The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-20
FRESH SCANDAL In
MUTUAL LIFE ACT
Trickery Charged in Connection
with List Of Policyholders
r., Filed at Albany.
VOLUMES OF NAMES
MAZE OF MYSTERIES
Member Of International Commit,
tee Declares Hundreds Have
Incomplete Addresses.
journal Special Service.

journal Special Service.
New York. July 600. r. schrug-
ham Oregon manager of the interna-
tional policyholders committee, refer
ring to the list of policyholders filed
with Secretary of State Kelsey, said:
"This is the most colossal piece Of
chicanery attempted by the companies
up to date. The Mutual Life lists,
which we are engaged in copying first,
of which contain $4,000 names. This
would have meant that we could only
have put ten copyists on this entire
list and could not possibly have finished
with it in the time given us by law
to nominate our. ticket, had not the
superintendent Of insurance allowed us
to .rebind these lists into 200 subdi-
with dispatch. The lists fled in a large
majority Of instances do not contain
the street numbers, which will make it
necessary for us to obtain the city
directories Of all large cities and insert
this information in our lists before
mailing to the policyholders.
Names Are Jumbled.
"In large cities such addresses are
given as Mr.. Gail, 1915 Eden avenue,
Mount Auburn. Now, this Mount Au-
burn is not the name of a city, but the
name of a residential district in the
city Of Cincinnati.
GAS for the towns, Lima, Ohio, is called
Luna; Ripley, Ohio, Is Riley; Tffin is
vile is put down as GAINESVILLE, Warren
Is Wanen, etc. etc. Il. .'-
The foreign lists are even worse.
Take Vienna, Austria. as an instance.
The copyists have taken the names of
all the surrounding small towns and
villages and used them as if they were
street addresses and then added tho
word Vienna. In Hamburg they have
used the name of the street as if it
were the name Of a city.
France. Spain and Russia are even
worse, such names as Pat Reilly, Ire
land, being given.
&c.. Names Indistinct, Too.
"The lists filed at Albany. were evil
IDENTIFY the last carbon copies made.
They are so indistinct that it is nee
essary for lis to use magnifvfng glasses
to bring out the impression. and fire.
) quently the carbons were so bad that
patches Of five, to fifteen names are
omitted entirely.
1--WE have engaged checkers and ex-
pert .pestofice men from the large cit
to fill in from the directories which
we have secured the deficiencies of
these lists. - &EE-1. --:-. I.E-@
This means q vast expense to us
but We are determined that every pol
icyho1der shall be Informed as to the
true. condition of affairs in these com.
panies'' :E-'
Rogers Planned Raid.
It was learned today that the nomi.
nation of four members Of the interna-
tional. pohcyholders committee on the
administration ticket of the Mutual
Life was only modified form of the
raid as already planned by H. II. Rog.
ers ~
Convinced that there was no legal
process by which names from the names
once placed could be removed. Mr.. Rog.
ers, in desperation because of the re.
fusal Of his own friends to become. can.
J dldates;, planned to nomina not only
and arafy n !o9 4snbotSam SS,
samuel Ontermyer, general counsel OF
the international committee; George r
Scrugham, its organization MANAGER
and Seymour Eaton, it's secretary.
r. Figured It as Blind. l..z~44t
He figured, it is said, that large
percentage of the Mutual policyhoid
ers would be. deluded into voting 70,
the ticket, believing ;itlr4ftos have. 4ht
tee. FET%s7s
It was said today that several o,
the trustees weakened when the +propo
ssltlon was made that they recommend
the international committee Mr.. Rog
ers was unable to win their. consent +
ms plan, and compromise, was reached
by which only. four, members wer,
named On the ticket. .%'|El-~|
A very serious scandal liz expected t.
grow out Of the manner in which til,
MutuaI Life prepared its lists ST mol
iiccyholders which have BEEN filed witt
Gne insurance department. 1T is CHARGED
that the lists were purposely bungieI
to prevent the international commifto,
holders. poi1'S
Not to Let McCurdy's Go
According to James McKeen, gene,
al solicitor Of the Mutual Life fnsur
ance company, the dropping of tire
suits, which were instituted by the Mn
tual against Robert H. McCurdy, til
former general manager of the compan,
and son of the ex-president, agains
Charles H:$Raymond and Louis A. The
baud and ex-President Richard A. Nc
Curdy and against ex-President Nc
Curdy and Robert McCurdy, does no
mean that the Mutual intends to aban
these parties. 80,
Mr.. McKeen in explaining the actio,
OF the company said: cit was foun,
that the results which were exnected 4
be accomplished by these suits coul
be accomplished by the other suits
which have been brought -
VHs MENU nEEINEnC