Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-31
THREATENS RECEIVER !
FOR SCIENCE SOCIETY
Boston Judge Sets Tuesday
for Church and Publish
ers to Agree.
AN OUTSIDER MAY DE NAMED
Will Bc AInn I'm Whom Cour, e.,
Rcposc Confidence tn MANAGE
Z christian Scicntists' Body Wisely
l and Fairly.
[By Associated pross.l

~ tboSToN, Dec. 3O.-Judge Crosby
OF the supreme Court, announced la to
touaS that unless the trustees of the
christian Science Publishing Society
no the directors OF the First Church
OF christ Scientist agreed by next
Iuesoay upon new trustee to sue
Lamont Rowlands, whose re-
ny line court recently. he would an
society. '' TIE
The receiver. he said. would not
necessarily be of tho Christian
Science faith, but would be n ncrson
IN whom the court could rcpose con
huence 10 manage the society wisely
ana ior inc Fest interest of tho trus,
Eddy. 1'''"ei
& me announcement was made M tho
close of a hearing on Tho vaiiai,,. ns
,he directors action earlier in tho
ia! III announcing the removal Of
me Two remaining trustees, nerbcr.
W. Eustace and Paul Harvey. THO
JUSTICES maintained that inasnuch ms
'hcS had previously presented their
Ehhtiohs TO the court the dircc-
.ors no longer had Jurisdiction. Tho
u ',.I,I asked the court to appoint
William i. Mckenzie, of Camb-idrc.
George Wcidell Adams, of Boston,
and James L. Patton, of Boston. &C
trustees.
RcinStntc Director.
Ihc court also ruled that John Y.
Dlttemore. who claims that he was
iiiegally removed from the board OF
directors ty his fellow members and
whose bitl in equity seeking TO COM
pei them to recognize him as n mem
Der OF the board is pending in tho
supreme Court, might take part in a
conference over the selection of n
trustee 10 succeed Rowlands
sherman l.. Whipple counsel for
the trustees. asked the court to an
point receiver to take charge of
the publishing society until the court
had approved the accounts of
trustees Eustace and Harvey who
would then resign and allow the
court TO name their successors lie
said the trustees denied that the re-
moval of Eustace and Harvey by the
directors had been effective. but that
this action had raised doubt as to
the legal authority OF the trusecs in
The administration of their trust The
trustees now had in their possession
fund of S25O.000, he said, and
doubted their right to cNpcnd it,
~ Desire Court Agent.
Mr.. Whipplc said that pending n
hearing on the law and facts in
volved. II was important that trust
fund should be administered By an
agent appointed by the court. He
said the trustees desired TO resign.
but would not do so until their ac-
counts had Eccn passed upon by the
court. The issue .betwecn the diroc-
.ors and the TRUSTEES as TO finances
mas comparatively slight, he added,
INN -tht trustee Wanted an immcdi-
ite hearing on the allowance of their
accounts
Former Governor John l.. Bates. on
behalf of the directors, said the Ques-
ION WAS the propricty of expcndi-
lures made by the trustees and not
appointed respectively by the trus-
ces and the directors, he said. did
lot show how the money had been
expended. lie argued that 10 submit
IN audit that would relieve the
trustees from further liability would
'cquirc nj least three months.
The trustees, he said. had asked the
directors to permit them To resign
md to entity that the affairs OF the
publishing society had been correctly
managed. He declared the real issue
'aiscd 10y the trustees was not that
" good faith, hut that their sole
purpose was to be relieved from liza
>ility. He added that the courts de-
:ision UNFOLDING the removal OF
aowlanGs implied that all tho trus-
COS might Legally have lccn re-
moved by thct'dirtctors.