Show i VAIL DECLARES HE lIE wits WAS MADE SCAPEGOAT NEW YORK Nov No 20 We O. We am aro in inh th h midst of ot th tho greatest shakeup in inthe tho the history r of or the tho Unit United ll States customs ens cus c toms tom 1215 department said William Loc Lee Jr of the tho port of New York lork toni tonight ht when shown Secretary Mac Mac- V n Js summary of t he work thus far accomplished in iii cleaning up the NewYork NewYork NewYork New New- York customs C house hoie Moro Ioro employees lI have o been dismissed dismissed dis dis- missed from tho the New Ne York office since sinco I r. r took charge than in in tho the entire previous pre pro ious history of tho the service and we wo weare aie are arc not through We arc are going to keep at it until the tho New ew York customs house is made thoroughly respectable Among Amon those dismissed yesterday was Tames James N N. Vail deputy c collector 4 I HI I have hare l been n made mado tho the scapegoat said Vail only Not Noto Kot only Iy layO I been heen j hb-j b. b faithful to tho government for forthe tho the two twenty two years yeats 1 I have hC been n inthe in inthe the thc service but it is a known filet fact that while I was at the b head ad of tho the weigh weigh- weighing ing department I ferreted out the original original inal frauds |