The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-08
NEW HAVEN BUSINESS
 NEWS ASSOCIATION
ELEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION HELD IN CHAMBER OF COIL
 MERGE ROOMS.

$. F. DlhbIe Reelected PresiIent-FIne
 Showing for Last Year-The OiHceIs
 --JmEortVns Resolution Supporting
 Lake MOhOnk Conference-Edward I.
 Atmater to be Supported for state
 Association President.
 The eleventh annual meeting of the New Haven Business Mems association was held in it's headquarters in the Lefangwell building last evening. The election of officers for the next year re- suited as follows:
 President-Samuel E. Dibble.
 First vfce-president Ralph S Pagter. Second vice-president-A. FeltOn Wood.
 Secretary and treasurer J. Lins- ley. %
 Assistant secretary-o. B. Lapham.
 Auditors-J. Wesley Platt and Henry B. Bushnell. a
 . Counsel-John R. Booth.
 Board of directors-S. s. Adams, B. ]. Atwater, A. H. Buckingham, s. F. But Ter, J. D. Beecher, c. B. Hart, F. A. O'Neil1. H. w. Kelley, R. c. Lightbourn, L. A. Mansfield, Frederick Moule, F. B. Street, George D. Post, c. O. B. Har- tung and L. T. Snow.
 The president, s. B. Dibble, read his report for the past year. He reviewed in general the work of the association for the past year.
 Secretary F. J. Linsley's report for the year showed a total membership of 315, forty-flve having been added dur ing the year, thus reaching q high-wa- ter record. The treasurer's report show ed that the financial end was triumph- antly held up, 8 balance of $76.49 being reported. Attorney John R. Booth read a report of the work of the collection department.
 Attorney Booth introduced a resolu- tion that the association should present Edward I. Atwater as candidate for president of the State Business Mems association for next year. The follow- ing resolution embodying that idea was unanimously adopted:
 Resolved, That we, the members of the New Haven Business Mems associ- ation, at our annual meeting. do hereby endorse the candidacy of Edward I. Atwater for the presidency of the State Business Mems association for the year of 1906, and we do hereby request the delegates representing this association in the state convention to use every effort to carry this resolution into ef- fect.''
 . The idea was a thorough surprise to MT Atwater, who feels highly honored by this compliment from his fellow- business men.
 The following resolution relating to the work of the Lake Mohonk confer er1ce was also heartily adopted:
 Resolved, That we, the members of the New Haven Business Man's assoc citation of New Haven, Conn, recognize ing the wisdom of the establishment at The Hague of a permanent court for the pacific settlement of all interna~ tional disputes which may be submitted to it, do, at this our annual meeting, heartily endorse the work of the Lake Mohonk conference committee and di- rect that a copy of these resolutions hal forwarded by our president to the seo- retary of said Lake Mohonk conference committed"
 A communication, to be submitted to the board of police commissioners, re- lating to the Business Mems associa- tion's attitude towards advertising in the Police History was adopted in this wording:
 Y t'New Haven, Dec. z, 1905 gro the Board of Police Commissioners
 of New Haven:
 "Gentlemen-At the annual meeting of the New Haven Business Mems asso- citation, held on December ', 1905, dur- association which prohibits members from advertising in any programme. score-card, etc, the subject of adver- Using in the History of the New Haven Police Department was called to mind by several members.
 "Inasmuch as this bylaw Is one Of the strongest features of our associa- ton, and as the actions of your board in authorizing and endorsing the above publication, which has resulted in nu- merous solicitations to advertise there's in, has caused considerable comment among our members, the undersigned was instructed to send a communities ton to your board requesting you, for the benefit and protection of New Has ven merchants, to refrain in the future from authorizing the publication of any advertising scheme which will compel the merchants to violate this important bylaw in order to support the action of. your board.
 Secretary of the New Haven Business
 Mems Association"
 A light banquet, furnished by the Louis Metzger company, followed the business session. 4