Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14
lT COVERS THE WORLD
Activities Of the state insurance De.
partment Practically Universal.
Odd Facts About 1.-THE Race
Horse "penrose''--Mea-
acephaIltIs In Har-
risburp
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
THOMAS BLAINE DONALDSON. Sta,

It occupies less floor space in proportion
TO the range of it's activities and the diver
sited character of its work than any other
bureau or division housed under the dome
Of the State Capitol.
It is the only one that maintains Offices
outside the boundaries Of the Common wealth,
two being located In New York City.
One of the curious and least known phases
of Its operation is that It transacts business
with nearly every country in the world.
Outside of the central and western Euro
pean nations, Its ramifcntions extend to
China, Japan and the various dependencies
fringing the Pacific In the southern and
southeastern portions Of Asia.
In the Middle East 1t touches Czecho-
Slovakia, serbin, Bulgaria, Turkey and the
Azores Islands.
1t has claims against the German Gov.
eminent for passengers killed on passenger
boats during the war.
Among them are several connected with
the destruction Of the Lusitania.
MORE than 1000 insurance compan nies re-
4Vl port TO the department.
Ocean marine insurance. in which 1t has
nm interest. covers ships on every ocean and
sailing the seven seas.
No single policy of insurance written by
any registered company is issued without
the consent of the department.
In 1920 the department collected fees
from foreign companies that were turned
SO, $50 900.
Complaints concerning the conduct Of
companies registered with It run on an
average of about thirty five a day.
These are examined by investigators op-
Grating, in three zones into which the State
is divided
IT'S Offices in New York are maintained
i in connection with the liquidation of
various lnsolvent insurance conn" nies. the
largest of which is the Pittsburgh Life and
Trust. '"
The greatest complications the depart.
ment has had to wrestle with came in con-
nection with the crash some years auo Of tho
great 11annevig Bank, Of Norway.
Three fire and marine insurance com.
them was the old Jefferson Company, with
offices at Fourth and Walnut streets.
Marine insurance features are the most
unusual. Months and years frequently
elapSe before the loss of a ship is reported
was lost in November. 1919, whose claim
was filed only within the last thirty DAYS.
Commissioner Donaldson tells me IL "a
not improbable that as result of the com
pication arising from the Hannevig failure
summer. '
Asa State department it is self support
1t is the money maker of the Common.
wealth
SENATOR P. T. JOYCE, of Luzernc,
y and Chief Clerk of the Senate William
Z. Gallagher are jointly interested in n
number of enterprises
They own racehorse whose value is said
to be upward of $4,000.
As two-ycar.o It won fourteen races
OUT OF seventeen in which II started. and il
holds the worlds record for five furlongs,
1t is of the famous Hanover strain and
its name is Pcnrosc
The senior Pennsylvania Senator. in
honor OF whom 1t was named, has never set
eyes on his namcsake, although n hand
somcly framed photograph Of the horse.
taken during the race in which the record
was made. hangs upon the wall in his apart
mcnts in Washington.
in conversation on the subject Of the
racer performance one day. the Senator
Why didn't you namc him Senator Pen
rose while you were at it. Gallagher"
Wen, you see, replied Gallagher with
n grin, ut isn't that kind Of a horse IFS
a fily."
"liuh!' was the monosyllabic comment
GOVERNOR SPROTL is chairman Of tho
~ Executive Committee Of the Association
of the Governors Of the States
This makes him dean of that unique or.
ganization.
Within the next thirty days he will 20 70
Washington to confer with number of the
Southern Governors on matters of social
and political interest that affect not only
their own constituencies but Indirectly the
people OF the entire United States.
The meeting Of the Governors in IIarris
burg in December last. while not the first
OF its kind. was the most important ever
held in this country.
In, its civic work Governor sproul tells
me that differences In politics are ignored
The effort is to unite upon projects for the
bettcrment of the people generally.
II has been suggested that the next meet
ing be held In Alaska, but owing TO tho
distance IL is probable that some ot6er nIono
Will be suggested, one of the Southern Ststpa
possibly. ''
Charleston. s. c.. is being urged bv
number of the Southern Governors
The Governor tells me that he regards tho
welding the diversified interests Of the yor,.
Gus sections of the country into n homo.
geneous whole.
DUBLIC Office has a tendency 70 nrovoLo
L unacceptable trouble.
Megacephalitis, in the phraseology of the
street, is swell headedneSs -
Most every public official has an attaok
of i at some period Of his career.
With one or two exceptions CanitoI TIin
in Harrisburg. Is singularly free from the
complaint. Wv
The one or two cases referred n ho,..
ever. are not only perniGious, but arQra-
vated and aggravating.
A UDITOR GENERAL SAMUEL
~ LEWIS has never had n touch NJ !,
His promotion from the ranks of private r.
the supreme command hasn't stirred n b.ir
of his head.
Boyd Hamilton says he Is 'worser'' no,
for plain ways and plain speech than ho
was when he was an understreppcr.
At lunch the other day in the Penn
Harris the Auditor General said in answer
TO a question:
mo, I'm not going to move into tho
hotel. ] have had a room on Walnut stre
ever since I've been in Harrisburg, ~
good enough for me.
The family ! lived with moved out the
other day, but the new tenants Informed me-
that could retain my room if cared to
I'm going 10 stay there because II ia
homelike, and besides. I'm not going ro
change my, life just because I'm drawing
n larger salary,