New-York tribune., 1906-07-20
A PLAN FOR REMOVAL.
POLICYHOLDERS TO ACT.
Sensational Disclosure Hinted 1T
lScrugham Charges Chicanerg.


The International Polcyholders' Committee
expects by Tuesday to announce a plan to com
pei the removal OF the four committeeman nom
mated on the Mutual Llfes administration
ticket. Meanwhile the committee hints at the
publication this week of a sensational disclosure
OF certain methods adopted by the company to
neutralize the efforts of the committee to can
vass and elect an opposition ticket
In a statement issued last night Samuel
Untermyer. OF counsel to the committee de-
clared that the companys refusal TO remove the
names Of the committeeman from the admin
istration ticket would be placed before the ex-
ecutive committee.
The charges Of attempts to balk it's efforts to
obtain the list Of policyholders continued to oc-
cupy the attention Of the committee yesterday.
@. r Scrugham. the committees organization
manager, alleging chicanery the part of the
company. and citing what he said specific
illustrations OF incomplete lists. James Nc
Keen, the company's general solicitor. defended
the company against the allegations made Said
Mr.. Scrugham:
II is frequent occurrence that such an ad-
dress as 'Vaclar Flanderap No. ~ Sackett
street, city, is given. and HARRY Greenwald,
of Soldiers and Sailors Home" it being left
TO the imagination as 70 what city and what sol
diers and sailors home is meant. In large cities
such addresses are given as Mr.. Gahl. No. 2Sl5
Eden avenue. Mount Auburn" Now. this Mount
Auburn is not the name Of a city, but the name
Of residential district in the city OF Cincinnati.
The names of the towns are. in many cases,
palpably erroneous as Lima, Ohio. called Luna;
Ripley called Riley; Tffan called Siffin; Piqua
caileg Pigna; GAINESVILLE called Lanesvie; War
rem called Wanen. etc. No one can tell how
many cities and towns misnamed, but not
in such a way as to be so obvious and capable
Of correction.
The foreign lists are even Take
Vienna, Austria, illustration The copy
lists have taken the names of all surrounding
small towns and villages and used them as If
they a street address, and then added the
word Vienna city. In Hamburg they nave
used the name Of the street as II II were the
name Of a city TO which mail should be ad-
dressed France Spain and Russia are even
worse. Such names and addresses as Pat
Riley, Ireland" are given.
The lists filed at Albany We're evidently the
last carbon copies made, as they are so lndls-
tinct that il is necessary for to use strong
magnifying glasses TO bring out the impression
and frequently the carbons used were so bad that
patches OF five TO fifteen names are omltteo en-
tirely.
Mr McKeen's attention was called to Mr.. I'm
termyers assertion that the law mace neces- .
sary the furnishing of the street and mousse
number OF each po1cyholder.
Mr. McKeen defined fair postofhce address
as an address to which mans letters were
sent and which did not necessarily lnclude the
street number.
Mr. McKeen said that many OF the addresses
were incomplete because they represented paid
up policies and also assigned policies, the bene-
fciaries Of which the company had not rouno II
He added that the company had sent Warren
F Thummel to Albany with the administrator
the ticket subject to correction by telephone.
President Peabody asserted that the lists hled at
Albany were in accordance with the ASIS III I4Io
Mutual Life office. -
H. B. Bradbury, lawyer. of No. 60 wan
street, expressed the belief yesterday that the
New York life insurance companies would be
handicapped when competing with companies
organized under the laws of other states by the
form Of policies permitted after January l. l9o'
under the Armstrong law Mr. Bradbury salo
that by the wording of certain amendments
| under the Armstrong law the New YORK COM
fa6 tn
policies only. while "other state" companies
might write any forms they wished. Already
several of these companies had announced their
intention TO write forms in New York that would
| he IN every way superior and more desirable.
After detailing several other apparent neon
sistencies in the wording of the new law, Mr..
bradbury said that owing to the uncertainty
companies were holding back the issue of new
forms OF policies so strong was the posslollltV
| ~ some amendment being made in the law early
| In the next session of the Legislature:
| Mr. McKeen said that the MutuaIs dropping
4 ~ three suits against the McCurdy- Raymond
regime was explained by the fact that two otner
i eT,ite now pending embraced the subject matter
/ OF the three suits dropped.