Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
PRINTING OFFICE.

answered the call of the District militia
to prepare for duty at the Mexican bor-
der. Among the officers were Capt. E.
NJ. Nevils, foreman of the night limo
type section: Capt. Louis c. Vogt of
Battery A of the jacket-writing sec
ton: Capt. George G. Wilson of Battery
3. foreman of the night document
thandD section: Capt. E. Fl. Brian of the
electrical section. Capt. William H
Chase of the night .proofroom, Capt
Ralph w. Alderman of the monotype
keyboard section might, Charles E.
Monninger, Arson L. Bodwell and John
E. Smith of the monotype keyboard
section. w. H. Beringer. Peter Blaau-
boer. A. F. Laufer and E. L. Redfield
of the night monotype keyboard sec
ton.
Thomas c. Parsons Of the proofroom
returned from Indianapolis. Ind. Tues
day. where he went to act as assistant
secretary at the sessions of the Inter-
national Electrotypers and Stereo-
typers' convention, which was held in
that city last week.
J. w. Hays, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
the International Typographical Union.
has issued a bulletin giving the final
election returns of the officers of the
organization. The bulletin shows the
following results, with the vote of the
winners: President. Marsden G. Scott
37,127; vice president, Walter w. Bar
rett. 36,402: secretary-treasurer. j. w.
Hays. 27,2s4; delegates to the American
Federation of Labor. Max S. Hayes.
2s,s5s; Frank Morrison. 1924; H. W
bennett, 27,547: Hugh Stevenson, 1851:
delegate to Trade and Labor Congress
of Canada, Samuel Hadden. 1921;
trustees for the Union Printers Home.
Nfc(' a6
Knock, 22.067: William Mounce. 20,256;
agent for the Union Printers Home,
Joe NJ. johnson. 32,427; auditors, David
W. Baird, 1850: John NJ. Dugan, 12.421;
Fred Barker. 1880.
Frank (Tony) Hart. well known
Harrisburg typo and a temporary COM
positor in the day linotype section. met
with an accident during the week which
has kept him confined to his home.
f. II. Tabler. for several years past
compositor in the day document thand)
section. celebrated his birthday at Lam
ham, Md. on Tuesday last. Mr.. Tabler
served his apprenticeship in the gov
eminent printing Office and was a stu
dent at Dickinson College at Carlisle,
Pa.
w H. Taylor 0 fthe electrical section
is on leave of absence.
The following employees OF the press
work division. members of the National
Guard of the District. have reported
for duty at Fort Myer: Wallace J.
Cousins. John d. Powers. J. V. Tram
NELL and William f. Rink, with the ar
tiilery arm: Thomas J. Abrams. Corne-
IiIs A. King and Harry ID. Richardson
with the LIST Separate Battalion. and
George V. Armstrong on special duty
with the District naval militia.
Theophiius Fitzgerald. a former en-
ploye Of the specifications division. who
died from stroke OF paralysis. was IN
TERED at Arlington cemetery last Mon
day The deceased was in his eighteth
year
F. W Henke, a former empioye in the
electrical section. was an office visitor
the first of the week,
Daniel McCallum. compositor in the
document thand) section. has been on
the sick list the past week.
John b. Dickman of the proofroom
accompanied by Mrs. hickman and son
Bernard, left last night for Wapa ko-
meta. Ohio for three-week Visit win
iouis ] Benner. skilled laborer in
the document thand) section, was the
only member of the District Guard In
that division
p. Singleton was on the sick list of
the buildings division during the week.
w. r. Metz. superintendent of build
ings. is on ten days leave. Chief
Electrician William J. Sammond is
acting superintendent during Mr.. Metz's
Milton Letter of the proofroom took
an automobile trip to the Gettysburg
battlefield last sunday
James B Huss of the monotype sec
ton has been detailed to the press
work division the past week as press
corrector.
John y. Lyon OF the editorial force
OF the specifications section was grant
ed the remainder of his leave begin
ming last Wednesday.
Frank H. Hambrigbt of the night
proofroom had az guests last week his
father and mother. Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Hambright of Lancaster. Pa.
Edward F. Latham. maker-up in the
document thand) section. has been
granted the balance of his unexpired
leave.
Arthur 6. Brown. former employe
Of the ONCE. now instructor of print
companied by his eldest son, Arthur.
tr, renewed acquaintance with printer
friends at the office recently.
Sergt. John Waller. chief Of the page
paper and string annex. document
section, having been granted all leave
due. will visit the Hampton Soldiers
Home.
The following members Of the watch
force have been on the sick list the
past week: ]. c. Craven. j. II. Pasco,
Charles +. Bennett. n. Kelley. s. CANA
tella. w F. UlIrich, William Bierley
and F. y. Whitfield.
Richard l.. s. Halpenny of the mono
type keyboard section made a bust
ness trip to Frederick. Md, Wednes-
day.
Readers John r. Putnam, jr; w r.
Walsmith and G. A. Conner are assist
ing. the corps of specification editors
during The rush of patent work.
Tho Government Printing Office Conn.