Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
GIVEN BETTER BERTH
Pension Office Changes An
nounced Today.
M ANY PROMOTIONS
OFFICE NOW ON FIRM BUSINESS
BASIS
But Few Reductions Among the Clerks,
and Those of Little
Moment
MANY PROMOTIONS

Commissioner Warner this afternoon
made public the long-expected promotions
in the pension Office. About twenty five
clerks were reduced to make room for the
promotions. They were not severe. This
is In accordance with Mr.. Warmers plan to
get the Office on business basis.
Those who were successful are:
Medical examiner. 81 800. to qualified sur
geon, S2,0o0-Addison S. Helton of Ken
lucky.
Clerk, 81 500, to principal examiner, $1,000
Morris Ketchem, New York; T. Fletcher
Dennis, Illinois; william F. Wolfe. New
York
Clerk, 81 coo. to medical examiner, s1.s00
Frederick X SWEET, District of Column
bia: Samuel G. Staples, Virginia; Adelbert
A Taylor. Ohio.
Assistant chief, s1,so0, to medical exam
liner. 81 .soO-Patrick J. Gallagher, Penn
sylvania.
Clerk 81 $50 to clerk. sl.so0-Joseph E.
Bradford of Massachusetts, John L. Glenn
ents of Missouri. David h. klinger of Penn
sylvana Wallace Streater OF Alabama,
William Y. Swiggett OF Virginia, Tory Ole
sen of Minnesota.
Clerk 81 100 to Clerk, s1.G0o-H. II. Bur-
well of North Carolina, Edward A. Duncan
of Iowa, Charles F. Tansill of Texas, Ernest
l.. Howard OF Virginia Miss Jessie A. Nc
Curdy of District of Columbia Henry l..
Mann of Maryland. William w. Bennit Of
new tbafltS dlSS Va EtilsiSy ~ a
MIA. Luther S. Cannon of North Carolina.
James b. Robinson OF New York, William
NJ. Ragsdale of ,Kentucky
Special examiner. S1,:BtD. to clerk, 81 600
Charles E. Maynard of Maryland.
Special examiner, 81 300. TO clerk, 81, 100
Henry c. Duncan of West Virginia, Warren
B. Esty of Rhode Island William a. Har-
ries of Idaho, Chancey o. Howard of New
Jersey, Rodney. Chipp of Colorado. Peter
S. Noble of Wisconsin, Leroy r. Finney OF
Kansas. Benjamin ]. Read of Virginia
Clerk, $1,000 to clerk. S1.400-Albert II.
Van Deusen of New York. William NJ Ash
of Pennsylvania, Joe T. Allison of Illinois.
Slas II. Cutting of Michigan, Miss Anna
e. Pope OF Missouri, Miss Louisa I. w.
Hansmann of the District of Columbia. John
C. F. Gordon of California, Miss Anne z.
Wilson of South Carolina, William A. Gam
non of Texas, Frank McClelland of Indiana,
Arthur Sehatz OF Missouri, Miss Carrie W.
Johnston of Illinois. Mrs. Louisa NJ. Hendrie
of Pennsylvania, Miss Clara A Cole OF
Rhode Island, Charles NJ Gilpin of Ken
lucky.
Clerk. $1,000. to special examiner. 81 800
Edward Howard of the District OF Column
bia. Daniel G. Campbell of North Dakota,
Allan F. Church of Ohio Robert A. Etty of
Ohio. Walter b. Robinson. William Fl.
Wentz of West Virginia.
Clerk, 81. 300, to special examiner, 81 300
Nathaniel W. Bridges of Massachusetts,
Otto L. Sues of South Dakota, Henry B.
Hazard of the District of Columbia, Her
bert w. Meyers of Maryland
Clerk, 81 600 to clerk, 81, ,2G0-Clarence G.
Walker of New Hampshire, Mrs. NJ Lillian
Stadden of Ohio. VIM. N. Harder of Mich
igan, Andrew Armstrong of Alabama,
Charles G. Shasteen of Ohio, John +. Ma
loney of the District of Columbia, Samuel
NJ Arnell, jr., of Tennessee; Thomas A
Crichton of Pennsylvania, Oden r. Sudler
Of the District of Columbia, Miss Florence
Z. Williams of Iowa, William T. Evans or
Illinois, Thomas n. Magee of Pennsylvania.
Francis E. Keith of Iowa, Nick Mitchell, jr.,
of Georgia; Louis B. Greening OF Porto
Rico William Simmons of Mississippi Miss
Josephine G.. Blake of Pennsylvania. George
w. Bair of Pennsylvania, William S Marks
of Minnesota, Mrs. Leila ]. Speer Of Vir-
ginia, Alexander w. Conlee of Nebraska,
Harvey Z. Ryan of Illinois.
Copyist. 500, to clerk, Sl,200-George d.
Horner of West Virginia
Copyist, $500. TO clerk, 81 1,00o-Francis d.
Hester of Virginia, Robert II. Davis of the
District of Columbia. Miss Julia II. Lutz of
New Jersey, Walter L. Furbershaw of New
York, Charles w. Henderson OF Virginia.
Miss Helen NJ Seifert of Wisconsin, Louis
Greenbaum of Massachusetts, Robert /.
Roark of Illinois. William II. Sears of
Michigan, Miss Theresa @. Houghton or
Massachusetts,, Edwin g. Crabbe OF WASH
ington Francis NJ. McGlothlen of Iowa,
Raymond Blumenfeld of the District or Co
IumbIa; Edward ]. Hoy of Massachusetts,,
Herbert r. IRE of California, Harry Z.
Caldwell of California. ]. Clarke Swayze OF
Kansas, Fred Heys of South Dakota, James
F. Graham OF Minnesota, Edmund II.
Jones of New York Muss Susie r. Devel-
ling of Ohio, Miss Elizabeth r. Gillespie or
Kentucky. Edgar 7. Newsome OF Massachu-
sets.
Messenger, $50, to copyist. s0oO-Samuel
T. Hazard of District of Columbia, Daniel
f Leahy of District of Columbia.
Assistant messenger. $T20. to copyist $3.50
j. Frank Seller of Ohio, Henry b. Floyd
of Arkansas. Harry A. Wilson of New
York Edwin T. Miller of Pennsylv 4nia;
Harry l.. Smith of New Hampshire, Kari
Rose of South Dakota.
Watchman. S72o to messenger, $s+o-John
Middleton Iowa.
Messenger boy, S400 to assistant messen-
ger S72O-Raymond T.. Nash of New Jersey
Classified laborer. $500. to assistant mes
senger S12O-James e. Leeman of District
of Columbia John B. Tate of District OF
Columbia. George Knowles of Virginia.