Evening journal., 1917-09-28
Z MORE BUSINESS
MEN ARE accused
Revenue Collector Says
They Are $97,3O3 "Shy"
on State Tax Payments
PLEAD NEXT WEEK
BEFORE MAGISTRATE

State Revenue Collector Titus yes
terday. through the attorney generals
Office, caused the issuance OF warrants
by Magistrate ellis for the arrests
of number of merchants charging
them with having made false af1iavits
IN connection with their applications
for licenses. last June. The amount
of State tax is based on the amount
expended by merchants in purchases
for sale Of materials and merchan-
disc. and each IS required by law to
make affidavit for this purpose IN the
year preceding such application.
Warrants issued yesterday charge
that Ora E. Sutton, a grocer near
Twenty. second and Market streets,
swore to purchases Of $4,000. while in
vestigation made by Mr.. Titus reveal.
ed that the real amount was S14.034 80,
according to Titus
Solomon Slaughter, grocer at Tenth
and Clayton streets. swore to $4,000
purchases. while the collector alleges
the purchases really amounted to S13.
243.60,
4l The case Of John f. Russell. who
on --nfcs two orlrr-v stores h's m
davit shows $4,000 for both. but the
collector alleges SS0,0z4S6.
Charles r. W0lhar, grocer at Penn
sylvanla avenue and Scott street, Ger
titled to purchases amounting 20 5000.
Mr. Titus says his investigation dis
closed Si7,3S0.i0 as the proper figure.
James H. WOlhar. who operates a
grocery store at Fourth and Grant ave-
nue.. Is charged by the collector with
purchases Of si3.295 His anldavit
shows $4,000 Mr.. Titus says that when
he called to inspect the books at this
place, Mr.. Wolhar told him he kept no
books, receipts or check stubs what
ever, and had no business records TO
show him or anyone else
John S. Thompson, grocer at Third
and jackson streets. admitted $1,000 IN
his afildavit. The inspector says his in
ycstigation revealed S6950i2
James OHara maintains three meat
and grocery stores. and placed his
years purchases at $4,000 for the three
stores. The warrant charges that the
correct figure is S3i,s0639.
Charles l.. Meiler, the inspector says,
svort to purchases Of $4,000 instead
Of S24,5i7.i2, which, Mr.. Titus alleges,
Is the proper amount
Adams streets, showed $4,000. The
collector SAYS the afldovit is short
R5s4O3J, as the real figure was sio,-
s4035.
In the case OF Joseph g. Wilhelme,
who operates two grocery and meat
stores. Mr.. Titus alleges the proper
figure is $26,29O.SS for both, but Will
helme's AFFIDAVIT shows but $4,000.
M. II. Flat, who has meat store
and grocery az No. 200 King street.
was $40 244.94 "shy" in his state-
ment according to Mr.. Titus, who
saws the real figure 10 this case is
k12.344. "a. instead Of the $4,000 shown
in his ahidavit.
Fred S. Hubbard, whose grocery
store is a. Ninth and Jefferson
stress. is charged with swearing to
purchases Of $4,000, instead OF 81.
67903. which Mr.. Titus says his In
vestigation disclosed.
In his report TO the attorney geu-
eral, on which the issue OF these war
rants was based. Mr.. Titus says that,
even with the amounts OF discrep-
ancies his investigation disclosed
amounting. in these cases alone, 70
s97.307 40, he does not feel that he
has uncovered all that these merch-
ants nave purchased for sale. as he
has not been able TO trace each pur-
chases in markets and from commits
sion houses, IN which no record was
kept by either party concerned.
The merchants have been directed
70 appear before Magistrate Gllis at
2 o'clock on Monday afternoon.