The Washington times., 1905-12-02
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supply department and the literary
department OF the company. Andrew
c. Fields, the missing legislative agent
of the Mutual was the head of the sap
ply department. Charles ]. Smith, who
confessed before the Armstrong com
rnittee that he ssnt out edited" re-
ports of the Investigation for the Mutual
Life 70 out-of-town papers, and paid 81
a line to those papers which would ac-
cept his dispatches. was the mead OF the
literary department.
Yesterday Fields was replaced as the
head Of the supply department by ". s,
Sullivan. os the advertising department
Of the Mutual. Smith, who had been re-
ceiving q salary OF 3 900 a year, was
dropped. It is the purpose OF the Trues-
dale committee TO discontinue this dc
partment altogether.
Though Fields was deposed he has not
/ been discharged The Truesdale com
mittee refused to allow him to be dis
charged. as they want him brought back
I 10 this city TO appear as a witness De-
/ fore the Armstrong committee and be-
/ fore them.
Fields is now supposed to be in Call
fornia. and the McCurdyites stIIl in the
/ company are supposed to be making
strenuous efforts 70 bring him back but
those eonversant with the real situation
do not believe there is one chance in
| a thousand of Fields returning to New
! York as long as the Armstrong commit
tee Is in existence
Fields Return Feared.
Fields return, it ia said. would be
fatal TO a number of men who still hold
high positions ia the Mutual Life and
who we're close 10 The McCurdy regime.
Robert A. Granniss. vice president of
the Mutual. was the executive officer
| who had most 10 do with Fields and the
direction of his peculiar affairs. The
| McCurdyites hope that Mr.. Grauniss
| -.
dent, but II Fields should return and
make q frank statement they fear Mr..
Granniss would have to retire.
Frederic Cromwell, temporary presi-
dent of the Mutual, made the following
| statement yesterday relative TO Fields:
/ while Mr.. Fields has been super
seded in the supply department, his con-
| nection with the company has not been
/ severed in so far as the EFFORT now
| being made to bring him back to New
| York to testify is Concerned. The APP
| pointment OF Mr.. Fields successor Is
| temporary. and the permanent appoint
| ment will be made only with the con
| currence of the Mutuals investigating
committee"
A report that Adrian Iselin. jr., had
resigned as trustee or the Mutual WAS Ais
| reform trustees all now admit that tae
| great danger TO the Mutual Is the ire
mendous eaort being made py n: "a
pany into the hands of the Standard on
crowd
Equitsble Trustees Meet.
Grover Cleveland. Justice Morgan J
O'Brien, and George Westinghouse
trustees of the Thomas f. Ryan stock
in the Equita ble held a meeting yes
terday afternoon In the Equitable build
ing. They will continue 10 hold daily
meetings until December 6. when the
lannual election of directors takes place
The trustees are now busy classifying
the nominations sent in by policyholders
majority of the policyholders have
not made direct nominations. but have
given proxies to the trustees to act foI
George II. shotwell. official stenogra-
pher of the Armstrong investigating
| committee recently sent out a circular
/ soliciting subscriptions TO the offici2
| printed report of the testimony takeT
BY the committee. Chairman Armstrong
and Secretary Prentice, OF the commit
tee. have written Mr.. Shotwell sharI
letter rebuklng him for sending out the
. circular and telling him he has M
: right whatever 10 attempt to profit by
| he sale OF the testimony lie was alsS
: | commanded 10 send a copy of Chairman
Armstrong; letter to every person t
, / whom he sent the original circular.
Relative TO the report that the Germaf
. government had threatened receiyershiI
proceedings against the Equitable LII
! because OF the society's failure 10 in
s,easa its cash reserve in Germany
President Morton said yesterday;