Evening star., 1932-08-18
Federal Charges Specify Sale
of Numbered Tickets on
Which Prizes Were Given
to Lucky Purchasers.
ACCUSATIONS ARE BASED
ON FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES
$500,000 Rumored Involved in
, Case Linked to Loyal Order of
Moose, Eagles and Shriners.
Telegraph Company Also Named
With Seven individuals.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 18.-Seven
individuals, including United
States Senator James j. Davis of
Pennsylvania, were indicted today
charged with participation in an
alleged lottery and conspiracy.
The others indicted are Bernard
C. Mcclure, head of the B. C. Nc
Guire Merchandise Co. of New
York; Theodore G. Miller, head OF
the Mooseheart Navigation De-
partment; Raymond Walsh, an
employe of MCGUIRE; Conrad H.
Mann of Kansas City; Frank E.
Herring, publisher of the Eagles
Magazine, and M. J. Rivise in
charge of the package delivery
department of the Western Union
Telegraph Co.
Four Indictments.
The charges against the defendants
were contained in four indictments
han5ed down by the Federal grand
jury
The Western Union Telegraph Co. is
also named as defendant.
The indictments grew out of an in
vestigation Of fraternal organization &C.
tivities involving the Eagles, the Moose
and Mystic Shr!ners, among others, con-
cerning the alleged sale of lottery
tickets which drew prizes for holders
Of lucky numbers.
The alleged lotteries were ostensibly
held for the benefit of unfortunate
members CT the fraternal orders and
needy dependents of members.
About $4,000, 900 tickets are alleged to
have been issued for sale at so cents and
dollar apiece in connection with cards
of admission to receptions and dances
and distributions to the needy.
Approximately s500,000 was rumored
to be involved, but United States A.
torney George z. Medalie refused to
comment on the figures 'in advance Of
trial"
Davis Named in Two.
Mcclure, who is alleged to have been
the head of the alleged lottery promo
tion. and Walsh are named in all the
indictments. Senator Davis and Miller
are named only in the first and third,
which relate to the Loyal Order of
Moose Mann and Herring are named
in the second, which is based upon
the Eagles activities. Rivise and the
telegraph company are named in the
fourth.
The fourth indictment relates to the
advertised distribution of $ll5,000 in
prizes at the Shriner convention in San
Francisco July % last, which is alleged
to have been called off since the investi-
cation began, but no Shriner is named
in that indictment. 1t was understood
this was due to the inability OF lnvesti-
gators to connect any Shriner official IN
any way with the distribution of profits.
Senator Questioned.
The Federal investigation began sev-
eral months ago. Senator Davis and
Mann and MCGUIRE were all subpoenaed
and were questioned by the grand jury.
Lieut. Gov. James H. Price of Vir-
ginia, imperial recorder of the Mystic
Shrine, was also subpoenaed, but ad-
vised the investigators he had had no
part in the distribution Of the tickets.
Medahe said he expected the de-
PENDANTS to present themselves for
pleading within the next few days.
Senator Davis is a high executive of
the Moose.
Mann is a national executive of the
Eagles.
Miller, whose address is Mooseheart.
Ill. has been active in the MooSeheart
movement in connection with which
homes are conducted for orphans OF
members and for aged and feeble mem
bers.
MCGUIRE has engaged as promoter
here. in Philadelphia and Aurora, Ill.