THE EVENING shhr‘ihfib—s‘diiirh No’RWALK, CONN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 27,1926.
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j Budget Out
May Move {To Take Schodl
0f Exclusive ii"
Control Of School Board
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Bifo'rts will probably be made at the coming "session of the
state legislature to take the school budget out of the hands of
the board of education and return it to the board of estimate and
act placing it exclusively in the
‘ The matter has been brought to
, the attention or the charter revi-
, i ‘ sion committee. its members have
in received several requests to again
H amend the charter replacing the
power where it formerly rested.
The question has been discussed by
the committee and some or its mem-
“bors are favorably inclined to make
this recommendation to the legisla-
'-turo. . -.
Several years ago local residents
being or the opinion that. file board
- of estimate and taxation was not as
budget. as was the board or educa-
tion wont to l-lnrttord and without
, bringing the mutter before the vet-
ers of tho city had the charter so
amended that control of this budget
was tnlccn out of the hands of the
board of estimate,
The special not save the school
board of Norwulk the power to
draw up and approve or its own
budget which could not be altered
by tho board otcstimute. The only
thing that the board of estimate
could do when the budget came be-
fore it woe to rubber stamp it.
The passage of the special act
city and some objected to its pas-
sage without the knowledge of the
local voters. ,
_ When the budget came before the
. board of estimate and. taxation for
its .w“rubbcr stump" members of the
beard objected in - no uncertain
terms. but utter much discussion it
was decided that the board 0: cs-
‘tlmstc could do nothing but pass
. the budget. At each ycuriy session
since . that time members of the
. board of estimate have objclbted to
W the passage of the budget. but have
‘ always been 'It‘orced to approve of it.
v The only item in the budget over
which the . board of estimate has
control are appropriations for new
buildings. These must carry the
pprovnl of the estimate board.
' It was stated at the time of the
passage of the special act that it
Its directed at William H. ille-
.nhon. then u member! of the
board oi? estimate and taxation. who
often moved for cuts in the various
items of the school budget which
‘he did. not think should be approv-
ed. . Mrs. Minerva Davis was one of
the prime movers in having the
special not passed by the legislature.
. ,P Members of the charter revision
4‘ committee feel that the board of cs-
timnte should have control over the
entire city budgets. The point is
brought outwthnt ottcn tl ' chool
budget is so lar‘gc it; is nec ry to
out much needed appropriations.
from other clepartn‘lcnts in order
that the tax rate may be kept down.
v Any effort to take the budget out
oi! the hands or the school board
will‘ be met by opposition from
“many quarters. but if the amend-
vrnent is approved of by the charter
revision committee it will ‘go to the
state legislature as a. majority of
the meklhcrs oi? the council are on
‘ the rev sion committee. Opponents
have ‘to carry their light into the
legislature and before the commit-
tee to which the measure isire—
toned. e
»hé' outcome of‘ the proposed
measure will be watchedrwith a
great deal .pt interest throughout
the city. "’
Suspected Jewel. . .
, Thief Discovered
: Carrying A Gun
George‘Fai-kas, 20 years old, of
Oak Lawn road. North "ttamtord.
13' being held by the State Police
b15Westport under a. bond of $5.-
300 on charges or there and carry-
ing n” concealed weapon. Farkas
he; been; sought by the police since
Decembie‘i- 1, and his arrest. was
made Christmas day“ by the New
Canaan olice who found him-try-
ing to spose ‘of jewelry which he
is alleged to have stolen from.Mrs.
Emily Hall of Easton road. Fair-
field.
Farms, according to the police.
as a re’bord, and spent much of
his .youth in a. reform school. While
in ‘the employ of Mrs. Hall he is al-
leged to have stolen a. valuable as-
bortment of Jewelry which she pur-
ldcularly prized as heirlooms. The
police any he has since pnwned
arm or the jewelry in Bridgeport
d in New York state.
the New Canaan police
picked him up Saturday he- was
round to be carrying a. gun.
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JOHNSON ELECTRICAL
FLOOR POLISHER "
for a day
lexn‘ndcr Furniture
‘ Company .
50 South Main Street
_ ."N..:E.. Ryan Co.
Ladle-5' Furnishings
86 Washington Street
.3.
well qualified to handle the school
. caused considerable, comment in the
to the' passage 0 {the bill willpthen .
.5... taxation, as was the‘system prior to the passage of the special
hands of the school board.
Only 8 Winners ,
Of Nobel Peace
' Prize Living
OSLO.‘ Norway. Dec. 27. (AP)~—«
Tho twenty-litth anniversary of the
Nobel Peace Prize found only eight
men living who have won that re-
ward for promoting the fraternity of
nations. r
Since the prize was created by the,
will oilnAlrrc‘ Nobel. inventor of
dynamite an other explosives. :30
persons have received it. .
Elihu lloot. Amcrlcun stntesmnn
and iormcr. United States scnutor.
who was given the 191‘: price. ranks
as the senior. The others who are
living are Senator Henri Lull‘oniulne
of Belgium; Christian Lous Lunge
and li‘ridtjot Nansen. Norwegians;
Charles G. Dawes. vice-president of
the United Stntcs; Sir Austen Chum-
bcrlain. British secretary (or foreign
ut‘fuirs;‘_ Aristido liriund; li‘rench
Minister of Foreign [Altairs und llr.
Gustav Stresemunu. Germany's for-
eign minister.
Lah‘ontaino was a member of. the
Permanent lntcrnntiOnnl Ponce bur~
can at Home when he received the
' prize in 1918. Lnugc has broil gen—
eral secretary of the lntcrpnrlin-
mentn'ry Union at Geneva. sint‘o 1:100,
The explorer Nansen is protcshor 01'
natural sciences at the University of
Oslo. and one of the founders ot‘ the
League oi Notions. Lnnge was giv-
en the prize in 10111 und Nam-v.1 in
1922. . . ‘
Doors and Chamberlain
been awarded the 192.3 prize and
Brinnd and Sircs‘clunnn the 1026
prize. The Amcricup vicevprcsidvnt.
is author of the reparations plnn
bearing his name. The other three
have
tercnce which evolved, pncts looking
to the future pence (if l-Juropc. '
The other winners ot" the peace
prize were H. Durant of Switzcrlund
and Fr. Posy or ll‘runco in 1901: l..
Ducommun and A. Gobnt. Switzcr-’
land. 1003: Baroness von Suttucr.
Austria, 1005; Theodore Roosevelt.
1006: E. '1‘. Monctu. Italy. and L.
Renault. France. 1007; K. P. Ar-
roldson. Sweden. and 1-‘. llnjor, Den-
mark. 1008: A. M. l-‘. Beernucrt. lini-
gium. nnd liuron do (i‘instunt.
France. 1909; ’l‘. M. C. Asser) D-«n-
mark. and A. ll. Fried. Austria.
1911: Woodrow \Vilson.. is; 1..
Bourgeois. France. 1020; H. Wlx’.
Iil‘ldltlng. Sweden. 1921. The first
awards were distributed on the fifth
anniversary or Nobel‘s dcnth. Do
cembcr 10. 1901. .
The prize was given to the [null-
tute of International Limit in 1.304.
the International Peace Bureau in
1910 and the international Red
Cross in 1017. No uwnrds “"91‘0
made in other years. W
When tirst distributed in 1901. the
value of the prize was $40,400. but
it has decreased under taxation.
her this your it is‘ $31,356 and {or
last year $31,936. ‘
A bill passed by the Swedish pur-
liamcnt removes the. taxation all
this year.
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Wallace Nilttingi, “
- Antique Dealer,
Sued By Teacher
BOSTON-Wallace Nutting
Fruniingham. internationally known
artist, antiquarian and clergyman.
is named defendant; in a bill of
equity brough; in Middlescx Sp-
perior court by Abby W. l-lowcs,
Danvers flié‘h school teacher. who
charges he fraudulently obtained a
colonial antique from her for $2,000
and is now planning to sell it to *3.
P. Morgun'for $20,000 . '
Miss Howes is a. descendant 01!
Thomas Prensc (also spelled
Prince). gogrnor of the Plymouth
coloney. whd died in 1673. and the.
antique is referred to as the
“Prince-‘Howes Court Press Cup-
board." at one time the property of
Governor Prence.
Miss Howes petitions that Nut-
ting'be ordered to transfer the cup-
board and title to“ it back to her.
and that the court award her dum-
ages. ,
She alleges that on October},
1921. Nutting valued the cupboard
at $2,000 and then dictated a bill or
sale which hcdnduccdher to sign.
giving'her the right to repurchase
the cupbonrd attire; price offered by
any other party. which she under-
stood was not. to exceed $3.000.
On December 15 lost, she charges.
ix'utting informed her 3‘ e must pay
$20,000 if she wishes l‘ regain the
cupboard. "
GreenwiCh Officer
Dies; In MiddletOwn
MIDDLETOWNr—Jamcs H. Fitz-
roy. thirty-tour. Greenwich police
sergeant. died in Middiescx hospi-
tal here. Saturday. Death come
shortly after an emergency opera-
tlon was performed in hope of sov-
ing the man's life. ,
Fitzroy Came here Monday to
bring Mrs. Hurry Mock oi! Green-
wich, to the state hospital. On the
way he. tel ill, and at Bridgeport
went. 10.9, p nrmncy to a medicine.
which otterded temp raryn relief.
Suffering a. recurrence of his tt‘ouble
after he had taken lire. Mock to
the hospital. he Went himself to the
Mlddleserhospltal. where he was
pperated upon almost at once.
i Fitzroy]; the son of Jangsmll.
o;
were prominent in the, Locnrno con-
land, 1902: Sir W. RfiChomoi‘. ling-
of;
States capitol is. usuully pictured.
licnvy snowfall.
THE CAPITOL PUTS ON ITS WINTER COAT"
V
.\ shining \vltitc clonk replaces the summer garment wt group lungs nml trees in which the, timed
This beautiful photograph um unulo just after \i'uslilugton had its "1'!!!
The legend old custom of candles
burning in home windows on Christ-
ll'll‘tS Eve in still carried on by hun-
dreds ol‘ Norwnlkcrs. il‘hc beckoning
glcum of those shilling candles took
on unnsuul bounty through the light
but glistening rnlu lust evening.
No lllllll.(‘l‘ in. \vliut scctimi of the
city one went. there was :1 home fol-
lowing: this custom in ouch neigh—
box-hood.
In the hill section. the homes of
Paul ll. Connery. 26- li‘ullri'lcld ave-
nue, and William Mlllcfilflil Elm.
wood avenue. niirnctrd unusual ut-
tcntion. All front windows in the
Candles Burned In Windows
After Old Eon: England Custom
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(fonncry homouwcro nlilnac with
candle light. ‘
In the prt‘liily decorated window-kl
ot‘ the Vollmcr home, 24 West, u‘
uuc, lhurc \vcrc cmnllr'lsuud uh.” in
tho, homc'ol‘ M. J. U'llricu. 7 ll~ . .1.
street. .
Motorists turning from West} art"
llill down ulonp; the Green coliil'
not help but notice the Ctllliilws
lwanninn from the home of Mrs. lint.
tic l.. tlrummnn. til liost nvcnuv.
Numerous other 1‘ o s l (i c n v v s:
€glrnuuhout the city who l‘C\t‘l"llt‘l‘:
’ho lv‘onst ot' the Nutlylty {or what,
it. rcully is. displayed the. cumill-s.
throughout the evening hours. i
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- The Christmas Carols
Since the observance of Christ-
nnis us at holiday. music has born
on essential purl ol' the day. The
“Christmas Carols" so widely sung
had their origin. in many cases. be-
lforo the thirteenth century" and are
of twu main classes. the solemn und
the joyful: the one celebrating the
birth of Christ and the other the
roasting and mirth that has come to
mark the day in many lands.
. Contrary to the general boiler.
[but the religious enrol was the tired.
to be sung. titling introduced by St.
1-‘i'uncls d'Assisi. in 12:3. it has been
found than; festive tunes appropriate
to the day were in use before that
date. ,
.‘lduch familiar enrol has an inter-
esting story. somctlnzrr reaching tur
buck into the (lurk centuries. They
huvc. of course been greatly chunijl-i
cd with the passage of yours and
often differ considerably from the
ori Jul compositions.‘
0 cl‘ unions: the religious compo-
Wsliions which have always been and
tilt: today populur is the simple
German song. “Silent Night." glori-
fying the spiritual atmosphere at
the mnngcr when Jesus was born.
Only u few years ago Lugwig Erk
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Too Much Cheerio
For Christmesr Eve
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STAMFORDr—Police‘pare probing
the death 01 Mrs. Anna Burnett.
middle aged houoekeeper. who was
found dead in the kitchen oi.’ a room-
ing house at 18 Crosby street. here
after. an all night Christmas eve
party. Liquor seized atrthe scene
of the totality will be held for analy-
sis.
Mrs. Burnett’s body was found
by James Brown. who conducts the
rooming house, and whose employe,
Mrs: Barn'itt was. Mrs. Barnett.
Mr. Brown and two roomcrs, ltr.
spud Mrs. Thomas Broderick, a e
alleged“ to have been the members
U a iotous party which did not
break hip until 5:30 a. m. .
Brown told police he took a. few
drinks on . rfitired early. Mrs.
Broderick Enid? she did nothave
anything. to drink and went to bed
at 11 o‘clock. .. '
Mrs. Barnet‘t’ and Broderick are
supposed to.“ have held the drinking
bout duringl the night.
Death we! reported by Dr. Ralph
W. Grape. as being due to alcohol-
ism. "‘
Broderick, who was unnble‘to tell
a coherent story to police, was ur-
rested on a charge or breach or
the penc‘e. About. n year- ago he is
said to have engaged in a. drinking
bout which ended in the death of
a woman. ' ‘1
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brothers. Robert. Greenwich police-
man. d Wallace.
Fun .rul services will be held at
his home at Sound Beach and item
Christ church at 3 o'cldck. Tuesday.
A Junior Jazz band set is the rev:
orite novelty in the Christmas toy
displays at the Paris stores. raising
an appalling prospect for .tond per-
cnts. ’
, A church building where prisonlirs
may woraiip in ccordance with
menu religious he ate stands nine
within themcat enclosure at the In-
Kills StamiOrdWoman
found that the curol wnn “rum
and sum; for the llrst time in 1315
>lls words ucro written by JUAtjl'
Mohr. then an assistant priest ll
Obcrudorl‘. South Gcrnmny; uxu
the moluly £0111thde by u schm;
muster. Franz Urubcr.
The song wns lll‘Hl cum; on Chrin
mus live. 1818. With the compost-:1.
singing in the church choir. lt “m .
not published until 1540. lll'lVlllg
been picked up by a family of
strolling Tyrolinh singcrflund added
to their repertoire. i
‘l’lilllips Brooks. lxostcn'g hclovc-l
preacher oil the nilll-lllllt‘ltlil‘llill con. .
tury. \vhs the author (:1 one «it the.
inter carols that achieved populzir-,
ily. ,“0. Little Town of Bethlehem." ‘
Written for use in Sunday schools
the carol quickly was taken up tor:
churches because it depicts so well"
the trnnnuility of Bethlehem's poo-
pie. who little suspected they had n.
king in their midst. Aether song. of
religious and yet joyful. “Oh. Come
All Ye Faithful, Joyful and TH-
.«nmphuntfi' was the favorite hymn
ot the sturdy Theodore Roosevelt.
It is a translation oi.’ a. Latin hymn
of the seventeenth or eighteenth
century.
Tunney AlmoSt‘
Drowns After
A“ The Ice Breaks
nocmvooo. Maine. (AP).-‘-
Plunging into Mooschend lekewherc
the water is at. least 100 feet deep,
when he. lost. his iooting‘liln‘ an at~
tempt to leap in trgpehcrou; ice
\vr‘inkie Christmas murnlng. Gene
Tunney. world's heavyweight boxing
champion. was rescued by a. human
chain consisting or three companions
accompanying him on a hike to this
village to attend mass yesterday.
Calls It Close Call.
Rushing to the spot where he
went in. one of the trio seized him
as he was struggling in" the water.“
then others :lbined and ‘they soon
had the champion back ‘omthe ice.
“That was the closest call I ever
had." said Tunney. after he reached
the village. his teeth chattering from
the cold. “I'll never forget this
Christmas." i
He was so thoroughly chilledx
through that he Went at once to the!
Rockwood hotel and there lay in bed 5
a. good part or theidny while his'
clothing was drying out.
When he returned to the late
John '1‘. King's comp. it ’l‘o‘mhegnn ’
point. where he is spending the
Christmas hollduys. tho conqueror
or Dempsey did not try the ice
route again. but travelled by nuto-
mobile overland for a. distanceof 10
miles and thcn‘walked the remain.
his four miles.
Bootlegger WithpTen
, childléh.;5mréd-Iail
reminiwsstport Cour
Knit Kokoszko. who was before tht
Westport town court on .two charges
of liquor law violation. as a. result of
a. raid on his be e which was for-
mcrly the Gree Forms schoolhouse
was the recipient or real Christmas
him upon paying only the costs no
spirit. when Judge Godlliotl released
In the sluve markets of the olden
ldnya wonu'u who could blush prclllly
lulwnys brought; it higher pl‘il‘t‘ thnn
their loss accomplished sisters.
in former yours it was livll'
illlli‘. mistletoe had some mysterious
pk'kvd from
medical
virtues \\ lien
on on k tree.
Army Aviators
Escape In Tumble
Of Marine Plane
wusrunml. n. 1. (AP). —— Two
service winters escaped without in-
Jury when the plane which they
were flying from Quuuiico. \'u..
to Christmas celebrations in Musso—
cllusctts “ere l‘orccd down near
hero.
(.7. was flying u. Delluvilund Murillo
corpsjlono with Llcutcnnnt .l. N.
Sheohdn, U. S. Navy as a passenger.
:l‘hcy were to land ut the Boston nir-
port from where Munloy would visit
his [other 1'. \V. Munlcy at South
Swunsvu while Shcchuu was to visit
t‘rlcnds in Boston. liecausoi of top;
which had blinked the count all
along the route. Lieutenant Manley
said that he'wus pilotini, the plane
at about 1,000 feet ultitudo when
the engine suddenly died. He pick-
ed a Hold on the Perry G. Hoxlc
form 1_ in". between the Boston Post
'rond unu ('lmrlcslon Pond us the
most likely landing place. The right
wing of the plane was torn when ‘t
.5: ruck u stone wall but neither otllc—
(cl‘ was injured.
lGoulds Sign Truce
In Fight Over Estate
1 NEW YORK. (All).—Eor the. first
time in ten yours the 50 odd incin—
bers of the rumily of the lute .luy
(.lnuld. financier und rnilrond guild-
«,r, spent; Christmas llfi'l‘i‘t‘ll us to
tin-it'- shores of the family ostute
which lins shrunk from approxi-
uultcly $82.01I0.000 to “0.0000000.
llvslrc for harmony. it was an-
nounced loud all the persons involv.
. ed to niun today a it) page ”slip.
ulntlon" {or compromise. which will
and the case. in nil details it up-
provnl is :ic'cornlrd by the Suprt'mc
Court of New York and the Chun-
ccry court of New .lcrscy,
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Lieutenant W. G. Manley, U. S, M. ‘
WALL STREET
TRISTRAM & HYATT CO.
Norwulk‘n Lcudmirailry Goods Store
NORWAIdi
OUR STOCK or
.Vanity Fair Ladics’ Silk Underwear
is complete
SEE DISPLAY IN OUR EAST WINDOW
Kcnwood All Wool Blankets
Make Warm Friends
And This is the Time We Need “Wprm Friends"
Prices Range From" $9.00 to $13.50 »
Christmas Trees Large
And Small Dot City
Willi Colored Lights
A dreary Christmas live it was.
yet the warm drizzle of ruin could
not dampen the Yuletide spirit
within .Norwulk's homes or the ruys
ot' cheer sent out from u thousunii
home window s. most dccorutcul with
wrcutlis. muny with ill\iminuti-d
Christmas trees. The upper end of
West avenue cspcciullv refused to
look oppressed. ’l‘liri‘o was no glis-
toning snow for the rule in shine
upon but the git-unis from :1 number
01' trees on privuto luwns added
their inrssngc to that of the com-
munity tree on the green in front or
the Norwulk lilu'ury.
’l‘hc smullcr trees. lighted in col-
nrs. were in :1 group a short dislnncc
south or the. community trcc.\'l‘lu-re
were two. one on ouch side or the
wulk. iii the residence of Dr. \\'il-
lium .1. 'l‘r“ my at til West uremic.
Another broadcast its greeting from
the lawn of llr. John W. \‘ollmcr
across the way at 24 West are“.
Just above. at the home of Dr. 31..
hello .1. Perry. tWo more shone .. .x
through the mist.
Some of the Norwulk church.
had the sumo display. There ml:
two trees lighted at the Noruul.
Congregational church on the in»
and another ~.~one at; the Gm.
church rectory on Belden avenue.
Walter Rose had two large it
luminnthd trees on the lawn or lm
home. 28 ilurrilt uvcnue. and 11
\\«‘l‘t' two on New Canaan nvcnu- L
the home of Sidney Bedicnt.
NOIHYALKI-IR’S FINE. RElllit‘lli
. To $50 IN WESTl’ulir
A fine 0: $100 and costs was 1mm
posed upon George Storrcr ot’ rm.
walk when arraigned Wbei‘orc Jud: .
John 1". Godillot in town court 1
\Vcstport on u. charge of opernlir ‘
an automobile while under the i
fluence of liquor. A plea of lemon: .
by Attorney Crumcr
Norwullt'. in which he cited
lly relations. afterwards led
court to reduce the fine to
Storrcr was arrested by State Police.
mun Bernard Scully.
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