Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-15
Fischer Interned
at Fort OgIethOrpe
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"a certain patents under which auto
matte ejector and injector ooNer
valves are made for installation upon
nearly every ship that Is built
The surplus earnings for this COM
many for the fiscal year ending March
ia 1918, are estimated at about s2oo'-
900.
The results of the hearing today
bring to a swift close the steps insti-
tuted by the alien-property custodian
on February s. following the Intern
mont of Fischer. TO uncover the real
\ Ownership Of this concern.
PROSECUTION MAY FOLLOW
This case proves the futility of the
plans on the part of any individual
corporation In this country who may
have hoped to conceal the real owner
8 ship Of German-owned property in
contemplation of and to avoid the an
ticipated seizure of property by the
alien-property custodian following the
declaration OF war said Mr.. Palmer.
"Aii the papers In this Schultz &
Koerting Company case will be for
warded TO the Department of Justice
for the purpose of pr9secuting those
guilty of any violation of trading with
the enemy act.
THE records In the office OF the alien
Noperty custodian disclose a somewhat
general scheme to conceal the enemy
character of property owned in the
United States by German residents
abroad through alleged sales of It
clalmed to have been made on or about
the time diplomatic relations between
the United States and Germany were
meVered and before tlp dgrln ion pf
war.
+ transfers where this was attempted and
. fayorite subterfuge was the alleged
payment for such property by notes not
payable for many years.
'In the Schultz & Koertlng case the
note was for Si50.000 and was not pay
able until 1897. and was said to have
been given as the consideration OF the
alleged sale of the common stock OF this
company 10 Mrs. Fischer.
Both the Schultz e. Koerting Com
pany and Mrs. Fischer recited in their
reports, under oath. that the sale was
consummated and the note given on
or prior to February IA, 1917. when, as
q matter OF fact. the Investigation laid
bare the fact the note was not signed
by Mrs. Fischer until April "a. 1917,
some three weeks after war was de-
ciared."
# ASKS SAFES COMBINATION
There is much speculation in the Fed
erRi Building az to the contents OF the
small iron-bound chest taken from the
Fischer home on Wednesday by the
Federal officials. a telegram has been
sent 10 Fisher at Fort Oglethorpe re-
4 queating the combination. In order that
IL may be opened today; should there
K be no answer a safe expert will be called
to disclose its secrets.
II was at first rumored that the
( safe contained $4,000 In gold coin.
This WAS later denied by United Stats
I District Attorney Francis Fisher Kane
Who said, ut is now unreasonable to
4 enppose there h any money or other
2vnluhbles inside" One OF the Govern
ment agents who was present when the
cll<st was removed from the Fischer
home. said today he was told by Mrs.
Fischer that Il contained $4,000 In gold
and the rest In gold certificates.
What the rest" may be Is unknown.
but II is said the chest Is extremely
heavy for its size. and must, therefore.
be well filied