Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 June 1918 — Page 15
THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918.
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BOARD OF REVIEW WITHHOLDS Meant $138,526 to County.
FESLER AGAINST DECREASES
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434-436 W. WASHINGTON 8T.
No declaion on th* vahjatlon* that will be placed on the property of public I utility ' ompantes In Indianapolis m a ba*le for taxation wa* announced by the Marion county board of review today, following a hearing at which the 'caaea of five of the local public atr-Ire I corporatlooa were con alder ed 1 In each Instance the board took the ■ caaea under adviaement for conai'der- . atlon. Tha daclalon* are expor ted to j be made public next week. I Th* board conaldered the -aaea of the Indianapolis Water *>mpany. Citizens Gas Company, indiarvapoHa Gaa Company, InCienapoIia and Heat Comfuany and th* >I#r Nsnta Heat and ; Light Company. There ®v* cwpomtkmB j are the only public utllitlex in the clty ; whoae caaea come before the county ■ board of review. Object to 1917 Valuationa. j Representatives of' ail the corpora- | Uons apj•eared before the board and | flnfd the companies do not believe the I valuation* fixed last year by the state »tax board, after appeals had been tak]en from the county board, are equitaI ble. Iry each rase the state board last jyear tnirr4ai»ed the valuationa fixed by ihe county hoard. The decision of the j state tar board are now being -onteat- ' ed by the ••ore pan lea In the court* Rom ark * made by eome of the board members at the hearing today. Indicated that same *f the members are not In favor of fixing the valuations eMabilshed by the state board. Iao K. Feeler, county auditor and a memt>er of the board, during th# que*J ttonlng of repreaentatlves of the com'4*9. nr, said he was In favor of at lea at taking the valuations fixed by the state hoard last year for assessment purposes this year. He declared he was opposed to any lowering of the valuations below the figures established by th# higher board. Mtnt $138,526 to County, It was through the efforts of Mr Feeler last year that the caaea were brought before the state tax hoard, resulting In an addition of more than ff»,000,000 to th# taxable valuations of the five public utility companies. If the decision* of the state tax hoard are upheld by the courts, the county will recefv# additions] taxes of firds.WC.M from the five compa.tfes over what the amount of tex- s would have, been under the vatUftHons fixed by the board of review Igjit vtPji&r Member* of the board indicated they ire at a los* to determine what process ;-• adopt to arrive at an equitable ha*l# of valuation for taxation assessment In the companies. In considering the problem, members of the board said. H Is hard to determine the actual valuations for any of the companies becausa of the difference In figures fixed by the companies and those fixed by the public service commission. Argument Becomes Heated. A heated argument between Mr. Feeler and C. L. Kirk, vice-president and genet si manager, and Frank C. Jordan, secretary of the Indianapolis Water Company, marked the hearing of that company’s esse Fester expressed the opinion that public ownership of utilities will come in Indianapolis If the majority of public service corporations do not chsiige their altitude In dealing with the public and the private consumers. It was brought out that the public service commission has placed a valuation of $9,606,(kW on th# property of the Wilier company for rate-maJelng pur-
poses.
Would you have any objection. Kes’er asked Kirk, "If the board should tako the valuation fixed by the commission, reduce It by S per cent, for equalixailon purposes, and take that figure for the company’# assessment valua-
tion?’’
Would Not Object.
"If I had any nasurance that other property in Indianapolis was being as- | (Sgsssed on that basis," Kirk said, "I would certainly have no objection.” Fuller asked Kirk whether he thought th© board should reduce the valuation fixed by the state board In the water
company's case.
"If I did not think so.” Kirk said, "w# wouldn’t be fighting the decision in the courts." . . , Jordan and Ktrk said they did not know what procsss the state tax board took In arriving at the valuation of the , company. I-ast year the county board .ussessed the water company at *4.750,000.
Swat the Kaiser with Thrift Stamps On the appeal taken by Feeler, the state
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tax board raised th* valuation to *©.»!,- Ii4. Forrest Outlines Objections. J. D. Forrest, general manager of the Citizens Gas Company, appeared as the representative of the two gas companies. The Indianapolis Gas Company is the bolding company for the Citizens Gas Company, the operating concern Forrest said he thought the valtiucn fixed by the state board for the gas companies last year was not equitable. He said he thought utilities should be assessed on the same basis as other property. He said, for example, he personally owned property which was assessed st about one-sixth of its real value In answer to questions by members of the board, Forrest said he obeyed the valuation fixed by the board in W4 was equ.table. In that year the noart too* the total of the capital atw** and bonds of the company, and placed the assessment value at about per ♦wnt. of this figure Forrest said he be.ieved the rseult of this figuring was fatr. although. he said, he would not attempt *o aay the process was fair, because there is no basis under the law for this process Assessment Raised 1891.804. The < itlsens Gas Company was assessed at KWh*** by the board of review last year and this figure was raised to $2.€$1,*4 by tbe state tax board In the ease of the Indianapolis Gas Company, the board fixed a valuation of S3 4*4,'Wu and this was raised to $4,224.1id by the state board. In discussing the case of the Indianspoiis Cight and Heat Company, C. C Perry, president of the company, told the board the company is now asking for an Increase in revenue in a petition before the public service A*« said unless such relief jr** fb^sn th# company would not be able to g>'s t“* service required by law. H* ** 1 ^ ^ did not believe tbs taxes of the company should be raised now. Regards Valuation Fair. Perry said he believed the valuation fixed by the board last year, $2.*S/">. would be fair and equitable. On the appeal which Feeler took to the state t*x board last year, this valuation was raised to $3,997,730. Similar statements were made to the board bv repreaentatlves of the Merchants Heat and Light Company Charles Murphy, general manager and vice-president of the company, represented the company before the board l>ast year the hoard of review fixed a valuation for this company at $2 68,000. the same as that of the other heating and lighting company. INVESTIGATION SHOWS MANY ROMS “TAKENIN" OFFICIALS DO NOT SEE WAY TO WAR ORDER INDICTMENTS.
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Misses* to 2,
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The Indlanapoli* News Bureau. S3 Wyatt Boildtng. WASHINGTON, June £3.—The agents of the department of justice in their examination of papers and documents taken from offices in various parts of the country during the last week, are uncovering many remarkable schemes for making money out of the war. The results of the examination of the confiscated documents are being briefed at the department, and It was said today that within a few days, the department will be able to reach a decision as to possible prosecutions. From the best information to be obtained it would seem that evidence of a criminal character or evidence on which prosecutions may be based has not been found in many instance*. Many Companies Taken In. The correspondence taken reveals, so it was said today, that a good many Industrial establishments scattered throughout the country were taken in by men who led them to believe that they must have "influence" before they could obtain government contracts. The Investigation already has gone Tar enough to show that manufacturers have paid out enormous sums in commissions to these middlemen. As yet the department of justice does not see a way whereby it can obtain the indictment of either the men who exacted the commission by misrepresentation or of the manufacturers that paid them. dome Paper Financing. The inquiry has revealed some paper financing on a large scale. It seems that many "paper" companies have been formed with the view to taking over Immense government contracts. In one case, it was said today, certain men formed a $29,000,000 corporation, and not one of the men, it was asserted, had money enough at his command to pay office rent for one week. This concern, so it Is asserted, made a fine impression on some of the authorities here until Chairman Baruch, of the war industries board, properly identified it The good effect of the government’s raid already has been noted here. A large number of get-rich-quick gentlemen who have been conspicuous about hotels and clubs for months have disappeared suddenly. May Bt Relieved. Manufacturers, as a result of the department of justice’s Investigation, will be relieved of the necessity of paying commiaslons under agreements made with contract brokers, according to opinions expressed today by officials of the department of justice. This w-ould save millions of dollars In the aggregate to contractors, it la believed, and part of the saving may cut oft prices paid by the government to these contractors. Investigation today developed that scores of manufacturers agreed early in the war. when they were having difficulty making connection with the proper government authorities having charge of the purchase of their products, to pay to contract brokers a percentage of all orders they obtained from the government at any time, regardless of whether the broker played a direct part in obtaining the order. Officials cited supreme court decisions which they believed nullified these agreements with contract agents. Had Certain Justification. The examination has convinced officials that, although the system by which middlemen obtained contrails for manufacturers Is Improper and undesirable. it had certain justification, in view of the difficulty experienced by many contractors in making I connections in Washington with the bu- • reau or departments having charge of contracts for articles they manufac-
tured.
For this reason, the department of justice is making special efforts. It was announced today, to formulate a new method for supplying adequate Information on all government needs to manufacturers and to make the services of contract agents entirely unnecessary . In this connection, the navy system of publishing periodically what it wishes to buy is under close examination and some feature* of this may be extended to the war department Letters From Contractors. Some letters have been received, during the last few day's, from contractors who were clients of the contingent fee agents and who praised | their services, saying they had been ! unable even by repeated personal trips ■ to Washington to make c mnectlons i with the army officers supervising pur1 chase of materials they produced. Ofsftcials admit also that a few of the (contract brokerage houses conducted ; business In an apparently open manner, i without seeking to use sinister influienee*, with government representatives or intimating that they had such influence. By far the greater proportion of leti ters which have flooded the department this week, however, are from contractors who condemn the middlemen. The following letter to Attorney-Gen-eral Gregory, is a typical example: “Curb Stone Dealers.” "Why should it be necessary for the government to patronise such curb stone dealers who have not a dollar of their own invested? "U is evident that either tha mana-
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facturer or the government must maintain them in their business, and we fail to see any reason for their existence. . , ' "Since we have been placed on the bidding list, we have had more requests from such people as this, than
from the government.
"We have gon-; so far as to offer to the government the use of our entire plant and output, simply asked that we
be allowed enough profit to keep
even but much as we would like to assist the government we absolutely refuse to sell the government through
such people as these dealers.
"We believe you will see our point.
WHEAT ORDERED SOLD.
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““'•““SEVEN HUNDRED Ale
Alien Women Registered
Administrator Says Wakarusa
Banker Has 1,000 Bushels. [Special to The Indianapolis News]
GOSHEN. Ind., Jun« 21.—Herbert S. Gortner. Elkhart county food administrator, today directed John B. Leonard, his deputy at Wakarusa, to proceed
without delay and
I.OmO bushels of "**•'>-— ***~
ministrator says, he -»*»- show is the property of Stanford « »-. street .
- He is de-| Elizabeth
to
enforce the sale of
of wheat which, the ad
ministrator^^ he ^-jv^nce to
lard, a Wakarusa banker. He is
dared to own about 2.000 acres of land. Theodore Herring a farm laborer, employed in the Willard neighborhood, is under $5,000 bond for making an attack cn Willard on the public square in Wakarausa recently. At that time the allegation was made that Willard had
been a slacker in Red Cross work.
Since being attacked by Herring. Willard ha» been confined to his home. His wife Anna Willard, issued a statement declaring her husband was not unpirtriotlc and asserting he had contributed $45 to the Goshen chapter of the Amer-
ican Red Cross.
A Dreadful Calamity. [San Francisco Chronicle]
"Smith’s exclamation when he found th# condition of his bool was harrowing 7”
"Why harrowing?*’
•gssause U was th* cry of a lost ads.’*
Continued from Page Three. Mrs. Regina Keyler, Z13« N. Rural st. Mrs. Lena Pasch, 244 Iowa street Mrs. Malinda Stuvel, 1149 Davison st Mrs. Ida Ott, 128 W. Arizona street Mrs. Florrie Wilmann, 2314 N. New Jersey street Mrs Barbara Hohn, 2528 Sherman ave. Mrs. Anna Lehr, 2528 Sherman ave. Mrs. Anna Schnurr. 906 S. Senate ave. Mrs. Wilhelmlna Kassulke, 1554 Spann
avenue.
Mrs. Christina Heine. 834 E. Wyoming
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Mrs. Katherine Sherman, 1906 Hollowmy s£t&£ t Mrs. Johanna Gierke, 625 S. New Jersey street. Mrs. Rosa Hushwadel, 1306 Park ave. Mrs. Eliza Luessow, 520 Minnesota st. Mrs. Katerine Bruck, 1127 Lexington
avenue.
Mrs. Rose Raley, 265 N. Addison st. Mrs. Erna Louis© Kootz, 3041 Suther-
land avenue.
Mrs. Georgia Rogg. 122 Herman street Mrs. Minnie Erglert, 106 Bloomington Mrs. Anna Lorig. 1660 South Delaware
Heldureich, 1341 West Twenty-seventh street
Mrs. Sophia Bakemyer, 1180 Broad-
jmi ns
rs. Louise Herxbirger, 831 North
Dearborn street
Mrs. Mary Striggow, 1621 Draper
street
Mrs. Anna Barbara Hedrich, Box S9S, R. R. E. Mrs. Caroline Basse, 116 Sherman
drive.
Mrs. Marie Streuss, 92 N. Dearborn st Mrs. Sophia Joerendt, 516 Weghorst
street
Mrs. Anna Hermann, 236 E. Raymond
street.
Mrs. Rose Haas, 715 Maxwell street Mrs. Lizzie Quack, 1132 Spruce street. Mrs. Wilhelmlna Hermann, 230 East Raymond street. Miss Ellenora Vehling, 621 Sanders
street,
Mrs. Hulda
avenue.
Mrs. Fannie Dirks, 919 Villa avenue. Mrs. Ernestine M. Marschke, 2104
South Keystone avenue.
Mrs. Louise Beumah. 751 McCarty
street.
Mrs. Mary Wetzel, 2146 Ringgold
sti r»et.
Mrs. Tillie Leukhardt, 625 Hamilton
avenue.
Mrs. Louise Barkhatt, 1530 Barth
avenue.
Mrs. Augusta Homeler, 1838 Barth avenue. ,
Mrs. Emma A. Wirtz. 2160 South East
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Mrs. Celia Jonas, 228 North SummitlONE WOULD NOT MAKE OATH
•treat.
ENEMY WOMEN LISP
WORK OF REGISTERING THEM
18 NOW SLOWING UP.
4623 Carrolton
415 Hamilton r, 1726 South
Mrs. Mary Jon
avenue.
Miss Katherine
avenue.
Mrs. Magdelina Delaware street.
Mrs. Rosa Roessler, 1535 Massachu-
setts avenue.
Mrs. Dora Shakel, 1306 Lincoln street Mrs. Mary Schmidt Room 12, Mohs# block. Fountain square. Mrs. Eliza Hendricks, 1318 North
Rural street.
Mrs. Margutha Heiser, 218 North Davidson street Mrs. Sophie Schrader. 331 North Sher-
man drive.
Mrs. Christina Wllharm. 1448 Spruce. Mrs. Emma Andrick, 534 Jones street Mrs. Anna Ries. 1842 Orleans street Mrs. Lena Kabel, 1424 West Washing-
ton street
Mrs. Anna Kuehlmann, 326 South New Jersey street Mrs. Amalia Rlebe, 1043 East Vermont. Mrs Louise Hauemam, 41 North Keal-
Ing avenue.
Mrs. Lena Bader, 2177 Madison avenue. Broken Back Causes Death. John Millhouse, age forty-three, owner of a sawmill and coal yard at Bridgeport, died laat night at the Methodist hospital as a result of injuries suffered a tow days ago, when he fell off a freight car at his coal yard. Dr. Richard Poole, coroner, reported that death resulted from a broken back. Millhouse is survived by his widow and two small
ohildrsn.
More than 700 alien enemy women In Indianapolis and vicinity have registered at Tomlinson hali and the Federal building since the registration period opened, Monday, according to the records of the registration officials st noon today. The work will continue until Thursday, June 27. The registration work today progressed more slowly than it did Thursday, when 435 were registered, fewer than 126 reporting at the two places during the forenoon. One woman Thursday refused to swear to the truth of the facts set forth in her registration papers and the utmost persuasion on the part of her two daughters and the officials failed to Induce her to do so. The officials took her name and address and advised her to be sworn to the paper before the close of the registration period. She gave no explanation for her refusal, the officials saidMORTAR BOMB BURSTS.
Two Soldiers Killed—Secretary Baker Standing Near Scene. BALTIMORE, June Zl.-Two soldiers were killed and a third severely Injured by the premature explosion of a trench mortar bomb at the army proving grounds at Aberdeen. Md., yesterday. Secretary Baker and several ord-
nance officers were standing less than 300 yards away at the time but as the explosion occurred In a bomb proof enclosure, none of the party was endangered, it was declared at the proving grounds today. Sergeant Elmer 9t. John, of 8>t Louis, Mo., and Corporal James P. Roden, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. were killed and a private soldier named Calderwood was injured. The explosion wrecked the mortar and other members of the battery narrowly escaped being hit by the flying bits of wreckage. Secretary Baker left' for Washington about an hour after the explosion, but the tests continued to be made all aft-
ernoon.
History Repeats Itself. [San Francisco Chronicle] Hob—Any caller# today, dear?
Wife-Only th# Flood#—quit# Informal—just
ran in to •wap# th# show#r.
W,,K - T #s#; ( "ths rains descended and th*
Hub—I
Floods esme.
BREAD and MILK —minus the bread
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armies and to us For
allies mors
can w* r si ease a sufficient quantity to save
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