The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-06
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a Row on in Custom
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SlRATEMrER LAID Off
Collector Stackable Charges Hin
With INSTRUMENTATION and
Unbecoming Conduct.

Deputy collector of Customs Georxe
Stratemeyer has been suspended from. I
duty. without ply, for nfteen DAYS. b, !
Collector 81 Customs ". X. stackable. 4
on "a charge OF "insubordination and |
language unbecoming a gentleman"
This In the first time that anything
~ the Kind has occurred In the official
career of Mr.. stratemeyer and his
friends are alta ioss to account for a.
stratemeyer himself In naturally upset
over The affair but II IL said he Ia ready
To show the authorities at Washington
that he n not altogether TO blame In
the matter. II 49,
Mr.. Stratemeyer's version II as fol-
lows on Monday morning last ne went
10 the Office Of the collector on a mat
ter of business pertaining 20 the de-
partmssst. The collector incidentally
asked MIR. Stratemeyer to send a man
to sec why n certain clerk In the Office
had not been NJ the once for the past
two days. II was supposed that the
man In question was drunk or Sinking.
stvatsmeyer said that he ala not like
Ito DO the work Of stool-p pigeon. lie
Isaid that ne would not spy on any OF
1.-THE men. Mr.. stackabie said that II
ives me business OF every man In the
department 10 report any wrong con-
duct ON the part OF any Of the other
linen. strafemeyer then left the office,
rnyinx that he would do nothing In the
; matter. The collector called him back.
stratemeysr then said In the hearing
: OF many OF the clerks that he would
70 back In the sfice providing the col
' icctov would confine his conversation "a
|. business and not tell scandaIoue stories
!. lconcerulng employees OF the department
= lssYou ought 10 be ashamed Of yourself
r we're Mr.. stratemeyer's last words "a
!. the collector as he left the building.
: About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
}, the deputy collector received n lettel
y from the collector ordering him sus
pended for fifteen days without pay 70
Observation-Disclosures and language unbe
coming n gentleman"
Collector stackabie was seen BY nj
Advertiser reporter In regard TO tn
AFFAIR According 10 the collector
Il story he asked Mr.. Stratemeyer II h
~ had n man whom he could spare 70 2
and see why n certain clerk In the OF
a Ace had been absent from his dutie
M for n day or two stratemeyer raise
pt objections and said that N he kne'
IN exactIy what the collector wanted I
him he might be- able To do IL. strait
meyer then left the ONCE. mumbfin
=" and stackabIe called him back TO -
what the matter was. Then STRAIT
meyer banged his fiat on the count
I'm the main Office and. with an oat
said that he refused TO obey the CO
nc Iector's orders and that he. the &C
I'd Iector. ought 10 he - - ashamed
II himself.
YER stratenneyer's friends claim that
has been dealt unfairly with ana IN
the matter should be lnvesush''
- strntemeyer WIN send explanations
washington and n II said that tho
DENOMINATIONS win cover matter otf
than the incident which led TO his
A. ing suspended.
ON The collector insists that strateme,
ta- was guilty Of Standardization and =
De- rentiemaniy Language and that that
y all there II To u.
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