Evening star., 1914-11-14
NAVY YARD.


promoting interest in the question of
civil pensions. 1t is expected that there
will be an attendance Of a thousand or
more. Besides the social and banquet
features, there will be addresses by
prominent speakers, who will sound a
keynote on this great question. All
employees will be invited and all are re-
Quested to assist In this affair, which
ultimately looks toward an awakening
OF general interest on the part of all
government employees in this move
ment.
The following are the committees arrI
their designations:
Finance and Tickets. r. MCGUIRE.
chairman. tool shop: Arthur Il. Suit
miscellaneous shop: Z. Elder Reed. ac-
counting division: w. r. Adams, plan
c. A. Chism, forge shop: C. A. johnson.
east gun carriage shop; Walter II.
White. foundry; D. J. Jones. construc-
tion and repair.
chairman, erecting shop: Harry Rigby,
breech mechanism: Bernard Ladd,
shop: H. c. Lybrand. G. s. K Office;
Speaking. W. Mcconnell. chairman.
south machine shop; w. II. Smoot.
| erecting shop: w. M. Escaville, gun
shop.
Press and invitations-H. T. Laciare.
chairman, erecting shop: +. A. DeGroot,
west gun carriage shop.
Music-S. G. McAlister, miscellaneous
| shop.
J. W.. Mcconnell is chairman OF the
general committee; w. II. Smoot, vice
| chairman; Arthur b. Suit, treasurer,
and c.. Elder Reed. secretary.
H e. Litchfield Of the drawing room
has resigned his position to accept a
similar one with the lighthouse service
| at New York. Approximately 20 per
| cent of the craftsmen employed at the
yard a year ago have resigned to ac-
cept better positions.
| A. F. Bell of the planning board is
| spending the latter part of the week at
his home in Maryland cunning.
George Hid of the tool shop. with
his family, is spending a week with his
parents In Hartford county. Md.
| Leadingman William Loeffier of the
| west gun carriage shop has returned
| from a cunning trip of several days
spent in the mountains of Maryland.
| H. r, Martin of the miscellaneous
shop and Miss Agnes Scott were mar
ried Saturday, November z. Immediat-
| ly thereafter they left for Norfolk, Va,
| and other southern cities.
Oscar Simpson of the west gun car
riage shop spent several days hunting
at Mitchesville. Nd.
Nelson Tippett of tho erecting depart
ment is enjoying his leave of a couple
Of days on an automobile trip.
Theodore Byrne, leading man of the
| tool shop, who was absent for hve
| days on leave, returned to work Tues
day.
| rfage shop has returned to work after
an absence OF six weeks.
Harry scherrer Of the erecting de-
crushed early this week.
J. M. Corbett of the tool shop. with
| Mrs Corbett, accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
| g. Snyder on q motor trip to Baltimore
and parts OF Maryland last week.
| Maurice Williams of the west gun
shop with papey ae oi and sen
eca. Nd. and reports great sport with
| rod and reel
r. O. Drach and H. H Gamble of the
erecting department are on a ducking
trip on the lower parts of the Potomac
+. L. Brown OF the west gun carriage
| shop recently paid visit to the yard
after an absence Of five months, due to
an injury received in fall.
| TWO new LanQlS universal RTlNueTS
| are being installed in the tool shop.
One o fthem Is Of a large capacity, es-
| pecially constructed for the grinding
Of torpedoes.
J. W. Kimeriing of the erecting de-
partment has been absent for the past
| three weeks on account of illness.
Malcolm Horton of the tool shop will
| 20 to Waldorf, Md, where Mrs. Horton
| Is staying for the benefit of her health.
J, Edwin Wells of the erecting de-
partment will visit his mother at Palat-
ka, Fla, next week.
The employees of the yard are elated
over the reelection of Representative
Frank Buchanan to the House of Rep
resentatives from the seventh Illinois
district. He has done much for the
workmen of the Washington navy yard
as q member of the committee on naval
affairs While not big navy man, he
advocates and endeavors to have all
the ordnance work done at the wash
ington naval gun factory, which helps
to maintain the present force as well
as stfmulate business in Washington.
Harry Ellis Of the east gun carriage
shop. who spent some time at his for
mer home at Ashland, Pa, has return
ed to work.
W, Thornburn of the sight shop. who
has been absent for the past two weeks
on account of illness, has returned to
work.
Edward Kaiser Of the drawing room
has been absent for the past week at
tending the funeral of his mother.
W, II. Smith of the erecting depart
ment. who has been i'll for the pasa
couple of weeks, has slightly i'm
proved.
John O'Laughlin Of the tool shop.
who spent a week at his former home
at Renova, Pa, visiting his parents,
returned to work Monday.
G. F.. Amidon of the erecting depart
ment has been compelled to be at home
for the past week on account of the
severe illness Of Mrs. Amidon.
Frank Love OF the tool shop. ac-
companfed his father on a cunning
trip through the lower part of Mary
land.
W. E. Shively and family are enjoy
ing ten days leave visiting relatives
at Easton. Pa
.Beno Basch. an engraver In the TOOL
shop. is spending nineteen days on a
trip through Tennessee.
CONSCIENCE FUND $15 RICHER.
Duty on Customs Sent to Treasury