Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
LUNCHEON PLANNED
FOR BRITISH VISITOR
District Civic and Official
Leaders to Attend Board
of Trade Event.

Representatives of the British en-
baSSy, the three District Commissioners
and more than two score of the bust
ness and civic leaders of the city have
accepted invitations to attend lunch
con to be given by the directors of the
Washington Board Of Trade in honor Of
Matthew Anderson, official represent
alive Of the City of Liverpool, who will
visit the District December 2.
Mr.. Anderson is to visit this country
on business in the interest of Liverpool,
the second largest city of the British
Commonwealth. Officials of the Board
of Trade say that he will speak at the
luncheon, and the speech probably will
be broadcast. His subject will be con-
ditions in England and the trade rela-
tons between his country and America.
The luncheon will be in the Willard
Hotel.
Many persons to be invited to the
function have not yet been communi-
Gated with and replies have not been
received from a number of those already
invited. Among the former are Sena-
tor Arthur Capper, chairman OF the
Senate District committee, and Repre-
sentatives Robert G. Simmons Of Ne
braska and Frederick N. zihlman OF
Maryland, the chairman Of the House
District committee.
Acceptances have been received from
Leander Mccormick Goodhart and A. j.
Pack, commercial secretaries of the
British embassy; Commissioners Proc
tor L. Dougherty, Sidney F Taliaferro
and Col. William B. Ladue and the fol-
lowing business men and civic leaders:
e. J. Murphy, president, washington
president; John Joy Edison, president,
Equitable Building Association; E. G.
Graham, president, National Electric
Supply Co.; E. F. Colladay, Republican
national committeeman for the District
of Columbia; DR.. Charles F. Carusi,
president, Board Of Education: George
w. Offutt, second vice president. Wash
ington Board of Trade: Maj. Gen. An
ton Stephan, president, Merchants &
Manufacturers Association; Cuno H.
District Of Columbia: e. G. Branden-
burg, general counsel. Washington
Board of Trade: d. j. Callahan, Frank
S. Hight, president, New Willard Hotel;
Samuel j. Prescott, chairman OF the
executive committee, District Repub-
lican organization; E. D. Merrill. preSi-
dent, Washington Rapid Transit Co.:
dent. District National Bank; H. H.
Mckee, president National Capital
Bank; DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superin-
tendent public schools; H. L. Rust, pres
ident, H. L. Rust Co.; C. Phillips Hill,
president, Doubleday-Hill Co.; j. Harry
Cunningham. treasurer, Washington
Board Of Trade; Frank P. Leetch, Paul
B. Cromelin, lawyers: Appleton P.
Clark, jr, architect; Luther w. Linkins,
vice president, George w. Linkins Co.;
Thomas E. FARRELL. president, Washing
ton Savings Bank: Claude w. Owen,
president, E. G. Schaefer Co.; David M.
Lea, manager, Insurance Co. of North
America; M. A. Leese, president. M. A.
Leese Optical Co.; A. K. Shipe, lawyer;
Alexander Wolf. lawyer; Joseph A.
Burkart, lawyer; DR.. d. Percy Hickling,
District alienist: Capt. Chester Wells,
John Saul, secretary, B. F. Saul Co.;
Ben T. Webster, secretary, Washington
Board of Trade; Rufus S. Lusk, execu-
tive secretary, Operative Builders As
ISOLATION; George B. Farquhar, Robert
F. Beresford. Odell s. Smith. secretary.
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co.;
Jesse G. Adkins, lawyer; Charles F.
Consaul, lawyer; George c. Shinn,
lawyer: Charles w. Morris, Arthur
Carr, John T. Bardron and George V.
Graham.