The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09

200 more than were licensed In 1912.
The automobile department shows
n great increase In the number OF
licensed machines In Minnesota. At
the close of 1912 there were 2s.0e0
machines registered and yesterday
the total had reached 5000, a gain
OF IS per cent. a noticeable feature
OF the license records Is that more
low and medium priced cars than
ever before are being purchased
The average value. however. remains
| $1,000.
THE receipts ON account OF fees OF
the state Insurance department dur.
ing the first eleven months of igi;
were sT5.6Ji.26. MS compared with
500. 1861 for the corresponding
months In 1919. Show Ing an increase
OF s6.SsiI5. -s. -.,.
Insurance Taxes Grow. -
The taxes paid by insurance com.
panies reporting to this department
In 1912 amounted to si15.59e.25 and
for 1919, sii5.2O2.5S. an increase OF
s29.sO6.33 over 1912.
There were 2S.223 LICENSES issued
10 agents during. the, year. OF which
5,seS represent domestic companies:
s56 brokers licenses. were issued TO
individuals during the year: - coul.
paiies were examined during this
period and an increase over 1912
received in fees amounting TO sT4s. a.
Back taxes aggregating s715,596.si
due 10 the state from public service
corporations. we're disclosed by the
Investigations Of Andrew y. ~ Fritz.
public examiner. during the last year
This breaks all previous records for
the department and establishes IA
new state standard for work OF this
character. .., 4......
The examiner. Is authorized to In.
spect the books OF all corporations
paying gross earnings taxes to ascer-
tain IL their reports to the, tax com.
mission have been correct. J. q. Da.
Wis, who has been In charge OF this
work. In some instances has gone
back to 1909 to discover omitted
earnings. q. In many cases there was
no. intent on the part of the corpora.
tion, 10 eyade taxation. while I'm
others the claim of the state has
been contested I'm the courts.
The amount Of earnings reported
omitted and the tax due. as report
ed by Mr.. Fritz. follows: 81.
Il. o. a.4. Tax.
Telephone :. .sst3,ss7 AZ. sis.79o. 40
Express -. 2g2.349.57 f7.2l1 .s5
Railroad -. 17.0l6.566. 2s 67s.594 SO
The years expense OF maintaining
the public examiners Office, includ.
ing salaries. was s41.6O0.41.
| The examiner. besides making
these investigations. inspected the
books OF eighty-six counties. all state
officers and state board. all firemen's
relief associations. ffty-nine county
agricultural societies and several
cities.
Three Minnesota schools and nine
Minneapolis hospitals and charitable
institutions have been given $3.50, 00t
by David u. Stewart, retired milton.
aire, st. Adams. Me. ..4. .zs-,s
r Checks for this amount were re-
eeixed by Charles Morse. Minneapo
us. one of the executors of the estate
Of the bate Levi NJ. stewart. brother
| OF David II. StewarLis.s $50. s.lss ~.
Levi NJ. Stewart died IN Mlnncapo
lis in 1919. leaving an estate Of o..
| $4,000. Ic bequcathed $500. 900 to
charity and individuals and left tho
remainder Of the estate to his
brother. 80.
The gift of David d. Stewart is mp.
portioned as follows; Carleton col.
lege. Mortified. $4,000: Window
college. Montevideo, Mimi. $4,000;
Shattuck military academy. Fari.
bault, $4,000; Unity Settlement
house. $4,000: Maternity hospital
$4,000: United Church hospital. s25.
900; Associated charities, $4,000;
Shciteripg Arms. $4,000: Asbury
Methodist hospital. $4,000: Y. W. G..
A.. $4,000; Lutheran Hosplce. $4,000,
and Zion Colorcd church. Minneapo
lis. $4,000.
Blue Earth. MINI. January e.
The case OF John Sharp. former
president of. the State Bank OF Com
merce at winnebago. indicted year
ago by the grand jury for the
alleged making of a false statement
as to the amount of overdrafts OF
the state bank examiner. has again
been continued. this time to the
March term OF the district court.
II is understood that Mr. Sharp has
given security to the amount OF
nearly $4,000. placed In the hands
OF the states attorneys. TO assist
In making restitution to the bank
depositors who lost heavily when the
bank failed ~
The case viii be settled out OF
court, It Is said by persons believed
to- be correctly informed.
st. Paul. January 2.-The state SUI
preme court today dissolved the In
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