The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-01
pxawings Cease At Last As Re- ,. M sult of Rad Made in Mobile By Secret Service Men
 in January.

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 During Aprfl the United States grand 3ury convened at Mobile will consider the cases of tho government against the managers of the Honduras Nation aI Lottery Company which, as con tinuation of the Louisiana State Lot tery Company. has transacted an ex- tensive business Throughout the Uni- ted states. And ..thereby hangs a tale" of considerable interest
 Since the earliest days of the his- tory of mankind the distribution by lot has been a popular form of gamb- : linz and as well often plays a part of sone importance In the distribution of favors of various kinds. Doubtless the lottery for money prizes has been the most popular form of games of chance that has ever existed and to- day only the three great English epeAking countries of the world for bid them and do not give them legal existence. Doubtless lotteries will never cease to exist somewhere while the gambling instinct of man demand that form of offering tribute to the 0oddess of Chance. It is is necessary to glance backward only few years in the history of our own country to realize that lotteries have been. until Comparatively recent years. the favor ite method of financial operation for obtaining funds to be expended for religious, charitable, educational gtate and other commendable purposes.
 Some of the leading institutions of the United States profited in their early days by money obtained through holding money lotteries. Harvard Col lege for instance. And at church fairs money lotteries, even for money prizes and their equivalents are held to this day throughout the country. But sstempora mutans'' and so today in this country the lottery is an outlaw, legal existence being denied it.
 Moves To Honduras.
 This state of affairs saw it's fruition when the Legislature of Louisiana re- fused to renew the charter of the the owners secured new charter from the little Spanish h-American republic of Honduras (two days sail across the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans or Hobfie). In January. 1894. operations began under the new title, the legal domicfle being at Puerto Cortez, where the company provided neat little building and maintained manager in charge there. to take care of the lottery drawing paraphernalia. While the company has sold it's tickets in other nearby countries. yet practically all of the patronage was secured Throughout the United States.
 The public has generally supposed that the sale of lottery tickets in this country was discontinued long ago. But such has not been the case. for the Honduras company continued until January, 1907, to sell several hundred thousand dollars worth here every month, not to speak of the lottery com panies of other countries which have customers among the folks who come to us from abroad. But the Hondu- ras company has been the best known. Many people will read these words with astonishment. but there are thou sands who will not. among them be- ing many of the regular patrons of the Honduras enterprise, who will herein learn some facts they did not know before And they will regret that Uncle Sam Is taking such decisive ac- tion against what they consider an innocent form of speculation. while the liquor traffic and the race track continue to flourish as legal.
 La. s. L"-How familiar this trade mark used to be to the public. It appeared in newspapers. and other ad- vertfsing mediums in theatre pro- grams as late as several years ago in some parts of the country. The Hon. duras company used to make very naive announcements, yet they were to the point and everybody understood what was meant. Until the death of Paul Conrad, in 1894, a photographic rep1sduction of that gentleman's face .NNtd to appear regularly in The Daily Register, of Mobile, one of the lead ing and influential dailies of the South The picture had under it the simple Inscription Yours truly, Paul Conrad" the name being a fac -simile signature. Was not that a unique reminder? Sure ly, for everybody that knew anything in those days knew that MT. Conrad had succeeded M. A. Dauphin in the presidency of the old Louisiana Com pany and continued as president of the Honduras corporation that had been formed to continue the drawings. And this Honduras company continued It's operations until January, 1907. when the active and earnest work of the Government Secret Service brought about the decision of the company's owners to cease entirely and there is little reason to believe that they have any intention of resuming again.
 Those Under Indictment.
 {, Today under indictment for appear anee before the Federal grand jury at Mobile are Edward J, Demarest and Walter J. Demarest, of New Orleans. La, and Waveland- Bay St Louis Miss, Gen. Wm. L. Cabell of Dalles, Texas, who is Commander of the Trans Mississippi Department of the United Confederate Veterans, L. S Graham, of the well known printing plant family of that name, of New Orleans, James Rea, of New Orleans and Waveland- Bay St. Louis. Miss. (which is prac- tically a suburb of the Crescent City). Charles W. Bredow, of New Orleans, a well known national bank director of that city, and several of the company's principal agents in different parts of the country. William W. Boullemet was also among those against whom the government was obtaining evil dence, but he died in November 1906
 These indictments followed a raid