Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-25

section at 5 O'clock wednesday AFTER
noon. Those placed in nomination were
Jesse w. Morgan, president: John w
Nee, vice president: E. W. Morcock. Sec
| retary-treasurer. All officers nominated
are present officers of the organization
| Election will be by ballot on the fourth
Wednesday in November, at which time
an amendment to the bylaws, providing
for a salary for the president. will be
| submitted to a referendum vote. At the
November meeting the annual reports OF
| the officers will be submitted and the Of
ficers installed
Edward W. Jones of the computing Sec
ton died Wednesday OF gastric ulcers,
after having been Ill but three days. Mr.
Jones leaves wife and two children,
who left Thursday with the body for
Marietta, Ohio, where interment will be
made.
Richard Arm. Joseph w. Fritz, Charles
W. Henshaw and George w. Sarr were
transferred Thursday from the job sec
ton to the monotype section.
j. S. Burnside, imposer in charge In
the document (hand) section, returned
the first of the week from vacation OF
one month. a portion of which was spent
at Sideburn, Va.
Miss CIarissa Regain OF the document
section left Iast Thursday for visit ot
one month to her home in Indiana.
John A. c'kid'o Huston of the night
proofroom has been on the sick list tor
several weeks.
During the absence of Foreman A. W.
Bowen. Assistant Foreman Maurice
Spencer is in charge of the document
section, while r. w. Haworth is acting
assistant foreman.
e. f. Morrison and John O'Neill OF the
document section have been on the sick
list for the past two weeks.
Miss Mary Pellen. clerk in the office of
the superintendent of documents. mas
just returned from a visit Of two weeks
at her brothers home in Passaic, n. j.
Miss Pauline M. Scott Of the Office of
the superintendent of documents, has re-
signed 20 accept more lucrative position
in the Offices of the United States district
attorney for the District of Columbia.
During September there were five resis-
nations in the monotype section. and up
number have been separated from the
service I'm the same section.
Raymond II. Lecraw of the monotype
section, having completed his probation
airy period In manner satisfactory to
the office, has received an absolute ap-
pointment.
Edgar j. Gakey) Dwight of the proof
room returned to work Saturday, after
two weeks of leave spent on fishing
trip.
William A. White. messenger boy in the
office of the superintendent OF documents,
received a permanent appointment after
serving a six-month probationary period.
Frank r. CohiIl of the monotype sec
ton has resigned his position In the gov
eminent printing office to accept a cleri-
cal appointment in the Post Office De-
partment.
After months detail to the money
order division, Andrew McGarraghy Is
back at his desk in the day proofroom.
George A. r. McNeir, one of the oldest
members Of Columbia Typographical
Union and it's first president, is enjoying
extra leave of absence Of thirty days.
Leave of absence has been granted to
the following employees of the press
divisions: John Murphy. John v. Baulsir,
Andrew Chambers. Miss Jennie Nc
Isabella Girvin. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis.
John A. Bolts. John A. Cunningham and
Benjamin Coleman.
Mrs Elizabeth K Bradley of the press
division has returned to duty after a long
period of illness.
Wallace T. Drake George S. Curtin,
Andrew j. Heard and Joseph E. Walch
have been reappointed temporary press
men.
The Misses McGown. Hegeman and Egg
H. - ton @ovn4 <HF
documents have been engaged at the
Capitol for several days in indexing the
hearings before the Senate banking and
currency committee. They are expert in
dexers.
Samuel X. Hall of the watch force is
on the sick list Mr.. Hall is one Of the
oldest members of the force.
The watch force has had several of its
members on the sick list during the past
week. This force consists Of sixty-four
members. fifty-three Of whom are vet
Grams = one Confederate ex-soldier. three
who served in both the civil war and
William Ulrich and Daniel Williams-and
one, James Boyle. who served in the
regulars in the Spanish-American war.
The tenth document catalogue. listing
the documents published during the
period of the Sixty-first Congress. March
(, 1909. to March 4, 1911, compiled in the
Office of the superintendent of documents
is nearly all in type 1t will be large
book and may reach 1900 pages. Like
the eighth and ninth catalogues, it will
be printed on very thin paper, known
as bible paper this being the only
means of keeping 1t within the compass:
of a single volume. AS the final offlcia
record of the printing activities of thu
government. 1t is a public record of thu
first order IF inn0rtance. HQrvp w
kitzmiller of the proofroom is assist
ing the catalogue force in reading TIT
proof
William Crawford of the watch fore,
is on leave. He will report for duty tn,
10Th of this month.
The friends of William Norris of TIL
| forwarding and finishing section of tn
| bindery will be pleased to know that h
| is rapidly recovering from surgical op
| GRAFTON performed at the Sibley Hospital
Assistant Foreman William C. Conno
| of the cloth section of the bindery lef
| last Saturday for New York, where h,
went to register for the primaries. Feli1
Belair is filling his place in his absence.
Joseph Gonzales. casing machine op
orator in the. bindery, was home on, sicl
leave the past week.
Mrs Ida ". Brown of the sanitary sec
| ton began vacation Of one week las
Monday. ~
| ton is enjoying eighteen days leave ani
will report for duty November 4.
| w +. Shellman and Benjamin F. Dor
| sey are among the employees in the cleo
/ trical section who are taking their an
/ nIIal leave