The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-21
SMOKER WAS HELD
AT B,P. 0, E, ROOMS
Entertainment for Members of
Underwriters Association.
HELD MEETING YESTERDAY
Some of the Special Agents
and AdjuSterS Present.

Complimentary TO the members of the
Fire Underwriters association, which i:
holding meeting in the city this week
IS told about in last weeks issue of The
Eagle, the local insurance men last night
entertained at a smoker in the Elk
club rooms, at the corner of Topeka and
Douglas avenues String music enlivened
the occasion and at 8 o'clock a banquet
consisting of light refreshments was
served. The smoker was adjourned at I
late hour.
Promptly at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing the association met in regular session
at the same rooms with a good mem
bership present. Routine business oc-
cupied the morning session as it also did
that Of the afternoon meeting.
Although it is not probable that reso-
lutions win be adopted at the meeting
of the association in this city, each of the
members is working on d proposition TO
further eliminate the danger of fire on
account of imperfect building, wiring
by electric light companies and the al
lowing of refuse to stand to the rear Of
business places.
is now effective in Texas" said Charles
T. Hardy, member of the Underwriters
association, who is also the head of a
proposed Kansas Fire Protectio nasso-
citation. Thus far its results have been
gratifying TO say the least he con-
tinued. AN organization of this kind
is, OF course, beneficial TO the patrons
as well as to the fire insurance com
panies. It assists the companies in es-
Gaping so many losses and at the same
time secures a better rate for the man
who has property to insure. AS the propo-
sition involves much more work than it
would seem, it will probably be some
time before resolutions will be adopted
to cover the subject. 1t will be brought
up at each meeting of the association
from now on, however, and viii eventu-
ally be adopted by the association
The officers of the Fire Underwriters
association are: ". s. Nevinsm, of Kan
sas City, president; Colonel Samuel Woo
lard of Wichita, vice president, and
Charles A. Walsh, of Kansas City, sec
Rotary and treasurer.
This morning at 10 O'Clock the associa-
ton will take up regular Work where it
was left off last night and will adjourn
in the evening. Some of the members of
the association who are present at the
meeting are:
Sam w. Atkinson, Nevada, Mo; Chas.
II. Anderson. Hannibal. Mo; Robert D.
Au, Topeka, Kan; F. NJ. Benedict, Law
renee, Kan; z. P. Bates, Topeka. Kan;
Eugene Bullock. Little Rock. Ark; Ho-
mer Caldwell. Wichita, Kan; b. T. Girls
well, Topeka, Kan; w y. Conway Ft.
Scott. Kan; Z. A. Chisholm, Oklahoma
City o. T.; c. w Fort. Kansas City
Mo; f. c. Fox. Topeka, Kan. w. NJ
Gregory, Topeka. Kan; John Gibbons
Oklahoma City, O. T.; Charles F. Hardy.
Topeka, Kan; John w. Hoffman, Kan
sas City. Mo; Writ Lease. Dallas. Tex;
J. NJ. Miller, Muskogee, /. T.; w. L.
Maillat Little Rock, Ark; w. S. New
tns. Kansas City, Mo; H L. Osborn.
Wichita, Kan; w. ID. Perry. Topeka.
Kan; H. c. Stuart, Des Moines. Ia; Ray
w Smith. Kansas City. Mo; F. c. Secor.
St Louis Mo: Charles f. Thomas, To-
peka, Kan. E. w. Tatum. Oklahoma
City. O. r; NJ. W. Van Valkenburg. To-
pel1a, Kan; w. O. Van Arsdale. Wichita.
Kan; &. Van Ness, Kansas Citl. No;
Charles A. Walsh, Kansas City. Mo; H
z. Whitman. Oklahoma City. o. T; w.
II Young. Kansas City. Mo; w. I.
Drum Topeka. Kan: H. Clarkson, Tope-
ka. Kan; c. +. Eldridge. Topeka. Kan;
A. X Sutton. Topeka, Kan; w Camp
bell. Topeka Kan; j. +. Johnston, Alva,
.. T.; c. NJ. Fechheimer, Chickasha. 1. T.