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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
SOME PROPOSED
INSURANCE ACTS
Commission Which Has Been in
Session at Chicago Com
pIetes Its Work.
SIXTEEN LAWS DRAWN UP
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL
FEATURES.

Chicago Nov. 17.-Members of the
insurance commission who have been
in session for the last week drafting
projected laws for the control of life
Insurance throughout the country, COM
pleted their work today and adjourned
No complete report of the contem-
plated recommendations was made
prior TO the adjournment. and it viii
not be prepared for some time.
Sixteen Laws Proposed.
Sixteen new proposed laws have been
drawn up. and il is believed by the
commissioners that they will, if adopt
ed by the various states, correct the
greater part of the abuses in the man
agement of life Insurance companies.
The bills Will be introduced during next
winter into the legislatures of thirty
seven states.
T. f. Drake. the insurance commits
sioner OF the District of Columbia. will
submit the proposed measures to Presi-
dent Roosevelt in order that they may
be mentioned in the forthcoming mes
sage of the president TO congress. The
proposed new acts may be sunlmaI ICED
as follows:
Summary of Acts.
4 standard policy act which provides
six forms of uniform policies for use
by all life insurance companies.
An annual apportiOnment act which
requires life insurance companies either
to pay annual dividends or credit the
amount earned to the different policy
holders. This act limits the amount OF
surplus which the companies are per-
mitted to retain i'm their treasures.
An act prohibiting discrimination and
Relating between agents and policy
holders.
An act prohibiting corporations from
acting as agents of life insurance COM
panies.
Regulation Of Elections.
An act regulating the election of the
directors of mutual life insurance COM
panies.
An act prohibiting the publishing of
estimates and illustrations which mis-
represent the terms of any policy. or
the benefits or advantages promised
thereby.
An act prohibiting insurance compa-
nies from making any kind of political
contribution.
An act forbidding insurance com
panies from expanding more than 5000
for any specific purpose without the
consent of the board of directors.
Limiting Salaries.
An act prohibiting life insurance COM
panies from paying any officer salary
in excess of $50. 900 annually.
An act regulating the Investment oil
life insurance company funds.
An act making the policy the entire
contract between the interested parties
An act defining the status of the
persons who solicit life insurance.
An act prohibiting life insurance COM
panies from issuing participating and
nom participating policies
An act regulating the disbursements
of life Insurance companies.
All act regulating companies run or
the life assessment plan.
An act regulating the retirement Of
capital stock of life Insurance compa-
mics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
SONS AWFUL DEED.
Cigarette Fiend Crushes Fathers
Skull With Hammer.

Creston, Ia. Nov. 17.-Samuel Melee
ley, an aged resident of Creston, was
struck on the head with a hammer
while asleep last night. His skull was
fractured and he cannot survive the
night. His son, Robert Todd McFeeley
aged "a years, has been arrested on
suspicion of having committed the
deed. The elder McFeeiey a short time
ago caused his son to be examined by
a board of lunacy, but he was declared
not fit for an asylum. The young man
is said Ito be a slave to the cigarette
habit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
EXPULSION OF COUNT
WHITE Is DEMANDED

Moscow, Nov. 1.-THE Viedomosti of
this city. a reactionary organ. published
an article today demanding the expulsion
of Count White from Russia on the
ground that he is the empires evil genius,
and announcing that the ex-premier will
remain in Russia at the personal risk of
his life.
In reactionary circles the allegation is
frequently made that Count White be-
trayed Russia in asserting to the treaty
of Portsmouth and in inducing Emperor
Nicholas to issue the reform manifesto
of Oct. 90 1906
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
MARRIN UNDER ARREST.

Buffalo. y. Y. Nov. 16-Francis f.
Marin, one of the principal figures in the
Storey Cotton company failure was ar
rested here tonight by postOffiee inspec-
tors He will be taken to Philadelphia.
having waived extradition.
Marin disappeared from Philadelphia
on March Il. 1905. when the postoffiee de-
partment raided the Storey Cotton com
many. and since then he has been in Eu-
rome He came back to America a few
weeks ago. and the vigil the postoffice
authorities have kept for nearly two years
ended tonight with his arrest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
INCREASE in WAGES.

Chicago. Nov. 1.-THE Chicago &
Northwestern railroad has voluntarily
granted the station agents and telegraph
operators of the entire system an in
crease in wages. Eleven hundred agents
and approximately 800 telegraphcrs will
come in for a share In the advance. The
average increase in wages. as announced
by General Manager w. A. Gardner to-
night will be about s. a month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
THAW's HEALTH GOOD.

Pittsburg. NOV. i7.--Roger O'Mara.
former superintendent of police re-
turned today from what probably will
be his last interview with Harry Ken
dali Thaw before Thaw is placed on
trial In New York. Dec. s. for the kill
ing of Stanford White. O'Msra says
ThaW's health is good. He goes to bed
and gets UP at regular hours. has reg
ular exercise and plenty of good air.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18

ever it was necessary, as he was delight
ed at the hearty welcome the people OF
Panama had given him. During the past
six days the rainfall has been excep-
tionalIy heavy. Friday the rain gauges
at Cristobal registered ~ inches for
twenty-four hours and at one time one
inch fell in fifteen minutes. The Chagres
and Rio Grande rivers flooded many por-
tons of the zone. causing several land
slides The landslide at Paraiso took
with 1t over fifty yards of the main track
of the railroad and wrecked locomotive
and freight train.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
ENTOMBED IN DEEP WELL.
EIGHT Men Have Narrow Escape
From Death in Indiana.

Terre Haute. Ind. Nov. 17.-Effective
work IN the part of the rescuing party
ssvsd the lives of at least seven or
eight workmen entombed in a cavern
in a. deep well at the plant of the In
diana DiStilling company on the Wa
bash river front today. When the cave
in occurred the men were at work in
the bottom of the well. They were COW
cred by the drop of earth. One of the
men will probably die. Seven others
are crushed and badly cut.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
UNIVERSITY FOR CORK.

Cork. Ireland. Nov. 17.-Addressing a
meeting tonight with the object of fur
thering the conversion of Queens col
lege. Cork. into a university for Mum
ster, William O'Brien said that he and
his wife intended TO bequeath ali they
were worth toward the endowment of a
Cork university
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
STRONG BOX OPENED.

New York. Nov. 1Z-JInder the sanction
OF an order issued by Surrogate Fitzger-
AID the locked box left by the late Her
opened today. 1t was found to contain
various personal papers of Mr. Oelrichs.
but neither viii nor codicil nor other doc
urnent that could IT was said. i'm any way
affect the validity Of the will executed
by Mr. Oelrichs before he sailed for Eu-
rope last Juno.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
STILL I'M HIDING.

y Findlay. O.. Nov LIT was said !
\ today that the indicted officials of \
= the Standard Oil company. NJ. g. !
y Villas. II. P Mcintosh and J. NJ 4
\ Robertson. all of Cleveland. would =
= be in FindIsy Monday or Tuesday I
y to plead to the indictments charging !
\ violations of the Valentine antitrust !
\ law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
BoER REBELS CAPTURED.

Capetown. Nov 17.-FerreiTa. the lead
er of the Boer raid from German South
west Africa into the northern part of
Cape Colony. and all his followers were
captured today by colonial patrols.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18

camps His dark brown curly hair -
closely cropped, his strong, regular fea-
lures are Drowned by the searching
winds of the southwest. His chin Is
thrust slightly forward with the ag-
gressive assurance of man who has
held his own where the going is both
rough and fast.
Laughs but Does Not Smile.
Bur the most striking thing about
this young prospector is his laugh 10
comes out dry and hard, like the laugh
of an old man who laughs that he may
not weep. 1t has in it an echo of dam.
ger, fatigue. hunger and the scorchinz
thirst of the desert.
Dick Wells is one of few men who
have lived for three days without water.
When he finally stumbled upon camn
after fortunes which he now fears To-
recall, he was temporarily a raving mas
MAC and had TO be foTcefully re-
strained. The lesson served purpose
He was never again caught without wa
ter in the desert and he has since RESI-
cued nearly forty thirst crazed prOs1
pectors encountered in the course %
his wanderings.
Wells is essentially product of the
mining camp. He was born at Dead
wood, s D., twenty-eight eyars ago, the
son of a well-known mining man. He
started out on his own hook when Is
years old. As he puts it, Il would
rather take a chance on making "a
stake for myself than go on working fO1
the other fellow and never get more
than a living.
Runs the Gamut in Nevada.
I have always had faith I'm Nevada, =
he said. Il struck Tonopah seven days
after Jim Butler located the camp and
with my partner staked out ground
which is now held at $10,000,000 We sold
out for $500 apiece and went on to
Goldfeld. We located rich ground at
GOldfeld but experts said il wouldn't
hold out with depth. We believed them
and thought we were getting the best
of it when we sold out | say now that
no expert can tell what the rock is
like six feet down until he opens it up
TO see.
Il was about to locate at ThOrps
mill in what is now the Rattlesnake
group. but my partner took sick and
died. which changed my plans After
burying poor Bert Theele, j went in
with Jack Kane to Beatty's ranch, the
original Builfrog. I located few
claims there and sold out for one nights
play at the bank and a SrUbStdke.
Then / went down through Death val
/ Icy again Frank NCAllister, Charlie
| Dodge and Furnace Creek Kid were
with me. We heard McBirney was at
| GreenWater. but he had left when VIC
/ got there. We were practically first in
at this camp. ! had noticed this ground
three years before but il was too Ear
from railroad. l predict now that
! Greenwater will be one Of the greatest
camps in the United States Within a
circumference of twenty-six miles cop
per groupings can be found anywhere
and the values increase with depth.
I've got rs claims in GreenWater and
l think l have reached my goal. I
won't tell YOU how much / have been
offered for this ground because you
wouldn't believe me, but I am holding
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
JEROME ARRIVES
At A CONCLUSION
Little Can Be Done in the Way
of Prosecuting Mutual
Life Officers.
COMMISSION is BLAMED
MAKES REPORT TO GOVERNOR
HIGGINS.

New York, Nov. 17--District Attor-
ney Jerome tonight made public the
first report prepared by him upon the
request of Governor Higgins concerning
the conduct Of the business of life in
surance in this state. The report is a
document of some $4,000 words, and is
addressed to the governor. to whom a
copy was mailed today. 1t deals with
the affairs of the Mutual Life InSur-
ance company. In a later report the
district attorney says that he will con-
slider the business methods of the New
York Life Insurance company.
Epitomized, the conclusions of the
district attorney, based on an exhaus-
tive study of the facts and the legal
points involved, are that there is no
state law under which insurance Off
Gals can be proceeded against Grim
inally for acts now or formerly in com
mon practice, some of which were made
public during the recent legislative in
quiry, except i'll the cases of two off,
GERS of the Mutual Life, against whom
specific charges of forgery and larceny
have been filed.
Mr. Jerome points out that while IT
| is in the power of the insurance COM
missioner of New York to obtain law
covering the alleged evils of insurance,
| the cases under discussion do not come
within the provision of any statute now
existent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
CHARGED WITH
THEFT OF $4,000
Receiving Teller Dyer Indicted
for st. Louis Sub Treas
ury Shortage.

St Louis, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE federal
grand jury returned an indictment
against Receiving Teller D. p. Dyer,
jr, son of United States Attorney D.
p Dyer, this morning in connection
with the shortage of SCI, 800 in the local
sub treasury. The charge against Dyer
is embezzlement.
The federal grand jury was con-
.vened on Wednesday and at once began
inquiry into the shortage of SCI. 800
When the inquiry was adjourned yes
terday 335 witnesses had been exam
ined. Soon after the grand jury con-
vened this morning a. report of its find
ing was made to the court.
Soon after the jury had made a report
to Judge Finkelberg, Dyer surrendered
himself The court named Jan. S as
the date for his appearance, at which
time a definite date for the trial will
be fixed.
Two Counts in indictment.
The Indictment contains two counts.
The first recites that Dyer. as second
teller in the sub-treasury, "wrOngfully
and corruptly embezzled and converted
to his own use" SCI 500 intrusted to his
care The second recites that as an
officer OF the United States government
he did this. and is merely intended to
prevent technical evasion of the
charge.
The indictment charges that Dyer
embezzled $61, 800 on Sept. q last.
When Dyer came into the court today
he was accompanied by his father,
United States Attorney Dyer. Con-
gresham Champ Clark and ten resi-
dents of Pike county, in which is To-
Gated the Dyer family home. Bond
was furnished by the ten resident
friends. After leaving the court room
Dyer and his father, down whose
cheeks tears were streaming, entered
the private office of District Attorney
Dyer, where they were closeted for
some time with United States Senator
Warner and Charles S. Clarke, who are
retained as counsel.
United States District Attorney Dyer,
who recently made the declaration
when the investigation was in progress
that i'm case any legal action was taken
against his son, he would resign his
official position and defend his son, re-
fused to say whether he would now
take this step.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18

Whenever you publish a pic
ture or cut in your advertise
ment be mighty sure that your
copy is in harmony with the cut.
Talk about your subject.-Jim's
Junk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
THREE PERISH
IN THE FLAMES
Hotel Goldfield Destroyed by
Fire at an Early Hour Sat-
urday Morning.
FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY
MANY GUESTS ESCAPED IN
NIGHT CLOTHES.

Goldffeld. New, Nov. IA fierce fire,
swept by a strong wind. completely de-
stroyed the Hotel Goldfield, the leading
hotel of the town; possibly cost the
lives of three guests and threatened the
destruction of the entire residence part
of the town at an early hour this morn
ing
The missing, who may have persisted,
are:
Judge J. NJ. Ellis of Denver, Colo.
mining operator and broker of the Mar
yer and Goldfield.
Mrs. BOeliier, residence unknown.
A. II. Heber of A. II. Heber & Co,
investment brokers'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
Building Burned Rapidly,

Within twenty minutes after the fire
was discovered the entire building, in
Guiding three-stOry addition nearing
completion. was enveloped i'm flames end
burned with sucn rapidity that nothing
could have saved il from complete de-
structiOn. The hotel was crowded at
the time. but all of the seventy-five
guests, except those whose names are
given above, escaped.
c. S. Young, a Los Angeles and San
Francisco capitalist, broke his leg in
jumping to the ground; F. B. Woods
of Spokane. Wash, sustained a sprained
leg, and a. II. Kram broke his ankle
in similar manner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18

Do you know, it's a fact that
some people in this town don't
take The Herald? How DO they
know what's going on!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
Guests Barely Escaped.

So sudden and fierce was the fire that
very few had time to don their street
attire. The residence part of the town,
which lies to the east of the hotel. was
saved by reason of the fact that the
hotel occupied the western part of the
block. which was free of buildings in
the path of the wind and flames The
loss is $4,000 with insurance of $50 600
T. Holt was the lessee of the hotel and
owner of the furniture and fixtures
His loss is about $4,000.
The hotel was owned by the State
Bank & Trust company of which T b
Hickey of Carson is president A new
wing. containing seventy-fiTe FooTEst
was in course of construction. sif-
This is the second large hotel in Gold
field to burn while being built Five
smaller hotels are now in course of
erection
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
Later Account.

Goldfield. New. Nov. 1.-THE list of
dead in the fire at the Hotel Goldfield
this morning has narrowed down to two.
Dismembered bodies We're found in the
debris which made it appear that there
were many dead. The known dead are
a. II. Heber of Los Angeles. identified by
his son, and Judge J. VI. Ellis of Denver.
The head Of the corpse supposed to De
Ellis was dismembered from the trunk
and only a very few bones remained. All
the friends and business associates OF
Judge Ellis believe positively that they
are his remains.
Many were injured by jumping from the
second and third stories, as the big wood
en- building was envelOped so quickly that
there was no other means of escape. g.
A. Cramm of Los Angeles, leg broken:
c. A. Young. Los Angeles. leg broken and
severely cut about head and body. T. Z.
Woods. Los Angeles. hip and leg broken
Many others sustd aimed more or less Seri-
GUS injuries. Nothing was saved in the
entire building Guests escaped in their
night clothes. Very Few took time to
dress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
Under Two Heads.

The district attorney sets forth that his
investigation disclosed two classes OF
transactions. The first. matters partly
developed by the Armstrong committees
TO the extent of gravity suggesting the
commission of crimes; the second, ac-
tons which. in the light of the commit
tees Investigations, were commonly
thought TO involve the commission of
crimes and had many elements entering
into certain well-known criminal offenses.
Mr.. Jerome says that he conceived it
TO be his duty to determine whether the
suspicious falling under the first head
when well founded, could be proven by
the legal evidence. and regards the
second class to examine the law bearing
on the facts discovered and TO seek ont
Sny supplementary evidence which might
bring the transactions disclosed within
the criminal law. At this point Mr.. Je-
rome says:
1.-THE law does not impose any general
duties of a visitorial character upon dis
trict attorneys in reference to any class
of corporations. The insurance law
clearly devoIves these duties upon the
superintendent of Insurance in respect to
insurance companies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
Exorbitant Salaries.

The report gives the result of MIR. Je
Tome's probing into the affairs of the
Mutual Life and his conclusions under
several heads Under the head "exorbi-
tant salaries" Mr.. Jerome says that ''the
inference is strong that the salary paid
TO the president of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company prior to the recent fixing
of il at $4,000 per annum was grossly ex-
Orbitant for the services rendered. and
constituted direct abuse on the part of
the committee on salaries. of the power
committedsto it. But, assuming the con-
duct of the committee on salaries to have
been q gross breach of trust, there is no
statute of the state which makes their
acts in this case criminal"
Under the head 'Nepotism, the report
SAYS:
In the investigation before the joint
committee il appeared that certain rela-
tiVes of the president of the company
were favored to such degree hat it has
been suggested that a crime was in
volved. As in the case of salaries, so in
this case
Concerning the transactions of the Mu-
tual Life with Raymond & Company. its
general agents in New York. Mr.. Jerome
concludes, after careful scrutiny, that the
crimes of larceny and conspiracy were
not committed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
Neglect of Duty.

Under the head "Nepotism" as under
the former head. "Exorbitant salaries. "
he criticizes the superintendent of insIIr-
ance, charging him with neglect of duty.
The company's legal expenses come
next in the report. and are dealt with
at considerable length The transactions
in which Walter II. Gillette. first vice
president of the company; the Norris
town Trust company. of New Jersey; the
Mutual Lies committee on expenditure
l. A Lawrence and Andrew c. Fields.
were involved, are gone into in detail.
District Attorney jerome explains that
Fields has not been indicted because it
WAS necessary to accept him as states
evidence and promise him immunity in
order to obtain legal evidence against
Gillette, who Is now under indictment.
Further on, Mr. Jerome explains what
led to his obtaining the indictment of
Vice President Robert A. Granniss for
forgery. for causing false entry to- be
made in an as-Aunt to the superintend-
ent of insurance. Respecting campaign
contributions. the relations of the Mutual
Life Insurance company to subsidiary
companies. and syndicate transactions
the district attorney shows. as under the
other heads cited. that while sinister mo-
tives may be assumed in certain of the
premises. the transactions are by them
selves insufficient to prove criminal acts
within the statutes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18

camps His dark brown curly hair -
closely cropped his strong, regular fea-
lures are Drowned by. the sc0rchinz
winds of the southwest His chin IS
thrust slightly forward With the ag-
gressive assurance of a man who has
held his own where the going is both
rough and fast.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-03-30
EN- JUNCOS

Eo la convention celebrsda poi
los deleg Ados nombrAdos por los res
pecsivos bsrrios de ests distrito NUM-
cioal, rssultaron elegidos para com
poner la Janta local del psrtido do Ia
sUni6n,, los sefores siguientei
Presidsnte, don Agu,tln CollaIo
Vice preaidente, doctor don Jose
Barreras.
Tesorero, llcenciado don Ricardo
A. Martinez.
secrstsrio, licsncIado don Modes
to Martinez Prsdo.
vocales, don Tomas Hernandez
don Jose A. Bsrrfos, don Juan RI
driguez Marquee, don Avslino Falero,
don Jose Manuel AmAlbsrt.
Vocales suplentes, don Feix Re
zach Dusno, don Pablo Reyes Yer.
CARA, don Tsodomiro DsltAus, dor
Luis ]. Meifss, don Clsments Colon