The Washington times., 1907-03-17

once or the Comptroller OF the Cur
rency felt high regard for him and
Private DaizelI, who was intimately
associated with him, pays a glorious
requested to use up their leaves Of abb
seuce.
Foreman Michael shaen, Of the foun-
dry division, is confined TO his room
with a double anllction-a case Of the
humps and the grip. ir IS said Thomas
w. ShomO IS presiding over the des-
times OF the foundry for the present
Assistant Foreman Ashford. Of TIE
job room. has returned from Iowa.
whittier be was summoned 90 attend the
funeral OF his mother. Mrs Ashford
was scvrrty-fve years Of age and had
been enjoying the best Of health up 20
Che time OF her death. which was sud
den and unexpected.
John J. Otunser. proofreader, resigned
his position in the proofroom on Mon
day, iu orde~ % devote his entire time
to writing editorial paraEraphs-wo
le has been doing FOR some time past
Correspondent Gum observes: 'Lt
might be Of interest 10 know that IN the
first division. working within d few
feet OF each other, eight Old-time com
positors are employed, whose combined
ages represent 6I years. or an average
Of 7ia. And it might be equally inter
csting 90 know that il would be hard
90 find eight younger men who could
DO the work now performed by these
veterans. These mCU are but fair sam
pies OF the veteran cosnposirors employed
in the Government Printing Omce. and
o. whom. when Il comes % a steady
grind at the case. many of the younger
generation may wen don their hats"
Charles Smith, who represented the
LauStou N1uotype Company in install
ing and supervising the battery OF Ian
stou machines I'm the priutery, has re-
signed that position with the company
in order 10 enter other business in New
York city.
A number OF promotions were made
last week. Edward s. Noores. who has
been the acting chief inspector since
the resignation Of Chief Inspector
Brown. has been appointed chief in
spcctor at a salary of $500 per annum-
Chief Siaustician Russell O. Beene
has been promoted from S2.C59 TO $3.50
Homer * Collins. superintendent of
buildings. increased from $3.50 20 $3.50;
and A. T. Riddle. chief clerk 70 the
foreman of printing. increased from
$500 20 $50
Harry O. Simons. head bookkeerer
for many years. has been placed in
charge of all the clerks embraced in the
time and jacket rooms. and his salary
has been incr,g sed to S2,6lo per anuum.
Miss Ora A. Brady. WHO for many
years has held the position Of confGeu-
tial clerk 10 the chief clerk of the office.
has been transferred 90 the superintend-
emit of documents division and assigned
to- the correspondence section
Mrs. Laura r. White and Mrs. Alice
L. Gilmore. who have been temporarily
detailed to the audit division from the
division or the superintendent Of docu-
ments. have completed the detail and re-
turned 90 their places
William J. Breed, of the watch force,
who has been confined TO Providence
Hospital for three weeks with inham-
mat0ry rheumatism. has been removed
to the Sibley Hospital. Late reports
from him indicate an Improvement in
his condition.
n H. shaw. of the division of the
superintendent of documents. has been
placed on the clerical roll an certifca-
ceJion by the Civil Service Commission
The quarters Of the watch force have
been changed and the force now re-
ports for duty and orders on the fourth
door instead of the second.
Lieutenant Richard NJ. Calhoun. Of
the watch force. has returned to duty
after having been away for a week. he
was called TO Hartford. Conn. 10 at
tend the funeral of his brother.
Miss May Clemson. Of the gold room.
bindery. who fell and fractured her arm
while visiting in Baltimore about six
weeks ago. as reported to be rapidly
convalescins. She expects to return to
the Office in a few days.
J. H Hasson, of the bindery. who has
been i'll for the past six weeks. is re-
ported to be still seriously i'll at his
hcne in this city.
Arthur Armstrong. acting copy col
lator in the main proof room during the
recent session of Congress, has returned