The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-23
Trustees Are Asked to Give
Information
u NDER INVESTIGATION
Must Reply to Series Of Searching Ques-
tions--The Split in the New York
Lies House Cleaning
Committee.

New York, March 23.--lt was an
nounced yesterday that within the last
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 January !, 1900,
and December 81, 1908, has been served
with requisition for information as
drastic as the Mutunl's highest critic
could well demand. Joseph H. Choatc
" the author of the roquisition, and
it ii said TO BE- issued with the mn
qualified approval Of the Tresdaie com
mittee and the Mutuars executive adj
ADMINISTRATION. Among other questions ii
contains the following;
.'Have you during said period had any
connection or business relations with any
other company or corporation in which
the Mutual Life Insurance company had
at the same time stock OF other in.
terestY
.slNho, ii any, 81 the officers or EN-.
pIoyees OF the Mutual Life Insurance
company are related BY blood or mar.
rage to your Referring to attached
statement marked Memo A., please
state whether siHcr January |, 1900,
You, individually or firm Of which Won
were a member, have owned any stock
of any Of the companies named in said
Memo.
Memo. AZ Il list of banks and
trust companies in which the Mutual
Life company on December 81, 1905,
had holdings Of 10 per cent or more Of
the total outstanding capital stock Of
such companies.
"IIas the Mutual Life company dur
ing the period mentioned made you or
any firm of which you were lat the time
member any loans (other than on in
surancc policies) On collateral o. other
security II 50. viii you please state
with what official or representative 81
the company any such loan or loans
were arranged for, in what form, for
how much and how same was or is
secured
Shave you during the period named
received any compensation or benefit,
either as commission or otherwise, from
any transaction between the Mutual Life
company through those representing il
and any broker or brokers. firm. colpo-
ration or individual who have sold %
or for the company any stocks, bonds
OF securities OF property OF any kind,
including so-cailed underwriting and syn
dieate partieipations by the company,
or for any loans from the.eompany ne
gntiated on real estate security
"Please state whether, while you have
been a trustee Of the company OF en-,
gagged in managing is financial affairs,
Won hive in any manner - form, and il
SO to what extent, advanced your per-
sonal fortunes or derived any financial
advantage other than slresdy stated BY
you through the exercise of your dis.
erection as trustee, and If 20 state in
and BY what transactions and in relation
70 what other companies aud to what
financial enterprises you have received
such advantage or advance.
sIIad you prior Of the fact being
brought ont before The Armstrong com.
mittec any knowledge Of contributions
having been made from the company's
funds for political campaign funds.
whether national, state or other kind,
ca Of the time. amount on purpose OF any
such payments and TO whom paid