New-York tribune., 1906-04-11
SIMMONS FOR FIELDS.
1T WORK ON COMPLAINT
Mutual Said To Be Lining Up
4gencies for Fall Elections.

4QGNNttc " ANhSNbtoftS-
summons IN the first Of several suits
80 the Mutual Life Insurance Company will
- against Andy Fields was served yesterday
80 ,be ofice Of Joseph H Choate, the COM
ss sneciaI counsel Service was accepted by
velte. an attorney. with Offices in the
.,s1 life Building. in behalf Of Mr.. Fields
still i'll at his home in Dobbs Ferry.
W. .orrnIaint which Mr.. Choate is now pre-
-.re IN this case IS said TO be even more SEN
p.,o-s1 than were those brought against the
sT.-,,-dvs. II viii demand an accounting of
=. hundreds Of thousands Of dollars of Mutual
T,.. money which passed through Fields's
5s much of which the conpany's counsel
,.usves can be recovered. Fields VIII be asked
s.,o-,nt for the thousands alleged to have
zen paid 70 legislators. One clause will de-
80 so exclamation of the extraordinary ex-
H-.-. - he House OF Mirth." and others will
- nth extravaganza and carelessness in the
-, 6enartuent. Of which Fields was man.
sqer for many years
~ Fields purposes to make q vigorous an
= - +fe complaint as soon as it is served
a. velte speur Monday with his client outlining
.ha defence. It is understood that John B.
e.s-cb6eld viii be an associate counsel for
Fields.
When Fields first appeared at Dobbs Ferry
,be company thought of deferring the suits un-
NJ he had q chance 10 go before the Truesdale
committee His counsel refused the invitation
10 appear, believing that the company would
spe Fields whether he made statement or not.
II was considered better TO save" his story till
II could be published with greater effect
Mr. Velts denied last night that Fields was at
vork On a statement, and intimated that be-
csuse OF his illness It would be several days be-
fore he would be able 10 prepare one.
Jobn De Witt Warner. counsel for the Mutual
life Policyholders' Association, was up in arms
YESTERDAY o-er the report, which he charges
Wutual Life officials are circulating, that the
association is q catspaw OF Bowles. a former
general agent Of the company He said that
George 2. Baker. president OF the First Ma
,joDal Bank and a Mutual Life trustee. is now
travelling through the West in his private car
and visiting Mutual Life agencies. Mr.. Warner
believes that This trip il 10 get the agency force
in line for the election struggle in November.
He said.
7 don't wonder that such Of Mr.. McCurdys olo
counsel as stiu may be in the employ or the
Mutual Life should endeavor TO make a bugaooo
of Nr Bowles. He first had the hohoi, soI:Ie
-brae wears ago. Of formally demanding IN VIII
.rg -hsr NcCurdy and his regime get down ahu
opT He specified the very scandals, business
and personal The expose OF when mas IN @ Idc'
,,bo Tses him at their wits end The idea OF
RoUles being bought of is as preposleFous a.
IS the idea that he is making catspa"S OF @ lile
members Of such q committee as OUTS II u - u
,ho+ v-o,l5 make Ryan and Rogers look llke
thirty cents alongside Of him The orsanlzallql
AZ cur association is going rlgnt aloHS '1'loue''
IN se' Liter cot this morning. It advises
me thsf George F Baker is making missloilai ,
rrip through the Western agencies IItF @ IaSt
acfualy heard Of him he had been at lhe aeellcs
i, rerroit I rreyiously had heard that some one
Vas expected there. In short whlle tnt ~ eaOoI'
management. belittles the policy ho!ueIs M ~
rnenr il shows every sign OF beng III d PAINT
Asa result OF a conference between the rank
ing officials OF the Mutual Life and A u. Jun
hard The company decided 10 make every e1or'
70 placate the British and French policyholders
II was decided 10 send a cable message TO Mr.
Addison. counsel for the British Policyholders
Protective Association, saying that the com
many was giving full attention TO the proOesu
of the British policyholders, and that lettel
making propositions which would probably p'
satisfactory would follow the cable message
This letter viii be written by Mr. Choate. /
vas decided 10 pay no attention TO MI .9t, 6a!qg
mans proposition, % form a separate o4l''''
company. wiki himself as the head
The annual meeting of the stock and policy
holders Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance CHt
pany resulted In an unanimous comm uaIICo ~ y
the present mauaG cement. hllllan II CtOcAeL' y
San Francisco. and Henry Oleshelnner pTesldei
of the Metropolitan Bank OF thls CITY were
chosen directors
startling Developments at the annual meeting
q the New York Life trustees. which VIII b'
held to-7a. The Fowler committee will repor
progress in its Investigations. and il is likely
thai the trustees will be informed when th'
complaints will be served in the Mccall
Hamilton suits.
The attorneys for the McCurdy family anC
Thetaud and Raymond declared yesterday tha
answer would not be made 10 any of the suiti
until the deluge was over. John 8. Wise, who il
personal counsel for Mt. Raymond and Mr.
ThebsuQ said:
When the answers 10 the Mutual Life suit
are made YOU = i'll find sweeping denials OF al
the charges made in the complaints. The an
sHers wiz cite specific Instances Of where other
In the Mutual Life, rather than my clients. haX
been culpable. II is likely that the Mutual Iif
will grant US an extension Of time in the film
OF these answers II We request it.