Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-01
Twenty-Fourth Annual State
Meeting to Convene at Des
Moines Saturday
WILL CONSIDER AMENDMENTS
Those Proposed Suggest Change In
Time Of Meeting and Giving Asso-
citation tho Right to Investigate Any
Case of Questionable Death and a
Change in Filing Of Nominations.


Y. M. G. A. building, the twenty
fourth annual meeting Of the Iowa
State Travelling Mems Association will
convene for the purpose of receiving
the annual reports Of the different de-
partments. for the election Of officers.
and for the considera lion of few
amendments to the articles of incor-
poration and by-laws. The retiring
officers are President I'll. B. Hedge,
Secretary +. e. Haley. Vice President
John Elkinton; Of the board of direc-
tors, John Verran. e. G. Evans. Adam
Stirling, w. H. Smith and r. A. Bar
rowman. The Indications are that
these gentlemen viii be their own sue
cessors, no other candidates having an
nounoed themselves for the positions
above mentioned. The holdover men,
bsrs of the board are T. M. Laugan,
G. II. Willis, w. F. Mitchell, L. G.
Deets. and j. A. Gum.
Several hundred delegates will be in
attendance.
The amendments to- be considered
are, first, proposition to change the
annual meeting from the first Sat
urday in December t., the third Sat-
urday In January, in order that the fls-
cal and calendar year may end at the
Same time, December 81. Second, an
amendment, the purport of which Is
to give the association the right to In
vestigate any case Of questionable
death. In the domain OF accident in
surance, in order to determine as to
the real cause Of death, 1t very fire.
quently occurs that to get at the facts
in the case, an autopsy or post mortem
Is necessary.
The third amendment makes 1t nee
essary that the nomination Of all can
didates must be filed at the home Of
flee thirty days prior to the annual
meeting at which they are to be voted
upon, and that the names of all the
nominees must be mailed to the entire
membership. These provisions exist
now with reference tc amendments.
Take Up Suicide Question.
The fourth amendn ent Is one Of con-
siderable Importance, and 1T relates
primarily to the question OF suicides.
The three avenues to which men who
contemplate suicide most frequently
resort, are self -infiict ed injuries with a
pistol, or by taking morphine, strych :
nine, carbolic acid, or some other poi
sonous substance or lastly by going to
room and turning on the gas. The
accident association have much to
reckon with in relation to the moral
large number of companies and asso-
Citations doing general accident In
surance business in the United States
show that fatalities from whisky and
suicides cost the different concerns IN
one way or another. more than the &C
cidents received in railroad wrecks.
There has been some question as tc
the company's liability in suicide cases
and the amendment will specify under
what condition they will be liable ana
to what extent in instances where the
cause Of death Is not clear.
The Iowa State Travelling Mems AS
ISOLATION has an enviable reputation
for its adjustment Of claims. The
contract Of insurance furnished by THIS
association has fewer exceptions, con-
ditions and provisions than most any
other company doing business IN the
United States. The amendments brief
" referred to are unanimously recon-
rnended by the president and the board
Of directors.
During the past year claims to the
amount OF nearly 100000 have been
paid to fourteen hundred claimants
and beneflciaries. The association VIII
report net gain Of membership curing
the past year Of nearly 1000.
The indications are the meeting Will
he a harmonious one. The general
counsel. Governor A. B. Cummins. will
be present ut the forenoon session, to
present his annual report. The report
Is always one Of marked interest. Gov
ernor Cummins having been associated
with the organization for upwards OF
ten years in the capacity OF legal ad-
wiser.