Evening star., 1914-07-11
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Secretary Redfield and Mrs. Redfield
returned Monday night from a four-day
visit at White Sulphur Springs. Va.
L. Grant Smith. private secretary to
Secretary Redfield. is this week rejoicing
over the return of one of his daughters
to the family fold, and sorrowing over
the departure Of another. Miss Gladys
NJ. Smith returned the early part o.
the week after months sojourn with
friends at Sabin Rock. Conn. Miss
Thelma Smith left Yesterday for va
cation of a few weeks at New Lon
don, Conn.
Mr.. Clancy, private secretary to the
assistant secretary, returned to the de-
partment Tuesday after a stay of a
month in Michigan.
Miss L. Dessez of the office of the dis
bursting clerk sent cards from Gibraltar
recently to all the members of the Of
flee. Miss DeSSeZ is spending her annual
leave abroad. principally in Switzerland.
Daniel c. Vaughan. chief of the division
of publications. left this week on leave of
month, which he will spend in Ireland,
England. France and Germany.
Thomas F. McKeon is acting chief of
the division of publications during Mr..
Vaughan's absence.
Eugene F. Hartley. assistant chief Of
the bureau of the census. has returned
to his desk after a brief absence.
The bureau Of foreign and domestic COM
merce is about to send one of its COM
mercial agents. Ralph NJ Odell, an eN-
pert on cotton textile matters. to the orr
ent, India. Java. French Indo-China,
markets for cotton textile. with a view
to promoting the interests of that in
dustry. Mr.. Odell is expecting to sail
In about three weeks.
Prof H X. Benson of the University
of Washington. as commercial agent. will
study the utilization of by-products of
the lumber industry abroad. Prof. Ben
son is to sail for Europe at an early
date.
Branch Offices of the bureau Of foreign
and domestic commerce have been au-
thoriZed by Secretary Redfield at Bostoo.
Mass. and at Seattle. Wash. under conf
mercial agents who have had long train
ing in the work, 1t is stated. F. l.. Rob-
erts is to direct the work at Boston and
William B. Henderson will supervise the
office at Seattle.
The following is a partial list Of the
changes in the personnel of the depart
ment for this week:
In the bureau of the census, temporary
appointments extended: Elmer E. Evans,
G. Albert Eckhardt. George c. r. LowrX
and Homer A. Dougall as machinists. at
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at s1,2OO: James F. Ludlow. Oscar 8.
McChesney. Thomas II. Parker and Jo-
seph A. Walker as watchmen. at s12O each.
and Abner Moore and Arthur Moss as
firemen, at $40 each.
In the bureau of fisheries. temporary
appointments of Thomas Ryan, J. e.
Mathis and Fred ]. Stotts as laborers at
5000 each at Puget Sound. Wash. Cold
Springs. Ca. and BoZeman, Mont. re-
spectively. have been terminated: Edgar
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messenger at $1,000; Richard J. McMullen
has been promoted to assistant car mes
senger at $500 and William J. Cox has
been temporarily appointed as car laborer
at $72O
The temporary appointment of Louis
Cohen as stenographer at 500 in the
bureau of navigation at New York city
has been terminated.
Harold D. Campbell Of Philadelphia.
Pa. has been PROBATIONARY appointed
assistant inspector Of hulls in the steam
boat inspection service at Baltimore. Nd.
Lindley Davis has been temp orarily ap-
pointed as mate in the coast and geodetic
survey.
In the bureau of the census. temporary
appointments of Henry Saunders, Clar-
ence E. Fogle. Robert Williams and Ben
jamin W. Sharp. as laborers at $72O each
have been extended, and Pauline E. Bar
field, clerk, has been promoted to $1,000
In the bureau of navigation, Frank c.
Ryan, clerk. has resigned, and David
F. Crosland and Daniel N. Armiger.
clerks have been promoted to sl.2OO ard
81. 900, respectively.
In the lighthouse service. Archibald s.
Lynch, first assistant keeper of Ha-oor
of Refuge light station. Del. has re-
signed: probationary appointments have
been given to William Pelau as Second
assistant keeper of Southwest Reef lignt
station. La: Hardy Crawford as assis--
ant keeper of Horn Island light station,
Miss, and Ernest Lebahn as mate Of
Poe Reef light vessel. No. 50, Mich.. and
Archie De Craw has been temporarily ap-
pointed as second assistant engineer Ct
the tender Clover.