Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-05


Copyright by Clinedinst)
Count Won Bernstorff. the German
ambassador, is to be invited to address
the Board of Trade at its January
meeting. Count Won Bernstorff has
made a careful study of municipal
finance and municipal government in
Germany and in other countries, and is
an acknowledged authority upon these
subjects. 1t is expected his address will
be Of great interest to the citizens of
the National Capital
The officials Of the District gov
eminent will be invited to attend the
meeting. A committee consisting of
the officers Of the Board of Trade is to
call upon the German ambassador and
formally invite him to deliver the ad-
dress. President Noyes made the an
nouncement at a meeting of the board
Of directors yesterday afternoon.
Speaks for the Y w. C. A.
In the interests Of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Mrs William Ham
ilton Bayly addressed the board of
directors. She explained the work of
the organization and its great growth
throughout the world. The Y. w. c.
A. was first organized sixty years
ago, she said. Today young woman
can travel around the world under the
protection of the organization.
The Washington branch of the Y. w.
c. A. was established only six years ago.
she stated. Today the Washington branch
has 2400 members. 40S of whom are in
classes conducted by the association for
millinery. dressmaking. the study OF
French. English and other branches. and
In gymnasium work. She described the
work of the travellers aid department
which is maintained at the Union station
by the association: the extension OF the
work among the girls of the department
stores, and spoke of the vacation lodge,
which has been built in the country near
by and where girls may live during the
summer at small cost.
Mrs. Bayfy declared that the associa-
tons, quarters were far too small, and
that it was the purpose of the association
to erect handsome new building. Sew
eral sights were being considered at pres
ent for the building, she said. The work
Of raising the money for the building
would he begun in the spring. she said.
At present the annual budget of the as
ISOLATION was about $4,000 she said.
About one-sixth of this amount is raised
by subscription.
Standing Committees Announced.
President Moves announced a number
of standing committees of the board and
the board ratified the appointments. The
committees included were:
Executive committee-RaIph w. Lee.
chairman: W. T. Galliher, vice chair
man; Walter A. Brown. John Joy Edison,
E. c. Graham, Arthur c. Moses. William
H. Saunders, J. III. Small. jr., and John
L. Weaver.
Bridges-A. Ralph Server, chairman.
Charities and corrections-Walter {.
Clephane. chairman; William NICK. Clay
ton. vice chairman, secretary; w. II.
Baldwin, r. r. Bennett F.. c. Branden-
burg. Albert II. Brewood. O. p. M.
Brown. A S. Caywood, William Knowles
Cooper. Zed H. Copp, s. w. Curriden,
o. E. Darnall. Ralph P. Barnard. VIII
liam H. De Lacy. William F. Downey.
Janney, l. G. Kimball. ]. Wilmer Lati-
mer. H. B. F. Mcfarland, James Dud-
ley Morgan, Ellen s. Mussey, William
B. Robinson. George Curtis Shinn. Will
liam NJ. Shuster, c. w. Skinner, Thomas
w. Smith. Eugene Z. Stevens, A. I.
Stuart and w. B. Thompson.
Industrial interests-D. S. Porter. chair
man: E. c. Graham vice chairman; Rich
ard l., Conner. secretary; E. n. Snyder.
H. c. c.. Stiles. Joseph Strasburger, L.
l.. Thompson, w. B. Thompson, E. o.
Whitford Oscar T. Wright, John Brew
er. Charles E. Berry. Edward H. Droop.
+. C. Dulin William ]. Eynon. Daniel.
Fraser. c. Heurich, Joel Hillman. Henry
C. Karr. James Lansburgh. William II.
Martin, L. H. Mattingly. Moritz Mayer,
Abner r. Neff. Albert Schulteis. James
Sharp s. s. Shedd. and Oden 8. Smith.
Insurance-E. c.. Brandenburg, chair
man.
On Membership.
Membership. Louis willige chair
man: Chris J. Cocker, first vice chair
man; H. Clifford Bangs, second vice
chairman; R. L. Conner. secretary:
William J. Eynon, Frank E. Gibson. John
M Henderson. John G. Hodges. Thomas
Bryan Huyck, Guy H Johnson. ]. Leo
Kolb Stirling Kerr, j. Wilmer Latimer.
J. Edward Lewis. George R. Linkins.
Harry r. Lowe. l.. Bert Nye. George
Pitt, William T. Poole. James P. Schaick.
William H. Singleton. Gus A. Schuldt.
George Curtis Shinn. George H. Stafford,
Frank A. Sebring. e. Clifton Thomas.
Odell 8. Smith. E. X. Staley. John James
Walsh, George W. Weber, William H.
Turton. e. J. Walsh. Tom A. Williams.
j. Fred White, Henry L. West Louis c.
Wilson. Oscar T. Wright. Harry F. All
mond,. H. e. Bittinger. John Brewer, Z.
r. Brooks. Lyman E. Burdine, William
E. Burns. E. F.. Colladay, William w.
Conner L. Lee Coombs. George s. Cooper.
William Knowles Cooper. F. b. Crosth-
waite, c. f. Crump, Clarence Dodge. III.
Clarence Duffey, and William X. Ellis.
Municipal ffnance-George Truesdell,
chairman.
Parks and observation-disclosures S.
Bundy, chairman; Frank P. Leetch. vice
chairman; w. j. Kehoe, secretary;
George n. Smith. John Lewis Smith. Will
liam Tindall, Richard B. Watrous, VIII
liam, v. Cox. George A King. w. Grant
Lieuallen and NJ. D. Rosenberg.
Public Order.
Public order-Walter A. Brown, chair
man: E. F. Coliaday, vice chairman:
Alan o. Clephane. secretary; William e.
Harvey. ]. Fred Kelley. George B. Ken
needy, Alexander Mckenzie, Thomas p.
NH H.