OCR Text |
Show oo FISHER SUPPLANTS SEC.BALUNGER Washington, March 13 The re-sponsib'Jity re-sponsib'Jity of the secretaryship of the department of tho intorlor was shifted shortly beforo 10 o'clock today when Walter L. Fisher, or Chicago took the oath qf office as head of that department, depart-ment, succeeding Richard A. Bal-linger, Bal-linger, retired. The formality was without ceremony. cere-mony. The now secretary spent the morning receiving bureau heads nnd division chiefs of the department. r |