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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-04-07
Proof Positive,

Il heard he was in bad odor with
her family. Is that true?"
Draw your own conclusions. 1t
was a centless marriage"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-04-07
BRONZE TURKEY IS LARGEST
Adult Males Required to Weigh SO
Pounds and Females 20-White
Holland 10 the Smallest.

or the six varieties Of turkeys recog-
nized by the standard Of perfection,
the bronze are considerably the largest.
Adult males are required to weigh 80
pounds and adult females 20 pounds.
The Narragansetts are next in size.
the adult male OF which should weigh
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-04-07

Briggs-I understand that Mr.. Bigge,
your wife's late husband, made every
thing over to her?
Henpecklett-Yes. and now she's
making everything over for me.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
HOSTS
CELEBRATE
Forty thousand Persons March
through Streets In Gotham Labor
Day Demonstration.
CONTRIBUTION TAKEN
FOR THE m'NAmARAs.
hteen Thousand March Through
San Francisco But MeNsmarss
Did Not Sea Them.

NEW YORK. Sept. 4-Despite ideal
weather. Labor day failed to-day 20
draw the expected number OF march.
ers into the procession. Conservative
estimates OF the number In line were
$4,000. OF whom perhaps 1000 were
women The latter took advantage
OF the occasion 10 get IN a word for
equal suffrage. one section bearing a
banner with the inscription: Equal
work. equal pay. equal say"
As elsewhere throughout the coun.
try. the McNamara~case Was promi.
nentiy referred 20.
A. different pisces along the line
or march stc0d zen with red flags
taking contributions for the derense
OF ths McNamaras.
An immense crowd watched the pro.
cession. which was led BY Police IN.
spector SchmittberFer and defacb.
ment % mounted policemen.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
Former WOst Wheeling Woman Victim
Of Foul Play. Insists
Coroner Hanes.
FIND TWO MYSTERIOUS
WITNESSES FOR INQUEST
Ex-senator Wagner Takes Remain,
To Rock Hill for
lnterment.

Special Dispatch 20 the InteiIigenc.r
COLUMBUS. o.. sept s.-That
Mrs. Fred = Titus. whose decompossd
body was found Friday morning In her
apartments. was murdered may de-
Fei"p when coroner Hanss Tomorrow
rNamin'7 two important witnesses that
are said to have testimony oil IL nature
rniir"IF different from any set offered
coroner Hnues said 4 EXPECT TO
'e able to establish the fact that there
WIS fnui play"
Inr fact that the body was found IN
On" kitchen clad only in nirht gown
win her head partially behind "A re-
ifis-fhi"r. together with the fact thar
ihr bed iu an adjoining room plainly
had been disturbed and that ther. ver.
spots resembling blood on th. sheet
furnished foundation for suspicion In
tho mind of coroner ITane4
Another feature that tq somewhat
nNstllh inf iH tho fact that the body.
,lHd ln nitht attire. was found in tha
hlirh'n. while the door leading from
inc bed room was closed An emit
cartridge found in the hed room "a
not been explained The coroner bo-
ie''s the woman was placed in fba
house after shr was killed
De body pf Mrs Titus was taken 70
h''A liNI Belmont county. for burial
hr. Titus. husband 90 the dead
Woman. David carey % Wheeling yl
Va. h'r brother. and former senator
i'a'id NnErHr % Hridrrpurf no.
eIAhdia'n'r. accompanied th. remains
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
Big LABOR CELEBRATION AT CAPITAL

llariered hy their employer. Pre-
-en'cd a p.cas.nE appearance.
Addresses of welcome we're made
in the afternoon by Governor Glass.
cock ana Senator Chiffon on behalf
oi ihe state and city. by Fred Paul
1rosscup and state Auditor s
iarsf on behalf OF the chamber of
commerce and business mons or
sanIfatous. while The principal AL.
dress VAS made by Max + HAYES. of
Cleveland. Ohio
The United Wooicn Mills co~rs-v
Train when Do reached this city dfs.
charged tle hundreds OF empIoves
Who. escorted ty their band. visited
ilc irm headquarfers here Later
,he par'y participated Dob the Labor
day parade. then especially char.
tered street cars conveyed the entire
dc cation to Edrcvater pars. tra
beauty spOt OF Charleston The AL
terruou sas devoted fo the sa-Ious
amu-emeufs 90 that resort ana fo
ht1r.nE tnc addresses OF the various
prom rcnt men here. Maner tor.e..
VAS served at tle k1uaula hotel.
'lr1 there came a river excursion on
,hc steamer Evergreen. Tho le.ert.
ucn irf here at 1880 fcr.-.r on
he.r special train tor home
Camden Keller manager of the
Wheeine store. took au active part
in TIE day s exercises here.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
United "oo'en Nils Company En-.
Ployes Co on Special Train 20
Particinate.

EWHUNH. |H.."H... ....
CHARLESTON. W. Va sent
Labor day was celebrated her. fod..
with the iarrest ltth,r.ur of vis.fors
ever assembled in fhe capital c.f,
The rumhcr Oi visitors .s sat-rat.d
90 from fltccu fo twenty thousand
ana TIE parade. which vas more fra-
four miles in ItuEfh. was .ar-.rtpst
IN by from seven to e.eht thousand
laoorers, rDprcserUuc about frrf,
i've unions Ten bands and rr,-.
than a hundred floats helped fo r,sr.
~ the parade and added to fs i-.
terest
one OF the features of the S,v o.,s
the appca-ance hero Df 4r fh. .-,
pioycs OF the United Woef.1 1f.rs
company 90 Carssture. rarke--b.-r
Nheei.ng ami hun.ae-or. tseefr.r
viii the local employees. who w.-.
brought here cr special train ,r
seven fulimans by Vs. q. He-s-r tho
head OF The prom nenf tsr1-.-r
house. Who each year elyes bis r-,.
piCyca an OufIrl
Fourdfths of these errp.ovrs e-.
ladies. and their appearance in rre
partde. on the streets and at rre
bttel kanawha. where they were
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
=. - on TWelfth Page.l
COL. SCOTT
FOR CONGRESS
prominent Ohio Banker Beeonnes
Candidate for Representative
at Large.

So. ~ u.sustch % tre Inteilre--er
OAtkOLLTON. o.. Sept. 4-The
Free Press standard of this place in
us current issue announces the can
didhcy or Col Robert =. scott. the
miliionaire Cadiz inventor. az a can.
dlddte at large for congressman
from the state Of Ohio. The colonel
had been supposed TO be a district
candidate for the position. but.
since 10 seems 90 be conceded that
Gen. HoliingswortI viii be- renomi.
mated for a second term. he is will
ing 10 accept the higher honor. Hc
had a respectable following a. a can.
didate for L : senator when Hon
Theodore Burton vas elected. lie ia
a liberal contributor 90 the Ohio
state university and other cduca-
uonal Institutions. having been edu-
Gated az the Johns Hopkins uniycr.
n|a.a Ia ImHHr..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05

CHICAGO. Sept The gc,.
graphical center OF the wre-,-ir,
world was more than ever fortified a.
Humboldt. d. the home of rr,..t
yoich today Moreover. Referee Ed
omlih. Rho proclaimed the voriJ.s
champion victor over George Hacker.
schmidt. declared that for fha morn
ZEN years there would D. no sbIff of
ne wrestling capital unfoss c,o,cb
.ho.id choose fo change bic place Of
residence
Ihe Russian showing was p.fis,r
Tho crowd decraed that te had
fui' bur fhe defeated chrUary.-
throrsh cori0us tears. avcrred mae
De- entered me arena with % urenctef
knee on which Gotch worked and
speedily reduced him fo d state az
comparative heipIessness.
Tho for". rnrra nerves we're o,
edge Ha spent sIofHIess nirrt and
vas pale when hc crluIed fhr94gb
The ropes. Dr % D. Davis. Who ~.
am.ned both UreFf'err before tray
went to fhe mat declared chat thosg5
tlere might bo something wrong a.fh
Hackeuachm.ffH knee. If vac no. ..I.
dent during fIo evan nation
While DO took G0fch fourteen mia.
toontiHasa on Tvsfra Psr.J
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
SEN. DAVIS QUITS
Resigns As presidsnt Of EIki7s Bank
To Look After Railroads
ard NIrea

rrr..Hf f..e-.f.r fn f.n IufrlI. -rr.-e~
NA~HiNGION. d. O.. Sept g.
Former Senator Henry O. Davis. &C..
cord.ne fo Information here today.
has resi Eued al president of tho Davis
Trust Company o. Eikrs. vs. va D.
is understood that Nr Davis Will
gradually withdraw from active par.
tcpa-Ion In thc aTa.rs 90 BE Wrat
virginia Investments. bgf Uu SIT
spend cons derabIe time in the mar.
aFfrnont % Die extensive railroad and
mining interests
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
'BEACHY DOES
A THRILLING
SPIRAL GLIDE.
Thoassncs Witnessed I've Flights b,
Notes Astatsr Fror- state
Far Cr04rzE
FLCATED ABOVE THE CITY
THREE THOUSAND FEET UP
Spectators Shr'eked When He Made
the Death GLIDE en Returning
10 Earth.

VIII, soaring two thousand fe,t
above the aviation rt.d Lincoln
B-a -hv. one ~ the worlds yr.at,st
uitdtrvn. yesterday afternoon took his
li-- "a h's hands 10 thriu the cheering
thousands that watched him bv doing
th spiral glide Co th- ceuter nc.d o.
tr- state f.tr grounds When IN.
uai'i- s'-uE at lttuf started r.- cork
screw q 4de tu ths earth uans thought
som,thir- had gone Wrung wiitn hi.
mae i4rs and that hc WAS druspfui. 10
lis death Elt Whef. be- landed 4af,i.
ti.c thousands Ut ufrathIt~S eye. .taturs
save h.iu -r ovation that echoed frum
hl. to hiv
TN. ntrhts were made bv N. a,i-
u.'E '-fius %" d1s. Ills lrst niEht
W"H han- slHrtIF after O'Clock.
whom b. remained in the air i've and
chr- AAf minutes. and a Few minutes
"it'I . '."DN b he again asDrndti this
tlh-r remaining Iu the air nearly ten
minus lt Was the FIRST real nreo-
plane rlrht ever mad. % Nh.-ling.
anu tt"usands came from pa, sur
I.-h '1nF country tu witness the
nIFti,. Light thousand persons paid
adrii~-l"L ta the falr grounds which
.f'Nr DI former Monday atteudances
Death Glide.
Long .ft if Was time Tor Iachy
20 muha lass FIRST nlght thousands
'i'"''u oh the center Held 81 th, .air
grounds 90 eaten % FImpS, uf the
'i. ''i.ii. who holds the altitude rec
'if ttst'st nyire records md ha-
'.rh'H Ai~ llf' scores of times Go thrill
~" sl"., taturs. just rpw minutes
a4.'F his scheduled time % HN Mr.
i'"'hy. with his wife and business
H'.h'-t'f. entered the aEintf.u ftIf
Where MIS- oar;iss bi-plane was
housed iH hangar on the asld U.
'"I'iu-.E tested hts machine and ga
hi1i-.'i th- gasoline tank ana then
announced he was ready 90 rs. After
ms '"t.n" had been started he climbed
o. th- i!tfls seat on the front ~ tts
ma hlno and pulling the lever sent th.
mlchiro skimming along the ground
Tor "a distance of ffty feet and th.u
s.nt A"r nyins into tho air. Sailing
ilN' 'ih eagle Beachy allowed bis ma
,Alhc 10 fly across tho back river
10 end OF the Island and then turned
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
GOTCH TRIMS
RUSSIAN LION
oUTPoiNTED RIVAL IN Evrpv
PHASE OF BIG MATCH.
Biames Defes. n, A.
injured Hnee-Fslled 70 Show
Old Style.
MATCH IN NUTSHELL.

Winner Frank A. -Co,cb
ot Humboldt. Iowa. champlon
wrestler of the world
Loser -- George Hacken.
schmidt or Dorpat. Russia.
European champion.
First falI-Gotch pinned
Iiackcnschmidt with reverse
body hold Time. l4.1S 15
second fall Gotch pinned
Hackeuschmldt with a "a.
lock. Time. sag
Total wrestling time -
1880 20.
Referee Edward NJ Smith
Attendance 10000
Total receipts sS7.O52
Gotch's sharc-g2I 600 and
80 per cent OF moving picture
profits
hackenschmidrs share 90
S13.50o.
Jack Cur1ey. Hacken.
schmidt's manager. received
$-9.sa7 as his share.
Empire Athletic club.s
share $3.50.
ENDenses-S1 S1S.Gfs
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
COY. GLASSCOCK
VIII Come 20 Wheeling on Way 20
Tri-state Soldiers Re-
Union.

Special Dispatch 90 the InteiiiTencsr.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. Sept. A.
Governor Glasscock. who came here
today 70 attend the Iabsr day cele-
bration and al some business ADpoint-
menN. Will leave Tuesday for Han.
cock county. 20 deliver an address al
the Tri-State reunion of Tho Blue and
Gray 10 Rock Springs park on We'd
nesday. BE will later 20 70 Spring
Lake. y. ,. % attend the meeting of
tho governors and after that will re.
turn 20 Charleston for the fall and
" inter
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
Chicago Observes

CHICAGO. sept Capital ioined
with labor to-day in observing tho
legal holiday set aside for toilers. Am
the banks. stock exchange. board of
trade. Wholesale stores. manufactgr.
ing plants and public buildings were
closed 20 business
Union labor men and their frfonds
attended tNo picuics given under tho
auspices ~ the chicago Federation of
Labor and other organizations. where
iarEe defense fund FOR the sc
Namara brothers was raised b. tho
sale 10 souvenir buttons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
BEATTIE TELLS OF WIFE'S MURDER
WEARING HIS BL0ODSTAINED GOAT
ONE DEAD, FOUR HURT WHEN AUTO UPSET

'seriai p'spsteh % ths f='s'iix-n-sr
CHARLESTON. ". Va. sept. -
While running az a speed OF sixty
miles an hour. the tire on the front
Nheei o. al auto burst on the Union
turnpike four miles east OF this city
The automobile was overturned ard
FRED stover OF Montgomery. Was
killed. James Saunders. the chauf-
i"ur. son Of the owner % the ma
chine. had his shoulder broken. Frank
Fisher sustained a broken arm and
Elmer stalnaker and Richard Fisher
minor Injuries. Saunders Sas taking
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05

.nti1n today prevented Mrs Sarah
Van Ness from b.rynR her pet dog
u t-e cemetery where 10 many revo-
lutonafy Veterans Iay. and beside ths
body Of Der husband.
GHtNT. Belgium Two fatal eases
or cholera wer reported 10 the
health authorities today az Welrel-
loEe. ZEN miles south Of this CITY.
TIE victims we're uaterrren on ~
River -clei1t
,LAthSHfHG-C p Daugberfy.
sfel 81. OF fanco. Richie county, is
atal here from blood poisoning
ST PAUl~-A p. Scott. a. Dream
ianl. o. wager danced seven hours
ana hen topgled over dead.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
Mrs. Titus Murdered
CHIEF IN BAD
Head Of OH Town Police Force sus.
Pended Following Raid On
Gambling Joints.

Special Dispatch 20 the InteliiFencer.
SlSTB4tSVILLE. W. Va. Sept. A.
By direction OF City Clerk Burt Noll.
acting mayor OF Sistersyllle. last night
number % gambling dens were
ralded and many caught IN the drag
net Chief OF Police Boyd Was sus
pended for dereliction OF duty and viii
nave hearing before council. The
gamblers have been slowly coming
back since the grand Jury adjourned.
and at last opened up only 70 be
caught
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
AVIATOR BREAKS
NECK IN FALL
Alexander MeLeod Has Fall az Chi
Chicago That Results IN Fatal
InLuriea.

CHICAGO. sept 4-AlfHandor
Mcleod. ~ years old. o. Winnipeg.
Canada. a pupil af "a Chicago school
of aviation. was pr0hab.s fatally iu.
Iured tOday when he fcI from an
aeroplauc in which he was flying az
a practice field ln West Pullman
iils neck vas broken
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
EXPLODING BOAT ENGINE
SERIOUSLY HURTS FIVE

klTTERY. Me. Sept BY an
explosion Of q Easo.iue engine in d
SURF boat of the United states gur.
boat Iaducah. Captain " Cumor
lls wife and h.s wife's mother. Mrs
llersou D. Peterson. and two sea
men we're Injured ln the PiscafquIs
river this afternoon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
- -. In -

los ANGELES. Cal. sept win
bands playing the -lfar.eiiIsfse- go
y 1900 union men ana vor-c-
marched in The Labor day parade here
today
Under orders from Mayor Alexander
lle or.EnaI route was CHANGED so
inat me marchcrs did not pass the
county IaI. where the WrNa-ars
brothers. the ALLEGED dyrar.te-s. s-l
confined. pending fral ner. mor-B.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
Psrsersburs Pas,sr e.sr,-.

- . fr trr Ilte". ls-..-
PAHkERsBCRG. W. Va. SEM
REV. ". q. Mclean. pastor "a t-a
CalFary Baptist church of parrer.
turg. yesterday rendered hfa res-g-..
uon 90 his cougreEaton. be- e.lf Il,
snier the University o. Chicago.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05


vho flsd ths other
uster say he'd never
written a lire "a he
life tfat fs uaa
ashamed o. rorrs
we're . @ hin
tll thsg founf ont
hs ll1zt even kr3w
how 20 Wrlts hfn
own nnma
WAsHrEGrou
eeut a-T1reraar
West Wrrfsla-
OHIO 80 western
Feu gkowara On
Tuesday ar rr.hn-
BY wednesday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05

NEW MART1NsvfLLE. 49, ",
SEPT 4-At faden park today tse
siassUorkers of This city obea-,s.t
Labor day uifh an o.ffashior.f r.l.
uic. ln The morIIrE a taI game h..
tween the day and r.Elt s-rs ~
terfaircd The crowd In The .ft.-.
noon foot races. bicycle. uhoe.f.r
row. etc.. were iudu'Fcd iu Ia fra
amusement of au
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
chanp - 80, -.

DAVENPORT. la. Sept. t-speatar
champ CLARK. Of the federal house or
represen'afvca. headed The labor dsy
parade here
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05

party % friends out for a spin pre-
baraiory 10 entering The Labor day
parade lie Vas going down a hNI
when the accident occurred.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05

JUNEAU Alaska. Sept. 4-NI1s
persons are believed to have per.shed
ln a hro which destroyed the juneau
ho'e. and the McGutl building last
niEhL
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
70 600 In Parad.

CLEVELAND. o. Sept t-Parades
OF 5000 workinEmen this morning
and OF 1000 horses this Aftsrnoon
together with an address b. Congress
man Victor l.. Berger. OF Milwaukee.
constituted the chief features O, to-
days labor day celebration. Ideal
weather prevailed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05

iII-fIItG. Sept - Buck
Grouse easily bested Jack Abbott in
Their Elk round open air bout here
today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
THE WEATHER.

unsis - .a7si oid Peter
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
AND THE BEST Is
YET TO COME
For the Eo;si Men say Tha, Never
ssfore 1sve They RAD Sueh De.
rands fer Accommodations
FAIR WEATHER WILL
FAVOR THE SIG SHOW,
Tuesday the B,s First % the Week
Day. Premises to Attract Many
Thousands.
re Days Events.

Te-Day's Events.
CRY pay Parade. 10 50 a m.
judEius WorA Horses. 7 D. N
Races. l.i. J.. m
hrachy Flights, . 80 p m.
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tcoHsHasa on Tvsifsn Psr.j
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John Roof was sirhuy burned while
working near o. gasoline stove in his
rr.rrsimont stand near tho erposi.
non building yesterday morning n
appears ftaf fHe stove explodod ana
flame shn' olf. badly burning
Roof about -le face and arms Men
near fhe sf7ff emDftored the blaze
ani Dr uesf was called 10 attend fhs
man injuries
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-25
10 Per Cent. Dividend Only

The only controversy of a serious
nature which marred the administra-
ton of the Prudential affairs by Mr..
Dryden was that arising out of the
disposition of a fund mounting to be-
tween twenty and twenty-five millions,
set aside from the surplus earnings
of the company as divid Ids to be
paid to the holders of participating
policies. With the abolition of such
participa 'lg policies there came dis
putes as st the rights of such policy
holders to ! ,eive benefits. Suit was
brought by stockholders to comSel the
distribution tf this vast amount among
the shareholders. Mr.. Dryden's con-
tention was that the disposition of the
slnd lay e.-tirely within Il G discretion
of the directors and maintained that
his fixed and unalterable decision that
the stock of the Prudential never
should pay more than a 10 per cent.
dividend me- T would be changed. The
decision of the court In tn matte up
held the contention of Mr.. Dryden and
upon appeal it will be reviewed next
week.
Another company in which Mr.. Dry
den was largely interested at the time
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-25
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.)
FORCED Ahead Despite Illness

surance Company Oimited). of Lon
don, England. {
Mr.. Dryden procured all the reports
of the company, analysed them and
this gave him the idea of for
mulating an industrial insurance
system for the United States,
so in 1878 he visited Newark and in
terested such men as Noah r. Blanch-
ard, William H. Murphy, father of
former Governor Franklin Murphy:
Horace Alling, Leslie D. Ward and
others.
After o aiming a charter from the
New Jersey Legislature the beginning
was made l.. the organization of "The
Widows and Orphans Friendly So
ciety," the name of which, in 1876, was
changed to 1.-THE Prudential Friendly
Gociety." The original intent was to
establish a workingmen's benefit insti-
tuition, comprehending in its scope all
of the most important contingencies
affecting w-age-earners' lives, that is,
financial aid in the event of sickness,
accident or death, and an annuity in
old age. Subsequent experience proved
that the time had not come for the
practical realization of SO ambitious
an undertaking and when, in 1878. the
name of TT Pru2 ial Friendly So
ciety was changed t, 1.-THE Prudential
Insurance Company of America" the
instituti,l United itself to the granting
of insurance of sums payable at h.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-25
Persons Employed

When the Prudential was first organ
lied, Mr.. Dryden was elected secretary,
but as early as 1881, after the death of
the president, Mr.. Noah F. Blanchard,
he was unanimously elected to thai
position, which he has continuously
held to the present time.
In fact. al obituary of Mr.. Dryden is
really the history of the Prudential
Insurance Company, so closely was his
own personality linked with the affairs
of the company. When Mr.. Dry
den organized the company a small
Office force in rented rooms adequately
accommodated the transactions of the
company, but now accommodations
have to be provided for over 5000
clerks, managers, inspectors. medical
directors and other officials, as well as
a fully equipped print shop, where all
the thousands of forms used by the
company are printed and bound, as
well as all advertising matter printed.
The total number of persons now en-
ployed by the Prudential. including
the home office and all branch
agencies. is over $4,000 persons. 1t
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-25

John Fairfield Dryden vas born on
a farm near Pennington, Me-, on Al
gust Z, 1889, and was therefore 70 yeas
Of age at the time of his death. His
ancestry was of refined New England
stock.
He was a son of Jc and Elizabeth
3, j. Dryden and after a preliminary
course in the schools of Massachu-
sets. where he moved when he was Z
years of age and in preparatory schools
entered Yale University in 1861, when
he was % years of age. Illness COM
PEELED him to leave college before his
graduation and he nevar completed
his full course.
Blu with the instinct of successful
business methods Mr.. Dryden soon
commenced to forge to the front.
The subject of life insurance early
engaged the attention of Mr.. Dryden
and for ten years or more he devoted
time to every branch Of it, studying
Its principles, mastering the theory of
finance, the construction of tables,
averages, futurities and scientific
monetary economy.
About 1866 he obtained a report on
the subject of Industrial insurance
to the Massachusetts Legis-
by Professor Elizur Wright, the
State insurance commissioner concern
ing the methods of the Prudential In