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Legislative Calendar
senate BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE

SENATE BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE
8. B. 5l-Appropriations committee.
$l80, 602.18 for general maintenance
and improvements at the state teach
ers college at Dickinson.
8. B. 92-Appropriations committee.
Permits legislature to fix salary OF
executive officer Of state livestock
sanitary board by appropriating for
It In budget. Salary now fixed by
statute.
8. B. Appropriations committee
4249 .62l for general maintenance and
!. improvements at state teachers col
! lege at Mayville.
8. B. 50-Appropriations committee
] $40 ,906 for general maintenance and
. improvements at state teachers col
lcge, Valley City.
8. B. 38-Appropriations committee
Sill 1888 for general maintenance and
improvements at state school for deaf
!. Devils Lake.
8. B. 52-Appropriations committee
! &4l0, 406 for general maintenance and
improvements at state teachers col
lege, Minot.
7 BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE
II. b. 135-Appropriations commit
tee. $4,000 for payment Of income
tax refunds for years 1922. inclu-
..sive.
NEW HOUSE BILLS
! +. b. 21l-Game and fish commit.
.tcc. Includes beaver in permits tx
breed certain fur bearing animals
permits fee to be more than IS but
mot to exceed $25, and gives owner o.
animals property rights; provides {
! penalty.
I Il. B. 212EGame and fish commit.
J tee. Provides licenses for hunting
deer and trapping beaver: deer resi-
| dent license to be SO and nonresident
s426. and beaver resident license ::
and nonresident $26.
II. b. 213-Delayed bills committee
Permits state OF North Dakota to &C
sQuire school lands on the same basl
rs persons, firms and corporations
Il. B. 214-Bell. Cass Provides 70
J Eetesting Of cattle to reaccredit cc:n
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half OF CONVICTED
!: ARE OLDOFFENDERS
SAYS EXPERT HERE
William Nimmins, Finger-Print
Man at State Prison, Fa.
vors Proposed Plan
TUCKER CASE IS CITED
Verona Man Sentenced tor
Banker Murder Revealed
Linked to Forgery

More than so per cent of persons
sentenced to terms in the state penl-
Tertiary have previous criminal rec
ords and with a bureau OF criminal
apprehension and Identification ir
the state these records would be made
available to officials and courts, VIII
liam H. Nimmins. who is In charge OF
the Identification department OF the
state penitentiary, said today.
The bill now before the state leg
.islature for establishment Of such a
bureau is an excellent step, Nimmins
said. The penitentiary now has COM
plete photograph and finger print
records OF all persons who have
served time there and these would
be incorporated in the bureaus
records, he pointed out.
Immediately that person is SEN
fenced to the penitentiary, eight
sets OF finger prints are made and
front and side photographs are taken.
he continued. Finger print records
are sent to the Federal Depart
ment of Justice at Washington
for permanent file and to learn II
the person has previous criminal
record In other parts Of the country.
As 1t is now, officials and courts
OF North Dakota seldom know II a
man in their custody has a bad
record, whereas bureau would make
available to them this information.
which Is necessary to determine the
length of sentence a man should re-
ceive, Nimmins asserted.
Establishment Of bureau would
cause officials to take finger print
records Of all parties arrested for
criminal offense. send these records
to the bureau and learn the past
record of offenders, he said. He
spoke further of a bureaus work in
apprehension Of criminals.
Nimmins cited the case of Francis
Tucker, sentenced to the penitentiary
for murder of banker at Verona but
whose case was appealed. Tucker
was at the penitentiary for a week
and his finger prints were recorded
and sent to the Department of Jus
ticc at Washington, Nimmins said.
Information returned by the depart
ment showed him to have served time
for forgery and grand larceny in the
u. 8. disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth In 1918.
This information would have been
Of assistance to the courts in trying
his case and would have been made
available to them by bureau such
s-1s the one proposed, he said.
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Your Income Tax

Thousands Of inquiries have reached
the Internal Revenue bureau, relative
to changes In tax legislation. The
purpose Of the bureau is to answer
these questions in c series Of news
paper statements. based on the rev.
enue act Of 1928, approved May 20.
1928.
The rates Of income tax and surtax
applicable to individual income, and
the personal exemption Of individuals
and credits for dependents. remain
unchanged. The normal tax rate Is
IN per cent on the first 1900 in
excess Of personal exemption, credits
for dependents, ETC.. 3 per cent on
the next $4,000. and per cent on the
balance. The surtax rates apply to
net income in excess Of $4,000. The
maximum rate u 20 per cent. which
applies to net income In excess Of
100000.
The rate Of tax on the income Of
corporations Is reduced from 1871 per
cent to ~ per cent. Tho same rate
applies 10 the income Of insurance
companies. reduction with respect TO
this @olasb Of taxpayers being from
12h per cent to u Per cent. The
credit allowed domestic corporation,
the net income Of which Is 900 or
les, Is increased from $4,000 to 5000.
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CENSORSHIP BILL
IDEA Of ERICKSON
alone, SAYSAU7HOR
Divide Legislator Charges Films
Show Too Much Dirt
for Oirt's Sake

Senator c. E. Erickson's bill to
provide state board Of motion pic
ture censors Is his own brain child
and is inspired Of his aversion to
dirt for dirt's sake" he said here
today.
In brief, Senator Erickson feels
that some motion picture producers.
In an effort to create box office at
fractions, have become inclined to
overstep the bounds of artistic pro-
priety and are beginning to depend on
the licentious and suggestive rather
than on the beautiful and the artistic.
Il 60 to the movies frequently and
on the whole enjoy them" Senator
Erickson said. Il enjoy good acting
or picture which carries q really
worthwhile story. In fact enjoy
most Of the movies which l see.
Occasionally. however. see things
In the movies which certainly have
no place there. I am not suueamish
and have seen as many things as
most people, but 1t gets on my nerves
to have scenes end episodes portrayed
on the screen which are lewd and
suggestive and which cannot be de-
Tended on any grounds Of beauty. art
or action necessary to the plot of the
story itself. I have seen some things
which made me think of dirt for
dtrt's sake, and don't like It,"
The veteran Divide county man
said that no one asked him to put in
the bill and that. so far as he knows,
1t has no support from churches.
Sunday schools or similar organiza-
lions which are frequently found adj
vocating moral reforms. He isn't
asking anyone to vote for it and is
willing. he said. for the legislature to
act as its judgment dictates without
pressure from outside sources.
He hopes only to keep one of his
favorite sources Of amusement in
line with the conceptions of public
morality which he feels would be adj
vQcated by the people generally.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV

Otto Pfluger hunched his should
ers and rammed his hands deeper in
to the pockets of his uniform. 81
dunno-about two o'clock, l guess.
amt keepin' tabs on them that's got
a right to come and CO."
isn't there a register record fol
Saturday afternoon. Coghlan?" Nc.
Mann demanded. "You require ev.
eryone to sign in and out, don't
you?"
Coghlan shook his head. Mot I'm.
til four o'clock Saturdays. Too many
tenants coming and going before
then"
II can tell you almost to the min.
ute when returned and when / left
the building" Jack Hayward settled
the question matter-of-factly.' 'Mis.
Lester and / went to lunch at the
Chester Hotel, and just before des.
sert was served l discovered that
had left the theate- tickets on my
desk. We were going to a matinee.
l.. oked at my watch, found that it
was 10 minutes to two, and walked
rapidly from the Chester to the Star
bridge BUILDING distance Of only
t o blocks. / didn't have to wait for
the elevator, so it must have been
not later than five or six minutes of
two when I got off at the seventh
floor. / went to my office and"
"Just a minute!" McMann inter-
rupted. "I'd just little bit rather
have Otto's story before you have a
chance to tell him what he remem-
bers. And you might unclench that
fist of yours, Hayward. I'm afraid
you'll sprain your fingers. and that
would be too bad. Now, Otto,
how long was Mr.. Hayward in his
office before he went back down
again in your carr"
~ amt saying he was in his Of.
flee at ALL" Otto denied sullenly.
"Oh! McMann pounced. $50 you
saw him head toward this wing Of
the building when ne left the ele-
vator, did you?"
] Otto Pfluger shrugged and
slouched lower against the wall
shaw! ] amt sayin' he was in his
office or he wasn't in his office. be.
cause / didn't follow him-see? I
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THIS IS REAL BIGAMY

Moscow, Feb. 15.-A Mr.. Schwartz
Of this city is fellow who, when he
does something, does 1t up right. He
was recently arraigned in the Mos
cow high court on q charge Of having
abused his position as q member Of
the Communist party and thereby
brought the soviet government into
contempt" All Schwartz did was to
marry several hundred wives In 10
months. More than $50 Of them
agreed to give evidence against him.
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KISSED HIM COODRYE

New York, Feb. 15.-(Pl-Mrs. Ray
Foster, wife Of a film cameraman,
explained in court why her car was
parked without lights: MY husband
was going away. I had to kiss him
goodbye. We haven't been married
long,"
Where was he going?"
ITO put the car In the garage"
where is the garage?"
Three blocks away"
A fine Of q was imposed.
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THIS HAS HAPPENED

When RUTH LESTER. secre.
tary. finds the dead bodv Of her
emnlover. "HANDSOME HAIR.
RY' BORDEN. sprawled on the
floor beneath the window of his
private office. she runs at ONE
to the office of her fiance. JACK
HAYWARD. His office il just
across the narrow airshaft from
Bcrden's.
Finding Jack out. Ruth
searches for his pistol. which he
had purchased at the same time
he bought an identical weanon
for her to keep in her desk. His
gun is rome!
Fortified with fear. she recalls
Jacks discriminating behavior Of
the past Saturday and his angry
threat against Borden.
When Jack returns. he accom-
paries Ruth tn Borden's suite
and while he phones for the po.
lice. Ruth hnrries to close the
airshaft window in the private
office. fearing Jack shot Borden
across the airshaft. The window
is already closed: Ruth tells DE-
TECTlVE McMann of Borden's
two SATURDAY. morning visitors:
RITA DUBOIS. NIGHT club dane
or. and MRS. BORDEN. his wife
and mother of his two children.
who called for her monthly ali
monv check. Mrs. Borden comes
in during the questioning and
McMann accuses her of the muir
der. but she denies il. Ruth tells
McMann Of the pistol in her
desk but when he looks for it. it
too. is gone. Tinv footprints of =
pigeon in dried blood on the win
dow ledge and on the floor near
the body indicate the window
was open when Borden was shot.
Ruth's fear for Jack grows but
McMann insinuates Ruth is the
murderess of Borden! MORAN.
the elevator operators testi-
mOny makes things look black
for Ruth when McMann sudden
ly asks whose office is that
across tho airshaft. When he
learns it is Jacks. he asks the
elevator operator what time on
Saturday afternoon Jack return
cd to his office.
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day, and-and kidded her along 4
while, men when rot back in m,
car the seventh floor red light va
|on."
give minutes! Seven minutes
Ten minutes?" McMann suggested
impatiently.
Maybe 10 minutes. maybe more,
Micky admitted, his flush deepening
This Rita dame looks sore because
I've kept her waitin', and jolly hel
up Z BIT. l says to her. Sorry II
kept you waitin', Miss. ] was maxim
. date with my sweetie,' says. Men
she says. We'll, be sure you don't
stand her up, old dear. Nothing
makes . girl more sore than to be
stood up.' she says, tapping her foot
again, like she was soro as all get
out. An / says, Gees! Did Borden
stand up . swell frail like you An
she grins q little at that an cracks
fright back, I'll say he did! And howl
"What else!" McMann demanded,
Gees, amt at enough for one
trip" Micky grinned. "She got off
and beat it out of the elevator, like
she was in a hurry. She run into the
telephone booth and that's the last
seen of her, cause l had a call from
the fourth floor theH-or maybe it
was the fifth. Nav, it was the
fourth. Old man Cohen-wholesale
Shoes"
"Any other passengers for the
seventh floor Saturday afternoon ?"
McMann demanded impatiently.
"Naw, not q SOUL" Micky answer
ed promptly. Il thought Borden had
gone down by the other elevator, for
some reason or other. Gees! He
musta been dead already, and his
sweetie thought he'd stood her up!
Gees! She musta stood there
poundin' on the door"
"That1l do, Moran!" the detective
shut him short. "You and Otto can
get back on your jobs. but don't
leave the building till give you per-
mission, understand
When the door had closed upon the
elevator boys, McMann faced Jack
Hayward, his eyes narrowed to CLINT
ing gray Sits. "Well, how about it,
Hayward? / suppose you're going to
tell me it took you 10 minutes to
find those conveniently forgotten
theater tickets"
Before Jack could answer Patrol
man Biggers appeared, with the in
formation that the men from the
morgue had arrived to remove the
BODY Of the murdered man.
Just minute, Biggers. Hold EN-
back until / get Mrs. Borden out Of
the way. I'll put her in Covey's
charge down the hall till need her."
Some of Ruth's hatred of the de-
tective evaporated as she witnessed
his gentleness with the widow whom
he had, a few minutes before, tried
to bully into confessing that she had
killed her husband. But when the
body had been removed on a stretch
er, and McMann was free to devote
his entire attention to Jack Hay
ward, fear for the man she loved
famed her hatred Of McMann into
q high, hot blaze.
(To Be Continued)
Tan TAIL To ~,~.,o ~ owu1osu o1,,ov
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EN0LIsH ACCENT! LET'S SEE

London, Feb. 1S.-(NEA)-The
Euglish Language, g It Is spoken
Ia America, evidently isn't enough
for some natives Of the United
states.
At . school Of elocution here
there are 50 Americans who have
applied for instruction IN pronun-
citation.
The method Of teaching tho
Britain method Of speaking the
English Language to Americans Is
mot to destroy their natural &C.
cent, but to soften It.
Among my American pupils
this summer" says Countess III
leen 70 Armil, was one Of the
most lampus dentists, who came
for = rush course Of six lessons
beSorn hurrying back 70 New
York.
.of course We never make the
Americans spec. cold. character
les Eno1iah, but try to beautify
their accent and make It clearer"
Ladx Tree. Lcrd Riddell and Sir
OliveF LpdGe, 81 her opinion,
speak nlish very we'll. thank
you.
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VERY PARTICULAR

London, Feb. 15.-Monty, a ratter
owned by the stationmaster at Ling
field, Surrey, hops on a train every
morning and goes to Dormans, the
next station, where he spends the day
chasing rodents. He gets the same
train every day and returns at night
In time to 60 home with his master.
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HEIFETZ MAKES sl50. 600 PER

Washington, Feb. 15.-(P)-Jascha
Heifetz makes $4,000 a year with
his violin. The amount was revealed
In appellate proceedings about his
income tax. Officially the instruc-
ton his father has given him for
five years is valued at $4,000 and
his mother'r services as business
manager at $4,000. His father gets
as to $40 q lesson and among his
pupils is the son Of Efram Zimbalist.
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SUFFERING OF
II YEARS ENDED,

II suffered seventeen years and
wasted hundreds of dollars on treat
ments and medicines. Sargon beganl
to help me right from the first bot
tie. My only regret Is that didn't
have 1t years ago.
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Today in Congress
(By The Associated PreSs)
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
Senate takes up Jones bill 10
increase maximum penalty for
prohibition viOlatOrs.
House considers private calen.
dar and special rules.
Judiciary committee Of house
has mp Laguardia resolution for
investigation Of charges Of Fed
eral Judge WinslOw.
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point
sketch
the Auto Contest Editor OF The Tribune and the IS
offered
Feb 10 Prize winners will be announced and rewarded at the
third annual Of the
ISOLATION the
o. Clip the cartoon enclose suggested
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(To Be Continued

Can Jack Hayward explain away
those 10 minutes? Newspaper re-
porters appear in the next chapter.
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CAPITOL THEATRE

other successes, directed the new pro-
duction, with a notable cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-13
A Righteous Verdict.

Acquittal of Capt. Guy Burlingame by
a special police trial board meets with
general public approval. He was
charged with conduct unbecoming an
officer. That charge was brought In
circumstances which compelled formal
hearing. 1t was supported by testimony
that was without verification. Against
the accusation and the highly question:
able evidence advanced was ranged
record of exceptional competence In
police duty on the part OF the accused
officer. The verdict Of the board was as
sured before the conclusion OF the hear
ing, so complete was the failure to show
guilt on the part Of an oficer OF such
highly established standing.
1t Is unfortunate that this case should
have arisen. but having been brought
forth it was necessary that 1t should
be exclusively investigated. What
ever the motive behind the accusation.
the Commissioners had no other course
but to proceed with q formal trial. It
is highly gratifying that this inquiry
has developed nothing that is in any
degree suggestive of malfeasance on the
part of members OF the District police
force. Capt. Burlingame's acquittal
stands as a sharp rebuke TO those who
have sought, for their own vengeful
purposes, to destroy an officer whose
services to the District community have
been so valuable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-13
Experiments Are Made
On Food for Children
BY E. E. FREE, PHI. ID.

The popular idea that mothers milk
is the best food on which to raise a
baby receives notable scientific support
from statistics collected in Joliet. Ill.
by Miss Carolyn Hoefer and DR.. Matte
c. Hardy of the Elizabeth Mccormick
Memorial Fund of Chicago and reported
to the American Medical Association.
Facts were obtained concerning the
health and mentality of 383 school chill
dren some OF whom had been raised on
mothers milk. others on cows milk or
other artificial foods. In average
physical and mental development the
children raised on mothers milk were
notably the best. Those raised on
cows milk were next Children raised on
unsweetened evaporated milk averaged
still worse than those raised on cows
milk. The artihcially fed children were
slower to talk and walk, the investi-
gators report, than were those who
grew up on mothers milk.
They were more susceptible to
measles. whooping cough and other
childhood diseases.
Not even one Of the artificially fed
children was found To be exceptionally
intelligent. rs measured by the standard
intelligence tests. These benefits of
mothers milk seem to be lost. however,
If that food Is continued for too long.
Children whose weaving had been de-
layed for more than nine months after
birth were found to have the poorest
mental average of all the groups studied
and to decrease individually in mental
ability In proportion to the length of
time that weaving had been postponed
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and twenty -five-dollar fine for speed
ing: one day and ten-dollar fine for
failing to keep to the right, and 50
forth and SO on.
The press report of the proceedings
does not state that these were not first
oflenses. SO it may be assumed that
they we're. In that case the penalty
for defective brakes, severe as it was.
would seem to be the only one which
other judges might be inclined con-
sistently to infiict The Jail terms for
speeding and failing to give the right
OF way would certainly not, except in
aggravated cases, be imposed by other
magistrates. Consistency is assuredly
to be striven for in traffic penalties as
well as In all others, and there Is no
consistency In filming violator ten dol
lars in one court for speeding and i'm
posing day in jsil in another 1t would
appear therefore that all judges should
either adopt the Ewald scale or he
should make his conform to the gen.
eral practices throughout the city.
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when it was still under the fire OF
criticism. Hoover sought additional sup
port at home. At his request President
Wilson appointed an American CO.
operating committee, of which Stimson
was for many months an active member.
1t will accord with the fitness of
things in the Hoover administration
which Is expected to star Latin Ameri-
can good will in our foreign policy
that the next dean of the Washington
diplomatic corps will be South Ameri-
can. He is DR.. Herman Velarde, AM
basSador of Peru. AS soon as Sir Esme
Howard. the British Ambassador, re-
tires. which he expects to do some time
this year, he will be succeeded as doyen
by DR.. Velarde. The Peruvian envoy
has been accredited to Washington
since March. 1924--just three weeks
less than his British colleague.
- X
Senator Gerald p. Nye, Republican,
Progressive. OF North Dakota, has re-
ceived novel suggestion for a new law.
IT. comes from patriotic old lady who
thinks there Is not sufficient popular re-
gar for the dignity of our Presidents
especially for their Christian names.
Cant you have Congress pass a law
she writes the young editor statesman
from the wheat belt. making it prison
offense for people to call the President
by disrespectful nickname? 1t was
always modification to me to see our
dear Mr.. Coolidge called Cal and now
see they're already beginning to speak
OF Herb / hope my suggestion ap-
peals to you" Senator Nye says it
doesn't. He thinks nicknames are worth
their weight in coal to politicians and
statesmen.
(Copyright, 1927