The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09

X Il. AuuefSOnf DOOhuluueI. VIII mas
been employed in the library division,
resigned his position Monday. and Will
go to Seattle. Wash.
Walter A. Brown, Ct the electrical de-
partment, has returned from pleasant
thirty-day vacation. which he spent in
Montgomery county, Maryland.
Miss Nellie NJ. Dougherty. a former
popular employe Of the press room, who
recently resigned her position, was mar
ried on Monday morning at st. Aloysius'
Church TO Walter L. Redrow, who IS
employed in tho Interior Department as
a patent examiner. Following a we'd
ding tour South. they viii be at home
60 their friends at 20Sz F street north
west. after June 20.
The annual excursion of the Govern
ment Printing Office Council of the Ma
tional Union will be given 10 River
View on wednesday, June 10.
The following fourth division employees
are on leave: William NJ. Si7her, Louis
2. Suter. John II. Edsan. and Augustus
/. W'lholt.
NJ. c. Waring. of the pamphlet section
of the bindery. is on leave Of absence
for eighteen days. He win visit Phila-
delphia. and also spend several days at
his home in Maryland
Percy NJ. Howcott, of the packing and
delivery division. is taking three weeks
leave. which he viii spend at Thousand
Islands.
TaI In, %
/ pamphlet section Of the bindery, is TAX
/ ing three weeks leave, a part Of which
she will spend at the jamestown expo
/ sition.
/ William B. Cameron. of the pamphlet
section, Of the bindery, has been trans
I ferred TO the division of supplies, and
assigned to clerical duties.
Robert II. Rathvon. in charge of the
J gathering room of the pamphlet sec
ton Of the bindery. is on vacation for
| several days
! J. P. Somers. Of the pamphlet section
OF the bindery. is on vacation for thirty
days He will so TO New York, and
thence by water &c jamestown.
James Burns. Of the packing and de-
/ livery division, who has been confined to
a hospital for a week undergoing treat
ment for his eyes. returned to the office
| Wednesday, the operation having been
| successful
| Thomas Burke. of the inspecting Oh
vision, returned Tuesday from a short
vacation, spent at his home in Pittston.
/ Pa
/ Mai William A. Dodge. foreman of
J the fifth division proof room, is on leave
/ FOR two weeks. He will visit the James
/ town exposition.
/ At a chapel election held in the main
] proofroom on Tuesday L. r. Taylor
was unanimously reelected chairman.
and J. II. Babcock was elected secretary
for the ensuing term.
John s. Tunniclif. of the watch force.
was striker with vertigo while standing
on the corner Of North Capitol and II
/ streets on Tuesday afternoon. He fell
to the ground and sustained a wound in
the head He was conveyed to his home
in a carriage, and is now much i'm
proved.
Fifteen of the nifty temporary com
positors called TO assist with the heavy
run of work in the composing divisions
reported for duty on Wednesday morn
ing. They were assigned to the first and
job divisions.
Government Printing Office mortality
records for the last twelve months show
| that eighteen compositors have died
within that period. A much greater
number have resigned and otherwise
been separated from the service. tho
Force in the composing rooms now being
smaller than for any time in the last
decade.
All the piece workers in the sewing
department of the bindery have been
Indefinitely futloughed. The sewing ma
chine operators in the document division
OF the bindery were on furlough for
three days last week
The finishing rccm OF the foundry is
being consolidated on the G street side
of the building. The ''Y'' of the first
division VIII occupy the space thus va
Gated on the court side Of the seventh
floor.
L Frank Morgan, foreman Of bin
work. first division. and Charles s.
Gum. foreman Of the linotype machine
division. returned from New York on
wednesday, after a weeks absence.
They visited the factory of the Mergen-
n thaler Company. in Brooklyn. it is said
and investigated the capabilities of the
linotype machine as applied to compo-
sition on bin work.
The block room, heretofore located on
the seventh floor has been removed 10
the sixth hoor and is now located in
the supply end of the first division.
Edward Hickman, OF the foundry. has
been elected delegate to represent Elec-
| trotypers' Union, Local No. L. at the
annual convention to be held in Phia-
del )hia on the first Tuesday in August
George r. Boone, of the first division.
returned Thursday after a visit Of sew