Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-04

yersed the judsmen, under an &C, which aSn
certi Gates the contract between the society
and the member without the annexatlon 81 81
the bylaws, Notwithstanding that the act "
self specifically exempted fraternal benehcl-
airy societies from its provisions and also
! acts passed by ConEress unless thcy. be spee-
cincaliy desienated therein and also not
in 1871 dcnhins ffa'crnai societies ana
ssemptIns them from all lesisletiNe te9S1re'
rha so,,r, hrc sppe, I an yoyers,ne
the judgment OF tho lower court. The ROYAL
Area mum appealed the ease 10 th. ,,i un,{ieq unisr
states supreme Court. where II " sun uhd'r
advisemcnt
President wisgins called attention to the
trading-w with.thc enemy act Az II related
to contracts Of Insurance. and stated that he
to take II into consideration. Later this
committee recomnended that q ruling ~ o.,
tntned from the Attorney General OF inc
Unltcd states on this question
-, rhe FIRST paper of the day was cnu,lsd
read by It's author thor John Ohm a 4 Mii'encr' Of 90.
lumbus. -. This dealt largely with service
ot process In suits ssalnst fraiernal soci".
other than the one.iu which the society Us
dpmicilcd; u was very clear. though trch,
sides.
turus ~ Waterman Of Hoston. read q
Insurance" II set forth the pr, sent cOndi-
tion Of the frHt"rnal cause IN very i'm.
pr'selNc manner and called attention to df'tt
Of affairs. Social insurance, In the opin.o4
Of the author. was coming. and h" urged
ffatcrnal societies to beat them to IT,"
Whole life Insurance IN his opiniqn, was
only on" function of frnternal Hocot'ts N.
to,lS insuran's, o,d age p ,k anu uihSnpb'
urged,
Josgph. l.anga,, Of rlusburgh, grcscnt@d
a long PAPER with "a long subject. Recovery
Of ASS, ,ssinents-Whcre the member msrop-
resputs in tho appIiontlon ms OCCUPATION or
a n al ma tor IL
discovering this fact. refuses further ass"sSs
mcnts. 3 the member enstl'd TO return of
,uhs'd and the conclusions reached w"r" as
follows Whrr" IN" society "Np"rlon''s 10
dues should he returned Wher" the mi"r"p,
rtf"niatlon was material. tn" dues should
:, most interesting parer was offered by
Robert Van sands, NJ chicago, on ray
f Si 9Ss tho sGSS law 'f@ prdpy ri
the society? u not, what remedy should be
s,SnEEested$' ,S ThT author cited q cHtS,o cHSo w,h'r,
woman, naming her. who believed herself 70
b. p" his lawful wfei Th% mcmgcr AGA and
~" claim was pnid ~ du" cours,. y ear
aft'r the legal wife, from whom the mrlnbor
tnoughi he had been divorced Su"d i"' h' ne
mtg aud upon proving the d'yorco 70 be- in
decisions along similar lines Is in favor of
The society. but thcs are hy no means uni
form The author suggested and It Was
which would ahsolVc tho society from all ro-
good faith to the beneficiary named in the
certl1cato
\ most profitable day was spout at tho
session Of the actuarics President Abb
Lands announced that In arraug rg tho uro-
gram he had ondcavorod To- make il more
practical than technical IN" papers pro
scn'od were limited to ten minutes which
Ing many phases Of our bus ness They ,yrrc
too numerous TO outline in toto. hut there
ra M fkxn t.h lob gh l,. TOD
sydney W Pipe the actuary Of the t'nnH.
dan order Of Fore stcrs discussed tho War
Hazard" " He stated that the death rate of
his society among i3OU Canadians in thr
service for the three years of tho war
showed q cost Of sia 40 per thousand. and
that 1t was on . par with the general cana.
dian experience. n this ratio Of death held
good among our members in tho srrvico II
would not hc alarming but IL proha bly does
not ont rely express the entire mortality
effect of the war It's comnlpmonf is n.
impaired health Of those who return II
was conceded that ,'sholI shn,k'i yyiI con