The Washington herald., 1919-04-03

John X. LaUSOn, reviscr In the job
proofroom. died of heart disease in
George WASHINGTON University Hos
pltal yesterday morning after an ILL
ness Of three weeks. About three
months ato he buried his wife. to
whom he was devoted, and has failed
rapidly since the loss of his lifetime
partner.
Mr.. Lamson entered the service of
the Government Printing Officc in 1,Si
and has been continuously employed
in the main Office and the various
branches until his death. He was a
sktllful, conscientious craftsman and
Il citizen of the highest Character. He
came to Washington from Columbia
City. Ind, where he was school
| mate of Vice President Marshall. and
whose close friendship he emjo- ed to
, tn" last. Funeral services will he
held from WriSht's chapel. 1897 Tenth
street northwest. tomorrow at =. m
Two linotype duck-pin teams clnch-
ed on the Grand Central ALLEYS Tues
day evening and Bill Dawsons stars
had quite tussle to defeat the op-
posing scrub team two games out
of three. Following are the players
and average scores: Wallace. S.
Coakley. IS: Hartung. II: Dawson. a; ;
Fogarty. SO; Zepp, So; Whitaker. 20;
Byron. 50; Peake, so; Walker, 81; Dren-
ncr, 81; Perkins, 81; Beaubien. -.
Dawson expects to pick n team which
will be able to keep Hugh Careys
giants interested for an hour or two.
Basil NJ. Manly, joint chairman, OF
the War Labor Board. who address,
ed the bOokbinders Tuesday night on
the Industrial situation, was given &
rising vote OF thanks for his inter-
estinG talk. He created quite a stir
when he scored employers for closing
down plants and Curtaiiing produc-
ton unnecessarily. thus throwing out
Of employment thousands of workers.
His motto is "Organize and str,. Or
ganized."
Because of the lack of an appropria =
tion to couflnuc the work as in the
pas. the Official Bulletin will here
after be published in the plant OF the
National Tribune twice a week until
Congress Convenes and gets busy
Electrotype Molders and Finishers
Union No. II meets tonight in Typo
graphical Temple at S o'clock.
The linotype section is in receipt Of
letter from Mrs. Henry =. Rea, field
director of the Red Cross ConvalesCent
House at Walter Reed Hospital cX-
pressing the appreciation of the boys
for the cigarettes delivered by Chair
man MacallistCr.
James II. Wiley, of the keyboard
room. sas that "HiIda," his canary
bird, is the best hunch he ever had
Just SO, Jim; just so.
At the bookbinders' meeting Tues
day night Mike Dunn was in fine trim
and kept the chairman busy for a
while. Louis Mountz was there with
bells on" too.
]. Edward Mulligan is absent from
the foundry section because OF the
death of a daughter. the second he
has lost within the last six months.
Harry T Miller, william Cooper
James A. Gibbs, and Nealy Bean are
on the sick list in the day linotype
section.
Charlie Cook returned to the proof
room last night after several days
absence due to nervousness superin-
duced by fire in his gas meter last
week.
Doc" Osborne is slightly improved
and has been removed to his home
Terry Mahoney visits him every night
and reports that his OLD friend is due
for long rest before he'll be right
again.
Miss May Parsons. of the keyboa I'd
room, has returned to Washington
from Jenkins, Ky, where she has
been recuperating.
William L. Mattocks and John H.
Purvis are taking several days leave
from the proofroom
Vernon o. Dinger is back among
the Mergs again. having been trans
ferred from the monotype section.
Arthur Macubbin is taking a
weeks lea.e to stir up mis- garden
in Laurel. William Butcher. jr.. is