The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Physical Endurance Of Taft Is
Extraordinary.
IS DUE TO HIS TEMPERAMENT
Beautiful Lawn Party at the White
House for international Red Cross
Deleeates--Plan Of comptroII.
er Murray to Check Bank
Dcfaiestions.
sy GEORGE CLINTON.

RAAknAhH AAAh year AAh uhh Ant0t HNi
only political addresses. but certainly
80 or more speeches on occasions non.
political. Mr.. Taft Is an extraordinar.
lly big man physically, and yet the
strain OF hard work does not seem TO
tell upon him as II does upon other
men who carry much less weight
Friends OF the president aserlbe his
continued good condition 10 his buoy
ant disposition. In other words, hfs
temperament stands him friend dur.
Ing hIs hard work.
There have been one or two lawn
parties al tho White House this year.
and before the spring season closes
there probably win be on or two
more. AT one party the guests OF hon.
or were the visiting delegates to the
international Red Cross convention.
The president and Mrs. Taft, standing
under the trees on the south lawn OF
the White House. received distin.
guished guests from all over the
wcrld The president had just re-
turned from weeks campaigning and
was 20 leave again at midnight, but
he stood the three hours social siege
as II be had been resting instead or
working Physically. the president Of
the United States IL a wonder TO that
part OF mankind which gets chance
20 see him.
At the Red Cross Reception.
The lawn parties at the White
House are The most picturesque social
events Of the year IN Washington. II
II not probable that those who do not
actually view the scene can realize the
extraordinary beauty Of the grounds OF
the White House In May and june
There are many trees, much shrub.
berry and Ia some places profusion OF
aowerA al the back Is the house itself.
fine specimen OF colonial architec.
ture, pure white and impressive, with
each 81 liz great pillars adding line
~ beauty The day OF the reception
on the lawn given for the Red Cross
people WAS perfect The thermometer
M8s az ~, and the sun was In a cloud.
less sky The ladies' an wore white,
while the men. or most Of them, for Il
YRS largely AN official reception, we're
IN uniform, many OF them hciug in the
picturesque garbs OF the I.atln.Ameri.
can countries and Europe and the
countries OF the far east.
Present 90 that reception, unknown
TO most OF the guests and bearing her
self with extreme diffdence. was
woman who had Just returned from
china She has been connected for
feats With q school maintained by the
Protestant Episcopal church In the
heart OF the ilowery kingdom. When |
.iyil war broke out In China recently |
and the Young Chinese started on |
their crusade. the woman who was a !
guest az the White House reception |
left on her teaching In the college and |
went into the field as volunteer Red |
Cross nurse, She had many hard ex-
periences, but not as hard as Il was
expected that she would have. China
ordinarily Is not considered thorough, |
~ civilized. but even IN the midst OF |
the madness OF civil strife II was
found That beth factions OF the Chi |
nese observed the Red Cross rsgula.
tons as implicitly as would the coun.
tries of the west,
To Stop Bank DefaiCations.
Comptroller OF the Currency Law.
renee o. Murray has made a |
study Of some OF the methods |
by which banks occasionally are de- |
Erauded by their employees. He has |
had a number of specific cases put |
before him and as a result Of his in. |
sestigations he thinks that such un.
fortunate occurrences as these and |
many that have preceded them may be |
avoided In the future n the national |
banks will cooperate with his office |
In the plan which he has just suggest |
ed to them. This is nothing more nor
less than the simple device of sending |
60 his Office carbon copy of the semi, |
annual report made by the examining |
committee OF the board OF directors Of |
each bank--the report which states In |
black and white what the directors
think OF their own bank.
When Mr., Murray assumed office
about 5000. or between 80 and 40 per.
cent Of the national banks, had no by
laws and therefore made no provision
for examining committees They now
all have adopted bylaws suggested by
the comptroller and are fitted out
with regularly appointed examining
committees. When carbon copies of
the reports are sent to the comptroller
study will be made of them which
win be supplementary to the study
made in the bank. In this way 1t is be-
iieVed that the depositors and stock
holders will have a double check
against loss from defalcation and
forgery.
Some Specimen Cases.
Here are some of the cases which
moved the comptroller of the currency
to act:
George w. Coleman, bookkeeper of
the National City bank of Cambridge
Mass, kept q small personal account
on the individual ledger He would
kite" his own checks through a Bos
ton curb broker and abstract them