Evening star., 1917-11-04
PRINTING OFFICE.

PRINTING OFFICE.
| The second liberty loan drive in the
government printing Office was a big
| success, more than a quarter of a mill
lion dollars being subscribed by the
employees.
The Government Printing Office coun-
| Gil, National Union, held Its monthly
meeting last night at Typographical
Temple.
| Lieut.. L. B. Roberts. son of David J.
Roberts Of the day proofroom, who Is
at Camp Devens, Aver. Mass. visited
his parents in this city last week.
Lieut. Roberts has been assigned TO
Company E, 25th United States Ehgi-
peers.
| A meeting of the Washington Union
| Printers Athletic Association was held
last Sunday and reports of omcers
| showed the organization to be In Sooo
financial condition. The following were
| Deming, president: E. T. Brown, vice
president and national scommissioner:
Mark Barnum. secretary treasurer: W;
r. Love. manager of the base ball
government printing office; John Allen.
Washington Herald; G. Ben Wood. Ihe
Evening Star: Edward Goucher. Thay-
| er's Manager Love appointed Ben
Wood assistant manager OF the oase
ball team The national base ball tour
nament will be held at st. Paul next
year.
| ". Fred Council, chief imposer in
the night document (hand) section. re-
ported for work Thursday upon the eA-
piration Of fifteen days leave.
Mrs Marie J. Balmer. wife OF Harvey
F. Balmer Of the proofroom. died at Jay
r street northeast Tuesday. Ine III.
neral was held yesterday morning M =. AZ
s:30 o'clock with requiem mass at ST.
Martins Church Interment was In
| Mount Olivet cemetery.
John L. Kelly Of the monotype KEY.
board section. after f1ve-week stay at
Camp Meade. was reinstateo III Inc VI
Luther b. Fete of the linotype section
| returned to work Monday, after a
weeks illness.
George L. jeffrey, a former @ memner @
of the proofroom chapel and Tor nun. I'm
| ber of years in the forest service OF tne
Department of Agriculture, stationed
| on the Pacific coast. arrived In this CITY
| last week, having been transferred 70
the Signal Corps. in the war Depart
Hermann G. Sumner of the monotype
| keyboard section Is confined to his
home on account of illness.
| Hugh Everett. assistant foreman OF
the night linotype section. is taking
part of his annual leave.
NJ. A. Bodenhamer of the editorial
force Of the night proofroom Is on de-
tall at the Capitol assisting IN the com
nilation Of the Congressional Directory.
John 3. Dickman of the day proof
room has received a letter from c. 5.
Heinline Of Roseburg. Ore. formerly an
| employe In the State. War and Navy
branch printing office and now In the
Indian service Of the government. In
which he sends greetings to his printer
! friends \
Mrs. Ellen c. Watkins. clerk in the
l Of IL
| ings. returned to work wednesday
after an absence Of several days on ac-
count of an accident. ,
| John T. S. Loane, Ollie H. Hill and
George Whittle Of the watch force are
! on annual vacation.
What promises to be the most impor-
tant project in the administration OF NJ
A. Bodenhamer. president OF Columbia
securing the and 10 per cent increase
| for the night workers. is the wage scale
committee. proposed by Joseph E. Good
| key of the monotype keyboard section
at the recent meeting of the union. 1t
| is proposed to elect one member OF each
chapel to this committee. whose duties
shall be to confer with the public print
er and Congress with view to adjust
! ing the compensation of the craft in the
office to meet the present increased
values of all necessities.
Luke ]. Bennett of the specifications.
| document section. has been granted an
nual leave. dating from November l.
| Charles A. Beatty, Alexander Spinks
! and Hiram W. Stoddard Of the watch
| force have been absent from duty the
past week on account OF Illness.
Arthur NJ. Bugden, formerly assistant
| foreman of the main pressroom. and Ia
! ter connected with the National Union
Assurance Society as district manager,
has located at Brooklyn. N. Y, where he
! is general manager for a large print
ing firm.
! James w. Carter Of the linotype Sec
ton. who has been on sick leave for
| several weeks, reported for work Mon
day. -... :
i board section returned to work Tues
| day after several days vacation.
| James Carville. In the night document
| section. began twenty-six-day leave
| November /. He will spend his vacation
at his former home. Madison. Wis.
| William ]. Delano, proof collator in
| the day proofroom. took part of his
| leave last week.
George F. Angel. probationary
| document section.
The following employees in the electri-
| cal section have been granted leave of
| absence and will begin their vacation
tomorrow: John H. Prater. John H. Lee,
| Alphonso E. Williams, Thomas S. Wills
and Charles M. johnson.
| Harry Taylor, an unskilled laborer in
the document section, has resigned.
William S. Harris of the linotype sec
| tion is confined to his home because of
| Illness.
Joseph Gibson of the nDnotype key
/ board section. who went to Pittsburgh
\ last Sunday for visit with his brother,
l reported for work Wednesday.
| James A. Johnson, Edward N Rees
| and James Q. Mason are among, those
| IN the engineers section on leave.
| Edward Burkholder, chairman of the
memorial committee of Columbia Typo
| graphical Union. announces that ar
/ 'angements are practically completed
| or the annual memorial service in
| honor of the deceased members of the
| lnion which will be held at Typograph-
| .cel Temple Sunday. December 2, at 3
| o'clock pm.
Appointments. separations and trans
ters. in the government printing Office
| or week ending Wednesday are an
| 'ounced as follows:
Appointments-John L. Kelly, mono
ype keyboard operator. 60 cents per
our, reinstated: Lewis H Howder
satchman. 1920, transferred from bureau
{ standards: Joe Smith. unskilled la
orer. rs cents per hour, reinstated;
FRS. Cecilia NJ. Powell. emergency press
eeder, rs cents per hour: Harold l..
foover. probational pressman, SIS cents
er hour; Robert e. Luckett, Norman
anderson, emergency messenger boys,
i75 per annum: Ruth NJ Herman
farie Suydam. Lily Day. Annie L. Tay-
/ Or, probational skilled laborers, 25
cents per hour; George F. Angel, Will