Evening star., 1913-10-05
HUNDREDS GREET
new CITY HEADS
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Commissioners Newman. These remarks
| serve to remind me OF something Senator
Overman OF North Carolina said on the
| very subject. Some one asked him about
the new board of Commissioners. to
which he replied, I believe the President
did a wise thing In appointing Old Ian
across that boy Newman
Mr.. Newman spoke mostly In g light
vein, but In concluding his remarks ex-
pressed the appreciation Of himself and
the cordial reception rendered by TIE
Washington business men.
siddons Begs Leniency.
Commissioner Siddons, who was then
introduced. spoke Of the part being play
ed by young men in the affairs OF today,
and begged his audience not to consider
him as a very old man.
'I am In the same class with Ed Droop,
Ed Graham. Bill GUIDE and Dan Callahan.
and they surely cannot be considered as
old men.
Commissioner Siddons spoke Of the i'm
portant part young men are taking IN
the three commercial organizations OF the
city He said he considered that the
enced two eras and that 1t Is just start
ing OH a third. The hrst, he said. dates
from 1901 to the time when Washington.
which had been referred to as dirty,
lazy southern town, began to wake up
and municipal improvements were begun.
third era. one which he prophesied
would see greater strides In the develop
ment of the city than ever before, has
just begun. Commissioner Siddons said.
Cautions Business Men.
Mr.. Siddons cautioned the business men
not to measure municipal growth with
the yardstick known as the dollar mark.
IL ask you not to test the needs OF Wash
ington by the test of business demands,
but in broader way"
In concluding Mr.. siddons referred
the newly created public utilities COM
mission. which, he said. will be grea:
benefit to the people Of washington. He
spoke of the subject of taxation and said
that business men should devote some OF
their time to this all-lmportant matter.
He said they should strive for system
of taxation that does not obstruct any
energies and faculties Of the business
man but aids him.
ter Harding, who was the last to speak.
declared that his six years residence In
Washington makes him feel that he IL
not a stranger within the gates. he
QO6S
one member of the board Of Commits
sioners In an engineer officer In the army
is for the purpose of injecting mill
tarism into District Affairs.
Purpose Of Position.
We have an Engineer Commissioner,
he said. in order that the assistance OF
one Of the technical branches of the
federal government may be given in the
manasement Of the District.
81 want you business men to think or
me as one who believes heart and soul
in the District, and not as some disin-
terested party. One who can be reached
at any time, and who Is always glad to
discuss any matter that Is for the better
ment Of the District"
At the conclusion Of the speechmaking
a. buffet luncheon was served. An In
formal reception followed, and 1t was not
until q late hour that the business men
left for their homes.
Present at Reception.
Those at the reception were W. H.
Abbott, Benjamin r. Adams, Byron 8.
Adams, Harry 8. Adler, Jem e. Albert.
Harry Almond, w. f. Anderson. Dwight
Anderson, S. r. Ahalt. r. ID. Anderson,
Edwin s. Arnold. DIR. ]. 8. Arnold. John
c. Athey. Wade H. Atkinson, N. D.;
w. 8. Abraham. Charles Aufenthie, l..
Alexander.
George A. Baker. NJ. D.; w. w.
Baider, Grant s. Barnhart, William J.
Beuchert, H. clifford Bangs, Robert A.
Bates. Colley w. Bell, Charles +. Bell
H. e. Bettinger. ]. J. Betton. Warren w.
Biggs. j. Maurice Bird, Y. d. Blackstone,
Henry F.. Blair, Gist Blair. C. l.. Bow
man, Charles w. Bohamen. Frank W.
Bolgiano. George M. Bond. J; NJ. Bower:
Boyle, Charles s. Bradley. A. C. Brad
lev. e. 8. Bradford. 8. H Briant, Au-
gust Brill. Mann Brtler. =. r. Brooks.
Adds B. Browne. Chaplin Brown, Glenn
Brown o. nroa F. M BySTn. Waiter C. A. f. Brown Brown
Gustav Buchholz. G. v. Buck, c. s.
Bundy, A. T.. Burklin. Arthur Burt. N.
L. Burchell. Louis Bush. n. y. Bryan.
Lester A. Barr. Paris e. Bren9le, w. +.
Brice. L. e. Breuninger, e. 8, Brashears,
Arthur NJ. Burtt, A. Brylawski.
James A. Cahill. Edwin callow. J. w.
Campbell. H. NJ. Camp. Guy w. A.
Camp. John q. Capers. Harry r. Car.
s0l tbs.s q NJ w ca1ssT, ELLA asrry haSaal John
hin. r. c. Clanin. G. r. Ciagett. Charles |
w. Clagett. Alan o. Clephane. Walter
g; clephans; James W. Clark. a. Z.
Coles. Maurice ]. Colbert. T. q. Coldren,
NJ. J. Colbert, Charles J. Columbus, p.
D. Cone, Wade H. Cooper. Charles l. |
Corby, w. s. Corby. A. T. Coumoe, |
Percy Crawford, Charles r. Crane, John |
D. Crawford, r. b. Croswatte. Harry |
Cunningham, r. e. Cunningham, J. B.
Gregg Custis.
Allan Davis, Samuel Darragh. Clar- |
ence F. Donohoe, w. G. Dent, Louis A.
Dent. w. II. De Lacy. Louis Dinowitz.
Adam J. Dickhaut. Edward B. Dean.
Charles w. Darr, G. H. r. Davis. r. r.
Downing. William NJ. Dougal, e. II.
Droop, Carl A. Droop. R. Golden DON
aldson, William NJ Dove. Orville 3.
Drown, E. NJ. Dulin. H. c. DuiRey. NJ. D..
William s. Duvall. D. J. Dunigan. B.
r. Donelly, r. Clinton Dyer.
George J. Easterday. A. Eberly, r. e.
Edmonston. Frank ]. Eisinger. William
". Ellis, W. E. Elliot. George Engel r.
william Ernest, Frank B. Essex, Edwin
H. Etz, George w. Evans, w. w. Ever
EFT, Charles I. Evans, J. r. Evans, VIII
liam John Eynon and Josh Evans. 1r.
M. J. Fliiius. H. N. Fulton. J. e. Fue-
gel. p. J. Febrey, Isadore Freund. George
b. Fraser. O. VI. Forsberx. Daniel Fraser.
N. B. Frank. w: n Fowler. 3. R: Fox.
3. Foster: Lewis Fiemer. n. W; Fisher.
heimer: W; =. Fischer, Percy Foster.
George II. Gall, E n. Gibbs. John b.
Gier. Benjamin w. Guy. Walter B. Guy.
BENJAMIN 8. Graves, II. c.. Grove. E.
Gerstenberg E. 8. Greenwich, Alexander
NJ. German. Fred e. Gichner. c. J. Cock
eier, r. W. Gates. Isaac Cans, ]. d.
Garman. Ernest Glchner. 8. Gassen.