Evening star., 1915-01-14
INVESTMENT BUYING
Of LOCAL SECURITIES
Prices We're Generally Strong, With
Trading Largely in
Odd Lots.
Many Banks and Trust Companies
Elect Officers for 1915-No
Important Changes.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

BY I. A. FLEMING.
business on the local stock exchange
continues to show a gratifying increase
In the investment buying, although
much of the trading is of the odd-io'
variety. Practically all of the stoch
list, other than bank shares and Lanston
in the miscellaneous list, has sho"eo
on the sales sheet and all have ]ust-
fed the belief of the governors that 'ne
time for reopening was ripe
Four issues of stock and two OIL hohos
IN addition to United States bonds
we're traded in this afternoon. Mersen.
thaler showed for the first time. Win
sales at 1914 to 1913; Capital Traction
sold sparingly. from an opening at soFA
to e5 while Railway preferred SOLD IN
a small way at SAY to S5. Washington
Gas was firm at 76ss-
Railway As sold at s1A and Potomac
Consolidated IS were firm at sSA 10
s9ss.
Ninetieth Regular Dividend.
At regular meeting of the directors
or the washington Loan and Trust
Company held yesterday afternoon the
ninetieth regular quarterly dlVloeho
was declared, per cent, with an e1-
tra per cent distribution, payaole
February 1, to shareholders OF record
January 23.
Bank Elections.
Many Of the national banks and trust
oor,n.r;es organized at meetings held
Yesterday afternoon and this morning.
As rule there were no changes III 'ne
rosters of the various institutions, re-
talC
very general
Results follow:
Continental Trust Company-Nathah
B. Scott, president; Charles w. war
den, first vice president; Bates warren
vice president; William I. Galilher'
vice president; G. T. Scott, vice presi-
dent and treasurer; Charles A. Douglas
counsel; Frank S. Bright, trust ofl-
Ger and secretary; NJ. j. Winfree, as
sistant secretary, and H. L. Onutt, 1r-
assistant treasurer.
Union Trust Company-Edward ]:
ilton, first vice president, attorney and
ilton first vice prenident, attorney ana
trust officer: George z. Fleming, sec
ond vice president and assistant trust
officer; j, Nota McGill, third vice presi-
dent: Edison b. olds. treasurer; EdwaTd
l. Hillyer, secretary: W. Frank d.
Heron, assistant treasurer, and Will
liam L. Crane, assistant secretary.
Riggs National Bank-Charles C..
Glover, president; M. u. Allies, vice
president; william ]. Flather. vice
ppresident; Henry H. Flather. cashier.
and Joshua Evans, jr., assistant cashier.
National Metropolitan Bank'George
W. White. president: o. II. r. johnson,
vice president; George o. Watson, CASH
ier. and j. Gales Moore, auditor.
american National Bank--W. T. Cal
liner. president; c. III. Livingstone, hrst
vice president; Davis Elkins, second
vice president; William Selby, cashier;
y. c. West, E. T. Love and J. w. Will
liams, assistant cashiers:
Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany-John Joy Edison, president; Ellis
spear. vice president; John b. Larner.
vice president and general counsel;
=; i"qIe@ Mesm, are treasurer: e BOYD Taylor. as
sistant treasurer; Thomas Bradley.
iiicheiberger. trust officer:
Davis. president; Robert Callahan. vice
president: Patrick T. Moran. second
vice president: Albert S. Galley.
cashier: w. Nick. Stowell. assistant
cashier, W. F. GUIDE. secretary to the
W. ". MILAN. associate counsel.
Federal National Bank-John Poole,
president: N. H. Shea. vice president;
Charles B. Lyddane. assistant cashier.
franklin National Bank-Directors
elected today, as follows: Edward B.
Adams. William H. H. Allen, Wilson
T. Bartholomew. John E. Benton. J.
Fendall Cain. John 3; COCHRAN. Louis
Hawken. Thomas P. Hickman. DR.. Rob
ert F. Mason, c. A Muddiman. =. j.
Nee. P. ]. O'Hanlon. Charles J. Rogers,
Tucker X. Sands. Wilson Timberlake.
r. S. Turk, Charles H. Weser and
nome Building observation-disclosures
L. Claughton. president: Arson S. Tay-
lor. vice president; William T. CALI
her, vice president; James Morris
Woodward. secretary; Edward s. Wes-
cott. treasurer; directors chosen were
George W. Linkins, Charles N. Moore.
William K Reeve. ]. Paul Smith, Fred
L. vogt. Madison Whipple.
The Douglas Mining Company has
elected the following officers: Mrs.
Mercer Watson. Huntington. W. Va,
president; Judge Hyman Lazarus, Bay
onne. N. j., vic resident; Isaac r.
Hit. Washington. D. c.. secretary
treasurer. These with Harry P Pears,
ington. D. c.; C. E. Fink, Westminster,
Md; Miss Kate F. O'Connor. Rockford
ILL.,. and Benjamin Carter of Washing
ton. d. c.. constitute the board of di-
rectors.
The executive comp1ittee is composed
of Mrs. Mercer Watson. Judge Hyman
Lazarus. Isaac r. Hit. Harry p. Pears
and c. e. Fink.
A $4,000 bond issue was ordered bv
the stockholders. Over one hundred
shareholders of the company reside in
Washington.
District National Bank-President.
Robert n. Harper: vice presidents. w
S. Hoge. W. P. Lipscomb, Bestor K.
Walters and Gerson Nordlineer:
kashier. Edmund S. Wolfe; assistant
fashier, Theodore S. Mason; ATTORNEYS.
Barnard & Johnson; counsel, Wharton
e. Lester.