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HOYNE ROASTS DAILY NEWS fOR FIGHTING CRUSADE AGAINST TAX DODGERS The Chicago Daily News was pic tured by State's Att'y Hoyne today as a pleader for special privileges for the rich or powerful, a sympathizer with the taxdoger and an opponent of enforcement of law when the pa per or its friends are hit. An editorial in Monday's News aroused Hoyne. It was headed "More Tax Persecution," and de cried a thjeat by the state's attor ney that he would try to indict W. P. Dummer, a wealthy taxdodger. Hoyne's office prosecuted a tax case in the municipal courts against Dummer, who has a swell home on Lincoln parkway and is quite a phi lanthropist in his way. A judgment of $19,400 was obtained against him for taxes unpaid. During trial of the case Dummer said he lived in Walworth county, Wis., and paid taxes there. An in vestigation by Hoyne showed that he paid only $2.34 each year in Wis consin. For six years Dummer was assess ed by the board of assessors and board of review, but he paid nothing. Each year he wrote to the county of ficials stating that his place of resi dence was Walworth county. Meanwhile, however, in applications for telephones, gas and electric light service he gave his address as 679 Lincoln parkway. His two daugh ters registered and voted from that address. Hoyne, when he gained the big judgment against Dummer, an nounced that he would take the case before the grand jury and ask indict ment of the wealthy philanthropist for perjury. Then the News in its editorial col umns came to the aid of Dummer, calling Hoyne's attempt to enforce the law "persecution." The state's attorney's official state ment reads, in part: "Facts show that Mr. Dummer is not only a persistent taxdodger, but that he has also been guilty of de liberate falsehoods constituting per jury in his evasion of taxes. Never theless, the Chicago Daily News, al ways a pleader for special exemp tions and privileges on the part of the rich or powerful, and always sympathizing with the taxdodger and opposing the enforcement of the law against it or its friends, denounces Cook county's suit as a persecution." o o TELEGRAPH BRIEFS New York. Miss Geraldine Far rar, noted opera star, became bride of Lou Tellegen. Sarah Bernhardt's former leading man today. Santa Barbara, Cal. In first suit under state anti-alien land law, on file here today, California seeks to nullify title of Gin Fook Bin, Chinese, to parcel of Chinatown property val ued at $18,000. Washington. Frederick Opp, 55, American consul at Breslau, Ger many under Cleveland, found dead in bed. Wilmington, Del. Small quantity of powder exploded in pellet press at Bagley yard of Dupont Powder Co. No one injured. o o BITS OF NEWS Fire in Brown & Hinkins Co. foun dry, W. 34th and Butler, $2,000. Wife of Mayor Thompson seriously ill. Tonsilitis complications. Central Council of Civic leagues plans quiz of fox trotteries that will include every cabaret in city. Safeblowers got $500 in money and jewelry from Canfield Mfg. Co., 209 Sigel. Aeronauts aver that the barking of a dog can be heard at an elevation of four miles. A bachelor is one Who wants a wife, but is glad that he hasn't got her.