Evening star., 1928-06-11

family dinner on s''1'''z NJ szz'l --s1zz'z
Saturday night l.. A. Fleming.
was a glowing
tribute of respect paid by veteran
banker to a white-haired man some
what bent with the cares of IS Win
ters. but still as young as ever mentally
the recipient of the bankers affection
being known as the dean of Washing
ton financial writers and editors. Il
behalf of the entire association w. I
| Galliher, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Federal-American Ma
| tional Bank, made brief speech il
| which he conveyed the love and uni
| verSal admiration of every member o
| the organization for I. A. Fleming.
Pop" arose to the surprise occa'
sion by expressing equal affection 10
| the members of the association, men
tioning the close bond that had existet
| for the past 81 years. or since he be
came resident Of the Capital. H
| concluded by making an announce
ment Next year." said Mr. Fleming
Il propose to establish the Pop Flem
| ing Cup to be offered every year a.
prize in any contest that the officer
may select. And I want that cup Il
| run just as long as there is room Il
engrave additional names upon 1t
l That" said Pop, in conclusion, Show
| you how selfish / am"
Golf Prize Winners Announced.
The incident was one of the most i'm.
pressive of the whole convention and
Mr.. Fleming took his seat amid tre-
| mendous applause. Previously, the re-
tiring president, w. w. Spaid, had beer
presented with a loving cup and many
nxf al lal
The fun provided for the annual dinner
by Eugene Buck, the noted theatrica
man, was then resumed,
The awarding of the cups and other
prizes revealed the winners of the clos
ing convention contests. The Herbert
T. Shannon Cup was awarded to B. E
Hinton. G. b. Rollins, l.. w Laudlcg
and N. N. Wright captured the other
prizes in connection with this contest
The Lanier p. McLachlen Cup was
carried off by Commissioner Sidney r.
Taliaferro. one of the guest speakers
G. T. Glaggett got low gross, while J. M
HauSler made second low net and B. A.
Leavell third low net.
The ladies' obstacle golf contest hon.
ors went 70 Mrs. Russell S. Fleming
With low gross of IA, while second
prize was carried of by Mrs. r. w
Berry, second low gross of n.
Carroll Morgan won the finals in the
tennis tournament. the reward being
the Jennings Cup. Marshall Exnicious
was runner-up.
In the indoor putting contest the
ladies' low gross was made by Mrs. w
w. Spaid: second gross, Mrs. j. VI
Johnston, and low gross for nine holes
Mrs. Herbert r. Shannon.
p0F1a sssny4 the sssS<.,,r
contest for men, with Charles II. Doifls
coming under the wire in second place
Winners Of the other contests have al.
ready been printed IN The Star.
Some Convention Echoes.
There we're ten bank presidents al
the convention, Victor B. Deybcr, 10.
Seph T. Exnicious. Robert v. Fleming
Ezra Gould, Harry v. Haynes, L. r
McLachlen, Henry w. Offutt, Maurice
Otterback, George L. Starkey and
| Claude L. Woodward.
While the guests were leaving tht
Montauk Manor Hotel, G. II. Pope, Al
/ bert s. Galley r. II. Fox. Claude L
Woodward and Luther E. Schreiner
were back Of the desk assisting ths
clerks In identifying the guests as the,
| made final payments for extras. There
were many favorable comments on theil
fine appearance as hotel clerks
John Alden Of the National Bank o
Washington proved TO be the bes
| fisherman In the party, having grea
luck while fishing off the pier Witt
/ the aid Of several natives he caught two
bushels Of Spanish mackerel. Harry w
Finney Of Y. z. Booker 81 Co, proved u
be the greatest financial genius present
Among the kilograms received durinl
/ the convention were messages from
George A. Seay. governor OF the fiftf
| Federal Reserve district. w. w. HoxtOn
chairman OF the board Of directors O
the Federal Reserve Bank Of Richmond
and Controller j. W. Mcintosh.
/ One Of the resolutions conveyed gpe.
cial thanks 10 Attorney Frank J
Hogan for the legal advice he has giycr
the association during the year. Tht
was all gratis and President Spaid, bas
Ing his rough estimate on the fees sait
70 have been paid Mr.. Hogan In the oi
cases, said the barkcrs' association mus
have received advice worth abou
] 1000 900.
Liberty Bond Plans Announced.
Aacther stage in The long process
/ 0i ieiunding the Governments wa
, debt has been arranged, Secretary Mel
t lon announcing that he had authorized
/ Fedfrai reserve banks to purchase 10
1 the Governments account anothe
) $l2o 000, 900 of the third Liberty ioai
DOnGs.
! The bonds mature September II
[ next, and the Government viii pur
chase them al 100 z~32 The otfe
/ vii remain open until Tuesday
! June 10.
At last reports The Government ha'
/ outstanding approximately 81 ,32s. 900,
/ 900 u the third loan, which mus
~ paid 9f m fefunerd before 9ep
bmbeF IL.
Riggs Stock Hits New Peak.
] Three shares Of Riggs National BAN
ki1,ek 9oid on the Washington Stock IN
change tooag At $40. FIVE points higIe
than sDy previous sale. American Se
cuTitY IL Trust moved at 435, Aati0uh
metropolitan at 403 and Union TruR
at 2is On light turnover.
Washington Gas registered 95iz toda,
IaTaston ia. Chevy Chase Dairy pfe
ferred 1861 and Capital Tractbl
] i03M. The Potomac Power stocks Wef
saIsE in National Mortgage ~ Invest
Dlent preferred at 5s4, and the marke
IN this stock ciOgeG with another 100
share bl'jek going ~ 5M.
Bonds maintained their recent pric
levels on small turnover, Only Nv
loca1 stocks are nov being quoted ez
dividend. Chestnut Farms Dairy pre-
TERED and Peoples Drug Stores pre-
f@yTea
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