Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04
at his desk Monday. W. P. Malburn, as
sistant secretary of the Treasury in
charge of customs. accompanied Mr..
Hamlin, and will return with him.

/ at his desk MONDAY. w. +. MalDurn, az
sistant secretary of the Treasury ir
| charge of customs. accompanied Mr.
! Hamlin, and will return with him.
+, w. NJ Thompson. confidential clerk te
Assistant Secretary Hamlin, with his wife
and baby son, will spend July with the
mother of Mrs. Thompson, at Springfield
Md Mr.. Thompson and his family left
| for Springfield, last night.
I Among the many letters received at the
Treasury Department. recently came one
| from the far west asking appointment rs
| a deputy supervising agent of the GUS
toms division. The applicant described
| himself as a Cherokee-Irishman, strong
willing and afraid of nothing but the
Great Spirit
An applicant for position-any job UNI
der the government is a man who has
lost his job as mill hand because the
mill is closed. He speaks of this fact
neither as an actof Providence nor as a
visitation for which the democratic party
might be held responsible, but he POUNDS
his plea as an officeseeker on the score
that he was an original Wilson man, and
helped to get several votes to elect Wood
row Wilson to the presidency.
The resignation of a customs watch
man in New York city was accompanied
by statement of fact that has its pathos.
Inc letter OF EeSlSndCOn states LQal tile
writer is suffering pain on one sire Of his
body because Of the loss of his arm in the
defense of his country during the civil
war. He is seventy-ffve years old, and
says that he feels the end drawing near
for him. Il will rest a little while before
the end" he says.
William Calvin Beard, eleven years old,
and Robert NJ. Beard. ten years old,
brothers, adventured alone for the first
time out of Shelbyville, KY, their home,
and came unattended to Washington.
c. NJ Feree, chief clerk Of the office of
the controller of the Treasury. is a kins-
man. and the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Feree was their objective point. After
two weeks in the National Capital the
youngsters made their way home, much
impressed.
c. NJ F'eree, chief clerk of the office Of
the controller of the Treasury. takes
one days vacation. annually, to go fish
ing. He promised the controller of the
Treasury, George E. Downey. that he
would send him a fine batch of fish the
next occasion. Controller Downey knew
the day that Mr. Feree took Off to go
fishing and took no precaution against
the morrow to provide for breakfast. So
he went hungry.
What about those fish, he demand
ed of Mr.. Feree, the same morning, when
the chief clerk was to be found at his
desk why. didn't you get 'em?"
blandly asked Mr.. Feree.
Mr. Feree asserted boldly that he had
cont tho fish nv snecial messenger to the
hnnss Of Indse Downev He fold the
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had sent the package. which was not
the address OF Judge Do"hes.
Mr.. Feree apparently, was much put
out because somebody else than Judge
Downey had his fish breakfast Judge
Downey intimates that nobody got his
again with an empty larder on any such
promise.
prosnective receipts from customs for
tho fsca1 vear i,,st ended was the sub
;ac+ Of a wseer entered into Two and a
h.lf months ago between four customs