Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22

1.afean was down looking over the situa.
ton last week. He learned that Brooks
had been here and was already making a
hit.
TT WE only knew how many people are
L interested in Philadelphia and Phlladel-
phians we would be prouder OF our city.
Qualifications of It's influence are so ex.
tensive as to afford us a pleasant introduce
ton to all corners Of the earth. How many
people in Philadelphia know Ira Copley,
an Illinois Congressman, who has grown
rich In the gas business? Yet he has very
close connections In Philadelphia. John C..
Lowry. vice president of the American Gas
Company, and one of the standbys at the
Union League, Is one of them. So is Nor
ris w. Stroud. William u. Mckinley. Of
Illinois. sometimes spoken Of as a candi-
date for Senator to succeed Larry Sher-
man. is another westerner who stops over
at Philadelphia occasionally for personal
and financial reasons. Mckinley was the
congressional manager of the Taft cam.
paign OF 1912. He has large traction in.
terests In the West.
GENERAL questions are agltatinG Phila.
delphia bankers Just now. and 1t might
be we'll for the Philadelphia Chapter to dis.
cuss them a little more fully. One relates
TO the restriction OF immigration. which
some bankers contend should be encour-
aged to check Bolshevism; another Is the
increase of loans and interest rates thereon,
and still another is the investigation pro-
posed by Congressman McFadden. concern.
ing the activities of Comptroller of the
Currency John Shelton Williams. The
Comptroller never was very popular with
the bankers, but he has n reputation of
being a fighter. and Congressman McFad.
den will probably need help to put his reso-
luton through. Material here for Austin
w. Davis, of the First National: Anthony
C. Felix, of the Peoples, and Howard T..
Dolly, of the Tradesmen's.
THE little party at the Manufacturers
- Club which Is led In thought and spirit
by Benjamin +. Obdyke Is partially broken
up by the departure for Chile of j. r.
Brunei. Jr, and DR.. Emilio NJ. Barreiro.
who recently touched Washington for pass
ports. Mr.. Brunei. who has large interests
In Chile and South America, has purchased
a costly home at Merton, to which he en-
poets to return in May. Meanwhile Brother
Obdyke has the consolation of knowing
that his grandson, who recently became a
midshipman at Annapolis, is making good
TT WILL be interesting TO John W. L.be..
= ton. of the Atlantic Refining Company:
z. w. Drinker, Of the Lehigh Navigation
Company. and O. c. Purdy, of Wilmington
who have interested themselves in the
merchant marine service, to know that the
Emergency Fleet Corporation now has I'm
hand no fewer than 5000 applications fol-
the position OF supercargo and that they
come from all parts of the United States,
This Information will also be informing
to that group of young men who were
engaged in Emergency Fleet Corporation
work during the war who desire to be con
tinued In the service.
nR. EDWARD MacINALL., who is at.
- ~ ~ 'iiNiNo JoiH H. CON-
nelly's force. has been digging into IN,
archives of the Pennsylvania Historical
Society. But the doctor and his good
wife do not overlook the movements O,
public men, and dispatches from Washing.
ton seem TO contribute to their mental re.
freshment. For one thing, the doctor
likes the EVENING PURLic LEDGER letters
which, he tells us. ft In delightfully."- with
research work.
uERE is what Lewis E. BETTER say,
- about the PROPOSED society of ex
secretaries: II was first Mayor Filler
private secretary. 1SS7.ls91; then Mayo
Stuart's, lS9l.ls95: then Governor Has
tings's, ls95-ls99. Edgar c. Gerwig, O
Pittsburgh, followed me as Stones, 1899
1908; then Bromley Wharton, Philadelphia
as Pennypacker's. 1oO3-is07: then A. II
l907.l9ll: then Walter s.. Gather, Pitts
burgh, as Tener's. 1sl1-1sl5, and then vii
liam II. Ball. Philadelphia, as Brumbaugh's
1sl5.19l9. / followed Humphrey Tate. q
Bedford NOV deceased as Governor Pat
tison's private secretary. ls9l-lS95, an
he, George Pearson. Pittsburgh, as Gov
ernor Beavers. 1SS7-18S1, SO you see w
'Ex's' now come In at least halrdoze,
lots, assorted"
MAGISTRATE JOHN MECLEARY an
A'A the boys Of the Vesta Club have reaso