Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-19
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

| DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
| DIR. Joseph A. Hill. expert special
agent in charge of revision and results
of the census bureau, is on vacation
| visiting his old home in Temple, N. H
| While in New England DIR. Hill is to
combine official business with recrea-
ton to the extent of consulting with
various specialists for suggestions with
| reference to the bureaus forthcoming
report on the insane and feeble-minded
The resignation of Albertus H. Bald
| win. chief of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce, was announced of
fcially this week. Mr.. Baldwin asked
! for retirement several months ago. but
| his resignation is not to take effect un-
| til his successor is confirmed. The
President has named DIR. Edward Ew-
| ing Pratt of New York for the posi-
ton.
/ W. M. Steuart, chief statistician for
| manufactures of the bureau of the cen
sus, returned to Washington a few
! days ago after absence of six weeks In
England and Ireland.
| Caleb w. Fanshaw of the census bu-
| reau was in Baltimore last week at
! tending the Star Spangled Banner cele-
bration. Mr.. Fanshaw is one of the
successful umpires in the Sunday
| School Base Ball League.
Hilten L. Cummings recently left for
the south to engage in field duty in
connection with the collection of sta
tistics of stocks of leaf tobacco.
| LIE Roy Thomas, who has been en-
! gagged for several months in field work
| the wealth. debt and taxation inquiry
has returned to Washington. Mr.
Thomas is one of the popular employees
| Of the census bureau.
S. Albert sattison of the census bu-
reau returned recently from vacation
| spent in New England.
has completed his field assignment in
Iowa and is taking his vacation at the
home of his parents in that state.
manufactures is spending his vacation
with his family in New Jersey.
Miss Mary MCGEE, clerk in the bu-
reau Of the census, has returned to
| duty after spending vacation of one
| month with her parents at ONeill
| Neb.
Adrian L. Homer has returned to his
| desk in the appointment division after
a months vacation with his family at
Ocean View, Md.
Miss Myrtle N. Halterman of the ap-
pointment division was recent visitor
to Atlantic City.
| Carl F. Meyer of the appointment di-
vision has resigned to take up course
at the University of Pennsylvania.
| The temporary appointment Of Cecil
T! A. Marks as clerk in the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce has
been extended.
In the Office of the Secretary Arthur
L. Hill has been PROBATIONARY appoint
ed as assistant messenger.
Beverly B. Barrett has been trans
| ferred from the War Department to
clerk in the bureau of the census.
In the bureau of standards. Ray
Jones, laboratory assistant, has been
| promoted to assistant physicist, and
| given to Howard S. Phelps as assist
ant electrical engineer and David Go
| rem as aid.
In the bureau of navigation, the tenn
porary appointment of George F. Rom
| mel as clerk has been terminated
Mrs. Minnie D. Hamilton, clerk. al
Baltimore, Nd, has been transferred
to the Department Of Agriculture. ano
| William N. De Roster has been proDa-
tionally appointed as clerk.
Probationary appointment as clerh
has been given to L. Madeline McClin'
took in the bureau of fisheries.
Tn the bureau of the census, Mrs
from the Panama canal to clerk az
| 5000. and Sydney S. Birks, or., mas peer
PROBATIONARY appointte ean as tra unsn
5000.
In the bureau of standards, Edwin
M. Baker, aid. at $500. and CAR "
johnson. laboratory apprentlce, at saet
ments have been give to jacob BASS
eches and Paul B. Molmes as !aoora-
tory apprentice at $3.50. and elevator
boy, at $3.50, respectively. Richard :
Gross, clerk. has been promoted to
81 200, and D. Roberts Harper, Sd, has
been promoted to associate physicist
at $3.50.
William H. Reese and Herbert Bose
clerks in the bureau of foreign and
| domestic commerce, have been pro-
noted to $1,000 and $1,000, respectively
Eva P. Wanless has been temporarily
appointed clerk at 5000 in the bureau
Of foreign and domestic commerce.
The temporary appointments of the
following inspectors in the bureau OF
navigation have been terminated
Charles A. Walters, Allen Vinnadge
Everette E. Schwartz, James Hide
brandt, Wilbur D. Downing and Wal.
ter g. Besson at Chicago, ILL.,: JOSEPH
r. Bullock, jr.. at Providence. R. I.
Myrick C. Young. at ProyincetoWn
Mass; Abraham S. Witt. Arthur =. Onr'
lass and Reuben Hillman. at Newark
N. j.. Edward R. vavasour, Neils J
Hoffman and Harry L. Kelly. at AL.
bany. N. Y: Edward J: Broderick. a,
James L. Brennan, Harry E. Smith
Ambrose ]. Weagraff and Charles D
Webster, at Buffalo, N. Y, and Bliss
Snyder, at Cleveland, Ohio.