The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-03


M. Loeb, father of "Dickie" Loeb, con-
victed of the murder of little Robert
Franks, $4,5s2; George Cardinal Mum
delein, $102. 1856
Many others Of the heavy taxpayers
returns showed a general downward
revision this year.
FOrds Pay s2o,ooo,ooo
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. IA total
tax Of more than s2O,OOO,OOu approx
imately one-quarter of the entire in
come tax levy in the Eastern Michigan
district, was paid by the Fords and
their company, income tax returns for
1924, made public showed.
Henry Ford's personal tax was
$2,6OS, SOs.65.
Edsel Ford paid $2,158,055.99.
Their company paid 16, 4sS, 16O.91.
Demby Claims Exemption
The General Motors corporation a
]. P. Morgan concern ranked next
with tax estimated to be more than
$5,600,00O The Fisher Brothers, Char
les T., Fred j., and Lawrence, paid a
total tax of more than $1,000 900.
Sebastian S. Kresge, millionaire
chain ten-cent store operator, paid
$685. OS.16.
Edwin DENLY, former secretary of
the navy claimed exemption, proving
to the satisfaction of the government
that his holdings were n6n-taxable.
Senator James Couzens, hluIti-miIlion-
aire, paid little more than $1,000.
His holdings are said mostly to be
non-taxable. 81 ss els
Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge. widow
OF Horace z. Dodge, is high on the
list, she paid $993,O2S4S.
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RockefelIer's Six Millions
NEW YORK, Sept. John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., paid $6,277, $50 in.
come taxes for 1924 and John d.
Rockefeller ST., $12S,42O, books of the
tax collectors revealed.
Ebert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United States
Steel company paid 1922, $3.50.
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Kodak King MuIti-Mllllonaire
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept 1.-Accord
ing to the internal revenue figures
here, George Eastm an, Kodak king.
and Rochester Philanthropist paid
S79,6O5.45 as his 1924 income tax
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Gals Friends Wealthy
BOSTON, Mass, Sept I.-sFrank w
stearns, personal friend and adviser
to President Coolidge, paid a tax of
3.156.OS.
Cardinal o'Connell paid S17,S54.4S.
A. Lawrence Lowell, president of
Harvard University paid $8S,567.11.
Other returns were:
Bishop William Lawrence $3.50 "a.
U. S. Senator Frederick H. Gillett
SS2l.6O U. S. Senator William M
Butler, $12,79O69; Governor Alvan II
Fuller s5O,35S9O; J. Lawrence Higgin.
son Jr', banker, $1O7,7S7.Ss.
democratic Leader Is Millionaire
NEW YORK, September John
w. Davis, former democratic candi-
date for the presidency, paid S4s,5S3.
CHARLES Evans Hughes, former sec.
rotary OF state, paid $1,554.
Louis Marshall, New York attorney.
paid s65,039. al
The tax Of Dillon Read and com.
pany was $661,559 and the National
Bank Of Commerce $161,15999.
Mellon Pays Big Tax
PITTSBURGH, Sept. limited
States Senator David VA. Reed paid
Sl9,546. James r. Mellon, a relative
OF the secretary of the. treasury, paid
$6,9l4, and William L. Mellon $l74,577.
Secretary Of Labor James ]. Davis
paid $3,1S0.1S.
Tea Pot Dome Lawyers Cash In
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 1.--Chas-
W. Burdick, lawyer, Of, Cheyenne
paid the largest federal income tax in
Wyoming for 1924-$4s.527.1S.
John w. Lacey, counsel for the
Harry F. Sinclair interests and gener-
al counsel In Wyoming for several
railroads and corporations, was second
on the. list with a contribution of
S19,11S.84.
Hardina's Friend Pays $2s1,f25
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1.-The biggest
individual taxpayer for the city Of
Washington was Edward Beale Nc.
Lean, publisher OF the Washington
Post, who paid s2S1,125.32 He was
deeply involved in the Teapot Dome
scands