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Show w COURT NAMES THREE TRUSTEES One Phase of Christian Science Litigation Seems Closed BOSTON, Jan. 28 Judge Crosb in i the supreme court today announced the appointment ol Kred I.emson. of Boston, William B. McKen?.le of i mi-biidge. mi-biidge. and .lames E. Button of this city, as trustees of tho Christian Science Publishing society. BANK 1-1 K M TUlNTI.i) The appointees will suci eed Herbert W BUStace and Paul Harvey both of I whom recently resigned, and Iamont Rowlands, who was removed by tho directora of the mother church. Th.ir appointment doses one phase of th' long standing controversy between dl- I rectors and the former trustees. I I Mr. Lawson, who is vice piesldent of I i he i .dd i ' lor. Trust company, wa-s I agreed upon by counsel for the former trustees and the bord of directors, i Mr .McKenzIe. one ot the original directors di-rectors selected by Mrs Mary Baker I Eddy and former editor of the Christian Chris-tian Science publications, were named by the directors and opposed by the trustees Mr. Patton was named bv tho directors, was accepted by tho trustees baa been i et Ired for aev-eral aev-eral years. mi st REPAY HONED ludgo Crosby also acted on i barges by the directors that certain expenditures expendi-tures from funds of the publla trust were Improper As to the payment of November 2d 1921. of more than $2.", Ooo to em- ployei of the publication society, I Judge Crosby sjld. "1 am constrained to 'ini that the payments were purely gin.s or gratul-i gratul-i lea conti ary to the terms oi the trust and m u -t i a ao ounted 'oi t nd paid ov i by the trustees to their sue- i soMK ( fOI NTS O. K. The court held also that payment of aalarj for three months n id 1 trance to John p. Wfetts buslnesi manager of th'- publishing society, and of $500 a month to David B Og- den after ho had resigned as trustee, I were improper and that these amounts too. must be paid over to the new trustees. Payment of 1600 S month to Ea-mont Ea-mont Rowlands alter his removal as a trustee; the establishment of a branch office at Sun Pranclscoj the payment of $2,000 to Mrs no Dixon, wife of Frederic! Digen, editor of tho Christian Science publications, em-ploymenl em-ploymenl of Paul Harvey, o, trustee, as an agent 't Neffl York, nnd the em plov mcni of accountants for an audit wer upheld by the court. |