Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22

employees. / intend to do it, so that I
can extend and better the service to
the American people"
Means of Increasing Efficiency.
He told the postmasters they could
increase their efficiency by co-operat-
ing with the officials of the department.
While the banquet was In progress
the telephone connections were made
with San Francisco, and the postmas-
tiers listened to congratulatory ad-
dresses by Secretary McAdoo of the
Treasury Department and Senator Phe-
Ian of California. Telephone receivers
had been installed at each diners plate
The voices of the speakers, 5000 miles
away, were heard distinctly. First AS
sistant Postmaster General Roper and
Carter B. Keene. head of the. postal
savings system, POSTMASTER last night,
spoke from this end of the wire.
Norman E. Mack. emocratic national
committeeman of New York, who was
with the party in San Francisco, spoke
with Postmaster Bill Tasting OF Buff
falo over the phone also. as did POST
master Fay of San Francisco. who re-
gretted his inability to attend the post
masters convention here.
Hear Roar of Pacific Waves.
Then the telephone in San Francisco
was switched so that the diners could
hear the roar of the waves on the Pa
citic coast. 1t was explained that this
was the first time that telephone COM
munication on such 4 large scale had
even been attempted between the coast
and Washington. Moving pictures were
taken of the guests with the receivers
at their ears. and at the same time
were taken of the party in San Fran
cisco.
Speeches were made by Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Dockery,
Postmaster Boiling Jones of Atlanta,
Ca; Postmaster James j. O'Donneii of
Holyoke, Mass. who was the chosen
spokesman of the postmasters of New
England former Representa- tive Maurice
Connolly OF. Iowa and Z. O. Wood, DEM
ocratic national committeeman of
Michigan Mr.. Dockery declared that
he was proud of the sentiment which
today animated the entire country
that America must De first.
Il am Irish on both SIDES" said Mr..
Dockery, but under Woodrow Wilson
l am an American all over. The Amer
lean people have stood behind the
President in all he has done to pre-
serve peace" He declared himself.
like Decatur, for my country, right
or wrong" and in conclusion he paid
d high tribute to Postmaster General
Burleson and his administration of the
Post Office Department.
AS the guests seated themselves Mr..
Keene, the POSTMASTER. suggested that
America" be sung. The lights were
turned out as the postma sters sang,
and at the conclusion of the song a
picture of President Wilson was
thrown on a screen and the postmas-
tiers drank a toast to the President.
George II. O'Connor lead the postmas-
tiers in singing songs and himself sang
number of solos. W tn Matt Horn as
his accompanist, which were heartily
applauded. 1t was nearly 1880 o'clock
in the morning when the banquet final
~ broke up.
At the speakers table were Postmas-
ter General Burleson, John J. Cleary,
Terre Haute. Ind: Otto Praeger. Frank
\. Sites. Harrisburg. Pa; Alexander NJ.
Dockery, Gallatin, Mo-: Charles A.
kram, William l. Depning. Ruskin Nc
Ardle, William H. Murray, Albany, N.
y; j. r. Alexander. GAINESVILLE. Ohio;
Joseph Stewart, w. A Campbell, Chi
cago: James J. ODonneN, Holyoke.
Mass; William F. Tasting, Buffalo. N.
y: Balling Jones. Atlanta, Ga; Edwin
o. Wood, Flint. Mich: Warren Gard,
Daniel c. Roper. Eugene S. Shannon, w.
E. Merry. Joseph S. Blackslee, W. H.
Lamar. J. C. Rooms. Merritt o. Chance.
j. E. Boisseau. Maurice Connolly. Jo-
seph E. Johnston. G. D. Ellsworth, E. NJ.
Colin NJ. Selph. John L. Snuff,
w. NJ. Mooney and D. B. Sweeney.