The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-10
FOUR GERMAN FIRMS
WILL Be AUCTIONED
First Of Series of Sales De-
cided UpOn-Date Not Yet
Announced.
ALL PATENTS INCLUDED
Formula, Trade Marks and
Processes Will Pass to
Purchasers.

The decision to sell at public auction
four German owned concerns taken over
by the Government after the United
States entered the war was announced
last night by A. Mitchell Palmer Alien
Property Custodian. This will be the
first sale OF the kind. The companies
are:
Berger & wirth Company. Brooklyn.
manufacturers of printers Ink.
G. Siegle Company, Rosebank. Staten
Island, manufacturers OF colors.
A. w. Faber, Newark. N. j.. manu-
facturer of stationers' rubber goods.
George Benda. Boonton, n. j., manu-
facturer of bronze powders.
All assets. patents, trade marks.
formula and processes employed in the
manufacture Of their various products.
be under the direction of Joseph f.
Guffey sales manager OF the advisory
committee of the selling organization.
No date was set for the auction.
The Berger & Wirth Company was Or
ganized in 1909. Its main office Is at
IS and go Columbia Heights Brooklyn.
1t was owned by Emil Worlitzer, Leip-
Zig, Germany, and owns many valuable
processes and formula for the making
OF printers and photographic inks.
Owned by Austrian Count.
The C. Siegel Company is a large i'm
porter, manufacturer and dealer in
colors and other chemicals. 1t was or
ganized April 4, 1904. The autf orized
capital stock Ia $250.o00 all owned By
the C. Siegel Company, Ltd, German
corporation OF Stuttgart, Germany. The
plant is on Chestnut avenue. Rosebank.
Staten Island.
A. w. Faber is the trade name Of a
business which has been in existence
since 1851. with It's principal offices at
Stein, Bavaria. 1t was owned by Alex
ander. Count of Faber- Castell. and his
wife, otille, Countess of Faber-Castell.
residents Of Stein. For more than
fifteen years the office and factory OF the
American branch have been at DECKER
son and Hooker streets Newark. y. J.
Tho business consists OF the manufac-
ture and sale of erasers. rubbers, rub
Der bands and stationers' rubber gen.
orally, and 1t has been the sole sales
agency In this country for A. w. Faber
and associated brands of pencils. Since
1911 the American branch has been
conducted by Henry Fera, Jr.
The business OF George Benda. manu-
facturer OF bronze powders at Boonton,
". j.. is a branch OF George Benda OF
Fuerth, Bavaria. established by him in
1924. In recent years the branch in
America has been managed by Adolph
Neubauer. whose partner, Eugene
Kirschbaum. returned to Germany.
When the European war broke out Neu-
bauer also left for Germany. Since 1915
the local agents have heard from neither
OF them.
other Sales Proposed.
In addition to the sale of these four
concerns the Allen Property Custodian
has also proposed to the advisory COM
mittee the sale OF the enemy interest In
the H. koppers Company OF Pittsburg.
Twenty per cent OF the stock is owned
by Heinrich koppers, Essen BUM. Ger
many. The II. Koppers Company. cap
ftalised at s1.500.o0o designs. builds and
operates by-product coke ovens.
The sale of the Arthur
Eoppel Company OF Pittsburz, adver-
tised for August Is, has been postponed.
Mr.. Palmer said last night:
THE principal function OF the ad-
visory committee Is to guard against
favoritism or unfairness in sales and
also to pass upon the qualifications OF
The purchaser. The committee will also
recommend as to the ACCESSIBILITY or pro.
priety Of sales. the manner. the minimum
price and the acceptance of the h,ghes,
bid or the rejection of all. The pur.
chasers must be American citizens, and
no person connected with the Alter
Property Custodians office will be per.
mitted to be Interested"