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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN., THURSDAY, NOVFMBER 30.1916
SNENAN IS Nl’Nlil)
IN flt‘uiil Hill ASSESSNN
ludge-Gager Roles That No Vacancy Ex-
isted and the Appointment of Frank ll.
. Merrill is Illegal-«History of Case is In-
teresting—Also Stated that Mr. Merrill
is Not Entitled to Compensation for
Time He Has Worked
Yesterday in tl e superior Court, at
itruigeport. Judge, Edwin B. Gager
ha 1de1l down his decision in the case
.11 William J. Sheehan vs. Frank H Mr.
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Mayor and Council setting forth Mr.
Sheehan's claims: Disregarding this
communication the lilayor appointed
Merrill to the office of assessori
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Strains in the South liarwalk
Baptist Edition
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A service of much interest was
held in the South Norwalk Baptist
Church last night. Four congrega-
“018,.
Methodist and Congregational nhd the
East Norwalk Methodist, united 1
filled.
Tbs pastor, Rev H. S. Thompson.
'prcsided. and time the invocation and:
ibenediction. The Rev. G. Grillln
read the scripture lesson and ofi'ered
(prayer. There was a good musical
program The sermon was delivered
by the Rev. John Stapleton, and was
Merrill, holding that at the time about on October 6 and at a meeting of the entitled “Thanksgiving as a Habit. ”
itierrill was appointed assessor by
Mayor Carl Axel Harstrom and the no
pointruent was confirmed by the Court-
c11.no vacancy existed and the up
Councilmen on October 10,
pointment was confirmed.
Mr. Tammany then, in behalf of his
client, brought action in the Superior
the up-
His text was “in Everything Give
'Tiianks." 1 These. 5:18. He said in»
| part:
“The phllologlst tells 111: 1.1111 the'
pointment of Merrill to the ofilce of Court to test Mr. Merrill‘s right to the words thank and think come from
assessor was null and void Conse-
quently Mr Merrill has neter been
legally assessor and is entitled to no
compensation for the time which he
has served as assessor. i
This case has created considerable
inteiest in Norwalk because of the en phen Dokus, Ex (‘ity (‘lerlr Joseph .7. i
111' in it a city records that Mr. S'Jhee
han‘s appointment was for one year
1111l1 Certain of the officials were:
:atused of trying to dor tor the rec-
ords, and those that try to do this be
lieved that it was the intention of Ex- 1'
.\l.1yorFranci~1 l. iturnell to make the
appointment for the term named in
the city charter namely for three
mars Mi. Shuhan also contended
11111 the min 11.15 errontous and that
his appointment was for the charttl‘
term of three years Judge Gager's
judgment ”upholds Mr. Sheohan's
Vlt‘Wb.
Us Septeuthe 1;. the Council passed
:1: :esolution de I‘lfillng the office of as
11101101“ held by Mr. Sheehxn to be va. i
1 till.
othtc of assessor. Many of the city
fathers were summoned to Iifldgeport
and there submitted their testimonv
on the subject in question. Among
them were EttMinor'liu1'11ell,lilnyorl
(‘ai'l Axel liarstrwom Citv Clerk Ste-i
Linaweiler and others. After hearing;
all of the evidence Judge(‘ .a
sorted his decision. it is .1101:I rlullyi
jthree weeks since the case was tried
and both parties waited anxiously for
the decision. in t meantime Mr.
Merrill had taken 1 . oath of office
and had fulfilled the duties as as-
sessor.
As Judge Gager's decision was favor-
able to the plaintiff Mr. Merrill is
ous ed from his position. and Mr. Shee-
han resumes his former duties. It is
now contended that since Mr. Merrill
had not been legally ap/ointed. he
cabnot collect any salary for the time
he has spent as assessor. while Mr.
sheehan will collect the full amount,
it has been suggested, by Mayor Cari.
Jtlie same root. The thinking man is
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.NNSPNAi lNNINN ilANNl
leENlAlNS YNNNiiiN Si'
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intros lluadrad Guests in Attend-j
1 once at Altair in the Iowa As-
, senbly llall
The first annual dance of the Not-
walk Hospital Junior League was held
last night in the Town Assembly Hall
'ln .Wall street, and about three hun-
i
the South Norwalk Baptiis:l
the service. and the church was well'
(Nil 86AM
ARRANGEMENT
DENNNAUZINC
limitation”. facilities
Ara indicate. at Emma
[condom
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AND 6081_8_ IN DANNN
Illa: lyld liq Altai of Uflity
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The cases of Frederick Coleman. of ,
New Milford, and James Lynch, of?
,South Norwalk, who were concerned}
in the automobile wreck in Nomton.1
Honday night. came before Justice
Sharer, in the Darien town court last
night.
Constable Wilbur Bates testifies as
to making the arregta of the young
men after the collision, and also as to
the speed which it is claimed Coleman
going and to the fact that his
bad no certificate.
“indies Sharer found him guilty of
reckless driving and'of not having a
car certificate, and imposed a fine of
$25 and costs. From this Coleman
took an appeal, and bonds of 8150
were furnished bv Mechaley Brothers,
of Stamford. said to be the owners
of the Mercer car which was being
driven by Coleman on trial. Lynch
Far mama lion as,
iag Dana Along Educational lites
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The apparent demoriliaatlon of \‘or-i
'walk's public school system through
lack of sufiiciant educational (utilities -
or other causes. is bring the M o!
arousing a aenttlaaut which promises
to am a decided Imring on the fu—
ture public school puny of the town. 1
IHardly have two new school houses;
Ibeen complaint when the announce-
Intent is made that an effort will be put
Iforth to induce the Council to author»
ire the issuance of an additional $100. ,
000 in bonds tor two more structures.
There have b1 en many citizens who.
have been waiting patiently for some
step to be taken to relieve the tax-1
§payers of the awful burden placed on:
them since the schools of Norwalk'
were consolidated. Not that they are
a1erse to paying their good money it
results are produced. The enormous'
increase in educational expenses. car 1
rylng with it a Worn which is very
lnndeuuate to Norwalk'a needs has
was acquitted, there being no evi-
dence to show that he was breaking
,the law.
Attorney Joseph R. Tavior, of
Scull. Norwalk. represented Lynch
and introduced 11 number or witne-ses
all of whom were in his favor
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Soltl limit Electrical corral:-
sioaars Explain What" I: 011111
and hearing May Be lleltl Ilm
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The public in \orw 111k is no donb', '
very interested in the porposed ornam-
ental lighting system and. in order to
stately the. interest shown in this mat-
ter. The Sentinel has printed below the
full report sent to the Public Utilities
Comlnnlaslon try the Diitrlct Commits
111:1 8N1ii0il0ii8
the garage where they had left 1he'
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Artillery and Trench Activity on the Franco-Beldan
Front Recently-British Naval Airplanes Make A
Raid on the Harbor oi Zeebrupge
1N0 iANGE RUSSIAN lNANSPONlS SNNN Bl
SlNNilNN A NlNl NEAN NtlSlNiilNNS
Germany l’rolestti Ina—ml- the Election oi German. Aus-
trian anti ‘I'nrldslt [citations from Greece
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i Pitechti, in Rumania, 65 miles
northwest of Bucharest. has been
tcaptured by Gen. von Falken‘ '
AHMNEY cunt hayn's troops, the German iWalt
’Oifice announced in last night’g
’official statement.
‘lt is better lucky than rich” is ani Bnti‘h naval airplanes made a,
old saying that is quite true At least raid upon the 113er of 2030
31.110121” Join: kJ mCunfeo 11;,th ‘80 bruggc yesterday. it was official-
1 ‘uneo oo 11 am to ew
Haven Saturday and attended the Yale ‘lBy .qngowcedolg night by ‘th'
Harvard game. lie made the trip in: "fis at e Wh" d‘m‘
hia automobile and left it in a garage age they inflicted is not known.
0; Temple street. After he had done All the machineg returned gnf'ely.
t is, he remarked to his wife that
the auto would not freeze on him and thArglIery ladltl’cncl; activity a“
cause him considerable expense as it e "“‘P' e 8““ tom 13 “k" ,
had done in past years. “The garage "ounced 1“ Yesurday’s 055°“!
is good and warm." said Mr. Cuneo. istatement. issued in London. on. .1
They attended the game and watch military operations. "7
Two large Russian truism. 11,..1
bound from Helsingiors {91' Rooms
ed \ale plough its way to victory and
later returned to the street on which
FOAMWAW the action, MT 3‘190'. automobile was situated. Nov. there vol. were sunk in the latter part
“stoners Accompanying the petition are two garages on Temple street, and of October, as the result it i.
1‘“ consulted With hi! attorney. th. A Axel Haratrt'im. however thot Mr. Mer- tired 99°91" ”0‘“? members 0! thegresulted in a deep seated desire in
[was a letter asking the public Utilities
Hum 11‘. shooting. and Mr. Tammany 1111 will receive a compensation toriyou “I" '9‘ "m ore-em- The “air ev'er) dty want for a return to the
itidressed a communication to the m. work. , wane Brfind aucoeal in e1ery way, and District system. During the past few "I "- cum” “'9'“ ‘0 the one in “men
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into the record book.
this appointment was for the
Memoranda of Judge Gager’s Decision
The text plainly shows that the entry on the records
of the appointment of the relator (Sheehan) for one year
should have been for three years. The mistake was due to
a clerical error in copying the draft record of the meeting
The relate: was originally appointed for a one- year
term from the third Wednesday after the first Monday in
October. 1913. pursuant to charter regulations. At the first
meeting of the Council of the first Monday of October,
1914. the relator was appointed to succeed himself, and
first term of the relator teChnically expired October
1914. The design of the three-year term was not in term
from any particular day. It was doubly assured that the
three-year period was that which the charter provides for
whether it was for three years from October 6th or from
October 13th, makes little difference for present purposes.
The appointment of the relator as assessor was certain- ~
iv a val-i d appointment up to October 6,
there was no vacancy in the office of assessor on October
11, 1916 and the appointment of‘the respondent, Fran?
H. Merrill. was invalid and of no effect.
full term of three years. The
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1917. Technically
GAGER, Judge.
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NANNNN Nlilfl CAli
Still) 10‘ ENNIS. lANSiN
Christian lmrsen.
hotel keeper. in South Nortvaik, has
disposed of the Warwick Hotel on
North Main street. and will retire from
business. Mr. Larsen has been in the
hotel business for many years and has
in the course of time l'un'threu .dif-
forent hotels in 11111; city. The first
" one which he opened was on North
lain street. near Warwick Hotel
‘which he has just disposed of. For
onumber of years. he managed one
on the old Washington street bridge.
no remained there untiflthe bridge
was torn down find then return ed to
his present location.
”The new purchaser of the property
is Thomaii flcNierney, of Bridgeport
The deal in completed. but the con-
tract’contatala the proviso that the
liquor license to the cafe be trans-
ferred to the new owner; The appli~
cation is ”11.111 and it is probable
that it will In hated by the County
the. prominent
ADANSNN Ail NPNElN‘
Bl GNNENNNENI
- NEW YORK, Nov. 129.4111 Con-
stitutionality of the Adomson Act was
upheld and the right of the railroads
to sue for inipnctions against itwas
attacked in a motion filed in the fed-
eral court here today by ‘D. B. Lucer.
United States Attorney for the North-
ern District of New York, requesting
the dismissal of the complaints made
by the New York Central and the Erie
Railroads Mr. L‘ucey wps one of the
defendants named in the railroad
suits. _ "
The motion papers ask for the
throwing out or the injunction suits on
the grounds that they have been
brought against the United State:
without its necessary consent; that
they seek to enjoin the enforcement of
a criminal statute; that they are un
necessary to protect property rights:
that they are "without equitg on their
face" and because the railroads haio
“equate remedy at law.
“According to the motion papers the
for air. may are. am
WH- IL larvln Under-
endl‘r‘a‘lak
“tantalum.
~11! a Sentinel Want. My.
has undoubtedly oltflbmht’d i139" asidays a citywide movement has been
the dance of the season, for the young considered to bring
mutant attorney-unord-
Hagar-an. anpoctai asc‘
people of the town particularly.
The Assembly Hall was handsomely
decorated for the big occasion with
jgreen and white streamers interw 01' e1.
lacross and between the low rafters.
land with large evergreen trees lined
against the wall and in the corners.
iBetween each window in the hall
iiarge white crosses adorned the wall,
and at each end of the floor immense
tAmerican flags were draped artistical-
tly across the walls.l:1 the center of
#11111 hall was the orchestra's platform
which was tastefully decorated with
1pnln1s and numerous other potted
;plants which set off the general color
'scheme of green and white. to perfec-
tion.:
A Twenty numbers were included in
the dance program which was made up ,
of one-steps.1valtzes 11nd ioxtrots. A‘
number of extra dances were enjoyed
.after the conclusion of the regular}
‘number.
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NEW BRITAIN. Nov. 29.——All ap-
paratus in the city was called out this
morning to the Reynolds Block. 361-
363 Main street, for a fire that did
damage estimated betWeen 88,000 and
$10, 000. The fire occurred before 5
o'clock and thalives of more than 100
'tenants in the block were endangered.
Many ran to the street in night attire
and others stood at W'lntlows and
threatened to jump. until they were
calmed by firemenand policemen. The
fire started in a bakery on the ground
floor.
This makes the second fire in the
heart of the city within forty-eight
hours and by a peculiar coincidence. it
was in property owned byrelatlves.
The block which was threatened to-
day. is owned by the estate of the late
J. F. Reynolds. A fire Tuesday night
destroyed a‘ grain and feed store
house of Hugh Reynolds. a brother 0!
the deceased. __
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CONCORD. N. 3., NOV. 89 ~Tho
obout former con- i
iditions which are more deatrab is
than the present. and certainly less;
expensive A prominent citiaen stated
to a Sentinel reporter yesterday that
Norwnlk is paying a big price for
what she is getting
At the city election next october 11
vote will undoubtedly be token as to
whether a return will be made to the
District system or whether the present
policy will be pursued with its at.
tendanl_ demorillaatlon.
The children of Norwalk are not
receiving the educational advantages
which a civilised community is en-
titled to.
What is going to be done about it?!
A return to the District system ap-
pears to be one of the remedies.
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NANSNIP i302 ANIS
HAVE BEEN AWARDED
Fighting Vessels ’of tin 1111111.
States llavy to be: Greatly le-
creased in liarl 1111 11111.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.—Secretary
Daniels awarded contracts today for
more than $65,000,000 worth of new
fighting ships for the navyhlncluding'
four battleships at 311, 000 .000 each,
two fleet submarines at approximately
i.sl 190, 000 each, and 27 coast submar-
ines at from $694,000 to $698. 000 each
These vessels comprise the bulk of
the great building program of sixty—slat
craft of various types appropriated
for by the last session of Congress.
Bids' for four battle cruisers will be
received Decgember it next. and for
three scout cruis on January 8.
with the hope of pleting the task
of getting all the ships under contract
within the six months limit set by
Congress.
Alreadyr the House naval committee
is at work on the 1918 bill. and early
in dreaming the department must and
building facilities for at least three
more battleships. one battle cruiser.
and a proportionate number of other
craft remaining on the three year
constrnoflnn’ program The bill to in,
put. through this winter tor the navy
will carry a total of nearly $400,000.;
{0%mmm fowo gangsta“ each
mum ow
til!!! I “Style §axs
Lilacs.
.‘iaaere 1
oil-6 aitouta or Get! Trevino.
gCommissionera to hold the session at
which this matter will be taken up in
the City Hall in the Second District.
They also suggested that an early date
for the meeting would be very antis-
factory. The petition hna been for
worded to the Public Utilities Com-
mission and it reads as follows:
To the Honorable Public Utilities
Commission of the State of Con-
nectlcut:
The second Tingle of the City of
Norwalk, in not State. represents
(Continued..- on Pop Nine.)
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AliACNS YOUNG WOMAN
An unknown man. thought possibly
to be the same pers‘bn that attacked
a woman Saturday ei'enlng. inyFrank-
lln avenue, attempted o assault Miss
Alice Williams, daugh 1' of Charles
Williams, of 5 Merwtn street. last
evening about 5: 30 o'dock as the
t
Eyoung lady Was passing the former
Morrison property in Merwin street.
The man. stepping out from the
shadow of a building on the corner
of Merwln street and' West avenue,
grabbed Miss Williams by the wrists,
but she managed to wrench herself
out of his grasp. She lied to her
home which is located but a short
d'etonce. away from the scene of, the/
affair but. upon arriving there was
unable on account of her excitement
to tell very much of what had hap-
pened» A search was made for the
man in the immediate vicinity, but
{this resulted in failure. Miss Wil-
llama was unable to give any sort
of a description of her assailant.
This is the second affair of like
character that has taken place in the
First District within _a few days, and
the police are lnvestiaiting the matter
thomughly. ,
'ANNAIANENS Sill
IN CNINNANNA till
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EL PASO. Tex. Nov. 29 .—-The first:
foreign refugee to leave Chihuahua
City since the siege began. arrived
here today. He reported that Villa’
unduiullo Acosta were in control oi“
‘0 to the fact 11 had
W“ Ndlnl. he explained, lie but
11mm .11! knowing first hand you
' happened or even the where-
“ll. serum forces were holding hard to
the lights were shining brightly. Upon‘
examining its interior, he found that
believed. of striking a mine. any.
a dispatch from Stockholm to thd
; his car to an attendant. and was more ‘
s than delighted to find that his was one 1
, other action. but he nlna,,greater faith
he had made a mistake and had gone Overseas News AsenCy m
to the wrong place. no he ioumeyed transports, it is said. had the ea- '
over to the other garage. This was tire 428th Russian Regiment on
all in darkness. and upon entering it,
he found it full of smoke and firemen boa This regiment 't is hid, -
walking around examining it. Upon. had cc“ on duty {01' some that
inquiring what had happened, he was in Finland.
told that 15 of the 17 autwnobfis In anot dcl v o 11“”
which had been parked there in meiLansin e Steins“! ftrogtocCom
afternoon, had burned up. Mr. Cuneo’s' Bg ye y .. .
heart went to his mouth, for his car V0“ emmrfi Gemany “Of .8
was not insured. He then described fists against the ejection of thfl ."
German, Austrian and Turkiali "‘1
Legations from Greece and asks
that the State Department for.
s .
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.of the two cars saved. Mr. Cuneo and
atamily returned safely home in the:
automobile and the former declares Watd the PTOtCSt to Great Bnt‘
that he was born under a“luck_1“aln. l
“m" A The text of the note, signed by
Count von Bernstorff. and ad~
;dressed to Secretary Lansing, ‘fol-
“a
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SNIPWNINNED SANNNS 1......
i “The French commander of the
0" SIEAMER BflRGH'lli naval forces of the Entente’ in‘
the Greek waters has notified the
lenvoys of Germanv, Austria-Hun-
. I nary, Turkey and Bulgaria, that
BALTIMORE. .Nov. 29.——Norwegian
steamer Borghill. which arrived at they h‘d t° leave Greek “mm”
Quarantine station today from Oran. immediatelv With the stalf. o!
Algiers, brought seventy-two. ‘ship their legltlons and of the consu.
wrecked persons from the Americanlates
schooner Georgietta, which sailed from - to
New Bedford.Mass., November 12, for. The Gm“ Empire most em. '_ -
the Cape Verde Islands. Among them 791136911! Proms“ against... .thiI if
were two small children—whose, contempt of international law, of
mother had died on the voyage. The'.the free will of a. neutral com.
Borghill. which lost part of her fore try and of the mbst element
t 1, 1 1 t r t ’ “75
,gfflfigmflfinde a “ed a Q“ an in‘: roles of international courtesv
Dr. Thomas L. Richardson the} Actingl under instruction!
boarding physician. could give no par. {rem the Imperial government. I ‘
ticulars concerning the Georgietta. The havé the ham”. to request Your
master of the Bcrvhill said nothing
about meeting any? submarines, nor "fluency to forifiard this pro-
test to the British government.
\
did he explaimthe loss of the steamw
er’a foretopmaat, the appearance of,. “Accept, Excellency. the renew.
Capes yesterday, suggested to showeg mm Of my highest can. ”
observers that it might have been shot. D ad a] that the British cruise!
laway.
iNewcasfle was sunk, as reported
$511 11 Berlin wireless dispatch on
!cmssm ”50083 3th: strength bf advices from Rot-
immanent issued yesterday? ' at?»
"m“ coal or [WING temoon in London, as follow“ 1
“With reference to the stator
ment in 1: German wireless to;
high cost of living bothers you.- don'tt
wait for governmental remediel. but 3:.” “art akmme :3? Hove“
buy some layipg hens and eat more " 15 m can ‘t t ”fine.”
corn products and rice. an Speaker-to tothe Firth of; Earth and
tmtym D or new
government can help to bring down
the price of foodstufla by legislative or m 0‘ his MMJMP
in more direct methods. "All!“ 01’ Mk tluflnfl- the.
.HM the or expressed 111111111111 from Nov. n to *Novi 1| iii
which as the vessel passed in the
sideration.”
iterdum. is made in an alibi
WASHINGTON NOV- 29 --1f thetdav that eBritiah cruiser New»:
Clark.‘ Not; that he does not think 11;.
killed and flirty-five w 1 .
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