Ogden Sun | 1905-12-05 | Page 3 | Insurance Probe is Active

enlarged duties of the investigation committee new york dec 1 the times today sars As the result 0 the publication of evidence taken in the canadian insurance investigation charging that former stale of insurance louis payne received from the mutual reserve life tion in connection with a report by hia examiners and of other disclosures before the armstrong committee pointing to relations belon the insurance companies and the state insurance department part ment the investigation now on will bo extended to that branch of the state administration this decision of the legislative committee and its counsel became known this week that superintendent of insurance hendricks will be called to the stand in the next few days is now a certainty employed Emp loyes of hla department will also be called A possible it not probable result of this will be to extend the investigation over into 1906 by a eneval of authorities to ahls committee by tho incoming or by the appointment 0 a new committee ith most of its members chosen from the present the has had the matter seriously under consideration for a week or more ever since in fact the time when it began to appear that all the companies that have been called or have requested examination could not possibly be brought before the committee by january 1 there still remain the prudential of newark the aetna of hartford and a halt dozen more of the larger companies to be examined aa well as a host of smaller ones and the many fraternal organizations of an insurance character several much wanted witnesses are absent charles J smith head of the mutual literary bureau who testified that he purchased space in out of town newspapers at 1 a line for the publication of edited reports of the insurance investigation will soon retire it is vice president gran alsa it is understood haa been mr smiths sponsor in the mutual but his support of the companas comp anys literary agent has been withdrawn