Mutual Life Dividends Explained as Actuary’s Judgment
New York Oct 25 The Mutual Life board appoints a committee to investigate the company and its methods After Emory McClintock actuary testimony the legislative committee adjourns to November 8 The dividends paid to policyholders are largely a matter of actuarial judgment rather than strict calculations The gains from investments dwarf dividend totals and proposals to cap life insurance writing are discussed with key executives from Mutual Life New York Life Equitable and others named
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
William H Truesdale
Effingham B. Morrin
John W. Auchincloss
John W Auchincloss
New York City
The
Mutual
William Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Greenwich
Conn Effingham . Morris
Girard Trust Company
Philadelphia
Assembly
David
McClintoc
James McKeen
Coutcil
McClntocd
Mutual Sife
McChirtoc
Equitable
Henry B Hyde
Hyde
McClinton
McCall
New York Life
Albany
McCurdy
Alexander
Brackett
Othrs
McClintons
Bank cashes on confession and officer notes filed
Report details a bank crisis with witness testimony about a confession and a prominent beneficiary named by Cunningham. Bookkeeper George Halston returns from a wedding trip as news of cashier Clark's suicide shocks Enterprise Bank. lawyer Lyon says notes valued at 68 626 dollars will be raised on call. Homer L Castle accuses Pennsylvania state officers of manipulating bank deposits to aid politicians in bank raids. he claims deposits dictated loans and state funds moved to suit political loans, with proof to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Halston
Enterprise National Bank
Pittsburg
Clark
Havana
Cuba
Kimg
Ralston
Walter Lyon
Pennsylvania Development Company
Enterprise Bank
Castle
Washington Post
Greenville
Homer L Castle
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Stiit
Comptroller
Equitable Directors Nominated for Board Seats
New York Oct 25 At the monthly meeting to day of the directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Sir William C Van Horne of Montreal J D Kernan of Utica and William C Redfield of Brooklyn were nominated to fill vacancies They will be elected at the November meeting Sir William Van Horne was a director under the Alexander administration but resigned during the reorganization Receipts for the third quarter total 1697 027 compared with 17306 314 last year Disbursements for the quarter 11909 483 vs 11904 535 last year First nine months receipts 55772176 vs 53718642 last year Disbursements this year 39048975 vs 37551504 last year
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William C. van Horne
Montreal
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
William C van Horne
J D Kernan
Utica
William C Redfield
Brooklyn
William van Horne
Alexander
Equitable Society
Western Life Indemnity Officers Discharged in Court
Chicago October 25. General Manager E I Rosenfeld President George M Moulton and E D Moore of the Western Life Indemnity Company were discharged from a rule to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of court. Federal Judge Kohlsaar noted dissatisfaction with the stock purchase explanation but found no intentional disregard of orders or contempt, and discharged the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E I Rosenfeld
George M. Moulton
E D Moore
Western Life Indemnity Company
C C Kohlsaar
Westfern Life Company
Security Life and Annuity Company
Comptroller Says Bank Probe Will Be Impartial
Edward P. Moxey, Philadelphia expert accountant, hired to review the failed Enterprise National Bank of Pittsburgh, signals a thorough federal probe. Washington action followed a confidential examiner report, with Deputy Comptroller Kane insisting no political influence will steer investigations or prosecutions.
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Pennsylvania
Enterprise National Bank
Pittsburg
Edward P. Moxey
Philadelphia
Washington
United States
John W Dunkle
Moxey
National Bank
Cunningham
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Comptroller
Thomas P. Kane
Treasury
William 3B
Ridgely
New York
Wanamaker Will Bequests Lost Due To Proximity Of Death
Wil lam H Wanamaker merchant died last Friday his will executed less than a month before death. Charitable bequests totaling 28500 fail though estate valued over 20000. Bequests include 10000 to Central Congregational Church 4000 to Congregational Home Mission ary Society 5000 to Church Building Society 2500 to Congregational American Missionary Society 2500 to American Board of Foreign Missions 2500 to American Sunday School Union and 1000 to Ministerial Relief Fund Congregational church.
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W. H. "Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Willam H. Wanamaker
Central Congregational Church
Congregational Home Missionary Society
New York City
The
Church Building Society
Congregational American Missionary Society
American Board of Foreign Misions
American Sunday School Union
Ministerial Relief Fund
Congregational Church
Bloodshed in strike as rail workers walk out in Russia
In St Petersburg an armed clash between strikers and engine drivers left dead and wounded. Rail stations were under guard, trains halted, and cities around the empire were nearly besieged. Ministers, led by Count Witte, met to avert crisis as the general railroad strike and urban unrest spread.
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St. Petersburg
Charles Hardinge
Nicholas
England
Finland
Sweden
Narva
Russia
Count Witte
Moscow
Committees
Council of Ministers
Count Solsky
Count Witty
Finance
Ministry of the Interior
Helaingfora
St. Peterabure
America
Court Witte
Slovo
Psasazit
Bloody clashes disrupt city as troops clash with demonstrators
In Bkaterinostaf Ruasht on October, two violent encounters occurred between soldiers and protesters opposite the municipal buildings and near the Pushkin monument. Reports say fifteen killed and twenty six wounded at Briansk works yesterday amid strikers wire entanglements while police disperse striking students.
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Bekaterinostaf
Ruasht
Pushkin Monument
Bea
Briansk
Czar Isolated by Strike at Tsarskoe-Selo
State Department reports mail to the czar cut off by the Russian railway strike at Tsarskoe-Selo. Cable from Spencer Eddy in St. Petersburg says all postal communication ceased, isolating the czar from outside news.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Russia
State Department
Spencer
Eddy
St. Petersburg
Tsarkoe- Selo
Distress Flares as Moscow Faces SiegeLike Conditions
Moscow endures severe distress with meat prices tripled and 2000 people living in cars near Kazan line. Troops control stations and Cossacks guard post and telegraph offices. A station girl pleads for continued strikes for liberty as the crowd sings the Marseillaise.
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Moscow
Kazan
Nebolsin Named Naval Attache After Sea of Japan Heroics
Capt. Nebolsin, hero of the Sea of Japan battle aboard the cruiser Aurora, has been appointed naval attache of the Russian Embassy in Washington. He survived multiple shell hits while directing rescue and firefighting efforts as the Aurora burned, later returning to duty after brief injuries.
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Nebolsin
St. Petersburg
Washington
Alexandre Boutakoff
Aurora
Craser
Oleg
Baquist
Manila
Russian Fleet Sails as Macedonia Demonstration Possible
Odessa reports the Black Sea fleet except the Pateleimon departed Sebastopol under Vice Admirals Birileff and Chouknin, fueling speculation of a naval demonstration if powers deem it necessary to back Macedonia demands. Paris notes the Fez French plan for a Morocco conference and movement of envoys to Algeciras.
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Macedonia
Odessa
Black Sea
Pateleimon
Kniaz Potemkine
Sebastopol
Birileff
Chouknin
Paris
M. St. Rene Talilander
Fez
Foreign Office
Bultan
Morocco
Opposed to Divorce Action by Baltimore Synod Meeting in Washington
The Baltimore Synod ends its annual session in Wilmington Del with a popular meeting on Home Missions. It approves holding next year’s meeting in Gunton Memorial Church Washington and affirms the naval academy attendance policy while allowing midshipmen to worship at churches of their choice. The session critiques Booker T. Washington on religious education and names officers for the Woman's Synod Society.
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Washington
Midshipmen
Booker I. Washington
Pupila
Wilmington
Del
Synod of
Baltimore
West Presbyterian Church
George L. Spinning
America
Gunton Memorial Church
T. C Potter
Glasgow
John T Stone
Committee On Foreign Missions
David McConaughy
New York
Presbyterian ‘Church
J. B Moffatt
Cumberland
General Assembly
N. H. Miller
Henry D Landsay
Allegheny
Freedmen’s Aid Society
Booker T. Washington
Moorg
Woman's Synod Society
Joseph B Turner
Dover
R M Tilly
A N Kelswin
D. A. Kunicht
G. G Henry
Misa
Eva Taylor
Newcastle
Mra
Wallace Ratchit
B. Evans
Newark
S. B November
Young People's
B. #. Wrber
Accused of awful crime in Aycock stockade fire case
Special to The Washington Post reports Jim Glasgoe, a Black man, was arrested in Aycock Florida by Detective Thomas J. Watts on charges of murdering guard J. T. Longino and convict trusty Will Cooper at Aycock Brothers camp last week. The fire in the stockade killed three prisoners. six others were badly burned, four of whom later died. A guard was initially blamed as the fire began. detectives found two skulls crushed among the dead. A trusty prisoner says Glasgoe entered the stockade and blows were heard before flames erupted from the guard room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Mobile
Ala
Jim Glasgoe
Aycock
Fla
Thomas J. Watts
J. T. Longino
Will Cooper
Aycock Brothers
Watts
Trusty
Martinsville tobacco factory owner killed by train at Powhatan
J W Daniel of Martinsville Virginia proprietor of a tobacco factory was struck and killed by a light engine on the Powhatan track while walking eastward on the west bound line. The engine passed over him and his body was moved to Bluefield for shipment home. He was about forty, leaves a widow and one child visiting in Washington.
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J. W. Daniel
Martinsville
Powhatan
Washington Post
Bluefield
W. Va
J W. Daniel
Daniel
Washington, DC
Poison death inquiry in Richmond children case develops no poison trace
Coroner Taylor reports autopsy found no poison but stomachs of two Perkins children were largely eroded by a corrosive. A neighbor recalls Mrs Perkins saying ground glass poisoned Octavia. It is revealed Mia Perkins' mother Mrs Johnson went insane in 1882 at the same age, with deadly urge toward her child.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Taylor
Edward Perking
Perkins
Octavia Perkins
Mia. Perkins
B. & Johnson
Hundley Attacks Lewis Amid Virginia Polls
Richmond dispatch reports George J. Hundley, who recently accused Judge L. L. Lewis, Republican gubernatorial candidate, of endorsing miscegenation, issuing a new card vow to press his vendetta. He claims Lewis justified actions urging white men to oppose interracial marriage and warned of calling U S troops, referencing Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
George J. Hundley
L. L. Lewis
Virginia
Lewis
United States
Petersburg
Winston-Salem Protest on Railroad Tobacco Transport
Winston Tobacco Board of Trade held a meeting asserting Southern Railroad facilities fail to move tobacco from the sections. They claim thousands of dollars in losses from damaged stock while depots hold tobacco. President Smith to telegraph the corporation commission chair for an immediate investigation. A joint Merchants Association and Board of Trade meeting is planned for Friday night to pursue protests with letters sent to railway officials in Washington, Raleigh, and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winston-Salem
N. C
Winston Tobacco Board of Trade
Southern Railroad
Smith
Corporation Commission
Retail Merchants’ Association
Winston Board of Trade
Raleigh
Virginia State Baseball League organized in Richmond
Special to the Washington Four Richmond Va October 2 A Virginia State Baseball League was formed with reps from Richmond Norfolk Reparoke Lynchburg Portsmouth Newport News Danville and Petersburg planned to join later Jake Wells elected president E W Gregory Jr temporary secretary W B Bradley treasurer and a nine member board of directors appointed a three man tax frame bylaws committee for Norfolk Portsmouth and Newport News.
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Washington
Richmond
W. B Bradley
Jake Wells
E. N. Gregory, Jr
Norfolk
William Harmon, Jr
Otto Wells
Reparoke
Harry Bernstein
Henry Scholey
J. M. Hancock
Lynchburg
Fel Hall
C. Blackford
Portsmouth
C. T Eland
Newport News
J. J. Grim
Petersburg
Waylaid and Murdered Near Rush Run
Special to The Washington Rase reports Thomas Filburn was waylaid by Asa Shelton at Rush Run. Filburn was struck seven times and shot three times, dying instantly. Shelton allegedly acted after an insult to Filburn.
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Washington
Montgomery
W. Va
Thomas Filburn
Asa Shelton
Rush Run
Fred
Shelton
Filburn
Think They Have Pirate Captain Kidd In Richmond Case
Richmond police believe they have captured the so called Captain Kidd, reputed head of a Long Island Sound looting gang. The suspect, naming himself Pusick, claims to be an automobile and motor boat repairer, with authorities suspecting him to be Jackson, the gang's leader who reportedly fled south.
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Richmond
Manchester
Captain Kidd
Sunmner
Long Island Sound
Pusick
Jackson
Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League endorses local option law
The executive committee of the Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League met in Rockville to reaffirm support for the local option law as amended by the state legislature. It opposes repeal efforts and any licensing for liquor, warning candidates who favor licenses should not receive temperance support. The full discussions were not public, but tensions over candidates’ positions were noted.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League
Bonapartes Eastern Shore Campaign Tour Ends in Salisbury
Secretary Bonaparte visited Salisbury with H. M. McCullough the Republican comptroller candidate during the Eastern Shore tour against the disfranchising amendment. He spoke to an enthusiastic audience warning Republicans about tricks in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Salisbury
Bonaparte
H. M McCullough
Crisfield
Honaparte
Swanson Opens Virginia Campaign at Lebanon Rally
Democratic candidate Claude A. Swanson spoke to about 1500 cheering voters in Lebanon Russell County. He avoided mentioning the charges against his opponent Judge L. L. Lewis and called his Southwest Virginia tour one of his most pleasant campaigns. He was to speak at Radford the next day.
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Lewis
Washington Post
North Tasewell
Dey
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Lebanon
Russell County
Addresses on Missions at Virginia Episcopal Auxiliary Meeting
Special to The Washington Fest Fredericksburg Virginia October 25 annual meeting of the Virginia Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions opened with prayer by Bishop Gibson. Welcoming address by Rev H H Barber of Fredericksburg and response by Miss Byrne Stuart of Alexandria. Mrs W J Smith of the Hong Kong diocese spoke briefly. Bishop Gibson spoke on enlarging mission work. Emmett Smith and Meem addressed. Meem spoke on Brazil. Afternoon junior auxiliary met with Gertrude Barton of Winchester presiding and reports on work among colored people. Monture spoke on work in colored communities and Meen on Brazil.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Woman's Auxiliary
Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church
Gibson
H. H Barber
John C. Meen
Brazil
Emmet Smith
Quarter Million Pledged for Woman's College Debt
President J Goucher of the Woman's College in Baltimore entertained bishops and laymen ahead of a Methodist Episcopal meeting in Washington. It was announced that one half of a desired half million fund is pledged, contingent on raising the other half by June 1 next year to wipe out debts and provide a working cash balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goucher
Woman's College
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
J. Goucher
PATE IN HANDS OF JURY CARNIVAL EMPLOYEE CHARGED
Charles Wilson of Reeder Iowa managed the merry go round at Cumberland Maryland last summer and is on trial for criminal assault on Florence Sweit zer seven year old. The child testified and identified Wilson as the assailant with corroboration from physicians. A seven night session ended with the jury still locked up. Special to The Washington Post.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Charles Wilson
Reeder
Iowa
Florence Sweitzer
Eva Scarlet
Wilson
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McClintock
Mutual Life
Firet Pagh
Gree
NEW Equitable Directors
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Benke
Neva
Manchuria
League of Leagues
Samara
Gapon
Alinister
Prince Hilkoff
Thas
Witte
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Maxim Gorky
Crimea
Ekaterinostaf
CZAR
China
W. B Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. Ith
Baltimore Synod
Tuskegee
Florida
Carp
Hundley
Ball League
Rush Run, W. Va
Long Island
Elgin Wat
Manave Tin Wat Ea
aLorm National Watch CO
Higin
Ein
Massachusetts Avenue
Montgomery League
Salisbury and
Wyomen’s Auxiliary of Episcopal Board
Pate
Carnival
Suffolk
J. G. Cutchins
Franklin
Worfollk
J. C. Thutchins
Seitastelle
Buffolk
Dr. Lyon
Géo. E. Hebbard
Washington Gas Light CO
Roth St. N. W
Keeley Institute
Ores Sso Cae
Washington, D
Viper
I - Hiscox
Lefayette
Cook Remedy Co
Masorig Temple
Ghicags
I Uisnen
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