The Washington times., 1911-03-23

The movement to secure quickly a
quarter of d million dollars, as Wash
| ington's share of the two and a half
million necessary TO build and endow
the proposed George Washington Me-
| mortal Convention Hall I'm this city,
| is now In full swing. Today and within
| the next few days most of the citizens
| civic, fraternal, patriotic, and scientific
| societies, through their executive conf
mittees or directors, will each appoint
a committee of ten 10 cooperate with
the conventions committee of the
Chamber of Commerce in a general
city-wide canvass for subscriptions to
| the fund.
Twenty-four of these organizations,
through duly appointed delegates, were
| represented at the mass meeting of the
| Chamber of Commerce last night, at
| which the plans for the memorial hall
were enthusiastically discussed. Each
representative personally pledged him
self or herself to active participation
in the campaign, and no voice dissented
to the passage of J. Louis Willige's
resolution that each organization be
requested to designate ten members for
active cooperation with the Chamber
in conducting the campaign for sub
scriptions.
Enthusiastic Over Meeting.
Granville NJ. Hunt, chairman of the
convention committee. is enthusiastic
today over the success of the meeting
last night. ut surpassed in size and
results my highest hopes" he said,
''and with the assistance of the organi
cations which were represented at the
meeting there is now no ground for
doubt about ultimate success. l think
that all will have named their COM
mittees of ten within the week Then
We shall have another meeting and
start the actual canvass for subscrip-
tons"
Not in years has there been held in
this city so enthusiastic a meeting in a
common cause and one so widely repre-
sentative of all the citizens Of the Dis
trict as that held at the Chamber last
night. About 800 were present, repre-
sentinS at least twenty-five different as
sociations. All Joined in their testi-
mony TO the propriety of carrying out
one of the wishes of the country's first
President by the erection here of a
building which would serve the purpose
of disseminating knowledge, and all
were agreed InaI tnlS city is IN Qlre
need of a convention hall such as the
George Washington Memorial Hall is
proposed to be.
The meeting was not entirely one of
words. Subscriptions to the fund were
made. although the meeting was not
called for the purpose Of securing
pledges. They were made voluntarily
as pledges of the interest Of those pres
ent.
A subscription of 800 was received by
telephone this morning. o. J. DeMoll
telephoned the Chamber, and said that
after hearing the reports of last nights
meeting he desired TO make his sub
scriptiOn OF 500.
Voluntary Pledges.
D. J. Kaufman, whose plegde of $1,000
conditional upon the receipt of forty
nine others of the same amount, had
already been made public, changed his
pledge TO an absolute one OF $500, and
a conditional one of $500 more. B. II.
Warner. who had just finished an elO-
quent speech upon the project, quickly
followed with a pledge of 500 Charles
J. Bell announced his pledge of $1,000,
and said that he had received three
r. Galloway. representing the Builders
and Manufacturers Exchange, an
nounced that he was authorized by his
organization to subscribe $1,O0L. Frank
hCGlCii, NUN Ille OtOl SSlO"n NlJ-
zens' Association, transmitted the asso-
ciations pledge of $50 as "a starter"
Mr.. Hunt announced the already pub
lished pledge Of $4,000 made by Chris
tian HeuriCh. Frederick Schwab, presi-
dent of the International Auto Sight
Seeing and Transit Company, subscribed
500. John Dolph, chairman of the meet
ing. subscribed 800. Oliver P. Newman.
pledged 500, and H. E. Sands made
pledge of $50.
In addition to this many Of the dele