The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19
Senator Davis of
 Penn Indicted
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s@gF " ~SrvT1' VI M 'El v V ' . izations over a tWo-year period in which more than $5,000,000 was saidNto have been collected from lodge members and only $225.000 distributed as prize money. The fraternal orders mentioned in the indictments were the Shriners, | the Loyal Order of Moose, the Eagles, and the Knights of Colum. bus. Thy were not held respon. sible as organizations, however, for the alleged lottery. .ss The defendants have acknowl edged that they have received the indictment papers.
 Senator Davis, former cabinet member now running for re. election to the senate, .telegraphed this statement to his office in Phil, adelphia:
 "I have been informed that an indictment has been returned against nae as well as against number of fraternal leaders. have sent for a copy of the indictment and shall engage counsel and ask for an immediate trial. am sure these charges will prove false. ask the people, especially those of Pennsylvania, to withhold judg- ment until the trial"
 The government claims that tickets for various affairs run by the fraternal associations carried stubs with them, by which the holders participated in a drawing for various articles of n1erchan- disc, furnished by a general com pany located in New York. The Shriners convention in California, on July 28, 1882, was cited as one such event where the alleged lottery. was permitted, and the government declares that $150.- % worth of goods were thus dis tributed.
 The amount of the merchandise distributed to members of the Loy- al Order of Moose, the indictments state, was $150.000.
 The event cited by the govern ment relating to the Eagles was a "charity frolic and dance" at which the customers received $T5,000 worth of merchandise.
 In addition to Senator Davis, several of the men named in the indictments have gained national prominence.
 Conrad Mann, of Kansis City is one of the most prominent citl- zens of that city, had headed the chamber of commerce, and has been chief executive Of the pro- motion <and propaganda depart ments of the Fraternal Order of Eagles for several years.
 Frank E. Herring, managing editor of the Eagles Magazine, has been head of the Eagles in years bast, and is we'll known in the middle west for his benefactions.
 It has been the contention Of government investigators that a great percentage Of the receipts from tines various membership drives" and charity affairs' has gone to the company furnishing the merchandise.
 Senator Davis. long a worker in the Loyal Order of Moose. was one of the founders of Moose. heart" an institution outside of Chicago which cares for the de- pendent survivors of members of the orders
 One of his prcudeat possessions In his office at Washington has been a large. framed photograph o1 IuO tHeSiloSsous &StaS3s%e " "Jifn" Davis.
 He-is q heavy-shouldersd, gray haired, ex-ircn puddier and sat in the cabinets of three presidents as secretary of labor.
 Born in Wales in 1878. he was brought to PittsburE when only years old. At ii he began work in the iron and steels mills of f
 At an early age he afiiliated him. self with union labor work. and at 25 obtained his first real DO. iitical job. that of city clerk of Elwood. Ind.
 His rise to figure of national importance, however, began with his appointment as director general of the Loyal order of Moose. in 1907. For more than decade thereafter he devoted his time to
 He entered the Harding cabinet in 1881 as the second secretary Of iabor. and held the portfolio under President Coolidge and later Presi- dent Hoover.
 lie, was active in unemplcv-