The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
AS CAPITAL BOOSTER
Noted Writer to Address Nucleus Com
mittee Of LOO Merchants.

Thanking the washington Chamber Of
Commerce for the Invitation extended 10
him requesting that he attend the ban
quet to be held May IA, as toastmaster'
John Temple Graves accepted the honor
in a letter read before the board of di-
rectors at a meeting held in the board
rooms last night.
W. ]. Kehoe was appointed delegate
to attend the Congress Of National AS
sociation of Manufacturers. to be held
in New York May Il, Is and 16, and
letter from the United States Chamber OF
Commerce was read favoring daylight
saving during the FIVE summer months,
and asking similar action on the part OF
the board. The matter was referred 10
the full meeting of the chamber to be
held at Rauscher's next Tuesday evening"
A. Leftwich Sinclair. president OF inc
Chamber of Commerce. announced yes
terday the personnel Of the Forward
Washington committee composed OF
members of the chamber and men promi-
nent in business and civic life In the
Capital. This committee is composed OF
lCO men, all Of whom will work to pro-
mote the interests of Washington in
every avenue of trade, commerce and
industry, to advance tho prosperity and
welfare Of all citizens of Washington,
and to encourage the incoming of new
people, new capital and new business, and
to increase the number of conventions
held in the Capital City. The member
ship is as follows:
Charles ]. Bell, chairman; Capt. James
F. Oyster. vice chairman; Milton f. Allies,
Larz Anderson. Ross p. andrews. Judge
Job Barnard, John Barrett. Conrad Beck
er. Ira f. Bennett, Emile Berliner,
Charles E. Berry, Woodbury. Blair
George V. Buck. Mrs. NJ. Brooks. Louis
Brownlow, n. l. Burchell, Senator Ma
II TS.lI 10 haV,
Or. w. p. Carr, William A. II. Church,
Frederic A. Cochran, DR.. G. Wythe Cook,
W. S. Corby. II. King Cornwell. John F.
Costello, DR.. Charles w. Cuthberton,
Chief Justice ]. Harry Covington. the
Rev. George A. Dougherty. John Dolph,
Carl Droop, John Joy Edison, James S.
Easby-Smith, L. Whiting Estes, William
John Eynon. the Rev. Henry S. France.
Julius Garfinkle. the Rev. Patrick c.
Gavan, Isaac Goldenberg. Samuel Com
pers, the Rev. James L. Gordon, George
E. Hamilton. Col Robert n. Harper,
George William Harris. S. B. Hege,
James r. Henderson, Frank c. Henry.
Christian Heurich, Frank J. Hogan, w.
s. Hoge. William d. Hoover. Hennen
Jennings, Mrs. Jeannie Kafka, F. V. Kill
lisn. Harry King. Mrs. Lizzie kressin.
Charles W. Kutz, james Lansburgh, Jo-
seph Letter. William P. Lipscomb. A.
Lsner. Colin II. Livingston, J. L. Lever
ton.
Henry B. F. MacfarIand, F.. w. Mac
kenZie, Edward 5. Mclean, II. H. Nc
Kee, TOwnley A. Mckee. Miss Lulu F.
Markell. Oliver 8. Metzerott. Frank P.
Milburn. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, John
Mitchell. jr., the Rev. James Shera Mont
gomery. Capt. John H. Moore. William H.
Moses, Frank A. Munsey. Charles F. Mes
bit. o. p. Newman, Clarence F. Norment,
Theodore z. Ogram.
Col. Myron NJ. Parker. James L. Par
sons, John Poole, Maj. Raymond w. Pull
man, William H. Rapley. DR.. Charles w.
Richardson. f. c. Rogers. Maurice ID.
Rosenberg. Samuel Ross. Thomas F.
Ryan, William II. Saunders, DR.. William
G. Schafhirt, Ernest L. Schmidt, George
+. Schutt. Nathan B. Scott. James Sharp,
n. n. Shea, Charles 8. shreve, Dr.
Abram Simon, Edward ]. Stellwagen, J.
VI. Stoddard. Joseph Strasburger, Thomas
SomerTlle. DR.. L. B. Swormstedt, Con-
rad II Syme.
Corcoran Thorn, DR.. Ernest L. Thurs
ton. Washington Topham, George s.
Wainwright, Harry Wardman. John L.
Weaver. Sidney West, George W. White,
Edwin o. Whitford, Martin wiegand, Dr.
Harvey w. Wiley. and S. Walter Wood
ward.