Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Byron r. Newton. assistant secretary
of the treasury. Drowned and ruddy.
has returned from a trip into IN,
northwest. largely on government bust.
ness. which represents about as much
of a real holiday as he may expect
while he occupies the difficult and
onerous post he now has. There were
several involved problems regardina;
selection of sites for government build
ings that carried him out to Michigan
and Minnesota. Incidentally, he had a
day with his family, in a delightful
refuge in Minnesota wilds. rural
property owned by the mother of Mrs.
Newton.
Here, far from the strain OF nublio
affairs, he hoped to spend a few days
of leisure. But one of his subordinates
inconsiderately dug him out Of this re-
into government harness once more.
Taking with him Mrs. Newton and
their young daughter and son, he re-
sumed his travels, bringing them back
with him to Washington.
He hopes to get an overnight trim tn
Baltimore, however, to see the Star
SpanGled Banner demonstration. Ar.
Newton will go tonight Returning
Monday morning
Assistant Secretary Andrew I Pc
ters in charge of customs, with !. num-
Der of officials of the customs serv-
ice. is in New York city to attend tho
conference of customs roIIec,ors
Frank Halstead. Executive Clerk GIL
IAN and Mr.. Bevans will attend the
conference.
Miss Ella ]. Mallory, private secr.-
tary to Assistant Secretary Peters
mas gone to Boston. Miss Mallory in.
1ehds TO take an examination while in
Boston for the position of stenographer
and typewriter ''
About twenty clerks have been do
tailed from other divisions of In,
treasury Department to help out the
office of the controller of the currepr,
Controller Williams has found his 10
lcal force inadequate to dispose of the
vast quantity of business created
through the effect of the European war
on domestic conditions, the operations
cidental activities
r. III. Sweeney, assistant and chief
clerk IN the office of the auditor for the
Post ONCE Department, Is in Walton
N Y. on his annual vacation
Mrs. Grace W. Nettleton, division OF
postmasters' accounts. has been granted
ten days leave of absence
vernal V. Isbell of the division of post
masters accounts, Is absent from duty
on short vacation.
Mrs. l. C. Heinline. division of war
rant payments. will be away from her
desk on leave until the 21st instant. She
is in Atlantic City.
c. T. Nutze, division of postal savings
accounts. Is in Philadelphia. Pa. He
will return to duty September ..
Dana White of the division of postal
savings accounts. has been granted leave
of absence until October 1.
F. W. Archibald of the division Of
postal savings accounts is spending his
vacation in Ohio.
The following have been granted leave
of absence to September %: Mary A.
Duguid Mathilda S. Houston, Mrs. Drusa
C. Irby, Mary Kearney, Mrs. Annie NJ
Mcmahon, Sadie T. Miller, Mrs. NJ. l.
Myers. Nena NJ. Parker. Nellie !. Peddi-
cord, Julia A. Robertson, Emily G. Saun-
ders, Mrs. N. B. Sherry and Helen n.
Smith.
Miss Norma F. Samuel is spending q
two-week vacation in Reading. Pa
Miss Mildred " Gardner has returned
to her home in New Jersey. where she
will remain until September Ii.