Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-08

his ground on the question Of turisdici :
ton.
When the politicians became impli-
Gated in the North Penn transactions,
| they were in office at Harrisburg and
the question arises as to whether the
district attorney Of Dauphin county
or the Philadelphia district attorney
should prosecute them. Mr.. Schaffer
is to make the decision.
Efforts TO obtain the names OF the
former state officials failed. None of
the state probers would divulge the
names. and the district attorneys office
was silent.
To Push Amber
Definite action will be taken against
Charles A. Amber, former speaker of
the House and insurance commissioner
under former Governor Brumbaugh, un-
less he rcimburses the wrecked North
Penn Bank in the immediate future for
enormous loans.
Colonel Puscy has decided to push
the Amber end Of the bank failure.
This politician deposited more than
S4OO, 900 state funds in the bank and
then negotiated enormous personal
loans. Judgment had already been
planned against Ambler's effects and
"nnothcr course can be pursued. but
further information must be obtained
from the district Attorney added the
colonel
is it true that Amber owes the banl
$50 600. and not SO, 900, as mas
been reportcd?" the colonel was asked
~ cannot state the amount Amber
owes other banks large sums of money
and Il he pays these notes his obliga
tions to the North Penn will be de-
creased
No Definite Time TO Pay
Have YOU fixed a definite time for
Amber to payg'
Il have fixed a time in my mind"
''Is it true that you are prepared
to enter Judgment against him?'
''I have already done that" anc
I then he added the sentence regarding
the district attorney.
when do his notes mature in the
bank"
"In January. but that has nothinl
TO do with the case. | have made q
demand for the money
Soon after the bank failed. Amber
announced he would pay what he owet
tho bank "within a few days" after re.
.,F l. .. IolK
The statement eventually was fur
! niShcd Mr. Amber. but the promised
payment did not matcrialize.
Il have nothing to say" or II have
] no statement to make" invariably were
the former commissioner replies to al
questions put him about the bank. The
answer became so much of a habit that
when asked If he knew James !. Boland
/ insurance company owner, who figure!
prominently in the scandal, Mr.. Amber
gave his strreotyped reply.
Mr.. Fisher said in Harrisburg today
that he was not at liberty to name tn,
man who first called his attention to tn,
Drccarious condition of the North Penn
Bank. He cndeavored to reach him las
night but failed.
'You may say" he added, that h,
is connected with the auditor general!
office. | will give his name just a.
soon as | soc him.
Mr.. Fisher will not return to tn
city for several days. He will spent
Sunday at his home in Indiana and oil
Monday proceed to Oil City where hi
presence is needed in connection wit
a financial institution which is in diff
ticulty.
'Evcrything is in the hands of Mr.
Rotan. | cannot discuss it further"
Colonel Pusey today received a tele
gram from an attorney representa-
James J. Boland. president of the de
funct New York National InsuranC
Company and the Seneca Fire Insur
ancc Company The colonel describe
the message "aS Il lawyers telegram
and said he did not quite understand i
lie CLEANED. however. that lSollnd wi
come to this city next week to go ovc
his affairs in connection with the banl
Frederick l.. lIomsher, of StraSburs
/ Lancaster county, today took Charg
Of the probe at the bank, replacin
James W. MacBurney. who was re
lived as state banking reprcsentatiy
by Banking Commissioner Fisher.
, 60 Between" Now known
q Mr. Fisher said he had learned tn
identity of the ego between" VIII
acted in the transactions between Moye
} and Boland. He is not the ''yOun
' man in the wool business" whose nam
was mentioned on the previous day an
whom detectives sought to locate whe
p the liquidation Of the New York in
surance company was ordered by tn
New York courts According to Nj
Fisher. the man who introduced Moye
to Boland in fashionable club in thi
city was ''the young man in the woe
| business" Although the introductiO
4 had a business purpose, the intention
, of the clubman were honorable, and
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