The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-11
Postmaster General IssuesOrder
to Kansas City Office.
Has Been Receiving Remittance
of $1,000 Day.
WAS NOT SURPRISED.
Says Government Has Been Fair
to Him.
Receivership Would Result in
His Financial Ruin.

Acting under Instructions received
from George Won L. Meyer postmaster
general, U. S. Sartain, postmaster for
Kansas City. Kan, held up all mail
designated for the Uncle Sam Oil COM
pany and H. H. Tucker, jr.. whose
Headquarters are in the Wyandotte
building in that city. The order from
the postmaster general will remain in
force until other advices are received
annulling the instructions received in
the form of a telegram which read:
Hold all mail for the Uncle Sam Oil
company or its agents.
The contents of the telegram were
read to Tucker over the telephone by
the assistant postmaster. Referring to
1t Tucker said: 81 am not surprised at
the order. Although the government
at Washington and the postofflce Off
Gals here have been very fair to our
company SO far, the postoffice inspec-
tors, who worked up the case against
me, are anxious to push me as close
to the wall as possible, and 1 think
they have taken a snap deal on me by.
recommending the holding up of our
mail for the purpose of embarrassing
myself and the company. I shall go
right ahead and fight the case. think
we shall be able to get our mail again
within two or three days
1.-THE effect of the order will be to
have been receiving through the mails
daily. On an average we have been re-
ceiving $1,000 a day through the mails.
The purpose in securing the order was
no doubt to cut off our revenue"
The mails brought several dozen
registered letters in addition to other
mail which totaled over 500 pieces. all
of which accumulated within twenty
four hours at the postoffice following
the receipt of the telegram to hold.
THE application for a receivership
is an attempt to ruin our company and
the stockholders will never receive any
money for their shares if receiver is
appointed" continued Tucker. 81 feel
very cheerful now since receiver was
not appointed mediately. That
gives me all the chance 1 want. 1 am
confident that such a strong showing
can be made in court at the hearing
that 1t will preclude the appointment
of a receiver
Tucker blames the application for a
receiver on w. F. Rightmire, whom he
charges with an attempt to get even
because Tucker would not purchase
$1,000 shares of stock given to Right
mire for his work as right of way
agent for the Uncle Sam Oil company
during its first years. Tucker states
that he told Rightmire to sell his stock
to some one else. Rightmire then he
claimed, threatened to get even. A
meeting of the stockholders of the
company has been set by Tucker for
Monday, April %. Tucker claims that
he will send his bond to various towns
where his stockh olders live to get
Secretary Tucker said regarding the
move for a receivership:
eff receiver is appointed I am
ruined financially, and the stockhold-
ers will never receive any money for
their shares of stock
The receivership hearing will come
up at Topeka on Thursday next.
Tucker Says He'll Win.
Kansas City, Kan, April lin re-
ply to a query as to whether he would
furnish bail, H. H. Tucker, Jr., secre- |
tary of the Uncle Sam Oil company |
said, why sure. The bond only came |
here today and I am going right to |
work now to get it filed out. 1 am |
working up from here first, Atchison. |
and then will send to Cherryvale and |
from there to Kansas City, Kan. -