The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
TO PROBE DEEP INTO
 EQUITABLE AFFAIRS
DEMAND MADE ON PRESIDENT
 ALEXANDER.

Chairman Prick of the Investigating
 Committee Asks for Full List of Em-
 pIoyes, Including All Its officers,
 With Statement of Salaries and
 EmoIuments Received-States Plain
 Iy That Inquiry VIII be Thorough.
 New York, April 12.-A complete rec ord of all the financial transactions of the Equitable Life Assurance society, it's relations to other cofporations and a full list of the soeiety's employees, including all it's officers, together with a statement of the salaries and emolu- ments received by them, is asked of the society's president, James w. Alexan- der, in letter sent to him by Henry c. Prick, chairman of the Investigating committee appointed by the directors. The letter to MT. Alexander was ap- proved at a meeting of the investigat- ing committee. at which Messrs. liar riman, Bliss, Ives, Ingalls, and Prick were present. -l
 In asking for the information Mir. Prick writes that the committee does not intend to limit it's investigation to the questioning of the society's off, cers. but that separate and indepen- dent examinations will be made by the committee and it's experts.
 Among the points on which MT. Alex ander is requested to furnish data are the society's holdings or interest in the Mercantile Trust company of New j York, the Equitable Trust company of New York, the Mercantile Safe Deposit company of New York, or in any other trust, title or safe deposit company, bank or banking company; the society's leases of its buildings in this city; its loans to any of it's employees, officers, directors or trustees, together with a statement showing who authorized the loans; a statement of all dealings by which any broker sold for, or to the so- ciety, any stocks, bonds, securities or other property including all the "so- called underwritings by the society; a statement as to whether any one con- nected with the society received com pensation or benefit from such stock l transactions or underwriting: state- I trustee or employe has received any l money or other things of value because ! of his relation with the society; list of the society's contracts with it's lead l ing agents here and abroad, with a 1 compilation to show the practical result 1 to the society for each agency; a state ment showing each item going to make | up the total of $7,900,2S5 mentioned in l the report of December 31, 1904, for commissions, advertising. postage and exchange and how and why each was l 179, BIS in the same report for ''all other disbursements and how and why each was spent" statement showing in detail the loss if any, to the society
 since January 1, 1900 on any property of any kind purchased by it, giving the | names of the persons who sold the same to the society; a record of any transaction by which any officer, direc- tor, trustee or employe of the society has irregularly or improperly received money or other valuable thing from the society outside of. and no part of his regular salary; and also a monthly statement from January 1, 1900 show ing the cash balances of the society 1 and where the same were and are de.
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