Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1930, Page 20

CANTON AROUSED BY SPEDAL TAIES High Levies After Series of Big Loans Evoke Bitter Protests. By the Assoclated Press. CANTON, November 5.-—Special taxes on top of ies of big loans, all within three years, have brought a situation to b2 hat has roused bitter protests from beggars and millionaires alike. The department of industry ‘and commerce of the Kwantung provincial government has imposed such high taxes on certain commodities that mer- chants refuse to handle the goods and s suffef. not be collected by the de- the taxable goods are Since 1868 not present on the shelves of the mer- chants, The consumng public is doing without the commodities and the mer- chants are losing a lot of former profits. Threaten to Close Shops. ‘When the added taxes were an- nounced a number of merchants threat- ened to close their shops, but were told that jail would follow such actions. Laborers who went on strike in protest mlx&the levies were also put in the erimin# class. Poultry, lard, eggs, cattle and even chicken feathers are on the list of specially taxed articles. Branch tax offices have been opened in the principal farming districts and all produce brought to market is assessed before it can be offered for sale. Loans Becoming a Habit. Although a good percentage of the money is eventually accounted for by construction or improvement of such public projects as harbor works, the Canton cement plant, the Whampoa Military School and maintenance of the provincial army, the flotation of loans has become almost a habit with the Canton authorities. The latest of these was for $15,000,000 silver. ‘The authorities said the mor be used exclusiv Berberich’S THE KvERING. work in Canton and “the Pear! River, but the public was and said so in no uncertain DISLIKE “CIVIL” WAR Virginia Bill Would Elimina Term as Official Name. RICHMOND, Va. (Special).—A bill to establish the official name of the war of 1861 to 1865 as the War Between the States and eliminate use of the term Civil War is being prepared for jearly introduction in Congress, the Maryland division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy were told at {its meeting In Baltimore, | according _to Mrs. Charles E. Bol ling, of Richmond, president of the | Virginia_division, who was a speaker, Miss Sally Washington Maupin, first | urged support of the measure. She said the bill would be instroduced by Representative Lester Hill, of Alabama. ‘The establishment of a $50,000 fund for the restoration of Stratford, Gen. Robert E Lee’s ancestral home In West- moreland County, came up for ratifi- cation at the Baltimore meetin; Since 1868 F ST. + TWELFTH The Tremendous Response To Our_ Anniversary Sale Rushed O r Buyer To The Market For More FUR TRMMED A A Kashmirata with Civet Collar and Cuffs B— Roubgoix with Wolf Collar and Cuffs C— Imperata with Russian Caracul Collar and Border To Sell For FIFTY-TWO DOLLARS These 852 Coats are our “Pets” . . Read SATURBAY ‘With a More Extensive and Magnificent Collection SIZES for | vice president of the Maryland division, | FIGURES REVEAL MANY MOUNTAIN ACCIDENTS Death Total Reaches 108 in Swiss, French, Italian and Austrian Alps. INTERLAKEN, November 6 (N.A. N.A).—The 8wiss have a nice psycho- logical sense of appealing to a visitor's national characteristics. ‘Thus the advertisements in the trains that set forth the delights of the Jungfraujoch Hotel endeavor to entice the Englishman by the words “every the German by "gri pe Tevise this be- son and polish up the appeal with even greater finesse. Statistics have now been issued of the mountaineering accidents for last year. In the large territory comprised y the Swiss, French, Itallan and Aus- trian Alps, 87 climbing parties met with bad accidents, involving one or more deaths, and the deaths totaled 108, Of 13 these victims, "vdflmfln:m were not by - to have lost their or impru- dence; only 23 were considered to be the result of sheer bad luck. Twelve climbers were killed by ava- {55 the ides of precipices 11 by blows rom the sides of from {1 rocks, 5 from fi into crevasses, 13 by exposure or over exer= tion and 10 by ropes breaking. (Copyright, 1830, by North American News- paver Alliance.) alone, Five Suns in View. The phenomenon of the mock suns is common enough in some localities, but very few persons have seen them. It is common in the Arctic fons and has occasionally been seen in Eng- land in Winter. It starts with a halo round the sun in which appear four mock suns at even distances. In one seen at Tonbridge, Kent, some years u{ln. the mock suns were intensely white, but the upper one had around /it an inverted rainbow in beautiful | colors. RACKET IN PASSPORTS peasant RUINS PORTUGUESE| S st Sersatns e Gang Faking Papers Threatens Abolition of Rule Between Two Nations. LISBON (#).—The discov of an organized gang of passport fakers has caused a setback in the negotiations for the mutual abolition of passport for- malities between*Spain and Portugal. Suspicions of the Spanish authorities were aroused by an unaccountable in- crease of Portugue;e immigrants, and inquiry revealed that the newcomer: were supplied with forged passports and labor certificates. ‘The Spaniards got in touch with the Portuguese ggnce. and the frontier was combed on both sides. Several hundred gangsters were arrested. It was sald the plotters had reaped in. & head nfin were gov- ernment officials at Antas and Aveiro. One of them, Manuel Paulino, was about to retire as a rich man when the trick was exploded. Fight Free Libraries. COPENHAGEN (#).—Combating a decrease in book sales, which they at- tributed to rental libraries, Danish pub- | lishers, effective with their October lists, made a provision that such libraries can nct rent the books until April, 1932, A special fee, equal to the price of the book, then will be charged for the rnvnege of rening the items, the pub- lishers satd. Manuscripts {llustrated for the use of poor preachers had been made as early as the twelfth century. CZECH COURT ACQUITS" ™ TELEPATHIST OF FRAUD Jurist Declines to Pass Upon .*- posed Powers, as Bcientists Disagree. LEITMERITZ, Csechoslovakia ()= Hermann Hanussen-Steinschneider, ‘@ | telepathist with a big following, wis acquitted of swindling when the court ruled that any cne not ment deranged, who goes to & : | advice is not justified in expecting 1 | per cent value for his money. clairvoyant Y. As leading scientists entertained di- | verging opinions on the merits of telé~ pathy, the court, after having the impression that the accused estly believed in himself, did not competent to powers he might possibly possess, pass judgment on pehcoe it omddiosian) ‘The debt of the Irish Free State now its present is equal to only a year of income. ILAK the great big 195-pound Wolf Dog comes ahead of time. He wasn't supposed to arrive in Washington until Monday—but he'll be in Toy- town tomorrow, with Santa, 2:30 until 4:30 P.M. LANSBURGH’ *7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 Opens Tomorrow Toytown! It’s Joy Town! It’s Fairyland! You'll find things you've been dreaming about all the year! Electric trains rushing about, steam rollers rolling along; Sandy, the wire-haired terrier, so real you want to whistle to him; dolls from everywhere waiting for little girl mothers, a circus under a big top, an electric range that cooks and bakes . . . and, oh, listen . . . but read on! ; Seé Santa Claus: Just down from the frozen north, as fat and as jolly as ever. *“‘Oomlah,” his Esquimo, is with him, and he will take you in to see him and Santa will tell you your name and what you want for Christmas! Santa knows everything! See Amos and Willie: Two fat raccoons, in a cage fixed up like their home in the woods. There’s a big pan of water in it, too, for you know they won’t eat a thing until they’ve washed it and they take a bath every day. They are playful fellows and just crazy about Santa Claus. s See Chief Mad Wolf: Father and Mother will enjoy him, too . . . for he’s a real chief of the Cheyenne Tribe, and he foretells the future by the age-old ““Wa Ne,” meaning *‘true speaker,” method. You’ll find him in all his war paint in a regular Indian tepee. WOMEN-MISSES and JUNIOR MISS . every model is hand selected and MUST meet with the rigid specifications we have established for Berberich coats, regardless of price! chosen for perfect fineness . . . linings are of finest crepe and satin . . rich . . In short—these Coats can Furs are painstakingly . cloths a oft and easily be COMPARED WITH VERY MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE COATS! Remember the Price! . . . FIFTY-TWO DOLLARS Finer Furs . . . such as Fitch, Badger, Skunk, Canadian Wolf, Caracul, Paradise Muskrat, Kit Fox, Natural and Red Fox, Squirrel . . . lavishly adorn l’l{ coats. BERBERICH'S ..ASTEP AHEAD IN COAT VALUES! Opening Day Special $15 “American Flyer” Electric Train Outfit $8.75 Steam type locomotive with a tender and three passenger cars. value for one day only. TOYTOWN—FOURTH 12 sections of track, oval in shape. A remarkable FLOOR. g e