The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
2. |. LEARN INSURANCE
 COMPANY OFFICIAL Second Vice President, Direct or and Executive Committee Member Casualty Go, SUPREME KNIGHT K. OF c. Will Have Office in New York, Going There First of
 Each Week.

Supreme Knight Edward L. Hearn of the Knights of Columbus has been elected second vice president, director and member of the executive commit, tee of the Casualty Insurance company of America.
 MT. Hearn assumes his new office in New York on Monday, going to New York each week to attend to his insur- ance matters. Mir. Hearn will have en- tire charge of the personal, accident and health departments.
 Edward L. Hearn is one of the best known and most respected men in the United States. Owing to his having been head of the Knights of Columbus for the past eight years he has formed the personal acquaintance of men of prominence all over the country. In his new position he will undoubtedly give an added strength to the already powerful Insurance company.
 In addition to his large acquaintance ship Ar Hearn is considered one of the most expert insurance men in the country, and it is owing to his broad knowledge in this line that he has been so successful in building up the Knights of Columbus.
 MT. Hearn is native of Boston, where he was carrying on extensive business interests at the time he was elected as head of the Knights. He came to this city and that time the order had @ membership of about SS,- 900, where to-day 1t has over 100000.
 During the eight years that Su- preme Knight Hearn has been the head of the order over 900 councils have been institutad many of them with the supreme knight in attendance, so that to-day the order consists of over l 1, 200 prosperous councils.
 MT. Heawn recently returned from Mexico City where. he was present at the institution of a large new council, and councils have also been instituted in Manila and Canada since MT. Hearn has been supreme knight.
 MT. Hearn is scholar and an ora tor of unusual ability and he has de- | livered addresses all over the conti- nent, at times occupying the platform with men of world -AMide note, includ- ing the president of the United States. He was a guest of the presidential party at the opening of the Jamestown exposition.
 Supreme Knight Hearn is a warm personal friend of Cardinal Gibbons as well as all the other prominent Cath olics in the country. The high esteem 1 in which Supreme Knight Hearn is held was evidenced a few days ago at Jamestown, when, for the fifth con- secutive time, he was elected as SUI preine knight of the Knights of Co., lumbus, the great and prosperous or- ga1tization in whose building up and enlarging he has taken so active Q part. His term of office extends over the next two years.
 At the last session of congress $l0O,- 900 was appropriated for beautiful and appropriate memorial monument to Christopher Columbus, to be erected ] in Washington, the entire details of which were left to committee of five, consisting of the secretary of war, the | secretary of state, Supreme Knight Eearn and the chairmen of the library committees of the two national legisla- tive bodies Work on this monument is now being rushed under the direction ! of this committee.
 The officers and directors of the Cas- ualty Insurance company are most representative body of men, consisting as they do of such men as Andrew Freedman, chairman of the board of directors; L. D. Spaulding, president; Edward L. Hearn, second vice presi- dent and Chauncy s. s. Miller, secre- tary and treasurer.
 The company Is represented in this city by the Underwriters Agency com pany, at s65 Chapel street, the direct ors of which company number many well known local men.
 The new national headquarters of the Knights of Columbus, on Chapel street in this city. was erected and dedicated under the personal supervision of Su- preme Knight Hearn
 | Edward L. Hearn is well deserving