Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1923, Page 21

' COMMONIST TAX SIBERIA'S BURDEN Best Grains Commandeered by Government Officials, Is Charge. espondence of The Star and the Chicago Daily. News, ITARBIN, Manchuria, November 15. | \ few mornings ago 1 stumbled, ualf-asleep, out of the Chita 1 n at Manchouli station—it o'clock—and made my way to a little frontier hotel near by. Aa I entered a bedroom there 1 opened My eyes and gasped. There was fur- ! niture without chips or stains, chalrs with all four legs and backs that did 10t collopse, real blinds to the win- dows, fresh, clean colored wally and was By the Assoctated Press. PENSACOLA, Fla., December 26. —James Burleson, Devils”’; aged thirfeen months, and Ida Bell Vann, aged eighteen months, are dead as the result of eating fireworks known as “d: ancing devils.” The children picked up the objects, that in color resemble chew: chocolate ed down on them, the fireworks to explode. were badly wounded and bled to death in a short while. candy, causing and They A third child is in a hospital, hovering be- tween life and death, from the experience. same south, asked if 1 were & German. arca all forelgners are thought to be I answered that I was an Ameriean newspaper correspondent. Germans. cab driving; of one well known man who_had died of starvation, and so on. Less Land, More Taxes. A week or two before this, while 1 a peasant, Was crossing on a river ferry to the standing by me, In that an inviting bed, with blankets and | perrc” Sho,PeAsAN poned 4 spring mattress, spotless white | had gained the upper hand, at the sheets and a snowy pillow. To most people. I suppose, this lit- bedroom in a Chinese hotel on Manchurian border would have tie end of 19 Now, The fresh tax bolshevists{ | 19, he declared, theyv voized most of his cattle, main source of income gone, he was being eo taxed that he did not know how to live. with his ] was just " dve. How to meet it he could not d mothing extraordinary To ! tell. (No, the man was not begging.) W s like stepping into a new | He related one or two suggestive For | had come from west-|tales of what hapnened to men who eria, where fresh paint, clean fe'l behind with their payments. nen and whole furniture are In the old days 1 had 100 acres of remories. land and twenty-seven “many weeks | had been trav-{nald 14 rubles n vear for tax 1€ between the Urals and Lake jna'd. “Now, when 1 farm twelve talkal and from Tomsk to the Mon-|acres and have five cattlé my taxes Jlian border. Nine days, very de-|come to elghty-five poods of wheat.” chtful days, - 1 spent on river | EiRhty-five poods of wheat were amers, still the most agreeable | Worth there about €0 rubles. 1ieans of traveling in Siberia. Part Other peasants, standing near by, . the route was traversed in coun- | joined in. One pointed to a bag of ‘arts. across scarcely visible | millet 1ying open on the deck. “Once with sturdy horses. jingling {1 ate Wwheat” he said. “Now my nd friendly isvastehik, Many e covered by rail, > fine through éx. n: ping branch-line trains, with | rthed wooden benches. food | . peasants, and darkness ation from one’s own | candies. Seventy Girlx: Ome Doll. eristic incidents ma th ain_ impression as left on my n's home in Toms! that one little girl, carry rag doll. the envy of panions. A chance ques- ' was the only | e, containing | eighty girls . t to the open-air market, the ! opping center of the city, to and 1 ad- a s head 4'if T was not @ foreigner mitted it. foreizn nations know “They are stripp! h everything. , I had two o y took one away. They turn us out of vur houses, and put their own people folk would spoil any- dently they have never ent houses before. They walts and the doo _the mash ._and make evel the house is no longer fit to live in, they move to a fresh place, and do the same thing there. Most that we goes for taxes. Next week I ve to glve so many di of labor, with my horse, or pay a substitute.” He went on to tell me of the un- #appy plight of others; of a former merchant, stripped of every- ind now struggling to make meet as a cabby; of Prof. one of the great lights of ts, who, tired of hunge an extra penny b: umilin, the univer: . Footwear— Paisley Velvets Silver Brocades Gold Brocades Black Velvets Metal Trimmed At our Tth, 9th, and G St. Stores Only. for Evening ! Wear Chiffon . Hosiery e | the epot ie cheap. rta! nburbs n such thinking as they do today, Gary, | United States Steel Corporation, clared here while visiting relatives over the holidays. Commenting on wheat goes to the tax gatherer: cat_millet.” y There is a heopeful side to new Si- |} beria and ess along has been some 1ot stations in admirable December have commerce, lines made since n the winter of 1821 rallways have been t 26.- m abundant and food grown on There has been ble improvement in coal pro- 0.08 Cloudy ition and e 2% Clear Sy 008 Cloady order s ‘maintained ‘in the|El 0.05 s of the cities. The: supply of o nes has incrbased and. epi-| & il ccept malarfa—have been 3 e stamped out Districts which w.o Ptelondy vears ago as hotbeds of S0 Cloudy phus in winter and oholera in sum- L Clar mer now show & clean bill of health. o & —_— 240 NEED OF SANE THINKING. Clou Cloudy 0.01 WClear 045 "Ratn Clear v Elbert H. Gary Commends Devot- ing Wealth to Human Betterment. CHICAGO, before statescraft and the professions stood need of sane and Elbert H. | g —Never industry, sound chairman of the board of the de- the $3,000,000 gift of the Montgomery Ward and the $500,- 000 gift of Mrs. Le western University, former Judge Gary declared that there was a significancé in the fact that thinking people of means should tend more and more toward placing their wealth where it will confer an untold and permanent benefit to humanity. Maryer to North- Judge Gary, an alumnus of the uni- versity's law $100,000-for a law llbrary. school. recen e tly gave \lrs Matilda Showacre of New Mar- o Metallic Brocades And many others. g dollars higher! now 104 years old, for more than Gift: Evening Glittering fashions in flowered goid cloth, i{uw- ered silver cloth, blue velvet, rose velvet, black velvet and others—many brightly trimmed with silver or old kidskin! Slippers so alluring they suggest a price several You'll like yourself in them at the coming New Year parties—and so will others! Espe- cially HE! has been years. Evenlng’ Shppers for New Year ONTINUING this excep- tional sale of our com- plete stocks of $13.50 to $15 Brilliant Party _Slfpp ers “City Club SIw}" 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 1318 G St. T} All much | 3 THE EVENI) District—Fair tonight, lowest tem- perature about freezing: tomorrow in- creast) cloudiness and sonfewhat | warmer, followed by rain night and Friday; moderate westerly winds, becoming southeast or south tomorroy. Maryland nnd Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow _Ingreaging cloudiness _and somewhat warmer, probably followed by raln in extreme west portions; moderate westerly winds, becoming southeust or south tomorrow. West Virginia—Cloudy and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow unsettled and warmer, probably rain. Records for 'r“ny. Thermometer—4 p.m. 12" minIene, $0: 4 W, 30: noon, 43. Barometer—i p.n 80: 8 ‘pm 2084 12 idnighl, 55,907 4 A a.m., 30.11; noon, 30.14. ‘mperature, i3, occurred at lowest temperature, 37 a.m. today. Temperature same date rlast year— Highest. 49; lowest, 32. Conditfon of the Water. Temperature \and condition of _ tie water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 40; condition, muddy. noon occurred Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Teday—Low tide, 4:35 a.m. and 4:36 pam.; tide, 1 am. and high . and . and day—Sun rose sun sets Do, lunmrm“—flun Ti am.; sun Moon rises 8:19 p.m.; sets 9:36 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- {half hour after su i Weather in ‘arious Citles. = Temperatire, @ g £ : S suoes 3 o3 Weattier 3 £ . Cloudy Pr.clondy & Cloudy Cloudy Sin Antono. San Diego Cioudy Clear LI Clondy 7 Clovdy 601 Cloudy Spokane Cloudy WASH., D. Clear Greedwich time, todsy.) Temperature. Weather. 4 Part cloudy (8 am.. Stations. London, England. Pais, France.. (openbagen. Denmark. 18 Stockiolm, Bwede 10 Gibraliar.’ Spa 48 C Borea {Fhgan, Asores. ... 81 Dart cloudy Hawilton, Bermuda 8 Cloudy Ban Juan, Porto Ri 74 Clear Havana, Cubs... 60 Clear Colon, Canal Zoe. 80 Partclouds —_— \ While gold Is now the standard of value throughout the world, in the days of old Greece gold. and silver were commonly used in the decora- | tion of buildings. Special Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9¢k Se. 233 Pc. Ave. S.E G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, \WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1923. ThreeBabes Chew| THE WEATHER “Dancing Two Dead, One lll think that you will find attractive these money-saving suggestions. A & P BREAD FLOUR 12-lb. Bag 24-lb. Bag 45¢ 85¢ A great number of our regular users of this flour were skeptical, at first, about the quality—due to the low price. We explained that it was backed by a “money-back” guarantee, with the result that many tried it and now will not accept any other flour. Try it today—remember that it is GUARANTEED. BUTTER Cut From the Tub 59¢ bb. 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A fortunate pur- .chase enables us to THE' GREAT Over 8500 stores in the U.S. Christmas was a happy one and if, perhaps in some smal] degree, we made your dinner a success or assisted you by helping to keep your purse stout—even after you bought heavily in our stores, we consider that we, too, have had a Happy Christmas. &ree COFFEE w GHEESE Vorlb. pke. 14¢ 27c | Another “Money-Back” Guaranteed Article California - ‘Almonds (paper shell), Ib.. . .29¢ Mixed, Ib Nats, Raisins 2 Ibs. $1.35 Conserved Fruits WELL, IT WAS A GREAT DAY-WASN'T IT? The dlnner table, heavily laden with tempting, steam- foodstuffs, was the big event. We trust that your our pantry must be nearly empty by this time and we EGGS Of Quality At Prices Worthy of Your Attention Selected No. 1 39 c Storage Stocle, Doz., SUNNYBROOKS e 6c Strictly Fresh. Sunnyfield BACON Dry-Cured and Machine Sliced 9(: 1b. Crisp and Tasty Try It Today! Scott's’ weet CIDER Dellctously Different! 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