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Show THOMAS AT WHITE HOUSE. Salt Lake Postmaster Has an Audi-ience Audi-ience With President Roose-velt. Roose-velt. TRIBUNE SPECIAL. Washington, Jan. 20. This evening's. Star has the following In iU White House report: "Senator Stnoot and Congressman Howell of Utah were with the President Presi-dent this momlnsr and presented ex-Gov. ex-Gov. Tliomas, at present postmaster at Salt Lake. There is talk of trouble ahead for Mr. Thomas as postmaster, and his call this morning may or may not have been in connection with this talk. "Postmaster Thomas had charges preferred against him some lime ago, one of them being that he had appointed ap-pointed a certain man to a position In the Salt Lake postofllce, that he might be able to collect a debt that was due him by the man. "The Postolllce department sent an Inspector lo Salt Lake City, nnd this ofilclal made u. thorough Investigation nnd reported. This report is now In the hands of the President. Some Utah politician Is said to be mixed in the affair, and the President must determine, de-termine, in settling the cn.se, just how-far how-far politics Is playing a part In the charges." Parley Williams of Salt Lake, general gen-eral counsel for tlyi Oregon Short Line, is here for a few days, at the New WU-lard. WU-lard. ' |