The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

once OF first member.
April Mr.. Krauthoff filed q bill
of complaint on behalf Of himself
and his wife as members Of the
Mother Church and '-alI other mem
bers of the Church who may elect
to become parties thereto and Join
in this effort to preserve and up
hold the Church Manual. the form
of government of the Mother
Church as established by Mary
Baker Eddy and the activities
thereof founded by hvr."
The bill names as defendants j.
Weston Allen, attorney general of
the State Of Massachusetts, the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, ''as
q corporation" the individual direc-
tors, including both Mr.. Dittemore
and Mrs. Knott, the directors 'as a
body corporate" Edward L. Ripley.
treasurer of the First Church, the
trustees of the publishing society.
James A Neal and William p. Nc
Kenzie, "as trustees under the in
strument executed January Is, 1888"
Thomas w. Hatten, James A Neal
and William p. Mckenzie as
trustees under the deed of trust
dated January 25, 1925" and the
trustees under the will of Mrs. Eddy,
Septimus J. Hanna and Mrs. Emile
3. Hulin.
Many Issues Religious.
Whether this bill will be heard
or not is still uncertain Demurrers
were filed by counsel for the
trustees and for NJ. Dittemore. the
chief objections being that Mr..
kratrfhnff'G fS Cin1ilar
that of Mrs HuIin in that he has
no standing in court, and that the
bill raises many issues purely re-
ligious and that IL is multifarious
in that IT covers too many unrelated
subjects.
April .. the trustees Of the pub
fishing society filed a bill of COM
plant against Lewis l.. Harney.
Grace c. Jacobs. Thomas c. Fales.
Emma W. Fletcher. John J. Laupec,
Mary n. Bartlett, Charles F. Hack
EFT. Richard J. Davis, Charles A.
Applebee all of Boston; Luther p.
Cudworth and James Z. Patton. of
Brookline; Adele NJ. Marsh. of Ded-
ham. and William P. Mckenzie, of
Cambridge. all members of the
First Church.
This bill alleges that the defen-
dants entered into a plan and con-
spiracy for the purpose of nullify-
ing the effect of the decision OF
Judge Dodge in the suit of the
trustees. 1t is claimed that they
have attempted to injure the bust
ness of the publishing society. The
trustees ask that the injunction
against the directors of the Mother
Church restraining them from DO
ing anything to injure the business
OF the publishing society be extend
ed to include the defendants. The
injunction was granted temporari-
ly. A few weeks later Frederick A.
Hemingway, assistant chairman OF
the Illinois Science Emergency
Committee, and Arthur T. Fosberry,
of San Francisco, were added to
those named in the bill but they
have not yet been enjoined-
Three Lawyers Join Fight.
This action added to the number
of distinguished lawyers already in
the case. The newcomers were
Frederick H. Chase. former Judge
of the Superior Court. William A
Morse, and Robert c. Dodge. all OF
Boston.
1t is charged in the bill that the
defendants have undertaken TO pro-
cure the cancellation of subscrip-
tions by Christian Scientists to the
periodicals of the society; have in
terferred with the employees to him
der and delay the publication of the
periodicals.; have sent out false and
misleading statements in reports and
information regarding administra-
tion OF the trust by the trustees,
and have wrongfully charged the
plaintiffs with having withheld from