stating therein that he would be willing to give $100 if the assistant commissioner could secure him a permanent position as watchman. In consequence of having written this letter, Williams was removed from the service, and the case was referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution. The case was forwarded by the Attorney General to the district attorney at Brooklyn, with the request that the matter be investigated, and that proper action be taken thereon. The report of the disposition of the case has not yet been received from the department.

New York, case of Isadore Doch.

Charge: Perjury.

Date of charge: September 10, 1917.

Result: On January 3, 1913, Doch filed an application for the immigrantinspector examination, in which he competed on January 8, 1913, and as a result of which he received an appointment. On July 25, 1914, he was dismissed from the service. He filed another application in October, 1916, for a first-grade clerk examination, omitting all reference, however, to his having previously been employed in the Government service. He was given an appointment as a result of the second examination, but was later identified as the person who competed in the immigrant-inspector examination. The matter was therefore presented to the United States attorney at New York. On January 16, 1918, Doch pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1 and serve three months in jail.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Shickshinney, case of Herman L. Rothfuss.

Charge: False statements in applications.

Date of charge: November 27, 1917.

Result: Rothfuss was barred from examination because he himself executed the medical certificate and vouchers in his application for the examination for teacher, Philippine service, in which he competed on November 29 and 30, 1912. The case was at the time referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution, and, although a true bill was returned, the case was nol prossed at the suggestion of the United States attorney. Rothfuss filed two applications since his debarment, one for the first-grade or clerical examination held in Harrisburg, Pa., on August 11, and one on February 21, 1918, for assistant chemist. In both he claimed that he had never been barred from examination. Several inconsistencies were discovered upon comparing the applications, and the case was therefore referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution, and was in turn forwarded to the district attorney at Scranton, Pa. No report of the disposition of the case has been received.