Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-05
MOORE SCORNED
BY SP|R|TUAL|STS
STATE SOCIETY REPUDIATES
FAKER
Officials Of Reputable Organization
Refuse to Allow New Yorker to :
Speak at the Glendale
! Picnic

The California State Spiritualists'
thur Howe. utterly repudiates H. R..
Moore, whose fortune tellers license
was recently revoked by Mayor Har-
per Immediately after his arrest for
trying his weird arts on the Los An
geles public. The fact that Moore's
unsavory record, together with his
charlatanic practices, is known to
the local members of the State Spirit
ualists' association bars him from any
chance of gaining admittance to the
local organization, and should he ever
attempt to gain a place on the roster
of the association he would be refused.
President Howe of the state asso-
citation repudiates Moore, and is en-
phatic in his statement that the lat
ter can never hope to gain a place In
the ranks of the reputable spiritualists
until he disproves the reports of his
conduct which have followed him
here from all over the country. Even
that he would be admitted, for Moores
work as a medium is not at all in ac-
cord with the ideas of local spiritual
lists.
Moore has never applied to the CAL
ifornia State Spiritualists' association
for a certificate of membership" said
Mr.. Howe, land should he do so it is
almost certain that he would be re-
fused.
Opposed to Fakers
"The association is decidedly against
persons such as Moore, judging by his
record, must be. While we have
never been called upon to investigate
this record. 1t appears to me that If
Moore were all right he would en-
deavor to refute it at once, but this
he has never done.
1.-TWO sections of article nine in the
bylaws and qualifications of the state
association would at once bar Moore
from membership. One of these, sec
ton 2 a., says: Proof of good charac-
ter covering a period of five years
prior to application Part d. of the
same section says that: Satisfactory
evidence of the genuineness of the ap-
plicant's mediumistic gifts.
Moore was at the picnic held by
the Guiding Star association at Eden
dale recently, and I was approached
by two or three persons and asked If
1 would not invite him to address the
assemblage. I personally did not care
to have him, but thought 1t best to
consult with other members of the
association. They one and all stated
positively that he should not be al
lowed to speak.
"As to his having taken up col
lection of SIS at the time, it might
have occurred, but without my knowl-
edge and certainly without the sane
tion of myself or any other member
of the State Spiritualists' association.
OF course, we did not particularly
watch his actions. but it Is certain
that whatever money he obtained at
the picnic was solicited at odd times
and in secret"
Not Inquisitorial Body
Mr.. Howe also stated that were it
in his power he would at once bring
about an investigation of Moore's
methods, and, If they were as crude
and charlatanic as reports state,
help in the expose.
"As president of the state associa-
tion of spiritualists," said Mr.. Howe,
"I cannot bring about an investiga-
ton. The powers of myself and asso-
ciates are of purely judicial nature
in affairs of this kind.
"The board of directors of the state
association is not an inquisitorial
body, but an executive and judicial
body. Those outside our organization
we have no power to restrict. Moore
is not in any way affiliated with the
California State Spiritualists' asso-
ciation."