Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-14

Directors have been elected for the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce; the build
Ing committee will be appointed and get to
work as soon as possible on a permanent
home for the organization, and some time
this week there probably will be held the
organization meeting, at which MANY of
the details of the new enterprise will he
arranged. These several important details
were settled at a meeting of the new MEM
bers In the banquet hall of the Arlington
last night. 1t was a big meeting and en-
thusiastic- There were about five hundred
present The first part of the evening Was
given I'D TO addresses and preliminary busf.
ness. Then the voting commenced and was
over about 1890 After that the tellers
worked on the big sheets of ballots, COM
pairing and verifying them, and throwing
out a few detectives that had to be ex-
Guided owing to the fact that some of the
members had voted for more than the
thirty directors authorized by the election
The result of the election is given in the
foregoing.
The Official Ballot.
The meeting was called to order by Presi
dent Harper, the newly elected head of the
chamber and the minutes of the last meet
ing were read by VIM. F. GUIDE, the secre-
lary' Ihere was rot much delay in the
business. big official ballot had been
prepared giving the names of 1o4 men. Of
these five were withdrawn at the request
OF the gentlemen themselves, leaving the
following list from which the thirty direct
Ors were to be chosen:
Allen ID. Albert, ir, Washington Times:
n = andrews. Wholesale paper: Irving o.
Ban, proprietor Hamilton Hotel; Scott c.
Bone, editor Washington Herald; Harry X.
BOSS. real estate; Worthington Bowie
freight agent, Pennsylvania railroad; Per-
c,vaI M. brown, attorney; Chaplin Brown,
attorney at law; Glenn Brown, architect:
ID. j. Callahan, Norfolk and Washin gton
Steamboat Company; John Doyle Carmody
broker; William G. Carter president Col
den. Love & Co.; r. A. Chester vice nresi-
dent Commercial Bank; VIM. A. HI Church
lumber; G. w. Claggett, attorney-at-law:
A. q. Chaplain, cashier National City
Bank; Appleton p Clark. jr.. architect:
+. G. Coldren, attorney at law. Geo 9
Cooper. architect; Samuel G. CornweIl.
wholesale grocer; Chas. F. Crane of the
Crane Printing Company; Jos. ii. Crawford,
president Crawford Paving Company: Err
nest H. Daniel, real estate; Edward III
Droop, musfc; =. A. Drury president Ma
tional City Bank; II. Roz.er Dulany, real
estate; I. c. Dulin. housefurnishings;
b. b Earnshaw. wholesale flour and feed |:
j. G. Ergood. groceries; Henry Evans. drug
= gist: Greed NJ. Fulton. attorney at law; w
I. Galliher lumber; Norman Gait, jeweler;
Isaac Cans. manager Saks & Co.; +. L.
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Graham, president National Electric Supply
Company; Benjamin S Graves, Havenner $
Bakery; VIM. +. GUIDE, florist: B. w. Guy
wholesale dry goods; Henry Hammond
manager Duparquet, Huot & Moneuse Com
pany; J. b. Henderson, interior decorator:
Chris. Heurich president Heurich Brewing
Company; William \. Hill, real estate: w
5. Hose, commission merchant: Hugh F..
Harvey, buffet and restaurant; Thomas l..
Hume, president Washington Stock Ex-
change; y. Jackson. furniture: l.. J. Jack
son, furniture DR.. II. l.. E. Johnson physi-
clan; ID. J. kaufman. proprietor the Mans
Store; j. b. Kendall. hardware; w. S. Knox
president Knox Express Company; Wilton
j. Lambert. attorney at law; A. f. L.
Leckie, attorney at law; Charles Linkins,
attorney at law: y. J.isner. proprietor Palais
Royal; c. II. Livingston, capitalist; Monroe
Luchs. Washington Tobacco Company; John
H. Masruder, staple and fancy groceries
j. {. Malcolm, Pennsylvania freight agent;
F. l. Marshall, Baltimore and Ohio railroad :
r. Z. May, hardware Oliver MetZerott at
torney at law; Arthur Moses. furniture:
&. +. Norment. president National Bank of
Washington; John Nolan. builder; J. l.. Nor
RS. Jr, patent attorney; T. c. Noyes. Even
ing Star: John Poole. president Bank Clerks
Association; DR.. r. A. Pyles, vice president
Anacosiia Brick Company: ]. ii. Ralston,
attorney; Arthur +. Rande, capitalist; F.
h. Raymond, insurance: Cuno II. Rudolph,
hardware; B. F. Saul. president Home Saw
ings Bank T.. G. Schafer. plumbers sup
plies: Alcert Schulteis, wholesale merchant;
tharles w. SemmeS. wholesale groceries;
Nicholas ii. Shea, wholesale groceries; l..
T. Shoemaker. real estate; Leftwich A.
Sinclair. attorney at law: T. w Smiths lum-
Der dealer; o. G. Staplesf proprietor Riggs
House; III. c. G. Stiles engraving; Joseph
Strasburger. Family Shoe Store; Charles r.
Sudwarth. publisher; c. c. Swartz freight
agent Baltimore and Ohio railroad; Con-
rad ii. Syme, attorney at law; w. p. Van
Wickle. Bradbury Piano Company; Thomas
+. Walsh, capitalist: Brainard ii. Warner
capitalist: Somerset r. Waters. groceries
John l.. Weaver, real estate; NJ. l. Weller
real estate; Charles Wood, president
Wood, Harmon & Co.
Published List Unauthorized.
There was little discussion before the
voting commenced, Col. Jas. F. Oyster and