Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-22
AFTER MUTUAL
LIFE TRUSTEES.
Members Of the Old Board to be
Served With acquisitions
For Information.
los. n. CH0ATE THE AUTHOR.
Questions Are Very Searching and
Go to the Bottom OF
Things.

New York, March EFT Is an
nounced that within the past few days
every member Of the old board of
trustees OF the Mutual Life Insurance
company, including all who served be-
tween the dates Of Jan. /, 1900. and
Dec, 81, 1905, had been served with
requlsition for information as drast-
ic as the Mutuals harshest critic could
well demand. Joseph II. Choate is the
author Of the requisiton and ii is
said to be issued with the unqualified
approval OF the Truesdale committee
and the Mutuals legislative admin.
istration.
Among other questions 1t contains
the following.
Have you during said period had
any connection or business relations
with any other company on corpora
ton In which the Mutual Life COM
pany had at the same time stock or
other Interest,"
Who, II any OF the officers or en-
ployes of the Mutual Life company are
related by blood or marriage to you?
referring to attached statement
marked memo A, please state wheat
er since Jan. /, 1900. you, individually
or a firm Of which you were a mem
Der, have owned any OF the capital
stock of any Of the companies named
In said mem.
Memo A is list Of banks and
trust companies IN which the Mutual
Life Insurance company on Dec. 81
1905, had holdings OF 10 per cent or
more OF the total outstanding capital
stock OF such companies.
Has the Mutual Life Insurance COM
psny during the period mentioned made
you or any firm OF which you We're
at the time member any loans (other
than on insurance pollcies) on col
lateral or other security? II so, Will
you please state with what officia or
representative OF the company any
such loan or loans were arranged for.
IN what form, for how much and how
the same was or is secured2
Have you during the period named
received any compensation or benefit.
either as commission or otherwise,
from any transaction between the Mu-
tual Life Insurance company, through
those representing IL, and any broker
or brokers. firm, corporation or COM
pany who have sold to or for the coma
pany any stocks. bonds or securities or
property hl any klnds lHtlUllnE eO-CUll-
ed under writings and syndicate partlci.
pations by the company or for any
loans from the company negotiated on
real estate security?
please state whether, while YOU
have been trustee OF the company or
engaged In managing Its financial ar
fairs, you have IN any manner or form,
and II so to what extent. advanced your
personal fortunes or derived any finan-
cial advantage other than already stat
ed by you through the exercise of your
discretion as trustee. or u so state IN
and by what transactions and IN relu
ton to what other companies and N
what financial enterprise YOU have re-
celved such advantage or advance
HAD you prior to the fact bens
brought out before the Armstrong COM
mittee any knowledge Of contributions
having been made from the company's
funds to political campaign funds
whether national, state or other kind
or OF the time. amount or purpose OF
any such payments, and 20 whom
paid2"