The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-26
NATIONAL INSURANCE OFFICIALS
GUESTS Of LOCAL UNDERWRITERS
pnEs1pEHr LAWRENCE PR1DDY DE.
L1yERs INSPIRING PATR1-
OTTO ADDRESS.
Declares President Wilson Said 1nsur-
anco Mon Were Largest Lib
erty Bond Salssmen-

with PRESIDENT lIU"TtihSt
New York. VICE President NJ. j. lnilon'
OF ST. Paul. Mimi. and eE-H ice
dent J. J. Jackson, OF Cleveland. ONO, VI
tn. National Association Of Under
writer's az guests of honor delic'ou"
luncheon was given yesterday IN the
Hotel windsor by tn" members ~ the
WcsI Virginia Lifn Underwriters" ASS"-
citation, whicl included some % thcHho"'
prominent and progressive lhS"Th"'e NV.
of Wheeling aud Immediate viclhltS'
Tho luncheon was followed by il NUMBER
Of addresses. including one nI 'hc "'Ht
and most patriotic and inspiring '"'"-
ever heard here. by Mr.. Friday Mc ,;,Ss.
pillon and jackson ais" spoke. n'E
devoted their remarks principally To the
insurance. business but incidentally t"lu
of tn, patriotiSm and the work that mao
been and Is being done by the in*HrHhr"
men throughout the land in doing thcii
bit, large and small. tn help tncIc ''hi''
nut tho uuictus on the Kaiser ana MS
war hcnrhmen.
Hiram NJ. Taylor. president oil INC
West Virginia Association. prcSlHro' ['c
said that the Wheeling insurance hl'h
had been highly hon"rcd II! ~'lns VIC
National l'udr"writrrs' president as theiF
rucst who had Just recently been MADE
head nf the big organization. and tha'
WbrcljaI. was the secund city In whlch
hc had spoken since becoming president
Wednesday Mr.. Priddy aEh McSSFS' LII.
Ion an, Jackson were the HucStS VI
b.uur al III. Pittsburgh Life Under
writer's. Association. They were accom-
uanird tn Wheeling by President laSi"l'
Secretary L. Il. Callahan Q. r. HcSmahh
and l'hurlcs S. Sci;l"singcr. of the west
Virginia Association. who ATTENDED '"e
Pittsburgh meeting as Delegates.
Mr.. Prddy Speaks.
AR priddv covered j Wide scope OF
I subjects In the short iimr he talked
He paid q high tribute Ia tho insurance
, MON and of their work in selling Liberty
bonds. He declared that President VIII
son sold him - frw weeks ago that az
4 whole tho Insurance. men hnd SOU
more Liberty bonds than any other class
Of mon. MIR. priddy brought out some
| excellent points relative to the VIII anu
: Insurance policies He said that Ihe
, insurance agent had been the means "t
! eliminating much complication alteI
death Of wealthy men; that many OIL
! them failed 10 make wills. and that they
| cuuld not lie forced 10 dh so ana NJ
: their death The insurance poltcE saFeo
n,urb cxpensc and embarrassment ana
| Ii,irations in many cases. ltc toid Oh
the coupon stamp saving rroJ'ct 'o NC
! launched by. the government Wllhih thc
next few weeks. The proposition as
! revealed by Mr.. priddy came as news
| ia his auditors. He stated that ne hau
! learned Of the plan from President VIII
son personally.
He stated that he had also learned
! officially that there nre today 100000
Am.ricnn men In France and that there
will W. TWO million on the soil Of France
! hcfurr the war ends.
Dillon and jackson Talk.
Mrssers Dillon and Jackson spoke
along business lines In closing and de-
i;.rr"d inspiring and patriotic talks.
They both declared that it would he
nniv q question Of i short time until
ihr United Suites would be bone dry;
thar tho tide OF universal prohibition
had been affected by the war: that say
iny off, II fnnrlstuff was essential in
winning the war and that the people had
awakened In that fact. They also de-
clarcd that as III" people now see the
H.:ht NOR" plainly along the saving line.
! that tobacco eventually Will be put IN
the same catcEor? us intoXicants. De-
cause money so spent mny be applied
to the war Golfer: that the war must be
won by the thrc" essential things, men,
munitions and money. and that we can
Those present 1T the luncheon were:
Lawrence, pr!idy. New York. presl.
dent the National Association Life Tn
dorwritcrs: NJ. J. Dillon. ST. Paul,
Mimi. vice president the National Asso-
citation Life Underwriters; J. J. Jack
son. Mingn Aetna Life. department at
Clcvclad. O.: Hiram NJ. Taylor Northern
Mutual Life. New York; c. \. Walden,
Prudential. OF Newark. =. j.; George
Rgird Mutual Life insurance company.
of New York: W. J. Stcen, Travellers
Life. Hartford; &. II. Brown. Bankers
Life company. lors Moiucs. Ia: A. w.
Crnwth Prudential; J. Z. Foster. Pru-
dental; J. Il. Mcchen. PRUDENTIAL; w.
T.. Marshall, Prudential: w. A. 1mhoF.
Prudential: l. G. Heinrich. Prudential;
J. T.. Porter, prudsntial: L. J. kredarich.
Prudcntial: a. \. Strauss. Prudentiai;;
c. J. killmyer. Union Central; ]. b.
Brennan. Prudcnt:al: Q. F.. Hcyman.
Northwestern Mutual; a. D. keyscr.
Metropolitan Lifo; c. A. kesselring.
METROPOLITAN Life; L. c. Ebe!inR. Cleve-
land Life: Stanley II. Smith. Equitable
Assurance society; Z. Z. Shaffer. Co.
lumbar National: S. G. Bigler. Metro
pnlitan Life: \. \. AmcS Metropolitan
Life; J. II. Gould. Metropolitan Life: A.
&c onnelle. Metropolitan Life; j. T..
Aichnrds. Metropolitan Life; Hoy b.
Naylor. Travellers: J. P Hanley. EQuit-
able: II. L. Meholsh. Equitable; A. 3.
Monahan, Equitable: G. w. Mercer,
Euuitabl Of D. c.; J. T. Murrell. Eauit-
able. OF D. c.: Burgess Taylor. North
western Mutual Life: o. J. Rizor, John
Hancock Life: Joseph E. Robinson.
MarylandL life Insurance company;
Charles s. Schlesinger. Connecticut Cen
craI Life; +. Z. Armbruster. New York
Lie: =. A. DcnSoh. New York Life: W.
W. Pitcher, New York Life: w. a.
srringer,N CIV York Life: Carl Fl. Wolfe.
John Hancock Mutual: P. r. Callahan.
John Hancock Mutual.