The Washington herald., 1912-10-08
|h, C,MOsEs HEADS
BOARD OF TRADE
Elected to Vacancy Caused BY
Death Of Thomas C.
Noyes.
OTHER CHANGES MADE
IN LIST OF OFFICERS
New Members Are Admitted and
Work for Fall and Winter
Planned.

| Election Of oficers. admission Of twen-
~ new members. and . general discus-
sion regarding the work of the fall and
winter. occupied the attention Of the d.
rectors OF tho Board OF Trade At theiE
rrst fall meeting yesterday afternoon.
A. c. Moses. first vice president. pre-
sided, and w. J. Eynon was secretary.
| The first business was the acceptance
of the report Of the membership COM
mittee presented by its chairman. Chris.
Gockeler. He reported the names OF
twenty applicants and recommended
their election. BY uhanimouf vote OF
the directors they were elected to men,
bership as fellows: Clark c. Grihith,
manager of the Washington baseball
| team: George W. Ramsay. p. d. Cone.
Theodore d. Sloat. R. X. Helphenstine.
b. l.. Hackenberger. c. II. Ridenour.
| William A Abbott. Claude E. Miller,
Charles f. Miller. F. Sprisg Perry, 7.
p. Murphy. Alexander J. Schwartz. Ar
thur ]. May, G. II. Markwsrd, b w.
Spille. Horace G. Macfarland. John Scriv-
ener. William E. Fowler and william M.
Dougal.
Moses Elected President.
Mr.. Moses announced that the recent
death of Thomas C. Noyes. president Of
duired the election of a successor to both
positions. On motion of william +.
GUIDE. seconded by Z. II. Droop, Mr..
Moses was elected president for the bal
ance of the term. Mr.. Moses thanked
the directors for the honor given him.
and said he believed that II would be
good policy for the directors to single
out some important line of work for the
coming winter. and either bring il to
pass or start II so well toward compile
tiOn that his successor in Office would
have no difficulty in finishing 1t. He
begged to suggest that the project OF
uniting Potomac and Rock Creek PARIS
by a suitable roadway and parking OF
the valley of Rock Creek furnished such
an object. In this several Of the direc-
tors concurred in short speeches.
Z. II. Droop. for several years treas
urer of the board, was elected first vice
president. to ill the vacancy caused by
the promotion OF Mr.. Moses BY mo-
tion of Dr. F. c. Gibson. Chris. Gockeler
was elected treasurer in place OF Mr..
Droop- On motion of John Joy Edison.
Col. George Truesdell was elected di-
rector to nil the vacancy caused by the
death Of Mr.. Noyes The term for which
Mr.. Moves was elected ends in Novem-
Der. 1918.
Seek W. c. T. L. Convention.
The directors voted. at the request of
the local W. {. 7. L., to invite the
national convention of that body to
Washington in 1919. it being understood
that this invitation places no pecuniary
responsibility on the Board of Trade for
the entertainment Of the convention.
communication from the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce. requesting CO.
operation in changing the name of the
Panama Canal to American Canal was
ordered received and filed. the directors
not being prepared at this time to take
action in the matter
BY motion of William H. Singleton. $50
WAS appropriated from a special fund in
the hands of the treasurer to pay In
part the expenses of B. r. Grabel as
delegate TO the convention of Modern
Road Builders. which will meet in Gin
C!nnati next January.
a committee of three was provided, to
be appointed by the president of the
Board. to prepare a suitable memorial OF
the life and work OF the late Thomas
c. Noyes, TO be presented to the No
vemher meeting of the Board OF Trade
for consideration and action
Under the bylaws. which provide that
nominations for the Office of director Of
the Board shall be filed with the secre-
tary and posted in the board rooms
thirty days before the annual meeting,
seven names have been SO presented as
follows:
DR.. Frank E. Gibson. nominated by c.
J. Gockeler; Theodore w. Noyes and
Odell S. Smith. nominated by W. H.
Singleton; ]. Harry Cunningham, nomi-
mated by +. r. Brooks: Z. r. Brooks
and Adds B. Brown, nominated by DR..
Frank K. Gibson. and George w. Har-
ris. nominated by J. Harry Cunningham.
The polls will be open for nominations
until a week before the annual meeting.
which is to be held November II. The
first four nominees are at present mem-
hers of the board. but their terms ex-
pire next month.