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The Washington times., 1920-04-26
CAPITAL BANKERS AT
PNEHURST CONCLAVE
Executive Council Of American As.
socistion Meets in N. C-Ses-
sions to Continue All Week.

Four prominent Washington bank
ers and bank officials are attending
a conciave today at Pinehurst. N. C..
of the executive council Of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association.
The local representation includes
Charles J. Bell. president Of the
American Security & Trust Company;
II. II. Mckee, president of the Nation
al Capital Bank: b. F. Saul. vice pres
ident Of the American Security q
Trust Company: and Major Fred W
Hyde, secretary of the National Bank
section of the American Banl:crs' As
ISOLATION.
Bankers attending the conclavc In.
clude officers OF the association and
members of the executive council,
representing forty-thres States
Meetings will be held during the en-.
tire week.
The Washington times., 1920-04-26
JOHNSON ADDRESSES
1000 AT FREDERICK

FREDERICK, Md, April 26.-Sen-
ator Hiram W. Johnson Is doing to-
day what no other politician. national
or State, has attempted. He is in
vadipg the banner Republican district
of Maryland, and is talking to the
conservative farmers of Frederick
and Washington counties, and the
more or less discontented miners and
railroad men. Of Allegany and Gar
rett counties, all wit. y space OF
twelve hours.
While he does not touch Garrett
county, the extreme western county
will be represented in the Cumber-
land audience tonight.
johnson Is reaching all elements
today, as at Cumberland there are
many radicals. a fact accentuated by
the recent strikes OF the coal miners
and the railroaders.
He prefaced his remarks here with
a statement that for the last two
years he had lived at Riverdale, Nd.
He said 1t pleased him to teel this,
and the crowd chcered, equally
pleased.
Vhe high school cadets assembled on
the court house lawn to greet Senator
johnson. Members of the upper
classes of the Girls High School were
also there in a body. The reception
was most cordial, Notwithstanding
the fact that a Wood Club had been
formed in Frederick. One Of the
citizens remarked "Johnson's coming
has taken the wind out of them"
After meeting Judge urner and
court officials, Senator Johnson was
presented to the assemblage in front
Of the building by City Attorney Ed
ward s. Delaplaine. Many women
were in the crowd, estimated to num-
Der 1000.
Senator Johnson spoke at Hagers-
town at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1920-04-26
DUTCH STRIKERS RETURN.

According to q dispatch today from
American n, mister Phillips. at The
Hague. the strikers organization, in
cluding the communist federation. in
Rotterdam and Amsterdam. have
voted overwhelmingly to resume
work.
The dispatch says that the ship
yards are to be Nreopened April %,
and that the question OF the boycott
Of foreign labor organizations ON
Dutch ships VIII be taken up later.
The Washington times., 1920-04-26
THe CURB MARKET

sH IN price. fsralsh.a ~ w. n hisss
q Co. tnsmesss Of Nsw Sork stses Ia
The Washington times., 1920-04-26
New NOMINATIONS.

The following nominations were
sent to the Senate this afternoon:
To be receivers of public monies:
Perry S. Ross at Marquette. Mich;
Sydney s.. Beggs, at Watervillc,
Wash: and Kurt A. Bayrois, at Wau-
sau, Wis.
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Whttc OH HHssssss sfFsss
Wright Martha Aero 49,.
CHICAGO.
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LOCAL STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS.

MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.
D. c. Paper Mfg. 8's..... :.
Riggs Realty SIS Qong). -.
Riggs Realty SIS (short). 90 :.
w. M. Cold Storage 5's.. 93 =.
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The saIvationists says "NO matter
IL the baby II nsmeless, IL is worth
its weight in gold to the nation IL
Een.-
The Washington times., 1920-04-26
TODAY'S SALES.

After caIi--washington Gas. 20
45h.
Columbia Graphophone Rights,
lo0Q2h. 10002h. 10002h.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
One of the Family

We try to select our employees
with care" explained j. L. O'Neiu,
vice-president, in charge Of organza-
ton, "but once they are employed,
once they are members Of the family.
if we may call it 80, we consider
them 100 per cent and treat
them So
And considering that this same
personnel bureau recently has pur-
chased a country club, with golf
grounds and other accessories for
such Of the trust company's en-
ployees as may be in need Of a rest
or recovering from illness; that it
provides the entire gigantic organi-
zation with free meals daily; that it
takes out life and tealth insurance
in their name; that it pays them
special interest on their savings de-
posits, and that it provides free
scfooling to those who desire it; con
sidcrlng all these things, it would
seem that there was some truth in
Vice President O'Ncill's remark
The personnel bureau has been in
troduced into the Wall Street dis
trict 10 do for the financial institu-
tions what personal contact did in
the early days in New York. and
what it is still doing in the small
communities Of the country. It's bust
ness at least in some Of the biggest
institutional 70 inquire into the
morals, manners, health and even re
ligion Of the applicant for employ
rncnt, but in compensation for this
inquiry into private and personal nf-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

experiments Of the late Mr.. Mosson
Boyd, a Canadian breeder with ad-
vanced ideas, who succeeded in this
line where so many others had
failed. After he died the Canadian
departments Of Agriculture and the
Interior bought twenty of his catta-
l0es, as he called them. The expert
ment is still in progress at Buffalo
Park. The first stage in cross
breeding between species is always q
difficult one, and it was not until
the third and fourth generation that
the heavy mortality in calving was
reduced. A yak element has been
imported with good results, so you
may say that three continents are
godparents to the cattalo.
What is more, the cattalo cuts
up we'll, for his flesh is a palatable
blend of home beef and buffalo, and
his tissues are rich enough to yield
an upper cut" nine inches deep.
For the buffalo's hump, which the
cattalo inherits, is not fat, as is gen.
orally supposed, but good edible
flesh; and after tasting buffalo meat
cooked in the rough camp fashion
Of the barbecue ones auguries are
succulent and sanguine.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

mined he was on rescuing the bison
from the butchers Of Chicago. 1t is
also on record how mortified he was
in the early '90s when the Amer
lean Genetic Society had the famous
Pablo herd snapped from under its
nose. This herd originated fifty
years ago in four calves captured
by a Pend Oreille Indian, which he
sold to the mission fathers of st.
Ignatius, who sold It's ten descend
ants later to Pablo, a Montana
ranchman. The time came when he
in his turn was faced with the ne
cessity of fencing his charges in or
selling them, and while the United
States authorities were hemming
and having Canada stepped in and
swept the board. BY this time there
were over TOO head of buffalo, and
at $3.50 apiece they were a bargain.
To-day there are more than 1000
buffalo and they dwell in peace
alongside moose and elk, encom-
passed by 100 miles of steel wire
fencing nine feet high.
But this is the story not Of the
buffalo. but of the cattalo, hybrid
between the bison and the domestic
COW, product which We owe to the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Examiners for Women

AS the trust company EMPLOYS
about 1,OO0 girls and young women
examination rooms for each must bc
provided, and in each case expert
attendants are provided.
Persons requiring general med
cal treatment are not accepted. nor
are those in need Of dental work ="
the physician in charge told me
Needless TO say, too, persons having
contagious diseases are not consid-
cred.
"As for the rest, We rate the ap-
phcants. Some persons are not of
the type suited for Office work, and
these are not accepted"
Recently Charles II. Sabin, prcsi
dent of the trust company. had his
attention called TO the fact that the
company needed a convalescent home
for such of its employees as had been
III and could not afford to 20 on a
vacation for the purposes of rccu-
peration, and he directed the per
sonnel bureau to find a suitable
place IN the country. A beautiful
tract covering sixty-three acres,
containing fine old homestead, wa
purchased on the Harlem Division
Of the New York Central near Pat
terson, n. Y, and is being fitted up
for the purpose. There is lake
near by for fishing, grounds that can
be converted into golf courses, and
other attractions which will be util-
lzed for the entertainment of the
convalescents.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Behind the Scenes

II IS when your straying foot
'teps take you further-the stalwart
loliceman permitting-that you be-
in to make the acquaintance of the
7ersonnel bureau.
On an upper floor yoi are aston
she'd to discover a group of young
men taking what seem to be physi-
al examinations for the army. As
zach goes into the room where the
MUSICIAN is awaiting him, he strips
% the waist, is thumped on the chest,
lapped on the knee with small ham
mers to test his refexes, tried out
or blood pressure and implored to
dose one eye and see how much he
'an read Of the card that is pasted
N the wall on the other side of the
room.
Meanwhile, the expert making the
'ests ls smoothly and soothingly ask
'ng many questions, some Of which
J0u catch. How many members are
here in The young mans family?
low many Of these sleep in his bed
'oorn, or does he sleep alone? Does
us room have two windows or three?
aas ne been to the dentist recently?
0la MS parents enjoy good health
o' vas there any tuberculosis in the
'smlly? All these questions are
as<ed 50 quietly and casually the ap-
'icant himself scarcely knows he is
answering them, and he feels no re-
'sn'ment at all while the quiz is 90
.ag on.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Event nHomeConditions
Inquired Into by
Big Concerns

holders and depositors in the bank.
but, III addition to that, there is j
very sincere and genuine desire to be
TAR and helpful to the workers. The
medical examination is made as a
protection. of course, against taking
on people who are not fit physically
to work. AS for the rest, the aues-
tlons are asked so that those who
do work here can work in harmony
with those about them"
The Guaranty Trust Company has
been requiring applicants for work
to pass physical examinations for a
long time. but only installed its own
medical department little more
than year ago. 1t now has two
physicians and four graduate nurses
III constant attendance. Its activi-
ties have grown so that it is now
receiving about 400 calls for treat
ment month from EMPLOYEES. The
medical department contains a mod
ern laboratory and all the equipment
necessary for treating patients not
suffering from the gravest disorders
About 10 per cent OF the appli-
cants flor employment are rejected
on an average because Of physical
defects, but it ought to be said in
favor of the medical department
that even when it cannot accept an
applicant it does what it can for
him in the way of advising the
kind of work for which he is best
fitted.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Cattalo Steaks Delicacy of the Future

TNVER tasted cattalo steak?
~ You probably haven't, but
1 you may in a future not too
remote. writes special
correspondent Of The Morning Post
from Winnipeg, Canada.
Canada has a card up her sleeve
in regard TO the empires meat sup
ply. One of her territorial reserva-
tions in Alberta she has named Buff
falo Park, and it jUstifies the name.
For. this inclosure of forest, lake
and prairie, 100 square miles in ex-
tent-and it is only baby compared
with its neigbor at Jasper, covering
4,O0O-now contains herds Of elk,
buffalo and moose, and the greatest
of these is buffalo. To motor through
them, and plow an up-to-date car
through stubbly prairie and still
shaggier beasts like these, puts a
thrill through ones bones in an era
when new sensations are getting
rare. You are safer in car than
you are upon a horse, for the bison
ioathes the horse and can scent him
miles away
Those who remember how keen
Mr. Roosevelt was upon conserving
Americas resources in the way
Of big game will recall how deter
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Bowl Of MIX
Same Meals For All

1t may be said in this connection
that every employee and executive
of the bank, from the page to the
president, have the same meals. and
that all eat in the company's dining
rooms.
The company insists on the first
physical examination as a matter of
precaution, but gives each employee
free medical examinations yearly af-
terward and free treatments for all
but chronic ailments. When illness
has developed requiring PROLONGED
treatment the employee is handed a
fist Of the physicians best fitted to
treat him, both from the standpoint
of skill and price.
Reference has been made to the
fact that the company even goes to
the extent of treating members Of
the families of employees unable to
pay for a good doctor, and instances
of that sort are frequent. Not long
ago a child was born in the family
Of one of these workers. The child
was what is known as "blue baby"
and its illness worried the employee
Of the bank so he could not do his
work properly The personnel bu-
reau investigated the cause of the
employees ineficiency, and, tracing
it to the i'll child, paid for the neces-
sary medical attention out Of its own
funds.
can employee must be satisfied and
happy to do the best work" ex-
planned Vice President O'Neill, "ard
it stands to reason that if the home
life is unhappy he will not be able
to do his best for the company. That
is why inquiry is made at the time
Of employment into the applicants
home conditions.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Had a Full Description

The Guaranty Trust Company was
able to provide the detectives with
photographs of the young men and
could have told them the color of
their eyebrows and the number of
their teeth, if need be, with the re-
suit that they were arrested soon
after and the bonds recovered.
Another incident.
An official of the Guaranty Trust
Company was passing through one
of the departments of the institution
when he overheard man clerk make
a disparaglng remark about a young
woman also employed there. Instead
Of turning to the young man and
demanding an explanation, or taking
snap judgment, as some institutions
would, and letting the young woman
go, the official placed the case in the
hands Of the personnel bureau and
ordered an investigation.
The bureau found that the remark
had grown out Of the fact that the
young woman was living in d neigh
borhood which did not bear the best
Of regulations. Having recently
moved to the city from an upstate
town, she did not know the character
Of the place she moved into, and
this had given rise to a wrong I'M
preston. The personnel bureau,
with a tactfulness which eliminated
all possibility Of irritation, induced
the young woman to find living quar-
ters elsewhere, but it at the same
time took great pains to see that if
any further Misunderstanding ex-
listed among the employees Of the
bank as to the young woman it was
definitely and emphatically dispcjled.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

discharged or requested to resign by
previous employers. In addition he
must give the names of the last four
of these employers, explain why he
left, and give as reference the
names and addresses of three or
more persons who are we'll acquaint-
ed with him but are neither rela-
tives nor former employers.
Then, if he is the type sought by
the company, and meets the physi-
cal test, he is given a trial.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

future, but to-day he must have
this work done first, or he is not
admitted to the payroll. He is ques-
toned as to his citizenship, de
pendants, birthplace of his mother
and father, his religion, physical de-
fects. recent illnesses, indulgence in
intoxicants, the schools at which he
was educated, the particulars of any
Indebtedness existing against him,
and the number Of times he has been
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Must See the Dentist

To-day person entering the en-
ploy of the Guaranty Trust Com
pany, and, for that matter, Of the
Federal Reserve Bank, has his or
her picture taken for the files of
that company. In earlier days an
applicant might find employment
with the Guaranty Trust Company
on condition that he have necessary
dental work done, some time in the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

men employed by a big brokerage
and banking house in the financial
district disappeared with bonds
worth 100000. The detectives
called in on the case learned that
the pair, before their character was
discovered, had been employed by
the Guaranty Trust Company, and
the detectives got in touch with
that institution.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Hotel and Store

on another floor you come upon
EAi stranger sights. Here are all
"'s culinary features Of big mod
s'a note, With hundreds Of persons
a'lng in the long dining room;
'@fes Of waters rushing about and
-'op'slng rows Of chefs and assist
sA'a' all in apotless white, presiding
,'sf the serving tables and ranges in
&s kitchen.
''0 marvel as you wander on, but
e'e iIt,ie time 10 catch your breath.
''a next come upon neat little
,aht'y store selling many articles,
''m clothespins to eggs; you pass
= Aofaries, ~herc young men and
''''en are absorbed in books; club
~'ns' where employees Of the in
''''i'n are enjoying Il few minutes
''pfe from their toil in the cages
~''"' ciassroonz, where young men
'ag Instructed r the rudiments
- "mfnon hchool .nforrnation-and
'his' mind you, in the bank build
z HseiY, in a district that il called
= many the financial capital Of the
7'r7o.
'ou be2in To have feeling If re
>'' Tor thiE personnel bureau, but
"' a few more Impressions are
>''saary II you are to understand
@hn realize what itH advent on the
S's nnw being reached rneans ~
~ Wall Street district.
~esraI months sgo two young
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Personal Touch Impossible

In a city as large as New York
.uch intimacy of knowledge is i'm
oossible TO an employer, who must
raw his workers from among mil
;ons of strangers. and to remedy
lis defect protective agency has
cen provided, or, rather is in
orocess Of being perfected.
This agency is known as the per
,onnel bureau, and an extraordinary
crganization it is. But before going
on to describe its manifold activities
short trip to the district may be
advisable.
You are, let US say. in one of the
big International banks whose re-
sources are Just little short Of
$1,000, 900 900 and that has Offices in
several countries besides the United
States. On the outside this institu
ton looks much like others of its
lind. The name is over the door
and huge columns with Corlnthian
-ops flank the entrance.
Your first impression Of the in
terior also is familiar. There are
he usual steel cages filed with
workers counting stacks of paper
money or busy at ledgers. Muscular
private policemen in uniform are
everywhere, and one of them will
;.ep up pretty soon and ask you
politely but firmly if he can direct
you. Don't be deceived by this ur-
5anity, because if you have no busi-
less there you'll soon find yourself
9ack on the sidewalk. At rows of
highly polished desks behind glisten-
ing ratings the executives Of the
1ank are holding conferences. There
S an air of quiet efficiency about
he place which is intensely i'm
pressive,
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

Self Salesmanship that you are ex-
actly the man he needs to save his
organization from slipping into the
mOraSs of hankruntcY
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
A Genuine Interest

The first and most important
idea, Of course, in inquiring into the
qualifications Of the applicant Ia TO
safeguard the money Of the stock
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Nothing Too Personal

The personnel bureau feels free to
inquire into every phase of the life
Of the person seeking employment,
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
In Time of Need

1t inquiries as to the condition Of
the applicants teeth, but on the
other hand if his sister, or mother
or father should fall ill and there
should be not enough money at home
TO meet the doctor's, bills, the per-
sonnel bureau is ready, not only to
assist in the emergency, but to send
ne Of its own nurses-oh, yes, the
personnel bureau mas its own visit
ing nurses-to spend an hour or so
with the patient daily.
1t may, if the case is urgent, make
helpful suggestions as to living con-
dltlons in the home, but it is also
ready to devote time and money to
discovering the most suitable en-
ployment for a worker who seems
misplaced and then giving him every
opportunity to succeed in that field.
Passing along the streets of this
interesting district you can have no
idea Of the many strange activities
going on behind those imposing
fronts or Of the changes that are
being wrought by the personnel bu-
reau. Nor how swiftly the innova-
ton is spreading.
The Guaranty Trust Company
does not have & bureau as large as
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, which, perhaps, ranks first
in that respect in Manhattan. but is
running it a close race.
"The time is near when not one of
the financial institutions will be
without a personnel bureau" one
tinancier said, and from indications
ne would seem to be a good prophet.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
THE Guaranty Trust Conn.,
pony and its president,
Charles II. .Sabin

fairs it Is ready to perform many
kinds Of service not offered to bank
employees in the old days.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Many Hurdles in the Way of Getting Wall s
Applicants Must Pass
Mental and Physi-
cal Tests
By Arnold Prince

Wall Street district is
putting its foot down on
/ casual employment.
In the early days. and in
most small communities still, the
sct Of placing boy in a bank was
simple. The president of the bank
new the father Of the boy, and very
fkely both belonged to the same
.burch. The wife of the president
nd the mother Of the boy were
aenbers of the same sewing circle.
nd both families, including the
aughter Of the president, knew the
10Y by his first name. They also
new all about his habits and love
fairs.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
At the Federal Reserve


At the Federal Reserve Bank
many of the social activities Of the
personnel bureau as created at the
Guaranty Trust are carried on, but
the meals that ara served to the en-
ploye.es OF noon are sois 20 them a.
cost.
Literally score or more Of the
large corporations in the financial
district are watching the workings
Of these bureaus, or welfare organi-
cations, and there is every indication
that in the near future one or more
Of the features Of the personnel work
will be adopted by them and that &
new era Of systematized employment
will be called into existence.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Practice Is Spreading


The National City Bank has a per
sonnel bureau ranking as high as the
Guaranty Trust, although it does not
perform all the same functions. and
the Federal Reserve Bank is only a
little behind these two. Many of the
other banks conduct departments
performing some of the duties of the
personnel bureau as developed by the
Guaranty Trust, and among these
new features are constantly spread
ing.
The New York Stock Exchange re-
quires its employees to pass physical
examination, and DR., John Billings,
in charge of this work, told me that
consideration was being given to the
wisdom Of extending the practice to
all firms holding membership In the
Stock Exchange. Incidentally, it
may be remarked that the New York
Telephone Company also makes
physical examinations of applicants
for employment and that many other
large organizations in Manhattan OBJ
serve the same practice when taking
on clerks.
But nowhere can the Personnel
Bureau, as recently perfected, be
studied to better advantage than at
the Guaranty Trust, and brief
inspection Of its requirements and
activities ls an illuminating expert
ence to any one interested in the in
crcasing vigilance with which the
Wall Street district is guarding its
treasure vaults and the new stand
ards it is building up in matters
Of employment.
More and more remote is the dav
when you could breeze into the office
Of financier and convince him by
a few pungent phrases from the
book on Twelve Snappy Preccpts on