MIDDLESEX MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Concord, Mass. Incorporated 1826. Prescott Keyes, president; C. F. Bowers, vice-president and underwriter; Adams Tolman, secretary; E. R. Howard, assistant secretary.

MILL AND ELEVATOR MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE FIELD MEN'S ASSOCIATION. Organized 1908. The present officers, elected in March, 1918, are: President, C. B. Sinex, Grain Dealers' National, Indianapolis; vice-president, H. A. Braunagel, Kansas City; secretary, William Reed, National Fire Prevention Bureau, Oxford, Mich.; assistant secretary, E. Arms, Michigan Millers Mutual, Lansing, Mich.; treasurer, L. P. Deudel, Michigan Millers.

MILLERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS, Alton, Ill. Organized 1877. H. B. Sparks, president; E. F. Schoening, vice-president; G. A. McKinney, secretary and treasurer; A. J. Kellenberger, assistant secretary.

MILLERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Harrisburg, Pa. Organized in 1890. John M. Hayes, president; B. Frank Hartzel, vice-president; B. K. Huntzinger, secretary; Jos. H. Kreider,

treasurer.

MILLERS' NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. Organized 1865; (mutual); (guarantee fund $500,000). C. H. Seybt, president; M. A. Reynolds, secretary; F. S. Danforth, assistant secretary.

MILL OWNERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. Organized 1895. H. N. Wade, president; P. J. Halla, secretary.

MILWAUKEE BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS was organized in January, 1876. It is a rating bureau and has also established and controls fire insurance patrols in Milwaukee. The present officers are: President, Charles L. Borst; vice-president, James B. Leedom; secretary, J. O. Myers; treasurer, William Pfleger.

MILWAUKEE MECHANICS' INSURANCE COMPANY of Milwaukee, Wis. Organized 1852; capital, $1,250,000. William L. Jones, president; C. H. Yunker, vice-president; G. W. Grossenbach, second vice-president; Oscar Griebling, secretary; Emil Teich, assistant secretary.

MIN-DAKO-WIS TRIBE. [See Cyclopedia for 1913-14.]

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MINERVA RETROCESSION AND REINSURANCE PANY, Cologne, Germany. Ceased business under provisions of the "Trading with the Enemy" act.

MINNEAPOLIS BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS was organized in 1895 and maintains the fire patrol and salvage corps.

The present officers are: President, F. H. Wagner; vice-president, Alex. Campbell; secretary and treasurer, J. P. Thomson.

MINNEAPOLIS FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Minneapolis, Minn. Organized in 1902 as the Winona Fire Insurance Company; capital, $200,000. Fred C. Van Dusen, president; J. D. McMillan, vice-president; Walter C. Leach, secretary; J. R. Marfield, treasurer; F. M. Merigold, assistant secretary.

MINNEAPOLIS

UNDERWRITERS' INSPECTION OFFICE. [See General Inspection Company.]

MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA FIRE UNDERWRITERS was organized April 23, 1885, being the successor of the Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota Union. The first meeting was held at Minneapolis, and J. J. McDonald was elected president, A. J. Trumbull, vice-president, and A. K. Murray, secretary and treasurer. The presidents since organization have been: 1885, J. J. McDonald; 1886, A. J. Trumbull; 1887, J. H. Griffith; 1890, E. M. Hitchcock; 1892, George G. Williams; 1893, Samuel J. Johnson; 1894, Walter H. Cobban; 1895, Howard DeMott; 1896, R. A. Overpeck; 1897, R. R. Briggs; 1898, Otto E. Greely; 1900, D. F. Vail; 1901, Walter C. Leach; 1902, Clarence D. Hayes; 1903, George C. Main; 1904, Frank A. Mannen; 1905, Hugh R. Loudon; 1906, R. I.. Bruen; 1907, J. F. Stafford;_1908, L. F. Daniel; 1909, W. J. Haggarty; 1910, E. A. Davis; 1911, George A. Mowry, 1912; J. L. King, 1913; Ernest C. Bowe, 1914: Byron K. Cowles, 1915; R. W. Schimmel, 1916.

The organization up to 1908 was a rating and supervising body, having charge, practically, of the states of Minnesota and North Dakota, excepting the towns under the jurisdiction of the St. Paul and Minneapolis inspectorship, the Winona inspectorship, and the Duluth inspectorship. The association originally had jurisdiction over South Dakota. The Minnesota Fire Prevention Association was merged with the association in 1914, and the association has taken up fire prevention work.

The present officers, elected at the annual meeting in June, 1917, are: President, John A. Hanson, Milwaukee Mechanics; vicepresident, Charles G. Bates, American Central; treasurer, P. W. Freeman, Northwestern National; secretary, E. S. Latta; executive committee, Joseph H. Gosnell, New Hampshire; W. H. Zingg, Prussian National; H. W. Freeman, Northwestern National; G. F. Krumdick, Liverpool and London and Globe; and E. J. MacDonald, chairman, North British & Mercantile.

MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL INSURANCE AGENTS was organized in June, 1898, with the following officers: President, John Rogers, Jr.; William Ffaender, H. M. Wheelock, D. M. Baldwin, and H. B. Prince, vice-presidents; C. P. Preston, secretary and treasurer. The present officers, elected in August, 1917, are: President, A. F. Pray, Minneapolis; vice-presidents, L. J. Rocholl, J. S. Whitacre, Peter Capretz, Orra H. Clark; secretary and treasurer, W. H. Hart, St. Paul; executive committee, F. H. Wagner, Minneap

olis; John Hoppin, Minneapolis; John Townsend, St. Paul; E. M. Geggenheimer; H. H. Matteson, St. Paul.

MINNESOTA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Chatfield, Minn. Organized 1909; capital, $103,040. Joseph Underleak, president; S. E. Bibbins, secretary.

MISSISSIPPI LOCAL UNDERWRITERS ASSOCIATION was organized at Vicksburg, June 14, 1899. The following officers were elected: C. H. Campbell, Winona, president; J. M. Klein, Vicksburg, vice-president; J. K. Moore, Vicksburg, secretary. The present officers, elected in May, 1917, are: President, E. H. Reber, Fayette; vice-president, R. L. Betty, West Point; secretary and treasurer, J. K. Moore, Vicksburg. Eight district vice-presidents were also elected.

MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF FIRES was organized in April, 1912, and the officers elected were: President, A. J. Haltiwanger, Home; vice-president, A. D. McBryde, National Fire; secretary and treasurer, Isham B. Beard, Jackson, St. Paul Fire and Marine. The present officers, elected in January, 1917, are: President, E. K. McDowell, Liverpool and London and Globe; vice-president, P. L. Davis, Vicksburg; secretary and treasurer, W. G. Sours, Jackson; executive committee, J. A. Parrish, chairman; T. L. Spengler, W. F. Carroll, G. F. Elliott, C. A. Prescott, I. B. Beard, J. A. De Treville, G. P. Street.

MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS was organized at Sedalia, Mo., January 28, 1897, with the following officers: William G. Baird of Kansas City, president, and John A. Bryant of Kansas City, secretary and treasurer. The association was reorganized in August, 1917, and the officers elected were: President, George D. Markham, St. Louis; vice-presidents, J. W. Coon, Princeton; C. J. Kehoe, St. Louis; J. W. Brown, St. Joseph; E. D. Moore, Liberty; W. E. Jamison, Fulton; Hadley Tatum, Joplin; E. M. Robinson, Poplar Bluff; E. W. Phillips, Springfield; G. D. Clayton, Hannibal; I. N. Sprecher, Sedalia; R. L. Stewart, Kansas City; secretary and treasurer, J. W. Rodger, St. Louis.

MISSOURI FIRE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION was organized at a meeting of special agents held in Kansas City, Mo., in September, 1903, and the following officers were elected: President, J. D. Fleming, Connecticut Fire; vice-president, S. E. Cate, North British and Mercantile; secretary, W. L. Ely, Insurance Company of North America; treasurer, Howard Hudler, Union of Philadelphia. The present officers, elected at the annual meeting in September, 1917, are: President, W. O. Woodsmall, Home; vice-president, August H. Chrisst, Germania; secretary and treasurer, J. P. Burnley, St. Paul Fire and Marine, Kansas City; executive committee, W. C. Brown, Pennsylvania; J. D. Fleming, Connecticut;

Guy E. Dixon, German American; H. C. Garlick, Providence Washington, and Howard E. Waterman, Agricultural.

MONTANA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Butte, Mont. Organized 1911; capital, paid in, $256,250. W. R. Allen, president; E. E. Esselstyn, vice-president and manager; T. J. Bennetts, vicepresident; J. K. Heslet, vice-president; W. S. Hosking, secretary.

MOSCOW FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Moscow, Russia, entered the United States in January, 1900, making a deposit in New York state, and it has been licensed in several states. Paul E. Rasor, New York City, is resident manager.

MUNICH REINSURANCE COMPANY of Munich, Bavaria, entered the United States in 1898, making a deposit with the New York department. Carl Schreiner, Hartford, Conn., manager. The company was required to cease business under provisions of the "Trading with the Enemy "act.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY FOR INSURING HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIRE, Philadelphia, Pa. Organized 1784. Henry W. Biddle, chairman; Clifford Lewis, treasurer.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY OF THE CITY OF NORWICH, THE, Norwich, Conn. Incorporated 1794. Charles R. Butts, secretary and treasurer.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Va. Organized 1794. Edwin A. Palmer, president; G. Moffett King, secretary.

MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Springfield, Mass. Organized 1827. George B. Holbrook, president; Herbert E. Huie, secretary and treasurer.

MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ALBANY, Albany, N. Y. Organized 1836. A. Page Smith, president; Donald McDonald, vice-president; Russell M. Johnston, secretary; Edgar C. Leonard, treasurer.

MUTUAL. [See Mutual, life section.]

MUTUAL PROTECTION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Charlestown, Mass. Organized 1864. William P. Hurt, president; Frank V. Noyes, secretary.

MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES RETIRED IN 1917. [See Reinsured and Failed Companies.]

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NARRAGANSETT MUTUAL FIRE

INSURANCE COMPANY, Providence, R. I. Organized 1895. Alfred U. Eddy, president; F. N. Branch, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer; F. B. Burrill, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL INSURANCE AGENTS. This association was organized by a meeting of local agents from various states, at Chicago, Ill., September 29 and 30, 1896. A. G. Simrall of Covington, Ky., was elected president, and R. S. Brannen of Denver, Col., secretary and treasurer. Membership is composed of local insurance agents wherever located.

The second annual meeting was held at St. Louis, Mo., May 8 and 9, 1897. A. G. Simrall was elected president, and R. S. Brannen, secretary and treasurer.

The third annual meeting was held at Detroit, Mich., July 15 and 16, 1898. C. H. Woodworth, Buffalo, was elected president. and R. S. Brannen secretary and treasurer.

The fourth annual meeting was held at Buffalo, N. Y., August 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1899. C. H. Woodworth was elected president, and F. H. Holmes secretary.

The fifth annual meeting was held at Milwaukee, Wis., August 30 and 31, and September 1, 1900. George D. Markham of St. Louis was elected president, and F. H. Holmes secretary.

The sixth annual meeting was held at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, September 11, 12 and 13, 1901. George D. Markham was elected president, and F. H. Holmes secretary.

The seventh annual meeting was held at Louisville, Ky., October 21, 22 and 23, 1902. Thomas H. Geer, Cleveland, was elected president, and F. H. Holmes secretary.

The eighth annual meeting was held in Hartford, Conn., October 20, 21 and 22, 1903. John C. North, New Haven, Conn., was elected president, and Frank F. Holmes secretary.

The ninth annual meeting was held in the Festival Hall building, Exposition Grounds, St. Louis, October 18, 19, 20 and 21, 1904. A. H. Robinson, Louisville, Ky., was elected president, and H. H. Putnam, Boston, secretary.

The tenth annual meeting was held at Denver, Col., August 16, 17 and 18, 1905. E. J. Tapping, Milwaukee, was elected president, and H. H. Putnam, Boston, secretary.

The eleventh annual meeting was held at Indianapolis, Ind., October 17, 18 and 19, 1906. Charles F. Wilson, Denver, was elected president, and H. H. Putnam, Boston, secretary.