n 1.1-. sun A, L. comes:
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wintertime ALMANAC sou
TOMORROW.
fliigh tide use at Inn‘- '-'- 13 P- m-
'iSunrisesqzué soled- 12-
:VENING SENTINEL TELEo
' PHONE CALLS.
Ediconsl Rooms—on
Oifie ec-i-ga
nevus Branch Office—1388
‘Ediim r's ‘SRcstdcneevIflS'
Editor's Widener-7534»
sifiness Mmm‘! Ream”.
1113-12.
H Publiahcr’ s Residence—890.
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MLlSHdNG THE f‘SKEETERS.”
'i‘h‘ey are really doing it in New
Jersey. The famous “man- -esting Jer-
say skeeter" may be extinct in a few
years. ”This “115%.”th
:‘l'ainy, has been favorable for the in~
Beets, but they have been decimated
nevertheless by the scientific and her-
~oic methods of the mosquito squad.
. There is hope of getting rid of them,
, oven in the salt marshes The slaugh-
ter involved may be lmagined.from
ville fact that 3,000 mosquitoes may be
neat
.".‘
‘ born in one square foot of stag
r..'wa_ter.e every ten days or so, and there
1 Ear (1.20 000 acres of salt marsh land in
Myths Hackensack \alley alone.
‘ Draining has been done on a vast
scale. A million feet of ditches have
been dug in the meadows around Eliz-
ninth. and l.‘500 acres have peace
ditched in Union county. A marshyi
. strip along the coast from south of
It“ Shrewsbury to Balnegat bay has:
been virtually cleared of the pest. Al-
together, 300. 000 acres of salt marsh,
463 square miles. has been dehn I
‘deokeeiew "7’:
‘ The cost is repaid many times 0%
can not only in added comfort to thein-
habitants but in the appreciation of
“Ital estate to
done is estimated at $4. 000, 000 a y;ear
the jump in value of fertile land now
tenanled only by mosquitoes would
add that much in taxes alone if the
13nd were redeemed. The virtual el-
‘ mination of mosquitoes irom north-
ern New Jersey has cost about $500.
000 in three y.ears They could be
.. erminated in the southern part of
he 'state, the inspectors says, for the
seine amount“ or less.
lt’p a paying proposition. And"
.. doubtless there's just as big a proper
n of profit in it for any less pes-
bred community in any part of the
pity, that will do the necessary
draining and oiling. And it New Jer-
say, with its tremendous handicap,
can
have other states for not doing so?
; —.—--—-o_—-——~—-
WET"
Everybody is busy now figuring out
plans to put the country in a state of
‘ defense. The nation doesn’t belie1e
at it is on the edge of wins and it
'asn’t turned militaristic over night.
‘lt doesn‘t want a huge navy and a
vast army- But it is convinced that
the time has come to stop fooling and
, his better defensive machinery.
As far as our naval and military
tablishments are concerned, espec-
Ily the latter, we haven’t got much
s ow for our money. Last year our
pent for such purposes.
”likens advlualtlp 1mm pm pore
money for the present. on equipment
. Westerly
amends boats.
‘ and ammunition. But the chief line of
‘ lei-w ard.
lues. The damage still“
“deskceter"_ itself what excuse?
‘ bills—for army, navy and pen-
onseamounted to $487, 000, 000 more
an. any other nation in the world
Pension. of course, was the biggest
cruisers.
artiller)
submarines,
aeroplanes,
necessary development. nearly all the
Experts reserve for me n'hvy, which
sholdn’t require much larger expendi-
ture than we have boon accustomed
to. It's merely a question of plan-
ning wisely and spending our money
for genuine emciency instead of cat-
ering to the whims of bureaucratic
wilticlans.
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NATIONAL LOYALTY.
It has taken this war to show up
power of patriotism. Philosophers
used to talk about the new cosmo-
politan spiny-the “citizenship of the
world” that comes with broad culture
or the spread of socialism.
But the stress of war has swept
such sentiments and left nearly all
the people in every country unquali-‘
lied partisans of their own nation.
The socialists are a good example
of it. The “brotherhood of man"
which they had preached'and believ-
ed proved to be a fragile bond when
their own countries called them.
“Narrow patriotism" overcame their
pacific principles.
The Jews are a still better exam-
ple; for unlike the socialists they are
of one race, and a race that has pre-
served its own loyalties and ideals
longer than any other. Herman Bern-
stein estimates that there are 650, 000l
Jews in the belligerent armies. About
400,000 of them are in the Russian
army, 200.000 of them in the German
and Austrian, 30,000 in the French.
10,000 in the British and the rest in
Turkish and ltalian armies.
The enthusiasm with which. they
have fought, when arrayed against!
each other, is dhown by the'fact that;
thousands of them have been decor-
ated for bravery. Even in Russia,
most of them seem to have entered
the army willingly. and to be one in}
spirit with their spmmfil
y are Russians first and Jews of-
Doubtless it would prove s97 in t‘be
U. S. if we were drawn into the war,
in spite of the present attitude of
comes perilously near to treason.
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LETTER BOXES.
Maybe, after the postofiice depart-
ment gets all its other problems 50va
ed, it will concentrate its efforts on
the creation of a letter box so shap-
ed and so placed that a citizen can
open the slot and slip his letters in
with one hand. The type of box now
in vogue requires two hands to op-
erate lt. and-a person with only one
hand free is helpless. Mérely lower-
ing the bolt a little'would help con-
slderahly, until such time as depart
mental genius evolves a sensible box.
The apparently trifling improve
ment of a slot door which opens in.
ward instead of outward would do
much for the convenience of the let-
tar-mailing public.
.—
In 1896, when novel.
schemes were proposed, William Mc-
Kinley originated the slogan—lotus
open the mills instead of the mints.”
While the European war has opened a
few mills and, doubtless, will open
more, that is not the sort of factory
business the Americari people desire.
What they want is an economic pol4
icy that will keep mills open when
there is no war.
monetary
term plant: of the Baltimore platform
ing with President Wilson's state-
ment that the platform was “not mo-
losses to catch rues?"
maintain
copy of the affidavit is submitted to the
its: oomthiusioncr upon whom falls the
holders of similar taxable securities
artain elements whose alien activity;
~Itractivé feature in banking to know
. As Mr. Bryan reads over the single--
he doubtless takes pleasure in agree;
“4A1“.
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(Continued From First Page.)
any person having in his possession Justice Ford declared that the case
taxable bonds, notes, moneys, on do was now entirely "indie bands of Gov-
posit in banks in excess of 0100 in W'Whitmn and that clemency it
other than savings banks. and who has our were granted, must ' come tr'om
not paid a tax on it for the past five him. The governor had expressedhia
years may list it with the state treasur approval of the denial of a new trial.
er on or before September 15, and pay
a tax of 4, mills per annum thereom‘a new trial Justice Ford said that
‘In thesettiement of estates of persons none of the'revelatlons maoewby Bock-
deceased on or utter Animist 1. the act ”er in his recent statement could be
Provides that the administrator or 93-!considered as new evidence; that they
center of the estate in Sill; the 39'; were known to Becker before the first
praisal and inventory in the probate mu and should have been divulged
court shall include an sfldavit stating
the property therein contained do
which state or. municipal taxes have
been paid during the previous year. A ‘
dextrous discrimination of taxable and
non- taxable property; the examination
of evidence regarding the period of
possession of the property prior to the
death of the decedent, and last, but
not least, the imposition of a tax of 2
per cent. per annum for five years.
which tax it is necessary for the estate
to pay before the discharge of the ad-
ministrator will be permitted.
The-law will he prolific m the in-
crease oi the state‘s revenue because3
of the enforcement of the tax 011 seen-
rities in the hands of the holders. and
the individual who takes advantage of
the permission to list his property
within the next six weeks with thel.
state treasurer and pay the z pcraoent
tax thereon. and thus saves his estate,
in case of his death the payment of 10
per cent. as a penalty for his neglect,
is a clrcumspective Shylock.
lutangiblepersonal property has al-
ways been the bugbear for the asses-
sors to locate: and while bonds, notes,
and other chosen ill action to the value
of $16. 4:. 4, 8“ were registered last year
with the state treasurer and a tax of s
mills paid thereon, which tux exempted
such securities to the owners in the
municipalities of their residue. othetI
have convinced themselves of the un
fairness of the tax and ev'Iadnd-grg‘n.
may, ,«w/"w
The act is broad in its use of the
word “property" and it would appear
that furniture, jewelry, poultry, auto
mobiles cash. as ll as bonds. notes,
other oscsinac “nape
gcuelal which has evaded taxation in
the past are subject to the provisions
of the law. The state will retain 2 per
cent. of the 10' per cent. tax collected
from an estate and forward the hoi-
ance to the town of the decedent's
domicile.
Benefit to Savings Dcpositors.
Another not worthy of publicity is
Chapter 301 of the Public Acts of 191.3,
which provides that national banks
maintaining savings repartments may
save the depositors in such depart-
ments liability from taxation by elect-
ing to make a payment annually of 1-4
of l per cent. to the state on the total
amount of their deposits as or October
1. with certain deductions. An elec-
tion to pay the tax is filed with the tax
commissioner on or before the thirti-
eth day of next September. Any de-
positor in a savings department of a
national bank which does not file such
election to pay will be included in the
list of depositors sent to the assessors
of their town thirty days after the as-
sessment date, by, the national banks.
All such deposits in excess of $100 will
be listed by local assessors and the
penalty of 10 per cent. added thereto
on which total amount the local tax
will be collected.
Prudent banks will doubtless pay
the state tax; otherwise the likelihood
is the depositors will place their
money where it will be exempt. Banks
electing to, pay the tax will advertise
the fact broadly for it will be an at-
one's deposit is exempt
state Tax on Exempted Property.
The General Assembly of 1916 pass-
ed another tax law which will cause
the municipalities in which property is
located spogally exempted by either
the legislature, by the vote of the
townspeople, or by action of the town
officials to pay. the penalty for the priv~
ilege given. Such tuition in their re-
ports to the tax commissioner after
August 1 will be redulred to include
the value of such specially exempted
then. In his opinion, he said, there
was not enough competent evidence
proffered to change the result. ..
Sing. who notiiledhim that his appeal
was denied, Becker said:
To Father Cashin, the prison chaplain.
Becker said: “There is no Justice here.
i am confident. however, that i will get
‘it in the next world.
truth will came out, and that the World
'will know that Becker told the truth
and is not the murderer he is accused
of being.
feel the stigma which this death at-
taches to the name Becker, and I feel
‘the distress and sorrow that it will
cause my wife."
take Becker from the death house and
morning in SihE Silig Prison for the
badly in?
‘ and Becker's spiritual adviser, is ex-
THURSDAY, JULY 29. 19:5
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7'53, “ ' .
“iii imilll
(“utilities from first Page.)
In commenting on his action denying
To Deputy'Warden Johnston in Sing
,.“ Well, I'll die like a man, anyhow,’
I know that the
1 do not fear death. but i
'5” mos
#0 Weslporstugatuck . .-
WWW coon.
on THE BOUND.
”JOINING THE BEAUTIFUL
COIPO [EACH
ileBcuuinpctoICouu.
Near Shore and Station we have
arranged and subdivided Dwell!“
and Bungalow Sites. All maven
iences. Train and trolley express
service. Plumbing. water and
electricity my for connection.
tors 1711011 not
Furnished and Unfurnished
Houses.
To rent for summer season or
for sale. on the shore or inland.
Great Opportunities at Rental
from $150
Modern Unto-dale furor
~Lstest improvements at mam
prices. Also improved and unim-
proved shore property.
Ex ‘ REA V
as. 1101101
and
iNSURANOE
CONNECTICUT
APrison oilicials“planned today to
prepare him for the execution, after
which he was to be placed in a cell
close to the door giving access to the
execution chamber.
ed to receive his last visits from rela-
tives this afternoon.
Mrs. Becker had left the prison last
night before word of the denial or
Becker's appeal_ was received and
spent the night at the Becker home
here.
ALBANY, N. Y., July 29.~—The gen-
Iesal belief atIthe executive chamber
today was that Mrs. Charles Becker,
whose husband j" to die tomorrow
murder of Horatio mutual, would
notfikc a plea for mercy to Govern
or Whitman. ., .
it was understa’odfthat the seven!-
or will not decline to hear Mrs. Bee
her at any time between now'and the
hour 0L1; execu utin
in no fiquart
plea for mercy
it believed thatya
idlcltange the ex-
Goveruor Whitman for her husband’s
He will be allow- '
dying intho electric chair at Sing
ternoon. - .-
NEW YORK, July. 29.—'I‘he sole
hope of saving Charles Becker from
Sing Prison gmo’rrow morning, lies
wfimfior Wilma-r1: Eo'uhséflb': «
the condemned man announced today
that they had abandoned the idea of
of Appeals, at Syracuse, for a stay. otl
execution.
According to Martin T. Mouton. of
counseis'lor the condemned man, the
ouiythope of savrlng Becker from the
electric chair lies in a movement new
ecutive's attitude. The Tact. which
became public after Justice liord
handed down hia§ decision that 'Beci
her had offered to plead guilty to sec
and degree murder. confirmed the
governor in his belief, based on the
evidence, that no injustice will be
done in executing the former lieuten-
ant. . 1 ’
OSSINING. N. Y., uly 29.-—Charles
Becker, former New York police
lieutenant, condemned to die tomor'
row, for instigating the murder of
Herman Resenthal, gambler. is report-
ed to be hearing up well today. under
the realization that virtually all hope
of his escaping the electric chair has
passed.
Less than an hour after Becker re-
ceived word that Supreme Court
Justice Ford had denied his appeal for
a third trial, the condemned ms
threw himself on his cot. Becker in:
with his face to the wall, and the
guard said he didmot move all. night.
Becker arose at sevefin o'clock today.
After breakfast, he was taken from
his cell. given a bath and a new suit
of Indsrwear.
When Becker returned to his cell,
he found that allIoi his, clothing, per-
sonal belongings, and even the few
furnishings of. the cell had been re-
moved. On a new cot lay a thin black
suit. white shirt with soft collar and
a black tie. Blacl-E stockings and soft
felt slippers also were provided.
Father Cashln, the prison chaplin,
pected to be with the condemned man
much o-f the time today and tonight.
Father Gashin will also accompany
Becker to the death chamber.
Mrs. Helen Becker, wife of the‘con-
dammed man. is expected to “arrive
today to spend the last hours allow-j
bers of Becker's Ifaluily are also ex-
pected. In the absence
Mott Osborne, ”WErd. not Sing Sing,
ed her with her husband. Other mom 7
of Thomas
being considered by Mr. Manton and
W. Boukre Cockran to rush to Syra-
cuse and apply to Judge Hogan oi
the Court of Appeals, for a stay of ex
ecution pending an appeal to the
Court of Appeals from the decision
handed down last night by Justice
Ford.
Judge Hogan is the one Justice of
the Court of Appeals who did not con-
cur in the prevailing opinion of the
some doubt as in Becker's guilt.
in commenting on the situation,
Mr. Manton said: “After carefullyi
looking up the law 1 have concluded
that there is absolutely no hope of
obtaining a stay of execution from
any Supreme Court Justice and the
last chance lies with Judge Hogan.
“There is, absolutely no truth in
the statement that Becker offered to
plead guilty to murder in the second
degree or any other degree. so for as
I know. Certainly no such offer was
made while I was his counsel. Bec-
her will go to the chair with a dying
declaration of innocence!’
The attorneys added that the only
course remaining open for them to
pursue. was their appeal to the Gov-
ernor to reprieve Becker until Octob-
er, when the Court of Appeals recon-
venes. Should the Governor grant
such a stay of. execution, counsel said
they would enter an appeal from—the
decision of Supreme Court Justice
Ford, who last night declined to
grant a new trial on the ground of
newly discovered evidence ’
counsel, said the idea of appealing to
Judge Hogan had been abandoned be-
cause there seemed no authority in
law for such a' move. M
Shortly before Mrs. Becker's arriv~
al the public entrance to the execu-
tive chamber in the capitol was clos-
ed and a plain clothesman placed on
: : wzoeoasenwm’ N“
w»:
Court of Appeals, and. according to .
Mr. Martin. Judge Hogan emertalned .
Martin T. Manton, one OI Becker’s.
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WOMEN'S
CLOTH SUITS.
Values up to $25. 00 each
$9. 98
WOMEN’S
SILK DRESSES.
Values up to $20.00 each
8.49
SILK SKIRTS.
Values up to $6.00 each
‘ 1.49
SUMMER DRESSES.
Values up to $6.00 each
life... She was accompanied by John 298
B. Johnson; of Becker's counsel. Mrs. 1
Becker did not learn until after her WASH SKIRTS'.
arrival of the Governor's departure 9. Value $150 and $I'75
from the city. She said her plans 3 each """"""" 98¢
were “€3er o SHIRT WAISTS.
After conferring with Mrs. Becker . Value $200 each " 98¢
and Johnson, Secretary Orr put in «‘3. SHFRT WAISTS'
a long distance call for Governor Value $150 each " 69¢
Whitman. He intends asking him to . ‘COMBIN‘FTIONS
me'et-Blrs. Becker at Fishkill, where ” Em” Sizes: value $150
the Governor expects to be this at each -* -------- 79¢
SATIN RIBBONS.
5 inches wide, value 19c
yard
”:90.
O 0
.0b.
‘00
applying to Jhdge Hogan of the Court _ .
eosrc‘m MAN Kliis'faneELF.
NEW YORK. July '29.-Harry W.
utact‘urcr'bf Boston, shot and killed
himself today, in his apartment here.
He is said'to have been in amervous
culties.
M".
tho-m comet
1810‘“ use
immuiliffdrl
pawns-11mm than» “
,HaZelton. 1
coal ,.
The s. Hershfield&SonCo
£ m. In. in wars; 1+.
Wellington. formerly a cordsge mam.
condition because oiI financial dith-
WW’WMP'W’ :«zngw
Summer
Clearance Sale
Friday the day of great. Specials
It flares with fat values. Eycry item quoted and ban-
dreds of othcnue thirty-six carat chances to econo-
nun. Never have we made such radical rednetions.
From every department we have gathered all odd lots,
broken cosmonauts, discontinued patterns and many
items from overstocked lines and marked them at
Clearingmut Prices dirt will make tomorrow 3 day
long to be mnbercd. Don’ t fail to come and see
the mderful opportunities that are presentedv-the
biggest reductions of the entire year.
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PEARL BUTTONS :8:
Value 10c card . .. 3d,- 3.
HUCK rowan. ,8,
18 x 36, value we each .3.
4 for 25¢” '
NAPKINS‘. ‘ "3
Already hemmed, fine i
mercerizcd, value 75c doz. .,
49¢ .2
DOUCETINE g
A 32 inch ponugee for .2
waists and shirts, value 25C 9:.
yard ................ 15¢ of
9-4 SHEETING.
Bleached and brown. va-
lue 25¢ per yard
APRON GINGHAMS.
Standard quality, fast col—
ors, value 7c yard ..4;{1¢
PILLOW CASES.
45 x 36, fine muslin, va-
lue 1(1c each ...... 12%¢’
COLORED SCRIMS.
00:90:»:
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Fair curtains, value 17c o?
yart . . . .. ........... 1¢ .
RICE BOILERS. .J
3 and 4 qt. \aluc $1 1.00 3‘
and $1.25 each 49¢
new
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Special Music
EVERY . SATURDAY EVENING
Clifford Hotel
' Rathskeller
NOTE—New entrance from Iliu-
beth Street.
c. macaw GARAGE
Agent for TRUMBULL CAR
. CARS son HIRE. ,
u Hanfordplace. Tel. 394-4.
to he __‘ '-
Tom Murray
31 soul llain Street
Humduna'rnas nos ens -
RANGES, $11.00 to $48.00
xSelf-a Lighting Burners.
our stock before buying.
fias Hot Water Heaters . . $11.00 ;
‘ Eddy Refrigerators. i
Jones &Hotchklss N
See
I117..Wall St. - “Norwalk. Conn.
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Item.- and ”e f” WM] mm is no ' W prosertv as but of the sand list and who is opposed bo‘ capital "punishnsnc med rumor declarv .
wallet in history. But the actual dis- 30" OUT. '1‘ Win-E? 9'53 FROM the taxes which would have been Day- Deputy Warden ohnson Will have fififihatArhyaht’fii-ltlos had learned :.
ements for fighting-men and £9?“ ~\'\AW.' able on such valuation if the property charge of the execution of Becker that some New York annals: had I?“ I;
Went by land and sea. were 1111- "““ . , . were ““d' These m°uuuthznigg and Samuel Haynes, a DOS”. V110 rived in Alba” .
rill 113. During the fiscal year of 1913 “WW“ 3“ '" Aft" Eduard Anderson “5"“ m the computation “x tax will probably be electrocuted a téw ‘After Ia conversation with William ’ '
o ’ °"‘ '39" 0" She" ’ tax, “mm ‘ town to W a mm mm?“ before Becker. '1 Orr. Governor Whitman's private use .
the cost of maintaining . - on property located thereinu' receiving ALBANY N. Y. “1y 29 never.
rotary. over the telephone. Mrs. $00k-
"a 1914,
or and Johnson wont
Kilian little army equalled the cost of
any's great military establish-
Eduard Anderson. 16~year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Anderson, died at
the Bridgeport hospital about 6: 30
o’clock last. evening Ilium iocklsw rs~
halting from a out which lie receiietl P
while in swimming some am on.
Young Anderson out his thigh- on a 1
shell or some other issued object in‘
that little
emptlon.
nor Whitms. i it 1 rl toda
r fly yotod a e Alisa! ea y 3’
ill!
by automobile for Odihp‘II Whitman.
special privileges of as
The town of Word
itures were second to Great
Switzerland, for onodlf-
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