Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 86, 19 February 1919 — Page 7

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STRICT PENALTY FOR TAX DODGE'S PROVIDEDJY BILL Deliberate Evasion of Income Tax Law to be Punished to Limit.

How does Uncle Sam deal with tax dodgers? This inquiry, which was prompted by the severe penalties provided in the new revenue bill, has brought from Commissioner Daniel C. Roper a frank statement as to the Internal Revenue Bureau's attitude to those who attempt to evade taxation. "Any person who deliberately conceals taxliability or who falsifies a return in order to reduce or evade the payment of any internal revenue tax, or who deliberately abets such concealment or fraud, finds arrayed against him the entire strength of this bureau, pressing for the, full civil and criminal penalties. That is the attitude toward the tax-dodger, expressed In one sentence. Whether he is a moonshiner, a stealthy trafficker in habit forming drugs, or Juggler of Income Aeures. a delinquent in making the sworn return the law requires, or a revenue violator of any other kind, the bureau is charged with the duty f hunting him out and exacting the full Dunlshment provided in the law "Toward the taxpayer who means to comply with the internal revenue law. fullv and honestly, the bureau extends a helping hand. Cooperation with the taxpayer Is our watchword and objective. Classification Different ' "These two contrasts the teeth of the law for the "tax dodger and the violator, and the aid of every lawful agency for the voluntary taxpayerare policies necessary to the administration of tax laws under modern conditions. "One of the most difficult or tne many problems in tax collecting is to classify those who fail to fulfill the obligations imposed by law. The bureau is obliged to maintain a large staff and to use the utmost discretion In properly labeling these cases. Even-handed Justice is a heavy responsibility and only through careful elftings can delinquents be classified. "There are three distinct classes of delinquency with which we have to deal: First, the taxpayer who had reasonable cause, brought about by exceptional conditions beyond his control; secondly, the fellow who didn't look up and didn't realize his obligations: and thirdly, the person who wilfully evaded compliance with the IftW Delinquents Investigated. "As for the man who shows a reasonable cause within certain lines established by the bureau, no penalties are asserted. All other delinquents are more carefully investigated before prosecution is begun. Many of these olfences are caused by ignorance and negligence. Failure to make the reports required by law may in some cases warrant sever penalty, as where the delinquent continues his delinquency after being warned of the penalty for failure to make return. However, If the delinquent takes immediate corrective action, and It is clearly established through investigation that he did not wilfully violate tho law, the bureau allows him to compromise his liability to specific penalty by tendering a nominal sum of money. In suclj instances the money la not really in compromise but assessed to impress the taxpayer against future violations. "Rut there is no relief, no com promise, for the man who wilfully evades, wilfully neglects, or wilfully falsifies. He is classed with other law-breakers in the eyes of the bure au in virorouslv nrosecuted in the courts. No other course is open to the bureau, in meeting fairly and squarely the demand of the wiling taxpayer "I will the other man must." There is a solemn responsibility thus existing between the honest taxpayer and the bureau to locate and punish thn dishonest tax-dodger. "For a decade the drift of federal taxation has been from the indirect tax toward direct payment by each citizen and resident of his just share of the cost of government. Gradually the circle of direct taxpayers has been increased, and under the new revenue ' law the extension will lnciuae nun dreds of thousands who never before filed declarations with the govern ment. ' ' New Test of Ideals. "We are therefore now come to another milestone In national progress We approach a new test of the sound aess of American Ideals of a govern Vnent of, by and for the people. The test is whether our wonderful victory of liberty is worth the cost as apportioned to the private pocketbook by the people's representatives. "It Is such a big thing, this collection of taxes directly from private funds and business funds, that nothing short of our best American cooperative effort can make it successful and hence Just. The bureau seeks Important to all Women Readers of this Paper Thousands upon thousands of women have kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may suffer pain in the back, headache and loss of ambition. Poor health makes you nervous, Irritable and maybe despondent; it makes anyone so. But hundreds of women claim that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring health to the kidneys, proved to be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. A good kidney medicine, possessing real healing and curative value, should be a blessing to thousands of nervous overworked women. Many send for a sample bottle to see what Swamp-Root, tne great Kianey, liver and bladder medicine will do for them. By enclosing ten cenis io nr. Kilmer ft Co., Blnghamton,N. Y., you may receive sample size bottle by Parcel Post. You can purchase medium and large size boUes at all drug stores Adv.

this, co-operation of the people in collecting the revenues. It has never been denied or stinted; anything less than the great, voluntary outpouring of shares in the national assessment is unthinkable. "And it is such a big thing that the willing taxpayer must have the guarantee of this bureau that the laggards, the jugglers and the violators will not escape taxation and penalties. The bureau is fufilling Its part of this contract with the people thia contract that means so much in the practical, effective and just administration

of the Internal revenue laws. Whitewater, Ind. Several from Whitewater attended the "pie social" given at the Marne school house last Wednesday night.. ..Mr. and Mrs. Moody Frank and daughter, Emma, or wepsier. ny Rntnrdnv with Mr. and Mrs. James -, ti...1 Robertson and family .Ha.zef Hinshaw of Richmond spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Mary Ann Woods Miss Elizabeth Burt spent Sunday with Miss Uldean Hunt.... Rev. Roy Brown filled his regular appointment at the Christian church Sunday and Sunday night. ...Mr. and Mrs. Coke Brown and son of New Paris and Mr. and. Mrs. Hershal Brown and family was the guest of Mrs. Anna Mutchner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John Roll and family and Rev. Roy Brown of Bethel was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Weller and son Sunday M1S3 Bernice Burt of .Richmond spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parent. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Burt and family.. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roberts and daughter spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs and Mrs. All Jennings and family. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Luke Fisher spent Sunday night and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Day and family of near LynnDan Williams ana Mrs. vm Thornton of Fountain City spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Wallingford....Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barton and family and Mrs. Chrales Blose and son Marvin spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. ad Mrs. Ray Barton and son Max Miss Alma Thomas spent Saturday night and Sunday with uris Madonna Newton . . . . Mrs. Hom er Piatt spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar White and ramuy....mr. and Mrs. William Hinshaw and daughter Hazel and Miss Maryam Woods Bpent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Osro Blose and family. ...Mrs. Tessa Blose spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Cal Eastman Mrs. Corrle White spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Thomas ana son uon 01 Bethel. Holland Praised for Treatment or British (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. In a mesntlll 1 1 trinosage to wueen w uaeinuun, George has expressed the gratitude of the British empire ror tne ireaimeni accorded soldiers Interned Dy tne Dutch, advices received toaay Dy ine Netherlands legation said. The mes sage sent on the occasion or xne aiscontinuance of the internment meas ures. King- George, in his message, saw he felt sure the Britisn prisoners would remember their gaiety m Hoiland as the first happy experience and peace after the hardships to which they were previously exposeu. Three Sopoly Steamers Reach Port of Danzig BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 19 Three American steamers laaen witn iooa stuffs for Poland, arrived at jNeuranrwasser, on the gulf of Danzig, at noon Monday, according to uanzig aavices received here. The region about the Dead sea Is nno of the hottest places on tne giooe, and the sea loses many tons of water a day by evaporation, WEAKNESS REMAINS LONG AFTER Influenza Reports Show That Strength. Energy and Ambition Return Very Slowly to Grippe Patient. After an attack ot influenza, doctors advise that nature be assisted in its building-up process by the use of a good tonic one that will not only put strength and endurance Into' the body, but will also help to build up and strengthen the run-down cells of the brain. One of the most highly, recommended remedies to put energy Into both body and brain is Bio-feren your physician knows the formula it is printed below. There's iron in Bio-feren the kind of iron that makes red blood corpuscles and creates vigor. There is lecithin also; probably the best brain invigorator known to science. Then there Is good old reliable gentlan, that brings back your lagging appetite. There are other ingredients that help to promote good health, as you can see by reading this formula, not forgetting kolo, that great agent that puts the power of endurance into weak people. Taken altogether Bio-feren Is a splendid active tonic that will greatly help any weak, run-down person to regain normal strength, energy, ambition and endurance. Bio-feren is sold by all reliable druggists and is inexpensive. For weakness after influenza patients are advised to take two tablets after each meal and one at bed time seven a day, until health, strength and vigor aro fully restored. It will not fall to help yon and If for any reason you are dissatisfied with results your druggist Is authorized to return your money upon request without any red tape of any kind. Note to physicians: - There la no secret about the formula Of Bioferen, It is printed on every pack age. Here it ia: Jbeciinin; uaicium Glycero-pbosphaU; Iron Peptonate. Mancaaeae Peptonate; Ext. Nux. iese reptonaie; jsxi. Vomica: Powdered Gentian: Phenolphtbalein; O J ear sin Capsicum. KOIO.

KNI6IITST0WN TEMPERANCE CRUSADER TELLS OF FIGHT WAGED BY WOMEN AGAINST SALOONS

NIGHTSTOWN, Ind., Feb. 18. "One God, one Home, one Land," the watchword of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, is known in all parts of the world and the little ribbon of white is seen in every clime. But how many know that this organization with its beautiful teachings had a humble beginning in Defiance, O., and that the Indiana branch sprang from an organization of Christian women in this little town? The origin of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union dates back to the time when the crusade against saloons , 8pread through the United States, i i. i, ,.,.i. rrioH and uuwuwc wno iuftfc mow" ...... .v- v. more vigorously than in Knightstown. on It was in 1847 that the crusade started here. Knightstown in those days was a wild .place and many mothers saw their sons, husbands and brothers go down to destruction through the liquor traffic There were only two, saloons here then, but they did the business of ten, and when the crusade was over the saloons increasea. uniy ior one day was Knightstown without a saloon until the county option law was passed that was when Perry Newby was prosecuting attorney, and one day he had every saloon keeper and bartender In jail at one and the same time. Thinks Prayers Are Answered One of the original crusaders is still living here. She is seventy-seven years old, but until the last year she has enjoyed perfect health. Her mind is bright and her memory clear, and she likes to tell of the days when the good women of Knightstown waged their fight against the saloons. She is strong In her belief that tne prayers or me . . and at NOTE At such

Knightstown women were answered when Indiana went "dry" and the saloon is to be abolished from the nation. " : "It does not seem so -long, yet it is forty-four years," said Mrs. Hannah L.

Gray, for that is the name of the crusader of almost half a century ago, j "since we women started the fight against the saloons in Knightstown. From the crusaders started in Defiance, O., sprang the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that was organized in Cleveland with representation from sixteen states. It was at 6 o'clock on a morning in April, 1874, that the women of Knightstown started the battle and it wa3 10 o'clock of the evening of July 3 that they retired, defeated, but not discouraged, and we feel that the foundation of the great temperance victory in Indiana was laid then. "There were two saloons here and the women were organized into companies of five, each with a captain. These companies would go to the saloons and sing and pray, one company relieving the other until the closing hour came. At first they let us come Into the salons, but after one of them surrendered and went out of business, the other barred us out. . Price Kept Them Out. "The worst place we had to deal with was the Gem saloon, which was a frame building that stood where the Banner office now is. The bartender's name was Tom Price, and really for a man in that business, he was a nice man. One morning real early something came over me I felt an inspiration and went at once to the Gem where Tom Price was at work. I told him I had a message for him, the Waldorf-Astoria

i toia nim i naa a message tor mm, -.i.MWMMa

iA fact: The Waldorf in New Ycrk is but one of the many hotels all over the country, where Fatima is the largest - selling cigarette. The same thing is true, for example at the Astor, New York, where over 200,000 Fatimas are sold every month;

at the Willard, in Washington; at the Gibson and the Sinton, in Cincinnati; at the Copley Plaza, the Touraine, the Parker House and Young's, in Boston ; "and at dozens of other leading hotels (and clubs, too) all over the country.

FATIMA

A Sensible Cigarette

places aa these, low price doesn't

count. Fatiinas lead in sales, not because of their low price, but because men PREFER them to higher-priced cigarettes. They prefer Fe time's taste; and they find that Fatimas treat them right.

and pointed out that he ought to quit the business. He cried and I cried, and just as I thought he had repented, he looked up and saw a lot of women locking In at the windows and that angered him and he refused to listen to us any more. In fact, he placed a lot of bottles, and a filled beer glass in an .upstairs window where every one could see it. That was his way of expressing his defiance. "After that we had to stay outside andwhen we found that the Gem was

supplying its patrons via tne Daca door, we located one of our companies in the alley. Very few of the women in those days had hired help. They would do their early morning work, arrange their households, take their sewing and go down to the Gem,

-"--- " -- . .. . -1 Liuie run, Mower oumiou, hh. duiu where they would spend the day in;WelDom M,B8 Jennle Huddleston,

sewing ana praying ana smsms. aH ot whom are now dead. Mrs. Ann first we were subjected to consider-. Hatflcidf MrB Carrie Grubbs, now livable ridicule, but never were we in- , , Denver: Mrs. Anna Hill Mrs.

suited. We did not .get much neip from the men," and Mrs. Gray sighed. "but I suppose if their protection was seeded we would have received it. There was one man, who did wonderful work. His name was Jonas Blrkett and he lived at Ogden. He was the .most wonderful prayer I ever heard. When he started in he could be heard all over the town and people used to come to the store doors to hear him. "The women felt that they were doing the right thing," continued Mrs. Gray, "and I would not have it out of my life for a great deal.. While we did not achieve great results then, we created a sentiment that has grown until Indiana today is a saloonless state and the the United States in time will be a saloonless nation. We feel well paid for our sacrifices and we are certain that God heard our prayers." Five Still Living Hanging on the wall of Mrs. Gray's home is an old-time photograph of aj scene in front of the Gem saloon. De-

cause of inclement weather the women had erected a small tabernacle made of heavy drilling and in that the meetings were held. About the tabernacle are grouped in the picture many of the Kniarhtstown women who took cart

in this remarkable contest against rum. Among them Mrs: Gray pointed out Mrs. Allen Kirk, Mrs. Abigal Murray, Mrs. Alfred Hart. Mrs. Wash Stevenson, Mrs. Robert Scott, Mother Deming, Grandmother Welborn, Mrs. Polly Heaton, Mrs. Hawhee, Mother Gobel, Mrs. Major Boblet, Mrs. Viola Heaton. Mrs. Krouse. Mrs. Mary Pe den, Mrs. George E, Mitchell, wife of the Presbyterian minister; Miss Sally Huddleston, Mrs. Landon Foxwortny; Mrs. Rose Ann Edwards. Aunt Polly Heaton. Mrs. 'William Biclous, Miss Lillle Hill, Mother Btratten. Mrs. Julia Mary Charles and Mrs. Gray are all who are left of that band of noble women. . V In the "picture are three children. One was little Mary Heaton, who died before reaching womanhood. Another i is Cora Charles, who is married and lives in Elkhart. A boy sits in the front row and this boy is Web" Welborn, one of the best known newspaoer men in Ohio, connected at this time with a Cincinnati paper. There are two men in the picture, one was caught in the act of entering the saloon and stopped to receive some tracts from Miss Sally Huddleston. The other man was W. B. Gray, an enthusiastic worker in the cause. Believes Spirits Rejoice -"That picture brings back many pleasant memories to me," said Mrs. Gray, "and though most of those who were with me in front of the Gem saloon on that June day when the picture was taken, have gone, the work they did any the courage they disnlaved will never be forgotten. I am only sorry that they are not in

the flesh to see the results of their labors, but I know that their spirit are rejoicing," i ? ?'"'' - - : "I do not supose there ever was a lot of women who were so thoroughly in earnest In their work," said Perry

Wwhv "I can remember well toe days when they used to meet to front . M J A .. A.. or tne uem saioon ana cuub jt A MttMM. And I feel, too, that though it, was a long time, the prayers of those good womMi ha v at last been answered, .we hava not had" saloon s here for a long time and from the day the last saloon ' went out I could see change tor the better in this town.' Transports Dee on Feb, 27 With Cased Ccrzpcs&es . By Associated Preset washivotok. jb. 19. The war department announced toaay war we transport Turrialba was due at New York, Feb. 27 with 96 casual officers, the Carrlllo at New York Feb. U, with 40 casual officers and 7 men and the Yosemite at New York Feb.' 27 with one casual company of New York troops and 3 casual officers. - Gen. Pershing has reported that sTiKniHnn hnanftala NM . 25 Mid 23: base hospital number 32. including hospital unit R and the third heavy mobile ordnance repair shop have been assigned for, early convoy. APPROVE PEACE PROGRAM . (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, Feb. 18. A resolution formulated by the Swedish section of the international committee of women for permanent peace and endorsed by representatives of 47,000 Swedish women, declaring adhesion to President Wilson's peace program, will be sent by I. N. ' Morris, the American