Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28
MANY ARE PROMOTED
Majority of Patent Office Force
Receive Increases.
DUE TO PRESIDENTS ORDER
First REIMBURSEMENT of Pay Table
Since Year 1848.
UNABLE TO RETAIN GOOD MEN
Statement Showing Big Surplus
Over observation-disclosures of
Those Who Move Up.

fected by the Presidents order wer,
graded, in 1S4S. members of Congress
United States judges and examiners IL
the patent office were paid $500 a year
and so far as the patent office is con
cerned there has never been an increase
or a reimbursement until now. AS result
it is said. it has been almost impossibl.
to retain examiners at the salaries paid
and the office has been seriously crippled
because young men found better oppor
tunities outside Within the last fiv,
years. it is declared. there have been Is:
designations from corps of 300.
That there was no good reason why
this should be. it is claimed. is evidenced
by the fact that since the reorganization
Of the patent office in 1896 a deficiency
in the revenues has been shown in eigh
years only. The total earnings for the
year 1907 were $1.91O,61 IA, and the ne
earnings 1913, 1878. The total surplu.
over all expenditures for the maintenance
of the office from the beginning to De
cember 81. 1907. amounts to So, 7O6 1sl "a
With financial showing like this, it i:
claimed, provision should have been made
long ago to adjust the salaries of exam
iners and clerks In accordance with the
character of the work exacted of them.
Names of Those Promoted.
The promotions made yesterday are a.
follows:
Assistant commissioner at 5000 t,
same at S.JOO-Cornelus c. Billings o
Brattleboro. VT.
Chief clerk at $500 to same at $500
William F. Woodland of Fairfield. ILL.,
W. g. Ruckman of Michigan and F. A
Tenant of New York.
Examiner of interferences at $500 t,
same at $2,7OO, Fairfax Bayard of Penn
sylvania.
Examiner of trade marks and designs
at $500 to same at $500, Edwin l.
Chapman of Michigan.
Principal Examiners at $4,000 t.
Same at $2,7OO.
Benjamin w. Pond, Virginia.: Charle
C. Gould. Vermont; William W. Town
send. District of Columbia: Lewis
B. Wynne. District of Columbia; Fred
erick NJ. Tryon. District of Columbia
Frank c. Skinner. Missouri: Louis w
Maxson. Connecticut; George s. Ely
New York; Ballard NJ. Morris. Distric, O
Columbia: Charles II. Lane, Indiana
George r. Simpson. Iowa: James r. New
ton. Georgia: Jay F. Bancroft. Minnesota
George L. Morton. Ohio; Arthur F. Kin
nan. Michigan: Willard ]. Moore. Vir
ginia: Eugene D. Sewall Massachusetts
Charles c. Staufrer. Pennsylvania; Mil
nor r. Sullivan. Ohio; Edwin S. Henry
Kansas: George A. Nixon, Kentucky
Alexander P. Shaw. District of Columbia
Walter johnson. Michigan: William J
Rich. Massachusetts; James W. Ander
son, Pennsylvania; Giles l.. Rafter. Kan
sas: John ]. Darby, District of Columbia
William A. Cowles. Connecticut; William
H. Seaman. District of Columbia; Otto &
Gsantner. New Jersey: Arthur W. CowIes
Connecticut; James III. Colwell Pennsyl
vania: Frank A Loeffler. Pennsylvania
William A. kinnan. Michigan; Herber
Wright. Pennsylvania; Arthur II. Giles
New York: Irwin p Disney. Maryland
Thomas H. Mitchell. Tennessee Georg,
=. Tucker. Nebraska: Adds D. Merritt
Illinois. and John l. Brown. Maine.
To First Assistant Examiners al
$4,000
Marshall Il. Cushman. Massachusetts
Daniel J. Kelly, New York: Randolph c
Hyatt. District of Columbia: Porter ID
Haskell. Michigan: Frank Warmer. Con
necticut; Frank ". Holt. Wisconsin: Her
bert p. Gerald. New Jersey: Frank NJ
Ward. District of Columbia: Henri,
Blandy Ohio; Charles F. Chisholm. New
York; Elida c. Hough. New York; Ed
ward o. Forney. District of Columbia
Edward III. Eakle. Colorado: James T. Al
len. New York: James II. Lightfoot. Vir
ginia; John r. MacNab. Massachusetts
Frederick l.. Pittman. New York: Mosb,
Baldwin, Louisiana; Thomas c. Newton
Georgia: Aaron r. Townshend. Mary
4. Erney. Pennsylvania: B. Pickmanl
Mann. Massachusetts; George r. Idle
Pennsylvania; Samuel Il. Roane. New
York: George G. Wedderburn. Maryland
Lewis Il. Thompson. Pennsylvania: Chas
X. Wead, New York: Andrew r. Benson
Henry c. Huntemann. Ohio: Albert NJ
Levers. Nevada: Henry Z. Stauffer Del
aware: Lineas d. Underwood. Indiana
Thomas +. Mitchell, Massachusetts
Henry {. Armstrong. Massachusetts: vii
liam 7. Hutchinson. Maryland; Georg
W. Stokes. New Jersey: Luther Fuller
Connecticut; AFRO j. Cory. Ohio; Herber
Lewis. Massachusetts; Edwin c. Rey
nolds. Maryland: George V. Chandler
Pennsylvania: Lindley S. Anderson
Washington: Edwin A Hill, Connecticut
Charles II. Pierce, Tennessee: Robert c
Child. Virginia: Isaac II. Bryant. Texas
Eustace S. GlascOck, Texas: Levi \
Fouts. Indiana; Thomas c. Upton. Ne
braska: Samuel W. Mellotte Ohio; Harr,
o. Cutting. Wisconsin,; Clyde L. Rogers
New York; Robert +. Whitehead. Vir
ginia: Charles Arnold, PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Alton, Iowa.
To Second Assistant Examiners a.
~, lOO.
Robert NJ. Mckee. New York; Seymou
W. Bunyea. Michigan: John b. Davis
District of Columbia; Robert c. Faunt
leroy. Virginia; Henry E. Baker, Missis
sppi; William H. Myers. District of Co
lumbia: Virgil D. Stockbridge, District O
Columbia; Charles r. Haden, Iowa: AL
fred C. Funck. Pennsylvania: EdWar
Collins. jr.. Massachusetts; Harrington
Barker. Massachusetts,: Richard F. Ma
rine. Indiana; John H. Carnes, I'd, New
Jersey; Frederick w. Swanton, Massa
chusetts: Walter L. Rredrow. Ohio; Fred
erick Transome, Pennsylvania; Noah j
Brumbaugh. Missouri; Jesse F.. Holliger
Minott +. Porter. Ohio; Henry ]. Lucke
Pennsylvania: Melvin III. Couston. New
York: Theodore A. Hostetter. Illinois
William l. Benham. Texas; Wilbur NJ
Beatty. Ohio; James NJ. Drysdale, Colo
RADIO: Harris d. Mcdonald. Vermont
Bertram NJ. Dimick. Virginia: Audason A
Charles. Indiana: Walter H. Howard
Michigan: Walter W. Boughton Ohio
George NJ DOVE. District of Columbia
Thomas l.. Mead, jr. Ohio; Charles c
Duras. Nebraska: Woodbridge b. Morton
Missouri: Edward 3. Olney. California
James w. Cliff. Michigan; John j. ODER
lin, Virginia: Charles III. Shaffer, Mary
land John l.. johnson. District of CO
lumbia: Louis f. Giles. Michigan: Everett
w. Varney. Pennsylvania: James s
Hodges. Maryland: Maurice n Peck. Ne
braska: Cyrus D. Backus. New York
Hugh Armstrong. Indiana John BOYLE
jr.. Massachusetts: John II. Ruckman
Michigan; frank ~. cray. ind.ana:. -.
liam .. Siebold. New York: William {
Gerdsen, Minnesota; Nathan Comstocl;
Wisconsin: Sheldon Fl. Graves Vermont
William H. Written, jr., Illinois: vii