The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-05
ROCKEFELLER
 HAS RETIRED
REMARKABLE BUSINESS CAREER ENDED WITH DISSOLUTION OF
 STANDARD OIL TRUST.
New Officers of New Jersey Company Includes Some of the Better Known of the Younger We'll
 Known ou Kings.

New York, Dec i-J D. Rock efelIer termsaated his career as head of the Standard oil Company today.
 With him there also retired most of the conspicuous figures of tue early days of the "oil trust" Not Rockefeller remains among tlfe Of ficers and directors of the Standard oil Company of New Jersey, chieI of the oil corporations, which was the holding company up to the time of the recent dissolution of the grea, combine.
 William Rookefelle,.. Wiaam C. Rockefeller, C. NJ, Pratt, H NJ Fiag- Ter, E T. Bedford and others. whose names have been prominent in the oil business, stepped behind tbs scenes toSay. John D. Archbod. tae of the few members of tho "old guard' to remain, became president of the Standard Oil of New Jersey and will control it's degtincs
 John D. Rockefeller was not pres ent at No. 26 Broadway, the Lead. quarters of the Standard oil. at the special meeting. in which his resig- nation was acted on. The termina- ticn of the business career of the man who has acquired q unique pos ition in history and arnassod ~iiif: Is generally regarded as the largest private fortune in the world. was perfunctory proceedings. It had been planned in advance, although the plans had been kept secret aii the information vouchsafed al No. 2G Broadway came in tho stt,pe of Ii brief statement announcing the choag. es.
 Today's action affects not only the New Jersey company. but | number of other corporations in the Standard Oil group. Although the list of og ficers and directors Is virtually mado over, the active management will Dc changed but little. To what extent today's action is an outcome of the dissolution of Standard Ol was ndt disclosed, from any authoratife source.
 It is generally understood tho dc cision of the U. $. Supreme coufs merely haste1ed the retirement of men whose advancing years madc 1t certain they could not retain their places much longer It Is regarded as probable that Mir Rockefeller and his associates tbousht younger men
 hculd re-arrange tho affairs of the standard Oil under the aew scheme
 Mr. Rockefelleg for nearlH tea years has been only Eeminally as- soc.ated with Standard Oil He has visited 26 Broadway only about once a year and his stays were usually limited to a few minutes Alter tha death of H. H. Rogers, Mir. Roeke- fellers visits became more frequent fer time until gradually respon. sIO'l;y was shifted to Mr Arch bold The succession of Archbold b inc presidency has been expected
 ichn 4. Moffott who was elected first vice president of tue reorganiz- eG New Jersey company is cue of the best known of the comparatiyely new lntn in the Standard. He was pres ident of the Standard Oil Company Of Indiana. when Judge Landis im- poser tho s29.OO0.00O fine upon that company. v
 w. c. Teagle. elected second vice president is man uadcr 10. but long ago acquired reputation tor mafked ability Tn the oil tra<e. He was an independent refiner in New York state when he sold out to the Standard and took position as head of it's export department. which is saiG u have developed enormously under his management. He was electe., director in June. 1905.
 F'ron an unofficial source 1t was learned today that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has ae in- teition to change itg present csni talizaiior of siOo.000, 900.