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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21,1922.
‘ For Norwalk and vidnitnf‘flnset-’
fled wastbcr wlih mild temperature
tonight and Friday. Tliorofisbsdna'
docidsd rise in tomporaturoin tho-
Labs region and New England during
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1. . .. Held Up; Expect Defeat
on; ' “a __...._.
\VASHINOTON. I1 C, Dec. 21.—
1‘111111rn'1-yio exprriniion. lhs House
PTV’D. 11111 not vote yo 1th May on the pro-
«Tho u‘m'k: pond constitutional amendment for-
.ompsnv. su- 11111111111: further issuance of tax ex-
lninn mrr- 11mm sm'urlilrs by States, counties.
lure '1 l'r.r':m11nlhipnIlill‘l and thoir subdivisons.
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r]: from IL-Whe growing wnl‘imont against * the
”'mrasurs in the House and al‘rsld it
{may be (inflated. virtually decided to
‘posipnnn a "quest for action until
latter tho holidays.
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us: gouty:
star MitsIIns
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Lady Jennings Lodge. Order of
(Showinrrls of Bethlehem. hold I.
,‘1‘l1r151maa tree party in Rod len's
Iliad. Washington #001. lad "out".
I. P. A M. lflnnia (“.su's made his When.
South MslnInnd proacntrd to each child a but 0'
ursdsys nII£nriy. popcorn. oranges and a rum
Afterwu‘d Alburt Doss flavored
with «Indians on tbs busts.
July and
A. Masons”
18264.237AG.
‘ls oxecutor.
‘ May.
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won "(mansion-f
was“ :
TO TEST THE
CONN. LAW
‘IPenalty Tax on Estates to
Come Before U. S. Su-
preme Court.
EXECUTOR REFUSED
TO PAY $10, 286 TAX
Bank Suing Tax Commis-
sioner Blodgett in Nor-
walk Case.
To lust tho constitutionality ol the
Connecticut statuios under which the
so- called penalty tax on estates is as-
scssod in this state. Assistant Tax
Commimioncr ( hnrles S. Holcomb‘
will appeal before the l'nlted States
Huprrmc Court in \Vnshinzton on
January ’ to contest 1m appeal of the
a
Bankers Trust Co., and others. of New?
York on a tax of $10.2i6.39. levied by
the state against the estate of Lena.
McMullnn of Norwalk. The Bank is
suing William H.1110dget'. as tax
commissioner. Tne- estate is valued at
The Bankers Trust Co
Mrs. McMullon died in
1919.
In as much as the castawas liable.
under the statues. to pay to the state
a tax or $10 286.39.11110 executor was
notified. but refused to my. on the
ground that the Connecticut law was'
a violation of the statues and that
the tax. therefore. was illegnl.'1'he
case was taken before the probate
court. and then to the superior court.
which reserved the question of law
for the advice of the supreme court of
errors. The state tax commissioner
was up held by the Connecticut court.
and this was followed by t. n‘peai
to the L'. 8. Surrcme Court.
Commission-w Holcomb will be as-
slsted in the case by “'illiam 1-2. Ea-
gnn or Hartford as associate attorney
for the stain.
The pcnallty tax on estates is levied
on taxable property which is brought
to light on the death of its owner.
The state's claim i sthat the defend-
ant was under obligation to return
her usable property for local tus-
tion in the town where she was a
' resident. .
The report of the state treasurer for.
tho yoar ending June :0 shows that
this tax has brought back into the
stoic more than 81.000.000 Inc. its
inauguration several yearn sgo. Of
this. the State's share was 20 per cent.
tho rcm'slnder'going
where in. descendants were inside-ts.
NEW HAVEN SELLS mums._
NEW HAVEN. Doc. :1.——'l'bs Now
Haven Mm League club has sold
[Yale
VALIDITY OF I
{Eifffitownl‘ ’
Stude
Named To
Nu m 01 Butts .
French exponent or the thin? or
auiqsnssestion who is coming to this
country in Jannsry.
” “no:
nt Committees
Aid Prohibition
By Associated Press
.\i.W HAVEN. Doc. 81.—'rwo un-
dergraduate committees. one made upl
ul . indomio students And the other
rennin-m." “I. Iheilleld bcwnt'mc
.sr‘hOOI have bsen chosen at Yale Uni-
versity to work toward oo~operntion in
Ithe student body to bring about a
Igrenter respect for tbs prohibition
.mlavss
I The appointment of the committees.
it was sold W. was the result or a
meeting held Tuesday at tbs request of
President James 3. Angel! of Yale.
Iiv‘il'ty standouts. representing the
Ivar-lou- schools of the university. at-
Itended tho meeting and board a dis-
cussion of tbs. subject by President
IAngeli. The dsvclopsnont or student:
1
opinion against the use or intoxicating
drinks was said to be the object or the
meeting.
It was understood that two student
committees will bs\c authority to act
in specific cases.
Chief of Police Philip '1‘. Smith. in a
statement to the Yale Dally News has
remarked upon the decrease in student
arrests. He said thsi arrests of
lstudents twenty years ago averaged
about two hundred a. year. while now
lt-is rarely that a. student is arrested.
Chief Smith said that his only sugges-
tions were that fewer false alarms of
fire be turned in around the University
area and that students cease carrying
away traffic regulation signs from the
streets.
IFRANKFIIRTERS, MILESOF’EM,
1
1 runnsnn. Doc. :1. -— An im-
Ipromptu Wt roast was held
here shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday
morning when I. dsiivcry automobile
{of Thorns. J. Mm & Sons Inc ,
burned. Thorn wsrs ‘1” pat-1:“ a;
"hot dogs" M a c an
scattered about flit highway torsny
lwho cared for tbs dsiioscy served that
way. Figuring than at 12 to a pound.
Just about on. Wr is allowed
for each rssldont without any
“coco nds."
Fireman Frank .lchssry claims
that than we!" snout)! mm"
1
”Dr. 'Sherer Will ’
Study With Mayos
Dr.snd)lrI.Hsnryc.SlmcI-crof1
Washington mot will issvs Saturday
morning of this wssk for Illnnsapous.
Ilium-to visit their doubler and son-
in- law. 111'. 3.9” J. Cop-1
Icy. who rosids uteri. ”at 34" Harriett
- avenue.
mm tbsrs. Dr. M will use up
post gradnsto work at Rochester.
mun. with the Doctors I‘m. on the
latest and mod. unload mtbods in
- ‘ 11011511111 IN POST 1101111 FlRE
roasted to extend from one end of the
town to the other. it they were laid
end to end along the Post road road.
The frankturtern are valued at $140.
while the damage to the delivery car
is about $250.
The fire started under the tootbosrd
according to John McDermott. who
was operating the car. Thomas J.
McNamarasnd Sons Inc" are whole
sale provision dealers at No. 368 Colo.
man street. Bridgeport.
Five tanks of chemical were used in
extinguishing the names which badly
damaged the automobile. ’
Arrest Anybody
in Klan Regalia
HARRISON,.N. 4., Doc. 21,—ln-
structions to arrest snyons ap-
pearing in the city wearing tbs
regalia of the Ku Klux Klan, and
101-ch- ro have the sanity of all:
such pencils dstsrmlncd by phy-
sicians wors posted today by
Ohio! o7 Folios Walsh. ,
The orders adopted by tbs Com-
mon Council, also provids for tbs
‘ unmasking'of hooded individuals
and too usys' lmprlsonmsnt.
LLDU'MONNDA WINS
HEB SUIT 1'03 DIVORCE?
By Associated Press
LONDON. Doc. ale—Lady Rhonndl.
was granted adivorcs todaygtronrbsr
W
on grounds of. not and doses-
tion. The suit was not defended.
my Bum torsion-1y a militant
.1;
POKER SWINnLE
NEW YORK. Dec. ”Zip—Disdosurs
or a gigantic poker swindle ”in which
hundreds at thousands 0! dollars have
been lost by wealthy persons in gun‘s
in mid- Manhattan was forecast today.
when detectives set out to round up
Broadway's gambling fraternity. Chm
men already are under arrest on the
unusual charge of being common
gamblers.
ROW OF GREEK .
AND TURKENDS
BAY’S SESSION
By Amend Plus
mum Dec. 31.
, -—-A wordy al-
tercation between cx-Prcmicr Veniso-
' log of Greece and Risa Nur Boy. Turk-
ish Nationsllst dclcgstc..causod Signor
Montanns. president or the your East
conference commltm on minnritiss. to.
bring this morning's “on 0! 1b.
comminion to an abruptcloss.
of liberty or omigntiom~ .’
bitterly W . . , 1 ”
ment and
thousand tron: Agata“; .
mpxurmmlicilstbsinms
Vials-loom bsing
‘
raga-1:11. tor the Wreck 1n:
and its consequencss. ‘ _
The voices of the two M m
to a high pitch. both maximum
same um- sud Musing ”to‘ heed the
pleadings or the president that they
aim down In view 0: this Signor
Konraona declared the odes ad-
journed amid contusion. .
FORECLOSURE
of New York. has started action
claiming {dreclosure or s. mongng‘c
against charies Tobolsky and Jacob
Tobolsky and the Charles “also.
turing company, at this city.
According» to the papers. which
have been tiled with Town Clerk ‘Hcr-
bert R. Smith. the defendants gave a
note (or $3,500 to the plaintlfl, on
July 1st. 1922 this being a demand
note. '
0n the same date tbcv defendants‘
also gave a notgtor $4.500 to ”debut
Ascher and Hos? Sslsmsn. payable in
notes of $75 a. week. with interest .1
6 per cent. and gave Anchor and Sals-
rnui a mortgage on certain machin
cry owned by them. and used in their
business.
On Dcoeniber lath—last Rondo!—
Ascbcr and Salinas: assigned this
mortgage to the plaintiffs. On No-
vember it! last. the plaintifl: also
presented their new for 1!, son tor
payment. which was not made.
The Pinintiils ask in this action,
which is returnable to the January
foreclosure and bio of tbi m
a. deficiency. Judgment. admins
possession of tho mortgaged property.
STARTSSUITFOB
$375 DAMAGE
Suit for damages of ”7‘ has boa:
tasted in the at! Court of Nor-walk,-
by the Hub prlcs Bard-is.
company and”: 31317 8. and hose
Accordingtotbo- mumm-
drawnupintbooflosotflgbLan
maqunhmandwflchmssgysd
byCombisBryanamhthonotso!
thonobcsts’wuduumxm
17th, 1918. Land on, 3-8 ml.
manscbcd-tosuoo. , '3‘“...
mailman sacs-d
Hondaylnluim.1n8. ' .-
“manning-pg.
fictioeotpsfidlsgacflsnhubu
tied with Town Gut W8.
”lawman
'1:ch deportation of Greeks 191’le
OFNOTEASKEO
The Criterion Specialty Company. _
.term of the Superior court. to: s»
Enobcmoithbdeaay‘
,unpsid noumflziJi.
SERGEANT STILL
ALIVE AS PROBE ,_
01‘ CASE BEGINS-
Many Witnesses Are Called
By Coroner
Phelan.
VICTIMS—SEUEL IS
FRACTURED BY BLOW
Aftermath of a Midnight
Brawl on Ram and
Avenue.
I
./
.Aithougb JamesBrannigan. U. I.
A. sergeant“ instructor or Battery 0
and the Combat 'l‘rnin. was still all”
u the Hospital this uternoon. walla.
slight change (or the better in his
condition. a pre- anon-tern inquiry was
conducted into his case st the
fist
”in!
CIU
this morning. by Coroner
clan. as in the opinion or
1.1 isthonrrcst orrour young
.mcs .ono or them. Edward Shechsn.
Jr, cola-£131: and Ira, fidward
W”? «’3‘ Church street. bung
charged rclonioss Insult. in.
“hers argued were Funk W0
ind Jobs flarron. both drivors at
OHConnors gangs on Railroad ave-
nue. and Frank Gilbert. o2 'Dsaver.
Colo.
. It was in .front ot.O'Connor’s gm“-
age early yesterday morning that,“ is
_ alleged that during a brawn. Brunt-
gun wns struck over the rightddo of
-thc head with s. hssvy instrumcng
which caused s. fracture of the bus.
of the skull.
m m Simple!“ .
The charges against. Dem
Harron and Gilbert as those of sun-
pls assault.’ and they are held in
bonds of $200 each awaiting a hear-
ing. ' while Sbcehan is held in bonds
of 82.500.
.Following a long police invadin—
tion yesterday morning_ and mer-
noon. the four men were placed “no
dc: "Nest. All but Gubert. who is I;
stranger here and who was rooming
nt the Gel-mania Hotel. have retained
Attorney Paul R. Connery to rcprc<
sent them.
Bonds for thehan were furnished
by his father and his uncle. Michal
Shoshana. while Dell-rune furnished.
bonds for himself and for Mar-run.
At 5 o'clock last evening Bracing“
regained consciousne- for s few
moments. but could not answer ques-
Conunued on Page Two
LOCAL TEACHER
WINS CONTEST
lus- An L Mcflahon. 56 West
avenunbas been awarded tbs prison:
151:: gold for submitting the bait
Inswcc to Question No. 7. “Wlmt is
the best thing thus the City Council
can do for Norwsik. ’” His Watson's
answer was. “Adj“ tbs discriminat-
Norwslk. thereby distributing tbs
acr- bus-don more «plainly and pro.
riding ”for funds tor my
movement." ,
in. lemon teaches English in
flux-walk” high sob“. and is tbs
daughter of John 1". Bellanca. won-
fincwnhicaibuildingcontractor. »
Tho recent mm production
given by tho High School M
Club. Booth Tarkington‘s W“
-which Miss Editabon
my”, mm.
Wsuooingsldcontcst. I."
wuso'ciocswmumom
a!" Question Ho. 10, rm m
makeudwhyf-“Justbotorsfio
lug valuations of taxable property of”
ooscbod. was;
g,
amsmnauksnmmmi‘
rur- resolution, .1» you ”hilt ”