Evening star., 1917-09-30
PRINTING OFFICE.

| suits achieved by President Marsh A.
| Bodenhamer and Secretary George C.
| Seioold of Columbia Typographical
| Union. No. 1o1. IN securing favorable
action by Congress-. tho first of the
| week. in the urgent deficiency bill.
| which carried q provision correcting
tho Interpretation of tho controller Of
tho Treasury of the and 10 per cent
| law which went into effect July 1. By
| the controllers decision thousands of
| per diem workers in tho printery and
elsewhere were to be deprived Of the
increase because. by basing his decision
on $50 days in a year. he rated the pay
of many above $500 and not entitled
! to the per cent increase. The urgent
deficiency bill makes the per diem en-
ployes' year of s12 days. This legisla-
tion is not only of benefit to G. P. O.
workers. but to a large number of per
diem employees elsewhere. 1t is stated.
Edward H. Patterson. for many years
an employe of the printing Office and
for some time In charge of printing in
the Post Office Department. passed
away suddenly Wednesday, his death
being caused by a stroke of paralysis.
John L. Kelly of the monotype key
board section Joined the National Army
Thursday at Camp Meade.
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document (hand) section. for several
months. has resigned. having obtained
a situation as stenographer with New
York firm.
sandford B. Campbell. pressman. has
been detailed to the Library section
Thomas A. Kemp and C. A. Riggle-
! man. both of the monotype keyboard
section. Joined the ranks of benedicts
Wednesday and have since been en-
1oying their honeymoon at Atlantic
City.
A. D. Russ, jr.. has been absent from
his duties as copy editor on the night
force by reason of an accident.
An elder brother of Percy ]. Talbot of
denly at his home, the past week. in
Los Angeles. Cal. The deceased had
been a veteran newspaper man. and
was in the sixty-ninth year of his age.
Thomas E. Blakely of the press force.
| who was reported seriously i'll few
days ago. is reported to be improving.
Home Defense Rifles Company is a
| question now being discussed by typos
in the printing office.
A sister of Reader Joseph W. Mccain
of the day proof force. Mrs. Mary JEFF
fares. wife of Ensign Richard Jeffares
L. S. N. died a week ago at her home
in Brooklyn, N. Y. She was born in
Dublin. Ireland. fifty years ago and had
been a resident of Brooklyn for twenty
/, five years. She was active in church
and charitable work, as well as devot-
| ing much of her time to war emergen-
| cies.
| Miss Josepha A. Lange of the day
| proof force was recuperating from a
| slight Illness at Braddock Heights dur
| ing the past week.
Archibald ?. Maddox of the linotype
section has been detailed as a COPY
| holder in the day proofroom.
Miss Sadie f. Foley. Miss Bridget Nc
Namara and Mrs. Lottie Post, who have
| been on the sick list, presswork divi-
Reader Millard Fillmore Peake of the
| night proof force will spend his leave
| of absence on the eastern shore.
| Miss Mary A Connally OF the Mono
type keyboard section has returned
from an extended vacation which was
spent in New England and the middle
| west.
| During the past week the following
persons in the document (hand) section
returned from annual leave: Edward
Mccormick. Lemuel C. Richards, Green
wood Mills. Charles H. Williams and
| David Atkins.
| Samuel H Howells and l.. L. Ander-
son of the electrical section are on leave
| Of absence
| Those on the watch force reported sick
| during the past week include Richard
NJ. Calhoun, Nicholas Kelly and John
/ o. Russell. John r. Colvin of the same
| force is on leave.
| James H Galbreath and John D.
| Myers have been detailed to the press
night force pressmen in charge.
r. L. S. Halpenny of the monotype
keyboard section has been detailed to
the day proofroom as reader.
| Charles F. Mullen. Mark +. Towers.
oliver c. McCardell and William o.
Smith were on the sick report of the
linotype section. night, during the past
week
| force returned Monday from her vaca-
| ton.
| Alfred D. Stidham. former book
/ binder in the printing office. died at
| Ocean City, n. J.. on the 18th instant.
The deceased had been a member of
Government Printing Office Coucil. No.
| 2ll. National Union. and was in his
| eighty-first year. Interment was in
| Rock Creek cemetery.
| John W. Burke, Wade H. Fairfax
| Frank l.. Finley. Mrs. Harriet A.
Thompson and Eugene B. Welborn. san
| itary section. will begin their vacations
| tomorrow.
W. W. Stanford makerup on the spe-
| cif1cations force, has returned from his
| annual leave.
| Copy Editor John r. Purvis of the day
proof force has been detailed to the
| Capito1 as compiler of the Congressional
| Directory.
Charles ]. Tracy OF the carpenter sec
tion has been granted leave of absence
beginning tomorrow.
| Edward II. Sturm, timekeeper limo
After an absence of several weeks. be-
ing incapacitated for work, Makerur
Harry s. Gum of the "Y" document
(hand) section, reported for work on
Tuesday.
| NJ J. Hess and A. r. Nathan of the
day proofroom were absent during the
past week in the observance of the
holiday period.
Edgar White, having received pro-
bationarv appointment skilled Ia
borer, has been assigned to the docu-
ment (hand) section.
Edward J. Hall, John T. Huggins and
To- J. Singleton were reported on the
sick list during the past week in the
day proofroom.
| Irving w. Hitchcock. William H. AL
drich Elmer +. Richards and Charles
II. Lisner have been granted leave OF
absence in the linotype section.
Oliver c. Prosser. skilled laborer
document (hand) section has resigned
having secured a situation in the Navy
in line of work. in which he has hat
several years experience.
| Appointments. separations. transfers
etc. in the government printing office for
week ending Wednesday:
Appointments-Morga s. Brown, Cor
nelius L. Smith. William o. Speaks. Pres
ton o. Russ, Edgar Y 'te, John II. Mos