I have found an earlier date for the introduction of selenium as a glass
decolorizer that was published in:
Rosenhain, Walter
1908 Glass Manufacture. D. Van Nostrand Co. New York
page 190 " . . . (it) is finding some use in glass manufacture as a
colourizing and a decolouring agent. "
George L. Miller
URS Corporation
561 Cedar Lane
Florence, New Jersey 08518