Evening star., 1918-01-18
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Chamber of Commerce Names
Committee to Take Up
Coal Order in D. C.


ors yesterday. A. Leftwich Sinclair.
president Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
today appointed a committee Of three
to inquire into the possibility Of having
the fuel administrations orders modi-
fed in the District and to report as soon
as possible to the executive committee.
Mr.. Sinclair chose James F. Oyster.
chairman. with James T. Lloyd. former
representative from Missouri, and
Charles J. Bell Of the American Security
and Trust Company. Mr.. Sinclair said
he would call q meeting Of the execu-
tive committee tomorrow, II Mr.. Oys-
ter's committee Is ready to report then.
The directors also authorized the ap-
savings stamps. Another committee
was appointed to consider the advis-
ability of changing the hours of milk
deliveries in the city.
Officers Are Reelected.
The following officers were re-elect-
ed: Chaplin Brown. general counsel;
Thomas Grant, secretary, and Ralph w.
Lee, treasurer James B. Henderson and
Hugh Reilly were elected to vacancies
The following executive committee
was chosen: A. Leftwich Sinclair. pres
tdent; Albert Schulteis, first vice presi-
dent: Isaac Cans, second vice presi-
dent; Charles ]. Bell, Col. Robert N.
Harper. E. c. Graham, Capt. James F.
Oyster, D. s. Porter. Dr.. Lewis J. Bat
tie, Merritt o. Chance and Henry H
Classic.
Committee chairmen and vice chair
men were approved rs follows:
Membership and reception-samuel
A. Kimberly. chairman; George H.
Brown, vice chairman.
Wholesale trade-James M. Denty,
chairman; Arthur J. May. vice chair
man.
Retail trade-Robert E. Mann. chair,
G and frs,shs
Nathan Boone Williams. chairman; S.
B. Hege, vice chairman.
Building Industries - Appleton P.
Clark, jr.. chairman; Thomas H. Melton.
vice chairman.
Publicity-Earl Goodwin, chairman; D.
J. Kaufman. vice chairman.
Police and fire protection-Willfam
F. GUIDE. chairman; William B. Hardy,
vice chairman.
Insurance. banking and brokerage
Wade H. Cooper. chairman: F. w. Boil
giano. vice chairman.
Public schools-P. T. Moran. chair
man; DR.. Arthur Ramsay. vice chair
man.
PuDllC nealCn-Dr. y. II DuIOur, Clalr-
man; DR.. T. ". Hammond. vice chair
man.
Courts. prisons and reformatories-
jackson H. Ralston, chairman; Judge
Milton strasburger, vice chairman.
Law and 1egislation-Col. John G.
chairman.
Municipal legislation-E. Hilton Jack
son. chairman: George H Calvert tr..
vice chairman.
Public utilities-James T. Lloyd.
chairman. and Capt. James F. Oyster,
vice chairman.
Parks. highways and bridges-P. ].
Haltigan, chairman. and Louis Otten-
berg. vice chairman.
Taxation and assessment-George
Francis Williams, chairman. and Will
liam H. Saunders. vice chairman.
District fnance-Henry B. +. Macfar-
land, chairman, and Benjamin H. Stine-
metz, vice chairman.
Charles A. Baker. chairman, and
Isaac Cans, vice chairman.
Conventions-Joseph A. Berberich,
chairman. and Frank A. Woodneld. vice
chairman.
Manufactures Robert N Harper,
chairman. and Lewis Holmes. vice
chairman.
Charities-Dr. Lewis ]. Battle, chair
man. and B. r. Stickney, vice chairman.
District National Guard Winfield
vice chairman.
Anacostia fats-Arthur E. Randle.
chairman. and Albert Schulteis, vice
chairman.
Referendums from the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States-Chapin
Brown chairman. and James B. Hender-
son. vice chairman.
Building-Charles L. Howser, chair
man, and 8. T. Cameron, vice chairman.
House,. A. Van Reuth. chairman;
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Bright, Jesse L. Ergood and Robert q.
Heater.
Audit-Oscar T. Wright, chairman:
George P. Killian, vice chairman; Will
liam M. Dove, Robert McP. Milans and
William NICK. StowelI
Americanization - Samuel Gompers.
chairman, and Soterios Nicholson, vice
chairman