The Washington times., 1912-10-16
BONDS ARE FEATURE
Of TRADING TO-DAY,
WITH GAS STRONG
Washington Railway Bonds
Show Weakness, While
Gas Shares Gain.

Strength in Gas and weakness In
washington Railway I per cent bonds
characterized a somewhat larger volume
Of trading on the washington Stock
Exchange today.
-Four lots of Railway IS were sold.
$500 in all, starting at S3h and ending
at SsM. The $500 lot brought s4t. Five
shares Of Gas brought S5A during the
lot sold at this price. and another an
eighth higher.
Bonds, which were entirely neglected
yesterday, formed the major part Of the
business today.
the District National Bank, completes
his data upon the proposed convention
hall for Washington and presents It for
enactment by Congress and subscrip-
tion by District investors, he will have
wori out practical Investment. Mr..
Harper Is securing data from other
elites which have convention halls, as
he plans, finances and use. He has
written the Secretary Of the Interior
for a statement Of the expense to the
Government every four years involved
In the use of the Pension Building for
the inaugural Ball. and to Corcoran
Thorn, of the last inaugural committee.
for q statement Of the committees ex-
-. preparing the big building for
the ball. These two expenditures are
applied in whole or In part for use of
the proposed convention building.
The Governments share Of the prof.
ect is proposed to be grant Of a
The prospects will be complied as rap
idly as possible and is expected to be
an interesting document.
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Gently formed Investment Bankers As
sociation Of America will be held in
New York about November 90 The pro-
ceedings will occupy two or three days,
Is being worked cut by the New York
members.
The meetings of stockholders and d.
TesoFs ss Bank G 'Rs %ers nsT held NO last
resulted according to schedule. Dr..
Daniel d. Muicahy was elected .presi-
dent. Miss Alice Malone, the first wom-
an to hold a bank directorship In Wash. +. .
other officers and directors chosen are:
o. B. George, vice president; Lewis
Holmes. vice president; 7. Frank Nor
gan vice PRESIDENT E. ..clstd2y III pyer cash a
Rover. attorney, and J. Edward Chap
man, o. Z. Darnall. 8. B. Donnelly,
Daniel Doody, II. C. Easterday, Eugene
e. -GOtt, Robert N. harper, LIT. e. p
Horen, w. p. Keneally, Gerson Nord-
linger,- R. L. o'Brien, D,. Philip 3.
Roy, l.. e.. Robey. John A: ROBINSON
c. c. Rogers, clifford Sparrow; ]; 8.
Tyree. Leon 8; Ullman, Frank Z. war
lace and Emil West.
Robert N: Harper. president OF tne tne
District National Bank, presided at the
meeting of the stockholders.
A pleasant evening was spent last nisnt
by members and guests OF the Bank syn
dicate at a dinner at the New Ebbitt' the
ontire staff of the syndicate's bank, the
Union Savings, were guests. Guests OF
honor were Eldridge Il. Jordan, presi-
dent OF the United States Trust Com
pan; w. II. Saunders, president OF the
Park Savings Bank; and Wilton j. Lam
bert Col r. l.. Montague acted as
toastmaster.
Henry c. Perkins and Hennen Jen-
nings, both OF Washington, have re-
signed as members of the board OF d.
rectors of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way Company. Messrs. Perkins and
Jennings were elected members Of the
directorate In the fall OF 1909. Both were
members of the committee which for
mulated the plan for the reorganiza-
ton of the property.
The annual meeting of stockholders
OF the company will be held in Peter~-
burg, Va, November IA. when the va
cancies will be filled.
The Commercial National Bank earned
1888 per cent on its capital from Sep
tember 1, 1911, to September 1. 1912.