Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-28
PHILIP KING CHOSEN
/. HEAD Of N. AND NJ.
Mr.. Berberich Retires From
Office After Year of Sue
ceSSful Work.

Philip King was elected president
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association at yesterdays meeting of
the board of governors. the vote be-
ing unanimous
Joseph A. Berberich former presi-
dent. declined a second term, chiefly
because his duties as member of
the District minimum wage board
are such as to make it impossible for
the duties of president Of the asso-
citation.
Lester Lansburgh was reelected
first vice president by unanimous
vote. The other officers chosen by
the board. all without dissenting
vote. were: Second vice president,
Col Anton Stephan: secretary. Charles
]. Columbus; treasurer. Louis Levy.
and general counsel, M. D. Rosen-
burg.
The board also voted to increase
the secretary's salary to $4,000 a year.
and in doing so took occasion to
eulogize the work of Secretary Co
lumbus since his incumbency of the
office.
Five new firms were elected to
membership in the association. these
being Rauscher's, Inc: the Dewey
Hotel, Berry & Whitmore Company.
Shaw & Brown Company and Harris
& Shafer
Action ON Convention.
The board directed Secretary Column
bus to attend the annual convention
Of the National Association of Retail
Secretaries, of which he is a member,
at Atlantic City. February 16 and 10.
and the convention of the National
Retail Dry Goods Association, in the
same city. February IS. 10 and 20.
Several members of the board made
speeches eulogistic of the retiring
president. Mr.. Berberich. and his work
during the last year. 1t was the ex
pressed belief of the board that more
actual work had been accomplished
by the association in the year of Mr.
Berberich's presidency than in any
other one year of the organizations
existence.
Mr.. King. the newly elected presi-
dent. is member of the firm Of Kings
Palace. For the last two years he has
been member of the board of gov
ernors of the association. He was
brothers. Harry and Joseph King. are
partners in the firm of which he is a
member, the business having been
started in this city by the father,
Henry King. nearly seventy-f1ve years
ago. For the past forty-two years the
store has occupied it's present location
at SO 7th street.
Mr.. Kings Record.
Mr.. King was student at Emerson
Institute. where he was graduated
with highest honors. receiving the
Bishop Pinckney medal. He then en-
tered Princeton University, where he
made an enviable record as a student
and in athletics. being the only man
who ever attended Princeton who was
captain of both the varsity foot ball
and base ball teams. After graduation
he coached the Princeton foot ball
teams of 1895 to 1902. going from
there to the University Of Wisconsin.
where he also coached the varsity
foot ball teams. He also attended the
New York Law School. from which he
graduated in 1897.
He is a member Of the University
Club. the Town and Country Club
and other organizations. His wife
was Miss Jeanette Harris. daugh-
ter of the late r. Harris. They have
one son.
Lester Lansburgh. who was re-
elected first vice president of the as
ISOLATION, is one of the best known
department store men in the United
States. He is one of the active heads
of the firm Of Lansburgh & Bro.
Col. Anton Stephan. the new sec
ond vice president. is the general
manager of Dulin & Martin. Inc, and
chairman of the china and glassware
section Of the association, to which
he was recently elected after his re-
turn from overseas. Previous to
himself with Dulin &
Martin Col. Stephan was manager of
cloak and suit house.
For many years past Col. Stephan
has been a conspicuous figure in the
National Guard of the District of Co.
lumbia. He served on the Mexican
border and in the world war. He
returned to Washington few
months ago.