The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13
Bankers From Every State In
the Union Here FOR Associa-
tons Annual C.sthering
Committees Get
Down to Work
Vavious Sections Will Hold
Simultaneous Meetings To-
day--Governor's Ball To-
night In Honor OF State $
Distinguished Guests

Following hard upon day spent in
arranging for accommodations, short
sirht-seeing excursions, busy commit
tee meetings, and a banquet OF the
council club, the a.eoe delegates to
the American Bankers association. now
4, Richmond will use today In section
meetings preparatory to the opening OF
the convention proper tomorrow MORN
ting.
Big bankers noted financial writers,
big advertisers. manufacturers and men
know throughout the financial world
crowd all the hotel tobhies and arc
seer in numerous groups az the places
of interest In and around the ffty-
Tire jefferson hotel has usurpcd the sra
ditional beehive as "a place OK activity.
II fairly swarms with humanity; its
Hobbies are ove~-run with Eier AID Its
pariors with men and women, the lat
ter lending r'easinC contrast to the
more soheriy clothed fnaneters- the
hotel offices. turned over TO various
committees officials, the publicity bu-
reau and ether preliminary workers are
alive with officers, stenographers and
publicity men. In the front of the Main
street entrance are the information
bureau. adequately manned. and the
registration bureau, oyer-worked with
the task nf receiving delegates Gre
eentiais and registering them. The
hotel IL like big Office building with
everything working like machinery.
The attendance is exnected to be the
largest in the history OF the association
In spite Of which fact all delegates and
their wives and daughters. Of which
there are several hundred. are quickly
findinE accommodations. The fears cx
To hut
not large enough for the entertainment
OF such great convention have all
vanished Hourly the number of dele
gates increases. every scheduled train
and many specials steamfng In with
crowded coaches when registra ton
office closed last night about two thou
sand delegates. exclusive OF women.
were recorded as present. though the
srst day session OF the convention pro-
per IS tomorrow. The total number
expected Is a.seo or more. There are
i5.eeo memhers of the association Not
n state or city of financial impor-
tanee Is unrepr esented here.
Numerous Committee Meettngs Held.
Numerous committee meetings were
Seld yesterday. together with the ex
ecutsve council. which held closed
sexsion. receiving reports. The princi-
pal open meeting held was that OF the
agricultural commission, at which the
report of the commission to the associa-
tion was read The commission was
appointed on the theory that 1t Is of
the highest Importance to bankers ITO
create a soil as well as q bank reserve"
and the report pointed out that NINETY
per cent of the member banks are coun-
try banks. and most of these are bank
ed-farners."
Optimistic Views were expressed as
to the future of the American farmer
md support of the American Banker
Farmer publication was urged.
Many ~ the details Of routine ana
other business to come before the as
ISOLATION sessions Wednesday and
Thursday were looked after by the
several committees IN their respc5-
tive headquarters at the Jefferson yes
terday. From 10 o'clock in the morn
ing until late in the afternoon meat
ings were almost continuous- At times
several OF the committees were In
session simultaneously, Reports Of
work accomplished will be made to
the association tomorrow.
President Arthur Reynolds, OF the
association and chairman Of the ad-
ministrative committee. called an ex-
ecutive session In room $50 during
The early afternoon.
The executive committee OF the
clearing house section me, at 10
o'clock, with Chairman J. .. Ayres.
Of Pittsburg presiding This commit
tee cleared up many matters to be laii
before the clearing house section FOR
approval when II meets at 10 O'clock
this morning in the salon
Teac finance committee. with Wee
President w. A. Law, oc-she asscia :
tior, presiding. ret In room $50 ri
$50. President Reynolds and mcnr-
hers OF me executive council met al
$50 in executive session. The com
mittce on federal legislation had "a
session in the east parlor at q. 80 The
Insurance committee, OF which Oliver
met In AUDITORIUM reception room !; 0
ut 10 O'Clock
The executive committee Of the sav-
ings hank section. with Chairman y.
f. Hawley. OF MINNEAPOLIS. presiding
began an executive session at 1928.
The trust company sections executive
committee. with Vice. President John
r. Mason. Of Philadelphia, as chair
man. met at the same hour.
Other committees meeting during
the day were the American Institute
Of Banking section the currency COM
mission, subcommittee of the finance
GOtfsHbtAtsSGs rev UfeIUpcIS I'll CcuU~tl
comuittee, law committee. member
shsn committee. bylaws committee
iard amendment committee.
Business Before Pleasure.
Social features yesterday we're few,
the program being arranged with the
Idea Of getting serious business dis
posed Of before giving up any great
amount Of time to amusement. The
'nr1t Of the entertainments was that
fcantinpsd ~ Second pags.)