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VOTE T0 GWE
HESHEHHOHS
T0 THE MATHS
The Board of Education met, last
night, at a special meeting, called by
their chairman, Dr. William J. Trac~
ey. at the rooms, in the High school,
wheie they voted to turn over the res-
olutions sent them by the Teachers‘
Association to the mayor and Board
of Estimate and Taxation.
in the letter, rewritten and sent to
the board and mayor. the board stated
thatt hey coudl not see how teachers
«culd be secured to instruct the chil-
dren unless these resolutions were
agreed to and that the word “bonus"
he stricken out, -
The teachers at their last meeting
were strongly in favor of standing out
together to wait for the increase, and,
also that the word "bonus' not be ap-
plied to any additional sum that is to
be given them,
The, Board of Education. which was
in favor of the teachers' increase, and
voted in favor of it, which they as
.siimed was indeed enough to secure it.
after having been thrown aside and
mast down by the Board of Estimate,
. . , in has evidently decided that it must be
‘ ”7’7,” “If“, t‘t‘aislcring the “'0‘ ltheir policy to do nothing but wait for
wt ...w .sm'e, fullowmg the ratifi- Ame final move, along with the pleas»
“" "' 5"" “ otnan “gm-”3,359 amend- tne of acting as a medium through
I L:‘f“i‘u"e,°‘ Penn‘s-"5‘13 which the resolutions and statements
tplt’ltrtlrl'llillll the pro—it’ll oi all concerned go thrqugh. The
' “m" E“ ‘liu‘hd‘i- ““0“? board is forced to meet often to vote
hump
lANS RA STUDY
lflE RAARREs
Question of Special Session
to Be Met After Federal
Department Issues {Proc-
lamation.
ERENRYTE‘AR
RARRRRLE leAlll
llllllUliHl RA ERR
inc Opportunity for Sena-
zur Brandegec, Says Miss
hidington.
.. .At'ir‘t'rltit. Aug. 20,—Whether
«him. il_ Holcomb will call ai
ll \l'snlUil of the Legislature '
A tn, the
L.
l .
.’,
.i
’ ' i " ‘I'V L‘V'H'Wi‘II-V Joliu BUM“ to pass the resolutions over to the
’3. . . Board of Estimate. and then bring:
.1 i _.‘ . \Ijjll TIC met‘ by ill? ('yOV- T!Zl('l\ lif'} {\YTSVVPT‘ TO The Teacliers' AS-
," [,E',.r."'",w5",‘,1 Stamwl "31’1”“ sociation. although all the time they
ii ': “'4 H" P‘“””““‘”"‘ de- are unable to make any definite movc
~ ; ll .- T'L‘illxl’fll amendment effect
A: has been determined
Tilt l'lSt'TVUS.
The meeting last night was a short
vhf} l’.‘..lire"legfi. statute m A“? one, nothing was dismissed but the
l ' I i. \u “H,“ “V. maihfflm-i. teachers "boniis' question, and it was
’1 i .' .‘UK‘YI'I‘I'UJ girl“ ‘0‘“;g' ltittnallv decided that in another little
‘ 'r i ll’ " ,, -— ,r 4 V .
VI ”3 O m uc ‘ C} ‘1”1 note. to be sent to the mayor and
it ' ' 'l . l l l Tliiil'll tii' T‘:.~illllill‘.‘, they would state
‘4 M... "Ii .. .Ae '.- 2 . .. . .-
, q, . 3:1,)!1,3,11,33,11?” {3-,}??? 3",? that tliz-y thoucht it “ould be impossr
\' 1-,, ' ,‘f ., ‘ ‘ “ “I‘M" iilt tor the .sthools of this city to open
‘ W dj'en' ((‘Lllrlnlldnonifll “the on lilt- dritc scheduled unless the peti~
,. .t my.) A: l . .. l . , _ , .
. . ..:,- no k I ‘ ( l I (' llOll oi the board and the} Icsoltition
1 . - :‘l the teachers be granlt .
' . 0', ‘10 ’lfillllf'ddiln ,Of It was also voted at the meeting
. . M, .l.._nl;i.nl(‘n-. t..e adv o. 'ltist night that the opinion of C‘orpora.
.. suz; ,, e for some weeks liave’
i'l._1 the luv: which sets up
mu: m ztliiiiery in Connecticut.
tion Counsel Edward J. Quinlan as to
the validity of the “bonus" he obtain-
ed. and rcuuest will be made for
Al
'i.‘ ‘ lizne (lttlliiiul that “‘O- - ~
‘ . . such an OPmIOYl.
u (‘llllltlt be made voters in (on-
‘1‘ until the law is amended.
1
A
is for :lie pr; partition of
.Otlr‘" l: i: understood
Holcomb will he asked to
:.lIc'~’E;li sir-slop of the Legisla-
ll tli<- ground that an “emergen-
vxists. ,
The outstanding
minds today
it my};
1.
v A: liens
lllllS WARREA
RR WHEELER
Sees Danger of A “Wet”
‘ mu;
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thought in wo-
is thzinkfulitess
t'nntinued on Page Eight.)
EA RLAtER ERR
AREAflREWALR
w in the thrilling ptay of
Runs on Moist Ticket.
\VASIIINGTO‘N, Aug. 20.—A “Wet"
Congress may be elected next Fall
unless prohibition advocates awaken
to the (Tallsei‘ of over confidence."
“'ayne B. “‘lieclcr, gcneral counsel
"M, of the Anti—Saloon league warned to-
xv. ‘ti't and He Didn't." in day. -
Al . “unis A. Skelly plays the More than one hundred candidates
In . ~- \i'lilQUS hero who renises f0? GTEClion to Congress are "Wet"
I‘t'v Amie"- nt‘ titp nefarious “'heelcr stated. and fourteen associ-
m ~ , In, by the City of Nor. :itions are nccaged in carrying out,"
a program of nullific
hibition law.’ -
[ii the race for the Senate there
ate a number of candidates who are
running upon a “wet" platform.
Wheeler declared mentioning Bran-
degee of (Tonecticut, Phelan of (‘al‘
it‘oznla, Penrose of Pennsylvani‘a and
\Vadsworth ol‘ NewYork."
The fight against prohibition is
centering in New York, Illinois. Ohio
vnn't lug. a new sidewalk. ation of the pro-
. :tzit tmlny when it was
.. "villi-an" had placed
”wiry owned by "Honest
wlz‘-, which property
Willi street, and
. Her street
lilll, and the "dirty
. flat the sum is owed
t‘» :he sidewalxs of
rd that the money has
on
x.
‘ 2
. l. L s pm June 2:2, or this California. Indiana and Oregon-
\\'lieeler said.
“A... ll was net around Admitting that the election of a
n w .. A Reporter called at “wet” congress is entirely possible
a... of business this‘ this Fall, Wheeler declared he still
the firmly ‘beleives that prohibition ad-
dw :ol! start°d Wilt"?- 21 vocates Will be aroused to the danger
t'uI-Tt attempted to
.- n' .inltn .Viiils Supply
Mair-xi Skell‘y‘s
1'3; tlii;.- {""E‘Qded :o
twirl. r-n ill" inoffensive
- u‘lvtvnllc was a men.
Hil‘ so he time, Ton‘i~
nuw walk claiminz
s'iutl‘ll (to it The city
‘Ui held special coun-
m3; nvervthing am“. "or-
"‘ 151.? the walk under
and will succeed in defeating “wet"
candidates on election day.
.———~
Whiskey Runners Are
Captured in Greenwich
GREENWICH, Aug. 20.——Fifteen
men were arrested and more than 500
quarts of whiskey were seized by Fed—
eial agents within the last 24 hours.
lThe liquor was taken from four trucks
and one touring car. on the Boston
Post road.
Joseph Virrullo was captured by a
~73: outlawed, unless policeman after the latter had fired
:1. foreclose, or “Hon- some shots at his automobile when he
a... to sell or mortgage fretiisetl to stop for violating some traf-
.fic laws. Two men and a woman. who
‘ 'l were in the car with Virrullo disap-
lfisus ipeared after the car was wrecked
‘1 ’against an embankment. Two hun~
. 'USt Be and D0..l1-ed quarts of whiskey were found in
'the automobile. Virrullo was fined
goes do???) , 250 in the Borough court for reckless
to be enrolled as ‘driving and is being held for Federal
nierllon day. she ’authorities.
i“
am!
the city did, and .
i is p‘ med a lien on the
“:1; last for fifteen
"\I.‘!A.‘
v
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Toy Water Pis
Used in Robbery
naturalized or
’~‘t‘ilt'alized, by hug-l NEW YORK. Aug. 20—30be of
“"7" papers, and show. $4,000 wortli of 16'818 in her amn-
ment by a man who used a toy water
‘- “OW. mer aviation lieutenant and now .‘lk
'” use and ready to ad-
, .
months in Norwalk,
1'9
Tl’h'n‘
no!
school, as well as told the police a story which caused
l
Congress—Says Bandegee -
MISS ALARRE to
PRoAucE AER
OWNfllUMS
"I’m sure that I don't care to give
an opinion on suffrage," said Mrs.
Harry P. Williams, of New Orleans,
when interviewed at the Royal James
Inn, this morning, by a Sentinel re»
porter, "but I know that when I do
vote I shall vote Just as my husband
does.”
The name of Mrs. Harry P. 'Wil-
liams probably doesn‘t convey much
to those who are not aware of the fact
that Mrs, Harry P. Williams is none
other than Miss Marguerite Clarke,
the famous motion picture star, who
arrived at the Royal James Inn 'last
night, and who is the guest here of
Miss Marjorie VVentzell, of Cincinnati.
who is stopping at the Inn.
Miss Clarke was expected to arrive
yesterday morning, but because of
road conditions, was unable to reach
(Continued on page Two)
SAYS PEHPLE
LIKE THE THHENS
Superintendent McLean tells
of the Six and Seven Cent
Fare Limits.
That the "‘tokensflhe small coin
given out by the Connecticut company
for use in the six and seven cent Tare
limits, modeled so that they are easy
to (yarry and the patrons always have
the right change, are a big success.
atrd that the people of Norwalk are
buying: them in great numbers, was
the statement given out this morning
by Superintendent Thomas H. Me»
Lean of the Connecticut Company.
when asked how the “tokens" ap-
pealed to the patrons of the trolleys.
Man) zone fare tickets were in use
when the company decided to change
to the straight fare rate. and they
were speedily redeemed by the C0111~
pany for these small coins, which are
now making such a strong “hit" With
the people- in this city.
These “tokens" now have a double
benefit, us they lessen the chance of
iobbcries occurring to the compan‘,
while at the same .time they make
Work much easier for the contluttor
who instead of having to change a
dollar. has only to smile at the one
who hands the “coin" to him. or if it
is in a six cent area he must return
a nut to the rider.
The zone fare was a dead failure.
financially, and Otherwise to the Con-
netticut company, and to the street
car patrons, but the seven cent fare
as far as could be leained is taken
by the people in general, as vast in-
crease and the only sufferers the
those that are forced to walk half a
mile to a three-mile trollev limit to
avoid paying an extra {are in the cut-
skirts.
People who get on this side of Ray.
mond corners to go a short way past
there are charged 3 cents if they
want to ride the full way because the
three-mile zone frOm Norwalk ends
there and the conductors must col'ect
another fare from every person on the
trolley.
it is expected tha
for this will be to
t some moderation
.. und very soon, and
.1‘ this is done the “seven cent fare"
gplan may be a success after all. It
is hoped that before the summer sea
|80n ends some provision will be made
jwhereby people can go a mile or so on
“the trolley, even though it is, through
wo "zones" without ' A.
‘thirteen cents having, to pay
ERREE RRLRRERARE
RREWERAEA RAARER
Plants Closed, Dry Age-tits
Claiming Violation in the
Beer Product. .
BRIDGEPOI; . Aug.
Bridgeport Breweries were
terday by
20.—anee
raided yes.
prohibition azents under
the direction of W. J. McCarthy bf
Boston, supervising prohibition en
forcement officer of New England.
and the plants were closed pending
further proceedings by the federal
authorities. The breweries closed are
the Connecticut Breweries Company.
the Home Brewing Company. and
Eel-tart Brothers. The prohibiticn of-
ficers claim that the three breweries
have been manufacturing beer of more
than onelmlf of one per cent alcoholic
content. declaring the alcoholic meas-
urement of some of the prohibition of-
ficers claim that of three per cent.
Many kegs of beer were seized in
the three establishments, the total
amounting to 250 barrels. The federal
agents were accompanied by chem-
ist, who made. tests of the beer In'
many of the kegs. It was said that:
many of the prohibition agents have
been there f 7 two weeks whave
secured ample: ot'looal beer in many
saloons.
Late yesterdayllnteml revenue of-
ficers flied attachments of £280,000
against the property climb of the
“1‘?” brewery mine to print
“.- give the name shelpistoi, Miss Suzanne Duval yesterday
structor at the Mlnoola flying' . d,
5“ lbe alter. and to tell the arrest of Donovan L. 8111'. for-
‘Sman—A Want Ad whom harm“
will RELERRAAE *
25in ANNlVlSAllY
St. Joseph’s Parish Planning
for Event on Sunday, Sep-
tember 5th.
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Parish
will celebrate its twentrfiffll anni-
versary on Sunday, September 5th.
when elaborate exercises to commem-
orate the anniversary will be held.
This will also be the tefith anni-
versary of the arrival of 3.7. Father
Richard J. Carroll, who at present is
in charge of the parish. 5
It is planned to have all former
priests who have served was the 10-,
cal parish present. if [)0 ble. Rev.‘
Father John T. Winters . New Brit-
ain who organized the pa will al-l
so be held at the annlvcrury.
The parish was organl on Sepg
temher 5th, 1895 by Rev. ' her Wln~
ters who remained here me seven
years after which he went to St.’
Mary's parish in New Britain where he
is at present. 1
Rev. William Maher who fume here
from New Britain succeeded 'Father
the building of the church which was
started by Father Winters, and hav-
ing built the rectory adjoining. Rev.
James R. Mitchell. succeeded Father
Maher until 1910, when R". Father
Carroll came here. :3
There have been three rs sates here
during the life of the par" ‘2 Rev. T.
J. Brennan. at present a essor at
the Hartford seminary. w; the first
curate. remaining here t-ree years
until Rev. M. J. Lynch. now of Bridge-
port, came here. Rev. Lynch left in
Dicembcr last year. being? succeeded
by Rev. Joseph M. Duly of Danbnry.
Father Carroll can be congratulated
upon the showing made in; the wish
since he had been in charge of it.
In 1912 he rurchased land on Henry
and Chestnut streets and caused to be
crectod St. Joseph's Parochial schnfi.
which started with tvvo grades. but
which added a grade each year until
at present there are Plflhl grades in
[have been on strike in the Muhlen-
W’intcrs and stayed here until 1909.;
He did good work here until the timeIWhO were for?“ into idleness by the
of his death in 1909 having completed ’strike. according to a report received
all AREAS
AAAR "E W
RRRRRARRR
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 20.—
Less than fifty per cent of Indiana
coal fields worked today. Ninety
mines were Idle on account of the re-
fusal of the day men to work after the
failure of the Cleveland conference
to adjust the wage scale, and M were
idle because or lack of cars. All 23
mines in the Clinton. field were idle.
and positively every section of the
state was atrected.
Sixteen hundred miners of the Pike
County coal fields in the Southern
Indiana district walked out. causing
all mines In the county to close with
the exception or two stripping mines.
CENTRAL CITY. Kas. Aug. 20-—~
Three hundred coal car driver; who
berg County, Kentucky, coal fields,
have returned to work permitting the
resumption of work by 4,000 miners
here. The drivers struck {Or wage
increases. but they were not granted.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20.‘—A conference
of Illinois coal operators was sched-
uled today to discuss the plan of the
operators for a separate agreement
betWeen them and'iuinois miners to
TEDTaCe the central competitive dis-
trict agreement regulating the wage
scale of miners since 1881.
Separate agreements will be made
in indiana, Ohio and Western Penn
sylvanla also, it was said today by
coal trade authorities They predict-
ed rlse in the prices of bituminous
coal and substantial increases in
wages because of competitive bidding
among the operators of the different
states for mine labor.
As an explanation of the can for
today's meeting. the lliinois Operat-
ors cited the failure of the joint Wage
scale committee to agree at its Cleve.
land meeting. which, they said, left
half of the lndiana mines idle.
all. and from 80 pupils a: the begin»
nine to the present rcsistration of
ovcr 300 pupils. Eight Sisters of
Mercy are Ilse teachers.
A debt of $41000 was nri the church
President Frank Farrinaton of the
illllnois miners, announced today that
a scale committee of the miners
would meet in (liicaeo Mommy with
an operators' committee, and warned
property when Father (tn-toll came
here. and since that llllt* the debt
has been decreased to $1700 and the
value of the property has increased
to over starrri'ln, the sch ml and con-
vent being additions.
RRAR-"ER‘ARTRR" '-
RRARELERARLR
Leo Carr, 9. brakeman of the New
Haven road, who gave his address as
132d street and “'illis avenue." the
Bronx, New York city, was strut: on
the head by an east bound express
while examining a hot box on his
train near the mat Norwalk depot,
Carr had walked back from the
head end of the freight train on which
stopped on account it {the hot box. As
he. was bending over to examine tat;
hot box an east bound train came
along. Can- straightened up and as
he did so, according to his story, he
was struck on the head by the electric
locomotive. He was knOC‘fid uncon-
scious and was found about ten
minutes later by cther trainmen.
The ambulance was called and he.
was removed to the Norwalk Hospital.
where he is still confined. help: :1: a
very dazed condition. Dr. Henry C.
Sherer wag called to attend the man.
but seemingly there‘was nothing the
matter with him, except his dazed
condition.
sign of the brain took place when Carr
was struck on the head. but this Is
likely to go away in a short time.
Alleged Pocket
Pickers Are Held
BRISTOL. Aug. 20.~—Three men
charged with pocket-pickinz on trains
betwoen Waterburv and this citv.
John McArdle. Charles Gay and Mich~
ael Hennessey. all of Waterbury, were
each held In 82 500 1‘
Court today For weeks corpla‘nts
es by passen-
have been made of 10::
gets on certain trains.
F. ‘A. Foss Makes World’s
Record at Pole Vault
ANTWERP, Aug. 20 (By The Assai-
elated Press).—F. K. Foss, Chicago
A. A.. won the final of the Olympic
pole vault today. breaking the world's
record with a vault of 13 feet, 5 18
inches. The previous'record, 13 feet.
2 1-4 inches, was made bv the Ameri-
'can athlete, u. E. Wright. in June.
i1912. ‘ .
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lPomeret’s General
Store Burned
mum. sue. zo—Leca Al‘ard.
who keep. a gaunt store. with Mrs.
Allin-d. wen: to (Providence. 1!. L. for
i
a visit last nizht. During their 9—1 m Wardagfmny resorted to are and
once. 1113'me our-in the mi
story, ottb’obufld menu an“!
was hunt is
train about 10 o'clock this morning ,
lie was 9. brakeman, then the train,
It is thought that a slight "true,
or the Superiori
the mzners under his jurisdittit‘n to
:emain at work.
iiENREsiEERR‘RsE
~~~ HAS/llllllllllNlill
Anti Suffragists Do Not
Force Reconsideration.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Aug. 20.—-The
'l‘ennesee [louse adjourned today un-
til ten 3. m, tomorrow without an at—
tempt of the antiRSufl'ragists to force
reconsideration of the House action in
ratifying the Federal Suffrasre amend.
ment. The motion to adjourn was of»
fered by a suffrage leader and carried
by an overwhelming voice vote.
aF‘ilure of Speaker W’alker to move
teccpsirleratirn was taken its an invli~
cation that the opposition had not oe~
cured enough pledges to ii‘:('lntl the
ratification action.
The anti-Suffraaists sought to have
the House adjourn until Monday. but
the Suflragists voted their motion
down, the movement being defeated
bv the same vote that the ratification
resolution was adopted Wednesday.
49 to 47.
STALEHAHTAMDBHE
lllllZS REARVEREA
Patrolman John Smith reported
that at 12:45- last night he noticed
a man on the Mechanic street bridge,
' carrying a heavy parcel on his should—
ENTINEL
a: MD on: m, opium.
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Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow.
fin—iJ
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RUSSIAN SRWTI f0 Acts
AAAAARREA SEVERAL RRAAEs
“
Russia’s Peace Terms Communicated to the Poles and
Elforts Are Being Made
Satisfactorilly.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-——The Russian
Soviet forces have abandoned Lukow.
68 miles southeast of Warsaw, and
Radin, 80 miles to the southeast, ac.
cording to yesterday's communique 15.
sued by the Moscow government. The
statement claims that the Poles
were driven back seven miles from
Ciechanow, 45 miles northwest of.
\Varsaw.
The statement reads:
"The fighting at Plonsk continues.
Southwest of Ciechanow we have
driven back the enemy. We are seven
miles from Ciechanow.
“We have abandoned Lukow and
Radln and fighting is proceeding for
Biela and .Wlodawa. (Biela is 25 miles
northWest of Radio and “’lodawa 4:
miles southeast of Badin). in the
Cholm and Hrubieszow regions
(southeast of Lublinl, our advance
continues."
PARIS. Aug. 20 (By The Associated
Press).———The military successes of
the Poles continued yesterday, ac-
cording to a report to the Foreign Of-
fice today from the military mission
--French and Polish Commands
HAVE
to Speed Up the Conference
Are Cooperating
the commands of the various forces
has now reachedn satisfactory stage.
J. J. Jusserand and Lord d‘Abemon.
respectively the heads of the French
and British missions to Poland, have
returned to Warsaw from Posen for
'a conference with General Weygand
and the Polish staff. The situation at
Danzig is still causing worry, but it
is expected to be cleared up when
two French battleships now on the
way there arrive and offer Sir Regi—
nald T. Tower, the allied high com—
missioner at Danzig sufficient forces
to control the decks and permit. the
unloading of Polish ammunitions.
MINSK. Russia, Aug. 17 (Assoczat-
ed Pressl.~Soviet Russia is eager
for the establishment of peace with
Poland and does not desire to inter-
fere with the integrity of that coun-
try, said a Bolshevik representative
in addressing Polish delegates to the
Peace conference here today,
The conference began yesterday.
ti“! first session lasting several hours.
After an exchange of views, an ad—
journment was taken so that the dele-
in Warsaw, under plans elaborated
gates might confer regarding devel-
by the French General Wci'gand and
his staff of more than 600 French of-
flcers.
All these officers now are either
actively in command of the forces
that are freeing Warsaw from the
Russian Soviet menace or are aiding
the Polish commanders.
opments.
“'ARSAVV, Aug, ill-Polish dele-
gates on their way to Minsk to meet
representatives of the Soviet Govern-
ment of iRussia encountered intermin—
able delays and were forced to mere~
y crawl along over ruined roads in
French and Polish cooperation in
2.162 SHHPHHATTHNS
269 to State Taxation—An
Corporation axed bv the state of
Connecticut number 2,162, according
to a statement compiled as of August
1 and made public yes ”day by Tax
Commissioner William 1! iliotlxvjlt.
Miscellaneous corporations in the
state number approximately 6.000, and
the difference between this number
and‘the number taxed represents cnr-
porations which either had a loss. or
did not earn their statutory exemp-
ticn. Commissioner Blodnett said
that about fifty corporation had been
delinquent and were subject to stat.-
iorv penaltiies.
The 2.162 corporations taxed by the
state represent a balance subject to
i‘rderai tax of “24.644.143.93. a bal-
ance subject to Connecticut tax of
3117 505269.02. and a Connecticut tax
of $2,357,005.62.
Corporations taxed on their entire
net income number 1.808. These rep-
restnt a balance sulbject to federal
tax of 374.483.150.62, a balance sub-
130132. and a Connecticut. tax of 81.-
ject to Connecticut tax of 87.448.-
489.762.4S. Of the 1.808 corporations
taxed on their entire net income there
year and 118’ reporting on a fraction
of the year.
HE’IHlHTlHN BREAKS
A
Before he could get to the bridsze
er.
to question the man. however. the
man let the package full to the street
Aand disappeared.
lnvesttgatiru of the package dis-
closed the fact that it contained four
30x39; non skid tires shipped bv the
Norwulk Tire & Rubber Company to
the Cohen Auto Company at Glen
Cove. L. l. and that they had been
stolen from one of the trucks of the
American Railway Express company
on the west bound platform.
Other tires were also missing.
This morning about 7:30 o'clock
garry Crnnelly. of the American Rail-
way Express calamity at the depot
called the police and informed them
that men had discovered ten more
tires hidden behind the store of R.
Cocchla on Mechanic street. and that
the. tires had been reunved to the
station.
Tie poliice are invesigatlng the rob-
beries today. 1
Hunger Strik
Start J ail Riot
mnmomt. Met. mg. 21—va
than any «hunger-stalks: started a
riot in a dormitory of the Maryland
PERM? early today. Tbev tore
out the elects—taught- and with the
building In dot-knots started a amon-
strafin- tbat lasted two boon
:1
mm”
o
!
Lost 220
Prisoners.
ROME, Aug. 20.—A wireless mes.
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sage fram Scutart, Albania. to the,
Tempo, states 'hat fierce‘ fighting is
proceeding north of that place be-
tween Serbe and Albanians. and that
Serbian regiments, in their defense of
Tarabos; yesterday, lost 220 dead anal
.250 prisoners. it adds that a revolu-
tion has broken out at Kostovo and
,the Albanian Government has called
lie the colors four new
baring 60,000.
Sues for $2,500
Alleging Trespass
Harriet A, Stevens, of
daughter and heir-at-law of Zilpha
Brazier. late of Newtown, who died
in November 14, 1919, instituted an
action for damages of $2.500 against
A
the Connecticut Light and Power-Gon-
.pany. in- the cm. 1 Superior court. you»
review. for ousted tmpu- on two
tracts of land. now her W7. and
located in the Halfway River district,
it: Name: a.
The defendant entered upon the
,tand in question. can M18. outlay
15. and ”giant her mutant and with-l
out her W. cached om: some
of “be" 100 first in width. polel, wires
mmrmtmuauum
mhhmuth
are 1.690 reporting on the full fiscalI
Corporations taxed on part of their
RRR Altman
Albanians Beported to Have
Killed and 250
Orange,
other appurtenances and struc-
M of extremely filth voltage. The
War
(Continued on page Six)
ARE SUBJECT TH
TAX IN CHNN. BHM’H HLHHHETT HEPHRTS
Balance of $424,644,193 Liable to Federal and $117,850,-
nouncbment by State Official
net income number 354. These repre-
sent a balance subject to federal tax
of $349,565,995,31, a balance subject to
Connecticut tax of “3.262.119 and a
Connecticut tax of 8867,2413”. 0f the
354 corporations tax!!! on part of
their not Income. 116 were organized
in Connecticut 23% clsewhere.
Under excess profits tax and war
profits tax. deductions allowed by the
income only. total $20,498.060AT. The
state. attributed to (‘onnectlcut in—
2 per cent. tax on this amount .f the
deduction had not been allowed, in
$529,961.21.
The federal government allows flat
exemption at the rate of $2.000 for
twelve months' operations, and 472
corporations were allowed a part of
the 82.000 exemption. amounting to
839530800. This number includes 354
corporations taxed on part of their
net income. and 118 corporations
which operated less than the fiscal
year. Corporations taxed on their
entire net income. operating during
the entire fiscal year and allowed the
entire $2,000 exemption numbered 1,~
690. the exemption amotmtinz to 33.—
380.000. A total of 2.162 corporation-
were thus allowed exemptlrn of ST.-
WSJOKGO The 2 per cent. tax on
this amount. if the deduction had not.
been allowed. is 876,504.17.
MANY JAPANESE IHE
TN ISTANH EEHHHS
Mountain Top Falls. Bury-
ing Phiippine Village.
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HONOLULU. T. 11.. Aug. 20.—Tre—
mentions floods are awe-epinu portion!
of the island: of Kyushu: and Shikoku.
southwest of Honshu. the principal
island of the Japanese group. over-
whelming towns and villages, with
enemas loss of life reported. accord-
ing to cable advices to Nippu Jill.
Japanese newspaper.
l mum. p. 1.. Aug. 20.——The cot.
,lapse of a mountain top on this is-
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classes, mun-,laud In a recent storm 'buried an en
glim- [curate village under hundreds of
feet of earth, blotting oq the lives
of seventy natives. according to oil!-
ctal advices reoe. ived here today. The
top slid down upon the village at mid.
night.
$10,000 Rewad for
Gems Worth $20,000
MANCHESTER, Mans, Aug. 20.4
Walter D. m. wealthy retired
l’cwyer, of New Orleans, at his sum-
mer residence here, yesterday. offer—
ed 310,0 mm! for the return of
search). valued at more than 820.000,
the dude of which, ,by burglars. has
Just been made known. The article-
“mm to you anxious to have re
,turned Includ- llu wife’s diamond
necklace and diamond rings. The bur-
glars curled away a mahogany and
lined jewel box, bolted to e our
of a duet II In. nonuni- bull‘s
ill I‘ Cohan-e1 W“. l!
i. M . 7‘ ,. WW
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