Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-10-24 | Page 4 | Postmaster Clove is Dismissed

POSTMASTER CLOVE IS jjljj DISMISSED. Postmaster James Clovo of Provo H has been dismissed from the govern- I i If mcnt service, on telegraphic Instruc-i! Instruc-i! tions from Washington. Ni No public reason for the dismissal j has been given, but it is thought Mr. j Clove's political activities arc respons- ible for the sudden action. II j Tne office has been ordered turned Ulf over to Mr. Clove's bondsmen, pend- fl ing further word from Washington, iff and Col. C. E. Loose becomes acting (If postmaster. .flljj Three government inspectors made j: a thorough inspection of the office last 1 IJI Saturday. H Mr. Clove has been a very strong Jljjj supporter of Senator Reed Smoot j and is one of the big men of his party H in Utah county. His ousting has IJi caused a sensation in Provd II Senator Smoot a week ago referred H I t0 Pre8ldent Wilson as a hypocrite ! f and broken-down professor, and it is II just possible Postmaster Clove openly 1 defended the senator's utterance, lj which would have placed him in the ( i category of offensive partisans.