WmZSQ JjWDQMn-FBJhADmjVBlk, WmmBTA H0YEMB12B 29 1916
Three hun
dred thou
sand British
shells were
fired in a single
day on a 4-mile
front on the
Somme, and
Frederick Palmer
describes the effect
in "The Greatest of
Battles" in this
week's issue of
Collierls
TUB NATIONAL yt BSKLT
LACAPHALERUMENA
IHASPORTATA A JASSY
MackenBeil, Attraversa il Da-
nubio a Itutschuk cd Occupa
Giurgevo Sulla Riva
Opposta
SI AWICINA A BUCHAREST
9
nOSIA. 29 Nov.
La capitals rumcna o' alata trnsportnta
da Bucareit a Jassy, una cltta' dolla Mol
davia settontrlonale nssnl vlclna al confine
delta Bessarabia. La rnglono ill nuesto
provVedlmento e' nella mlnnccla cho pcsa
U Bucarest a causa dell nvanzata dello
foreo dl yon Mackensen a di Von Falkcn
Jiayn verso la capitate delta Rumania. Lo
tone dl Von Mackcmcn lianno nttravor
sato II Danubio ancho a Hutschullc cd ban
no occupato II porto rumeno dl Giurgevo
ulla rha opposta dol Hums. GlurRovo o'
a circa 3G mlRlla da Bucareat, Jnsay dlsla
da BMcarest circa ZOO mlalla.
DlspaccI da Londra dlcono die In quel
clrcoll mllltarl si domanda so l'ltitcrvcnto
dolla numanla nella Riicrril nbbla crcato
Una debolezza pluttosto cho una nuova forza
per ell alleatl o bo la Hussla ha fatto lutto
quelle che poteia faro per soccorrero In
modo adcRUato 1 mfovl alleatl. Quest! crl
tlcl mllltarl nono pluttosto dl oplnlone che
11 falllmento doll'oTcnslva runienu o' dovuto
all'nftrcttata lnaslono delta Transltvanla,
Ihvaslono Ideata dallo Stato MaRgloro dl re
Fordlnando o svolta com inolta IcEeerezza
SI dice pero cho gll alleatl avrebbero dovuto
ssl imporro nllo Stato Jlngglnro rumono
Un piano dl azlono conformo null Intercast
Veneratl delta guerra e della sltuazlono ou
ropea prcsa nol suo Inslcmo o non soltanto
constderata net rispeiti aeua itumam.i o
della Fenlsola Balcanlca.
DlspaccI da Petroffrad dlcono cho It suc
oesso delta reslstonza rumcna davantl a
Bucarest dlpecda In Bran parto daU'ablllta'
dell'ala destra rumena a reslstero all'
avanzata dello forza austro-tcdesche dal
jiord. Flnora questo non hanno potuto
avanzare plu' oltro dl Campolung, o questo
fatto dovrebbo dare qualche speranza. AN
meno .questa a' l'oplnlone del coloncllo
Shumskl.
Tntanfn An Ttl.niirunt nnnlinphnn rV.A If,
SgfaltiiMlane mllltare o' nil gltorata dal mo-
incut" HHU II illUI CttUJUIUf VUII AMUUl.tMIBCII
non V rlusclto a fare progressl. ICildente
tnente pero' la notlzla fu lnIata prima
che si apprendesio dell' occupazlono dl
Glureevo da parte dello forze bulgaro
tedeacho o del trasporto delta capitate da
Bucarest a Jassy.
Sujla fronto dl battagtla Italo-austrlaca
Si annunclano soltanto azlonl dl artlRllerla.
Ecco II testo del rapporto del cenerale Ca
dorna pubbllcato lerl sera dal Mlntstero
della Guerra:
Pulla fronto del Trcntlno, dal Sarca
alia lalla dell'Adlge, si Bono avutt
movlmentl dl truppo ncmlche e duelll
dl fcrtlgllerla.
Sulla, fronto dello Alpl Glullo l'artl
Zljerla ed I mortal da trlncea del nemlco
tono statl partlcolarmente ntthl nella
zona d' Plava cd In quella ad est dl
Gorlzla. Pochl prolettlll caddero nella
cltta' dannesslando alcunl edlflzll. I,o
nostre batterlo rlsposero elllcaccmente
al fuoco del nemlco.
STATE INSURANCE PROBE URGED
BY CAPITOL GRAFT PROSECUTOR
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
I HAVE your inquiry of the twenty-fifth instant calling for
an opinion as to whether the facta disclosed by the investi
gation of the Pension Mutual Life Insurance Company and the
Union Casualty Insurance Com
pany do not warrant an imme
diate and sweeping inquiry of
insurance conditions in Penn
sylvania. Such an investigation
is in the province of the Legis
lature. In so far as my indi
vidual opinion may be of weight,
I think it proper for, such a mat
ter to be presented to the Legis
lature for consideration in order
that the evils shown to exist
may be corrected by appropriate
legislation. r
I -am in full accord with the
stand taken by the Evening
Ledger that the question in
volves the future welfare of
thousands of widows and
orphans in the State and strikes
deep into the civic life of the
Commonwealth. In the endeavor
to correct the evils which men
ace the defenseless people the Evening Ledger is performing the
duty of a great newspaper. And I fully agree with the choice
of the Ledger in the selection of Charles Evans Hughes as a
man whose attainments and high character pre-eminehtly qualify
him for the work of a thorough investigation. Hoping for your
success in this undertaking,
I am truly yours,
JAMES SCARLET
Danville, Pa., Nov. 27, 1916.
tcQ$a
James Scarlet was the people's lawyer in the Capitol scandal; ho con
ducted the preliminary investigations, then the trials in, the memorable sciics
of legislative ami court actions that followed the uncovering of that slxt
pendoua graft case.
Mayor Will Probe
Insurance on Cops
Continued from raze Onn
ends a check for $2500 to the Police Bene
ficiary Association, -which In turn sends a
check for $2400 to Colonel Seth H. White
ley,' an Insurance agent with olllces In the
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Building-. Sixth and Walnut streets, and
Colonel Whlteley draws another check for
J2100 and sends It to the "unknown philan
thropist" -who permits the $100 difference
to stay with the Police Beneficiary Asso
ciation. WHITnLEY WON'T TELL
Colonel Whlteley said today he know
won. the "unknown philanthropist" was.
This unidentified person was mentioned In
Thompson's resolution yesterday an the
man -who pajs the Benetlclary Asoclatlon
$109 every time a policeman dies, and to
day, with suspicion In the air, every police
man, and city offlclal is trying- to learn
what it Is.
Colonel Whlteley wouldn't tell. lie Bald
-be would g(e the Information to Insurance
Commissioner O'Nell If requested, but to
no one else.
Whiteley was seen at the Manufacturers'
Club. He would give no Information, say-
lns lie had wired the Insurance Commts-
1 fclotuj to tell him that he was perfectly
' willing to explain everything
"It Mr O'Nell wishes It," said Whlteley,
i tan show him that everything- wo did
uraa perfectly proper." Ho would say noth
ing except as to his willingness to answer
Any question Mr. O'Nell asked himb a
It wus learned that Lyndon D, Wo, last
night trled t Kt in touch by telephone
with Councilman Thompson at the lntter-u
tioria 1j tlu Forty-sixth Ward, 4607 Regent
Etlfisi o" ' tno presiuent of the
Pension Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mr Thompson wni not nt homo and Mr.
Wood was unnblo to communicate with
111 Hi. The Councilman wan unable to guess
wliat the Insurnnco man wanted, but ns
RUIiicd that It was In connection with the
rovotatlou of tho system of Insuring, The
two men hao never met.
Councilman Thompson said today that
when Councils meets again on December 7
ho would push tils demand for Council in
quiry "I don't ngree wltli Councilman Lara
bcrton, of tho Twenty-second Ward," he
said, "that this Is a matter for tho State
Insurance Department Jt Is something
that concern-) the peoplo of Philadelphia
nnd Is to bo threshed out In CItl Hall Wo
want to learn who this 'nigger In tho wood
pllo' Is "
Tim "rim,ANTimopisT"
Mr Thompson refered to the "unknown
philanthropist" mentioned In his resolution
of yesterday, tho ono who ccry time a
policeman dies, presents a check for $100
to the Pollco Beneficiary Association.
Superintendent Boblnson nlso wants to
know who this unidentified person Is. He
and Director of Public Safety Wilson and
Assistant Director Davis discussed him this
morning. Director Wilson is of the opinion
that tho affair Is none of his to mcddlo
with, except to protect policemen's de
pendents; ho thinks, so far as investigation
is concerned, the Stato Insuranco Commis
sioner ought to do tho Investigating Bob
lnson and Davis echoed what ho said
Director Wilson said:
This matter strikes me as one for
Commissioner O'Nell. Howoer, I have
the Interest of the policemen at heart
and will do all In my power to protect
their Interests It must be remembered
that tho pollco department has nothing
to do with the Police Beneficiary Asso
ciation, and that a policeman's mem
bership In thnt organization Is optional
with him. But 1 will do all I can to
see that dependents of policemen da
not come to grief. I will be glad to
lend any asslstanco I can to tho In
surance Commissioner If he decides to
undertake an Investigation. Of course.
If any member of the police department
Is mixed up In a scheme to work injury
to policemen, I'll see tint he Is brought
forth.
DIRECTORS CONCERNED
Assistant Director DaIs Bald:
Of course, the police department has
no more right to go In and investigate
the affairs of the Pollco Beneficiary
Association that It would Into any
other fraternal organization. It Is en
tirely outside the department But I
agree with Director Wilson that we
will help tho State officials all we can
Superintendent Robinson said he was
most interested In finding out who "this
unknown philanthropist" Is. As to assign
ing men to find out. he said he was under
the orders of the Director, and Mr Wilson
thought It was the Insurance Commis
sioner's affair, not his.
Ex-Director Porter said-
It reminds me of the old insurance
stories about London when men used
to get together, form a pool and make
beta on tho Uvea of the nobility, from
King Edward down.
It became known todiy that for several
days State Insurance Commissioner J,
Denny O'Nell has been conducting an inves
tigation to find out "what's what" In con
nection with the Insuring of policemen In
the Pension Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, What puzzles Commissioner O'Nell is;
First. Who Is the person who is pay
ing ttio premiums on tho llvci of police
men? Second Who eventually get") tho re
mainder of $2500 after $100 Is deducted
from that amount by tho Pollco Bene
ficiary Association after the check
reaches the association?
STATE LAW OFFICERS GET
DATA ON PENSION MUTUAL
HARRISBURG, Nov 23 Insurance Com
missioner O'Nell sent to Attorney General
Brown today a mats of documents which
relate to nlleged Irregularities in Lyndon D.
Wood's -aiiouB Insuranco schemes
Tho Pension Mutual Life Iniurnnco Com
pany, of which Wood Is president, has Its
day In court here December 18 next, when
It will contest tho Insuranco commissioner's
application for a receivership Mr O'Nell
said today ho didn't mind a bit that Wood
has an actuary working on tho books of
the company preparing testimony In Its de
fense He said he believed the actuary's re
port should bo evidenco enough to grant
the receivership demand
Among tho ..documents sent to the At
torney General Is n mass of reports from
tho Insuranco examiners, chiefly from W J".
Roney, chief examiner, with ofllccs In Phlla
delphla.
In ono of his 1912 reports ho calls the
attention of the Insuranco department to
tho sale by Wood to tho American Life An
nuity Company of a "copyrighted policy
farm" for the Bum of $31, COO. The various
payments to Wood for this policy ara
shown and tho department makes tho asser
tion that tho policy sold Is no better than
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Indiana.
INDIANA BfATISTlCS
Tep thousand dollars' worth of worthless
checks were found by the Indiana axaml
ners listed ai assets of the Pension Mutual,
and as a further evidence of Improper man
agement It it pointed out that when the
Commercial I,lfo Company, of Indianapolis,
was taken over by tho Pension Mutual It
wan agreed to pay W. r, Itoberts seventy
fix o per cent of the premiums fori a period
of ono year for reinsuring the policy holders
of the Commercial Life In tho Pension
Mutual Ilobcrts nlnq agreed tinder this con
tract to do his best to help tho Pension
to successful operntlon. Tho books bIiow
that ho lecelicd tho handsome Bum of $83,
100 63 as o result of his labor In this direc
tion This sum, it nppcarn, was paid In part
to Itoberts nnd part to Perry A. Shanor, of
Pittsburgh, a Wood associate' In addition
a man named "Plckemi," of Indianapolis, Is
credited with having leeched $100 a month
for n tlmo fiom tho Pension Muttint for
8omo Buch sorxlco as this rendered by Itob
erts The result of nli thin was that late In
1915 tho Htato of Indiana cancelled tho
license of tho Pension Mutual for that
State S
Commissioner Johnson, ns early ns 1912,
was looking Into tho Pension management.
October 12 of that year Inspector Honey,
In a report requested by Johnson, declared
tho company to bo operating In violation of
tho law It had written 118 policies, ho
found, wlthuut haxlng compiled with the
statute rofiulrlng tint Un full capital bo
paid In, and that without a Stato license
It had written 118 Insuranco policies
UNION CASUALTY riMSS IIRPI.Y
Denying nil of tho nltcgutlons of tho In
suranco Department, which haB asked that
a receiver ho appointed to tako over jts
affairs, tho Union Casualty Company today
filed Its nnswer to the receivership pro
ceedings Tho reply filed by Henry F Scott,
of Philadelphia, counsel for the company
Is signed by It C Bowers, president. It
kh to
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th& eottdlildti
mt Into no details
of tha company
Tho nnswer says-
"The Union Casualty Insurance Company
of Philadelphia, pa , is a. corporation formed
under the laws of the Stato of Pennsylvania,
nnd was authorized to transact a casual
ty Insuriyice business, and since its In
corporation transacted sucn ousiness in
Pennsylvania, up to and Including the first
day of May, 191$, since which lime It has
written no now Insurnnco In this Stato or
elsewhere. Its prlnclpat oftlccs are nt Third
and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, Pn.
"The said Casualty Insurance Company
of Philadelphia, denies that It Is Insolvent
and also that Its further transaction of
business would bo hazardous to Its policy
holders, to Its creditors and to the public
"Tho raid company denies that there Is
any necessity for a receiver nnd asks that
none bo appointed "
Tho hearing will bo held December 19,
tho day following the hearing of the Pen
sion Mutual
IJOLAN1), SUICIDK, I1UIUED
Coroner's .lury Gives Verdict as Body
Is Borno to Grave
Tunernl services for William Holand,
brother of IMward Uoland, who was shot
and Mlled by Kills lrlgar Inst August,
whoso suicide was the result of worrtment
over Ills brother's death, were held today
at tho homo of his father, 3662 Calumet
street. Kails of Schulllll At tho samo
tlmo the Coroner's Inquest Into the dcnlh
of William Uoland was being held.
lloHnd's body was taken to St. Bridget's
Cnthollo Church, where the Itev. Joseph
Ilnycs was tho celebrant of a mass. The
church was fairly well filled with friends
of tha dend man's family
Tho Coroner's Jury, nftcr hearing the
evidence; In tho ense, rendered a verdict
of "dctth from gunshot wounds, self-inflicted
whllo temporarily deranged" Do
land walked Into a saloon at Thirteenth
nnd Pnrrlsh streets last Saturday nnd, nfter
rending nn account of Prlgnr's relcaBo on
hall placed a revolver to Ills mouth and
fired
A.PIPE BLEND d&
robbed or vmiii GOBBLER
.an i it 1 ' sn
Errand Boy Gives tip 15-Pound Tur
key nt Royolver'ri Muzzle
The acquisition of ft prlws gobbler front
an errand boy employed by William Horfd,
n, denier In the Farmers', Market, Eight
eenth street and nidge avenue, last night
was made with a. revolver by soma ns
i
yet unidentified Kourntans; in ti. t
a phono messaga ror the, bi6g5T? t
had Kood dfessed a tltWi'SLJ
ana sent the boy with It to n atrt fcSSS.
address nenr Twentieth street H
boy reached the bouse a man stepped
he Jtoorway, ordered tha mSr
take the turkey to jho rear entrant Va
pulling a revolver, compelled the bo, ..I
surrender tha bird. The man aiZ,'2
with tho turkey. 'PPrtd.
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AH fine car makers confront the same conditions as the Hudson.
High-grade materials have. enormously advanced. All must use
lesser materials, in our opinion, or advance the price, if their profit
is now a fair one. Now is the time to decide your next year's car.
The Hudson Factory is just completing its provide for this added cost
production. Some Hudson
current year s
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have not.
These are the last cars to be built from ma
terials contracted a year ago.
On December 1 we start our new production.
There will be no change in models. The only
changes, if any', will be minor refinements.
The materials for these coming cars will cost
us vastly more than the first cars cost us. That
is due to market conditions. No quality maker
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Fair Warning
We announce this in simple fairness. 'Any
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glad to keep them. He can sell them next
spring at the new prices.
But, as for ourselves, we won't advance the
price until our cost advances. And that is on
the new production, starting December 1. Until
then your Hudson dealer, if he has cars, should
sell at present prices. Go and see.
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It is the custom in this line to contract mate
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So, whatever the coming year's conditions,
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Eighteen have already announced price advances.
So the Hudson
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Not all cars will advance, perhaps. But all
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