Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-18
FUN FOR THE "KNOCKERS"
Yearly Event on the Anniversary Of
Franklin's Birth.
MIRTH HAS MANY VICTIMS
Considerable Fun Created Over the
Recent Experience of Gompers
and Associates.

The Knockers. grilled their guests to
a turn last night at the annual roast
by the organization in the banquet hall
of the Arlington Hotel. The tables were
spread for more than iU inquisitors and
their victims and the typographis.s who
form the membership of the club did
stunts and said things. The dinner is
an annual event on the anniversary OF the
birth of Benjamin Franklin. President
Samuel Gompers and his associates of the
American Federation of La Dor, John Mitch
ell and Frank Morrison, and senator's and
representatives in Congress were made
victims of mirth with the aid of bogus
secret service detectives. President Com
pers knocked BACK and told what he
thought of his sentence for contempt of
court.
Among the guests were President Lynch
of the international Typogra phical Union.
Public Printer Donnelly. Willis i. Moore,
chief of the weather bureau: Representa-
tives keifer Kahn. John Sharp Williams.
Olcott Barchfield. Hull Rausch and Sui
ger and Senators Warner Clark Smith and
TAYLOR.
The officers of the knights of Momus
are r. \. Whitehead. president; John
r. Purvis. vice president: Frank d. Smith,
secretary: Harry a. Watkins. treasurer.
INtiilc n. JulldI, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Raps and Repartee.
President Fred n. Whitehead opened
the proceedings and Will f. Burchfield
acted as postmaster
Harvey Ellis, the past exalted ruler of
the Elks. made the usual IL o'clock toast
to Our Absent Brothers which was
drunk standing. and the entire company
sang Aud Lang Syne."
Considerable fun resulted when Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morri-
IBERIA for being guilty" Guilty of
what?'' was queried.- I'VE don't know
came the reply, but they are guilty
A scene in Congress was given and the
Knockers quartet sang lie Called for
the Ayes and Noes.
Prof Willis L. Moore. chief of the
weather bureau. told of weather lore
ancient and modern. and referred with
pride to the accuracy of the weather
DEMONSTRATIONS.
Public Printer Donnelly was one of the
guests of his associate workers in the
government printing office. who comprise
the order of knights of Momus. He
neatly parried the direct thrusts of Wit
that were aimed at him and got back at
the knockers" with double shotted
broadsde of repartee.
The reading of the scroll of last year,
with its many "raps' by Frank D. Smith.
official scribbler, was a feature of the
affair.
In Charge of the Banquet.
The committees in charge of the affair
follow:
Arrangements-Will f. Burchfeld. ar
rangement referee: George d. Ellis, II. A
Watkins, j. E. Bright, Frank D. Smith,
Charles +. Young, Harry B. Goodrich,
A. LantZ Huss, T. c. Parsons, Joseph G.
STEELE.
Speakers-John r. Berg, speaker ref
cree; Frank A. Kidd. f.. II. Ryan. II. II.
Humble. John W. Michael, w. F. O'Brien.
Entertainment-John r. Purvis. enter
tainment referee: Joseph Gibson, A. p. T..
Doyle DR.. John f. Atkinson, John Greene,
C. E. Tompkins.
Press-Charles c. Thompson, press ref
cree; Scott C. Bone. Z. Burkholder, c. 1.
Wiley, Jason Waterman. Ill. f. Springer,
III. n. kelchner.
Printing-Robert w. Summers. printing
referee; Edward E. Calhoun. Howard G.
Brown. James X. Wallace, Edwin T..
Geyer. Mark II. Barnum.
Membership-Harry w. Templar, men,
bership referee; Foler V. Viles, I. A.
Dougherty. Thomas F. McKeon. Albert
Reid. l.. Walter Sharp, Oscar d. Hyler,
Henry S. Sutton
Reception--John \. Huston, receiving
referee: NJ. A Bodennamer b. F. Sauter,
j. W. Childress, a. j. Watson. James l..
Ward, Elliott w. Brown. T. Frank Hall,
W. S. Waudby, G.. w Burnett, c. E. Blu
chanan. J. III. Babcock, John E. keefe, b.
Frank BOdinc.
nvitations-Thomas A. Bynum invita-
ton referee: f. s. Wild u. S. Walton, l..
r. Taylor. w. S. Shinnerer. Charles s.
Bastian, j. J. O'Donoghue. IL. l.. Murray,
r. W. Burgess, I. J. Rowe, F. w. Kern
d l.. Murray. T. f. MacCardell, f. ].
Smith. +. j. Patch, c. c. Hipkins, b. l..
Stidham. F. II. Hambright. Louis c.
Vost. John III. Hooper. c. .. Doten, II.
S. Weyand, Joseph G. Whyte, L. NJ. Mil
Ter.