The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
Purely Personal

Leland c. Dibble. clerk In the adtutant
generals Office In the War Department.
has resigned.
Fay B. Hopkins has received an ap-
pointment In the Bureau of Insular AZ
fairs. e.. -
Harold W. Cotton. machinist In the
Navy Yard, has returned to work after
a few days absence. -.
John c. Sullivan. of the Government
Printing Office, has recovered sufficiently
from two operations to return to work.
Miss Addie d. Love has received an ap-
pointment in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.
Fred T. Eldridge. mayor of Eastport,
Me-, 10 in the city for a few days visit
ing Col. C. T. Eldridge, 1217 Franklin
street northeast. He will remain in
Washington until Saturday.
William Stevens. clerk of the police
court. of Norfolk. Va. was in Washing
ton yesterday. He left via the Norfolk
and Washington. steamer last night.
Lawrence E. Davis. city treasurer of
Roanoke. Va, spent yesterday in Wash
ington. He started for home last night.
Barry Greene, formerly of this city and
now a prominent business man in Roa-
noke Va, who has been in the city for
the past few days, returned home last
night
Howard n. Murphy. of Newport News.
Va, who is attending the Baldwin
School of Aviation at Newport News. was
in the city yesterday.
Raymond E. Esher, who has been on
a trip to New York city, is expected to
return this evening.
Sidney b. Cleal, of the Bureau of Nat
uraIlzation, is in New York because Of
the death of an uncle.
r. F. Andrews, of the Bureau of Nat
uralization, has returned to the office
after an absence Of ten days.
c. c. Lange of the Bureau of Nat
uralization, was on leave Monday.
William wolfley. of the Bureau OF Nat
uralization. was on leave last Tuesday.
Assistant Surgeon NJ. E. Harrison, u.
8. N, OF Philadelphia, was in town sew
eral days ago.
Corporal James Tanner has been i'll for
several days. but is recovering.
Edward Roman, of the Government
Printing Office. has left for Palm Beach.
where he will stay a few days.
Walter R. Metz. superintendent of
building at the Government Printing Of
fee. has received a commission as cap
tain OF engineers of the reserve corps of
the United States army.
Wallace w. Wright, assistant in mar
ket business practice of the office of Mar
kets and Rural Organization of the De-
partment of Agriculture. is in the mid
die West installing accounting systems
in agriculture marketing organizations.
J. ]. Ahearn. of the Office of Markets
and Rural Organization Of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. has gone to Gin
cInnat to make a survey of receipts and
prices of fruits and vegetables at the
market there.
Frank Blaine, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. is out of the city on govern
ment Investigations in the production OF
high grade fax tow.
L. 1. Harter. of the Bureau OF Plant
Industry. is In Pennsylvania and New
Jersey investigating the sweet potato
storage rots.
DR.. c. E. Baldwin of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, is in Cleveland on offi-
cial business for the department
Joseph Boiko. employed in the Post
Office Department, has been transferred
from the office Of the second assistant to
the ofrice Of the third assistant postmas-
ter general.
David W. Eaton. who has been tempo
rarily employed IN the General Land
Office, has had his appointment ex-
tended.