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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-01
FISHER TAKES REFUGE !
BEHIND BANKING ACT
Commissioner Dodges Vital
Questions and Refers to Law
as Reason for Stand

State Banking Commissioner Fisher
Las parricd vital questions concerning
fairs at the scuttled North Penn Bank
l'y dodging behind Section -, act of
Iay 81, 1919.
The section follows:
Neither the commissioner Of banking
or any deputy examiner or cmployo
# the banking department shall directly
,r indirectly wilfully exhibit, publish,
'ivulge, or make known to any person
tr persons, any record, report, state
Ilpnt or other matter, fact or thing
'ontaincd in said department or ascer
tanned from any of the same or from
iny examination made under the pro-
y isions of this act. excepting in such
manner as is expressly authorized by
this act, and excepting when the pro-
uction of such information in Il pro
,eeding in any court is duly required
y subpoena issued by special order of
The court or other legal process,
And any violation of the provisions
# this section shall be a misdemeauor
pon conviction whereof, tho person SO
Tending shall he sentenced to pay a
ne not exceeding $1,000 and shall be
ismisscd from his employment in said
apartment.
Crowded, however, that the COM
Missioner Of banking on the written re-
ucst or consent Of any corporation au
'hori2ed by resolution ot its board of di-
rctorS or on the written request or CON
Cnt of any person under the super
ision of the banking department may
iscuss with any advisory committee Sc
Cted by the commissioner such matters
elating to the financial condition Of
'uch corporation or person as the COM
Missioner may deem pertinent to the re
abiitation thereof.
And provided further. that the com
missioner may Ou like request or con
ent furnish to the Federal Reserve
ank of the district in which the bank
l1g house or other place of business of
any corporation iS locatcl copies of any
rport> or parts thereof or any infOrma
in in his possession relating to such
corporation for the use of said board or
auk.
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Parliament Of Poland
Ratifes German Treaty

Paris, Aug. 1.-(By A. P.)-The
Polish Parliament yesterday rati-
fed the German treaty and also the
treaty for the protection OF minori-
ties by q vote Of PAS to Al.
The status Of the German treaty
in other countries IL as follows:
Great Britain--Ratific6 by Par
lament and signed by King George
yesterday.
Germany - Ratified by Assembly
July . and signed by President Eb-
ert same day.
United States--Pendins in SEN
ate.
France-Pending in Deputies.
Belgium - Ratification by Bepn-
ties. Recommended by foreign af-
fairs committee.
Disqualification expected in
, September.
MISREPRESENTATION awaits COM
pletion of other pacts.
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ToDAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES

Thomas F, Colihnn. 55l3 Cpland St. and
Bridget A. Dcery. 55l3 Upland st,
Charles s. ONeii 3735 y 9Th 81 and
Elizabeth A. Gilmore. 3735 " stu st
Norris Glantz, s w corner +th and cleen
SITS. and Esther London. 274s n 5th St
Milhourn l.. Willis. Fettcrton Md and
Elizabeth NJ Nyce. 1921 Gtlham ST
Thomas ]. Hamilton. .1li2 = oath ct and
Joyce Craig. 26i0 Titan St
Oliver L. Brown. Ritz-Cariton and Norma
X. Boucet. SOL s. +9th St
Bentamin r Toy. ,Cwyncdd Valley. Pa. and
Mary e. Bradford, wyncote. Pa "'
David r Conyegs. 6iiS lambert st and
Hannah Kennedy. $3.50 Lambert ST ""N
Thomas f.. Garrity. 1928 Parrish 81 and
Genevieve Sweeney. 1928 Parrish ST
Wilson Glenn. I'll N, 10th st.. end Eva
Gary. 331 Sa unders ave.
James T RSHInson, os s%i sprinE St. and
chsrles Marcus 1sS3 $ Orkney st.. and
Elizabeth Fsl!tz. 900 Mercy IT.
George IL. Potter. 100 g. f6th st and
Dori$ L. Hodge. 700 =. iGtN st '
Clarence VI. Ches.out New York cIty a,d
Sarah Mathis. ea9 n Hstehinson st
Max schwartz. LEES S Franklin st and
Clar" S-hnitzHr. 7tl Morris st T ""1
Gam Thorn. 4at Mercy ST.. and Mary
Carrothers ID. Johnson. 1.+S - 10th ct and
lola u. WashinRton. 1915 Dickinson st
Edgar l.. Graves, Spokane Wash and Nav
g Wa'ton. 2s51 Firth st
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Compromise Near
in League Fight


Continued From Page Ono
all 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
and the balance of power would slip
away from the executive toward the
legislative and the constitutional pur-
ity of our institutions would be re-
established.
A "Leetle Overdone"
Fat anti league breakfast food in the
morning, take our simple exercises of
tugging fifteen minutes daily at the
Wilson idol and ripple grandly up and
down the muscles of the back like one
of lis. But it was 'leetle over
done"
Senator Lodge works daily with his
prize exhibit of the strength of Con-
gress to infuse little subtlety into
the direction of those mighty thews.
People are beginning to think that be-
tween a chronic invalid and a woman
who throws the piano at you every time
YOU come home tired from business the
chronic invalid has certain attractions.
Tho unathlotic seven threaten 10 make
themselves the real foreign relations
committee. And thus Washington goes
forward to the time when by a miracle
OF words Wn''" ilienn ~ n's ,nne ". no'n
tho senate and Wilson will each claim
a great victory.
,s
wilson a saies'nah
If the strategy Of the Republican
senator's was borrowed from the back
pages of the magazines OF a few years
ago, when noble pictures OF swelling
chests convinced us that by ou'flns our
biceps against our triceps rev MN
utes every morning. we might gro"
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WOMEN HERE CHARGE
HOUSING VIOLATIONS
Churchwomen's Leader De-
cIares Many Homes Have No
Drainage or Water Supply
"EDUCATION" IS NEGLIGIBLE

Hundreds Of tumbedown houses in
this city have no drainage, many have
no water supply and the standards set
by law are not maintained.
This statement was made by Mrs.
William b. Abbey, chairman Of the
churchwomen's housing committee. in
letter to Director Krusen. of the
Department of Health and Charities.
The -letter was in reply to an article
in the June number of the health bu :
reau's bulletin in which it was stated
that the chief remedy for bad housing
condition is money and education. -
Says Education" is Negligible
In her reply, Mrs. Abbey said.
among other things:
THE contention Of the church
women's housing committee is that
there are great numbers of utterly unfit
houses offered to people as dwellings.
who have no choice but to inhabit
these houses or be on the street. and
that no amount Of education can teach
people sanitary habits who are com :
PEELED to accept insanitary living con
ditions.
''iou say the chief remedies for bad
housing are money and education.' AS
churchwomen We must dissent from
this statement.
Money and education are of great
Importance, but over and above both,
is the necessity for recognizing the
truth of Mr.. Roosevelt's declaration
applying it to our city, that it can
not be good place for any Of us to
live in, until it is a good place for all
of us to live in.
Before such spirit, obstacles will
go down, money will be forthcoming
and Philadelphia become in truth a
city of homes, meeting the challenge
of true democracy, that every child
has the right to be born and 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.
1T goes without saying that educa :
tion is Of great Importance. and church :
women are planning 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 the Octavia Hill Association. the
Philadelphia Housing Association. the
Special Housing Service, etc. What we
ask of the city, AZ means to this end
is, that at least the standards of
housing as required by law shall be en- :
forced"
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lAbCHD|SHOP SELECTS
I NEW SECRETARY HERE
The Rev. Joseph A. Whitaker,
s. r. l., Is Given
Appointment
WAS AN ARMY CHAPLAIN

Archbishop Dougherty announced.
This afternoon that he had appointed as
bis private secretary the Rev. Joseph
A. Whitaker, s. 4. H., who has just
returned from France, where he served
us chaplain in the hospital at Nrvcrs.
The hospital cared for about 10000
wounded and sick soldiers, and Father
Whitaker was the only Catholic chap
lain administering to them.
The appointment of Father Whitaker
| came as a surprise. He was mustered
Aout Of the service at Camp Dix only
Y yesterday. and still wears his uniform.
He had the rank of first lieutenant.
The new archiepiscopal secretary
succeeds tc an Office that has been va
cant since the appointment of Mon
signor Wenceslaus ]. Walsh TO the
rectorship of st. Rridget'S Church,
Falls of Schuylkill Monsignor Walsh
was secretary to the late Archbishop
I Prcndergast and continued to act as
secretary to Archbishop Doughcrty for
come time after the latter came here as
metropolitan.
Father Whitaker was born in Shen-
andoah, Pa, April 10. 1877. and cdu-
Gated for the priesthood at the Over
brook Seminary and the American Col
lege, Rome. He was ordained to the
priesthood May 2S. 1904. and the fol-
lowing month was appointed an as
sistant to NIonsignor Crane at the
Church of st. Francis de Sales, Forty
seventh street and Springfield avenue.
3 He remained there until November,
1910, when he was made rector of st.
Stephens Church. Port Carbon. In
December. 1914. he was appointed Il
member of the faculty of the Overbrook
Seminary Soon after the entrance of
the United States in the war he en-
listed as chaplain to the Nineteenth
Engineers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-01
NO HEARING ON PHlLA. TUBES
House Committee VIII Discuss New
York Case August S

Representative Halvor Steenerson,
chairman of the House committee on
postohices ana postreads. has notified
the Chamber of Commerce that the
hearing to be held before his committee
on August 5 on pneumatic tubes was
to deal solely with the New York mail
tunnel proposition and that testimony
would be- limited thereto.
1t had been the understanding of the
Chamber of Commerce that the general
subject of pneumatic tube service would
be before this committee hearing and
arrangements had been made to have
the Chamber of Commerce represented
before the committee.
In view OF Chairman Stecnerson's g
telegram the Philadelphia chamber will
await the committee hearing at which
the pneumatic tube service as affecting
Philadelphia will be discussed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-01

to Senator Hitchcock, toward whom the
President was once suspected Of beins
the reverse of gracious. III.
Graciousness sits as oddly on the oc-
cupant of the White House as strenhth
does upon the Senators. The men of the
Capitol go up the avenue in response to
the executive invitations. Remember
these men have sat in fear of the Presi
dent for years. They are for all the
world like schoolboys sent for by the
principal.
No one knows what 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 an admiring crowd of
other boys who haven't yet been &nt
for by the principal.
Brave as Lions
Did you ever know n schoolboy who
wasn't strong" in his recounting of
his heroic adventure with the master
of the school? SO it is with the scna
tors Even those who do not belong to
the football team of the foreign rela :
tions committee, the big -muscled fell
lows. are brave as lions as they throw
out their chests and tell how they diff
fered firmly with the master, giving
it back to him as good as he sent"
81 told him that I, as a member of
a co ordinate branch of the govern
ment. charged with responsibility equal
to his is"--everybody emphasizes that
idea in some form or other-''could not
conscicntiously accept his view of the
league
The duty to my country compelled
me to judge this grave question for
myself, and I should have to vote
against the league unless substantial
reservations were made and l did not
believe that reservations sufficiently
strong to satisfy my conscience were
likely to come out of the Senate
The boys" are having great time
talking to the gracious principal. and
particularly telling about it afterward
to the other boys" and to the press.
The result is that the nation gets all
one side Of this story. the heroic and
truly admirable conscientiousness of the
Senate. the inexplicable graciousness
which amounts to almost weakness of
the President. who was once so sure of
himself. And the story only comes from
the heroes themselves. --.
Wilson is acting az "A salesman. But
then by the paths Of assumed gracious
peSs' and assumed Strengfh ,ra ,,oy,
forward to compromise, which is sure.
and which the seven have probably
started.
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DEATHS

EASTRURN -Ftftb-dav. Seventh Month
3Ist MARY ELIzABETH E. EASTBURN.
widow of Franklin Eastburn aged TO Refa-
tives and friends invited to funeral. without
further notice residense Of son, ,ln-lsw.
Seventh-day Eiqhth Month I'd. D. m. Int.
Maksse'd Friends, BuryinE Ground
of Rersha NJ Riggs and son OF George 2.
ard Mary J. Riggs Relatives and friends.
invited to services, sun, 8 p. m. parents'
rasidepce +3 n. 30th ST. Camden; N. J.
SMITH. .--July 81, WILLIAM H SMITH.
Relatives ard friends invited 20 funeral from
(shurrh road Gladwyn. Pa. sunday, D., m.
Int, NJ. T. Gem. Gladwyn. Pa. Conveyance
ut Artimcre for train leaving Broad street
S.o tjn, AK m
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-01
LEDEREn TOPRODE
INVASION or HOMES
Internal Revenue Collector viii
Investigate Alleged Unwar-
ranted Liquor Seizures
OFFICERS WERE ADMITTED

Promise Of an investigation into the
methods used by deputy United States
revenue collectors in invading homes of
citizens. without warrant has been made
by Collector Lederer.
There IL indignation among the
members Of the Forty third Ward Re-
publican Club and citizens generally
over the announcement that homes Of
the president and steward of the club
were entered by the government agents
In search of whisky. They found no
liquor on the premises.
No search and seizure law rs upon
the statute books Of the United States.
The statement of Chief Field Deputy
T. LittleiSles, In charge Of revenue in
vestigations, and of his subordinates,
Deputy Collector James Cummiskey,
who entered private homes Wednesday,
with Deputy Collector John J. Murray,
is that lit was done in nice way,
with the consent of the people living in
the houses, so as not to cause them
trouble or notoriety." vi
Took Woman BY Surprise
II was too surprised to say any
thing declared Mrs. Glenn, wife of
John :. Glenn, a Philadelphia Rapid
Transit conductor, whose house was one
OF those entered and searched BY the
revenue men. Glenn is steward of the
club. The agents turned back their
coats to show me their badges and told
me they had orders to search the house
ior half barrel of whisky, which they
had been told was stored here.
II invited them in. Their search was
thorough. from the cellar to the ton
noor, but they found no whisky. One
OF the collectors asked me il any one
lived in the house besides Mr.. Glenn
and myself. told them about a GENTLE
man and his son who were boarding
with us. They searched their rooms.
too, but found no liquor of any kind"
Knew He Could Refuse
John Crosson, an upholsterer, Bill
germantown avenue. whose home was
likewise invaded. is president of the
club of which Glenn is steward.
Il knew could refuse those govern
ment men when they asked permission
to search the place he said. They
had no search warrant. But thought 1t
mnwise to refuse to allow them to enter.
1 had nothing to conceal.
After discovering that the complaint
was false alarm they asked me il I
suspected any one of having made. Il.
l told them l had not the least idea and
would surely let them know il l had !"
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P. r. r. Removes Service FIao

The Pennsylvania Railroad has re :
moved the large service flag which has
hung in the concourse On Broad Street
Station for about year. The flag
had blue star containing the number
,2S6. representing the employees of
the Pennsylvania Railroad System who
went into the army and navy service.
The gold star contained the number
534, representing those killed in serv-
ice
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-01

it while I was banking commissioner.
went out Of Office on January u,
1919. On February 3, 1910, with other
directors of "A corporation in which
wns Interested two notes for S2500
each. $1,000 in all. were made and the
money borrowed from the North Penn
Bank. The notes represented gilt edged
security. The indorsers' combined
wealth would total several millions. !
guess. Any bank would have been glad
to have discounted the paper.
Both of these notes. fell due last
Wednesday, July 30, and both were
naid. 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 Girard National Bank. of
Philadelphia. We, Of course. have the
Cancelled note.
why did we arrange to borrow the
money from the North Penn Bank?
Why not? ! knew the president, the
| cashier and some of the directors. 1t
was purely business matter and the
amount desired small. In our business,
/
borrow ha'f million dollars. could
borrow 100000 from several Philadel-
phia banks"
| The state banking commissioners, dur.
ing the period in which fraudulent ma
nlpuations and steals seemed to have
had free rein in the North Penn Bank,
were William II. Smith. now dead. who
resigned in i'll health on January Is.
1917. after serving as commissioner
since 1909, and former Congressman
| Lafcau. appointed by Governor Brum-
baugh to succeed Smith April "a, 1917.
He went out of Office January 81. 1919.
The present commissioner, John S.
| Fisher, succeeded him.
! Mr.. Fisher was indignant when in
formed of the Lnfean attack.
/ AS far as | am concerned" he said
my lips are sealed by Section - Of
the act of May 21. 1919. which forbids
any one in the Banking Department to
divuige information contained in the
records except by authority of court.
the Federal Reserve Bank or at the re-
quest of the directors of any banking
house.
Three Institutions In Trouble
Thus ! cannot state what informa
ation was left me by Mr.. Lafean. When
] took office there were three institu
EtionS which needed the attention of the
department. One will be rehabilitated
and two liquidated.
will one of these two be the North
PENN" he was asked.
Yes"
II am surprised" he went on, that
Mr.. Latean attacked those who are Mt :
tempting to correct a condition left on
our hands by his administration. Now.
as far as his charges are concerned
regarding the great expense, the only
additional expense will be the money
paid TO Colonel Pusey, as investigator
and of Mr.. Goldsmith. the accountant.
We had to have somebody TO do this
work. The examiners are the regular
state employees, and no additional ex
; penSe is incurred by them
} And how will Colonel Pusey and
Mr.. Goldsmith be paid?"
Out of the assets of the bank"
What will be their fees?"
II do not know"
Have you anything to say regardin.
Mr.. Lafean's attack personality
When the right time comes we3vil
, show what Mr.. Lafeah's knowledge ant
interests were in the North Penn
Rank"
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Tlnd Clue of Missing Physician

! i larrisburg, Aug. 1.-Dr. s. O.
1annnm, Of Bradford, reported miss
INK from his home since last week, was
s: Harrisburg, Sunday, on his way to
Iz4rshey having conyersed with Har-
r|st0re policeman on that date. Since
>A1t date. no trace of DIR. Hannum has
b4eu found.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-01
PELP waNTED-MaLE

H4MNERSMITH. frst class wanted for
-raxing ALI classes shape forstngs under
hrdramlic press: EXCELLENT wages paid nrst-
class man See me q, Hanover Hotel, l3th
and Arch SITS Saturday afternoon or eve
rfn~ NJ. Kearns -----------
SAT -FSNAN. with Ford car. to 10 out With
dietriet gales 'manlGer to demonstraIe oesf
arenee reuvircd to secure territory; give
phone number for appointment. Is s3s. a. q.
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fisnmersteIn Grows Weaker

(. Now XprE. Aug, t.s-0sear Hammer-
s{el1 erapd opera producer, who has
>zp es{<iesIly III hero for several days.
|a nj<lIt was Kte&jux weaker hourly
4 A. 4 Inc ~ ~ "a mid they thought be
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Real LOOterS Not
Named in Bank

ontinued From Page One
bailey Building. He kept the men
eating for more than an hour this
'lorning. His lawyer. William Nor
/ an Montgomery. is with him.
1t was explained at Colonel Pusey' S
fficc that the accused cashier is going
ever the books of the bank, pointing
cut which ovrrdrafts are good and which
/ re worthless. Colonel PuScy said that
: ny information regarding the good as
sets of the bank would not be made pub
ic by him, but must come. at later
late, through the state banking de
partment.
More than fifty angry drpositors ap-
| cared at the bank this morning in re-
spOnse to a statement made last week
iy James W. MacBurncy. the receiver.
that bank books would be received on
..ugust I. This Mr. MacBurncy an
l ounced to newspapcrmcn When the
I epositors appeared today. the third
false alarm, Mr.. MaCRurncy sent out
word that he had made no such state
Ilpnt.
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LQfeGn AssdilS
Fisher in Bank Case

Continued FROM rage one
the North Penn Bank? l had nothing
to do with that. That was Charlie
Ambler's work (Charles \. Amber,
state insurance commissioner. who was
removed by Governor Sproul.) He did
it,
Why Delay? He AsksS
eyes, / understand Amber has
promised that he would pay whatever
he owed if they would send him a state
ment of his account. And why don't
they send him a statement and let him
pay? Why delay? He's business
man. not overly wealthy perhaps, but if
Amber says he'll pay l think his word
can be relied upon.
II venture n prediction. Unless they
soon clear out all those ofhcials-get
rid of 'em-Pusey. Rotan, Cortelyou
and the rest engaged in this investiga
ton. and who are burning up the assets
Of that bank. feel that the depositors
will have little chance of getting back
much OF their money in the end.
Investigations always cost money-a
whole lot of money-and you can rest
assured that every dollar spent upon
the investigation is going to be a charge
upon the assets of the bank. The longer
they keep the investigation going and
the financial fires burning the more
money the depositors will lose.
"But I'm done talking. I'm through.
] want action.
Cites Lack Of Men
THE great trouble with bank eXami-
nations in Pennsylvania, continued
Mr.. Lafean. warming to the subject in :
reduced by his interrogation. who sought
information as TO the system in vogue
| in making examinations Of financial in
stitutions, has been the lack of men I;
good men, bookkeepcrs and accountants,
examiners. We had but twenty when
was banking commissioner. we nefl
led fifty, Then there were 587 banl hg