Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-05
TRIBUTE TO SLE|MAN
Memorial Building in Name OF
Late Y. N. C. A. Leader.
PLAN OF CLUB HE FOUNDED
Same Organization to Erect Y. II.
c. A. Buildings Abroad.
NEARLY 100000 IN HAND
Announced at Banquet of Twenty
Four-Hour-a-Day Club-After-
Dinner Speeches.
PLAN OF CLUB HE FOUNDED


Dinner Speeches.
Announcement of the incorporation Of
the Twenty Four H our -a-Day Club for the
purpose Of building a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sand-dollar memorial hall to the late John
B. tSleman, jr., it's founder: the raising Of
fund of nearly two million dollars with
which to erect Y. NJ. C. A. buildings in
foreign countries. and an address by w.
Morgan Shuster. deposed treasurer gen.
eral of Persia, in which the British gov
eminent was criticised for the part it has
performed in the Anglo Russian agree
ment to preserve the integrity of Persia,
quet of the Twenty four Hour a-Day Club,
held last night at the Raleigh Hotel, one
of the most memorable in the history Of
the organization. One hundred and fifty
guests attended.
President Taft. Speaker Clark and Gov.
Marshall of Indiana, who were on the
program to speak. were prevented by en-
gagements from attending. The speakers,
in addition to Mr.. Shuster. included T.
Theodore Wong, president of the Shang
hal Y. NJ. c. A.: Myron A. Clark, general
A.. and E. T. Cotton. secretary Of the
foreign work department of the interna-
tional committee of the Young Mems
Christian Association. George Otis
Smith, president of the Washington Y. Nj.
c. A, presided as POSTMASTER.
Rights Under Incorporation.
Souvenir programs containing the an
of the Incorporation of the
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sented to the guests. The Incorporation
confers upon the club the power to hold
real estate and other real and personal
property the clear annual income of
which shall not exceed in value $4,000.
The incorporators include Clarence A.
Marcus w. Baldwin, Charles
J.. Bliss, William Knowles Cooper, Ar
thur Dadmun, Benjamin r. Johnson,
Lawrence r. Lee, Henry B. F. Macfar-
James Sharp. George Otis Smith, Will
liam III. H. Smith, William 8. WaShburn
and Samuel W. Woodward.
A citizens committee is now engaged
in raising a fund with which to erect a
Sleman memorial hall on the lot owned
by the Y. NJ. c. A. at 18th and G
streets northwest, the property to be
held in the name of the Twenty-four-
Hour-a-Day Club. The hall will contain
an auditorium and about eighty dormi-
tories.
Big Fund in Hand.
Announcement of the raising of the
fund Of nearly $2.OO0.Oo for the purpose
of erecting foreign association buildings
came in the course Of the address delN
cred by Mr.. Cotton. That speaker said
that at the White House conference. held
October 20. 1910. tor the purpose of con-
sidering plans for extending the work OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. in foreign lands. 1t had
been decided to raise fund of million
and a half dollars, but instead Of this
amount nearly 100000 has been
pledged.
The principal address was delivered by
Mr.. Shuster. who spoke for more than an
hour on conditions in Persia which led up
to the invasion by Russia, and his SUBJ
seQuent enforced retirement from the Of
flee of the treasurer general. Russia, he
stated. sought one pretext after another
for demoralizing the Persian government
and that it had decided to accomplish
this end at any cost.
Mr. Shuster declared that the British
minister to Persia had been duped by the
Russians: that. while the Russian gov
eminent had made no attempt to live up
to the agreement with England to pre-
serve the integrity Of Persia, and Russian
Cossacks slaughtered and pillaged, the
British minister had made no protest
AGAINST
on the weak Persian government. and its
false claims against the American OH
Gals"
INDUCES in Eulogy.
Mr. Clark, as did the speakers who pre-
ceded him, paid tribute to Mr.. Sleman.
founder of the club. He also lauded John
Barrett, director Of the Pan American
Union, and the work of that institution
in promoting friendly relations between
the peoples Of North, Central and South
America.
Mr. Wong spoke of the work of the
Young Mems Christian Association in
China, and paid a tribute to the work OF
American women. which, he said, would
stand out as one Of the prominent forces
In the awakening Of China.
Guests at Banquet.
In attendance at the banquet were the
following: George c. Altenlus, Mrs. G. c.
Altemus, Frank f. Altemus, Mrs. F. E. AL
temus, c. A. Aspinwall. Mrs. Mary Isabella
Banks, Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly,
Rev. b. G. Braskamp. Charles s. Bradley,
Charles Henry Butler, Mrs. Charles
Henry Butler, DIR. W. X. Butler. Mrs. w.
x. Butler, Harry Blake. John r. Blake.
DR.. E. L. Billiard, Mrs. e. L. Billiard, NJ.
w. Baldwin, Carleton r. Ball, r. T.
Barton. Mrs. r. T. Barton, l.. e. Bruen-
niger, Mrs. l.. E Brueninger. Frank NJ
Burst. Mrs. Frank N. Burst. John
w. Boehme, Mrs. John w. Boehme, Miss
Florence NJ. Brown. DR.. Charles E
Barker, Mrs. Charles L. Barker;
Mrs. W. II. Baker, p. H. Bris-
tow, William Brown. F. W. Bolgiano
Mrs. Mary Chalmers, C. N. Chase, w. A
Chung, Miss Z. A. COnkey. r. f. Glenn
ent, Mrs. f. Z. Clement. William
Knowles Cooper. Charles F. Crane
William D. Cunningham. Arthur H
Dadmun. Mrs. A. H. Dadmun. Johr
Doerr, Arville B. Drown. Mrs Anna B
Ellis. John Fable. Mrs. John Fable
Miss Flagg, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Foster
Percy S. Foster. Mrs. NJ. Ross Fish.
Fulton, J. J. Gilbert. Mrs: J. J. Gilbert
Miss Abbie c. Graves. Miss Jennie A
Graves, Henry Taylor Gray, c. L
Harding, Mrs. c. l.. Harding, Mrs. T. A.
Harding, Edward G. Head. Mrs. Ed.
ward c. Heald, w. o. Hiltabidle, Mrs
w. o. Hiltabidle. Rev. Paul R. Hickok
Mrs. Paul II. Hickok. Edward L. Howe
Dr. Hemingway. Miss Alice NJ. Holmes
L. J. Hughes. Wiley o. Ison, Charles p
Janney. Myron Jermain Jones, Mrs. Myron
j. Jones, Benjamin r. johnson, Miss
Harriet B. Johnson, C. L. Johnson, Hol.
combe G. johnson, Mrs. H. G. Johnson
Rev. Joseph T. Kelly. Lawrence r. Lee
|J. H. Lightfoot. Mrs. ]. H. Lightfoot
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