The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-19
Chamber Breaks Precedent in
Naming Miss 0'TooIe Vice
Chairman. '
SEVEN NEW COMMITTEES
Adopts Resolution to Cooperate
p in Movement for Suffrage
in District.

Seven new standing committees were
named by the board Of directors OF the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce late
yesterday. 1t was the first meeting of
the new elected board and Chamber
over which the new president, A Left
witch Sinclair, presided.
For the first time in the history OF the
Chamber Of Commerce a woman was
named vice chairman Of a standing COM
mittee. She is Miss Mary O'Toole,
practicing attorney, notary public, and
ardent suffragist. She became a MEM
Der OF the chamber early last year, and
has never missed a meeting, although
abe was always the only woman present
She is vice chairman OF a new commit
tee on court. prisons, and reformatories
Six New Committees.
The other six new committees. with
their chairmen and vice 0chairmen. are
as follows: Taxation and assessment,
Judge Milton Strasburger. chairman;
William H. Saunders, vice chairman; ;
public utilities. Robert N. Harper. chair
man; Harry King, vice chairman; in
suranse, banking, and brokerage, J. b.
Henderson. chairman; Wade II. Cooper,
vice chairman; police and fire protec-
ton, OdelI S. Smith. chairman; William
B. Hardy, vice chairman: referendums
from the Chamber Of Commerce Of the
United States, Chaplin Brown, chairman;
Claude E. Miller, vice chairman; recep-
ton and entertainment, p. j.. Halugan,
chairman; E. B. Dean, vice chairman.
A resolution. offered by P. T. Moran,
former president, directing the special
committee Of ten on suffrage to invite
cooperation from other organizations
in the District for a big mass meeting
to appeal to Congress for suffrage here,
was unanimously adopted.
Want DRY, Bill Pushed.
A letter was received from Charles
]. Columbus, secretary of the District
OF Columbia Referendum Association,
urging the chamber of have a COM
mittee prepared to appear before the
District Committee Of the House, with
committees from other organizations,
to urge a referendum on the question
of prohibition, in the Distric. The
letter was referred to the committee
on municipal Legislation with instruc-
tions to do all in its power to bring
about the desired referendum.
At the suggestion of E. C.tGraham
a special committee was named to ap-
pear before the District Committee.
of the Senate to urge that a fiat
charge of 81 be made for the annual
registration Of automobiles instead OF
the graded scale, as proposed by the
Commissioners. The opinion of the
board was unanimous that annual
registration of automobiles is desir-
able, but it was deemed unfair to tax
one car more than another, because
% h-aAnAwnra- NN
tee is as follows: Claude Miller, chair
man; Samuel Kimberly, ]. G. Capers,
d. J. Kaufman, and Joseph A. Ber-
berich.
Attend Fine Arts Meeting.
A letter was read from Glenn
Brown inviting the Chamber of Com
merce, to attend a meeting OF the Fine
Arts Commission, at Central High
School, February s, and Secretary
Tom Grant was directed to send out
notices of the meeting to members of
selected by the faculty of the Business
the chamber.
A communication from a committee
High School, asking the chamber to
aid in procuring a matron and char
woman for the school, was referred
to the committee on public schools.
At the suggestion OF William F.
Guide the time of meeting of the
board Of directors was changed from
8 o'clock in the evening to 4 in the
afternoon.
Reelected Officers.
Officers of the chamber were re-
elected as follows: Tom Grant, sec
rotary; Ralph w. Lee. treasurer;
Chaplin Brown, counsel.
The executive committee is as fol-
lows: A Leftwich Sinclair, chair
mani Albert Schulteis, vice chairman:
Isaac Cans, vice chairman; E. c. Ora
ham, James F. Oyster, d. S. Porter,
Dr. Lewis ]. Battle, Merritt o. Chance,
Joseph 1. Weller, William T. Galliher
and William +. GUIDE.
Chairmen and vice chairmen of reg
ular standing committees were select
ed as follows:
Membership-Roy c. CIafin, chair
man; William NICK. StoweIl,. vice
chairman.
BuiIding-AIlan H. Rogers, chair
man; Henry H. Classic, vice chair
man.
Manufactures-Josep A. Berberich,
chairman; Isaac Cans, vice chairman.
Wholesale trade-Arthur ]. May,
chairman; George P. KilIian, vice
chairman.
Retail trade-WilIiam D. Barry,
chairman; Joseph jacob, vice chair
man.
Law and legislation-CharIes w.
Clagett, chairman; George Francis
Williams, vice chairman.
Municipal legislation-wiIliam c.
Sullivan, chairman: Walter B. Guy,
vice chairman.
Audit-William N. Dove, chairman.
John +. Slaven, F. c. Steward
House-Charles L. Howser, chair
man; J. Blake Gilpin, +. A. Van
Reuth.
Anacostia fiats-Arthur z. RandIe.
chairman; Milton L. Allies, vice chair
man.
Building neutrality-suspicious. p.
Clark, jr., chairman; Thomas H. Mel
ton, vice chairman.
charities-John Dolph, chairman;
Washington Topham, vice chairman. |
Contentions-D. J. Callahan, chair |