The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-12


HARVEY G. ELLIS,
Ex-delegate C. T. u.
Harvey G. Ellis was born at Glens
Falls. Warren County. n. Y. June so,
1912. and served an apprenticeship of four
years in that place. He entered the
Union army in April, 1861, as a member
of Company f TWenty-secOnd New York
Infantry, and re-enlisted in September,
1863 IN Company F. Second Veteran New
York Cavaiary, and served to the close
of the war He returned 10 Gleus Falls
in 1S65 and published the Glens Falls
Free Press. the burning Of which estab-
lishment causing the loss of all his in
vestment and savings. He went 10 YER
mont and worked at his trade until APP
pointed to q position in the Government
Printing Office in 1859, serving as COM
positor and proofreader for many years
In 1881 he was transferred to the Pension
Office, where he has since been employed
as a special examiner. Mr.. Ellis repre-
scented Columbia Union as a delegate te
the Detroit convention in 1881 and has
been a visitor 10 many OF the l. T. L.
conventions since that time. and has al
ways taken an active interest in the af-
fairs of his trade.
Composltor Charles Fiesse, Of the day
document section, has been detailed 20
the proof section as a copy holder on the
Surgeon Generals catalogue
Murray r. Dubois. whose death oc-
CURED on Friday at 7a First street
northwest. first entered the Office as
bookbinder in 1865. He was more than
eighty years of age. and his death was
a.
Revlser Bob King is an expert amateur
photographer and was successful In get
| ting a number OF fine pictures OF notable
people during the experiments of the
! Wright brothers with their airship, OF
which he is Justly proud
The handsome trophy donated TO the
Printers National Baseball League by
/ President August Hermann, OF the Ma
| tional Baseball Commission. and which
will be contested for here next Septem-
| Der. is on exhibition at Parker. Bridget
! & Co.'S, Ninth street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
/ Lewis stark and Ben Shnlbring, dele
gates from local No. 10 the Internal
tional Convention OF BOokbinders. which
convenes at Cedar Rapids. Iowa. on Tues
! day next, departed on Friday last. a
( large delegation Of friends attending them
at Union station.
/ The marriage of Miss Hazel Stuart
4 Price, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
I o. Price, and Mr.. Charles Frederick
/ Boss, jr.. president of the Epworth
/ League OF the church. was celebrated at
Douglass Memorial Church on Wednes-
J day evening. Rev w. W. Barnes officiat-
! Ing. A large company Of their friends
/ witnessed the event, and the church was
profusely decorated with palms. ferns.
/ and flowers. The usheTs were Mr. Lyle
/ Miller. Mr. Louis Gauntt, Mr. Christian
Mulady. Mr.. Herman Hansen. Mr.. Rich
ard Boss, and Mr. George Carroll. Mr.
! Leslie Vandergrift was best man. The
/ bride and her father were preceded TO
4 the chancol by MissS Norma KOlb, maid
/ of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss
/ Georgia Lewis. Miss Carrie Dunn, Miss
/ Mary Miller. Miss Mary Boss. Miss Julia
] Boyce. and Miss Annie Boss. The brides
/ twin sisters, Margaret and Emily Price,
were flower girls. The bride was beauti-
I fully dressed in white satin, and her veil
was caught under a spray OF lilies OF the
valley. Her diamond and pearl brooch
was the gift of the bridegroom The
/ maid of honor wore white net over pink
/ ~
/ and carried a bouquet OF ferns tied with
| light green gauze. as did the bridesmaids.
/ The flower girls were dressed in white
and carried baskets of roses. A recep-
ton at 1852 Fifteenth street northeast,
the home OF the bride follow schrdluu
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Boss viii live at s02
K street northeast.
Charles Radley. of the linotype section
/ -
battlefield Of Cold Harbor. Va, OF the
monument erected " memory of the
! dead of the Figbtl9 Nelt York Heavy Ar
! tipery. as father having been member
/ Of that organization.
Oscar Swarzfaber has resigned the po-
sitiOn of linotype machinist to take
charge of the plant OF the Evansville
| Gnd.) Courier.
William F. Ashford. makeup In the lob
room, has been promoted to the position
Of press reYiser and assigned to the
pressroom, to succeed James NJ. Knapp.
| deceased
During the week the following we'll
/ known compositors were temporarily as
signed to the day document section: Will
lam Allison, Frank c. Braddock, John L.
Thompson, Harvey c. Griggs. Samuel II.
Ienoir, Joseph r. O'Heal. W. O. Smith.
Timothy Donahue John H Saunders.
John c. Reddy, and Levi Huber
Robert W. Rider, temporary compos,tor
in the night document section. has re-
signed
The hosts OF friends of the veteran ex-
proof reader, John Morse. will be graft.
fed to learn that he is slowly recovering
from the effects of the stroke of paraIy-
| sis sustained in April This is the more
gratifying when we consider his ad-
| yanced years. His city address is s4g7
oakwood Terrace. Mount Pleasant.
Wen. what do you think of this won
deTful increase in live stock In a single
night, the lucky owner holding a pre-
ferred' job at that? A colt. a calf lit
ter of pigs and one of kittens. Needless
to add he is suburbanite
The veteran imposer of the document
section. John S Burnside. mas been made
chief OF the fire brigade by Foreman
1 Bowen. with d husky lot of assistants
Look out for 'still alarm" about 4.25
some of these evenings, and what that
| chief viii do will startle the on-lookers
The following list OF lost articles was
turned into the emergency room, SAM
tary section, for the month OF Nav last.
SO, gold ring. blue stone setting; $50
pocketbook; Ssi. leather cigar case; SS2a