The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21
UNTERNYER HURRIES HOME.
ENDS CAMPAIGN ABROAD BE-
CAUSE OF SONS ILLNESS.

Mil Not Talk Insurance Until Monday
-Supt. Kelsey Answers scrugham About
charges Against the New York Life
and Promises to Make en- InVsstlgatAen.
Samuel Untermyer returned on the steam
sh.p Amerika Of the neutrality-suspicious.
line Yesterday after spending several
uonths in Europe. Mr.. Untermyer has
hsen busy on the other side in campaigning
tor the International PolicyhOlders' As
sooiation ticket for trustees in the Mutual
and New York life insurance companies.
Mr.. Untermyer returned sooner than
he had planned in respoase to an urgent
message telling him that he was wanted
hadlv in connection with insurance. mat
,ers. This was only a Vaae 20 gel. him and
Mrs. Untermyer here. -
The real reason is that the lawyers
eirhteen-year-old son, Ervan, 10 very i'll
With typhoid fever. The fact that the boy
all was not learned by Mr.. and Mrs. Inter
RED TO their country place, Greystone,
near Yonkers. The young man a inn
proved rapidly during the last week, but
AZ the time his parents were sent for he was
in a critical condition. -. :.
Mr.. Untermyer has had a lively time
Of il abroad and has many things 70 say
regarding insurance affairs on the other
sde He would not talk yesterday, how
ever, on account Of the illness Of his son.
Mr. Untermyer. will probably mako q
statement on Monday. =.
Manager George Il. Scrugham OF tho
International PolIcyholders' Association re-
ceived a reply from State Superintendent OF
Tnsurance Otto Kelsey yesterday in regard
10 the charges that Mr.. Scrugham made
aga INST the management OF the New York
Life. Here is h Superintendent Kelsey
has to say: 49,. y.
Your telegram OF yesterday was received
late last evening In relation. 90 -telegfaphic
complaints made TO you from various States
that agents OF the New York Life are mailing
the official statement with candidates Of the
International policyholders' comrr+tt<s's tick
et scratched off and enclosing other campaign
documents on company'e Stationery with q
return stamped envelope.
The New York insurance law requires COM
panies to mail to each policyholder . state
ment Of the several tickets for directors with
full Instructions for voting and with blank
proxy and return envelope. No other en-
closures are allowed. Policyholders may
ignore all other papers received and vote or
other forms sent by interested paItssrADEo
vided the names voted are on the official lsi
OF nominees and the p~olicyholder includes
the number OF his policy and signs the ballol
IN the presence OF a subscribing witness.
II the New York Life complies with ths
statutory provision for sending out ocfcia
and does not use the funds. ol
the company in promoting the election o.
the administration ticket nor improperly
employ it's agents this department cannol
prevent those favoring the Administrative
ticket from sending upoff their own niSttOT
and expense such campaign literature Il
policyholders as they choose to prepare
Each party to the controversy ~ entltled II
the same and an equal privilege.
The question OF wrongfully using none!
Of the policyholders and OF securing assistance
from agents under Official pressure are niatterI
under Investigation.
second telegram from Won dated the lstl
calls attention to section So of the New Yorl
Insurance law II this section Ia beini
violated and a mind emeanor committed per
sons having knowledge Of the facts MAJ
prosecute the same without reference TO tn
action OF this department.
Your third telegram OF October IS. inform
ing me that the New York Insurance Com
pany's agents are personally soliciting sig
natures TO Official statements and that M
statements have been received by policy
holders from the home ofice. will have i'm
mediate attention.