Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-22
BEAVERS IN DEMAND
Counsel Notified to Produce
Him at Once.
ALSO FURTHER SURETY
GOVERNMENT SAVES $1O5. 900 ON
SUPPLIES
Result of Rejection Of Bids and Calling
ALSO FURTHER SURETY
Result of Rejection Of Bids and Calling
for New Ones 1ndict-
ments Expected.

NEW YORK. September 22-Counsel for
George w. Beavers former superintendent
Of the division of salaries and allowances
in the Post Office Department, were inform
ed al the conclusion of an adjourned hear
ing today in the Beavers case that Mr..
Beavers must be produced before Commits
sioner Hitchcock Immediately to answer to
two additional complaints received tgainst
him; predicated upon the two indictments
recently returned against Beavers IN Wash
ington for alleged conspiracy to dsiraud
the government in connection with State
Senator George L. Green and the Bundy
Time Clock Company of Binghamton, n. Y.
1t was also made known that other surety
than J. r. Brown, who is now Mr.. Beavers
bondsman on two 5000 bonds, must be pro-
duced. the practice of the district attorneys
Office being not to accept the same surety
on more than two bonds.
An adjournment until Friday was granted
to give the defense time to prepare papers
and bring contempt proceedings before
United States District Judge Holt against
District Attorney Youngs and his stenogra-
pher of Brooklyn and Post Office Inspector
Little, for failure to answer subpoenas
made out bysCommissioner Hitchcock.
Big Saving on Money Order Supplies.
AS the result of the rejection of all bids
for money order supplies that would have
become effective July /. and the calling for
new bids, which were opened September 8.
the government will make net saving OF
100000 during the next four years. as COM
pared with the last four years.
The saving In giving the award for money
order blanks to Paul Herman, instead of to
the WynkoopHallenback Com
pany, which had had the contract for a
number of years. will amount to $4,000 in
the next four years.
The combined saving to the government
in money order supplies for that time will
aggregate S105, 600 This is one of the re-
suits of the investigation of affairs in the
Post Office Department. Acting Postmaster
General Wynne is greatly pleased at this
saving.
More Indictments Looked For.
Several more indictments are expected to
be returned by the District of Columbia
grand jury, which is still in session. WnIIe
the officials at the Post Office Department
have studiously refratned from giving any
information as to who the persons may be,
there seems to be a general understanding
that one of the indictments will be against
a man who has held high position in the
department, and whose name has been as
ISOLATED to a considerable Nextent in the
scandals that are being investigated.
Representative Deemer of the Williams
port, Pa, district was a caller at the Office
of Acting Postmaster General Wynne this
afternoon. He came to Washington to look
after a number of things In which his con-
stituents are interested. Among other
things he tried to impress upon Mr.. Wynne
the need of further rural free delivery in
his district.
Private Secretary Whitney Returns.
Mr. Francis H. Whitney, private secre-
tary to Postmaster General Payne, re-
turned last night from his vacation, which
was spent at his old home in Milwaukee.
and was at his desk today for the first time
in more than a month. He is feeling great
ly improved in health.
Postmaster General Payne is still at the
Virginia Hot Sulphur Springs. He will like
ly not return to Washington until the lat
ter part of the week.