Evening star., 1914-07-18
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

L. Grant Smith. private secretary to
Secretary Redfield. was in New York
Wednesday,
c: G. Wiedemann has returned to his
desk In the chief clerks Office after
spending pleasant vacation in Boston.
New York and Atlantic City.
Charles Kuglen of the chief clerks
office left this week to spend few weeks
in the mountains of West Virginia
Thomas Stewart of the chief clerk $
after ten-day camping trip on the upper
Potomac Mr.. Stewart reports the fish
ing as being exceptionally good
Secretary Redfeld has received under
dates of July and 13 letters from Fred
+. Holt bank commissioner of Con-
necticut, stating that the savings bank
deposits Of that state increased from
$50! .o263 97.91 to $312. 467, ,0296o in the
period between October 1. 1913. and June
go. 6s169.
In the second of the two letters Com
missioner Holt says that in the single
month OF June the increases in savings
Dank deposited amounted to s1,33s.32S
lhls makes the total increase of the nine
months from October 1 to July 1, s627s.-
959.69.
The report Of the committee appointed
by the Secretary Of Commerce to inves-
cgate conditions In the lighthouse service
was made public Wednesday. and was
signed by Secretary William c. Redfield,
Assistant Secretary f. F. Sweet and DR..
s. w. Stratton. director of the bureau OF
standards.
The report fully vindicated A. V. Con-
over. Of whom it was requested that his
relations with the department and a
certain gas accumulator company be
thoroughly and fully investigated The
committee found that none of the charges
was sustained by the evidence.
Since the reorganization of the light
mouse service about four years ago there
has been. as might be expected. a small
dissatisfied and discontented element. -
this extended to insubordination. During
the progress of the investigation the COM
mittee deemed it advisable to recommend
some dismissals from the service"
The following is partial list of changes
made this week in the personnel OF the
department:
The detail of Miss Grace NJ Stoddard
to the bureau of fisheries has been ex-
tended.
donary appointment as clerk steamboat
inspection service. sixth district, Nashville
Tenn.
In the lighthouse service. Timothy E.
Dee has been reinstated as keeper of
Point Iroquois light station, Michigan,
and the designations of Clarence f. Rick
ards. keeper, Miah Maull shoaI light sta
ton. Delaware, and John NJ Stowe, as
sistant keeper. Laurel point light station.
North Carolina. have been accepted.
David A. West has been transferred
from the Department of Agriculture to
position as clerk at $500 in the office
of the Secretary.
Edna Heskett has received proba-
tionary appointment as clerk at $500 in
the bureau of the census.
In the lighthouse service John S. Nc
Kinney has been transferred from the
War Department to the office of the in
spector of the third lighthouse district
as craftsman, at $500; the resignation
Grand Traverse light station. Michigan.
has been accepted. while probationary
appointments have been issued to Charles
F. Finkboner. as keeper of Honolulu
lighthouse depot lights. Hawaii. at s102O.
and Ira Flagstad. as assistant keeper.
Grand Traverse light station. Michigan,
at $50.
Mrs. Laura NJ. Augur has been trans
ferred from the bureau of the census to
charwoman at $40 in the office of the
Secretary.
Henry G. O'Bar. Miss Elvira H Wood
and Mrs. Mary Green. clerks in the bu-
reau OF the census, have been promoted
to 81 900 each.
William Zupnik has been temporarily
appointed as clerk at $500 in the bureau
of navigation.
Samuel Hitler has been PROBATIONARY
appointed as laboratory helper at 5000 in
the bureau Of standards.
In the lighthouse service. Harry f.
Bingham. clerk at $500 in the Office Of
the third inspector. has resigned.
Jack Bechtold is absent from the
Office of the disbursing officer on ac-
count of illness.
Robert H. Clancy. private secretary
to the assistant secretary. held recep-
tion in the Office Tuesday for Ty Cobb,
the great center fielder of the Detroit
team, in town at that time.
Most of the bureau chiefs met Mr.
Cobb. and many questions We're asked
him about his work. etc. He was then
shown around the different bureaus. The
people in the census bureau who had
been expecting to ask the noted ball
player all sorts of questions which would
naturally interest census bureau were
very much chagrined to find that Cobb
came and went without their knowing
it.
They saw the tanned stranger as he
came into the building but nobody imag-
ined it was Cobb. and nobody seemed to
be telling, so the bureau is now mourn
ing the fact that such a great and in
teresting specimen got away from them.