Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-06-06
PRINTING OFFICE.

+. w. S. Sill, financial secretary OF the
| Monotype Relief Association, has SUB
| mitted his semi-annual report OF the
| receipts and disbursements OF the Or
ganization for the six months ending
May %. The receipts, which consist
! of cards. initiation fees and duAs,
| amounted to $1.3s0.s4, and the ex-
| penditures, comprising relief granted
to members, printing and salary,
| reached the sum of $659.25, leaving
balance on hand, May %, of $3.50
| The report is approved by the finance
committee, consisting of w. F. Tappan,
S. M Holt and G. B. Diers.
James M. Lynch, for thirteen years
president of the International Typo
| graphical Union and later labor COM
missioner of the state of New York.
has been appointed by Gov. Whitman
as member OF the new industrial
! commission of that state for term of
four years. at salary OF $4,000 a year.
Under the new law the compensation
| department becomes a bureau Of the
state department of labor and the en-
| larged department is managed by
| commission of five. John Mitchell Is
| chairman OF the new commission. Mr..
| Lynch also was elected delegate by
Syracuse IN. " Typographical Union.
| May rs, to represent that organization
! at the /. r. U. convention to be held
| in Los Angeles, Cal, August 9-14.
| The followring-named employees have
been on military duty at the rifle range
| OF the District Guard during the past
week: Marsh A. Bodenhamer and Max
J. Knoble of the proofroom, Maurice
Spencer, assistant foreman Of the doeu-
| ment (hand) section: Lester S. Martin,
Laufer Of the monotype keyboard sec
| ton. and Herbert E. James, Robert H.
Clouser. George A. Monagon and John
s Douan of the linotype section.
| Copies Of the Good Samaritan, a
Journal published by the members of
! the Los Angeles (Cal) Tribune chapel.
| have recently been received by MEM
| bers OF Columbia typographical Union.
The front page of the issue of May "a
! contains an article setting forth the
hospitality extended by the Los An
geles Typographical Union to Public
Printer Cornelius Ford and Supt.
| of Work D. ". Chisholm, who stopped
Off for a visit in that city en- route
! to the Panama-Pacihc exposition at
San Francisco, as we'll as a group pic
ture OF Messrs. Ford and Chisholm and
! H: W. bennett, convention secretary
| or Los Angeles. taken at the Old Mis-
! sion Inn, Riverside. Cal.
Assistant Foreman Harry R. Christie
Of the main pressroom, vice president
Council. National Union, flled the
presidents chair at the monthly meet
| ing of that order. held at Typographi-
! cal Temple last night. Following the
Nachman. ST., of the monotype key
board section. who was acting speak
| er. provided refreshments for the
| members.
William P. Chroniger and B. Y. Mar
tin Of the buildings division are TAX
! ing part Of their annual leave.
| T. H. Hall has been on the sick re-
| port of the machine shop section dur
| ing the past week
| James H. Brodnax, chief Of the libra
ry branch printing Office. has the sym
| pathy of his fellow ezra ftsmen In the
death of his mother, at the home Of
one OF her children in Alabama Mrs.
| Brodnax resided with her son in this
city Tor several years previous to her
departure for the south. Due to a Sc
vero illness of several weeks duration
from which he Is slowly recovering.
Mr.. Brodnax was unable to attend the
| funeral.
| Miss Pearl r. Hill of the pressw ork
| division has been granted leave Of alb
| sence and will visit friends in Penn
| sylvania.
! John r. Purvis of the proofroom was
| detailed during the week to assist on
| rush work in the money order section.
| John H. Edsall of the monotype key
| board section, suffered the fracture Of
| his left leg last Monday while ascend
ing stairway at his home. 500 Park
| road northwest. Mr.. Edsall fractured
his right leg several years ago, and
| never fully recovered from the effects
| of that accident.
Castleman P. Boss of the monotype
keyboard section and Miss Mabel A.
Martin of this city were married
Thursday evening at 1880 at the par
| sonage Of the Bethany Baptist Church,
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson performing
| on an evening train for trip to Buff
falo. Philadelphia and other eastern
| cities. They will be at home after June
20 at so Q street northeast
| Among those who have been granted
| leave in the watch section the past
week are T. C. Stratford. John Cowgirl.
| Henry T. Houck. John Clarke, William
Bierley and Andrew Lukei.
Miss Minnie Hoffman, of Jersey City,
| n. j., sister of Ferd Holman of the
| stamping and casemaking section of
| the bindery, and his niece. Miss Helen
| Dobke. also of Jersey City. were visit
| OTIS III Tie City tHe pooI " SSh.
| Miss Margaret Huss. who has been
| receiving consfdera BILE attention in the
| press upon her clever singing and
| dancing in the title role Of La Car
| mencita and the Bower of Roses" re-
: Gently staged by local talent at the
| Belasco Theater, is the daughter of A.
! l.. Huss, assistant foreman in the
! monotype section.
Secretary George G. Seibold of CO.
| lumbia Typographical Union has re-
ceived a letter from M. v. Hurley, who
| recently left here for the Union Print
| ers' Home at Colorado Springs, Col, in
| which he announces his arrival at the
Colorado city, and expresses confidence
| that the climate and the treatment at
| the home will restore his health.
| James Wood and Isaac A. Burton
| have been on the sick report of the
| watch section the past week.
George C. Cole, in charge Of the illus
] tration section, presswork division,
/ who was called home recently on ac-
count of the serious illness and death
| of his father, has returned to his desk.
william R.. Hamscher of the linotype
| section, who has been granted leave
of absence spent the past week visit
| ing at Harrisburg. Pa.
| Frank E. Pyne and Andrew McGar-