Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-20

should appear 20 be, and should be, the
work Of the lodge. and that the onus OF
the said wrongful acts should fall upon
the lodge. That the said Ridgely
lodge No. o. T. o. o. f.. and each and
every member thereof taking part IN
said acts. well knew at the time that
the sole object OF said acts was to abb
sorb and embeZzle the funds o. the
lodge. and that In taking part therein
he was doing so In violation Of his
obligation as an odd Fellow. Frater-
nally submitted.
S. W. DARKE. Grand Master
MEMBERS WERE EXPELLED.
"The order Of suspension Of No. 9
having been issued the grand lodge was
called together July 18th, the whole
matter was referred TO a committee,
the accused were present, were heard.
were found guilty and We're expelled
from the grand lodge and a subordin-
ate lodge has been ordered TO try them
for their membership IN the order.
Excuses on the part Of these ex-
PEELED members are expected, but the
fate which has come to them Is just.
They violated the laws of the orGer.
they violated their sacred obligations
and are today condemned by great
fraternity
lone Of the expelled members Is
quoted as saying that the money that
was divided up belong TO them, This
statement alone Is the condemnation OF
their Illegal act When did these eight
men become Rdgely lodge2 In their
last report they show a membership Of
sixteen. Did the other eight members
have no rights? Beyond that. there
are many suspended members Of No.
3 lodge These members have rights
that this band Of eight seem 10 have
overlooked. Any one Of them can az any
time apply for reinstatement The laws
Of the order guarantee them the right.
Now that the charter Is suspended, a
sufficient number can at any time pay
90 the grand secretary their back dues,
resume their standing and, Joining to-
gether apply 10 have the charter re-
stored This dividing band Of eight
made a great mistake when they as
sumed that they were all Of Rldgely
lodge TO- O. As a matter Of fact. each
and every one Of them Is well versed
IN the laws OF the order and knows as
well as anyone that the act they COM
mltted was indefensible In odd Eel
lowship law, in morals and in good con-
duct.
"By order Of committee Of grand
lodge officers IS. W. DARKE,
Grand Master"
Warren Foster. noble grand Of Ridge
~ lodge, said last night, in discussing
the matter that several months ago he
was asked to remain after a meeting OF
the lodge. II was then suggested to
him that they divide the money in the
treasury and let the lodge die lie de-
nOunced IL, and the matter was treated
as a joke Time wore on, and 1t was
discovered that there was no money in
the treasury. An investigation followed
| and II was shown by the records that
each of the eight accused men had re-
ceived $50 on May 18th. on the night Of
June ~, there was another division, $50
being voted to each OF the eight except
Tretheway who put in a bill for $40 as
secretary and had the bill allowed, as
did also Or. Ewing, who charged $3.50
Tor his services as treasurer, These pro-
ceedings. said Mr. Foster, were all
spread upon the records Of the lodge.
They said they took this money be-
cause they were sick and needy" con-
! tinued Mr.. Foster, but they gave Ed
ward Loder. one Of the members who
has been sick with Bright's disease for
the past six months only $40, claiming
| that he was not in good standing in the
| lodge. And yet DR.. Scott is the only
one Of the eight who was not In arrears
with his dues"
In answer to this Frank G.. Carthey
said that the whole trouble was the re-
| suit OF the friction that has existed for
| years between Ridgely lodge No. and
the grand lodge officers. He also said
that since they had paid the money into
the treasury they had a right to dispose
Of it, and they had made the distrlbu-
| ton because they didn't want the grand
lodge officers to get the money; also
that they hadn't gotten fair hearing
| and would most certainly fight the case
TO the end.
DR.. II. S. Scott denied the distribution,
saying that he didn't get any Of II.
| Herman Brisacher treated the matter as
joke. I'VE stand pat he said.