Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

George w Maher. assistant chief o
the division of special agents - tn
sleuths of the customs service-cele
brates the golden jubilee of his servic
as a government employe June 80 Al
invalided veteran of the civil war. h
was appointed by President Lincoln
June 30 1864 as a special agent H
has remained since in that branch o
the service. was assistant chief owe
long term. served ten years chief
to be superseded by John E Wiki,
and resuming duty as assistant chief
Mr.. Maher was barely twenty year.
old when. as a soldier stationed nea
Long bridge, he was taken ill will
camp fever. Upon his recovery he re
ceived his appointment in the Treasur.
Department. He is now about sevcnt!
years old.
\ visit to his Observation-Disclosures calls
William Norman Thompson. jr., age
seven months. and his mother to thu
elder Mrs. Thompson's shore home al
oxford. Md. The boy and his mother
are the son and wife of William Nor
man Thompson, secretary to Assistant
Secretary Charles S. Hamlin of the
Treasury Department
Z. H. Jamison assistant superintend-
known to his friends by the compli-
mentary title DR.. Gorsas. because OF
his sanitation activities in connection
with his general duties, will go to
Berkeley Springs. W. Va, July IL. to
spend two weeks.
Gen. John Floyd King. assistant regis
ter Of the Treasury. has received letter
from the President expressing thanks for
transmiSSaI of resolutions, adopted by the
ey1yin IF he fed fa5e OF
Grams. indorsing the administration Mex
ican policy. Gen. King. Confederate
veteran, was author of the resolutions
presented before the reunion. May 6-S. al
Jacksonville, Fla He was designated to
communicate to the President the action
taken.
such things are enough to hearten any
man.. wrote the President land / am
deeply appreciative of the patriotic action
taken.
Stephen L. Newnham, chief of the re-
ports division under the office of the con-
troller OF the currency. is in Michigan on
OInclal business He has been sent as
financial expert to aid the counsel for
the government in the prosecution of off
Gals of a national bank.
Charles S. Hamlin, assistant secretary
OF the Treasury and named by the Pres
fdent as a member of the federal reserve
board. took a flying trip TO Boston, re-
turning Monday. He has been busy
throughout the week in answering con-
gratulatory letters regarding his selection
10 be member of the board
Capt. c. E. Johnson. commanding the
revenue cutter Seneca of the information
al ice observation and patrol and derelict
patrol, spent several DAYS in WASHINGTON
He came from Halifax, where the Seneca
mas Just put in. with the ice patrol ended
Tor the year The Seneca will start on a
lnfocy
: rador and Greenland July 3 taking sta
tion about the first of August at Halifax
again to inaugurate the derelict patrol.
land bird. one of the fy-catchers
new on board almost entirely exhaust
ed" was the start of one of the warns
OF TINS veteran salt. telling of the Ice
patrol of the Seneca. off the Grand Banks
from which the vessel has just been re-
heved- We were $50 miles from the
nearest land. We gave it food and
water. but it died that night"
The season has been a hard one for
the hshing fleet of the Grand Banks
Capt johnson learned from the skipper
OF the French barkentine Suffern, out of
Fecamp France There has been much
rain. wind and fog. The Sufern was
anchored in one spot from April "A to
June 13.
AS souvenirs Of the first Flag day exer-
cises of the Treasury Department. held
on the south portico of the Treasury
building June Is. Miss Cora c. Millward
OF the public moneys division. stenogra-
pher OF the occasion. prepared exquisite
pamphlets on heavy rough finished
paper. and fastened with dainty Ameri-
cam flag ribbon. for Secretary McAdoo
and Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the
Treasury Department The Secretary
presided and Mr.. Hamlin was the orator
of the occasion. The pamphlets contain
Miss Millwards report of their speeches.
Mrs. Byron Rufus Newton with her
son and daughter. wife and children of
Assistant Secretary Newton of the
Treasury Department are on their way
TO Nebraska. Mrs. John Cattle mother
Of Mrs. Newton. is to be their host at
her home in Seward, Neh. Mrs. Cattle
has just returned from visit to her two
other daughters in California, to receive
Mrs Newton. After short stay at
Seward the household and its guests will
be removed to the summer home of Mrs.
Cattle at Niswa. on Pelican Lake. MINI.
IF there is any chance to get away
from his desk this summer. Mr.. Newton
will join them at Niswa. His family
otherwise will return to him in Septem-
her.
Dr. Gabriel FLOYD Johnston. a longtime
ernploye the division of bookkeeping
ment. and Mrs. Johnston have announc-
ed the wedding of their daughter, Miss
Mildred Johnston. and Albert Louis
tor man.