Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

No member of the federal reserve
board or it's secretary was in Wash
ington Wednesday to sit on the lid.
Sherman Allen, assistant secretary,
held down all the jobs. With the ex-
ception of Frederic a. Delano. who Is
now in Panama on his way to San
Francisco, all members of the board,
with Secretary Parker Willis. assem-
bled in New York city. Secretary Nc
Adoo came from his summer home. at
North Haven. Me-: Controller of the
Currency John Shelton Williams left
his desk at the Treasury Department;
Paul Warburg came down from his
place in Westchester county. n. Y.
and II. G. Harding and sAdolf Miller.
with Secretary Willis, went from wash
ington for the informal meeting of the
board. Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Harding,
with Secretary Willis. returned to
Washington Friday. Controller Will
liams reappeared on duty Saturday
The others went to their vacation
haunts.
Frank Halstead. chief of the customs
division, has started on a western trip
of inspection. He will visit st. LOUIS
Los Angeles, San Francisco and other
customs ports during his absence from
Washington.
Miss Agnes Holland of the Office of
the chief clerk is taking her annual
leave. She is at Braddock Heights.
Md, where she expects to remain for
three weeks.
Col. E. II. Jameson, superintendent of
the building, has returned from an en-
joyable vacation time, spent at Will
mington, Del, his home, and at Allan
tic City. He has been away three
weeks.
Samuel Patterson, auditor for the In
terror Department, has returned from
western trip. He was one OF the
commission to examine the assets OF
the subtreasury at San Francisco.
William H. Osborn, commissioner OF
internal revenue, is at his home. IN
Greensboro. N. c. The Tar Heel press
has him prominently mentioned as a
candidate for governor of>the state.
Miss Fora B. Williams, clerk in the
income tax division of the internal rev.
enue bureau, is taking holiday at
Stocksville, N. c. John c. Birmingham.
clerk in the assessment division, is at
New London, Conn. Mariner. Casco bay.
Me-, Is the place selected by Francis
D. O'Connor, clerk in the income tax
division, for his summer vacation. john
W. Davis, clerk in the income tax d.
vision, mas gone TO Sedtllc, " dSu., dnu
to Aid, Mo. Miss Maude Classon, clerk
in the income tax division. is at Ston-
igton, Ill.
Paul F. Meyers. chief clerk in the in
ternal revenue bureau, is at the home
of his father, at York, Pa. Mr.. Meyers
met his wife at their home. in Column
bus, n j., and proceeded to their des-
tina ton.
Five travellers from the Garden OF
Eden last week visited Charles M
Force, chief clerk of the office OF the
controller of the Treasury. The V1si-
tors were Wilson Bodkin, acting mayor
and councilman of Shelbyville, Ky
which is the Garden of Eden-W. A
McGrath, councilman, brother-in-law
of Chief Clerk Force; L. Grant Smith
DR.. Graham Lawrence and Eugene
Cowles. The delegation was in Wash
ington to look over the designs OF the
supervising architect for the $5O,0o0
public building that is to be erected IN
the Garden of Eden. Judge" Force was
driven out of the Garden Of Eden
twenty-eight years ago. He still main
tains he is one of the elect. although ne
has been a cowboy in South Dakota, a
lawyer in Indiana and government
employe in the city of Washington In
the time he has been shut out.