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I fV Ix4 (i I 5 if OIL MAGNATES OUT Rogers and Wm Rockefeller Leave the Mutual ROGERS RESENTS CRITICISM 0 1 1 i I i i I 1 "I 4 viX 4v 5 1 tS lit 11 I Writes Letter to President Peabody Denying That He or Mr Rocke feller Have Derived Profit rom Their Connection With the Com pany McMillan on Official Ticket New York July 17 The commit tee of trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance Co appointed to nominate a new board of trustees to be voted xfor at the annual meeting of the company in Becember made its final report today and in doing so dis closed the fact that Henry Rogers and William Rockefeller hadjwith drawn from further connection with that body In seeking from President Pea body the cause of this on the part of the Standard Oil interests Mr Peabody gave out a personal from Mr Rogers upon which he said he would make no com ment In this letter Mr Rogers said: "When the troubles came to the company I felt it my duty as a trus tee to stand by and do anything I could of service to my fellow mem bers and policy holders I believe 1 have rendered some assistance "The statement has been frequent ly made that I caused your election to the presidency of' the Mutual company No one knows better than you how false this is You know that I had but the slightest ac quaintance with you before your election that I never exchanged a word with you respecting your can didacy nor was I in any sense the inspiring cause of your selection Standard Oil Influence "Apparently the people who are most active in their hostility to the present administration are using the fact of my connection with the Standard Oil company as a ground for criticism While this is a suffi cient reason for my refusal to be a candidate for trustee since no one has a right to put such large interests in jeopardy for the sake of achieving a personal vindication it is yet true that aside from the relations of Mr William Rockefeller and myself aS policy holders and trustees neither the Standard Oilcompany nor any one occupying an official position in that corporation has ever in the slightest degree had any business or other relation with the Mutual Life Insurance Co And in the case of Mr Rockefeller who Is now absent his policy matured some months ago and was paid and he therefore is no longer a policy holder He also wishes to be relieved from any further service as a trustee No Profit Received 4 ft 3 JIS bh i any one imagines that the Stand ard Oil Co or any of its officers have profited out of any relation to the Mutual Life Insurance Co he must be strangely1 ignorant of the facts Neither Mr Rockefeller nor myself ihave been identified with any under writing scheme nor have we been en gaged in any business affairs with the Mutual company by which we have been the gainers On the contrary we hava given business to the Mutual and allied companies which they fiajye largely In giving out the list of trustees nominated by the committee it was announced that acceptance had not been received from all the candidates but it was said that few or no re fusals were expected rom a source of information that should be auth oritative it was learned that President Peabody would not be a candidate for re election In the sense that he would make any effort to succeed himself The Official Ticket The full ticket is as follows: John Auchincloss George Baker Hugo Baring Charles Brown Dumont Clarke rederick Cromwell Cyrus Curtis Julien Davies Chas Dickey Wm Dixon Rieman Duval George Gray Chas Henderson Harlow Higinbotham Jas Jarvis Augus tus Juilliard Wm Lambert Chas Lanier Sir Hiram Stevens Max im Emory McClintock Wm Mc Millan George Miller Theodore Morford Thomas Mulry Chas A Peabody Emile Oscar Philippi Henrv Phipps Alfred Shook Leroy Springs George Rand Louis Stern Henry Taft Benj Tracey Wil liam Truesdale McK Twombly and Cornelius Vanderbilt THE LURE THE LAKE POPULAR WEEK END LAKE OUTINGS EVERY SATUR DAY AT 5 To have the lake breezes blowing fresh and free across your face to drink in the tonic of the strong in vigorating lake air and to hear the sweet music of the many voices in nature all this is enjoj'ed by the De troiters who select for their summer rest a week end outing to Buffalo and Niagara alls via the week end excursions If I If ft' LSP fe it sound invigorating just the pen picture of the cool lake the thought of the beating waves and the odor of the lake air? you want to get your party together and be off on the next week end excursion? The steamer Western States will leave Detroit Saturday at 5 in a night ride on Lake Eric amid luxurious sur roundings and the next morning you arrive in Buffalo rom Buffalo there are endless at tractions easily accessible bringing one back in time for the return trip The most popular is Niagara alls the greatest of all the wonders and beau ties which nature offers to us The round trip fare to Buffalo is $2 50 and to Niagara alls and return $3 Tickets and berths now on sale at foot of 'Wayne street 7 ort street west and 408 Chamber of Commerce It is very necessary to secure tickets and berths early in the week In or der to obtain choice locations Monday July 30 is the date and $2 50 round trip is the low rate to Ni agara alls for the great twelve day limit excursion What a vacation opportunity! Long limit of tickets will enable you to take side trips from Niagara alls: and Buffalo to eastern resorts Several rail lines from Buffalo will operate cheap ex cursions to Atlantic City during that time No It is not too early now to ask our ticket agents regarding par ticulars of this great twelve day va cation opportunity Talk about it to your friends GOING TO NEW YORKf or perhaps Europe? The Lackawanna lies nearest the steamer docks nt Buffalo Hoboken and New Yori ree transfer from all rail lines Shortest and most beautiful route tn the sea ull particulars red 289 MalU street' Buf 2 1 ATLANTIC CITY EXCURSION GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM THURSDAY AUGUST 2 Round trip tickets will be sold valla "turn August 16 $15 50 or additional information and Pullman reservations address Watsnn City Ticket Office 124 Woodward ave DOMINION MAKE INE SHOWING Windsor School Promotions Total 90 Per Cent BEST RECORD MADE IN CITY Inspector Robert Meade in His Re port Congratulates Teachers Will Submit Plan to Relieve oCn gestion at Reopening in Septem ber Several Classes Will Be Large Robert Meade inspector of the pub lic schools of Windsor reports that the pupils in the different schools made a gratifying showing in the last school year The percentage of promotions for the entire city was about 90 per cent the best record in the history of schools There was no slump among the pupils of any particular class of either school and the inspector says that the teach ers are to be congratulated on the showing made this year A number of the teachers passed every pupil in their rooms thereby securing lOu per cent Others were less successful but It was due more to the fault of the pupils than tiie teaching When the schools open in September there will be a number of very large classes and Inspector Meade will sub mit to the board a plan whereby he ex pects to relieve the threatened conges tion Thirty Days for Breaking Clock rank Nelson was sentenced yes terday to serve thirty days in Sand wich jail by Magistrate Bartlet for breaking a clock in Charley Chinese restaurant on Sandwich street east Windsor Nelson offered to mend the clock but after tinkering at it for a time the Chinese decided that Nel son was a poor tinker Nelson ob jected to such reflections being cast on his cleverness and he threw the clock in a coiner breaking it Officer Giles happened along and took him into custody Senator Alex Vidal Dying Sarnia Ont July Senator Alex ander Vidal was brought to Sarnia on riday from Ottawa very ill He: is very low and his death is looked for at any time Appointed Bursar of Reformatory Toronto Ont July Thomas Mac kenzie of Sarnia has been appointed bursar of the Andrew Mercer reform atory for females this city succeeding Laird who held the post for about twenty three years and recently resigned Border Brevities Albert Pratt of Detroit and former ly of Windsor has purchased tiie De troit Exchange hotel Windsor The annual convocation of the Grand lodge A A of Canada in Ontario will open at Toronto today' Robert Taylor aged 68 years died Monday at his residence 192 London street west Windsor He is survived by a wife and eight children The funeral of Miss Margaret Claire Kilroy sister of Mrs Marion St Louis will take place at St Alphonsus church Windsor this morning The annual excursion of the Sunday schools of the Anglican churches of Windsor Walkerville and Sandwich will take place today to Bois Blanc Island Herbert Grant of Chatham was in stantly killed by a falling derrick at Harrow Monday He was a stone mason and was working on the new Catholic church at Harrow Inspector Bell the provincial board of health will inquire into the charges made by Dr Hall medical health officer of Chatham that the au thorities of the villages of Dresden and lorence have made no attempt to isolate several cases of smallpox in those municipalities Wife Ill Husband Made Her Eat Ice Cream Woman Says In the partial hearing of the di vorce suit of Carrie against Wal lace Grace in Judge court yesterday Mrs Grace declared ner husband had been guilty of va rious forms of cruelty among others that he had one time forced her to eat ice cream when she was ill larger is aLso alleges that Grace her signing a fictitious mortgage on their farm in Livonia township so that she never would t0 SCcure any of his prop Jn hts cross bill Grace save he would not think of striking his cuiibiueraoiy and more muscular than he NEWSBOYS ON PRIZE TRIP 81532 Two ort Wayne Lads Sold Papers in Six Months Charles A Phelps agent for The iee I ress and other newspapers at bort Wayne Ind stopped in Detroit over night en route with two of SK'Sl newsb01's "A The boys are Traynor Johnson stieet salesman aged 11 and Alouis Janorschki carrier a little older Six months ago Mr Phelps offered the trip for the salesman and carrier c11 the most PaPers Traynor sold o353 papers and Alouis over non in the six months The trip is from ort Wayne to Toledo and then by steamer to Mack inac Island the Soo and Chicago and oack home In Chicago they will be entertained by the city papers Mr Phelps has been selling since he was 5 years old and now has control of all the city papers sent into ort Wayne He organ ized a union which has 150 members all pledged not to smoke chew drink or swear Every year he gives them an excursion to one of the city parks His mother also is with him TWO HOURS AND ITEEN MIN UTES BETWEEN DETROIT AND PORT HURON An important change on the Rapid Railway System 5 became effective Wednesday July IS 1906 LIMITED CARS running on that line will on and after above date make the tance between Detroit and Port Hu ron in two hours and fifteen minutes In addition to the regular hourly ser vice LIMITED CARS will leave De troit daily at 7:45 a arriving in Port Huron at 10 a 12:4 Arriving in Port Huron at 3 nt in: ai arriving In Port Huron at 9 LIMITED CARS will leave Port Hu ron daily at 7:35 a arriving in Detroit at a tn 12:35 arriving in Detroit at 6:35 arriving in Detroit at 8:10 in The cars in this LIMITED service are designed for fast time are splen dialy furnished and afford every com fort to the traveler Insuring safety ana cleanliness 6 THE DETROITREE PRESS i MAY ADVANCE RATES AECTS OLD MEMBERS AGAIN JIJBt1 GRATIOT AND Paul NT ELLIOTT W' Wieneke The Hatter We Manufacture and JOHN is now located at 1196 Gratiot Ave 1147 Gratiot Avenue Bank Cafe Respectfully Toggeries LOUIS BEHLOW Proprietor OBJECT TO GARBAGE PLANT Surplus $200000 Capital $400000 Choice Wines THE HOME SAVINGS BANK 1214 GRATIOT AVENUE PHONE 1711 DETROIT MICH Established 20 Years OTTO 0 GOESCHEL All Orders Promptly Satisfaction Attended To Guaranteed Dealer in Phone East 1035 Paul Wenzel Sanitary Plumbing Phone East 1745 4 Steam and Hot Water JOSSTUOEB and Gas itting 1176 GRATIOT AVENUE July Clearance Sale Now Going On Detroit Mich Corner ElmwoodGratiot and Mack Avenues A a array show firm believer in giving his custom the full value of their money addition to a large stock of staple goods Mr Studer carries' all of latest things in' the line of fur OUR VERY BUSY CORNERS BABY CARRIAGES GO CARTS REED ROCKERS and DOLL CABS in 1SS9 at 226 rminh comment because of its microscopical proportions It was exactly ten feet acj'oss the front and thirty feet deep Business proved to be large in spite of the limited floor space and poor opportunities for front window dis play In 1898 the business had so greatly expanded as to demand larger quar ters and Mr Wiencke moved to 45 Monroe avenue Here he remained until it became known that the new Pardridge Blackwell building was to be erected His rent was doubled and rather than run the risk of possible failure be cause of this high expense he sold his entire stock to Pardridge Blackwell and began with new goods at his present location Money to Loan upon Real Estate or' other Satisfactory Security Drafts Issued on all the Cities of the World Savings and Business Accounts Opened Liquors and Cigars Jos Studer The big corner store belonging to Jos Studer stands as an example of what can be accomplished by a man who starts with Out limited capital but with a large supply of apersever ance and pluck In the six years th it he lias been in ebusiness Mr Studer has succeeded In building up a large trade among the residents of that part of the city His stock is kept new and bright by frequent purchases and he is a ers In dry the nishings goods for both ladies and gentlemen Grand Lodge Officers Hold Execu tive Meeting in Detroit Michigan Reported in Good Shape inan cially Death Claims Three Months Past Due However Otto Goescliel Aid Otto Goeschel must have the hands full in running the big grocery store and cafe that he owns on Grat iot avenue as well as to solve the nev er ending problems that arise in con nection with his official position Everything is kept in stock that could be possibly be needed in the line of eatables In addition there are long shelves filled with a fine display of crockery glassware and various ar ticles for household use An additional feature that has con tributed largely to the popularity of the store Is the etabUng shed designed for the use of farmers who have driv en into town and wish to leave their horses in safe hands while transacting business in other parts of th city in a new store with a complete and strictly up todate line of Paul Wiencke or the past twenty years Mr Wieneke has been engaged exclusively in selling furnishing goods to men His new store opened to the public on June 9th shows that he is not only an adept in displaying his stock but that he is also an excellent judge of the kind of goods that should go to make up the stock All of the latest ideas in furnishings hats and caps are shown in a tempting upon shelves or in handsome eases Mr Wieneke came to Detroit and opened a furnishing store Randolph street that aroused Paul Wenzel a or the past' fifteen Mr Wenzel has been engaged in the plumbing ands fsteam fitting busi ness that time has tak en contracts for some of the larg est In Detroit and sur rounding country Among those buildings which he has fitted up are the Wavne County asylumUnited States Marine hospital the new ink Co building besides many of the city police stations and engine houses Mr Wenzel is a thorough mechan ic himself and insists upon similar qualifications in each his em ployes' He says that no contract is too large for Jilm to execute and in view of the success that he has accomplished it appears that he justified in his' belief that he can do what he claims A 0 Likely to Boost Assessments Still Higher Louis Belilow The Bank cafe is the name of the corner establishment recently pur chased by Mr Behlow Here he has bean welcoming a host of old friends and meeting with many new ones or the benefit of baseball fans Mr Behlow has put up a score board to receive the news of what the Tigers are doing by Innings At the rear on Mt Elliott avenue he has provided chairs and benches for the use of those who are waiting for cars Car Lines Intersect and In crease Bustling Activity Baby Carriages! Estates Interested Begin ight Against Reduction Co Legal talent imposing in number and reputation yesterday took the first step of the fight announced by prop erty holders wh object to the estab lishment of a plant of the Detroit Reduction Co on the River Rouge in Ecorse The attorneys who represent various interested estates contend that the plant not only would be a menace to the health of those living in its neighborhood but that it would ma terially lessen the value of property in that district ollowing are the property owners interested: Josephil Berry estate of James McMillan estate of Palms Dickinson A White Detroit Salt Co lynn Biddle estate Clippert Irvine Wise Sylvia Allen and Julia Allen That' older members of the A will be called upon by the grand lodge meeting in September to pay a larger proportionate assessment seems likely from the sentiment of the su preme lodge which just closed its ses sion at Montreal!" The Michigan grand 4 lodge officers were in the city 'yesterday in execu tive 'board meeting for: the purpose of passing 'on contested death claims and reported the action of the su preme body that to share in the guar anty fund for which all grand juris dictions have: paid into the supreme treasury the jurisdiction must adopt the rate now in force New York state This is the same as that of Michigan up to the of 55 but after that age its adoption would mean an increase of assessment The Michigan rate is a flat for all ages over 55 The York rate climbs steadily up by It is $486 at 55 $570 at 60 $720 at 65 and $962 at '70 and above This is the rate which would be charged members on the age attained at the time of the adoption of the rates It would re main constant thereafter A change which will benefit Michi gan members is the wiping out of the guaranty fund assessment and the sub stitution of a fixed assessment of fif teen cents a member a month for the fermation of a supreme fraternal aid fund The guaranty fund ran from ten cents an assessment up and would average much more than the new rate "The order in Michigan was never in better shape than said Thomas of Ironwood grandmaster last night am not sure that it will be necessary to increase the assess ment of the old men as 'suggested with a reasonable ratio of young men coming in there is no reason it should not be perpetual we need to do is to keep from putting up such barriers that they will not come in But we are certainly not in as bad shape as New York where the pro posed rates were put in force Of our 10000 members I should say that 4000 were beyond the age of 55 We have never but one year had to take advant age of the supreme guaranty "It is reported that the is three or four months back with its death claims Why has it not taken advantage of the guaranty fund for Mr Thomas was asked She said the guaranty fund had been nearly all drawn out by dependent jurisdictions and some jurisdictions had failed to pay their assessments The supreme lodge Is in debt to the Michigan lodge about $SO000 That is we have paid that much into its guar anty fund The fellows have got the benefit of it "Sentiment is divided as to increas ing the assessments I think there will be a warm discussion on the mat ter at the grand lodge in September One thing may be said unhesitatingly Michigan is in better shape today than any other high rate "The trouble with Michigan is that she did not raise her rate some years said Rev Warne Wilson grand receiver last night "The New York rate would be no more than equitable for the old men if they would only see it for the guaranty fund from which their policies would benefit has been raised largely from the young men They have been car ried too long under the low Those of the grand executive board who were in the city yesterday were: Thomas Ironwood grand mast er red Wetmore Cadillac past grand master Walter Dean Albion Henry Kohlepp Grand Rapids A Tomlinson Saginaw with Rev Warne Wilson grand receiver and George Latcham grand recorder of Detroit Home Savings Bank The handsome building that has been erected at the corner of Gra tiot and Mt Elliott' avenues as a branch of the Home Savings bank is tiie finest in that locality Th? exterior presents an appearance of solidity and integrity that is thor oughly In keeping with long and honorable record of the institu tion whose name it bears Inside it is a model of conveni 1 encc to the as well as to employes Tiled floor and marble wainscoting lend an of dignity and elegance: The bank is proving of ijnmensv convenience to merchants of that vicinity as well as offering the best of opportunities to persons of small means to secure safe keeping for their money in addition to" 3 per cent interest paid by the bank John Ochenfeld Co This firm which was established in 1903 is under tiie management of Mr John Ochenfeld who was eight ye4rs tho designer 'and fore man of one largest baby carriagejXfceries 7 By Uflwg nly the best of material the jnost competent labor the rnhiis turning out a line of "baby ferriages'v go carts and reed rcclhrs that iwilk in a short time sfeufx wide recognition from the traae Tn order tcytakecare of the busi ness already outgrown their 'present quarters i the firm is at present constructing a new 40x60 It is' an almost invariable rule that' wherever two railways form a junction point a town springs up as a result of the transfer of freight and passengers from one road to another In cities also' it is com mon to find a business center grow ing up at some outlying point where two important street railway branches Intersect No freight is transferred it is true but during the course of a day many hundreds of people leave the cars going in one direction to take others going in different directions While not one out of fifty perhaps of these people make purchases of any kind in the surrounding stores their' transient presence gives the place an air 'of bustling activity which marks it among merchants as a likely location for business purposes Man is a social being and the shrewd merchant' is well aware of the tendency we all display of going where we will find other people At the intersection of Gratiot and Mt Elliott avenues two street rail way lines cross There is scarcely a moment during the day that a car 4s not passing in one direction or an other A little knot of people always gathered there awaiting the coming of these cars Some have been shopping among the stores located along Gratiot avenue before going down town but the majority1 are transferring to another line Certainly it is that the four corners formed by the inter section of these streets present an appearance of industry and prosper ity that' would do credit 'to many another like area located close to the heart of the city In size and general the business blocks of this section com pare most favorably with those in any similar outlying district in De troit 'Many of them have been built during the past ten years and others arc at present being con structed on sites located both to the north and south The merchants are as wideawake as any to be founff in Detroit and in proportion to cap ital invested appear? to have met with success equal to down town merchants engaged in similar lines Among tiie most progressive of these merchants who have helped to transform this district into a thriving business center may mentioned: We also repair and have all parts for Carriage re' pairs Goods delivered to all parts of city and state Buy Direct rom Manufacturer Save Profit HOME BANK BUILDING: Cor Griswold Street and Michigan Avenue urnisher I Paul Wieneke BRANCH OICES: 1 466 468 Gratiot Ave Near Eastern Market 806 808 Michigan Ave1 Next to Western Market 1217 1219 Gratiot Avei Cor Mt Elliott Ave bring them to my new address as I will gladly redeem same Anyone in possession of my rebate checks from my former ad dress 45 MONROE AVE will kindly Staple and ancy Groceries and Provisions lour Grain Baled Hay Straw Etc PaintsOils White Lead Etc Choice Wines and Liquors 962 964 GRATIOT AVE COR MACK Phone East 1211 Dry Goods and Notions arid Gentlemen urnishing Goods Phone East 839 six 3 a I I 6 i 11 I i i Heating 4 I i I.