Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


DR.. George c. Havenner. chief clerk OF
the department. has returned to his desk
after spending some time in superintend-
7 ing repairs to his house in Randle High
lands.
The chief clerk Is reported to be spend.
ing much time preparing his house and
lawn for the celebration of his silver
wedding anniversary. which occurs In
August.
,, Edison b. Browne. composer of poetry
comedian of the Department of Com
| merce, otherwise a clerk in the chief
clerks office. during the week left for
his home in New London. Conn.,, to visit
his mother. He will be gone two weeks
Browne is known as the composer OF
Pretty Little Jasmine"
U. Grant Smith. private secretary to
Secretary Redfleld, has recently re-
turned from the Adirondacks. where he
went to take his son, Walter l.. Smith
who Is recovering from a twelve-week
attack of pneumonia.
Miss Agathe Olsen. confidential secre-
tary to Secretary Redield. reported to
be the youngest confidential secretary in
the government departments, was visited
during the week by her sister, Mrs
Thomas Bennett, and the latter's daugh-
ter, Miss Beatrice Bennett. both of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
U. Grant Smith took a short time off
last week to recover from the shock of
an explosion in his home. The gas stove
in the kitchen exploded one morning
about I o'clock. blew out all the windows
in the basement, wrecked a few dishes
and made quite a dent in the ceiling.
In the Office of the secretary, Randell
j. Larson has been PROBATIONARY ap-
pointed as assistant messenger at STao,
and temporary appointments have been
given to Jesse B. Watts as assistant mes
senger at $40 and Mrs. Mary J. German,
as charwoman. at $40
In the bureau Of the census, Joseph
Sponsler, clerk, has been promoted to
$1,000; Walter B. Carter has been APP
pointed clerk at $500 by transfer from the
Interior Department, and Harry Hewlett
and Nathaniel Minor have been tempo
rarily appointed as laborers at $7cO.
In the bureau of standards, Davis H.
Tuck, laboratory assistant at 81 200, has
been transferred to the Treasury Depart
ment; Albert l.. Thuras and Winfield II.
Stannard. laboratory assistants. have
spectively, and Russell Smith has been
appointed janitor at $780,
John +. Blain. local inspector of hulls,
at $3.50. in the steamboat inspection
service at Boston. Mass. has resigned.
The temporary appointment Of John Ed
wards. jr., as aid at $500 in the coast and
geodetic survey has been terminated
James H. McComb electrician, and Mrs
Frances Garland, charwoman, have been
transferred from the bureau of the CEN
sus to the Office of the superintendent of
William L. Henson, laborer. has been
transferre to the Post Office Depart
ment
George F. McInturff. jr., of the chief
clerks office is spending his vacation in
Browne of the same office. Both will
visit New York on the return trip.
Miss Myrtle n. Halterman Of the ap-
pointment division expects to leave this
afternoon for a two-week vacation at
Atlantic City.
Ernest o. Paland of the bureau OF cor
porations is spending his weeks vacation
travelling up and down the Atlantic
coast. He is scheduled to stop at At
iantic City, Philadelphia and other places
in that vicinity.
Thomas r. Stewart of the chief clerk
office has his. outing every evening, and
doesn't have to wait for a vacation. He
has a fine camp at Forty-foot Rock, in
the upper Potomac. He and a few friends
have been in the habit Of going to the
camp every evening after work and stay
ing until the following morning. leaving
the camp unattended during the day.
However. when the campers returned
last Tuesday evening they found the tent
knocked down and camp equipment scat
tered thereabouts. Some of the camp
implements and utensils were never
found. and it is believed that the pirates
carried these off. However, Stewart said
that the camp will be watched closely
from now on.
tons division has returned from two
weeks sick leave, necessitated by the
shock of the murder of her brother, who
was a mining engineer in Mexico.
Miss Mary MCGEE of the bureau of the
census is entertaining friends from Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Clarence c. Weidemann of the chief
clerks force. together with his wife,
will leave for Boston by sea July and
will be gone two weeks. While in the
New England section they will visit
friends at New London, Conn.
E. w. Libbey of the chief clerks Office
and his wife will spend July 1 at Allan
tic City.
Francis NJ Shore has been promoted
from clerk TO chief of the division Of
supplies al $1,000, effective June &c.
Harry z. Olsen. special agent in the
bureau of corporations, has been trans
ferred to clerk at $1.s00 in the Office