Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-24
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHOOSES
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Arrangements Under Way for Repre-
sentation at Jamestown District
Day-Committee on Details.

The second meeting Of the board of direc-
tors of the Washington Chamber Of Com
merce was held in Guides Hall, 1914 F
street, yesterday afternoon, and in a COM
paratively short time considerable business
in connection with the new association was
transacted Among the most prominent
items considered was the election of MEM
bers to serve on the standing committees
provided for in the constitution of the
chamber, the employment OF Chaplin Brown
as special counsel to incorporate the cham
Der and the appointment of a special COM
mittee to make arrangements for an ex-
cursion to jamestown in order that the
chamber can be on hand for District day,
June IL.
r. N. Harper, president of the chamber,
presided at the meeting, and twenty-five
members of the board were present. The
interests of the association were enthusiast
tically and freely discussed. 1t was decided
to rent GUIDES Hall as the temporary quar-
tiers and office for the board of directors.
Secretary GUIDE read communication
from d. j. Callahan, manager of the Wash
ington and Norfolk Steamboat Company,
In which he offered the use of a steamer
Of the company for the chamber to make
trip to Norfolk to attend the exposition.
This offer met with the instant approval
Of every one present. 1t was stated 1t
members of the chamber to be present at
the District of Columbia day ceremonies.
In general terms, Mr.. Callahan offered the
boat at s2,oCo for the trip The details will
be arranged by the following committee,
which was named by President Harper:
Chaplin Brown, Scott c. Bone, James F.
oyster, r. A. Chester and D. c. Callahan,
with President Harper as ex-off1cio chair
man. The board voted to give this COM
mittee full authority to make the final ar
rangements, and decided that the traa
should be made on the evening of the 10th
OF June This committee will meet at Guides
HAN next Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
Standing Committees.
All OF the standing committees the per
sonnet of which was decided upon yester-
day will have a membership ranging from
10 to 100 However, only three of the
seven standing committees were announced
In full yesterday. The committee on whole
sale trade was reported in part, and three
We're withheld because the entire member
ship of them had been definitely deter
mined.
Charles w. Semmes, as chairman of the
committee on wholesale trade, reported that
eighteen members have been decided upon,
and that nine more are to be selected
Those who have been decided upon are:
Charles w. Semmes, chairman; w. G.
Cater, B. B: Earnshaw, N. H. Shea, r. P.
Andrews, F. P. May, N. ]. Ward, F. L.
Graham, E. H. Droop, L. L. Harrell, Mon
roe Luchs. Benjamin Guy, H. G. Hermann,
Seaton Kent, W. H. Bradbury, Carl Muel-
Ter, c. NJ. Woolf, E. B. Adams and ]. K.
Heyl
AS chairman Of the committee on retail
trade, D. ]. kaufman reported that he was
not prepared to make a full report con-
on his committee, as he had not had time
to cover the entire field, which is a large
one. He stated that he had so far re-
ceived thirty-one acceptances from men,
yI1 h. hoe o.
the committee is finally decided upon it
will have membership of at least fifty.
The building committee will be the larg-
est of the standing committees, according
Bell, chairman of this committee. He re-
ported yesterday that he has received so
far acceptances from eighty prominent bust
ness men who had been asked to serve, and
was granted further time to complete the
personnel of his committee, which will have
100 members.
Arthur Moses, chairman Of the commit
tee on manufactures, said he was not
ready to make a report on the personnel
of that committee. The subject was wide
one he said, and the selection of the COM
mittee required more time. He recon-
mended that the committee be composed
of twenty men. The board adopted this
recommendation.
Nominations Made.
The other committees were nominated by
their chairmen and elected by the board, as
follows:
Committee on membership, twenty-one
members: James F. Oyster. chairman;
r. A. Chester, Conrad H. Syme. e. H.
Daniels, Percy Foster, John Mitchell, jr.,
James L. Norris, jr;, John Poole, Joseph
Strasburger. B. F. Barnes, c. w. Clag-
gett, o. S. Smith, C. E. Wood. F. L. Sid
dons H. L. O'Brien, w. T. Galliher, w. s.
Hoge Charles Demonet, H. Rudolph, James
B. Henderson and w. E. Hilton.
Committee on laws and legislation, If
teen members: ]. H. Ralston, chairman;
Charles Linkins, vice chairman; A. D. AL
bert jr., Joseph Burkhart, o. s. Metzerott,
W. ]. Lambert. s. A. Kimberly, D. P.
Kicking. r. G. Donaldson. A. E. L. Leckie,
James Sharp and ]. A. Whitefield.
Committee on municipal legislation.
chapn BsHwn
Saul, A. Leftwich Sinclair, Conrad syme,
H Bradley Davidson, Charles w. Clag-
gett, Ernest H. Daniels, Allen Albert, jr.,
w. Gwynn Gardner, John Callahan. r.
Harrison Johnson. c. E. Bairstow, Fulton
Lewis, ]. Atkins, j: D. Blackstone.
John E. McLaren. owen Owen, T. A. Wick
ersham, ]. c. Weldon, Joseph I. Weller,
Appleton P. Clark, jr., Franklin T. San
ner, Charles T. Galliher.
Allen D. Albert, jr., reported that the
ably upon seventeen applications for men,
bership in the chamber. Upon the COM
mittee's recommendation. the following
were elected members: P. H. Pilson, ]. w.
Simpson, Charles M. Woolf. w. ]. Thorn,
H. T. Onterdinger, Thomas H. Dalton,
Corcoran Thom James A. Finigan, Floyd
E. Davis. NJ. A. Leese. o. A. Daugenbaker,
w. f. Mahoney. Arthur D. Marks, Sidney
Bieber, w. F. Hart, d. e. McConville and
Max NJ. Rich.