r they were intended to cover up the expend tures made by mutual life in corrupting new york legislators new york oct 19 the possibility of an arrest for perjury in the evidence given before the legislative insurance investigating committee increased the interest in session of that committee expectation of an arrest grew out of the action of the committee yesterday when assistant district attorney rand at the conclusion of the testimony of george J had declared he did not sign a voucher tor for legal ex benses to which his name was attached the voucher had been paid by the mutual life insurance company this evidence was followed by testimony showing that other vouchers for legal expenses had been used to collect bunds from the mutual life insurance maintenance of a hoube at albany where the mutual life insurance companas comp anys agent was quartered and where members ot the legislative insurance committee was entertained further disclosures on this line were anticipated today when the hearing was resumed today richard A mccurdy McCu idy president of the mutual lite insurance company was recalled to resume his testimony as to the connection of the mutual insurance company with the trust companies which were being investigated vesti gated when the committee adjourned yesterday A list of bonds and stocks owned by the mutual life insurance company j SO 1905 was presented for identification and then the relations of the mutual life insurance company with the united states mortgage trust company were taken up tho mutual lite insurance company was interested in the original acquisition of the charter of this company mr mccurdy said but not exclusively because it was desirous to have other corporate interests interested the realty transactions of the company were not influenced by the mutual afe ufe company although the majority of its directors wei e representing the insurance company the mutual life insurance company was glad art take the debentures of the ignited states mortgage trust company against its mortgages because there was really no risk in them with large deposits witness did not think that the insurance companies were led into purely speculative transactions because of connections with subsidiary com maales the mutual life had a substantial participation in the brooklyn wharf warehouse company and had it not had bome interest in the united states mortgage trust company would neer have had an to invest in it the brooklyn wharf ware heue company went into ho hands of a receiver other securities in which he mutual invested by reason of its connic llon with the united states mortgage trust company mere those of the washington traction electric company in 1001 mr saad he was not conversant with that matler BONDS STOLEN 1 now york oct 19 bonds of the people s gas light coke company of buffalo N Y representing a face value of were stolen on thies 1 nay it was learned early this morning j aiom a safe in the law of baldwin ward no 8 lexington street brooklyn other bonds valued at ODO were left untouched the bonds are the property of the old eighth ward bank which was merged into the borough bank both of brooklyn baldwin and ward are attorneys tor the and have charge of litigations for which the bank through tho merging is involved the police believe tho safe was opened by an enow FALL IS HEAVY luverne minn oct 19 the heaviest snow ever known in this section of the atalo at this time ot 3 ear raed here today six inches ot fell matchell Ml S D oct and one half inches ot snow fell hero to COURT martiale MARTIAL 8 washington oct 19 the annual report of general george B davis ludge advocate general of the army that of the command of ficera tried during the last year by general court martial 33 were convicted and ANOTHER BANKER ife 1 GONE WRONG w oct 19 W fi president of the Western National bank was in b the federal grand jury charged making false of the edg bank and cm Is rio tho national bank waa clofed meyeral weeks ago bv the federal authorities but re last monday under the presidency of T L jefferson A 13 acquitted three cabets cadets and enlisted men were convicted while men were acquitted the total number of trials before general court martial of cases shows an increase of cases over last year this increase is mainly due to the fact that a large number of deserters have been apprehended and brought to trial the number of convictions for desertion being 1476 this year an increase of this gain is chiefly due to the increase of the reward paid to all civil officers for the apprehension of deserters inducing greater vigilance on their part the number of men sentenced to dishonorable discharge was 2529