Show TACKLES WESTERN UNION hundred million dollar corporation to be proceeded against topeka kan april 12 the western union telegraph company is in a controversy with the tate charter board the payment of a fee for a permit to do in kansas the western union is a new york corporation with a capital of the company has never complied with ane kansas corporation law recently attorney colaman got after the company and today judge J S west representing the company applied for a permit tendering 25 in pigment for the application fee the board denied the application on the ground that tha companas comp anys agent did not offer enough money under the law the beara boara held tae companas comp anys fee for a permit should bo based on a capitalization of judge west contended that the company la chartered by the united stathi government and therefore not subject to the provisions of the kansas act |