Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-03

~ UNIVERSAL, Mexico, D. F.
A new tax of Ia centavos per
liter Is now levied on gasoline
IL throughout the repubhc,( Inc
tax on automobiles mas beer
abropated It is felt by the fiscal de-
nartment that this will be much more
EQUITABLE method of securing assess
nents from automobile owners. mus
the owner will no longer be taxed iol
the mere possession OF motor VENICE
but only for the use which ne cares
to make of 1t. The owner VINO ma
little use for his car Will incur Httie
expense, while those constantly driving
viii incur q proportionate charge.
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Dark Thoroughfares
Worry Writer.
La Prensa, Willemstad.-On previous
occasions we have called attention 70
the frequency with which The lights
extinpuish themselves at intervals DUR
ing the night in some OF the most
important streets of the city. Tnese
disconcerting phenomena appear 10 ne
particularly prevalent in WlnKeistrsae'
Prinsenstraat and in the Hendr1ksteeg.
and of late, during the flrst phases OF
the moon, have too often LETT THESE
thoroughfares in utter darkness. Even
as we write this justified complaint. we
can Sc from the window at our elbow
that the lights have failed again In the
first-named street. This is part1cu-
larly unpleasant to us, for we snail
be on our way home in few minutes
and will have to go to our domlcile II
the shadows, exposed to countless Jeop-
ardies which a proper Illumination
would obyiate.
As yet, we have not been able to
ascertain the cause OF these repeated
annoyances, but we very much suspect
there exists some defect in the In
stallation We fervently trust that the
municipal authorities and the lighting
operatives will read this lament AND
see what they can do to prevent such
occurrences another time. We are mol
so pious and provincial that we neec
no lights in our city at night!
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Charm Fails to Save
Mystic From Death.
Bangkok Daily Mail-Nai Elk Shaw
young mystic and worker Of charms
who has lived for some time In the
compound of Phya Arthasastra Sob
hon, in Ti-dong road. died recently
when his charms failed to work and
Du1lcI, 1hcQ dt luii AT 1Ho OWtl iCASSoS
by Mai Sa-ard, retired army sergeant,
entered his breast near the heart.
The ex-sergeant, who may or may
not have known Of a recent decision
Of the Dika Court which held. in effect,
that killing was killing whether the
victim had requested bullet or not,
ran away when Mai Elk Shaw sank 10
the ground and has not been seen since.
According to neighbors, Mai Elk Shaw
had boosted much of his powers OF re-
sisting the effects of bullets, knives and
other murderoug forces. Some say they
have actually seen him stand up In
front of a gunner and take the fun
charge Of the gun in the breast without
injury. What 1t was that went wrong
yesterday morning nobody seems TO
know 1t Is rumored that In previous
experiments the charmer had loaded the
guns himself, but whether this time ne
delegated this delicate task to somebody
else Is not determined.
At any rate, Mai Sa-ard, the ex-ser-
geant, who had laughed at the charm
er's claims to immunity, accepted the
charmer's challenge. Mai Elk Shaw
stood with arms outspread and the for
mer soldier stood few PAGES Cd, aimed
the gun and fred straight at the
charmer's breast So
A fieeting look Of surprise and terror
passed across Mai Elk Shaw,s counte-
nance and then his face relaxed along
with the rest Of his body and he fell
heavily forward and lay. still.
He was dead by the time the super