Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 259, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1926 — Page 3

MARCH 1, 1926

CHURCHSCENE OF LAST RITES FOR DR. SMITH burial of Presbyterian Minister Will Be in Pennsylvania. In the shadow of the pulpit he occupied five years, the body of the Rev. Dr. Matthew F. Smith lay in state today in the First Presbyterian Church, Delaware and Sixteenth Sts. Floral tributes surrounded the coffin. Daylight trickled through the stained windows and friends, including immigrants he had helped Americanize, filed past. This afternoon at the church four ministers conducted the funeral services, at 3. His body will be taken back to his former home near Falls rCeek .Pa., for burial tonight. The

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THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES *93 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. A Mntnml Cam party Incorporated under the Lmve of the Staff- at Nee' TWf STATEMENT OF CONDITION AT DECEMBER 31, 1925 OUTSTANDING INSURANCE. $4,394,848,901.00 Total amount of the Equitable’s outstanding policy contracts. INSURANCE RESERVE $ 679,931,652.00 That portion of the Assets reserved to pay all policies as they mature. This is adequate because it will be increased by future premiums and interest- The Reserve is determined by the Actuary, and verified by the Insurance Department of the State of New York. CURRENT INSURANCE LIABILITIES $ 15,037,692.84 These include Claims and Endowments pending, Funds left with the Society at interest, Premiums and Interest paid in advance, and Dividends not yet taken. TOTAL INSURANCE LIABILITIES .....$ 694,969,344.84 MISCELLANEOUS LIABILITIES $ 9,519,809.86 Principally interest and rents paid in advance, reserve for taxes, and commissions, rents, and office expenses -x due or accrued. / TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 704,489,154.70 ASSETS. ; $ 792,405,106.54 These Assets include mortgages on farms, homes and business properties, loans to policyholders, bonds, cash, etc., and are $87,915,951.84 in excess of Total Liabilities. This excess constitutes the Surplus Reserves. SURPLUS RESERVES $ 87,915,951.84 For distribution in 1926: $ On Annual Dividend P01icie5....... $33,400,000.00 On Deferred Dividend Policies..... 3,844,789.00 Awaiting Apportionment on Deferred Dividend P01icie5........... 481,194.00 For Contingencies 50,189,968.84 NEW INSURANCE PAID FOR in 1925 $ 825,587,841.00 Ordinary $758,436,368.00 Group (new groups only) $67,151,573.00 PAID TO POLICYHOLDERS IN 1925 $ 98,483,113.03 TOTAL PAID TO POLICYHOLDERS SINCE ORGANIZATION $1,885,848,534.57 Comprising Death Claims, and payments to living policyholders under matured Endowments, Annuities, Cash values, and Dividends. THE COMPLETE ANNUAL STATEMENT WILL BE SENT TO ANY ADDRESS ON REQUEST ✓ W. A. DAY, President Frank L. Jones, Agency Manager, Consolidated Bldg., 115 N. Penn. St., Indianapolis, Ind.

widow, three young, sons and three church dignitaries will form the escort. ' Representing the Presbyterian Church of America, the Rev. William F. Weir of Chicago was to be one of the out-of-town ministers conducting the services. The Rev. F. AV. Backemeyer of Gary, a friend liam F. Weir of Chicago was the other. The Rev. Frederick E. Taylor of the First Baptist Church described Dr. Smith’s relations with other clergymen of the city and said his ; death was a distinct loss to the ministry and to the church which he served. The Rev. Jean S. Milner of the Second Presbyterian Church offered a prayer Dr. Smith died early Saturday, following an operation Wednesday. Scores passed his bier Sunday. His body was placed in the auditorium following Sunday morning services at which the Rev. S. Edward Henry, a member of the congregation, was in the pulpit. Almus G. Ruddell will represent the elders; Herbert S. King, the trustees, and Verd R. Mayer, the deacons, on the funeral trip east.

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over the Merchants Heat and Light Company station, WFBM. To Announce Tougncy' He will announce a play-by-play account of the State high school basketball tournament from the : State fairground Exposition Bldg. March 19 and 20 for The Times over WFBM. Hendricks has been engaged in newspaper work in Indianapolis ten years, five of which he spent on The Times. Announcing his appointment, officials said they believed they had secured the best qualified man for the position in the Middle AVest. ‘FATAL’ PAPER SOLD Editor, Facing Manslaughter Charge, Disposes of Weekly. Hu Ini ted Press SHELBYVILLE, Ind., March I. C. S. Mercer, editor, who faces a manslaughter charge as the result of killing a man in a quarrel over an article printed in his paper, has sold the newspaper. The paper, a weekly, was purchased by AValter Beer, of Milon.

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PEACE PERSISTS AT EVANSVILLE Troops Beginning to Wonder ‘When We Go Home.’ Hi; l nitrd Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., March I. After a peaceful Sunday, marked by the visit of hundreds of people to the national guard airplane base here, the soldiers on guard in the nonunion field today were beginning to wonder when “we are going home.” Maj. L. A. Harriman, in command, reported his scouts have found no indications of trouble. MASS MEETING HELD Hu V’litrtl Press BOONVILLE, Ind., March I. Union miners of District 11, United Mine Workers, went back into the shafts today in a peaceful frame of mind following a monster mass meeting here Sunday. At the meeting union officials declared their intention of going ahead with the unionization campaign in the Fenderburgh and AVarrick County nonunion districts and criticised Governor Jackson for sending national guard troops into the fields. CHAIRMANSHIP QUESTION Coffin May Seek State G. O. I*. Job if Walb Doesn’t Want it. AVhether Clyde. A. AValb, Republican State chairman, will seek to retain the office has' distinct bearing on the Marion County political situation. politicians said today. Persons close to George V. Coffin. G. O. P. ro|inty chairman, say Coffin will not seek the State position if AValb wishes it. But all agree Coffin will battle to retain local control. PYTHIAN EDITOR DEAD < Albert M. Preston, a Resident Here Three-Quarters Century. Albert M. Preston, 75, of 39 ATrginia Ave., editor and publisher of the Pythian Journal for fifty years, died today. Mr. Preston, a charter member of Indianapolis Lodge No. 56, Knights of Pythias, was active in fraternal circles. He had lived here seventythree years. Funeral services have not been arranged. A son, Albert M. Preston Jr., of Terre Haute, survives.

EXHIBITION WEDNESDAY Communal House Gymnasium Program Wednesday Night. The public is invited to the gym-1 nasium exhibition- at the Communal House, 17 AV. Morris St., Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. The Communal House is operated under direction of the Jewish Federation and serves as a community center for the neighborhood. The girls’ department, under the direction of Miss Lucille Spillman? will present a program. Glen Kline, athletic director, will have charge of the boys’ program. LISTENERS TO LISTEN Cincinnati Professor Will Address Broadcast Association. Prof. A. M. AVilson, dean of the University of Cincinnati engineering department, will speak on “Radio Interference and How to Locate and Prevent it Through Cooperation Between Broadcast Listeners and Public Utilities,” at the Indianapolis Broadcast Listeners' Association first anniversary meeting Friday night at the Severln. Professor AATlson is a member of the inductive co-ordination committee of the National Electric Light Association. ‘MOVIE STARS” CHANCE Girls Who Kcsomble Cinema Queens May Win Prize. Indianapolis girls who resemble movie slars will have a chance to “cash in” on the resemblance March 13 at the Winter Garden Revue at Riverside Dance Palace. Firms and organisations will stage tlie various acts of the revue, Marvin Thornton, manager, announced. There will be dancing after the show. The Education Picture Corporation and Paramount Film Company will give a $25 prize to the girl resembling mopt closely one of their stars.

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