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and publishing the National Calendar
and Annals Of the United States"
A monument covers his grave in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Other Mayors of Washington who
were printers were Roger Chew Weight
man, Joseph Gales, jr; John Thomas
Towers, Daniel Rapine and w. w.
Seaton.
First Public Printer
Mayor Towers held office from 1854
to 1855. He came to Washington prior
to February, 1884, since it was upon this
date that he joined the local typo
graphical society. He was strong for
unionism and upon one occasion had
this to say on the subject:
LAS far back as 1882, in the city Of
New York. was member of the first
trades union in America, pledged to
maintain the 10-hour system and the
principles sustained by me then as q
journeyman printer have been and ever
will be sustained by me as an employer"
In 1852 Mr.. Towers was appointed by
Congress superintendent of the public
printing, the first to hold this position,
His office was IN the Capitol
He evidently was a member of the
American party, generally referred to as
the Know-Nothing party, for he was
swept into this Office in 1854, under the
motto America for Americans" He
died August II. 1857, in the 47th year
of his age, and is buried in Congress
sional Cemetery.
One of the earliest printing Offices in
Washington was in tWo-story frame
house on the north side of E street, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets. con-
Quoted by Way g. Croft, as early as
1901. This firm afterWard moved to the
corner of and Eleventh streets. OF
their apprentices were Jacob Gideon,
jr.; Samuel SPOTS and Gabriel Van
Horn. The next printing house recalled
by an early resident was conducted by
a Mr.. Wescott in house on Pennsyl-
vania avenue owned by John Kennedy
and later occupied by Mr.. Dyer, the
wine merchant" Wescott's apprentices
were James and William Gardiner.
Andrew and George Way, brothers,
were shortly afterward conducting a
printing establishment at the northwest
corner of Ninth and D streets.
Gibson Brothers
OF the many other printing firms in
Washington. of the Civil War period and
more recently, Gibson Bros might well
be mentioned. This partnership. con-
sisted of William, John and George
Gibson, and the Office was located from
about 1862 to 1882 at 1912 Pennsylvania
avenue, when the business was moved
to the southeast corner of Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
George Gibson, the writer under
stands, married Miss Margaret P. Allen
and had at least two daughters, Bertha
and Flora Gibson. The former is now
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organizations in continuous service in
this country.
The founders of this body included
Alexander Graham Andrew Tate, Fran
els Burke, Jacob Gideon, jr.; F. Coyle,
Peter c. Konkle, H. C. Lewis. Henry
Martin, John H. Wade, David McKenna.
Christopher Byrne, William RICHTER.
John Allen, Robert Allen, W. T. hollands,
John Hine, James Pettigrew, John
Erskine, John Morrison, Alexander I.
Lawrence, William Dougherty, H. G..
Foster, James B. Carter, Robert Dodson,
Augustin P. Soaring D. Tuttle. D. Force
T. Byrne, John Suter and w. S. D.
Grusko. The first officers were Andrew
Graham, president; William Duncan,
vice president; John Suter, secretary,
and Andrew Tate, treasurer.
Peter Force
Peter Force lived for more than half
a century in Washington, having moved
here in 1915 from New York He found
Washington struggling village of wood
and left is a stately city of brick and
marble. Here he filled various public
and responsible position in municipal
affairs and national associations, includ-
ing that of Mayor of the city.
Born near PaSsaic Falls. N. j., on
November 26, 1880. he moved to New
York in early boyhood and became a
journeyman in the printing Office of
William A. Davis.
When the War of 1912 with Great
Britain came he served with honor in
the Army as sergeant and lieutenant.
In 1915. his employer. having secured a
contract tor the printing of Congress,
moved to Washington, and Peter Force,
at 25 years of age became also a
resident and a printer in this city. In
the seventh year of his residence here
he was elected to the City Council. then
to the Board of Alderman, being chosen
president by both bodies. and in 1886 he
was elected Mayor of Washington.
To the printing craft he was ever
generous, always sustaining the Typo
graphical Society In all its actions re-
lating to prices and in other ways.
His greatest work was in originating
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would not commit himself. but thev no.
tced that this time he set to work IN
make the canoe doubly seaWorthv. He
even plated a new palm-leaf sail n,
impressive dimensions.
Even so, the old fellow might never
have screwed up his courage to the
sticking point If he had not quarreIed
violently with his wife.
For the second time. four of the 10
sea-Weary men committed themselves to
the sea. The palms beyond the lagoon
cropped down below the horizon. The
distant mountains loomed closer.
BY April 4 the voyagers had made
landfan on the east coast of Bougain-
Vile Island and storm blew up. Goni
holsted the sail higher grinning. The
canoe heeled madly and sped down the
rain squalls before the gale
Thus 1t passed almost within hailing
distance Of Japanese occupied KIeta.
hidden behind wall of flying rain and
spray and with enemy ships all about it.
When the storm passed the sea was
empty. The four white men breathed
again.
Then low humming in the sky grew
louder and louder A formation of IS
Zero fighters passed low overhead. Ths
last two peeled off and came down to
within 100 feet of the water wheeling
in wide circle
That time 1 really thought We were
finished said Classen I'VE lust Law
waiting for the rip of the machine-gun
bullets. We could see the pilots faces
as they passed
Three and half days later. tortured
by cramp and sleeplessness. the five men
put ashore on large island and rested.
Friendly natives warned them that they
were almost within stones throw of a
japanese encampment. They bolted
wildly into the hills
But it was the last adventure. A dav
or two later they reached Henderson
Field
Meanwhile the six men left on the
lagoon atolls had abandoned themselves
once more to the aimless routine Of
existence. They believed that the canoe
and all its crew were lost.
Then one morning just after school"
began, Flying Fortress roared in from
seward, skinned over the tall palms
and cut circle about the lagoon
The caStaways rushed out of their
huts, screaming and shouting and wav-
ing the rags Of their shirts The bomber
headed out to sea again, wheeled and
made more runs and dropped food, med
ical supplies and magazines on the
beach.
Two days later just before sunset A
flying boat landed on the lagoon and a
rubber boat came ashore
Headed for Home.
Goni the canoe builder, speechless
and glassy-eyed with the wonders he
had seen, would speak to no one He
ran to his own canoe, loaded it with food,
rice, tobacco, clothing land precious
tools from the flying boat and padded
frantically away into the darkness.
headed for home.
All that night the clustered canoes Of
five islands rode the tide in the shell
tering wings of the magic balus. Silent
with wonderment, 400 men, women and
children heard music from magic box.
And their wonderful guests talked and
ate and talked until they could talk and
eat no more.
Now, maybe, all that remains Of
great adventure and great happenings
on these islands is memory and the
tune of "Hallelujah, I'm BUMP
chanted merrily by children running
among the coconut groves In the early
morning.
Copyright, North American Newspaper Alisnes
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compositor for many years. McGills
firm later included William j. Wallace.
Many an old resident will recall
Polkinhorn,s printing office on the
south side Of D street between Sixth
and Seventh streets NV, conducted
for many years by r. o. Polkin-
horn, who in his time probably en-
ployed as many hands as any other
employing printer in Washington. The
old building is still standing and ap-
parently in good condition, and no
doubt brings to many an old printer a
hood OF recollections as he passes that
way. Here also, at one time, was pub
lished the National Intelligencer.
Mr.. PolkinhOrn learned his trade
with his Uncle Henry, one of Washing
tons pioneer printers, who was ad-
mltted into the typographical society
IN November, 1897 and in l846 is re-
corded as living in the block on Seventh
street between E and F streets, west
side. In 1860, and probably at an
earlier date, he was established in busi-
ness at 375 and 377 D street NV.
which quite likely. under the changed
system Of numbering. is the same site
later occupied by his nephew, R. o.
Polklnhorn, and the place where the
latter was an apprentice printer.
The firm in 1862 was H. Polkinhorn e.
Son, Samuel Polkinhorn being the
junior member OF the firm, and he, to-
gether with his cousin, r. o. Polkin.
son. succeeded to the business about
1867. The latter had full control of the
business a few years later. continuing
tnere Tor many years and until being
succeeded In turn by his son. Joseph H.
Poiklnhorn, who died a few years ago.
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occupied by McGiU G. With
eroW, printers, and other
printing firms.
Mrs. Bertha G. Hudson. Miss Allen,
later the wife OF George Gibson, was
first cousin Of Charles S. Willis, book
binder, whose daughter, Pearl Willis,
married William E. Richardson, chief
judge Of the Municipal Court of Appeals.
Stanley D. Willis of this city is a broth
er to Mrs. Richardson and is trust officer
Of the National Metropolitan Bank.
Some other early printing Arms in
cluded McGill & Witherow, which later
became McGill & Wallace
Gideon 6z Pearson had their printing
office at the southwest corner of D and
Ninth streets, in the building in which
the Grand Lodge of Masons and sew
eral subordinate Masonic lodges met
prior to moving to Ninth and F streets.
This George S. Gideon was the son of
Jacob Gideon, jr., the son of Jacob
Gideon, ST., all of whom were identified
with the printing business in Washing
EeohA AVA iiAdiiS SColo, dllo WSlC IlOIiOICO
members Of the craft The junior
member of the firm, Joseph L. Pearson,
succeeded to the business and will be
best remembered by the younger gen.
GRAFTON as having conducted his print
ing office at the old stand, in the neigh
borhood of which the Gideons-Jacob,
jr, and George S.-had conducted
similar business many years before.
Polkinhorn Printing Office
At least as early as 1860 Thomas NC
Gill conducted printing establishment
on Pennsylvania avenue near Twelfth
street. But shortly after this he took
as partner James NJ. Witherow Later
Witherows name was dropped and Hoel
L. Mcqueen entered the firm Subse-
quently Mcqueen left the firm of
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trallan war CORE spondent with the United
States Pacific Fleet, prove the dIctum Of the
Ualted States armed forces that Ever is
TOO soon TO give up hope ,
By Osmar White. .-
They called her MY Lovin' Dove"
She was one of a force Of Bit bombers
briefed to search for the japanese bat
tie fleet that memorable week when the
enemy sent down the "Bougainville Ex-
press" to Guadalcanal for the last time.
For hours the mission was without in
cident-one more interminable recon-
naiSsance drag" over hundreds of miles
of featureless ocean.
The aircraft at last reached a point
80 miles beyond and to the west of an
enemy-occupied island. Then something
did happen. The pilot, Capt. Classen,
sighted enemy aircraft land-based
Zeros, coming up to attack.
The Dove spoke, and two Zeros fell
away in stiff jets of smoke. Another
staggered in the air and fell too, limp
ing for home on riddled wings.
Then something went wrong. One by
one the Doves guns jammed. No one
knows why. Things like that sometimes
happen. They went out singly, or in
pairs, until the great aircraft was utter
ly defenseless. Nothing the sweating,
cursing, bleeding gunners could con-
trive to get them firing again
Classen thought fast. He knew he did
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Printing office of r. o.
Polkinhorn, south side of D
street, betWeen Sirth and SeU-
enth streets. Here also Uds
once printed the National
IntelHgencer.
Judd & Detweiler
Judd & Detweiler were early In busi.
ness on the northeast corner OF Eleventh
and D streets and later for a long time
on Eleventh street where the north end
of The Star Building stands.
John G. Judd and Frederick M. Det.
weller, who composed this firm, were
two stering characters of the old school.
democratic in their habits and reliab bls
IN their dealings. Mr.. Judd was one OF
the pioneer residents Of Mount Pleas
ant, having a nice house surrounded bv
grounds on the west side of old Four.
teenth street road little north of Co.
lumbia road, now thoroughly business
section. Mr.. Detweiler, who resembled
Ollie Polkinhorn somewhat, preferred
to live downtown.
Before starting in business for them.
selves, both of these men were union
printers, Judd joining in April 1885.
ana DetWeller in December, 1850.
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Next morning the chief came. He
spoke pidgin English that was Just in
telligible, and said excited!y that there
was another white man on a nearby
island
The other white man was Delmar
Wiley, 2l, wireless air gunner of an
American torpedo bomber shot into the
sea at the Battle of Ontong, Java. on
August "a, 1912.
Gravely wounded in the thigh by
bursting cannon shell. he had dragged
himself onto raft after his plane sank
and had lived to drift into this strange
haven. too. The islanders had fed and
tended him until he could move again.
1t was strange, eventless. calm life
that they learned to live. Wiley had
long since established its unvarying.
routine. In the cool of early morning he
rose and took exercise. Then the chill
dren OF the village-merry. pot -bellied
urchlns with great callouseS on their
stomachs from sliding down coconut
treeS-came TO his hut to be taught their
letters and how to count.
They Begin Teaching School.
School-teaching was the sole payment
the caStaways could make for their
board and lodging. Every inch of the
land was owned by the clans Any effort
to forage for oneself would have been
considered theft of the islands poor
resources. The 10 castaways ate solely
at the charity of their hosts.
One or two chafed at the dependence
and offered to go spear-f1shing with the
men on the reef But the blisterine
equatorial sun taught them better. They
returned thankfully to teaching in
school.
Ruiz taught his children to sing Hal
lelujah I'm a BUM" and One Little,
Two Little, Three Little Indian Boys"
Once they had mastered the rhythm
and the words, the children chanted
their songs so endlesSly day and night
that Ruiz thought he would go mad.
The days, the weeks, dragged on.
ClaSsen's restless mind cast about fol
the group was situated in relation to the
Solomons. and he believed it might be
possible to sail a canoe to American
outposts.
Make Canoe Seaworthy.
He had discovered the shell Of &C.
year-old dugout above tidewater on the
beach and entered into negotiations
with one Goni, master canoe builder anc
sorcerer of the island For the promise
of five Australian pounds, Goni agreed
to put the canoe into seaworthy condi-
ton. But he refused point blank to act
as sailing master ON the projected
voyage.
Goni worked at leisurely pace and
the canoe was not finished for three
weeks. Classen and three others were
to be the crew. They set off full of hope
but while the canoe was still within
swimming distanct of the beach, the
wind changed suddenly and capsized it
Goni nodded his head wisely an6
helped pull the water-logged hulk ur
on the beach. His forebodings had beer
justified. No white man he had ever
heard of understood the art of sailing
an outrigger.
They did not even understand that
bow and stern are meaningless terms ir
such sailing, that the boom which helc
the palm-leaf sail was but quarter
articulated and so; to change tack, one
must in effect sail backward to avoid
upsetting the craft!
The four escapists realized that any
attempt to reach the Solomons without
natiuve sailing master was only tot
likely to end in disaster
They set to work on COMPROMISING
untold riches in calico ana axes. H,
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Thomas McGill Co. and conducted his
own printing business, which is still
operated as the Mcqueen Press. 1t was
with Mcqueen that John F. Woodwork
Of the John Dickson Home and now
more than 81 years old, served as q
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The Washington Gazette

Apparently the same plant was soon
taken over by Benjamin Moore who,
on June Is, 1876, began publishing the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-05

see more action and less lip service in
cementing friendlier relations. We be-
lieve this will be forthcoming as
natural result of the steps toward
peace already taken by the respective
peace committees of the two organiza-
tions and the new developments that
will result when negotiations are re-
sumed.
Lest anyone get the idea that the
AFL's desire for labor unity springs
from feeling of weakness, we hasten
to cite the latest membership report
made public by Secretary Treasurer
George Meany at Miami.
This reports shows that the dues
paid membership of the AFL at the
close of 1912 was the highest figure
in the history of the Federation-5,-
954,43 That represents gain of
more than a million members in 1912
and a gain of more than three mil
lion members since the ClO went its
separate way. We wonder whether the
CIO, which started with nucleus of a
million former AFL members, has
gained three million dues-paying new
members since that time. We don't
know because the CIO has never made
public report on its dues-paid men,
bership, but we are inclined to doubt
whether it can match the AFL gains.
The fact remains that the AFL is
now the largest labor organization in
the world. Despite that, it is not too
who left it to return and find hearty
welcome awaiting them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-05
RUPTURE
Shield Expert Here Again

A1AaA~Ao APSAO AASAS IASoAA
E. ]. MEN HARDI, widely
known Expert of Chicago, will per-
sOnally be in Cincinnati, Ohio, at
the Gibson Hotel, Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday, Feb. 8th, 9th. and
10th, from 10 A. M. to a P. Nj. and
P. M. to p. nj. daily.
MR.. MEINHARDI says: The
Meinhardi Shield is tremendous
improvement-wel known for pro-
ducing immediate results. 1t pre-
vents the Rupture from protruding
in 10 days on the average-regard-
less of size or location of Rupture
and no matter how hard you work
or strain. 1t has no leg straps.
(No Surgery or Injection Treat
ments used.) Mr.. Meinhardi has
been coming here for Is years. He
has thousands of satisfied Custom
erS.
Caution: If neglected Rupture
may cause weakness, backache,
constipation, nervousness, stomach
pains, ETC., or sudden death from
strangulation.
Men having large Ruptures
which have returned after Surgical
Operations or Injection Treatments
are also invited. When all others
fail-see MEINHARDI. He will be
pleased to demonstrate to you
privately without charge. (Only
men invited.) White only.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-05
FACI N G.
THE
FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

The American Federation of Labor
is committed to an undertaking effort
to achieve organic labor unity in the
United States. This was made clear
by President Green at press con-
ference in Miami during the mid
winter session of the Executive
Council
Mr.. Green characterized the final
ratification of the AFL-CIO agree
ment to arbitrate jurisdictional dis
putes involving affiliates of the two
organizations as merely first, pre-
liminary step toward the ultimate
goal of merging the AFL and CIO
into single, united labor movement.
AS evidence of good faith, the next
step toward peace should be supple
mentary agreement ending raiding by
rival unions in the two folds This was
recommended by the Executive Coun-
ell as fundamental organizational
policy. 1t would result in a virtual
uCS, VI dIHllSIiCc, dDu
ably would promote better feeling.
Furthermore, when so many millions
of American workers still are unor-
ganized it does not seem sensible for
union affiliated with their side to
attempt to encroach upon plant or
factory or shipyard where another
bona fide union is already established
and has contractual relations with the
management.
The Supreme Objective
Mr.. Green emphasized, however,
that this, too, is just another prelimin-
ary step and that the AFL will never
relax it's efforts until the supreme OBJ
jective of organic unity is won.
He declined to hazard prediction
as to when such a merger could be
accomplished. He pointed out that
many knotty problems and obstacles
still remain in the path of labor peace.
But these difficulties, instead of dis
couraging labor leaders, should in
spire them with an unconquerable de-
termination to keep trying to find a
workable solution
This determination was clearly in
evidence at the AFL council meeting
and it was the motivating principle
behind the councils action. The lead
of fhn oil
voked by the CLOS current raid on the
Kaiser shipyards in the northwest and
by several other unjustifiable attacks
on established AFL unions, but they
did not let this upsetting situation
deter them from driving forward
toward the main objective.
| There is no longer any good reason
for a divided labor movement in
America. There are no longer any
basic cleavages of policy or purpose
| between the AFI. and the CIO. The
fact that the two organizations have
been able to unite on practically every
major issue arising from the war
emergency proves that.
| But there are many reasons why a
divided labor movement can be dan
gerous to the welfare of all union
workers and to the best interests of
the nation. The enemies of labor are
on the alert. They may be able to
make progress while the ranks of la
Dor are split, but they will never sue
ceed in denting a united front.
More Action, Less Talk
We confess that we'd like to see a
little more enthusiasm for labor unity
from the CIO leadership. We'd like to