The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-12
WEARING FACTIONS ARE
LIKELY TO COMPROMISE


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B. Arthur. DR.. H. NJ. Rich. the presi
dent Of the unincorporated society
and DIR. William Z. Tyson. and some
new light was shed ON the sQuabble.
Il was brought out that In the An
nual meeting. which six trustees Al
tended, the vote for president stooa
| four for DIR. Rich and four for Mrs
McGraw, az j. l. Hudson refused Il
vote. Then II was that the friends ol
Mrs. McGraw saw the handwriting On
the wall, the insurgents claim. and the
scheme was Matched TO save her. by
charging the board OF trustees by the
election of several Of her friends
The unincorporated society people
claim that in the adjourned annual
meeting, when the articles OF incorpor-
alton were brought in they contained
| the names OF six new trustees. whose
names had never come before the
society. All OF these new trustees
favored Mrs. McGraw. and she was
elected. II was testified that when
the opponents of Mrs. McGraw saw
how they had been tricked they LETT
the meeting.
DR. Rich admitted that he voted for
himself, but said he did not want the
position, and was acting only for the
good OF the society. He also admitted
that he did not speak against incor'
porating when he saw the articles pro-
duced at the adjourned meeting.
IL saw that il was no use to oppose
them" he said. AN angel from
heaven couldn't have moved them"
DR.. Rich also admitted that he was
not opposed to Incorporating, but he
was opposed vigorously to the manner
I'm which II was brought about. He
said he considered it trickery.
DR.. Tyson and Mrs. Arthur ex'
pressed much the same opinion. They
recognized that the society should be
incorporated. but objected to the man
ner In which Il had been gone abou
Sister Against Brother.
The evidence offered Tuesday
afternoon revealed for the first time
the really serious split that threatens
not only to disrupt society circles. but
has arrayed sister against brother
True, Mrs. b. c. Whitney. the first
witness called for the pleentiffs, the un-
incorporated faction. in reply to the
question: rs there any personal feel
ing In this matter" answered:
There Is no personal feeling what
ever. only the most vital interest" but
the tone and manner with which many
OF her answers were given and the
biting sarcasm Ia several OF her re-
plies made the insurgents" giggle In
glee and the "standpatters" scowl.
While Mrs. Whitney was giving her
testimony in behalf OF the unincor-
poTated society, her brother, Charles
p. Larned, one of the leading members
of the incorporated society, sat behind
Attorney Herbert V. Barbour. and sug.
gested questions designed TO trip the
witness.
That the whole trouble was started
by the ambitions of one woman to re
tain the presidency of the society was
the statement of Attorney William
Lucking in outlining the case. This
woman wss later declared to be Mrs
w. A. McGraw- Opposition to Mrs.
McGraw vas becoming quite strong.
and last June her friends conceived
the idea OF Incorporating the society
and making her president. This was
opposed by several, and Tire oppon-
ents make the charge that they were
tricked. In the annual meeting no
mentfon was made of incorporation
but In an adjourned meeting, held
June ?, at which Mrs. McGraw's
friends were out In force, the incor-
poration was decided upon and Mrs.
McGraw was made president. Mrs.
whitney declared that while she was
active In the society for years no one
told her of the plan to incorporate al
the adjourned meeting.
Did not your brother. Charles p.
Larned. tell you OF the plan to incor.
porate?" the witness was asked
Not . Hint
He did not hint such q thing To
me-" she replied decidedly.
HE knew you were interested In
the work."
He must have known IT,"
Did you not know that he prepared
the articles Of Incorporation
Il have learned II since"
How soon after the meeting did
you learn of the society's action?"
AS soon as 1t would take six wo
men to rush to the telephone"
Later Mrs. Whitney admitted she
was not opposed to Incorporating, but
she did object seriously to the tricky
manner In which II was done. She
said the action Of the defendants was
unconstitutional and clearly illegal
as no proper notices were sent out
After she heard what was done she
said she pleaded with several Of the
women to have the action rescindod
and do the work properly.
Il wanted to address the trustees On
the matter, but the president, Mrs. Nc
Graw. refused to permit me to attend
the meeting a. I am not . trustee. -
she said.
The members of the incorporate ed
society were In the majority In court
among those present being Mrs. Nc
Graw, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p. Lar
ned, Mrs. Emma Fox, Mrs. George
Hendrie, Mrs. Philip Mcmillan
Charles Moore, i. Edward Bland, DR.
E. s. Sheriff.. DR.. B. H. Shurly and
III. l.. Simpson.
The other faction was represented
by Mrs. Whitney. Miss Clara Dyar
Mrs. Clara b. Arthur, John Dyar
Frank b. Leland and Raphael Her
man.
will the expenses of this litigation
come out OF the tag-day receipts3 r
Attorney Barbour was asked
mot a cent of IT, he answered "ti
I am paid for my work II will come
out of the pockets OF the people rep
resent. and Mr.. Lucking told he was
hafng maid o,,t NJ The nrfyata fun1o