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EVENING PUBLIC MDGE PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919
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HBISHOP SELECTS
.HEW SECRETARY HERE
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TBw; Rev, Joseph A. Whitaker,
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S. T. L., Is Given
Appointment
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AN ARMY CHAPLAIN
AMvuti r i i. ....i
t av1""11"' 1miKUCilj uuuunuvvii.
gijtfeU afternoon that he lincl appointed no
lhto private, fecrctary the Uev. .lo;tiih
Q 'A', TThltakcr, S. T. U, ulin hn jii't
S?t retnrneil from France, whore he ervecl
't ft -i , . . .. . .
3 n cnnpinin in me unnpimi nt .evcr.
Thn hospital cared for about -10.000
5j wounded and Nick oMIcrs, nut. Fath.r
itf ttkli..1 .1 - ,.- .-.-.I.-II- ..1
"n"ui- wan me oniy v uiunur ciiuii
SJain admtnlsterlnc to them.
j 'Xhe appointment of Father liitakrr
tiunv ns u surprise, no was nwirrcii
out w the service at Camp I)K otily
esterday, and still ear hla uniform.
lo had the rank of llrst lieutenant.
Tlie new nrcliienlscopal secretary
succeeds to an oifice that has boon in
cant since the appointment of Mon
sien,Qr Weneeslnim J. Walsh to the
iTCtorjuhip of St. ltrldget's Church,
Falls of Schuylkill. Mnniijrnor Wnl-h
nni secretary to the late Archbishop
l'rcndergant and continued tn act as
t-eeretary to Arclibi-hop Dougherty for
Wmc time after the hitter (nine hen- as
metropolitan.
Father AVhitnker was bom in Shen
andoah, l'a., April 1H, 1.S77. and edu
cated for the priesthood at the Over
brook Seminary ami the American Col
lege, Home. lie as ordained tn the
priesthood Jinj L'S, 1001. and the fol
lowing month was appointed an as
justniit to Monsignor Crane at the
Church of St. Francis de Stiles, Forty
ccyentli street and Springfield avenue.
We remained there until November,
1010, when ho was made rector of St.
Stephen's Church, 1'ort Carbon. In
December, 1014, he was appointed a
member of the fticiiltj of the Ovcrbrool
Seminary. Soon after the entrance of",K "m,m "' ."'n!' '";"v ,"' """""'"
fl.e rnlte.1 St.it.., in It... u-nr lie M..liuJ ir.uion is u.ciucu, ciqucs 01 anj
listed as a chaplain to the Nineteenth
Engineers.
He Was a Brute, k
8aj)s Strang's Wife
Contlnnfi l"rom 'Tate Ono
ot his money, he said 'That's my busi
ness, and then he would nbtisp me."
Mrs. llnrold Farmer, who lives with
f"Mrs. Caldwell'" in the Cynwyd house,
' was standing with her sister on the
porch during the interview. She, too,
Is flaxcu-huired. The two women looked
at each other as if to nk, "Shall we
tell all?"
Suddenly Strang wife Hew into a
long stream of comersatiou rcgardiui
... . ..... It
;me man sne marrtisi anu who sue is.
l now suing for divorce on grounds of
Idescrtion and cruel and barbarous treat
ment.
ell," she said, "it was like this:
ii.Knv lAn.'a l:,.n 1111 . T .i-nu ,t.
nit VL. . .. .
Ka' wmmo a party in tae i.eneviie. The
IS.f i'mitinVpiecze' in the party was a man
Eg! who calleil liimselt Jumcs E. Caldwqll.
Kp, , ne said nc was related to the jewelers.
W0t spent money like water, bought just
TntVlrtf -ine nnil nnl.l hn .lll f.m ll.n
FAenUre parry, lie was a great sport
r' i and apparently a fine young man. I
JsS ,tftoa 1.. 1 - . !. ..tK. I
Lu i-s1 iul "'i- iiiui. iiiKiit, uccuuse
Irt he started to call on me and we became
treat, friends.
'"Everything went along splendidly
(ml In Apill we were mariied. JIv
naidcn name was Julia (Jl.ib. He
lways had big rolls of money and as
Isooa as we were married we moved to
(he Hotel Adelphia, where we had u
tuiitui nuartment. Then it was that
posed as, a New York stock dabbler.
"e had five automobiles. Tn' the fall
purchased this Cjuwyd house and
ved out here. His love cooled and
aril he left me I began suit for
brce. on April 0."
'And what are your plans?"
'I'm going to live right here. Why
buldn t I he gnvl- me this house."
For twenty-four hours. Mrs. Cald-
111 denied that she was the wife of
bank clerk. She and her sister.
Farmer, were seen yesteiday on
streetK of Cynwyd. She wile ap
ached, but said her name was Itose
and thnt Mrs. Caldwell was n
city. This morning Mrs. Farmer
hied thnt the other young woman was
rs. Caldwell.
Four Sisters; AH Look Alike
li'ily sister is not here. She is in
Ike city. She left daj before wtrrda ,
I'nd I knew nothing about this Strang
affair until I picked up an evening
paper in Uroad Street Station. There
re four sisters of us. and we all look
blike. Yes, Mr. Caldwell is a brute.
Fand my sister is biilng him for a di-
iVorce, He did not pay cash for the
I kouser but put down $-t,"0U and carried
KUtKfU on a mortgage."
he neighbors, however, f-uld that the
tng woman iu black was Mrs, Cald-
"Sure that s her," said the
today, wheu he cuine to deliver
rThs Teporter then went to the door
Lad. renewed his request. The nretty
?Hfle,"!fe appeared at the door.
Tar '!Ko." she said, "f nm not Me
, Caldwell. That s my sister.
"Hut the neighbors and tho grocery
fettn fcr ypu are Mr. Strang's wife."!
iiji'Vell, then, I am. What do jou
;. wuntrl never Mean ol tins Strang ner
tWB.untll I read of him in the news-
' pjie'ri. He xvas James Caldwell to uie."
Strang's marriage to Miss ("ilah was
iHarto his rapid courtship und mar-
riaet.Miha Catharine Dew aid, daugh-
a "fitiJ.M' John S. Dew aid, 2713
liTtttrteentb street, tie wooed and
m. ;., r i.i , .
Mr 'la rapiu lusuion, squanuering
(r'ia,cafe, giving five-dollar tips
.mA inallfl.. nnil finnll. a.nHu.. n .It..
P"sl,'M-,'VAD M,,w """"J i'i--..uuiini
-l?fi lnno with lilm tn I'lll-lnn
th exnendltures brought censure
r'.tbe. family and his wife, result-
1 npiarrelu and finallj in a divorce
tf belere h(t met Jitss uiali,
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d 'Clue, of Mletlng Physician
rr, Aug. J, Dr. S. O.
Txnatim. of Bradford, reported miss-
iu trum kV borne since last week, wan
MlTlIWJ'Ki ouuuo, uu 111a ; iu
ns conrerbcu rim a iiar
can ou that date. Since
e. ,10 traco of Dr. Ilaunum hat)
ffm faiwifj
L.-M3. Uotaunialn' Qraus Wraknp
JStn,r Antr if-tm-w itswBier.
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FISHER TAKES REFUGE
BEHIND BANKING ACT
Commissioner Dodges Vital
Questions and Refers to Law
as Reason for Stand
State Ranking Commissioner Fisher
has parried vital questions concerning
i ffalrs Rt tho scuttled North l'enu Hank
by dodging behind Section 12, act of
lay 21, 1010.
The section follows:
"Neither the commissioner of banking
lor any deputy examiner or etnploje
f the banking department rhall directly
r indirectly wilfully exhibit, publish,
Ivulge, or make known to anj person
cr persons, any record, report, state
i tent, or other mntter, fait or thing
lotitolncd in said department or ascer ,
t lined from auy of the same or from
t nj examination made under the pro
isious of this act, excepting in such
i innncr as is expressly authorized b
this act, and excepting when the pro
uction of such information in a pro I
i ceding in any court is duty required
1 y subpoena Issued by special order of
1 lie court or other legal process,
"And any violation of the provisions
if this section shall he a misdemeanor,
'lion rnmiction whereof, the person su
(lending shall lie sentenced to pay a
ne not exceeding $1000 and hall be
ismisscd fiom his emplujinent in snid ,
cpartinent. I
"t'rmided. however, that the com- i
lissiouer of banking on the written re-
uci-t or consent of an) corporation au-
ihorized b H'soltition o ikIuiiikI of ill- i
rotors or on the written icquiM or con-
ent of any person under the super- j
isuin of the kinking department niny.
iscnss with any adiisorj lommittee e
vtctl by the commissioner Mich matters
elating to the tinuiicinl condition of
tlch corporation or person as the coin
i lissiouer may deem pertinent to the re
1 abilitatiou theieof.
"And piovidi'd furtlicr. that the cnin
1 lissiouer may ou like request or con
eut furnish to the Federal ltesere
lank of the dish id in which the bank-
potts or parts tin reof or any inform.i
I i in in his possession relating to such
i oi iorntiou for the iii-e of said board or
I I auk.'
Real Looters Not
Named in Bank
''ontlnneit From I'tme (Inn
tailey Huilding. He kept the men
'.citing for nuire than tin hour this
Timing. His lawjcr. William Mor
tan AIontgomer . is with him.
It was explained at Colonel I'usey's
ffice that the accused cashier Is going
i ver tho hnnlfu nT tile h.ifik ,mmf,,i
i lit which overdrafts arc good and which
i ic worthless
iio.Slte"usl',IJI'to'' t0 "" t'11' "ro,lN" Tho'avtor although he knew how badl
rJSl 1,1,, "....! inmpaiiy deported altogether about ' e in need of men in the Hanking
tiv infill-milt
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,e,sm teuattKwoit,.. not ne mime pull-,
ic by him, but must come, at a titer
ilnte fhrmif'li the suite l,i-t i,
a tmen '
ilore than fiftv nnrrrv ilmtnitinri, .....
I eared at the bank this morning ; ;. '
I enrcii at me uanu tins morning in re-
iponse to a statement made last week
ly James W. MacHurnev. the receive!
that 'bank books would 'be reci'lved mi
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..ugust l. This Jlr. MacHurnev a.
lotiiiced to newsntinerme,, vt,n ,t,
lepositors appeared todai. the third '
false alarm, Mr. MacHurnev sent out I
r.-ord that he hatl made no such state-
I)pnt-
Mojer Willi Tusey
The cashier, who is at libeily under
J2.",000 bail, was doeted until a late
lour last night with Mr Cameron anil'
Colonel I'usci and with Uecciwr Mac
Hurney and Deputr Attorue Ceueral
M.wrs iu Colonel I'usey's office.
"I am the gnat," Mowr was minted
!.s saying soou after his arrest, and
le is said to have threatened a com
plete revelation unless "otlteis impli
tated" told their sforj.
If, Mojer has made good his promise
the state lmestig.itors are remaining that a large sum had been stolen trom ing institution. They make their ex-t-ilcnt
about it. Orders came fmm tlie the bank, he determined to tell what i n,untloi i and immed'iiitelv rvnort to the
lltntc Hanking Department at Harris-
burg enjoining absolute silence on the to the receiver, but submitted the fol
part of the commonwealth's probers. , lowing statement. Although made out
Hoy Mojer, brother of the accused in the form of an affidavit it was not
cashier, declared two examinations were I subscribed to before a notary:
made of the ?sorth Venn Hank last
.war, while former Congressman I.afean
was commissioner of banking.
Thc present state officials arc reluc
tant to disclose when the examinations,
v.ere niauc
Want Strang
Strang is to be the next einplo.w in
terrogated b the district attornej's
oflic e.
While District Attorne Itotnn's d
(Id haunts in Atlantic City for a few
nights.
A garage man iu Atlantic City, who
l.as read of Strang and seen his nie-
uire in me newspaper, ueileves he M
the ouo who came to his garage late
jesterdny, showed feverish haste in
1 aving gasoline put iu his car and de
parted, remarking that ho would be
late in reaching New York city.
Mrs. Kmma Strang, his ntiut. Is a
piest at the Hotel Jackson. Today she
e'eified knowledge of her nephew's
whereabouts, and said she had not seen
-ottn.. ...no's nhilitv n,.,l snid i, ,,
been smoessfii in his investments. To
the guests site said that the revolutions
icgardiug the man .were a decided shoi k
to her, but she did not belleie them
Strang, investigators say, was mar
lied in April, 1018, under thc name of
E. Caldwell, and is said to have in
itialled his wife iu a 510,000 home on
the Main Line.
That some one used the name of the
lite J. K. Caldwell was recalled by
William 11. Kiscuhowcr, of the jewelry
lirm.
"One case occurred some time ago."
raid Mr. Elsenhower. "1 remember
limply that some one represented him-
1 elf to be either ,Mr. Caldwell or a
jelative bearing thc same name. An I
lemember, no criminal purpose wn. dis
closed and the matter was shortly
Cropped. Mr. Caldwell himself mani
fested considerable interest in the case.
I do not recall whether he ver learned
the name of the person Impersonating
lira.
"The other instance occurred some
months ago in a downtown cafe. A
joung man wearing the uniform of a
ravnl officer appeared at the manager'
office and introduced himself as J. R,
Caldwell. Jr., ton of Mr. Caldwell. He
presented a check to havj cashed. The
proprietor casnru a cnera, ana learned
wtthtn a few days that the check was
vwtfcViwf."
Willie nistrict Attornej Itotnn s de-ii. ," .
tectives say they "can put their hands"!
in Strang whenever they desire, it isOvaJ
known that lie has not fremientcd his!, . "
SUMMER HOMES OP CLERKS IN
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'earned jesterdny thnt he had been
implojed as a bo by S. .1 llicbcn, a1
'ormer director of the bank. Iticbcn '
was the indirect cause of a run on the'
''forth I'eiin Hank sonic years ago. He
vas interested in a western mining'
roject, and withdrew $10,000 of his
I i eposit there to go West to make al
i personal investigation of the properties.
A rumor got about that linked this
up with some other oircumstaiiLcs nud '
llrought a Hock of depositors about the
institution which at the time hud con- ,
Itlderable difficulty iu weathering the
litorm. Strang was then the paying
! 1 filer. Uieben returned to Philadelphia
lor a time, hut has since returned West.
He also registered as a director of the
hank.
Colfiesli, who was on the verge of a
liie.ikdown lust Tuesday at Mo.ier's
1 earing in Central Station, has recov
i red his "nerve" ami was smiling and
lontidcut when he reached the hank this
morning. I
The "Motor Sales and Sen ice Com- ,
l'Htii. of which ColfJesh is now re-
waled ns secritnr.i, was formed on
lurch 7. 1010. when a partnership
rgrci incut was driwn up between Mrs.
Sniah F. McClclinn, of l).irb. Win-
held H. Kates, of IIOIO North Twent-
Mth street, and Colllesh, who is,
Kates's uncle. '
Kates is on the books as treasurer, '
mid .1. It. McClcllan, the husband of
the woman partner, is ccnci.il manager.
yOllan, Kates and Coltlesh each re
,, dennvitr.l nltoi-
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',"'"" "! ,lu , oltl '"" ' ,ncl i
draft, when r hcckei up josterda. was
' '"' to he 1.-...)h) instcd of?io.000.
ill the checks lieing Mgueti tiy itites,
tuo nephew ot Uolllesh. as tieastiier.
.. married list June and
. Jt's Married last Ji ni aim
'""s "nl' a fcw l',,1-s (rom l olm,sh-
l1Ic ":'s iu thc nlt(lobiI,-, busliiess be-
f,., ininiii" u-itli I'nlllesll mill Mis Mc-
loie joining with lomesii ami .mis. .ut
I Cleilau in the Motor Stiles concern,
wn,rh l,a,l,ll,,s second-hand curs.
II wa" SJ,l .vest-'I"lla.v l' oue of the
investigators that the compuuy has
done" such a nourishing business sini e
its incention. and has smh a supph
,f accessories and used automobiles ou
hand that it will probably be able to
make good its Sl.'.OdO overdraft. i
The startling statement of Joseph
Friedman that he had seen (iottlicb
Fpple. the bank messctiger, take bags
of 'tioitei out of the bank lute at night
mail times, is being investigated by
Iteceiver Macllurncy.
Friedman lives at "J I." North Holly
wood street. He had ?,-'."il on deposit
at tlie bank. When he read yesteiday
that the limbers were of the opinion
he knew. He wns refused admittance
I, Joseph Friedman, IM.n North
Hollywood street, do hereby swar that
I have seen .Mr. l-pplo, tlie Hauls runner,
in Mr. Mojer s ollice auout o:.i p. m.
in the evening, pack n suit case full of
money ami carry same out of the bank
for the last J ear anil a half. This I
have seen from the back of the syna
gogue which I attend every day and also
for the lat oue und a half months.
Fverj time Mr. Ilpple sees mc he starts
ml tries to keep out of my
Lafean Assails
Fisher in Bank Case
rnlltiusl Fnm no On
the North I'enn Hank?
I had nothing
to do with that. That was Charlie
Ambler' work. (Charles A. Ambler,
late insurance commissioner, who was
removed by Governor Sproul.) lie did
ll"
Why Delay? He Aski
"Yes, I understand Ambler hns
lie owed if they would send him a state
incut of his account. And why don t
tliej send him a statement and let him
paj .' Why delay.' Me s a uusiuess
man, not overly wealthy perhaps, but if
Ambler says he'll pay I think his word
can be relied .upon.
l venture a pmiicuou. 1 mess inry
I P4k:??
toon clear out all those offidals get ; he hn(, n an(j a ,,onsidcrable
rid of 'em-ruse. Hotan. Cortelyou ., lu that b(...tiou of lhp olty.
nnd the rest engaged in this ii.vestiga- j . b j ukp(li IIe-w flnc ,nau
tion. and who are burning up the assets b , ,
"f-i hV b'm, J ohaneoaof .et Z Sei to telephone him and ask his health
will have 11 tic chance of getting back ' , Philadelphia. If Moyer,
much of their money Hi the end, ... i i i n j .i
" nvcstigatlons always cost money-a ' Mer l Ulm, a.m' l the
whole lot of money-ami you can rest,v"ool' over his eye, he a certainly a
assured that every dollar spent upon 6od oue.
the Investigation is going to be a charge ' "Mojer never seemed to me to be the
upon the assets of the bank. The longer I kind of a man they now my he is. I
they keep the Investigation going und ilou't seem able to picture Moyer as a
the financial tires burning, the more'crooK. m aim i iw in n ra wt
money the depositors will lose.
"Hut I'm done talking. I'm through,
want action.
Cites IjicIi of Men
The great trouble with bank ciaml-
nations in Pennsylvania," continued
Mr. I.afean. warming to the subject (n-
roduccd by his interrogator, who sought
loforma'tion as to the system in vogue
la making examinations of financial In-
Ftitutlons, "lias been the lack of mens
food men, bookkeepers: and accountants,
a Bnilners.. W'e had but twenty wleu
J wai banking comnilxsloner. netK
" I Hv I.iiIb r i'tiutn StrMiu
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i Jij.-.'.-cSi2 JZH'" 'w'-M'os-j '?SS-s..
The upper pliotngiapli shows the $10,u0() home In latches lane, Cynwyd,
formerly mcupled by ICIwood Strang, who was i:iin? teller of the North
I'ciiii liauk at $:'.. a wceli. The lower picture shows the bungalow of
Walter O. Colfiesli at Wlhhvood, N. J. The latter got S25 a wee; as
, brad bookkeeper of the bank
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institutions in the state. Probably
tuere are mole uow.
"' asked the Legislature for ten nddi-
tioual examiners. The bill passed the
House and lirst and second lending iu
" oenaic. out it was netii cp ror l'o
1 litical reasons. My appointment va
Department, did nothing to help" the
.,..'. nf tll ,,in
passage ot tlie bill,
"I n.T. as banking commissioner,
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them for any spec tied tine. The
i,iir n s their services w ere
H ,... long as their sirMies were
satisftictorj. I d
SOUlC old ellllllo.V
l
I mm. .
es because of iucom-
Ills Ideas In New Iiw
"Tllis lu' luw uu,l,'r "lli(" tllP-v nrc
now woikitig embodies Ideas of mine.
helped to frame it, that the Hank-
ing Demirtment might be icorgauized.
Now. a (oinmissiouer of banking can
haw a mauv etaniincrs us he chooser,
one to a hundred. I was limited a to
pai and the number of men. Two of
,nj best men left for better paying posi-
tions. A good nccouiitant can cam
,,.,. than IfJltKIO a .war and that was
,... !,!.
"You ask me if bank examiners usu
ally advise tlie banks they have been or
deii'tl to examine of tlteir coming?
'Jlnt certainly not! They are de-
toiled to eviimine some cei-tliin linnk-
oanhiug iiepaituicut wiieu tncy ittne
finished It. Then they nie detailed to
some other bank."
"How is It then," Mr, I.afean was
asked, "that Moyer, the cashier of the
North Penh Itiuk was tintiareiith.
able so accurately to gunge the coniin
v)st nf tC ban). r.Xuminor anil to havr
the bookkeeper, Colfiesli,, as was t t i -
ln.l nf Alm.nn'c tinmtnrl ltn fl.n lto.tl.-'
llli Hi ..mi ri in III liifli iiiiii nil- uann -i
books and other t coords from pencilul
notations he gave him?
"Well." was the replv. "Of course,
he may have been told by the examiner
that he was coming, but I hardly think
so.
"You see, the usual custom is fori Three Institutions In Trouble
a bank examiner to enter the bank h-l -'i:uin I canuot state what hiforma
proposes examining abmlt .'. o'cloeWtjon waH eft Inp bv Mr jMfeaii wl)
in the afternoon. That is usually thej t0l)k offi,,(, l!l(,r; worp . jnst;tu.
plo."l',I5 M,0Ur- , .. , 'itiniis which needed the attention of the
"Well count jour cash he .an- department. One will be rehabilitated
imiim-es. inn lunvn "uuir iiu., r" "
hnns. Then the examiner leaves
the bank is closed, and the examiner's
next visit is the following day.
Time-'Given to Change Uooks
"Of course, in tlnj interval, in the
night hours, there would be sufficient
time for alterations to be made to books
and records, to make a good showing
upon the arrival of thc examiner to
continue his work.
"Yes, I know Moyer. the cashier of
the North Penn Hank. I also know Mr.
(iabell and Johu J. (Srclis, the city
.ns(,tr,lt,,l both directors, and Mr.
s,n,.,Pi. the president. Michel is a
.falter, 1 believe. Somehow ho never
'ceemed to uie to be the kind of mau to
. , , hank nrp.ldeuny. Hut. I sun
'You ask mo what criticism I made
of the examinations of tho North I'euu
Hank which wero made while I was
still banking commissioner?
"Don't jou know you ought not to
ask me uca nucatloos 'tne law lor
fjita the disclosing of any Information
concerning any banking Institution by a
fcnnklog commissioner or any of hU aa-
soclatcs. I ' still hold to the injunc,-
tloo.
''Did I ever get any money from
the North l'enu Hank?
"Not personally, no! I nver, bor
rowed a dollar from that bank, iu my
BANK MIX-UP
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it while I was banking commissioner.
I went out of ollice on Jiinunry "1,
l!)l!l. On Fibrimry 8, 1HW, with other
directors of n corporation in which I
was interested, two notes for ?'J."00
each, $.1000 in all, were made and the
money borrowed from the North l'enu
Hunk. The note represented gilt-edged
security. The indorsers' combined
wealth would total several millions, I
guiss. Any hank would have been glad
to have discounted the paper.
"Hoth of these notes, fell due last
Wednesday, July HO, and both were
"aid. One was paid through our local
bank here in York, which had received
it for collection in the regular course
of business. The other note was paid
through, the Oirard Notional Hank, of
Philadelphia. We, of course, have the
canceled note.
"Why did we arrange to borrow the
money from the North IVnn Hank?
Whv not? I knew the president, the
cashier and some of the directors. It
was a purely business matter and the
amount desired small. In our business,
in the course of a year, we probably
borrow half a million dollars. I could
hoi row $100,000 from several Philadel
phia banks."
The state bnnkiug commissioners, dur
ing the period in which fraudulent ma
nipulations and steals seemed to have
had free rein in tlie North l'enu Hank,
were William II. Smith, now dead, who
resWiud in ill health on January 1,",
1017, after serving as commissioner
since 1110!), and fouuer Congressman
I.afean. appointed by Covernor Hrtini
bnugh to succeed Smith April 21, 1017.
He went out of office January 21, 1010.
The present commisMoncr, John S.
Fisher, .siicccedejj him.
Mr. Fisher was Indignant when in
formed of the Lnfenn attack.
"As far as I am concerned." lie said.
"mj lips nre sealed by Section 12 of !
the act of May 21, 11110, which forbids
I . , , t . '
"!,v ,one .in,t,,p ',,,,c,nK "M"'"tment to;
uivii'ko luiurui'uion contained in the!
recotds except by authority of a court
the Federal Ile.seive Hank or at the re.
lest of the directors of any banking
house.
I am two 1 nil tltlteil."
Will one of these two be the North
I'enn?" he was asked.
"Vcs."
"I am surprised." he went .011. "that
Mr Lit fen 11 attacked those who are at
tempting to correct a condition left on
our hands by his administration. Now,
as tar ns Ills charges are concerned
regarding the great expense, the only
additional expense will bo the mouev
paid to Colonel Pusey, as Investigator,
and of Jlr. (loldsmith. the nccountuut.
We had to have somebody to do this
work. The examiners ore the regular
state employes, and no additional ex
pense is incurred by them."
"And how will Colonel Pusey and
.Mr. (ioldsmitli be paid?"
"Out of tlie assets of the bnuk."
"Whnt will be their fees?"
"I do not know."
"Have you anything to say regardlug
Mr. I.ufeau's attack personally?"
"When the right time comes we&wlll
show what Mr. I.afeail's knowledge and
interests were lu the North I'enn
Hank."
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WHEN HERE CHARGE
HOUSING VIOLATIONS
Churchwomen's Leader De
clares Many Homes Have No
Drainage or Water Supply
'EDUCATION" IS NEGLIGIBLE
Hundreds of tumbledown houes in
this city hnve no drainage, many have
no water supply and the standards set
by law arc not maintained.
This statement was made by Mrs.
William II. Abbey, chairman of jhe
churchwomen's housing committee, In
a letter to Director Krtisen, of the
Department of Health nud Charities.
The -letter was in reply to an article
in the .Tune number of the health bu
reau's bulletin in which It was stated
that the chief remedy for bad housing
condition is "money nnd education."
Sajs "Education" is Negligible
In her reply, Mrs. Abbey said,
among other things:
"The contention of the church
women's housing committor is that
there arc great numbers of utterly unfit
houses offered to people as dwellings.
who have 110 choice but to inhabit
these houses or be on the street, nnd
thnt no amount of 'education' can teach
people sanitary habits who are com
pelled to accept insanitarj living con
ditions. "i'011 say the chief remedies for bad
housing are 'money and education.' As
churchwomen we must dissent from
this statement.
"Money and education arc of great
importance, but over and above both,
is the necessity for recognizing the
truth of Mr. Itoosevelt's declaration,
applying it to our city, that it 'can
not be a good place for anj of us to
live in, until It is a good place for all
of us to live in.'
"Heforc such a spirit, obstacles will
go down, money will be forthcoming,
and Philadelphia become iu truth a
'city of homes,' meeting the chullenge
of a true democracy, that 'vcry child
has the right to be born und reared un
der such 'conditions as will make for
health, both physical and moral; able
to give' worthy and worthwhile citi
zens to city, state and nation.
"It goes without saying that educa
tion is of great importance, and church -
women are plauuing to give themselves
to this work in the future, as they
have done in the past, both as indi
viduals, and through such organizations
as tlie Octuvia Hill Association, the
Philadelphia Housing Association, the
Special Housing Service, etc. What we
ask of the city, as means to this end
is, that at least the standards of
housing ns required by law shall be en
forced.' '
Compromise Near
in League Fight
Ocntlmieil I'rnm Piiee Ono
nil the strong men In the front rank
upon the Senate foreign relations com
mittee. The country would have one
look at these giants and be convinced
ami the balance of power would slip
uway from the executive toward the
legislative and the constitutional pur
ity of our institutions would be re
established. A "Lcetle Overdone"
Fat anti-league breakfast food in the
morning, take our simple exercises of
tugging fifteen minutes daily at the
Wilson Idol nnd ripple grandly up and
down the muscles of the back like one
of us. Hut it was a "leetle over
done." Senator Lodge works dally with his
prize exhibit of the strength of Con
gress to Infuse a little subtlety into
the direction of those mighty thews.
People are beginning to think that be
tween n chronic invalid and a woman
who throws the piano at .vou every time
jou conu' home tired from business the
chronic invalid has certain attruotious.
The unathletlc seven threaten to make
themselves the real foreign relations
committee. And thus Washington goen
forwaid to the time when by a miracle
of words which mean anything or noth
ing all differences will disappear ami
thc Senate ami Wilson Vill each claim;
a great victory.
Wilson a "Salesman" '
If the strategy of the Republican
senators was borrowed from the buck
pages of the magazine of a few years
r.tro. when noble pictures 01 svt-piun;
chests convinced us that by pu'llng our
bieens against our triceps a few mln
utes every morulng, we might glow
into Samsons, the strategy of the "gia
clous" man at the other entl of Per.u
sylvauia avenue is borrowed if rom the
much more modern textbooks ou the
"art of salesmanship,"
"The smile that wins" radiates the
much-traveled road between the Pies-
ident's residence and thc acropolis of
musclesi You have at ope extremity
strength and at the other "gracious
ness." The President is not only "grneious"
toward France, In the .matter of that
little treaty, but much more "grneious"
toward the Senate.
President Shows Ornciousness
The two co-ordinate branches have
changed rotes. Was the Senate weak?
"We must show 'em that we are
strong." Did the world say that the
President was an autocrat? "I will
show them how sadly I have been mis
judged, how truly gracious I am."
Hence the sending for Senator CJinm
berjain, whom In his daya of confidence
the President had snubbed.
Hence tho special honor of the visit
ANNOUNCEMENT The JIANDAKIN opens
Saturday, August second. Chinese and .American
dishes at popular prices. Business men's lunch
eon, H to 2, fifty cents. Original China-Jasi Band
in evening exquisite dancing floor. Oriental
suppers and evening luncheons.
1016 Chestnut Street . . .
Parliament of Poland
Ratifies German Treaty
Paris, Aug. 1. (By A. P.) Tli
Polish Parliament yesterday rati
fied the. German treaty nnd also the
treaty for the protection of minori
ties by a vote of 215 to 11.
The status of the German -treaty
in other countries Is as follows:
Great Hrltalu-4tntlfirt: by Par
liament and signed by King George
yesterday.
Germany llatlfled hy Assembly
July 0 nnd signed by President Kb
ert same day. . a
United States Pending In Sen
ate. France Pending in Deputies.
Helglum KatlQcatlon Uy Depu.
ties. Recommended by foreign af
fairs committee.
Japan notification expected In
1 September. ,
Italy Consideration awaits coni'
plction of other pacts. ,
to Senator Hitchcock, toward whom the
Prtident was once suspected of being
the reverse of "gracious."
Graclousness sltR as oddlj on the oc
cupant of the White House as strength
does upon the Senators. The men of tlfc
Capitol go up the avenue in response to
the executive Invitations. Remember
these men have sat in fear of thc Presi
dent for years. They nre for all the
world like sehoolbojs sent for by -the
principal.
No one knows w-hat takes place at the
White House, but every one knows what
the schoolboy does when he returns
from his interview with the principal
standing against the schoolyard fence,
surrounded by nn admiring crowd ,of
other boys who haven't yet been' HVut
for by the principal.
"Brave as Lions" Afterward,
Did you ever know a schoolboy who
wasn't "strong" in his recounting of
his heroic adventure with the master
of the rrhool? So it is with the sena
tors. Kveu those who do not beloug to
the football team of the foreign rela
tions committee, the big-muscled fel
lows, are brave as lions as they throw
out their chests .and tell how they dif
fered firmly with the master, "giving
it back to him as good as he sent.
"1 told him that I, as a member of
a co-ordinate branch of the govern
ment, charged with responsibility rqunl
to his" ever body emphasizes that
idea iu some form or other "could not
coiiM'i.'iitinusly accept his view of the
league."
"The dutj- to my country compelled
mc to judge this grave question for
in) self, and I should have to vote
against the league unless substantial
reservations were made nnd I did not
believe that reservations sufficiently
ftrong to satisfy m.v eoiisien.ee were
likely to come out of the Senate."
The "bojs" are having a great time
talking to the "gracious" principal, and
particularly telling about it afterward
to the other "boys" and to the press.
The result is thnt the nation gets all
one side of this stor.v. the heroic and
trtilv admiiable consclciitlntisncsn nf Hie
Senate, the Inexplicable graciousnes
which amounts to nlmost weakness of
the President, who was once so sure of
himself. And the story only comes from
the heroes themselves.
Wilson is acting as a salesman. Hut
then by the paths of assumed "graclous
ness" and assumed strength, we move
forward to compromise, which is sure,
and which the seveu have probably
started.
P. R. R. Remove3 Service Flag
The Pennsylvania Railroad has re
moved tlie large service flag which has
hung in the concourse in Hroad -Street
Statiou for about a year. The flag
had n blue star containing the numb?r
2fl.2S(i. representing the employes of
the Pennsylvania Itaiiro-id System who
went iuto the army and navy service.
The gold star contained" the number
531, representing those killed In serv
ice. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
.1 mxiuiB 4- , vim Will ll .!! CmarUl at and
' IlTWt A. p.;rv. ,v,n Upland ,t'
sii.1.1," i. " ii-i 1 ou., .-i .iiii rm and
i:ilrab.th A. llllnnr- .173.1 X ilttfst
Morris Olnntz S W corner 4th rnd cr'uen
ts.. and Etir London. 2749 X stl t
Mllbourn I. Willi, ivit-rton. SM ami
Elisabeth t Nvce. 1021 Gllham t
"is?;: iurT-rn- r,
irnjamln P. Tov. .CaiihsM Vallev. Pa. .,,d
Mary B. Bradford. Wvncote. pala-lw
David n Conytua. 01 IS Lambert at and
imiiiini' riiu.iij, it,. in L.4mn?rt Kt.
Thomas K. Oarrlty. 40.SH IMrrltl anil
Unle ttwrwiey 4lts Parrlsh at'
Wllwin Olnn. Tit N -tilth rt . rnd Eva
Onrv, .131 Saunders ave. ,l
James K Roblnwn HU Snrlnx at und
I.ulu M IVIlllinn. Kl s-prins at.
Charles .Vnrcus HIM 0-knr at and
Blljhib Psllta. Oli'l Monj u. '
Gonr H, PottTr. 70 S. Ittth at and
Doris- I.. Hod. TOT 8 lilt at
Clarence M. Chas'iut .v, Yorlc city and
Sarah Mnthls, r'i jt H-tohln-onVt.
Max rkhwiirtl. -H'JH 8 Krantla at., and
t'lnr- K-hnllV. T41 Morris at.
Cam Thorn. 4S4 'Merer at,, and M.iry
i KravlU. 1S3S N. Tth at.
'Carrntbara 1. Johnaon. IS4H. Illfh at and
. tola II. Wnahinrton. Win- niefclnaim rt
r.n r. it....... u.i...... i..--w '. .:
ndnr IfcGrovw Snokan.. IVnsh., and ilayUiw renvlrt to Pour t0,'.!
n U'niKn t t.i-eu J - v wrT w n.Mritmnl M X3(l. Ta. O.
if . t- x. n ciiiu pi,
' JEWELERS
. CHESTNUT AND
Vases, i
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LEDERE TO PROBE
F
HOIS
Internal Rovenuo Collector Will "" si
-Investigate Alleged Unwar
ranted Liquor Seizures
OFFICERS WERE ADMITTED
Promise of an Investigation into the
method used by deputy United States
revenue collectors In Invading homes ot
citizens, without wnrrant has been made'
by Collector I.ederer.
There is indignation among "Uit
members of the Forty-third Ward lte .
publican Club and citizens generally
over the. '-announcement that homes ot
the, president and steward of the club .
weVc entered by the government agents
(n search of whlskj They found no
liquor on the premises.
No search and-selzure law is upon
thc statute books of the United States.
The statement of Chief Field Deputy
T. Littlemlle, in charge of revenue in
vestigations, nnd of his subordinates, "
Deputy Collector James Cummlikev.
who entered private homes Wednesday,
with Deputy Collector John J. Murray,
is that "It was done In a nice way,,
with tho' consent of thc people living in
the houses, so ns not to cause them
trouble or notoriety."
Took Woman By Surprise
"I was too surprised to say any-,
thing," declared Mrs. Glenn, wife of.
John S. Glenn, a Philadelphia lUpid
Transit conductor, whose house was one
of those entered and searched by the
revenue men. Glenn is steward of the
club. "The nirpnra tinul K.i u.:.
--,.- -v. u.., iMl-Jk men
j coats to show mc their badges and told
me they had orders to search thc house
, for hnlf a barrel of whisky, which'they
Ihad been told was stored here.
I I invited them in. Their search wa
thorough, from the cellar to the top
floor, but they found no whisky. One'
"i me collectors nsltod me If anv on
lived in the house besides 3rr, Glenn
i und myself. I told them about a gentle
I man and his Ron who were boarding
I with us. They searched their rooms,
I too, but found no Honor of any kind."
Knew lie Could Rofusn
John Crosson, an upholsterer, 3111
Germantown nvcntic, whoso home wns
likewise invaded, is president of the
I i.i ""' ienn is stewartl.
j 'I knew I could refuse those govern-
iiuenc men wnen tncy nskecl permission
to search the place," he said. "They
hail no search warrant. Hut I thought it
hi mm- in ii-iuso 10 nnow mem to enter.
I had nothlrrg to conceal.
"After discovering that the complaint ,.
was a false alarm they asked mo If I .
'suspected any one of havintr made.lt.
I told them I lind not the least idea and
I would surely let them know if I had.
NO HEARING ON PHILA. TUBE3
i
House Committee Will Olacuss New
York Case August 5 -
Representative Ilalvor " Steeucrsonr'
chairman of tho House committee on.,
postofficcs and postroads. has notified
the Chamber of Commerce' tliat the. .
hcarllltr tO ho bold tipfni,, tilu Kmnmlttua
Pon August 5 on pneuuiitio tubes was .
to ueni solely witli the New York mail
tunnel proposition nnd that testimony
would be limited thereto.
It had hepn rftp lltldorarnnillnr. nt !.
Chamber of Commerce that the general
subject of pneumatic tube sen-Ice would
be before this committee hearing and
arrangements had been made to have
the Chamber of Commerce represented
i before the committee.
i In view ii Plmtrman sjfLMa.unB
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telegram the Philadelphia chamber will '
nwnlt tho ciitninttrco lioni-tnir nf ...MK
the pneumatic tube service as affecting
I'uuaueipiiia win oe discussed.
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DKATHS
fal.t. MARY KI.IZAHETH K. EASTDURN.J
plsTtltlnV irifth.riftv. Kvnth Month
ti-ldow of Franklin Eaatburn. aced TO. llrta
: Uvea and frtenda lnvlt'd to, funeral, .lelthout
I further notice, realdence of aon-ln-Iaw.
tOenrae IV HnTdereton. Mnrria HcUhta. Pa..
f 8venth-dav Klehth Month :d. 3 t. m. Int.
5Ms1'd Frtepda' nu-vln ((round.
1 lucicis. July at. vAwnn i.. husband.
of ivrtha. it. Rises ana aoo. or ueore , -
land Mary- J. TtlK R'laltvea and frtenda.
atl aocletles of which he waa a number. ,
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!-!npce 43 N" 30th at. Camden. N. J.
Tnt private at convenience of family.
StrTlI.--Jul 21. WII.MAM H SMITH,
relatives BPd Mend InMted n fuaerat from,
rmurch ro.id. aiadivyn. Pa . Sunday. 4 Pv. ro.
Int. M. ll. Cem.. aiadwyn. Pa. Conveyance,
at Aril mere for trln leavlni Bro.id Street,
jj.wttow 3'1S n m.
UfAMMEnSMlTH. flret rlaaa wanted for
BWne all cIbskm ahaoe forclns under
fh'-drinllc orea.: esellent waxes mid ftrat-.
I rla min. See me a Hanover Hotel. l-Khii-i
t "nd A-'h ata . Saturday ;ternooa or eve-"'"'
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