Show SHORTAGE IN TH ACCOUNTS Diceo verles ada by an expert on american society BOOKS kew york march 5 there is a eh in tho accounts of the american missionary society aej tho beoka of tho organization have been found to bo in such confusion that experts aro not yet in a position to make a detailed statement the statement implicates kev william A newbold of mount clair N J and the treasurer henry A oakley of new york city the fact that their accounts were in a muddled condition waa discovered about a month ago and at a special committee vaa appointed to investigate the matter today a meeting of the executive committee vaa held tho special committee presented their report in which it was stated that a eh had been found the report itself the committee refused to make public bishop peterkin of west virginia said tonight relative to tho action of tho executive committee the irregularities are such a to warrant the removal of the secretary and treasurer from office the expenditures tures are between and a year and the money is paid out mostly in small sums making the auditing of the accounts extremely difficult alie society has not been entirely crippled bv these irregularities but as they extend over five or six years it is impossible to make a detailed statement I 1 would not like to call it a defalcation but I 1 would say that hereafter the society would like toha voits money handled in a different manner |