Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-29
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

| Charles 8. Hamlin, governor Of the
federal reserve board. has undertaken
gigantic task in the preparation of
an analytic index of the new currency
legislation. He calls it an index d.
gest. Every word, every phrase in the
act is indexed and cross indexed. He
| Is the author of a similar digest index
Of the interstate commerce laws. now
printed in q volume Of formidable
thickness.
A mysterious opening running
through the great brick walls Of the
Treasury Department was discovered
by workmen cutting door between
the room occupied by the commission
er of internal revenue and his ante
room. The big hole, smoothly plaster
ed and large enough I'd admit the pas
sage of mans body. has been follow
ed and large enough to admit the pas
and Is found to have an issue In the
lowest cellar. Workmen declare this
was merely a duct for cool air. intend
ed to ventilate the rooms through a
metal grating set in the subbase OF
the walls. This explanation does not
satisfy many women employees, who
scent a secret passage and much ro-
nance in the discovery.
Byron r. Newton, assistant secre-
tary of the treasury, has fallen out of
sight without due notice to inquirtng
friends. AS he has not had an hour 8
vacation. and has put in daily over
time since February Of last year. no
holiday-making But the under
ground rumor is that he has run away
from Washington just to go to work
in the field. with small prospect of
A.fN
site question in Minnesota IN which
Senator Knute Nelson is interested.
and this is supposed to have COM
manded Mr.. Newton,s attention. His
family is out in Wisconsin. and Mr..
Newton will probably bring them back
with him.
G. H. Slaybaugh chief clerk Of the rev.
enue cutter service, veteran OF the civil
war, left the city today on vacation
intended to be spent at Detroit, where
the G. A. R. is assembling for the annual
encampment. Mr.. Slaybaugh was a boy
of fifteen when he enlisted for the civil
war and was only nineteen when 1t was
over. He is interested in local veteran
affairs
Randolph P. Titus has been selected as
stenographer in the office of the gov
ernor of the federal reserve board Mr.
Titus comes from the Capitol, where he
was making pot hook signs at the dicta-
ton of the Speaker of the House Of Rep
resentatives.
Louis C. Addison of Birmingham. Ala,
has been selected to be the private Sec
rotary of w. H. P. Harding Of the fed
eral reserve board. Mr.. Addison served
Mr.. Harding. then president of the First
National Bank Of Birmingham, in the
same capacity.
Miss Agnes Holland again is at her
desk in the Office Of the chief clerk. She
has enjoyed her month of holiday at
Pen Mar. Daniel [. Neil Of the same Of
flee has left for Maine. c. B. Harrison.
principal bookkeeper under the chief
tclerk. is passing three weeks In Penn
sylvania-
Miss Ella ]. Maloney. who was pri-
vate secretary to Andrew ]. Peters when
he was a representative in Congress. has
been designated to similar position. tenn
porarily. by Mr.. Peters. in his new Of
flee of assistant secretary of the Treas
ury
8. H Marks, confidential clerk to the
chief clerk. and Charles A Fenner Of the
office of the chief clerk, are going fishing
for whales. Their objective is North
Chesapeake Beach. for which place they
departed today, to return Thursday.