Evening star., 1927-04-19
BANK CONVENTION
DRIVE IS STARTED
Campaign Begun to Attract
Largest Attendance on
Record at Gathering.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

BY EDWARD C. STONE.
The drive is on to get the largest
attendance on record at the an
nual convention of the District Bank
ers' Association to be held at Hot
Springs, Va, June 3 to IL. Special
announcements giving full particulars
regarding this event We're received by
all the bankers in Washington this
morning, following last nights annual
| Spring dinner at the Columbia Coun-
| try Club.
Before nearly 200 bankers General
| Chairman Lanier p. McLachlen out
| lined the plans so far completed and
| urged every bank in the city to send
representatives. Every effort is be-
| ing made to bring out 100 per cent
representation this year, something
never before accomplished. 1t is a
| $3.50 program that has been arranged,
/ half work and half play. The fore
moons will be devoted to the discus
| sion of those problems which are
considered most vital to banking. The
remainder of the day will be given
over to golf, tennis, swimming, horse
| back riding. motoring, card parties
and dancing.
| The family dinner will again serve
as the climax feature. The bankers
| will leave Washington at 8 o'clock
| Wednesday evening, June s, and re-
! turn Sunday evening, June u. In his
talk last evening Chairman McLach-
| len endeavored to stress the fact the
convention Will not be purely an out
| ing, stating that the forenoon discus
! sions, addresses and reports VIII be OF
| a highly constructive nature.
Dinner Is Marked Success.
| The Columbia Country Club dinner
| was a marked success. Following
afternoon golf and an informal recep-
| ton in the clubhouse, the guests re-
| paired to the dining room at 1880.
| Howard Moran. presided. Special
guests included Controlleg of the Cur
rency J. w. Mcintosh; T.. +. Mount
| joy, deputy manager, national bank
division, A. E. A.; ]. A. Fleming. Merle
| Thorpe, Clifford X. Bergman and Will
| liam r. F'olger, chief examiner. Fifth
| district In addition to Mr.. Moran,
| the officers of the association at the
head table included w. w. Spaid, first
vice president; Robert V. Fleming, sec
ond vice president: Wilmer j. Waller,
secretary; Albert S. Galley, treasurer,
and Frank j. Hogan. counsel.
| record. Brief talks by President
Moran, Vice President Spaid, Conven-
! ton Chairman McLachlen and a. word
of greeting by Controller Mcintosh
ended the dinner. The dinner com
mittee consisted of. w. w. Spaid, &.
| II. Pope and Lanier p. McLachlen.
| Two clever ideas were placing at each
! plate a picture of some scene at Hot
| Springs, and a toy engine or a car.
Attached to the trains We're cards say
/ ing Take our special for the bank
| ers' convention at Hot Springs, June
| 9 to IT," The diners took every one
| of these engines, tenders and cars
home with them; there being a grand
scramble for them when the dinner
was concluded.
1000 Insurance Men Expected.
| The program of the Maryland Dis.
| trict of Columbia Life Underwriters
! Congress to be held Thursday after
noon and evening at the Wardman
| Park Hotel, has been completed. +. l..
| Mason, jr., Maryland manager of the
! Travellers Insurance Co. will preside
in the afternoon, DR.. Joseph Fl. Sizoo
/ pastor Of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, offering prayer. Al
the banquet Eugene G. Adams of this
| CICy Will pI6SIuG
In the afternoon James A. Whit
more of the Phoenix Mutual Life will
! discuss ''How to Produce Half-Mil
| lion a Year; A. III. kollenberg, Grand
Rapids, Mich, will handle Business
| Insurance for the Average Man"
| Charles G.. Langmuir of the New
York Life Insurance Co. will explain
| How to Get Out of a slump and
/ Stay Out" while the topic assigned
1 to +. Elliott Hall of the Penn Mutual
| is "Insuring Your Insurance"
There are to be but two speeches
at the banquet. both by Boston men
! John +. Daniels and Charles c. Gil
man. The registration chairman re
ported today that there will be 1,00C
] insurance and other business men at
| the afternoon session and 500 at the
banquet. The Washington members
of the committees include General
| Chairman George b. Farquahar
Frank r. Strunk, Russell 3. Freeman
John f. Cremen, z. J.. Rogers. II. l.
| Choate Eugene G.. Adams. A, w. Def
fenderfer and N. l.. Ellsworth.
Lively Trading on Exchange.
Bank stocks jumped to the front on
| the Washington Stock Exchange TO
| day, Liberty National sold at 20t "a
American Security & Trust at 3SS
/ Continental Trust at ITO, and Mer-
/ chants Bank & Trust Co. at 1853. Un1o1
/ Trust continued its recent advance
/ and closed at a new high of 219. and
! washington Loan & Trust came out
at 400. -.
| Lanston Monotype advanced to 90
on a turnover of 80 shares. Washing
| ton Railway & Electric common
bounded up to 240, after opening at
! 235. The preferred sold at 80. There
was heavy trading in Washington Gas
/ Light, which closed at 1872.
/ Merchants Transfer Il Storage com
MON came out at III and closed at
| 115 The preferred remained at lo012.
/ Several bond issues appeared on the
board at firm prices.
New L. $. Lines Offices Opened.
rhe new offices of the United states
/ lines at 1927 Connecticut avenue,
were opened to the public for the nrst
| time Yesterday, the transfer haVlllS
been completed from the old + street
| Incation MANY visitors callel through
/ ont the day. and again this forenoon
to inspect the handsome new sur
roundines. Many floral pieces We're
| sent by business friends In connectloh
with the opening. On account OF the
coming rush of Summer tourists LOT
Europe. this and other steamship OF
! fees are now extremely busy.
| New Ice Cream Firm Organized.
The Colonial Ice Cream Co. has just
been organized by several WashlnS-
ton business men and will sart IN
business at once. The officers OF the
| new organization B. l.. Hartz' presl-
dent and general manager; David A.
Baer, vice president and treasurer
/ and w. Il. Cumberland, secretary: Inc
board of directors is composed OF the
nresident and vice president and John
Dolph. A. E. DuvalI and Eugene
Young. The firm will begin the man
ufacture and sale of ice cream at