South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-18

the least concern, and that he would
calmly await further developments.
Two Are Indicted
Indictments charging conspiracy
and criminal libel were returned by
the Kane county grand jury against
Talbot and Thomas j. McCabe of
Batavia. The charges are based on
the distribution Of circulars in which
high officers of the Loyal order of
Moose are referred to as 'grafters
and thieves"
The indictments were kept secret,
McCabe, who is a painter, was ar
rested in Chicago. He is now in Jail
at Aurora. 1t is said McCabe form
erly was an employ of the Moose
heart training school maintained by
the Moose lodge for the education of
orphans.
These Officers Attacked.
The attack attributed TO Talbot
and McCabe is directed against not
only the vice president of the United
States, but also against Rodney
Brandon, manager of Mooseheart.
the training school and national
headquarters of the Moose, seven
miles out of Aurora; James ]. Davis,
chairman Of the board Of governors
of Mooseheart, Pittsburgh: John J.
Lentz, former congressman Of Co
lumbus, O., who is a member of the
board of governors, and Arthur II.
Jones of Chicago.
II is said Mooseheart is maintain
ed by a 81 per capita voluntary tax
on the members of the lodge.
Basis of Indictments.
The following statement. under
McCabe's name. is the basis of the
indictments:
II put this publication over my
own name. 1t is not an attack on
the members of the Moose who work
hard and are robbed by fraternal
promoters. I place the facts in this
paper before my brother Moose,
hoping that it will arouse them to
the enormity of the crimes being
committed against them and in their
names-Kickoff. Davis. Brandon.
Lentz, Jones, Tom Marshall, and all
the rest of the grafters who have
been living at your expense.
Hard on Bill Davis.
THE clippings printed from the
newspapers herein showing what
has happened to the Moose in a few
of the many places where secessions
and eruptions have taken place are
sufficient proof. that the whole Moose
organization must disintegrate soon
unless we get rid of Bill Davis and
everybody connected with him.
eff you are willing TO help the
writer and other disinterested per-
sons to this end send a letter to me
at the above address. Make your
lodge quit paying per capita tax un-
til this nest of thieves is routed"
The Answer.
I'VE have spent $1.5OO.OOO at
Mooseheart," said Mr.. Brandon,
land our assets now are s1.4OO.OOO.
We have 263 children in the school
and this year we will take in 200
more. We have put up So build
ings."
The governors of Mooseheart are:
James ]. Davis, Pittsburgh. Pa.
chairman; Hiram w. Johnson. gov
ernor of California; John J. Lentz.
Columbus. O.; Ralph f. w. Donges,
chairman of the public utilities COM
mission of New Jersey; Arthur Cap
per, governor Of Kansas; Albert B.
Hart, instructor in history in Har-
ward university; Gayland Garland.
Philadelphia, auditor.
Supreme officers Of the organiza-
ton are: Supreme dictator L. J.
Henning. San Diego, Calf: supreme
vice dictator, II. B. Davis. Cleveland.
o.; supreme prelate, John W. Ford.
Philadelphia, Pa. supreme secre-
tary. W. J. Giles. Mooseheart: SUI
preme treasurer, H. W. Mace, Phil
adelphia, Pa.