Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09
PRINTING OFFICE.

In the weekly matches of the 6. 7. o.
puckpin League last Monday night the
clerks won two out of three from the
Freshmen. the Bindery defeated the
documents. two to one. and the Build
ings took two out of three from the
Foundry Hassett of the Freshmen
again proved his skill by running up
332 set for the night. Tomorrow night
will mark the closing of the O. r ..
Duckpin League schedule, and the
teams will line up as follows: Buildings
vs. Bindery, Documents vs.. Pressmen
and Foundry VS.. Clerks. The printing
Office team rolled in the A. G. b. A.
tournament Tuesday night and made a
creditabie showing. scoring l,4.2 pms
in three games. This puts the team
first in the duckpin team events for the
first two nights. This mark topped the
Hagerstown team of Maryland by two
pins the latter rolling 1870 set the
previous night. The total individual
score for the three games Tuesday
night was: Hassett. 3O3; Brian. $50;
Fitzgi bbons 29l: Murdoch, 2s2. and
Wolstenholme. 306.
Luke j. Bennett of the night docu-
-ment thand) section has been on the
sick list the past week.
Milton &. Foss, for many years A
member Of Columbia Typographical
Union and well known to many in that
organization, died at Emergency Hos
pjtal in this city April ] from the ef-
lGEfS OF an attack OF paralysis Sus-
tanned about a week before. He was
born November IS. 1913. and joined the
Typographical Union at Providence. r
I. in 1869. lie came 20 Washington
many years ago and had during his
long residence here held various posi-
tons in the government printing Of
fee. among these being the foreman
ship of the Treasury branch printing
office and a number Of years as a clerk
in the office of the foreman of printing
been unemployed for some time. and
was a recipient Of the old age pension
of the international Typographical
Union. Funeral services We're held
Tuesday under the auspices OF Column
bta Union. The deceased is survived
by his wife and daughter.
William n. Fisher Of the proofroom.
who has been confined 70 his home for
nearly three months on account Of i'll
ness reported for duty the latter part
Of the week.
& F. Cooke of the night linotype
section who has been on detail in the
uroofrooul. has been transferred /,
read in that section.
Charles T Davis and William II. Ellis
OF Philadelphia. Pa. received proba
tionary appointments Wednesday and
were assigned as operators i'll the
monotype keyboard section.
William r, Lewis. maker-up on the
~. document thandD section. has been
granted all leave due him and VIII
spend the time at his former home
chester. Pa
Mrs Katie X Blau Of the sanitary
section. who recently underwent a
minor operation at Providence Hospi-
tai. is reported to be conValescing.
f. f. Wear. who has been spending a
tsu-day vacation with friends in New
York city. reported for work in the
night linotype section Monday.
John T. Roberts of the document
fnand1 section. accompanied by his
wife. will spend his leave in Pennsyl-
wanna.
Edward Baldwin. formerly employed
in The office. working In the old Bot
any Bay in 1895. was a visitor at the
Office the past week. MIR. Baldwin was
candidate for Congress the bull
moose ticket in Indiana at the last
election. and was defeated by only d
few hundred votes.
W. y. Brockwell. chairman of the
proofroom chapel. has received notice
from the International Typogra pfjcaI
Union officers at Indianapolis Ind that
the vote on the so -called Duluth prop.
osition'-an amendment to the laws OF
the International Typographical Union
providing for the election of three au.
ditors by the membership at large
was 1S.0S8 for and 14.060 against These
auditors are to be voted for at the in
ternational election. to be held May "a
and the names of all candidates for tn.
honor must be in the hands of the sec
later than noon April 20.
easemaking section Of the bindery LEFT