Evening star., 1914-07-11
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Herbert A. Never. privnte secretary ID
Secretary Lane. was out OF the citx
Tuesday.
James I. Parker. chief clerk. left Tu~ss
day for New York city with his two sous
II G Parker OF New orleans and & Z
Parker of Dallas. Tex. who have hseu
visiting their father in this city the past
two weeks. Judge Parker returned ID
the office yesterday.
Secretary Lane returned 10 the citN
Tuesday from trip to Lake Champlain.
The Panama Pacific board is rejoicing
dry civil bill. including the section ma NS
ing provision for a building in which "a
install the government exhibit at the eps
position in San Francisco.
The hill provides for "a suitable buiis
ing in that part of the reservation known
as the presidio of San Francisco" The
building is to cost S.tp.ep. and is to 10
of such a permanent character VIII
make 1t available and useful for military
purposes of the United States after the
close of the exposition.
Another section of the bill provided fo1
n national exposition commission. to cons
sst of two civilian officers employed
from the executive departments and ono
from civil life
The exposition board has all sorts Il
devices with which to show to the natives
of these United States who may visie
the Panama Pacific exposition the works
ings of the government. Two Of the difs
ferent methods to be used probably wiz
prove to be the moving pictures and tho
still-life pictures.
Under the direction of Mr.. Cline ~
the Department of Agriculture many
moving pictures of different governs
ment activities and scenes in and about
Washington are being prepared for use
by the Panama Pacific board for popu-
lar demonstration at the great expo
sition in san Francisco next year
One of the interesting films is that
depic1ing the kindergarten festival
held on the Mall this spring. The many
thousands of people from all sections
of the country who will witness this
film at the exposition will not only
receive a first-class impression of what
some Washingtonians decl re I" he th@
greatest park in the capital. but VIII
also see that when it comes to Riddles
Washington is also there
The machine for the exhibition or
still-life pictures is interesting
piece of mechanism. called ''stere"-
motorgraph-" 1t runs by electricity.
lures into the light behind a softentns
ground-glass screen and drops them
down after they have been shown for
the requisite period.
Secretary Lane Wednesday issued hts
usual monthly notice announcing me
classification work Of the department
for the month of June. During the
month, somewhat more than 100000
acres in the western public land states
were classified as non-frrigable and
were thus opened for entry under the
320-acre act.
At the end of the month the total
area of western lands made subject to
this type of entry by the orders of
the Secretary amounts to more than
21s,250.00o acres, it is stated.
Changes approved by Secretary Lane
among employees in the Department OF
Interior are follows:
Probationary observation-disclosures land
Office George J. Dorsey, District OF Co
lumbia, messenger boy. s4S'.
r e 4 n 8 a e ments-Secretary's office.
watchman. s72o; patent office Sidney ".
Wallace. Virginia copyist S'2o; bureau
of mines. John Spaerer. New Jersey
craftsman. S1.2fe.
]. Parke. West Virginia, clerk. sl.40o. TO
law examiner. Sl.6oo: Adam c. Yingst.
Pennsylvania. clerk. $1,000 to 400: Field
ing A. Chappell. Indiana. clerk. $1,000 to
81 100: James Y. Hamilton. Colorado.
copyist. 500 to clerk. $1,000: patent of.
flee. John T. Elder. Pennsylvania. copyist.
500. to clerk. $1,000; George J. Brew
Pennsylvania. copyist. S72o to $500: Mrs,
to $500. Geological survey, A. Emerson
Fletcher. New York. under clerk. $50 to
clerk, S900 Bureau of mines. Frederick
G. CottrelL California, chief physical
chemist. $4,000. TO chief chemist. s4.s'0.
Transfers within the Recommendations
eral land office. Arthur P Douglas. Dis
trict of Columbia, messenger boy. $3.50.
from messenger boy. 500. patent office:
Indian Office, Depew T. Chauncey, Viz
ginia, copyist $40. from copvist. S9ap.
reclamation service. To and from other
Observation-Disclosures land office. Vincent
de P. Simonton. Virginia. law examiner.
$1,000. to law clerk. $3.50. office OF solicit
tor, Department of Agriculture: Howard
B. Ricketts,. Pennsy lvania. clerk. Sl.oo'.
to clerk s1.1oo. forest service. Depart
ment of Agriculture; pension office Mrs.
Cordelia O'Reilly, Pennsylvania, clerk.
81 400 to clerk, Quartermasters Corps
of Army, War Department; Clarence L.
Selby, District of Columbia, skilled labor
er. $500. to elevator conductor-iaborer
5000. custodian service Treasury Depart
ment: reclamation service. John G. Dun
lop. Wisconsin. clerk. S1.6oo. from clerk,
81 500 interstate commerce commission.
observation-disclosures land office. Jere-
miah E. Connolly, New York. special
agent. s1,44O: Indian office. Franklin
ester, $1,000: John E. DaugherU. Dis
trict of Columbia clerk. $1,000; pension
office, John NJ Churchill New York,
clerk. 81. 500: Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Matteson,
Illinois. clerk. s1.eo; John W. r BEL,
District of Columbia, messenger boy, 500:
patent office John r. Backston, Rhode
island. laborer, $3.50: geological survey.
Walter n. Vance. California. topographers
$50 per month when actually einpioyeds
Joseph A TAYLOR, District of Columbia
assistant map printer, $1-S per day when
actually employed
watchman Byron w. Underwood is en-
loving a two-week vacation with relatives
and friends in Brooklyn, n. Y.
Lieut. John Watson is spending his an.
nual vacation at Cape May, n. J.
The many friends of Lieut.. A. Williams
will be pleased to know he is rapidly re.
covering from a serious operation, per.
formed two weeks ago.
watchman ]. B. Weidner is spending
two weeks at Reading. Pa.
Lieut. E ]. Thompson and watchman
A. B. Frisbie have returned from a three
day fishing trip in the vicinity of Blak-
istone Island with a report OF consldera-
BILE success.