Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-31

| Mrs. Jessie Bracket is on leave from
October rs to November Il.
| Edward J. Thompson, lieutenant of
| the watch, is on leave from october N
to Novernbe 8.
Mrs. Frances e. Siddall, pension Office,
| has been granted leave from Octoner
| ~ to November ,.
| James |. Fair, Secretary's office, re-
I turned October 26, after vacation of
/ tWentyone days.
| John !. tusick, SecretarE's office. was
OF. leave for two days during the week.
| Park l. Cole. clerk. Secretary Office.
of twenty three days
| Mrs Margaret h. Shoemaker, pension
office, on leave until Monday.
James F. Benfer. chief of the section
| of distribution, geological survey. has
! returned from few weeks vacation
! spent on his farm in Brookland.
Miss Maudie Anderson. formerly at
! tendance clerk of the geological sur
| vey was transferred to the Indian Of
flee October %. The survey attendance
/ work now is being handled by 7. X.
| Roteler.
j
| ed to represent the geological survey
/ on the board of trustees of the Home
/ Club.
! Bailey Willis. who is il active charge
| of the government geological work in
! Argentina, recently arrived in WASH
| ington from South America and has
been calling on his many friends at the
! geological survey.
/ J. l. Gayetty of the geological sur
vey has returned to the Washington
Office, after spending the field season
southwestern Virginia.
! w. NJ Beaman of the geological sur
vey will return to Washington NO
| vember from an inspection trip
through Missouri. Montana, Idaho, Col
orado and Minnesota.
| G. T. Hawkins and Frank J. Nc
Maugh of the geological survey left
Tuesday for short official trip to
eastern New York state.
Miss Mary H. Corbett of the geo.
| logical survey is spending her vaca-
ton in New Orleans.
| James G. Helm, base ball star Of the
survey, was married last week.
| The branch of the Public Library
recently installed in the library of the
geological survey has proved very
popular.
| Anthony Mason recently celebrated
his thirty-fifth anniversary a mem
Der of the geological survey. Uncle
Tony" is the directors personal mes
sonaI messenger Of all the directors
since the organization of the survey.
in which he actively participated in
1879. He has seen directors, geolo-
gists and others come and go with the
passing of years, but Mason stays on
(, forever.
The day of his anniversary was made
the occasion Of GO eong gr9tg atori,
Of the survey. along the lines of long
and faithful service. Uncle Tony"
was given a substantial pile of thirty
| mits that he is no silver-tongued ora
| tor, but he made very touching re-
! Spouse.
! Willard K Shaler, who is represent
ing the United States in affording re-
| lief to the starving Be1gians. is well
!, known to many members of the Unit
ed States geological survey in Wash
years conducted explorations for the
survey in the far west, and in that
work he not only showed ability as
scientist, but also that other invaluable
ing and successfully coping with every
obstacle that presents itself. In 1909
he resigned from the geological sur
vey to carry on similar work in the
Africa.
| The following changes in the per-
sonnet Of the Department of the In
terror were announced today:
| Probationary Appointments.-Gene
al land office-Royston c. Durnford.
Montana, transit man, 800 per month:
Harry D. jackson. Nebraska, transit
Al Z T>,,
sen. Nebraska. transit man, 500 per
| month; Edward o. Lyman, South Da-
kota. transit man, 500 per month;
William c. Perkins, Missouri. transit
Washington. transit man. 500 per
month; Edward L. STAN. Arizona.
Mary Mary E: Seaman, Alabama, copyist.
Pennsylvania, clerk, $500 Patent Of
fice-Alonzo N. Glenn. Mississippi. la
borer (classified). $40. Geological
survey-Walter T. Goodwin, District of
Columbia, assistant map printer, IS
cents per day while actually employed;
, Jerome p. Lynch. District of Columbia.
assistant map printer, rs cents per day
| while actually employed; James H.
Montague, District Of Columbia, as
sistant map printer. Is cents per day
while actually employed; Raymond L.
Thomas, District of Columbia, assist
| ant map printer, IS cents per day while
actually employed. Reclamation SerV-
ice-Herbert A. Day, Oregon. under
clerk, $1,000. Bureau of mines-Ed-
ward II. Denny, Washington. Junior
| mining engineer, $1,000 duty at Bruce
| ton, Pa; Warren A. GorreIl, District
| of Columbia, topographic craftsman,
$1,000 duty at Pittsburgh, Pa.).
| Observation-Disclosures land Office
Miss Maud Stinson, Louisiana, clerk
and librarian. $1,000.
| Pronotions-General land office
Walter n. Ross, District Of Columbia,
craftsman and computer, $1,000 to ST.
| 400; Michael A. McKenna, District of
Columbia, messenger boy, $3.50 to $500.
Geological survey-Thomas r. Bote-
| Ter. District of Columbia, messenger
boy, 1920 to $3.50: Harry J. Hillyard,
| District of Columbia. assistant map
| printer, 75c per diem when actually
employed to SIPS per diem when ac-
tually employed.
| Transfers-Within the department.
| General land office-Mrs. Mary D. c.
| Turner. Mississippi. copyist, $720, from
minor clerk. land office, Jackson Miss
| Joseph Shafer, District of Columbia
| messenger boy, s480, from $420, patent
| office.
| To other departments: General land
| office-Charles L. Rouse, District of
Columbia, messenger boy. $500, to skill
| ed laborer. csc per hour. government
printing office. Geological survey-Mi-
chael A. Holloran. District of Column
| bia. copyist. $3.50, to clerk, 5000, De-
partment of Commerce.
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