Evening star., 1915-10-31
PRINTING OFFICE.

Athletic Association last Sunday was
the largest COR several years, and plans
wcs. g ssed for sending a base ball
t>cr, 70 tnr tournament of the Union
T'-'nte~s' Na,iona,l Base Sail League al
|udiapabolis next year. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Thomas y. Bynum. president
Edgar 7. Brown. vice president and
rational commissioner: W. n. Brock
well, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. William K.
Love. manager Of the base ball team;
Eugene F. Smith. Elmore X. Mckay.
';'wer f Boyd. c. n. Demng. r. B.
Wilhide. H. n. Eelchner and the officers
Of the association constitute the board
of directors; George G. Seiho'd. George
O. Atkinson and James T. f'flett. Ho1"d
of auditors \ Special meet no OF the
association viii he held sunday. No
Vemher :. 70 hear rsportS of the va Vi
nus committees which We're Hr"Hint"d
70 consider the matter of holdin" a
fair, giving a theate- benefit and other
means of financing the organization.
Miss Georgia r. Carpoute~. until r"-
GENTLY a catalogue" in the offt"" of the
superintendent of documents. has writ
ten her friends here about he new
position in the state Historical Society," y
of North Dakota. Miss f7~nerte~ is
employed in the state r2njtol NJ Bis
marck having charge of the cata logu-
ing work.
George W. Roynton. who died in this
city October 90. was 4 fo~"2e~ nembe~
of Columbia Tvpogra nhicT1 l'nion and
an employe of the government p~intin"
office for number of wears. Several
years ago. after graduating from To-
cal college, he resigned FROM the office
and began the practice Of dentistry.
which he followed until about year
ago when his health failed and he was
confined to his home up to the time of
his death.
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left Monday for his former home in
Davenport Iowa. where he was called
by a telegram announcing the death of
his mother.
William A. Jenkins has been acting
timekeeper of the presswork division
the past week
In connection with the present con-
troversy regarding military resource
fulness an interesting renrint has heer
made by the o@ice Of Superintendent Of
documents The work is entitled.
Some Economic Asnects of War.
lecture delivered befo-e the Nrry Wa
College ApriI II, 1919. bv Prof. Y g.
Emery professor of economics at Yale
University Prof. Emery's lecture pre-
Sents sorne of the economic arguments
IN favor of strong military oreaniza-
ton and relates to the general subject
Of Preparedness" This lecture was
made at the Invita- ton of the authori-
ties in pursuance of a conversation pre-
viously held between Prof Emery and
sion Is "It pays to be preDared.
Ferd Hoffman of the stamping and
casemak'ng section of the hindHrF ,Hff
"Wednesday for ffteen-day hunting
trim through Maryland.
Frank A. Cannon of the ropotype
keyboard section has accented no
sition with the Lanston Monotyp" Com
pany and will he ronrected with tho
eficiency department Of the "H'"''any
with Headquarters at Phi'adelohia-
William G. Son1es of tn" 90 r"Nnter
shop section received n nalrtut in1u"'
to his right hard the @-st Of tn" week
Tbi1e enp,ped in h~-dling lur,f,er
Yames a PheIrs Walter F. Mul}iean
and Erpest l.. Mills of the electrical
section are on leave of absence
Word has been rer@'v"d nv friends
here that Mr. Merlin Hull who was at
one time errDloved proofreader in
the government printing of1ce is a
candidate for Governor OF Wisconsin
before the republican priTa-ies- M
r5r,y has been a r.ernher ~ the state
legislature and has been twice speaker
Of the house OF reoresenfatiVes or tnS
Badeer state He has been succeesf''
as a LAWYER and IN the newsnan ner Neld
Miles Higgins has been actin@ for"-
man of the sanitary section for the
mast two weeks. in place of Peter
Pealer. on leave.
during the mast week
Thomas Conway of the watch force
who died last Monday ard whose m
neral took place WedD esday FROM the
home Of his nephew Thomas McC;rath.
SAG 4th street northeast. was an en-
ploye Of the Office for nearly thirty
years. Mr.. Conway was Union VET
eran of the civil w-ar. sewing in COM
NAVY n ad United States Infantry.
James ]. Kavaraeh is among those
taking leave IN the engineers section
Miss Rose K. Stickney. one of the
cafaloguers of the Office Of nuhlic doc
uments, recently returned from q va
cation spent in the CatsRill mountains.
During her absence she visited her
niece at Mount Holvoke College and
spent some tir'e in Poston. Mass.
Leave Of absence has been granted
to the following employees of the oress-
work division George c. Cole. Daniel
A Campbell Mrs Nellie r. Grant To-
seph n Carroll William Fantrov. John
NJ Pritchett and Tilghman ]. Gordon.
Luther NJ. Divine of the rnonotvne
keyboard section has been absent from
duty the past week. due 70 Illness.
Fred Norris of the linetYne section
has been entertaining friends in the
city the past week.
william F Maher and stephen ]. Ran.
som have been the sick report Of
the engineers section the past week.
The following members of the watch
force have been absent from duty the
nast week on account of Illness: Will
liam r Cllrich, Daniel D. Marsh. Theo-
phtl Tive-ny and Matthias Cuddy.
Oliver Thompson of the stamping and
casemaking section of the bindery Is
on a nfteen-d vacation.
Charles W. Bouvet of the carpenter
shop section has been granted annual
leave.
Joseph w Belcher, youngest son of
J. W. BeIcher OF the monotype key
board section. has been appointed cap
tain Of a company of high school ca
diets from Central Hikh School. Last
year he was sergeant in Company NJ.
commanded by his brother. John r.
Belcher who won the flag in the an
nual competitive drill.
Joseph r. Hodge is In charge Of the
illustration section OF the presswork
division during the absence Of George
c. Cole. who is or leave.
Frank T.. Wright. who was for a mum :
ber OF years. employed IN the govern
ment printing office as linotype oper-
ator and proofreadeE. now residing in
Seattle, Wash. in a letter TO former
fellow craftsmen tells of the improved
health and prosperity of f. J. Lindberg
who is a successful attorney at Ellens-
burg. Wash Mr. LindberR. who was
formerly an employe OF the govern
ment printing office. Is well known
among the printers in this city.
Charles A. Stretch Of the linotype sec
tion has gone to Newport, Ky, where
he will remain until after election. Mr.
Stretch's cousin is a candidate for may
or Of the city.
George B. Tallman died at his home
in this city October 22 after an illness
of several months from Bright's dis.
ease. Mr.. Tallman was born at Clin-