The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-20
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| CUSTOMS HOUSE
Secretary MacVeagh An
ounces Changes.
IN Unity GRANTED NO MORE
I 6ciaIs Declare End Not. Yet in
Sight.
In Rehabilitation of service Collector
Loeb Has Eiiminated Acting
Deputy Surveyor VAN and Dis-
missed More Than One
Hundred Employes.

WdSulHgtons nov lSs---IHe eiiiuiha-
tion from the custom service OF Acting
Deputy Surveyor James F. Vail, the
abolition OF that once In the New York
customs house, the dismissal of l04
men at New York from March 4 up
to last night, together with nearly 150
other changes included in Collector
Loeb's statement today from New York
were announced BY Secretary Mac
yeagh tonight.
There will be no further grants. OF
Immunity in the customs investigation
at New York, Secretary Macveagh
made this clear.
Collector Loeb, the secretary said.
assured him that there would be NO
further occasion for II, that they had
accomplished what was needed by the
immunity previously promised.
The object of tonlght's announce
ment. according to Secretary Mac
Veagh, was to show the gradual re-
habilitation of the service.
END Not In sight.
! The end Is not yet In sight. accord
ing to the secretary and the changes
Will keep right on until the renabiii-
tation Is complete.
3 Many Of those affected by the
changes covered In today's statement
ting notice of their alsmissals but the
secretary had already conferred with
the president and the appeals were
without effect.
The salaries paid these reduced and
dismissed men range from So day to
$4,000 per annuril.
All the dfsmissals were made grad
ually and only after consultation with
the secretary OF the treasury who said
to-day that while many OF the changes
were on account Of the frauds and COR
fuption II was not true of all OF them
All of the vacancies. said Secretary
Macveagh, have been filled.
No names. save that Of Vail was
given in today's statement
Collector LeeB Taaks.
New York. Nov. 1s.--"we are in the
midst OF the greatest shakeup in the
history OF the United states customs
department said William Loeb. Jr.,
collector OF the port of New York, to-
night when shown Secretary Mac
yeagh's summary of the work thus
far accomplished in cleaning up toe
New York customs house.
more employees have been dismiss
ed from the New York ONCE since
took charge there than during the en-
tire previous history Of the service" he
continued, "and we are not through
yet. We are going to keep at 1t until
the New York customs house is made
thoroughly respectable.
secretary Maeveagh's statement In
washington shows what we have ac-
complished up to today. Add to that
the nineteen employees dismissed today,
and you will see that we have gone
pretty thoroughly into the matter I
am continuing my investigations and ]
can say that there are more heads 70
be Topped OF soon"
Mr.. Loeb's house cleaning took him
into high places today. Among those
dismissed this afternoo were James n
Vail. deputy collector Of this. the big
gest customs house in the country;
George E.. Bedell, an inspector and
formerly chief clerk Of the weighing
diyision; James Philand and Joseph
O,Carroll, ex-foreman OF weighing dis
trIcts.
Mr.. Vail expressed great indignation
at his removal. Il have been made
the scapegoat," he said. mot only
have l been absolutely faithful to the
government for the Twenty-Five years
7 have been in the service, but 1t is
n known fact that while I was at the
head OF the Weighing department,
fei.eted out the original frauds"