The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
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Republican Clubs. Mr.. Shanks has every
appearance of making good in his news
paper enterprise, and his many friends
here are glad of it.
II the bill reported by the joint COM
mittee on printing becomes a law. the
administration plan of the G. p. o. will
be very much the same as before the
Keep commission, the audit system, and
several other theoretical ideas were heard
of.
At the end of each specification of pat
ent since the beginning OF the current
issue appears a notice to the effect that
COPIES can be had for cents each by
applying to the Commissioner of Patents.
The annual receipts from such sales
amount to many thousands of dollars,
and this printed notice would appear to
be a plan to boom the trade.
Much sympathy is expressed for the
accident which befel Charles Brosee. the
obliging messenger of the job proofroom,
early in the week, by which he fractured
his collarbone in fall at his home.
Jason Waterman and George D. Ellis,
who have been detailed as copy editors
most of the winter. have resumed opera
tions in the proofroom.
Bernard L. Crookes, the popular desk
man of the house of correction. is con-
fined to his home by an attack of grip.
Gov. Eberhardt, of Minnesota, has ap-
pointed William F. Houk, a prominent
member of the Minneapolis Union, labor
commissioner of that State.
Government Printing Office Council. No.
211. National Union, at its meeting on
Saturday evening, appointed committee
to arrange for a stereopticon lecture on
a patriotic subject during March, and a
committee to arrange for a ladies' night
in the near future. At the last meeting
Comrade John Cook gave the thrilling
war story of Stewards Battery at An
tietam and Gettysburg.
In attempting to cross F street, near
Fourteenth. a few evenings ago, George
P. Dowell, a well-known member of the
day document division and prominently
identified with Columbia Union, No. 1Gl,
for more than a quarter of century,
was run down by large automobile
belonging to the Chinese Minister and
injured severely. Witnesses Of the acci-
dent carried the unfortunate man to the
Ebbitt House drug store, where he re-
ceiyed attention. On the arrival of his
family physician. DR.. Behrends, by his
instructions ..lr. Dowell was removed to
the George Washington Hospital for
treatment. 1t was found that he had
sustained a severe scalp wound on the
back of his head, necessitating several
stitches: his right foot badly bruised. a
deep cash in the left leg below the knee.
and an abrasion on the right side of the
BODY. He will be unable to return to
the office for some time. His host of
friends in the G.. p. o., as well as down
town. especially in journalistic circles.
hope for his speedy recovery.
The absentees from the proofroom by
reason of illness yesterday were Fore
man H. J. ZeigIer, J. H. Babcock, W. +.
Dorsey. Miss c. NJ. Fleming, r. Z. King.
Henry Noyes. A. Z. Surguy, JsB. Swim
burne ] c. Wilson, Theodore NJ. Hanft,
John F. Lane, and George ]. Schley.
For the year ended December 81. 1910.
the Patent ONCE paid the Public Printer
for printing specifications. indexes. On
cial Gazette. &C., t57s.e $3.50. and during
the same period paid to private contrac-