The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-19
Two Hundred Business Men to
Raise 100000 Guaranty
Fund.
ECONOMY TO BE THE RULE
Contributors Assured That
Greater Part of Offerings
Will Be Returned.


There are nearly 200 representative
Washington business men on the
committee. which Is charged with the
work OF raising the guaranty fund OF
approximately 10000 to pay the ex-
penses OF the Inauguration cere-
monies.
Col. Robert n. Harper chairman of
the inaugural committee, also an
nounced the appointment OF Cornelius
Ford. Public Printer as chairman OF
the committee ON printing. \ vice
chairman is yet TO be named.
Tho huge finance committee VIII
be called together shortly by Chair
man Arthur Peter, who, with Chair
man Harper, selected. Its personnel.
An active canvass for funds. to sup
plement the $4,000 In $1,000 subscrip-
lions already raiscd, then VIII he
opened.
Economy 90 Ne Rsie.
Both Colonel Harper and Chairman
Peter assure dcontrjbutors to the in
augural fund today that the utmost
economy will he exercised In expend-
lures With the inaugural ball left
out, the two chairmen feel the ex-
penses should be so reduced as to
permit the return OF n large part OF
the money voluntarily'given TO guar
antoc the expenses.
II was recalled that four years ago
only about q per cent OF the guaranty
fund was expended. and % per cent
of the money raised was returned to
contributors.
The Fisance Cor, ssIttee.
The finance committee consists of
Arthur Peter. chairman; John B. Lar.
ner and Corcoran Thorn. vice chair.
men, and NJ. T.. Allies, Il. Il. Allies. II.
J.. Andrews, \. ~. Baker Walter c.
Balderston. Tfuxton Beslc. G. ]. Bell.
Emile Bcrlincr. Gist Blair. Woodbury.
Blair. Emory II. Boglcy, Edison Brau.
Icy, Joseph II. Bradley, Thomas Brad.
ley, Edwin G. Brandcnburg, II. G..
Graincrd, John w. Brawner, Alex.
ander Britton. Aiban n. Butler. Chaplin
Drown, \. Brylswski, Albert Carry, A.
~ Chaplain. e. G, Calhoun, u. J. Cal.
lahan, walter G. Ciephane, John W.
clifton. John II. Cochran, Charles I.
rorby, W. II. Corby DIR. Thomas A.
Clayton, DIR. Randolph ID. Carmichael.
Henry ID. CHAMPION.
Jules Demonct. l.. Kemp Duvsll, Z.
~. Drury, y. a. Drury. j. J. Darling.
ton, Herbert l.. Davis. Floyd u, Davis,
carl \. Droop. II. Rozier Dulaney. ~.
Thomas Dunlop. William L. Dunlop,
Jr.. John Paul Earnest. John J. Edison.
George r.. Eustis. w G. Eustis, James
n. Ellerson. A. Robert Elmorr. J.
Fred Ersary, Joshua, Evans. jr., Mycr
Felhcimcr. John =. flannery, william
Flather. W. III. Fisher. Charles W.
Fairfax. A. y. Fox. Daniel Fraser. Ever
EFT Fraser. II. Prescott Galley. George
\. Garrett. u. e.. Graham. W. T. CALI
her. Richardson Gibson, NJ. Golden.
berg. e. J. Gockelcr. James VI. Green.
u. w. Guy, Ezra Gould, =" ~.
Groomes,
Grorg" Il. Hamilton. DR.. r. v. Ham.
mond. James n. Hayden. Edwin \.
IIcgc. John u. Henderson, J. Phil Her.
man, Charles W. Icitmuller. Chris.
iian Heurich. John Hamphill. Frank
!. Hogan. Alfred T.. Hopkins. N. Mon.
zoe Hopkins. Leigh Hunt. Charles Il.
Howe, Reginald Huidekoper, w. y.
Hubs, Lewis Holmes. william -.
Hoover, william A. Hin. william Cor.
coran HIN, Aldolph a. Hoehiing,
charles Jacobsen. Hennen Jennings,
Charles NJ. Jones, q. IL. u. johnson,
Rudolph Kaufman. Sigmund Kann,
Harry King. Phil King, William King.
Clarence u. King. J. Leo Kolb. \. NJ.
Kimberly. ID. J. Kaufman. Wilton j..
Lambert, DR.. Cary ID. Langhorne.
Arthur ID. Marks. Henry Lansburgh,
James I-snsburgh, Philip T.. Larner.
Joseph Letter, A. Lisner, Arthur Lee.
Alexander ID. Legare, Alfred ID. Leet,
Harry q, Meem, John H. Magruder,
J.. 7. Moran, u. Il Mclean. Theodore
Michael, J. Hite Miller. BENJAMIN n
Minor, Malcolm =. McConihe. Henry
II. Mckee. Eugene II. McI.achlen. j.
upshur Moorehead, =. e. Neale. Elem
ing Newbold, John NewboId, l.. L.
Nicholson, j. J. Noonan. q. Nordiing.
er, G. J.. Norment, Frank b. Noyes,
Harry 7. Neweomb.
koSert Lee O'Brien, James o'Don.
nell, George W. onutt. ID. W. Parker,
NJ M. Parker, Walter q. Peter, Julius
]. -Peyser. II. Ross Perry, Jr., Il. u.
Pfckford, c. III. Pope, s. J. Prescott, ID.
&. Porter. John Poole, A. X. Paris.
IL. s. Reside, jackson ii. Ralston, ",
IL. Rapley. cuno II. Rudolph, DR..
sterling Ruffin. Robert u. Roosevelt
charles s. Robb, NJ. d. Rosenberg.
Tucker Sands. Joseph I. saks, Joseph
Sanders. II. II. Saul. Guy T. Scott,
". ]. steIiwagen, ID. u. stephan, 10.
seph Strasburger. John T.. Story, Jr..
George W. 4. Swartzeil. W. w. Spaid,
Thomas w. smith, Admiral Charles
III. Stockton, A. Ii. Schloss, w. c. Tay.
lor, Col. George TruesdelI. George y.
Sachs, s. II. Waters, Harry wardman,
George W. white, II. Winship Wheat
ley, Irving Williamson. Julian W,
whiting, John i. wilkins. II. c. vii
kins, John SHELTON Williams. George
l.. whitford, :. W. Woodward, George
Y. Worthington. Gen. Maxwell v. II.
Woodruff. Clarence X. Wilson, I'D.
ward II. Wales, J. Dawson Williams,
Donald Woodward.
Active work began.
Secretary Alvin Belt took up his
work In headquarters for the inaug
urai committee In the gridiron room
OF the willard Hotel today. Large
framed pictures OF President Wilson
and Vice President Marshall were
hung on the walls. The committee
headquarters will be the meeting
place OF all committees as fast as
they are named by Chairman Harper
and the committee chsirmen already
chosen,
Every prominent newspaper In the
country will be enlisted in the cam
paign TO bring visitors 10 Washington
for the Wilson Inauguration by the
newly appointed inaugural publicity
committee,
Frank b. Lord. who has been named
= chairman nj the committee anil his as.