Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
TULLOCH CHARGES DENIED
Postal Auditor Declares Formsr Cashier
Statements Reckless and False.
OFFICE PROBE SHOWS ACCOUNTS RIGHT
Postmaster General Declares the In
vestiEation at Milwaukee and
New York Failed TO show
Any Irregularities.

WASHINGTON. May 19.-Captain Henry
A. Castle, auditor for the Postoffice depart
ment, today gave out a statement in reply
to Mr.. Tulloch's charge against his Office
Captain Castle says:
Some OF Mr. Tulloch's statements are
reckless and others absurdly false. The
proved by this office My recollection now
Is that less than $1,000 was finally disap-
portion was simply charged under another
head.
Postmaster General Payne said today
that the investigation at some of the post
Offices has been completed, instancing Mil
waukee, where he said, the accounts had
been found correct Comptroller Traoewen
has personally investigated the accounts
of the New York postofflce and he under
stands the accounts were also found cor.
rect there. The postofflce inspectors have
finished the investigation Of the Washing
ton postoffice and the Civil Service COM
mission experts today were finishing their
examination of the Office by taking testi-
mony of clerks appointed at outside post
offices who are transferred through the
Washington postoffice into the Postoffice
department.
Referring to the responsibility of subor-
dinates in oficial matters the postmaster
general said the subordinate officials will
be held responsible for their acts and
should not obey an order that was not ac-
cording to law, that an unlawful order
was no law at all so far as the necessity
of a subordinate executing it was con-
| cerned.
withdraw Oregon Lands.
Acting Secretary of Agriculture Moore
had recommended to the secretary OF the
interior the immediate withdrawal from
1 f,.
gon, for examination and report as to
their suitability for a forest reserve.
Flour Monopoly in Brazil.
The State department has been informed
| that one house of the legislature of the
| Brazilian state of Pernambuco has passed
the bill creating an exclusive monopoly In
the milling of -four. The news has caused
commotion among American -four makers.
BID for New GunbOnts.
The Gas Engine and Power company of
Morris Heights, N. j., was the lowest bid
| der for the new gunboats Dubuque and
Paducah, sealed proposals for which were
opened at the Navy department today.
! The bid was $295O0O each If the depart
ments designs are followed complete and
$26s 900 IL the departments designs are fol-
lowed except as to the boilers. The time
for completion is eighteen months.
Melville Calls German ships Best.
The signed article of Count Won Raben-
low, published in a Berlin newspaper at
| tackinR Rear Admiral Melville for his
statement in regard to the superiority, ton
for ton, of the German battleships, has
drawn a reply from the latter The en-
gineer-in-chief declares that his statement
that the German battleships, for their dis
placement, are the superior over others
is fully recognized when the following facts
are considered:
1. For their tonnage the German battle-
| ships have the highest speed, since its
| ships of about 10 900 tons displacement were
built several years after the American,
Q. BY reason of the triple screw instalia-
| ton of machinery they have superior
structural and economical advantages Sc
cured by such an installation OF machinery.
During the past year all naval strateglsts
| and tacticians have ascribed create
value TO the maneuvering factor and there
fore the advantages OF the triple screw IN
stailation is now receiving more consider
| alton than ever before.
q Because German battlesnlps are with.
out the numerous luXurles installed ~
those of other nations. increased ., we,gihl
and space has been given 10 those motive
Appliances upon which the fighting efh
cheney of the ship depends.
Admiral Melvilles purpose In praisinl
the German navy he says, was to secur'
an installation of motive machinery de
manded by the conditions of today, for 4
is only inviting danger to distribute thu
Is, 900 horsepower that is transmitted By
the two screw shafts OF a modern armoIeC
cruiser when such power could be trans
mitted on three shafts, thus giving tn
ship greater security. increasing the stean
engine radius and improving the rnaneh
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