The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-25
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and Charles c. Glover lsenior and
/ juniorl.
AdOlphus Andrews, captain az the
President yacht, The Mayflower.
and reputed to be the WeRlthiest
man In the Navy, destroyed &
myth when Il was found that his
tax amounted to somewhat less
than 1900.
Money n Writing.
Crackers who ten you there's no
money IN writing may be inter-
ested to know that Mary Roberts
Rinehart's tax was more than e40.'
900, while the tax Of her husband,
Doctor Stanley NJ. Rinehart. q wen.
known physician, was approximately
$1,000. Mira. Rineharts office IN
1.-THE Munsey Building, where her
name Is Incorporated, handed into
the Government tidy little figure,
also.
Isabel G. Freeman and Margaret
G. Buckingham, who occupy the
stately old mansion at 1875 II
street, bordering on the huge white
Veterans Bureau Building, each
paid sums averaging $4,000, but
Mr.. TAFT VIII never guess the real
figures from that.
Joseph F.. Tumulty's income was
large enough to warrant q return
of something more than 1000.
Edward r. True's return nearly
reached $4,000.
George p. Hamilton. sr., lawyer
and president Of the Capital Trac.
ton Company, had q tax slightly
lower than $15, 1000, while George F..
IT., his fathers law partner, was
only a little more than $50. Ben.
tanin 8: Minor. lawyer and promi.
nently identified with the Wash.
in round numbers, 5000 to the
nation. The ban club ITSELF didn't
do quite that well. Clark Griffith
filed 3 return OF less than $4,000.
So goes the tax list--with q sur.
prise here and there, until the
whole becomes merely q weary
/ tumble Of figures which really
don't mean anything, because the
returns themselves are not open
| to public view.
We see that Commissioner james
| II. Oyster has q return In the very
low hundreds, while COmmissiO
Cuno II. Rudolph's report Is Just
! ten times as much, almost on q
level with the return Of Chief JUS
tice William Howard Taft. We see
that Al. Lisner and Simon Kann paid
each an average Of $4,000, and that
=. j. SteIlwagen'9 return was less
than $4,000. We see that Byron
s. Adams Is still struggling along in
the printing business at rate
which allows him to pay the Gov
eminent more than $4,000, while
William r. Ham, president OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, handed the collector q
trifle more than $4,000.
Laundrynan Pays $4,000.
| Franklin v. Killian. the laundry
man. filed q return which nearly
touched $4,000. proving what q
clean city we have.
/ Some reporters were again at
work In the Baltimore customs
house today, under the eyes Of Of
ficials there. Some Of the Govern
ment workers in the office were
complaining yesterday that $4,000
refund checks had to be written.
and only five clerks were present
to do the work and along come
these newspaper men and demand
to see everything and turn the Of
flee upside down.
There are cards out Of place in
the card index. The ledgers have
I been torn in a few places. A
couple of inkwells have been over
turned. Other casualties may come
In later. And all the while, over
the excited chatter of reporters,
the yelling Of new fact and fig.
ure, comes the calm judicial voice
lof Mr.. Lewis, who presides over
the mad scene:
Boys, you'll have to be more
4 careful about some Of those re.
turns, because they're only pre-.
IiIninary. And you can't see any
In advance Of 1898. No, that books
In the other room. They're working
| on Il. No, that card isn't for 1923.
Hey, you can't tear out that page!
WHATS that--No. 3OO272--that's in--
let's see--that's in the book that
mans got, over there. Hey, don't
fight over i'll There's plenty Of
chance for everybodyw
Secretary Of the Treasury Mel
lon and his principal aides, believ'
ing that publication Of the returns
10 Illegal, nevertheless took the
ground that enforcement of the
law Is not up to the Treasury De
partment, but to the Department
of Justice.
Stone Il Awaited.
! With Attorney General Stone still
; away from the Capital on u cam
paign trip for President Coolidge
the Department Of Justice did moth
ing. Officials there simply reiterated
that "a close study Of the question
will be made and decision rendered
in due time" and awaited the return
to Washington Of the Attorney Gen
eral.
l No other department OF the GOV
eminent being directly concerned
officials generally kept hands Of
and Joined with the thousands o.
Il other curious ones in inspecting thu
financial and business secrets o!
those whose affluence Is market
enough to merit their returns being
printed In the newspapers.
The question Of the legality d
newspapers printing the returns ha.
divided official Washington into tive
opposing camps.
Many officials were inclined Il
the Mellon view that publication I
illegal, but many others declared
privately that IL Il 81 legal for an!
private citizen to inspect the incom,
tax return paid by his neighbor
: then Il II legal, for all private citi
: yens to view the return, and news
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