The Washington herald., 1910-01-30

! Thomas L. Jones is a native Of Rock
port, Ind, where he learned the printing
business and published paper prior to
accepting an appointment in the Govern
ment Printing Office about sixteen years
ago, being now reader In the main
proOfroom. lie is a well-known singer
and one OF the most popular entertain
! ers in the District, his services being
| constantly In demand at al the functions
OF Columbia Union and the various fra
| ternal and benevolent organizations in
which employees Of the office hold mem
| bership Mr.. Jones is a Royal Arch Ma
| son and a member Of other fraternities.
and holds the Office of financial secretary
Of the Indiana Society. the largest State
| organization in this city. with a member
| ship OF over 900. He has had the honor
I Of being chosen TO manage all the large
affairs Of this society, notably, the re-
! ception at the Arlington on January Il
/ last TO Gov. Marshall, James Whitconb
! Riley. Senator'S Beveridge and Shively,
and the entire Congressional delegation,
| conceded the most successful event Of
the kind the Hoosier residents Of Wash
ington ever participated in.
! ] C. Morgan was transferred from the
| proofroom TO the monotype section dur
Mig the week.
Former President T. c. Parsons. who
has been very I'll in Richmond. Va,
where he was acting in the capacity Of
| !. T. L. organizer, is reported as almost
fully recovered.
Walter E. Warren. son Of Charles N.
Warren. Of the monotype section, VIII
manage the Frankfort (Ky.) baseball
/ club Of the Bluegrass League next sea-
/ son. Wally has a host OF friends. who
| hope to see him make good.
Organized Labor in general, and the
] typographical fraternity in particular,
! sustained a great loss in the death OF
Joseph A Jackson, whose funeral Oc-
| CURED in St. Louis on January q. and
at which President Lynch. Treasurer
Hays, and other prominent Union men
/ were in attendance. Joe Jackson was
/ first sent as a delegate 10 the l. T. L.
! from Toledo. Ohio, thirty years ago and
ever since has been one Of the big men
( in it councils. After a few years as q
tour he settled in ST Louis, and until
the Il year or two has been in the har-
n ses Cor No. almost continuously. serv-
| tx as president time after time. and be-
ing sent as delegate so often as TO make
his absence from q convention a matter
/ Of remark. He was a big man in every
way Had his enemies, like all big men,
! but his friends were legion, and they
| were the right kind OF friends, and his
/ death will be sincerely regretted wherever
! the banner Of the great International
! Typographical Union floats.
Capt William H. Meredith, former d.
rector of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, and a lifelong Union printer.
| carries his seventy-five years with good
grace and good humor, and is always
happy to meet one Of the boys who work
ed with him at the case or who knew
| him in the business.
Reader Frank A. Rhoderick showed I'D
on Thu 'sCay looking pretty well after
a ter --. spell of sickness.
Few people doubt that the high prices
| Of all the necessities of life are the re-
suit Of combination. and the Anti-Food
Trust League has IN view the combina-
ton Of the consumers to find where the
| fault lies. and then to apply the remedy
They ask all 20 enroll their names in
this cause and to contribute only the
membership fee Of % cents
Of the many different jobs imposed on
the G. P. o. force Of experts by the
introduction of new machinery in the