Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24
SEEKINJUNCTION
TO PREVENT HIGH
INSURANCE RATES
Seven Members Of Glass 4 Bring tc.
tion Against Court OF Honor in
Circuit Court.
OPPOSE INCREASE PROPOSED
ASK Appointment of Receiver TO
Handle Funds Paid in BY Old
Members of Society.

Injunction suit was filed in circnit
court at noon today against the Court
Of Honor seeking to restrain il from
needless expenditure of its Glass A
members funds and particularly from,
the expenditure of Glass A members
funds, in expenses incurred by de-
PENDANTS procuring and writing IN of
its other classes of membership ann
from putting into force and effect its
proposed new plan and rates OF assess
ments as TO its Glass A members
adopted by it in 1914" CompIainants
are q N. BOYLE c {. Cox. W. H
Whlteslie, c. T, Foster. p. Peterson.
F. " Bolton. \ H Wendt. Edmund
Linke, ). 5. Hull and Fred Love
SeaTle 4 Marshall are counsel fo-
them. 4 receiver TO handle Glass A
members funds is asked
The bill recltes that on July 16. 1895.
the Court Of Honor. fraternal bene-
fciaTy sOcIty, was organized with head
offices at Springfield. Ill, for the pur-
pose among other things Ito promote
benefit fund Tor the payment of
death and disability benefits by assess
ments collected from its members. ."
Il IS charged that notwithstanding the
fact that when the compliments joinel
the defendant society there was no
provision in its articles of incorpora-
ton providing for any change OF plan
or raise in rates Of assessment. that in
1905 the society illegally. unreason-
ably, arbitrarily and unjustly pretend
Ell to. and did raise compliments and
their fellow members rates of assess
ment 80 i-3 per cent" since which
time. up to the present, compliments
and their fellow members, have been
under pain and penalty of expulsion
from the society. compelled and re-
quired TO pay and have paid to it. said
illegal assessments, now amounting
in the aggregate to very large
sum.
New Rates Hit.
Then is given the new rates of as
sessments TO be paid after Jan. l, 1905
1t is further stated that in 1906 the
society classified its members. those
being admitted before July /, 1906. be
ing called Glass 4 members, TO which
class all OF the cOmplainants belong.
1t is alleged that the society has lev
led other fees, in addition to assess
ments, particularly per capita tax OF
Is cents a month for maintenance
management and operation which
said per capita tax ought to be ample
therefor but that the defendant society
from 1906 10 1914 wholly without legal
right or authority or any rightful nee
essity or occasion for so doing, I'M
justly Illegally and arbitrarily took
from the compliments, not only sai1
per capita tax for such expenses, but
also 6 per cent of all OF its other as
sessments and from 1914 to the pres
ent time. in addition thereto. the first
y assessments lore year of each new
member admitted. all of said funds
save per capita tax being paid in by
said members for payment of death
and disa bility benefits TO them, that
said society illegally and unjustly took
and misappropTiated to itself for its
expenses, said funds aforesaid and has
illegally, eXtravagantly and fraudent-
" used and expended said fund and
Is still so doing and not for the legit-
innate use. benefit, good or welfare of
the society but largely for the benefit
and advantage of the head officers OF
the society and for political purposes
to keep and maintain themselves in
Office on large salaries
Old Rates Sufficient.
Il Is further stated that in 1914 the