The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-23

S. Lamont, son of the
noted financier Thorn
as w. Lamont and
member of the ]. P.
Morgan banking house, 49,, "A,
and James ]. Walker, as.,I.
former mayor of New
York.
Mr.. Cummings announced that the
Department of Justice had conducted
a secret investigation of the tax af-
fairs of these four men and had
turned the information gathered over
to United States attorneys in New
York, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Grand
jury action in each of those cities was
expected to result. Cases against more
than q score of other men were being
prepared by the departments tax divi-
sion.
Mr.. Mellon was quick to place his
case before the people. In a long
statement he denied ever having failed
TO pay his proper income taxes and said
that in the last twenty years he had
paid more than $2O,000,000 in this form
of rates. He characterized the attor-
ney generals action as politics of the
crudest sort" He continued:
II feel very strongly that before the
attorney general Of the United States
should bring a charge of this kind
against me l, like any other citizen,
should be given proper notice in the
manner provided by law of the gov
ernment's intention to assess addition
al taxes and should have been afford
ed an opportunity to meet such
charges in the customary way.
"In all my years of experience in
the administration of the tax laws l
have never known of single instance
in which such unfair and arbitrary
action has been taken"
Over in London, where Jimmy Walk
er is sojourning, the former playboy
mayor said he was not surprised, that
the authorities were only doing their
duty and that he even welcomed 1t as
an opportunity to vindicate his charac-
ter.
By order of the President a new in
come tax procedure was put in force,
designed to break up so-called meg
ligent" evasion of taxes. All tax re-
turns which the government suspects
of embodying willful evasion will be
referred to grand juries for investiga-
ton of possible fraud.
T A LIBERTAD, most important sea-
IL port of the republic of Salvador,
was almost destroyed by an explosion
of dynamite on the docks and the re-
sulting confiagration. 1t was believed
at least $50 persons were killed.
ONE of Japan's new torpedo boats,
" the Tomozuru. of 527 tons, was
wrecked mysteriously off the Sasebo
naval base and it was believed most Of
her crew Of 113 men were lost. The
vessel was completed only February
26 last and was a new type, carrying
the heaviest armament ever given a
ship Of its size. 1t was considered a
triumph of Japanese naval architec-
ture. Several others of the same type
are under construction.
HARRY PIERPONT, one of John
4 Dillingers gang, was convicted at
Lima, Ohio, of the murder of Sheriff
Jess Sarber in a Jail raid in which Dill
linger was set free by his comrades,
and was sentenced to death in the
electric chair. The commander of the
Ohio National Guard took every pre-
caution to prevent the rescue of Pier
pont by his resourceful chief, for Dill
linger was still at large, presumably
in or near Chicago.
At Crown Point. Ind. a special
grand jury began investigating the
easy escape of Dillinger, a special
prosecutor having been named to con-
duct the inquiry. At present only two
men, Deputy Sheriff Ernest Bunk and
Turnkey Sam Cahoon. have been ac-
cused Of aiding Dillinger In his jail
break.
DY A vote Of IS to s District of
ID Columbia grand jury refused to re-
turn indictments in its investigation
of an alleged conspiracy to defraud
the government on War department
contracts. Secretary Dern was highly
pleased with what he called yindi-
cation Of the department.
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