The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
Items of Interest
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Joseph Z. Goodkey. who asplres to TIE
honor OF representing Columbia Union
at the Providence convention. ID ma
tive OF ST. Louis. NO., where be was
educated In the public schools He learn
ed the printing trade In the ONCE Of the
st. Louis Grocer. He was admitted to
the 81. Louis Union In Iss7. and after
several years active experience in the
unions OF Chicago. Louisville and other
compositor In the q. p. o. and since
his advent here has been Identified prom
/, lnently with union matters. He has
served as chairman Of several divisions
of the @. p. o., and was the originator
Of some OF the best laws on the books
OF Columbia Union. notably the memorial
service law. the law creating the execu-
tive committee the Tuberculosis commit
| tee, &C. He is now an operator on the
monotype and member Of the night
keyboard chapel.
The following are the changes in the
Government Printing office for the week
ended February g:
Appointments-Frank Brodie. Bernard
w. Costolow, Percival X. Psrlett, jr.,
probationary messenger boys.
observation-disclosures c. Groth. electro
tpye finisher: Jesse b. Watts, temporary
skilled laborer. resigned; Yates Bush.
/ Richard r. Queen, John w. II. Small
wood, Fred A. Thompson. william II.
! Watts, jr, temporary skilled isborers.
| Transfers. &c.-Miss Nellie II. Ruck-
daeschel. helper. $50. to clerk. $50 per
year. office superintendent Of work; John
II. Yates, messenger boy. Is cents per
hour, ONCE superintendent OF work. to
messenger boy, SJ75 per year. office super
intendent OF documents; Eugene z. jack
son, messenger boy, $500 per year, ONCE
| superintendent of documents. to skilled
laborer, 25 cents per hour. monotype sec
| ton; Sidney Solomon. messenger boy. xOo
per year. ONCE superintendent of docu-
ments, to skilled laborer. 25 cents per
hour. pamphlet binding section; William
A. white, messenger boy. 500 to 500 per
year. once superintendent of documents;
Victor v. Dickson. messenber boy, $3.50.
office superintendent OF documents, to
| skilled laborer, g cents per hour. for
warding and finishing section; John l.
Ais and Herbert r. Run, probationary
messenger boys. 1915 10 $40 per year, Of
fee superintendent OF documents; J.
Anthony Gallagher. messenger boy. Is
cents per hour, stores division, to skilled
laborer, S cents per hour. monotype Sec
ton: Robert Anderson, skilled laborer.
stores to press division; Aaron Bruce, un-
skilled laborer. linotype to pamphlet bind
ing section: Joseph F. West. unskilled
laborer, hand 10 sanitary section.
James r. Afford. Of the night proof
force. who has been in a local hospital
for ten days past. is reported much i'm
proved.
There died recently at Brooklyn, n. Y.
one of the best known pressmen In the
country. Rudolph Timroth was for many
years foreman OF the big pressroom Of
the Rand-McNally Company. In Chicago,
and for the last fifteen years has been
one Of the experts on color printing for
one of the New York dailies- He was
prominent in the union for his trade and
a frequent visitor to the conventions Of
the International Printing Pressmens
Union, and represented New York union
at the convention held here.
Richard Powers, assistant foreman in
the job section, Is in Albuquerque. y.
Mex. called there by the death Of his
mother.
James Wood. a veteran of the watch
force. and Mrs. WOOD. recently celebrated
the fifty-seventh anniversary of their
marriage. Their family consists Of one |
daughter and four sons, one son being |
James Wood, tr., an operator in the |
monotype section.
Thomas J. Cason, Of the sanitary sec
ton, is on a vacation OF two weeks.
The death OF his mothers sister caused |
a hurried trip to his home in Worcester |
Mass. early in the week by Bartholomew |
b. Butler. the popular timekeeper Of the |
day proofroom.
Tom Fitzwilliam, during a recent visit |
to New York, was the guest of his old /
friend. Ikey Wear. who holds a good /
dailies, and met a number of other for
mer Washington printers.
Charles E. Young, SUPERINTENDENT Of
the night forces. has been confined to
his home for several days with an attack
Of grip. and Howard L. Sherman IL act
ing superintendent
William A. Platt, foreman OF the night
proofroom, is paying a visit to his home
in Florida, and John s. Garner assistant
foreman, is in charge of the force
Bob Congdon returned from Florida in
time to attend the Knockers banquet.
He says Florida is all right. but he
couldn't verify some of the fish stories
he had heard OF down there
Albert Cake. messenger in the mono
type section, met with a serious acci-
dent on Monday. While handling a pis-
tol II exploded and the ball passed