The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 2

Taxes EVERY STATE TAKES TOLL OF AUTO FUEL IN VARYING DEGREE New York and Massachusetts Last Commonwealths to Fall in Line on Gasoline Levy SALES TEN BILLION GALLONS | Illinois Law of 1928 Declared Unconstitutional and Full Figures There Lacking Gasoline taxes amounting to $305,- | 233,842 were collected on the sale of 10,178,344,771 gallons of motor fuel in 1928 in the District of Columbia and the 46 states in which the tax was effective during the whole or a part of the year, according to figures com- piled by the bureau of public roads, United States Department of Agricul- ture. The figures include the tax collect- | ed and the gasoline consumed in Ili- nois during the month of January only, owing to the fact that the law providing for the state's 2-cent tax was held invalid on February 24, 1928. | Massachusetts and New York were the only states without a gasoline tax in 1928. ‘These two have since passed laws providing. in Massachusetts, for @ 2-cent tax effective January 1, 1929, and, in New York, for a 2-cent tax effective May 1. As the Illinois leg- islature has passed a new law which provides for the cullection of a 3-cent tax effective August 1. that date will mark the final adoption of the tax by all states, ten years after its adop- tion by Oregon and Colorado, the pioneer states. Changes in the rate of taxation were effected in four states during the year. The New Hampshire tax was increased from 3 cents to 4 cents a gallon on the first day of the year. Virginia added a *2:-cent March 19, 1928, making the new rate five cents a gallon. The Texas rate was re- duced on September 1 from three to two cents a gallon; and Mississippi raised its rate from four to five cents @ gallon on December 1 last. ‘The average rate per gallon in 1928 was three cents; the highest was five and the lowest was two cents. At the close of the year. the rate in ef- fect was five cents in seven states; four cents in 11 states, 3.5 cents in one state, three cents in 14 states, and two cents in 12 states and the District of Columbia. Comparison of the total number of vehicles registered. with the total tax collected in the states in which the tax was effective throughout the year, shows an average revenue of $15.09 per vehicle. After deduction of the costs of col- lection, the entire net revenue was used forrurai road purposes in35states. In the remaining 13 states and the; District of Columbia a total of $18,491,754 was devoted to other pur- poses. In three states a portion of the collections was used for public school purposes. The January col- lections in Illinois were held at the disposal of the court. In five states a portion of the revenue went to cities for the construction and repair of streets, as did the entire collection in the District of Columbia. In two states small sums were deposited in the general funds of the state; in Mississippi, special taxes in addition to those collected at the regular rate were used for the construction of a road-protecting sea wall; in New Hamsphire a fourth of the net collec- tion was used for the repair of flood damage; and in one state—New Jer- sey—s small portion of the receipts ‘was turned over to the state's de- partment of commerce and naviga- tion. Of the portion of the total revenue Highest wind velocity Precipi- SSSSRSTSSSSS Highest RERSLRSESSRERARASBRBSSS |Lowest Beceoeessooso sco oScesoSCcCoe 49 48 52 53 SL 52 dy _@ Cloudy 52 Clear 57 Clear 51 Clear 52 Clear “6 Cloudy lt ir | mae thi gn a3 ollected on Gasoline | SIDE GLANCES + - By George Clark | “I wonder what kind of a straw hat you'll look best in, Henry.” devoted to rural road puropses, the | amount used for construction andj}! maintenance of state highways was construction and IN NEW YORK | maintenance of amount was $57,380,901; and the bal- ance of $17,619,995 was used for pay- | ments on state and county road The following table shows the total tax earnings and the total number of gallons taxed in the various states: ‘And since the the leading lights of the motion pic- jture world. All speak all of their lines. If you miss “In Old Arizona” you will miss the film sensation of the decade. }low and try to remember when you have seen so many luminaries in a single production. You won't be able to think of a single example. Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess, Farrel Macdonald, Ivan Linow, Joe Brown—all and more jare known to thousands of screen or stage fans—or both. Eddie Dowling, one of Broadway's most popular song and dance men, who just made his first talkie, “The was named Neil Goesher at birth, I am told. But then if you started to trail down the real names of stage and screen stars, heaven knows where you would wind up. For instance, such a poetic name as Dolores Del Rio becomes Asunolo, if you check it back. But Rudy Val- 9 entino, it always seemed to me, was an inspired monicker for a “love in- Particularly when he started out a3 Guglielmd. Oh, well! Rainbow Man,” atre for three days starting Monday. Se Life is like this: 31 producer to get his clutch on that greatest of song hits, “I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby,” kicked it out of his musical revue. The show closed within a few weeks. ‘The same song was picked up for the [colored revue, “Blackbirds.” say that this production went over|the play has been retained almost 9! the top largely on the strength of | The first show By the way, does anyone happen to recall what became of the Bunion Or the dance derby champions? Sic transit ...J. P. Mc- Evoy, who writes very funny books and plays, was a wrestler, as well as a greeting card writer. the British comic, says that the odd- est experience of her life was that of meeting a soldier after the war who!and the husband must give up his asked her to autograph his wooden 210,325,734 leg. He had the names of 100 celebri- 107,547,068 | ties on it at the time. Derby winners? Beatrice Lille, x * * The Lafayette, Ind., Courier has a Particularly bright gold star list of Sraduates in and about Manhattan. George Barr McCutcheon, who died said to have written “Graustark,” the romance on which he built his fame and fortune, while newspapering on that journal. Bernard Sobel, who is Flo Zieg- Total... .$305,233,842 10,178,344,771 The Pacific ocean contains 668,- 634,000 square miles; 41,321,000; and the Indian, 29,430,000 square miles of water. feld’s erudite little press promoter, started there. And Steve Hanagan, who now handles the affairs of Jack Dempsey, after a session with Gene Tunney, was a Lafayette cub re- Porter. And the propinquity of Pur- due University, of course, helped bring @ number of now famous ones to town—including Booth Tarkington. Tarkington's classmates will tell you that he just couldn't get up in time for classes and was almost invariably late for school. xe OK David Belasco, grand old dean of the theater, has the most fabulous and legendary suite of offices of any Broadway producer. They are heavily and beautifully curtained and equipped with exotic and gorgeous furnishings. He always enters by the stage door—for atmosphere—and has a private clevator waiting at the back of the stage. His studio, which is on the third floor, has another en- trance which is equipped with a burglar alarm. This door leads into a room filled with a museum-like display of rare glasswork. This, in turn, leads to his famous Napoleon room and then to the Gothic room. In the rear is a dignified and valu- {able library. Off this is an indoor }garden with a running fountain. |The “crucifix room,” is the final touch. Each has touches of expert stage- craft, and a first entrance is al- ways extremely impressive and ex- citing. The desk at which, the great man sits is so ancient that it is held together with bits of rope and string. GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) f AT THE MOVIES i CAPITOL THEATRE Not since the early days of the in- dustry has a single film set as many standards as does “In Old Arizona,” the first full-length all-talking drama 1 to be made by Fox Movietone, which will be the feature next week at this ‘| theatre. New York, May 4.—The big town . The swanky Fifth Avenuc windows reveal that the boys will soon be wearing grim black shirts with bright orange ties. ahead and wear ‘em! Don’t mind me. My eyesight’s slipping anyhow. Eddie Cantor and Corey Ford have written burlesques on “The Cradle of the Deep.” squabble over Joan Lowell's authen- ticity the wags have been having a Someone suggested that, if and when the movie version is the theme song should be, You're Rocking the Critics and expert showmen have been astounded everywhere, and have showered the most lavish praise pos- sible upon it. It has action, it has thrills, it has suspense, it has a strong love theme, it has gorgeous settings and scenery, it has dramatic fire, it has humor—it has everything a pic- ture can have to be entertaining. In its cast are twenty or more of Look at the names in the cast be- It will be here at the Capitol The- ELTINGE THEATRE “Saturday's Children,” the Maxwell Anderson comedy-drama which held Broadway in its spell for nine months and won the Pulitzer prize as the best play of 1927, to be presented at the Eltinge on Mcnday and Tuesday, is the first Pulitzer prize play to reach the screen accompanied by Vitaphone dialogue sequences. In the screen ver- sion of the play Corinne Griffith is starred, and the original dialogue of verbatim. In “Saturday's Children” the prob- lem which Corinne Griffith, as Bobby, a private secretary, and Grant With- ers, as Jim O'Neill, a clerk, are called upon to solye is how two young people who try to prove that two can live as cheaply and as contentedly as one on $40 a week can save a fraying ro- mance. In other words, when the wife gives up her economic inde- Pendence to cook, wash and sweep, pocket money and his occasional nights off at the club to meet the household expenses, how can a hus- band still be a lover? It is a simple, vital, tEnse story of | °° realism, enhanced by the effective voices of the cast and the original lines from the play. The cast includes, besides Miss Griffith and Mr. With- ers, Charles Lane, Anne Schaeffer, Alma Tell, Lucien Littlefield, Albert pene, Marcia Harris, and little Jo An ierce. HAH-FOR OE) /THEM Gus MAKES ME “TIRED! They‘LL RAFFLE OFF ANY AHING. A Tuxedo! GOO GOSH~ WHO AROUND HERE COULD EVER HAVE ANY USE FER A surt Oo Them Fuss TAM In DE LIFE So I DECIDED) Hy) TO RAFFLE SOME DINK. WELL YOU WON tT, YAKS YOUVE GOT TH LucKYy DE CHENCE ALL DE LIFE AN‘ALL DE 2 : = - ( ourour way By Williams | ATHATS TH. FUNNY PART AGouT IT, (A GUY WON IT WHO WILL WEAGQIT. He'LL WEAR IT ON SUNDAYS FER AWHILE, AN’ LATER ON TO WORK, IF HE HAS TO BE MELTED AN’ PouRED THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE in U.S. in 1928 THIS HAS HAPPENED MILDRED LAWRENCE falls in love with STEPHEN ARMI- TAGE, who is lured away from her by PAMELA JUDSON when she tells him that Mildred is try- ing to marry her brother, HAR- OLD, for his money. Harold fears HUCK CONNOR, who holds a check which he forged. Huck is infatuated with Pamela, who plays him to make Stephen jeal- ous. When Pamela maneuvers into an engagement, Huck frames him for the theft of an auto and causes his arrest. Pamela breaks the engagement, but Mildred goes iad him in il and promises help. iarola had confessed to Mil- dred that he feared Huck and that he had threatened to “get to keep him from marrying Pamela. a clew, she determines to force Harold to help clear Stephen and is shocked to hear of his death— apparently accidental. Stephen her suspicions but they have no proof and things seem hopeless although he remembers that he had seen Huck when he was mixed up in a shady deal in Oh, I'm sorry,” she cried in the next breath as she saw a look of anguish settle over the father's countenance. 'm afraid,” he said a moment later, “that I've done you a grave | You injustice, Miss Lawrence. I under- stood that your relations with Har- old were quite different from what you have told me. But I acknowledge my mistake and humbly beg your Mildred was touched by the sight of this man, so powerful in his own world, apologizing to her in such a simple and whole-hearted manner. Impulsively she reached out a hand. “And now,” he said, “I shall have to ask you to repeat your story, my dear, to Inspector Markeson. Your in- formation will prove to be of inestim- able value to us in the event your surmises of Connor's guilt are cor- reet. You see, we have a clew to the consciously glanced over her shoul- der. As she did so 8 man a few doors down the street quickly turned his head and bent a closer inspection up- on the display of ties in a haber- dasher’s window. Mildred began to tremble with ex- “What is it?” she cried. Judson told her about the thumbprint on the belt buckle. “If we can find Connor we shall soon know whether he is the guilty man,” he said. ” Mildred declared. “I know he's guilty. We've got to get Stephen out of jail.” doubt,” Mr. Judson . Mildred’s heart leaped high. “You will help him?” she said tremulously. “I'll do all I can for him.” “Will you bail him out?” “The very first thing! he can’t be guilty.” ‘Then will you do it at once?” Mil- “You've no idea how terrible it is for him there.” “I'm afraid it’s more important for Markeson first,” Mr. Judson demurred. Mildred consented. “But let’s not waste time. Anyway I think Pamela is going to see Stephen Unable to sce Harold's father, Mildred goes to Pamela and tells her story about Huck, demand- ing that she help try to clear Stephen. Pamela takes her to Mr. Judson, who still believes she was scheming to marry Harold least is beyond NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXV. Mildred returned Mr. piercing glance with one of total blankness. She had no idea what he was talking about. “The wide-eyed innocent role,” he commented to himself, but aloud he :_ “No doubt Pamela has told you that I have offered a reward for the apprehension of my son’s murderer. The police will not permit me to make it public, but it stands. sume you've come to claim it.” ‘The blankness faded rapidly from Mildred’s face and gave way to an expression of passionate indignation. “Are you so sure I know something about Harold's death because I told Pamela so or do you think it only natural that I should know?” she Mr. Judson frowned. And the frown remained on his face Sn ee ee Mildred: guessed that he was dis- pleased with Pamela’s engagement, but she had no doubt that Pamela would finally win his consent, as she had won all else she wanted. At police headquarters again went over her story, answering questions, many of which seemed quite irrelevant to her. Inspector Markeson finished with her and she left with Mr. Jud- son to act for Stephen's release, cer- tain telephone wires in the city were buzzing: with the news of her visit to Back came terse, definite orders, and from that moment on Mildred became a marked person. Mr. Judson insisted that she re- main with him while he went through the red tape of putting up bonds for Stephen, but when it came to going to the jail she declined. Perhaps Pamela would be there, “I must get back to my work, if I still have a job,” she explained to ‘I've forgotten to Mr. Judson met her question with a grim remark. “If I'd suspected you knew it wouldn't have been neces- sary for you to come to me,” he re- torted. “But you have no more right to be- lieve I came for the reward than to suspect me of being an accomplice of the murderer,” Mildred returned “You know I tried to see you, begged to see you. I didn’t wait for a reward to be offered.” Mr. Judson nodded. he said; “but surely you're aware of the reason why you were discharged from my employ? Your attempt to see me could have but one meaning in view of that reason. This visit, I am frank to say, I still attribute to a wish to claim the reward. Now, if you have any information that will lead to the arrest of the murderer I shall be as willing to pay the money to you as to anyone else.” Mildred looked at him steadily, though her eyes misted with smart- her companion. “Never mind,” Mr. Judson assured her. “You'd only have to resign any- way. You're coming back to your old Place at the hotel. With an increase “I know that Pamela you when you ordered me fired,” she replied, “but I don’t know what she sald. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now. If you had consented to see me earlier it might have been easier to arrest the man who killed Harold. Now we don’t know where to find him.” Are you speaking of the “Of course not. I couldn't go to them because I had no evidence, but I thought you might be able to get I mean Stephen Armitage, the roung man your daughter is engaged ” Daily Cross-word Puzzle : Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 13. Object of yee OOOO O88 aoaoas Gos ONO ana Nao0Go Boog 1, Small measare f weight 1 9. Encourage or 12. Adveree of the ss & Mr. Judson half rose from his ‘What?” he shouted. ildred rushed on before he could because man who killed Harold put him re by framing up an automobile ft on him so he'd be out of the “What are you talking about?” Mr. Judson gasped weakly, sinking back Mildred began ast the beginning and told him. nothing of Pamela's jealousy of her, so that Mr. Judson was left to believe that Pamela had told the truth about. her interest in Harold. When Mildred finished you don’t drop all this? Be honest | Now; do you expect to gain a: from your relations with my son?” 4 ae ee: cried, “do you think | can an innocent man WILL WEAR IT. | prison without trying to help him?” “There are many men in prison who haven't yet been proved guilty. What is this young DW OOOO OWoOOoORu HOG O00 wooo WOODO Gu on000) Mags'st €8. One who tells &, Hinde quoce 4h bE up the ace ringent salt 5 Lagpara-the iF s. Else 48 Gaelic form of 7%. South Ameri- Jomn try Bu 2. Ine a2, ove with ap a. 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And I think they'll want me to remain when I explain what has kept me away this afternoon.” “We'll see; we'll see,’ returned, not wishing to argue the matter on the spot. “Shall I send up in my car?” “Oh, no, the subway’s quicker,” Mil- dred replied. “I know you're going to like Stephen,” she added, smiling pathetically. “But there's one thing more I'd like to say to you before you take him out of jail.” “Yes,” Mr. Judson was watching her closely, puzzled by her manner. Beneath its surface casualness sensed a deeper feeling. ing. “I think Stephen will be in danger the moment he is free,” Mildred as- tonished him by sayling. “You do?” s * ® Mildred nodded, and almost un: Mildred did not notice him. Her action, inspired by a general fear, was not influenced by any definite idea that she herself might be in danger. “Huck wanted him put in jail,” she reminded Mr. Judson. his plans to have him out Mr. Judson’s lips tightened. “You mean his plan to marry my daughter?” he asked. “Yes,” “But surely not even such a mur- derous scoundrel as he could con- sider such a thing now,” Mr. Jud- son proclaimed. “He must be a man, afterall, to have got himself on friendly terms with Pamel “She probably thought it a lark to know him,” Mildred guessed astutely. “But I'll admit he doesn’t look like a beast. Still I think he will try to get what he wants. And one thing he wants is Stephen out of the way. You will warn him, Mr. Judson, won't you?” “Don’t you expect to see him your- self?” There was a quizzical light in the glance he bent upon her as he asked the question, and there was more behind the question itself than Mil- “Oh, I'm ti nahi pretty busy, e said ively. “He doesn’t need me now. But I wish you'd promise me to warn him that he must be careful.” The planet Neptune, the farthest from the sun of those yet known, was discovered in 1846. It is not impossi- ble that one or more planets exist in our solar system out beyond Neptune, but they have not yet been found on any photographs. tlen $1. Printer’s meas- 8 How Tork’s crm °°" t 8% Brekenge ot a00 (4. Ancient Phoos ating yaras Ave SATURDAY, MAY. 4, 1929 Totaled $305,233,842 TRINITY ENGLISH LUTHERAN Avenue C at Seventh Opie 8. Rindahi, pastor Sunday school and Bible classes 9:30 a. m. and 12 m. Luther League, 7:30 There will be special of the setvices. The choir and Mrs, Pp. m. music at cach ranged “for several special numbers for the evening. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, IENTIS' ‘Wednesday meeting at 8 0 room is open in the Thursday and Saturday, ex legal holidays, from 3 to 4 p. m. <spiticid FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH is worshi} “The Message of Springti Duet by Misses Ella and Esther Gi 11:00 Sunday school for all depart ments. z id Christian Endeavor. Evening “The South Land and Fountain.” service. Rev. C. F. Struts, the district su- perint » Will bring the evening message. ‘Wednesday 7:30 Prayer service. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH crac greg Pastor. Servi lor coming week will Seat rosa in the Tabernacle located on Organ Prelude, (Boslet)—Grace Duryee Morris, Quartet, Deep River (Burleigh) — Children’s termon—Paul 8. W: All departments above and ins 12:00. Noon “All departments — and including the . i ie glittis