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The Washington herald., 1921-09-04
Men Connected With Bureau Revenue BY
By William Atherton Du Puy

few days, Apparently raising some question
a. 70 whether II should be sent. In tes
nssntins, be gets In touch with . layyet
On the outside, He tails this lawyer tnet
an additional assessment, perhaps Of t10O,-
600, d 10 Be- made against this eorporanon'
The lawyer hurFiss to the corporation gives
Il tAis tip from the inside, gets himseh
engaged to nght the case for the corpora
ton a . contingency basis. Whatever tse'
be Eets from this corporation, and tney
sometimes are fat ones, he splits VIII tns
auditor on the inside. There are 30 many
such opportunities that 1t looks ss though
. discriminating auditor could almost With'
olt sdort operate this littis game ot eoiiu-
Sloa greatly to his bsneht. III
"AE mattsr Of fact, the existence et~a
lax Il thls sort Il inmsdisteay evident.
Tha cooperation, or its attornsy,e can tats
70 stsp without revealing the fact that u
has secured inside information. This leads
the bureau 10 tracing the possibilities thtoogh
which Saeh . leak could have occurred. and
the process Of elimination soon Sits down
10 the guilty individual.
The number Of special assessment cases
Of this sort is small, however, compared
With those which are raised in which tax
payer tAkss issue with the bureau on the
justice or the legality Of certain claims that
are made against him. Auditors In the
Treasury Department exercise almost judi
dal funetions- A question might arise as 70
whether under the Law and regulations a Gers
tain claim Of the Government against an in
diVidnal, . great oil producer. for example,
should be paid BY that individual. The
snm at issue might be as great as 81 900 900.
There might be much sound argument and
prOcsdsnt cited TO show why this 81 ,0O0, 900
sho1A not ba paid. The contentious Of the
GSvernment, on the other side, might be
equally strong Thus it would rest upon the
IuAitov 70 determine an issue which would
mean hundreds of thousands or millions Of
doIlars 70 this heavy tax payer.
U0UTrE Naturally it may result that the
% representative Of this taxpayer will
attempt to resort to bribery. The case has
been pending before the department for a
long time The attorney and the tar payer
have come to know the auditor very we'll
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Of an auditor to opportunities Of this sort
and any such yielding is sure to give evil
dencs Of its existence which we attempt
Immediately to detect. In the last few weeks
there have been q number of arrests and
more discharges right here in Washington.
Another of our employees who Is con-
stantly under strees or great emptatiop is the
field auditor. These field auditors we send
about the country to examine into the re-
ports OF various individuals and corporss. :.
tIcns whom We suspect. for example. that a
return on excess profits In not correct. We
send this auditor 10 examine the accounts
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WTNHE nsN tenptsa men h The ssrViea Of
IL u.sh 6zn." I'D IL oonmissionsf
ni Int3nal 1svmus. '-aRS - snployss a
dhis Sw1A DSnas alsls tArOasA he
tHAnIts dstan Il IL eaElsetlsa Il $1.ooo.-
ooo, 200 ysR tr IL suVUort q the Gov
s.1muk q IL nsagR aiau providsd tAsy
anA aEWn1 sPay esrnR Q vhlADsing Ar-
UsuG hnEhg bstSrs tAsk ayss he possi-
6faa1 q StszfnAag Fat wealth and at
twrW b laan0 tn b rsaeA cut for
The ARhlaAn supAA Il requires tSrtitads.
ehEzsnE. thas sR4 q hsosSkJ WAieh l.
bon ta raj ~. - ruazG thsss bsmDta-
etmLS
n1a Il B1ak, Of NortA Cafolina, the
ocznsR Il Llsrnal RsVsnas In the
Ha16ns Oganl1E3m, Nha vsnt b -
km - bsm - nsntAs - this lob Be-
~ b -s - I'D bard sonstAlaE ot
- HnoiAt3sL Bvay6sA5 vAs h hnlliar
U4A a. D11tis1s II 0OSsramsnf b.
rssm 0@ ready b aasr& tAak tie posa
= - haAA Il o. Busan oI internal
H~Sa - d. kaRaAE - h De Govsrn-
DSn ssrSics- M. bah. vAo had hoard
d a. dimmlt1sS. aUuruanAsd tAs task
Unh Aas AnmEh1.
Thh GAdaAl b dharsd, h De INT plaes.
NAn ~ collection of y0m hcons TAX and
mtns md thEt q WY sthsf individual
N ~ Nnnon vhe 0Ens nas than 5000
. Isaz- Il - his bulnSs b - dat every
enc df thess tndHvidnas s.nds In . return
and assure htmssk h each It thIs inAnIts
number ot cssss thaf a. rxpsrOsd iaepns
IN Asen correct N0w, tust eRAald, Dc
20 NOT think thAf that h Q taak of sueA
mtntA deta2 - - b nposEdhla!
Ehn 0 tw - thss tAeEu b he natt.-
- N @@ FroA4s ADss to - collected.
ThS - enk II nWE knsv snrtiy What
FROM IN s1paaE3un b a. Uaatui SEates
a. ~hg Aa1 WA1thR - No thsy a-s
r9uug ehB ~R anSuz4S b tAs Gov
snn On 6o3 p1nfL h - sur, IN
~ bNtng thrs Wsn many eozporatSons
GhO did a2 thmsal~a now Ii. extsut a.
0ur eRHanN Ehs ~ Rgztred thess
psSrh % PM thmAiSs q N und.rstanA-
ing 6uEtns3 haEiE. EM thns rendered q
sArTins To thsn which mag have pah b.r
the taxss which wan collected from thsra.
A proper accounting system. for sz1mpls.
may hE~S shown . corporation that It 70,
hoGinE money On some phass Of itS opera
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Blair. somewhat past fifty yeas Of age. |
should say. One would suspect him Of being
a lawyer, which he is and one would tAks
him further to be a LAWYER with . buEiness
head on his shoulders which would lead him
into associlting business endeavor With the
practice of bis profession, and such he has
done in his home community Of Winston
Salem, forty miles below the Virginia hns in
North Carolina,
Forsyth County in North Carolina has
long been a sort Of Republican center In this
part Of the South. the farmer population
from which Commissioner Blair came being
very largely Republican. So the Commis-
sioner has run for Congress and for various
other posts on the Republican ticket in North
Carolina but. quite naturally, has always
been defeated. He has stood high. however,
in the councils Of the party and his Ip-
pointment to his present position is more
or less an award Of patronage to Southern
Republican.
Commissioner Blair is of Quaker parentAEs
like Herbert Hoover. A. Mitchell Palmer.
Senator Arthur Capper and Uncle Joe Can
non. A. matter Of fact, he and former
Speaker Cannon were born in the same coun
ty and of the same group Of Quaksrs who
came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania
more than a century ago. and most Of whom
migrated TO Indiana upon the arrival Of tAs
Civil War.
Another Of the temptation" sAid MI.
Blair. that constantly faces our HnditorS
and other employees is that Of profitable
.mployment which is offered them on the
outside. man who has become thor
ouRhly familiar With income and excess
profits taxes from work in the bureau would
,eem to be the logical individual to show
a corporation how to get past the law with
the least possible expenditure. This auditor
may or may not be able to render any moFS
Efficient service in making out corporation
tax returns than 10 any other intelligent
lawyer who has studied the regulations
But he may be able to make It appear to
a prospective employer that he is in q
POSITION of peculiar value to him. 30 may
he get employment on q basis very ppO6t-
able to him and % may he arrange q tar
return, which on the face Of 1t shows .
large saving to the corporation. That cor
poration may congratulate itself upon his
employment at the end OF the first year and
may increase his remuneration for the see
ond. About the end Of the second rear,
however. the corporation may Be surprised
TO receive from the Government an A-2
letter notifying II OF an additional assess.
ment, which will cover all the items that
the expert has eliminated in making bis
return. The fact will be that the Govern
msnt viii have just caught up 70 this two
year. .old report and discovered the shortages
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II reported. 30 may tbe eorpOrsssou an
that IL has sccoupliahsd ootAins vhAts'S
in tattns unto ftsslf q fornaE suplsSs q
the intsEnsl Rsvsnns BursEh Ths -
sibiIitis Of getting thsss fsss vhsfhG 80
are sansd or not, hovsvW, eanso nery
eIperts 10 sever their connections Stn u
department.
&C A MOTHER of tia nsthods Il tand
n from the ihids 10 which - have tusa
put . stop b thai Sf DE attorney - agent.
who appears At the dspartmnt. Statss tAsa
he 10 the rsprsssntstvs u 9 certain taI
payer and asln 10 80 the nSturns Il thst
tar payer. 1t Vsy otn IN bsss ths 60
tom Of the depGrtDsnt 70 acespt De -
diyiduGl at his fRes Valos and let hin -
the return A q BGtteF u fAet be- mAgh1
b the agent Of the tar payer, or be maSA1
be falsely representing himself In thiS ~
he might get 10 examine q certain 60
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OF the Organization in question. After max
Ing his examination, he may hnd q discrep-
shcy between actual profits and reported
profits. The difference between profits re-
ported and actual profits may be such that
additional tens or hundreds Of thousands
Of dollars are due the Government. Quite
naturally there then exists the temptation
on the part Of the taK eyader 70 ar this
auditor. The temptation offered may be. very
great and the auditor may be very NEEDY,
We may have made a mistake In the quality
of this Puditor and he may slip. There is
great danger to, him and to the tax eTader
IL he does, however, because we may send
another auditore.to the same concern neIt
week who may hnd the discrepancy and re-
veal the collusion: Thus would 4 field audi
tor and tax evader nnd themselves well on
the way to the penitentiary." :.
E1IyHAT payr' 1 asked, do these much
= w tempted indiyidualS receive for this
service that they render to the Govetn-
mentF' :>,' .> >...
The pay Of auditors" replied the Com
missioner, H'ranEes from $500 q year to the
beginners, TO S4zVV year % men VINO nANe
advanced tosthe top Of the service.
80 does It become evident that need may
enhance the intensity Of the temptation Of
these men. There is long established
esprit de corps in the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue which is evidenced By many Of our
.mployes and which we want to baild up
and intensity. Many Of these men feel great
nr,de and enthusiasm for the work in which
tbey are engaged And for the service which
they render. Their loyalty to that service
Il. the same as the spirit Of the Old Guard
which dies but never surrenders.'' J.
As this new Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, this man who holds the Govern.
ment's mos, difacult job, talked with me, l
attempted to take his meAsure-to determine
what sort Of man he was: A blond, blue eyed.
sturdy, middle sized man IL COmmissiousr
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6@A - Dns art14a dat n vas manu-
taaurinS, and my AavS led to . reform
= tat pAaAS q IN Wurk q In discontinue
0A-
AiLSs hsn cAsss t.o infinitely detailed
tziln d. CamminionaR Of internal Rev
- Il tA ehaFTs a be enforcement Of the
pruhihat3oa co. And this again IL q task
vhich many tndiyiduals declare 10 b an
mpsu13ty. An, aAds from this, be
nISE - b n that sIsEy man In the United
statss who nAnufaetur0 . cigar pays 4 tax
- NJ tAaE ~N1 drug Sters which sails
a1y ice cream Soda dos the SANE; that
yvu AahsrdaShR, II h ssns you q hat
UAiA h a meh . pR1cs - to b eousId
Ged 4 lmurJ, oo1ees . tax frum you on
h. and thGt svUJ maa who collects an nd
HA.S'o1 for sntranes into . moving picture
SAsv turns tn 10 Der esnt to the Govern
RnG
60 went b - tAIs man BIaf- smjd,t tn.
~ VuEzEnE dstan Of tAIs stupendous task
and asked HIN b Ih0v ne q bit Of ths sIt .
atian viii vhicA - vas confronted.
Il An ta-kHng t~O major problems nigh.
h@s h IL bWfnainE." aid be. n. nrv,
b dis ta1k 4 assuring myself that ther. 70
EAsG1aS prOtset1m Ss1inst fraud from the
tuHaA L h0v fun WI that there m,
ea1 ~Ey0 Who regard Il . legitimate
- aToaA UnAtsV0 paynnts b tie Govsru-
- hU on, sTn thouHh tkSy r.ali.,
- n@ pyuUh srS IavfaIly due. W.
~S Ag ID a rOanding M th.., tar
-" " - htnA b Ut tAom an Rat
@ W1t b - that my Ovn hou.. 4.
h @dR and that sVsE1 smplOy. Of n.
BWsn - MtAnal Rsvsnus h,S h,. -
36 aO - Sra1EhE-
nO aS nany V1ys h which . ma, -
a. hAds nay prodt Il he choo.,. - :.
aoSAsd and Il be b Wiling b tats ch.,...
- dst.etion- Here is . typical exampI..
~AA GnaitDr IN Dc Bureau Of internal
ReSUns nnAs that . return from q eorpor. :
dsn - ben qnestiOned and that tA. hu-
reGa Aas dseidsd that tie evaporation did
nSt ~ sG8cint tax baek fh 1919. IL h.,
besn determined hat the bureau win make
. eatn for an additional tax Of 800, 900
sSaInst that corporation.
I'VE have q certain form letter known q,
Dc A letter, which d, sent out IN the eass
Il tAsss spesiaf assessments against indi-
VidualS % corporations. There are thou
ssndS Of thess letters going out, each week.
4 Letter Of this sort calling for larE,
asssAment comes 10 the desk Of IN auditor.
That auditor has listened to temptation and
Geeides that be win attempt to make soms
easy moneJ in this case. He holds up mi
A-2 lstter, merely keeps It on his dssk for
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30
e DdddyS
p6Evenin8
Fairy Tale
"HhARY GRAHAM BONNER
YOU ARE VERY WELCOME"

Were going TO have a Dance said
the Mountain Fairies to Lady Gray
Cloud. land so we would like to ask
favor Of you.
'We would be glad if you didn't go
to have dinner with the King Of the
Clouds and his family until little
later this afternoon.
Were sure he wouldn't mind dining
little bit later this evening"
'Fll gladly do as you ask" said Lady
Gray Cloud, "if you will let me watch
your party. l will not speak TO the
King of the Clouds, so you needn't
worry. There will be no rain until
your party is over. 1 will see TO that. -
"Oh, thank you. thank you" said
the Mountain Fairies.
You are very welcome" said Lady
Gray Cloud.
TT is so lovely up here" said the
Mountain Fairies Down below it is
so much later in the season than it
is up here. Flowers are beginning to
look like autumn down there and up
here it still looks so summery."
THAT is always the way it is up
here" said Lady Gray Cloud. The
Mountain King likes to have things
later up here. The whole reason is
that he is SO fond of the Seasons that
he can't bear to let them go and so
he begs them to stay and stay, and
SO every season is bit late.
But, of course, you know all that"
said Lady Gray Cloud after a mo-
ment
"Yes, we know that" said the
Mountain Fairies, but we have been
visiting our relatives, the Woodland
Fairies, who live down at the foot Of
the mountain, and so we notice the
change. OF course, there is a differ
ence in the air, too.
"Of course, that accounts for 1T,
too; but. then, as you say, the Noun
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30
Three Types of Aircraft Definitely
Named in New Order to
Army and Navy.
CUTS OUT SLANG PHRASES
National Advisory Committee on Aero
nauties Complies Standard Terms
"Aircraft" Is Any Form of Craft
That Navigates the Air.

Washington.-Standa aerOnautical
terms, devised and compiled by the
national advisory committee for aero
nautics, have been officially prescribed
for use in the army and navy. Here
after, the new order states, the Off
GERS of the two air services will use
the regulation nomenclature.
For some time. aerial experts point
out, laymen have been calling any
thing that traverses the air an air
ship" whereas the word aircraft
should be employed. They say that
all balloons, rigid and nonrigid air
ships, or lighter-than-air craft, are
constantly being termed "blimps,"
slang word, now obsolete. but original
~ used to designate a nonrigid air
plane fuselage slung beneath the gas
bag.
"SeapIane,p Not "HydropIane."
The word "hydroplane" has often
been misused in referring to a sea
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30
WONDERFUL GAIN IN
WEIGHT REPORTED
Young Woman Only Weighed 76
Pounds-No~ Weighs Over 100
and Is Gaining Every Day.

Before I began taking Tanlae / only
weighed 20 pounds l now weigh over
one hundred and am gaining every
day said Miss LaRue Davis of Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
II bought my first bottle of Tanlac
at Gas City. Ind. and 1t helped me so
much that / continued using it. / have
always been very delicate and suffered
81 great deal from stomach trouble and
rheumatism. | rarely ever had any ap-
petite and simply could not relish any
thing. ! fell off until / only weighed
76 pounds and was so thin I looked
perfectly awful This is the condition
/ was In when / began taking Tanlac.
oh, 1 feel so different now. Even
my complexion is improved Ny appe-
tite is good and I can hardly get
enough to eat. Tanlac is simply grand
and can truthfully say it is the only
medicine that has ever done me any
good
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everyRhere- Advertisements.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30

tain King does urge the Seasons to
stay as late as they possibly can and
they simply cannot refuse him.
"When we were down in the woods,
we saw some lovely plants with pur-
pie flowers, one flower which was hid
den for its own pleasure and one
which was shown to the world
Then, too. we saw some ferns
which said their relatives lived in an
apartment, for some little girl had
told them she had seen some of their
relatives, but then she told them that
these fern relatives were very we'll
treated.
"She said that they were put out
on the fire escape every rainy day and
that they did enjoy the change from
the hot apartment.
"The little girl also said that she
was so happy now that she didn't
have TO pay any attention to her
teachers watch.
"She said her teachers watch was
always absolutely right. and when she
thought she was only a few minutes
late, her teachers watch showed that
she was later, for no one could make
that watch change from doing right
and keeping right on time!
"She said it was now vacation time
so that she didn't have to think of
that watch which she really thought
was very unkind.
"Oh. we had a very good time visit
ing our Woodland Cousins. but now
we are back on our Mountain Home
and it is always nice to get home.
land we must begin our dance soon.
for otherwise Well use up all the time
in talking"
So the Mountain Fairies danced and
danced, and after they had danced
long time they said:
Now we are going to have our re-
freShments under yonder big tree, so
don't you dine with the King of the
Clouds now?"
So Lady Gray Cloud dined with
the King Of the Clouds and his family
and there was much merry-making
and such laughter up on top of the
Mountain among the Mountain Fairies
that the Rainbow came out to see
what was going on.
Then another Rainbow came, too,
and the double Rainbow was seen by
the earth people as 1t stretched across
q beautiful lake and each end bent
down 10 the water and told the water
what was going on up on the Noun
tain Top. and how Mr.. Sun and the
King OF the Clouds and Lady Gray
Cloud were all laughing together.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30

! wherever steel is commodity. win 5e
a mile away from the site of its birth.
and the great corporations steam
shovels will be digging ore where old
Hibbing stood.
An engineer OF the steel corporation
said recently that he was seated In his
Office In New York some time ago when
I-l.,ne call summoned him TO the Of
flee of Judge Gary, chairman OF the
board. He was In Mr. Gary's office
only two minutes. but In those two
questions bearing on the topography
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30
New Aviation
Terms Fixed

plane; "hydroplane" designaUes a sea
sled. which planes on the surface of
the water, but does not take the air.
An airplane has been called an aero >
which, 1T Is explained, is as wrong rs
calling a boat water" The words
aeroplane," ''hydro-aeroplane" and
"dirigibie," have been done away with
and "airplane." ''seaplane" and air
ship" have taken their places
| According to the recent published
/ report of the national advisory com
mittee. aircraft constitutes any form
of craft designed to navigate the air
and is divided into "aerostats" and
! ''airplaneS." AerOstats comprise
! lighter-than-air craft, embodying n
container filled with a gas lighter than
air. such as hydrogen. and sustained
| by its 'buoyancy. They include lair
ships" and balloons"
The word "airplane" is now used
10 designate craft heavier than air.
obtaining support from the action of
the air on the wings. and driven
through the air by screw prOpellers.
Airplanes equipped for alighting on
water are termed "Seaplanes."
"Airships.' as the craft formerly
known as lighter-than-air are now
called, are divided into three types
rigid" whose form is maintained BY
metallic frame within the gas bag
or envelope: 'nonrigid." whose enye-
lope is kept taut by the pressure of
the contained gas, and "semirigid."
maintained by rigid or jofnted keel
and also by gas pressure These three
types are all propelled by gas engines
located in a hull or car. or i'm indi-
vidual engine houses suspended below
the supporting envelope, and controlled
by means of rudders and fins.
Some New Terms.
Among the new and often mfsun-
derstood terms are the following:
Aeronaut-The pilot of an aerostat
(airship or balcony.
Airdrome-A landing field equipped
with hangers and shops
Aviator-The operator or pilot cf
heavierthan-air craft, such as air
planes and seaplanes.
Fuselage-Body of an airplane. in
Guiding engine and passenger seats.
Glider-An airplane without a pow
er plant.
HeliocOpter-An aircraft deriving
its support not from wings but the
vertical thrust of propellers.
Ornithopter-An aircraft deriving
its support and power from Tapping
wings.
Pancake-To land by an airplane
by leveling off higher from the ground
than normal, causing 1t to stall and
descend nearly vertically.
Soar-To fly CD a level without
power.
Spin-An aerial maneuver In which
the airplane descends nearly vertical
ly while turning rapidly In the form
OF helix or "corkscrew"
Taxi-To run an airplane over the
ground or seaplane over the wafer
under its own power. without taking
the air.
Zoom-To climb rapidly at a very
steep angle.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30

four months could do but little work,
had to lie down most of the time, was
nervous and could eat hardly anything,
but my husband was always reminding
me to take the Vegetable Compound,
which / did Of my eight children this
last one was the easiest birth of all and
l am thankful for your Vegetable Com
pound. | recommend it to my friends
when | hear them complaining about
their ills. Mrs. M. NATALIE, 70 Ere
mont ST., Springfield, Mass.
Slcllly, ailing women make unhappy
homes, and after reading Mrs. Natale's
letter one can imagine how this home
was transformed by her restoration to
health. Every woman who suffers from
such ailments should give Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound fair trial.
1t is surely worth while.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30
Is Last Surviving
GrandchiId of Signer

Newport. r. L-Henrietta
Charming Ellery of this city has
the distinction of being the last
surviving grandchild Of a signer
of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. She is the granddaughter
of William Ellery.
Miss Ellery was born April 8.
1888, and has lived her entire
life in Newport. Neither she
nor her sister Mary. long since
deceased, ever married. For &
great many years they mace
their home in the Ellery home
stead, on Thames street, the
home of their grandfather, but
this house is no longer standing.
The Newport chapter OF the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution is named after this sign
er of the Declaration of indie
pendence.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30
Urges Heliun to
Float AirShiDS

know something of helium and the
development in the production to date.
Scientists admit that its discovery
was one of pure science. 1t was first
discovered in 1865. In India. while
scientists were making observations
Of an eclipse of the sun. Scientists
agree that the occurrence of helium
is in the air, in sea and river water,
in rocks and mineral springs. in gey-
sers and in volcanic gases, but the
only quantities on large scale can
be recovered from the natural gas of
the United States"