Evening star., 1915-01-31

sent from his desk the past week OF
| account of Illness.
Miss Cecilia c. McGraw of the pres.
| division has returned from her detail
, at the State. War and Navy branch of
| fee.
G. Larkins and Nelson Toles have
been on the sick report of the sanitar,
section during the week.
John F. Quinn and Thomas r. Nc
Creery of the monotype machinist force
/ have been receiving the congratula
ttons of their fellow-employes upor
their success In the recent bar exam
| nations. They were admitted to prac
: tice in the courts of the District Jan
! uary 81
Benjamin Y. Martin of the office o.
| fered a severe sprain of the right wris
| Monday. caused by fall on the ic!
sidewalk.
| Miss Martha Feehan and Messrs Car
! ney and Estes joined the day proof
| room force by transfer from the day
monotype section.
Frank Cannot reported for work in
the monotype keyboard section Wednes-
day after an absence of ten days Oh
account of Illness
). W. rays or Indianapolis. Ind, sec
retary of the International Typograph-
, ical Union. was in the city the asst
week and appeared before the COM
mfttee on post offices and post roads
of the House of Representatives in
connection with legislation concerning
the printing of private mailing cards
by the government.
Wallace J. Cousins. preSSman, has re-
turned to the main press division from
flt &c ri
section as pressman in charge.
Victor Whitford returned to work in
the day linotype section Monday, after
a weeks illness.
Copyholder Sheridan c. koons has
been detailed as reader in the day
proofroom.
William Milligan of the forwarding
was transferred the first of the week
to the State, War and Navy branch
bindery.
George j. Tallman of the monotype
assembling room is on ten days leave
of absence.
At last Sundays meeting Of the
Washington Union Printers Athletic
Association several new members were
and plans for entertainments and eA-
cursions informally discussed. Final
arrangements were made for the lee
ture which Rev. Charles L. Fultz is to
deliver for the benefit of the associa-
tion, and the Ladies' Auxiliary of Co
lumbia Typographical Union. and will
take place at Typographical Temple.
Tuesday evening. February l6. Rev.
Fultz will give his lecture on
Travels in the Holy Land" and it is
Sl,at To-. 30 I,n
members of the printing trades will be
in attendance.
]. A. Johnson. E. F. Kelly and John
Powell are among those who have been
on the sick report of the engineers
section during the week.
Walter J. Baldwin, pressman in the
main press division, has been detailed
to the postal card section.
Henry A. Nothnagel is at present ON
the sick list of the day proofroom.
Jesse NJ. Clark. who has been laid up
in local hospital for three months,
has been reinstated in the monotype
keyboard section, and with the aid of
crutcheS was able to be out Tuesday.
Raymond II. Lecraw. compositor in
the monotype section, has been detail
ed to the pfeSS"OrK division as press
corsector during the week.
Appointments. separations, transfers,
etc, in the government printing Office
for week ending Wednesday. January
81. have been announced by Public
Printer Ford, as follows:
Separations.-Willia C. Beddow,
proofreader. resigned: Mrs. Matteele L.
Wood. machine operator (female). re-
signed: William c. F. Waller, linotype
operator. resigned.
Tran of afc 1iay C
skilled laborer, presswork division to
hand section: Mrs. Catharine A. Tomp-
kins. skilled laborer. IS cents per hour,
pamphlet binding section dnterme-
per hour. pamphlet binding section
(day): Philip Addison. electro type fin
Usher in charge. 65 cents per hour. to
electrotype finisher, so cents per hour.
foundry section: Emil A. Lange, cleo
trotype finisher in charge. SIS cents per
hour. to electrotype finisher. so cents
per hour. foundry section: William A.
Hallisey, messenger boy, 10 cents per
hour. to messenger. 25 cents per hour.
office of the superintendent of work
James H. Scott. messenger. 80 cents per
hour. delivery section. to skilled labor
er. 25 cents per hour. pamphlet binding
section: James I. Nelson. skilled labor
er. from the hand section to the press
work division: Miss Martha Feehan
George A. Carney and Samuel B. Estes
compositors. 30 cents per hour> mono
type section. to proofreaders. so cents
per hour, proof section; Mrs. Mary g.
Durham. skilled laborer. from the rul-
ing and sewing section to the pamphlet
binding section tnighD; Mrs. Dora l.
Steele. skilled laborcr. from the pamph-
let binding section tnight to the rul-
ing and sewing section: Mrs. Mary D.
Collier. skilled laborer. from the rul-
ing and sewing section to the pamph-
let binding section intermediate
force): Wade II. Crowther. compositor
from the hand section (night), to the
mon otype section tnigh): William Mil
ligan. bookbinder. from the FORWARDING
and finishing section to the State War