Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
v. |. & 7. COMPANY
!, PROMOTES MEM
Official Named Senior Vice
PreSident-0ther Officers
Are Advanced.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

yesterday, Harry G. Meem was elected
senior vice president of the bank to I'LL
of Andrew Parker. Mr.. Meem has been
with the institution for 40 years, having
been one of the vice presidents for
long time.
Charles r. Grant, treasurer: William
H. Baden. trust officer, and Alfred H.
Lawson. real estate officer. we're eacn
made vice presidents in charge OF their
respective departments.
John B. Larner, president, ana Jonn
Joy Edison, chairman OF the board
Arthur Peter. vice president and general
counsel, and Charles H. Doing, wee
president, in charge of West End once.
were reelected.
James M. Mason. George M. Fisher
and Ralph Endicott were reelected as
sistant treasurers and George O.
Schweinhaut and Norman E. Towson
were promoted to the same official
designation. Herbert w. Primm was
reelected assistant real estate ot1cer
and Leonard Marbury was reelected
assistant trust officer.
Harry w. Gauss, Bernard l.. Anlss
and Charles M. Irelan, jr., were also
elected assistant trust officers.
Lincoln Elects Assistant Cashier.
The following officers we're reelected
at the organization meeting OF the Lin
coin National Bank this forenoon:
Floyd E. Davis, president; Albert s.
Galley, executive vice president: James
A. Soper, vice president and cashier; H.
T. Offterdinger vice president; j.
Everett Baird j. Frank Rice, Robert E.
Lee, Richard A. Norris, D. Hammond
Wetzel, assistant cashiers.
The directors elected Floyd S. Davis
an assistant cashier. George Francis
williams was elected general counsel,
" made q ccfcta n
counsel and Melvin G. Hazen, secretary
Of the board.
Second National Organizes.
All Second National Bank officers
were reelected as follows
Samuel j. Prescott, chairman of
board: Victor B. Deyber, president;
William M. Hannay, vice president:
Jacob Scharf, vice president; George
NJ. Emmerich, secretary; Alexander
Wolf. trust officer; Edward F. Colladay.
counsel: w. w. NARROW, cashier, and
j, K. Seyboth assistant cashier.
At the regular monthly meeting OF
the board of trustees of the East Wash
ington Savings Bank held yesterday,
S. Wilson Earnshaw was elected Secre-
tary-treasurer to fill the vacancy
created by Che resignation Of Charles
A. Mccarthy.
All United States Savings Bank
officers were reelected. They are: Wade
H. Cooper president William D. Barry,
vice president; Wilbur H. Zepp, vice
president; William r. De Lashmutt,
vice president and cashier, and John F.
Cook, assistant cashier.
Mortgage officials Elected.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Mortgage Investment Co.
of Washington, Inc. resulted in the fol-
lowing directors being elected: Harry
r. Carroll, John N. Auth, A. S. Gardi-
ner, Philip M. Julien, Harry S. Lewis,
William Neuland, E. w. Petherbridge.
Ivan K. Strasburger and Ernest @.
Walker.
The following officers were appointed
for the ensuing year: A. S. Gardiner.
president; Harry r. Carroll, vice presi-
dent; william Neuland, vice president;
Ivan K. Strasburger, secretary-treasurer
American Stores Sales Up.
American Stores Co. reported for 1929
s6,O34,644 or "A per cent, over the
1928 total. For December the COM
panv's sales amounted to S13,137,7 30,
compared with $12,l83,383 in the cor
responding month of last year, an In
crease of 78 per cent.
The American Stores Co. bought out
the chain of Old Dutch Market Stores
mas been operating them very success
fully since.
Business Survey Announced.
A survey of the progress made in
overcoming the effects Of the recent col
lapse of security values and maintaining
at normal flow the currents Of business
activity will be made by the executive
committee of the National Business
Survey Conference, which will meet at
the Chamber of Commerce OF the
United States, Thursday, January 70, at
9 o'clock.
Notices of the meeting were issued to-
day by the chairman Of the conference,
Julius H. Barnes.
Notes in Financial District.
Karl w. Corby, partner in w. B.
Hibbs & Co., will give an address to-
night before the Wharton School of
Finance, in Philadelphia. This school Is
connected with the University Of Penn
sylvania.
Avon M Nevius, vice president of
the Riggs National Bank. will represent
the Society of Colonial Wars in the
District of Columbia at the inaugural
meeting of the Maj. Pierre Charles
LEnfant Memorial Association and as
ISOLATED societies at Fraunces' Tavern,
New York City, tomorrow, when a
bronze of Maj LEnfant will be. ofi-
cially presented to the Sons OF the
Revolution by the president general OF
the Society Of the Cincinnati.
Washingtonians are particularly In
terested in this honor to Maj LEntant,
because of his achievement in designing
the original plans of the Capital City.
John E. Parker. connected with the
brokerage house of G. M. p. Murphy d
Co. has been called from his desk by
jury duty.
Commercial Bank Stock Active.
Commercial National Bank stock was
the most active issue on the Washington
Stock Exchange today. There were IL
sales of 10-share lots, all being made at
$50, off five points from similar recent
transactions.
The only other bank stock out was
American Security & Trust, three shares
selling at 425. Potomac Electric Power
5l2 per cent preferred moved at lot,
and 200 shares of National Mortgage q
Investment preferred changed hands at
47s.
Ten shares of District National Secu-
rites preferred sold at 95. Five shares
Of Federal-American Co. preferred sold
ct 100 and three more at 9912. The
only other sale in an extra DUH session
was 10 shares of Peoples Drug Stores
preferred at 104. Not bond transac-
ton was recorded.
The present dizziness on the New York
Stock Exchange appears to have reached
out and included the Washington Ex-
change as well.