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

MTEhlUk UEPAHTMENT.
Herbert A Meyer. private secretary ID
Secretary Lane was out OF the city
Tuesday.
James I. Parker. chief clerk. left Tues.
day for New York city with his two sons
H. c. Parker Of New Orleans and C I.
Parker Of Dallas Tex: who have heen
two weeks. Judge Parker returned ID
the office yesterday.
Secretary Lane returned to the citN
Tuesday from a trip to Lake Champla,n.
The Panama-Paciic board is rejoicing
at the passage by tn, Senate OF the SUM
dry civil bill including the section maxi
ing provision for building in which 10
install the government exhibit 1t the exS
position IN San Francisco.
The bill provides for - suitable buiids
ing in that part OF tho reservation known
as the Preside of San Franoisco." Thl
building Ia to cost $500. 900. and - 10 b
OF such a permanent character as wiz
make It available and useful for military
purposes of the United States amer thV
close Of the exposition.
Another section OF the bfn provided 10
a national exposition commission, to coma
sist OF two civilian officers or employed
from the executive departments and one
from civil life
Tho exposition board has all sorts -
devices with which TO show 10 the nAtivea
OF these United States who may visit
the Panama-Pacific exposition the worki
ings OF the government Two Of the dif7
ferent methods to be used probably wifi
prove to be the moving pictures and the
Under the direction of Mr.. Cline os
the Department OF Agriculture many
moving pictures Of different govern
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
depicting the Kindergarten festival
thousands Of people from all sections
of the country who will witness this
film at the exposition will not only
receive f1rst-class impression of what
greatest park in the capital. but Will
also see that when it comes to "kiddies'
Washington is also there
The machine for the exhibition OF
piece Of mechanism called a ''stereo-
motorgraph." 1t runs by electricity.
and automatically raises colored pic
lures into the light behind softenins
down after they have been shown for
the requisite period.
Secretary Lane Wednesday issued hts
usual monthly notice announcing the
classification work of the department
for the month Of June. During the
month somewhat more than 100000
acres in the western public land statea
were classified as non-irrigable and
were thus opened for entry under tia
320-acre act
At the end Of the month the totua
area of western lands made subject ~
fvFn
the Secretary amounts to more thaa
21s,250.0 600 acres. II fs stated
Changes approved By se~eeary kant
among employees In the Department Of
Interior are as follows:
Probationary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Land
Office. George J. Dorsey. District Of CeA
lumbia, messenger boy. $3.50.
r ein a 9 ments-Secretaryu ONCE
Thomas c: Mcffush- MaseachusettS
Wallace. Virginia. oopy1st S72o; bureau
.,1 Of mines; !, John sao spaerer' New Jersey
Promotions-General land once Francis
]. Parke. West Virginia. clerk. 8. 400 I'd
law examiner. $1,000: Adam c. YingsA
PENNSYLVANIA. clerk. s1.2oo to 81 400: Fiedf
sL20: James Y. Hamilton. Colorado.
copyist. $500 to clerk. y 600: patent ofs
fee. John T. Elder, Pennsylvania. copyisA
500. to clerk. $1,000: George J. Brew
Virginia B. Mellam. Ohio. copyist. s7a0
to 500. Geological survey. A Emerson
Fletcher. New York. under clerk. $3.50 to
clerk. $780, Bureau of mines, Frederick
G. CottrelL California, chief physical
chemist $4,000 to chief chemist. $500.
Transfers within the department-Gen-
eral land office. Arthur P. Douglas Dis
trict Of Columbia, messenger boy, $40.
from messenger boy. $500. patent Office:
Indian office. Depew T. Chauncey, Nir-
ginia, copyist. $500. from copyist. $500.
reclamation service. To and from other
Northumberland land Office. Vincent
de p. Simonton, Virginia, law examiner.
s1.eo0. to law clerk. s1.s 800. office of solici-
B. Ricketts,. Pennsylvania. clerk. $1.O0'.
to clerk, SLIGO. forest service. Depart
ment Of Agriculture; pension office, Mrs.
Cordelia O'Reilly. Pennsylvania. clerk.
LOO, to clerk. Quartermasters Corps
of Army. War Department; Clarence L.
Selby, District of Columbia. skilled labor
er. $500. to elevator conductor-laborer.
$500, custodian service, Treasury Depart
ment: reclamation service, John G. Dun
lop. Wisconsin. clerk. S1.6o0. from clerk,
81. 500. interstate commerce commission.
designations land office. Jere-
miah E. Connolly. New York. special
agent. s1.440; Indian office. Franklin
W. Reed. District Of Columbia. for
ester. 5000: John E Daugheru. Dis
trict of Columbia, clerk. 81 600; pension
office, John NJ. Churchill, New York,
clerk, 81 600: Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Matteson,
Illinois, clerk, 81 200; John w. F. Bell
District of Columbia, messenger boy. sfW;
patent office. John R. Backston. Rhode
Island laborer. $3.50: geological survey
Walter N. Vance. California. topographes
$50 per month when actually employed3
Joseph A. Taylor District Of Columbia.
assistant map printer. 1.25 per day when
actually employed.
Watchman Byron W. Underwood is en-
joying a two-week vacation with relatives
and friends in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lieut.. John Watson is spending his ans
nual vacation at Cape May, N. J.
The many friends of Lieut.. A. Williama
will be pleased to know he is rapidly reS
covering from serious operation, pers
formed two weeks ago.
Watchman J. r. Weidner Is spending
two weeks at Reading. Pa.
Lieut.. Z. j. Thompson and Watchman
B. Frisbie have returned from three-
day fishing trip in the vicinity of Blak-
stone Island with a report of considers.
BILE success.