Evening star., 1916-05-21
PRINTING OFFICE.

Tuesday will close the campaign Of
the candidates for Offices in Columbia
Typographical Union. the election be-
ing held Wednesday. The friends OF
the various candidates have been busy
visiting the various chapels in the
government printing once and the
downtown oflces in the interest of
their favorites. and a large vote is
expected to be polled Chief interest
presid Int Of the union and the dele
gates to represent Columbia Union at
the convention of the International
Typographical Union, which will be
held in Baltimore in August. Follow
offices: President. Eugene F. Smith
and E. W. Morcock: vice president.
Percy !. Lowd and Frank D. Seifert
secretary. George @. seibold: treas
arms, William C. Fechtig: doorkeeper.
Mullen c. Stoops; trustee. Joseph G.
Whyte; auditors. Ernest j. Elwood,
Charles w. Radley. Louis c. Vogt. Har-
Charles A Morgan: executive commit
tee (book and job). Gurnon r. Scott.
Harry w. Arthur. Emmert NJ. Miller.
Arthur F. Tucker, George q. Wilson.
William r. Love and William 8. Sill;
executive committee newspaper Of
fices), Frank A. Hughes. Royal E. Cor
win. Robert B. Wilhide. Edgar L.
Brown and Percy P. sutton; executive
committee (machinists), W. II. Cook.
Louis w. Dorr and Oscar 2. Homer:
delegates to the I. r. L. (off1ces under
the government), Stephens M. Sfmp-
son. John o. Cole, John A. Onyun, Sam
s. Price. John H. Goeblitz, Thomas J:
McDonough. Joseph E. Goodkey and
Frank n Hambright; delegates to I.
T. L. tof1ces not under the govern
ment, William Fl. Anglfn and Howard
A. Harrison: alternates to the I. T. Z.
E. Bragg. Charles F. Bauers and Rob
ert z. STEINER: alternates to the I. T.
(ofices not under the government.
George Dooley and George B. Wood
paper recently prepared by Charles II.
Leeds of the government printing Of
flee at the request of the Hamilton
Historical Association. entitled THE
land County, Pa. have been printed.
Henry w. Weber, chief reviser OF
the proofroom. has the sympathy or
his friends in the recent death of his
mother at her home, in this city. Mr..
weber's father died March 10. and his
mother never rallied from that sorrow.
William E. Sebree of the carpenter
shop section, who lived at Fort Myer
Heights. Va. and Miss Stella Bonini OF
this city were married in Rockville,
Nd. on Palm Sunday by the Rev. ]. H.
Schooley at the parsonage of the M. E.
Church South. The marriage was
surprise to the friends of the couple.
the announcement being made last
week Mr.. and Mrs. Sebree will reside
at 459 Massachusetts, avenue north
west
W. r. CBnly'D Love was acting
timex eeper in the document (hand) sec
enjoying FIVE days annual leave.
Those on the sick list of the sani-
tary section the past week were Mrs.
Priscilla c. Woodruff. Mrs. Annie E.
Niedfeldt. Mrs. Ellen Carson. Tony
Verrosso and Rozier D. Pearson.
David Parker. foreman of the night
presswork division, went to Buffalo, n.
Y, last week. where he was called by
the death of his father.
Miss Lulu Simpson Of the stamping
and casemaking section of the bindery
was called to her home in Virginia the
past week on account Of illness in the
family.
John T. Roberts of the document
(hand) section has returned from his
extended leave of absence and is on de-
tail in the proofroom.
John Lemap of the monotype caster
room returned to work Monday after an
absence of three weeks on account of
illness.
Charles Ferguson of the linotype sec
tion reported for duty Monday after
three weeks illness.
W. E. Garlick. James Greenwood and
John c. Sullivan of the document
(hand) section have been detailed as
makers-up during the week.
Foreman c. E. Haines Of the night
monotype section was of duty during
the week. removing to his new home on
Quebec street northwest.
Eli NJ. Wheat, for many years an en-
ploye of the government printing office,
who has been confined to his home with
a fractured leg for nearly five months.
reported for work in the day proof
room Monday.
Louis Goubeau and Charles Brayton
of the night monotype keyboard section
will play in the matches in the lawn
tennis tournament Tuesday.
Mrs. Jennie Lusby. Mrs. Margaret
Nealon, Norman E. Miller and William
B. Scott have been on the sick report
Of the presswork division for the past
week.
Mrs. Van Bibber. wife Of William H.
Van Bibber Of the proofroom. who has
been i'll with an attack of pneumonia in
Stbley Hospital, has so far recovered as
| to be removed to her home last Sunday.
Philip B. Harris of the sanitary sec
ton has been granted leave of absence.
Magnus T. Young and Jesse B. Mar
tin of the engineers section are enjoy
ing part of their annual leave.
Compositors George J. Woodgate and
Hugh P. Griffin of the document (hand)
| section have been on detail in the job
section.
Considerable attention is being given
, among local printers to what is called
the Seattle proposition'-to induce the
International Typographical Union to
submit to the referendum a scheme for
a five-day law. Seattle's flve-day COM
| mittee is sending out petitions to the
| various locals, several Of these being
posted for signatures in the govern
| ment printing office. The fve-day law
has been championed by Seattle for
I lor,tt oot ~
| the matter in hand is composed of E. H
| Mitchell. W. J. Houser. w. E. Leonard,
| j. B. Scott and J. L. Mexican.
A. F. Burns of the engineers section
! is absent from duty on account of an
| injury to his foot.
| Miss Lille NJ. Sunderland of the
presswork division. who has been on
| detail at the library branch section. has
returned to the main office.
w. r. Metz. superintendent Of build
ings spent the week end with the
Washington Society of Engineers Wis
| iting the Newport News Shipbuilding
| Company's works. William ]. Sam
| mond, chief electrician. has been acting
! superintendent of buildings during the
absence of Mr.. Metz.
| The following members of the watch
force have been on leave of absence
during the week: Joshua B. Stoops,
| Hugh H. Denny. William Crawford and
William Avis.
Richard S. Peed of the document
| (hand) section has been on detail as a
press corrector the past week.
The regular monthly meeting of CO.
| lumbia Typographical Union will be
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