The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-24
John Dennison Of Dubuque Requests
the Insurance Department to
Look into the Workings
o. the Order.
OFFICERS ARE ACCUSED
Charges on File Intimate that Off.
cials Of the Organization Have
Mlsmanased Part Of the
Business.

LES MOINES, Dec. 24.-JOhn ID.
Dennison of Dubuque, has filed with
the insurance department of Iowa
request for the investigation and ex-
animation into the business manage
ment of the Modern Woodmen OF
America which has it's home office in
Rock Island, III. In this Mr.. Dennison
asks that ''if 1t is found that any of
the officers of this society have di-
verted any funds or mismanaged any
part of the business or received and
accepted mileage, per diem, or the like
without any proper legal right, then
request that you cause proper resti-
tuition to be made and an accounting
to be had and that action, If neces-
sary, be brought compelling an ac-
counting and restitution"
With the department. Mr.. Dennison
filed a copy OF his complaint previous
ily filed With the Illinois insurance de-
ipartment and in addition thereto ten
other requests. He asks that the COM
mission Investigate a certain bank
deposit made by the Modern Wood
men of America in the Third National
Bank of st. Louis, Missouri, which
was withdrawn about one year later
and the reason for such withdrawal:
an investigation touching the deposit
Iof Modern Wodmen funds in Moline,
1 H., banxs and examine cashiers of
such banks relatiye to their state
tments That they could secure Modern
lWoodmen deposits by paying a regu-
lar two percent interest and one per
cent on the side; that the commission
examine East head consul William A.
4 Northcott of Springfield, ILL.,, and as
certain from him what sums of mon
Iey he drew following his retirement
lin 1903 at the rate of 5000 per month
4 and concerning charges that he at
tempted to dictate the election OF
members to the board; and the com
, mission Is asked to call w. F. Hutton
of Holstein, Iowa, and examine him
touching the contents of certain let
tiers said to have been written by
Head Banker, now Director R. K.
Smith of Brookfeld, Missouri, and 9th
ers to, L. H. McCutcheon, now dead
formerly of Holstein, as to the con
tents of MoCutcheon's replies; the
: commission is asked to call Fred Nc
!. Cutcheon, son of e. H. McCutcheon
: deceased. and examine him as to al
/ facts concerning the original deposit
: LOT $4,000 of Modern Woodmen funds
J with his fathers bank, and later de
: post of $40 900 and a later increase
j. to $100,000 by the then head banker
now Director A. N. Bort, of Beloit
Wisconsin.
: 1t will be remembered that L. II
McCutche IN committed suicide and j
was found afterwards that his secur
: ity given to the Modern Woodmel
for the deposits was a personal secur
| ity instead of guaranteed security al
usually demanded, and that his per
sonal security was forged
Mr.. Dennison who demands ;
sweeping investigation of the method
of the hoard of directors. is a candi
date TOT pace OH tiiis podTu vi VI
rectors Iefore the national conven
! ton Of the Woodmen which will b
: held next June. The various lodge
will in January elect delegates to th
(. county conventions to be held i
April when other delegates will b
? chosen to the state convention whicl
meets II May to name delegates t
the natioaal convention.