The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
wrongdoers, IL Any, VIII Be Punished
and Faulty Methods, IL They Ex-
isf, VIII BE Remedied.
Mss INA LEIBHARDT'S WORK
CAPABLE INDIANA WOMAN WHOSE
AUTHORITY HAS BEEN CURTAILED.
Letter from Assistant General Tyner,
in which He Says He Has Not
Resigned, as Reported.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-Postmaster
General Payne returned to-day and the
investigation of affairs in the Postoffice
Department will be pushed. Mr.. Payne
ordered the investigation, with the ap
pToval of the President. before he started
on his West Indian trip. In a statement
this afternoon Mr.. Payne said If wrong
had been committed by any person punish
ment would be sure. and that If there were
faults in the methods of conducting the
various divisions, remedies would be ap
Piled
Indiana continues to figure prominently
in the inquiry now in progress at the
Department. While the order issued by
First Assistant Postmaster General Wy.ine
prohibiting subordinates from signing let
ters or papers of chiefs of divisions
general In it's scope II appears to have been
directed against Miss Ina Leibhardt, Of
Richmond, Ind, daughter of d. p. Leib-
hardt, chief OF the dead letter office. Miss
Leibhardt is chief clerk of the free delivery
division and has signed the name of Will
liam Machen many orders and letters
OF the division for a long time. She is un-
derstood to be a young woman of exceD-
tional executive qualifications and has ad-
vanced rapidly in the service since her
transfer from the dead letter office to the
rural free delivery division. Miss Leib-
hardt gets a salary of $500 a year. One
OF the reports going on is connection with
the departmental Investigation is TO the
effect that Miss Leibhardt has had almost
unlimited authority In the management of
affairs OF the free delivery division.
In letter from Perry Heath. published
here this morning. the report is denied
that the former assistant postmaster gen.
eral came here some time ago TO stop the
investigation. The enmity OF Mr.. Heath
to the fourth assistant postmaster general.
which has been Of long standing. frequent
" crops out in the letter of the former
Mr. Heath concludes by saying: Every
report and every statement and intimation
that ever attempted to check the fullest
investigation. or that would do so. or in
any way raise my hand against the fullest
and swiftest justice TO any one who has
done wrong in the public service, is mali
ciously false"
A charge Is made by an Indiana firm,
Baker Bros, OF Portland, alleging irregu-
larities in the contracts made for time
clocks used In the postof1ces throughout
the United States. The Bakers are agents
for a style OF clock different from that
adopted by the department.
No department official will make public
the name OF the firm in Peoria, Ill. which
charged that an Indiana firm secured ad-
vance information concerning the estab-
lishment OF rural routes.
Senator Beveridge was one Of the callers
at the Postoffice Department to-day. He
spent some time with First Assistant Post
master General Wynne. He said his call
had nothing TO do with the pending investi-
cation.