Evening journal., 1915-05-25
BUSINESS MEN WOULD
help THE LEVY court
Chamber OF Commerce
Denies Any Plan TO Fight
the Body
COMMISSIONER
PROMISES HELP

III MilnlnEi0n AndiUNti VI A0ll~
merce will hold four business meet
ings OF It's entire membership Instead
of one annual meeting as at present.
IL was decided at the membership
luncheon of the organization IN the
grill room of Hotel DUPONT today.
This action was taken on motion Of
Fred IA. Steinle. which was seconded
by c. d. Garretson. chairman of the
meeting.
Commenting on the publication ex-
olusively by THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL last week of the Chamber Of
Commences letter to the Levy Court,
Secretary n. B. Sinclair declared that
the letter had not been given out by
any officer of the chamber.
Speaking of the chambers recon-
mended investigation of tho finances
of the Levy Court Mr.. Garrotson said.
THE Levy Court has lost the conf
dence of the community This inves-
tigation urged by tho Chamber of
Commerce is entirely impartial. We
are not fighting the Levy Court. We
want to help u and VIC do not want
delayed needed city improvements be-
cause Of any financial difficulties OF
the Court"
Levy Court Commissioner Benjamin
A. Groves delared that he would do
all in his power to help the Chamber
or any one else look into the affairs
/ of the Levy Court. Martin e. Smith,
/ another commissioner also spoke.
Mr.. Sinclair announced that the
local body has renewed its member
ship in the Chamber Of Commerce OF
the United States.
Mr. Sinclair also spoke of the re-
port OF the mercantile section of the
chamber regarding its credit investi-
/ cations.
The credit rating bureau Of the
/ Chamber. he said, now has a total OF
10000 names. Members Of the
Chamber, he said will find much
valuable information regarding credit
standing of persons and firms.
The dinner guests were: Harrison
W. Howell. w. s. Almond Charles
I A. Bamberger. Joseph Bancroft E j.
Bardo. S. II. Baynard. l.. r. Boards
lee, Jerome 3. BELL and guest. Julius
A. Berndt, william r. Budd. Caleb y
Burohenal. Walter d. Bush, Jr.. C.
G. Cadwallader. II. A. Casporson
Joshua Conner, G.. l.. Coppage, William
c. Corey. Geo r. Cornell. J. r. Cum
mings, S. NJ. Dillon. T. S. Doherty
/ J. A. Duffy. 3. DUPONT. william %
Ebert. T. b. Ely, Howell 5. England
| c. ID. Garretson, G.. A. Gewehr. b.
r Grommon, J. A. German, Charles II
5 Gray. Joseph $. Hamilton, David \
! Hay, Edgar L. Haynes. Josef =. Hodir
u Or II. Chalmers Hickman. John
I Hoffman. William b. Holland. Fran
A c. Hughes, Philo A. Hutcheson, Henr
n r. lsaacs, George W. Keller, Wi
n liam Il. Kurtz. W. o. LaMott
e Clarence c. Killen. John h. Kraus
h Joseph c. Lawson. c. Stewart Lee, n
o e. Lescure. John w. Loud, II. B. Nj,
). Collum. William J. McCorkindale, JC
seph II. Martin, NJ Matthes, j. \
Mendinhall. Nathan Miller. Walter /
Mode. w. A. Morris, j. II. NiXoi
! Ohio Nowland. James b. Oberl!
/ Charles B. Palmer. William c. Phi
lips. c. r. Pierson. Francis A. Price
James +. Price. o. c. Purdy, j.
Ranck. John II. Rice, Charles
, Fighter. William c. Robelen, J.
Rodgers. c. A. Rudolph. G. II. Smitl
I jr.. Ellwood Souder, G. II. SpackmaI
Neil b. Sinclair, c. c. SpeakmaI
, Charles l.. Story, James d. StrouS
Ernest S. Taite, William G. Tayloi
I John d. Thompson. Jr.. George J
Townsend Co., Howard A. Turnol
Charles NJ. Upham, William c. VenI
John +. Walker. A. ID. Warner, A.
Warner, Jr, William p. White, j.
Z Williams, II. B. Wilson. John S. WI
son. S. II. Wilson. Jr.. Henry Wilso
, and Peter 4. Wright.