The Washington times., 1907-11-24

INTO the serFiCG-
The questions Of a more extensive
parcels pos; system and postal savings
banks will be given considerable space
In the report.
Notes and Personals.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
James 7. McCIeary was absent from the
city the latter part Of the week. On
1 Friday night ne delivered an address
at the banquet OF the National Asso-
citation OF Marine Architects at Del
moEieo's, in New York city.
First Assistant Postmaster General
| Hitchcock was at the White House
Wednesday 20 introduce a number OF
members OF the National Association Of
/ Letter Carriers.
Assistant Chief Clerk Thomson Is al
the jamestown Exposition 10 perfect
arrangements for packing and shipping
/ the postal exhibit to Washington at the
| close OF the exposition
William r. spilman. chief OF the diyi-
sion OF rural delivery. Bureau OF the
! Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.
will attend the Georgia convention OF
Postmzsters this week
Roy c. Grimm, OF the city delivery
/ division, Bureau OF the FIRST Assistant
Postmaster General, has resigned his
/ position as a clerk at SI.40o per snnum
and Will go 70 Knoxville, Tenn. 20 enter
| a prominent dental firm.
Judge Russell P. Goodwin. Assistant
J Attorney General Sor the Postofnce De
partment. IS in St Louis representing
the department at the trial or the Lewis
Publishing Company. The Lewis case
! Is one OF the largest handled BY the
/ department IN a great while. and In
/ wolves the mailing privilege for one Of
/ the largest publishers IN the middle
/ West.
! Gen. William A Knapp. or the Office
/ Of the Assistant Attorney General for
/ the P0stofhce Department. will return
/ 10 his desk tomorrow. after 2 vacation
| OF three weeks, which he spent at his
| old home IN Ohio with relatives and
! friends. and incidentally to vote in the
recent election.
! George Land1ck, jr.. clerk In the divi-
/ sion OF supplies. who has been absent
several weeks because Of Illness, writes
! from his home IN Indiana that he Is
! improving rapidly and expects TO re
sumo mis- work here in a few days.
/ Wyatt S, Kennon has been transferred
/ from The division OF rural delivery. Blu
reau OF the Fourth Assistant Postmas-
! ter General. 70 the division OF city de-
! livery. Bureau Of the First Assistant
| Postmaster General. and promoted from
the $500 to the s1.4oO clerical grade.
The following employees in the divi-
sion Of dead letters viii return tomorrow
/ from vacations: Mrs. Frances R Kirk.
Miss Emma James, Charles H Sanders,
Oscar n. Hood and Miss Sarah A. Prem
der.
James ". Van Week. OF the division
o: dead letters. is on a vacation for four
teen days.
YSs NJ T. Mitchell. OF tile asserting
DIV sion, is on vacation for a week.
Mrs. Mary A Birchheld. clerk in the
division Of rural delivery. Bureau OF
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. has. been promoted from $50 70
1900 per annum-
Malcolm Kerlin. Of the division Of
| Postofhce inspectors. left Friday for his
home in New Jersey, where he viii
spend about twenty-five days with rel
atives and friends.
Hiram T Price. Of the division OF
railway adjustment, Bureau Of the Sec
Chd Assistant Postmaster General left
yesterday for his old home in Iowa,
where he will visit relatives and friends
for month.
John H. Pryor, of the division Of in
spectIon, Bureau Of the Second Assistant
[ Eence for the remainder of the month.
David B. Todd. of the division OF rail-
way mail service, Bureau Of the Second
! Assistant Postmaster General, is on va
cation for a week.
+, NJ. Phelps has been transferred
from the mail room. inspecting division
office of the Auditor for the Depart
Tnsnt 20 a position inspecting pOstmas-
tiers money order statements.
Capt. Lee S. Lipsoomb, chief OF the
asserting division. Office Of the Auditor
fer the Department, has been on The
sick list for several days.
Miss /. V. Cheseldine. of the asserting
division. has been On the sick list fOI
a week past
Miss. ]. c. Green, Of the asserting dfvf