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fK,"9"w!SW,w!r''' ""' '"' ' " "'0-v?y$ftyrrnr"i wp,K The Commoner. JANUARY 24, 1913 11 jfwisnfx fprwpv zqmrrvi' "-ty3:wprjrrw "" wv-v v'Ty"w;v' .i "iff ft WJ E&11 4'. "! VM.i this until abont four months later. I went back to the office for my keys and found Stump there, at Mr. Arch bold's desk. He told me the paper told him to get everything he could get his hands on. Stump was at Mr. Archbold's desk and had possession of some of Mr. Archbold's letters. "I told him that he was going fur ther than I knew anything about. Ho said: 'You keep quiet and we'll fix you up.' He was doing business with his brother-in-law then. Ho got the letters and I saw the two he got and read them." "Do you know the date of the let ters, to whom they wore addressed and signed by?" Interrupted Mr. Clapp. "No, I don't remember the date, nor do I remember the signature at tached. It may have been Quay or some one else. They were letters received by Mr. Archbold. The two letters were the only thing taken that day, according to Winkfleld. Two days later, Wink field said, a copybook was taken and returned by Stump next morning. "We were asked if we iould secure copies of letters that had passed to and from Washington and had been told that we would be paid," said Winkfleld. Winkfleld said he had left the matter of disposition of the letters, etc., to Stump, and that he was taking care of that end. Sum ming up he said: . "All that I ever saw taken were two letters and two copy books. I never saw the two letters again." "What did you receive as your share?" asked Qlapp. 'I received $2,500' He said he had an agreement with Stump where he (Winkfleld) was to receive one-third of what Stump re ceived for the letters, telegrams and copy books. "Who. was to get the other third?" -'His brother-in-law." -' "What" was paid for the tele gram?" "One thousand dollars. I got 333," replied Winkfleld. "Stump told me that $500 was paid for the use of the copybooks. The two letters brought $1,000 apiece," he continued. At the end of WinTcfleld's testi mony Gilchrist Stewart was recalled to be questioned about his -testimony of - yesterday. No new facts were developed. The committe will meet again tomorrow. MR. HEARST ON THE STAND On occasion Collier's Weekly can be very disagreeable. For example, it reproduces from Mr. Hearst's New York American of Tuesday morning, December 17, the names of the Lon don correspondents, Chester Overton and John L. Eddy. Then it presents Mr. Hearst's testimony given before the Clapp committee of the United States senate that same day in which Mr. Hearst says he obtained the pho tographic facsimiles of the Archbold letters from John Eddy. Senator Oliver said: "I understand you to to say that Mr. Eddy is now abroad." "Yes, sir," responded Mr. Hearst. "Is he in your employ?" asked Sena tor Oliver. "No spoke Mr. Hearst. On the next morning, December 18, Mr. Hearst's New York American carried as its London correspondents the names of Chester Overton and C. W. Williams. Collier's calls that "suppressing the evidence." Collier's is parlia mentary. Columbia (S. C.) The State. OVERCOME First Alpine Guide "Strange that the American should collapse. The avalanche didn't even touch him." Second Alpine Guide "No; but heMs a democrat, and the sight of two landslides in a year, is too much for him." Puck. ?TO : sr-jf -j V Andrew J. Hunter, an Illinois democrat, who served two terms in the lower house of congress, died at Paris, 111., aged eighty-one years. United States District Attorney Miller at Indianapolis, has rejected the bonds for the release of .Frank M. Ryan, P. M. Houlihan, and Wil liam Schupo, on the ground that tho property schedulo is insufficient. Charles O. Whedon, tho well known lawyer and at one tiuio can didate for United States senator, died at his home in Lincoln, Neb. The Colorado legislature elected Charles S. Thomas, and John P. Shafroth to the United States senate, Thomas for tho long term and Shafroth for the short term. Democrats and progressive repub licans are fighting the re-election of Senator Warren from Wyoming. Governor Hodges of Kansas, has urged the Kansas delegation in con gress to introduce a constitutional amendment providing for Jiho elec tion of federal judges by direct vote. The Idaho legislature re-elected W. E. Borah, republican, to tho United States senate. Montana elected Thomas J. Walsh, democrat, and Michigan re-elected William Alden Smith, republican. A London cablegram, carried by the Associated Press, says: After a long, stern battle tho homo rule bill passed the house of commons by a majority of 110. Later it was read for tho first time in the house of lords. There were two divisions in the lower house. Mr. Balfour's mo tion for its rejection was defeated, 258 to 3G8, while the third reading was carried by a vote of 367 to 257, one member o'f each side having left the house in the interval. The result of the division'' was too much of a foregone conclusion for a tremen dous demonstration, but Irishmen inside and outside of tho house did their best, and, assisted by the liberals and laborltes, gave the measure for which they had waited and worked so long a good send-off on its way to the house of lords where its fate is certainly sealed. Edward E. Grosscup of New Jer sey, was chosen by the democratic caucus as the party's candidate for state treasurer. Another victory for Woodrow Wilson, Edwin C. Burleigh, republican, was elected United States senator from Maine. He will succeed Senator Gardner, democrat. Mr. Burleigh is a stand-patter. The South Dakota legislature has submitted to the people the consti tutional amendment providing for woman suffrage. President-elect Wilson sent his last message to the legislature of New Jersey, advocating radical changes in the corporation laws of the state. Raymond Nicholas Landry Poin care, present premier of the prince cabinet, has been elected president of the Fronch republic. He is fifty three years old, comes from a family distinguished in science and litera ture and Is regarded as a man of great force. A Minneapolis dispatch says: Driven to desperation by pain and his Inability to find a surgeon who could relievo him, Dr. W. M. Beck of Clarksflcld, Minn., stood before a mirror In bin offlco, mndo an incision just before his left jaw, cut away tho flesh from tho point of tho chin al most to tho loft oar, scraped the bone and then sewed up the wound. Ills operation, however, failed to rc llovo hini of a growth which threat ened to destroy tho jaw bono and ho Is In a local hospital where another operation has been performed. When Dr. Bock performed tho operation ho was aided only by a nurse who was tho first to glVo way under the strain. It will pay you to place your next policy in the Postal Life Insurance Company J&o STATE DEPARTMENT AUDIT 1912 '""SB'o" The triennial audit, just concluded, was a most exhaustive inquiry, mad possible because the Company eliminates all branch offices and agents, conduct ing its business under one roof from a single headquarters, the Home Office in New York. Tho inquiry was made thorough because it was the first examination since the Postal absorbed another, and a larger company, and also because the State Superintendent recognized that his official report would be a practical certifica tion of tho Company to other State Superintendents: the latter, mindful of tho rigid New York requirements and of the strict supervision of its Insurance Department, have agreed that a company measuring up to New York Stat standards would be accepted and accredited int other States. The outcome is therefore flattering to the Postal Life, and commends it to thoughtful insurers everywhere. The Chief Examiner of life companies in hitt statement submitted to the Honorable William Temple Emmet, Supqrin tendent of' Insurance, re fers to tho high otder of the JPoetal's rxalca secured by the non-agency meth od, nnd to the progress of the Company in bringing its organization to a high standard of efliciencu. lie adds that the cost of securing business by advertising and corre spondence haa not in created pro rata, with tho new business written. The business-getting ex pense will therefore, as contended by the Com pany, decrease from year to year. He also adds that part of the cost of advertising should be charged to old business, as continued publicity has a tendency to keep up the confidence of policyholders and re tain them. . The examination covers many pages of a printed document on flic at thi State Department. Net Cost Lower In the POSTAL because lit. Comal slon Dividend, cor rwnondlnj V the flonimlnlont oilier companies par their uinti. to to I'ottal I'ollcjIuiMer ill Ont rear. 2d. fLenewal-Commlcjdon Divi dend and Ofllce-cxpenie Bar ings covered ljr tho 9 guaranteed dividend co to Folic?. hoMnri In uhequent jean , 3d. The TJttul cunUncent policy dlTldendf.enhancod hjl'iwUl Ufa econonile. ttlll further redact the cost c&cb year after the Ont. 'ms H Superintendent Emmet in a memorandum filed with the Examiners' Re port December 16th, 1912, culls npccfnl attention t the writing of insurance by mail as bringing th policyholders into aorarou-Vf nication with tho horn oflicc. He states that th report shows a general improvement in the con ditlon of the Company. There is merit, he fur thermore ntates, in th health-work of tho Medi cal Department, not only to the Company and itc policyholders but to th general public att well. Particular reference is made to the absence of litigation arising from questions with POSTAL policyholders. He speaks of the num ber of improvements made in the handling of its business, and points out that gains have been made notwithstanding the considerable expenditure in 1012 for betterment of of the Com jjuwj'j prop-trtice. Thus is the Company commended by the highest authorities to tho public. The official endorsements, the conduct of its busi ness through publicity channels, and its operations subject to the United States postal authorities, carry confidence to intending insurers, as well as to its own body of policyholders. Total Assets and Liabilities At the close of the examination the Company had over $50,000,000 insurance in force; the policy and other liabilities were fully covered by statutory and departmental reserves amounting to $10,029,510.10 with an excess or surplus to policyholders of $226,874.55 The company's reserves and other as sets arc in approved securities, includ ing state, municipal and railroad bonds; bonds and mortgages, real es tate, policy-loansj accrued interest, de ferred net-premiums, cash in bank and various other items, aggregating $10,256,384.65 In writing the Company for particulars for yourself, please give: First, your full name; Second, your occupation; Third, the exact date of your birth. Also mention The Commoner, of January 24. Bear in mindfio agent will be sent to visit you. The POSTAL dis penses with agents, and pays to you in cash or credits you in equivalent dividends, or paid-up insurance, the amount of agency commissions. 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