«or Ils'ti
m has prompted the teachers otgshail h
' public schools to decline to accept it
' tracts for the coming school year of Boards of Education. school com-;teacher.
was. now reached a point where it‘mittees and school visitors
”I! to command the serious consid-
“ion of the citizens of our commun-
fi and particularly these citizens who
”the parents of our school children, ties of School Boards, as provided in.
: _ difimfe so vitally electedbythe un-
te; . circumstances ‘ resultant .
1; More. it must be cvidut that th '
' fioh'ihis controversssaiecg‘r ’3
{Asjlfamatmhim, it
recipe ito bee dilemmterpre-
'thlon‘itéccrta'ln hi‘bvisaiwt- .‘
star reason
Ila’mi' ‘
no controversy which has taken teachers. Janitors and secretaries. ap-
bctween the Mayor, the Board pointed by the Board of Education,
mate and Taxation,
of
partments of our» government. Sec:
tiqn 169 of our city charter reads as
SAME“ follows: "The salaries of the super-in.
,- ' tendont of schools and his assistants,
..
sns AN Adequate
l
and the 'shall be as fixed by said board."
Education—the result oi'tion 166 reader “The School
in
sistent with our city charter."
. our visions. ' , .. '
charter as to the duties or fllé’t'd use" ~ Darin: the early part
Sec-
Board appropriation being made- by the
are the powers. and be subject Board of Estimate and Taxation. .No-
0. the general duties and limitationsnice to that elrect was given each-
Amonz the powers and general an. by the Board of Education.
NORWALIG CONN".
N ow 0 Pen
Ailroomrvithbafll. .Pcrm {or
transom”. Unumdl adv , its: NNI'DQ’
wedding breakfaifr. motor 3 , dinner
danc or, card luncheon." or armmblyf‘.
”Valdez (Jagger-022“ x. Proprietor
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l them for salaries?
louired for the sum appropriated by‘
our State“ been. We teach." ‘ .
jcranial! fixing and '
power invested in out-School
.by statute, as well “<pr {charter
of the present
veer the Teachers' Association of the
City of Norwalk requested the Board
of Education to increase the salaries
of the teachers (or the year of 1920-21.
.8400 each, After ,careful considera-
.tion of the request, the board granted
:and fixed,the salaries, subject to the
At the regular meeting of
the‘the Board of Estimate and Taxation.
State, so far as the same are con-line board refused to make the salary.
submitted .
appropriation of $212,830.
Assum-
ing that they were better qualified to
pass upon the school salaries,
Board of Estimate and Taxation ap-
'propriated a sum of 3157.842 forlsalg
‘ . aries. and the sum of 346.200 for "Don-
g uses"—-a total of 8204.042.
' tion appropriate 846.200 for "Bonus-
did the Board of Estimate and Taxa-l
t'es." Was it not because they realized.
! as did the Board of Education.
Now, why
that|
competent. teachers could not be so“
The bone of contention seems to bet
with the "Bonus"-and, as l have said ;
before, why the bonus? Neithcr the;
statute or our city charter authorize!
the Board of Education to pay bonus-
‘es and why should the Board of Estl-g
mate and Taxation try to force them
‘to act illegally by exercising ‘nuthor-
litv with which they are not vested?
I‘Vobster‘s definition of a bonus is a
rift. in addition to a stipulated salary
or wage. “Where do the Board of Es-
timate and Taxation justify themselv-
es in taxing the people for a gift to
any portion of our population?
Judce Martin T. Mentor. of the U.
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MITCHELL—CHALMER
GRANT—MAXWELL ‘-
1 V MAXWELL ONE-HALF TON TRUCK
BROCKWAY AND VIM TRUCKS
Tires—Accessories—Tyddl Gasoline
‘ LUTHER MttWRIGHT
55 RAHROAZQA ‘ NUE
ii!
9, Circuit Court of Appeals, recently
vat-i that tho Amr‘rlf‘nn citizen must
he slow. it not coornl'ul. in the refusal
of gratuiti‘w from his Government No
‘snwiol priviicru and equal proiecv
lion ri' 1hr» in!" and entertaining no
wish that ilr» all'a'l'nv‘na'lll would be
lexpocied io summit him.
“'on‘d it not he more reasonable if
tlir- .T‘omd of l‘s‘imnto and Taxation
would plflt'f‘ lllOl'F‘ confident-n in the'gressman.
reconmw-ndaiivn oi‘ the Sch: ol i‘onrd,
"non school rvrtiiircmonts. rather than
“i“‘l'lvvlil ‘lll‘lll ' gtl l'a'npvl them to ac-
'complish ihinze Which are outflof the
’l‘t'il‘?|."\" .‘i-wnmn for a moment. the
52’
fBurnsA
the .
[police commissioners 'be not
b
I HONOLULU, Aug. i<.~A
led.
in FRIEND OF OUR PUBMC '
‘ SCHOOLS.
gency Can Get _
Money Only Through Suit
BRIDGEPORT. Aug; tar-11m Burns
agency. or to whomever the city of
Bridgeport is indebted tor the “vice:
raids" of last April and subsequent
"detective" work. can sue the city it
they care to fight for money that they
claim is still due them. according 1°
a recomm’datlon , yesterday following
a recommdation adopted by the board
of apportionment yestcrday following
a report by the special committee.
consistinz of memhpa Harry Extinct-
ctl. Frederick D. Keelcr and William
E. Burnham. recommcndlnz part a
hill of $7,300 presented by John C.
Stanley. president of the boargflo‘f
The board voted not 1013? the ‘iill
and invited the creditor or creditors
to bring suit. accOrdlng to information
received by the Evening Star, today.
The meeting was held yesterday after-
noon in executive session.
No Proper Accounting.
The special committee reported
that it had conferred with John.(‘,.
Stanley, who they/raid. was unanlc
to give a satisfactory account of the
money spcni. lie assorted that thi?
mavor alom- knew about tho bills.
The Board of apportionmcnt has 'al-
ready paid ‘iills presented bv. Stan ey
for the “vice raids,” augmenting nonr-
ly $30,000.
M
KOREANB PROTEST
WAS suppncsssn
plan to
present a memorial in the Amul‘han
Congressman, touring um ()ricm. pro
tsetlng against Japiint‘so rule of
Korea.( has been doll‘fll(’ll by 20v-
erument authorities, according to a
Tokio cable to Nippu .liji, Japanese
language newspaper hero
dispatches Jroni Seoul.
trial had been drawn up by Korean
.Nationals in Shanghai and iorwardcd
:to Seoul for presentation to the Con» ,
Governortioncrni Saito
suppressed ii. the dispatch 58”.
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WOMAN KILLED BY FALL.
SPOKANE, \Vash" Aug. lee-Mrs.
Ellen O’Donovan MarNamara, ajied
V"-1vt‘.lim‘.‘: or vhc Tux nmrd who have: 68, of New York city. was ulnad here
Orroslon to. rook the service»: of car-
'plnters masons
are saying to thoni
IMHO a year in salary loss than other
'omplovcrs “‘ili WW. cm! tic will [rive
ivou .1 bound at" $300 :3 Von" H'i'tl quart-
Icvlv. \"hnt Silf‘i'P‘“ would they
'mltierc iv: cur-h pimr‘vlnrv? This is
hotter, from
winters: and labor-,sho icll three
we will pay vou "skylight of a hotel into the lnhiw. She
when
‘suflet‘erl
the
thrnuah
inJuries
stories
Ecnmplainorhot lllnean While 3' n mcnl
{and lent the table to seek the hotel
mronumle, from which" she fell.
\l'ith two cduslns and a sister, she
lhnd been touring the err-fit.
i
,tlnguished. The fire ala was not
out or. commission and many tele-
mm‘tinfl .
The memo:
owners expect of a goodcar.
overhead valve type, quiet and responsive
in an unusual degree, is ‘alive with power.
Power sufficient to give all the speed that any
. thoughtful driver would ever want to use and
(Five We)
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CLEVELAND
Wins Distinction By
Its Better ‘ Qualities
The Cleveland Six has won a place of distinction among light cars bemuse
of its better qualifies. Designed for every-day servioeon every kind of road-
way, it is sturdily built‘for endurance. It seeks no glory'in speed.- contests,
but earns praise for its performance in doing well all that its thousands of
The exclusive Cleveland Six motor, of the '
Come see the Clebcland. Ride in It.
Touring-Che (Fivel‘asseng 81485
, _ ._ 'me-r.o.a.wi . .-
' 7 games Donations . ‘7
32,Waehington street, Bomb ammonia
to take the
climbing roadways.
Bodies .of- dignity and
finished and upholstered.
Roadster
Coupe (Fun-
Passengers)
. V
AUTOMOBILE. comrauv.’ ostsLanbi
leaded car on high up long
. beauty are Inotmted -
. on the Cleveland chassis. All are cplaididly - ‘
Drive it.- Then you will lesion.
V MMers) 61485
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this it . last night, it
. W but
and'doing '
was staned‘bat ‘
a an
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phones also cut on. On Main street
there were about three feet of water.
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t ,I'ODAY IR WALL sum.
.‘ WALL STREET. 10:30 a. m.———
Changes among leadersin the indus-
trial division were mainly upward at
the opening of today's Stock Narket.
Steels, oils. motors; shippings and
some popular food issues hardened
on short covering. Rails were neg-
lected and related equipment} were
irregular, Prices sufllered a gente
setback within the first half hour.
when sugar shares gave way under
selling pressure. ,
WALL STREET. Noon—From cu-
z"r shares the selling movement bx-
icnrir" to leather ’and metal issues.
Bret Sugar {ell 3‘1-2 points. Am’erimn
Sugar 1 1-2; National Lead 2 3-4, and
"id? Leather and Endicott-Johnson 1
point each. This was offset by sup-
porting orders in high-priced petrofi
leums, inriepcndent steels. equipments
motors and accessorlos among which
i
. Cm ofimd Girls’
.em 2 i a M:
2 School Clothing can be
had by attending Our '
Clearance Sale '
9 TheChildrcn’sStore
T 37 West Washington St., So. Norwalk
advances over yesterday's final prices 3 ‘
mogul from 1 to almost 3 points. The; ' I
tone of the market became. irremiuWfl'”m
again before noon. when renewed
weakness developed among the cheap-l
or oils. Call money opened at 7 per}
cent. '
“'ALL STR’EBT. 1:20 p. m.—The
market improved temporarily during
the intermediate session. with Repla—
giv Steel and Pittsburgh Coal as feat-
ures, Another setback occurred later.
when active equipments lost ground.
“Baldwin and American Locomotives
and American (‘ar declining 1 40' 2
points. '
BASTA MAY BRING SUIT.
Nor-walk Man Wants Damages for
injuries Sustained in Wilton
I it was learned this morning: that
‘Rudolph Berta. who was “Want”; in-
:iured in “'ilton when his motorcycle
fiollided with “but he let‘m‘l'l to be it
ibig lumbering cow which throw him
oi! the machine and badly. scarred his
lace and arms, will bring his case
into court (or szettlemont unites the
’owner of the cow which stopped into
his way, on a dark highway, :c'ties
the case amirably.
Basta Claim." that threc cows were
walking along the dark highway with
back from Wilton and that when-ho
.went to avoid them, one of the "milk
‘giverstfi (.‘,‘ll'.(.‘ll'l:.' atllnclod by i-‘l"
hendlirht~ stvnpnvl in front of
VlOV when» it mm; frnnr
lie unis. painzu'tiy hmt hy the fall
and W’Va alts-ht from wort; for hair a
day while rccoixing medical atten-
tion.
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on our W ..
no sound. when he was on his way:
it in
THE UNIVERSAL CAR I
Orders Are Coming- In Fast
, There’s act-eat. live. human rush.on-—to reap the benefit of our ex—
ceptionally good fortune in Securing during the month of August :a
few extra shipments of
F or’d Sedans and Coupes
Are you on the list? It’s because.we want to disappoint as few as
possible that we put the question. Last winter. the past sorina and
this summer. up to the first of Aucust. we were just about a mile ht—
hind placed orders for Ford Sedans and Coupes. ‘Historv is bound to
repeat itself the coming months. We cannot hone to meet the future
demands for these wonderful models.
Now comes the rainbow out of the storm. Additional Ford Sedans
and Coupes have been allotted to us—extaendintr over a period of 1
calendar days. The time expires—August 3lst.
schedule will go in force. ..~. » it!!! '
Wake up then. if you want a
it up to date. Orders will be t"
i .. Prompt Delivery Assured if—
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-—vou get aboard before the extra shipments are exhausted. And
the present outlook is that you cannot afford to run chances of a day’s
delay—so Speedilv are'the
1 “ DUTEE" w. FLINT
‘FORDS’I‘O' mi." mmmj -cirms . . " .
P.S.—-0£course,yonesn.gctqceem0ddlb M ‘..-¢..1. on 4m . '
Mails: W we’ll? mine car then- a;
COME TO THE FEAST
Don’t come to find fresh, new goods. ~'i'lzat is
the kind’we ofler fiftybne weeks of the year, but this week
is devoted to cleaning up 'hzoilcdpm (00M, odd lots and r
01' 1
dunng' our big "Stock.
Reducing Bale." .7 . mt
EVERY ARTICLE OFFERED IS 01' VALUE.
THE—QUESTIOII 18: Can you use it to advantage? The
price‘will be graded according to the condition of the met.
chandise. and we can assure you that every piece is much
under the present value and only a fraction of the engined
cost of the article.
There are Waists, Yarns, Embroideries, Laces. Illfrmts
CamBoyl’ Washable Hats, Pamols, House Dresses, Ruliiings.
Neckwear, Gloves, Infants Sweaters, Bathing Shoes, Bath-.1:
Gaps, Etc. _ .
Those who come early have best selection.
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Then the re Qula 1‘
an or Coupe—and haven’t ordered
in strict rotation.
August .orders condo: in.
. Wu 1,!‘2‘lityuh. ._
Yours truly.
plan. You‘ll . ~
Norwalk Chronicler