The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-28
BEDDING

tax cases are regarded by the officials here as substantially a victory for the town inasmuch as they uphold the action of the assessors and Board of Relief as regards both the appeals of Laura E. Peck and reduce the val uation placed by those boards on Commodore Luttgen's property by less than $2 900. The decision, if confirmed by the Superior Court, will throw the costs in the Luttgen suit on the town while compelling Mrs. Peck to pay double the costs incurred from her actions. However, the re- monstrance entered by her counsel against confirmation of the report with an accompanying motion to re- commit the suits to Judge Banks for further consideration may result in changing the situation. The motion to re-commit is yet to be passed upon by Judge Ma1tbie and there exists the possibility that in the event of it's de- nial the case may be carried to the Supreme Court. The ground of At torney Bowers motion rests on the contention which he emphasized in his original complaint and through out the hearing on the suits, this be- ing the claim that his clients had been discriminated against from the fact that their property was assessed at a higher percentage relatively to it's value than was other property in the town, such alleged discrimina- tion being so general as to constitute substantial wrong to the plaintiffs. This claim was supported by the evil dence of H. c. McCollam and Henry A. Gilbert, appraisal agents represent ing the plaintiffs and controverted by appraisal agents called in behalf of the town. Now Attorney Bowers maintains that Judge Banks failed in his findings to make pronouncement on this essential issue of inequalities 1 in the work of the official assessing ] bodies. Before the cases went to trial Senator Peck made the selectmen an l offer Of compromise, his conditions | being a revision of the assessments in accordance with the figures sub | mftted by his appraisal agents. The proposed revision would have reduc- I ed the listed valuations by about
 $5,0oo. His proposition was rejected | by the selectmen after they had dis l CuoSSO IL dL lWO meetings.
 | A call to report for service on | Tuesday of this week which came un- | expectedly to Frank E. Meehan of | West Bedding was evoked by the 1 district draft board after all the facts
 in the case had been laid before them
 on his appeal The case has some pe- l culiar features. MT. Meehan was re- l jected on his first examination on &C.,
 count of permanent lameness. In
 making out his questionnaire return
 he failed to report conditions which
 would have placed him in the fourth class and was assigned to the first
 class. Accepted on his second exam 1 ination as physically fit he was
 promptly called. Then he bestirred himself to obtain exemption and suc- ceeded, one of the points in his favor
 being a surgeons certificate of physi-
 cal disability granted him by Dr.
 Smith to exempt him from the state
 military enrolment. Eric Lietburg
 of Georgetown was called at the same
 time as Meehan and left for Camp
 Devens yesterday.
 Rev. w. H. Tate, pastor of the Con-
 gregational church in Georgetown,
 has decided to enlist with the British
 contingent now being recruited in
 this country. He was born a British
 subject and has never been naturaliz-
 ed. James Allen, another Georgetown
 resident ard draft subject, is anxious
 to get into the service and gave up 2
 good position last fall in order that
 he might be free to go when the cal
 came Two have passed him by ant
 he is still waiting. The examination
 taken at Danbury last week by F. M
 Rasanan of the Ridge resulted in hi
 acceptance.
 It is the third or fourth he hat , taken in an endeavor to enlist Gu: , Berquist of Sanfordtown has enrolled
 with the ship yard workers under tn,
 recent appeal from the government
 MT. Craig, head of the junior depart
 ment of the Sanford school, answered a call this week from the New Jerse, military authorities. He took a train
 ing course at the Plattsburg camp an' r was placed on the reserve list as sec . ond lieutenant.
 s In spite of the unfavorabIe weathe . and travel conditions Grange hall wa s we'll filled at the war rally held O. W NSAAAODAAJ SAl1llS5 O1 1coI "COh U e an earnest audience quickly respon a sive to the patriotic utterances of tn s speakers. These were Judge Gun
 ningham of Danbury and Miss Fftz
 igerald of Hartford The former mad
 a forcFble and stirring address
 which he said that while most peopl \ Irealized that we were at war they di < not realize it to the extent the
 should or sufficiently take into at l. count the disastrous consequences s5 this country meant by defeat R. al lease of the German fleet would proI Q ably be followed by a dash for ol ls shores and the bombardment of ol u Atlantic coast cities Our allies we, ,d not yet exhausted, but they were l. unpleasantly near it that the fr l. measure of our assistance and tn ,a extended as speedily as possible VI If needed to turn the tide in our fave " All should feel their undivided T le sponsibihty in the crisis and act a ,e cordingly. Our sacrifices and acts
 helpfulness so far were trivial COT
 pared to what might be required
 us and the sooner we faced the Si
 luation with clear vision the bette m Miss Fitzgerald spoke mainly of Ca Id ada's war activities and particular clx of the important part her women h. NJ borne in the work There was exct
 lent singing of patriotic airs to pial
 accompaniment by Mrs F7oren m Grause. Another we'll attended W he rally was held last evening in Georg 3O town with Judge Candee of Norwa he and Miss Olive Reamy of New Cana: k as the speakers.
 A recent shipment by the Reddi