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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
MCCALL. TO HOLD PLACE
Head of New York Life Will Fight
Nevada ''to the Death.''

New York, Oct. 5.-There were sub
mitted to President Mccall Of the New
York Life questions concerning the af-
fairs Of that company of paramount in
terest to the policyholders.
"Wil you resign as result of
stockholders demands7' he was asked.
81 have no intention Of resigning,'
he replied. "Life insurance men never
resign. They de- |...1
Gin view of the action Of the state
Of Nevada excluding the New York
Life viii the company alter its bust
"We will fight the action and apply
to the federal courts for an injunction.
We will resist all attempts Of all other
states to do the same,'' Mr.. Mccall
answered. "We will fight to the
death.'
"By what means9''
"By injunction. We can beat that
order by proper legal proceedings"
Mr.. Mccall was asked if he had
heard from the insurance commissioner
of Colorado, who, on Tuesday, was
quoted as saying that if Mr.. Mccall
and Mr.. Perkins did not get out Of the
| New York Life and President Nc
Curdy out of the Mutual Life, licenses
for those companies to do business IL
Colorado would be refused.
/ IT have not heard a word from Col
orado,'' said President Mccall, but
| that Nevada chap sent me his notice
! in telegram which has $6.40 charges
to be collected on it.
ssDid you pay it7' a reporter asked
ct did not, - said President Mccall
ct sent the telegram back to him. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
TO MANUFACTURE
CAR AXLES HERE
Representatives of Large Eastern
Interests Plan Big Factory
for Minneapolis.
RAW MATERIAL TO BE
SHIPPED TO THE PLANT
Lower Freight Rate from the East
Lower Freight Rate from the East
Can Be Secured in This
Way.

Oar axles are to be manufactured in
Minneapolis for use in the shops OF
the twin cities and the northwest. Mon
day conference of those interested
was held in the West hotel to formu-
late plans for the venture and to de-
termine if possible the amount of bust
ness that might be expected. The plan
to Minneapolis and do the actual manu-
featuring and finishing here in order
to take advantage of the lower freight
rate from the east to Minneapolis that
can be secured on the raw material as
against the finished product.
The outside men in the conference
represent large interests in the east.
Of the Cleveland Axle Manufacturing
company Of Canton, OHIO. This firm
manufactures all sorts Of heavy car
and engine axles, as well as lighter
ones for buggies and automobiles.
Among the others were F. H. Golf Of
Kline, Tolles & Golf, a leading firm of
Cleveland attorneys, and A. R. Horn
of the Cleveland Trust company.
The new concern will find ready
market for considerable output, and
being on the ground, will have a dis
tinct advantage over concerns situated
farther from the market. The rail
roads Of the twin cities have large
shops in both cities, and are adding
greatly to their rolling stock, especial
ly freight cars. In addition there is q
great demand for repairs and extrs
parts. The western divisions of the
transcontinental lines are also equipped
with local shops. The output of thu
plant can be extended to cover othe!
similar lines.
Another conference is to be hell
soon, when further plans are to b.
considered, the location for. the plan
being one of the principal ones. Min
neapolis is a great manufacturing cen
ter and it is believed that steel am
iron plant equipped for all sorts O.
heavy forge work will prove success
A great saving can be effected in ship
ping rough and raw material in .plac
of the finished article, thus giving
local concern great advantage in mar
keting. Labor conditions are better i
the west and this consideration alon
is said to have been one reason TO
bringing the business to Minneapolis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
UNITED STATES APPOR71ONED FOR DOODLE
BY THE "BIG 7TlREE'S'' INSURANCE COMBINE
BANKER ASSAILS
RICH GRAFTERS
Simmons Calls on Associates to
Hale Big Thieves as Well as
Little Into Courts.

Annapolis, Nd, Oct. 5.-Dishonesty
in high places in the state, the judi
ciary, and great financial institutions
sand corporations, and palliation of such
acts by the masses gravely threaten
the futureo the country, according to
views expressed today by ]. Edward
tional bank. of. New Y FORK, in an address
before the Maryland Bankers associa-
tion. &
He pointed to the lessons taught by
the fall Of the ancient Roman republic,
the reign of terror IN France and the
disasters which befelI Russian arms in
the recentT conflict in the far east, all
of which he said were due to palliated
dishonestys
Rising Against Dishonesty.
ttI hear voices from the east and
voices from the west said he, till
boding voices, voices from the pulpit
and the divine, voices from the college
and the educator, voices from the bench
and the bar, voicessf from the press and
its sages, the voice sof the president
himself, denouncing in ringing tones
and deploringg the universal spread OF
selfshness in it's meanest and most re.
pulsive form--the form Of dishonesty
They bewal one universal carnival OF
dishonesty. Alas, these voices are not
unconfrmed. -
Assans the Word Graft
He deplored the conditions which
have led men to tolerate the terms
"graft' and grafters, and said hi
feared the. very use Of the words wa
FIJI dH and his trade en '0loA ''A'oe =
| He called upon the members Of tn
association to give their assistance i
remedying condition which makes i
possible |9for men who pose as tn
salt of the earth and who condemn
without reserve those who steal $50 O
forge check for a hundred dollars o
accept a bride, to make millions by lying
by Misrepresentation, by. fraud, and b b,
bribery" without receiving punish
who steals the paltry sum is sent t
Jail.
He denounced the man of stainless
private life who in the interest o
Corporations, Of the trust, of the ga
company, Of the railroad company, 0
the insurance company, have recours
to every villainy damned in the decs
waYman with the sair of a saint. =
q Mr.. Simmons said that the working
and dangers Of great corporations an
q mu1timillionaire3 enterprises have nc
q been and fully understoo
as their jadvantaases He believed thu
.ftheir dark side should be investigate
and set out as lucidly and forcibly E
their bright side.
i He referred to the growth Of the s.
: cialist.. movement as shown by the lai
presidential elections as due largely
the fact, he said, that the masses Sc
. great fortunes accumulated by dishol
est men and when so accumulated, con
e bined to smother Individual enterpris
4 He believed, however, that the situ
ton was not without hope, as the vel
facts that the country has awakene
able men are organizing and leading
campaign against dishonesty a.
grounds for hope that far-reachin
| remedial process has already begun.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
He SEEKS IDEAS
FOR USE IN INDIA
Railway Official Getting Tips on
Handling and Storage Of
i T. Grain.

M. S. O'Connor arrived in Minneapo.
lis today from Winnipeg to investigate
railway and elevator systems. He
seeks ideas for use in the construction
of an up-to-date elevator and railway
equipment in British India. e.
Mr.. O'Connor is district superintend
emit of the Northwestern railway of In
dia, and has just completed an inter
esting tour of the wheat area Of north
west Canada, going as far vest as Gla
O'Connor is chief executive official
taps the great embarrassing belt Of
British India, but he says the methods
of receiving and handling wheat ar,
slow, clumsy and expensive.
Mr.. o Conner today began tour O.
inspection of the elevators in and abou
Minneapolis. He was much impressed
with the new cylindrical tank elevators
of both steel and concrete, new sys
tenn, which tho not original in this sec
ton, has been most rapidly and sue
cessfully developed here.
= Mr.. O'Connor upon his return will
recommend the construction of elevator
at every shipping point modelled afte
the new western American and Cana
dian types, and believes in this way
revolution will be accomplished in tn
transportation of wheat In India. H
will also recommend the adoption of tn
American type of locomotive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
TAFT WANTS ROOT
TO DIG The CANAL
But Secretary Of State Objects to
Plan Of Secretary
Of War.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. sz
Washington, Oct. 5.-Secretary Taft
is strongly in favor Of transferring the
Panama canal commission and the work
of the construction Of the canal to Sec
rotary of State Root, but Mr.. Root is
far from anxious to assume the respon-
sibility. Secretary Taft now has charge
Of all the work relating to the army
and the Panama canal, and is willing
that Mr.. Root relieve him Of some Of
his labors.
When Secretary Taft reached San
Francisco on his return from the orr
ent he just learned that Mr.. Root would
again enter the cabinet. He then wired
President Roosevelt that he. Mr.. Taft,
recognized the superior executive abilr
ity Of Mr.. Root, that Mr.. Root also
had great. constructive ability. and in
addition had done considerable work
in connection with the canal, and sug,
igested that the president turn this work
over to Mr.. Root.
President Roosevelt took up the ques.
ton with Mr.. Root, but Mr.. Root de.
clared he had no insular division ia
assist him in doing the work. The mat
ter rests with the president, and the
question Of the transfer will be de.
! cided soon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
HIGH EDUCATOR
HELD AS FORGER
Dougherty Of Peoria, Trustee Of
N. E. A. Fund, Accused Of
stealings.
RICH SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS TAKEN
Populations Running Into Kun-
dreds Of Thousands Of Dol
lars Charged.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 5.-H. c. Dougherty,
for many years city superintendent Of
schools and one Of the most prominent
educators in the country, is under ar
rest, following an Indictment by the
grand jury charging forgery.
The jury has been examining the
books Of the Peoria school board. With
in comparatively brief space Of time
shortage of $4,000 was discovered,
and the further discovery was made
that the populations have been extend
ing over a long term of years The
shortage. it is said, will reach hundreds
of thousands Of dollars.
Mr.. Dougherty has been city superin-
tendent Of schools for twenty-five
years. He is wealthy and is president
of the Peoria National bank. is heavy
stakeholder in the Dime Savings 8
Trust company, the Title & Trust COM
pany, the Peoria Livery company and
other concerns. He is trustee of the
fund Of $4,000 held by the National
Educational association, and is for
mer president of the association. He
is a close friend of Nicholas Murray
Butler, president Of Columbia univer.
sity of New York, and has been fol
years regarded as one Of the foremost
educational men in the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
BABIES PERISH In
NEW YORK FIRE
Parents Rescued, Dying, and Other
Persons Burned Firemen
Hurt-Child Born in House.

New York, Oct. 5.-Three children
were burned to death, their parents res
cued and taken in dying condition to
st. Mary's hospital, five other tenants
sent to hospitals suffering from burns,
and two fremen hurt in fire in a four
story fiat house in Reid avenue, Brook.
Ign, late last night. The dead are:
DONNELLY, CHARLES, aged 9.
DONNELLY, ROBERT, aged 5.
DONNELLY, KATHERINE, aged 12.
Other incidents of the fire were the
birth of aEchild while the mother was
being removed from the burning build
ing and an accident which wrecked Fire
Chief Croker s automobile and in which
the chief narrowly escaped serious acct
dent. *
Fire Incendiary.
The fire is believed to be incendiary.
The Railways Of the building were
filled with flame and smoke and every
occupant of the building was asleep
William Teaz and James Nugent, fire.
men, who were off duty. They found
ladder in the backyard and climbing up
the fire escapes, awoke the tenants by
breaking into their apartments. At the
top floor the fire had spread most rap
The two rescuers were compelled to
carry MIS- Joseph hdulelu, Oue Ol LILO
tenants of that floor, down the fire es-
capes. In doing so the ladder at the
bottom broke and the woman fell on
Teaz, injuring him seriously.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jeremiah Donnelly, who
occupied the other part of the upper
floor, were found lying unconscious on
the floor Of their rooms, where they
had tried to reach windw and failed.
They were brought out, but the fremen
did not know that their three children
were asleep in their beds. Their burned
| bodies were found later.
Swung Across to Safety.
Other occupants of the building were
swung from the windows across to thos.
of an adjoining building or were
dropped into the arms of men below
and when the fire department arrived
the building was afre from top to bot
| tom.
| Mrs Rose Moses was carried on a
mattress across the street, where she
| gave birth to boy.
Fireman Christopher Levy was
knocked from a ladder by stream Of
/ water and suffered conclusion of the
BRAIN. While hurrying to the fire, Chief
/ Croker's automobile was upset and the
chief thrown out and badly shaken up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
$500 AS BALM FOR
THIS TILTED SINGER


Chicago, Oct. 5.-A jury today gave
Miss May Merdenwall a verdict for
$500 against Theodore Keve KoTdes,
recorder of Vandenburgh county, lndl-
ana. Miss Mendenwall, singer, known
on the stage as May Meibane,, had
asked for $4,000, alleging breach OF
promise to marry; She first met keve
nlaying i'm Indianapolis. When she
left the city she said Keve Kordes,
aided by an automobile, followed her
thru the street and then proposed. Miss
Mendenwan said he was accepted, and
Aug. 6, 1903, was set as the wedding
day. She went to Evansville, Ind,
when Keve Kordes was found, Miss
Mendenwall said, he declared cit was
all off,. When few days later she
heard Of his marriage to another
woman, the suit was begun.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
'SOPHS' THROW DESPISED
FRESHMEN INTO LAKE
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis, Oct. Sin spite of eff
forts to curb rowdyism at the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin, sophomores and
freshmen last night broke all records
for this year. The sophomores captured
on the porch Of the Kappa Kappa Gam
ma. house and then threw them into
Lake Mendoza.
At the home. of Mrs. Marsh the at
lacking sophomores used ladders and
smashed windows in order to capture
two freshmen. A fierce battle with
chairs and canes followed. The two
captives were ducked, and other raids
ended in like manner.
The faculty has taken precautions to
prevent violence at the class rush to-
morrow afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
MISSOURI MOVES
Mccall Must Resign, Says Vandiver
or Company Quit.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. 5:-state
Insurance Superintendent W. L.. Van
diver last night announced that unless
John A. Mccall resigns the presidency
of the New York Life and repays the
money which he thinks has been i'm
properly diverted from the trust fund
ately take ste ps to take away the COM
pany's charter in Missouri and stop
the company from doing business in
this state. -, :
"Mr. Mccall, Mr.. Perkins and all
others involved must resign said
Superintendent Vandiver, "and if the
case is within the criminal statutes of
New York they should be prosecuted
by the New York authorities. One
thing is certain, they must replace
these funds or they can't do. business
in Missouri while I am superinten:
| dent -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
DYNAMITE IMPERILS
HAYEMEYERS In NINE

Cripple Creek, Col, Oct. 81; o.
Havemeyer, w. B. Thomas, a million
aire of Boston, the Misses. Havemeyer
and Miss Thomas had a miraculous es-
cape from death in the Portland mine
yesterday.
By an error of a mine employee who
was guiding them, they were conducted
into a chamber just as dynamite
charge was exploded: All were shocked
and burned, and Miss Adelaide Have
never received a painful wound in the
leg from a piece Of flying rock.
The conclusion of the explosion did
not explode the other charges and to
this the members Of the party owe their
lives
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
FOLK SOURCES
INSURANCE GRAFT
.EMBEzzLEMENT IS
HIS VIEW OF IT
Missouri's Governor Says States
May Sometime Insure Their
Citizens.
Journal Special Service,

Journal Special Service.
Warrensburg, Mo-, Oct. 5.-Governor
Folk, in speech here, announced his
views on life-insurance graft in this
emphatic language:
"When the directors Of great in
surance company use the money IN
trusted to their care for their own
profit, that is graft. III
"When the president Of a great in.
surance company takes the funds held
in trust for the benefciaries of lnsur-
edge and consent, converts part OF
this trust fund into political cam
paign fund, that is embezzlement.
cit is Just the same as IT a Puohc
official in charge of public funds were
to put his hands into the public treas
ury and take therefrom money winch
he turns over to someone else for po-
itical or private purposes.
Millions in Insurance.
"There is now in the hands of in
surance companies in the United States
a total sum greater than the money
| supply Of the nation. It has become
of nearly as much Importance to the
welfare Of the country what individual
controls the millions Of dollars OF this
or that life insurance company as 1t Is
who is secretary of THE treasury OF the
United States.
WFlagrant breaches Of trust on the
part Of those intrusted with handllng
these millions call attention to the
necessity of holding these. trustees, to
a strict accountability before the bar
Of justice.
Square Deal in Insurance.
HOffcials Of a life insurance com
pany should be prosecuted when they
are faithless, the same as corrupt men
in public office. n;+o,
whether they be for insurance purposes
or otherwise, are entitled to fair treat
ment, the same as Individuals; witt
equal and exact Justice, no more ano
sfBut if they cannot exist without
resorting to bribery and surreptltlou'
violations of the law, it would be better
1 for the people that they be wiped on
i Of existence.
- The time; may come when. the state
cost and with far more safety to thos'
! who need that protection. ~..- g.
Insurance Trust Gigantic.
"When one reflects that Missouri
alone sends away premiums amountln!
to $14,OS4,946 a year, the gigantic ma
ture Of the insurance trust can b
realized.
"The millions piled up in the grea
insurance companies seem to be tn
foundation of what is known as tn
7 SYSTEM whereby the financial affair
of the country are being manipulate
: to the injury Of the people and tn
: benefit of a special few. If the 'Sys
: tenn is working an illegal game, tn
: best way, instead of trying to. beat tn
: System at it's own, game, is to Pu
! a stop to it by, enforcing the la7
I and take their graft away from them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
SCANDALS ENVOY
AT WHITE HOUSE
He Says Sweden's Ministerial List
Will Undergo Complete
Revision. t., -
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Oct. "a. Grip, minis
ter from Norway and Sweden, called to
pay his respects to the president today,
on his return from Europe, after his
summer vacation. He said to T h e
Journal correspondent that he ex-
pected the details of the separation of
Norway from Sweden would be com
pleted within a very few weeks. Wheth.
er he is to remain as minister from
either of the countries, Mr.. Grip does
not know. The entire diplomatic corps
Of Sweden will probably be worked
over as a result Of the separation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
.REDHEADS FORM
INCANDESCENT CLUB
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. = ~ =
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 5.-Red-haired
students Of Washburn college have or
gained an "Incandescent club' to ex-
plot the achievements of red-haired
people. They assert that most Of the
big events in history either were
planned or executed by red-haired men
It is expected to extend the club to
all the other colleges in America. AL
the notable things done by red-haired
people are to be compiled in book form.
The officers Of the club are Richard
Wells, president, and Ethel Levan, secre.
tary. A state university club is to or.
GAME next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
Refe1red by Riksdag.

Stockholm, Oct. 5.-Both chambers
of the riksdag today referred the bill
regarding the dissolution of the union
between Norway and Sweden to q spe-
seial commission appointed by each
chamber. II s.z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
DEATH OF OLD CITIZEN
John J. Danek Dies Of Appendicitis a
His Silver Lake Home.

Silver Lake, Mimi, Oct. 5.-John J.
Danek, an early Bohemian settler and
prominent citizen, died at his home
here today Of appendicitis. He had
been i'll ten days. He was one Of the
first citizens to help incorporate the
village. He served as mayor three
terms and was on the school board a
number of years. He was SO years of
age and leaves wife and five children
The funeral will be held at the resi-
dence, Saturday. ..EE -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05

Des Moines, Iowa. Oct. 5.-A. Fl.
Thompson Of Knoxville, Tenn, was ap-
pointed today temporary successor to
r. P. Clarkson in the office Of pension
agent for Iowa and Nebraska.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
BROKEN HEART KILLS MOTHER.

New York, Oct. 5.-After grieving two
years over the death of her daughter Ray,
Mrs Kinda Kramer, wife of Hillel Kra-
mer, and mother of former Judge Julius
G.. Kramer, died yesterday Of a broken
heart
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
MOTHER And SON
BURNED TO DEATH
Flames Destroy Hanson Residence
at WatertoWn, S. D., Before
= Department Arrives.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Watertown, S. D., Oct. 5.-Mrs. Mary
P. Hanson, widow, and her son
Mathew, were burned to death today
at their home on Dakota avenue.
The origin Of the fire is not known
It started about 'clock in the morn
ing and before the fire department ar
rived on the scene the house was to-
tally destroyed. ~ '
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05

There are nearly %. 100000 horses in European
Russia. No other country in the world has SO
many horses as Russia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-05
New York Life Buildings.
The Minneapolis Building.

The building at Minneapolis cost
$1,02S,752 and pays a return of 21a
per cent. The net income is $25,98O.
In St. Paul the building cost 1922
40, and has net income Of 1922 or a
little less than / per cent.
The Montreal building cost $685.
is carried at $350,000, and has net
income of 1922, or about / " per cent
on the actual cost.
Mr. Devlin said that in 1893 the real
estate of the New York Life returned
Continued OF. I'd Page, 4th Column.
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