Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1910 — ORDER OF EAGLES OUSTS 4 OFFICERS [ARTICLE]

ORDER OF EAGLES OUSTS 4 OFFICERS

Charged with Graft in Handling Money Orders. The trial committee at St Louis of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, after a forty-eight hour session, has reported to the Grand Aerie convention at the Olympic theater, a finding of guilty in the case of four men who are charged with graft in handling the money orders in the purchasing of supplies. On a viva voce vote the men were expelled from the order. The trial committee asked that only three of the men be expelled, Edward Kraus, of Wilmington, Del.; Martin Gray, of New Haven, Conn., and Thomas Hayes, of Newark, N. J. Kraus was formerly grand worthy president and the others are members of the grand worthy officer’s bench. The committee found that Bernard J. Monogahan, although possibly conversant with the discrepancy during his term of office, was not necessarily to be expelled. After the viva voce vote had expelled the other three, members from all parts of the hall arose to make motions to oust Monogahan. The charges upon which the four men were expelled were that in dealing with Aeries in the purchase of supplies they were mixed up in a money affair which amounted to about $6,400. San Francisco Eag'les who are attending the convention, are enthusiastic over the prospects of Theodore Bell, Democratic candidate for governor of California. Not only are they predicting his election as governor, but they have already started a boom for Bell for the vice presidency in 1912.

After the Bell-Hering forces had won another victory in changing the constitution to read so that the vice president no longer becomes president the next year, Grand Worthy President Frank E. ‘ Hering fell from his chair at the meeting and was picked up from the Olympic theater stage in a faint and,carried to his hotel.