The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-08
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|FAREWELLS TO
BOARD MEMBERS.
Retiring Chamber Of Com
merce Directors Are
~Tsld Good-by.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lsttsrs Read at Meeting Complain Of
Railway Terminal Facilities
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Farewels to its ten retiring members
were said I'm an offictal capacity by the
board of directors OF the Chamber OF
Commerce at its final meeting for the
fiscal year last MIGHT Nearly the entife
board was present.
The retirement of the ten members Is
In accordance with the constitution.
They are William F. GUIDE. w. T. CALI
her, B. B. Earnshaw. A ID. Prince.
George F. Schutt. B. s. Graves. Hugh
Harvey, Joseph Stoddard. Charles II.
Linkins. and Thomas W. Smith.
Nominations for these vacancies have
been posted as follows: II. B. +. Macfar-
land. Robert N. Harper. Oliver s. Metze-
rott, A. Leftwich Sinclair, Joseph Stras-
burger, william M. Dove, Charles l.
Corby. Carl Droop. Floyd E. Davis,
Joseph Jacob, Myron J. Jones, Robert
L. Montague, H. H. Classic. Charles K.
Berry, T. C. Dulin. d. ]. Callahan, L. E.
Brueninger, John Mitchell, jr.. J. B. Hem
derson, John l. Weaver. George E.
Walker, Appleton p. Clark. jr., Roy c.
Claflin. John l. Newbold, Isaac Cans,
William C. johnson. George p. Killian,
A. B. Lyons, William d. Sullivan, John
F. Slaven, Edwin c. Reed. and p. ].
Ryan.
Interest I'm Election.
Keen interest is being evinced in the
outcome of the election Tuesday night
at the willard. To nominations for pres
ident have been posted to date. William
F. GUIDE and s9rJ. Kaufman. It Is ex-
pected. however. that more nominations
will be made at the meeting Tuesday.
when a record attendance Is looked for.
The attention of the board was called.
at the meeting last night. to the ter
minal facilities Of the Old Dominion
Railway Company in Georgetown. Com
plant that the facilities are inadequate
was made in a letter to the board from
William H. Saunders, president of the
Columbia Heights Citizens Association.
It was said that 1t has been almost i'm
possible to get investors interested in
the heights property for the reason that
when they arrived in Georgetown and
saw the inadequate station they refused
to go farther, but returned to WASH
ington.
A letter of a similar nature was read
from Col. Robert N. Harper.
President Callahan reported that,
through the efforts of Adds B. Browne.
Washington had secured the next con-
vention Of the American Bar Associa-
ton.
I Better pay for members OF the police
force was urged in a letter read from
John F. Slaven. who was appointed to
attend the annual inspection Of the force
and report to the board the result.
SlferinE in the Balkans.
p. T. Moran called the attention Of the
board to the suffering in the Balkan
states, the ravishes of war having re-
duced the people to a.state of starvation.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Moran was
adopted. authorizing that a letter be sent
to the American Red Cross asking Just
what steps could be taken to alleviate the
suffering.
The directors present at the meeting
last night were: ID. J. Callahan, presi-
dent; Ralph W. Lee, Chaplin Brown,
Thomas Grant, James F. Oyster, S. A.
Kimberly, Sidney West. Washington Top
ham, DIR. H. NJ. kaufman, A. H. Rogers,
P. 7. Moran, Albert Schulteis. John Dolph,
B. w. Guy. George W. Stuart. George
Y. worthington. NJ. A. Leese, William F.
Guide, W. T. Galliher. A. d. Prince, and
Hugh Harvey.
A warm greeting was given Secretary
Grant who has just recovered from
typhoid fever.