Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-29
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.

Secrtary Houston left the city Tues
day night for Woods Hole. Mass, for
a short stay with his family.
Miss s. Helen Eisenhardt has been
transferred from the office of expert
ment stations to the office of the chief
clerk Of the department
Hanging on the wall of the right
staircase in the main building is pic
ture that attracts much attention from
visitors to the department. 1t Is 4
large framed photograph of the Capitol
in winter, taken at night, with the cleo
trio lights shining over the snow. 1t
is generally pronounced fine example
Of night photography. The picture IS
the work of one of the photographers
of the department.
DIR. Beverly T. Galloway. former as
sistant secretary, visited friends in tho
department Tuesday, including his suo-
cessor, Carl Schurz vrooman.
LIE Marche Francois. ono Of the Lead
ing agricultural and commercial papers
s, after twenty-five years Of conttnuo04
service to the agricultural interests %
France.
The last number received It the b.
reau Of crop estimates was 9 Gn3ss
sheet bearing the announcement Of fho
papers suspension. the text OF Pree1e
dent Poincare's message to the peopL9
England's declaration OF war; the efaees
ment Of Italys neutrality and the ausss
ton of bread in Germany.
The message Of the paper TO III readS
ers Is translated as follows:
ITO our readers, correspondents snd
friends:
"since Germany has declared war upo1
us, all our efforts up to today have
been made to keep our readers informed
respecting the agricultural ana com.
mercial news which has been received
by us.
to suspend for the present the publica-
ton of LIE Marche Franchise. our three
the journal having had to take their
positions in order to perform tho moee
sacred Of duties.
Full Of hope in the destiny Of our
hour, when. we are sure, we will again
enjoy the confidence of our dear read
ers. correspondents and friends we say
to them au revoir. with the cry thou
sand times repeated. OF
"Vive la Franco"
Mai. William King of the bureau Of
crop estimates left Thursday for two
week visit to Toledo and Detroit
Capt. James NJ Boardman. veteran Of
the civil war and for many years
Waterman at the front door of the
main building, left yesterday morning
for the G. A. r. encampment to be held
in Detroit next week.
Capt Boardman. his friends state. 10
often taken for former Senator chaun-
cey NJ Depew. whom he very much re-
sembles in appearance
A. A. ormsby. assistant chief clerk;
recently has had made number of postal
cards bearing a picture of the ola
Webster foot ball club of Detroit.
Mich, from q picture taken In lseo
when he was manager OF the team.
Mr. Ormsby intends to send the CARDS
to his old friends on the team. most OF
whom are still living in Detroit.
James NJ Locknane, stenographer in
the chief clerks office. left Wednesday
for a short vacation at Colonial Beach
MI. Locknane is to return to the once
Monday.
Visitors to the east and west wings
these days who happen to see men and
women vigorously pounding waste
baskets upon the floor and then madly
stamping around must not get a wrong
impression of the scenes. Bugs are re-
sponsible for these acrobatic stunts on
the part of the otherwise perfectly
peaceful employees Reaches are the
trouble. 1t was told some time ago
how the reaches were overrunning the
finally succumbed to a diet of boraS
and chocolate fed to them out of blua
containers. This Is all true. But the
reaches that died were the grandaddy
generati ton Every roach has Its day.
and the children of the departed are
now having theirs.
DR.. Adolph Eichhorn, patholosist. has
just returned to the department from
trip abroad. He was plotting a party
of thirty-1ve Americans through Eu-
rope and got his party out of Holland
himself is native of Hungary. He
says he had great difficulty getting his
travellers home. Fifteen of them re-
turned abroad a small vessel landing
party took train to Glasgow. They
had to stand up all the way. They
landed in this country Sunday aboard
the steamer Cameronia of the Anchor
line. DR.. Eichhorn had expected to at
tend the convention of veterinary sur
geons from all over the world which
was to have been held in London early
this month.
The following employees of the bureau
Of animal industry are on leave: Miss
Edith F. Gardner. a clerk In the edi-
torial office; Miss Mary E. Pagan.
clerk in the dairy division: Miss Lillian
A. Krause. a clerk in the geological d.
vision; Myron A. Cole. clerk in the
office of records. and Joseph Abel. pho
tographer.
F. L. Linton, chief clerk of the bureau
Of chemistry, recently returned to the
office after a three-week visit to points
In Ohio and Pennsylvania.
DR.. James A. Emery. senior biochem-
st in the bureau of animal industry
and member Of the insecticide and
fungicide board, recently returned
from visit to Asbury Park. \
A. I. Mudd, chief clerk of the division
If publications. who is in Atlantic City
g expected to return to his office Mon.
lay.