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AA‘TIHME TAX FACTS
Amount of Exemption
.3
lun(
in the majority of cases. to
1nderstpndlng of exemptions,
0 than 70. 000 persons last year
1
'1‘ re assessed at nominal penalty of
to 810 for failure to file an
nne tax return for 1919, although
income for that year was not
U‘Si‘
I9.
[’3' -«(ln of families. and an additional
- (nuptial; of $200 for each person
dew-ndentv. upon the taxpayer
uvcf' support. if such person is under
1?. wars of age or incapable of'selr-
"'iInOl‘l. The delinquents last year
>v-'- pal-sans whose incomes exactly
'11; fled the amount of the allowable
: -“i1ll0ns and who considered it un-
sweary to file a return and others
1.1m: income, because of dependents.
v 011- taxable,
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SCANES BECAME!)
" wo “hold-up" scares were reported
ill? police last night.,,one coming
.-;, A resident owalsx Hill road at
’7 r"r :ck when a telephone call was
” 1 that a Ford car had been
lit the ' flier of Franklin
d Flax Hi]. road ‘As \the
was tleephoning they reported
the car left nnd went up Fair—
name The car had been st‘fihd-
1 1e for several hours.
: second report w” received from
'1 Boeruinfiof Spring street. who
ml by telephone at 11 o'clock
: 10: 05 while passing Barney
‘5 store. on Monroe street he no—
‘ord touring out standing near
\ . walk. In it were three men.
\4 a: of them a. negro. _
”at men said nothing to Boerum.
«0 however, ran towards his horns
the car
MRMEN 8111110.
31111011 16111
.nanl Farrell Knocked -
, 1-. Lieutenant Hinton
Learning of Letter
END GHARfiEfl
.3. urther Accounts
Experiences in
12.—le‘nlted
Stephen
and “fuller Hin-
lirst night'
comfort sinCe get-
:‘mzcn Hudson Bay
De«
.1 hazardous balloon
N. Y.. today
post's hospital—
to (hr-2'." depnrture
21:14:25 of officials of the
{21,111le Railway who pro-
they
in which they
which culminated in
':1\\'ll!lg over a table in
had
The aeronants
~(-ukl‘nst together in
all regretted the
=11.»,r‘1'(~d their historlcil
and Ilinton
regarding the oc4
rose over a letter
to have been written by
published by a.
1 11k newspaper. Hinton is nl-J
have written that Farrell. ex-
wander-
uled with his two companions
'. him and eat his body to enable
V00 Sllfllllfl XNllW
T1000 Penalized for Failure
lo File Return, Though
income Not‘ Taxable -
l'i'ow Married People
Should Fill Forms—Status
1m Dec. 31 Determines
c revenue act provides a person-
lr- «(mption of $1000 for single per-
mus. 32,000 for married persons and
for
but who neverthe-l
\VASHINGTO\. Jan.
i' lesident-t lect Harding will not inter-
\\‘ii:1ou to accompany Mr. Harding to
thc Capitol. where the latter will take
the culh of nflicc. it was learned lo~
day. Mr. \Vilson thus on March 4
“ill lllhkC hi: first appearance at the
Curio) in male than a year and a
13.”.
mm 1 plans of President “114m: l‘nr
inuug‘mzllion day 1133.07 are not 11 he
oxpt-Clud to be affected by the clump-
1-5. Atlcr Mr Hailing takcs the oath
o.‘ nfi'uc. he. and M's. Hardinp: in 1c«
cor-dance. with custom. are expected to
bc. affected by the changes. ,Al‘ier Mr.
'liarding'lakes the oath of office. he
and Mrs. Harding in acceldance with
m1stom.are expecttd to entertain Mr.
1nd Mrs. VVilsqn at luncheon.
I’lcsidcnt W'ilson. it also was learn-
ed today,
Housc for the home here which re-
cently he purchased on “March 3. the
day prcccding his rctlrcment from of-
!icc. The new home is expected to be
vacated by the present occupant Feb.
1:1. and us soon as certain alterations
huvc been completed. the moving of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson‘s personal bc—
longings from tho \Vhlte House is ex-
pected to begin.
Mény of President-elect and Mrs.
Harding's bclongings. including some
of those now in their VVushing’ton
homo. probably will be moved into
the \V’hitc llouso during inaugural
week. 1.1.
Plans for t ( inaugural of Presi-
dcul—clcct Hun ing as they stood to-
day provided for ceremonies almost
us simplc as those attending the. in-
duction into office of Thomas Jeffer-
son. who walkcd from his rooming
place to the Capitol. The administra-
tion of the oath of office. thc joint
Congressional inaugural committee
has decided. will take place in the
Senate chamber in tin presencc of
members of thc Senate. House and
Suprcmc court and a sullen of not
more than 1.000 persons.
\Vhile the, District of Columbis in..-
nugural committee had not acted 101'-
maily t 113' oh the request of Mr.
Harding for a simple inauguration. it
was accepted as-assurcd that the his-
toric rurade and 1m" would not be
on the program.
Flames Destroy -~
Automobile Truck
A still alarm called the Central Fire
Station apparatus to Glenwood and
Connecticut avenues at,7:35 o'clock
last night. All automobile truck. the
property of James H. Mchrney. of
95 Connecticut avenue. was on fire.
The truck itself was a total loss, how-
ever. It was not insured and Mr. Mc-
Ncrney doesn't know what the mone-
tary loss amounts‘to. How the char-
coal came to catch on fire is unknown.
About 40 gallons of \ chemical Was
used in extinguishing the blaze.
Two Dead from Brunei
in Cleveland; ‘Ohio
CLEVELAND, 0., Jam. 12.—.—Two
men "are dead. from bums and auto-
cation and eight persons were
in a fire which swept the Chestnut
Hotel, Twelfth street sud Chéstnut
avenue early this morning. Sayers!
persons are said to be missing.'
The injured. including three women
were hurt in wild leaps from teéonll
”story windows.
Lifenets were spread, but in the
smoke and darkness several missed
the nets.
5
DR- nAmwm's‘APPEAL.
-
The appeal of the City of NOrwa
in the :ase of Dr. A. H. Baldwin
against. the City of Norwalk from the
verdict of the jury in the Superior
court which granted the plaintim315
000 damages. wli ibe heard before the
Supreme Court of Errors of Connec- _
tlcut. when it sits in New Haven. next
Tuesday. A motion for 11 new trial
will be made and an appeal from the
decpion of the lower will be taken by
Corporation Counsel Edward J. Quin-
an.
E3ening Sentinel readers will ’ro-
member that the damage suit was the
happnde February 20. 1918“ The mi.-
cl'lin‘e operated by Dr. Baldwin skidded
on Main street turning turtle and seri-
iously injuring the physician so that
he was laid up for months and per-
marcntly hurting his leg. causing him '
towalk with a cane
The question of damages depended
upon a. rather unique. thing. If the
pan of the road where 411a accident
occurred was icy and covered with
snow the defendant claimed that
damage proceedings had been brought
too late and without proper warning
On the other hand. chutney! for the
plaintiff elm mist the find when
the accident happened wad filled with
mid and mud which caused no ms-J
chine to skid. The debris wni 131.1116 '
11—01111th
in thc plans for the inauguration of
fete “ith the intention of President
plans to lcave the White»
lthis time theré‘rill be summit and
sslne
result of an automobile accident which J '
$1, 003.86
Those election workers who were
present at last night‘s council meeting
hard news that gluddened. their
hearts to judge from the broad smiles
that greeted the passage of a resolu-
tion. intloducrd b3 Councilman James
l. Ho3t. in which. subject to the ac-
tion of the board or Estimate and
Taxation the sum of $1. 003. 86 be sp-
propriated 10 p213 election expenses.
and that the ma3or. as president of
the board he notliicd that an increased
appropriation was necessary. . “
Ma301 Donman heard the massage
of the resolution. which was unani-
mous. without moving a. muscle of his
face. and the next mo3e in the matter
is now up to him.
Whether he will call the meeting or
no. is a. matter of conjecture. All of
the bills were not in previously. hence.
according to previous statements or
Mr. Hoyt. who is the committee on
Finance of the Council the exact sum
necessary to meet the bills. which
were above the mone3 appropriated
for election Pxpnlses. could not be as-
ccrtained. ,
Ma3or Donovan hos stated that it is
u. practical impossibility, 'accordlng to
charter and the law" for a mccting of
the lioard of Estimate and Taxation
to be called lo‘nppropriate money. and
said so regarding a letter from the.
Board of Education. a few minutes
later. This matter is given in another
column of today's issue of the Sentinel.
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The member's of the General As-
sembly of the 26th Senatorial district
to which Norwnlk belongs fared very
well in the sopointmsnts to important
standing committees at the scion or
like General Assembly held in Hinton-d-
todn3. ‘
senator Nehemish Csndce is the
chairman on Humane Institutions.
Representative Harvey M. Kent has
)een made a. member of the Banking
ommittec and Representative Samuel
' “'atkins is a member of the import-
ant Claims Committee.
Representative Charles E. William-
son of Darlen. becomes a member of
the. Judiciar3 Committee.
Representative John H. Behre of
New Canaan is a member of the com-
mittee on Military Affairs and Repre-
sentative Ernest Roscoe of \Viiton is
a member of the committee on Fisher-
ies and Game.
EAVllli NATlllNAL
SERVTEE BONUS
The members of the American Le-q
glon will hold a special meeting. on
Thursday evening. in the new quart-
ers in the former Itasonlc Hall. Wall
street. Past State Commander Phil-
lips‘ 0! Stamford will be presentmd
speak at 8316 "on the project of organ-
{sing a company of n’otorised artillery
here. Major Payne, who is to oom-
msnd the regiment. will also speak.
The regiinent will hove lss-millmeter
guns and six ton tractors.
u.
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far Board-of Estimate and -
Taxation to Appropriate . .
HARTFQRD. Jul-:4. 12—...“-
and Sennte today on
day of the new Gene
these.\ it “as seen that
133'. of Bridgeport. is tit
and John Buckle-v.1
House leader, by virt
polntment to the J
(POI. . s
The wo‘men memhe: rcccilted com-
mittee appointments ‘ follows: Mrs.
Hooker. of Hartford. to education.
woman suffrage. audit e‘ ouse com-
mittee on Constitutions! amendmcnts:
Mrs. Frink. of Canterbury. to public
health and safety and legislative ex-
penses; Miss Brown, of Namtuck. to
humane institutions-and Federal rc-
lations; Rev. Miss Edwards to ho.
mane institutions and State library.
and Mrs. Jewett (Dent). at Toiland.
to contingent expenses.
The House chairmen of joint com-
mittees appointed by Speaker Hux-
ford. follows:
magnifier n91“-
Senate lender.
L'nion,
iary commit-
Agriculture—Russell. of Middle—
town.
Appropriations—~Eston. of North
Haven.
Banks—440nm of willinxford
Capitol Furniture sud Grounds ~—
Magnus. of Bethei.
Cities and Boroughs-4’0“: of New
Haven.
Claims—De Bauer. of Bristol.
Congressional andrsenatorial Dis-
tricts—Hill. of Shelton.
Constitutional Amendments — Bell.
of Salisbury.
Education—lacy. of Full-field.
Engrossed llills—mrby. of Killing-
ly.
Excise—41mm. of Hartford.
Federal itelationr—Nickerson
Cornwall
FlnnnchWalter ofCheshire. W
Fish and Game—Rumor. of Wilton.
Forfeited liixhts—Jlsrsden. .of Man-
ison.
Humane Institutions-«Wilkinson. of
Orange.
Inmflofi—fifltfl
ford
Insurance—Fuller. of Tommi.
Judicinr3~Bucklcy. of Union.
labor—-Allyn. of Vernon.
Legislative Expenses—Debra
New Canaan. _ '
Manufactures—Skinner. of Hat-mun.
Military Affairs—Payne. of >New
London. '
New CourrtiHmith, of Milford.
New Town and Probate Districts—
Atchison. of Sherman.
Public Health and Satin—Higgins.
of Coventry.
RmMuthwick. of Cornwall.
Road‘s Bridges ‘vers -—- Co-
vert. arm-w Brit-8n.
of
of atom-
I
of
Rule'IL—Clark 1' Washington.
Sale of h. of New wit
ford.
School Fund-Keel". of Cheshire.
She. l Pullman-d. of Wood-
bridge.
State Parks and Reservations ——
Blin. mo: Clinton.
WMOIG. of Weth»
Mela.
Woman Muse—Bell. of Salis-
bury.
MWsnd Roll-Cutler, of Col-
chmer. ,.
State Library—Beardsley. of~8trot~
ford. \
Unfinished Budne.-—Phiiltps. oi-
Shelton.
The sdditionsl House members of
the more important committees fol.-
low:
Judleisry— Williunson. of Dnrien:
SherofWestport; Perry. of New
The members voted sxsinst the
State bonus. on the condition that the
State fund be increased. This fund is
now to disabiednmd sick sold rs. or
those 0 are down and out. e lo-
cal Legion men want it heron-ed for
more liberal use. The _m lel ts.»-
vore'd adaflonsl Qonus. in will send
Commander Joseph Brutherton and
Adjutant Hertz to Bil-third, on Jan‘-
nary list. to the meter. At ,
business session.
The post is Wiring 1 woman‘s
auxiliary. and the matter Will boogi—
tated at a. meeting to be held in
Bridgeport in February.
A furniture committee in: “point-
ed. with-40mph Brothertm d chair-
furnitu . em; on: lions: Mina-(ls
ll berm-coasted.
tter timing): the n
it was claimed.
mad -
offbeat
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some!
ten: Lactate!!!
North ‘
He'll-hing Curtis. of Newton:
Mwmnfim; mule. or!»
_Wmofmhun Cone-sot
Haven: 61' Orsnse: Campbell. of
Endeld; Junker-on. of Cornwall; Wall.
mm- v
rim of Anson". and Darby of Kn-
.Appropflsuons—llomn. of Fania
:wmhiflot
Macias-cu: nouoymem) of 1... -
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tor. of Manama:
Chuxgh. «4W; mar»
Flynn
:Wirnu'. of Hamden: John-
W
man, sud anyone lam donations of ~ .,
ments of members to legislative com-
mittees held the interest of the House
The first working
”12111ny By
t the'
of .their apui
o.
J r “I am afraid that I have not
death of Thomas Wilbur, 40, an
Noroton, and who was killed by
justhe of peace, and Mrs. Stella M.
vious to the accident.
If the hearing was not such 11 seri-
ous matter. considerable of the testi-
mony would have afforded merriment
to the two score of spectators who
attended. This was particularly true
when Snead. in response to a question
of Coroner Phelam. admltlcd having
a drink.
“Was it a big one or just a. small
one?" asked Coroner Phelan.
"A small one. your honor." replied
Snead. .
“But evcn a small one nowadays has
lots of kick.” commented Coroner
Phelnn.
011 Death Of
Principals in D/arien Accident Deny That Their Auto-
” mobiles Struck Deceased; No Eye-Witnesses to Ac-
trident—Justice of Pence Snead Admits Taking a
“Drink.” Induest Continued Until Saturday ‘
to tell where the man came from,” remarked Coroner John .
yesterday afternoon, at the close of the inquest into the pursuit-Inputsw '
’ ome,
0st Road
near the Noxoton school at 5:39 o’clock Saturday evening. This
conllnent expressed concisely the attitude and feeling of those who
heard—the conflgctinficlsihmuy m what ms probably the most unique
accident which resulted in death, that ever occurred in this section.
' Both of the principals in the case, Harry V. Snead, a Darien
lived 1921.; 811011an tl1
ll
employe of the Soldie
an automobile on the
Hart, 18 Spring street, Stamford,
upon oath testified that the respective afllomobiles that they were driv
iug had not struck the dead man nor had either of them seen hill‘l pre
Wilbur was found unconscious under Sncad 5
machine, but how he got there is still unsolved inasmuch as there
were no eye e-witnesscs to the accident. ' '
“'ltnesses who appeared on
testified that Snead was not intoxi-
cated.
for Stamford
skull and of the. third vertabrae.
5: 30 o'clock last Saturdlu evening.
Continued on page Eight)
country
Phclan,
the
scene a‘l’ew minutes after the accident
I
The n st witness called upon was
Dr. George Shel-ill. medical examiner
Dr. Sherill testified that
death was caused by a fracture of the.
He
said last Wilbur had died a few hours
after the accident which took place at
The most important fact introduced
Says Members Have No lie- *'
gal-d for Law, No Ream!
for Contracts and No use
gsrd for Honor
PENALTIES THAT
MAY BE TNEUET
Secretary Sherer W :- i t e s
Concerning Some Unpsfl
Bills
Norwalk‘s liourd of Education In I. -
thorn in the side of Manor Jercmhi
Donovan. and this is no secret. -It has
ben publicl3 stun d before. not only by
the manor himsc.” but 113 others. I” _
night. inwcvcr. the mayor sums-a.
himself and charactcllzcd the m;-
bers of Inc Board of qucation as' .
ing "intellectuals am? ‘V’ifl:
after which he stated that they
"no regard for law, no n‘gard for
tracts and no regard for honor." 3
also stated that pro y in the pod-5
session of the board d disappeared-
without any accounting of it by then.
The outbursts of the mayor can. ‘ '
n surprise to all present and it won I“
until he had thumbed the charter my
NEW NAEN TRUNK
ACCEl'TEll BV EITV
Councilman Volk Is ‘Also
“Authorized to Purchase
Some New Uniforms
'A It in: formslly voted at last night's.
meeting oflhe common council. on the
motion of Councilman Charles A. Volk.
to accept the new Mock truck for use
at, tin- Ph Engine company's
house and the machine will be placed
in commission us soon as possible.
Councilman Volk reported as chair-‘
man of the committee on the pure
chose 'of the truck and he said thst
extensive tests had been made in the
streets of tin-"city as well us on van-
oils hills about the city where the ap-
paratus might becalled. and that driv-
ers from the local department ss well
as drivers _of the Black company had
driven the machine on these tests. The
psrstus might be called. and that driv-
ceptoble in all instances.
Prion Councilman Volk’s request and
motion. it w..- likewise voted that he
be suthorlsed.to purchase new uni-
forms fit)! to exceed the money copro-
prhted. namely the sum of 8750.
These wore the. am two items that
touched upon the Fire Department
that come Wore the meeting. save
the annual report of Fire Chief George
W. Bani-dun which was nocepted and
pissed on file.
A utter of appreciation of the splen-
did work of the firemen at the-are
of a week ago was received from the
cm 0! Sworn dz Corbett in which the
met tint no one was injured and am
the drowns extinguished as quickly
is it wss. wss laid to the courage sud
efficienci- of the members of the Fire
Demmneat. In the letter it said that
it was fully realised that the firemen
dud been ttling against odds in the
bless. but they reflected credit on
waives snd on the city sud showed
first they were able to meet emergen-
. m letter of commendation was re- ‘ 1'
Overton sad 3. number of _
cers. marinas and soldier-I4 Mi
(litre. They had fanned o lino oom-
plctely across the dock and only tho-s
who hsd the necessary paper- were ll-
lowcd through.
75 refusals We shoved off and I be-
”El”. 110"
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fleedtol’orf
It has been sugguted by one infer-
ested in the Near East relief drive.
that the followingr article. written as a
letter to his wife. by Lieut. LL. (ll-loyt.
will be of interest and help:
During the past week every man
and ofl‘lcer on the St. Louis has been
privileged to see an event that will go
down in history—namely. the fall of
General Wantel’s puny and the com-
picte domination of Run-3p by the
Bols’ilevik and which we probably
will never forget.
The St. Louis was sent to Yum, and
upon arrival we were ordered to and
in our hosts t c o! the refuge.
stance. to It mnotknown otwhnt
minute the Bolsheuk might stsrt
bombarding the town from the moun-
tains. In fact. as we’lsy there, we
hesrd pine and machine gun fire some-
where back' in the mountains. Osp-
tnin Stowe“. of the Marine Corps. two
,morlncs andrmyself were ordered to
co in with the boats. Upon urn-lying
at the‘ock. (we found Admiral locu-
the
om-
iey and several armed sailors
After taking on shout
(Continued on page sieve
The ruin committee of the Repub.
flan m hold s. public hosting. in
the court rem Town Abembly Hail.
"but em , for the purpose of giv-
ing members of the psrty the oppor—
till? ‘6! altering suggestions as to
W In the party rules. There m
i. good meanness. and the dim
who confined largely to the basis or
tire-ante anathema-tuna"
ls‘nltm.
_Ons ofthe most tutors-unsound:
representation on the Town commit-
toe, slid at future conventions. J. Dd—
IN RUSSIA
Beirutskctn on 30:3
Magnum-t
5,000 on Board was
read extracts from it wherein hm
penalties were to be visited upon "an ,
officer. committee or cit3 Oman?“
dared to spend in cxccss of any upo'
propriation. -
The fact that, as be viewed it, 1‘...
members of the Board of Ethics“
were each personall3 liable to I. III.
of $100 or thirt3 da3s in Jail. or I)“
seemed to tickle the mayor u. it
smiled In a manner that showed M
the prospect of renewed sound-s.
such as keel his previous admin.-
fiction, was viewed with dolic‘ht I:
m
firs. whole matter assoc out or“
receipt of tté following «an iv Ila
lsyor from Dr. Henry C. W am
Board of Educstlon: —-— ,
To m- Honor. The Kmr sud ‘
Members of the Board of WM
mont. City of Norwalk. Conn. . ‘
Gentlemen: —- ‘
At the lust regular meeting of A“
Board of Education of this city it m
momma that we would be short ct ~11
(Continued on pogo m '
Calhlun Still .1. ~
suds mount-111’ not
SPOKANE. Wuh..Js.n.12.—m
F. Coilshsn, loser of cunts)
through confessed embankment“
MIWbmkél-s. still . m
Golden Rule. he ".1th
however, that “Deep M
not trust us that wsy " ‘
One of the brokers. John
land. committed snicids who."
were cook!- to strut his. I- . '
costs-ion of the other W
B. Bough. now held in Jail Berg 3
"I Ill-iiher not proceed outlast .
berths; the luv
’ .now n th)’.
of We. Idaho. but pace s ‘3 '
,s
91‘
‘1! the boys hsd come to no;
hid their cords’ on he $0.th I
have sold. ‘Forget it.” rater
luvs any man commit suicide for 1 ‘
Icould not and ltinmybosrt'
Jammy gun .John «9...
judged himself.” ‘ . E.
South Now-ll: Tm
-~ 3. Company .
111‘s mm meeting of the M
my. or the South Noni-ll- M
W was held in their w,
house. «Washington street. 3*” ,
‘ .
Ill-uni ll. Gleason. Matthew Corks)
David E. Killer. Andrew J. CM
Jun): 3. Taylor. Claric- E. Hoyt.
Mowing the meeting the sitcom
mod and elected ofllcers ss till
lows. Rich-rd H. Golden. panes-ti
W. .
At a. stockholders meetinl' PM-
am can whom am most M
post. also.“ the Institution to)» ,v
mmtotmcymonm
“summonscchof
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