The Washington times., 1914-01-23
To Fight Gas Election.

A determined fight to carry out their
proposed reforms in the management
Of the Washington Gas Light Company
at the annual meeting Monday has been
prepared by the committee Of stock
holders headed by Edmund K Fox. ThS
committee expects today to send out a
ticket of fifteen directors, seven of
whom will be the present directors, to
be voted upon at the annual meeting.
These tickets will be sent to every
stockholder whose address the commit
tee has been able to obtain with the re-
quest that the ballot be voted PERSONAL
ly or that proxies be sent for voting the
whole number.
Mr.. Fox is also preparing to test in
the courts the provision Of the District
code requiring that the stock books Of
public utility corporations shall be open
to stockholders. A penalty of $50 a day
TO stockholders Is attached 10 the sec
ton. Mr.. Fox declared today that the
Gas Company officers had prevented
him or his committee from seeing the
books and obtaining the names and ad-
dresses of stockho. .ders.
Howard s. Reeside, vice president of
the company, does not expect any
change in the directorate.
The Copperthite Pie Baking Company
has been. incorporated with a capital
stock of $4,000 by Henry Copperthite
NJ. Ford and Walter z. Weaver.
The H. NJ. Conger Company has been
Incorporated with q capital stock Of
500, 900 by Frank T. Rawlings, II. NJ
Conger, and W. Ballinger. The COM
Mr.. Rawlings said today that the COM
pany is not ready to announce any
plans.
The directors of the Commercial
National Bank gave a dinner Thursday
night TO the officers at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Further confirmation of the belief
among members OF the local Stock EN-
change that the Owen stock exchange
bill will not become law in its
present form and that no legislation of
the kind is likely at this session Of Con-
gress is had today in an expression
from the White House that stock ex-
change legislation was not contemplated
in his trust message.
The President denied to visitors
Thursday that he purposes to take up
the matter in another message and ex-
planned that the proposition TO regulate
railroad finances through the Interstate
Commerce Commission has nohing to
do with the exchange of securities on
stock exchanges.
w NICK Stowell, chairman Of the
banquet committee of the Washington
Chapter, American Institute Of Bank
| ing, will report arrangements made for
the annual dinner of the chapter at the
next meeting, February a. Charles A.
Barnard delivered the first lecture on
Sales and Bailments" in the educa-
tional course before a wen ATTENDED
meeting OF the chapter Thursday night.
While il is still uncertain whether
the President will attend, the follow
| ing speakers will be present:
Secretary of State Bryan, Senator
( John Sharp Williams, Senator Hollis
of New Hampshire. former Senator J0-
seph W. Bailey. Garter B. Kcene, di-
| rector of the postal savings system;
| CcngI essnnan Carter Glass. chairman oil
the House Committee on Banking and
, Currency, and Justice Mahlon II. Pit
| Ley, of the Supreme Court. William
| A. Mearnes will be toastmastcr and
President B. T. Saul will deliver the
speech of welcome. John Poole and
/ George w. White arc associated with
! Mr.. MeaTnes on the dinner committee,
about 9Ol ar expected to be present