Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-11
FOR MEMORIAL HALL
Chamber of Commerce to Help
Raise Funds.
ADDRESS BY MRS. DIM0CK
Plans of the Association Explained
by Its President.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Homecoming Week Discussed-De-
bate Over Report of the Commit
teeeon Conventions
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED

| Following an address by Mrs. Henry r.
Dimock. president of the George Wash
| ingtOn Memorial Association. the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce last even
! ing Endorsed the plans of that associa-
| tion to erect in this city a Washington
memorial hall as tribute to the memory
of the first President and his interest in
| higher education
| Invited by President GUIDE to Address
| the chamber. Mrs. Dimock came from
New York yesterday afternoon to out
line the plans of the memorial associa-
| ton and to solicit the aid of the business
men of Washington in her efforts to raise
fund of $2,OGO.OOO with which to erect
the building and 100000 to endow it.
The regular order of business was sus-
pended to listen to Mrs Dimock's ad-
! DIE
| In brief Introductory address Presi-
dent Guide said that the business men
| of Washington should show that they are
sincere in supporting the project of the
| memorial association and encourage the
outside world to contribute largely to the
| project.
1T is time for us to get together. and
" SCI loSStuei QUICKLY, lie SAID.
Mrs. Dimock's Address.
1T gives me pleasure" said Mrs Dim
| ock. Ito talk to the Chamber of Com
merce about the George Washington
| Memorial building 1 am working for
| you and ask you to assist me-
| The George Washington Memorial As
ISOLATION, Mrs. Dimoek pointed out is a
| national organization which is raising a
subscription fund in all parts of the coun-
| try with which to build in this city an
| immense memorial hall as tribute to the
| memory of George Washington
The memorial hall, os planned is to
| contain gigantic auditorium capable of
| seating between seven and eight thousan
people, SO arranged that it can be divid-
ed of by sliding partitions into smaller
halls. in order that several conventions
| may be held simultaneously In the build
ing. The auditorium is to be used for
the inaugural ball, international con-
crosses and conventions or annual meet
| ings of all the national patriotic, scien-
| tiffc. educational, civic, commercial or
| industrial societies or other organizations
that may have for their object the pro-
motion OF the welfare of the nation along
any line.
B. H. Warner said he believed every state
| in the Union could be induced to aid in
the erection of the memorial building and
| would desire rooms in 1t for state head
|
the Washington committee on finance,
| recently appointed to cooperate with the
George Washington Memorial Association
In raising the building fund, said that
| the committee would have it's plans COM
pleted in few days, and that he believed
| 1t would get at least 30 per cent of the
pledges given to the former auditorium
project transferred to the George Wash
| ington Memorial Association
Nation Is Interested.
| DR.. Walcott said that Mrs. Dimock had
organized campaigns in New York, Ohio
! Massachusetts and other states, and that
there were indications of a national in
| terest in the plans of the association
| DR.. George NJ. Kober told of the inter-
| est that has been taken in the project by
! the scientific societies of Washington,
which have pledged about $60OOO to the
| fund.
| After the discussion of the memorial
| plan rising vote of thanks was ten
dered to Mrs. DimOck, DIR. Waicott and
| DR.. KOber. A short reception was ten
dered Mrs. Dimock.
Definite action was taken by the cham
Der when. late in the evening, it adopted
the report Of the convention committee,
which said, in part:
I'VE believe that active and aggressive
steps should be taken by the Chamber
of Commerce to secure the cooperation
Of commercial bodies throughout the
United States In the movement to secure
for Washington a convention hall. 1t is
believed that the project to build George
Washington Memorial Hall. as outlined
by Mrs. Dimock tonight, is the most
practical and feasible plan, and that no
efforts should be spared by the CONNER
cial bodies of Washington I'm securing
such an edifice. 1t is. therefore, recon-
mended that the Chamber of Commerce
invite the cooperation of the Board of
dc FL he If inp
certed appeal to the trades bodies pa
triotic and fraternal organizations
throughout the United States, in further
ance of this project. We believe that
the united action of the two bodies would
assist materially in raising the necessary
s., $4,000 to be devoted for this purpose.
and if such a building Is secured it would
lend an additional attraction to our al
ready beautiful city and assist very ma
terially the efforts now being put forth
to make Washington the ideal place for
conventions
After the meeting adjourned A. Lisner
said that he would start the subscription
of the Chamber Of Commerce with 500.
Session Is Lively.
The regular business session was one
of the liveliest in the history of the
chamber. Several of the reports were
thoroughly discussed, and motions re-
scinding former actions and appeals from
the decision of the chair flew thick and
fast.
A report presented by Chaplin Brown
for the committee on municipal legsla-
ton related to the increase of the sal
aries of judges in the District of Column
bia, recommending an amendment to the
bill in Congress providing for the ad-
vance in the salaries of federal justices,
so as to include those of the District
courts. The recommendations were
adopted.
report was submitted by Leonard A.
Mather on the telepost, describing what
the company proposed in the way of
bringing lines into the District, what the
invention is, and the hope that. through
IL. the cost of biography would be cheap
ened. The recommendation I'm the re-
port that Congress pass the bills provid-
ing for bringing the lines into the Dis
trict was adopted.
A verbal report on the work done by
the committee on homecoming week was
submitted by Isaac Cans, whose work,
after some discussion. was Endorsed unan-
imOusly. Mr.. Cans told of the possibility
Of securing one of the aviation meets
that are to be held in the larger cities of
the country in connection with the Gun
races next October. DR.. A. p. Zahm of
the Aero Club of America made a brief
address. saying that the prospects of ar
ranging a meet in Washington were good
Mr. Cans also stated that the national
manufacturers and householders' show
would be held in Convention Hall from