Perkin s Out Peabody In Latter Mutual Head
George W Perkins resigned as vice president and chairman of New York Life. Alexander E Orr was chosen to succeed him as vice president and John Claflin as chairman. Charles A Peabody elected president of the Mutuel Life Insurance Company. He pledged no faction in administration and urged policyholders not to lapse policies. Senator Dryden urged federal insurance control. Prudential actuary cited high costs of industrial policies. No move to call EB Harriman.
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George W. Perkins
The
New York Life
Alexander E. Orr
John Claflin
Board of Trustees
Charles A. Peabody
Mutuel Life Insurance Company
Senator Dryden
Prudential Actuary
EB. H. Harriman
Mutual Life
New-York Life
NY Life trustees order probe after Perkins resignation
New York Life trustees met to appoint a five member special committee to investigate the company’s affairs including the yellow dog fund tied to Andrew Hampton now in Paris. They amended bylaws to require board authorization for any executive money expenditure and named Terence Mackay Norman Ream Augustus Paine Hiram Steele and Thomas Fowler to lead the inquiry.
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George W. Perkins
New York Life Trustees
Yellow Dog
Andrew Hampton
Paris
Alexander E. Orr
Rapid Transit Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Perkins
John Cleffin
E. B. Claflin & Co
John A. McCall
Andrew Hamilton
Terence H. Mackay
Norman B. Ream
Augustus G. Paine
Hiram R. Steele
New-York Life Insurance Company
Legislative Investigating Committee
Insurance Commissioners
Cial
Messrs
Thomas Powler
Clarence H. Mackay
Hirem A. Steele
Legislative Committee
Commens
Es Ile
Hooker Seeks Assembly Speakership on Independent Platform
Geneseo Assemblyman S Percy Hooker announced his candidacy for Speaker of the Assembly. He pledges to purge graft and corporate influence, appoint representative committee members, and pursue practical results while sharing policy shaping with new and old members. He aims to lead a legislature serving high ideals and tangible gains.
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S. Percy Hooker
Geneseo
Assembly
Flouse
Insurance Committee
Hooker
Ation
Governor silent on Merritt speakership bid in Albany
Albany dispatch reports Governor Higgins declining comment on a Merritt for Speaker bid backed by Odell. The governor reaffirmed he would oppose any unfit candidate and cautioned he has not seen the current slate. He also dismissed rumors about Hendricks’s reappointment and noted no direct word from Hendricks. Holiday rail rates circulate for southern travel via Atlantic Coast Line.
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Albany
Higgins
Edwin A. Merritt, Jr
St. Lawrence County
Odell
Republican State Committee
Assembly
Merritt
Syracuse
Francis Hendricks
State Insurance Department
Hendricks
Hearst to push recount bill after Court of Appeals ruling
Hearst supporters plan to introduce a special bill at the upcoming legislature session to recount last city ticket votes. Counsel cited uncertainties about retroactive effect and cited dissenting Justices Bartlett and Vann urging new election code provisions. Clarence J. Shearn declined to fully discuss the ruling before reviewing all opinions.
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Hearst
Court of Appeals
Bartlett and
Vann
Clarence J. Shearn
Mr. Hearst
McClellan
Amend
Hazing at Navy Academy Leads to Suspensions
Midshipman Jerome P. Kimbrough of Germantown Tenn endured a brutal hazing act at Annapolis last night, forced to stand on his head until unconscious. Admiral Sands suspended Midshipmen Trenmer Coffin Jr of Carson City Nev and Warren A Vanderveer of Mount Holly N J. an investigation began. Kimbrough was hospitalized but likely to recover. he refused to name other participants. Coffin was said to have been caught in the act and Vanderveer reportedly on duty but not reporting the breach. Further details sought on Kimbrough’s condition.
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The
Tribune
Annapolis
He Academy
Jerome P. Kimbrough
Germantown
Tenn
Young Kimbrough
James H. Sands
Academy
Trenmer Coffin, Jr
Carson City
Nev
Warren A. Vanderveer
Mount Holly
N. J
Admiral Sands
Department
Kimbrough
Coffin
Vandeveer
Henry G. Cooper
Oxford
N. C
Cooper
Midshipmen
Lithuania Secedes as Riga Rebels Take City
Reports from Riga describe a provisional Livonian government, with Dvina Fort in rebel hands and officials imprisoned. Peasants rise, landowners form guards, forests and estates are seized, and widespread chaos spreads across Livonia and Courland as troops defect.
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Riga
Dvina
Livonia
Courland
Premier Witte Says Army Loyal and Finances Sound in interview
London dispatch reports Count Witte telling The Daily Telegraph correspondent that the army will remain faithful and finances are sound. He dismissed persistent rumors of disloyalty as temporary, warned republicans would be crushed, and blamed revolutionaries for spreading false financial fears. He affirmed continued imperial obligations to foreign creditors.
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London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Coun Witte
Count Witte
Russia
Auc
Ballot box delays loom over election dispute and Hearst case
The decision delays opening ballot boxes, forcing affidavits and quo warranto actions to prove fraud across the city. McClellan may win an election certificate while delays persist, with the Hearst team promising to pursue access to boxes with discrepancies. Also, report of midshipman Henry G. Cooper’s paralysis and hazing context at the academy.
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City of
New York
McClellan
Hearst
Moscow Firms Fail and Sizable Protests Roil City
A Moscow panic spreads as two large tea firms collapse and agrarian disturbances reach gates of the capital. Nobles estates burn, strikers clash with Cossacks, and Workmen's Council resists a general strike while post and telegraph services falter and publishers defy press laws.
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Burg
Moscow
Warsaw Police Strike and Polish Autonomy Demands
Warsaw police in the first district have struck and leaders are to be arrested, while other officers stay in barracks. A meeting of 417 Catholic clergymen in Russian Poland calls for autonomy with a parliament, secret ballot, Polish in government offices, abolition of capital punishment, and amnesty for political prisoners. The Official Gazette lists 298 post and telegraph clerks dismissed for striking, trains to the Austrian frontier are booked full, and German mill owner Oscar Schoen was shot at Sosnovice.
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Warsaw
Poland
Oscar Schoen
Sosnovice
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