Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
READY FOR THE CHANGE
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
TO INSTALL MACHINES.
Record Room Cleared for Their Recep-
tion-Foreman o. J. Ricketts, a
Worlds Fair Judge.

The installation of typesetting machines
In the government printing Office will soon
be accomplished. In anticipation of the ar
rival Of thirty-five up-to-date machines,
force of workmen. under the direction OF
Foreman John r. Berg and his assistants.
have cleared a greater part of the Record
room. Many Of the compositors on the
congressional daily have been released
and the iron frames have been sent to the
several divisions of the Office.
force of gasftters will soon get busy"
laying myriad pipes over the floor OF the
Record room to furnish heating facilities
for the metal pots. Over the pipes an
other floor will be laid with sufficient air
space between the two. 1t Is intended It
is said. that the Record force Of between
eighty and eighty-five men shall be COM
posed Of operators. some of whom Will
work at the case until their services are
needed on the Mergenthalers. 1t Is pro-
posed to make the Record machine plant
one of the finest in the United States.
Many complimentary remarks are being
made anent the honor recently conferred
upon Mr. Oscar J. Ricketts,. foreman of
judges on liberal arts. Typography and
printing presses at the st. Louis worlds
fair.
"The selection was a wise one" said a
veteran printer to a Star reporter. Mf.
Ricketts, will prove to be a splendid judge
of the artistic and fine in Typography. His
judgment in the matter Of printing press
es is also good. and his decisions, 1 pre-
dict, will be all that could be desired.
They will be fair and unbiased"
Mr.. Ricketts, fellow judges will be for
mer President William B. Prescott of the
International Typographical Union and
S. j. Kubel, Washington photographer.
Mrs. Clifford's Premonition.
Information of the death of Mrs. Julia
M. Clifford Wednesday last. closely fol-
lowing the demise Of her husband, Maj
E. H. Clifford late cashier of the govern
ment printing Office. as mentioned in The
Star. was received in the Office with great
regret. Her death occurred at Evanston,
ILL.,, where she had gone after the burial
of her husband at Chicago. Before leav-
ing Washington Mrs. Clifford, while con-
versing with a sympathetic friend, an
employe of the government printing Of
flee. remarked tearfully that she would
never recover from the shock caused by
her husbands death.
II feel that I shall be with him again
very soon," she said.
Mr.. John s. Leech. who has charge of the
federal printery at Manila, and is known
the Philippines was accompanied through
the government printing office by Foreman
Oscar j. Ricketts, several days ago.
Capt. Daniel v. Chisholm of the govern
ment printing Office Is member of the
transportation committee of Canton Wash
ington. 1. o. o. F., on its proposed pilgrim
age next month to San Francisco. Much
of the success of the cantons drill team Is
said to be due to the efforts of Capt CHS
holm, who Is rated as a capable drill mas
ter He was for a long time member of
the District National Guard. and served
with the LIST District Regiment in the war
with Spain. For some time he was adju-
tant of the District Corps, Spanish War
Veterans, and is classed by his friends as
"a born soldier"
The principal speech at the Labor day
celebration at New London. Conn. win be
made, It Is said. by Mr.. +. c. Roberts OF