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Show DIRECTOR ORDERED 10 QUJTJjlS POSI DISTRICT DRY ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR DI-RECTOR AND TWO SIDES SUMMARILY SUSPENDED Hints of Irregularities In Conduct of Office Made Following Investigation, Investiga-tion, Covering Several Weeks Of Intermountain Office Salt Lake City. Orders calling for the immediate suspension of Thea Schweitzer, general prohibition director di-rector for Utah, Colorado and Wyoming, Wyom-ing, and Jerry Z. lloyt and George Baker, two of his agents, were received re-ceived by Mr. Schweitzer Saturday from Assistant Prohibition Commissioner Commis-sioner Jones at Washington. In the communications Mr. Schweitzer was directed to turn over the affairs of his office to Prohibition Agent Francis Fran-cis P. Madden of Denver. The suspensions are effective pending pend-ing the completion of an investigation investiga-tion into Mr. Schweitzer's office instigated in-stigated several weeks ago following a raid on the residence of Dr. Maur- lep Af rvtfHl,, The preliminary charges upon which the suspensions are made, include in-clude alleged violations of the interstate inter-state commerce act, alleged conspiracy conspir-acy to violate the interstate commerce com-merce act, the alleged conversion of automobiles and other property seized seiz-ed in raids to private uses, the alleged al-leged padding of expense accounts and alleged drunkenness on the part of officers involved. In addition, there is nlso a charge that false statements state-ments were mad by Mr. Schweitzer or his aides in reporting facts concerning con-cerning the Critchlow raid. The charged violations of and conspiraces to violate the interstate commerce act, it was further learned, are based upon the alleged acceptance accept-ance and use by prohibition agents, including Schweitzer, Hoyt and Baker, of railway passes on the Union Pacific Pa-cific line between Salt Iike City and Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the interstate "commerce act, federal officials are expressly barred from the acceptance and use of such free transportation and penalties of fines not exceeding 52000 or imprisonment impris-onment for not exceeding two years, or both, are provided. The railway company Is also held as equally liable li-able to prosecution as the users of the paper. |