The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-06

sum of $40 s51.27, being an average of 4S 4-5 per cent. of all claims presented for collection.
 The association then proceeded to the election of officers. All the cleo tions were unanimous, There was but one candidate for each office. The election resulted as follows: President-Sidney P. Butler.
 First vice president-S. s. Adams.
 Second vice president-H. W.Keuay.
 Secretary-F. J. Linsley.
 Treasurer-O. E. Lapham. Assistant secretary-O. E. Laphsm.
 A committee consisting of Massrs. Duran, Watts and Kelley was ap- pointed by the president to nominate a list of fifteen directors and two audi tors. These gentlemen brought in the following list of nominees, which was elected unanimously. They were as follows:
 Directors-E. D. Atwater, A. W. Mat toon s. E. Dibble, C. E. Hart, s.H Kirby, R, c. Lightbowne, S. A. Mans field, R. s. Pagter, Frank W. Hodge
 F. O'Neil, Col. George D. Post, s. T Snow, F. B. Street, Col. c. W. Pickett and J. B. Kennedy.
 Auditors-s. Fred Strong and R. D
 Minor.
 Mir. Butler, who Is head of the But Ter school, accepted the office of presi- dent of the association in a graceful speech in which he stated that he was ready to do his best to make the or ganization a success. He asked that
 the members stand behind him and that there be stronger fellowship be-
 tween the members, which would re- suit in bringing them nearer together
 A letter was read from Gov Claude IA. Swanson, of Virginia, regretting that he could not plan to be present this
 winter with the New Haven Business 1 Mems association, as he had been in- vited to do at the time that number of the members of the association were at the Jamestown exposition with the Foot Guard last September. An invitation was accepted from the Chamber of Commerce to attend an ad- dress on The Public Schools as a Bus lnGSS EIQppStlIO1t DN rLauk Y AiA- mond, superintedent of the Webster school district, on Monday evening. The association decided to join tht Atlantic deep waterways commission al a cost of S20. MT. Duran explained tho object of the commission, which is tc do everything to obtain the aid of con gress in getting an inside. water way from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Mexico A request from the postmaster gen. eral for the association's opinion on . l new parcels post system and a posta
 bank was referred to the directors, l The annual outing and the annua
 banquet were approved again, and tht l the board of directors and the com imittee in charge,
 Two matters of great interest In tn, Icity government followed Pau
 Thompson, of tho Thompson Bakinl
 Cg,, praised the proopo%sed . scheme . m 70 Q
 center of the city. Colonel Pos thought there should be policemen witt authority who could deal with the fel
 lows who ran the devil wagons" Tn, association put Itself on record a
 heartily in favor of the traffic squad, Iley's, spoke with feeling against tn, numerous depreciation made on show cases, and store windows and proposed lthat request be made to Chief Cowlel | for more police and shorter beats l Colonel Post and MT, Atwater said the, believed that the need had potter b
 brought up before the finance board, q little. MT. ONeil said that his firm hat | suffered as we'll from the wilful de stroyers of property who have cut witt diamonds obscene words and sayings oi 1 the windows of the Malley company
 The cost of the new windows weult ' Aa, I'd rm dN fha q n, \ ] has had to turn the glass upside down so that It's customers will not havt these obscene sayings staring them ii lthe face He thought insufficient DO l lice protection was the cause, Actior
 on the matter was left 10 the direetnrs | Harry White then spoke before thu association making q complaint agains
 the non- payment of bills by the college students Tn the university, and asking | for advice as to how 10 proceed If ther, was anything he could do, and if there
 was none, that the association takt such steps as are necessary to proteo' | It's members against the trouble. Sev eral members spoke ond the subject ant admitted that there was no rule at thu university on the matter, but suggest | ing that much could be done through | the deans of the various departments who could always be depended upon tt use their personal influence in the mat. | ter,
 Upon a motion by MT, Atwater thu meeting decided that during the sea. son of 1908 quarterly meetings De held i It was shown that too much business came up at present to be discussed eff. l fectually with the number of meeting, now held.
 After a general discussion of the best methods for the associations to pursue to widen and increase its usefulness the annual business meeting adjourn ed.
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