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jfc H. Thompson, Senator,
:i Asked Special Time for
Examination
;,;;-flIIS INTEREST FRIENDSHIP
;" -i ,??. z,i Hnair J6oh it. Thomtwon. ot
-,,,Bw Falls, Benvnr Count?, Pa., A 1'sn
.;. m lltuWnatit a membtl- of ths, legal Mart
vf W'rit LynJort t, Wood, was nmonsf tha poll-
, Malaria who tn IbH showed rat anxiety
vVtwtt th welfra of th Pension Mutual
, u insTiranco v-ompnuj.
' knourn nil lh "Inauranea wlsanl or Am-Mr,"
hijij ometlrne I rfirl to by I'itlsburgh
,'ljtnkr a His "mala Cassis Chadwlck."'
Mr. Thompson' inn In th B.nato ex-
1: afro Docembsr JO. It df-at4 for re
r-ettctlon Hi th last election by William
Jkrld Crnl. Itepublleon, of Altqulppa,
,.' ' iBevP County.
' ' Record allow that Mr. Thompson tout
July wnn among; th illrctom ot ths Con
aoll&tttd Inrestmsnt Compsnjr. through
' vrhloh Wood, -who l th president of ths
I'enslon Mutual J.lfe Insuranco Company,
, hoped to brlnr about tho consolidation of)
- cev-ntr-tlsltt Inruranea comfmnle Into ons
' Kleaotlc mergor. Although Wood holdi no
' oflle In tho Consolidated Investment Com
-. - pan), h I looked upon na tha dominating
povrtr of that concern, whoso office are In
tha fllnanco nulldlns.
ron TmBNDsmp"
Th flle of the Btnte Insuranco Depart
' Insht ahow that Thompson, -while a mem
-v bei of the Pennsylvania Uenate, wrote to
x-Stnte Insurance Commissioner Chariest
Johnson, I'enroeo leader ot Montgomery
County, In connection with n contract with
the Patulon Mutual Life Insuranco Com
finny And the Mutual Inaurance Company
of Pittsburgh. In thla letter, dated July
t, 1914, Mr, Thompson writes thai he was
Interested in the matter, not alono from the
standpoint of nn attorney, but from a stand
rolnt or friendship, "and the part that I
have token In It with their board ot direc
tors." Mr. Thompson's communication sets forth
that tha Pension Mutual had taken over tho
business ot tho Mutual Inauranco Com
pany. and was anxious to hnve Its contract
" ot reinsurance approved by tho Stato In
suranca Department, ns that would clvo
tha company n valuable asset, before ex
amination. A man named "Woods" la mentioned In
Mr.- Thompson's letter. Whether the
Woods' mentioned In tho letter Is Lyndon
D, Wood Is not known. This letter also
, stato thnt "If ono-half of what Woods
tetls ma can bo verified thoy have certainly
worked mlraclea slnco this matter has been
. taken up with tho department.,"
THOMPSON'S LETTErt
There Is nlsd noma mention obout 'Woods
belns able tb add f 100,000 cash to the right
Ida ot tho ledger for tho following week."
Mr. Thompson-a tetter reads!
I was In Ilhrrlsburif yesterday In
connection wit!) n contract with the
Pension Llfo Insurance Company and
the Mutunl Insuranco Company, of
Pittsburgh, tho name of which I do not'
now remember. Tho Pension I.lfo has
taken over tho business of this Mutual
Insurance 'Company and wcro anxious
to have their contract of reinsurance
approved by tha Department, as that
gives them a vnluablo asset before
your examination.
Mr, McCullough looked the mattor
i over very thoroughly and said jt was
; an exceptionally good move for the
Pension Ufa Company; but that ho
would not approve the ea'mo without
. consulting you, and thnt he would not
ece you DeToro next Monday,
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i.,lifi&i ffvfaf ifarHrtunf. I hsrs
though tfthiirnatler frtr vert care
fully, and this I entirely my on
thought In the matter, that in Mac
ot approving this at the present time,
why not examine this contrnel when
you rrta'k an elimination ot tha Pen
sion Life. In Pittsburgh, and that the
whole thing either sink or swim as a
whole,
I was talking with Mr. Woods this
morning and he Informed me that If
you do not make the Inspection next
week, that, In all probability, he coilld
add 1100.000 cash to the right aid ot
the ledger tor the following week. It
It suit the department, he would like
much to have the inspection made In
the Week beginning Monday, the 20th,
This Is the time Mr. McCullough
thought might be the logical time,
but he will be governed entirely by
your wish In this matter.
I nm exceedingly anxious that your '
exAhtlners come there and not with a
chip on their shoulders, but with open
minds, and If one-half ot what Woods
tells ma can be verified, they have
Certainly worked mlraclea slnco till
matter has been taken up with the
department.
I nm Intensely Interested In this In
aurance matter, not alone trom th
stanpolnt Of their attorney, but from a
standpoint of friendship, and tho part
that t have taken In It with their
board of directors.
To this end I wish that you' would
ndvlsa me by telegram, nt my expense,
If you will hold the examination on
the 30th or a near that date as con
venlent for tho department. I might
further add that Mr. Woods considers
the comnany In such shnpo thnt ho Is
anxious to have examination as near as
the 20th ns will suit you.
Awaiting your favor In this mntter,
I am yodrs Very truly, .
JOSEPH II. THOMPSON1.
These am busy days at tho offices of the
Consolidated Investment Company, Wood
and his attomoys nf nt workon the defense
which will be made at the hearing on tho
application Mr n receiver ror the Pension
Mutual Life Insurance Company, which, ac
cording to Ktate Insurance Commissioner J,
Denny O'Kell, haa a deficiency of moro than
11,000, 000. Wood feels confident (hat no
receiver will be appointed for his company,
which Stale Insurance Commissioner O'Nell
says has been kicked nround like a football.
Tho Consolidated Investment Compnny, ot
which tho youthful president In 1L C.
Iloworn, who ntso Is president of tho Union
Casualty Insurance Company, nt Third and
Walnut streets, besides controlling tho Pen
sion Mutual I.lfo Insurance Company, Is ths
holding company of tha Ileltnblo Life As
surnnco Company of Indianapolis, Ind.j the
American Assurance Company, of this olty,
and nlso tho Union Casualty Insuranco
Company. Thero ts an application also
pending for receiver for tho Union Casualty
Insurance Company, the hearing for which
has been fixed In tho Dauphin County Com
mon Pleas Court for next Tuesday,
A letter dated July 10, 1010, and slimed hy
rowers, gives as director of ,tho Consoli
dated Investment Company tho followliiin
Thomas Wood, secretary and general mana
ger of the American Assurnnca Company of
Philadelphia,; Charlen II. I'rltch, secretary
and treasurer of tho Pension Mutunl Life In
surance Company of Pittsburgh, and ofton
called Wood'a "Man Krldny"; S. T. Con
kllng, secretary and general manager of' the
Ilollabla Llfo Assuranca Company, of In
dianapolis, Ind. ; J, Frank OrafT, .former
chairman of tho Henato Insurnnca.Commlt
tee' of (ho State of Pennsylvania: State
Botintor Joseph II. Thompson, of Beaver
Falls, and II. a, Welch, Insuranco managor,
Ot this city.
Wood has written tho Insurance Dcpart
inent Remanding thsl tho Stnto revoko tho
Insurance llconoo of Colonol H, It. Whlteloy.
' "Wood wrote me today," said Commission
er O'Nell In Harrlsburg; "declaring that
Whltoley perpetuated fraud In connection
wth his contract with tho Pension Mutual
and demanding that 1 revoko his llcenso to
do business In connection with otheroompa
nles. Wood has developed Into rjullo a volu
minous lettor-wrltcr. Ho writes nt lonalh.
but ho falls to roclto the fact that ho signed
those i cars
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salesroom will;
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EVBrora hmmBn-vmhADEwmA, wbsday. jmammmt in,
the aslhtntf contme. with Wfcltet)- which ha
now declares tm have been fraudulent, The
fact t that Wood is almply using thla method
to cover up his own dellnntiencle and to
conceal his own Inek of good buelnes Judg
ment "
I.V8PKCTOIW ACCtrsHD
Another Important development of the
Insurance probe todAy wnsi the accusation
made hy ortlcern of th Union Casualty
Company that inspectors of the Insurance
Department had so fixed th record of that
corporation that preparations for th de
fenrc of the company ngolnst tho receiver
ship proceeding now pending have been
greatly delayed. The rrnr,l ami ni I....
been misplaced nnd "numerous erasure and
change made," the letter says.
Mr. O'.Vell will spend several day with
Attorney Oenirnl Hrown, helping prepare
he receivership paper to b submitted to
tho courts here December 18 nnd 19, and
will then go to Pittsburgh to pick up any
new developments that may have como to
light.
TWO U-BOAT TRADERS
BUILDING IN GERMANY
Jtoculnr Business Will Uejrln Noxt
Spring, Hackers Soy DeutachthnU
Mny Tie Up for Winter
WASH1NOTON, Dec. 12. Two merchant
submarlnis for the transatlantic service ore
under construction In Germany. Advices
from Herlln say names for tho v--l nn.i
her sister ship designed to repines the lost
Ilremen hnva not yet been aelected.
Il Is said tho merchsnt .floet, composed
of tho two new boats nnd tho Dautschlnnd,
will be ready to travel on regular schedule
Into In tha spring, In tho same quarters It
Is considered Improbabla that the Doutsch
land will start on her third voyage to this
country until th winter weather on tho At
lantia moderate.
Perfection of minor detail Is all thnt Is
lacking for the establishment of a subma
rlnn mall sendee with Oormany.
Steel Plant Lose Gas Supply
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Dec. 12, Ilecauso of
a nhortage, tha Johnstown Fuel Supply
Company has notified Cambria Stoel, Ixj rain
Steal nnd llrakobenm Company that Jan
uary 1 gas service to these plants will be
cut orr. The three plants consumo nn nver
nge of 1 "0.000,000 feet per month, nrtd to
protect domestic tlhstomcra the order was
mnde,
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Menvs$9.00
In the year's shoe
bill, nine-dollar shoes
are a real economy.
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to secure the benefit of present prices
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
be OPEN EVENINGS this week until
LA (MIMA
LE CONDIZIOM DI PACE
L'lnghtlterrn Declsa nd Adottnro
Prowcdlmenti RadlcnHsatml
Contro il Governo Greco
LA DITTATURA IN FRANCIA
JJKItr.lNO, 12 Dlcembr.
Quests, mattlna II cancelller detl'lmpero
ha chlamato A ' I rappresentantl degll
Slatl Unltl, delta Spagna e della Hvlsser
ed ha consegnnto lord una not nelta qusle
la Oermsnla. fa le sue proposte dl pace
e da le condlilon! all quail essa, ed 1
xuol alleatl sono dlspostl n ceesare la
guerra. La nota ear' trasmess nl rlspet
tlvl governl neutrsll e da qucstl trasmeasa
o portata a conoscenzn del governl dell'tn
tesa I quail per l'lstesso tramlts darnnno
la loro rlspoat.
Da quanto II cancelllere ha annunclato
nel Itelchstag si rllevn che le condlzlonl
ntle quail la Oermanla sarebba dlspostn n
firm are la paco sarebbero ta sequentl:
Creations del regno dl Pojonla (elm
naturnlmenta Includcrehbe soltnnto In
Polonln russa'o la Llluanla, lasolando alia
Oermanla ed all'Austrla rlspottlvamente In
I'nlonln teilceca n la flulltu a Ilucovlna).
Ilestltuslon alia lrancla del terrltnrlo
occupnto dallo truppo ledesche. ed nl IlelKlo
del terrltorlo belgn occupnto dalle medeslme.
Itestlttulona alia Ilulgnrla del terrltorlo
cho le fu tolto nella aeconda guerra bat
can la.
I.a qulstlon halcanlcn da essera rlsoltn
In una confarenui ournpea cho dovrebba
essero convocata dopo conclusa la pace.
ItOMA, 12 Dlcembre
II rapporto del generate Cndorna, pub
bllcato lerl sera dal Mlntstero della Ouerrn,
dice che le forxo ltallane sulla fronte del
Csrso hanno retplnto nttacchl dl sorpresa
operatl dal nemlco nelle uottl dl sabato n
dl domenlca, II rapporto agglunge:
lerl I'nrtlgllrrla nemlca fu plu' at
tlva contro le nostra line tra la quota
Jtt ed II maro. Durante la nntto, ap
pogglatl da un attacco dlmostratlvo
contro le nostra poslstonl dolle quota
201 o M4 truppe nemlcho nttocdarono
lo nostro poslilonl nella regtono -ostler.
Ksso furono prnntamento resplnte
con perdlto consldorevoll o Insclarono
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THE PRICES OF ALL CADILLAC MOTOR CARS AND CHASSES WILL BE
ADVANCED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ($160.00) DOLLARS, EFFECTIVE
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY, DECEMBER FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN SIXTEElt
of $160.00, on all cars shipped after midnight
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Thursday, December 14
We urge you to place your orderVs ;v
nelf fJMtre manl eheh ttn rt u
mero dl prlglonlerl.
II r-vemo ha aKsunto It controlIO del
consumo dell came. Un deereto luegot
enenxlat pubbllcato oggl steblllsce ch A
comlndar dal prlmo gennalrt HIT un coml
tato central stabiiirA' 11 numero at animau
che debbono essera macetlatt claseuna set
tlmaua. La vendlt dl carne e dl pollsme
e' prolblla due glornt per eettlmana.
1m situations hella tirtcIA forma sempre
oggetto dl vlvacl comment I e dl dlrcusslonl
In quest I clreoll politic!. SI dice or che I
governo ngtesa eta consutlando gll nltrl
govern! alleaU per ventre ad una toluilon
radlcalltslma delta qulstlon della Orecala.
Telegramml da Atene dlcono che la nota
dell'Inteen at governo greoo pronta e sara
Indubblamente consegnalA nelln glornatn dl
oggl. SI tratta dl una nota brevlsslma che
earn' segulla da un'nltra plu' lung del
tagllata. In alcunl clreoll ordlnarlamente
bene Informal! al dice che le potente del
I'lntesa domanderanno al governo greoo la
completa smoblltsxlone del I'escerclto, II
controllo suite post n tetegrnrt e ferrovl
e 1'lmmedlatA llbernxlon del vcnlzellstl
arrestatl,
Ia nave da guerra Hydra, green ma In
potere degll alltatl, ha Intercettato mes
saggl radlolelegrsftol dlrettl da re Costan
tlno al kaiser. SI dice cho la rlvolla '
scopplata nelln Isole Clclsdl.
LA FIIANCIA niOrtClANIZZA
Mentrn I'lnghllterrA ha rlsolta la crlsl
ministerial con II rltlro del prlmo mlnlstrQ
Asqulth o la nomlna dl Lloyd ueorgo con
del Dcputatl, 111 ha g'la' declso lo forma
tlone dl nil conalgllo dl guerra, anche la
l'rnncln sla rlorganlitando II suo governo
per opera del president del Conalgllo
Ilrland.
Telegramml da I'arlgl dlcono che Drland
cnmpletorn' probsbltmenta oggl II suo nuovo
gablnetto ne dnra I'annuncto alia. Camera
del Dcputatl. Rgll ha gla declso la forma
TVatches
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a more appropriate gift than a good time
piece. We handle only such watches as we
can recommend. The service of our watch
experts is back of every timepiece.
Silver Wrist Watches, $8 to
Gold Wrist Watches, 20 to
Pint. Wrist Watches, 1C0 to
Enam. Wrist Watches, 4C to
The many pages devoted to watches in our new
catalogue give some idea of the completeness of our
stock. If you have not already received a copy, call
or write for one.
S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut Street
DIAMOND MEHCHANTS JEWE1.EI13 SILVEItSMITHS
Closing hour six o'clock until Christmas.
t sAnnouncement .1
the Cadillac Motor
orders
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Thursday, midnight,
ame
lliiTianWiinliit nil I.....I III"" ''I '"' n ' i i "''
:io'fl dl tn c-migito al tfuorr at 'Wft
person II Temp die eh pewoh proml
nentt nel rrtondo lecnleo ed industrial
aartnno chlartnt A collaborara eOl govemo
per la fortunata eor.dottA dell g-Jerra.
Semhrn, ch Ilrland Intenda daw caria
bianca hi mlnlstrl ottogreUrll dl Stato
alio acopO dl fadllUr II lord compllo
sciologtlerto dalle pastol delli burocrai a.
Questl poterl assolutl saranno ancho Plu
nccentuatl nel cato dl approwlglonamtnto
dell'esercllo, dl stablllmentt Impegnall nella
febbrlcaxlon dl munlxlonl e dl arml, dl
ferrovle'.
Ja situation In Itumanla Immutata
netl sue llnee prlnclpall. Herllno annuncla
hi f...i M.tah hanno altravtr
ntn it flu ma Jablonltxa. mentro l'elro-
gtad die ch l for rumen hanno rea-
plnto la colonns teutonics penn--""
chllometrt nella region dl Ploetscht.
PULMOTOK SAVES MAN
Ovcrcomo by Gnu, Victim Is Hovlved nt
Hospital
A pulmotor was used today to save the
life of John Sempler. forty year old, who
was accidentally overcome by ga In his
room In a lodging house at SI7 Oxford
street. Sempler turned the key on the gas
Jet tn the wrong direction before retiring
last night and waa found unconscious thl
m JoMpli Austin, an employ In th offlcf
the United Gas Improvement Company nt
Ninth ond Oxford streets, was summoned
to the houso. II applied the pulmotor Im
mediately nnd SempUr waa restored to
consciousness. 11 was later token to th
Steteon Hospital, whero th physicians
found that thero was need for no further
treatment.
for Christmas Gifts
$25
100
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75
Men's Silver Watchos,$7.50to?25
Men's Fillod Watches, 12 to CO
Men's Gold Watches, 18 to 225
Ladles' Gold Watches, 15 to 250 ,
Company announce an
December 14, 1916.
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1T3 ALL IHGIiTw SA1T8 GttBfci ,
JJK1JJE OF SUHOOLBOTJ
"At First Ills Parents and Mine-, fail
itavcu -someining; jrim, out ihey"jra
iicconeiicu now'
Gladys II. arlffllh Daltey, who haa
changed her station In Ufa from that tt
n William Penn high school Junior to Qui
ot A bride, did n bit ot 'philosophising to,
day, although she Is barely eighteen yeart
old.
Unlit the other day ah waa Miss at4r
n. Griffith and today sh is m. t.lz
C. Ilalley. Her husband has change-- &U
station In, life, too. II waa a high school
senior. Now he's an automobile eatesmsB,
Said young Mrs. Ilalley:
"fou know when nn only son r-t- ,..
rled th parent atwny think that no mi.t -j
with John's folk, but If alt right noV
At first his parents, and mine, too. rated
something awful, but they are reconciled la
our marriage now
"Kverythlng Is going to bo nil rleht tt.
Intend ,ti gd housekeeping a soon a -.
can nnd tho right kind ot home. John has '
a good ,tob a salesman for an auto con
cern, nnd whllo ho Isn't malting a whole let
to start, tne prospecia nr gooa, id ion
bad we couldn't keep our marriage secret
until he graduated In February from iiL
Northeast High School, but w wltl m-w J
Mr. Ilalley talked at th horn ot hr
father, James A. arimths, 2728 North Nine
teenth street. Her husband still 1 Wth
his oarents At 2641 North Thu-tv.ihiM
' street, "but when wo find th kind of apsrt
mem wo nro iuokihb iot wo will be still .
happier," said hi wife.
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