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PAGE TWO | PLANTS AMENDED INTO COURT HOUSE “Bil Now Authorizes Counties to Build Temples of Justice as War Memorials OLEO MEASURE IS DOUBTED Many of Lawmakers Fear It Will Merely Block Small Dealer, Not Aid Farmer t ‘Taxation of persons pune oleo- margarine in North Dakota was ap- proved by the senate, Thursday, when it voted to adopt the report of a ma- jority of the state affairs committee, recommending passage of a bill to that effect. bill would require wholesalers selling oleomargarine to obtain a li- cense at a cost of $100 a year and re- tailers to obtain a license costing $25. A plea for the bill was made to the committee by dairymen, who con- tended that sales of oleomargarine are reducing the market for their These pleas were reiterated on the floor of the senate Thursday Opponents of the bill contended that it would only handicap the small retailer, with an attendant advant- age to the large retailer and chain stores, and would be of no help to the Gairy industry since some persons would use oleomargarine anyhow. ‘The report of the committce ma- jority was adopted without a record vote, 37 of 49 senators supporting it. Bill Curbs Justices Eight other measures were passed by the senate Thursday, one of which Prevents justices of the and magistrates from sitting in i being with collection agen- cies, Violation of the law would be ‘punishable by fine, imprisonment and by disbarment from office. amended a bill to permit of a tax for the construction memorials, the senate passed it without question. As amend- the bill permits county commis- to use funds set aside for me- purposes in the construction of memorial court houses. An at- ‘was made to limit the applica- of this feature of the bill to ‘counties of more than 25,000 popula- ‘tion, but objection was raised and the population limit was removed. The ‘Dill was sponsored by the American ‘Legion, branches of which are plan- memorials in various parts of the state. Says It Hits Small Dealer the minority report of the state affairs committee on the bill, Dell Patterson, of i Renville county, said the dairymen of | Pre: the license fee and the small retail- fer would not. He predicted that passage of the bill would result in the “bootlegging” of oleomargarine. C. W. Fine, Benson county, said the bill would give some protection to the airy industry of the state and a little is better than none at all. He that the industrial prosper- of the country is based on the of protectign of home industry ind said that jarine is man- largely from cocoanut oil Amported from foreign countries. The industry, he said, is fairly pros- CALVIN COOLIDGE, 1923-29 By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE (Associated Press Feature Writer) Washington, March 1—(4)—In the lamp-lighted sitting room of the Ver- mont farmhouse where he was born, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office as President of the United States at 2:47 a. m. August, 3, 1923. Called from his sleep by a message telling of the death of President Harding in San Francisco, he dressed quickly and came down stairs. A trifle pale but composed he walked with dignity down the old stairway of his boyhood days into the sitting room. Mrs. Coolidge weeping, following him, His father, distressed at the news of Harding's death but proud of the honor that had come to his son, ad- ministered the oath. The new pres- ident stood with right hand upraised at one side of a little table with Mrs. Coolidge beside him. Across the table his father, face beaming and his voice trembling, read the few words of the oath: “to serve, protect and defend the con- stitution of the United States.” And the president. usually parsimonious of speech and although the consti- tution does not require it, added: “So help me God.” Besides Mrs. Coolidge, Representa- tive Dale of Vermont, two secret serv- ice men and a Vermont editor were the only witnesses of the ceremony. Five hours afterward, after visiting his mother’s grave, the new presidenc and his first lady were on their way to Washington. Eighteen months later, Calvin Coolidge was again inducted to the presidency after election by the larg- est popular plurality in history. In compliance with his edict, the cere- monies were of typical Coolidge sim- Pplicity and frugality. There were Places in the parade only for gov- ernors of the states and their staffs now but is rapidly approach- the point where production will equal consumption, which would re- sult in a reduction in prices. Doubts It Will Be Observed D. H. Hamilton, McHenry county, he wants to protect the dairyman sty milks nee Dinwelt ‘snipe the would not offer adequate protec- tion since it would not bar the sale of oleomargarine in the state. Less people use oleomargarine large quantities, he said, and it to provide a market for beef hhog fat, since these articles are ‘would it 8s the 1913 cigarette law.” garette law barred cigarettes. trom fale in the state but was repealed four years ago. ©. H. Olson, of Eddy county, that defeat of the bill would the same thing as asking the fed- tral government to repeal its tax on oleomargarine and advising the farm- ers to quit keeping to see why farmers relief, he as a Democrat, he is opposed to the theory of protection but it should be applied equally if it is to be applied at all. He said that, unless some- thing were done to curb the competi- tion of oleomargarine, the cow would follow the horse into oblivion. Fine Answers Opponents Answering the claim that the: bill would not be effective in reducing oleomargine sales, Fine said that manufacturers of the butter substi- tute would not oppose the bill so vigorously unless they thought it would reduce their sales in the state. The real question, he said, is whether the legislature would support the farmer or the manufacturers of oleo- margarine. William Martin, Morton county, called on the legislators to “stick to your own people and to home inter- ests and pass this bill.” Agriculture, he said, has reached the point where farmers have to fall lish the license tax, in addition to handicapping the small retailer, is unfair in principle. He pointed out that North Dakota lignite producers are not asking a tax on outside coal “Let's play Desert Island.” ©1928, BY NEA seAvice. Ine. So— Ric. v'5.sr. OFF and less than 10,000 soldiers, sailors and marines. ‘To the president theceremonies were just a part of the day's work. He was up early, stepped out of the white house for a whiff of the March air and with his family and guests sat down to a breakfast of buckwheat cakes and Vermont maple syrup. Then he went to his desk to dispose of rou- tine business. President and Mrs. Coolidge and Senator Curtis rode in the: first car in the procession from the white house to the capitol. The president wore a black overcoat over his cyt- away and silk hat. Mrs. Coolidge was dressed in gray. In the second car were Charles G. Dawes, vice presi- dent-elect, and Mrs. Dawes and other members of the official party. Gen- eral Dawes had stowed his famous Pipe in his pocket. The president acknowledged the cheers of the crowd by repeatedly touching his hat while General Dawes lifted his with characteristic vigor. Bowing his head over his mother’s Bible, the president took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Taft and kissed the Bible. His father, Cel. John Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and her mother, Mrs. Goodhue, were nearby. Colonel Coolidge, 79 years old, made part of the journey from his home at Plymouth, Vt., by ners> and buggy. While the president's ban on pomp had reduced the siz> of the inaugural crowds, the solemn ceremony was car- ried by radio to millions of citizens in all parts of the country. It was the first nation-wide broadcast of an in- auguration. Dawes startled the senate immedi- ately after his inauguration when ie | lege lJaunched an attack on time-honored senate rules, particularly that which Permits a one man filibuster to hold up legislation indefinitely. (By The Associated Press) FRIDAY Senate patronage committes continues hearing into patronage conditions in Texas. Senate considers bill to extend OUT OUR WAY THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE COLLEGE FARM AlD IN MARKETING HAS BEEN THREE-TYPED Alfalfa Association Handles Up to 750,000 Pounds of Seed; Wool Pool, Too Marketing problems,-as well as those of production, have constituted an important part of the work done by the North Dakota Agricultural college and the county agents of the state, according to a statement issued C. F. Monroe, director of the ex- tension division at the college. ‘The marketing work has been-of three types, educational, investiga- tional and active assistance in the or- ganization of & large number of co- operative marketing associations. Two of the largest and most - successful state associations, the North Dakota Grimm Alfalfa association and the State wool pool, were conceived and organized very largely by Agricultural college workers. The alfalfa associa- tion handles from 500,000 to 750,000 pounds of alfalfa and sweet clover seed each year. The wool pool, since its organization in 1920, when wool could hardly be given away, has handled 3,500,000 pounds of wool with an average net return to producers of 34.91 cents per pound. Nine bulletins have been published by the experiment station summariz- ing studies made of the marketing of various agricultural products in the state, the titles of these bulletins be- ing “Dockage in Wheat in N. D., “Marketing Dairy Products, . “Advertising Farm Pro- ducts,” Bul. 186; “Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway—Its Value to North Dakota,” Bul. 204; “Farm- ers Elevators in N. D.,” Bul. 206; “Combine Harvesting in N. D.,” Bul. 220; “Poultry and Egg Marketing in N. D.,” Bul. 215; cooperative Mar- keting of Livestock in N. Bul. 223, and Extension Circular No. 50, which contains a section on marketing of North Dakota potatoes. “Probably the greatest amount of service rendered by the college in the cooperative marketing movement has resulted from the educational work done, which is difficult to measure in concrete terms,” is the statement from Mr. Monroe. “The college has con- stantly carried to the farmers in meetings, bulletins, radio talks and individually the principles of sound cooperative marketing. “In many localities the county agent has seen the need of a cooper- ative organization and has taken the lead in calling the producers together and has placed before them the in- formation which has resulted in the forming of successful organizations for the cooperative marketing of such Products as wool, livestock, dairy Products and good seed. “During the past 15 years, 264 live- stock shipping associations have been formed’ in the state‘of which 167 were in county agent counties, or an aver- age of six each for these counties compared to an average of three in the counties where agents are not em- Ployed. Similarly, of 263 cream ship- Ping associations formed, 200 were in county agent counties, “In the series of economic confer- encés held a year ago and in the series now in progress the tinte is al most evenly divided between consit eration of problems of production and the consideration of problems of mar- keting, price outlook, etc. Members of the college staff have played a very important part in preparing data and offering testimony for tariff and rail- way freight rate hearings. “It 1s; difficult. to understand why | the idea is still found that the col- only on Lhe regaer but | of the ets on OTTO throat. earnestly. Bear, ing .what they produce.:: The only limit to the amount. of work which we do along marketing lines is deter- mined by the amount of money. which the legislature appropriates to be ” id Bailey w: “Take. meets to consider its future pro- sram. wes) THIS HAS HAPPENED Between one and four o'clock Saturday afternoon, SOME HARRY” BORDEN, pro- moter of dubious stock compan- ies, is shot. his secretary, RUTH LESTER, finds his body sprawled beneath the airshaft window of his pri- vate office. McMANN, detective sergeant, conducts the investiga- tion in the office of the victim. e first ELIZABETH tranged wife of the dead man and mother of his two children, who admits she called on him Saturday afternoon for her monthly alimony check, but in- sists he was gtd when bays t e next suspect is Ruth Lester. She coufeaese den annoyed her with hi tions on Saturday morning but staunchly denies any knowledge crime. him. Thi Borden, Ai “Yes, sir, Senate Approves Report Favoring Tax on O E ©1929 “HAND- On Monday morning suspect is MRS. BORDEN, es- itten- JACK HAYWARD, Ruth's fi- ance, is questioned next. His of- fice is can row airshaft vate office. He tries to explain his return to the seventh floor Saturday afternoon by left his and Ruth's across the naj rom Borden's pri- ing he ick- his desk. Jac! guilt seems emphasized by the testi- mony of MICKY MORAN and PFLUGER, _ elevator boys, and BILL COWAN, friend, who tells of Jack’s threatening Borden's life when he saw Ruth struggling with Borden in the opposite office. McMann sends for MINNIE CASSIDY and LETTY MIL- LER,’ seventh floor BENNY SMITH, Borden’s boy, and CLEO GILMAN, Borden's discarded mistress, Meanwhile RITA DUBOIS, night club dancer, admits a week-end planned with Borden. She confesses her call to the of- fice Saturday afternoon to get the torn half of a $500 bill Bor- den promised her, but insists she left him alive. McMann finds a 10-foot pole in Jack’s office with the window across the ft could be closed. ASHE, jen’s manservant. is shown in. He has just said he believes he knows who killed Borden. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXVII Detective Sergeant McMann be- trayed no surprise or pleasure when Frank Ashe, Borden’s manservant, made his startling assertion, but Ruth Lester leaned forward tensely, one hand trembling against her scrubwom- -“So you think you know who killed she... . Wi McMann asked matter-of-fact- ell, “I don’t know her name, sir, but I do know he was in mortal terror of ® women, sir,” the valet answered “Tell me what you know, Ashe, and make it snappy,” McMann di- rected, with pencil poised over a pad of scratch paper. “Well, sir,” diffident eage Christmas Ev. ing to a big with him.” ley?” McMann -cut in. DANGEO}ERIT RAL m) Fr'pi ee faYaooo’sporr. TyLEAVE YOUPALONE’ WITHUTHET,. Bor MOUPIBE SAl DANG By Williams ANIGHT, AND {WHATS AS M00 HOON ee GIVE ME A _// NIGHT IN DONE, ius *; | Mr. Bail pre who was the valet began, with ness, “it happened on e. Mr. Borden was go- a ,party at the Dancing with Miss Gilman, but to din- ner and the theater first—” “With Miss Cleo Gilman?’ Mc- Mann interrupted sharply. “How do you know?’ “I heard him talking with Miss Gilman over the telephone about the party, sir,” the valet answered read- lily, “He had had me call her num: ber, as he frequently did. Miss Gil. man was”—the man coughed works getically—“Mr, Borden's 1 does not help the farmers.in market- j until recently, sir, polo-, lady friend until he took a Hey Soe in Dubois, the dancer at | j “You didn’t let much slip past you, ‘ou, Ashe?” McMann grinned. “Well, I’m glad you didn’t. Now what. pappened on Christmas Eve?” “Mr. Borden came home about six o’clock to dress for.dinner, and Mr. Mr. Jake Bailey. Mr. Borden never said so, but I got the idea that Mr. Bailey. was a sort of bod: ‘d to Mr, Borden, I know Bailey carried a gun, for I) BLAGK PICEO By NEA Service, Inc. have seen it in his hip pocket when he’d take his coat off to play poker with Mr. Borden late at night some- times, when Mr. Borden couldn’t sleep and wanted company. A ner- vous sort of man, Mr. Borden was. “On Christmas Eve the two of them came in together, and Mr. Bor- den told me to mix some cocktails. He wanted creme de menthe in them, and it happened that the bootlegger, who's on the third floor of our apart- ment hotel, though I hope, sir, you won't use this against him—” “I’m not in the prohibition en- forcement department,” McMann grinned. “Go on. You went down for the stuff, eh, because the bootlegger was behind on his Christmas deliver- ies?” xk * “Why, yes, sir,” the valet ed, surprised. “And ees 9 'd be right back, and that Mr. Bailey was with Mr. Borden, I left the foyer door on the latch—clicked it, you know, to save the bother of unlock- ing it when I came back with my hands full. Mr. Borden wanted a few other. things besides the creme de menthe, since I was going to the bootlegger’s anyway. She must have been watching and waiting for her opportunity—” “She? Who?” McMann broke in sharply. “I don’t know her name, sir, but the woman who was quarreling with Mr. Borden when I came back with the liquor, sir. The three of them— Mr. Borden, Mr. Bailey and the wom- an— were ‘in Mr. Borden's bedroom with the door closed when I got back. I could hear Mr. Borden’s voice and the lady’s voice and 5 knew they were quarreling, but I'couldn’t hear what they said. I didn’t want to be mixed up in any trouble, sir, so I went about my business—mixing the cocktails that Mr. Borden had order- ed. That in the pantry, right off the _dining-room—” “But you did hear the woman’s voice?” McMann interrupted. “What sort of voice? High, low, harsh, soft?” The valet hesitated, groping for words, and a faint flush crept up his anemic cheeks, “It’s odd, sir, but I did notice her yoice particularly, be- cause I recognized it as one I'd heard over the telephone several times. A beautiful voice, sir, sort of—sort of like the deep notes of an organ, if you know what I mean.” Ruth leaned forward, too excited | k to keep out of it any longer. “A but low pitched?” “That’s it, miss, exactly!” the va- let nodded gratefully. “Maybe she’s telephoned here at his office, too. I take it you were his secretary miss? He mentioned that he had a little bit of a blond girl for his secretary, but he didn’t—didn’t say— “What a little béauty she is?” Mc- Mann helped him out, chuckling. “Yes, Miss Lester was Mr. Borden’ secretany, Ashe. You say this mys: terious female with the contralto voice telephoned frequently before Christmas Eve?” , “Not frequently, but several times, sir. The first time, although she wouldn’t give her name, I put Mr. Borden on the phone, and he told me when he'd hung up as quick as if the receiver burned hid ear, that he'd fire me if I ever did it again. After that, the three or four times she called, I mean, I always said my master was out, for I couldn't mis- take that voice; Once she changed her voice completely, so that I-was fooled. Said she was Miss Gilman, and made her voice sound almost | Sa: ¥ So of like Miss Gilman’s, too. course I called Mr. Borden to the phone, but he didn’t fire me, under the circum- stances, though he bawled me out proper for having let him in for * * * “All right, Ashe. Get along with your story,”” McMann directed im- patiently: “You're sure this was the same, woman—I mean, that the wom. an who slipped in after you'd left the door unlocked was the woman whom Borden wouldn’t talk to on the telephone?" “Yes, sir. Sure of that, sir,” the valet nodded emphatically. “As I was saying, I eer | the cocktails, and just as I was shaking them I saw, through the archway between the dining-room and the living-room, sight that niade me turn sick, si The valet paused dramatically. “ “Well, what it?” McMann de- mani ' “A woman being half dragged, half ‘carried, from’ the bedroom through the living-room to the foy- er,” the valet said impressively. “Mr. mouth, which Mr. Bailey wiped off twice ‘as they crossed the ivi room. Knocked out, she wi “What did she look like—hair, eyes, complexion, clothes?” McMann fanpad ‘out, thoroughly interested at ast. “I couldn’t see so plain at that dis- tance, sir, but I had the not:old and not 7 itt i there ail came R i di a E B 3 Th fe ‘ g F a | it z fe E conversation te Hi a & contralto voice, Mr. Ashe—musical, |like this, ANNE AUSTIN 5 den said to Mr. Bailey: ‘Jake, that |” was a rotten thing to do, but honest to God, I thought she was pulling a gun -on me when she opened her handbag. And next time it'll be a gun—if there is any next time.’ “And Mr. Bailey laughed, like he was trying to make Mr. Borden feel better, and said, ‘You let Jake take care of her, Harry, and there won't be any next time. Either that, or FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929 + Eee dé BSE 89) e = ive her what she wants.’ Mr. Bor-| 11, len slammed his fist down on the sideboard, , ‘Tit be damned if I do!’ And then he noticed me and told me to run his bath. And that’s all, sir, except that after that, until last Thursday night, Mr. Bailey slept in the apartment, hardly let Mr. Borden out of his sight.” *“* & “Did the woman telephone again?” McMann asked, frowning mightily. “No, sir. Nor come back either, so far as I know.” “Do you know Mrs. Borden by a Ashe?” McMann asked sud- lenly. “Y . Mr. Borden sent me to his _wife’s home on Christmas Day with presents for the children, and I talked with her then. She sent Mr. Borden a gift, sir, though he hadn’t sent anything with her name on it.” “You're sure Mr. Borden’s visitor was not Mrs. Borden? “Absolutely sure, sir. There’s no resemblance at all, sir, except that both the ladiesmay be about the same age,” the valet answered positively. For half an hour longer the detec- tive quizzed the valet on every pos- sible phase of Borden’s life, but be- yond the fact that Borden had enter- got the names of three of the dead man’s male friends, though Ashe seemed dubious. when asked to chotse “friends” from among the murdered promoter’s host of convi- vial companions. “And where is Jake Bailey, Ashe?” McMann concluded his rap- id-fire grilling of the valet. “That I couldn’t say, sir. He left Friday night for a bit of vacation, since jorden was to be away for the week-end. He had given up his room at the hotel, where he was staying with Mr. Borden nights, as I’ve told you. I expect he'll be back tonight, sir, unless he stays away to eep from being questioned. A man don’t relish being a witness in a case si “You're right, Ashe, and thanks for coming in,” McMann said, ex- tending his hand with sudden heart- iness. “Stay on at Borden’s apart- ment for the present and let me know anything at all that develops. The police department . will e charge of his mail, of course, Give my men any assistance you can when they go through Borden's apartment tonight. I may be along myself. Of course you know you're npt to leave town until this thing is:cleafed up?” . “Yes, :’ the valet admitted gravely, as he sidled diffidently to- ward the door. Oe * “Well!” McMann drew a deep breath and flashed a humorous glance at Ruth Lester. “There are enough women in this case to make up a Ziegfeld chorus. It shouldn’t be hard to get a line on a woman with a voice like you and Ashe describe. I believe the poor old duffer fell in love with Hath artes Egnent be was going to bust into poetry. You say she called Borden at 10 velock, jay morning?” . “Yes. Just before he came in. When he asked if there were any calls, I said that the woman with the beautiful contralto voice had called and he said something that T've red: ‘That voice just remembe: nf sound beautiful to you, but I'd er listen to a riveting machine,’ and he shuddered, as if the thought of her frightened or disgusted him She was interrupted by the sound of a scuffle in the outer office, and of a body hurling itself against the communicating door. A moment la- ter the door was torn open and Ben- Smith, the office boy, fighting training hands of , plunged into the pri. “I wanta see Miss Lester, I tell poet Turn me. loose, you big stiff! gotta Lester—oh, 5 cried weakly, as Ruth ran toward him. He put out hie bande blindly as if he were going al idea she was | Broad ah : i i ¥ ae ! E anil a BE E fe i E i tt it : fi ail i E EE ri = Se Ff nf Ent that Walter was consulted on thing and ev —and gave the answer, even if he take time from his .work to up. Well, Walter got the flu and from the flu came an attack of menin- gitis. He went into a coma and died. One of the Broadway reporters came into a newspaper city room, saddened Aad news, the one of the desk men—“Say, how can a fellow with the flu die of meningitis, Never heard of that before!” y “How the devil should I know,” shot back the beget em ae ‘Walter Kingsley .., he'll you!” GILBERT SWAN. {Legislative Calendar | oe BILLS PASSED BY SENATE purposes. H. B. 128—Twichell of Cass—Pro- vides that in cases where counties hold tax certificates on land taken over by Bank of North Dakota on mortgage foreclosure, such certificates may not be collected until 1931. H. B, 173—Swendseid of Mountrall —Authorizes state tax commissioner to levy tax on property which escapes taxation through error by the state board of equalization. H. B. 143—Judiciary committee— Authorizes purchase of 250 copies of @ digest of state supreme court de- corporate ‘unconstitutional by the state supreme court. H. B. 137—Cox of Burleigh—Re- Heves Bank of North Dakota from obligation to give bond for costs in court ‘cases, magistrates from sitting ina in cases which they have a financial interest. H. B. 181—Olson of Burleigh—Re- quires city and county health officers to make reports to state health de- it and provides that their pay may be withheld until they comply with the law. SENATE BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE Ploy! Barnes—Provides new laws, to next session. A le ates $200 for commission's aoe Bottineau— 8. B. 98—Magnuson, Amends ae relating to cooperative a i ews.