Tpnm!jfPAiS! V ' - l1 VlS t ((? :xt ;i ".r EVENING- PUBLIC EDOER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1919 ' 1 .Ml. I J ' 1 1 , , MORE ARRESTS HINTED IN NORTH PENN BANK FAILURE; PROBE REVEALS DEFICIT OF $900,000' r I A i., i? I' !r Ik'- IT- More Arrests Seen ' A-t X 14-C'I'Cf'f W lf .sLJCXf-fVl ' Conttnaed From Tate One In that be might make arrangements to K'.t ball. , Up to District Attorney Commissioner of Banking John S , Fisher, by whose ordrr the bank win closed on Friday and whose instructions led to Moyer's arrest, said today that the entire matter of prosecution was ! Bow In the hands of the district attor- I aey here. At 11:20 o'clock Moyer. nqrompn- j nled by his brother and counsel and a j city, detective, left the office of the district attorney and proceeded slowly to tne Bearing room. "When he entered the court room Mr Taulane, who had preceded Moyer, es corted him to the bar of the court The cashier appeared agitated and extremely nervous. He removed his straw hnt when he entered the court room and kept the brim of it continually at his mouth while facing the magistrate. Itn wore n dark serge suit and a light grav over coat. During the hearing Mover kept lui i eyes continually upon the magistrate. In the prisoner's flock lie appeared to be well above medium height, stand - Ing nearly iv feet tall Ili coin-'thrv pleilon is dark and his i-vi- pleasant and sparkling He wears a small Muck moustache His general appearance i that of n successful business man. well dressed but not flnh.i A lodge pin worn in the lapel of his mat was the onh orna ment he wore. Handed Copy of AAlil.-nit Mr. Taulane handed it rnpv of the affidavit to the magistrate and ex plained that the district nttornej s of fice was not then prepared to eop tinue with the rase. He asked that bail he fixed at S'.,."i.OllO for Mover's appearance for a further heaving next Tuesday Thi. Mr. Taulane said. wn the amount of hail .-igreed upon. The magistrate then held the cashier in bail Counsel for Motor stnled that the defendant had been aroused of criminal acts, and as snrh a tho ne. tin cashier had the right to refuse t,, give' any information to the bank examiners because ant statement might he nidged incriminating This right Mover will wane, his counsel stated, nnd added that the cashier would proceed dire.tlt to the bank after hail is furnished Here Moyer would aid the examiners in straightening matters out. it was said Just after the hearing Miltnn Mover, the accused man's father, appeared at City Hall. He and the cashier's brother had been sent for. hut through some misunderstanding wept to the North Penn Bank before proceeding to the district attorney's office. The father left a few minutes later without see ing his son. Depositors in the hank again crowded the pavement in front of the building today. Patrolmen on guard kept the crowd moving The great majority of the depositors who appeared today were women It was announced at the hauk that subscribers to Liberty Iionds through the bank who had made full payment and could identify their property would receive the bonds nex-t Tuesday. Jt was also sap) that other suhsrrib- y ers who had made some, but not full payments, rould appear at the bank on ( Tuesday and that thev would then be told at what institution pavments would be accepted. Moyer left his home at the corner of Third street and Olney avenue at S 1." o'clock this morning. He ran from the rear of his house, lenped a hedge to the pavement and climbed into an auto mobile that drote off rapidlv. He refused to answer anv questions. indicating bv waves of his hand and shakes of his head that he had nothing to say. Accompanied by Lawyer He was accompanied from hi- hone by Mr. Montgomerv. and went directly to City Hall, where they entered Mr. Taulane's private ouVc to wait for Mr. " Taulane. Moyer is a native of Dauphin county, having been born in Lykens. , where his father and his grandfather J. D. Moyer. were engaged for manv years in the tannery business. Moyer worked in one of the Lvkens banks for a number of years after the tannery was closed His father at that time engaged in the real estate bu-i ness. The familv moved about eight years ago to llarrisburg. I'a., where they lived for a short time, and then came to Philadelphia. At 0 o'clock James Vv'. Maenurnev receiver for the bank, and U P. Fergu j son, a bank examiner, visited the pn Vate office of District Attorney R"tan ' in the Libertv Building and went from i & REFINED En tertainment Dancing TONIGHT HOTEL ADELPHIA ROOF GARDEN & PRINCE ILMA QUARTETTE In Their Caravan Songs MAURICE Idol o the New York Four Hundred MARGARET CALVERT Dancing Violinist From Ziegfeld Follies FRANK SHERMAN HELEN BRENNAN Instantaneous Comedian EDDIE FORD Novelty Cartoonist The Coolest Spot in Town Cover Charge One Dollar Dancing Begins 9.30 ! HOME OF NORTH PENN BANK'S CASHIER hw.r -1.t'mw s. ''v1a'W)uA3'(,l f?$i&tomnx I) riling of K.tlpll T. Mnrr. , there to t'.r ,.uVo of Mr T.ml'iu' in i the West i;ui Trust lluililins. H'" ii.nfei-n'd with Mr. Taulane. Mr Mniitjrnmr rplnined that, al though lie ii on nttornej, he ap pean-il vvirl, the i-ti-hii-r n a friend ami not as his I'uiinsel, He said that i' was his intention to expedite a hearing nnd provide for hail. Mr Montgomi ri . who dr. I, if, d he appeared as a friend of Mnet' rather than his attorne) is a rhuhl". veil fneeil iriim. with a very hccrful nature following the hearing tmluv he de scribed li" hi fii st learned of the ,"s,. t a "Near I.llsl inch t Mr w ife w i le diMtti; ,n roof garden m rln Cnliaril" nlcornert and his one of the hot. I liter of the tt . uati lung wh.ii "inar eabllel itn attorney termed a Slinrtlv before mid- night M ''ii'I'Ihhii In the hotel ami nlgnmi-rv paged. When il " i all Mr Montgomery I, nl M l.r ll-i M r d il,.. s.n I il.r ill- .a-lini a-keii him to hp- ni.i' .H tie pn liiiiiu.-ii't Inuring. This Ml Miuitgotlli I'V ollsenleil fo io T'n .ittm i ' v -t.itcil that Mover inisl I issur a formal siat,.mrnt later, explaining the hums alleged to have been made in an an plane i ompaiit and to Charles A Amhhi former state m siirnii'' i'iiimiss.oin'1 . .n well :n other persons and oinn-rth 'hat got loans from the North Penn Bank Mr Montgonvrv. after .linn: that the raslner ha- two , hildten said tlint I... .... ' -sn.-...,' nn n . . , ..... .1.1 1 .. k.. .,'..'1 -..mi- i.ii 'I. , i. i added th.T it is not worth 'vore than smiii. He stateii that the uistuer vvn not extravagant, but on t!i lived erfinomirallv Mover - latvter stated is worth about S7.ini. He stilted that Ihe house will lie taken from Mover under the term" of the ashier's bond A brother of Mover's reached the district ultornev s office a few minutes after Mr. Montgomery and the rashicr arrived. It i believed that Ihe broth er was forinerlv n hisIikt in a West Philadelphia bank. Stands I'p for Rrnthrr "i is a relief to bring things to a culmination." ihe ashier's brother said "If my brother had taken a nn kel lie rould not or hate stood the strain It is simplt a ease of mis- placed philmthropv and friendship 1 intend to stand bv him, and so We believe 'oes mv brother's wife. him innocent of any wrong-doing It is understood that the conference held between Mr. Taulane. the hank receiver nnd the examinei . wa1- on a suggestion made b.v Mr. Montgomery. tv ho said -'(If roiir-r the district ittrirner ha the right to tart rrim'n'il pinrreding Hut I do not know wln'th'T thi. would be best at this turn "If Mover is arrested he might re fuse to talk hrliev mg an' ibmg he might -av might bi nidge. ineriminating. If Bagqara-HraBKSMBwnnaaMnaMnMg SUNDAY EXCURSION $2.50 War Tat -Or Arldltlocal TO NEW YORK rip'l return SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1919 iprr'al r i at s en X utenni1 lli'i' tlen. I.ncill i If it?.. Uridine Termini! t stepping It felnmbli incil.in street. t nyiif .lun. .Iftiklnleivn find N'nlile Rpnirnlnc li-Htes lorl,. t JlrJ -t Ml tl iherli l S I' M Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Queen of Rag MME. LIBRA The Mystery Woman EHKaOHHl kHSap 1 fllfi? - l, :l(W!PWOTFOT'Tv', J.-t: 'mmITT w-jv .sawMi) 4anwuMBwAnawtf I'liird street and (llne.x avenue h nol am still now In might he able to kio the anthoi itn s some informa tion about the men who are really gililM ." To Itilng Criminal Charges depositors, a. eused Moyer of haying giv- , Ml. Mn(,lturney was to the- efTect en inordinately large loans in the form . . .,,,, ,u. . , At the cnferen.e with the assistant' of mortgages to profiteering real estate that Moyer had said that the pccula d.stri.t attorne it n. derided to agent- in the neighborhood. tions began two years ago The corn- bring criminal , Inrges at once At :i meeting of downtown linn. rep- mi-s.oner said that the ; chief task now Mr Taiihine wen, ... his office at resentntives w,,o-e companies had do- XWl'ftrttjl I itt Hall shortlv atler in clock nnd posits in Ihe North Penn Bank, it was I ofl-1(,mi records, to ascertain how and later stated that the cnhier had been decided todav to retnin Owen il.jwhcre the money went. The rornmis arrrsied. JJoberts. of the Morris Building, to look nrioner expressed the opinion that the "He will lie anaigned in central sta-'after their interests. I hank had "overextended itself" nnd had ''mi tn twentv minutes." M,- Tnu- Anniw, .neetim? will l.e held at the I made unwise loans. He was positive l.n. said. Mr. Taulane ndiled that Mover would waive a henrine and hail would lie entered for him It is under-1 Kapni'i-. theatre owner, tviis involved in stood that the twenu minutes- grace t. lmnl.-s ,-IMur(, , a ,.,msidoiahle ex -liciween llie time ot his arrest and the ...... u,..,i i...... iiuwiiifi ;,. .1... hearing was to gite the aroused man .in npprriiinitv to arrange for a bunds man State 15. inking Commissioner I'Vlier declared today that other arrests would' be made if lme.tigiitnui indicated that llien were other guilty persons. Confession DicLired Made Mr 1'isfier anno'inreil nt HuTishurg that Moter had ninde a complete con fession of the condition of the hank and the nu ..-- leading up In it. and that tin nrrest was mdernl bv him as a - -nil of tl onfessinp ! Among other I lnrir-s. y ,. r.ther savs ',fm': ' ' I V I'l Mover told Mr M.lrlSnrnev tlml hn l.n. I ed lip Ihe delnlrllllolis for two tears In substituting loos.,, leaves in the bunk's books when the slate examiners oontrnrt . I V1'-1""' "l' institution. These leaves home, the!"''r, vn made up that tliev .ompletrly coucealed the real (ondition of the bank and made it appear solvent. Mover denied that lie had made a confession, and dip, that anv such Mibstitinn of records had ever been sponsnied lit him He siml lie thought tile berk ttoind still be able to pull through and pat its debts The .ashier said I lint lie had made no money from Ihe hank outside of his salary of .S.1000 a year, nnd thai he , j. iifl his family have but. S.'O al the Present time I Mr. Macl'iumev tried for several , hours last night to get in touch with District Attorney Ilotnn or some one j nf his assistant' to -CHir a warrant i for Motor's arrest, bin was unable to do so and had to postpone that action I until todat Depositors Hold Meeting The news th.T Mover had confe-srd 1 to Commissioner V'-hcr that the hat" "i- short $000 0011 and that tl' '.cnehier's a-rest h.nl been ordered I moused ereiterl nuthurstc; nt a llieptinc il!5 CHESTMUT ST (OPPOSITE KEITH'S) The Summer A SMALL DEPOSIT WILL RESERVE YOUR PURCHASE UNTIL DESIRED The Fur Coats WmmFf The Wolf Sale S24.50 Value $32.50 Mink Sale $27.50 Value 35 00 Fox Sale S32.50 Value $42.50 Stone Marten Sale $45.00 Value $57.60 Hudson Bay Sable Sale $67.50 Value $85.00 Fbher Sale SS9.50 Value $110.00 S125.00 V Mffll TEXT OF AFFIDAVIT ACCUSING CASHIER OF FRAUD IN BANK The complete affidavit against Ralph T. Moyer, cashier of the North Penn Hank, follows: Hobert P. Ferguson, a hank ct nminer for the state of Pennsyl vania, deposes and snys that Ralph T Moyer is and has been for the last two years and upward cashier of North Penn Hank : that the said nnlph T. Moyer did, within two yenrs last past commit willful and malicious perjury in that he signed mil made affidavit to divers reports if the condition of the snld North Penn Bank to the banking cnmmls--inncr as required by law, which suiil reports were false and untrue in dlvei'i and many particulars well lintuvn lo he said Ralph T. Mayer it the tune lie mnde said reports, -igned ami swore to them. And. further, that the said U. T. Mi.tr r within two years last past lid permit and allow nid hunk to talio and rrcrlw" money from illters depositors vvilli the knowledge on his of depositors in Socialistic Hall, Thir- was received at the Capitol by tele tieth and tloulnn streets. ( phone from Mr. MneRurney: The meeting was held for the purpose i m, i, m... w, of organising depositors. William D. . Where the Mnne Went (!crv. one of the attorneys! representing I The story of the confession received office of the Jefferson Theatre, Twent.t - lillitli street below I l.uipliin. tonight. I.. , I' . .1 MIL'' II llt.i.i.l -,.,..,. ... of tho bank's creditors, in this group, "tlmt we do not want in nil wa.v to, interfere with steps taken for the bene fit of depositors nl large, tint we thought it best to safeguard our interests bv re taining able counsel. We would wel-i-iiiiic iminiries fi nm other creditors, al though tin meeting tonight i in no sense piibln The capital of the hank is only $1.10,- 00(1. A lull a snirnt against the stockholders, permitted under the law, would be far from niinling the great shortage. What other assets arc left is yet uncertain. On Sunday Prputt Commissioner P. (I. Cameron tried to obtain n statement from the cashier, but the man refused to give any infoi ination. He was in formed that Ihe cominon wealth, would gain the desiied facts, even without his i-o-operat'on. ami esterday when he went to the hank he broke down iom pletely and confessed. Mr. Cameron later returned to Har risljurg, where Mr Pisher had gone previously. The commissioner con f en ed ttitli the liovernor ou (lie offer of (tt-o banks in the central section of the citv to take over the wrecked In stitution, nnd to operate it in the fu ture on a more stable basis as nn up town branch After loo conference the ilramntii" news of Mover's confession THE WHITE ENAMEL FOR WOOD-METALQR PLASTER (JTflll Stores o or Thom5onWboj Finishing Co. xncssus posits is represented by those who met. pay the people in tile Pittsburgh Life "It must he nnilersiood." snid oneinnil Trust Company. The S'Jl'T.OOO in NOTE: We accept Liberty Bonds. We accept purchasing agents' orders Charge Accounts Solicited. FUR S Marmot Coats $97.50 selected skins. Value $125.00 Trimmed Marmot Coats .... $125.00 raccoon collar and cuffs. Value $159.50. Natural Muskrat Coats $125.00 fine dark skins. Value $159.50' Australian Seal Coats $127.50 lustrous skins. Value $165.00 Australian Seal Coats $195.00 beaver, natural squirrel or nutria collar and cuffs. Value $245.00 Hudson Seal Coats $195.00 full furred skins. Value $245.00 Trimmed Hudson Seal Coats $325.00 natural squirrel collar and cuffs. Value $410.00 Trimmed Mole Coats $375.00 natural squirrel collar and cuffs. Value $470.00 Natural Squirrel Coats $375.00 fine dark blue skins. Value $470.00 Scarfs The Stoles, Best Values Ever! Seal Sale $47.50 12x72 In. Value $53 60 Mink Sale $67.50 10x70 In. Value $85 00 Mole Sale $75.00 10x70 In. Value $95.00 Natural Squirrel Sale 597.50 10x70 in. Value $122.60. I part that the said hank was in solvent, "And, further, that the said Ralph T. Moyer, within two years last past did fraudulently embewle, abstract nnd willfully appropriate to the use of other persons nnd companies money, funds, securities and proper ties belonging to the North Penn Hank as well as money, funds, se curities and property left with said bnnk as special deposits and other wise. "And. further, that the said It. T. Moyer, within two years last past did replace and rehypothecate stocks, bonds andVtcriirltlcs received by said hank as security for money lent nnd borrowed without (ho consent of the parties pledging the same. "And, further, that the said It. T. Moyer within two years last past did, with intent to defraud, destroy, niter, mutilate and falsify the books, papers, writings and securities be longing to the said North I'enn Itnnk." in announcing that persons who received ...... Illnn.tll, ivniilil llnvn in mill -..jHniion It. is not believed that the confession of Moyer will interfere with the plans 1 i of the State Insurance Department to tlie bank is believed to lie protected. It I was announced in llarrisburg that In- I surancc Commissioner Thnmux H. Don-1 nldsnti would immediately ask thei courts of Allegheny county to approve distribution of the 72'.., per cent al iotted to persons affected in Pittsburgh. If the courts consent, 10.000 checks! will lie issued nt once. The $227,000' in the North Penn Rank would be in- ' eluded in the distribution. I Governor Sproiil would not announce his attitude toward the offers of other hank to handle the af-.iirs of the dis- , CHILDREN'S WALL TENT :- I' K-s crri'i inn i, xMnthm In th fret J.X'--'Bor buck ysrit, tr ".s- S nlr will ilo th: ceoil l.ot." nf tun. 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Sale r?-Svr JJ w Li1 aT.Jx Wm 7f'lL m ffl ln the sea,ed package Vl k 1 fVwi!m m m that keeps all its good- M m riSJ.7uirWTLL STICK TO MY HUSBAND, ennrmmiu oliortnpp. trill inrerfern svitli I ' the carrying out of any of the several propositions. Mr. MacBurney said last night that he had not been Informed of the proposals made by the banks, but that this phase of the matter had been placed In the hands of tho Governor directly. Among depositors who were utterly fooled as to the condition of the bank nnd who removed their money from other hanks to put it in the North Penn Bnnk wns Charles Xeely. druggist, nt Twenty -ninth and Gordon streets. For twenty years he had been in business within sight of the now defunct insti tution. He was offered a directorate In the spring, and accepted it, on the assurance that the hank was in ster ling financial condition. More Arrests Hinted in Failure of Bank Continued Fmm Pane One from its discovery The latter came w'hen it was found that Insurance Com missioner Ambler had deposited over $400,000 of state funds in the North Penn. The loans mnde by Moyer against this sum are not yet known, but they will be made known publicly within n day or so, it is believed. The amounts lent on commercial paper were within S200.000 in round numbers of the total deposits of the bank. In spite of ail secrecy the name 0f former Commissioner of Insurance Am- I bier persists in coming to the front in connection with the institution's trans actions in the way of liberal loans. FIRST-CLASS AUTO REPAIRING Lowest prlcea consistent with good work- tnanhlp. WEST ARCH GARAGE ' G237 Arch Street 50 Upright Pianos SHghtlv Used ; Fine Con dition, at Special Prices and Terms During July S65Ud fc-"-. iy HiHMSi ; G.W.HUVERCO. Wf. jiUtlOjIySQ 1031-33 Chestnut St. Sfg 3 ' " i KtHHk r Jr i i tA era eSH Q iwji hi BKflE-i'a .A l r A W J ffiH VS ft. A Sf I IHH Ms-slssMBiiflBMp?fiAilBMjKfflTW-ftiCpifjrfyn5iiff a ug&- Jw largest- -j gpW 'mJPj selling gum g ' i ?!? world nat- pjjlf B . urally has to have BB ; IHS a package worths SHBB 1 WBmm of its contents9 SSSB '1 fo Wtmmm So ook for wBtmm 4 3l TsBB WEA n r-i- s m sam ara WM Hl M DECLARES Mrs. Ralph T. Moyer, Whoso Husband Is Under Arrest, in North Penn Failure, Asserts "Time Will Correct" The arrest of her husband in connec- I which gives evidence of quiet Comfort, tlon with the collapse of the North Penn i Large trees shade the wide porch on the Bank has not caused Mrs. Ilalph T. south and west, and Ihe house is stir Moyer to waver the slightestdegree in i rounded by a well-kept Inwn. her affection or in her confidence in j Other houses in the same nelghbor h'm, hood bear the same annenrnnce of holni- Moyer is cashier of the bank. "I'll stick b' my husband to the end, .but aside from that I have noth ing to say," snld Mrs. Moyer today at her attractive and romfortable home on the northwest corner of Third street and Olney avenue. , "I mny have a statement to make later on, hut just now I am waiting developments." Mrs. Moyer, who is a nice-looking woman, waved aside nny questions re garding domestic life and expressed herself as willing to let time take care of the opinion of those interested. "Time tnkes care of all such things," she snid, "provided the errors are the kind that time can correct." As Mrs, .Moyer was speaking a young girl about twelve years of aire missed through the room immediately behind ' the reception hall. I Sitting back perhaps twentv feet from ! the street, the home of the Moyers is a large, detached frame and stone house, Reduce the Dangers of Motorboating to a Minimum There is always danger of a gasoline engine catching fire. He ready for such an emer SiBicy. 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