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The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
Auto Accessory Line.

In the automobile accessory line Wash
ington and the adjacent territory sur
rounding the District OF Columbia is well
supplied by Reeds Motor Supply Shop.
OF which Mr.. w. Elkins Reed Is the
proprietor. Mr.. Reed established in busi-
ness in Washington in 1906, and from the
outset has been very successful. owing
to the superior lines of goods handled,
and his square and honorable methods OF
conducting his business. His place of
business is located in a handsome mod
ern building, at IBIS Connecticut avenue,
and hero he carries a complete line OF
automobile supplies, accessories and mo-
tor wearing apparel Of the best makes,
and is agent for all makes OF tires. He
transacts both a wholesale and retail
business. and sells to dealers and owners
in the District and throughout Virginia.
West Virginia. and Maryland, keeping
travelling men on the road. Mr.. Reed is
an expert automobile man and devotes
his entire time TO looking after his busi-
ness, while he has also several expert
enced assistants. He Is also agent for
the 'Tnvincible self-starter." which can
be put on any car and guaranteed, for
the small expense of so. Call and see
Mr.. Reed. who will gladly give any fur
ther information required.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
A, G., Plant & Co.

Among the financial people and indi-
vidual investors in securities A. G. Plant
& Co, bankers and brokers, OF Washing
ton, is a well known and familiar name
among the financiers in many parts of
the United States, for II is one Of the
strongest and most reliable houses en-
gagged in the banking and brokerage
business. A. G. Plant & Co. are dealers
in government, municipal, and corpora
tiOn bonds possessing the requisite cap
ital to do large things. They are men,
bers of the Washington Stock Exchange
and correspondents of ]. S. Bache & Co.,
members of the New York Stock EX-
change, and they are in every way pre-
pared to offer the public the best of serv-
ice and every opportunity for investments
in their own choice of railroad and in
dustrial stocks and bonds and municipal
bonds or other debentures. They also
offer with these the advantages of their
knowledge, experience, and best judg-
ment. For their customers they buy or
sell upon the same vantage ground as
upon buying or selling for themselves,
individually or as a firm of brokers. In
handling government bonds and railroad
stocks it is well understood that they
place themselves at the command Of their
clients and faithfully execute their Or
ders, though they exercise care and pru-
dence. Their large patronage and their
continued success in this community is
the best testimonial TO their honesty and
their fair dealing. They occupy we'll
appointed offices on the ground floor OF
Evans Arcade.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
Mumford & smith Co., Inc.

The bankers OF every country naturally
constitute the backbone OF that country's
financial prosperity and prestige. 1t Is
they who bear the brunt OF a nations In
dustrIaI shocks and who lead the van OF
its Industrial progress and advancement.
No city or community can have a better
asset than a wide-awake banking insi-
tuition. In the Munford & Smith Com
pany, Inc, investment bankers. of Sl4
Seventeenth street. Washington can boast
OF an institution which in every respect
measures up 10 the severest test to which
banking concern OF this class can be
submitted. The company is successor
to the Munford & Lurton Company. an
institution well and favorably known in
the financial circles of the Capital City.
Its policy has. from the beginning. been
one Of sound conservatism. tempered
with the widest liberality and accommo-
dation to its customers. The president
OF the Munford e. Smith Company is Ed
ward S. Munford, formerly OF the Mum
ford & Lurton Company. which the pres
ent concern succeeded in business. Mr..
Munford is recognized as one of the finan-
ciaI leaders OF the nations Capital, a
man of rare Judgment and splendid ex-
ecutive ability, and prominent in every
movement looking to the upbuilding OF
the city. George P. Smith is vice presi-
dent. Like Mr.. Munford. Mr.. Smith is a
conspicuous figure in Washington busi-
ness life. and is a striking type OF the
hustllng, busy American who has won
his way TO the front ranks OF a difficult
profession with inherent merit and close
application to business. He is also head
OF the banking house of George P. Smith
& Co., of Chicago.
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8. {. wheeler & Co.

The Importance OF New York City as
the financial center OF the United States.
and indeed of all the world. can hardly
be questioned. and. although the infiu-
ence of the Washington market is each
year growing 10 larger proportions, It
is still necessary for Washington bro
kcrs TO keep in close touch with the
New York situation, so that their pa
irons may not be at any disadvantage
from residing in this city. With this
idea in view the brokerage firm of S.
.. Wheeler & Co. whose Offices are To-
Gated in rooms 225-226 Woodward
Building. undertook the leasing of a
private wire to the New York Consoli-
dated Stock Exchange. The advan-
tage that is gained to their patrons
through this move cannot be overesti-
mated. This is especially true of those
men who are forced to live in Wash
ingtOn a portion of the year on account
of legislative duties, but who have
large monetary interests at stake that
ne ID close and sometimes immediate at
teEtion. s. c. Wheeler d Co. are corre-
spOndents of members of the Consolidated
Stock Exchange. of New York City, and
by means of their private wire they can
give as good service as II they were ac-
tually on the floor of the exchange build
ing on Wall street. This firm is also
well known as the Washington CORE
spondents of Norman W. Peters & Co, one
of the largest brokerage firms in the
country. Mr.. S. c. Wheeler, the man
ager OF the firm, is a man of long ex-
perience as financial agent, his knowl-
edge of market conditions being above
the ordinary. With him is associated
A. R MetZEer
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
RiEss National Bank.

1t is fair assertion that the CONNER
cial and financial importance Of any
modern community is judged principally
by the character OF its banks Tested
by this standard. there is no city in the
country which can point to financial in
stitutiOns more ably managed, more
widely useful, or more strongly backed
than the Capital City. And in a review
OF this kind ii is only fair TO say that
Washington S prestige as a financial CEN
ter has been built largely upon the sue
ceSstul activities of the Riggs National
Bank. This institution is an oId-estab-
lshed one. and its record has been one
Of constantly increasing prestige and use
fulness in the community. The extent to
which this admirable institution has won
the publiC'S confidence may he Judged
from its latest reports, showing its re-
sources to he over 81. 600 600 and its capt.
tai and surplus $3OOl.OOO. The Riggs Ma
tcnal Banks record can tell only one
story-a story of sound. progressive and
able management. The officers and
directors are recognized financial leaders
in the world Of business. men OF sound
judgment and highest integrity. Charles
C Glover is the president; NJ. Z. Allies,
vice president: William ]. Flather, vice
president: Henry II. Flather, cashier, and
Joshua Evans, jr., assistant cashier. The
other directors include Charles I. Corby,
II. Hurt, James NJ. Johnston, r. Ross
Perry, Thomas Hyde, John R. Mclean,
w. II. Brownson. F. A Vanderlip.
Frank c, Henry, Sylvester W. Labrot
F. d. Mckenney. and II. Rozier Dulany.
There are few institutions in the country
that boast of personnel such as this.
embracing men high up in every walk OF
life. for each man in himself stands
highly rated in the business and financial
circles of the country. The Riggs Ma
tional Bank is housed in its own hand
some structure in PENNSYLVANIA avenue
opposite United States Treasury. Every
accommodation is extended to patrons
consistent with sound business principles,
and accounts are solicited. Travellers
checks and letters Of credit are issued,
and foreign drafts to people going
abroad. Foreign exchange is bought and
sold. and good paying investments are
made for customers of the bank. The
Riggs National Bank is conducting its
great business along lines which make
II a credit to the community as well as
to an enterprising management
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Consolidated Sale. Company, Inc.

The Consolidated Sales Company, Inc,
at 1Ho H street northwest, is one Of the
eldest and largest selling agencies hand
ling goods before the United States gov
ernment departments of washington
This firm handles machinery, electric
trucks, sectional houses. mechanical sup
plies, steel furniture, lockers, and shelv-
ing, as well as school equipments, rubber
hose, mats, &C. Handling the sales of
the manufacturers direct, and Introduc-
ing these goods in the various govern
ment departments, is a field that calls
for particular kind OF work. Formerly,
this business was done direct by the
manufacturers with the government, and
involved a great deal OF expenditure Of
time. Experience has proved that the
best results are secured by placing the
selling in the hands OF specialists, like
the Consolidated Sales Company, Inc.
This firm is lone Of the largest of its kind
in this section Of the country. The pres
ident is Louis c. WitkowskI; vice presi-
dent, James F. Kelly; secretary and
treasurer, William W. Conner
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Emerson & Orme.

Emerson & orme. automobile dealers,
are located at 1417 II street northwest.
the firm being composed OF W. R. and
r. b. Emerson, and J. w. Orme. They
are the agents for the Apperson and the
Detroit Electric. The Apperson Jack
Rabbit cars are unique in many respects.
In the hrst place. Apperson Bros.
are the Oldest regular manufacturers of
automobiles in the United States, hav-
ing constructed their first 'horseless car
rage" in the early SOS. The Apper-
son car is the best car on the market
at its price-s1. COO up 10 $500. Emerson
& Orme can vouch for the popularity of
the Apperson In and about Washington.
for they have sold them with marked
success. OF the Detroit Electric. brough-
ans. town cars, runabouts, &c. they
have a structural perfection which in
sures satisfactory and unfailing service
for years to come. Emerson & Orme
have built up a business OF large pro-
portions. employing now fifteen people.
They have splendid salesrooms and serv-
ice station.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
Doremu, Machin. Company.

There can hardly be any disputing the
assertion that her inventors have made
the United States the greatest Of all na-
tions in the field Of scientific develop
ment, as they have made this the most
wonderful of all the ages in the work
ing of scientific miracles. W. d. Do
remus. vice president OF the Doremus
Machine Company. of 3o0-SO2 Thirteenth
street northwest. is one Of the men whose
genius as an inventor has helped to rev.
olutionize the Industrial world. Every
citizen OF the United States who mails
a letter in a street letter box is indebted
to Mr. Doremus for that convenience,
for every city Is equipped with boxes in
vented by him. Mr.. Doremus is also the
inventor of the Doremus cotton gin,
which has been adopted by the National
Cotton improvement Company, and
which bids fair to revolutionize the cot
ton ginning industry of the country. But
these are only two OF the best known Of
Mr.. Doremus' inventions, Of which there
are at least fifty Of which patents have
been granted by the United States gov
ernment. The Doremus Machine Com
rany Is engaged In the manufacture Of
many Of Mr.. Doremus' inventions. man.
ufacturing of small machinery. sheet
metal stamping, and In addition does a
general business in electroplating, relac-
quering, and finishing. The company was
chartered under the laws OF Delaware In
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
United state. SAVING. Bank.


No financial institution is so commend
able in any progressive community as
the savings banks which have done SO
much throughout the country TO educate
the wage Garner and salaried class TO
save their earnings. Washington has
god reason TO congratulate itself upon the
character and strength of its leading
savings banks which are conducted on
conservative yet enterprising basis. One
Of the strongest and most reliable OF
these Is the United States Savings Bank,
which occupies its own handsome bank
ing quarters at the corner of Fourteenth
and u streets northwest. A glimpse at
the latest statement of this bank issued
February 20. 1872, will show a very strong
position, the resources being about
10000 and a capital stock of Sleo.o0o
The officers and directors OF the bank
are AMONG the most prominent and
trusted Of Washington's financiers and
successful business men. Wade II.
Cooper, president, and Wilbur II. Zepp,
cashier, are experienced financiers and
practical bankers. and they are ably as
sisted by the following strong board OF
directors: Daniel Thew Wright. Justice
of the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia; John j. Sheehy, wholesale
grocer; Charles A. Goldsmith. OF NJ.
Goldsmith & Son. jewelers.; James NJ.
Baker, vice president; James l.. Karrick,
president Fidelity Storage Company:
William T. Davis. wholesale and retail
groceries,; W. B. Cooper, president Amer
lean National Bank, Wilmington. N. c.;
Daniel C. Roper. chief clerk Committee
on Ways and Means. House of Repre-
sentatives; w. L. @. Penny, District OF
Columbia service: William NJ. Stuart, chief
statistician United States Census Bureau;
William ID. Barry, wine merchant; c. X.
Bergman, the Washington Evening Star.
and Thomas L. Cooper, president Bank
OF Mount Olive, N. c. All OF these gen.
tlemen stand as men OF unimpeachable
integrity and distinguished financial abll-
ity. and bring with them personally as
directors of the banks affairs a degree
Of talent that has aided materially In
making the United States Savings Bank
one of the soundest and safest In the
city of Washington.
a general banking business Is conducted
and per cent interest is paid on savings
deposits, the bank being a favorite de-
pository OF the business men and savings
deposltors located in this section of the
city. Safe deposit boxes are also pro-
Yided for the convenience of the banks
customers. This bank is an ideal finan-
Cial institution, growing in favor and
deposits every day and has great
future.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
National Investment Company.

The public little appreciates the impor-
tance to the financial development of the
country OF the services rendered by the
various institutions, scattered all over the
United States, which, while not part and
parcel of the general banking system Of
the country. are an indispensable ad-
junct to sound banking. The National
Investment Company, originally incor-
porated in Oklahoma, but doing an ex-
tensive business all over the United
States, is one of the sort Of financial
institutions to which the United States
owes much for its general DEVELOPMENT
along all commercial and industrial lines.
A sound conservatism has marked its
policy ever since the company has been
in existence. and 1t is recognized in flnan-
cial circles as one Of the most substan-
tial and absolutely reliable concerns ever
organized in the United States The Ma
tional Investment Company deals gen.
orally in all solvent and safe securities
Of every character. Its reputation for
rigid business integrity and an adherence
to the highest standard of business ethics
Is well recognized, and is not the least
important factor In the phenomenal pros
perity which II has enjoyed and which
has been richly meritei. As a man. Is
known by the company he keeps, SO a
company is known by the sort of man
who manages fits affairs. The president
of the National Investment Company is
S. J. Masters. one Of the leading imam
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Drs. Bosley and Weeks, Veterinary
Surgeons.

The rapid strides made by science
during the past century has resulted
in extending much aid to the human
body. And in all this advancement there
is no phase that gives more general sat
isfaction than the advances in science
which enables humane treatment to be
extended to, the dumb animals, Skilled
surgeons now doctor these animals.
Drs. Bosley and Weeks. of Washington.
are graduates OF the College of Veter-
mary Surgeons, and they have had
wonderful success in their treatment
of animals. They maintain a we'll
equipped hospital at 3O9-311 sixth
street northwest. where animals are
received for treatment. A careful dag
nosis Is made and a course of treat
ment is given calculated TO remedy the
diseases. For seven years these doc
tors have been engaged in practice,
and they have doctored successfully
some of the most yaluabls animals
IN ine ciVs z
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Prof. II. n. ID. Parker, Hope for In
curabIes.

Reaching out for incurable Cso-calIed)
diseases is rather unusual among ply
sicians and specialists. This, however,
is not the case with Prof. II. n. ID.
Parker. whose experience as a physician
extends over a period of nearly half a
century. thirty years OF which were spent
in Chicago, where he successfully treated
thousands OF patients for chronic mall
aides, which had passed beyond the reach
of ordinary methods of healing. His
many testimonials from people Of that
city and surrounding territory attest in
an unusual manner to his eminent skill
and ability. He has made many remark
able cures OF the following diseases:
Locomotor-ataxia, paralysis, infentile
paralysis, Brights disease, rheumatism.
asthma. insomnia, and a long list OF
nervous ailments, together with serious
ailments OF the digestive organs and in
testional tracts. His cures OF diseases
OF the respiratory and circulating organs
have created favorable comment among
physicians and scientists.
The pneumatic-vacuum cabinet which
Prof. Parker uses in ailments OF respir-
atory organs is the most effective method
of opening up the air cells and blood
vessels OF the lungs as well as arresting
and curing hemorrhages OF the lungs.
Seldom Is there a return of the hem
orrhage after the first treatment The
numerous cures of this terrible disease
by this plain commOn-sense method OF
healing Qn the hands of Prof. II. n. d.
Parker has caused universal praise. For
the past nine years Prof. Parker has
been located In Washington. where he
has met with greater success than ever
before. His offices are at 1023 Ninth
street northwest, where those who are
afflicted with any obstinate. acute, or
chronic diseases may consult him. He
has a useful booklet which can be had
for the asking or will be mailed free TO
any address
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
Prof. w. w. Parsons, Magnetic
Healer.

II has long been known that there is in
the human hand a peculiar power whose
magnetic force will bring a response from
the body ailing with disease. To Prof.
W. w. Parsons, of Mount Rainier. Nd.
who maintains Offices in this city. hun
dreds of local people are indebted for al
most unbelievable cures brought about by
the application OF his principles. THE
hand is the instrument OF instruments" I"
Consultation at his office, in rooms 40s-4li
Kenois Building, Eleventh and G streets,
Is free. and charges for treatment are
moderate. His Office hours are from 9 to
o'clock by appointment, and his phone
number is Main 1852 Prof. Parsons has
numerous references from the best peo-
pie in Washington. He has been estab-
lished here eight years. and during that
time has affected many wonderful cures
by the application of the principle OF
magnetism from the hand to the human
body,
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12

bankers. of New York. Philadelphia. and
Washington, are among the foremost
bond houses OF this country. This
house confines itself exclusively TO deal
ing in government, municipal, railroad,
and other corporation bonds. They al
most invariably own the bonds which
they offer for sale to investors, II being
their practice to buy whole issues direct
from the municipality or corporation is
suing them. The Washington office at
1421 F street northwest is in charge Of
Mr.. W. E. Lewis, long and favorably
known here. and a recognized authority
Or all investment matters.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-12
Henry w. Winter.

Before deciding on starting in business
on his own account, Mr.. Henry W. Win
ter. located at s4 F street northwest.
underwent twenty-five years prepara-
ton in the employment OF q number OF
the leading tailors. He was for some
time cutter to George W. Herold and
Eiseman Bros, OF this city. Many OF
the most prominent residents OF Wash
ington have given him trial and de-
cided to remain his regular customers.
for they have found that Mr.. Winter
takes a real artists pride in putting the
best Of material and workmanship into
every garment. He charges from IS up
ward for suits An immense variety OF
domestic and imported fabrics is kept
in stock. Eight assistants are employed.
and It is constantly pointed out as one
Of the local businesses that has a GER
tain future before II.
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Commercial National Bank.

The first and most important requisite
for bank Is absolute safety and re-
liability. Upon this as a foundation
much may be built in the way OF ad-
vanced and progressive ideas of bank
ing and methods of management, but the
foundation of security must be as i'm
movable as a mountain of stone The
Commercial National Bank, one Of the
countrys leading financial institutions, is
a banking house which comes fully I'D
to the severest tests that can be i'm
posed for safe and conservative finan-
cial management Organized in 1904, and
with less than a decade of life TO look
back upon, the career of this splendid
bank has been nothing short of remark
able, for it to-day occupies a position
in the financial world of Washington
second to that Of no bank in the city
With capital stock OF $50, 900, the Com
mercial National has accumulated a sur
plus and undivided profits of 500, ,495 H.
truly a wonderful record for less than
eight years of business. The confidence
of the public in the institution and the
popularity which It enjoys with the busi-
ness men OF the city are shown by the
fact that its deposits total about five
million dollars, among its patrons being
some Of the most important commercial
and industrial enterprises Of Washington
and the surrounding country. The Com
mercial National is ''the bank of personal
service" The most liberal accommoda-
tion to its patrons consistent with sound
banking has always marked its policy,
while courtesy and an obliging spirit on
the part Of its employees has ever been
a distinguishing feature of its manage
ment A glance at the list OF the direc-
tors Of the Commercial National reveals
the names of some Of the abIest fnan-
ciers in the country, while its officers
are men whose names are synonymous
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Merchant Tail0rs.
George II. Keen, Inc.

1t i certainly q long step from the
tailor OF the old days working painfully
away on one garment at a time to ths
up-to-date merchant tailor Of to-day.
Yet the old-fashioned tailor. stitching
laboriously away, was the real pioneer
OF such establishments as that OF George
T. Keen, Inc, merchant tailor. When
1t became necessary to handle this busi-
ness on a larger scale the ingenuity and
science that have grown with the mar
velous development Of the country were
called into play, and all sorts OF con-
trivances and labor-saving devices were
perfected to simplify the work. AT the
Keen establishment twenty expert tailors
are kept busy all the time under the
direction of Edwin s. Keen, the manager.
This business. which is one Of the best
OF the kind in Washington, is located at
1910 F street northwest, and was estab-
lshed in 1855. It was incorporated in
1918. A speciality Is made Of civilian
clothes, and a large variety of samples
Is carried.