The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
POSTOFFICE OFFICIALS DE.
FRAUDED THE GOV.
ERNMENT.
Many More Dismissals will follow
Who Some of the Su.pects
Are-No Effort to Be made
to Prosecute Them
Other News.

v various features of the present in
vestigation into the postal service
are completed. Those employees
under suspicion or against whom
minor offeDses are alleged will be
quietly discharged. No effort will
be made to prosecute them. Among
them are believed 10 be the follow
ing:
William H. Eandvoigt, superin-
tendent of classification, whose son
is an employee Of the General Man
fold Company, which has sold
large quantities of multiplex books
to the department.
Louis Kempner, superintendent
of the registry division, who sup
pressed an Inventory showing that
q surplus of 10000 multiplex books
was bought from the General Man
ifoid Company.
M. A w. Louis, superintendent
of the division of postoffice sup
plies. .....
John M. Masten, Assistant su-
perintendent of the railway mail
service, against whom charges have
been filed, and who is now under
investigation. Masten was chief
clerk to Perry S. Heath when a
large proportion of the irregularities
now being examined were commit
ted.
II. FL. Rand, confidential clerk
to the ppstmaster-general, who has
utilized his position to advance the
eale of mining stock.
Assistant superintendent of Ru
raj free delivery hazard, at New
York, who is charged with having
been the real head of the promotion
ring and to have conducted this
brokerage business in connection
with the officials here.
George A. c. Christiancy, acting
as assistant a,torney-general, who
was relieved from duty at his own
requeet.
There will be other subordinate
officials and many high-grade
clerks removed. This will be done
one at a time. It.is determined 10
clear the department of all those
who were intimately associated with
the Beavers and Machen regime
and against whom petty irregulari-
ties have been alleged or strong
suspicious directed.
Contrary to his declared inten-
tion, Charles Hedges, who was dis
missed yesterday from the position
of superintendent of city free de-
livery, today asked for an investi-
cation and reinstatement. He also
filed a claim for 16 days. leave of
absence with pay. y
I'm answering Hedges assertion
that during the years 1898, 1899
and 1900 he had not taken one day
of regular leave, officials of the post /
Office department declare that the
reason Hedges did not take leave
of absence when a vacation was !
coming to him was that if he had
done as he wouldn't have had an
excuse for charging up per diem
allowance, and his salary was all
that would have been paid him.
AS it was he took the side trips, re- t
ceived regular salary, and charg-
ed up per diem expenses.
Assistant Superintendent Haz-
zard, of New York, was stationed |
there for some time and beca me in /
innate with both Beavers and Ma.
chen. He was subsequently trans i
ferred to New York but frequently
visited this city. It is said that
last winter, whole here on one of !
these visits, Hazard became in |
yolved in an al:ercation and was
shot.
According to the story which is
being told about the postofice de-
partment, Hazard was taken to
local hospital, and, through the in
7huence of Machen and Beavers, the
affair was kept from the newspa- /
Z pers.
A local surgeon DR.. Kerr, who
was called to treat the patient, is
said to have rendered bill to the
New Yorker, only to be turned
down." 1t is not denied that the.
Surgeon has made efforts to collect
the bill through the postofice del
partment. Hazard is said 10 have
been at the hospital for Elk weeks,
and afterward made affidavit that
he was actively engaged in the SER
Fice of the department and received
therefore per diem allowance of 81.
be same as Hedges while the latter
was in Mexico and in attendance at
he funeral of the late Senator
Fherman.
Wanted