Evening star., 1916-01-02
DEPT. OF COMMERCE.
Office of the Secretary.

| e. E. Molster, assistant disbursing
clerk, was on leave during the week.
Miss Agathe Olsen, confidential clerk
to the Secretary, IS spending New
Year with her parents at Port Rich
mond. Staten Island.
| Marcus c. Leh of the appointment
i division has been transferred to the
| land office at Montrose. Col.
c. c. Weidemann of the chief clerk S
office, was on leave during the week.
| r. Raymond Stewart of the chief clerk s
Office was on leave during the week.
William j. Schmitt of the chief clerks
office was on leave the latter part of
the week.
Frank Evans of the disbursing Office
was on leave during the early part OF
the week.
| Walter :. Erwin of the division OF
supplies was on leave the first three
/ Gays OF the week.
G Leyburn Shorey. captain of the
watch. is spending the holidays with
i relatives at Frederick, Md.
Samuel Woodley of the division OF
| publications has been on leave of alb
sence for three days.
| Edwin Hadley Smith of the division
of publications is spending the hoii-
! days in New YORK.
| j. H. Collier of the division of publ
| cations has been home sick for few
| days.
! F. L. Higgins of the division of
publications spending the Christmas
| holidays in Trenton, n. j.
| Miss Hazel q. Wood of the division
| of publications is spending the non
days with friends in Baltimore, Md,
and Philadelphia. Pa
| W r. Garrett of the division OF
publications is spending the holidays
| at his home in Virginia.
Bureau of the Census.
| DR.. L. Dana Durand, former director;
| W. S. Rossiter, formerly chief clerk;
! Dr. Cressy l.. Wilbur. former chief
statistician for vital statistics. and
Lewis Merriam formerly of revision
and results. are in Washington this
week attending the annual meeting OF
the American Statistical Association. of
which DR.. Durand has been president
during the past year. DR.. Wilbur is at
present director of the division of
vital statistics of the New York state
department of health and Mr.. Merriam
is connected with the bureau of NUM-
cipal research of New York city.
Ira f. Widmeyer of the division OF
| manufactures is spending mis- Vaca-
tion with his family at Berkeley
Springs, w. Va.
Adolph J. Fugitt of the manufac-
| turers division has been transferred to
| the government printing office. The
members of his division presented him
| with a gold watch fob and studs as a
| token of their regard.
| Harvey j. Zimmerman is spending
his vacation at Round Hill, Va.
Charles Fl. lie Roy. who recently
sprained his arm, is recovering very
rapidly.
| Notice has been received in the
bureau of the marriage of Mr.. Leroy
Thomas of the division of statistics OF
! cities. The ceremony was performed
| in Philadelphia. December %.
| Oscar Wyatt of the division of statis-
tics of cities has finished his field as
| signment and has returned to the
bureau.
| Miss Mary Foley has returned to duty
| in the bureau after her vacation spent
in Baltimore and Virginia.
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce.
Harry Cell and Stanley d. Winder-
| man were ordered to the field.
| f. A. Brand, first assistant chief OF
bureau. has returned to the office after
a short trip to Boston for the purpose
| of inspecting the branch Office in that
city