Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-31

course of an hour l received the sec
ond call from Mr. Campbell. in which
be said that he was satisfied that the
rumor was true. Weld also talked
over the phone to Mr. Campbell. The
news Campbell had to convey was
very startling.
CARRIER Does Not Confirm.
Il next called up the residence of
M. B. CARRIER, who was the secretary
of the Fraternal Tribunes and resided
in this city. / told him what l had
heard from Peoria, and asked him
what he had to say. His reply was
that they were likely to say anything
in Peoria. or words to that effect. l
said to him that / wanted an answer
as to whether the reserve fund had
been disturbed or not. He made no
direct answer to the question, but said
that Thomas w. Wilson, then supreme
president. and I think others were
coming in day or so, and then cut
the conversation off,
Il determined then and there that
there was something wrong, and i'm
mediately decided to take active steps
to find out what 1t was. All that l
could do was to get the board Of re-
gents together, and Whitman was
urged 10 come. Within a day or two
the majority of the board came, and
with them w. c. Galloway, DR.. A. L.
Craig, H. A Weld and K. NJ. Whit
nam, and J. F. Mcbride, who was one
of the supreme trustees and had charge
of Cook county. The matter of the re-
serve fund was taken up, and Mr.. Will
son made verbal statement that ow-
ing to the necessities of the order on
account of the death rate II had been
found necessary to use the reserve
fund for the purpose of paying the
death losses. He admitted that a large
part of these death losses were losses
that had not been reported to the
officers of the Fraternal Tribunes. He
said that the money had been paid out
legitimately for death claims. 1t was
decided to bring the whole matter be-
fore the supreme body, meeting of
which had at that time been called.
In the meantime, at another meet
ing of the board, the officers who had
been officers of the Home Circle
Thomas w. Wilson, M B. CARRIER, DR..
c. H Waltern and S. S. McIlvain.
handed in their designations as officers
of the Tribunes, and did not appear
at the succeeding meeting of the SUI
preme Tribunes, which opened July
Is, 1909. At that meeting a report of
all that had been learned about the re-
serve fund was submitted to the con-
vention. A committee was sent to
wait upon NJ. B. CARRIER, who was still
in the city, and secure his attendance
at the meeting. After some delay he
appeared there, but did not bring the
report asked for, and declined to make
any statements. Many questions were
asked by the delegates bearing upon
this whole matter, and made a matter
of record. At this meeting the follow
ing were elected supreme officers:
Supreme Tribune. F. Mcbride.
Vice Supreme Tribune-L. NJ. Camp
bell.
Supreme Secretary-Robert Rex
dale
Supreme Treasurer-M. H. Sexton.
Supreme Counsel-H A Weld
Supreme Sergeant at Arms-Sadie
B. Miller.
Supreme Medical Examiner-Dr. A.
L. craig
Supreme Orator-W. c. Galloway.
Supreme Guard-John Broker
Supreme Trustees-P o. Norling,
Elizabeth NJ. Nees, Fred Wilmerth.
''At this meeting the examination of
the books of the order was started by
the state insurance department. The
convention then adjourned to be called
back again a week or so later, await
ing the report of the Inspector of the
department.
Worked with Mcbride.
when the body was next called to-
gether action was taken to annul the
consolidation contract, and an agree
ment reached looking to an adjust
ment of the financial matters.
LAS secretary l cooperated in every
way possible with Mr. Mcbride to re-
trieve the order from its embarrassing
position
"On June 80, the day we ascertained
that the reserve fund had been with
drawn, no entry had been made on
the books of the. Tribunes showing
that 1t had been used, whereas we have
since learned that the fund had been