from the
Women's Congressional Union TO work
for the reelection of President Will
son.
Aver. Frederick T.. lifelong Repub-
lican, lawyer. poet and philanthropist.
a director of the New York Tribune
and member of Union League Club.
Babson, Roger w. noted sta;istician
and financial authority.
. Baker. Ray Stannard. associate edi-
tor OF the American Magazine. and
author of "Our New Prosperity" d?l0)
and other works.
Al Bliss. Perry, professor OF English at
Harvard University and former editor
{ of tho Atlantic Monthly.
Brady. Rev. DR.. Cyrus Townsend
i clergyman, novelist and cssayist
Broatch, w. j., lifelong Republican
.iex-Mayor OF Omaha. delegate to the
.ilast Progressive National Convention
Burbank, Luther, the worlds mos,
.tiistinEuishcd scientist In plant life and
( development.
NJ Cary, ex- Governor Joseph NJ. of wyo-
sSming member OF the committee tina,
framed the first Progressive platform
in 1912.
5 Cody, William T.. buffalo Blll." ,
Colby, cambridge. former Progress
sivc leader, who twice nominated
Roosevelt for the presidency on tina
ticket
Cooke. Marjorie Benton. novelist
& author OF "Bambi." etc.
Costigan, Edward H. Frog rcssiv,
party candidate Cor. Governor OF Col
S orndo I'm 1912 and 1914.
isA Dnrtow, Clarence. Chicago writer, nt
II atorney and champion Of labor.
DE Baca, NJ. G.. Of New Mexico. mem
I her OF the committee that framed lh'
#<tnrst Progressive platform. in 1912.
Drexel, Miss Constance. Red eros!
nurse until recently, having spcn
much time in the trenches In France
Gibson. Thomas A., Americas most
famous inventor
Eliot. Or. Charles w. president
! emeritus OF Harvard University.
~ Elliott, General Charles r., rromi-
EtDent West Virginia Progressive
former United states Marsha! and Adj
4 Fiuta n t-Geueral OF the West Virginia
Z National Guard.
Endicott. Henry b.. Of Dcdhain, Mass.
and Binghainton. y. y. part owner OF
g the largest shoe factory in the world
81 Evans. Elizabeth Gicndowcr. mem
. Der of the massachusetts Commission
IS which was the first in the United
IS StatesSto Investigate womcns wages.
FISHER. 1f~tngs pro fcssor of politica'
economy Fat? Yale University. and q
1nember or Rcoscvclts National Con
observation Commission.
81 Floyd. John B., former Mayor 81
>, Charlestown, active Republican leadc,
Sin West Virginia, and former member
FsEof tho House of Delegates.
vi Ford. Henry. famous automobil,
ssmanufacturer. who has PRACTICAL!
demonstrated that equal pay for mcr
eSsnnd women on a prcht- sharing basi!
sS1nakes for labor's advancement and in
S. dustrial progress. and who was Mich
iEan's achoice for President in the n
publican primaries
~ Ford. John. supreme Court justice O
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