Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-06
WILL RUSHP[ANS
ON HALL PROJECT
Chamber of Commerce Urges
Large D. c. Auditorium for
Convention Purposes.

The new convention hall for WASH
lngton will be an actuality in the near
future, according to plans discussed
last night at a meeting of the board
of directors Of the Washington Cham
Der of Commerce in the Homer build
ing. The special committee Of TWEEN
ty-five of the chamber appointed by
President Robert n. Harper to devise
ways and means of erecting the pro-
posed building. capable of accommo-
dating the largest conventions, has
made rapid progress I'M the investiga-
ton. and a definite announcement is
expected in the course of the next few
days regarding the location and the
amount of time required for the con-
struction of the building.
Appreciates X. Of c. Offer.
In this connection the board an
nounced its appreciation OF the offer
of the Knights of Columbus to erect
a ive-million-dollar building in this
city, to be used, when necessary, for
conventions. This project, in the opin-
ion of the directors, would take some
time to complete, inasmuch as the
knights. of Columbus will wait on
Congress for a site: and, as the cham
Der desires hall to be available as
soon as possible, plans for the project
will be rushed to completion. The
chamber also feels that even with the
Knights of Columbus enterprise COM
pleted, there will be plenty of room
for two such buildings in Washington.
"District Night" Program.
Commissioners Hendrick, ,Boardman
and kutz will assist the chamber to
celebrate District night" at the fall
meeting to be held at the Willard
Hotel next Tuesday night
. Heads OF the various District gov
eminent departments have also been
invited to attend. They are: Maj. F..
& t.
sfstant engineer commissioners; Will
liam p. Richards, assessor; Daniel J.
Donovan, auditor; c. NJ. Towers, COL
lector of taxes: DR.. J. Ramsey hewitt,
coroner; Frank Stevens, corporation
counsel; James r. Lusby, discussing
architect; N. c. Hazen. surveyor;
George S. Watson. chief engineer of
the fire department.; DR.. William C.
Fowler. health officer; Harry L. Cess
ford, major and superintendent of po-
lice: Lewis A. Griffith. superintendent
OF Insurance; Wade H. Coombs, SUI
perintendent of license bureau; Mrs.
Susie Root Rhodes, superintendent of
Fairgrounds; G. B. Hunt. engineer of
highways; Asa E. Phillips, sanitary
engineer; w. b Hadley. electrical en-
gineer; Morris Hacker, superintend-
ent of disposal of city refuse; T. l..
Costigan, superintendent Of street
cleaning; j. S. Garland, superintend-
emit of water department; Charles
c. Foster. superintendent of re-
chasing officer: G. w. wallace,
water registrar; Daniel E. Garges. sec
rotary to the board of Commissioners;
r. N. Brennan. chieftclerk engineering
department., Walter c. Allen. execu-
tive secretary, Public Utilities Com
to Commissioner Hendrick; Abram
president Of board Of educa-
ton; Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
,ent OF schools; Stephen E. kramer.
assistant superintendent OF schools
r; A. Maurer. principal Of Central
of Mckinley High School; Allan Da-
School; Elmer F. Newton. principal
Of Western High School; Charles
s aar pe!nfPal ar. of E Rds High
intendent of public buildings and
grounds: Frederick D. Owen, assist
ant to superintendent Of public build
ings and grounds; DR.. William Tin
DAN. District building; Gen. Anton
tional Guard. and George T. Bower
man, librarian, Public Library.
The board of directors decided to
award four medals to the Reserve
Officers Training Corps Of George
men who. at the end Of the term, shall
have attained the highest marks OF
. merit in military efficiency.
The training corps at George
Washington Is now being organized.
and the chamber believes the awards
will be an incentive to the men to
strive for high marks. The move
ment is being started in practically
all colleges SO that a trained body
of men will be ready for any emer-
gencies that might arise.
Twenty-Five new members were
elected to the chamber. They are F..
A. Bailey, Reid S. Baker Edward P.
Burkit, p. L. Bush, R. T. Cissel, Virgil
M. Fookes, Louis J. Fosse, James ].
franklin, J. Arthur Harris, William
j. Kelchner. Max M. Levitan. oliver
III. Moore, Wesley H. Morris, John H.
Ransdell, Barney Robins, Isabelle G.
Smith, Joseph Sperling, Charles E.
CHASER. H. NJ. Vandervoot. Henry E.
Walls, Mrs. Marie D. Werner and
Frederick Gates.