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Iir- 7TH WARD ON FENCE
T
Seger and Hall, Leadors, Still
Undeclnred for Mooro
or Patterson
nFP.IiniM 19 PROMISED SOON
ucwoiUN ia rnumiocu ouuii
Seventh Ward goes for
Whether the
the reform ticket or the organization
ticket remains to be decided.
Select Councilman Charles Seger iiml
Charles It. 1Ii.ll. chief clerk of the
Select Council, who control the political
destinies of the Seventh wnrd, have not
made up their minds wlmtncr tncir or-
ganization win m- ior i rnBnwiuwi
Moore or indue John M. I atterson.
Leaders of both Itcptibllcai' factions i
are conferring daily with tin Seventh
ward leaders nnd urging th"ir support.
But so far. Seger and Hnll nrc "saw-
Log wood.'
"Judge Patterson is n hue man ; so is
Hamp Moore a line man : both nrc
splendid men, but I do not enre to
favor one or the other now."
That is as far as Councilman Seger
will commit himself nt prevent
'We are shwing wood." was tuc trite
comment ot .Mr. nan
He also admitted that h" liked both
Congressman Moore and Judge Patter
son pcrsonelly.
Il?islon In ! I).ij
''AVe will make our decision within
the next few days," continued Mr. Hall.
The Seventh ward lender w tinted to
bring about harmony. Thev headed a
movement to try t bring nhnut an
agreement of both faction" on City So
licitor Connelly
Apparently the Varcs were willing to
mipport Mr. Connelly, the I'emo-e-In-dependent
forces were not. The city so
licitor would not run as a factional can
didate.
"There wns an effort to induce Mr. j
Connelly to run made by a number of;
people, including Mr. Seger and my-
self," said Mr. Hnll. "but Mr. Con
celly would not be a factional candi
date." The city solicitor's name lincl been
under consideration in connection with
the mayoralty by organization leaders
for some time.
Senator Penrose, who went to Atlantic
City Saturday night, visited Selectman
Seger to win his support for Congress
man Moore, but when he lrft Seger
Still was on the feme
Congressman Vare has paid several
visits to the Councilman in the interest
of Judge Patterson.
Judge Sees Seger
TJiomas W. Cunningham, chief clerk
of the Court of Quarter Sessions, con
fecred yesterday with Mr. Hall and
Jddg Tatterson also is understood to
have visited Mr. Seger last week.
David H. Lane, sage of the Ilepub-
, lican organization, predicts that Judge
PAttereon will be the candidate of the
Ap.inlTilinn for Mflvnr nnd that he will I
b nominated.
"There can be but one side to
thl
contest," says Mr. Lane.
"The man backed by the Republican
organization will be th Itepublican
njninee tor- .Mayor.' I
"The men with the training are the
men who win. You take forty -two di
visions of trained men and forty -eight
divisions of untrained men nnd you
know who will win, don't you? Well,
it's the same way in politics."
, Followers of Senator Penrone who
hurried to Atlantic City yesterday to see
him were disappointed. The enator got
board his private yacht and put out to
sea, where he enjoyed the cooling
breezes, far removed from political
strife.
u
100" Committee
Indorses Moore
-Continued From Pace On Room
corner and the very edge of the line in Spencer Collins, fifty-five jcar old.
this city. 717 Lombard street, was today held in
"I am a Republican and will make SlfilO bail by Magistrate O'ltrien. of the
this contest as n Republican wholly Twelfth and Pine streets police station,
within his rights as such. It will, there- for further hearing Friday on the charge
fore, depend upon the qualified Repub- of burglary.
lican voters whether I am nominated, i Collins, a negro, was arrested early
If the nomination comes to me I shall this morning nt Sixteenth nnd Walnut
appeal to all voters of all parties, with streets after Detectives MoDougal and
the assurance thnt if elected Mayor ' Ciimmings, nf the Fifteenth nnd Locust
I will govern the city in accordance' streets station, had watched him for
with existing law nnd the letter and, some time. They said he was apparently
spirit M the new city charter, without ! watching jewelry and clothiug stores
undue interference from contractors, or j with a view to breaking into them,
other prejudicial interests, and without They searched his home and found
prenomination or pre-election pledges! three trunks filled with wearing ap
not contemplated by law or in violation ' parel and nearly n wagon load of car
of my oath of office. penter's tools were scattered about the
"If elected Mayor I shall appoint aHhousP- n1,hi"K an,dt.o19 ?" val!"'(!
directors of the various departments
coming under my jurisdiction men who
will co-operate with me in the observ
ance and enforcement of the laws."
Will Have No Master
"I will enter on this task with no i ,., ,.,, . , , ,
master. If elected Mayor I shall b, j Two Women Will Pay $8 for Railing
the trustee of the people, just ns the Disturbance
business man would represent his con- ' Recorder Starkhouse today fined Mary
cern. I will hold to strict nceountn- Kerbuska, forty-one years old. 10.14
billty those appointed to co-operate Mechanic street, and Mary Shimnoski,
with me. 'thirty-three years old. Kk't,". Kverett
"I am entering this fight only ns a ' street. $." each on the charge of Inter
matter of civic duty, hoping my partv I fering with employes going to work for
may be pleased to uid in the work of
putting Philadelphia iu its rightful po
sition at the head of all American
Cities."
Here Mr. Moore referred to the prac
tical side of the campaign.
"Tomorrow I will confer with those
who perhaps know more about the prac
tical work than you gentlemen. I will
speak to the men in the mills, the fac
tories, the workshops, the counting
bouses and the men who work along
the river front."
Jhe congressman here laid great stress
upon the. importance of'registering.
"Register! Register! Register!" he
shouted, thumping his right fist iu the
ttpen palm of his left hand. "Regis-ter-'-and,
of course, vote.
"Crge, tjie' women to help in all pos
..lble ifaanner.
Welcomes Co. operation
! you gentlemen who are held In high
t fmteem for your interest In public af.
', ' fairs can be of great assistance It) plac-
iK Philadelphia at the head of all
is American cities. .And I welcome your
F1- . fotntlerattaa with that bt all other eood
W' M&Br"
If . Action ol the committee in Indorsing
VUt candidacy of the congressman fol
'frjl .a'ceeptanee of a report of the
,, treujM Mtomittee ol tb body.
a tifrSmuu .imik : .
, yMsmtC' .UML IIh nmttj HMs
1 . S
mittee unanimously recommends to the j
general committee tho Indorsement of
i Congressman .!. Hampton Moore as a
candidate for Mayor.
Heforo this notion was taken by the
committee tho members Indorsed the
following -judges for nomination for re
election :
(ieorge Henderson, of the Orphans'
(otirt; Joseph I). McCullen, of lorn
tnon l'lcas Court No. ! ; Charles B.
Unrtlett and Thomas V. McNIohol, of
the Munlrlpnl Court, unci William H.
Kellar, of the Supreme Court. j
I After the candidacy of Mr. Moore
' wn O tnrittraaA tho tr Inn-Inn innll1ll t
tr' ,vfls "PI'ointed to escort him
)is nffir(i (o thp C riMb. (oorp
from
Oeorgr W.
I Coles, John C. Winston. J. Unwell
! ( ummlngs,, I.rnest I.. In-tin mm
Charles J. Webb.
In presenting the report of th ex
ecutive committee to the innin Doily,
Mr. lustln. who is recorder of deeds,
..,
' ..,'. i i i .. f-
We have been looking for years for
, (
llum Ijik enouRti. nrave enouRii ami
, i,rna, nwlg, t0 r0In(1 0t j the open
nBI Mlv
, i i . i
what he would do If elected
' ,aTor nf I'hllndolphln. We hnve such
n man in Congressman Moore and we
have unnnlmonsly ngreed thnt he should
, ., pnrty:H stnndnrd-bearer nt the
' mnvoralty election."
Noll Calls on Moore
Amioiir the inn n y visitors at the of-
. fire of CoiiKressmnu Moore in
Croxier Iluildine this morning was.
Oscar Noll, for mnny years the nrganl
xatinn lender in the
TI.Ul.. un.nn,l,
Ililrty-seventh
nvnrd. Mi. Voll is now of the He-
publican Alliance.
Mr Noll announced thnt lie wns "out
for
nnd predicted
cmigreniaii will carry the Thirty -eenth
Ward, known a Vare con
trolled. "The people in the Thirty -seventh
Wnrd are nlid for Congressman Moore
for the reason that they are disgusted
,
with the attempted nomination by the
downtown leaders. While this w.rrf
mav be called a Vare ward, there are I
only a few of the Vare officers up there
.t !t will -n f,li,t for the eon-re,..
" ' "
man. it renects me same attitude as
the Thirty-eighth Ward."
The Thirty -eighth Ward is the home
of former Sheriff A. Lincoln Acker,
who lias also announced his support for
Mr. Moore.
JAIL ALL PROFITEERS,
SAYS P.AMDFN MAYOR
w. . w w. .... .. ...... w ..
Ellis Declares No Fine Is Suffi
cient City Will Sell More
Government Food
N'n fine could be heavy enough
properly punish rent gougers and food
profiteers in the estimation of Mayor
Charles H. I'llis. of Cnmden. He sug
gests thnt long jail sentences should be
given instead.
"As soon ns the lag regulating such
things is passed." said the Mayor today.
"I shall appoint investigating commit-
' tees in Camden to make sweeping in
vesications. I have received
veitigations. 1 have received several
complaints concerning rent profiteering,,
but have been unable to do nnythingj
, be,
ause I am not backed by Inw. I ami
,,fi,ii ih. Miinntinn will he solved
fn.-t-rt nnd nridlfirA,! tUnt thff.UOII
soon and 1 shall make every effort Inli;,"" ' "l
aid the government in riddingtln - No ,. ,.,,, ,)avi(, Hec.idf.,, , ,)P
tion of the state of profiteers. 'couldn't have v,,k thnt. What he limit
The recent sale of government food in . hnVf said was "Committee of otic hun
Cnmden proved so successful that May or !,),.(, )a ;
Ellis deputized illiam hayrc,
uri r nn nilDPI idv PLMDnC
iMtLU UN bUnULAnT onAnot
Police Find $1500 Worth of Tools
at "onr '.'. . ' lns .," DP . , '
where he obtained the things at
hearing Frida .
FIVE CIGAR STRIKERS
inn
Seidenberg & Co., cigar manufacturers
at Sixth and Mechanic streets, Camden.
It was claimed the defendants were
calling the loyal employes "scabs" and
trying to persuade them to strike.
The Seidenberg Comnan.v todav
granted a 10 per rent increase to its
employes who have remained loyal.
Camp Mills Passe Into History
Camp Mills, Mineola, L. I Aug. 11.
Camp Mills has officially ceased to
exist, although the last of the 6000
soldiers here awaiting demobilization
will not have been sent" away before
Thursday night or Wednesday morning.
No more troops will be received here.
According to the officers at the camp,
as soon as the government has arranged
for the sale of the many buildings the
camp will be abandoned. This, It Is
believed, will not take place before the
first of October.
Runyon Aids Attack on Prices
Sea Girt. Aug. 11. The state's full
est resources have been tendered Presi
dent AVilson in bis fight against the
high cost of living. Governor William
N. Runyon in a letter just sent to the
President, suggests the formation in
erh state of a' committee pf votunteer
citizens to make investigations and as
sist generally io, the fight to stabilize
'llrlBg cottiticB lull
iiruiisn.Bii. ..... ...m. ..." " k" .-, navy to biff a hundred persons and get "That is difficult to say," he replied,
New- ork ,.1'd purchase another carload w h jf b fc , dovn "bu it vil depend largely upon the
' Z T:l "ml Si; tf "a "". " aLmuntWcoaforoenol.ndtnp.r."
I . ,1 ,,: I SHIe, whole city, that's something else again j Ifoland is the president of the James
Th,V,?, one wav we cin fisht the' S"' n ' ! Vrv" Dav-V ' J'M.T. Poland Company, of New York city.
This is one way we .an ngftt the "Public sentiment ' .,i u t,e,1 of the defunct New York
IM tlilllTI . a Ml .HU I'l ill If" .
EVENING PUBLIC
E THE ISSUE,
SAIS 'DAVE' LANE
Sago of Republican Organiza
tion Asserts That Hall and
Sogor Are Regulars
-- - -
uii i iicct unnnc le-e-IICO
u wsui muuiiL. iooui-o
- - -
jVnrnse . the real Issue of the Phlln-
delphla mayoralty preliminaries, as be
tween Representative J. Ilninptoti
, Monro ...,1 fi, it,iI,J111 nrcnnlxntlon
.iri. mn.ip i,:n, , "1'iw.lf. Dave"
"nun mime mm, snjs i in h '"
'niie.
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m , i,n, " t,m, Ini.l ,1wn thnt mo-
liniinramnnt ItU nU,lni liiininins fnl-no
i iioiiui i iiuiii rt nil n I ilk' iiiiiiiiiii i mi' i
I ,, ... ... . ... , ... .,
,i"ii.i ui in,; i iiiivi niiUiKi, in-, iiiiiiiiiii
headqui.rtera In Atlantic City.
"Hampton Moore, as a resourceful
politician, would like to evade thnt Is
sue." he said. Hut it is inescapable."
"i'ncle Dave" asserted the convic-
tion thnt Charles Seger and Charles
Hall, his chief of staff, an invincible
, comnination, as tne veteran sir.uegisc
.. .. ..t.
'expressed it, in the seventh warn, win
I support the organization ttnndnrd
I
' L" Win T.
, ...
'Heady to Meet lsue
He does not see how they enn do
otherwise thnn stand by the orgnniza-
i .
"Uenresentntive Moore he went on.
... li i. mi ' . -"0"' "p ",,"'
"in nil kindliness. resorting o catchy
phrnses nt the outset of his fight in the
hope of catching public fnvor with
honev
..,,.' . . , ,ulo iul. -i
We are rendy to meet this issue ol
. ... . ,!,.
contractor government now nt nny time
conirui ior coveriiinciiL nu ni mi.. im-
L, M nv othcr r,,mpnt in the
,,,, rontos nt t0 rais0 it."
mayoralty contest sees fit to raise it.
Cnntrnctor envernment. ns related
, , y ,s n pmptv phrnsPi cntrl.
...'.,' ' i ... ..u 'i
nil wirnoui vn ue wnvn i-ii4iiru
: j vihiinie io couiuiue 10 uvcp simc iunas
thoughtfu ly. .,.,.. ... in the institution and ndvised their
"The city of Philadelphia, like every witll(lrnwnl. It j, unfortunate leg
other city, must do business largely afy frQm th(, fotmfm n(inln9trntion
through the contract system. j .., r,(n.t understand why a man like
"The Vnres are but one of a hundred Amblpr blouM iave been appointed in.
contractors nnd contracting firms in IrMr. commissioner. He knew
' Philadelphia.
As to Contracts
If the Vnres did not get contracts'
';omboi1r.w:!,M- ..U '"Cy w"' n0t
.,r(
oni
I'hlWdclphia. tnen contractor
I from
rli-cwhrrc would do the city s
I work.
, "We are ready also to meet Hepre-
' sentative Moore on the question of
street cleaning contracts.
I "When he hits nt the Vnres on thnt
, score he strikes at them as the contract -,ors
for but two of the twelve. I think,
to I districts in Philadelphia
'W'e have maintained heretofore, nnd
wc maintain now. that cleaning of the
streets of Philadelphia by contract is
the cheaper system. We maintain that
it would cost more, at least n million
dollars more, annually to clean them if
the city did the work, for politics would
be as inevitable then as it is inevitable
now.
"Public sentiment bah!"
TnHr David Lane ail that mouthful,
.imiiii I iii-ii . iiuiiiiriMii i v. 'zrpi Ninoin nun
...
"Public sentiment bah !"
Somehow or other it had a harsh look
in type. It rose right up- at Fni-lc
' "nvirl and hit him hetween the eyes. It
lienmlcA.) fntIiA m1An... ..A
bah!" Oh, impossible!
T!llt ,h''rp ar" 60D1C who remember a
crisp little phrase uttered by Mr. Lane
during the campaign of lOO.i ; "Let us
ln'rml ,llis ,nlk of ('ivic righteousness"-
and they wonder.
It was just after Mr. Lane had said
that Congressman Moore would carrv
ouly six wards, that it was sugsrslcd
that Mr. Moore might win through
public sentiment.
l.'ncle Dave looked hopeless, as if he
questioned the sanity of the man mak
ing the suggestion.
And then, with all the power he
could put into his voice, he snorted :
"Public sentiment naii!"
Batik Lent to Ambler
in 1917, Pusey Charges
Continued From P&ka One
suranee commissioner and his exam
iners and he used the North Penn Bank
to accomplish it as well as the finan
cial lever on which he swung his big
deals."
V It's just possible for a man like I'mle ,
Colonel Pusey's allegations today
concerning Ambler came after state
u entt- made by Ambler in which he
declnied his innocence and disclaimed
using the influence of the insurance
money to further" his personal trans
actions'. "The whole thing." Colonel Pusey
Faid. "smacks of the days of Quay. All
I will say. after Ambler's statement,
is that he began depositing funds of the
Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company in
the North Penn Bank in November,
1017, and obtained personal loans at
the same time."
Promised to Make Payment
Ambler's personal obligations at the
bank are said to amount to more than
$150,000. He promised to make pay
ment "within a few days" after he re
ceived a statement of his account from
the examiners. He was given this state
ment ten days ago, but, to date, has not
paid.
Colonel Pusey will not say when he
will take judgment against Ambler. He
has made preliminary arrangements to
enter judgment against Ambler and the
Ambler-Davis Company, cbntractors,
and hinted that further action might be
forthcoming from the district attorney's
office.
Ambler Refuses to Talk
Following the statement by Colonel
Tusey an effort was made to get Am
bler to reply. The statement was read
twice to him, and twice he replied, "I
have nothing to say."
Oovernor Sproul was seen at his of
fice In Chester this afternoon.
"The whole bank affair," he said,
"Is a spot on the. honor of Pennsyl
vania, and I mean to have it removed.
Tb entire state administration Is back
tfl tHi iavestljaUoq ajjd. wUJ j&b g
V
LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
SSSJiSJj I OFFICIALS
END SOON,
Blind Evangelist, Discussing Lessons of North Pcnn Scandal A
fertile Wmnhnfc Jifttr'it nf Mnntnl Ahnnrmalitv '
w.... ,, ,,..,, or ,i r ......-
"rtnnk officials who took depoUors'
money in order to sport around In au
tomobiles and stay up until nenr-morn-ing
carousing with gay companions
soon become candidates for the under
taker." Thnt declaration wns mnde yesterday
by the Kev. Thomas Houston, blind
evangelist, in a sermon on "Lessons
fioni the North Penn Tlnnk Failure"
In Central North If road Street I'resby
i ., i't,rl, ti...i .i ..t....
...., . . ., . .,
111 venture to say that these men
I who wrecked this bank in order to (jive
themselves plenty of money for nu
' tmnobilns. women and Kay parties
have shortened their lives by from ten
to twenty years, " he said. "A man or
a woman always shortens his or her
llf" by goiiiK a fast pace.
"These men became the victims of
mental abnormality, bordering upon
tempernmentnl insanity, which drove
some of them, as we haco rend in the
newspapers, into wild dissipations.
1 1 TnnJmnabIy. Birkiipw. wl result
1 111 111 I MM" I-A -- C UUM iiirii
I t lncA AfnAauAfl Anrl tlmiftiH
years
this cartll win be shortened.
j
' Hard in Other Way
I l.'l't.!- ........I.t.... r,t n 1.....1. ill ,..
11111 ir.-nifc 111 II UiUJK Will lie
i,,..i ,. n,, niu. .n- ai.
. . lin.,nPnwi no 0e will wn..
to nssociate with Mr. Moycr ami the
, other hank ntlicials who robhed the peo
I uln rf f li m f mnlinl'
These men will not
M'"- "' '"" V .
' ""' l" '""" , ",r i'i i ui nic
I North Penn Ifnnk Bquarely In the face,
..TIpv wi b(1 olltrncizfdi .
;
.
' ,'llt"'p ,ln,-v-
i "I was informed very early after
i . . . .
taking office that the batik was in a
,,:.
i i.i. ... i l. .1... .lA...i.A. -r .i.
. . . u . t i
precarious position. State Ifank
' ,0,mr'!!".. lltll '.I ?,L f.l"
Kl.lltVllJ,
iBnivont. hut thnt tt, nf.
hem s had Deen juggnng uinna.
"I then decided that it was lnad-
... . ., . , ...... ,. ,
nothing nhnut insurance as far as I
knew, and 1 cannot see what recom
mendation he had for the position.
Moreover, 1 cannot see how the bank
continued as It m without the knowl-
, . . h.lnklll!. ..ommissioner.
i
Small Loss Forecast
"I feel that the state deposits arc
well protected and that the loss will be
small. I have the greatest faith in Mr.
Fisher. In fact, he was my first ap
pointee, although I did not announce it.
He is an excellent lawyer aud has long
acquaintance with financial matters.
And he has no connection with any in
terests. He has n peculiar qualification
for this type of work and my greatest
confidence is placed in him.
"As far as Ambler is concerned I had
intended to remove him immediately. I
had to continue him iu office, however,
for about a month, to try to get straight
the affairs of the Pittsburgh Life and
i TVtict i 'nmnunv n ml tli on I nnnnintoH
Mr ' Donaldson'.'
! Mr. Schaffcr was located in the Adi-
rondncks. where he Is spending his va
cation with his family. The attorney
general was reluctant to discuss the
wrecking of the institution, but ns-
1 serted that all the legal machinery of
the state was working to obtain every
possible penny for the depositors, and
to punish the scuttlers.
"How much do you think will be
saved?" he was asked.
Depends on Ifoland
State N'ntional Insurance Company and
the Seneca Fire Insurance Company.
Hp hnrrowed heavilv from the North
I'enn Ifank. The exact sum has not
been announced, but it is believed to be
more than .f.f00,000.
"And the politicians said to be in
volved, when will they be arrested?"
Mr. Schaffer was asked.
"I do not know, but it is safe to say
that no action will be taken for a few
days. We want to be sure of our facts
before definite action is taken. You
may rest assured that the guilty will
be punished."
"Is it true that you are consideVlng
taking action against these men charg
ing them with malfeasnnce in office?"
"I cannot discuss that at this tim."
Mr. Schaffer then said that he had
two things in mind: first, to obtain
every possible penny for the depositions
and. second, to punish the guilty.
"This whole matter, so far as I am
concerned." he added, "is In the hands
of Mr. Myers nnd Colonel Pusey, spe
cially appointed deputy attorney gen
eral. They are lawyers of the very
higest standing nnd I am confident they
will tnke every necessary step to bring
nny guilty parties to justice and to
recover every dollar that can be re
covered for the depositors.
Confidence in Offlrlals
"When thev have completed their in
vestigation, if they deem it necessary,
they will report to' and consult me,
but I have such confidence in both of
them as to know that they are fully
competent to handle the entire trans
action." William T. Cabell, the director who
Is held in $10,000 ball on criminal
charges growing out of the wreck, ap
peared at the bank this afternoon. He
held a long conference with the ex
aminers nnd left the building with F.van
T. Ambler, one of the clerks.
The men laughed and joked on the
steps and apparently were unconcerned.
When asked if he had any statement to
make, Mr. Ciabell said: "The only
thing heavy on my head is my hat."
District Attorney Rotan and Deputy
Attorney General Myers were out of the
city today. They will return tomorrow
for a conference, when the question of
jurisdiction is to be considered in the
matter of the arrest of two former state
oHlcials. Tho names of the men to be
arrested have not been made public.
Charles A. Snyder, auditor general,
and Harmon G. Kephart, state treas
urer, have given out statements at
Pottsville giving details as to the knowl
edge of both Ambler and Lafean con
cerning the weakened financial condition
of the North Pcnn Hank Iu December,
1018.
As far back as September, 1018,
fcafesn held $60,000 cash as security for
a shortage in the Institution discovered
bv James A. MacBurney, one of his
jMPjit epmiMCf.. w
SAY PREACHER
;j ..-- - j
communirnted by nil who formerly held
them in high esteem. If nny of these
bank officials would come into your
homes or into this church today Uiey
would feel thnt every eye was; upon
them. I do not believe In hitting a man
when he Is down. When a man con
fesses his sins and endeavors to make
restitution I would be the first to ex
tend to him a helping hnnd. But this
looting of the North Penn Hank ap
pears to be willfully and deliberately
criminal. You and I are right in ex
pressing our indignation at the wicked
ness of the malefactors and making them
feel it.
Avnrlce Ifronglit Iluln
"I am told that Mr. Moycr was a
good church member nnd church worker,
In former years. If he had kept on nt
that he would not De under bail on
chnrges of looting the North Penn Ifank
as he Is today. He couldn't consist
ently do it. It was his deliberate de
parture from the law of God which
brought shame and dishonor upon him
and poverty nnd anxiety into hundreds
of homes in this and other cities.
"Temptation whispered to these bnnk
officials: 'You need a home nt the sea
shore. You need n handsome nutomo
bile. You need plenty of spending
monev. And your salary will not give
you these things. Take a chance, man,
take a chance!' Avaricious discontent
stole into their hearts, nnd they lis
tened to the voice of the tempter.
"We know the result. It has brought
ruin and disgrace upon these men nnd
their families and ruin and tribulation
to thousands of others."
t(
Comrade" Vare Bait
in Mayor's Fight
Continued From Pe One
They will endeavor to take this rem
nant into camp just as they did the
Washington pM'ty. Thomas Robins, a
former Progressive and candidate for
Congress, 1ms been designated as the
lellwether to lead them.
wt'W
Police Barred in Politics
L'nder the new charter policemen and
firemen nre prohibited from exercising
their past prerogative of mixing up in
municipal politics. The penalty is suffi
ciently heavy to deter even the hottest
partisan, or the most abject slave of
the organization lamp, from risking his
job and his liberty by taking an active
part in the political game.
There is nothing, however, in the
charter or in the law that would pre
vent n census of discharged soldiers be
ing made. What is there to prevent the
policemen knd firemen of the city from
performlnr this work? Inquiries might
develop Unit this has already been
quietly none. Such a census would be
invaluable to the faction shrewd enough
to secure such a record.
It has already been noted in this col
umn that the name of Colonel George
K. Kemp, commander of the 110th Reg
iment, hnd been underscored as likely
to he approached by the regular organi
zation. He returned last week from
France with a record for bravery and
efficiency. Out over the state in North
umberland, Fayette, Cumberland. York
nnd many other counties soldier candi
dates are already iu the field. In Phil
adelphia there are none.
The trail of the Brumbaugh admin
istration sooner or later will be uncov
ered in the campaign. A vigorous at
tempt is being made in some shape or
form to inject the scuttling of the North
Penn Bank ns an issue in the fight It
may come in the way of bints nnd in
nuendoes rather than open charges.
Thai is. so fur ns nny local applica
tion is concerned. 1 mention this as a
belief that is uppermost in the minds of
some very practical politicians.
Traction Issue to Figuro
The traction issue will also be dragged
in by the heels.
Judge Patterson's letter ot accept
ance, his friends intimate, will be a
thing of beauty and n joy forever. The
new charter will be indorsed. Repre
sentative John R. K. Scott's per
fervid indorsement of it in the House
at Hnirishurg will serve as a precedent
for the judge. Congressman Moore has
nlready accepted the charter as his po
litical New Testament. He stands
squarely upon it. With Judge Patter
sou doing the same, the alluring spec
tacle will be presented of the two lend
ing figures fighting from the same plank,
but not from the sume platform.
Under these circumstances the over.
age citizen may nsk, why all the hoo
rah nnd hoo-ray, all the bitterness and
spleen, that were displayed In the
charter fight by the regular organiza
tion leaders? That is if the charter
was such a good thing?
There is one feature for which all de
cent citiaens will be devoutly thankful.
Each candidate for the mayoralty has
agreed to avoid personalities. That is be
tween themselves. The "After you, Al
fonse," attlude they have assumed as
sures a campaign reasonably free from
personal attack on the part of the men
who are aspirants for the most digni
fied office at the hands of the people.
But beyond this all is chaos.
Counciimanlc Outlook
The counciimanlc outlook as far as
candidates nre concerned now that the
searchlight is turned on full flare, It is
conceded, is forlorn in the extreme. Of
the seventy odd names already sub
mitted to the people not more than half
a dozen represent anything but medioc
rity and personal ambition. In the
language of the paddock and betting
ring It s a great bunch.
One scans the list of ea(ch faction for
representative men, citizens who are
ready to sacrifice time and position, for
names that nre representative of some
thing beside ward politics. A $5000
salary rather than the future of a great
city is the standard, It would seem,
upon which the vast majority of thera
must be juageu.
TO NAME DEMOCRAT SLATE
City Committee Expected to An
nounee Mayoralty Candidate Tonight
Makeup of the Democratic city aud
county ticket may be made known to
night, after a meeting of f subcommittee
named by the Democratic city organiza
tion to select candidates for the minority
party. The subcommittee will meet in
its headquarters, Tenth and Walnut
streets. A meeting was held last week,
when the names of several candidates
for Major were considered.
Since then the members ot the, com
mittee have been Interviewing the pro
spective candidates, and, at least some
of the ticket l expct$ to ba ;made
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AUGUST 11, 1919
OF STATE. IN CRASHES
Automobiles Hit by Trains at
Two Crossings Dr. Kalbfus
and E. W. Kelly Killed
8 HURT IN OTHER WRECKS
Seven persons were killed In two auto
mobiles struck by express trains nt un
guarded railroad crossings yesterday.
PTillndelphlans were concerned In each
accident.
Fight other persons were Injured in
n series of traffic collisions in and nbout
the city.
The dead are :
Dr. Joseph Kalhfus, nf Harrisburg,
secretary of the state game commission.
K. XV. Kelly, Dubois, state game
warden.
Samuel Friedman, sixty-two years
old. 1428 North Marshall street.
Morris Seltzer, thirty-five years old,
of Princeton avenue, Strntford, N. J.,
driver of the automobile wrecked at that
place.
Thclm.i Seltzer, five years old, hia
daughter.
Sarah Friedman, seven years old, of
Stratford, hit granddaughter.
James Iturhlmnll, seven years old, of
Stratford.
The injured persons nre:
Charles Homa. thirty-five years old.
101." North Fifth street; lacerations
of left leg nnd severe contusions of i
body ; motorcycle accident.
Joseph Pfclffer, thirty-six years old,
1R1H North Reesi- street; severe Inter
nal injuries ; motorcycle accident.
Michael (ilomer, thirty years old,
1807 Reese street; painful cuts nnd
bruises of body nnd head; motorcycle
accident.
George Santter. twenty-four years
old, 210 North Fighth street; lacera
tions and contusions; motorcycle acci
dent. Eleanor Berstler, eight years old,
44a North Forty -second street; severe
internal injuries; struck by automo
bile. Peter (fans, nine years old, 2200
North Hope street ; injuries to feet ;
run over by automobile.
Mary Flnley, live years old, 2511
North Warnock street, injuries to feet ;
run over by automouilc.
(j. K. Hardenbrook, 0742 North
Thirteenth street, bevere 'cuts and
bruises; automobile accident.
Mrs. Julia Green, thirty-five years
old, lOUt North Sixty -sixth street;
cuts, bruises aud shock ; trolley car col
lision, V. S. Donnelly. Twenty-third nnd
Federal btreets. Camden ; fractured
shoulder; struck by nutomobilc.
The accident in which Friedman and
his granddaughter. Seltzer and his
daughter, nnd the Burkhnrdt child met
their death, occurred nt an unguarded
crossing of the Reading Railway sea
shore route at Stratford. N. .1.
Others Ba-ely Escape
Dr. Charles P. Penrose, of Philadel
phia, a brother of Senator Penrose, wns
a member of the party with which Dr.
Kalbfus and Mr. Kelly were touring
Warren county when struck. The auto
mobile containing Dr. Penrose, who is
president of the commission, crossed the
fatal crossing but a few minutes before
the accident occurred.
Doctor Kalbfus nnd Mr. Kelly were
killed nt Snybrook crossing by a Penn
sylvania Railroad flier trying to make
up part of the two hours it was behind
schedule.
Doctor Kalbfus has served as secre
tary of the state game commission for
the" last twenty-five years and was
known in virtually every county in
Pennsylvania. Besides traveling to all
sections iu his official capacity he was
widely known as a lecturer on nature.
Mr. Kelly has been field superintend
ent for the commission for the last five
years. He was fifty-live years old nnd
formerly had charge of lumbering opera
tions for the John Dubois Company.
Doctor Kalbfus Is survived by a widow
nnd two children. Captain B. C. Kalb
fus. of the Pocahontas, now of Newport
News, nnd Mrs. Helen K. Frcar, wife
of the Rev. E. M. Frcar. of Honesdale.
Mrs. Kalbfus nnd her daughter nrc nt
the Kalbfus summer homo nt Stevens
ville, Bradford county.
Hnina. Phciffer and Glomer were in
jured when the motorcycle on which
they were riding collided with an auto
mobile driven by Ansley Fox, 20' Berk
ley street, nt Foulkrod street and
Roosevelt Boulevard.
Sautter was hurt when the motor-
i cycle on which he wns riding was struck
by an automobile at Thirteenth street
nnd Ridge avenue. His injuries were
treated at St. Joseph s Hospital. The
motorists escaped.
Child Hurt In Park
The Berstler child was struck by an
automobile as she crossed the drive
near Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park.
Freil Jovenelli, nineteen years old,
."011 Vine street, gave himself up to
the park guards. He drove the auto
mobile which struck the girl.
Little Peter Gans and Mary Finley
had their feet injured when run over
by automobiles near their homes.
Hardenbrook was hurt when his auto
mobile was struck by a trolley car at
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Dying Man's Words Cause
Hunt for Other Victims
"The boys nrc with me."
This statement by B. W. Kelly,
one of the men Idlled when nn ex
press train struck nn automobile nt
Haybrook, cauwd the trainmen to
make an exhaustive search of the
vicinity without result.
Mr. Kelly, n stntc gnme wnrden,
wns conscious just long enough to
tell the trainmen about the "boys"
before he died.
The "boys' to whom lie referred
were Dr. Charles II. Penrose, presi
dent of the stnte gnme commission,
of Philadelphia, nnd John XV. Phil
lips, a member.
.Mr. Kelly's anxiety for them was
founded, because they had passed
the crossing safely u few minutes
before tli necldeut.
Old York road nnd Somervillc nvenue.
Mrs. Green wns cut when two street
cars collided at Twenty-ninth nnd Jef
ferson streets. Her child, which she
enrried in her nrms nt the time, was
uninjured.
Donnelly was run down by on nuto
mobile at Mt. Bphralm nnd Whitby
avenues, Camden.
SHOPLIFTER GIVEN
18-MONTH TERM
Shooting Participant Gets Two
Years, While Another Must
Serve Five
In his first appearance on the bench
nf the Quarter Sessions Court, Judge
Joseph P. McCullen today gave, three
defendants who plended guilty to the
chnrges against them, long sentences in
prison.
The first defendant wns Frank Hot
sten, 1071 I.lndenwood street, charged
with shoplifting in n Mniket street de
partment store. He hnd been previously
nrrested five times on similar charges
nnd has served long sentences. Judge
McCullen sentenced him to eighteen
months in the county prison.
Aaron Johnson, negro, 1109 Rain
bridge street, who shot Marshall Rob
inson, also n negro, on July 1, had been
previously arrested on a charge of rob
bery thnt was nolle prossed. He got
two years in the county prison.
Edward Sheehan, 14S North Eighth
street, a highwayman, held up and
robbed Fred Ifaumgartner, 811 Cnllow
liill street. July 14, nt Ninth nnd Vine
streets. The defendant was tried for
n similar hold-up before Judge Auden
ried in June last and was ncquitted. He
was sentenced to not less thnn five years
nor more than seven years in the
Eastern Penitentiary.
POLICE SEEK PETTY THIEVES
Several More Minor Robberies Are
Committed Here
Fnlice throughout the city are being
kept busy seeking thieves who commit
robberies of a minor character.
A grocery store owned by William
Hansom, 003 South Twelfth street, was
broken into yesterdny nnd twenty-five
chickens, valued at 540. stolen.
Jewelry valued nt .$50 aud 510 in
ensh wns stolen from the home of David
Lishman, 4.VJ3 Colorado street.
Four trucks valued at $000 were
stolen at Third aud Shunk streets.
They were the property of August
Tlittner, 'whose home is on Stone House
lane.
Forty dollars' owrth nf shoes were
removed from the store of I.orenz Kun.
512 South Eighth street. Entrance wns
gniued by breaking th show window.
I'nited States Government property
in the form of wooden patterns, valued
at $10, was stolen from an unoccupied
house nt 22(1 North Twenty-third street.
The patterns it is believed, were taken
to be used ns firewood. Seven dollars'
worth have been recovered.
OXYGEN THEFT CHARGED
Mart Held Without Ball Accused of
Stealing Tanks
E. M. Norton, of Thirty-sixth and
Chestnut streets, n foreman of the
Rethlehem Shipbuilding Company, of
Wilmington, wns Held without bail to
day by Magistrate Pennock, charged
with the larceny of n number of oxygen
tanks valued at $2000.
It is alleged that orton's position
enabled him to send laborers with these
tanks to a back yard nt Fifty-second
nnd Walnut streets, where they were
found by Detectives Gold and Gumbor-
row.
Information has been received by
authorities here that tanks valued at
$45,000 are missing from the plant.
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JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
A SERVICE OF
SKETCHES SUBMITTED.
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Former State Official Says All
Dealings With North Perm
Wore Honorablo
DEPLORES SNYDER'S ATTACK
Charles A. Ambler, at Ocean City,
X. J., has made n statement declaring
nil of his dealings with the North Penn
Rank had been honorable nnd business
like. He broke his long silent o, maintained
since the closing of the doors of Ihn
wrecked institution more than threoi
weeks ugo, when he learned that Charles
A. Snyder, of Pottsville. who wns Un
successful cnndldatc against him In tho
contest for the auditor generalship of
Pennsylvania, had declared he had
openly disapproved of Ambler's deposit
of $402,000 of insurance funds In the
North Penn Hank nnd of the with .
drnwnl of the money from financial in
stitutions in Pittsburgh.
Outlining his position and the course
of action which he purposed following
in view of, the allegations made against
him, Mr Ambler Raid :
"My first act will be to definitely
learn whether Mr. Snyder really said
that he warned against putting the
money in that bank. I cannot under
stand any motive for the auditor gen'
ernl's attack on me. Certninly if the
matter was discussed at the meeting of
the state revenue board by Mr. 8nvder
and others it must have becri subse
quent to the time I resigned from the
commisslonership. Furthermore, I wn
not a member of that board, so I could
not have heard the conversation e.vcn if
I had been in Harrisburg nt that time."
"Neither Hnnklng Commissioner I,n
fean, nor any other person, had ever
hinted to me thnt the North Penn Rhus:
wns not n snfe place for the money."
Mr. Ambler declared it hnd alwiiy
been his belief thnt the bank was a
thriving institution. And when asked
whether he had been told by Mr. Knfenn
of the trouble in the bank's affairs when
the directors who were required to pay
up $."i0,000 to cover discrepancies in the
bank's funds last fall, he asked, "For
that matter, did anybody know of it?"
He declared that never during hli
term In office, or for that matter sine
his resignation, had he discussed the
bank with Mr. Snyder. Conversation
between him nnd Mr. Snyder, he. im
plied, was limited to few words, in
deed. Jewish Relief Plins Debated
New York, Aug. 11. Members of
the joint distribution committee of the
Jewish relief funds met today in the
Hotel Astor on the invitation of Ftlix
Warburg, chairman of the committee,
to consider plans for relief of the Jews
in the war-stricken countries of Europe.
The session wns behind closed doors and
no report was given out.
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