New-York tribune., 1909-11-20

hsNAAANsae.
LOEB SEPARATES" DEPUTY.
Collector Loeb continued his shake-up
yesterday by the separation from the
customs service Of nineteen men. among
them James r. Vail. who had been in
the government employ for tWenty-one
years. and WAS deputy collector when
the axe fell In connection with THIS
seuaration II employees from the pay
roU the Collector said later in the day;
we are in the midst ~ tie greatest
shake-up in the history Of the United
States Customs Department More en-
pioyes have been dismissed from the
New York ONCE since 7 took charge than
during the entire previous history Of the
service. and We are not through yet. We
are going 70 keep al it until the Ne"
York Custom House is made thoroughly
respectable.
Secretary MacVeagh's statement IN
Washington (Which showed that lo4 men
in an branches Of the service had been
dismissed since last March reveals what
We have accomplished Up TO to-day. Add
q tLat the nineteen employees dislnlssed
tc-dav and you viii see that We have
gone pretty thoroughly into the mat er
am contin- - ny investigation, and /
can say that .-.e are more heads TO be
Topped of soon"
Mr.. Loeb said that while his list which
gave seventy-three as the number OF
F1en " no had been dropped since March
3. tho men "serarated" were those con-
nected IN some capacity with sugar
weighing or baggag. handling.
THE MEN SEPARATED"
Tho Collector announced the dismissal
of the following; George =. Bedeu, an
Inspector. formerly chief clerk of the
weighing division; James p. Hyland
and JOSEPH O'CarroN, former foremen or
weighing districts; ten assistant weigh
ers. three inspectors, formerly assistant
u-eighers: one INSPECTOR, formerly as
sistaut gauger. and one assistant gauger
and James f. Vail. formerly deputy sur
veyor in charge II the weighing division
OF Mr. Nail the Collector said that the
Office of deputy collector which he held
when dismissed had been discontinued.
The reason given for Mr.. Walls d.smis-
sal was that IS deputy surveyor he was
.n charge of the weighing division dur
ing the time The extensive underWeigh-
ing frauds were committed, The COL
lector said there Was no evidence Of any
corruption on his part. There WAS this
sentence At the close ~ the announce
rnent: The Collector IS continuing his
investigations"
The dismissal took effect at once. Mr..
Van said, when Informed Of the Col
lectOrs action.
u have been made the scapcgoat Not
only have ] been absolutely faithful 10
the government for the entire twenty
one years Of my service, but X is a
known fact that while was AZ the head
of the weighing department l ferreted
out tie original frauds"
Joseph O'Carr1I said al his home No
55s 5Sth street, South BROOKLYN last
might that De had received no official
notice. ~ Eis dismissed from t..a customs
service and that he would 60 10 The Gus
tom House this morning, ss he had done
70, the last forty years. IIe said he
knew ~ no reason why b, sEDull be dis
missed. none - the officials having
talked wiki him in roear3 to any mis-
conduct ia his department. He said be
didn't see why the d'smisSals were be-
ing connected with the sugar inFestiga-
tion. adding tha- ne hadn't done any
sugar 81. ghnE since the administration
of President cleveland
SILENT oN PROSECUTION.
Nr Lorb's record Of dismissals since
a week. II" had "a talk with Secretary
MacNoach over the telephone on Thurs
DAY when the list was being prepared
The talk Was about the men dropped
yesterday and about those slated FOR dis
missal ia the near future.
Mr. Loeb would not say that any u
the men dismissed would be prosecuted
EAlanG was mentioned in the Mus. .ca
case, but denied al the time that ne had
had anythug 90 do with the cheese i'm
porting frauds. Bedeu was uud,r Vail
until transferred. Vail and BedGl pe-a
taken 1Ut of their old places IN July.
when the investigation became more
deeply concerned iu the work OF the
weighing department. BedeH ,gas in The
service Tor nineteen years and lived la
Bloomfield y. J. lie is a member u the
Board cf Education and "a trustee Of tho
Park Methodist Church Il that t8u.u.
Tho grand jury was sitting yesterday,
but il did not hand down any further in
dictmeuts in connection with the sugsr
fraud.
demurrer was fled in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday by The
law firgl II LexyW, Nackol.ar & Wells 10
III. Indictment returned against CIIYor
SYitzer. formerly dock superintendent n
tEe Hav-m,ye- & Elder plant, n
WILLIAMSBURG. Tie murrer is "a gem
.ral denial ~ tne counts in Tie inaIct-
meat. Tie case VIII come u2 for arc--
mcut before Judge H1uEh on Monday.
Tie only government employee indicted
60 Ear is JoseIh ID. Dololca, VINO was a
government weigher al the Hayemryer
& Elder docks.
QUESTION FOR CLAIMANTS.
tn GPh, for the credit of the G.scov-
ery a. the sugar irasls had an acccs-
sion yesterday iu Mr Vail There Was
no general issuance OF statements. buf
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