Evening star., 1915-03-14

Withdrawing from the contest for dele
gate to the next International Typo
graphical Union convention.
Secretary George q. seibold Of CO.
lumbia Typographical Union has re.
ceived word of the death the first Of
the week OF Edgar N. Tratnham. which
occurred at the union printers home
at Colorado Springs, Col. MIR Train
ham, who was admitted to the home
from this union the 18th of last
and came to Washington from Rich
mond. Va, his native city. He work
ed in various divisions in the govern
ment printing Office and in 1910 ac-
cepted a position in the printing plant
in Porto Rico. He returned from that
situation after years stay and work
ed for a short while in this city. when
his health began to fall and he went
ing. but the fatal malady had reach
ed the stage which resulted in his
death.
The body Of Hugo Zwicker Of the
monotype keyboard section, whose sud
den death was announced in The Star
last Saturday. was taken to Indian
apolis, Ind. Monday and interlnent was
in that city Tuesday
The regular meeting of Columbia
Typographical Union will be held at
Typographic Temple next Sunday
afternoon. beginning at 2:30 o'clock
Besides business OF the officers and
various committees, the large field Of
candidates for the Office of delegate TO
represent the union at the !. T. L.
convention at Los Angeles, Cal, will
furnish material for energetic cam
paigning by the candidates and their
friends. The nominations will be made
at the April meeting and the election will
take place May 26.
Charles NJ. Robinson Of the day proof
room. who has been confined to his
home on account of illness for the past
six weeks returned to his desk Mon
day.
The annual meeting of the Knights of
Momus f"hnockers' was held at the
Elks Club last Sunday afternoon and
the various committees in charge of
the entertainment and banquet of the
order, held at the Raleigh Hotel Feb
ruary 10 last, made their final reports
After the membership concluded the
financial and other business before the
meeting the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President
capt. D. v Chisholm: vice president,
Thomas c. Parsons; recording secre-
tary, Joe NJ. Johnson: financial secre-
tary. J. A. Huston; treasurer, Marsh A.
Bodenhamer, and sergeant at arms
Renne A. Julian.
Leave of absence has been granted to
the following employees of the press
division: William II. Lentz, r. Z. SulIi-
van, Joseph H Byrne, Edward L. Car
ter. Charles Clawson. George A. Ed
wards, Frank J. Harvey. Frank r.
Johnson, Edw. J. Koontz, Emil A. Nops
Emil Petersen, Charles H. Schultz,
David A. Self. Jacob Stadtler, Mrs. A.
T. Dallon. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis. Miss
Isabella Girvin. Miss NJ. c. Kelly, Mrs
NJ. b. Kelley, Mrs C. A. Moore, Miss
Fannie w. Waite, Mrs. Ida Willett
Miss Lillian Wilbirt, Clarence E.
Cherry, Benjamin Coleman. William
Fantroy, George Hatton, John p Pink
ett, George M. Stembler Spurgeon H.
Weaver, Andrew J. Carr, J. W. Ed
wards and N. T. Tisdale.
Joseph l.. May. clerk in the Office of
the superintendent of buildings, en-
joyed part of his annual leave the past
week.
Norman Crawford and Edw H Down
ing have been on the sick report of the
engineers section during the week.
Robert Sowerbutts of the forwarding
and finishing section of the bindery
has been confined to his home, suffer
ing from d severe cold.
II. NJ. Taylor of the electrical section
recently suffered a cut on the left eye,
caused by a piece of metal breaking
from motor bearing.
The following members of the watch
to illness: Enos Crews. James Boyle, A.
Lukei. J. n Pasco. ]. W. Powell. John
Clarke. Killian Delabar, Thomas c.
stratford and Thomas c. Elliott.
B. W. Butler, John F. Putnam. jr,
Thomas F. Herring. Frank B. Cowden
and Joseph W. McCann of the day
proofroom have been assisting on edi-
torial work during the past week
J. c. Cardwell of the casemaking and
stamping section of the bindery is en-
joying two weeks of his annual leave
Ira E. Cole has reported for duty in
the press division after an extended
tour of California with his son, a resi-
dent of that state.
Hugh H. Denny of the watch force is
on leave of absence.
julius c. Diehl. James A. Phelps and
Stephen ]. Ransom are among those
who have been granted leave in the
engineers section.
There was but one serious accident re-
ported by DIR. William ]. Manning, medi-
cal officer, during the past week. Thomas
j. Eastburn twhite), fifty-four years,
bookbinder. forwarding and finishing
section Of the bindery, crushed bones Of
the great and second toes of right foot,
together with laceration and contusions
OF instep, received as a result of the foot
being caught between cog mechanism OF
a rotary board cutter and the door.
John f. Bird and Charlie; Amman OF
the machine shop section are on leave Of
absence.
Miss c. c. Mc6;raw, Miss Ida Van Ars-
dale, Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Harry r
James H. Winnie and Thorn
ton w. Hyson of the press division have
been detailed to the State. War and Navy
branch section.
Matthew Williams and John f. Bundy
Of the carpenter shop section are taking
part Of their leave of absence.
Samuel II. Bell, Benjamin L. Harrison
and William l.. Gutelius of the editorial
force of the day proofroom are on leave
of absence
The illustrated lecture. Travels in the
Holy Land given by Rev. Charles E.
Fultz Tuesday evening at Pythian Tenn
pie for the benefit of the Ladies' Auxil-
iary of Columbia Typographical Union
and the Washington Union Printers
Athletic Association, was a financial sue
cess. The lecture was illustrated with
100 views Of the trip through the Holy
did entertainment. Besides the lecture,
Miss Ruby Stanford, violinist. and Miss
Richie Mclean, pianist. gave a pleasing
duet, and NJ IS Mclean rendered Il con-