g' tor lomfk and vicinity:
somewhat warmer tonight
.1 :frcsh northeast winds.
.. COACMQBS: The area of
”use that. was central over
' has moved directly east-
."durlng the last twenty-four_
"I“ is new central over Yer»;
[ii is producing pleasant weir;
with low temperatures in the
._ portion of the Lake Region
W. Fmsts were reported
New York, Vermont and Maine.
if =3 ,“Itbsnce central over the ’Upper I
“$1 . ’ )1 Valley is causing cloudy
Mary weather with rising tem-
m in the central distrcits
instills A YEAR AGO
repay.
f Yemperahn‘e: High 70, Low 152.
M.
are made by people who know
thoroughly how to make good
hats
They are up to the minute In
style and color and are intend-
ed to give long service
I
A broad, libsralvninded firm
and a big factory are behind ev-
ery “Mallory" Hat
They must be good, and they
are good
I
l
‘ We are showing the newest
l Fall styles and shades
1. w visit to Plattsiille and Lake
Norwalk
ROGERS & STEVENS
certain. up were sunset
for Issuer-y Hat-to 1111 better
made, or of better quality—
.1 no price—they would 1;.
improved
ll
W 'ooe-aeeaae-aeanee-oncooaooouue'o
So. Norwalk
“MON-Y.
Cloud laurel. Daughters of (‘astile.
me hold an' informal social affair
m‘pvening to which the members
"ad-trot: friends are cordially invited.l
IAMiIlIIAN IIIIAPSIIIP
.—'.‘.a———- l
flies Ethel 'Blake bookkeeper in.
the downtown Adam's Express olllce
W favored many loca friends witht (Continued Trout T‘trst Pile-l
post cards from Niagara Falls where.
pie is enjoying 11 well earneil vaca~’
use
with the tmop ship’s engine.
"" ' ""' law behind the rest of the convov.
William IV“ °’ “mm“ "em” but the troublc had been fixed up
complained ‘0 ”“3 ”0"“ ”‘3‘ do“ and she use fast catching 11p
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thctc willl beenoii§h 1”
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96 Level
um'reo' sures roan. AD
of the City Charter gave his annual rc- duced. Was it reduced?
How Many Teaspoongisls
”- e Ibo Mariana“ ,
3ofthcsedaily
[ii of these daily
MintsrnA'rtort 1.
No. it was whereby a special meeting of tho -:oun a foothold in an essential American in-
port with a short introduction in which increased instead when there is less oil will be called for next week 101' the dugtry—an industry through Whitll mil.
he. extended his thanks to the city viciousness, less crime. smaller popu-
councll for what they have ucconi
pllahed and for the manner in which still more away. The property-owners}
PATROLMEN
ARE GRANTED
MORE MONEY l
(Continued From l'age one)
they had accomplishedllt. They worn!
inst1umental in saving the city and
its tax— payers sei eral thousands of doi-
is 11.11 he declared since they had been
governing the city. 11'11111- all «ihcr
commurdiled in the state have found it
every dollar taken in taxes in
fourth district one-quarter of it goes
to the police department. "
which compelled her for a time to1
Mayor lionovdn called the meeting imperative to increase their tax rate.
to order and Councilman Dr. Robert‘ the city .of Norwalk has a distinctive
hi. Wolfe. Dr. Wllllam_1J. Moore. achievement in being able to lower
Charles A. Volk, Frank-11.14.. Clarke,'1the rate of taxation in the fare of the
George D. Russell. Edgar“). Miltrb1'11111usent prevailing war conditions.
George W steiens and Albe1i T. El‘ At the conclusion of 1l11- rosdinr oi
"How many policemen are employed
on othe Jobs besides their reguia. du-
ties on he force," be questioned of Du;
Moore.
1 “That. " replied Dr Moore “is not
my business. 1 know that the men
purpose of considering the borrowing
their business. Councilman Eldridge
Proceeds of Sale of GrenstelnArthur
Koppel 60.. to Be Invested in
Liberty Bonds.
WASHINGTON, Sept.
1, German-owned machinery manufactur-
. ing plent of the Grenstein-Arthur Kop-'
pel Company of Koppel, Pa. taken
Hengind to August Witchman Verfi.11i1h the other transports, when 11111111111 answered to the mil when“ the report be published. 500 copies be
m unleashes of themselves in torpedo hit her just forward of called by City Clerk irvlag1l)..'ilobert- that. as the city chariir 1equlreti that
. :‘mt vicinity. He Nah referred to ”10‘1““an rmm_ '
‘ Prosecuting Attorney liegeman
v 1.
1 Ion. . , y 1‘ 1“.
The vessel- 1 at once began . too The. minutes of the preocdlngmaet
lsiuk by the bow. Many of ihC' in: the special council meeting sndthd
the report be publisher.- 500 copies be
work faithfully and do their duty while over some. months at by the Alien
°P 11111 mm “d “ *3 “W“ ‘0 "10 Properly Custodian 11111 be sold at
eye do when they are through
published in the phiimplet form. May-.11" their molar dotlss: ... 1 . . ;
what public auction tomoriow and the pro
coeds invested in Liberty Bonds
Donovan stated that thlst would be
‘llo they do their duly.‘ returted the is the first plant taken over by lhe
A MW“ 0‘ 03mm “9009 00'" .soiiiicrs at the time 11 etc taking
Nun“ ‘0 “M 90““ "Ill boys 08 the l111ths.Tlicy did not wait to
fittest were creating a disturbance by
flung our the side- walks with their could
“but little clothing they
little mhwszonl Patrolman Rob' linstil1 1111 their hands 011. The
Ms investigated and ordered the 111itcr was rushing in at .such 11
M09 310m rate that it was thought the
steamer 11 ould quit-kit founder.
To the surprise of most of the.
soldicrs the troop ship did not
The Red Cross. Auxiliary of tho
' _, M 7‘ ' Norwalk : Congregational
Church will meet'tomoivow afternoon
t h o'clock for their regular sewing
pension. .Thero is a large quantity
in: sane work on hand which must
’oompllrtetl and all members are re-
to be present and to bringr can be 1.1111111.
lr scissors. “ I AN lNliANl) REST CAMP lN
" ‘ ‘_._.. , IE.\'tli AND 'l‘ucsdov Sept 1111-
» HOSPITAL NOTES. llllaitil‘ll) of the :l,8(i0 American
water and she got near enough
to .llit‘ shore to be. benched if IH‘
hoped that the vessel ulti11111,ch_1
DI ~ . lsoldicrs from the troop ship
3' (Jargon Tuesday-«Daniel Ga“ 11 lilt'll 111111 torpcdocd last h‘1i1i111
:mlttedm 2:13;; Jam“ Wood. Ioi’f the English count. but 1111s not
sunk and upon which there were
.Wlnuipauk. #0 1 ion casualties, have arrived here
' “mine" Md" tto 0°!" W1 ton 'nonc the 11 orse for their thrilling
urged today—Anna Cresgh. 2301 experience
, aln we“- The men are finding some con-
' ---- solution for the loss of their vessel
W “JUGS Who have been fighting in the assurance that the submar-
I“ much blight its we peoiile Who hale far 11 orsc fate at the hands of the
(lIHPSS but made for the deck withl
our interest for four years don't SBA inc that attacked her sutfered .a’
I public bruins: were read by the city about 150 too many and declared 11m
rclerk and upon acceptance were 111-100 copies would 1111 entirely sufficient
proved as were the reports of the City This was canted and an order nili be
Auditor Wilfred Bodwcll. and City made for the printing of but one hun-
Treasurer Herbert A. Mathewson. ydmd instead of five hundred.
A communication was read from Councilman Eldridge reported on his
Rev Dr. A. F. Beard asking thdt his Investigations onthe Charles Tltclslax
Naimation as chairman of the bridge question. He had found that cn t1ie
.committec, which he handed in some 1915 lists Mr TI11>is.tbrough an :.1vor
ltlme ago. be sCCcptetl and go into of had been assessed for. _two lots eat-hi
Washington street bridge. from the the time the assessors had made up
ommlttee as the structure has been their lists On the 1916 list he had
completed for some tlmaand is now in been asesscd fni one lot for 3200 sndl
line working order On Mr.Don01su‘s in 1917 he had been assessed 8180 for
1ecommendatlon Councilman Murphy one lot Mr Eldridge reported that.
' 1no1edtha1 the matter be laid upon the he was of the opinion that there was
table until a leterdate. Thcm motion another error in the 1917 attest-meat.
. was seconded and carried. ‘ and moved that the matter of the cm or
A communication from ClDtain in the 1915 list when Mr. Theis was as-
(‘harles E. Conklin. master of the-sail- messed for two lots instead of one. he
ing schooner “Mary E. Cuff." was reed referred to Corporation Counsel Quin:
wilt‘l‘elly he asks for $1.000 damages Ian. The. action was carried.
. tram the city for injury to his vessel! Councilman Albert '1‘. Eldridge fur,
caused through the alleged negligence they reported progress of his findings
of we of the NIH employees. 011 the 1:11 the tltleage of Calf Pasture Bench.
afternoon Of July 22 the "Mary E1} At the last council meeting the cur-
Culf" was ln'Norwalk harbrr and gave paratlon counsel had been ordered '11
the necessary signals to signify that draw up a new city ordnance granting
she wished to pass through the Wash-
to all members of the 901106 donate,
may or
"They do and do it well. " answcied
Dr. Moore
‘.'Well then, why are merchants in
the first district not restricted from
throwing and sweeping'refusc into the
gutters and streets in violation of the
city's ordnances." was Mr. Donovan‘s
parting shot.
Councilman Albeit T. Eldridge took
“‘"k Sonic means appareuth ufect immediately. At the. same time for 8250, when he was the owner of, the floor and asked that the police is
new found to check the inrush 0“ he asked that the city accept the new but one. The error had been made at; well as every other man be given a'
fair chance for a living. They are do
lng good work and should be paid a
living wage.
Councilman George D Russell arose
at this interval and gave to the council
a few facts and figures he had pre
pared. At the present time there a-c
22 members of the police force with a
population of 28.000 people or an av-
erage of one officer to every 1,800 resi-
dents. Each member of the‘xdepatt’
ment works 8 hours A day and each
tidy there are three shifts. it is seen
‘ that there are about 7 officers on duty
‘ during each shift or one officer to every
4,000 souls. it was Mr. Russells opin~
ion that there were not. too many men
on the force and he did not see where
there was any extravagance in this in-
M E01 into the war and are kiCkinZ 111 raging destroyors which were
W our short rations spccdily on the scene hunting the
IT boat with depth charges.
. To aid in caring for the men
for [here the American Red (‘ ross
Fever .1‘ushcd in large quantities of sup-
13132] a. Chills Reantl
Price 500 :plles from London.
“WWII Guaranteed 0" Moneyi The Germans who still claim to be
“funded .the victors. are borrowing money to
I... Prepared and Sold By
Stimson-Powell Col-1)..
N orwalk
pay interest on their debt, and using
up their reserves to help them re-
treat from the front.
:_v~11"aie Yuri?
yourspsoehwur massive steel vault. where your private
teed against loss by theft or fire? may 11.111111111111111; 111m
been sesldng a safe place to imp theirleeriy Bonds endothe -
mono! willie. This greatlyisincroasingthe‘demandfor
lngton street drawbridge. The signals
1 were recognized by bridge-tender
Scott, who stopped traffic [and lowered
the gates. The bridge Was not leised
however. and th; vnwa' colldcd with
it causing damage to the extent of
1 $1, 000. He asked that 11 settlement be
‘ made or a civil suit w111' be brought
against the city through his attorney.
1 William A Grillin. Councilman Monro
moved that the matter be referred to
Corporation Counsel. Edward J. Quin-
:an The motion was carried.
Apetition from s. .1. Wales 111111 six
other tax norms of Main street, first
district; was referred. to the . Depart-
ment of Health The men requested
that an out-house on. the premises at
Ivl‘Maln street be removed. as it Was
c.
. a public niusance‘and a menance to
the health of the community. .
The report of Milk inspector Dr.
’Harry E. Bales was read and placed
on file. He reported 1111:1112 lied Veiled
1111 examined various dalries' 11111111311-
. out the city and found all to be in ex-
. eelent sanitary condition with the ex-
3 caption of one. «bias as had ordered
closed. He also first-ted that be 1111c Mayor. Donovan. in an!
examined all cattle on the m 1111611!-
ment an increase 015 per cent per day stance.
in their sala1ies and to present the o'r-' Councilman Clark who is also dele-
dlnance at last evening's meeting. t 1r- gate at large for the Carpenter's Unicn
poration Council Quinlan presented and said to be well versed on labor
the cidinance and it was read by C1! 211' Questions, took the 30': and stated
Cleik Robertson. Ethflt the Rollce departmufnt 1v: re as
1 Councilman William J. Moore. [other well paid as any of the uncalled well-
_of the messure. took the floor in lie-j paid mechanics. According to Mr.
lease of the ordinance and moved that Clark's figuring the police are paid for
it be adopted after a phsnge had been 365 days in the year. are supplied with
made in the dates. According to its their clothing, and boots, and are paid
originnl reading the increase in win if they are out sick and it carefully tig-
rice was to take effect on Septcmbor- tired it win 111110111111 that at the end or
1. 1918, the beginning of the 11 x1 tls- the year they receive more than 1.11
cal your. Dr. Moore moved the omls‘ pert carpenters. At the present time
sion of this date and the substitutionl 11111111111111 receive $3. 75 per day and
instead of the date of November 1. carpenters are paid in the vicinity of
1918,11t which time the new salary. M121 35 50 daily
for the police will go into stint-.31. Dr. i The matter was then put to a vote
Moore gave the history of the measure and was found to have been canted 5
since the time last May when he wasl to 1 Councilman Moore, Russell,
appointed a committee of one to—lnvea-l Murphy, Stevens. and Eldridge v’otins
tlgste the question oils. salary raise for for its adoption and Councilman Clark,
the poiicento the presentlti'me. He.
stated that the members of the force 1111111 Wolfe“ and Volk not voting.
deserved an manuscript! should get it. Councilman Wolfe then offered a res
“Norwalk hag amately too m‘hny olution whereby the acting of the '
1111 board of estimates and taxation in up
policemen at figment time"
it Dr. lproprlatin’g the sum of $1.002. 20 from
"Before our 111;- ‘
the minority. cast against it. Council;
iii the unexmdod revenues of the city to
'government to be put on the auc‘ ion
block. The company operated as :1
branch of a Berlin corporation.
Only American citizens will be al-
lowed to buy the Orenatein-Arthur
Koppal Company. said the announce-
ment by Allen Property Chatodign
Palmer, and when the'sale is formal-
ly consumnsted. it will mark lt trans-
cent.
one hundred per cent.
. nose corporation
1 ‘included in the sale of the Oren-
‘ steln‘ Arthur Koppel Company will be
11 number of subsidiary campsnles
which it owns. They are the Koppel
Land Company, the Beaver Connecting
Railroad Company, the Koppel Water
Company. and the Koppel Sales Com-
pany of Koppel, Pa; the Pennsylva-
nia Car and Manufacturing Company
of Pittsburgh. and the Universal Rall-
way Products Company of New York.
In addition to its plant at Koppel
the company owns a large Warehouse
at Hoboken, N. J., which also will be
included in the sale.
"The Grenstein-Arthur Koppel Com-
Dany," said Mr. Palmer's statement.
“furnishes an excellent example of the
Germanpre-war methods in obtaining
American busi-
formation from 11 one hundred pet.
Cormanowned concern into a1
non information was 1111111111111 and
lotion and 11 new draft coming to take of money to the further transaction of sent to Germany.
“The my installed light rail-
and tax payers of this city have enough moved that the meeting adjourn until wsy equip-mt in virtually all Ameri-
tsxes to pay now without adding any the special meeting and it was carried. lean munition plats, steel plants and
other additional tax upon them. Ot‘ --—-———
the SELLING GERMAN-OWNED PLANT. with the Westinghouse Company. with
‘klndred m. It had contracts
the United Stitch Steel Corporation.
with the DuPont Works. and with
1' nearly half of the. big industrial plants
1 operating in this country.
11. - Thai
“Under these conditions. it can read-
ily be seen how easy it was for this
Gennuwwud concern to..supply in-
formation of great military importance
to the Cow sovernment regarding.
the big industrial and munltlon plants
in this why. The American busi-
{nominees-ducted bvae committee...
composed of Arthur 111121111, Karl Han- ‘
sen and Eric Joseph. on otthein tier
man subjects, now interned."
M 111.1, Ads .1. Winner's
J
“Opportunity For Busy
Workers
Evening School-L
Monday. Sepl. 16
unanimous
COLLEGE
out as one. or Phone 314—:
When you consider
that without eating
there would be no
life; and that nearly
all food has to be
cooked, it does not
seem strange that ,
those who do the ’
cooking want the best
apparatus they can
get.
Thai: 'is why they '
select the Stamford,
Range.
NR SALE BY
Norwalk Chronicler