Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-26
STEVENS ACTING
HEAD; FIELD SEC.
FORMER OTTUMWANS WILL
TAKE ACTIVE PART IN
CONVENTION.

Des Monies, March 25.-Former
Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, at one time sec
rotary Of the United States treasury
and now head of large bank in Phil
adelphia, will deliver an address at the
annual convention Of the Iowa Bank
ers association to be held in Des
Moines on June 16 and II.
There will be three sessions and
four formal addresses. In addition to
Mr.. Shaw, John Swanger, former sec
rotary Of state In Missouri, and now
bank commissioner there, and H. r.
Wright, Iowa food and dairy commits
sioner, will address the bankers. One
other speaker will be selected soon.
George NJ. Reynolds of Chicago, for
nelly of Des Moines, has been invited
TO make an address.
The headquarters of the convention
will be at the Savory hotel.
At yesterdays meeting of the execu-
tive council of the bankers associa-
ton, held in Des Mloines, the arrange
ments for the state convention were
made and the date was set. The coun-
Gil Endorsed the plan for electing a
secretary of said association at tie
annual convention in June, to make
his headquarters In Des Moines and
give all Of his time to the business Of
the association. The council also vot.
ed to invest the money now In the as
sociation's treasury, amounting to sew
eral thousands Of dollars, in farm
mortgages. These investments will
be made under the direction Of the
president, secretary and treasurer of
the association.
Stevens Acting Head.
L. e. Stevens of Des Moines, presi-
dent of the Century Savings bank, is
acting president of the association,
succeeding to that place upon the
death recently of the president. Mr..
Stevens was elected vice president Of
the association at the annual conven-
ton last year.
Field for Secretary.
No little interest will attach to the
selection Of the paid secretary of the
association who will be chosen when
the convention meets in June. Princi-
pal among the candidates thus far is
w. H. Field cashier of the Union
Trust & Savings bank Of Pennington
and a member Of the executive coun-
ell of the association
Those present at Yesterdays meet
Ing in addition to Mr.. Stevens, who is
an ex-officio member of the executive
council were: j. M. Dinwiddle of
Cedar Rapids, ]. NJ. ,Sproull Of Water
loo, H. A. Gooch of Sioux City, c. r.
Carpenter of Fayette, G. w. Coe of
Woodbine, John w. Foster of Guthrie
Center, G.. E. Bartholomew Of Preston,
w. H Field of Pennington. E. J.
Eicher Of Wayland, Hon. J. T. Brooks
of Council Bluffs. All of these are
members of the executive council. In
addition the following members of
special committees were in attend
ance: Charles B. Mills Of Clinton. ].
IT. Ingwerson of Clinton, D. Fl. Helm
sheimer of Glenwood. E. J. Curtin Of
DEBORAH. F. H. Smith of Clinton and
P. w. Hall of Sheldon.
The local committee includes
Charles H. Martin. representing the
Des Moines clearing house; G. 2.
MacKinnon, John Fl, Hogan. ]. H.
Blair, C. T. Cole. and A. 0. Hauge.
Mr.. MacKinnon is chairman and will
have charge Of the arrangements for
the entertainment Of the visitors to
the convention.
Prominent out-of-town bankers, who
were in Des Moines yesterday, in ad-
dition to those in attendance at the
meeting preliminary to the cOnven-
ton, included F. B. Shafer, cashier of
the Frankel state bank of Oskaloosa;
S. w. Manning, cashier Of Mainning's
bank of Keosauqua; Lloyd Penick, as
sistant cashier of the Charlton Ma
donal bank of Charlton; E. R. Camp