Evening star., 1917-03-18
PRINTING OFFICE.

| proOIFoOTl, QleQ MONDAY morning at Co.
lumbia Hospital of pneumonia. Mr..
and Mrs. Sheehan were married about
eight months ago in New York city,
the home of the bride. Mrs. Sheehan
was school teacher and accomplished
musician. Funeral services were held
Wednesday in New York, where Mrs
Sheehan's mother and brother reside.
| Mr.. and Mrs. W. Steinecke and daugh-
ter Elizabeth of New Haven, Conn.,,
spent the past ten days with r. c. Smith
of the linotype section.
| Thomas German of the engineers sec
| ton was absent from the office during
the week on account of the death Of
, his father. Edward German, which oc-
CURED March 9, after a long illness. at
his late residence. 124 B street north
| east. The funeral took place last Mon
day and interment was in Mount Olivet
| cemetery. Friends of Mr.. German in
| the engineers section sent floral
! piece.
| Magnus A Halls of the linotype sec
/ ton is taking thirteen days of his an
nual leave.
The following employees in the cleo
:; trical section are on leave of absence:
| John E. McCrackin. Daniel Sutton, John
w. Curseen. John r. Parker. John H.
! Prater, Louis w. Roy. Rodney r savoy.
oliver H. Thomas Roland L. Williams
| and Thomas S. Wills.
| The State, War and Navy branch
printing office was abolished last week
and the machinery and work OF the
branch removed to the main ofhce.
where the employees have been assigned
| for duty.
| Christian Keiner of the watch force,
who has been on the sick list for two
weeks. is again on duty.
John r. Bird of the machine shop sec
i ton is taking part of his annual leave.
| The executive committee OF the
knights of Momus c'Knockers'o met
at Elks' Hall last Sunday and made
tentative plans for ladies' night. Mon
day night, April 9. was suggested and
| this will be submitted to the entire
membership for approval. and If suf-
| ficient number indicate desire to at
! tend the details will be arranged for
the above date, the plans being for an
oyster supper, musical features and
dancing for the knights and their falni-
lies and friends. A committee OF nve
| is in charge of the affair and will soon
report the program arranged LOT the
ladies' night.
The monotype bowling team took
three games from the Bindery team last
Monday night. Suess leading with set
of 321.
The following employees in the en-
gineer section have been granted leave
| Of absence: Aloysius L. Burns, William
]. Hollahan and Alfred Brown.
| Walker j. Miller Of the proofroom
is absent from the office, having been
called to his former home, Bellefon-
taine, Ohio, last Sunday on account OF
the death of a sister.
Reports have been received of the
slight Improvement of Mrs. Hambright,
| wife of Frank H. Hambright OF the
proofroom, who has been undergoing
| treatment for some time at Sibley Hos
pital
| watch; Charles A. Beatty, Valentine
| MendeI and John H. Pasco have been
on the sick report Of the watch force
during the week.
| James H wilkins of the linotype
section is taking part of his annual
| leave
Elmer E. schooley. who has been on
leave Of absence. has returned to his
| desk in the proofroom.
| John H. Williams has announced his
| candidacy as a delegate to represent
Columbia Typographical Union at the
l. 7. U. convention. to be held at Col
| orado Springs. Col. in August. Mr..
| Williams is a linotype operator at the
library branch printing office.
The night forces of the Office were
disbanded last Monday night and the
employees were detailed to the various
| sections until the Congress meets in
! extra session.
Columbia Typographical Union will
! hold it's monthly meeting this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at Typographical Tenn
pie, when business of Importance will
expected.
The downtown printers are urging
| the candidates. of 7. Doran McCarty
| of the Evening Star and Charles DEM
| ing of the Herald for the office of del
egate to represent Columbia Typo
graphical Union at the International
| Typographical Union convention, which
will be held in Colorado Springs, Col,
in August.
! Mrs. ]. f. Doyle Of Auburn, N. Y,
| who has been spending several weeks
with her sister, Miss Molly Walsh of
the map section of the bindery, re-
turned home Thursday.
A. E. Hill. who acted as assistant
secretary of the I. T. U. convention
when it was held in this city and who
is well known among Washington
printers, is serving his second term
as a member Of the school board of
Nashville. Tenn. having recently re-
| celved reappolntment.
, Appointments. separations, transfers,
etc, in the government printing office
for the week ended Wednesday have
| been announced as follows:
Appointments-Georg G. Wilson, as
sistant foreman. reinstated; Ellwood S.
Moorhead, jr., linotype operator, rein
stated; Edward II. Brian, electrician in
charge reinstated; William Z. links
ton, helper, reinstated: John S. Dono-
hue. skilled laborer. reinstated; Law
renee W. Trumbull. assistant messen-
ger, reinstated; Louis G.. Nogt. estima-
tor and jacket writer. reinstated; Louis
]. Campbell, clerk. reinstated; George
r. Erler, bookbinder. reinstated. and
Myer Gewirz, skilled laborer, reinstated.
Separations-Mrs. Lottie K. Benton.
pressfeeder resigned; Miss Margaret D.
| Bri rightwell, clerk, resigned; Lewis H
Wilson. temporary fireman; Miss Noma
G. Miller. cataloguer, resigned; Ulysses
F. r. Reed, Endymion Spencer, Louis
browne and Andrew S. jackson, tenn
porary unskilled iaborers; s., william W H
IC Yoder and Joseph A. Merryman
, skilled laborers, resigned.
Transfers, etc.-Lewis Stark, machine
operator in charge, 60 cents per hour
to bookbinder in charge. 90 cents per
hour, pamphlet binding section day !:
Elmer N. May. helper, 35 cents per hour.
to machine helper. IS cents per hour
linotype section day; Carl S: Del
lnger, machine helper. IS cents per
hour, to helper, IS cents per hour. limo
type section day.: James Jam Sonr "A Scott; Scott;
section day, to compositor, so cents
Pc, hour onOsype hoy sseti9R; esntn rrant1 ~
hour state War and Navy section to