The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-30


California to educate her son at Leland
Stanford University.
Mendon wood, formerly employed in
the proof division, who was some time
since detailed to the Interstate Com
merce Commission, has been gwen
| permanent transfer to the commission
ana will act as it's printing clerk al
/ good salary.
J Columbia Typographical Union has
/ passed a resolution providing that
committee be appointed by President
/ Frank A. Kidd to urge upon Congress
/ The changing of the law applying 10
leave in the Government Printing Once,
/ so as TO allow pro rata leave TO the tenn
I pOrary employees. A resolution intro
duced by w n. Brockwell was adopted
which declares that II is the sense OF
the membership that IN the classification
/ of the employees of the Government
/ Printing ONCE as directed by Congress
aside from foreman, assistant foreman
and those in clerical positions, the only
Iclassifcations that should be used are
those now recognized by custom-com-
iLositOTs, job compOsitors, makers-up,
Itypesetting machine operators, machin-
/ isis Ca typesetting devices ana PROOF
/ readers, and that the breaking up OF
any of these into separate groups would
not be for the best interest OF the men
/ or the office
| Two members or Lfle llIiOkg pc alNiDAOiAf
! Edward $. Hantsmon and Alexander J.
/ Watson on Wednesday night VIII be
| raised to the sublime degree Of Master
Mason in Pentalpha Lodge, Previous
to entering the Government service each
was we'll known among the downtown
printing fraternity.
| Proofroom employees leaving for vaca-
tons the past week were Leroy ID.
/ Brandon, z. A. Huse. w. A. Marschalk'
/ w A. Morris. A. r. Nathan, Miss Allie
! Trefts H. s. Weyand and J. {. wilson.
| Charles L. Mace OF the job division,
/ is spending week of his annual leave
at Colonial Beach.
W. r. Carver, of the Job division
spending fifteen days at Stanton, Va,
and vicinity.
| Arthur Armstrong, OF the proof di-
vision, received a telegram on Friday
! last announcing the death of his father
/ in-law, John S. Marshall, at Frankfort.
/ Ky. Mrs. Armstrong left on the Chesa-
peake and ohio train the same day TO
attend the funeral.
| Benjamin F. Bodine. OF the linotype
division, has returned from a vacation
visit Of two weeks to points in New Jer-
sey.
Charles W Radley, of the linotype
division. has returned to duty after a
vacation of fifteen days spent at Bos-
ton. Mass. and other points Of interest
| in that section.
Richard s. Peed. Of the job division.
has received a temporary assignment to
the estimating division.
Mortimer c. Gaddis, OF the linotype
| division. has as a guest his brother.
Malcolm L. Gaddis, Of New York city.
Leave-takers returning to duty in the
| job division from vacations the past
week were w. F. Ashford, J. c. Mellis,
c. II. Ball. T. f. Razey, c W Bird
veil, and Ralph R. Molster.
Alfred Dietz. Of the linotype division.
is spending a week Of his leave in Bal
| timOre. Nd.
John A. Cotter. of the linotype divi-
| sion, is on a vacation of three weeks
William II. Sleepeck, president Of the
Sleepeck- Holman Printing Company o!
Chicago, H., visited the office on Thurs
DAY. Mr.. Sleepeck Is personal friend
! OF Public Printer Leach. the two naY-
ing held cases side by side IN 9. ELI
boyhood days on the Bloomington, Ill.
Paragraph.
Eugene Andrew, Of the linotype divi
sion. accompanied by Mrs Andrew i ane
/ son. IS spending a HLltCl-Nldg NaGdAiOL
at Pirey Point, Nd.
Henry A McFike. one OF the best
known compositors in the first division
celebrated the seventy-seventh ami
versary OF his birth the first day OF
last week.
Miss Sarah Amber, librarian, offic,
superintendent of documents, who. with
her mother. has been spending some
time at Bluemont, Va, has returned
10 duty.
perintendent of documents. has returned
from a vacation of two weeks.
Mrs. Ella E. Bryan. of the gold room
bindery, has been granted leave fol
twenty-three days.
Hermann G. Luerssen. who is detailed
to the Capitol as a boOkbinder, is con
fined TO Providence Hospital, where ht
recently underwent a successful surgi
!, cal operation.
]. L. Johnson. of the proof division
left the past week for vacation o.
fifteen days 20 be spent at Elnira, \. I
Gerry z. Walters, of the linotype. di
vision, returned 10 work on Thursday
after having spent fifteen days at CO.
lonial Beach
George Schaefer, of the monotype oil
vision, IS again on duty after a thirty
DAYS leave of absence spent at his homt
in Albany, n. Y.
WOMEN OF FRANCE
DEMAND SUFFRAGE
| Say Record of Past Proves Ca
pacity to Conduct State
Affairs.
Spurred on by the energetic warfare
waged by the suffragettes Of England
the French are now beginning to de
mand the right of suffrage and there il
| indeed already a constant interchang
| of views between the women CT tie TIVE
| countries.
One of the strongest arguments pu
l r~Fefc- l.