The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
BANKERS POURING
INTO RICHMOND

INTO RICHMOND
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tho reserve bank. the city's interest in
national finance Is AT its highest I'M
4 der circumstances like these the for
1ieth annual convention OF the .Ameri-
can Bankers Association meets with
s%eyery promise Of u sympathetic recep-
!. ton, and the most successful meeting
of tho organizations history Is pre-
r .riictea.
ii yEsTIGES OF HISTORY
CAREFULLY PRESERVED
gs Although the city has i'm the last
: fourteen years made phenomenal strides
in commerce and industry, 1t has in no
: way lost the quaint historical flavor
which sets ii apart from all other
s American municipalities. Patriotic or
\ ganizaticnS have seen to it that the YES
Z tigcs of history making times have
been carefully preserved. and the WISH
tor is confronted wherever he turns
4 wtth-reminders OF the days when Rich
& nlond was the capital OF n nation and
the strategic point of opposing armies.
~ Beginning in 1875 with n member
ship of 800 banks, the American Bank
( ers' Association has grown until it has
now on its membership roll the names
+ &C $4,000 banking institutions. In point
of aggregate wealth invested in bust
+ ness, the organization is far and away
the richest in the United States.
GS The convention will begin work to-
4 morrow with sessions of fifteen or more
s standing committees. The entire bust
!. less day will be given up to committee
work. Delibcrative sessions will begin
on Tuesday with morning and after
( noon meetings Of the trust company,
savings banks. clearing house. and
state secretaries sections of the asso-
Ciation.
CARTIER GLASS TO SPEAK
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
M The convention proper of the undi-
vided association will be called to or
der by President Arthur Reynolds, OF
( DeS Moines, at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Business sessions will be
held on "Wednesday and Thursday,
mornings and afternoons. Among the
features of the Wednesday session, will
be addresses by Congrcssman Carter
Glass, of the Sixth Congressional Dis
trict of Virginia, co-author of the
Glass owen currency act, and former
Congressman Martin w, Littlcton of
New York,
Governor Charles S. Hamlin, OF the
? Federal Reserve Board will address
the convention Wednesday afternoon
The program lists for addresses. in adj
dition to II large number of other dis
tinguishcd men, Logan Waller Page,
director Nof the office of public roads,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture: President Edward X. Graham, OF
the University of North Carolina, and
President J. ID. EEgleston. of the Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute.
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
PREPARED WITH CARE
The city has co-opcrnted with the
banking colony in providing IL large
fund. which will assure TO the dele
gates convention which Win lack
nothing that can contribute to their
entertainment. The entertainment pro-
gram viii begin simultaneously with
the convention at 10 o'clock to-1nor-
row morning. when automobiles will
leave the Jefferson Hotel for round
3 Richmond tours designed for the di-
version of the several hundred women
who are expected to accompany the
delegates. AT l o'clock tomorrow nf-
ternoon visiting Rotarians will he tho
guests of the Richmond Rotary Club
at luncheon on the roof garden of
hueEer tio'eh a tea for the women
is scheduled for o'clock i'm the after
noon at the Conn: onwcalth Club
AT 10 . clock, Tuesday morning Dc
toeer IL, special street cars will leave
the Main street entrance of the .Ieffer-
son Hotel for II visit TO the plants of
tie Southern Manufacturing COMPANY
) ana the STANDARD Paper Company. two
large ana vastly interesting establish
ments Automobile tours for those
VINO so incline are also planned for
.his morning; The great golf tourna-
ment, to decide the financial golf cham
pion of America, will begin on Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock on the links or
the Country Club of Virginia. "Thc
Governors Ball." at which Governor
Henry Carter Stuart will receive is m,
the program for Tuesday night. In thc
magnificent new nrmory of the Rich
mond Grays.
VISIT TO FACTORIES
TO IE INTERESTING:
on wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
sptc'ai street ears will leave the Jef
i.rsoh hotel for trips to the factories
81 the Richmond Cedar Works, the
iichnond Branch of the American Io
SonotNc Works and the Liggett &c
MEYERS Tobacco Company, three in
uustrles supreme in their fields. An
tomoplie tours are scheduled for This
morning also At $50 O'Clock the
wives ana daughters of delegates will
ne entertained At luncheon at the
Country club of Virginia On the
same night, AT $40 o'clock, there
VIII be musical in the CITY
auditorium. at whcbr will appear
MISS Alma Gluck, soprano, OF the
Metropolitan Opera ComDnny; Antonio
Scotti, baritone, of the same orrani-
Hat!on; E!rem Zimbalist, violinist. of
international fame. and n well known
accompanist
Other automobile tours are planned
Tor THURSDAY morning, October Is,
while at the same hour special motor
cars VIII leave the jefferson Hotel 40
convey visitors to the manufacturing
plants OF the Tredegar Works, the
Albemarle Paper Company. and the
c. Il. Sauer 90. That night, at S