THE MORX1XG OREGOXIAy, THURSDAY, XOVE3IBER 24, 1D21
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DIRECTORS UPHELD
State Supreme Court Rules
on Church Case.
TRUSTEES' BILL OUSTED
Subordination of Publishing So
clety to Cliureh Governing
Body Is Confirmed.
BOSTON. Nov. 23. The . supreme
court today handed down Its decision
in the litigation concerning governing
boards of the Christian Science church
and its publications. It held that the
directors of First Church of Christ,
Scientist, of Boston (the mother
church) have tne power to remove a
member of the board of trustees of
the Christian Science Publishing so
clety.
It dismissed the bill brought by the
trustees to prevent directors from
interfering with the affairs of the
society. '
The decision In other respects con
firmed the report of Judge Frederick
Xodge, who sat as master in the con
troversy, except that it made no
ruling on the question whether John
V. Dittemore, removed as a director
by his fellow-members, or Mrs. Annie
M. Knott, elected to succeed him, was
a. director legally.
Directors Are I'pheld.
The latter question was declared to
be at Issue in a separate suit. Ex
ceptions to the master's report taken
by Mrs. Kmille B. Uulen of Brooklyn
K. Y.f having been waived, were not
considered by the court. The appeals
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Krauthoff
of Washington were dismissed.
In Its ruling as to the power of
the directors to remove trustees, the
court held that the removal by them
of Lament Rowlands, as trustee, was
effectual.
The court said that the manual of
the church "appears to be a vital
part of Christian Science." It found
also that since the manual purported
to be the work of Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, founder o the church, "there
can be now, since the decease of Mrs.
Eddy, no change in the provisions of
the church manual In accordance
with its terms."
Today's finding came almost a year
after the supreme court took the case
for consideration following extended
arguments on the master's report.
The suit was filed originally on
March 25, 1919. Judge Dodge filed his
report a year later.
Rescript Is Quoted.
In its rescript the court said:
"Interlocutory decree or decrees to
be entered sustaining the defendant's
exceptions to the master's report, so
far as they relate to rulings that di
rectors have no power to remove a
trustee under the deed of January 25,
1898, and that the removal of Mr.
Rowlands was Ineffectual and other
wise confirming the master's report
except those paragraphs relating to
the Dittemore-Knott controversy, and
final decree to be entered dismissing
the bill."
At the. end of the decision, the
Court said:
"On the facts found by the master
111 the light of the principles of. taw
here found to be controlling, the
plaintiff cannot maintain their bill.
"To decide the fundamental issues
raised in this record, it is unnecessary
to question whether Mr. Dittemore
or Mrs. Knott is a director. That
Issue is Involved In another suit.
Bill la DUmlMaed.
T ""exceptions of Emilie E. Hulin
have been waived and need not be
considered.
"Both appeals of Mr. and Mrs.
Krauthoff dismissed.
v "Bill dismissed."
The Christian Science litigation
upon which the full bench of the
Massachusetts supreme court ren
dered its decision today started on
March 25. 1919. One year later. In
March, 1920, the master appointed by
the court to determine the facts at
issue filed his report. Final argu
ments were completed on December 1,
1920, and since that time the full
" bench has had the matter under con
sideration. The original suit was a petition by
the trustees of the Christian Science
I'ublishlng society for an Injunction
to restrain the directors of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston
(the mother church) from interfering
In the management of the affairs of
the publishing society or from en
gaging In a competing business. This
resulted from a vote of the directors
to remove Lamont Rowlands of Pic
ayune, Miss., from the board of
trustees.
Five Other Action Brought.
Five other actions were brought
subsequently. John V. Dittemore, a
director, whose fellow directors had
removed him, sought to compel his
reinstatement. Mrs. Ejsille B. Hulin
of Brooklyn, N. Y., asked leave to .In
tervene in the trustees' suit as one of
the original so-called first members
of the church, but subsequently with
drew her petition. Daisy and Edwin
A Krauthoff asked the court to rule
that the church manuel was the su
preme authority of the church. The
trustees asked that Individual mem
bers of the church be restrained from
Influencing other members to cancel
eubscriptions to Christian Science
publications.
Finally Attorney-Generrl Allen of
Massachusetts asked that the issues
raised in all the other suits be tried
out In an information which he filed,
asking that the court declare that in
establishing the Christian Science
church Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy created
a public charitable trust, and that
the directors were the governing body
of the church and had power to de
clare vacancies In the trusteeships of
the publishing society and to deter
mine what literature should be pub
lished. ' , a
Frederic Dodge, ex-judge of the
United States circuit court, was ap
pointed master to determine the facta
at issue In the trustees' original suit
and to interpret two deeds of trust
made by Mrs. Eddy. He also heard
the Dittemore case in part.
In his report, filed In March. 1920,
Mr. Dodge held that the directors had
no legal right to remove Rowland!
from the board of trustees or Ditte
more from the board of directors.
Concurrent action by the first mem
bers, he said, was required by one of
Mrs. Eddy's trust deeds to make law
ful the removal of a trustee. He held
that Dittemore could be removed only
by a court of equity as a director un
der the trust deed of 1892 and only
for cause as a director nder church
by-laws adopted later.
GERMANS
PROTEST
CLOSING OF FAbfOHT
General Nollet's Order In
volves 200,000 Workers.
EDICT DECLARED UNJUST
Teutons Assert Shops Changed
From Their Wartime Pursuits
to Peacetime Work.
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Chief Executive Told That Frank
Statements May Help Out In
Diplomatic Affairs.
The limitation of armaments con
ference now In session at Washing
ton, D. C, and the proposals of the
American delegation at the confer
ence were approved by action of the
board of directors of the .Loyal Le
gion of Loggers and Lumbermen yes
terday, A committee was authorized
to telegraph the sentiment of the
board to President Harding.
The telegram, which was signed by
Norman F. Coleman, president or tne
loyal legion; A. C. Dixon of tne
Booth-Kelly Lumber company, and A.
D. Chis-holm of the Snoqualraie Falls
Lumber company, follows:
"The Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen, made up of many thous
ands of workers and employers in the
northwest lumber Industry, through
Its board of directors in session here.
sends to you and to Secretary
Hughes hearty Indorsement of the
disarmament conference and of the
proposals of the American delega
tion. Our experience in Industrial
co-operation gives us confidence In
the ultimate success of the methods
of frank conference that are now be
ing used by delegates at Washington.
We believe that as understanding and
good will are proving effective for
the ends of justice In Industrial rela
tions, they will also prove effective
In international affairs."
Schools Close for Holidays.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 23. (Spe
cial.) Aberdeen public schools closed
this afternoon for the Thanksgiving
holidays, which will last until Mon
day. Thanksgiving programmes were
given in many classes this morning.
The Thanksgiving union church serv
ice directed by the ministerial alli
ance will be held tomorrow morning
at the First Baptist church. Rev. A. A.
Heist of the First Methodist church
will deliver the sermon. An offering
will be taken for the Washington
Home-Finding association.
Chickens Substitute for Turkeys.
SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 23. Chicken
will be substituted for turkey in
many Spokane homes tomorrow.
Dealers announced today that their
supply of gobblers had been sold out
early and that their reserve supplies
were on trains stalled -In the snow.
Ducks and geese also are scarce, but
chickens are plentiful.
Logging Company Store Looted.
MONTESANO, Wash., Nov. 23.
(Speclal.)-r-Goods valued at about $48
were stolen from the store of the
demons Logging company at Mel
bourne Monday night. Clothing that
had been piled up to take away was
abandoned when the night watchman
scared the intruder away. The loot
consisted principally of cheap watches
and razors.
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BY ARNO DOSCH FLUE ROT.
(Copyright by tho Nevr Tork World. Pub
usnea by Arr&nKnient.)
MUNICH, Nov. 23 (Special cable.)
All Germany was stirred by the
order of General Nollet; head of the
disarmament commission which re
cently visited Berlin, that the facto
ries of the "Deutsche Worke" must be
destroyed.
The Germans maintain that these
plants, formerly the famous imperial
war workshops, have been converted
for purposes of permanent peaceful
production. The commission, how
ever, contends the factories have been
changed but little and with the old
personnel still employed could easily
be changed back to the making of
war material.
Complete closing of the works will
mean that 200,000 workmen with
many dependents will be thrown out
of work. They and the comrades in
similar lines of employment are
therefore leading the agitation pro
testing against the order. In an ei
fort to have it withdrawn they have
decided to ask foreign workers
whether the disarmament commission
was not wrong.
In answer to this invitation repre
sentatives of the international work
ers convention of Geneva, including
delegates from England, Canada
France, Sweden, Denmark ana Italy
have arrived here to study the vari
ous factories In question. Under the
empire, the works manufactured can
non, rifles, ammunition, powder,
bombs, and In short, everything ap
pertaining to war. The disarmament
commission has for this reason al
ways viewed them with disfavor, even
while the changes to peace time pro
duction were taking place.
Tne plants in dispute are located at
Munich, Cassel, Amberg, Dachau,
Spandau, Hanau, Ingeistadt, Lippstadt
and the former naval torpedo yards
at Friederichscorf in the harbor of
Kiel. They were unquestionably the
productive basis of the German mili
tary machine but the workers inathem
claim they are so altered so as no
longer to constitute a menace on this
score. The workers assert the closing
of the shops will result only In mak
ing men who are now engaged in
useful labor dependent on charity.
At the end of the war the Germans
realized the old military plants would
have to be dismantled, so they deter
mined to save what they could for
peace purposes. With the consent of
the council of ambassadors, .the
Deutsche Worke Aktiegessellachaft
(German Works Joint Stock com
pany) was organized. It was owned
by the government and operated as
part of the state socializing pro
gramme. Four of the shops were converted
nto foundries and machine shops,
specializing in metal work, buggies,
automobiles, sporting rifles, plows
and so on. The factory at Spandau.
which in war time operated 14,000
machines, is operating 4000 In this
way. The disarmament commission
has ordered many of these factories
destroyed, which the government
claims throws the whole scheme of
useful production out of gear. Even
the factory chimney has been ordered
destroyed.
The former Imperial rifle factory
has been changed into a plant for
making motorcycles, engines, agri
cultural implements, hunting, rifles
and revolvers. Most of the revolvers
are exported to the United States.
Other factories build freight cars,
machinery, tools, rails, jtc. Turbine
engines and locomotives are made
where once big cannon were turned
out.
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