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* We have added a very Complete Line of House Furnishings Which we invite you to call md see. Some of these are China, Glass, Granite and Tin ware, Washboilers, Tubs and Boards. Brown & Brown Furniture and Undertaking Crown experienced motorist )• » EASY STARTING STANDARD OIL COMPANY THE MECCA FOUNTAIN GRILL Refreshing Drinks Cooling Ices Delicious Lunches Coffee Lin excel led Service Quality If you have got what you don’t want, or haven» got what you do want, let. it In» known throu gli the want ad. column^ cf the Eagle. 4 Ì r ^@9999'. DODGE REPORT IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LITIGATION FILED • • Judge, Sitting as Master, Ap proves and Confirms Position of J. V. Dittemore. Bouton, Haan.—After over four years >f litigation in the Christian Sciein-» Church, ex-Federal Judge Dodge of Boston, sitting as Master under ap pointment <>t the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, has filed his Inal report on the evidence. The plaintiff, John V. Dittemore, the senior Director of the Church, whose service intedates the decease of Mrs. Mary Suker Eddy, and who his associates •ought to remove from office, seems to have been completely Justified In his contention* that undesirable and un wholesome conditions have existe! in the administration of the church gov- »rn inent. Judge Dodge finds from the evidence, which includes testimony oy the ina- lorlty Directors themselves, thMt Mr. Dittcmore's dismissal was for the pur pose of doing away with opposition to the wishes of the majority and also because Mr. Dittemore had sought to »stabilsh a standard of propriety and •onduct higher than desired by his as- metate*. It is also found that ■ prin- ilpal reason for the hostility to Mr. Dittemore was because of his rebuke to his associates on numerous occs- «Jons when offensive language was used and offensive Jests made at meet ings of the governing body of ths fhurch. Judge Dodge holds that Mr. Dittemore Is still legally a Director ind that the effort to remove hlul and appoint a successor more sympathetic with the policy of the board Is legully aull and void. In regard to the Illegality of Mr. Dlttemore’s dismissal. Judge Dodge says that no Director could fulrly be supposed to have accepted his posi tion upon the understanding that he was subject to Instant, arbitrary dis missal whenever a majority of his as sociates might find It expedient. The Master finds that the vote attempting to dismiss Mr. Dittemore “was only the formal adoption of a conclusion previ ously agreed on outside the meeting" and that It was for his associates, then sccuslng him and at the same time pro posing to also act as his Judges, to afford him “such opportunity to be heard In his own defense upon the charges made as would satisfy the re quirements of natural Justice.” He also finds that the complaints against Mr. Dittemore were not founded upon first hand knowledge and “were Inadequate ground for any but a purely arbitrary dismissal." The Judge also finds that there was never any question as to Mr. Dlttemore’s sincerity In maintaining his position and that nothing said or done by him in maintaining his opinions could have constituted adequate ground for dismissing him. “unless the major ity’s power to dismiss could lawfully have been used by It for the sole pur pose of stifling any opposition in ths Board to tlieir wishes. The Master declares that Direc tors Dickey, Neal. Merritt and Rath- son were animated by personal hos tility toward Mr. Dittemore and that they had long planned among them selves to get rid of him. One of the occasions when bad feeling was engen dered was when Dittemore refused to Join Dickey, Neal, and Merritt in at tending a play in New York which Dittemore considered objectionable end which had as the leading player a person of notorious reputation. On this occasion Director Merritt testified that he urged Dittemore to accompany them and said: "Come on with You are not so much better than rest of us.” Judge Dodge alsc finds from the dence that "There were occasions In 1917, 1018 and 1019 upen which, at meetings of the Directors, the plaintiff (Dittemore) expressed disapproval of utterances by Dickey of a kind toler able only when men only, and men not disposed to be scrupulous in such mat ters, are the hearers—thereby arous ing resentment on Dickey's part, and sometimes on the part of Merritt and Rathvon.” The testimony regarding eight or nine s»ch Instances was taken by Judge Dodge In private. In regard to all of these occurencee Judge Dodge finds from the testimeny of Mr. Dittemore and others, including the cross-examination of the defendant. Directors Dickey, Neal, Merritt and Rathvon themselves, that Mr. Ditte- more's account of them was substan tially true and that ills “repeated in sistence upon a standard of propriety In language or conduct stricter than that accepted by his associates mate rially augmented their hostility and dislike." Judge Dodge concludes that Ditto- more’s co-Directors were “Incapable, on March 17. 1919, of Impartial Judi cial consideration of accusations against him, especially of accusations I framed by themselves, had they ever undertaken any such consideration." At the present time Christian Scien tists throughout the world are deeply Interested in the facts brought out by the Dodge report which Mr. Dittemore and pthers are distributing in large quantities umong the membership. The progressive element In the Church seems to be gaining much strength. It urges a more, consisten» and practical Interpretation of the teachings of Mrs. SEddy by those in I authority and a more liberal adminl» tration of the church government ■ Next to a change In the official per- I sonnel in Boston under a definite rale of rotation In office, the greatest need of the Church seems to be for the en couragement of greater local church self-government and democracy accord ing tn the spirit as well as the letter of the Chnrch Manual, and a minimis ing rather than an encouragement of the greater centralization nt authority in the self perpetnatlng Board of Di rectors and their appointees In Rosto* ti READ OUR PROGRAMS BEST PICTURES PRODUCED Majestic Theatre THIS Friday and Saturday “In The Name of The Law” (With the Second Installment of Fighting Blood) The picture that is sweeping the Nation like t hurri cane. Ralpu Lewis, leading man with “In The Name of The Law, is the same man you liked in ‘ The Third Alarm.” Never before has a motion picture been p-o- duced at the special request of the police authorities of tile United States. See the great Bank Robbery, the great trial scene; the final tr maendous punch that will lift you off your seat. The biggest thrill since Aimistice Day. “Fighting Blood” these two nights, Fri. and Sat. Then on Sunday and Monday Nights “Fooli-sh Wives A Colossal drama of Monte Carlo a man you will love to hate, Don’t miss this; the first real million dol- lar picture. The moH talked of picture in the wot Id. Special music 15.000 people take part All you have drpame I, longed for. Pleasures, wealth, beauty, power— all for the prree of a comfor able seat in the Majestic Theatre. Now a Surprise:- You have wondered if Ve: noma could have a show like “The Hottentot.’* The Majestic will show “The Hottentot” on June 26 and 27. 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