The Washington herald., 1910-05-16
PRINTERS TO MEET
American TypOthetae Will
Be in Session Four Days.
CHARTERED AT THE RALEIGH
Welcome 10 BE Extended Tomorrow
by Commissioner Rudolph and
Prominent Delegates VIII Speak.
Brief Business Session and Smoker
VIII Open the Proceedings.

! Brief business sessions this afternoon
and a big informal smoker tonight will
be the opening features Of the twenty
fourth annual convention OF the United
! ITypothetae Of America at the Raleigh.
The printers will be in session until
Thursday night.
There will be at least 500 delegates. At
the Raleigh reservations have been made
for $50 of the printers. and as many Will
| stay at the Willard. with delegations
scattered at half dozen other hotels.
! The first official session Will be al 2
O'Clock this afternoon. when the execu-
tive committee will meet. The remainder
Of the day will be devoted to filing ere
dentials and routine business. Tonight
the big ballroom at the Raleigh will be
! the scene of the annual smoker.
The Typothetae will hold no banquet.
most Of the delegates preferring an IN
formal affair Ike the social session to-
night which. they argue. allows them
70 become acquainted before the regular
business begins.
Rudolph to Give Welcome.
Tomorrow morning. at 10 O'Clock, the
convention will be called 10 order by
President +. Lawrence Fell. Of Phnadel-
! phia. Commissioner CunO II Rudolph
viii deliver an address OF welcome. and
Edward A. Kendrick, Of Buffalo. will re-
spond.
President Taft will receive the conven-
tion at the White House at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning. after a brief execu-
tive session. At II o'clock Wednesday
Sylvester c. Smith. Of New York. will
bring into the convention one OF the most
important features OF the programme
discussion OF printing Of special request
envelopes by the government Il IS ex-
pected resolutions VIII be adopted de-
noncing the practice, as the printers
claim they lose thousands yearly by
having Uncle sam as a business rival
The remainder OF Wednesday will be
devoted to hearing papers I'm relation 10
the business Of printing The ladies' Of
the convention will tour the city in the
afternoon.
For Higher Education.
] Horace Mcfarland VIII advocate the
higher education Of men who intend 10
make printing a life work at the open
ing Of the last day. Other addresses on
Thursday viii be: Future OF Winona
Technical Institute" former Mayor
Charles Bookwalter. Of Indianapolis:
Cost Of printing production" Frank F.
Webner, expert accountant. OF Clnciu-
natl. Cylinder press product" Claude d.
Kimball, Of Minneapolis.
The election Of the officers will be the
last business Of the convention As
closing feature, the delegates and their
families will make a pilgrimage 10 Mount
Vernon by a special boat Wreaths will
be placed on the tomb OF Washington.
Following are the officers and execu-
tive committee who viii meet this aft
ernOon.
President. z. Lawrence Fell. Philadelrha; first
vice President. Wilson II. Lee. New Haven Conn
second vice president GcCrge NJ Courts. Galveston
Tex; third vice president Harry X. Dean Grand
kapics, Mich; treasurer. A. NJ Glossbrerneg. In
Executive c1umittee-Wis1n II. Lee. New Haven
chairman; J. Stelms Gushing. Norwood Mass; L.
T. Davidson. Louisville George II. Ellis Rost0n
Alex. Fizhugh. Des Moines; ". T Fletcher. Kansas
City; William ]. Colder Pittshlrg: William Green
Nilligan. san Antonio. Tex; J. A. Morgan Chi
c1Ro: William PfaT. New Orleans. Robert SchaIken-
bach. New York; Fred t. Smith. Minneapolis G.
NJ. skinner. -. Louis; Edward stern Philadelphia:
John StoTel. Winnipeg Canada: T. O. Targer
Rochester; Rufus G.. Williams Richmond. president
vice presidents. and treasurer ex-0ficio; FyzukIIn
W Heath yeCTetary.