The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-09

CREDIT MENPLAN
! AUGMENTATION
Section Of Retail Merchants
Association to Be
Formed.
WILL MEET THIS EVENING
Secretary Bryan and Commissioner
Newman to Speak at Banquet on
Evening of February q.
MEET THIS EVENING

The credit men In the stores Of WASH
ington have been invited to attend
meeting tonight in the quarters Of the
street northwest. to organise q credit
mems section in the association. This
new section was authorized at the an
nual meeting Of the association. Tuesday.
January q.
II is proposed to organize this section
on the same plan rs that followed by
the trade sections Of the association
There will be no dues to be paid, since
the expenses Of conducting the section
are to be met by the association. The
first business will be the election Of a
chairman to head the section, and the
man selected automatically will become a
member Of the board Of governors of the
association.
The DEVELOPMENT Of the credit and COL
lection bureaus Of the Retail Merchants
Association has met with a great measure
of cooperation among the retail mer-
chants of this city.
Dinner Committee Meeting.
NJ. A. Leese, chairman Of the mer-
chants "get-together" banquet commit
tee. has called a meeting of that body
for today at noon. when reports Of sub
committees will be presented.
Isaac Cans, chairman of tho subcom-
mittee on speakers and invitations.
has notified Chairman Leese that
in addition to Secretary of State
Bryan, who will be the chief speaker.
Commissioner Oliver p. Newman has
accepted an invitation to speak. Engi-
neer Commissioner Harding also will be
a guest at the banquet.
Practically 100 subscriptions have been
received by Treasurer E. c. Graham for
the banquet. which will be held at the
Snoreham Hotel the evening of Monday,
February g. There will be accommoda-
tions for only 10 persons, and reserva-
receipt Of subscriptions
Merchants in the downtown section
were much interested in the experiments
conducted on r street between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets with types
Of street lights. George Topham, chair
man of the merchants street lighting
committee. and others Of his committee
witnessed the experiments. 1t Is ex-
pected a meeting of the merchants
street lighting committee will be called
| in the near future.
VIII Address shoe Men.
Joseph Strasburger. chairman OF the
shoe section of the Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION is arranging for a big meeting
| of the shoe men. OF washington, when
an address will be delivered by Repre-
sentative A. S. Kreider. Mr.. Kreider is
well known to shoe men as the presi-
dent Of the National Shoe Manufacturers
Association
4 Members Of the merchant tailors' sec
4 ton Of the association will participate
/ Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next
Il in the deliberations OF the National Mer-
/ chant Tailors' Association convention al
4 Richmond. Va Among those who VIII
make exhibits at the mems fashion show
| to be held in connection with the conven-
/ ton are George Z. Hebbard, E H. Sny-
der, ]. c. wineman, l. A. Downey and
]. W. Campbell. who will be delegates;
F. A Carlson. J. NJ. Stein, T. j. Van
Doren. E. s. Keen, i. Norwood, i. Gold
helm, T. f. Gilbert and Joseph Costinett
1 Claude e. Miller, chairman of the auto
mobile section Of the association, will
represent the automobile men at a hear
ing to be given in the board room at the
District Building to obtain the views OF
citizens regarding the traff1c regulations
in force in the District. Chairman Nil
Ter is planning a meeting for the near
future.