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

0Hcial Inspection OF the DECENTRALIZATION
field service.
Miss M. A. E. Murray Of the children's
bureau has concluded her temporary
appointment as special agent.
William T. Peake Of the bureau of
naturalization, accompanied by Mrs.
Peake, is enjoying his annual vacation
at the home of his wife's parents at
Charleston. S. c.
Martin J. Kilsdonk, recently appoint
ed a naturalization examiner, has left
Washington for his official station at
st. Paul, MINI.
Raymond F. Baker of the bureau OF
naturalization is spending his annual
vacation on Long Island.
James A. Healy has been detailed
from the bureau of labor statistics as
an expert in the Office Of the Secretary.
The temporary appointment of Miss
Miriam ]. Strouse as special agent IN
the children's bureau Is announced.
E. W. Staples Of the bureau Of natu-
ralization returned this week from his
annual leave.
David Neumann, recently appointed a
naturalization examiner, Is temporarily
detailed to the bureau OF naturallza-
ton for instruction pending his trans
fer to the naturalization service in New
York city.
John g. Kerlin of the bureau of nat
uralization is expected to return soon
from his vacation. which he is spend
ing at Atlantic City and other New
Jersey resorts.
Leo e. Fox, detailed from the bu-
reau of immigration to the bureau OF
| naturalization, is on his annual vaca-
ton. Mr.. Fox is not expected to re-
turn until some time near the end OF
| the month.
Charles W. Griffin is spending his va
cation in Massachusetts,.
Miss Ruth Adams has been tempo
rarily appointed special agent IN the
children's bureau.
The bureau of naturalization having
come lately into what might be term
ed unusual notoriety, owing to the Eu-
ropean war and the services Of the bu-
reau required by citizens Of the United
States travelling in the belligerent
be inapropos:
There were two foreign-born men re-
| Gently who applied at one court for
naturalization papers, 1t Is said. One
was a college-bred man, one who APP
preciated the value of cleanliness and
good clothes; the other was a man who
had had no such advantages. and was
dirty and greasy in the extreme.
The story goes on to tell how the
college-bred man manifested the great
est reluctance to have his name mixed
up in papers in which the greasy man s
name also appeared. II he made his
disapprova1 apparent to the other man
| it might be said of him that he failed
| to learn something at college which he
| might have learned. However that may
| be. the clerk assured him that all would
be done that could be done. Some time
| later the clerk sent the college man
his naturalization papers and a letter
stating that his papers were given a
number as far away from the number
given the papers issued to the greasy
man as was possible.
When the college man went to Europe
recently and was caught in the wal
zone he was, of course, asked many
| times to prove his naturalization as a
| citizen of the United States. AS luck
| would have 1t, he lost his naturaltza-
| ton papers!
However. he always produced the let
| ter from the clerk of the court ex-
planning how he had been given a
number as far down the line as pos
| sible from the one given the other man
and 1t Is said that this letter was al
! ways accepted in lieu Of his natural
i ization papers.
officials in the bureau Of naturaliza-
| ton are wondering about this story.
Albert H. Adams. a messenger, is
back at his duties after vacation OF
nearly a month.
Judge Eugene Grisson of the law sec.
ton is on his annual leave, a part OF
the time of which he will spend fishing
in the vicinity of Chesapeake Beach.
John J. Heberle and Richard H. Tay-
lor, field officers at large of the immi-
grafton service, are in the city this
week.
W. ]. Peters of the law section is
away on leave this week end.
Herbert B. Collins of the solicitors
office is receiving the congratulations
Of his friends in the department OH
having passed the recent bar examina-
lions.