Five-Year Health Check Plan Urged By Insurance Leader
Dr. Foster urged life insurers to fund free re examinations for policyholders every five years to detect early disease, arguing preventive medicine boosts longevity and lowers future costs. He said insurers must partner with government and educational campaigns to promote routine checks and keep in touch with insured lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnside Foster
St. Paul Medical Journal
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Minnesota
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Foster
Association
Irving Fisher
Yale
Thomas H Willard
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Fewens
Equtain Life
Oscar H. Rogers
New York Life
Verdict in Brokers Case Finds for Claimants in Full
The jury returned a full verdict with interest totaling 924,8565 for Franklin Scott & Co. against Cyrus Field Judson, Joseph Hoadley, and Joseph Leiter, later limited to Hoadley and Leiter due to a prior ruling. A new trial motion was denied, with a 30 day stay granted to await judgment execution and a case on appeal. Evidence included alleged payoffs to Mooney and claims of fixing. exhibits on allegedly paid hush money were kept for 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Scott & Co
Agt
Cyrus Field Judson
Joseph H. Headrey
Joseph Leiter
Judson
Hoadley
Leiter
Edmund L. Mooney
New Import Record at Port of New York Shows Big March
George W. Wanmaker, port appraiser, reported March imports and duties hit the highest level in port of New York customs history. March appraised merchandise total, about 87,997,387.42, exceeds February by roughly 21 million and surpasses March 1907. Diamonds, stones, hides, silks, metals, and autos all show notable rises, with 125 automobiles valued at 261,130.12 imported in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wanmaker
Customs Service
Port of
New York
Mr. Wanmaker
Mice and Seeds Rule House Office Building
Washington April 2 government policy of allotting free seeds to members of Congress has mice overrunning the new 3.9 million dollar House office building. Each Representative gets about ten thousand garden seed packages annually and many are sent to rooms in the building. Women staffers fear for their shorthand notes as mice invade desks and voices complain the Agricultural Department seeds attract the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Agricultural Department
Passover Bars Voting In St Louis Municipal Election
Thirty thousand Jews in St Louis face barred voting as Passover forbids writing on the first day. Orthodox doctrine prohibits writing, including crossing the circle on ballots. Rabbi Mendes notes orthodox Jews cannot vote Tuesday, potentially swaying the election outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
St. Louis
H. Pereira Mendes
Central Park West
Brokers Charged in 150000 Fraud Case Over Abandoned Alaska Mines
George L. McKay and Charles R. Colby, brokers with offices on Broad Street, were arrested on charges of mail fraud and grand larceny for selling stock in coal and mining ventures deemed worthless. The government cites Island Bay Mining Company of Alaska and Equity Mines Syndicate among the properties involved, with investigations extending to 1907 and 1908. Further charges and arraignment were planned as authorities pursue warrants and additional testimonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. McKay
Convent Avenue
Charles R. Colby
Broadstreet
McConville
Nelson
Post Office
Elmer L. Kincaid
United States
Shields
McKay
Buckner
Kincaid
Colby
Alaska
Island Bay Mining Company of
Valdez
George L. McKay & Co
Chicago
Indianapolis
E. T. Griffith
J. Kreis
Charles Kreis
la Salle Avenue
Griffith
Island Bay Mining Company
Krels
William Hughes
Indian Orchard
J. E. Lane
Macomb
Arto
Kinesid
Chisna Consolidated Mining Company
Equity Mines Syndicate
Coaldale
Nev
Inspector Kincaid
W. S. Myron
Amityville
Long Island
P. W. Dalton
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Henry Lincoln Case
West S&th Street
New York City
Augustus J. Hess
Philadelphia
Hess
McKay Company
M. B. Allen
Honesdale
Penn
MckKay
George A. Marr
Marr
New York
Tacoma
Wash
West 5&Th Street
Case Sala
Chisna Mines
Kreis
McAdoo tunnel plan approved over Interborough route conflict
Public Service Commission adoption of a sub committee report endorses Hudson and Manhattan expansion from 35th Street and Sixth Avenue to Grand Central. The plan, approved after engineering review, foresees a fourth subway level on 42nd Street and connections to Grand Central, Lexington Avenue, and Steinway tunnels, while Interborough objections about Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street connections are rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
35D Street
Sixth Avenue
Grand Central Station
Public Service Commission
Willcox
Maltbie
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Lexington Avenue
Shonts
Interborough
City Subway
Steinway
Belmont
William G. McAdoo
Commission
Fifth Avenue
City
Hudson & Manhattan
Interborough Subway
Interborough Company
Park Avenue
42D Street
Lexington, Avenue
41St Street
39Th Street
33D Street
40Th Street
McAdoo Tube
North River
McAdoo Tunnel
Manhattan
Queens
Wheat prices hit season high on Board of Trade
Chicago April 2 prices on the Board of Trade rose to new season highs for all deliveries with May options at 121 dollars a bushel and July at 108 dollars. Crop damage reports and urgent cash grain demand in Chicago Kansas City and St Louis fueled the advance. Unsurpassed for quality and flavor. Salada Tea trial packet Adyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansasity
St. Louis
Employees May Buy Powder Stock At Par Value
Wilmington April 2 officials of the E I du Pont de Nemours Powder Company announce that employees may purchase all shares of the preferred stock and become members of the corporation. Salaries of 1000 or less may buy stock up to 2 percent of salary. up to 2500 up to 1 percent. up to 3000 up to 3 percent. above that up to 8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Wilmington
Del
E. [. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Powder Trust
Paris Jury Honors World’s Youngest Artist
Paris on April 2 19 jurors accepted and will hang a portrait by Maurice Levallard a twelve year old believed to be the world’s youngest artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Salon
Maurice Levallard
Smugglers Fled in Gown Import Case at Port
Two dressmakers in the city under suspicion of smuggling gowns on American and Red Star lines left the city. Secret Service agents seek the illicit importers but cannot locate those in charge. A trunk worth 5000 dollars containing gowns was found uptown after removal from a Red Star pier. One suspect reportedly went to San Francisco with customs alerted there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
Red Star
Secret Service
United States Attorney
Vlew
Red Star Line
San Francisco
France
Lake strike likely as non union crew arrive
Buffalo sees a test of open shop policy as non union engineers, firemen, and oilers arrive to work under Mutual Transit Company shelter. Lake Carriers' Association aims to open contracts. navigation planned April 15 with ships ready, while unions threaten to disrupt lake transport and police bolster pier security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lake Carriers’ Association
Great Lakes
Marine Engineers
Lake Carriers
Mutual Transit Company
Fire in Bristol Office Building Wrecks Top Floor
A defectively wired blaze in the Bristol building at Fifth Avenue and 42d Street caused 10000 in damage on its seventh floor. A milliner and a fireman were injured while Easter hats and a bull pup survived. Tenants include Charles Minzesheimer & Co. and E C Potter & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bristol Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Charles Hallen
Rose Tuch
Charles Minzesheimer & Co
E. C. Potter & Co
Sully's cotton scheme to create bonded warehouses
Atlanta plan by Daniel J Sully proposes a chain of bonded cotton warehouses with a minimum $10,000,000 subscribed by conservative financiers to fund ironclad securities. The scheme aims to generate annual cash savings for the South of $150,000,000 to $250,000,000 and will be offered to Southern people with farmer cooperation pledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Atlanta
Daniel J. Sully
South
United States
Sully
AUTHORESS DIES ALONE IN NEW YORK FLATE
Mrs Matilda Shaw French teacher and author linked to Sarah Bernhardt died alone in a locked New York room at 262 West 11th Street. The physician forced entry and found her dead for hours. Coroner noted autographed Bernhardt photos and a Roosevelt letter in the room. Shaw, who came from France with husband G A Shaw, faced a possible inheritance and had planned a Scotland trip to claim funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Shaw
Sarah Bernhardt
West 11Th Street
Faxton E. Gardner
Madison Avenue
Harburger
Annie Charies
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
M. Clarette
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Mrs. Shaw
Aldrich Plans New Tariff Compromise To Replace Payne
Washington April 2 Senator Aldrich proposes a substitute for the Payne tariff bill. The plan sets minimum rates to take effect now for nine to twelve months, then automatic maximum rates unless the president agrees otherwise. It creates a tariff bureau to gather foreign tariff data and aid executive and congressional use. President Taft endorses the approach and expects quick Senate action after House passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Aldrich Vised
Payne
Finance Committee
Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
United States
Congress
Tariff Commission
Utive
Taft
MacVeagh
Executive
Ac Court
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Control OF Disease
Department of Agriculture
Fox
Mooney
Bar Association
George L. Mkay Com
PANY
Coal
Knight's Island
P. S.C
Madoo
du Pont Company
Herald
Advt
Bill
Dent Taft
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