The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN

United Press Stan Correspondent New York, Sept 22-CU. P) - The supreme council of the Loyal Order of Moose, dominated by Uni ted tates Senator James J. Davis, not only approved of charity balfs which the government contends were lotse ries, but made plans to hold more.
 This was brought out to-day at the trial of Davis on indictments charging violating of the federal lottery laws. The Indictments were based on the charity balls held by Moose lodges in 1880 and 1881.
 The minutes of the 1881 meeting of the supreme council were read into the record: r
 During the past year, charity ball was conducted by the council from the various localities. Indica tions are that these affairs were a huge success in every way. The council concurs in the plan de- veloped for conducting these char ity balls and recommends that the idea be continued this year and every effort be made to enlist the CO., operation and enthusiastic sup port of all the lodges"
 Davis seemed little interested. He read a newspaper and chatted in whispers with reporters.
 Bess M. Elgart. Gertrude Sobel, James w. Reed, employees of Phila- delphia and Scranton, Pa. printers, described the printing of thousands of tickets for Moose Charity balls in all parts of the country, each one of which had a coupon attach n1 att k fn rnrfi- cipation in a drawing" for cash prizes.
 John I. Levine, a lawyer who su- pervised the taking of minutes at, meetings of the council, said the recommendation on charity balls was introduced to the council by William F. Brening, former mayor of Baltimore and past supreme dictator.
 Under cross examination he ad- mitted Broening might have ''ut- tered them orally" as apparently they were not included in his form al report to the council.
 Reed testified that on the order ,of Bernard c. McGuire, also under indictment and alleged to be the business man" of the alleged lot teries, his firm printed 6O9,6S4 books of tickets to Moose charity balls or 24,387,360 individual tick cts.
 The tickets were sold by the var ious Moose lodges at 50 cents each. Each ticket had a numbered cou- pon for the drawings"
 Reed was instructed to send his bill to the Loyal Order of Moose. It was paid by check, but he cOuld- n't rempmher who signed it.
 Reed said, Mcclure placed other orders for similar tickets for en- tertainments given by the F'rater- nal Order of Eagles, the Shriners, and the Knights of Columbus.
 Two officials of the Eagles are under indictments similar to those for which Davis is being tried. The government brought out that many of the tickets were sent through the malls from Scranton to McGuire's office in New York. A. E. Stecher, shipping clerk of the Eureka Printing Company, of Scranton, identified postoffice re- ceipts and shipping orders. He also testified that some tickets were shipped to Mcclure by truck. Having established that the al- legged lottery tickets were trans- pOTtSu HI the lIdlfS anu III state commerce, Louis T. Tread ney, proceeded to show the method | lie.
 Wilbur weis. a rosy checked youth, member of the Moose Bronx lodge. No. 709, said the secretary of the lodge had given him a book 0f tick cts fO sell z.
 T got rid of all of them," he said smiling.
 Mrs Catherine Haffner. one of Weis' customers. was called. She didn't attend the ball, but her ticket won her a $200 prize, she said.
 | New York, Sept 22.-UP)- Federal attorneys have promised to prove today that lottery money | received it Moose lodge charity balls figured In a financial triple plan, from the gate. to the Moose, to the bank. in repayment of a $I27,4lS.5O loan made the wife of senator James ]. Davis.
 The government charges the Pennsylvanla senator. former cab met member. and iron puddIer- I0dge- promoter pronted personally in promotion of n lodge lottery in violation Of the law. It has shown that the loan was repaid from Moose funds. but it has not proven the link with the charity ball re. ceipts.
 The prosecutors were in the midst of proving yesterday that cheeks from tho propaEatien de. pafiment of the lodge tin eharse ef itE nationwide eharies halls re' placed the money, which went ih
 pay ths issn msds Mrs Davis when | sa..sl aAlAuRaNA for the aaV.