The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-06
Chamber Of Commerce Notes

copy of a letter to Joseph Tumulty.
private secretary to President Wilson,
from Treasury employe calling at
tention to the fact that the law provides
specifically that every Saturday is a half
holiday in the. government departments
| aroused much interest in the board meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce We'd
| nesday night and the letter will be
| read before the Chamber at its meeting
next Tuesday.
Secretary Redfeld. of the Department
of Commerce, and Koliang Yih, secretary
Of the Chinese Legation, will be the
honor guests at the June meeting. An
interesting address to business men 10
anticipated from the Secretary, and the
recent visit of the commercial commits
sioners from China has awakened a new
interest in the possibilities of business
with the new republic of China, and
Koliang Yih will be given a warm well
come.
The excursion committee met Friday
night and fixed the date of the outing
for Thursday. September 16. The follow
Ing committees were created, their per-
sonnet to be announced later: Tickets,
reception, entertainment, printing. field
and aquatic sports, publicity, law and
order, refreshment, souveniors and med
ical. The last named was announced. in
part, as follows: DR.. Lewis J. Battle,
chairman; DIR. w. p. Carr, DIR. Harry
Lewis. DIR. A. r. Shand and DR.. Harry
kaufman.
In spite of the excellent record of 1914.
the increase in new membership under
President Moran Is over % per cent above
the corresponding period Of last year.
Howard Norton has reached Denver on
his seeing America first tour. Two
members of the United States Senate,
one member of the House and others are
now using the chambers stereopticon
slides throughout the West in talks on
the beauties and attractions of the Capt.
tai.
letter just received on the letter
head of the Pittsburgh Commercial Club.
and signed by Mrs. J. c. DeNoon, Penn
syvania State vice chairman of the
Womens National Made in U. s. A.
League. thanks the chamber and advises
that the splendid collection of pictures Of
Washington buildings furnished by the
chamber were given a prominent place in
the Made in L. s. A" booth in connec-
ton with the carnival in Pittsburgh I'M
der the auspices of the Commercial Club
of that city.
The G. A. r. decorations committee
has added the following new mem
bers: Charles Columbus. Board of
Trade: Harold Davis. Davis construc-
ton Company; A. E. Fowler, the
Iowa; George Lewis. District National
Bank Building: DR.. w. P. Malone. the
northwest; John Poole, Federal Ma
tional Bank; William Selby. American
National Bank: Anton Stephens, Du-
lin & Martin Company; A. E. Burklin.
Lerch Company: Fred Cook, Evening
Star: NJ G. Copeland, 400 Eleventh
street northwest: George DeNeale.
Kann's: George W. Evans. Interior
Department: Earl Goodwin. Star Build
ing: Herbert Guggenheim. 1871 wy
ing Star, Mark Lansburgh. 25l1
Fourteenth street northwest; Edward
s. Rochester, Washington Post: E. c. |
Rogers. Washington Herald: James
Shea, 645 Louisiana avenue. and Sid |
ney Strauss. r. Harris & Company.
Golf Committeeman John F. slaven is |
busy with plans for the second tourna- |
ment with the Board of Trade next |
Thursday. The teams from these bodies |
are to play again in 1916 for final possess |
sion of the Shaw and Brown Company |
trophy. The presidents and secretaries |
of the two bodies are invited guests to
the dinner which celebrates the conclu-
sion of the days play. AS non-golfers.
Secretaries Gockeler and Grant had
agreed to play a tennis match. but the
latter leaves for Cleveland early Thurs
day afternoon, so the match has been
postponed.
President Moran has been asked to
present the diplomas in the graduating
exercises of Business High School on
June Is. Secretary Grant will present
the replica of the Allison Nailor medal
to Capt Belcher of the cadet company
at Central on June l6.