Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1932, Page 7

DAVIS POSTPONES OWN TESTIMONY Defense Counsel Prepared to Take Trial of Lottery Case Into Third Week. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 30—Pre- pared to go over into its third week, the lottery trial of Senator James J. Davis resumed for a short session in Federal court today prior to a week-end Tecess. Defense attorneys, who earlier in the week had announced they hoped to complete their case in three days, said they expected to present additional character witnesses and others before giving the case to the jury. Although withholding definite an- nouncement as to their final intentions, defense counsel gave assurances that Senator Davis would not take the stand today. They are attempting to_ disprove the Government's contention that Davis, dl- rector general of the Loyal Order of Moose, was aware the organization had conducted_alleged lotteries under the guise of charity drawings. Jenkins Is Recalled. Joseph A. Jenkins, an official of the order, was called to continue his testi- mony today. He was expected to elab- orate on his statement, made yesterday, that he and Fred W. Jones purchased the Senator's Moose crganization con- tract prior to the drawings in 1930 and 1931. Yesterday Jenkins, former Moose or- ganizer in Great Britain, said that when he and Jones agreed to pay $600.- 000 for the contract which brought the Pennsylvania Senator Tevenue from lodge initiation fees, he told field or- ganization supervisors to say nothing about it. This was because they wished to hold the prestige of Davis' name in the work of launching new lcdges and garnering members, it was brought out. The point previously had been touched on by the defense to show a legitimate reason for lack of any for- mal record of the transaction which es- tablished, they said, Davis had severed his connection with Moose work before the alleged Moose lotteries were held. Davis is charged with conspiracy and alding transportation of lcttery tickets across State lines. Priest Causes Laughter. Judge and jury joined the laughter once, and the Senator on trial smiled, when Father John J. Laffey, of Moose- heart, Ill, voluble and effervescent, was fairly sputtering his protest against the ponderous legal manner of usher- ing in character testimony. Like United States Senator Royal S. Copeland and William L. Green, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, who preceded him, Father Laf- fey was asked the usual preliminary question whether he had heard the character and reputation of the defend- ant discussed. He was directed to “answer yes or no.” “How can I say—but—well, TI'd rather answer that question another way,” he said. Judge Frank J. Coleman, smiling, said he was afraid he would have to answer as asked. Father Laffey pressed his lips, looked helplessly at the bench and lawyers, opened his arms in a sort of beseech- ing gesture, and then smiled an engag- ing smile. “Well, suppose I say yes,” he said. There was a burst of laughter, and the witness joined in, finally breaking through the stringent court procedure to make clear he didn’t like the ques- tion because it seemed to infer there was _some occasion for discussion of the Davis reputation. Answer Sufficient. “How can you say a man’s reputation is good or bad when it never has even been questioned?” he asked, with an- other broad gesture. This answer was taken as sufficient. ‘Through Father Laffey and Rev. Coral D. Payne, Protestant minister at the Mooseheart, Ill, Orphanage, jurors got a vivid picture of the humming activity in the community on January 3, 1931, when cash prizes were drawn, followed by a gala luncheon and presentation of a check for $150,000 to the orphan- age, as part profit of Moose charity balls and alleged lotteries held in con- Junction. ‘The prosecution contends that Sen- ator Davis was the leading spirit in the money-raising scheme and that he profited personally—though this was not charged in the indictment—to the extent of $772,300 from receipts of some $3,000,000 from the 1930 and 1931 ball and lottery projects. ‘The defense claims Davis knew noth- ing of the lottery and has introduced many Moose witnesses who said he did not attend the prize drawing in the Mooseheart Printing Building, though he was present at the luncheon which followed and made the presentation speech which accompanied the $150,000 check to Mooseseart. Father Laffey corroborated the de- BURNING CASH Clerk Retired POST OFFICE EMPLOYE SERVED % 29 YEARS. SAMUEL MOORE, A familiar figure to postal patrons here for more than a score of years, was retired today upon reaching the statu- tory age limit of 65. His associates at the Benjamin Franklin station in the Post Office Department Building pre- sented him with a purse of gold. Mr. Koore, who resides at 4807 Iowa avenue, was born here September 27, 1867, and entered the service as a clerk in the Richmond office on July 1, 1903. On April 1, 1908, he was transferred to the Baltimore post office and on No- vember 1, 1911, came to Washington, where he has since been stationed. —Star Staff Photo. | fense contention the drawing for prizes ‘was not open to the public. He sald he had come over to hear confessions of the Catholic children at Mooseheart that Saturday morning from the insane asylum, nearby where he was living at the time—“Not that there was anything wrong with me,” he added hastily—had “drifted up to the auditorium and heard there was something going on at the printery and gone over to see what it was all about.” “Somebody had to vouch for me so I could get in,” he said. “I told the man at the gate I was a Catliolic chap- lain and then they let me in.” He described enthusiastically the huge “wheel cr barrel,” which was in! the room, into which the thousands of | stubs from the charity ball tickets were put and the prize stubs drawn. He ad- | mired it, he said, as “a great advance| over some of the barrels I had seen at| things like that.” R. HARRIS & CO. THE EVENING | STAR, WASHINGTO! GARNER INDORSES ROOSEVELT SPEECH Strikes Direct at Root of Existing Economic Evils, He Declares. By the Associated Press. Speaker John N. Garner today sald in a statement that “Gov. Roosevelt's Sioux City speech struck direct to the roots of ;the evils responsible for ex- isting economic conditions and cannot fail to impress all whose minds are open to sound logic.” ‘The text of the statement con- tinued: “Gov. Roosevelt’s statement in ref- erence to economy in governmental ex- penditures will be of special interest to the overburdened taxpayers of the country, and his assertion that the President has the right and even the duty of taking a moral leadership in bringing about a reduction of State and local taxes, as well as those of the Fed- eral Government, will strike a respon- sive chord throughout the country. “That is the kind of leadership the country needs, leadership which has been denied under this Republican adminis- tration. It is manifest that until the country has leadership of this type there will be very little reduction in the tax burden. “There can be no question that the huge cost of government—Federal, State and local—which has placed upon the people an almost unbearable tax burden, the Grundy tariff and the mov- ing of American capital abroad in the form of loans to ‘backward and crip- pled countries’ and for erection of in- dustrial plants to escape the retaliatory tariffs of foreign countries, are the major causes of existing conditions. “These evils have been brought upon us by lack of leadership and adher- ence to obsolete policies, and Republi- can spokesmen assert there will be no change in either policles or leader- ship in eyent they retain power. “The program and policles Gov. Roosevelt outlined in his Sioux City and previous speeches have an appeal to every man and woman. 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Ehlers, who left the force about 14 years ago, was found ynconscious in his automobile, with a hose running from the exhaust pipe to the seat beside him, it was reported. His widow said he had been in ill health. He formerly served in the old second recinct as & bicycle patrolman and Fnter in the fifth precinct, former asso- ciates on the force said. D. C, GEN. STRONG QUITS AMERICAN LEGION War-Time Chief of 40th Division |nas Scores Portland Stand for Bonus Payment. By the Assoclated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 30.— Maj. Gen. F. 8. Strong, retired, who commanded the 40th Division at Camp Kearney, here, during the World War, said yesterday he had resigned from the American Legion as & result of the stand it took for payment of the bonus at its Portland convention. He said the convention deserted “the high ideals [T BT T T bans BOSTONIAN SHOES A QUALITY STANDARD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1932. upon which the American Legion founded.” o EAU CLAIRE, Wis, September 30 (®)—Right Rev. 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