Show TRIBUTE FROM I OF CITY DEMANDED DEMAND 3 District Revenue Collector t L. L Attempts to Exact Huget Huge t Penalty THEATRE MANAGERS J t WILL riLL FIGHT ORDER r I t. t ShO Show T Unwinding Ull of F Federal t. t Red Tape Said to Be BeCause C Cause of Delay I Salt Salt Lake Lale theatre proprietors mabe may ma- maybe I be asked to pa pay thousands of oC dollars Jn theatre tax penalties duo due during because it is alleged government z r red d tape caused their checks to bo bt j halted H b by too many federal formalities I before r reaching Washington Notices from W. W C. C Whale Whaley collector collector tor of oC Internal revenue for tor this dis lis- wore were received in Salt Lake Lako yes es b by local theatre men announcIng announcing ing that a penalty of ot 3 per cent had been assessed to the thc theatres because i f tho the war tax for or January Januar S S. S had not I been paid within the prescribed time tim limit This was fifteen months after 1 tho the date dato In question 1 While hile the owners of ot the 1 who T ho have been served with the notice maintain that they paid their j 1 promptly the time which has elapsed sinco tho the checks were mailed has made madet t the exact date of ot payment uncertain Mn In their minds An error occurring In Int t the tho office of ot the collector at nt Helena I Mont may have o been the cause use oc 01 uio tho notice which has been rec received ived In Salt Lake It Is 15 generally believed r. r P Prepare pare to Fight Members embers of oC the Theatre Mens Men's as- as of or Salt SaIL I ako Lako declare they will not nt pay the extra penalty which 1 has hag been assessed It Is maintained by by tho the owners owners' of oC tho different houses that tho the stamps on tho the checks which they mailed to Helena each month willI will 1 I show that payment was made In eYer every case before tho the thirty day dar limit had 1 passed Should tho the action of ot the office at atHelena atHelena Helena Belena be duplicated each month in 1918 the alleged dilatory dilator methods of oC tho the government o tax collector will cost Salt Lake Lako managers thousands 8 of dollars dollars dol do- lars In penalties if ir the they are forced tomake to tomako make mako tho the extra payment declare members members mem mern- bers of ot tho the association Tho theatre owners of ot the city claim they have hae always alwa's been working under undera a handicap on account of or tho Salt Lake tax office being only a branch In Instead In- In tead stead of ot being ablo able to tender their personal checks to the office of ot tho federal tax collector in tho tim Federal building the theatre men claim to have havo been instructed to send a cashiers cashier's check to tho office of the district collector collector collector col col- lector at Helena This the owners I maintain causes an extra expense and delay flaps nOp lie Helena I en n Office orne George e F E. E Carpenter proprietor of f the Paramount-Empress Paramount one ono of or themen thomen tho the thomen men who received notice yesterday that ho was In itt unfavorable graces at WashIngton Wash Wash- ington declared last night that ho paid his tax about tho middle January u u of ot f L' UL Uk I year xau liC na 1110 cancelled cashiers cashier's check he sa says sr s I Ut believe belley tho the fault is 15 with tho the of- of rIco fico at Helena said Mr 11 CarpenterI Carpenter I 1 have ha learned that the check which I mailed out of oC Salt Lake on February II 11 did not trot clear tho the banks In Helena until March 20 0 O. O Where the check was wasn In n tho the meantime I do not profess to know All I know is that I paid my tax for tor January Januar before the time limit of ot thirty days had elapsed If they continue continuo to follow tollow such methods durIng durIng during dur dur- ing tho the entire year the penalty we willbo will be bo asked to pay will wilt amount to thousands thou thou- sands Bands of ot Edward P P. P Lev Levy manager of the Orpheum Or- Or heum theatre In a a. statement last nIght charged the error to the methods t pursued by the of office rico at Helena in InI j I handling handlIn the checks as they came into the tho office Ho He declared ho paid his hIsta ta tax for tor Januar January 1918 1916 on February 20 S. S Discrimination Charged d dEer Ever er since the tax has been assessed as ns- assessed as- as against theatres It seems that tho Salt Lake houses have been given the worst of ot the deal said Frank R. R manager of ot the Pantages theatre In tho the first place wo we cannot pay a our tax here we must mall mail checks to Helena We are compelled to sign affidavits stating that wo we are telling the whole truth Tho The personal check of ot tho the Pantages theatre doing more I business s each year than many of or ortho tho banks cannot ne accepted The Tho government government gov gow- representative Insists that hof ho f must have havo havea a cashiers cashier's check All AU of or S 1 this red tapo tape costs money I do not nott t Intend to pay the tho penalty which the tho thoi i government says Is due I John Griffin representative of or the I Income tax office located in Salt Lake I said ho be was sure a n. mistake had been made when advised yesterday that the Salt Lako Lake theatres had been fined by the government for Jor not making tax payments promptly He Ho Stated that he could receive money for tor forthe forthe the payment here but that he could I give tho the theatre proprietor no receipt lor tor or the tho amount Regret was expressed by Mr Griffin that tho the gove government had peon cen fit tit not to allow the local men men menthe menthe the privilege of or paying their taxes In Salt Lake Lako Instead of being compelled to mail them to Helena |